Left Coast Sports Babe

15-9 in the 8th between Nationals and Rockies. Do you even have to ask if the game is at Coors Field?

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Tonight’s game in Denver featured a 15-5 lead for #Nationals in 7th turns into 15-12 win over #Rockies. Maybe time for rule change – 6 run or less lead is Coors Field save?

If MLB wants to speed up games maybe they should cancel bottom of 9th when #SFGiants are home. Giants don’t use it anyway.

(Last time the Giants came back when trailing in the 9th was 2015.  Seriously.)

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So  SF Giants get just one run against Kershaw after a leadoff double by… Ty Blach? Guess he takes this filling in for Madbum seriously.   Although today the Giants might have missed Bumgarner’s bat more than his arm.

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Shouldn’t getting your first major league hit off Clayton Kershaw count double? #ChristianArroyo #SFGiants

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10 pts -for Vince Carter & Manu Ginobili. 16 for Tony Parker. On Tim Duncan’s 41th birthday. So w/ Grizzlies & Spurs, tonight WAS a country for old men

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In an April of misery for the #SFGiants at least Santiago Casilla blew the save for someone else. #As

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So will the Miami baseball team now be known as the “Marlins!”?  #JebBush

(my friend Al Quint says instead of “Let’s Go Marlins” the scoreboard will urge “Please Clap.”)

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#Nordstrom is selling jeans with fake mud on them for $425. So at Nordstrom Rack do they just put real mud on jeans & sell them for $200?

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Serena Williams said that photo announcing her pregnancy was shared on Snapchat by accident. “On social media, you press the wrong button and… ”
And a lot of us in the clumsier less-high tech generation are smiling.

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Apparently three Islamic State militants in northern Iraq were killed by a herd of stampeding boars, Yeah, guess pork really is dangerous

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Former ‘Bachelor’ Chris Soules has been arrested for an alleged fatal hit-and-run collision in Iowa last night. And gals, he’s still single.

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There is a certain logic in Trump’s picking fights with Canada. At least he knows they won’t nuke us

Police say projected 1st round draft pick Gareon Conley from Ohio State has been accused by a woman of raping her in a Cleveland hotel earlier this month.
Conley says he is innocent and has witnesses. And it IS innocent until proven guilty. But just maybe if you’re approaching an NFL draft that might be one of the most important events of your life, it might be a good idea either to stay home or just hang out with friends you know?

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Trump during his Holocaust Remembrance speech said “we’ll never be silent, we just won’t, in the face of evil again.”
Of course crickets on the subject of Anne Frank’s family being repeatedly turned down for U.S. refugee visas.

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How long until Trump starts accusing any reports on Michael Flynn’s tenure with his campaign and administration as #Fakenews?

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#IvankaTrump may be getting booed. But unlike her father she’s actually traveling overseas.

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SF judge ruled against Trump’s sanctuary city funding ban. After that “island in the Pacific” comment can’t wait to see what AG Jeff Sessions calls San Francisco.

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The World Trade Organization just ruled in Mexico’s favor in a trade dispute over tuna. Anti-WTO Trump tweets in 3.2.1…

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New poll shows only 32% of millennials approve of Trump’s performance. Maybe some of them will get mad enough actually to vote next time?

Caleb Brantley, a DT out of Florida, considered a 1st-2nd round pick in NFL draft has been charged with “misdemeanor simple battery” for allegedly knocking a woman unconscious during a fight this month in Gainesville.
Misdemeanor? What do you have to do in Florida for a felony? Kill someone?

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You know what kind of year it’s been for #SFGiants when Matt Moore entered last night’s game with 11.74 ERA at Coors and manages to raise it.

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As SF Giants limp to a 6-13 start at least maybe they inspire 49ers fans who dream of their team making it to a .333 winning percentage.

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And yeah, it’s only April, but who had the Giants starting pitcher with the best ERA as Matt Cain?

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Of course, who had the Dbacks dueling it out for the NL West lead with the Rockies?

Rockets up 3-1 in their series with the Thunder after 113-109 win. And of course one call never really decides a game.  But James Harden’s end of game push-off might have even been flagged by NFL replacement refs.

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Steve Kerr could be out for season. If  Spurs don’t make finals maybe Warriors could borrow Popovich?

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So France seeming to prefer the reasonable guy with no experience in elected office. Right about now lots of Americans would take that.  With the emphasis on reasonable.

