Left Coast Sports Babe

Blue Jays trailed Angels 10-4 going to the bottom of the 9th. And Toronto won, with a 7 run come-back on an walk-off grand slam,  11-10.

At least 20,000 of 200 remaining fans at Rogers Centre will say they were there.

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Buster Olney notes #SFGiants have been outhomered 117-81 in 2017. Giants fans following team regularly are shocked- they have 81 home runs?

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The only people (other than A’s fans) in San Francisco Bay Area, to be happy about the Giants 2017 performance have to be connected to the SF 49ers.  #loweredexpectations

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A Spirit Airlines flight leaving Las Vegas was briefly delayed over a naked passenger. Because Spirit tried to charge an entertainment fee?

Paul McCartney said his new album will have a song about Donald Trump. But didn’t Sir Paul already write “Fool on the Hill?”

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Nine injured, one critically in LA when a van hit a crowd of people eating outside at a restaurant. Apparently  it was an accident..  And the driver wasn’t Muslim. Nothing to see here, move along.   Until we check that  driver’s immigrant status.

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Susan Collins-  VP Mike  Pence during Obamacare repeal vote “Boy, are you tough.”  Then she added “But he softened that by putting his arm around me.”

Re that last comment – does his wife know?

Mike Huckabee says he would have given Scaramucci “breakfast that would have included two bars of soap followed by strong coffee for some of the language he used.”
So how many bars of soap is he telling his daughter to give her boss?

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As GOP semi-moderates in Congress weigh risks of “country over party” in challenging Trump, time to think of 3 words -veto proof majority.

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Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney- The President fired Priebus as he “wants a little bit more discipline.” Like when Madonna told her teenager her clothes were too skimpy? .

Alabama DE Da’Shawn Hand was arrested for alleged DUI last night. The Tide open Sept. 2 against Florida State. But I’m sure Nick Saban will send a strong message by suspending Hand for the first quarter of the Sept. 9 Fresno State game.

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Open note to @ESPN. I do not f*cking care what Lavar Ball thinks of anything. That is all.

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Pitcher David Price, who mocked and swore at fill-in broadcaster Dennis Eckersley on the team plane last month, now says he could have handled things “probably a different way,” But then added a message to Eck – “just show your face,’ claiming he isn’t in the clubhouse much.
Well, Eckersley is at the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies this weekend.
Must make Red Sox fans long for the tranquil days of fried chicken and beer.

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With two tough losses, SF Giants blew great chances  to climb within 30 games of the Dodgers. Not sure what opposite of Believen is but we’re seeing it in 2017.

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Apparently plenty of expensive seats are still available for the Mayweather-McGregor fight next month. So maybe you can go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public?

Open note to @IvankaTrump When observing Shabbat, maybe one Friday night you could take dad’s phone with you? Asking for a tired country.

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Plenty of angry tweets today from @realDonaldTrump. Suppose it’s just coincidence that rain in DC is probably keeping him off golf course.

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As Trump attacks the Senate in his latest tweet storm, he does remember they vote on all his Cabinet picks, right?

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Kellyanne Conway – “Loose Lips Sink Ships.” As her boss keeps the tweet tantrum going. So can we dub this Presidency “Titanic 2?”

Does anyone think that if @HillaryClinton had barely won she’d be spending any time obsessing about @realDonaldTrump and the election?

Trump on North Korea – “China could easily solve this problem!” Who knew foreign relations could be so complicated?

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Fired Chief of Staff Reince Preibus said John Kelly is a “brilliant” pick. Now, guessing Preibus hasn’t read Voltaire. But wonder if he meant to say “the best of all possible picks.”

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Got to love airlines. Arrive in Denver early to see a delayed United flight leaving half an hour earlier than my ticketed flight. But no chance to standby because of having a checked bag. No worries. Then land at SFO and get an email. “Your bag has arrived on an earlier flight. Please see a customer service agent.”

Who knew that some serious good would ever come from Senator John McCain teaming up with a woman from Alaska?

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Is there a “Bottom Player of the Week award? The Tigers’ Bruce Rondon, who was ejected for hitting a batter in the 9th with his team down 16-2, came in in the 8th inning today with the Tigers up 5-3, and promptly gave up 3 runs while getting only 1 out. Rondon’s allowed eight runs on eight hits in his last 1 1/3 innings. #Wannagetaway?

