Left Coast Sports Babe

Worst thing for Diamondbacks fans who showed up to see their team lose to SF Giants in 12 innings… many of them had bought tickets because of the postgame fireworks show.

Best thing about using #Twitter as a sports bar is when a #SFGiants game really drives you to drink there’s no need to drive home.

Yeah, we all knew in July #SFGiants‘ playoff chances might be saved in Sept. by a win from #JoeNathan & save from leftfielder #CoryGearrin.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. #Bochy #SFGiants #Casilla #WTF?

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Does #Casilla have naked pictures of #Bochy somewhere? Asking for a friend. #SFGiants.

How the SF Giants can make playoffs: Samardzija played football at Notre Dame. Next time Casilla heads to mound, the Shark tackles him.

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Just wondering, If Peyton Manning were still playing, think officials might have called it a little differently if he took same helmet to helmet hits as Cam Newton in last night’s NFL opener?

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#CharlestonSouthern suspends 14 players for using some scholarship $$ in bookstore for stuff other than books. SEC players “What are books?”

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Jerry Jones has a fancy new helicopter with Cowboys logo on it, mostly to use to get him to and from games without traffic. But Jones told a Dallas News reporter “You can shoot out of it. You can shoot pigs out of it. You can do a lot of things in this helicopter.”
Ah yes, just another example about why the Cowboys franchise is so “beloved” outside of Dallas.

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Got to wonder, of the 5,300 Wells Fargo employees who were fired for illegally creating extra accounts for customers, how many of them were bank executives who pushed or oversaw the sales program? #sarcasm

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Donald Trump said in an call-in interview with Larry King that’s it’s “probably unlikely” that Russia is trying to influence the U.S. election. The interview was for RT America, part of Russia Today, which is Russian state TV. (Trump said he didn’t know that at the time.)

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Some slam Hillary for being a conservative Goldwater girl in 1964. 1964?! Heck, by the 1990s, even Goldwater himself had become liberal on many issues.

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John Kerry just announced the U.S. and Russia have reached a agreement on Syria, and a cease-fire is to begin Monday. #IblameObama

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In claiming to have always opposed the Iraq War, Donald Trump is using the “if you tell a lie enough times people will believe it” strategy.
You know, like “til death do us part.”

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Politico posting a memo from Andy Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC about last night’s forum: “”Matt(Lauer) did a tremendous job — driving one of the most serious discussions to date on these topics.”
“Lack” as in “lack of a clue?” #WTF?

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Trump railing against Hillary at a rally “She’s being so protected. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching, right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldn’t be prosecuted, OK?”
Is the Donald volunteering to test that theory?

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From Alex Kaseberg:  “Tim Tebow signed with the New York Mets. The Mets are excited. They’ve never had a player throw an interception before.”

On Wednesday. San Francisco’s temperature will reach above 70 degrees for 1st time in 7 weeks. So the city’s been as cold as #SFGIants offense.

Hard on SF Giants fans to watch Casilla coming in tonight. On the other hand, a nice surprise to enter the 9th with a lead.

Open note to Bruce Bochy. If the SF Giants make postseason, good hitters on playoff teams don’t miss a Casilla  hanging curve ball.

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Bad enough when #SFGiants aren’t hitting their weight. But when as a team they aren’t hitting MY weight….

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ESPN says #SF49ers hold 2016 distinction of being worst team in #NFL. And #ClevelandBrowns are thinking “Who are we, chopped liver?

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Reportedly #GeorgeZimmerman is broke & homeless. If he changed his plea to guilty maybe #Florida could take care of the homeless problem. Maybe for 15 years to life?

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#TaylorSwift & #TomHiddleston have announced their “amicable” break up. So congrats to all those who had Sept 6 in the pool.

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Got to wonder about targeted advertising when I get an ad saying “American Pride,” with underneath “Sign up” from the Trump campaign. On the other hand, just imagine what new material for comedy writing I could get.

CNN headline “Troy Aikman’s not fond of Skip Bayless,” Uh, wouldn’t it be more newsworthy if they found someone who WAS fond of Skip Bayless?