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Trump’s approval rating lowest in over 60 years at this stage of Presidency, at 42% If this keeps up we’re going to need #marchformath

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#NorthKorea says they might strike US Aircraft Carrier to show military force. Will they have any better hope of finding it than we have?

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Jeff Sessions defends saying “a judge on an island in the Pacific. “Nobody has a sense of humor anymore.”

Says the Attorney General for the President who angrily tweets about SNL skits.

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota is the latest to say “Roger Ailes sexually harassed me.”
At this point maybe it would be faster for any woman at Fox who WASN’T sexually harassed to come forward.

Who knew T.S. Eliot was a #SFGiants fan? “April is the cruelest month.”

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Sharks were two minutes away from going up 3-2 & now are out of the playoffs. SF Giants having worst April ever.  Apparently sports gods feel Warriors are enough for Bay Area

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SF Giants don’t think Christian Arroyo is ready to be a major league hitter yet. And two-thirds of their starting outfield tonight is Chris Marrero and Gorkys Hernandez. Sigh. Before Span crashed into the wall.

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And Span didn’t even go dirt bike riding. #SFGiants

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Bruce Bochy took 2 games off from #SFGiants because of heart condition. Guessing doctor didn’t approve of him taking that call from #Madbum

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At some point during NBA playoffs both Warriors and Cavs will probably have to show up for four quarters.

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As a Spurs fan have to hope they make it through to Western Conference finals, not because they have enough stars to match with the Warriors. But because more people really should watch Kawhi Leonard.

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The Hawks’ Paul Millsap & the Wizards’ Markieff Morris are trash-talking each other during the playoffs. And many casual NBA fans are going “who and who?”

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Happy #EarthDay Waiting for the GOP rebuttal.

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So someday will we tell our children that we remember when science used to be nonpartisan. #marchforscience

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Sign seen at #marchforscience “Trump. – No Science. No Rogaine. No Hair.”

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United Airlines has had one of the rougher months for U.S airlines in public relations history. American Airlines “Hold my beer.”

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Report says more than 8,600 US brick & mortar stores will close their doors in 2017. Where’s Trump tweet taking credit? #jobsjobsjobs!

Trump to hold rally night of White House Correspondents Dinner. Fine, no one cover it. What happens if a Trump rants in a forest…?

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Trump, personally giving out a Purple Heart today  “Tremendous, tremendous job, congratulations.”    This is the same man who said last August.  “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.”

Maybe just a BIT unclear on the concept?

From Marc Ragovin  “Following the Predators’ sweep, many Blackhawks fans were seen being taken away kicking and screaming from the United Center.”

Well, not the smartest thing in the world to be riding a dirt bike on an off-day.  On the other hand, how many players get hurt doing every day things… or falling down the dugout steps.  Paging Jeremy Affeldt.

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Give  Madbum credit for not claiming to have been washing his truck.

Clearly he should have stuck to riding horses. Aren’t there stables in Denver?

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If baseball wants to speed up game maybe there should be a sign like IBB sign for hitters like Gorkys Hernandez at this point –  “Automatic out”. #SFGiants

Since it just might be a “misery loves company” year for #SFGiants, Sergio Romo in relief for LA just balked in go ahead run for Dbacks.  And gave up 5 earned runs in a third of an inning.

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Well on a brighter note for #SFGiants not like they were scoring any runs for Bumgarner anyway. Maybe they will for Ty Blach.

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Massive #poweroutage in San Francisco. But this time it’s not the #SFGiants. They are out of town in Denver.

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Russell Westbrook was fined $15,000 for saying in a postgame news conference. “I don’t give a f— about my line. We lost.”
Wow. $15,000.  Whatever  happened in the NBA to the dollar jar?

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An air  marshal forgot her gun in lavatory on US flight. Passenger turned it in.   Once again, USA has much more to fear from stupidity than terrorism.

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Jeff Sessions, backtracking on Hawaii slam, says he thinks state is “fabulous” place.  Fabulous?  Hmm, enough to question the AG’s sexual orientation?

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United missed deadline for answering questions from senators about dragging incident. Will they blame weather, mechnical or “operations”

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In Germany, a terrorist who bombed Dortmund soccer team bus was trying to make money on the team’s shares falling after the attack. And he was going to blame it on Muslims.
So can we start cracking down on capitalist extremists?

