Left Coast Sports Babe

Sports moment of the year.

On the night when the Angels paid tribute to Tyler Skaggs, found dead in his hotel room a couple years ago, when his mother threw out the first pitch, and the team all wore his jerseys…. two pitchers combined on a no-hitter-

I’m not crying, are you crying?

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“I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.”

Earl Warren

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More sports and politcal snark tomorrow.

If you now buy a player jersey at NBA store and he gets traded, you can exchange it free within 90 days. A full year if you use your American Express card. Put this down for the Hall of Fame of “promotions that cost a lot more than we thought.”

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When free agent Marcus Morris signed a two year deal with the Spurs, the San Antonio zoo gave him a free annual pass.  Then Morris decided to take a one-year deal with New York.  So the zoo cut up his pass.

Not to worry, the power forward may miss out on some animals, but the Knicks still promise to be one of the NBA’s best circuses.

Grizzlies guard Grayson Allen picked up two flagrant fouls in seven seconds and was ejected from tonight’s summer league game against the Celtics in Las Vegas. Where did Allen think he was, back at Duke?

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Meanwhile for all teams except the Rangers and Astros, the All-Star break continues until tomorrow.  Making this the best week of the season for the Mets bullpen.

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So Paul Ryan is latest to leave DC, then say after the fact how Trump ‘didn’t know anything” and had to be “stopped from making bad decisions. all the time.” Can we change mascot of GOP from an elephant to a jellyfish?

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And of course now Trump’s returning the attacks on  Paul Ryan. Can anyone think of anyone who has insulted Donald who he still says nice things about… other than Kim Jong Un?

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Tom Steyer says he is running for President because “I couldn’t sleep.” So this whole expensive exercise is because he didn’t ask his physician for an Ambien prescription?

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The President of the United State today praised backers of QAnon, known for Pizzagate pedophilia allegations and other insanity. Maybe this projection stuff goes further even than we thought.

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Some think Trump is joking about staying in office 6 years or 10, or 14….
Right, like he was joking when he said “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you can find those emails.”

Drew Brees wins an Espy for “Best Record Breaking Performance,” starts out by thanking his wife, then “Who Dat Nation, the best fans,” and spends a fair amount of time praising the US Women’s Soccer Team. Then closes by talking about the most important things in sports “Gratitude, Humility and Respect.”
And some still wonder why I root for the Saints.

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Martina Navratilova played a Wimbledon Legends’ double match today while wearing an “IMPEACH” hat.  An official asked her to take it off during the first changeover, which she quickly did,  saying “Sorry about that.  Forgot I had it on.”

Later  she retweeted a post of the story  with the comment. “Oops, not really.”

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Not only is Megan Rapinoe getting much bigger crowds than Trump, she has much better hair.

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RIP Jim Bouton, 80. Managed to read his hilarious book soon after it came out when I was 11. And still cannot see or think of the Shoreham Hotel in DC without the term “beaver shooting.”

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Hurricane Barry looking scary for Louisiana, which last time I looked was a red state. But not rich enough for Trump to pretend to be concerned about?

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Trump got UK ambassador to the US Kim Darroch to resign for privately calling him “inept” and “insecure,” So we shouldn’t remind Donald that Ted Cruz called him a “coward” and “classless? And Lindsey Graham called him “an opportunist. He’s not fit to be President of the United States.”

One Million Moms is protesting Disney’s “dangerous” portrayal of a lesbian couple dropping off their child for kindergarten in “Toy Story 4.” But it would have been okay if a straight couple dropped a little girl off at Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion.

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So when will it come out that Jeffrey Epstein has a pizza parlor?

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Wonder how much younger Acosta’s daughters are than some of the girls Epstein raped? Also how long until they can read about their daddy’s work on the internet?

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Only an All-Star game but Clayton Kershaw was in post-season form.

A question to MLB You put together an All Star Game with the best players in baseball. But you let Joe Buck announce it?

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As a fan of good pitching I enjoy this All-Star game. But guessing many casual fans would prefer instead of great pitchers that MLB used instead the Mets and Nationals bullpens.

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Rob Manfred “”Baseball has done nothing, given no direction for an alteration in the baseball. The flaw in logic is that baseball wants more home runs. If you sat in owners meetings and listen to people on how the game is played, that is not a sentiment among the owners for whom I work.”
Maybe he means that is not “a” sentiment, it is “THE” sentiment.

