Left Coast Sports Babe

Trump’s saying the college football season shouldn’t be canceled. Please. Donald cares as much about the well being of college athletes as Gym Jordan.

One reason they may cancel college football this year.   “Myocarditis, inflammation of heart muscle, found in at least 5 Big Ten Conference athletes & among several other athletes in other conferences…

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Another reason Trump pushing for sports to go ahead: You don’t fear myocarditis if you don’t have a heart.

Well, at least Jim Harbaugh and Michigan won’t lose again to Ohio State this year.

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Can we start calling them the San Francisco Giantes?  Because you really can’t refer to this team without an E?  (20 something errors in 18 games.)

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Marc Ragovin  So 7-inning doubleheaders, eh? Well as Ernie Banks said, “It’s a great day for a ballgame, let’s play 1.5555.”

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Ted Cruz whines about a “magic money tree” of giving people unemployment benefits.

I’ve clearly missed all his angry tweets about taxpayer money we’re spending during pandemic for vanity rallies & golf trips (& all the COVID testing) for Donald Trump when everyone else is doing virtual events & canceling vacations.

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A friend tells me that August 11 is “National Presidential Joke Day.” Thinking every day since January 20, 2017 has been National Presidential Joke Day.

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So if Trump gives his acceptance speech at Gettysburg assume he will do it in front of the Robert E. Lee statue there?

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Trump did briefly leave his White House podium today, allegedly over a police involved shooting a couple blocks away.  Or was it something truly terrifying,  like someone warning Donald a woman was going to ask him a hard question?

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So Trump says he’s issuing an Executive Order saying Pre-existing Conditions must be covered. When is Donald going to issue an Executive Order saying Thanksgiving must be the fourth Thursday in November?

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Trump’s wastalking about his middle class tax cut again… that he’ll unveil “in a few weeks.” Along with his beautiful healthcare plan?

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How long until Trump says anyone who votes Democratic is meddling in the election?

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Rachel Maddow Monday tonight – Leaders with authoritarian desires tend to get re-elected because they improperly use power of their govt to hold onto power.

Vote not just because it’s most important election of our lifetimes. Vote because it might be the LAST election of our lifetimes #TeamJoe.

I love Hunter Pence. Period.

Teams in NBA bubble are guaranteed to play at least eight games before going home.

At this rate they may all play more games than the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Cleveland Indians just sent home one of their best 2020 pitchers. Zach Plesac, 1.29 ERA in 21 innings pitched, reportedly violated team rules by leaving team hotel and going out Saturday night w/ friends in Chicago. Even Nuke Laloosh would think that was stupid.

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If you’re looking for an NBA bubble team to root for: Gregg Popovich, without being asked, spent about three minutes before today’s game reflecting on Sunday being the sixth anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. 

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Really cool Trevor Lawrence wants to play in 2020.

Personally, I became bigger Andrew Luck fan when he returned to Stanford for senior year as probable 1st round draft pick. But injuries aren’t COVID. And it’s not a myth that prefrontal cortex (rational part of brain) doesn’t develop until 25.

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Chuck Todd is the Chuck Todd of Chuck Todds.

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Trump thinks Post Office couldn’t handle everyone mailing in a ballot.

Shouldn’t he have done something in his first year so everyone could mail cards saying “Merry Christmas” again?

If some of these anti-mask COVIDiots were in London during the Blitz, they’d be insisting that staying at home in the dark was more dangerous to their physical and mental health than being bombed by the Luftwaffe.

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So as Trump proves how much he loves God, Donald was in church Sunday  while Joe Biden golfed. Oh, wait, never mind. To quote Willy Wonka “Strike that, reverse it.”

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As Trump says states must pay 25% of $400 a week federal unemployment benefits how long until Donald says he will waive that 25% for states like Florida and Ohio?

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Going to keep saying this. As much as Trump loves to brag about numbers, if he REALLY thought most Americans approved of him, Donald would be demanding ballots be sent to every household in country so he could claim the bigliest win ever.

Have always liked Hunter Pence and today will give him extra credit – watching him  completely lose track of that fly ball when Cueto had a no-hitter reminded me of what it was like to scream at the television for something nonpolitical.

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St. Louis Cardinals have now had ANOTHER game postponed against Pittsburgh Pirates, and have not played since July 29.

Give MLB credit for being careful on this one, as the Pirates, with a 3-12 record, and trailing only the SF Giants for errors  – with 15 in 15 games., have pretty much demonstrated they can’t catch anything.

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So how long until Jerry Falwell, Jr. becomes a special assistant to the Trump administration?

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Maureen Dowd today, taking how it had been 36 years since a man and woman ran together on a Presidential ticket – think Maureen  just failed her cognitive test.

