Left Coast Sports Babe

So it was Strickland vs  Harper to lead off bottom 9th in DC. Guessing both SF Giants and Nationals wish they had subscribed to show it on pay-per-view.

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But didn’t everyone have SF Giants’  Derek Holland outdueling Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer?

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The same as everyone had Seth Lugo, normally a Mets reliever, outpitching Yankees ace Luis Severino.

#whyyoudontbetonbaseball

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After his Triple Crown win Justify walked laps in the barn and then was brought outside to meet reporters. ESPN –  “He pricked his ears at the sound of the shutter clicks, and when Baffert led him closer, he playfully bit at one camera.”

“Playfully?”   Written by someone who hasn’t been around a lot of stallions.

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Some complaints now that trainer Bob Baffert’s other horse, “Restoring Hope,” by running second in the Belmont Stakes early prevented other horses from catching Justify. Uh, in a mile and a half race,  plenty of time to go around.

Robert DeNiro “F*ck Trump.” And Stormy Daniels is thinking “Not enough money in the world for me to do it again.

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That moment that President’s top economic adviser thinks Canada is governed by “Pierre Trudeau.” Another stable genius.

Imagine GOP outrage if Robert DeNiro had said that Trump had a perfect smokey eye?

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The real reason Trump is so upset at Justin Trudeau….  

Meanwhile, Melania Trump attended Ford’s Theater Gala in DC tonight. Suppose it would be tacky to joke that finally nice to see a First Lady so happy to walk out of theater without her husband by her side.

Justified….

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Wonder if Justify will get a White House invite after winning Triple Crown. Would be one top athlete guaranteed not to criticize Trump.

On the other hand, he is going to have a lot of out-of-wedlock offspring.

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Masahiro Tanaka apparently injured hamstring scoring on a fly ball from third against Mets. Hank Steinbrenner said NL needs to join 21st century with DH. What about AL needing to join 21st century with keeping pitchers in shape?

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In the San Francisco mayor’s race,  London Breed is now ahead of Mark Leno by 498 votes with ranked-choice voting, 94,771 votes to  94,273.  Per the SF Chronicle, almost 42,000 ballots have yet to be counted.

Imagine if the City WASN’T now one of the high-tech capitals of the world.

#G7Summit dinner tonight had to be like that wedding reception after that relative you HAD to invite leaves early.

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So when Trump left Ottawa who was the first other G-7 leader to say #ByeFeliciaJ

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Trump says US relations with our allies is “a 10.” So would an 8 be all out war?

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Trump will “know within the first minute” on North Korea.
Within the first minute…..somewhere @StormyDaniels is smirking.

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But while we’re talking about the first minute, and touch and feel and all that…. how about Trump’s decisions on…Spiecer, Priebus, Bannon, Gorka, Price, Tillerson,  Ronny Jackson, McMaster…. and that’s not including Sessions, Rosenstein etc who he just WANTS to fire.

Trump does realize that he is setting it up for the next President to undo any deal HE makes?

If there’s a Heaven have to believe Anthony Bourdain is cooking there tonight, but not without a stop in Hell’s Kitchen.

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Anthony Bourdain must have been in incredible pain. But like to think he’d be smiling in that for one day he took headlines from Trump.

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One story I loved about Anthony Bourdain is him writing that as a child he ate food he didn’t think he’d like just to prove to his parents he could. And then he ended up liking much of it. Great attitude to food and life.

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Now it appears as if Lebron James may have played last three games of playoffs with a broken or almost broken hand from slamming a white board after the Cavs game 1 loss.

So besides smart players and a good coach maybe Spurs can offer Lebron padded white boards?

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Someone posted a picture of Gregg Popovich yesterday in New York City….. shopping for books.

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Don’t look now, but the SF Giants, still with 3 starters on the DL,  have somehow staggered their way over .500.

Trump says of NBA champions, before game 4  -“we’re not going to invite either team.” Uh, you can’t dis-invite anyone who has already made it clear they aren’t coming to your party.

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Doesn’t Konstantin Kilimnik sound like a villain in a Rocky and Bullwinkle episode?

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Story that Scott Pruitt sent EPA staffers to look for Ritz Carlton moisturizer is bad enough. But given what we know about him almost certain Pruitt also asked them to get it for free for him from hotel maids.

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This week Trump has alienated France, Germany and Canada. Says he’s leaving G-7 early and complaining “Why are we having a meeting without Russia being in the meeting?”
So just how long is this pee tape?