Family values alert  –  Trump’s Doral golf resort in Florida will have a golf tournament Saturday put on by a Miami-area strip club. Golfers will be able to pay for a dancer to serve as their “caddy girl” while they play, then they can enjoy a burlesque show afterwards.

Wonder if the dancers have a minimum age?

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Billionaire and 1992 third-party Presidential candidate Ross Perot, 89, has passed away. Will he show up at the pearly gates explaining why he should get in using charts?

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When the PROOF comes out that Acosta should never have made the deal with Epstein, how long until Trump says “Chose him for my cabinet because he begged me, barely knew the guy?” Dibs on “less than 24 hours.”

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Your reminder, not only did Epstein lawyer Ken Starr prosecute Bill Clinton over a blow-job, he was fired as President of Baylor for covering up sexual assaults by football players.

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Tom Steyer announces he is running for President to “end the hostile corporate takeover of our democracy.” So instead he wants to continue the billionaire takeover of our democracy?

Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald worked hard for a long time on the story that may bring down Jeffrey Epstein, along with many of his bad hombre friends. Want to thank her? Subscribe to a newspaper. Or two.

Pete Alonso wins Home Run Derby. So will his REAL prize be getting traded from the Mets?

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And what’s really amazing about Alonso’s win today, he didn’t get to try to hit any of those home runs against the Mets bullpen.

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More than 3 million more Americans watched Women’s World Cup final than watched last men’s World Cup final. So maybe we should pay them MORE?

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Just a heads-up, if you liked Trump’s feud with Women’s World Cup championship team, wait until US Men’s Basketball team starts playing for FIBA World Cup in August. Coach of the team? Gregg Popovich.
#passthepopcorn

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Couldn’t stomach the idea of watching Trump environmental speech but did he say how he was going to cure windmill cancer?

Very confused. Eric Swalwell isn’t in the Democratic race anymore. So who didn’t give him a rose?

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Trump says he will ‘no longer deal’ with the UK’s ambassador to the US after diplomatic cables calling Donald “insecure” and “inept” were leaked to the media.

So what happens if politicians and leaders from countries who Trump has insulted  decide they will “no longer deal” with him?

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‘Rick Perry today said Trump’s 4th of July speech was “one of the greatest history lessons that I’ve ever seen before”‘
Your reminder that Perry actually DID graduate from Texas A&M, with a Bachelor’s in “animal science.”

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Just how arrogant is Epstein? Even after getting the incredibly sweet and probably illegal plea deal, he still keeps a stash of nude pictures of underage girls at his mansion. Lock him up. For a LONG time.

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Ivanka Trump had a scheduled meeting today with British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.
Before she became First Lady, Hillary Clinton was a partner in a law firm, chair of Children’s Defense Fund, and on several corporate boards including Wal-Mart etc. And remember how GOP went nonlinear when Bill said in electing him, the nation would “get two for the price of one?”

Very confused. Eric Swalwell isn’t in the Democratic race anymore. So who didn’t give him a rose?

How many girls and women are going to dye their hair purple tomorrow?

“I believe … that a whole generation of girls and boys will go out and play and say things like, ‘I want to be like Megan Rapinoe when I grow up’ and that they’ll be inspired to talk and win and stand up for themselves …”
Well played, Nike.

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But yeah, Money talks. Thinking I’m ready to buy about any product that hires US Women’s National Soccer team as endorsers.

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You know Trump was rooting for the Netherlands.

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Took Trump a  few hours to congratulate  US Women’s National Team on World Cup win, but guessing we can wait a LONG time before he congratulates US Men’s National team for being Gold Cup runners-up.  To Mexico.

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As we enter All-Star Break – Who’d a thunk that right now the player SF Giants wish they had on their 2019 team is not Bryce Harper but Hunter Pence?

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Five people hurt during today’s running of the bulls today in Pamplona. How do you say “I want a Darwin award in Spanish?”

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Even though his girlfriend wouldn’t press charges, MLB suspended Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera for rest of season for violating league’s domestic violence policy.
Wonder how many star young two-sport athletes will hear this story and decide to focus on football instead.

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Mississippi just made referring to a plant-based product as a “veggie burger” or “vegetarian hot dog” punishable by jail time. So what happens if you eat a veggie burger after visiting Planned Parenthood? Death penalty?

