The odds are bad…

Posted September 19, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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As the gambling case of former Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase’s trial is set to start in November, apparently federal prosecutors are focusing on 18 allegedly rigged pitches, including one from a 2024 playoff game.

Will trial coverage be brought to us by Draft Kings?

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Fox News website headline today “Former ESPN anchor under fire for racism accusations aimed at Caitlin Clark fans.”

If only they could do something novel, like actually cover WNBA games?

Wonder how many Fox viewers knew about FIBA World Cup, or that playoffs start soon, etc…

(For what it’s worth, I’m a fan of Caitlin Clark. I’m also a fan of A’ja Wilson and the Aces in general. )

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GOP spent most of 2024 claiming Democrats cared more about cultural & social issues than economic issues.

Now that prices are through the roof, and getting worse, GOP is trying to convince Americans they should forget the economy and concentrate on cultural & social issues.

So how long until Donald Trump starts offering interest-free loans for Americans to fill up their gas tanks?

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A serious question.

Trump is increasingly falling asleep in public.

Fox News has never covered it.

Is he trying to ban CNN, Politico and MS Now because his doctors have told him he’s getting worse and/or that he is also likely to fall in public and he doesn’t want it covered?

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Listening to the Secretary of Homeland Security talking to Dana Bash on CNN…

Markwayne Mullen was a strong contender for stupidest person in the Senate.

Now he’s a frontrunner for stupidest person in Trump’s cabinet.

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Meanwhile, in Texas, so Ken Paxton apparently left land in Maui off his financial disclosures.

To be fair, I guess if you have 15 separate properties it’s easy to lose track.

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Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home until after the midterms.

Under his leadership, or lack thereof, our U.S. taxpayer paid Representatives don’t work enough to fulfill proposed GOP work requirements for Medicaid.

Actual Fox News headline:

“Black smoke rises after ‘airborne attack’ hits key US partner in new flashpoint.”

A jet fuel facility at Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia was hit.

Wait, I thought Iran’s military was destroyed.

This is so confusing…

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And Trump said on September 16. “Wait, Trump yesterday said “the war is going to end very soon.”

Leaving aside didn’t he just call it not a war but a “conflict?”

Many things he says don’t age well, this may be up there at the top/bottom

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The cost of things

Posted September 17, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers are a good baseball team, with the top payroll in MLB

The Dodgers, Braves (#9 in payroll), & Brewers (#19) will all win their NL division.

But to put the discrepancy in perspective, LA’s payroll is more than Milwaukee and Atlanta’s put together.

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ICYMI – “Record ratings for women’s FIBA World Cup on TNT- average of 1.2 million people watched USA beat France in Sunday’s gold medal game in Germany”

Fox News viewers “What FIBA world cup?”

Fox just covers Sophie Cunningham & 2 washed up NBA players’ WNBA draft stunt.

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We are just nine days from NBC SNL season opener. How are the writers EVER going to narrow down the potential dozens of cold opens?

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Amy Klobuchar: “People didn’t want to go to a war in Iran, and now they’re finding out it costs $40 billion, and he’s still asking for $70 billion more. This election is going to be about values, it’s going to be about people’s priorities. Do they want to spend $70 billion more on this war on Iran, or do they want to get two years of the ACA tax credits?”

It’s actually worse than that. The costs Senator Klobuchar is citing on the war don’t include the benefits paid not just to family members of military killed in the war, but the cost for medical care for the hundreds/thousands of Americans who’ve been injured . Some unknown number of them are permanently disabled.

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WTAF?

Now Don Jr. has an email to supporters attacking James Talarico because Talarico once named his favorite drag queen.

Did the devil make him do it?

(Anyone over 55, including his dad, loved Geraldine.)

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Now Trump’s moving his abuser behavior to Canada and Europe.

He has “broken up” with Canada. But if the country moves on to partner with the EU, he wants to punish them both.

“If I can’t have her, no one will.”

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Powerless?

Posted September 16, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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NCAA’s FBS oversight committee said it “does not have the authority” to overturn the result of WMU’s loss to Michigan.

They added, that instant replay protocols “were not followed” by the Big Ten, and that had protocols been followed, “the outcome of the game would have been different.”

Translation, Western Michigan should have done. But we’re not going to do a damn thing about it.

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Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and the SF Giants bullpen imploding on a regular basis.

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Baseball is a weird game.

Anthony Molina today for SF Giants. 5 2/3 innings of shutout baseball, leaves with 1-0 lead.

Reiver Sanmartin 1 PITCH, to get out of an ugly blown save (4 -2 lead turned into a tie-game situation with two outs in the 9th

Giants win 6-5 in 10

Sanmartin gets the win.

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A starter list of things Donald did not ever mention in his 2024 campaign.

Starting a war with Iran
Building an Arch.
Tearing down White House East Wing for a ballroom.

Selling off National Park lands

Closing and tearing down the Kennedy Center..

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So did Speaker Mike Johnson decide to leave Washington along with the rest of the GOP House so he wouldn’t have to answer questions about when Trump starts tearing the Kennedy Center down?

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Trump, who regularly insults Latin America, has started an economic war with Canada, and is threatening to cut off trade to Europe.
If Russia or China actually did attack the USA now, who in the world would help defend us?

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Mitch McConnell disappears for months while still being paid.

Speaker Mike Johnson, who just sent all the House home until after the midterms: ‘Hold our beer.”

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Washington Post reports on documents “Federal officials acknowledge that Trump’s planned 250-ft-tall arch will harm nearby historic sites, but say it must proceed. The “adverse effects cannot be fully avoided,”

“Must proceed?” Or what, Donald will throw another tantrum and close or tear something else down?

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Last night Jimmy Kimmel referred to Donald as ‘Teddy Doze-evelt” and I am so here for it.