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Joe Flacco apparently likes the idea of Colin Kaepernick signing with the Ravens. Because he’s pretty sure Kap won’t take his job while he’s injured?

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So with no more f*cks to give, @SenJohnMcCain reminds us what it is to be a statesman. #CountryOverParty

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Okay, I was wrong about McCain two days ago. Or maybe I was right and he just started listening to smart women. #Collins #Murkowski

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So when they make the movie on John McCain’s healthcare vote will they then need a second movie featuring Murkowski and Collins? “Hidden Figures 2.”

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VP Pence was in DC as potential tie-breaking Trumpcare vote.    Happy it failed.   Wonder if he might have had better luck if he didn’t have to get chaperone to be sure he doesn’t go to meals with any women senators alone?

Uh oh, @realDonaldTrump was up early (or maybe late) for 3am tweet storm after #SkinnyRepeal vote.   Hope this doesn’t hurt weekend golf game

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If McCain does have to step down at some point maybe a fair choice to replace him would be Meghan.

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Mike Huckabee calling for repeal of 17th amendment. how long until Trump calls for repeal of the 19th?

#ReincePriebus, whose crime seems to have been pissing off Scaramucci, is out. So congrats to all those who had July 28 in the pool.

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Donald Trump has named John Kelly his new chief of staff. So who’s going be be the new DHS Secretary? Joe Arpaio?

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Trump to police shielding “thugs'” heads when arresting them. “You can take your hand away.” Does this apply to future White House arrests?

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New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is another retired general. So did we have a military coup and no one told us? @TheDailyShow

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“Fox and Friends”. ” Congratulations, healthy people are paying for sick people.” So life insurance is live people paying for dead people?

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Chris Christie said “Beachgate” hurt his kids more “than they’ve been hurt by anything else that has happened in the eight years, and they don’t understand people’s unfairness and, quite frankly, their ignorance.”
I have NOTHING against Christie’s kids. But speaking of ignorance…how about vacationing on a beach you decided to close, and thinking people wouldn’t notice?

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A pregnant Kentucky ob-gyn who was in the hospital for her own induction and delivery :apparently “overheard the nurses preparing for a woman in active labor who needed to deliver immediately because the baby was in distress.”
So she got out of bed, suited up, delivered the baby, went back to bed, and then had her own baby. Once again, four words. Weaker sex my ass.

Lamar Odom has written about his drug struggles & nearly dying for Players’ Tribune. Title summed-up in four words? – Don’t date a Kardashian.

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After seeing the CTC study, Ravens OL & MIT doctoral student, John Urschel, 26, abruptly retired. Guess this time it is rocket science.

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Forty-three years ago today House Judiciary Committee recommended  Richard Nixon be impeached. Just saying. #inspiration?

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Remember those days when journalists were gleefully speculating about all the discord in Obama White House?

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Those of us who are parents of adult children thought we were over the days of waking up at 3am to watch a baby crying. @realDonaldTrump

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Have to wonder with the Scaramucci Priebus circus if Sean Spicer isn’t sitting on his couch watching TV and smiling.

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Another example of why you read rules before accepting job; “The financial disclosure form, which is publicly available upon request…” #Scaramucci

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Senate GOP will vote on a bill tonight that they are writing today. Who knew healthcare could be so uncomplicated? #WTF

If you’re young attractive-in-a-smarmy-way Italian-American comic struggling to make ends meet, Saturday Night Live has a job for you. #Scaramucci

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McConnell reportedly trying to assure GOP in Senate “skinny repeal” will not become law. Uh, easiest way to assure that – don’t vote for it.

Because we all sign big money contracts every day where the terms are spelled out as “We’ll get back to you.” #WTF #FreedomBill

Another WTF moment. The case that the Trump is using to overturn protections for the LGBT community is an incident involving a sky diving instructor who, to make her feel more comfortable, told a woman he would be strapped to on a tandem dive that he was gay, The woman’s husband complained and got him fired. Uh, wouldn’t a jealous jerk be HAPPIER with a gay instructor?
Or was he worried the guy would turn his wife into a lesbian?

If someone is willing to put their life on line to protect this country, I don’t f*cking care what bathroom they use. That is all.

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Pretty sure that if you talked to generals lot of them would say transgender people cause a lot less disruption in military than Trump.

