Left Coast Sports Babe

That Donald Trump is the biggest golf cheat ever.

Of course one way to disprove this is for Donald to play a round on national television. #ratings.

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So what would have been the SF Giants only hit with runners in scoring position all weekend turns out to be a fielder’s choice because Ramos rans into an out at third with bad baserunning. How many ways can a team find ways not to score?

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Meanwhile, while the Devers trade with Bston may not have paid dividends yet for the SF Giants… at least the Red Sox without Devers just took a series from Los Angeles.

Mike Johnson says he would have ‘great pause’ about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Is that MAGA Mike’s version of Susan Collins’ being “very concerned?”

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Texas has more than 15,300 wind turbines, the most of any state. Why aren’t you educating Donald Trump on windmills?

From Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: “In 2023, wind represented 28.6 percent of Texas energy generation… There are 239 wind-related projects in Texas …” Is Donald this stupid or does he think his base is…?

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Hey Ted Cruz and John Cornyn – Texas has more than 15,300 wind turbines, the most of any state. Why aren’t you educating Donald Trump on windmills?

How much would many people pay for an off the record chat with EU President Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen, telling you what she REALLY thinks of Trump?

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If the Epstein files showed mostly Democrats and nothing about Donald, Velveeta Voldemort would have released them months ago.

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Athletics’ rookie Nick Kurtz today against the Astros: 4 HRs, 6 hits, 19 total bases

So the question. Is he a flash in the pan, or rather at the plate?

Or when will he be signed by the Dodgers to a deferred long-term contract.

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Meanwhile, a Venezuelan Little League team was denied entry to the US to play in the Senior Little League World Series. Senior in Little League means kids 13-16.

Feel safer yet?

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NY Times headline: “New Reports on Russian Interference Don’t Show What Trump Says They Do.” It would take less words to say “Trump lied.”

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Hey MAGA.

While Dear Leader attacks windmills. – One state leads the USA in wind-powered electricity generation, producing a staggering 28% of wind energy in the U.S. in 2023. That State has 15,300 wind turbines — the most in the country.

And that state is Texas!

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Trump fundraising email for morning actually says this: “HERE’S THE TRUTH: without me and you, we would be living in the DARK AGE OF AMERICA.” Dogwhistle much?

Trump fundraising email tonight: (No joke) “I’m surprising JD with a birthday card.”

Wonder if he’ll draw a picture for his VP?

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Trump, who flew into Glasgow today, CLAIMS he’s in Scotland for trade talks. Glasgow hosts many international conferences. They have hotels suitable for world leaders. Instead Donald, his entourage & Secret Service staying at his $1000 a night (& up) resort. On our taxpayer dime.

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US Media may bend the knee.

Not the Scots.

If your vote was influenced by Riley Gaines losing out on a fifth place swimming medal, but you’ve decided you’re willing to ignore young teenage girls being raped….

Your politics aren’t really about protecting children.

On Barry Bonds bobblehead day, Barry Bonds showed up to throw out the first pitch. Giants lost 2-1 to the LA Dodgers, getting only 3 hits, none with RISP.

Shame Barry couldn’t have pinchhit.

48th appearance. Most in MLB.. ERA down to 1.55 SF Giants’ Tyler Rogers deserves to be an All-Star. Period

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The UK Daily Mail, famously a conservative tabloid, today headlined Donald’s trying to make Chelsea’s FIFI Club World Cup trophy lift about him.

When you’ve lost the Daily Mail… “Following his presentation of the trophy to Chelsea, he was asked to leave the stage by Infantino but bizarrely chose to stay put.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14902171/Donald-Trump-bizarrely-gatecrashes-Chelseas-Club-World-Cup-tropy-lift-leave-unimpressed-Cole-Palmer-appearing-utter-three-word-response.html

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So if MAGA is right that undocumented immigrants have been taking American jobs, why isn’t Fox News and right-wing media full of stories about Americans thrilled now to have finally found jobs in the agriculture, food processing and hospitality industries?

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So JD Vance joins his boss in trashing California every chance he gets. Yet when he wants to vacation with his kids, JD heads to Anaheim’s Disneyland, not Florida’s Disney World… Just saying

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Aso someone in the travel industry can say with some certainty that many if not most of staff at Grand Californian Hotel are immigrants. Along with staff at most Disney area hotels. Did they keep them out of sight for Vance? And when will ICE raid Anaheim?

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There are a whole lot of famous men, Democrats and Republicans, reputedly on Epstein’s list. Only one of them is publicly melting down about it.

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This isn’t hard. If a Democrat is on the Epstein list they should face consequences. If a Republican is on the list he should face consequences. Period

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While media obsesses about New York City Mayor’s race… Most Americans don’t even know their OWN mayors. Let alone who is mayor of NY.

Fox News headline: “AOC should be sued ‘into bankruptcy’ over latest attack on Trump, stunned critics seethe.” 1. Her tweet didn’t actually mention him by name, though he was found guilty by a jury. 2. Any of these “critics” ever heard of discovery?

WTF MLB – They just added rookie Jacob Misiorowski, who has had 5 starts, about 25 innings and a 2.81 ERA to the All-Star Roster. Now mind you Jacob throws an over 99 MPH fastball

But how about SF Giants Tyler Rogers, who throws an 84 MPH fastball, a 75 MPH curve, has 47 appearances and a 1.59 era.