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Almost fall-ing

Posted September 15, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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So we’ve gone from Rafi and the Rivercats to Bryce and the Babies

SF Giants are still more fun than they were for most of the year.

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Meanwhile, as many bad long-term contracts as the SF Giants might have signed, that 2022 Carlos Correa deal falling apart over an old RIGHT lower-leg/ankle injury from 2014 might have been the best bullet they dodged.

Correa’s had more than his share of injuries since.

Today the Houston Astros said that Carlos, sidelined this time since May from a LEFT ankle injury, will be out for the remainder of the year.

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More on that Bo French tweet: (it’s pretty vile if you haven’t seen it, racist attack on University of Texas, who appear to be Indian-American, celebrating the Longhorns’ win over Ohio State

MAGA claims they want immigrants to “assimilate.”

But as witnessed by children of 1st/2nd generation immigrants from India including UT students (and Usha Vance!) pretty clear that Indians are assimilating just fine.

Maybe it was never about “merit.”

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On top of Russian Oligarch paying for his wedding, this quote from Don Jr. “I got to marry the love of my life.”

Now I can see Don wanting to forget his 6 years w/ Kimberly Guilfoyle. But wonder how his FIVE children with Vanessa Trump feel about him calling new wife Bettina “the love of his life?

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If for some reason if you go to Fox News website, you won’t see on their front page ANYTHING about Trump ordering his board to close Kennedy Center because they won’t put his name on it…
(Fox found room for Jemele Hill suggesting Atlanta Falcons should sign Colin Kaepernick)

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Since Trump wants everything to be a monument to him, why doesn’t he announce – before the midterms- that he will order the name Donald J Trump to be prominently displayed on ALL new data centers?

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Is there anything more typical of an abuser than “if I can’t have something or someone no one will.”

And yes, Trump just commanded his board to shut down the Kennedy Center.

What a pathetic, fragile little abusive bully he is.

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So as Velveeta Voldemort’s cronies have voted to shutter the Kennedy Center, maybe some reasonable billionaire should offer to fund it, reopen it, put in new management and fire the entire board.

Oh yeah, and keep the Kennedy Center name.

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GOP loves to rant Soros Soros Soros..

The billionaire & his family HAVE donated about $100 million to Democrats & progressive causes so far in the 2026 midterm election cycle.

Not a word about how Elon Musk has donated more to GOP candidates for the midterms than that by himself.

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Has anyone else noticed that the most taboo words in this Trump administration are “I may have made a mistake?

Now, Amy Klobuchar did ask Kash Patel “You oversaw an investigation in which subpoenas were issued to New York Times journalists. These were withdrawn because a judge found the Department failed to follow its own rules. Is that correct?

And Patel responded “I think that’s an accurate summary.”

But then added “We are not targeting journalists.”

Two words. “Yeah, right.”

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Donald Trump is not happy with his usually lapdog SCOTUS over mail in voting

His rant today includes – “nation destroying scam” that makes the US “‘a laughing stock all over the world.”

Once again, Freud NAILS projection

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Susan Collins voted yesterday to confirm an anti-abortion judge

This is an underappreciated point.

John McCain actually saved Obamacare

But Collins does her performative “no” votes when they don’t matter.

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Cabinet members like Rubio, Burgum, Bessent, Rollins & Duffy may have been either considered to be reasonable people or not well-known to Senators.

But almost EVERYONE knew Patel, RFK Jr & Hegseth were probable disasters. And GOP still bent the knee & voted yes. #VoteBlue

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Bad calls?

Posted September 14, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Just when we were having fun with Rafi and the Rivercats, Rafael Devers goes on the IL for the rest of the season

Leaving Jung Hoo Lee as the only starter from opening day in the SF Giants lineup. And there is now talk of shutting Logan Webb down too.

Understand that the Giants are fielding a AAA team at this point. Might be nice if they reduced some concessions to AAA prices?

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Yes, I understand the risk of injury.

But imagine if Saints QB Tyler Shough had an actual pre-season instead of having the first half of the season opener be his preseason.

(Even so, if a fumble/lateral pass by the Lions that turned into a Saints TD wasn’t overturn on replay (easy to google if you haven’t seen it) New Orleans would have won…

Officials said the QB’s “intent” was to throw…. Who does Goff think he is? Tom Brady?

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A tale of two headlines.

Fox News – “Caitlin Clark’s emergence off the bench electrifies US World Cup victory over France

Espn : “Greatest winner” Stewart guides U.S. to fifth straight World Cup title.

Now, I love watching Caitlin Clark. And respect her “sticking to sports.”

And Brenna Stewart is white, but outspoken on racial justice, and married to another woman.

Coincidence?

(Note the stats, Stewart 22 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists. Clark, 12 points 1 rebound, 3 assists. Now, a cool story was Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese seeming to have fun playing together… But that was not even mentioned on Fox.)

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Can someone please ask Trump on camera how he can talk about unifying Ireland into one country, when he on a regular basis treats the USA like two countries, red states and blue states?

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Meanwhile, Donald says the Kennedy Center may have to declare bankruptcy and close, unless they allow him to put his name on it and raise money (?) to keep it open.

“Nice little memorial you have here.

Shame if something happened to it…”

How long until President Mob Boss tries the same on other memorials and buildings around DC?

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Asked about Trump’s promised bribe.

“I commit that Congress will work through it and find consensus on that, like I have to do everything else.”

How much dressing does Mike Johnson need for that world salad?

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Univ. of Texas, after 2023 SCOTUS decision, no longer allowed to use race or ethnicity in admissions decisions.

Which means UT Asian & Latino students got in because of better grades & test scores than others.

How long until white men demand affirmative action for themselves?

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Fun and games.

Posted September 13, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Rumors are that College Gameday Week 4 will be in Athens, Georgia, for the Oklahoma – UGA game.