So Disney has released a short trailer for their live action “Mulan”. They are using an Asian woman to play the lead role but guessing if she were white the same people losing their collective sh*t over a black Little Mermaid would be rather quiet.

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Heck, thinking the same  snowflakes who are upset about a black woman playing Little Mermaid would be just fine with a white Pocahontas.

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Difference between Democrats and Republicans. If it comes out that both Clinton and Trump were involved with Epstein, Dems will be sad but condemn him. GOP will condemn SDNY or the girls involved.

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How long until Trump tweets that he doesn’t know Jeffrey Epstein?

Not a big soccer fan but got to say, I’m enjoying this US women’s team more and more. Alex Morgan ” – You see men celebrating all over the world in big tournaments, grabbing their sacks or whatever it is. And when I look at sipping a cup of tea, I am a little taken aback by the criticism.”

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Admittedly didn’t hear much of Trump’s speech. But it must have been inspiring to hear about George Washington piloting a stealth bomber across the Delaware.

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Continental Airlines is no more, but all the times I got delayed at their Newark Airport hub, I clearly should have reminded myself of the brave men of the Continental Army who fought there.

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I just want to know, do DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) members now get credit for their ancestors’ frequent flier miles?

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Oh please, oh please, when we get to Presidential debates next year can someone ask both Trump and his Democratic challenger an American History question?

Since GOP is so silent about Trump’s possible plan to change the census by Executive Order, trust they will have no problem when next Democratic President issues her Executive Orders.

Trump tweeted sympathy over the death of billionaire Chris Cline and his daughter in a helicopter accident. And yes, that’s sad. On other hand, California didn’t vote for Donald by several million votes, but places like Ridgecrest in Kern County are very red. So where’s the sympathy, thoughts and prayers? Guess no Ridgecrest residents were rich enough to be major donors?

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Meanwhile NBA elected to suspend, then end Summer League game between Pelicans and Knicks tonight in 4th quarter with New Orleans leading 80-74.
Of course, being Vegas this result actually probably upset people who had money on the game.

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As Trump considers an executive order to add citizenship question to 2020 census, I’m sure we’ll be hearing from all those “Constitutional Conservatives” in the GOP, right?

Women’s World Cup has a third place game Saturday morning scheduled between England and Sweden.

While I love good competition regardless of sports, imagine for example a Super Bowl consolation game this February between the Saints and the Chiefs?

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As All-Star rosters get finalized, some controversy over the idea that all teams should have an All-Star. But to be fair, not only is it about fans in every city getting a chance to cheer, showcasing players from all teams gives teams like the Yankees a chance to do easy trade-deadline shopping.

I understand Fox News and Trump claiming there was a great crowd today in DC at the Lincoln Memorial.

And no doubt plenty of money was paid by corporate donors  who wouldn’t show their faces.  But as sports fans know, plenty teams claim sellouts with lots of empty seats.

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Attendance for Trump speech in DC actually looked like a Marlins crowd, only smaller.

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The audio-animatronic Trump at Walt Disney World would have given a more inspiring and life-like speech.

Since I only caught snippets of Trump teleprompter speech I am confused: When George Washington crossed the Delaware what plane did he fly on?

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But makes sense, if as Trump said  Americans seized airports from the British during the Revolutionary War, maybe that explains why the Brits enact such retribution form us regularly at Heathrow.

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In all seriousness, does anyone think Trump had actually read any of the US history he spoke about before he read it today on the teleprompter?

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Apparently some Trump supporters are cheering today’s California earthquake. Uh, do they realize that Kern County is one of the REDDEST part of the state?
Sharing this story about my aunt, who over 20 years ago wanted me to move to Ridgecrest because she thought the town needed a good travel agent. My response started with “Aunt Suzie, for politics alone I couldn’t live where you do.”
And her comeback “Janice, there are 50 Democrats in town, I know them all. How many friends do you need?

SF Giants have 4th of July off.

Until about a week ago, that would have been cause for fans to celebrate.

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Good news for SF Giants fans, Giants hit back-to-back home runs for first time this season.
Bad news for SF Giants fans, Giants hit back-to-back home runs for FIRST time this season.

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And yet, Giants, along with any team not named the Marlins, are within 5 games of an NL wild card berth.

