Left Coast Sports Babe

Just one game, and not saying Canada is ready for a new national sport. But the last team from the country to win a major sports championship was the 1993 Blue Jays.

(Canadiens won same year, 1993, but in June)

All these sportswriters who counted themselves lucky not to have to spell Giannis Antetokounmpo now have to figure out how to spell Pascal Siakam.

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Siakam originally as a young teenager wanted to be a priest.  Well, he did have Warriors fans screaming “Jesus Christ” tonight.

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals will play a two game series in London, England in 2020.  St. Louis will be the “home” team.   Now, I see the point in inviting two well known teams, who both regularly sell out at home, but wouldn’t it make more  $$$ sense for MLB to schedule a series between two good teams who usually play to half-empty stadiums?

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Duke’s Zion Williamson has signed with the CAA Sports agency. So much for both people who dreamed he might return to school.

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Eight co-winners of the Scripps spelling bee tonight.  Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja.

Just guessing none of the eight will be invited to the White House.

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Trump is going to start adding, and increasing, tariffs on Mexico until they somehow stop all illegal migrants from reaching US border.
This could be the best millennial 2020 GOTV campaign ever – wait until the price doubles for avocado toast.

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Trump claims he knew nothing about tarping of USS John McCain. “Now, somebody did it because they thought I didn’t like him, OK? And they were well-meaning….” So shouldn’t “Commander-in-chief” know what our armed forces are doing? Asking for a country.

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Department of Energy yesterday sent out a press release referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas” and “molecules of freedom.”
So congratulations to all those who had May 29 in the “When will we be reminded of just how stupid Rick Perry actually is?” pool.

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“Case Closed” could be Trump’s “Mission Accomplished.”

Uh,  Donald Trump tweeting this am about “Russia helping me to get elected.” As poet Jon Stallworthy wrote “and every now and then our lies betray us into truth.”

A young girl is apparently okay after she was struck by a foul ball and taken to hospital during a Cubs-Astros game.  But some are calling for protective netting to go all the way around field at major league ballparks.

So will they also call for people not to drive children to games, since they are far more likely to be killed or injured on highways?

(Not to mention, attendance is already down around MLB, guessing losing even the hope of catching a foul ball or having one tossed by a player to you or your kid cannot be helping.)

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Former SF Giants Angel Pagan had to be rescued after a boating accident in Puerto Rico. Of course had he been a member of 2019 SF Giants it would have been no problem, even had he fallen out of the boat he wouldn’t have hit water.

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As bad as SF Giants have been, the last time they won a game, May 19, was only one day earlier than the Warriors last win.

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Random thought after passing of Bart Starr. He led Packers when they were a dynasty, back when I first became aware of football. For all you youngsters, imagine the Patriots if Tom Brady were a nice guy.

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Widow of man who was killed of coast of Maui, in first fatal shark attack in Hawaii since 2015, says now that there were no warning signs on the beach.
While it was awful, shark attacks ARE rare. On the other hand, pretty impossible to say in many places that if you’re in the ocean, there are no sharks. They were in the water first.

Few instant pleasures are as satisfying in life as somehow, on a hunch or a half-buried memory, correctly guessing a Final Jeopardy question.

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Many Plains, Midwest and MidSouth states have already been hit by tornadoes this year. Preachers and GOP pundits who ascribe natural disasters in blue states to “God’s Will” are being strangely quiet.

Apparently the White House ordered the  USS John McCain to be covered by a tarp so seeing the ship wouldn’t upset Trump during his visit to Japan.

Now, Donald claims they didn’t do it on his orders, so it might have been staff trying to avoid triggering him. But the man who claimed he would run into a school unarmed to face a killer is intimidated by a man who isn’t even alive anymore. What a pathetic and sad little President we have.

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Mitch McConnell now says he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy even if it’s a few months before the 2020 election.
This is the political equivalent of shooting someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and feeling you can get away with it.

Kevin Durant flew to Toronto with Warriors for Games 1 and 2.
So is there a chance he’s playing game 2? Or is KD just trolling Kawhi for not traveling to playoffs with the Spurs last year?.

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SF Giants Miami Marlins attendance looks like a Montreal Expos crowd only smaller.

Orlando temperatures broke a record for May 28 with a high of 97 degrees today.
So if you think you’re having a bad day, at least you’re not in a two-hour line for Splash Mountain.

The Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball team has apologized for a Memorial Day video in which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was depicted among “enemies of freedom.”
The Grizzlies, formerly a Giants farm team, are now affiliated with the Washington Nationals. So at least there’s ONE embarrassment SF Giants fans are being spared this season.

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It costs about $45,000 to climb Everest. Just thinking that for that amount of money climbers could probably save lives instead of risking their own.

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RIP  Bill Buckner. Will he be posthumously inducted into Mets Hall of Fame?

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Clarence Thomas seems so upset about both abortion and even birth control have to wonder if his first wife took the pill against his wishes?

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Missouri is dealing with severe weather tonight including a tornado that touched down in Kansas City. Maybe God heard about the abortion ban and decided she is pissed?

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Trump  being ‘Presidential” on Memorial Day by attacking Joe Biden over the 1994 Crime Bill, and saying “anyone associated with the bill will not have a chance of being elected. In particular, African Americans will not be able to vote for you.”
Wonder what the Central Park Five think?

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WTF? Trump fundraising email of the day, talking about “socialist Democrats:”Today is actually Bernie’s anniversary and he loves radical socialism so much that he took his honeymoon to the Soviet Union. What a joke!”
Did Putin suggest Donald write that?

Finland won its third world hockey title,  3-1 victory over Canada on Sunday.  And in Canada they’re thinking… .who cares, our new national sport is basketball.

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R.I.P. HOF former Green Bay Packers QB Bart Starr. But for those who remember him from our childhood… how did he get to be 85?

Many Americans are taking Memorial Day weekend off. Did someone tell SF Giants they didn’t have to?

Trump sent a congratulatory tweet to Simon Pagenaud for barely beating Alexander Rossi in Indy 500 and an invitation for Simon and Roger Penske to visit the White House. So nobody explained to Donald that a Frenchman won over an American?

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And Trump tweet included “I am in Japan, very early in the morning, but I got to watch Simon drive one of the greatest races in the history of the sport.”

Didn’t have any of those early morning tweets about say, the devastation and deaths from tornadoes affecting Americans this week.

A man was killed swimming off the beach near Kaanapali, Maui. Sad but wonder how many tourists will now avoid the ocean when there is far more of a chance to be killed as a pedestrian on Hawaii streets.
Or for that matter driving to or from the airport.

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As Britain struggles over Leave or Remain surely there have to be other Americans besides me who think if the South wants to leave again, let them go?

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Regarding Nancy Pelosi and her dealings with Donald Trump – remember, we are 17 plus months from election. If sports teaches us nothing else, remember, it’s not the regular season, it’s the playoffs. And in many ways, the 2020 election IS the playoffs.

Conservative GOP Senator Joni Ernst disagrees with Trump, saying “I find North Korean missile tests ‘very disturbing'”

Can we dream that “very disturbing” is a more actionable statement than ‘very concerned?”

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Sarah Sanders this morning said Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have the same opinion of Joe Biden. Thank you Sarah for writing one of Biden’s first commercials.

Well, at least SF Giants held Diamondbacks last night under three touchdowns.

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Kevin Durant is upset with the idea that the Warriors might be better without him. Well, it’s not like since his injury they’ve won five straight games or anything.

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This year’s College Football Playoff semifinals will be played Sat. Dec 28.
So players on half the teams good enough to make the playoffs will be able to relax on New Year’s Eve and watch the big bowl games New Year’s Day at home?

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So with one team whose coach & players openly criticize him, and another likely team from Canada, pretty sure White House  won’t be issuing a White House invitation to NBA champions.

The KKK is marching in Dayton, Ohio this Saturday. I missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

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Meanwhile this week’s winner in the “You can’t make this sh*t up” department… the owners of a Noah’s Ark attraction are suing their insurance company over almost $1 million in damages caused by… flooding.

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Though a close runner up might be this verbatim tweet from Rudy Giuliani  about Nancy Pelosi  –  “ivesssapology for a video which is allegedly is a caricature of an otherwise halting speech pattern, she should first stop, and apologize for, saying the President needs an “intervention.” Are”

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Just a hunch that Trump might regret starting a war of words with Nancy Pelosi.

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Jon Voight in a video posted last night called Donald Trump the “greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.”
Many people have mixed feelings about Angelina Jolie, but it’s always sad when you know you should have an aging parent committed.