So since ESPN had Ted Cruz on today, presume they will invite Jon Ossoff then for equal time?

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Nice win, 17-10, for Michigan as clock ran out with Oklahoma on their own 35 and no time to get off a 4th down play.

But to be fair the Wolverines should have given the Sooners an extra second to try a Hail Mary.

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And while Ohio State blew a 20 point lead in the 4th quarter to lose to Texas, this 1979 memory from when Stanford played then #1 USC

The Cardinal were down 21-0 to the Trojans. One of the members of the Stanford Band had a phrase on his tuba in duct tape “But we’re smarter”

Stanford came back to TIE 21-21. Tuba tape postgame said “AND we’re smarter.”

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FIBA World Cup women’s basketball final is Sunday.

Now to be fair, with baseball playoffs approaching and both the NFL and NCAA football seasson starting, it’s understandable that many sports fans aren’t paying attention.

Yet Fox News has their now almost daily report on Sophie Cunningham, pretending they care about WNBA.

Check their website daily …. not a word about FIBA Women’s basketball World Cup.

Bet Fox won’t cover WNBA playoffs either. Unless Sophie gets to play a few minutes.

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Meanwhile, worth a minute:

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All these trolls saying Jimmy Kimmel wouldn’t have Ken Paxton on his show..

Kimmel last night on his show said he has invited Paxton to appear. And invited him again live on camera.

Ken is as scared of a talk show interview as he is of actual news reporters.

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Trump wants the Smithsonian to remove a modern art sculpture “Infinity” outside the Museum of American History with a “colossus” 30 foot statue of George Washington.

George Washington wouldn’t WANT a 30 foot statue of himself outside the Smithsonian. He rejected titles like “Your Excellency” and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. #NoKings

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State TV – Fox News at it again.

This story about a Sonoma county politician

“Ex-Dem mayor found liable for alleged sexual assaults of 7 women, ordered to pay $13M”

Dominic Foppoli is a scumbag. But alleged assaults started in 2001. He was Republican until 2016, when he switched to Dem, as he had statewide ambitions.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-democratic-mayor-found-liable-sexually-assaulting-7-women-jury-awards-13-million

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Trump today says a trade deal Canada could come “fairly soon.”

In two weeks?

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Trump is talking about a united Ireland

So far the only country he’s “united” is Canada

Against the USA

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Atlantic Industrial Coatings, Trump’s reflecting pool Contractor “blamed its own errors (for liner damage) in a report dated Aug. 14, then provided more detail on Sept. 2.”
So Trump has KNOWN this while he was still blaming mythical vandals & his own DOJ dropped the case.

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Not getting enough attention. Trump on voting yesterday told attendees at his vanity convention rally in Dallas to pledge allegiance to him and to vote “I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try to cheat like hell like they do.” Every accusation is a confession.

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Over down under

Posted September 10, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Not been a 49ers fan for decades. OTOH, since the Rams stole the January 20, 2010 NFC Championship game with that missed no-call PI…. , today’s/tomorrow’s game was kind of fun.

49ers had been in Australia for a week. LA got in yesterday. And yeah, Los Angeles Rams almost looked like a team that just got in after a 16 hour flight.

Or maybe, as they fell apart in the second half, like all of us when we THINK we are just fine with jet lag and then hit the wall

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So when the actual ratings for last night’s NFL game come out compared to Trump’s vanity rally, will Donald demand anyone be fired who reports them?

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Have any GOP leaders who were fine with Georgia forbidding anyone from handing out WATER to voters standing in line, said anything about Trump’s $5,000 dividend promise if Republicans win the midterms? I’ll wait.

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As Trump’s FCC tries to keep Democrats from appearing on late night and daytime talk shows, I don’t see Democrats losing their minds over Ted Cruz appearing today on The View.”

As my late great stepmother used to say “We’re not perfect but they’re nuts.”

o the supposedly nonpartisan US Attorney General can show up at Trump’s partisan rally?

But a US Senate Candidate can’t appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show?

Make it make sense.

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Now Trump is saying the war will end and gas prices will come down “right after the election.”

So this is his new equivalent of “in two weeks?”

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The Senate will be back in Session next Monday, Sept 15.

Anyone want to guess what the official GOP excuse for Mitch McConnell’s absence will be?

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JD Vance actually tried to attack James Talarico by saying ” “I never want see that guy’s web browser history”

Not sure I’d have couched it that way.

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This CBS headline…

“Iran strikes U.S. jets after Trump promises war to end after midterms”

Wait, I thought

  1. Trump says Iran’s military has been destroyed.
  2. Trump says it’s not a war, it’s a “conflict”, it’s “small potatoes.”

This is SO confusing.

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Meanwhile, on Fox News.

This headline: “Amazon cargo jet pilot reportedly told wife, ‘My career is over’ shortly after deadly crash.”

Nothing about the victims. Five people (so far) dead.

Rolando Aleman Leon, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Julio C. Pineda, Carlos Acosta Fajardo & Javierkys Reyes Quevedo.

Say THEIR names.

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As RNC is struggling to give “Trumpazoola” tickets away, worth a note even most those of us who got up early to get in Obama Presidential Library monthly queue – now for February 2027 – at 10a Chicago time still couldn’t get tickets…
(Places in line are assigned randomly & it sells out quickly.)

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GOP lost their minds when Joe Biden tried to forgive some student loan debt for low-income American
(and SCOTUS said he’d overstepped his authority.)

Donald Trump says he’ll give EVERY American $5,000 and GOP just shrugs. (Et tu, SCOTUS?)

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It’s not getting much coverage, but Trump didn’t just give Natalie Harp $45,000 cash bonus, he gave same to 2 other young women who work for him. (We only know this because they reported it.)

