By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n
Good Morning!<\/p>\n
T-Minus-15 until Manny Ramirez returns to Dodgers lineup<\/p>\n
What\u2019s more interesting a summer all star football game or the SGV Shootout (or even the old El Rancho toss around back in the day)?<\/p>\n
Let me say this: I have always been a Lakers fan…<\/p>\n
…But I felt nothing last night…Not a thing Doc, not a dog gone thing…<\/p>\n
Good for Kobe Bryant…great, but still not the greatest…<\/p>\n
If the Cavaliers are thinking of mortgaging any part of the farm to get Shaq out of Phoenix…They better think twice…Shaq Diesel is more like Shaq Pinto these days…<\/p>\n
When the Magic started to fall behind I knew their best chance was a miraculous reappearance of Smush Parker…Didn\u2019t happen although Sasha Vujacic is an incredible simulation…<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball Rush Week\u201d is coming…<\/p>\n
Stan Van Gundy should be given the boot…Has Larry Brown coached in Orlando yet?<\/p>\n
Something tells me the San Francisco Giants will be a thorn in Dodger flesh before the season is over…<\/p>\n
Saw some of Cleveland\u2019s Cliff Lee on Sunday night and I thought of the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw… So the obligatory John Scanlan question of the day is; Is it fair to say Kershaw has the kind of stuff that makes him a threat to throw a no-no every time he goes out?<\/p>\n
New Colorado manager Jim Tracy has led the Rockies to an 11-game winning streak… I wonder what Scanman thinks about that…<\/p>\n
I sent this question to Rat Dog John Gillette: \u201cI’m going crazy seeing Orlando constantly running Dwight Howard out high for the screen…he’s not an\u00a0outside threat…defenders are always going to drop back into traffic…and it takes him out of the offense…if he’s\u00a0supposed to be the focal point why not just post him in the block? Cut down on his move (dribbles) to the basket and secure his\u00a0touches…Am I off base on this?<\/p>\n
From Gillette: \u00a0\u201cNo you’re not.\u201d …Then surprisingly he didn\u2019t call down curses on me for being a USC fan…<\/p>\n
You know after seeing it this weekend the Ballpark at Arlington has to be one of the nicest venues in baseball…<\/p>\n
Torii Hunter is a madman…<\/p>\n
Did you know people are talking Baldwin Park this fall in the Valle Vista?<\/p>\n
I love Calpreps…<\/p>\n
Note to Jerry West from Dr. Buss: \u201cYour check is in the mail, thanks for Pau.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stay thirsty my friends…<\/p>\n
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