Left Coast Sports Babe

With a broken nose and a black eye, Max Scherzer pitched 7 shutout innings to help lead the Washington Nationals to a 2-0 win over the Phillies.   Yeah, baseball players are SO soft….

If there’s a silver lining to SF Giants season it’s that the player they didn’t end up giving $300 million to is hitting .243 in Philadelphia.

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While relationship between James Harden and Chris Paul has been called everything from “difficult” to “unsalvageable,” the Rockets are looking at adding temperamental star Jimmy Butler.
Would that make Houston the first NBA team with thermonuclear capability?

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Prosecutor in Dominican Republic said gunman who shot David Ortiz was supposed to kill another man but misidentified Big Papi as the intended victim. Good thing his shooting accuracy was off too.

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Rush Limbaugh says AOC may be addicted to attention with some of the things she says “I think she’s just having fun watching people blow up.”
Again, some statements don’t even need a punchline.

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Joe Biden dropped in at Stonewall Inn last night and bought patrons a round of drinks.
And unlike the Trump kids, he probably paid the bill too.

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Donald Trump last night -US “air and water are the cleanest they’ve ever been.”
Today EPA got rid of Obama rule limiting carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants –which they admit will result in 1,400 more premature deaths by 2030.
Trump doesn’t need to stand in the middle of 5th Avenue to kill people

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Trump said his administration is “close to” curing cancer. Yep. As close to curing cancer as he is to releasing his tax returns.

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Trump is tweeting repeatedly about “acid washed” in connection with Hillary’s emails. How did he get so obsessed with the phrase “acid-washed.” Does it have something to do with Ivanka’s jeans?

From Washington Post today “here is something else worth noting. The top women running in the Democratic primary have something many of the male contenders lack: a perfect electoral record. Warren and her Senate colleagues Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala D. Harris and Amy Klobuchar have emerged the winner in every race they’ve undertaken.”

Max Scherzer was doing casual batting practice in a t-shirt, sunglasses and shorts, when he bunted a ball off his face and broke his nose.
So just for one day, the most embarrassing thing to happen to the Washington Nationals pitching staff did not involve their bullpen.

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ESPN condemned LaVar Ball for a risque and “inappropriate” comment made to First Take host Molly Qerim Rose yesterday.
But why does ESPN have LaVar Ball on at all?

Seriously? A hotel in Boston has a $25 facility fee (since they can’t call it a “resort fee.” One of the things included “Quick and easy e-checkout via the guestroom TV.”
Uh, so you are paying extra not to wait in line to talk to a human?

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Federal authorities seized about 16.5 TONS of cocaine from ship at the Packer Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, one of the largest drug busts in the state’s history.  So clearly walls work. No wait.  A ship.  Never mind.

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Mitch McConnell today – “We’ve tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. We elected an African American president.”
Uh, sorry, electing Obama didn’t make up for slavery. For that matter, electing McConnell doesn’t make up for what we’ve done to the population of sea turtles.

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GOP loves to attack Democrats for “socialism.” But what exactly do they call a $16 billion giveaway to farmers because of tariffs?

Trump knew about domestic violence allegations against Shanahan but didn’t consider them important. And acting Defense Secretary had made his views known about USS John McCain a couple weeks ago. So what was the tipping point. Did Shanahan cough in a meeting?

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Wonder how many of the people who took the day to stand in line for Trump’s rally in Orlando and scream about Democrats and socialism are themselves on Medicare/Medicaid, disability and/or social security?

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Trump won 37.5% of Orange County in Florida, where Orlando is located. Recent poll showed his approval rating in the city at 29%. And that was before thousands of people got stuck in traffic today and/or had their flights delayed due to Air Force One arrival.

Headline in USA Today and Golf Week “Tiger Woods fights off another ‘crappy’ start, finishes on a high note at U.S. Open.” Gosh, did anyone actually win the tournament?

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(And again, is there any less effective and more stupid sounding yell in sports than golf fans screaming at the ball “get in the hole”? )

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Trump congratulated Gary Woodland on US Open victory. But crickets on NBA finals, US Women’s National Soccer big wins and Stanley Cup (won by mostly Canadian St. Louis Blues). I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

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US Women’s team beat Chile 3-0. Waiting for all the haters who complained about the 13-0 win over Thailand now to say the women’s team is slipping.