  1. What do the others do for him?
  2. How many Trump cash gifts haven’t been reported?

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After hours

Posted September 9, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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SF Giants were officially eliminated from the post season tonight.


Shocking many fans who thought they were eliminated in August.

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Anyone reading this who is a tennis fan is either up way too late or thinking “WTF happened at the US open?”


As a baseball fan first, I can say, the best sports don’t have clocks.

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Seriously?!! GOP Senate candidate John Sununu “I certainly support a work requirement for able-bodied Medicare recipients.”

You’ve worked hard your entire life, 50 yrs or more & retire, without a pension & now for health insurance you need to get a job on your feet at Walmart or Starbucks??!!

White collar places won’t hire you.

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Jimmy Kimmel on his first day back from an extended vacation.

“Donald Trump and I have one thing in common, we both accomplished nothing all summer long.”

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Bought gas last on Aug 26 for $5.69 in San Francisco Bay Area, regular gas at station next to Safeway.

Went by today. It’s $6.09

Thanks Trump

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As Trump continues his petty vendetta against Canada, an important reminder.

158 Canadian service members lost their lives helping the US in our war with Afghanistan after 9-11

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He said he was going to drain the swamp.

Who knew he meant he’d just drain the reflecting pool?

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The deceased victims from the Amazon cargo plane crash: Rolando Aleman Leon, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Julio C. Pineda, Carlos Acosta Fajardo, & Javierkys Reyes Quevedo.

All in van owned by contract cleaning company for airline companies. Trump & Duffy still have not sent condolences. #shameful

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Another dirty secret about aviation in USA.

Many major airlines subcontract things like cleaning planes so they can save $$ by not having to give benefits to workers.

All 5 killed in Miami cargo jet crash – with Latino names – were in van used by plane cleaners.

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Arson R us

Posted September 7, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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When Logan Webb left after six great innings with a 3-1 lead.

How many thought the SF Giants bullpen has a prayer of holding on against the St Louis Cardinals?

Not me, and I was right .Giants DID win, 5-4 in eleven innings.

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A power outage meant Monday night’s SMU – FSU game started late in Tallahassee and limited power throughout the game meant some stadium issues.

Per ESPN “Not all the stadium lights were operating and the teams were forced to deal with a number of other issues, including no coach-to-player communication, no iPads on the sidelines, no public address announcer and no scoreboard.”

No iPads? How did the younger players survive?

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All 5 victims who died (so far) in Amazon cargo crash were in 2 vehicles on ground, including van owned by a contract cleaning company for airlines.”

So likely they weren’t white.

Does that explain why Duffy still hasn’t posted condolences?

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As Donald’s mystery meat floods the US market, Americans being able to eat a hamburger that won’t make you sick or kill you USED to be a bipartisan goal.
“Last year Senate majority leader, John Thune, and Senator Cory Booker introduced bipartisan legislation that would once again require that meat be labeled according to its country of origin. “

But with the current meat situation,will generic ground beef and random fast food hamburgers be about as appealing to average Americans as day-old gas station sushi?

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How much of the insanity with Canada is because Donald is STIL jealous of Justin Trudeay?

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So can we start referring to his gaudy resort in Florida as “Sea to Lake?”

After all “Mar-A-Lago” is a SPANISH phrase.

America first, right?

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Ball don’t lie

Posted September 7, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Okay, on Labor Day Weekend, who had Rafael Devers with more home runs than Shohei Ohtani?

Now all of you liars put your hands down.

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To quote the late great Ralph Barbieri, “more than one thing can be equally true.”

Michigan got more than the benefit of the doubt on that hail Mary when officials put ONE second back on the clock But Western Michigan should have defended the 2nd attempt better.

(And I say that as both a mostly Michigan fan, and a fan of the New Orleans Saints who have perfected the art of a prevent defense preventing you winning.)

So for an example.

Trump endorsed Mike Lindell in the GOP primary in Minnesota.

Lindell lost. Bigly

Kristen Welker said Trump has a “mixed record on endorsements.”

So FCC Chair Brendan Carr indicates now that the truth may be a crime?

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Trump fundraising email today:

“Democrats are planning to SWEEP THE MIDTERMS IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS! They’ve teamed up with the fake news media to BURY our historic wins, and to make us look like the bad guys – FALSE!”

He knows GOP is going to lose… bigly

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Three weeks away from season premiere of Saturday Night Live.

Remember first season in 1975 with running “Weekend Update” line “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.”

Will 2026 be a play on that phrase with Mitch McConnell?

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Mike Johnson just announced the House wll be in session for only 4 days between July and November.

Well, it’s 4 more days than Mitch McConnell will work..

MAGA trolls use not only Butler but several other cases where no one was hurt & motives unclear at best as fodder for ballroom etc. “Liberals are trying to kill him.”

Man tried to attack Dr. Amy Acton at Ohio event & actually injured several people.

MAGA trolls immediately call it staged stunt.

Siri, what is a cult?

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Games people play

Posted September 5, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Are any MAGA “defenders” of women’s sports actually watching the women’s FIBA championships?

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Or do they know that the WNBA is taking a pause for the tournanment?

Rephrase, how many MAGA “defenders of women’s sports” even know what the FIBA women’s championships ARE?

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Meanwhile, over on Faux News, they’re talking about “WNBA Star” Sophie Cunningham.

She has a right to her views & her opinions. But WNBA star?

And “Sophie gets it. She’s just as tired as we are from all the WNBA nonsense.”

Excuse me, Fox is BEHIND most of the “WNBA nonsense.”

Rain is tough on buildings, so are leaks

GOP is all over claiming the Kennedy Center roof collapsed, presumably cover for letting Trump bulldoze the building.

But even if you believe the worst, the pictures show a SMALL chunk of ceiling that fell in one area, and then a “debris pattern.”

