Left Coast Sports Babe

Mets, Yankees, Padres, Phillies, Dodgers, Angels. Blue Jays, Braves

The eight teams with payrolls over $200 million in 2023.

If the season ended today, only 4 of them might even make playoffs as a wild card (Yankees are tied with Astros for the 3rd AL spot) , and only the Braves are leading their division.

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SF Giants just swept Dodgers in Los Angeles. Who saw that coming? Now all you liars put your hands down.

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This probably won’t last, if for no other reason than the Dodgers can spend another $100-200 million at the trade deadline.

But it’s nice now.

San Francisco	39	32	.549	3.5	W7
LA Dodgers	39	33	.542	4	L3

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Buried in Washington Post today in a story about forces trying to scuttle President Biden’s accomplisments. .. Per OpenSecrets – Nation’s largest companies & lobbying groups spent combined $2.3 billion in 2022 to shape or scuttle key components” of Inflation Reduction Act. Especially on climate and prescription drug issues

Hint, they aren’t doing this to help average Americans.

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For all that GOP likes to talk about family values, President Biden has had to prove more than most Fathers that he loves his son unconditionally. For which Joe should be celebrated . Thinking he makes a lot of Republicans feel guilty.

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Inspired by autocorrect I am going to start calling him Wrong DeSantis.

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Fox News headling praises Texas Rangers for being only MLB team without Pride Right. While I hope Bochy changes this, headline doesn’t mention Rangers do support LGBTQ causes, including sponsoring NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series & have “an inclusion & community impact council.”

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Wait, now some conservative media is outraged at John Fetterman because he wore shorts and a hoodie to meet President Biden on the tarmac? Good to see that focus on the serious issues affecting our country.

Father’s Day thought. A favorite dad memory was during his post-doc when we were in Brighton (Boston suburb) . Some Saturday nights he’d take me, age 6, to Harvard Square to pick up NY Times early Sunday edition.

I love newspapers. PSA, tell your Senators to support Journalism Preservation & Competition Act. It matters.

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