Anyone else finding that social distancing not only means not seeing our friends but also losing touch with our better angels?

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Draining money from FEMA at the beginning of hurricane season seems like a good way to win voters in Florida… WTF?

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Karl Marx was trending on Twitter and I’d guess that Trump accused Biden of being like Marx. But pretty sure the only Marx Donald ever could think of was Groucho.

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“I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics.” This 1972 quote is from a woman who ought to have known – Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.

Have to wonder if all this Executive Order BS is just to distract from the fact USA will officially hit 5 million COVID-19 cases this weekend.

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Watching our would be “Dictator-in-chief” at today’s Press Conference thinking maybe Democrats have the message a bit wrong. It’s not just “Vote because this is the most important election of our lives.” It’s “Vote because this might be the LAST election of our lives.”

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When Trump gets called out by a woman reporter on “Veteran’s Choice” being a “false statement,” he immediately cuts off the Press Conference. So triggered. So sad.

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Just once, could White House Press Corp send an all-women team to one of Trump’s vanity rallies disguised as a Press Conference. Donald would waddle out of the room in record time.

As Cardinals Cubs game  is postponed over another Cardinal player testing positive, St Louis manager said earlier this week they believe virus came to the team from someone asymptomatic. And Missouri STILL doesn’t have a mask mandate.

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Okay, you KNOW you’re losing track of time with the pandemic when you go online to see how San Antonio Spurs  game Friday in NBA bubble was going and discovered they already won… you didn’t realize the schedule  game time was EASTERN. 

August 8, 1974, Nixon resigned in a televised press conference that drew over 100 million viewers. Can we dare Donald Trump to beat those ratings.

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Just occurred to me, every April 15, and every Christmas, the USPS deals with a drastic increase in business. Especially in December.  And they cope just fine. #VotebyMail works.

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Everyone insisting VP will really be the President because Joe will be 78 this November…. I missed them saying since Mitch McConnell, who’s already 78, really has Majority Whip John Thune running the Senate.

White House says Trump and Putin have officially talked eight times already 2020. But how many bed time chats? “You hang up.” “No you hang up.”

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Back in 2016, then VP Joe Biden spoke to California Democratic. volunteers & activists at San Jose Convention . All of us not only needed badges, but tight security checks, as in a 90 minute line, just to enter the hall.  (side note, Joe’sspeech wasn’t worth it.)

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And tonight in midst of pandemic Bedminster golf club members w/ wine and children in hand just wandered into Trump Press Conference?

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But since Donald Trump had no problem giving a long rambling speech in his Bedminster Country Club should be a no brainer to have his RNC convention speech there too, right?

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Wait today, Trump says Joe Biden is a puppet. “Just a puppet.” But yesterday Donald said Biden is going to “hurt God.” This is SO confusing.

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So what’s scarier as Trump says he’ll issue an executive order to make insurers cover pre-existing conditions — that he thinks his supporters have forgotten that’s part of Obamacare. Or that Donald himself has forgotten that’s part of Obamacare?

If MLB season ends up being shut down, couldn’t it have been before SF Giants had to go to Coors Field?

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If you claim you’re Never Trump and you’re not voting for Joe Biden then you don’t understand what Never means.

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 before he was scheduled to meet Donald Trump on the tarmac today in Cleveland.  A later test today, however, came back negative.  Glad he’s okay, but thinking no one would blame DeWine if he faked a positive result to get out of meeting Trump.

Trump fundraising email. “If Sleepy Joe Biden is elected, he would not only undo the entire MAGA agenda that President Trump has implemented.” Promise?!! #WeCanSleepAtNightJoe

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“Thighland?” It’s enough to make you really really hope someone asks Donald Trump about GOP Governor Charlie Baker and his state of Massachusetts.

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Really amazed that as much as Trump professes to hate China that he didn’t refer to Thighwan.

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In his next speech will Trump mention In-Toe-Nesia?

I know there’s saving democracy and all that but ok Team Joe, . how long to get the ad up? “Vote for Joe Biden and you can still play “League of Legends” and “Fortnite.”

PSA for anyone with gun owning friends and family members.  The NY Attorney General’s decision to to seek the NRA’s dissolution had nothing to do with guns and everything to do with corruption and fraud.

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If we had a Blue Senate they would not be going home for the weekend without a coronavirus stimulus deal. Of course, if we had a Blue Senate they would have passed a good bill over a week ago.

Must admit some part of me hopes Joe Biden picks for his running mate a woman none of these know-it-all pundits has in the top four-five…. just to ruin their credibility next time.

Eight UCLA football players tested positive for COVID-19 in early July have now completed quarantine.

Just keep thinking how every year before the very biggest bowls some young men do something stupid and get themselves suspended before the game. So of course no reason to think any of these student-athletes will be reckless in 2020.

