Left Coast Sports Babe

Sophomore Georgia DE Jonathan Ledbetter was arrested for the 2nd time this year over alcohol, this time for a DUI, in March it was for a fake ID and underage possession.
Shame Ledbetter couldn’t have declared for this year’s draft, he sure seems NFL ready.

Donald Trump’s son says his dad is looking for a VP who is “immensely capable, immensely competent, garners respect … ” And Republicans are going…hmm, can we get someone like that at the top of the ticket?

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sustained “extensive second- and third-degree burns” on both legs below the knees and both feet.”” and may miss the GOP convention. Sounds painful, bul less so than showing up and pretending to support Trump.

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In Vacaville, California, an alleged drunk driver crashed into a house, then the homeowner went after the driver with a baseball bat. Both men were arrested. ‪#‎ifonlytheywerearmed‬.

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Rudy Giuliani said today that black children have “a 99% chance” of killing each other — so they shouldn’t worry so much about police brutality. Dear gawd. So can he go back to just talking about 9-11?

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Clayton Kershaw threw a light bullpen session today, but the Dodgers say he is not ready to return yet. San Francisco fans wish Kershaw the best, maybe he can pace himself, take care of his back, come back after the next series with the Giants?

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Meanwhile beginning to think @bcraw35 will be added to NL ‪#‎AllStar‬ team as soon as every other infielder is injured. ‪#‎SFGiants‬

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Retired general Michael Flynn, who’s been listed as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, today said about abortion – women “are the ones that have to make the decision” because they are the ones who have to “decide to bring up that child or not.”
Well, that’s one way to recuse yourself from consideration.

A group of South Carolina secessionists flew the Confederate flag for several hours at the statehouse today, saying the flag’s take down was the “greatest treason” in the state’s history. Uh…. right. ‪#‎sarcasm‬

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From TC  “Many top rated basketball players and golfers have decided not to participate in this year’s Olympics due to the Zika virus threat. “You know there are drugs available for that” said the Russian track and field team.

When we are still literally cleaning up the site of the last US mass shooting, in Orlando, and now there is another horrible one in Dallas, think it’s pretty safe to say this country has a gun problem.

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Sadly,  anyone but me in the “old enough/young enough” demographic to have (barely) remembered another terrible shooting day in Dallas?   And to have figured that would have been the only actual killing day the city was known for?

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On a lighter note, who knew Canada had professional tennis players? ‪#‎MilosRaonic‬ ‪#‎RogerFederer‬ ‪#‎Wimbledon‬

A Delta Air Lines flight carrying 130 passengers landed at the wrong airport in South Dakota last night. Shocking. There is more than one airport in South Dakota?

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Mets manager Terry Collins has replaced Madison Bumgarner, who is starting Sunday with Bartolo Colon on the All-Star team.
So did Collins pick Colon for his arm or his bat?

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Brandon Crawford may not be an All-Star. But he just showed Dbacks why you don’t throw at Buster Posey. Twice. ‪#‎SFGiants‬ ‪#‎byebyebaby‬

(for non-baseball fans, Crawford hit a home run, after the “incident.”)

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The A’s Coco Crisp was suspended one game for tossing his bat in the direction of the home plate umpire last night, and he’s not appealing: “You never want to make contact with the umpire..It came too close. I deserved it.” Responsibility, what a concept.

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A fan climbing on the bleachers at Wrigley Field during a rain delay was taken to the hospital last night when he fell and landed on the warning track. His condition and name are unknown. But I might hazard a guess as to whether alcohol was involved. ‪#‎Darwin‬

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Taj Hotels are advertising free wifi on up to four devices. Scary thing is that there are travelers who probably think that isn’t enough.

follow up joke from my funny friend Alex Kaseberg. “Taj Hotels are advertising free wifi on up to four devices. Scary thing is that there are travelers who probably think that isn’t enough.”

So whatever “side” you’re on, not exactly fair to claim that killers of other races, political persuasion or religion are inflamed by angry rhetoric, but killers of your own demographic are mentally ill.

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Corey Stewart, Donald Trump’s Virginia campaign chairman, and a GOP gubernatorial candidate “Liberal politicians who label police as racists — specifically Hillary Clinton and Virginia Lt. Governor Ralph Northam — are to blame for essentially encouraging the murder of these police officers tonight.”
But of course Trump’s rhetoric doesn’t encourage anyone to do bad things. ‪#‎sarcasm‬

Apparently the single winning ticket for the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot tonight was sold in Indiana. No word on the lucky guy or gal, who presumably will be using the winnings to move out of Indiana.

