Left Coast Sports Babe

Baseball is the best sport. But will confess as the SF Giants continue on a possible track to be the worst team in MLB for 2026, will admit it would be fun to think about a potential “can’t miss” draft prospect.

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Even cats are astonished at how many lives Argentina has in this World Cup.

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Donald cannot stand to be upstaged.

So how long until he says he talked to Mitch McConnell for THIRTY minutes?

Of the eight teams left in the World Cup, six are in NATO and Morocco wants to be.

Just saying.

Maybe nobody tell POTUS?

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ICYMI, Belgian players after their win against USMNT played “YMCA” in the locker room while mocking Donald’s dance moves.

Petty, and I am so here for it.

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CNN & media on vetting – “What did Dems know about Platner & when did they know it?”

Yet, in GOP somehow an adjudicated rapist got through Presidential “vetting”, while an impeached man accused of felony bribery & securities fraud got through US Senate “vetting” in Texas.

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Fox News moved on from Trump getting Balogun’s red card revoked & isn’t even covering his stumbling, sleeping, slurring at NATO summit.

But they have time for this headline.

“Local high school pushes back on Gavin Newsom’s mandate killing a beloved team mascot”

(He didn’t KILL any mascot, he told them to stop using “Indians.”)

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So he messed up the Knicks He messed up America’s 250th birthday He messed up USMNT and the World Cup Anyone want to hazard a guess what he’ll do to mess up the NATO meeting?

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Just have to think last 24 hours or so have been incredibly distracting for USMNT, You go from being plucky underdog having fun to a team from country whose Dictator King gets FIFA to bend the rules. And suddenly nobody outside USA is on your side. Feel bad for them. #ETTD

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Belgium’s first, second, third goal and fourth goal would not have counted if Mike Pence had the courage to do the right thing.

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Ted Cruz thanked Trump for getting FIFA to get rid of Balogun’s red card.

One of few things Ted & I agree on is being San Antonio Spurs fans.

Imagine if Donald, buddies w/ Knicks owner Dolan, had demanded Wemby be suspended over his NBA finals game 4 foul?

Where does it end?

The Los Angeles Dodgers, with their half billion dollar payroll, before they stock up at the trade deadline, have the best record in baseball and a 14 game lead in the NL West.

At this point the best hope the rest of MLB has is for Donald Trump to declare he is a Dodgers fan.

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Meanwhile, while Trump has USA focused on him meddling with World Cup & mess he is making of Washington DC.. major stories get no attention;

His own Labor Dept jobs numbers: Only 57,000 added in June, about 1/2 of expectations, while April & May numbers were revised sharply downward (179,000 to 148,000 in April & 172,000 to 129.000 in May.)

Thinking most people might remember Cape Verde’s performance in 2026 than whoever ends up winning the World Cup.

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Five words NO ONE ever expected to hear today.

“Argentina vs Cape Verde extra time.”

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Another great thing about the Cape Verde-Argentna game?

I’m an SF Giants game and watching the World Cup for the first time this year meant I had no idea what was going on for the SF Giants in Colorado at the beginning of the game. (5-0 Colorado after 2, and it got worse.)

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Not just Taylor and Travis’s wedding.

Add Cape Verde’s fairy-tale performance to the list of things that have made Americans smile this weekend.

As opposed to a certain hijacked event that COULD have been unifying.

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Love this ESPN headline

“Chiefs’ Kelce, Swift marry in ceremony at MSG.”

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Reminds me of when George Clooney got married and there were posts like this “Internationally acclaimed barrister Amal Alamuddin marries an actor“

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Just got this email on Friday:

Freedom 250 -Salute to America: Don’t Miss History 250 Years in the Making!
Tomorrow – Gates Open 5 pm – Salute to America

It’s not from a bipartisan committtee which America 250 was…

It’s from
contact@win.donaldjtrump.com

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Donald’s favorite new word is “communism

Has he ever heard how it worked out for Joseph McCarthy?

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Just saying .the Spurs hiring Billy Donovan as top assistant coach might turn out to be a bigger difference maker next season than wherever Lebron ends up. #porvida

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Huge watch party crowds across the country.

How much is it killing Donald that the World Cup and especially the USMNT are so much more popular than he is?

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The Washingtonian is referring to the fenced off mess that Trump has made of Washington DC as “the fort of July.”

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So did Taylor Swift choose to be married on July 4 to take the limelight from Trump?

If so, I bow to her.

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Many rumors these days that Mitch McConnell was found weeks ago unconscious and in cardiac arrest.