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Has Trump decided he really hates transgender people? Or is ban just collateral damage to distract from Trumpcare bill?.

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Wonder who has more regrets about now – Caitlyn Jenner or Jeff Sessions?

Reading about how many millions are spent on Viagra – pretty clear we should think about restricting heterosexuals in the military.

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Among senators disagreeing with Trump on transgender people is Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa. What do you expect from a liberal woman who knows nothing about the military. Oh, wait… never mind

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For all the doom and gloom and retail closings See’s Candies is actually opening over 200 stores.   Because internet is powerful but nothing beats good chocolate with free samples.

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Lyft and Taco Bell have deal where riders can request a fast foot stop on their ride. Pilot program starts in LA Shouldn’t it be Denver?

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#Pac12 will shorten halftime at football games from 20 to 15 minutes. All part of conference grand plan to get games under 4 hours?

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A woman apparently died after a “domestic dispute” on a Seattle to Alaska cruise. The Emerald Princess docked in Juneau, passengers were required to stay on board, and the ship had to cancel a Tracy Arm Flord scenic cruise. Not sure what the suspect will be charged with, but for the amount of money people pay for a July Alaska cruise guessing a poll of passengers would say death penalty for missing the fjord.

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Falcons WR Julio Jones has hired a dive team in a so far unsuccessful effort to find a $100,000 plus diamond earring he lost in a lake while jet-skiing. Uh, here’s a suggestion, next time spend a lot less money and hire someone to watch your stuff while you’re in the water. (Or leave the bling home

The stands at Levi’s Stadium late into the match tonight were just like a 49ers game. But with people.

Well, fans at Levi’s Stadium got to see the home team win at least once in 2017.

Wonder how many people cheering the US victory in the Gold Cup 2017 could actually explain what the Gold Cup is? USA USA USA!

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Sean Spicer is apparently being courted by Dancing With The Stars. #DWTS. Makes sense, he had 6 months experience Dancing With The Truth.

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8,000 people attended Trump’s rally last night in Ohio. 8,000?! There are more people in Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium with 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter and the Browns down by 3 touchdowns.

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Ivanka is the latest Trump to hire counsel over Russia probe. If you’re a GOP lawyer in DC without work you might need to consider new profession.

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So #Cocacola is using the cover of outrage over healthcare & Trump’s transgender ban to reformulate #CokeZero? It’s an outrage.

In Mississippi, Jaheim Oatis, who is 6’4″, 286-lbs, and going into 8th grade, has received scholarship offers from Alabama, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
Of course, this is Mississippi. We know his grade, but not how old he is.

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Clayton Kershaw will be out 4-6 weeks with a back injury. Maybe during that time the SF Giants can climb to only 25 games back?

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SF Giants have come up with so many interesting ways to lose games it defies description. But many of them seem to come from the Ruben Rivera school of baserunning.

(for the mercifully uninitiated, who are still curious  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyF_XNVIuAo)

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At this point wouldn’t it be simpler to list the  2017 Dallas Cowboys who haven’t been arrested?

Noted on United.com website when purchasing Economy Plus (extra legroom) seats. “United reserves the right to remove passengers from economy plus seats for any reason.” They do say a refund will be automatically processed if this happens.
Scratch another airline off Ann Coulter’s list.

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A Delta flight was delayed today after a pilot and flight attendant got into a major argument, culminating in the pilot reportedly calling her “a piece of sh*t.”
This would never have happened with United, they’d have charged passengers an entertainment charge.

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Trump & GOP screaming conspiracy on Russia allegations- uh, if Dems could work this elaborate a scheme against President, they’d have been smart enough to win.

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Jared Kushner -didn’t read email chain, late to meeting he didn’t know what was about, left early… Glad Mid-East diplomacy isn’t so complicated.

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That moment when you realize Jeff Sessions isn’t crazy enough for Donald Trump….

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In fairness to #BoyScouts cheering today, maybe for merit badge in “Disabilities Awareness” they must visit a seriously mentally ill person.

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If any other 71 yr-old man gave speech like Trump is giving to #BoyScouts his children would have him immediately taken in for observation.

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I’m just trying to imagine GOP reaction if President Hillary Clinton had given a speech like today’s to the Girl Scouts?

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So that part of the Boy Scout oath “To help other people at all times..” doesn’t include “helping them stay alive with healthcare?” #WTF?