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Jason Chaffetz on rumors he might leave Congress before his term is up “I’ll take a little bit of time to sort out. I’d be thrilled to have a television relationship. ..”
Hmm, the Chaffetz Factor?

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Apparently Trump’s comment “Korea used to be a part of China,” has not won him friends in South Korea. College student Ahn Hong-seok, if Trump “is a person capable of becoming a president, I think he should not distort the precious history of another country.”
If it makes them feel any better, Trump also distorts the “precious history” of his own country.

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Biggest threat to Democrats in 2018 and 2020 is not the GOP. It’s party infighting. That is all.

Let’s be real, Fox News is not firing Bill O’Reilly for harassing women. They are firing him because advertisers left.

So far NBA playoffs 1st round has so little drama seems only logical function of including 16 teams is television $$$.   Oops, never mind.

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A’s new 2017 slogan “Rooted in Oakland.” With their plumbing issues at the Coliseum maybe it should be “Roto-Rooted in Oakland.”

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Serena Williams expecting a baby in August, meaning she was pregnant when she won Australian Open in late January.  Four words: Weaker sex my ass.

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Aaron Hernandez apparently hanged himself in his jail cell. A sad waste, but hard to be sad he’s gone.

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Tom Brady skipped Wednesday’s  Patriots White House visit to attend to “personal family matters.” Meaning Gisele wouldn’t speak to him if he goes?

Would accuse #SFGiants offense of being criminally bad, but case might be dismissed for insufficient evidence.

Sorry, when so many MLB pitchers who face #SFGiants pitch best game of season/career maybe it’s not just their stuff. #offensewhatoffense?

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Marshmallow Peeps 1/2 price after Easter. Shouldn’t stores wait to put Peeps on sale until they are near their expiration date in 2100?

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Bill O’Reilly met the Pope Wednesday in Rome. Well, at least His Holiness is one person in a skirt we know O’Reilly won’t grope.

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UC Berkeley called off an Ann Coulter speech due to worries about potential violence, but she and the students who invited her said she’ll come anyone and “speak on or off campus.”
Now, I’m for free speech, even in this case.
But before we allow Coulter to take the moral high ground thinking just maybe a woman who doesn’t want violence shouldn’t say things like “N Korea will make nuke capable of hitting Seattle! Situation will be dire as soon as they can hit a city worth saving.”

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Trump supported O’Reilly, but Bill is still out. So where are the tweets slamming #FakeNews Fox News?

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Trump praises Patriots & slams “the good ol’ pundits, God they’re wrong a lot, huh?” Uh, actually pundits all expected New England to win.

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From my funny friend Alex Kaseberg  “Tom Brady decided to skip the White House Super Bowl winner ceremony. It’s not a big deal. Brady has won five Super Bowls. He’s been to the White House more than Melania Trump.”

Hope everyone had a happy Easter. And enjoy Monday – “Half-price chocolate bunny day.”

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On perhaps a less exciting note, it’s also national “egg-salad sandwich for lunch day.”

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Golden State Warriors probably figured they only needed to play one quarter to beat  Trailblazers. Fans might have preferred they made it the first.

On the other hand, television advertisers want to thank the Warriors for keeping it close enough not to have viewers turn off the fourth quarter.

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Golden State considered to have 99% probability of beating Portland in their series.  Hardcore Trail Blazer fans going  “So you are saying there’s a chance?”

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Early days but 2017  SF Giants seem to be able experts at playing JUST poorly enough to lose .

SF Giants  don’t look like themselves this spring. But San Jose Sharks are in their usual playoff form.

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Per the Wall Street Journal United’s CEO Oscar Munoz has “pledge to empower gate agents and other employees to use their common sense to defuse tense interactions.” Good idea. If common sense were only more common.

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#BeeGees trending. You know you’re getting older when your first thought, oh, no, did Barry die too?

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Apparently Melania & Barron to move to White House this summer. But where will Trump spend his summer weekends? Guessing not DC or Florida

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Trump now tweeting “Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens!”

So when the problem gets “solved” they go back to being manipulators?

(Someone HAS told the President China might have people who read English and follow him on Twitter?)

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One of Trump’s Easter tweets: “Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!”

California Chick-fil-A franchise had 3 cow mascot costumes stolen from shed this week. What an udder nightmare.

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Headline  – “Cavs feel disrespected as #1 seed.” Guessing game 1’s close call against the Pacers  isn’t going to do much to disabuse that notion.