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Daily Telegraph reports Trump won’t meet with Theresa May at G-7 ” “because she always focuses on policy discussion rather than normal conversation.” Translation, British PM doesn’t want to praise him.

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If you’re an adult without a pre-existing condition you probably just don’t know what it is yet.

Congrats to the Washington Capitals on their first Stanley Cup win ever.

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Alex Ovechkin reportedly first Russian to lead his team to a championship in Washington, DC. Well, maybe the 2nd.

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Julian Edelman suspended 4 games for PEDs. Gosh, who would ever believe Patriots would be caught cheating?

Wonder if New England fans are feeling deflated by the news.

Will Trump sue the Washington Capitals for  using “ALLCAPS” as a hashtag, because he thinks he invented the idea on Twitter?

(also waiting for the first picture of the DC streets that looks like a bigger happier crowd than Trump’s inaugural…

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Starbucks raised price of its brewed coffee 10-20 cents yesterday. Well, all that “free” toilet paper gets expensive.

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Mika Brezenski says a Trump friend told her Donald’s biggest complaint was that he’s not allowed to watch porn in White House.”
If so, makes a lot more sense why Trump clings to his unsecured phone… presumably with unlimited data plan.

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Third person attacked at Yellowstone National Park this week, all because they got too close to animals. Hope the Park gets a quantity discount on Darwin Awards.

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At times like this useful to remember that on Sept 10, 2001, Rudy Guiliani was an unpopular lame-duck NY mayor who had withdrawn from a Senate race he was going to lose, and whose messy affair with his 3rd-wife-to-be had made him a joke.

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Tennessee hardware store owner put a #NoGaysAllowed” sign in his window. Does he stop his kids from listening to Disney from “Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast?

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Trump says “I don’t think I have to prepare very much” for North Korea summit. Does he really think he has to prepare very much for anything?

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As we still count primary ballots in California, and yes, the ballot WAS the size of a novella this year, here’s an advance suggestion for November.  If you feel overwhelmed or don’t have an opinion on certain propositions/local elections – just go vote anyway for the issues and candidates that matter to you.
Not necessary to fill in the whole ballot. It is, to my mind, necessary these days to vote.

SF Giants inexplicably pitched to Giant killer Paul Goldschmidt twice with an open base today, both times resulting in RBI doubles.  Then the Diamondbacks decided to see crazy and raise it by pitching to Brandon Crawford in bottom of 10th with winning run at 2nd, 2 outs,  and an open base.   Giants fans say “thank you very much.”

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Kansas City police arrested a woman who allegedly set many small fires around Kauffman Stadium. Will her defense be she was desperate to help the Royal bats get hot?

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Steph Curry had an off-night, Lebron James had an off-night. Difference was that #Warriors still had three remaining All-Stars

Dodgers lost tonight 9-11.  Shocking. Mostly shocking that the game wasn’t played at Coors Field.   (PNC in Pittsburgh.)

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In California Congressional District 48 as of Wednesday night, they are down to counting absentee and provisional ballots with 100% of precincts reporting and over 100,000 votes counted. Democrats Harley Rouda and Hans Keirstead separated by  44 votes for runoff spot against Dana Rohrabacher.

Don’t let anyone tell you your vote doesn’t matter..

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So who forgot to tell @realDonaldTrump that yesterday’s elections were primaries?

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Kellyanne Conway called Trump today the “Commander of Cheese.”  Well, makes some sense.  What many Americans consider cheese is plastic-wrapped, orange, not very good for you, and fake.

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Rudy Giuliani today on Stormy Daniels, a person who ‘sells her body’ has “no good name” and can’t be believed. Uh, what about a person who sells his soul?

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Isn’t it nice that on anniversary of #DDay, Trump went out of his way to praise Canada for participating in the invasion?

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Trump thinks every day is D Day. But he thinks the D stands for Donald.

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#NottheOnion  Trump State Dept spokeswoman Heather Nauert  yesterday “We have a very strong relationship with the government of Germany.  Looking back in the history books, today is the 71st anniversary of the speech that announced the Marshall Plan. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion.”

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I liked the idea of war with Canada better when it was a South Park movie.

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Hey Red States, your President is insulting YOU. “They saved 16,000 people, many of them in Texas, for whatever reason that is. People went out in their boats to watch the hurricane. That didn’t work out too well.”
Lies, damn lies and Trumpisms.

How many pitchers get a standing ovation when they come to the plate with the bases loaded? #MadisonBumgarner #SFGiants

(and he came closer to getting a hit than either position player in the inning, fouled a ball straight back.)

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That moment when Dennis Rodman is going to be the adult supervision in Singapore…..