Wonder how many DC tenants and homeowners had as bad or worse damage during Friday’s storm.?

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Sour cherry on top of a sh*t sundae of a season is SF Giants partnering with Kalshi (and this week even posting a in game highlight saying how the team’s odds of winning had gone up …

Reminder, Willie Mays was banned from MLB for 6 years because he took a job as a casino greeter

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This NY Times headline

“Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices
After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, Treasury secretary said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to global energy shock…”

Scott Bessent is an underrated dark horse for worst person in Trump administration.

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Trump also wants now to use taxpayer funds meant for working families and single parents for child care to pay child card subsidies to MARRIED couples with a stay-at-home spouse.

JD Vance has been pushing this policy. While he and his wife Usha, (who does podcasts and interviews and other things, not to mention her nonstop vacations with JD on our dime) have four chlldren and how many nannies?

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No joke. Trump’s fundraising email today “Today, I’m not the President or the Commander-in-Chief. I’m just Donald Trump – father & grandfather, who is fighting every single day to Make our Country Great Again.” Can someone ask him on camera how many of his children/grandchildren he can name

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Maybe Mitch McConnell as a sitting senator not being seen in public for over three months is a test run for GOP with Donald Trump?

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If John McCain were still alive, he’d only be 90 yrs old.

(3 years younger than Chuck Grassley.)

How much do we miss his voice? Especially today with Trump posting stolen valor picture including Vietnam medals & referring to deaths of 18 American soldiers as “small potatoes.”

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Let the games begin

Posted September 3, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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FIBA Women’s world cup starts Sept 4.

So the WNBA will take a break.

Anyone think Fox News, who talks nonstop about former NBA players and their publicity stunt efforts to declare for the WNBA draft, will cover the tournament at all?

Dear SF Giants:

Want fans actually show up for the rest of this season?

Have discount beer/wine/sodas for every game if Devers hits a home run, and if it’s too late in game, have a credit on your tickets for next game.

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Donald Trump during a speech in what USED to be the rose garden, just said he will help Republican candidates campaign for the midterms, and urged them to run on his White House record.

As a Democrat, I approve this message.

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Trump, a temporary Washington DC and White House resident, demolished the East Wing, and just took down the Blue Man statue at the Kennedy Center.

So does this mean if you book a room at one of Trump’s hotels you can bring a hammer to knock down anything you don’t like?

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NY Times headline: Trump Administration Begins Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms

Election fraud is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.

“Fixed it for you NY Times Electiont fraud is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on making it as difficult as possible for American citizens to vote in 2026.”

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In view of Donald Trump unilaterally having dismantling the Blue Man sculpture is there a single Republican leader who will publicly tell Donald he is not allowed to touch the Kennedy Center itself?

I’ll wait.

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WTAF? Now Donald is spending $250,000 to “renovate” WH bowling alley?

PLUS additional $878,000 contract awarded to “Charles Mann Enterprises” for “studio project” in same basement as bowling alley. Details on projects not available in federal procurement records.”


$1 million in taxpayer $$ for this latest vanity project. Americans struggling to pay rent and put food on the table must be so proud.

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For man who doesn’t drink he sure loves to wine.

Trump “I’m not trying to force Iran to the bargaining table, as ABC Fake News reported. I couldn’t care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement”

Wait, how many times has he said the war was over?

This is SO confusing.

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Delta Airlines inflight maps, not bending the knee, yet.

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Donald Trump Jr just posted video of Eric Swalwell being surrounded by FBI agents at SFO Airport.
Swalwell should face consequences if he’s guilty of sexual assault.
Yet Jr. & GOP post NOTHING about Max Miller, accused by his ex-wife & father-in law of spousal AND child abuse

GOP Senate Majority leader John Thune about Ken Paxton in Texas and Mike Collins in Georgia “We have really high qualify candidates.

Fixed it for you John Thune “You must be high if you think we have quality candidates.”

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Beginning to look like for Nov 3, 2026, we all need to do whatever we can to make sure we have time to vote in person. Even if it means calling in sick or taking a vacation day.

Because Trump & his cult henchmen will do everything they can to make mail in voting impossible & lines at polling places as long as possible.

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Donald Trump now suggested he is reconsidering US support for Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
What’s next? He declares the Falkland Islands a US terrority?

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The kids are alright?

Posted August 31, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Rafi (Rafael Devers) and the Rivercats are more fun than the SF Giants have been for most of this yeaer.

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USC, which had an “announced” attendance of 51,444 fans, for their first game against San Jose State, said they hopeds to see “increased attendance the rest of the season.”

Maybe they shouldn’t have broken up the Pac 12 for bigger ratings, or whatever?

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Donald Trump just called Jon Voight his “Hollywood Ambassador”

“Trump: I just had a GREAT and very interesting meeting with my Hollywood Ambassador and Movie Legend, Jon Voight! He is a fantastic man who loves our Country…”

Seriously? Is Voight even at the level to be invited to “Dancing with the Stars?”

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Watched way too many Trump campaign speeches in 2024.

Don’t remember a single one where he said “If elected, I promise to tear down the East Wing and build a huge expensive ballroom.”

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Can we start referring to Natalie Harp as the President’s human air tag?

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At this point thinking maybe Pete Hegseth only has a job because Donald Trump can’t admit he made a mistake in hiring him in the first place.
(Well, that and he’s male.)

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Almost seems sometimes like Trump is trying to make the midterms a blue tsunami….as if he figures a record-breaking loss “nobody’s seen anything like it” will be easier to claim was rigged.

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As Trump continues with his demolition projects as a White House tenant, imagine if you booked a room at the Trump hotel, and decided to repaint the room and knock down a few walls.

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But speaking of hotels:

Hey Donald Trump!!