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SF Giants were ahead 4-2 going into the 7th today at Coors Field So why did it feel when they hung on to win 4-3 that it was a  miracle comeback win?

Lebron James after Trump said said he stops watching when athletes kneel “I really don’t think the basketball community are sad about losing his viewership, him viewing the game.” There are times it is very hard to root against King James.

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Alabama Sen. Candidate and former college football coach  Tommy Tuberville-$600 a week is “way too much. We’re having people just sit out not working because they’re (paid) more sitting around.”

After 5-7 record coaching at Auburn in 2008, school told him to resign & paid Tuberville $5 MILLION not to work in 2009.

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At least  EIGHT Democratic fundraising polls today, asking who I think should be VP…. This is beginning to feel like a political version of “The Bachelor”

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Even in a regular year I sometimes think should just forfeit all games at Coors Field against Rockies & save wear and tear on players. So far seeming even more true in a pandemic.

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There was a delay  today caused by a drone flying overhead at Target Field. Anyone checked to see if Houston Astros are scheduled to play the Minnesota Twins soon?

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Apparently two weeks into filming “The Bachelorette” Clare Crawley informed producers she had fallen in love and wanted to quit the show. How much am I nostalgic for when that would have been the biggest story of the day on social media.

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Florida reports fewer than 5,000 coronavirus cases Monday. Uh, Florida testing centers were closed since last Thursday due to the hurricane. Suppressing COVID-19 numbers like they’re votes….

Anderson Cooper on Trump today. “Have you ever heard someone whine as much as this man?’ Anderson has a 3 month old son, he is an expert on crying babies.

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Juan Williams on Fox News said there is no difference in absentee ballots and mail in ballots. And he’s being absolutely roasted for it online by MAGAs & other trolls. And we still wonder how some Americans could be stupid as to still support Trump.

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There are 53 GOP Senators. And not ONE of them after that AXIOS interview can come forward and say that the Emperor is naked except for a red hat?

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Trump saying Tuesday that Florida is so well run is in itself reason for 25th Amendment.

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Listening to Trump stumble over words makes me wonder if one reason he still touts hydroxychloroquine is that he learned how to pronounce it.

As Trump claims he will work on evictions can some reporter please find out how many tenants Jared Kushner and other Donald cronies are evicting?

–It appears as if Jerry Sheridan by several hundred votes has won the Maricopa County Sheriff GOP Primary.

I know nothing about Sheridan.

Person Woman Man Camera TV” isn’t enough to pass a cognitive test. But “It is what it is” is enough to fail a decency test.

TOPPS often does special 24 hour only runs of commemorative baseball cards.  A card of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s opening day first pitch sold 51,512 copies, a new record.

Now cards are selling on EBay for over $100 each. Don’t tell Donald Trump, this will really make him jealous.

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Raiders are going to play all games this year without fans in the stands.  Well,  considering the recent upstick in cases in Las Vegas,  wonder what happens if they decide they need a safer place to play, like the SF Bay Area?

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Thinking the NY Yankees  are going to be really upset when MLB season is shut down.

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Reports now that some of St. Louis Cardinals went to a casino before COVID-19 outbreak.  Jeez, Pete Rose only bet on baseball games, he wasn’t betting his life.

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If Trump’s approval rating is so great why is he worried about the election?

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Since Trump didn’t want to send ventilators and PPE to blue states, what makes anyone think he’d send blue states a COVID-19 vaccine?

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Reminder….Florida COVID-19 testing centers have been shut down since last THURSDAY due to the hurricane. They reopen mostly tomorrow. So that small drop in cases Trump was praising his mini-me Governor Ron DeSantis for on Monday….

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Wonder if Ivanka told her father to bring an upside down Bible to that Axios interview?

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Jonathan Swan is Australian. So when is Trump going to try to have him deported? #AxiosOnHBO

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Trump literally tonight said cases were going down in Florida. COVID-19 testing in Florida has been largely shut down for FIVE Days with Isaias. Cases in the White House would go down if they stopped testing too.

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So wait, if you don’t test you don’t have a problem, why did Donald Trump submit to a cognitive test?

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Full statement at the bottom of this post, but a reporter asked San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich if Marco Belinelli was playing against the Grizzlies. His response… “I’ll answer that in a minute, but first I want to make a little statement here.”

Thanks to Gregg Popovich for his inspiring pregame words. And thanks, I guess,  to the Spurs for blowing multiple double digit leads to win with two free throws with a second left.  Made for a few minutes of getting worked up about something other than politics. 

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At one point today, the NY Mets worried fans by issuing a  statement saying they had been unable to contact Yoenis Cespedes, “or ascertain his whereabouts.”  When he didn’t show up for game, Mets sent security to his room which was empty.  His agent apparently told team mid-game Cespedes was opting out of season due to COVID worries..