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As an American, never thought much of  Theresa May, but thought she seemed like a decent if ineffectual Prime Minister.     But  give her credit, can anyone imagine Trump having the good sense to resign?

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Your reminder that as much of a mess as Theresa May has left with Brexit process, it was David Cameron’s stupid idea to hold the referendum in the first place.

Prince Harry will join the Queen and Trump for lunch during Trump’s visit. Meghan must be thrilled to have the excuse of staying home with a chronological baby.

U.S. News & World Report says University of Oklahoma has been falsely inflating alumni endowment rates for two decades. Seriously? Did the development office hire people who were use to dealing with football player grades?

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Of course, based on the latest scandal, looks like Oklahoma could have gotten plenty of pre-alumni donations…. just for admissions.

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doesn’t think NFL should take action against Ezekiel Elliott after he was seen shoving a security guard into a gate.
Elliott’s attorney said security over-reacted when Elliott was seen arguing with his girlfriend.
Over-under on Zeke’s next arrest?

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So if we can disqualify a Kentucky Derby winning horse for briefly running out of his lane, how come we can’t disqualify a Stable Genius for having no concept ever of his lane?

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Now it’s going to be the “Cheez-It Fiesta Bowl.”
Somehow it won’t have the same ring not to hear “this is for all the Doritos.”

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Today is World Turtle Day Think turtles should sue Mitch McConnell for defaming the species.

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USDA recalled more than 60,000 pounds of raw beef products from Aurora Packing Company, saying they might be contaminated.
So why isn’t Trump buying all the meat and donating it to his supporters. It’s only science. Eat the recalled beef and own the libs.

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Marco Rubio now wants AG Barr to investigate if John Kerry, after he was no longer Secretary of State, violated federal law by meeting with Iranian officials.
Guess it would have been okay if Kerry met with officials from Russia?

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Trump is now telling immigrants that they needs to reimburse the government for welfare benefits.
So how much does Melania owe for living in public housing?

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Trump this morning tweeted that Rex Tillerson, is “a man who is “dumb as a rock” and totally ill prepared and ill equipped to be Secretary of State.”
So should we fire the man who hired him?

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This is where we’re at folks. A video of Nancy Pelosi, who doesn’t drink, is doctored to make it seem like she’s drunk and slurring words, and not only does Donald Trump retweet it, he makes it his PINNED tweet. Another moment he became Presidential?

Retired NFL lineman Chris Long, advocating for the NFL allowing marijuana use “it’s far less dangerous than guzzling a fifth of alcohol and going out after a game. Chances are the player won’t even make it to the club to do this sort of thing that we all kind of wag our finger at when we hear about a guy getting in a fight or getting a DUI, you’re never going to read about him sitting on the couch and binge-watching ‘Game of Thrones’ again.”
Long is right.

(And, heck, aren Doritos and Papa John’s NFL sponsor?)

NFL now making a big deal of awarding their future drafts. 2021 will be in Cleveland, 2023 in Kansas City.
I’ll take “Made-for-TV events you couldn’t pay me to attend” for $1,000, Alex.

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Is it wrong if I don’t care if Natalie Portman and Moby dated?

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Adam Schiff “I think Bill Barr has all the duplicity of Rudy Giuliani without all the good looks and general likability of Rudy Giuliani,”
Troll level – Master

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Ben Carson now says he mixed up REOs and Oreos because he “was having difficulty hearing” during the committee hearing.
Gosh, well, hearing loss could be a symptom of a serious problem, maybe he should step down as HUD secretary and have that checked?

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Trump now claiming since he won’t work with Democrats he can’t do any infrastructure legislation. Gosh, if only he had ever had a chance to have all of Congress controlled by Republicans. Oh, wait. Never mind.

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At this point Donald Trump seems so unhinged have to hope he doesn’t pull a Mrs. Danvers in the White House.

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Trump – “I don’t do cover-ups.”
Translation, “I hire people to do them for me.”

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On the same day Trump says he doesn’t do cover-ups, Fox News headline is about Michael Avenatti defrauding Stormy Daniels of money she received in part from agreeing to cover-up her and Donald’s affair.
#WhyThereIsNoSatire

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If Trump as he tweeted doesn’t need banks then there’s no problem with Deutsche Bank and Capital One turning over his records, right?