On top of it all, if it’s about entertainment, who is more fun to watch than Tyler . AND he’s been high leverage.

Is it somewhere in the 2025 rulebook that the SF Giants must play one run games?

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Meanwhile Los Angeles Dodgers have lost 7 consecutive games since 2017. Thoughts and prayers.

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Hey Texas MAGA, while Velveeta Voldemort rants about windmills.. What are you going to replace wind energy with?

“Texas has led the U.S. in wind energy over the past 17 years, largely because its abundant space and optimal wind conditions make it an ideal location to capture this resource.”

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Anyone else notice that while Donald will wear MAGA hats that he sells ANYWHERE, cabinet meetings, visits with foreign dignitaries, he at least wore a USA cap to visit Texas? #Smallmercies

Apparently with FEMA now, expenses over $100,000 needed Noem’s authorization?

She spends that much on a week of hair extensions and costume changes.

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Losing track of Trump broken campaign promises.

The only promise he kept was to be a dictator on day 1. This is the worst remake of Brigadoon ever

Rumors that Ken Paxton’s wife filled for divorce because she found out about a new mistress in addition to a mistress she already knew about. Shocking. There are two women who slept with Paxton voluntarily?

There really is no accounting for taste

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There are worse people in Trump’s cabinet but hard to think of a bigger disappointment than Marco Rubio.

As the SF Giants prepare to take on the LA Dodgers this weekend, at least with a 13-0 loss to the Phillies this weekend, their high leverage relievers and some starting position players had a better rest today in later innngs than Dodgers players when their team lost 3-2 in 10 and their closer blew the save.

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GOP Rep Mary Miller today posted a rant on Twitter “In America, we speak ENGLISH — and that goes for truck drivers, construction workers, factory employees, store clerks, delivery drivers, warehouse crews, and everyone in between. If you live and work here, you should speak the language of our country.”

Miller is from Illinois. Anyone told her where the state’s name came from?

Or Fighting Illini

The term “Illini” itself refers to the Illiniwek people, a group of Native American tribes who historically inhabited the region

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JD Vance trying to defend Donald on his definition of citizenship

“I think the people whose ancestors fought in the Civil War have a hell of a lot more claim over America than the people who say they don’t belong.”

He’s married to a daughter of immigrants. His wife Usha and her parents must be so proud.

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As Trump tries to strong arm Brazil into not prosecuting his corrupt crony former President Bolsonaro, by threatening 50% tariffs, remember, this is the same Donald who claims he can’t tell El Salvador what to do with prisoners we send them… and who washes his hands of being able to influence Russia or Israel if they do something awful.

(link for those who don’t know the story

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/trump-bolsonaro-brazil-lula

Wait until someone tells Velveeta Voldemort, who didn’t know Liberia’s official language was English, that their capital city, Monrovia, was named after U.S President James Monroe. (Wonder how long it will take until he demands some African nation names a capital after him?)

Pete Hegseth is only still DOD Secretary because everyone told Trump he would be a disaster and Donald can’t admit he was wrong.

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The lies just keep on coming: Trump is actually fundraising with this lie “I just signed into LAW something I’m very proud of: NO TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY!” The bill does NOT eliminate taxes on social security. Period.

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Amy Klobuchar on with Chris Hayes “For anyone who has sent their kids to camp this is a heartbreaking moment..” “But we have to perform oversight…. NOAA has lost 1,875 employees, 27,000 years of experience, there are 3,000 vacancies. Attacks on FEMA and science matter….”

With 2025 increasingly looking like a train wreck, the Washington Nationals abruptly fired manager Dave Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo. Too bad it’s easier to clean house at Nationals Park than at the White House.

Dallas Cowboys All-Pro kick returner KaVontae Turpin arrested Saturday & held overnight Allen TX – charged w/ possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana plus “unlawful carrying of a weapon.”

Seriously in gun-mecca Texas is there such thing as “unlawful carrying of a weapon?”

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Such a small thing in grand scheme of things.

But there was no Sunday afternoon baseball today on a holiday weekend for A’s Giants fans.

Why? Because MLB let Jeff Fisher move for three years to Sacramento, where summer temperatures approach oven settings and the game was put at 7:05pm!! Too late even for “Sunday Night Baseball.”

Even though the weather is mild. This July weekend anyway.

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If you believe Epstein had no client list and committed suicide than I have a story about a stolen 2020 election to tell you…Along with a bridge to sell in Brooklyn.If you believe Epstein had no client list and committed suicide than I have a story about a stolen 2020 election to tell you…Along with a bridge to sell in Brooklyn.

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Donald on the tragic Texas floods “I guess they said once in 100 years, they’ve never seen anything like that…” Uh, when we’re having “once in 100 years” events multiple times a year maybe it’s past time to believe in Climate Change.

Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review.

Pam Bondi July 6: There is no Epstein client list and no “further disclosure” of Epstein

What happened, did Pam forgot to rake her desk?

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There are actually people stopping to take pictures in Florida of themselves and some cases even their children at the Alligator Alcatraz sign. If cellphones were in existence then these are no doubt the same sort of people who’d have taken selfies at Auschwitz.

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This USA today headline kind of encapsulates today’s media: “Idaho shooter funny, popular, outgoing even as he sketched swastikas.”

How about “man who ambushed & killed two firefighters was a Nazi sympathizer”