By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n
Good Morning!<\/p>\n
T-minus-9 until Manny Ramirez returns to Dodgers lineup<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always loved inter-league play…<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never doubted James Loney\u2019s power for a moment.<\/p>\n
As Juan Pierre kept performing this weekend I thought of Scanlan and that great line from the song \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d; \u201cAnd as I watch him on the stage my hands were clenched in fists of rage…no angel born in heaven could break that Satan\u2019s spell.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As we head into the NBA Draft on Thursday, I was kind of wondering how the whole Greg Oden thing was working out for the Portland Trailblazers…? Amazing what a first round over-reach can do to perspective…Rip City is actually longing for Sam Bowie…<\/p>\n Looking at the Zero Week football schedule (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) September 3-5, I was amazed at what used to be one, possibly two area games, is now a full blown week of football. Seven of the 12 Old School Mid Valley teams are playing, and nearly 30 games are being played with Mid Valley News connections.<\/p>\n Zero Week Must Sees: Arcadia at Monrovia, Diamond Ranch at Muir, San Dimas at Los Altos, and Alhambra at Roosevelt.<\/p>\n Note to my thirsty friends: If you are still in the process of negotiating a Father\u2019s Day gift, birthday, or even Christmas, this is the time of year to put in a request for the \u201cSunday Ticket\u201d and either TiVo or DVR…Let no one fool you, these were made for you…blow out the sports bar scene, take the plunge…Oh yeah, when ordering get the \u201cSuper Fan\u201d package…\u00a0<\/p>\n Seeing the Cardinals roll the Royals yesterday I kept wondering when Jorge Orta was going to appear and gum things up for St. Louis…<\/p>\n Considering the lateness of the hour and the pending drop of the NCAA guillotine USC\u2019s hiring of Kevin O\u2019Neill is pretty good, and an indication of when the NCAA investigations are over the Trojans basketball program will recover to be a plum assignment.<\/p>\n It\u2019s June 22, isn\u2019t it time for some preview magazine or ESPN to start talking about how dominate, awesome, omnipotent, exceptional, and divine SEC football is?<\/p>\n \u201cFootball Rush Week\u201d is coming…<\/p>\n Programming note: Keith Knoop, HC at Burroughs will be live in studio on July 7th to talk Indians football and life after Dominique Barnes…<\/p>\n So when does Albert Pujols show up on a list saying he\u2019s guilty of injecting Wheaties?\u00a0<\/p>\n Stay thirsty my friends…<\/p>\n 49<\/p>\n Fanview Lite appears Monday thru Saturday here at www.midvalleysports.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n