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That moment when you claim it was a spontaneous angry press conference but magically there are pre-printed signs in the Rose Garden.

I was a mostly an Midwest-East Coast kid growing up.   And hey, not claiming West Coast superiority now. Because, hey, it’s different.

But one thing being on the West Coast does give you –  real time awesome finishes on a week night.

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Why baseball is the worst game – for eight innings SF Giants batters looked largely flat against Atlanta Braves.

Why baseball is the best game – with two out in the ninth and a runner on first, SF Giants were down 3-1. And won 4-3.   #NoClock

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Well, unless officials somehow rule later that they skated out of their lanes, St. Louis Blues are going to Stanley Cup finals.

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Pitcher Shaun Anderson of SF Giants got 2 hits in first two major league ABs, then got a bunt down, then took Braves starter to a 10 pitch AB. So is there some way Giants can use Pablo Sandoval as an “opener” and Anderson as a pinch-hitter?

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Joe Biden’s dad moved the family out of Scranton when Joe was 10. Last night at his PA rally. Trump claimed that “Biden deserted you” “Desertion” is an interesting accusation from a man who’s left two mothers of his children.

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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, a big Donald Trump supporter, got 52.2% of the vote today. In the GOP primary. So 47.8% of his OWN party wants him out.
Missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

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Biden’s dad moved the family out of Scranton when Joe was 10. Last night at his Pennsylvania rally. Trump claimed that “Biden deserted you”
Desertion is an interesting accusation from a man who’s had three wives.

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So if any American now gets a subpoena or even a traffic ticket ordering us to appear in court, can we just say no and say we are being Presidential?

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Until someone goes to jail for defying a subpoena, Donald Trump will tell his minions that law doesn’t apply to them either.

At this point if Donald Trump walked naked down Pennsylvania Avenue most in the GOP would praise his clothes. Maybe Susan Collins & Mitt Romney might profess being “troubled” by the way the clothes fit.

Think it might have helped if someone told Portland Trail Blazers that unlike Stanley Cup Playoffs,  NBA Playoffs have four, not three, periods?

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And yeah, Spurs couldn’t have beaten Warriors this year I know that. But have to think they’d have shown up regularly in the 4th quarter.

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But seriously, Portland was up 17 points, again, with less than  two minutes minutes left in third quarter.  Trailblazers played Warriors in fourth quarter like other golfers USED to play Tiger Woods on Sunday.

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Meanwhile, SF Giants had Game of Thrones night the day after series finale. And looked about as dead as most GOT characters.

On a brighter note, Giants might sell more tickets this weekend as Warriors fans getting their money back from any pre-purchased game 5 or 7 tickets.

Ben Roethlisberger said in radio interview he went too far in criticizing then teammate Antonio Brown last year.
Somehow I missed him saying that about the two women he (allegedly) raped.

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Retired race-car driver Al Unser Jr. arrested early this am for DWI, after he allegedly was clocked in VW Beetle at 59 mph in a 45 zone. What’s more embarrassing? The DWI, or a former Indy winner driving a Beetle?

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I miss the days when  Kim Kardashian picking a fight with Jack in the Box would have been crazier than any political tweet, let alone several from POTUS.

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$1.00?   Less than the price of a cup of black coffee.   So even Goodwill has standards on donations? 

State TV not being obsequious enough? Trump in PA, still upset about Buttigieg town hall: “What’s going on with Fox…what’s going on there? They’re putting more Democrats on than Republicans. It’s something strange is going on at Fox, folks. Something very strange.

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Wonder if Trump is just jealous of Pete Buttigieg because as President Pete would have a younger spouse than he does. (And a happier marriage.)

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Investigation found Betsy DeVos to be latest Trump administration official to have used her personal email accounts for government business.
To be fair, this is one time when the “too dumb to know better” defense might apply.

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Trump indicated last night on Fox News that he might soften his stance on E-Verify. Translation, even more of his hotel and resort workers are undocumented than we thought.

ESPN started story about SF Giants game  –  “Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Crawford,  two of San Francisco’s oldest players, did not start Sunday’s game.”

Wait, how did Panda and Crawford get to be “old” players?

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Hoping SF Giants didn’t throw out all those Panda hats in their Dugout Store inventory when Sandoval left in 2015. Have a feeling they might become a hot item again.