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What could possibly be so big Trump would make himself a laughing stock in front of #BoyScouts for distraction. I don’t know…. healthcare?

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Or maybe the plan is for Trump to fire Sessions and appoint Jared as AG so he can pardon everyone?

Trump may become 1st President in 168 years without a pet.  Not sure about dogs, but has anyone ever met ANY cat who would put up with him?

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Trump in a  pre-Boy Scout speech today “For the past 17 years, Obamacare has wreaked havoc…” It’s all part of his plan to blame Hillary & Obama for 9-11?’

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Happy #NationalTequilaDay. But really, since Trump’s inaugural, for many Americans hasn’t EVERY day been National Tequila Day?

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More than 7,000 US Catholic nuns have signed an anti-Trumpcare letter to Senators – “The BCRA would be the most harmful legislation for American families in our lifetimes, and it goes against our Catholic faith teaching. To cut Medicaid and take healthcare from millions of people is not a pro-life stance.”
But hey, what do nuns know about being pro-life?

Wonder how many, especially on the West Coast,  who saw Speith’s three shot lead after the third round at the British Open, (aka #TheOpen)  slept in, saw his eventual win by 3, & figured, “didn’t miss much?”

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Jordan Spieth on the back nine Sunday made sure that Trump’s tweetstorm yesterday no longer the craziest hour of the weekend.

Kershaw and Strasburg both left games after 2 innings w/ apparent injuries.  Longshot World Series bets on Astros looking better & better.

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Will miss Eduardo Nunez when he is almost certainly traded by SFGiants. Won’t miss the brain cramps on the bases.

(today’s effort,  for the mercifully uninitiated, getting thrown out at third base with two outs after a Belt fly ball was dropped for an error in the outfield.)

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Jerry Jones, who has always backed Ezekiel Elliott, says there is “absolutely nothing” in the police report on the Cowboys star RB that shows domestic violence.
And who would ever doubt Jones on the subject of his players’ behavior?

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Jamaica upset Mexico 1-0 to advance into Gold Cup final against USA Wed. night. Shocking many sports fans – “Jamaica has a soccer team?”

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Remember those innocent days when worst embarrassment we could imagine a US president getting into with his phone was Bill Clinton sexting?

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Trump continues to tweet his ire on “witch hunts.”   Is he trying to drown out chants coming from his White House –  Double, double toil & trouble…

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Kellyanne Conway on Trump & voter fraud, wiretaps, etc. “He doesn’t think he’s lying about those issues.” She had me at “he doesn’t think.”

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At the end of a long interview, Anthony Scaramucci said there’s only one thing he’s asking of now Press Secretary Huckabee Sanders. “Sarah, if you’re watching I love the hair and makeup person that we had on Friday, so I’d like to continue to use the hair and makeup person.”
Anyone still doubting why Mooch became a Trump favorite?

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Just wondered, as far as Republicans who were “carried over the line on my back,” would Trump like to name them? Even one?

Trump has announced he will stay at his Bedminster, NJ golf course Aug 3-20th. While little GOP people have to stay in DC & fix healthcare.

Tim Flannery on SF Giants postgame about Pablo Sandoval “There are two kinds of players in baseball. Those who are humble and those who will become humbled.

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On other hand, SF Giants  are undefeated in the 2nd Pablo Sandoval era.

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In Fresno, a Starbucks customer, 58, saved the day by fighting with a 30 year old would-be-robber and stabbing him with his own knife. A grateful Starbucks thought of offering the hero coffee for life but figured a $1 million reward would be cheaper.

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RIP John Heard.   Beginning to think there is no such thing EVER as minor back surgery.

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Remember when cartoonish on Saturday morning referred to animated shows for kids, not the President of the United States’ tweets?

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Bestherbs Coffee LLC has issued a voluntary recall for their New Kopi Jantan Tradisional Natural Herbs Coffee, after the FDA confirmed it contains demethyl carbodenafil, a ingredient similar to Viagra. Customers can return bags for a refund. Or sell them for triple the price on Ebay.

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One of those Saturday night’s after a week where we really wish @nbcsnl didn’t take summer hiatus.

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New WH communications director Scaramucci deleting past anti-Trump tweets for  “full transparency.”  To quote Inigo Montoya “I don’t think that means what you think it means.