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Speaking of job creation, how many people did Trump hire to pretend to be Eagles fans at today’s White House ceremony? #GodBlessAmerica

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Tim Lincecum will be released by Texas Rangers. Can he sign a one-day contract with San Francisco to retire a Giant?

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How long until @realDonaldTrump just cancels all professional sports champions visiting White House & replaces them with ceremonies focused on himself?

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Stanford graduate  Zach Ertz got FOX NEWS to apologize for using photos of Eagles players praying to accuse them of kneeling. Cool. Now can he work on POTUS?

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So Trump says he’d run to face an armed killer. Betting now he wouldn’t even face sitting in the stands with Eagles fans.

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Tough times for many liberals. Do we boycott NFL over CTE issues, or watch more because many players are standing up to Trump?

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Melania Trump  didl not attend “honoring America” Trump White House ceremony today. Was she staying in the locker room?

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Miss America is giving up its swimsuit competition, saying they will no long judge contestants on “their outward physical appearance.”
Uh, I’m liberal, but it’s a BEAUTY PAGEANT. #WTF?

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So good to see all GOP putting aside politics and decrying the hoax SWAT call to the home of Parkland survivor @davidhogg111 . Oh wait, never mind.

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IF Trump & GOP really wanted to stop undocumented workers, instead of publicizing ICE raids w/ pictures of immigrants being deported, they’d show pictures of business owners in handcuffs. But it’s not about rich business owners. It’s about playing to the base. Period.

Somehow I’ve missed all the heartwarming stories about US citizens who were jobless but fulfilled their dream of working as manual laborers because of all these ICE deportations.

Republican John Cox, advancing to the General Election for Governor in California. We’ve put a businessman in the White House, let’s put a businessman in the Governor’s mansion.”
Uh, “businessman” Trump’s approval rating in California – 35%.

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Finally and seriously.  Sad news about Kate Spade.  Reminds us that seeming to be on top of the world is no safeguard against depression.

RIP Dwight Clark. Maybe he can join with Johnny Unitas for some great flag football games in Heaven.

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Of course, USA COULD have had a President tweet about football tonight by talking about Dwight Clark & what a horrible disease ALS is. If we had a President.

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Guessing  Washington Capitals even if they win Stanley Cup Finals aren’t going to White House either – in 2012, owner Ted Leonsis contributed $45,800 to the Obama Victory  Fund.

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Last time SF Giants picked a catcher in the 1st round of draft it turned out okay.   #JoeyBart #BusterPosey

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Some on Warriors upset that Kendrick Perkins didn’t get out of Stephen Curry’s way yesterday, saying that the Golden State star could have been seriously injured.  Spurs and Kawhi Leonard are getting out the violins.  #Zaza

We knew POTUS is a snowflake. But with this sudden Eagles declaration, the only real question at first was, what was he trying to distract us from tonight?  #Manafort

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Trump uninvited Philadelphia Eagle from White House visit because some of them disagreed with him on anthem protests.
Even if Cavs have miracle comeback, think we can pass on idea of NBA champions visiting right now.

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Howard Schultz stepping down as head of Starbucks. He’s leaving some venti shoes to fill.

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Residents of Kapaho area on Big Island of Hawaii warned to evacuate last week. Now more than a dozen people are trapped by lava and helicopters are only potential way out.
Can we charge them both for the rescue and honorary Darwin medals?

Giuliani on Trump’s lawyers saying POTUS dictated statement on Trump Tower meeting “It was a mistake. I swear to God, it was a mistake.”
Funny, millions of Americans saying same thing to the world on the 2016 election.

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Trump tweeted twice today that this is the “best time ever to look for a job!” Repeating yourself in a short time period is one of the first signs….

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Supreme Court ruled in favor of baker who wouldn’t bake wedding cake for gay couple on religious grounds. Does that mean a baker could refuse to bake cakes for say, men on their 3rd marriage?

Now that the Warriors have gone up 2 games to 0, the NBA finals may be over this week.  Just in time for next week’s start to the NBA pre-season?

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#JakeArrieta, angry at his teammates after being swept by #SFGiants“Overall, it’s just a really horse s— series. Really bad. Really bad.”
Wonder who on the Phillies told him to p*ss off Hernandez by almost hitting him, and to give up a home run to McCutchen?

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Losing a game 7 to 1 isn’t that unusual. Losing it with that score in 14 innings indicates this Mets team might be special.

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Tiger Woods made headlines by playing competitive golf this weekend and tied for 23rd at the Memorial Tournament. Someday we’ll go back to having headlines about who actually wins these things.