But doesn’t cardiac arrest require that you have a heart in the first place?

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If they gave out Pulitzers for clueless headlines may I nominate the NY Times today?

“MAGA Base Stays Quiet After Trump Reports Billions in Personal Gains”

Big reason the MAGA base is quiet? Go to Fox News website….they aren’t spinning Donald’s billions in gains, they aren’t reporting them at all.

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Seriously, some day I will do a whole post on things Fox News viewers never hear or read.

The Washington Nationals had an 8-6 lead, 2 outs, no one on in top of the 9th at home against against Philadelphia Phillies tonight.

With a 1-2 count on Trea Turner.

Phillies scored EIGHT runs with 2 outs

And the Nats lost, 14-9.

Can we blame this on Trump too?

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So IF Jayden Quaintance ends up being healthy next year or even in two years the San Antonio Spurs will have essentially gotten FOUR lottery picks in four years. #porvida

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What’s next. Donald tells planes they aren’t allowed to fly with their windows open on approach into National airport?

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More from last week.

This algae in the reflecting pool story isn’t going away, and it’s not getting better for Trump.

Can we say it’s Spirulina-ing out of control

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From Marc Ragovin “I give Trump credit for one thing: He’s proved that America’s history is one long Horatio Algae story.

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Mitch McConnell, 84, has been hospitalized for a week, has not been seen and there is no announced plan for him to return to the Senate.

Would demand proof of life but without his vote the Democrats are just a bit closer to stopping Trump

And today the Senate DID pass a War Powers resolution Donald Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran.

(Passed 50-48)

Maybe time to get some other bills to the floor.

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Don Jr, posting article headlined: “Europeans came for soccer. They stayed for the free refills. And yes, many World Cup fans are having a great time. But note, “Europeans” He’s not sharing stories about visitors from Africa, Mideast or Latin America…Of course many of them couldn’t even get here.

Giannis from the Buck to the Miami Heat.

As a Spurs fan glad he’s not going to a Western Conference rival

Also as a Spurs fan hoping this isn’t heading for a repeat of 2013 – At least Ray Allen is out of basketball.

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But yes, the Spurs, while overachievers, didn’t win it all. Yet Knicks fans, and yes, East Coast media, still have turned on Wemby.

Wonder what happens if France’s Kylian Mbappé is the one to knock the US out of the World Cup.

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As Trump seems to keep expanding the size of the alleged “gash” in his reflecting pool, remember, he’s always overestimated length.

Ask Stormy Daniels

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Fox News headline:

“Trump jokes about who he’ll blame if Iran deal falls apart as admin split emerges”

“If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance. If it does happen, I’m taking full credit,” Donald Trump on Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) w/ Iran.

Trump does not joke.

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If when they drain the reflecting pool to try to repair it, Donald Trump decided to walk the length of it naked, MAGA and Fox News would cover how wonderful his new clothes were.

I wish I were joking…

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Meanwhile Bill Maher mocks Obama presidential library: ‘Who’s going to go to this?’

Uh, “Museum admission is currently sold out. (as in, for the year.)

Additional tickets will become available to the public on July 8, 2026.”

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Just saying, every minute the media spends on Donald’s reflecting pool lies is a minute they aren’t spending on his Iran war or economy or Epstein files lies.

Cape Verde pulled off another surprising draw – this time 2 to 2 vs Uruguay.

Idly wondering, how many Americans could find either country on a map?

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USMNT must be thrilled World Cup matches for forseeable future will be on West Coast. 5-6 hour flt from Wash. DC. At Trump’s age & infirmity level too far for a game. (As Spurs fan must admit, wouldn’t have minded him attending few more NBA finals games “for” the Knicks.) #ETTD

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One scary reason why MAGA cult members and media are repeating Donald’s obvious lies about the reflecting pool:

If they admit he is lying about something so comparatively small, it opens the door towards admitting he is lying about almost everything.

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Has Donald claimed that Democrats killed the reflecting pool duckling to frame him yet?

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This morning’s fundraising email from Donald “Right after I boarded Air Force One, I knew I had to get in contact with you.”

Did Trump forget he took a helicopter to Camp David?

Dementia is cruel even to the cruel.

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In retrospect, if Donald knew he could take over headlines so completely just by destroying a pool and blaming “leftists”, maybe he could have done a number of other bad things less awful than a war to distract from the Epstein files.

Got to love the same folks who became instant experts on rotations for a triple salchow in the Winter Olympics now becoming sure they can detect better than refs if a World Cup player is offsides.

