Left Coast Sports Babe

MLB said today that teams may carry as many as 14 pitchers from May 2-29, a change the league said was “for player health purposes.”

Translation, gosh, a short spring training has resulted in more than normal pitching injuries. Who knew?

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Wait, the SF Giants won and the LA Dodgers lost on the same day?!! What time does the Devil’s ice rink open?

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As a New Orleans Saints fan I can relate to pain. But was it less awful for Minnesota Timberwolves fans tonight only blowing a 13 point lead in the 4th quarter, instead of a 25 point lead in the 3rd?

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Personally, my sense of Elon Musk is that he’s too narcissistic to have a political ideology that focuses on anyone but himself. But it has to have occurred to him that most of the people who buy Teslas are blue voters…

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Rand Paul was arguing this morning that Georgia, Ukraine & Moldova “were part of Russia.” So is he proposing the USA returns to Great Britain? God save the Queen!

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Now VP Kamala Harris plus Senators Ron Wyden along with Chris Murphy positive for COVID. So are Republican Senators not getting COVID? Or are they not testing?

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I’d take this faux outrage from Republican officials on higher prices more seriously if a single one of them also were openly outraged about record corporate profits.

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For the second time in a year, Madison Cawthorn was cited for a gun at an airport in his carry on bag. He’s also been stopped twice for driving with a revoked license. If he were black, he’d be in jail. Or dead.

Looking again like MLB wild card teams may come out of the NL West, as the division now has four of seven best teams in NL.

On the other hand, looking at the Arizona Diamondbacks has to make fans of the Premier League (or Ted Lasso), think about relegation.

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Apparently some Brewers fans were taunting Joc Pederson before and during his 8th inning AB today in Milwaukee.

To quote Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman “Big mistake, Huge.” (like 435 feet big – Joc’s home run was off the facing of the upper deck)

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Hah, SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler talking about how big Luis Gonzalez’s first major league (and game-winning) home run was “and added that the upper deck shot was “aesthetically pleasing.” Yeah, I love words. And I love having a baseball manager who casually drops the word “aesthetically.”

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So there is no New York nor Los Angeles team left in the NBA playoffs. No punchline…I just enjoy writing that.

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Velveeta Voldemort today said he and Melania congratulated Elon Musk on his deal to acquire Twitter, and then attacked Jimmy Kimmel, Rosie O’Donnell, and other ‘menopausal’ women. Uh, has someone told him how old his current wife is?

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As all these texts come out of GOP lawmakers & Velveeta Voldemort inner circle texting Mark Meadows on January 6 — for some reason none them say anything in the moment about thinking it’s Antifa…

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“I’m going to leave Twitter because it’s going to be owned by a narcissistic billionaire” – Millions of Americans who will try to assuage their pain with retail therapy on Amazon.

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On Twitter today, some of the same right-wing people who are convinced Velveeta Voldemort cares about them are also convinced Elon Musk cares about them. Here’s a hint folks, google “Narcissistic Personality Disorder..”

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Fox News’ Jesse Watters now says he was joking Apr 11 when he claimed he’d deflated tires of colleague he wanted to date while still married to his 1st wife. He said he didn’t respond earlier because he was indisposed with a hurt back. Speaking of a joke. 2 words. Yeah. Right.

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Lawrence O’Donnell talking to Orange County Tax collector tonight -. who explains how local property taxes will have to go up 20-25% – because Reedy Creek (Disney) won’t be now paying $163 million in taxes. And SALT taxes no longer deductible. Why do Republicans hate Americans?

You know all those jokes about what a dog does if it actually catches a car? Wondering if Musk buying Twitter is going to be like that.