Left Coast Sports Babe

SF Giants leading MLB with one stat – errors. 109, most in baseball and they’re 10 ahead, or rather behind, the Boston Red Sox with 99.

So yeah, throw the ball, hit the ball, catch the ball.. .two out of three ain’t bad. But also ain’t enough to win a playoff spot.

Two silver linings with the SF Giants latest error-fest.

1. They still will be mathematically alive in the post season longer than the Yankees.
2. Am a fan of coach Becky Hammon and now the Las Vegas Aces. So more time to watch WNBA playoffs.

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Washington Post headline “House flounders as GOP fails to appease hard-right members on funding.” Uh, couldn’t they start a headline every day since January 2023 with “House flounders…?”

ICYMI, GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell “has made clear he does not agree with Tommy Tuberville’s tactics holding up military promotions but has been unable to find a way to end military promotion holds for over 6 months.” So Mitch is too old to do job? Or just too ineffectual? Nancy Pelosi could herd her cats.

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If Donald Trump had made the same deal that Joe Biden did to bring hostages home from Iran, GOP politicians and right-wing media would be demanding he win the Nobel peace prize.

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Almost 30 tons of ground beef sold in three midwestern states has been recalled due to possible E.coli. Wait, why don’t they just keep selling the meat with an advisory. Since this is just science thinking MAGA’s might be even more inclined to buy the meat to own the libs?

Senator Amy Klobuchar is fighting hard against Big Pharma lawsuits against Medicare being able to negotiate drug prices.

Sherrod Brown is marching on picket lines with UAW.

Susan Collins is joking about wearing a bikini.

Guess who’s getting the most coverage?

#DoBetterMedia

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Marjorie Three Names among GOP members of Congress attacking Senate dress code change for Fetterman. “Dress code is one of society’s standards that set etiquette & respect for our institution. Stop lowering bar!” Missed Marge weighing in on Bobo & standards in public theaters?

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Ron Deathsantis actually said of Fetterman “show up in US Senate & not have decency to put on proper attire. I think it’s disrespectful to the body.” Uh, Ron, what’s disrespectful to ‘the body’? Telling women they have no rights over their OWN bodies 4 weeks after conception!

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While we’re all obsessed with politicians and clothes and maybe swimsuits, thinking we could put this whole age thing to rest fast if we could get both Joe Biden and Donald Trump to show up to debate each other wearing only bathing trunks.

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Clickbait headline of the week goes to “The New Republic.” “The Only Opponent Who’d Make Adam Kinzinger Vote for Trump.” To save you the mistake of clicking as I did – his spokesman said “Adam would only vote for Donald Trump if the opponent is actual Satan,”

Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa, batting .230 for the year, left Monday night’s game after one inning after aggravating plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

SF Giants had a lot of things go wrong in last year’s offseason.

Failing to sign Carlos Correa may not have been one of them.

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A Colorado State player had a late hit against a Colorado player in Saturday night’s game, resulting in an injury. Not good, he was penalized for unnecessary roughness and maybe be suspended.

Now he’s apparently had his and his family’s cellphone numbers addresses posted on Social Media and received death threats.

Folks, we can argue if the entire sport is too violent. But it IS still a game.

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Over the last two weeks the New Orleans Saints have not looked pretty. But they are 2-.0. And as both a Saints and SF Giants fan, the past two weeks have also been a good reminder. Wins and losses are not about style points. And moral victories, while not quite an oxymoron, are overrated.

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May never happen. But if as Elon Muskrat claims “most important reason we’re moving to small monthly payment for use of Twitter/X system – only way to combat vast armies of bots.”

2 words. Yeah. Right.

Seems like half blue checks on Twitter are now bots who someone’s paying $9 a month for.

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Since GOP wants us all to be apoplectic about the US national debt surpassing $33 trillion which of them will be the first to admit we can’t afford Trump’s millionaire/billionaire tax cuts?

I’ll wait.

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“Biden takes a political hit but brings Americans home.”

Fox News headline? No, CNN.

How about “Biden brings American hostages home” period? CNN can’t quit Trump.

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CNN’s Dana Bash asks Gavin Newsom about Biden’s age, Newsom strongly defends Joe and his vitality and experience. So Jake Tapper pivots to “if only we had truth serum.”… In other words, it doesn’t matter WHAT Biden’s defenders say if it gets in the way of media narrative.

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Remember the Oscar slap? Even with 20 seconds ABC had time to edit Chris Rock & Will Smith’s profanity out so that most viewers didn’t hear the f-bombs.. NBC had days to edit Trump’s Meet the Press interview and/or to add disclaimers about his lies. They did neither.

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Got my lastest COVID Booster

Long line at Walgreens in California even with appointment. And starting to wonder, with so many Republicans making being anti-vax part of their brand, will they need to work extra hard to suppress Democratic votes since their base is more likely to be permanently unavailable?