Left Coast Sports Babe

Hawaii won the U.S. title at the Little League World Series. Parents of some defeated teams are demanding they show birth certificates indicating they were born in the U.S.

Actually, some parents are probably muttering, “How did those foreigners get into our bracket?”

(Not kidding, in the travel business I have been asked if you need a passport for Hawaii, and if they take U.S. money.
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An internet hoax indicates that Mars will be as big as the moon in the night sky. If you get such a message, ignore it. Or drink enough tequila and it could be true…

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Somehow Albert Pujols, who has come out adamantly against the Arizona immigration law, ended up a part of Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” event at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday. Beck said Albert was invited because he was a hero, and because Pujols was the only “diversity” they could get.

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Sarah Palin spoke at the rally about ‘restoring’ America. Was she talking about our country or a piece of furniture.

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Actually, if Sarah really wanted to connect with people in D.C. maybe she could have just talked about “restoring” the Nationals and Redskins.

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In the midst of the controversy, Beck said that white Americans didn’t “own” Abraham Lincoln, and black Americans didn’t “own” Martin Luther King. Could he have come up with a worse verb? (And did Beck even notice?)
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The Glenn Beck rally was billed, among other things, as a “a celebration of the First Amendment.” Stay tuned tomorrow to hear Sarah Palin criticize the media coverage.

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The U.S. beat Croatia 106-78 in the opening rounds of the World Basketball Championships. So it’s not the “Dream Team” but in the first round at least they avoided a nightmare loss.

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Many NFL players are against the proposed 18 game season because they think it will be too much wear and tear on their bodies. So anyone who wants to make money for playing a shorter season will just have to go to USC.

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How bad a month did Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum suddenly have? Rumor has it Tiger Woods asked him “Dude, did some gal come after you with a nine-iron too?”

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