Left Coast Sports Babe

Looking forward to ‪#‎Tokyo2020‬, and host country ‪#‎Japan‬‘s hope for an important medal, is there time to make ‪#‎PokemonGO‬ an ‪#‎Olympic‬ sport?

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USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo after Team USA won another gold that “Basketball is the No. 2 sport in the world, [but] we just need to see these other countries get their acts together and become more competitive.”
And the rest of the world is thinking, “Back to you on soccer.”

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The Nationals have put Stephen Strasburg on the DL again. So this is what Washington was saving him for when they shut him down late in the 2012 season? Once again, the 2012 ‪#‎SFGiants‬ say “Thank you.”

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European fashion change Zara is facing a class-action lawsuit for alleged “fraudulent” pricing by tagging clothes at Zara USA in Euros, and then selling them at a price well over the actual exchange rate.
Maybe Zara figured they couldn’t go broke underestimating the math skills of the American public.

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A Southern California man who’d been drinking at his birthday party didn’t want a woman to leave, so he lay down in front of her car figuring she would stop. She didn’t. So score another Darwin with an assist to alcohol.

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One of United Airlines’ new Mileage Plus security questions is “In what month did you first meet your spouse?” Which may end up as all kinds of fun if your spouse needs to access your account. ‪#‎Birthdaysandanniversariesarenthardenough‬?

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The Canadian Coast Guard said on Sunday they had to rescue about 1,500 Americans taking part in the “Port Huron Float Down” on the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario. This after a rain and wind storm sent them illegally into Canadian territory.
“They were terrified of entering another country without documentation. No one carries their passport or any ID, and a lot were drinking alcohol,”
Waiting for Justin Trudeau to propose Canada’s own wall.

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Donald Trump. who’s called for a “special deportation force” met with Hispanic leaders over the weekend and reportedly spoke of dealing “humanely” with undocumented immigrants already in the country, especially families. Though today he said “I’m not flip-flopping. We want to come up with a really fair, but firm answer.”
So what, we deport them but everyone gets an aisle seat with free in-flight meals?

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#‎JohnOliver‬ last night called for ‪#‎DonaldTrump‬ to drop out of Presidential race. ‪#‎HillaryClinton‬ is thinking “No, he’s the one I can beat.”

San Francisco International Airport has raised parking fees 40%, they say to encourage travelers to take public transit. And what will the airport do with the extra money? Build another parking garage. ‪#‎unclearontheconcept‬

Usain Bolt won another gold medal for Jamaica. Pretty sure Bolt won’t be accused of recent marijuana use, imagine by much more he’d have won. #Rio2016

US men were DQ’ed in 4 by 100 relay. Thanks to  Ryan Lochte for  making sure this isn’t most embarrassing American men’s team story of these Olympic games.

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Only US Olympian who might be happy about #LochteGate? #HopeSolo. #Rio2016

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Nothing against Team USA men’s basketball in Rio. But rooting for them seems about as anticlimatic as rooting for Joey Chestnut in a county fair eating contest.

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Ryan Lochte took to Instagram to apologize for not being more “candid.” He’s either trying to salvage his endorsements or laying the groundwork for a long career in politics.

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Gold medalist Jimmy Feigen left Brazil, after he “donated” over $10,000 to a charity in exchange for his passport. And the USOC has indicated they may sanction the swimmers. Ryan Lochte also stands to lose endorsements. That bathroom is ending up being a very expensive pay toilet.

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James Harrison, named in the Al Jazeera PED report, says he welcomed an “open” investigation, but (again) called Roger Goodell a “crook.” Wonder how much Harrison will get fined for that.

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Donald Trump last night acknowledged that “I sometimes say the wrong thing.”
Many in the GOP are thinking, yeah, like “Today I announce my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States.”

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Paul #Manafort is out of @realDonaldTrump’s campaign. So congrats to all those who had Aug 19 in the pool

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#Uber is launching a test fleet of robot taxis. So yet another step closer to getting through days without talking to another human.

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Who says I never say anything nice about Catholic schools? But well-played: A Catholic high school for boys in Arkansas posted this sign on their door “”If you are dropping off your son’s forgotten lunch, books, homework, equipment etc., please TURN AROUND and exit the building. Your son will learn to problem-solve in your absence.”
Wonder how many parents asked if it meant they could have these things shipped by Amazon Same-Day?

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In 2011, the Texas legislature slashed funding to family planning clinics in the state by 66 percent and many clinics closed. From 2011 to 2015 almost twice is many women died in pregnancy or soon after childbirth as the preceding four years. (537 from 296). Once again four words. “Pro Life My Ass.”

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Colin Powell today in a statement said he told Hillary in a memo once that using personal email “vastly improved” communications within the State department.
Just another commie-pinko Clinton apologist….

Donald Trump today to black voters “”You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58% of your youth is unemployed — what the hell do you have to lose?” Well, at least he didn’t reminisce about the good old days of slavery.