1.5 million people at Raptors. championship parade today in Toronto.   Now we KNOW Trump won’t congratulate NBA champions.  First they take the trophy out of the US.  Next they get a bigger crowd than he did at his inaugural.

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For all that Trump is touting filling 20,000 seat Amway Center for his re-election announcement rally, he does know Gators and Seminoles get about 4 times that many for random football games.

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Trump praises Florida governor Ron DeSantis for signing bill banning sanctuary cities. Does this mean we can someday extradite Donald from Mar-A-Lago?

Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi collapsed in court during a trial and died. Were they serving him Russian tea in prison?

Trump tweets that “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States” Starting with the young European women who overstay their visas in hopes of finding rich old husbands?

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Trump now sending 1,000 troops to Middle East. Can he send one of his sons to lead them or are bone spurs hereditary.

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OJ Simpson getting on Twitter 25 years after murders of his wife Nicole and Ron Goldman didn’t seem like a great idea. Bill Cosby – “Hold my beer.”

Tiger Woods is 10 shots back after 3 rounds of the US Open. I missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

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Unlike last year with Trump, guessing if Justin Trudeau decides to be extra-gracious and also invite the Warriors to meet him for their NBA finals effort, Golden State might actually accept.

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Don’t look know, but SF Giants are suddenly doing an imitation of a very good baseball team.

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And who’d a thunk that so far,  Giants are having a much better June than the Warriors.

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Baseball is a funny game. Wonder what kind of odds you could have gotten in Vegas on SF Giants catcher Stephen Vogt having two stand-up triples… in one game.

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United Airlines just issued a travel waiver – “We are experiencing flight disruptions at Newark (EWR) due to runway closures related to an earlier incident with a disabled aircraft on the runway.”
For some reason the waiver doesn’t say it was a UNITED plane that blew out tires on landing and skidded off the runway.

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Texas bride found out hair & makeup artist was gay; told her she no longer wanted to hire her because she was a “sinner.” Hope Bridezilla has decided to do her own hair for rest of her life. (And she might not want to fly commercially or stay in any hotels on her honeymoon.)

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White House pulls an Obama rule that would require two-member crew in locomotives.  Well, heck, why doesn’t Donald pull the co-pilot in Air Force One to prove his point.

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So did Trump compare Melania to Jackie because he wants her also to look the other way while he has White House affairs?

OJ Simpson’s first tweet was a video ending “I’ve got a little getting even to do.” Could have been worse. He could have just posted a music video of ‘The first cut is the deepest.”

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So how long until Trump tries to replace Chris Wray as head of FBI with OJ Simpson and says he is confident OJ will find the real colluders.

Long NBA season is finally over. So presume the preseason starts next week?

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Well played Jeremy Lin, well played. Jeremy Lin
On Twitter. @JLin7

“Having lived in Toronto last 4 months, Ive seen by far more @DeMar_DeRozan jerseys than anyone else. Dont rly know Demar personally but the positive impact he had is so obvious. Hope he gets credit for laying the foundation and paving the way! #thankyouDemar”

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It’s 100 degrees in Las Vegas, and in some sportsbooks Lakers are favorites to win 2020 NBA championship.
Need any more proof that excessive heat can cause brain damage?

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Thinking back, of the Golden State Warriors, wasn’t Steph Curry supposed to be the fragile one who was one step away from a season-ending injury?

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Tiger Woods has, barely, made the cut for U.S. Open. So maybe everything Trump touches doesn’t die. But Woods after his medal is certainly drooping a bit.

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Watching Will Smith play for SF is bittersweet. Best closer Giants have had in years…. and they almost certainly need to trade him.

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Noticing some people say they won’t watch a Democratic Debate until the field gets winnowed down. Uh, the debates ARE a large part of how the field gets winnowed down.
If you don’t watch, even if on tape-delay, don’t bitch about the choices you end up with.

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Trump wants to change Air Force One to look like his private plane even though baby blue was “Jackie O.” He add “We have a new Jackie O. It’s called Melania.”
Well, calling his wife “It” should remove any worries that Trump objectifies women.

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Also, I was a very young child at the time, guess that’s why I don’t remember Jackie O posing naked?

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Trump just called into Fox News over his statement that of course he’d take foreign dirt on a opponent ” now saying he would “look at it (to determine) if it’s bad.”
“if I thought anything was incorrect or badly stated I’d report to the FBI or law enforcement, absolutely.”
I liked “pushed into a lifeboat better.”

