Left Coast Sports Babe

Grudging congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers Smith, who played well

Will Smith called them a “special group of guys.”

And not like the Blue Jays had a small payroll

But Shohei Ohtani, $70 million, Tyler Glasgow, $30 million, Blake Snell, $28.5 million, Yamamoto $27 million…

The Blue Jays had the 5th highest payroll in baseball and even so were under $100 million below the Dodgers. (not counting the Dodgers “deferred” tricks – where Ohtani only shows up at $1 million this year.. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44011956/dodgers-deferred-payments-hit-1051b-8-players-2028-46

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But wonder what happens when Donald Trump and JD Vance realize the World Series MVP Yamamato is a non-English speaker. And Miguel Rojas, who hit the game tying home run in the 9th is from Venezuela.

Will they try to turn the Dodgers’ victory parade into a major ICE operation?

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On Donald Trump calling for Senate to invoke the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown- ie end the filibuster.

Is it possible Velveeta Voldemort just wants to break the Senate like he and Mike Johnson have broken the House?

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So Donald Trump wants us to believe as President he can do anything – bomb boats, tear down part of the White House, take Congressional powers….

But he’s powerless to authorize money for SNAP?

Two words.

Yeah. Right.

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Went over to Fox News website to see how they were spinning Donald Trump’s extravagant Great Gatsby themed Mar-A-Lago party last night.

And not surprisingly, they didn’t cover it.

But they made it a headline when Obama took Michelle to NY for a date night in 2009.

https://www.foxnews.com/story/how-much-did-obamas-date-cost-you

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Not always a fan of NY Times headline writers but full marks on this one.

“As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.”

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About that Gatsby party.

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them…Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different. ” F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Illinois Governor Pritzker’s requested that ICE pause operations in Chicago just during Halloween, so as not to terrorize families & children. Kristi Noem refused.

Noem won’t need a costume to go as a witch. “And your little dog too.”-

Now the President who still wants a Nobel Peace Prize is talking about potential military action against Nigeria….?!

As Amy Klobuchar says “a bombshell a day.” Anything to distract from the Epstein files.

Anyone think Donald could find Nigeria on a map?