Left Coast Sports Babe

Television viewers last weekend were treated to the sight of a small, furious woman trying to go after a man who had come up from behind and knocked her out of the race.

But it wasn’t just Hillary,  Danica Patrick was also pretty angry at the guy who crashed into her in the pits.

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John McCain is continuing to assert that Barack Obama needs to go to Iraq to really understand the war situation.  When asked for how long, Senator McCain replied “a three or four year tour of duty” should take care of it.

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And New York Governor David Paterson has directed the state to start recognizing same-sex marriages from elsewhere.

Rudy Giuliani responded with the argument that marriage should be between a man and a woman, and then another woman, and then the other woman.

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High-priced free agent Andruw Jones just had knee surgery and will be sidelined for about four to six weeks.  Which means during that time he will contribute about as much to the Dodgers as he has in the past four to six weeks.

(Note to explain the joke,  Jones signed a two year $36 million contract, and has been hitting .165. Additional note to Dodgers fans, yes, I KNOW about Zito.  There will be more jokes about him too.)

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With the Yankees in last place and the Mets on their way, all of a sudden Hillary Clinton’s second place finish might be turn out to be the best spring performance out of New York.

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Congrats to the Spokane Chiefs, who won the Canadian Hockey League championship, and then promptly had their captain drop and break the trophy.

Well, at least that’s one embarrassing moment that may never befall the San Jose Sharks.

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