{"id":96348,"date":"2026-05-12T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=96348"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:30:11","slug":"fanview-5-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=96348","title":{"rendered":"FanView: 5\/12\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe T., always working hard…<\/p><\/div>\n

By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n

Kick it!<\/p>\n

I have a definite interest in the Timberwolves and Spurs. I want to see how Wemby responds tonight. I want to see if Minnesota ratchets up the pressure.<\/p>\n

\u2026And when a rumble breaks out I want to hear the broadcasters’ hollow lament of, \u201cOh, no one wants to see this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, truly\u2026 #43\u2014May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth\u2026But at least the Giants are making an effort to get back in my cool book with a 9-3 victory over the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

Ohtani’s homerless streak is now up to 51 at-bats.<\/p>\n

Note to Colin Cowherd: Maybe Shohei’s not quite Babe Ruth.<\/p>\n

If you want to see the Giants-Dodgers tonight, a single ticket in the blue section will cost $95. So $200 if you take someone with you, add another 45-bones to park, and after all that, they’ll still have the audacity to expect you to tip when buying your soda, dawg, and peanuts.<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell goes full Sleepy Floyd last night\u2026Cleveland ties its series with Detroit\u2026 and my take at the end was that I wanted both teams to go away.<\/p>\n

I want to pass “Go.” I want to collect my $200. I want to see New York & OKC in the finals.<\/p>\n

Does anyone know the Ducks are still playing and only six wins away from the Stanley Cup finals?<\/p>\n

Well, if you do, you’ll need $98 to get into Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena tonight to see them play the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

LeBron was great this whole year. And while I don’t think he’s the GOAT, I’m not anti-LeBron.<\/p>\n

What is gross is the LeBron defenders that always come out hard after he’s bounced from the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Note to the Kool-Aid Sippers: I’m sick of hearing it, and I’m never going to buy the Lakers’ bubble title. No travel, they played half a season, and without the shutdown to keep LeBron & Anthony Davis off the injured list, the Lakers don’t win that title.<\/p>\n

The Lakers’ dilemma is Austin Reaves. You’ve got to pay him, but is he what they need when they’ve already got a deluxe version of him in Luka Doncic?<\/p>\n

It may be time to say sayonara… and Dodger management has never had a problem doing so. Now that they run the Lakers, fans should expect a lot of goodbyes.<\/p>\n

I was a little bit sad to hear about the passing of Craig Morton.<\/p>\n

I’m actually old enough to remember when there was a quarterback controversy between Roger Staubach and Craig Morton.<\/p>\n

Morton, who died on Saturday at 83, had a weird football journey.<\/p>\n

(Recently, I was told I have traits of someone on the Spectrum, so bear with me.)<\/p>\n

In 1964, the Cowboys took a 10th-round flyer on Navy’s Staubach. In 1965, while Staubach was fulfilling his military obligation, they drafted Morton in the first round out of Cal.<\/p>\n

Morton starts and loses Super Bowl 5, Staubach wins Super Bowl 6, and Morton is traded in 1974 to the Giants for a first and second round pick.<\/p>\n

That first-round pick the Cowboys got for Morton? Hall of Famer Randy White.<\/p>\n

Morton finds his way to Denver in 1977 and leads them to Super Bowl 12, where they play the Dallas Cowboys. Morton gets sacked four times, once by White, and throws four interceptions.<\/p>\n

(Side note: Cowboys used a 10th-round pick in 1977 to draft San Jose State QB Steve DeBerg)<\/p>\n

Morton retired after the 1982 season, and John Elway came to Denver in 1983. Jersey number seven transferred from Morton to Elway. Morton lost two Super Bowls, and Elway lost his first three.<\/p>\n

Elway went to Stanford, Morton went to Cal\u2026And Steve DeBerg was a backup quarterback to both of them.<\/p>\n

Morton may not be relevant today, but since I do FanView five times a week, there’s enough room for him in the word budget to be remembered.<\/p>\n

The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n

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