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If Brooks Koepka was going to be mortal for one round CBS Sports and its advertisers probably would have preferred he did it in one of rounds 1-3

Sunday night was  both Game of Thrones and American Idol finale, plus Pete Buttigieg on Fox News. Just guessing it might have been a slow night in movie theaters.

Sorry Game of Thrones fans. Writers and actors etc already knew the ending tonight. Even with a minute left in 2nd OT, no one knew ending of Raptors Bucks
Sports IS the best reality show.

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Must admit, while I’ve never watched Game of Thrones the social media battles over the ending are entertaining.

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For some reason Fox News isn’t covering the Trump-Kushner Deutsche Bank money laundering story. They are, however, reporting that Britney Spears is “desperate for an iPhone.”

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Have had mixed feelings about Democratic candidates appearing on Fox News. But seeing how much it p*ssed off Trump today, thinking, sure, let’s make it a habit.

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Mitt Romney says he was “troubled” by “unfortunate” findings in Mueller report. Good to see someone is carrying on the courageous mantle of Jeff Flake.

Deutsche Bank money-laundering, pardoning Gallagher, a serial killer turned in by his own Seal Team colleagues…. Any of these scandals would have toppled any other Presidency. And today they barely make 24 hour news cycle.

It’s all a state of mind. Maximum Security and Bodexpress both are sure they won their races.

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But come on, Bodexpress runs the Preakness, finishes ahead of some horses, and then adds another lap for good measure. Where is the endorsement contract from Waymo?

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At this point only way Brooks Koepka won’t win the PGA is if he veers into someone else’s lane.

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So how much karma credit do we give that Trump medal for Tiger Woods missing the PGA cut?

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In Casablanca, Rick reconnects with Ilsa, and puts at least a rose-colored glow on their past – “We’ll always have Paris.” And in 2019, Pablo Sandoval, prodigal Panda, reconnects and reminds SF Giants fans, “We’ll always have 2014.”

So who had Michigan Rep Justin Amash as the first GOP elected official (who isn’t retiring) to say the Emperor has no Clothes?

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Uh oh.. Fox News poll..“On the Russia investigation, who do you trust more to tell the truth?”
Between Trump and Mueller, 45% said they trusted the special counsel, 27% said the president
Between Mueller and Barr, 40% said they trusted the special counsel, 22% said the attorney general,
Between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration, 44% said they trusted the Democrats, 33%, said the White House,
So what’s Fox going to do? Fire their pollster?

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Why there is no satire. Donald Trump tweets out more “Right to Life” rant tweets Saturday night, at the same time he prepares to pardon war criminals who executed innocent people.

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And while many people may be tired of seeing Alec Baldwin play  Donald Trump in SNL, guessing many more people are tired of seeing Donald Trump play a President in the White House.

Only two games into Eastern Conference NBA finals, but looking like national sportswriters are going to have to start learning how to spell Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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After playing so well deep into NBA playoffs, the Toronto Raptors really looked lost Friday night. Who do they think they are, the Toronto Maple Leafs?

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Tiger Woods has missed the cut in PGA Championship. So to CBS, which is televising the tournament, thoughts and prayers.

Beleaguered Nationals bullpen gave up 11 runs in the last three innings tonight in 14-6 to the Chicago Cubs.   As SF Giants fan this makes me worried Washington has extra impetus to try to trade for Pablo Sandoval. They might need the Panda to pitch.

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San Jose Sharks are apparently upset because people think they got three major “lucky” calls so far in NHL playoffs.
Not perhaps as upset as the three teams those calls went against.

(Silver lining of Friday’s game 4 loss, the officials didn’t give the Sharks any game-winning calls to be defensive about.)

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RIP Grumpy Cat. But really, these days aren’t we all grumpy cat?

And Xena, age 15, thinks she can outgrumpy anyone. 

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IVF is expensive, but has a high success rate, so it’s popular with couples who can afford it. Most extra embryos though, end up donated for research or destroyed. I’m sure the GOP reason for not condemning procedure has nothing to do with rich donors. #ProLifeMyAss

Great effort to start by Trailblazers, but when you score 3 points in the last 4 1/2 minutes you don’t beat many teams, let alone the Warriors.

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Portland’s Damian Lillard, on the last steal by Andre Iguodala before Lillard could get off a potential game-tying 3. “For me as the offensive player, I felt like it was contact. There was a lot of contact. But obviously, the ref is not going to decide the game or jump in at that point. You know, so … good defensive play.”
Had that same play involved James Harden he might still be bitching, or Rockets might have filed protest with league office.

