Left Coast Sports Babe

Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka, age 20, for the US Open championship. And Serena’s about to prove that mothers can serve, as well as know, best.

If Bob Woodward’s book is even partially accurate we have a President who isn’t even capable of choosing the team captain for a White House softball team let alone a Supreme Court Justice.

But maybe Trump COULD resign and become GM for the Mets?

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Apparently Donald Trump has narrowed his list of suspects on that NY Times OpEd.   He thinks it happened in the library, with the wrench, Colonel Mustard.

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Some wonder why that “Anonymous White House” official, who claims to be a Republican, went to NY Times instead of Fox News.  What if they DID go to Fox News first, and were ignored or dismissed?

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For anyone who said Cory Booker should have played by the rules. Yeah, that worked out so well for Democrats and Justice Merrick Garland.

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Open note to Donald Trump – before you go after Cory Booker remember that Cory played football at Stanford.   He can kick your a**.

Seriously, how easy would it have been for Trump to have laughed off  the NY Times Op Ed and Bob Woodward book by saying he doesn’t comment on fiction?” Instead, by his anger he’s confirmed both.

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Rudy now says Trump will not answer investigators’ questions on obstruction of justice. As if he was ever going to tell the truth anyway

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So Kavanaugh thinks we need to “harden” the schools? As if it’s not “hard” enough in school these days without working about guns on campus.

Anyone who considers birth control to be “abortion-inducing drugs” is respectfully speaking, too clueless about science to be a Supreme Court Judge.

Who knew we might miss days of “I want a President I can have a beer with,” now that some Republicans are going – “I want a President who sounds like he has drunk a six-pack.”

Rafael Nadal – Dominic Thiem US Open match lasted 4 hours and 49 minutes. Wow. That’s almost as long as the average Red Sox-Yankees game.

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SF Giants Dereck Rodriguez  on Coors Field: “I forgot how fun it is to pitch here. I love this mound here. It’s just really fun pitching here.”

Forget the Giants losing game. Hope that statement isn’t enough to get D-Rod drug-tested.

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Trump says Nike made “a terrible mistake,” Serena Williams lauds their Kaepernick ad. How long for the Presidential tweet saying “Serena is overrated?”

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So are the people cutting the Nike swooshes off their socks and other athletic wear replacing the symbol with a more appropriate snowflake?

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So how many MAGAers are burning their Nikes and replacing them with cheap shoes made in China?

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Nonpolitical thought for the day. Cruise ships love to see bears, it’s like real-life Nature Channel. Bears love to see cruise ships, it’s like real-life Food Network.

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Theranos is formally shutting down. The whole thing was such a con you have to wonder if Trump was somehow involved?

Looking good for all those with John Kelly in Trump firing bingo

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Presidential tweets on Typhoon in Japan – zero, Presidential tweets on Tropical Storm hitting Gulf Coast – zero. Presidential tweets on Woodward book Trump claims is fake – about six. So far today. #priorities

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If we can’t confirm a Supreme Court judge eight months before an election, how can we possibly confirm a Supreme Court judge eight WEEKS before an election?

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If “elections have consequences”  then Democrats would have a whole lot less problem with Brett Kavanaugh being confirmed. Because Merrick Garland would have been confirmed.

Fred Guttenberg wishes HE could still be a great carpool dad for his daughter.#Kavanaugh

How many 49ers fans are torn between desire to support Colin Kaepernicik and Nike and still really glad Kap is no longer San Francisco’s QB?

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As Miami Marlins stagger to the end of their seasons, they would like to thank the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes for distracting Florida sports fans this weekend.

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Unhappiest people right now besides Roger Federer fans have to be advertisers who bought time with ESPN for the US Open’s next’s men’s round.

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Meanwhile for all those little girls who wanted to grow up to be ballerinas AND rule the world….

So what do you do if you’re a MAGAer with Tiger Woods Nike merchandise and you want to keep it because Trump is supporting Tiger but now Nike is supporting Colin Kaepernick?
Hatred is so confusing.

Guessing Donald Trump would be threatening to boycott Nike if he’d ever bought Nike shoes or work out gear in his life.

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John Kerry will not rule out a run for President in 2020. Because we don’t have enough candidates to represent the demographic of old white men?

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Seahawks owner Paul Allen gave $100 to GOP to help them keep the House this November. Because billionaires didn’t get a big enough tax cut?

Dr. Gary Tigges apologized after being quoted in the Dallas Medical Journal as saying about women doctors’ salaries “Yes, there is a pay gap, Female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients as male physicians”
Was Tigges hoping to be hired as White House physician?

John McCain was no saint. And he made a number of mistakes in his life, most damaging perhaps his choice of running mate.
But he loved his family and he loved America.
Can anyone honestly say the same about Trump?
(lusting after your daughter doesn’t count.)

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Another reason Trump is so upset today. Millions of Americans ADMIRE the relationship John McCain had with HIS daughter.

Bottled water has an expiration date?! So what happens when it expires?

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From Trump fundraising email. (Yeah, I know, who put me on this list?)
“You only have until TOMORROW at 11:59 to get 40% OFF all OFFICIAL TRUMP MERCHANDISE for our Labor Day Sale”
Gosh, who knew this stuff wasn’t selling out?

Official Trump merchandise from the MAGA committee store is shipped by the USPS. Wonder how their negotiated rates compare to Amazon’s?

As a liberal, I supported McCain’s right to have all the people HE wanted to eulogize him and attend.
And I will support Trump’s right someday to pick people to eulogize him and attend his funeral. Both of them.

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This is the last weekend of the year without professional football. Well, not counting the SEC.

SF Giants now gone from only getting 1-2 runs a day to 1-2 hits a day? This is NOT progress.

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Trump started out Sunday morning praising TIger Woods. Who does he think he is, ESPN?

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Nick Saban called a reporter personally to apologize after being nasty over a question on his quarterback situation,   Imagine how cranky he’s going to be after Alabama’s first loss.

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GOP Senator Chuck Grassley tweeted out a “prayer”  that “our President can be as disciplined in his discourse and speeches like last two [weeks before] his election.”

Because “thoughts and prayers” have worked so well?

I miss having a President who spent Saturday nights enjoying life with his wife and family.

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What this morning’s McCain Memorial reminds us is that decent people can disagree about politics. And that America still has decent people. Even if not right now in the White House.