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The GOP and Dems announced agreement Saturday on a Russia sanctions package over US election meddling and Ukraine/Syria meddling. So how long until Trump tries to outlaw Congress?

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Actually seriously wonder, does Trump realize “pardon”  as in “complete power to pardon” means he would be pardoning people convicted of crimes?

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Kelli Ward, who ran against McCain in the GOP primary this year, and may run against Senator Jeff Flake in next year’s primary, with Trump support, is a medical doctor.

She now says McCain should step down after his cancer diagnosis, and of course she’s happy to be appointed to his seat.

And we thought Ben Carson was hurting the image of doctors in this country.

-t Ohio GOP state dinner, VP Pence on Gov. Kasich
“John and I occasionally have differences of opinion There’s one thing we can all agree on. Ohio is a great state, and John Kasich has done a great job as governor of the state of Ohio.”
Translation, when Kasich primaries Trump in 2020, Pence hopes he’ll consider keeping him somehow on board.

Pro Football Hall of Fame  says that O.J. Simpson’s standing invitation to Canton ceremonies still on.   Asked if he will attend wonder if the Juice responded  “I’ll take a stab at it?”

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Ole Miss lost a commitment from a top CB prospect today after football coach Hugh Freeze resigned. Did the kid back out because he thinks the program will be in shambles? Or because he’s not getting his promised “entertainment?”

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SF Giants had #GameOfThrones night at AT&T Park. Well, with team on pace to lose 100 games not bad idea to remind fans “Winter is coming.”

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Kyrie Irving reportedly has only 4 teams he wants to be traded to & 1 of them is #Knicks. Has anyone checked Irving for concussions? #Cavs

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Wizards & John Wall have agreed to 4-year, $170 million extension.  With that much money involved and given current Washington situation are we sure Russia isn’t in on deal?

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Trump will ban US citizens from traveling to North Korea. Uh, oh, did anyone tell Dennis Rodman?

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Got to admit there’s a certain symmetry in applying for 70 foreign worker visas at Mar-a-Lago while tweeting about #MadeInAmericaWeek

Okay, how do we start a petition to get @NBCSNL to invite #SeanSpicerhimself to appear on the fall season opener?

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Last week several packages of frozen pork fell from the sky and landed on and next to a Florida house. Seriously. Did Spicer privately say he’d resign only when pigs fly?

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So guess the answer to “how low can you go?” in Sean Spicer’s case turns out to be Anthony Scaramucci.

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Very confused, when is Trump going to hire Galileo and Bismillah? #Scaramucci

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At Trump White House folks are going to have to take numbers and get in lines for their exit interviews.

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For all those tired of “Trump Insult Bingo” maybe we need to start playing “Trump Resignation Bingo.” Thinking about dibs on Reince Priebus

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Somewhere @melissamccarthy is thinking “Damn, now I have to work on my Sarah Huckabee Sanders imitation.”

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Chris Christie signed a bill to raise the smoking age in New Jersey to 21. “My mother died from the effects of smoking, and no one should lose their life due to any addictive substance.”
So where’s Christie’s effort to regulate fast food?

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Lyft is opening a Palo Alto office to develop self-driving cars. Makes some sense, on top of everything else the city is a great place to teach cars how to avoid pedestrians and bicyclists with death wishes.

Trump to Time Magazine “I’m so stable you wouldn’t believe it.” Well, he’s half right.

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#JaredKushner “inadvertently omitted” 70+ assets worth over $10 million in disclosure reports. But hey, I’m sure that the IRS would be OK with most of us if we did that.

With the $10 million plus in assets Kushner “inadvertently omitted,” was simply channeling Steve Martin -“I forgot? @nbcsnl

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Flipping through a list of healthcare items possibly allowed with with Flexible Spending Accounts- condoms and Viagra are covered, tampons are not. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

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GOP knows one of their best Senators only has a chance to survive a terrible cancer because he has great insurance….and they’re still voting to strip others. #noshame

Whatever anyone says, if OJ Simpson could still run a sub 4.5 40 yard dash, NFL teams would be lining up to offer him a tryout.

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Wonder if Trump thinking of firing Mueller & putting #OJSimpson in as Special Counsel? The Juice does have criminal justice experience.

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Maybe Trump can hire OJ Simpson to look for the real hackers.

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How long until @realDonaldTrump trashes #OJSimpson for stealing his headlines?