Some think Zion Williamson is upset not to be a Knick next year.   Let’s see, he could have ended up in the most insane 24-7 media market with a clusterf*ck franchise.  But  he now gets warmer winters in a friendlier cheaper town, with great food, that will adore him but leave him alone when he wants.  Thinking Zion is feeling just fine.
(and winners can sell shoes anywhere.)

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Local officials in Florida say Trump administration is planning to release “hundreds of asylum-seeking migrants caught along the southern border into Broward and Palm Beach counties, with no apparent plan to house, feed or care for them.

Maybe the new residents can open  taco trucks near Mar-A-Lago?  Secret-service agents stuck in the area might welcome some decent food.

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Taco Bell is creating a hotel in Palm Springs. No details yet. But presumably with at least branded toilet paper.

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Wonder if new federal judge Wendy Vitter’s husband “Diaper David” Vitter of Louisiana always used condoms when he regularly patronized the “DC Madam’s” prostitution ring. And wonder how many of the women he paid for their services had abortions?

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Apparently Trump first thought of giving his immigration speech in NY, but opted for a friendlier Rose Garden crowd. Original venue? – the opening of the Statue of Liberty museum. Irony, your table is ready.

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Trump plan would let “immigrants with no job offers or specific skills to work in U.S. if they can demonstrate English proficiency & educational attainment & pass a civics exam.” Would that Donald had those standards for his own administration.

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If you’re a former wife, girlfriend or mistress of a GOP legislator and you are disgusted because he supported or even urged your having an abortion, now would be an EXCELLENT time to come forward.

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But what’s next for the GOP, outlawing coat hangers?

That Sharks hand pass was almost as blatant as Rams pass interference.

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Pelicans GM David Griffin, after NBA draft lottery: “I don’t believe the universe makes mistakes.”
Maybe while he’s in New Orleans he shouldn’t say that around Saints fans?

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Trying to remember if Brook Lopez ever even scored 29 points at Stanford…. #Bucks

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Kareem Hunt, who signed with Browns after being cut by Chiefs after video surfaced of him hitting and kicking a woman says he made “a mistake.” And “I know I am not going to mess this up again.”
Maybe it’s just semantics, but instead of “not going to mess this up” how about, “I know violence against women is wrong and I’m never going to do that again.”

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Ted Cruz today  – we need “space force” to protect us from space pirates. What, no space grizzly bears.

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Adam Semprevivo, whose dad pleaded guilty to paying $400,000 to get him into Georgetown University by pretending he was a top tennis player is now suing the school both to prevent them from expelling him. He is also asking for “appropriate compensation.”
Wonder if the kid will also ask for sympathy due to his diagnosed “affluenza.”

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Jared Kushner’s immigration plan apparently lets visa applicants get “eligibility points” several ways, such as by taking a U.S. civics course and passing a criminal background check.
Shame there aren’t similar standards for the Trump House

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White House counsel Pat Cipollone rejecting Congress’s request for Trump documents – “Congressional investigations are intended to obtain information to aid in evaluating potential legislation, not to harass political opponents.”
Surprised he didn’t add – they should be focusing on important things like Benghazi.

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So while GOP legislatures try to criminalize and ban abortion included in the new Trump tariffs against China are … baby clothes.
Once again, pro-life my ass.

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We make bad jokes about Southerners marrying their own relatives. Now in Alabama, no joke, if a girl is a victim of incest she might have to give birth to her own brother.

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Two steps to eliminate most abortions.
1. All men have reversible vasectomies at puberty.
2. When they are in a stable relationship and ready for children, they go with their partner, sign a JOINT statement with her, and have the operation reversed.
You’re welcome.

So if there WAS a conspiracy to help New York Knicks get #1 draft pick this year, appears that the Knicks ran that conspiracy as well as they generally run their franchise.

As a Saints fan I am happy for the New Orleans Pelicans in NBA draft.   But is this enough karmic payback for NFC Championship game? Hell no.

Los Angeles Lakers jumped up to 4th pick in NBA draft. But Lakers had #2 pick in 2015, 2016, and 2017. And still ended up in this year’s lottery.
By comparison, San Antonio Spurs last lottery pick. 1997. A guy named Tim Duncan. Haven’t missed the playoffs since.