Not sure where Kawhi Leonard will sign.  Heck, not even sure he’ll bother to tell us when he does.

RIP Arte Johnson. Damn. Another piece of my twisted childhood gone. Well, comedy heaven just got VERRRRRRY interesting.

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Bummer. Massive fire at Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky with as many as 40,000 barrels of bourbon potentially lost. So which hipster bar will be the first to create a flaming bourbon cocktail?

A hearse driver in Nevada was pulled over driving solo in the carpool lane, and was let off with a warning  when he said he had a corpse in back.

But  while we’re talking carpool lanes, shouldn’t any woman who thinks she might be as much as a week pregnant claim GOP says they are able to use them?

AOC said guards in a Trump camp suggested a woman “drink from the toilet.” Rush Limbaugh today suggested drinking toilet water is ‘a step up’ for migrants. Again, are we great yet?

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Two things seem pretty certain to be true about Trump 4th Of July extravaganza.
1. Donald will over count the crowd size.
2.. Donald will under count the cost.

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Amazed that Trump is lying that his 4th of July ego fest won’t cost very much. Expected him to say he would personally pay the costs, and then ignore the bill as usual.

Mad Magazine taught me to see that almost EVERYTHING has a funny side. #ThanksMad

Does anyone think Trump even knew there was a (World Cup semi-final) soccer game today?

And hey, if  you’re upset about Nike removing a flag with 13 stars because it’s become a symbol of racism, but you were fine with Nike paying and promoting both  (alleged, twice) rapist Ben Rothlisberger, & serial cheater Tiger Woods then maybe American values are not your issue.

Last I looked, London was at sea-level.    So with 50 runs scored in two games what did MLB do… instead of regular baseballs use painted balls from Wimbledon?

There are a lot of baseball terms the British don’t know. After this weekend they will think “bullpens” mean pitchers who are brought in when there hasn’t been enough scoring.

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And Joe Buck was announcing Red Sox Yankees game in London.   Sorry England. America wasn’t sending our best.

Will Knicks now officially change their name to “chopped liver?

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How bad is NBA free agency going for the Knicks? Even the Mets are feeling sympathetic.

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Washington Redskins fans have long thought in Dan Snyder they have the worst owner in sports. New York Knicks fans watching Jim Dolan “Hold our overpriced beer.”

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So for 2019-2020 season who’s going to sponsor the NBA uniform patch that says “Hi, my name is…?”

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New study finds about 1/5 of US adults “have experienced some form of harm due to someone else’s behavior while drinking.” Not to make light of alcoholism which is a serious problem. But how many adults have avoided harm because someone was able to relax with a glass of wine?. Asking for a lot of women.

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Some conservatives last weekend using Ellis Island as an example of the way immigrants SHOULD try to come to US.   Ellis Island  had a 98% percent acceptance rate – yet more proof that education causes Democrats.

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Only in San Francisco can the Pride Parade be temporarily blocked by protesters from the left.

Meanwhile headline for Trump fundraising email today. “We don’t have much time left.”
Well, we can certainly hope anyway.

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How upset must Trump be that Megan Rapinoe got first goal for USWNT today?

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How upset must Trump be that Megan Rapinoe got SECOND goal for USNWT today?

Some opined that Megan Rapinoe should have not engaged with Donald Trump but rather focused on World Cup matches.
Does this mean if she had ignored Donald she might have scored four goals?

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And okay, off-color trigger warning here but… Another thought on Megan’s “f*cking” White House” comment. Looking at first couple’s body language, unless Donald is sneaking in interns or something, pretty sure there’s no f*cking going on in the White House.

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Yankees and Red Sox are playing a weekend series in London, England. Good to see MLB send over two good teams who really need the exposure.

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For the game between Red Sox and Yankees in London, Winston Churchill, Freddie Mercury, King Henry VIII and the Loch Ness Monster will race around the warning track.
Hmm, maybe SF Giants need to have a race between innings to liven things up. Crazy Crab, an Irish Coffee, a sourdough loaf, a garlic fry?

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Headline that actress Lori Loughlin reportedly regrets not taking the plea deal in the college bribery scandal, and “feels very much alone.”‘

Thoughts and prayers.