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Also Trump now saying his former White House counsel Don McGahn lied about Donald repeatedly telling him to fire Mueller.
Amazing again, just how many people have to be lying for Trump to be telling the truth.

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Jeremy Lin gets a ring! The pride of Palo Alto High School.

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“Stanley Cup? What Stanley Cup?”
Everyone in Canada.

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One of the more amazing details about Raptors NBA Championship team…. not a single player was a lottery pick.

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How ironic is it? Kawhi Leonard, who took so much heat last year for deciding he wasn’t healthy enough to play, becomes NBA Finals MVP, while last year’s Finals MVP maybe comes back a little too early and ruptures his Achilles.

Toronto Maple Leafs won Stanley Cup in 1967. In 1993, 26 years later Blue Jays won World Series. Now in 2019, 26 years later again, Raptors win NBA Finals
So good news for Leafs fans, guess this means another championship is coming in 2045! (Unless Toronto gets NFL franchise.)

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So did Donald Trump basically just say that if any foreign governments have a copy of the pee tape they should give it to a Democratic Presidential candidate?

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FEC chair Ellen Weintraub tweeted today “”I would not have thought that I needed to say this. Let me make something 100 percent clear to the American public and anyone running for public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election.”
Waiting for Trump to abolish the Federal Elections Commission.

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Following candidates did not make 1st Democratic Presidential debate roster:
Steve Bullock, governor of Montana
Mike Gravel, former senator from Alaska
Wayne Messam, mayor of Miramar, Florida
Seth Moulton, congressman from Massachusetts
This must be a real blow to all their supporters – both of them.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for attack on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Saying “this assessment is based on intelligence…”
Wait, the same intelligence agencies that Trump slams regularly? This is SO confusing.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders has resigned. So she’s stored up a lifetime supply of burnt facts for her eyeliner?

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Sarah Sanders hopes people remember her as being “transparent and honest”
Donald Trump hopes people remember him as being 6’3″, 230 pounds.

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Trump today announced “Second Chance Hiring” – “vital new actions that we are taking to help former inmates find a job, live a crime-free life, and succeed beyond their dreams….”
So who says Donald doesn’t care about former members of his administration?

Mediocrity has some advantages. At least the U.S. men’s soccer team is unlikely ever to face criticism over celebrating too much for a rout.

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St. Louis Blues, an expansion team in 1967, had never won a Stanley Cup, and the last championship for the city was 2011 Cardinals.
Meanwhile in Boston the city has now experienced a championship drought of about four whole months.

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So who writes these “trends for you” Twitter headlines. Tonight – “Blues vs. Bruins: St. Louis wins their first-ever Stanley Cup after a Game 7 thriller”
Uh, “thriller?” Game 7, a 4-1 victory,  ended up only slightly less dramatic at the end than US women’s victory over Thailand.

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Fox News website headline on KD today “Warriors star undergoes surgery after Game 5 injury, won’t return to NBA Finals.”
So Fox thinks “Won’t return to NBA finals” is news?
Guess they expects their readers pay as much attention to Game 5 as they do to political reality.

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Kevin Durant confirms ruptured Achilles tendon.
And even if Kawhi Leonard actually talked, he doesn’t need to say anything about ignoring those who said he should have come back last year.

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In Bears minicamp yesterday all three kickers attempted 42-yd field goals in front of the entire team. All three missed.
Maybe the 2019 Chicago Bears should just make a plan always to go for it on fourth down inside the 50?

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Trump asked by George Stephanopoulos if his 2020 campaign would accept information from foreigners on his opponent.
“It’s not an interference, they have information — I think I’d take it… It’s called oppo research.”

The political equivalent of saying he’d shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue.
Waiting on the GOP outrage…

Melania Trump’s solution to the opioid crisis – “Love yourself more than you love drugs.”
Whoever thought we’d miss “Just say no”?

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This story worth retelling as Trump says, sure, he’d take information “oppo research” against a 2020 opponent from a foreign government:
In 1994, Dianne Feinstein was in a close race for her Senate seat with wealthy Republican Michael Huffington. As Dianne confirmed, her campaign heard he was a closeted gay man, at a time when this would have been much more damaging than now. But they said nothing. Feinstein “It wasn’t germane to the campaign. “For me, if I have to do things like that, I shouldn’t be running.”