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#Texas is actually ranked for 1st time in the Charlie Strong era. So are #Longhorns that good, or are #NotreDame #FightingIrish that bad?

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Greta Van Susteren announced she is leaving Fox News on the same day the network announced a $20 million settlement and apology for Gretchen Carlson. Some rumors that Greta is leaving over a financial disagreement. Which would make sense, that $20 million probably means fewer raises for everyone else.

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So yeah, I get it, the media has to occupy their time. But all these changing “national poll results” they like to hype… with the electoral college national votes don’t mean a rat’s ass. Just ask President Al Gore.

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The Harvard Republican Club has refused to endorse Trump, the first time they have not backed the GOP nominee since 1888.  This time, however,  John McCain didn’t beg them to change their mind.

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Ben Carson said “it would be a good idea” if Donald Trump apologized for being a part of the birther conspiracy. “Let’s get all of the, you know, the hate and rancor out of the way so that we can actually discuss the issues.”
Uh, except that in large part, “hate and rancor” ARE Trump’s issues.

It’s not just the blown saves. It’s the kind of blown saves. The blown “balk-off” save after that great comeback against the Padres, the 3 run home-run blown save with two outs after a 6 run lead was down to two, today when the #SFGiants were actually going to win a game against the Cubs, the best team so far in the NL, despite having only 2 hits….
On the bright side, #Casilla probably means increased employment for San Francisco area psychologists and bartenders.

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#JoeNathan, after perfect 12th, defended #SFGiants closer ; Casilla has “electric stuff..sky’s the limit for him.” Yeah, but sky is falling

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Former USC coach Steve Sarkisian, apparently may join the Alabama coaching staff, where he’d work alongside Lane Kiffin. Would this make give the Crimson Tide the only sideline with nuclear capability?

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LSU coach Les Miles says he will review Josh Boutte’s late hit on Wisconsin’s D’Cota Dixon after Dixon’s game-clinching interception. Wonder if Miles might even suspend Boutte for the first half of next week’s game against Jacksonville State?

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Coldplay’s Chris Martin yesterday in San Francisco referred to it being “the city of brotherly love,” Philadelphia was the band’s next stop. Good thing he didn’t say something about Frisco or the Golden Gate in Philly, fans might not have let him out alive.

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When Navy’s QB was injured they took a guy out of the stands, dressed him in uniform and put him in. Then Malcolm Perry led the team to a win. You can do that? said the Dallas Cowboys.

If politics makes strange bed fellows, sports makes stranger ones: As in people suddenly becoming Texas fans. #HookEmHorns. #NDvsTex

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But hey, Notre Dame opening their season on … a Sunday?   And then losing in the second overtime. Well, well maybe even God sometimes has has enough of Touchdown Jesus.

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Hillary Clinton, after Donald Trump attacked Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake “”There’s going to be no one left in Washington for Trump to work with who he hasn’t insulted.”
And the Donald is thinking “She thinks I have to work with anyone?”

From my funny friend Alex Kaseberg.

A shirtless Rhode Island man opened fire on his neighbor’s home using corncobs and a potato gun. Authorities are entertaining the concept that alcohol may have been involved.

(So  I have to wonder – instead of being armed, can we say this guy was eared?)

Really ESPN? Headline reads “Ex-Stanford swimmer out of jail after 3 months” What about “Convicted rapist Brock Turner out of jail after 3 months?” Can’t imagine how some young men get the idea it’s all about how they perform as athletes.

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#BrockTurner is out of jail. Hope Mexican government tells him not to try coming down for vacation, Mexico doesn’t want our “worst.”

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John McEnroe doing commentary for the U.S. Open and looking a little old. Guess it won’t be long until he’s screaming “You punks cannot be serious about being on my lawn.”

As the #49ers circus gets into full gear approaching the season opener you can hear the giggles all the way from Ann Arbor. #MGoBlue

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Give #ColinKaepernick credit. Until this week, who outside of the San Francisco Bay Area was paying any attention to the 2016 49ers?

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Stanford winning semi-comfortably in the second half against Kansas State. But have they checked in with #SFGiants?  Hard to win when you decide to get a lead and stop scoring.

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