Left Coast Sports Babe

Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies is day-to-day with a puncture wound in his hand. Gonzalez claims he hurt himself on a steak knife while he was putting a dish in his kitchen sink. The story is more than a little suspicious, he expects us to believe a man actually put a dish in the sink?

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John Smoltz, released by the Boston Red Sox, had a great debut for the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres. Tony La Russa was so pleased he said he is now willing to give Smoltz a start against a major league offense.

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Next Saturday night the SF Giants have designated it “Creature Features” night at the ballpark, and will show “The Night of the Living Dead” on the scoreboard after the game. The movie will be dedicated to the Giants’ offense.

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With all the stories about athletes and arrests, I think I can safely say that none of the SF Giants will ever be arrested for any form of theft or larceny. They can’t even take a pitch.

(yes, if anyone who is reading this is not a Giants fan, I’m pretty cranky. Last item inspired by Pablo Sandoval swinging at a seriously outside and low ball four with no one out and a runner at first and the team trailing by one. But he wasn’t the only culprit)

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The Pirates, 33-28 at home, have an 18-43 road record. Instead of having the away games covered in the Pittsburgh media, it might be less embarrassing at this point to tell their fans they are off hiking the Applachian trail.

Jayson Blair, who basically lied and plagarized his way out of a career as a reporter, has now reinvented himself as a life coach. Presumably specializing in athletes and politicians.

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Senator John Ensign of Nevada that unlike Bill Clinton, when he had an affair outside of marriage it wasn’t “legally wrong”. Well, now maybe we know why he chose to live in Nevada, where just about anything is legal related to sex, as long as you don’t frighten the horses.

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Commie pinko thought alert:

So Senator Lieberman now says serious health care reform can wait until after the recession is over. Just wondering, if we got rid of the lifetime health benefits for retired congressmen and women, I wonder if he and others would have the same attitude?

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And for anyone who missed ESPN and other sports news this weekend, as of Monday morning, Brett Favre is still unretired.

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