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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was asked by Amy Klobuchar if he had been asked by White House to break the law.
“No, no one has asked me to do anything illegal.”
Maybe what Amy should have asked “Did the White House ORDER you to break the law?”

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The full diary quote “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.”
Anne Frank.

Not a big soccer fan but checked in on USWNT  vs Thailand, and wait.. .when did women’s soccer start allowing touchdowns?

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13-0!? Trump would take credit for the victory if he had any idea that the U.S Women’s National Team existed.

A friend sent a screen shot of a Miami bar offering free shots for every goal.  Hope there weren’t too many cases of alcohol poisoning.

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SF Giants just scored 3 runs in the 4th. And then 3 runs again in the 4th. Either that or I am hallucinating in the heat.

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I’m as guilty of it as anyone, but when we talk about sports adversity, think most fan bases only remember, or like to talk about, the big games where THEIR star gets hurt.

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So how many of the pundits blaming Warriors for pushing Kevin Durant to play, are same pundits who were calling Durant soft or more focused on free agency than his team?

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What’s more obnoxious, some number of Toronto fans cheering when Kevin Durant went down. Or the next day many of NY media making it sound like a tragedy… for the Knicks?

(for those not following this drama, NY media has long considered Knicks the frontrunners to sign KD this offseason.)

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If Kawhi Leonard actually talked have to wonder what he would say now to all those pundits who insisted he was dogging it last year by not returning in the postseason with his injury.

Ten candidates have now joined race to fill Theresa May’s role as leader of Britain’s Conservative party.
U.S. Democratic party response – “amateurs.”

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Ethanol 15, which Trump just approved for year-round use, is not only bad for environment, it competes with regular oil.
Wait until someone reminds Donald that Texas has more electoral votes than Iowa.

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So yes, the NBA finals will finish after the Stanley Cup playoffs.  And then does the NBA preseason start next week?

Nick Nurse stopping play after Raptors grabbed a 6 point lead AND momentum with 3 minutes to play might turn out to be worst time-out call since Chris Webber.

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While it would be sad indeed if Durant tore his Achilles, if you were watching Bob Myers press conference about Kevin Durant, if you were watching without knowing what happened you’d think somebody died.

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Giants decided not to make mood of many Bay Area fans worse tonight by taking an off day.

But a belated thought about Bumgarner on Sunday. If you believe baseball should let players show emotion with a bat flip or whatever when they get a hit, then shouldn’t you also allow pitchers to show emotion when they are angry when their pitches get hit?  (Just my opinion, better to scream at a guy than hit him with a pitch next time… which, Bob Gibson, for example, would have done.)

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Since Trump ignores NBA, Pelosi and Trudeau made a bet on finals. Canadian trash talking from Justin – ““The Raptors are making history and they aren’t done yet. We’re going all the way, Canada. Ghirardelli chocolates and a glass of California wine are going to pair nicely with the Raptors’ first NBA title.”

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Trump tweeted congratulations to 2019 Indy 500 winner. Barack Obama tweeted best wishes to David Ortiz, recovering from being shot last night. I miss having a President.

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Still crickets from Trump on David Ortiz shooting, but he did congratulate the 2019 Indy 500 winner.
And you do get the sense if Tom Brady had so much as a bad cold…

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A man arrested with cocaine in his nostrils this weekend told police the coke wasn’t his.
Back on your game, Florida.

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“Tiger Mom” author Amy Chua fiercely defended Brett Kavanaugh at the time of his nomination last year. Today, her daughter was named a Supreme Court clerk for Brett Kavanaugh. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

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The oak tree planted by Trump and Macron on White House grounds to symbolize USA- France friendship has died. Some statements don’t even need a punchline.

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Considering how much attention media paid on Monday to the accident, have to figure next time Donald Trump needs a distraction he’s going to tell someone to crash another helicopter in New York

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Trump is upset that John Dean was testifying, saying he is a “paid CNN contributor. ”
So only “paid contributors” who are allowed to testify before Congress must work for State TV aka Fox News?

Somewhat heretical, but why do we give so much power in choosing a Presidential candidate to a state that has elected Steve King?

Didn’t  most people think going in that game five of NBA finals tomorrow in Toronto might well be a potential close-out game?