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Chris Matthews asked Kamala Harris “How do you not hate white people?”
It must have been so tempting to respond “I don’t hate white people. I do, however, intensely dislike stupid people.”

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Can anyone imagine if a Democratic Presidential candidate joked with say, Justin Trudeau or Angela Merkel about meddling in the 2020 election?

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Trump’s head of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli blamed that immigrant father for killing himself and his daughter.
So I assume Ken thinks those who died at the Berlin Wall deserved it too?

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Betsy DeVos rescinding an Obama-era rule created to protect students from abusive for-profit colleges.
Has this administration ever met an abuser they didn’t like?

Lebron James is giving up his Lakers jersey number #23 for Anthony Davis, who has worn the number since high school.    Which is a nice gesture.  And whether James goes back to the #6 he wore with Miami Heat or another number indeed, am sure the thought of new jersey sales never entered his mind…

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Meanwhile, in Womens World Cup 2019, who knew that England might actually be good at soccer?

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SF Giants have a charity online auction going on, one of the items is a session with the team’s hitting coach.  Alas, some statements don’t even need a punchline.

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Meanwhile, apparently Giancarlo Stanton is now out until August. A shame, as this year the Yankees really have been missing his power….

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Matt Gaetz says he will press charges against person who threw a drink at him earlier this month, to “send a message that we as conservatives have a right to our views — just like anybody else.”
So waiting for Gaetz to defend Megan Rapinoe’s right to remain captain of US Women’s soccer team because she too has a right to her views.

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“America doesn’t want to watch a food fight. They want to know how we’ll put food on the table”. Score one for Kamala Harris.

Upon further reflection, considering what TV shows are popular these days, maybe America DOES want to see a candidate food fight.

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Anyone who thinks they can delay the 2020 census also thinks they can delay the 2020 election.

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Several Democratic Presidential candidates visited the Homestead Children’s Detention Center before their debates.  You know who HASN’T visited the Homestead facility? Donald Trump.  Although it’s less than 2 hours from Mar-A-Lago.

Guess it’s too hot for him to play golf afterwards.

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Trump didn’t respond last night to Kobluchar’s line about not doing foreign policy at 5 am in one’s bathrobe. Wonder if on Air Force One he WAS in his bathrobe?

NY Yankees have now hit home runs in 28 straight games. Well, at least SF Giants have hit home runs in 28 straight weeks.

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Kevin Durant declined his $31.5 million player option and will become an unrestricted free agent. Even before his injury, Durant was frustrated with the nonstop media attention. Fortunately he won’t have to deal with much of that if he goes to New York.

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Now Trump says he’s a big fan of US women’s soccer team. So how come he didn’t mention a thing about Women’s World Cup  until Megan Rapinoe said she wouldn’t go to the “f*cking White House?”

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But while sniping back at Megan Rapinoe, Trump invited US women’s soccer team to White House “win or lose.” Maybe he needs an excuse to order a new stash of fast food?

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Fox News’ Stuart Varney said Megan Rapinoe should be fired as US Women’s Soccer team captain for criticizing Trump.

Wait until Varney finds out who’s coaching the US Men’s national basketball team… Gregg Popovich.

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I miss the times when Kim Kardashian trying to trademark Kimono would have been most outrageous news of the day. #KimOhNo

Rep. Justin Amash just crossed party lines to vote in favor of authorizing subpoena for Kellyanne Conway.   Gosh. Almost as if he escaped from a cult.

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Democratic debates started  tonight. Talk about crowded. There will be almost a total of almost as many people on stage as women who have accused Trump of sexual assault.

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One thing for sure, no matter who you like in Democratic Debates – nobody likes insurance companies.

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So if we don’t give a few of these guys a rose can we put them in a limo and send them home?

One debate takeaway – men shout a lot.

Kobluchar chided Inslee about reproductive rights, Gabbard corrected Ryan about 9-11. Men interrupted a lot. But on the whole, a debate without attacks and petty insults. What a concept.

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“I don’t think we should conduct foreign policy in our bathrobe at five in the morning.” For that alone I will donate to Amy Klobuchar

The way SF Giants are going, it probably makes sense for them to trade Madison Bumgarner. But damn if/when they do I am going to miss him. Especially his at-bats.