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#OJSimpson says he’s had “basically a conflict-free life.” Other than that one evening, Lizzie Borden had basically a great relationship w/ her parents.

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Ah for the days that the #OJSimpsonParole would have been the craziest and most controversial story of the week.

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Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze out after he was caught calling an escort service on a UNIVERSITY phone. Terminated for morals or stupidity?

The phone call that got Mississippi football coach Hugh Freeze terminated lasted “about a minute” but has been described that it “would be highly embarrassing for all of you and extremely difficult to explain.”
In one minute? That’s impressive. So what the heck did he say? And who did he say it to?

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First Jason Schmidt, then Brian Wilson, now Sergio Romo.  Los Angeles DFA’ed Roma today.   Haven’t @Dodgers learned not to sign old @SFGiants pitchers yet?

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Panthers released Michael Oher today. Was he blindsided by the news?

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Next week, rookie Dallas RB Jourdan Lewis will be tried for a charge of domestic violence. At this point it would be simpler if the first page of the Cowboys’ playbook features the Miranda warning.

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Probably never occurred to @realDonaldTrump that Macron “loves holding” Trump’s hand because it keeps that hand away from Brigitte.

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#Exxon fined $2 million for violating Russia sanctions under Tillerson. Wow, that’s about .05% of 2017 1st QUARTER $4 billion profit.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was “not sure” if Trump regretted insulting Sen. John McCain last year for having been captured.
You start seeing why the White House doesn’t want cameras at press briefings. Not sure if it would have been worse to see Sanders struggle to keep a straight face, or to see if saying that didn’t bother her at all.

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Many in GOP seem to think @SenJohnMcCain will return to Senate to vote to repeal Obamacare. But what if he comes back with change of heart?

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Another White House resignation – outside legal spokesman Mark Corallo. Has someone told Trump recycling jobs not same as creating them?

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Give @realDonaldTrump, who else could make Jeff Sessions even a SLIGHTLY sympathetic figure?

From T.C.   “China has banned Disney character Winnie the Pooh due to comparisons made to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Look for America to follow suit, when the White House will ban the Disney character Pinocchio.”

And the tweet storm continues  –   Ann Coulter, still upset about her $30 seat.  “It cost me $10,000 of my time to pre-select the seat I wanted, investigate type of plane & go back periodically to review seat options.”

So  Ann is SO smart, but not smart enough to hire a decent travel agent to do that kind of work for her?   (Or maybe no agent would take her on as a client.)

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Of course for a lot less than $10,000 she could have flown first class…

Give Ann Coulter credit. Who can remember the last time a celebrity made an airline look good?

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If Lavar Ball opened his mouth and nobody covered it, would he still be an a**hole?

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As if @NBA regular season games aren’t meaningless enough, now we’re supposed to care about summer league & what shoes players are wearing?

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Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott, still under investigation for an alleged 2016 sexual assault, reportedly was involved Sunday night in an “altercation” at a Dallas bar. No arrests were made. But congrats to all those who had July 16 in the pool.

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Has anyone told Trump approval numbers are not like golf, where lowest score wins?

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A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows Trump’s approval rating in counties that he won at 50%.
And we all know how good Americans are at saying “I might have made a mistake.”

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Sean Spicer’s excuse for  Donald and Ivanka Trump outsourcing  in their own businesses: “There are certain supply chains or scalability not available in this country.” #MadeinAmericaWEAK

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#SFGiants playing like the team they are really trying to catch is the #Phillies

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As a lousy athlete myself, I know there is almost nothing baseball players do that I could do.  Except maybe lob a baseball underhanded a short distance.  Not that players do that very often.  But in the “new ways to lose” department tonight, Giants pitcher Matt Moore tossed a ball underhanded about 30 feet towards first base, and threw it well over the 1st baseman’s head….

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A British doctor found 27 contact lenses in a woman’s eye. And here I feel stupid when I lose one on the floor.

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Billboard on Highway 101 in Northern California  “Eyes on the road – don’t text and drive.”   Uh, if you’re reading the billboard your eyes aren’t on the road.

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If nothing wrong happened at Russia meeting wouldn’t you think the mystery 8th person would be proudly proclaiming he/she was there?

Should we really expect a man who couldn’t find US-born women for 2 of his 3 wives to give more than lip service to #MadeInAmericaWeek?

