Left Coast Sports Babe

From a United flight landing at DCA National Airport a few years back. Even on a hazy day the water looked just fine.

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NBA officiating is beginning to make us long for the purity of pro Wrestling.

Meanwhile the SF Giants won their FIRST walk-off win of 2026 in 12 innings about a quarter of the way into the season.

In a game that featured the team blowing their two ABC challenges in the first two innings, Devers admiring what he thought was a home run and only ending up at second after it hit near the top of the wall, a ghost runner at second only getting to third on a double… And the winning hit from Jesus Rodriguez who was 0-5 into the 12.

No style points in baseball.

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Has Donald taken credit for the Washington Wizards getting the number one draft pick yet?

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Imagine if RFK Jr were HHS secretary in Trump’s first term.

Operation Warp speed would never have happened

And how many more millions would have died.

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HHS says an American passenger on the Hanavirus cruise ship has tested “mildly PRS positive for the Andes virus”

So if the patient doesn’t survive will they call it a mild case of death

I voted for Kamala Harris.

But HOWEVER you feel about Harris, we know she would have put adults in charge.

Including at HHS.

“American passenger evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests ‘mildly’ positive, 2nd person showing symptoms” HHS says…

Bad enough that Adrian Houser, Wednesday’s starting pitcher for the SF Giants has a 7.12 ERA.

Sadder though that as of May 5 the second worst ERA for SF Giants starting pitchers at 5.06 belongs to Logan Webb?!

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Meanwhile, “Project Freedom” didn’t even last a Scaramucci.

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Marco Rubio says “Operation Epic Fury” is over.

Well, I’m sure that’s very comforting to Americans who can’t afford to fill up their cars with gas these days.

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New Washington Post / ABC poll finds 59% of Americans don’t think Trump has the mental fitness to be President

And that’s with about a third of Americans getting most of their news from Fox News.

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Does ANYONE think Trump could pass his new schoolchildren’s Presidential Physical Fitness Test?

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Trump is now saying that he thought oil would have gone to $300 a barrel (last week he said up to $200, and it’s ONLY over $100 a barrel.

So you already can’t afford gas for your car but it’s okay because you might have been able to afford it less?

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Marco Rubio today on the Iran War “The President’s preference is peace.”

Because doesn’t any President who wants peace start out by bombing a country and killing its leaders?

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You know…if Donald Trump had talked during 2024 campaign about the need to tear down part of the White House and rebuild a massive ballroom, then would have to sadly say, well, Americans voted for this. But he didn’t. And we didn’t.

The lowly Miami Marlins have a 2026 payroll of $79.3 million (30th in MLB).

The Los Angeles Dodgers paid free agent Kyle Tuckerr about $60 million in 2026 by himself.

And the Marlins just won 2 of 3 from the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Just saying

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PGA Tour is at Trump’s Doral resort this weekend. For the first time since 2016. Yes, 10 years. Since then only LIV events have been held here. But at Doral a new golden statue of Donald has been erected.

On top of the North Korean feel about this, the President is attending the event. Which is open to the public. Isn’t he claiming he cannot possibly attend events without a fortified ballroom?

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SCOTUS saying Constitution doesn’t protect against racial discrimination in voting.

Founding Fathers didn’t believe black people, nor women, should even vote.

Is that where we’re heading?

And why didn’t anyone ask Clarence Thomas or Amy Coney Barrett that question.

King Charles brought Donald Trump part of a bell, called a “bell end” as a gift

If you don’t already know British slang, have fun

But short version, it’s British for d*ckhead.

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SCOTUS sying Constitution doesn’t protect against racial discrimination in voting.

Founding Fathers didn’t believe black people, nor women, should even vote.

Is that where we’re heading?

And why didn’t anyone ask Clarence Thomas or Amy Coney Barrett that question?

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Cost for PEPFAR, program started by George W Bush in 2003 to fight AIDS in developing countries has recently been $6 billion a year.

Has saved about 26 MILLION lives,

Hegseth just admitted Iran war has cost $25 BILLION so far.

I know how I’d prefer my tax dollars be spent.

So yes the SF Giants are still looking up at .500

But who had the worst teams in MLB as of April 26, at 9-19 being the Philadelphia Phillies and the NY Mets?

(and yes, two of the highest payrolls in baseball.)

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Meanwhile the Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora after a 10-17 start including an embarrassing three-game sweep at Fenway Park to the NY Yankees.

Wonder if a sweep by any other team would have given Cora another month.

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How many college football and NFL games has Trump gone to as President?

Are we going to need to start playing bowl games in his ballroom?

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Got news for so many in the media following Donald’s bidding and amplifying his call for the ballroom.