Ohio State spring inter-squad spring football game attendance today – 80,134. And guessing more of them stayed until the end until most 49ers fans during a regular game.

Arrests were made when protestors & supporters clashed at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley. And who saw that coming? #ifonlytheywerearmed

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Not sure how many of the local Berkeley protesters were arrested for taking down Trump fans. But after their release on bail maybe some of the more successful ones might be offered tryouts for the Cal football team?

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Well played SNL for  TRULY live tonight. Probably better ratings too as West Coast viewers can’t sometimes say “meh reviews, going to bed.,,,”

Although Melissa McCarthy may be one of the few liberal Americans wishing that Spicer stays on. #jobsecurity

Casey Anthony is reportedly pregnant again. This might make even the most ardent conservatives question defunding Planned Parenthood.

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VP Mike Pence and wife Karen in Seoul. CNN photos show her wearing leggings. Guess they didn’t travel on United Airlines.

Trump has been quiet about North Korea failed missile launch. Maybe he doesn’t want to think about idea of blowing something up & failing?

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Reports are that when he visits England this fall, Trump has indicated that he wants to ride, not in a motorcade, but in the Queen’s Coronation carriage.   Well, it makes a certain amount of sense for a President who has clearly shown that starting now,  leadership should be hereditary.

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Apparently Melania Trump and Barron ill be moving into the White House this summer, and FLOTUS has hired an interior decorator. Based on Trump Tower pictures, that interior decorator may make Americans long for the days of just spending money on NY security.

Yeah!  Massero’s home run against Colorado tonight now means that SF Giants left fielders have half as many home runs as Madison Bumgarner.

A jury found Aaron Hernandez not guilty in his most recent murder trial. Does that mean the Patriots might offer him another contract?

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The Seattle Mariners have sold out of toasted grasshoppers in each of their first three home games. Just wondering, how many beers on average has each buyer of grasshoppers consumed?

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So is saying a radio station plays “adult hits” somehow supposed to make us feel younger than calling it an oldies station?

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United Airlines’ pilots union has issued a letter saying they were “infuriated” over the O’Hare incident: “this occurred on one of our contracted Express carriers, separately owned and operated by Republic Airline, and was ultimately caused by the grossly inappropriate response by the Chicago Department of Aviation.”
Guess they didn’t need to add “and this isn’t helping our stock and thus pensions.”

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United say they will  stop having police take psgrs from planes. Instead w/ overbooked flts they’ll send all on board & play airline Hunger Games?

Delta Airlines apparently will now authorize employees to offer up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up seats on overbooked flights. Will this be known internally as the “Take that, United rule”?

The Texas State Supreme Court struck down a request by “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, to get out of prison a year early.
Who says there’s no bipartisan agreement in this country?
“I feel so sorry for him.” said nobody.

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So Canada already has Justin Trudeau and now they add legalized marijuana?. Now that’s just piling on.

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Trump loves publicity & signing ceremonies, but he signed bill allowing states to defund #PlannedParenthood in private, #Profilesincowardice

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North Korea’s Vice Minister Han Song Ryol told AP that the country has determined that Trump administration is “more vicious and more aggressive” than Obama’s. What was their first clue?

Trump, who’s been attacking NATO regularly,  “I said it was obsolete, it’s no longer obsolete.”  So on top of all his other “successes” Trump has now made NATO great again?

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Melania Trump flew down separately with Barron from New York to join Donald in Mar-a-Lago for Easter.   At a cost to taxpayers of over $100,000.   Even now might it have been cheaper to have her and Secret Service fly United and pay whatever other passengers demanded to give up their seats?

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Then Melania will head up to DC, possibly with a stop in New York, certainly returning to New York, for the annual White House Easter Egg hunt Monday.

Even Woody Hall is going, hmm, do we really need the eggs?  (Annie Hall joke for youngsters.)

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Trump is being uncharacteristic vague about whether he personally authorized #MOAB strike. Translation – he wants to make sure it’s popular and doesn’t backfire

Trump refuses to release White House visitor logs to public. No GOP outcry. They do realize there might be another Dem President someday?

From T.C.  Tim Tebow has now homered twice in the minors. He is not so happy with his fielding though, complaining that his throws from the outfield to home plate keep getting intercepted by the shortstop or second baseman.

One week, and 5-6  games into the MLB season,  there are no teams without a win.   The Cleveland Browns and SF 49er are thinking, “amateurs.’