But really, this swimming incident would never happen with the U.S. women’s team. If the bathroom was locked they’d take turns peeing in the bushes while someone acted as lookout. ‪#‎womenaresmarter‬

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Forget transgenders, clearly the most dangerous people near bathrooms are male Olympic swimmers. ‪#‎LochteGate‬ ‪#‎Rio2016‬

#‎RyanLochte‬ motto “Winning a gold medal means never having to say you’re sorry.” ‪#‎Rio2016‬

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Next up from @NBCOlympics, an exclusive ‪#‎RyanLochte‬ interview by Brian Williams?

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Oops, another Olympic lying scandal? 
Michelle Obama tweeted congrats to Aly Raisman and asked “what healthy foods keep you fueled as you go for gold. Raisman tweeted back “Salmon, avocado, whole wheat bread, almonds, pineapples & Greek yogurt.” Then, oops, Aly remembered…. “@FLOTUS Ignore our recent tweet about eating fries & ice cream. Sometimes u gotta splurge. Moderation, right?😂🙈🙈😂 ”

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Tonight was ‪#‎JerryGarcia‬ tribute night at ‪#‎ATTPark‬. ‪#‎SFGiants‬ fans were  grateful  the team didn’t play like they were dead.

(Jake Peavy, btw, had a tie-dye shirt under his uniform.)

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Pastor Darrell Scott, a rare African-American Trump supporter, thinks the Donald’s problem is “Black people believe satire, black people believe parody. ”
And black people, like white people, also believe their ears. ‪#‎SMH‬

#‎LochteGate‬ getting so much attention @realDonaldTrump will need to say something truly outrageous to knock US swimming out of headlines.

Tom Brady missed tonight’s Patriots Bears game after he sliced his right thumb getting dirt out of a cleat. Gisele: “my husband cannot throw the football and clean his shoes at the same time.”.

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In eight years, Mylan has raised the price of EpiPens from about $100 to $500, and up. Is the pharmaceutical company now partially owned by Martin Shkreli?

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Some criticism of Obama for not cutting his vacation short to visit flooded areas in Louisiana, even though the state’s governor said “Quite frankly that is not something that I want to go through right now. While the president is welcome to visit, I would just as soon he give us another a week or two, get back to a greater sense of normalcy here.”
And of course if Obama did go he’d be criticized for wasting police time that could be better spent helping flood victims.

So the US women’s beach volleyball team will not even play for the Gold in this Olympics?  Well, if global warming was real, American weather would have been hot enough and not lulled the women into a false sense of security?  Clearly this is Obama’s fault. #sarcasm

Another good day for American women gymnasts. Which should be very inspiring to young girls in the US to watch. Both of them whose parents let them stay up until 1130p. ‪#‎NBCtapedelaysucks‬

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Some people are upset about Bahaman sprinter Shaunae Miller’s dive for the gold medal in the women’s 400 meters that barely beat Allyson Felix for the gold. Mostly Americans who wish Felix had thought of it first.

Irish boxer Michael Conlan, who lost a controversial decision to a Russian angrily tweeted out to Putin ““How much did they charge you bro?” And the Russian president is thinking “hey, if I could don’t you think I’d have paid the IOC to let our track and field team compete first?

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For 1st time as Michigan coach, ‪#‎JimHarbaugh‬ stormed out of press conference. So congrats to all those who had Aug 16 in the pool. ‪#‎MGoBlue‬

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Buffalo Bills DT Marcell Dareus has been suspended again, this time 4 games, for violating the NFL substance-abuse policy, allegedly with marijuana. So when pot is legal in most states will we look back at these suspensions and think “How quaint?”

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Jonathan Papelbon has interest from “multiple clubs” and expects to sign with a new team within 24 hours. Who knew cancer could be selective?

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“Many people are saying” that Roger Ailes is advising Donald Trump before the Presidential debates. The Trump campaign is denying the rumors, but if true might explain why the Donald has his beautiful daughter out of the country on vacation.

Rick Perry today on Gold Star father Khizr Khan: “I think the Democrats used him…if you’re gonna go out and think that you can take a shot at somebody and not have incoming back at you, shame on you.”
Ok, harsh perhaps, but fair enough. Just wondering how Perry would feel if some Dem took a shot at one of the parents who spoke during the GOP convention over their children being killed by undocumented immigrants, for starters. ‪#‎IOKIYR‬

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Rudy Giuliani said he didn’t forget 9-11 when he said “before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack inside the U.S,” he just likes to use “abbreviated” language.
Give the man his due, neither Trump nor Clinton ever thought of that one.

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Re Ivanka Trump vacationing with Wendi Deng Murdoch, a slightly adjusted post. I’ve seen the Putin girlfriend comments regularly but it likely is just gossip as Wendi and the Kremlin deny it.
But okay, even so, your dad is running for President, there are all kinds of rumors about Russian ties, loyalty is great, but why PUBLICIZE the friendship with Instagram? Or does that family really believe there is no such thing as bad publicity? ‪#‎Caesarswife‬

Fastest woman in world? ‪#‎Olympics‬ Congrats ‪#‎ElaineThompson‬ But can she compete with ‪#‎USA‬ women rushing to be 1st at ‪#‎BlackFriday‬ sale?