Giants tried getting on the “opener” bandwagon today against the Blue Jays. (An “opener” is starting a pitcher with the plan that he will only go one inning.)  Nick Vincent gave up three runs in the first.  Can we hope this means they are off the wagon?

SF Giants pitcher giving up first major league home run to Vladimir Guerrero Jr, is almost a badge of honor. Giving up first major league hit to Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trent Thorton… not so much.

So just wondering, if any of Alabama’s college football players get a woman pregnant, will they be charged as accessories to murder if she aborts the fetus?

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How many of us would boycott Alabama after tonight if we had had any reason to go there in the first place?

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Russian hackers breached voter systems in 2 counties in 2016, but no vote totals were actually affected. And why should we doubt ANYTHING a Florida Governor says about an election?

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You know how you see someone’s name trending and think “Oh, please, I hope they haven’t died.” #PatRobertson is not one of those someones.

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Does anyone really think Donald Trump  could explain tariffs well enough even to get a “C” in an undergraduate economics course?

I am pro-choice even when I don’t agree with another woman’s choice. But find myself thinking – maybe let’s bring Roe vs Wade before the Supreme Court ASAP. Maybe it will wake up some GOP and independent women who vote for lower taxes because they think their healthcare rights are safe.

No brag too small _Trump tweet this am “Has anyone noticed that all the Boston @RedSox have done is WIN since coming to the White House! Others also have done very well. The White House visit is becoming the opposite of being on the cover of Sports Illustrated!?”
Somehow I miss tweet taking credit for 1st place and defending champion Washington Capitals visiting Trump, then getting bounced in the FIRST round of NHL playoffs.

Maximum Security jockey Luis Saez has received an unusually harsh 15 day suspension for not making “the proper effort to maintain a straight course.”
Now that’s just one horse race. For a continued infraction how long could we suspend a U.S. President?

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Russell Wilson, who just signed a 4 year $140 million with a $65 million signing bonus, bought his mom a house for Mother’s Day.
Wilson didn’t say where the house is but we know it’s not in San Francisco. He’d have needed a bigger contract.

Judge ruled prosecutors cannot use secretly recorded video allegedly showing Robert Kraft engaging in massage parlor sex. So this time Patriots BENEFIT from tapes being declared illegal?

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Really awful that cruise ship passengers died in a float-plane accident on a shore excursion.
But have to wonder, how many people booked on cruises die each year driving to get to the port? Or the airport if they are flying to their embarkation point?

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Wendy Vitter’s nomination for a Federal Judgeship might be voted on this week. If her name sounds familiar, she’s the wife of former Louisiana senator “Diaper David” Vitter, who admitted to being a regular customer of a DC prostitution ring.
Wendy herself endorsed a brochure saying the Birth Control pill could cause breast, cervical, or liver cancers, and user could meet a “violent death” because they’re more likely to cheat on their partners.
#NotTheOnion

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Can we all take a moment to contemplate that Trump is calling for tariffs on Chinese goods by tweets made from an iPhone?

So since a Canadian team beat a US team to advance in NBA playoffs got to wonder, will Trump blame someone for it in the morning?

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Curiously enough, Toronto has a population, at 2.9 million, almost twice of Milwaukee, Portland and Oakland put together.

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As a Spurs fan I have mixed feelings about Kawhi Leonard. But damn, he is fun to watch sometimes.

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Moms who are SF Giants fans would like to thank team for a win today as well as a full cardiac workout.

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Damn, RIP  Peggy Lipton. Always wanted to look like her on Mod Squad, but I had hair like Clarence Williams III.

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When I got pregnant with my son, my ob-gyn told me not to tell too many people until I was through the first trimester at least,  as up to a third of first pregnancies end in miscarriage. So are these GOP a**holes planning to investigate all of them?

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At end of Pete Buttigieg speech in Las Vegas Saturday night he embraced his husband onstage. Can anyone ever remember Trump embracing Melania?   (Ivanka, maybe.)

Anyone else notice that during this graduation season, Trump hasn’t delivered any commencement addresses. And wouldn’t have, except that he “bumped” Mike Pence from Air Force Academy. in late May.
Maybe even the universities many of us ridicule have some standards.

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Are we surprised Trump won’t acknowledge Mother’s Day on Twitter? Because it’s one day that’s NOT all about him.