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Well, on a brighter note for  SF Giants fans, after the 1st week of season team  has the same number of wins as the Yankees.

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On another brighter note for SF Giants fans bullpen didn’t blow another lead tonight. #smallmercies

Not saying #SFGiants should considering signing Tim Tebow. But he has same # of hits as their 2017 left fielders. And prayer can’t hurt.

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All these measures to speed up the game and draw more fans.  Uh, it was the first Saturday of the MLB season & not a single game on national network TV. @CBS @NBC @ABC @FOX

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Going into tonight, well, it could be worse. SF Giants pitchers have the highest ERA in baseball so far, at just under 7. But Jeremy Guthrie started today for the Nationals and gave up 10 runs in the first. #wannagetaway?

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ESPN reports Dallas Mavericks will honor Tony Romo at their home finale Tuesday by making him “a Maverick for a day,” Nice gesture, and at least the Mavs don’t have any of that playoff pressure.

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Google being investigated for allegedly paying women less than men for same work. The company didn’t think workers could google salaries?

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Trump tweeted Saturday morning “Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United States, and the world, so well in the Syria attack.”
Well, at least he didn’t tweet out “Mission Accomplished.”

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Trump has declared April 9, “National Prisoner of War Day.” Not that he likes any of those honorees, bcause they were, you know, captured.

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So in the midst of all this craziness anyone but me notice we haven’t heard anything from Sarah Palin lately?

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30 triathletes suffered symptoms of hypothermia and 1 was hospitalized after they swam in 37 degree Lake Berryessa in Napa Valley this morning before biking. And millions of American couch potatoes will read this story and go “See!”

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One person killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a fancy Coral Gables mall today. Apparently not “terrorism” but a disgruntled former employee with a gun. Move along, nothing to see here.

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Should we really be surprised JJared Kushner is now such a close advisor to the President. It’s closest Trump can get to dating his daughter.

SF 49ers released CB Tramaine Brock after his arrest on domestic violence charges. Too soon to start a pool on which team desperate at the cornerback position will decide Brock deserves a 2nd chance?

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Friday night after  a Tiger-free tournament in Augusta. Anyone know who’s leading the Masters?  Yeah, me neither.

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2 home runs in a game?  Who does #BrandonBelt think he is? #MadisonBumgarner? #SFGiants

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Can someone connected with the #SFGiants bullpen put in an emergency call to Annie Savoy. #BullDurham

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Is there a record for number of lost leads by a team in a single season? Asking for Orange and Black friends. #SFGiants

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I miss the days when the biggest story of the morning in the US  would have been #AaronRodgers and #OliviaMunn breaking up.

An employee of the National Firearms Museum in Virginia, which is run by the NRA, was injured on the job Friday. He was taking part in firearms traning and accidentally shot himself.

Mean bitch karma and her friend irony for the win.

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A woman at Disney World was arrested and charged with child abus after she allegedly choked a teenage girl who she said was blocking her view of Magic Kingdom fireworks. Back on your game, Florida. #ifonlyshewasarmed

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#BrianWilliams described Syrian missile strikes as beautiful. Well, no doubt because he was so proud of building & launching them himself.

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Reports are that Bannon has been trying to insult Jared Kushner by calling him a “Democrat.” And Dems are going, “Wait, we don’t want him either.”

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USA Today heading “Big jobs miss: Employers add disappointing 98,000 jobs in March” Somehow missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

Report from KGW in Portland says that 858 TSA airport screeners tested positive for drugs or alcohol between 2010 and 2016. Makes a certain amount of sense, hard to imagine doing that job day in and day sober.

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Bus to hell time. A dismembered body was reportedly found inside a San Bruno home. “The San Bruno Police Department is investigating this incident as a homicide.”
Just guessing it wasn’t a suicide.

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So what if costs to taxpayers are $2.5 mill a weekend at Mar-A-Lago. Not as if any Trump donors are profiting from it….

Headline in the British #Guardian: “White House has no clear plan for next steps in Syria after missile strike.” You had me with 1st five words.

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Look, I don’t pretend that I know the answers in Syria. It’s a mess. But hope anyone supporting the idea of war is either ready to go fight in one, or send their children/grandchildren.

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And heck, Donald Trump has fired more missiles into Syria than he has accepted Syrian refugee children.

A Canadian comment from T.C.  “Donald J. has removed White House chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council. This is to make room for 11 year old Barron Trump to take over the position as soon as his school year in New York finishes in June.”