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Michael Phelps, 31, won gold tonight in what was billed as his final Olympic race. And somewhere Dara Torres is thinking “Quitting so young?

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USA isn’t that strong in diving these days. Correlation to fact that motel etc. swimming pools don’t have diving boards any more for “safety?” ‪#‎Rio2016‬

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SF Giants got 6 runs for Madison Bumgarner.  Starting with 2 runs with a 2 out single. Please do not adjust your set. This is not tape-delayed from before All Star Break.

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How many young people watching Olympic volleyball & thinking “so did they start playing indoors because it’s raining on the beach? ‪#‎Rio2016‬

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Most ‪#‎Stanford‬ freshmen feel overwhelmed & awed by classmates at first. But imagine poor young woman who will be ‪#‎KatieLedecky‬‘s roommate

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A-Rod, on life post-Yankees “I’m going to take some time for myself.” Begging the question, has he ever taken time that wasn’t for himself?

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A bill to eliminate Daylight Savings time in California may appear on the November ballot in 2018. Just what Californians will want right about the time it starts to get really dark early in the evening.

SF Giants unveiled Gaylord Perry statue and gave away a commemorative figurine – The giveway was not sponsored by Vaseline. What an outrage.

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Kenny Baker, 82, who played R2-D2 in six Star Wars movies, has died. And millions of Americans are going “You mean there was a human in there?”

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I miss the days when a city trending might be because of a sporting event or something positive, instead of a shooting. ‪#‎Milwaukee‬.

Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson is blaming Obama for taking the US into Afghanistan.

So does ‪#‎KatrinaPierson‬ think President Obama took us into Afghanistan because he didn’t learn his lesson from taking us into Vietnam?

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Now @realDonaldTrump says if he doesn’t win he’s going on “nice long vacation.” Because US will not be safe with violence he’s stirring up

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Trump said at a rally that in Pennsylvania that the only way he could lose is if “cheating goes on.” And added his campaign will be keeping a close eye on the state to ensure “other people don’t come in and vote five times.”
Hmm, so is that how the Donald won the GOP primary in the first place?

Now @RealDonaldTrump is threatening to pull press credentials from @NYTimes. Does ‪#‎Trump‬ think he actually has supporters who read it?

For those who chose to watch tape delayed Olympic coverage instead of the last three hours of the 5 hour and 34 minutes SF Giants game,  they played without their manager Bruce Bochy, who felt ill and has been hospitalized in Miami. ‪

Hmm, the SF Giants’ recent play was just supposed to make FANS sick.

The best of times, the worst of times, the best of times, the worst of times. Please tell @SFGiants it’s a baseball season not a Dickens novel.

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Brandon Crawford got the game winning hit for the Giants, his 7th of the evening.  Until today, seven hits might be the number of hits the Giants have had with runners in scoring position since the All-Star break.

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So somewhere at a Miami hospital a nurse is saying “Okay, time to turn out the lights Mr. Bochy.” ‪#‎SFGiants‬

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If ‪#‎BruceBochy‬ weren’t already in the hospital this ‪#‎SFGiants‬ game might have put him there.

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SF Giants & new reliever Will Smith together may be pursuing something, but so far it is not happyness.

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Has someone told  Tuesday SF Giants’ starter  ‪#‎MattMoore‬ he’s going 9 innings yet? ‪

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#‎ESPN‬ says hiring ‪#‎JordanRodgers‬ as ‪#‎SEC‬ analyst had nothing to do w/ his being on “The Bachelorette”. And they said it with straight face.

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So Meg Whitman last week, and now former Republican Michigan Gov. William Millken has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. Come on, Mitt, you can do it. Thinking your father would have.

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Donald Trump is unveiling a new economic plan that will basically cut taxes at all income levels, and for businesses, and eliminate the estate tax. Sounds like the same sound principles of money management that have led to all those bankruptcies.

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When Mexico gets done paying for the wall are they going to pay for Trump’s tax cuts?

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So the Pro Football Hall of Fame game was canceled yesterday because the paint on the field was too hard? Seriously. ‪#‎Youhadonejob‬

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Monday was supposedly ‪#‎InternationalCatDay‬ Cats are just sniffing, EVERY day is #InternationalCatDay

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Weekend poll showed ‪#‎Clinton‬ beating ‪#‎Trump‬ in Georgia. Today ‪#‎Delta‬ Airlines, based in ATL, had a complete computer failure. ‪#‎IblameHillary‬

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Maine Senator Susan Collins says in an op-ed “I will not be voting for Donald Trump.” Fine, but it would be a little gutsier to say who she was actually voting for.

And “No one” is the same as abstaining on a bill.   #Profilesnotincourage

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