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So what’s @realDonaldTrump going to do this week to steal headlines from#OJSimpson‘s parole? Asking for a country.

Repealing Obamacare without replacement is just an indirect form of voter suppression – as in “let them die before the election.”

‘At least not after the All-Star break for SF Giants fans.    Last year at this time was the infamous Casilla “balk-off” win,  after Giants had 2 run lead in the 10.   Tonight, “only” a walk-off home run, almost to the third deck.

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Though on  a more positive note –  what was a bigger miracle tonight? #MadisonBumgarner back on the mound? Or the #SFGiants scoring twice in the first inning?

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Former Penn State VP Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley began their jail sentences today for not doing anything when they were told in 2001 that Jerry Sandusky was showering with a boy.
“I feel so sorry for them” said nobody.

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WR Darren Carrington II, whose dad played 8 years in the NFL, and was a promising star at Oregon, has been dismissed from the football team after a DUI arrest when he allegedly hit a pole at a McDonald’s in Eugene at 3:15am earlier this month.
Wonder which SEC team will be the first to offer him another chance.
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Does anyone think that @realDonaldTrump could name a woman competing at the #USWomensOpen?

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United Airlines apparently made a mistake during a Denver layover and sent rapper ScHoolboy Q’s dog to Chicago instead of Burbank. On the bright side, the dog is still alive.

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#AWrinkleInTime movie comes out in March. How many are like me both in being really excited & thinking Disney better not screw this up?

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In Redwood City, California, a man left the engine running while fueling a Lamborghini Countach at a gas station. Can we give Darwin awards for incinerating a car?

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Rant time. The wait for an interview for Global Entry, which costs $100 and helps US travelers go more quickly through customs and immigration, is now 6 months at San Francisco.
Forget the wall, can’t we spend money to hire people to speed the process, and free up immigration officers to have more time they don’t have to spend with US business people and tourists?

As #AnnCoulter vents about @Delta, airline has to wish flight crew had behaved in a more image-boosting way – as in dragging her off plane.

Kellyanne Conway “criticism of me is so gender-biased.”  And how many women are thinking that only gender solidarity biases them from saying “you stupid b*tch.”

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Trump wants his travel ban to continue to exclude grandparents. Makes some sense, anyone really think he can name his grandchildren?

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So now right-wing media are claiming the Russian meeting with Don Jr, Kushner, Manafort etc was part of a Democratic trap to entrap Trump’s campaign.
Right, such a carefully crafted trap they waited until 8 months after the election to spring it.

Wishing John McCain a full recovery from emergency eye surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.  But so, a man who had a blood clot found and removed because he has some of the best healthcare available will miss now a vote that may doom a measure planning to take healthcare from millions of Americans.

Mean bitch karma also wishes McCain well but has to be smiling.

So what’s a few blisters and pitchers on the DL. Because chicks still dig the long ball. Right, @MLB commissioner Manfred?

Venus Williams, 37, could win 6th #Wimbledon title. If Roger Federer, 35, wins too,  will she be accused in the Champions Dance of cradle-robbing?

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Floyd Mayweather in latest rant against Conor McGregor used anti-gay slur. As if we needed more reason w/ pay-per-view to “just say no.”

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Lots of blisters this year for #MLB pitchers, and many say that part of the problem is that the ball is different. But hey, why would anyone think the league doesn’t have its players’ long term health and well being at heart?

In the #couldbeworse department for SF Giants, the Red Sox have DFA’ed  Pablo Sandoval.  After the 2014 season,  Giants had matched Boston’s 5 year, $90 million offer.

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So forget politics, let’s get a real argument going – should the SF Giants pick up Pablo Sandoval since the Red Sox are paying his salary?
My personal thought, since they’re probably trading Nunez, and if Panda’s willing to make a statement that he said some stupid things when he left, why not? Could add some fun to a lost season. Though I wouldn’t make it a long experiment if things didn’t work out quickly.

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#Honolulu high-rise fire in a condo complex Friday night built before sprinklers were mandated killed at least three & injured dozens of others. But hey, let’s elminate those pesky regulations.

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So will @realDonaldTrump tell the winner of the #USWomensOpen this Sunday “You’re in such great shape”?

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Trump told Brigitte Macron “you’re in such good shape.” Melania speaks French, wonder what she might have quietly told Emmanuel about her husband.