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NBA basketball is becoming the favorite sport for many Americans.  But a Canadian team won the Championship,   and MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is from Greece.   In addition Luka Doncic , Rookie of the Year, is from Slovenia, Rudy Gobert, Defense Player of the year is French, and Pascal Siakam, Most Improved Player, is from Cameroon.

From Marc Ragovin   -“The NBA has fined the NY Knicks for barring a disfavored beat reporter from a recent press conference. Lemme get this straight: they won’t allow the guy to cover the team? He should be paying them.”

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Raptors President Masai Ujiri says he’s staying in Toronto.
“I love it here. My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is very important. My kids are Canadians.”
And maybe it doesn’t matter, but he didn’t add, “and they don’t try to arrest me for joining the team floor celebration.”

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As a former waitress I can say it wasn’t professional for a restaurant employee to spit on Eric Trump. Also as a former waitress I can say he’s lucky the employee spit on him and not in his food.

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As media basically ignores Jean Carroll story your reminder that same media made it front page news when a woman said Joe Biden put his hands on her shoulders and smelled her hair.

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Have to assume there are many more silent women Trump has sexually assaulted. If any of them look like Ivanka, i.e, his type, now might be the best time to come forward.

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Trump on family separation, it was Obama’s policy  –  “I was the one who ended it.”  Sound familiar?   In 2016 also Donald Trump –  “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy.  I finished it.”

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I’m not particularly religious. But if you have read Matthew 19:14, and still support Trump Camps, I don’t believe you can call yourself a Christian. Period.

“But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heave

US women’s team advances today against Spain 2-1 with both goals scored on penalty kicks – the second especially controversial.

Guess this is equality. We can now add Women’s World Cup 2019 to list of events where officials are part of the story.

NY Knicks got fined by NBA for not giving New York Daily News access tor post-draft news conference. Apparently ownership doesn’t like what Daily News writes about them. So are Knicks trying to become favorite NBA team of Donald Trump?

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SF Giants are allowing Season Ticket Members to enter early on Friday to watch batting practice. Why, to give the team tips why it’s not working?

Or as another friend says “for tryouts?”

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Well, even  though Drew Pomeranz got the 2-0 loss for SF Giants , who had him having a better night on the mound than Clayton Kershaw?   (Kershaw gave up 4 runs in first two innings, including a home run to Zack Greinke.)

Bo Jackson was trending  today.   Twitter really needs a “they’re not dead” emoji when  celebrities start trending.

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Not sure how I feel about reparations. But Bill O’Reilly today on the possibility.  It “reinforces the radical belief that the United States was founded by racist white men who installed a system whereby white guys would run everything and blacks, women and others would be exploited.” When he’s right, he’s right.

A friend reminded me today that Anne Frank didn’t die in the gas chambers; she died of typhus, from conditions in the camps.

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Trump is writing love letters to Kim Jong Un? Guessing he didn’t even write love letters when he was dating his wives.

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So if Iran offered THE EXACT DEAL that Obama negotiated but offered to put Trump’s name on it….pretty sure Donald would sign and declare victory.

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Guessing Jean Carroll and other Trump accusers would be happy to take a lie-detector test and settle this “He said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said…” controversy. How about Donald Trump?

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And Trump says Carroll “wasn’t his type.”     What happens when a woman next accuses him who looks like Ivanka?

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Okay SF Giants  fans, it could be worse ” – from ESPN NY Mets apologized after manager Mickey Callaway shouted profanities at a Newsday reporter in clubhouse Sunday & starting pitcher Jason Vargas challenged the reporter to a fight & had to be restrained from going after him.”

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A woman is apparently okay after being hit by a foul ball in first inning of Rockies-Dodgers game today in Los Angeles.
Shocking…. there are fans in the Dodger Stadium stands in the first inning?

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Meanwhile, in St Louis,  Angels had a 6-0 lead with no one on and two outs, two strikes in bottom of the ninth, and ended up winning 6-4 with the winning run at the plate.  Who did they think they were, the Nationals?

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After LaVar Ball’s latest inappropriate comments ESPN says they have no plans to have him back. Gosh we’ll really miss him said nobody.

Joe Sestak becomes 25th contender to join the Democratic presidential primary.  Because what this race really needed was another white man.

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Can you imagine what would happen if Democrats brought all the women who had accused Donald Trump of sexual assault to a debate? Besides the fire marshal complaining about over-capacity?