While you’re attacking Canadian companies has anyone told you that your golden boy Ken Paxton in Texas is campaigning in a Four Seasons shirt?

Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts is headquartered in TORONTO, yes that city on the shores of Lake Ontario.

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As Google caves and puts “Lake America” on its maps, where does it stop?

What if he ordered them to rename Google itself to be “Trump search?

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Serious question. Lindell, a Trump favorite, is clearly trying to make point about elections. Can someone ask Lisa Demuth what she thinks of Minnesota election integrity.

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Wait.

Fox News has this headline?

“Iran attacks US forces in retaliation for latest American strikes in Strait of Hormuz.”

Is Dear Leader, who just claimed “mission accomplished” going to demand Fox be punished?

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“When you say nothing at all…”

Posted August 29, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Hey Fox News.

You gonna cover the WNBA taking a break for the FIBA Women’s World Cup?

Are you even going to let your viewers/readers know there IS a FIBA women’s world cup?

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ESPN reports “The Indiana Fever Chicago Sky game last Sunday averaged Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock to make it the most-watched regular-season WNBA game since the league’s inaugural season in 1997.

Meanwhile, right wing media pretends the WNBA is failing. And focuses all their attention on washed up men lke Enes Kanter and Royce White.

Or if they mention a player it’s supremely mediocre Sophie Cunningham.

US Senator former Coach Tubby – now running for Alabama Governor, ssaid “Doug Jones, Tim Walz, and Abdul El-Sayed…it’s always the beta males that want you to believe they’re relatable and tough. And they’re the same guys that are pro-trans, pro-abortion, anti-christian, anti-family, and wouldn’t know a 50 yard line

Doug Jones’ responses

Well that’s certainly debatable “Coach.” How about we debate on the 50 yard line at Jordan Hare Stadium if that would ease your nerves about debating me? My bet is that I find that 50 yard line with no problem, but you’ll take a knee before getting to the stadium.

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My response to

“Auburn paid you $5 million to go away and not coach any more.

Cincinnati paid you $1 million to go away and not coach anymore.

(PS I’m a liberal woman who knows football. Auburn had a great year in 2004. But the kick six in 2013 was better…)”

Apparently Trump supporters are threatening to boycott the NFL after Al Michaels mocked Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario during a preseason broadcast.

“That is Lake Erie. We think it is still called Lake Erie. We’re not quite sure at this point.”

Excellent. Make NFL stadiums and sports bars MAGA free zones.

Thinking back on LBJ,, Carter, Clinton, Obama and Biden, all the Democratic presidents I remember, I can say positive and negative things about all five of them.

How many Republicans can say ANYTHING negative about Trump?

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Hey media.

You have no problem with headlines like “Somali Fraudsters Stole Millions..”

But it’s “DeSantis Administration Misappropriated $10 Million?”

And 1. It’s not a big story

2. Theft is theft.

And actually with elected officials who take an oath to their constituents, it’s WORSE

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Does anyone really believe Trump is going to seriously lower gas prices?

And how much money will he and his friends make from looting Venezuela?

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The Trump administration has proposed trading land just inside Yosemite’s western boundary to a Las Vegas developer.

And hey red states, don’t think it can happen to YOU?

Trump will sell ANYTHING to the highest bidder, or more likely the highest donor.

Yes, that means the Everglades, Glacier, Zion, Yellowstone….

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Except that I wish Donald weren’t the one with power over the cabinet, I love this story

Trump ruthlessly sidelines Pete Hegseth after Camp David showdown… as insiders mock war secretary’s humiliating inadequacy – and new cabinet golden boy gets promotion. (The “golden boy is Scott Bessent, a gay former Democrat.)

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Funny and not so funny games

Posted August 27, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Yesterday afternoon the SF Giants blew their first 6 run ninth inning lead in franchise history to the Cincinnati Reds

Today, they held to a five run lead in the ninth against the Arizona Diamondbacks… a much better team

So is this supposed to feel like winning?

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Very little left to play for for SF Giants

But if their rat-tag bunch figures it out in September there IS the chance beating LA the last weekend of the season to drop the Dodgers out of a first round bye

#smallmercies

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In California, the state legilature just passed a bill making it easier for Californians to sue ICE agents.

A remember, in the UNITED States of America, governors and state legislatures matter beyond state lines.

In this case, because if ICE agents think they could be held accountable, they might be more law-abiding no matter where they are deployed.

Fox News headline:

Marine One’s urgent calls went unanswered before Trump helicopter neared passenger jet.

Uh, pretty darn sure if Pete Buttigieg was DOT Secretary Fox would be calling for his resignation/impeachment.

Crickets on Sean Duffy.

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To all these evil trolls lying and saying that Dolly Parton died because she was vaccinated against COVID-19?

You do realize that one of the first people to receive the vaccine was Donald J. Trump?

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A fundraising email from Donald Trump Jr. is headlined “Darline keeps it in the family.”
Have to wonder, is one reason Donald pushed so hard for Lindsey Graham’s sister to win because he thinks it’s a precedent for his kids to be elected/installed some day?

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So many trolls today saying internet use is a parent problem & not Meta’s problem.

Not quite same, but was only 1988 U.S. Surgeon General officially declared nicotine addictive.

We’re still learning how addictive social media can be.

(& Meta knows more than they’re saying.)

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Hey Congress

When Trump brings in wrecking balls and starts demolishing the Kennedy Center, are you all going to echo John Cornyn “there’s nothing we could do to rein in the president?

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No, not Tim Curry too?! RIP

How iconic was Rocky Horror Picture Show back in the day?

Had to regularly tell people my name was Janice not Janet because of the song “Dammit Janet.”

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So while he’s renaming things who is with me on renaming New York City’s garbage barges after Donald Trump?