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You know, being the President of the United States Trump could have started out this morning by wishing the mothers of his children and other women in this country a “Happy Mother’s Day…”

Nah.

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At this point many of Donald Trump’s tweets are a tossed word salad of the same words “Russian Hoax, Witch Hunt, No Collusion, No Obstruction”

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Maybe the reason Trump hasn’t wished the mothers of his children Happy Mother’s Day is that he can’t remember how many there are?

Just think of number of people, including FBI director, two former FBI director, 800 federal prosecutors, former employees, his former lawyer, etc, ALL have to be lying for Donald Trump to be telling the truth….

So now that they are back from road trip have SF Giants filed a lost luggage report with United Airlines for what happened to their bats?

Weekend forecast in DC – rain.
So no golf.
I’m sure this means Donald Trump will take the time either for sober reflection or quiet time with his family.

The White House website called them the “Red Socks.”  Then they said the team was the “World Cup Series” champions.   Then Trump said Lincoln lost the Civil War.  And half the .team decided not to attend

Watching this Red Sox  dumpster fire with White House today reminds me that perhaps there’s ONE silver lining with Saints being robbed from Super Bowl….

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Well, at least there’s about zero chance that Trump White House will get a chance to misspell name of whatever NBA team wins the championship.

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Weather in Denver today looked almost as cold as it used to be at Candlestick Park.

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Not sure what game they play at Coors Field, but some days it bears no relation to actual baseball.

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Kansas Senator Grassley joins Senator Burr in backing the subpoena for Jr. to testify, have to wonder, how long until Donald Trump throws his own son under the bus?

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Alabama Senate trying to pass one of most restrictive abortion laws in country, making it illegal as soon as fetus is “in utero.”
But to be fair, at the moment of conception, a fetus is only 14 years away from being a suitable date for Roy Moore.

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Since anyone who is an accessory can also be tried for murder, and it DOES take two to conceive, shouldn’t all these restrictive new abortion laws also mean states should charge father of fetus for abortions too?

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Trump says John Kerry “should be prosecuted” for violating the Logan Act for talking to Iran. Did Putin tell him to say that?

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First it was Kim Jong Un, now Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote him a ‘beautiful letter.”
Does anyone think Donald has ever even written “beautiful letters’ to his wives?

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Trump laughed about a rally supporter’s suggestion to shoot migrants. Like he laughs about extending his term. And that oldie-but-goodie ‘Russia, if you’re listening…..”

San Jose Sharks win game 7 to advance to next round of NHL playoffs, 3-2 over Avalanche. Though Colorado did have a game-tying goal called back on a controversial offsides call.
So 2019 – the year of the officials – continues.
Can’t wait to see what NBA comes up with next.

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Meanwhile, at least there isn’t likely to be any nationwide controversy over the Preakness. Because this year,  with both Maximum Security and Country House out, who’s actually going to be watching the Preakness?

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ESPN notes that Duke already has a top recruit for men’s basketball in 2020, getting a commitment from “five-star point guard Jeremy Roach.”
And not like he needs to worry about competition, Roach knows the 2019 star recruits will have left for NBA by time he shows up.

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So for Meghan and Harry it’s baby Archie.
Well, it beats “Jughead.”

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Trump today formally asserted executive privilege over the Mueller report. This worked out so well for Nixon.

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An anti-vaxx Kentucky teen who sued the school over vaccines has come down with chicken pox.  Is it wrong to hope when he’s an adult that he gets shingles?

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Jim Jordan wants the public to know as much about the Mueller Report as he wanted them to know about the sexual abuse of wrestlers at Ohio State. Period.

Trump tweeting today about visiting “one of my favorite places, the Florida Panhandle.”
Not that Donald would ever go there, except that if Panhandle were (rightly) part of Alabama, Florida would be a blue state.

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More from Florida rally “If we want to drive them crazy, I’ll say in 10 years they’ll go crazy,’ Trump said, joking about serving 12 years in office.”
Uh, does anyone think Trump actually ever jokes?

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Trump sarcastically attacking Mayor Pete “We have a young man, Buttigieg. … He’s got a great chance, doesn’t he? He’ll be great, representing us against President Xi of China.”
Uh, considering Pete knows 8 languages and can probably learn Mandarin, he might be great.

And he’d probably p*ss off fewer other countries.

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