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But seriously, if a woman accused Trump of rape and had a stained dress with his DNA on it, GOP would be screaming about “fake lab reports.”

Open reminder to Americans of both parties: As Trump tries to make immigration a Democratic problem, the Republicans controlled the Senate and House for two years and did nothing.

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So how many big Trump donors called Donald in a panic thinking that ICE might arrest their employees Sunday?

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Not sure what taxpayer cost would be to buy soap and toothbrushes for migrant children held in Trump’s camps. But guessing it’s probably less than cost of a weekend’s rental of a golf cart at one of his resorts.

Well, the Alex Dickerson era in SF is starting well

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Meanwhile, in Oakland, A’s starter Frankie Montas has been suspended 80 games for PEDs.   Montas stated -“I unfortunately and unknowingly ingested a contaminated supplement that I had purchased over the counter at a nutrition store here in the United States.”
Uh, if you play major league sports in US, especially at current salaries, why would you ingest so much as a cough drop over-the-counter without asking team doctors?

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Michigan 15, Texas Tech 3. So are they playing pre-season football concurrently with College World Series or what?

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As a San Antonio Spurs fan got to love these  two “NBA experts”  draft pick descriptions

1.”the G-League will probably be his mainstay….this one is a bit of a head-scratcher. Grade: D
2. “Leave it to the Spurs to get one of the best second round steals “Grade: A

And here’s the capper. These two experts are talking about the same pick.

But meanwhile newly drafted Quinndary Weatherspoon might have one of the best NBA player names ever.

Clarence Thomas is to other black people, as Phyllis Schlafly was to other women.

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Does anyone really think that Trump, who has eliminated safety regulations for workplaces, food, water, air and even nuclear facilities, would have stepped back from brink of war because 150 people would have died?

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Of course, if he did start a war it probably would have meant cancelling this weekend’s golf games. #priorities.

Trump seems so focused on getting a Nobel Peace Prize? Could we offer him one for resigning?

What do you give a woman who already has a lifetime supply of burnt facts for her eyeliner? A bottle of crocodile tears for moisturizer? #SarahSandersGoingAwayGifts

Mets will name 82-yr-old Phil Regan as their new pitching coach. Makes a certain amount of sense, to be Mets pitching coach this year you need a short memory.

(as my friend Lee Rubin says “well, that walk to the mound should give the relievers plenty of time to get warmed up.)

All snark aside, Zion Williamson seems like a very nice young man.

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Rumors today that Kawhi Leonard might be interested in signing with the Knicks. Probably fake news, but if so would have to figure maybe Leonard took advantage of certain liberal Canadian “smoking” laws.

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In 2019, NFL coaches will be able to challenge pass interference calls or no-calls up until the two-minute warning of either half. In the final two minutes of each half and in overtime, on-site replay officials will be responsible for stopping the game to review pass interference, as they are for all other reviewable plays.
Well Saints be praised.

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San Francisco is getting its second Four Seasons next year. Well, that ought to help with the city’s image of becoming just a place for rich people.

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A Taco Bell hotel is opening in Palm Springs this summer. I hope they have good plumbing.

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Wait a minute, GOP is attacking Hunter Biden because of a messy personal life and business deals in countries his father has visited? And once again The Onion is going “We give up.”

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NY Times asked Democratic candidates their favorite comfort food. Kamala Harris said “french fries”, Amy Klobluchar – “baked potato,” Elizabeth Warren – ‘chips and guacamole.”
Kirsten Gillebrand – “whiskey.”
Have never liked Senator Gillebrand more.

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Okay maybe, it’s sexist, but anyone but me surprised none of the women running for President said their favorite comfort food was chocolate?

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Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to announce that she is “open” to decriminalizing sex work.
Republicans on the other hand still view prostitution like abortion – only acceptable if you can sneakily pay for it.

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Trump “Iran made a big mistake This drone was in international waters clearly, we have it all, it’s documented scientifically, not just words.”
Wait, I thought Trump didn’t believe in science?

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Who knew saber rattling would have consequences. “Given current events in Iran, United Airlines has conducted a thorough safety and security review of our India service through Iranian airspace and decided to suspend our service between New York/Newark and Mumbai beginning this evening.”
#WagTheDog #WagThePersianCat

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Watching Trump play “chicken” war games with Iraq makes me wish he’d start spending more time on the golf course.