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The real question of the weekend, seriously – why did  Trump go to Camp David and not golfing?

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An man is expected to recover after  when an off-duty FBI agent doing a back flip on the dance floor had his gun go off and accidentally shot him. So how do we stop a (stupid) good guy with a gun?

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Should we start looking for secret Melania messages “Help, I’m being held prisoner in a covfefe factory?”

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Reading Trump”s rants about Manafort today can only assume that he flipped. Bigly.

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How long until Trump tweets that he barely knows Don Jr and that Donny barely spent any time with the campaign?

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Just a thought, can media stop reporting every word that crazy Rudy Giuliani says? His only current relevance is that @realDonaldTrump was crazy enough to hire him.

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So instead of spending so much time interviewing people like Steve Bannon, why doesn’t @CNN interview people like Cory Booker Kamala Harris & other Democrats with actual ideas.

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Amazing to think now that under Barack Obama we had 8 years of not getting up every morning and thinking “Oh gawd, what did he do now?”

So as the story changes it’s still not “Who shot JR?” but rather “Why didn’t JR shoot?” #JRSmith

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Max Scherzer’s pinch-hit single in the 14th inning sparked a two-run Nationals rally over the Braves.  And Madison Bumgarner, due to be activated Tuesday is thinking ‘singles, we don’t need no stinkin’ singles.”

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According to ESPN, the Capitals” Kuznetsov and Ovechkin are the fourth set of teammates to accumulate at least 25 points apiece in the past 10 postseasons.”

Ah for the days when they would have been the most successful Russians in Washington.

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Just thinking, if ratings for Full Frontal SamB actually go UP next Wednesday at 1030p (930p) it would send a fun message to advertisers.

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So imagine trying to sell movie script where candidate colludes with foreign power to lose an election so that she can tarnish her opponent’s reputation when he wins. @

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To be fair, give Trump credit. It’s hard to almost start a war in Canada.

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California announced that because of  “discriminatory legislation” against LGBT’s that the state will now prohibit official business travel to the state. Thereby disappointing both people hoping to visit Oklahoma this year.

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Wish we could see if someone really typed this with a straight face; “Having him testify demeans the office of the president before the world.” @realDonaldTrump

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What is the average time for recovery from a face lift? Asking for a concerned nation.

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Should we be looking for Melania messages “Help, I’m being held prisoner in a covfefe factory?”

So I get Joe Panik coming back to SF Giants after more than a month on DL inspired other hitters. Who knew it might have inspired the pitchers?  (First win against Phillies in 7 games, and a 4-0 shutout.)

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Three questions. 1. Have the Cavs told JR Smith what day and time Game 2 of the NBA finals is?  2. Does he remember?  3. Do they care?

Years from now when trivia contests ask “Who shot JR?” millions of millennials will assume it was a Cleveland Cavaliers fan.

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NBA now says Draymond Green should have been called for lane violation w/ George Hill’s free throw & and a shooting foul w/ 12 seconds left for grabbing Lebron James. I’m sure that makes Cavs feel SO much better. #NBAFinals

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Trump complaining Mueller investigation has cost $17 million. Considering that Red Sox are paying Pablo Sandoval $18 million to be a utility player for SF Giants the investigation seems like a great deal.

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When Pete Rose bet on baseball, he reportedly bet Reds to win. So what did it hurt? Well, what if you’re a bookie & Rose bets 1st 3 games of a series, but not 4th?  Same applies to Trump bragging early on jobs… what does it tell traders if he says nothing in future?

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An Uber driver apparently fatally shot a passenger in Denver. Well, that’s not going to do much for his driver rating. #Bustohell #Ubertohell

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Who knew you could get Ambien at Buffalo Wild Wings?

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So the price of the summit being back on with North Korea was a hamburger stand? Heaven help us if Kim Jong Un offers Trump a branded hotel and golf course.

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So what would have happened if Samantha Bee had simply said “Someone should try to get Ivanka’s attention by grabbing her by the p*ssy?”

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When it comes to White House pretend outrage over #SamanthaBee, thinking I have no more fecks to give.

As Charles Kushner knocks ethics watchdogs, useful to remember that when his sister’s husband cooperated with Feds, Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother in law, had it recorded & sent tape to his sister. #thebestpeople

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Trump bragging in Texas on Puerto Rico response “I saw the work you did. I don’t think any brand has gained more momentum or gained any more of anything than the brand of the United States Coast Guard.”
Gosh, what would he have said if the death toll were 10,000?