And while the Toddler in Chief is playing with his Sharpie, a fun story on sports names:

Fans in San Jose voted for “the Blades” for their then new NHL hockey team. And the owners decided it had ties to gang violence. So they changed to the “Sharks.” Apparently never saw West Side Story.

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Meanwhile the President of the United States had to be ASKED by a reporter before he said anything about the tragedy in Nepal.

And his response was this word salad:
“Oh, it’s terrible. “We’ve called Nepal and we’ve offered any help that they need. You know, we have a very good relationship with Nepal and that was a brutal.”
“Nobody’s ever seen anything quite like that where very powerful, strong, well-built buildings were wiped out like they were toothpicks.
Trump went on to say that around 50 to 60 Americans are missing but said that he hasn’t received the full list yet.
“Hopefully they’re OK but that looked pretty — that looked like something that people will not be, somebody will be lost, unfortunately.”

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Wins and a big loss

Posted August 26, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Two starting pitchers injured in two days.

Butt the Sacramento Rivercats wearing SF Giants uniforms have won their first series in recent memory

ICYMI, SEC just joined Big Ten in passing rule unanimously opposing athletes leaving NFL & returning to college teams.
When professional sports leagues deal with REAL issues they fix them.
Whatever Fox News and GOP want to claim, transgender women aren’t playing in the WNBA

One of of my favorite Dolly Parton lines.

“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.”

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Never paid much attention to Jelly Roll But he had one of best lines of the week subbing for Jimmy Kimmel “Any US President should be able to handle a few jokes. But he also should be able to handle gas prices, healthcare and the occasional international conflict.”

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Perhaps should be getting more attention that the Wall Street Journal increasingly appears to be done with Trump.

Today a really negative article on his decision to start the Iran war.

And my money’s on the WSJ surviving a lot longer than he does.

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Media keeps calling her Darline Graham

Until Lindsey died she was Darline Graham Nordone.

So she would NOT have been able to vote under the SAVE Act she champions without reregistering to vote with a passport etc.

Something not all S. Carolina women voters could afford.

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Darline Graham: Government run health care…. bad idea after bad idea. Annie Andrews backs it all. I have a different background. My parents worked long, hard hours. If that were sick, they had to get up and go to work. My mother passed away when I was 11 and my father just over a year later.”

So “Vote for me and you won’t have to take care of your elderly parents because they will die young?”

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Amy Klobuchar has been posting about on a 9-county rural economy tour in Minnesota & talking about her plans as Governor.

Some fun stories, often incluiding meeting residents who have never seen a Senator.

What’s national media covering? Mike Lindell backing out of paying for a recount. Why it matters? Because this contributes to voters’ “politicians are bad/useless” mentality.

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Finally, not my idea

But let’s make September 25 Dolly Parton Day

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The kids were alright

Posted August 24, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Wow. The Sacramento River Cats wearing SF Giants uniforms just knocked off the Cincinnati Reds and the Reds All-Star best pitcher Chase Burns, who was 14-2.

(only Jung Hoo Lee and Rafael Devers of the SF Giants starting nine were on the opening day roster. And of their six pitchers, only Ryan Walker, who pitched two innings of middle relief, was on the roster.)

WNBA playoffs start a month from today.

Anyone think,Fox News, which is doing nonstop stories on Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter, and the nonexistent issue about rransgender women playing in the league, will actually cover games?

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FBI director Kash Patel is rumored to be going this fall to Russia

FBI will not comment on this.

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Wait until pictures of Patel emerge with him doing vodka shots with Russian athletes.

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Wrap your head around this.

Jed York is San Francisco Bay area billionaire. Presumably with access to many of discreet “escort” services. And he gets arrested in a prostitution/juman trafficking sting in a mobile home park in Ohio.

Men are just way too careless and impulsive to be trusted with power.

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Latest SCOTUS decision did not weigh in on LEGALITY of Trump’s EO against mail-in voting.

But it’s another cudgel Donald can weld to claim the election was stolen, when GOP increasingly looks to be trounced in the midterms.

“Most recent refugee report from US State Dept. Of the 10,258 refugees admitted to the US between 1 October 2025 and 31 July 2026, 10,255 were from South Africa. “

Wow. Very white of them .

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JD Vance actually BRAGGED about this in public today ” “The Second Lady said, ‘Well, you can have one of two things. You can be VP, or you can have a fourth child.’ Ladies and gentlemen, I must be pretty persuasive, because I got both.”

So he’s saying, at best, he coerced Usha into having another baby?

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If we already won the war with Iran, why does Trump need to threaten more sanctions?

Asking for a tired country.

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In sight of the finish line

Posted August 23, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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The last time SF Giants lost 100 games in a season

The next year “You gotta like these kids” – Uribe, Thompson, Clark.”

Heck of an infield. Almost made the playoffs in 1986.

2027 may not happen due to a lockout. And, yes, some veterans wll remain due to contacts.

But when the next season starts, at least manager Tony Vitello has had good success in dealing with just college level talent…

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Seriously going to be tough for fans of amateur sports next weekend. The SF Giants have a homestand. And Stnaford kicks off their foodball season at home against Hawaii.

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As Trump starts an economic war with Canada, and makes bilingualism an issue -including Quebec’s mandatory use of French as well as English on products sold there…

Le mot, mesdames et messieurs, est “connard.”

Dr. Oz was asked about Trump’s comments on MMR vaccinne

He said that “the MMR vaccine is not a lethal vaccine.”

If Oz weee a woman he’d be moving up in Trump firing bingo.

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Nancy Pelosi at a local Democratic event in Mountain View CA talkng about the 2026 midterms.

An underappreciated point “This is not a Presidential election.” Candidate need to know THEIR constituencies.

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-As Trump starts an economic war with Canada, and makes bilingualism an issue -including Quebec’s mandatory use of French as well as English on products sold there…

Le mot, mesdames et messieurs, est “connard.”

