Left Coast Sports Babe

So it now turns out that the parents of Senator John Ensign paid almost $100,000 to the family of his erstwhile mistress. So much for all those kids who felt guilty about asking their parents to chip in to help pay for a limo for a romantic prom date?

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Brett Favre said he will absolutely make a final decision about playing this year by July 30. “That’s really exciting” said absolutely nobody.

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One good thing for Favre, he has played in the era where coaches call in plays from the sidelines. Can you imagine being in the huddle when Brett was trying to decide what play to run?

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Across Canada, camps are having to quarantine or send kids home in hopes of trying to avoid spreading the swine flu virus. Unforunately there’s no longer the option of isolating children from other people by taking them to an Expos game.

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Paul McCartney opens a U.S. tour at the Mets’ new Citi Field this week. Fans are very excited, they can finally go to the stadium with expectations of seeing hits.

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More from baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who if he had more exposure, could rival Joe Biden and Sarah Palin:

He said the Pittsburgh Pirates are “on the right track.” The Pirates are well on their way of their 17th consecutive losing season. It may be the right track, but it’s the wrong direction.

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Selig also said that “Steroid use is a societal problem, not a baseball problem.” Well, at this point if steroids would act as a performance enchancing drug for GM and AIG, for starters, society wouldn’t consider it a problem at all.

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The Phillies have signed Pedro Martinez to a one year contract. At this point, injuries have been such a problem Philadelphia is willing to try anything. Brett Myers has already had hip surgery, and they worry that any day now Jamie Moyer will need a hip replacement.

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