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Newt Gingrich tonight to CNN: “It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years to get a sense of this, if you are a normal white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America.”
So is this Newt’s way of taking himself out of Trump’s potential VP consideration?

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Donald Trump said today our nation has become too divided.” Waiting for tomorrow’s speech when he returns to attacking the media, liberals, immigrants, Muslims, etc. and insulting anyone else who doesn’t agree with him.

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As scary as Donald Trump is, some of the comments on his FB page are much worse: Many blame ALL of the killings on President Obama., some even saying Dallas was orchestrated by the CIA or the administration or liberals to stir up unrest and/or impose martial law.
John McCain had a great moment in his campaign where he corrected a woman who went over the edge on Obama. Guessing we can wait a long while before the Donald might do that with some of his followers.

Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s contest with a record of 70 hot dogs today. Who says we need to “Make America Great” again? We still rule in our national sport – eating.

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Kevin Durant’s statement says he is “moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth.” Because, gosh, without me the franchise hasn’t won a title in 13 months.

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If ‪#‎Warriors‬ fans are the happiest in the NBA, old Seattle Sonics fans are close behind. ‪#‎Durant‬

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Convenient for Kevin Durant that he announced his decision to leave the Thunder on July 4. Instead of just burning his jerseys folks in Oklahoma City can just tie them to fireworks and blow them up.

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Stephen A. Smith was so upset about ‪#‎KevinDurant‬ signing with the ‪#‎Warriors‬ you almost wonder if he had $$$ on the ‪#‎Cavs‬ to repeat?

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So is the over-under for projected ‪#‎Warriors‬ wins in 2016-7 now somewhere around 77? ‪#‎Durant‬

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Ryan Braun was called out for batting out of order today after Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell submitted an incorrect lineup card. And things for the Brewers this year have otherwise gone so well. ‪#‎sarcasm‬ ‪#‎howhardisittocounttonine‬?

Pau Gasol, 36, is signing with ‪#‎SanAntonio‬ Part of the ‪#‎Spurs‬ youth movement?

Worst thing about 2 1/2 hour rain delay in Cleveland & game starting at 930pm? It  was postgame ‪#‎FourthofJuly‬ fireworks.

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Seems just a little weird to get Happy ‪#‎FourthofJuly‬ message from hotel in London. Maybe watching our election they’re glad to be rid of us.

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Nigel Farage, who as head of UKIP fought hard for Brexit, and who has been accused of racism and xenophobia, especially with anti-EU ads, announced today he would step down: “I’ve done my bit” to get Britain out of the European Union.
Another who doesn’t want to follow the rule – “You break it, you buy it.”

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CNN headline “Trump and Clinton to announce VP picks soon.”. Well, considering both conventions are in a few weeks, that seems like a good bet.

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Donald Trump tweeted: “The only people who are not interested in being the V.P. pick are the people who have not been asked!” Wouldn’t it have been more accurate to say “I’ve only asked the only people who were interested?” (Both of them?)

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Trump said yesterday that speaking slots for the upcoming GOP convention in Cleveland are “totally filled,” and there’s a “long” waiting list of more speakers. Hmm, did the Donald go through a list of Bachelor/Bachelorette/Apprentice and other reality TV show applicants?

This 4th of July weekend many Americans will worry about terrorists blowing us up, and then risk blowing themselves up with fireworks.

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On the other hand, in the hands of professionals….

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Am beginning to wonder if all the ‪#‎SFGiants‬ bullpen has “a little curl, right in the middle of their foreheads…..”

Has a team ever both won their division and had the most blown saves in MLB the same year? Asking for a friend. ‪#‎SFGiants‬

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In 1993 ‪#‎SFGiants‬ didn’t make playoffs in part because ‪#‎Rockies‬ lost EVERY game they played against the Atlanta ‪#‎Braves‬. This weekend Colorado was looking just as “good” against ‪#‎Dodgers‬

Tom Hiddleston (who?) and Taylor Swift put on plenty of PDA’s for the cameras this weekend. Too to start two pools? First, when they will break up, and two, when she will write a song about it.

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Face the Nation focused part of their show on Thomas Jefferson and FDR. Just imagining given their complicated personal lives how either president would have done in a social media age.

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Mitt Romney says he will not vote for either Presidential nominee. And this is a man who wanted us to elect him to make the tough choices?

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Some in the GOP saying that the fact the FBI spent over 3 hours with Hillary is a sign there must be something to the email investigation. And of course had it been a five minute interview they would have said it was a sign that there must have a fix in on the investigation.

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For all the protestations of innocence from the Trump campaign over the six-sided star on the Hillary attack ad, have to wonder, would the Donald excuse the Clinton campaign if it had used that same star with neo-Nazi overtones to attack him?