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RFK Jr shown on restaurant TV in DC to a universally loud chorus of boos.

What is he doing in Seattle watching the World Cup? Shouldn’t he be in Washington drinking a glass of reflecting pool water to prove how healthy it is?

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Can we also talk about the fact that POTUS hasn’t been seen on a golf course in weeks?

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Giorgia Meloni is a far-right leader who I disagree with on MANY issues.

But she has more cojones than 99% of the US Republican party.

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Perhaps Donald Trump should have asked Italian men about the wisdom of pissing off strong Italian women?

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Hey MAGA

Trump “DC is now “one of the safest cities in the country”.

Also Trump “someone vandalized the reflecting pool” which has 24 hour cameras and surveillance.

Make it make sense.

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You would think that electing a rich guy who lives in an expensive resort in Florida means he’d at LEAST know competent pool people.

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Are we surprised he couldn’t defeat Iran?
He couldn’t even defeat algae.

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Latest idea for a reflecting pool cocktail.

Blue curacao, Russian vodka, and a lot of crushed up mint floating in it.

(Except it’s our democracy that’s on the rocks.)

How good was it?

Even his White Sox (on the road) beat the Yankees.

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Great pictures today of all the living former Presidents and first ladies at the Obama Presidential Library opening ceremony.

Cindy McCain was there too. John would have been there if he were alive.

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I miss having Presidents who cared about our country.

I miss having Presidents.

I remember the late great Molly Ivins talking about W, who she referred to as Shrub (Bush).

“I like him. I like my drycleaner too. I just don’t think either of them should be President.”

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ICYMI

“Obama remains most popular among the surviving former presidents. New CNN poll released Thursday shows 57 % of Americans hold a favorable view of 44th president. Same poll found that by comparison, 34% and 30 % of Americans view Trump & Biden in a favorable light.”

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Many including Stephen Colbert showed up wearing tan suits today for the Obama Presidential library dedication.

Donald Trump would NEVER wear a tan suit. Tan would show stains from… leaks.

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Want to know how unhinged Velveeta Voldemort’s cult has become? Look at some comments on social media posts about the reflecting pool.

Either they claim green pictures are fake. (They’re real)

Or they claim that leftists poisoned or dumped algae in the pool, just to make him look bad.

Jimmy Kimmel on the reflecting pool:
“Experts saying Trump painted it dark blue, he made problem worse, because darker color retains more heat & algae thrives in warmer water. He promised he would drain the swamp. Instead, he spent 14 million of our dollars building a new one.”

Beautiful day to fly into National otherwise.

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The Guardian reports that Macron’s dinner with Trump tonight at Versailles was unusual in that no other foreign leaders will be present.

Makes sense, assume the rest of them had important commitments like washing their hair

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Does anyone think Trump knows what the Treaty of Versailles was?

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He wants to Pass the Save Act because he knows voter suppression is the only way he can save his (ample) derriere this November.

Yes, I’m still a fan, and Minnesota’s gain will be the Senate’s loss. Amy Klobuchar put this insanity with Iran plainly today.

“With $300 billion, we could end homelessness, fund cancer research for 40 years, and give every child free pre-K for over 7 years. Instead, Trump is sending it to Iran. This is not America First. Not even close.”

San Antonio Spurs had a great season, way over expectations.

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But will still say, sad that some of the worst mistakes were by their 28 year old veteran De’Aaron Fox and 39 year old coach Mitch Johnson

(I know Becky Hammon loves the WNBA, but if she ever gets tired of winning — 3 rings in 4 years/

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Still seems weird that the Stanley Cup would return to Carolina before it returned to Canada

(2006 vs 1993)

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Meanwhile “SF Giants salvaging the series” by winning the last game against the Cubs is better than being swept

But 1 of 3 or 4 in a series still makes you about as bad as the 1962 Mets.

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James Dolan might go to the White House.

Would be shocked if the Knicks players joined him

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For all that the GOP loves to accuse the left of political violence has a single Republican leader acknowledged today’s sad anniversary of the assassination of Melissa and Mark Hortman

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Give Donald credit. On his birthday he had millions of Americans actually praying…

For thunderstorms in Washington DC

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Comparing the White House grounds now to a county fair is wrong. Looks more like a travelling carnival set up in a Kroger’s parking lot.

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If Mitch McConnell actually had passed away would Donald demand that the news be held until the morning so as not to distract from his birthday?

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Republicans.

We’re cool with Michelle Obama being called a man.

Also Republicans:

People should be arrested for claiming Melania Trump was undeserving of her “Einstein Visa”

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