If Velveeta Voldemort gets the ballroom built he’s not going to invite media to events there.

Well, except for maybe a few from State TV.

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Peter Doocy immediately after the WHCA dinner incident to Trump “Why does this keep happening to you?”

In all seriousness why was the instant media narrative that the suspect was after Donald and not one of the other political figures or media personalities in the room?

There were actually almost a dozen assassination plots against Obama. The reason most Americans don’t know about them is that the Secret Service and FBI and DHS were better under President Obama.

So how long until Velveeta Voldemort announces he’ll attend the first reinstated firing squad execution?

Victor Wembanyama and Tim Duncan, watching courtside late in Game 1 of the Spurs-Blazers game..

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NBA is not like March Madness… 7 of 8 favorites won game 1.

But then the #1 Detroit Pistons lost to #8 Orlando Magic..

Unlike March Madness however, Cinderella has to do it 4 of 7

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After the Dodgers lost 4-3 to the lowly Rockies Saturday, Dodgers catcher called Colorado’s hitting performance “a little fishy”

Wonder what their excuse was Sunday after losing 9-6 to those same Rockies.

(And yes, am aware, the Giants are not good so far this year. But the next best thing to a Giants win is a Dodgers loss.)

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A small milestone this week.

We are now under 200 days from the midterms!

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“Long term follow up of a phase 1 trial of an mRNA tumor vaccine shows that 7/8 patients with pancreatic cancer, who mounted an immune response to the vaccine, are still alive 6 years later.”

And yet RFK Jr. is cutting funds for mRNA research.

We need to emphasize “Vote blue as if your life depended on it.”

Because it very well may!

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Reminder as Kash Patel again claims he is going after people for rigging the 2020 (!) elections..

In 2016, with Barack Obama in the White House, Trump won the election.

In 2024, with Joe Biden in the White House, Trump won the election

Wouldn’t you think if Dems were criminal enough to rig elections they’d do it when they were in charge?

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How many Trump cabinet members still have jobs because Donald cannot admit he made a mistake?

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Sunday afternoon headline:

“President declares ‘victory’ over Iran after Strait of Hormuz is reopened.”

So just how many times has Trump declared victory in “Operation Distract from the Epstein Files?”

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I miss having Presidents who spent quiet weekends with their wives.

Some pundit claimed “If San Antonio loses to Denver in round two, sitting Wemby will go down as one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen an NBA team do.”

(San Antonio’s loss made Denver the three seed instead of four, so they could play both the Nuggets and the Thunder in the playoffs.)

Uh, how about playing Wemby, have him aggravate his ribs or ankle, and be out for the playoffs. In a game that didn’t matter that much. THAT would have been one of the stupidest things he’d ever seen an NBA team do.”

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It’s NEVER not about him. Trump did congratulate Rory McIlroy in a post. And of course had to say “I look forward to watching him compete in two weeks at Doral,” (It’s Trump National Doral… sigh.)

As much as the California gubernatorial primary has exploded these last few days at what feels like the last minute, one thing many of us political junkies need to realize…

A whole lot of California voters don’t even realize there’s a primary coming up.

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Yes women aren’t saints, and yes there have been cases of women in power having affairs.

Can I remember a woman being involved with a staffer? Yes

But can’t think of a single woman politician accused of having an affair with a staffer about half her age.

Just saying.,

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“Doordash Grandma” Sharon Simmons, who joined Trump for a photo op delivery at the White House, is apparently from Arkansas.

But last July she testified before the House Ways and Means committee and said she was from Boulder City, Nevada,

Who’s paying for HER travel?

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So you think you had a bad week at work.

JD Vance came home empty-handed from peace negotations with Iran,

And may well have contributed to a historic defeat for Viktor Orban.

What’s next?’

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Well, at least being near JD Vance didn’t actually kill Orban like it did Pope Francis.

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Who’d a thunk that Viktor Orban, in conceding, would prove himself a better man than Donald Trump will ever be?

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And the sane-washing continues:

Fox News “Pope Leo and President Trump are at odds over immigration in the U.S. and the Iran war.”

Uh, more like Donald spewed venom on Truth social then said to reporters ‘I’m not a fan of Pope Leo,”

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Then Monday morning Trump was doubling down on attacking Pope Leo… “Very weak on crime… Not a fan…”

The 55% of American Catholics who voted for Donald must be so proud.

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Am all for paying employees decent wage w/ benefits, but can’t be only one tired of seeing restaurants add “surcharge to support employee benefits.”

Why not surcharge to pay for electricity, or higher food prices, or whatever else?

Just seems unfair to “blame” it on employees.

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Based on many discussions with women friends over the years PSA for men, in politics and otherwise.

NOBODY wants to see a texted picture of your junk.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.