This whole episode is SO Mets.

What time Monday will Trump claim it was “Fake News” that he was going to release a health plan?

This wasn’t an offhand casual comment that could be misinterpreted. Trump on July 19 with Chris Wallace. “We’re signing a health-care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health-care plan.” So once again the question – evil, or dementia?

Trump reportedly wants Microsoft to buy TikTok in the US within 45 days, Seriously? Does anyone think in September that Trump will remember what he said 45 days ago?

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A Michigan state senator who’s been attacking Gretchen Whitmer since March over her efforts to keep state safe has himself now tested positive for COVID-19. 

Mean b*tch karma is patient. And it appears she’s a fan of “That woman from Michigan.”

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Mnuchin complains about people getting a six hundred dollar a week unemployment payment. Per Forbes, Mnuchin and his wife own at least six HOMES.

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For all those saying GOP will use lies about Benghazi and four Americans killed there about Susan Rice if she’s Biden’s running mate – thinking those lies will have a lot less traction since current VP is complicit in the death of over 150,000 Americans.

“Do I think every single one of these women have ambition, yes. You wouldn’t want a VP who doesn’t have ambition. We need MORE women w/ ambition running for office.”

Commissioner Rob Manfred on MLB season: “The players need to be better, but I am not a quitter in general and there is no reason to quit now.” With this sort of acceptance of responsibility when is Manfred announcing he is a Republican running for office?

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I’m so old I remember the days that positive tests meant PEDs.

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Clippers were up over 40 points on Pelicans late in third quarter. Since we’re in weird pandemic bubble trying to reduce risk anyway, why not institute a temporary NBA mercy rule?

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The Maryland county where Barron Trump attends school has ordered private schools to stay closed until October. So when is Donald going to issue an executive order for his son’s school to reopen?

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Does Donald Trump realize that if teenagers don’t have Tik Tok they will have more time to volunteer for election related activities and GOTV?

PSA: In many states, you only need to be 16 to be a poll worker. In many other states you can be 17. Just in case anyone knows any teenagers who want to make it easier to elect a President who isn’t triggered by social media.

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GOP is barring media barred from their convention and Trump will apparently thank delegates in a private closed-to-press event. Considering how low Donald goes in public, just how nasty will be when he thinks no one is watching?

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From the late, great, Shirley Chisholm in remark to Congress  “Truth is that in the political world I have been far oftener discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black. Prejudice against blacks is becoming unacceptable… Prejudice against women is still acceptable.”

Not my first rodeo. Or primary. But to me, you don’t need to have given your heart to Democratic candidate to call yourself a Democrat. It’s when your heart feels broken & you still give yourself to chosen candidates you can REALLY call yourself a Democrat.

As major league baseball season hangs by a thread, don’t look now, but SF Giants are back at .500.  Of course, they would have been at .500 had the season been canceled.

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San Antonio Spurs, under Gregg Popovich, (who might be the most “woke” coach in sports) have been in playoffs 22 years straight, longest active streak in any major US sports league.  And the streak will probably come to an end this year.  This doesn’t matter during pandemic when our democracy is at stake. But OK, irrationally glad they won.

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Actually makes me like Rice more

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Florida has closed ALL their COVID-19 testing sites until Tuesday because of the approach of Hurricane Isaias. But Trump still did fundraising trip Friday in Tampa. Wonder who convinced Donald he had to cancel Doral fundraiser in Miami Saturday.

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Maybe Jim Jordan thinks COVID-19 is like sexual assault of college athletes. If he just ignores it, the problem will go away? 

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If Tik Tok kids hadn’t duped Trump’s campaign with all those fake ticket orders, how many more people might have died as a result from Tulsa rally?

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Can the Pulitzer Prize committee come up with a special category for Sarah Cooper?

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All the insults from all the comics on social media, and the first one who triggers Trump enough to try to ban an entire social network service is Sarah Cooper. Women get sh*t done!

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Trump says he’s going to ban TikTok by executive order. So congratulations Sarah Cooper, as far as making Donald take action you are officially more powerful in the US than Vladimir Putin.

Darn, Sarah Cooper was born in Jamaica. Otherwise since she triggers Trump enough to ban an entire social networking service over her, I’d encourage Joe Biden to add Sarah to his VP short list.

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Can’t wait to see Donald Trump’s reaction when he realizes that even a temporary ban on Tik Tok doesn’t mean canceling Sarah Cooper.

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Trump says “We beat Obama 4 years ago.”

Uh, a PERSON who can’t remember he ran against a WOMAN not a MAN with debates on CAMERA shown on TV has failed a cognitive test.