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Imagine if you got hired to replace someone supposedly not doing a great job.

And two years later when things are objectively worse, you blame your predecessor.

How would that go over with your boss?

(American taxpayers & VOTERS are Donald’s boss.)

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All these stories, about Melanie and Donald’s on camera “spat” Will keep saying this. Whether or not Melania wants to be around him, NO one wants to be publicly humiliated.

British upper class royal married couples often have separate discreet lives… but the emphasis is on discreet.

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Canadian PM Mark Carney “We’ve recognized from the start that America has changed We recognize that sometimes, its signature is written in pencil.”

He’s too kind to Donald

Should have said “its signature is scrawled in crayon.”

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And the last could be first?

Posted August 23, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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The Baltimore Orioles at 63 and 67 are the 5th and last place team in the AL East.

And they are 1 game out of the 3rd wild card.

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4 SF Giants pitchers didn’t wear Pride Night caps

Ryan Walker: gone.

Landon Roupp: 5.57 ERA in Aug -has lost 6 in row.

J.T. Brubaker: 7.11 ERA in Aug.

Sam Hentges: 1-6. Blew 2-0 lead in 9th & took 3-2 loss.

So much for a place where there isn’t any trouble. Over the rainbow?

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Dave Flemming Friday night on SF Giants pre-game in Boston pointing out that Fenway Park opened five days after the Titanic sunk.

A sadly apt metaphor for the 2026 Giants season.

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Walmart just announced their slowest sales growth in six years.

Well, it’s a good thing for Trump and GOP that rural working class people don’t shop at Walmart.

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So thousands of people in Indiana are still without power after a major storm as are people in Hawaii after damage from Hurricane Lala.

Has Trump said a single sympathetic word to any of them?

I’ll wait.

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RIP former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum, 1st woman elected to U.S. Senate without having her husband serve in Congress before her.
Nancy had just turned 94 in July. Making her a year and a few months older than current US Senator Chuck Grassley, who will be 93 in September.

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Remember when George W. Bush used to go to his ranch in August?
And media dubbed it the “silly season” because nothing much happened & W. just mostly biked and cleared brush.

I miss slow news months. I miss slow news DAYS?

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Just think, a week ago only us political nerds knew who Natalie Harp was…

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Wonder how much it will cost taxpayers to dismantle Trump’s ballroom?

At Safeway in California, less than a year ago their Friday specials might include basic ground beef for $2.50 a pound if you bought 6 pounds or more (so I’d buy and freeze some)


Now the “special” price if you buy 6 lbs or more is $5.99 a pound. Otherwise close to $10 a lb.

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Fox News “Pentagon taking aim at military newspaper chief over job performance, insubordination.

Translation: “Stars and Stripes” broke story about horrific conditions & mental health issues for military aboard Abraham Lincoln.

They broke the rule – cannot make Trump & Hegseth look bad.

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So when the Abraham Lincoln gets back to the USA what measures will Trump and Hegseth use to keep those onboard from speaking to the press?

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So the Natalie Harp story has gotten so bad that to distract Trump decided to start an economic war with… Canada?

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Making appearances

Posted August 20, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Rangers’ Jacob deGrom tonight became 2nd fastest to 2,000 strikeouts

1660 innings over 272 starts since his MLB debut in 2014

So average about 130 innings a year.

DeGrom is an incredible talent. Bug closer Kelsey Jansen and set-up man Tyler Rogers together have almost that many innings (1545) between them in that time.

Wonder what the record for trips to the IL is for a pitcher?

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Fox News website has TWO front page stories today on Sophie Cunningham
Went to see what they have on WNBA otherwise.

No joke. They don’t even list WNBA as a sport. Though they have UFC and WWE

Trump -endorsed Mike Lindell, also an election denier, says he will pay for recount in GOP Minnesota primary

Lisa Demuth beat Lindell 179,683 to 134,282!

Now that Demuth is GOP candidate for Governor will she stand up for her state against Lindell & Trump, & say MN elections are fair?

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It’s not getting enough attention that under Donald Trump the United States is not only being dismissed by many of our allies, it’s that we are now being dismissed as unimportant even by North Korea.

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Fox News headline

“Alina Habba shuts down speculation she could replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.”

Translation.

  1. She knew she wouldn’t be asked?
  2. She’s only 42, and trying not to ruin her professional career so young.

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Apparently United Methodist Pastor Adam Hamilton is making his US Senate race against incumbent Roger Marshall in Kansas close.

All Senate seats count equally. Why doesn’t media spend a bit less time deluging us with coverage of Michigan race and tell us more about Kansas?

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Remember John McCain when he ran for President in 2007 singing (maybe jokingly) “bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran,”

Followed Trump’s campaign closely. NEVER heard him once talking about attacking Iran.

Pretty sure no one voted for him to do it.

Americans just wanted lower prices.

ICYMI, still time to catch Rosie O’Donnell as Jimmy Kimmel’s guest host this week. “To those of you watching at home & from White Houee. But I ‘ve got some bad news for President Teddy Roosevelt. That’s all I’m going to say about you tonight sweetheart You’ve got to realize it’s time to hang up your wig & let Natalie tuck you in”

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Small example from a wave of lies.

A Minnesota Republican blocked me on Twitter so I can’t respond to his lie.

He claims Amy Klobuchar was AWOL from Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on fraud.

Except it was Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights

There are 7 subcommittees, Senators are on 4, but not that one.

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Trump-endorsed Mike Lindell, also an election denier says he will pay for recount in GOP Minnesota primary

Lisa Demuth beat Lindell 179,683 to 134,282!

Now that Demuth is GOP candidate for Governor will she stand up for her state against Lindell & Trump, & say MN elections are fair?,

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