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Wouldn’t it be faster for everyone in the Trump administration who HASN’T met secretly with Russians to come forward?

From TC  “Once again the MLB All-Star Game was a meaningless affair — just like this weekend’s series between the Mariners and the White Sox.”

Of course, for that matter, substitute Padres and Giants.

Tim Tebow had 1st walk-off home run for St. Lucie Mets. So he’s on his way to being a solid minor league caliber player in baseball as well as football.

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Not a boxing fan so try to pay little attention.    But just realized we have almost a month and a half of pre-fight Mayweather-McGregor headlines?

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A reporter questioning Andy Murray after his loss at Wimbledon described Sam Querrey as “first U.S. player to reach a major semi-final since 2009.”
Murray immediately interrupted and said “male player.”
Sir Andy may have lost in this tournament, but guessing he picked up a lot of new female fans.

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A tourist died on Malo Beach in St. Maarten when a jet blast knocked her backwards onto rocks. She had climbed onto a fence, despite warning signs. to watch the plane take off. The island’s head of tourism said he had “met with the family of the deceased this evening and while they recognized that what they did was wrong, through the clearly visible danger signs, they regret that risk they took turned out in the worst possible way.”

Wonder if they’ll send her body home with a nice shiny Darwin award.

(The woman who died was from New Zealand.  Good thing for St. Maarten she was not American.  Her family would have probably sued the country for not building walls or fences high enough to keep her out of harm’s way.)

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Richard Sherman says NFL players need to be be “willing to strike” to get the kind of contracts the NBA and MLB has. When his skills drop off a bit this should make Sherman about as popular a free agent as Colin Kaepernick.

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At Paris De Gaulle airport. United’s catering headquarters caught fire and burned Thursday morning, resulting in flights having to depart largely without onboard meals. But really, couldn’t they have just claimed all meats were being served extra well-done?

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Missing those days when you could get on a ten hour flight without WiFi and not worry the World would fall apart before you landed.

Air Force One touched down Thursday morning in Paris. No doubt Trump would proclaim it as equivalent to D-day. If he knew what D-day was.

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Trump – “France helped us secure our independence. A lot of people forget.” Now they & Frederick Douglass are being recognized more & more?

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Trump on Don Jr’s Russia meeting about Hillary -nothing out of the ordinary because “Politics is not the nicest business in the world.”
Okay, then, this means if some other foreign government officials have info on him, it’s okay for them to approach Democrat candidates in 2020?

Trump is now saying his proposed border wall needs to be transparent. “You have to be able to see through it” for “when they throw large sacks of drugs over.”

And so you can watch out not only for illegal immigrants, but those potential school-attacking grizzly bears?

Last night’s All-Star game went 10 innings.  Note to Bud Selig.  Having it count wouldn’t have made it faster.

During tonight’s All-Star game Nelson Cruz walked to the plate, pulled a phone out of his pocket and had Yadier Molina take a photo of him with umpire Joe West.
Out of habit, Roger Goodell fined him.

NBA to decrease timeouts per game from 18 to 14; limit them in last 2 min of game to 2 per team. So last mins of game will only take 1/2 hr?

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Possible trade of Carmelo Anthony to the Rockets? Could be great news, for the Spurs and Warriors.

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So who figured that at #Wimbledon there’d be a British woman in the semi-finals but not a British man?

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Scary. An Air Canada flight apparently almost landed on a taxi-way instead of a runaway last Friday night at SFO, and could have crashed into one or more of four planes lined up waiting to take off. The FAA is investigating and Air Canada is basically saying “no comment.”
Good thing this wasn’t a US airline -they’d have charged passengers an excitement fee.

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GOP leaders who repeatedly say how “disturbed” and “upset” they are with Trump then go back to business as usual starting to remind me of parents whose kids roll their eyes KNOWING they won’t be disciplined.

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I’m sure if Chelsea Clinton had met with a Canadian reporter who promised dirt on Trump the GOP would also dismiss it as a “nothing burger.”

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Does anyone seriously think @realDonaldTrump has read any of the history of Salem? #realwitchhunt

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Trump doesn’t watch TV much like most Americans men used to read Playboy for the articles.

Massive iceberg  breaks away from Antarctica – I can’t be only one thinking wistfully  that this would have been a potential setup to a great  President Hillary Clinton  is cold  joke.