Left Coast Sports Babe

For anyone who remembers the late, great Johnny Carson.

The moon landing was 40 years ago.

The Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup 42 years ago.

The Carnac question. “Name two incredible things we may never again see in our lifetime”

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Actually, 1969 was not only the year men landed on the moon, it was the year the Washington Nationals- at that time the Montreal Expos – got their start. When asked, President Obama said that he could at some point see returning to the moon, but that the Nationals were a lost cause.

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Paula Abdul may not be back on American Idol. Where is America going to find another dynamic, attractive, middle aged woman who loves appearing on televison and speaks regularly in complete gibberish? Wait, now we may know the real reason Sarah Palin quit Alaska.

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Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California, just signed a book contract. No word if it’s to write one or to read one.

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Manny Ramirez seems to be settling in nicely back into the Dodgers lineup. Okay, there was that one little skirmish in the clubhouse when Manny insisted they turn the channel to Bachelorette.
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So Tom Watson left the British Open without the Claret Jug trophy. Just as well, with that hip replacement did he really need one more problem going through airport security?

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When all those asterisks are someday totaled up in baseball’s record books, which will be more tainted – home runs hit in the steroid era, or home runs hit in the new Yankee Stadium?

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You know the new Yankee Stadium might be a problem when the umpire calls infield fly and the ball sails out for a grand slam.

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