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And who’s going to be the first sportscaster to say Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 between Blues and Bruins is “win or go home?”

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Over 13,000 fans showed up in Starkville, MS to see Mississippi State beat Stanford tonight in College Baseball Super Regional.
In other words, a Rays and Marlins crowd put together.

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Nationals hit 4 consecutive home runs in the 8th inning today. Amazing feat especially since they don’t have benefit of hitting against their own bullpen.

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Really sucks that David Ortiz was shot Sunday night, though he appears to be in stable condition.   It is nice, however, that even Yankees fans were wishing him well on social media.  #WeCanAllGetAlong

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Meanwhile, Tony Joiner, former Florida Gators football captain and teammate with Aaron Hernandez was arrested yesterday for murdering his wife in 2016. Another of Urban Meyer’s finest.

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Yeah, okay, clearly not much of a regular hockey fan at this point, but didn’t realize St. Louis Blues are led by an interim coach?!!
Craig Berube was given that title when team fired Mike Yeo after 7-8-3 record to start in Nov. 2018
Just guessing Berube has earned dropping that “interim” from his title.

Just guessing Trump won’t be congratulating Bryan Cranston on his Tony tonight ” – “I would like to dedicate this to all the real journalists around the world….. who are in the line of fire. The media is not the enemy of the people. Demagoguery is the enemy of the people.”

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Trump retweeting bunch of tweets from MAY 9 to congratulate himself about Gilead donating some HIV medication. Which might offset a fraction of lives that will be lost with Donald’s decision to strip federal funding from fetal tissue research.

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So if this Trump deal with Mexico and immigration is so good, why do we need a wall? Asking for a country with better things to spend money on.

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Trump seems obsessed with a day all about him. Can we offer to declare a National Holiday on the day he resigns?

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Since Trump basically took back threat of tariffs because of actions Mexico had agreed to months ago can we call this whole episode “Wag the Chihuahua?

Or rather, is this the first time in history four horses have won the three races of the Triple Crown?

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In retrospect, amazed on D-Day 75th anniversary week that there wasn’t more sentimental betting on Sir Winston.

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Someone asked on TV if Sir Winston knows he won. Anyone who’s ever ridden a competitive minded horse  – or pony – even on a trail ride, knows horses who choose to finish first ALWAYS know they’ve “won.”

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The field at Memorial Coliseum will be renamed United Airlines field.  As if USC didn’t already have enough problems getting their football program off the ground.

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Random thought, one-time Palo Alto High School star Jeremy Lin is one win away from an NBA Championship ring.

Texas A&M’s DB Derrick Tucker was arrested over an incident where he allegedly assaulted a man over a disagreement about tacos. If only he were armed?

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Since women in Missouri now need a pelvic exam to have an abortion, surely the state should also require at minimum a prostate exam for men to get Viagra.

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Milo Yiannopoulos has been named the grand marshal for Boston’s “Straight Pride” parade.
That moment you don’t know if it’s news or #TheOnion

Trump says his new deal with Mexico will “reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. ”
Who’s going to tell him that during his next crisis this means he can’t invent another caravan?

Mother Jones calls Trump’s deal with Mexico a “Nothing Burger.

Don’t they mean a “nothing berder?”

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Anyone else think that under Trump the USA is now suffering because of MSBP (Munchausen syndrome by proxy?)

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Republicans are demanding during House obstruction of justice hearings starting Monday that Democrats not say mean things about Trump or call him a liar.
So when is GOP changing their mascot from an elephant to a snowflake?

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On a lighter note, if you’ve lost track of number of times you’ve watched “When Harry Met Sally,” I heartily recommend “Always Be My Maybe.”

“Stanley Cup, what Stanley Cup?” #PhrasesYouNeverExpectedToHearInCanada

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Raptors guard Fred VanVleet might have lost a tooth colliding with Shaun Livington tonight. Canadian healthcare doesn’t cover dentist visits but just guessing VanVleet won’t ever have to pay for dental work in Toronto ever again.

So will Zaza retroactively be named MVP for Warriors in their 2017 NBA Championship season.

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Baseball is a funny game. So who had Drew Pomeranz, same guy who lost a 5-0 lead in top of 1st by giving up SIX runs in bottom of inning to worst in baseball Baltimore Orioles, pitching six scoreless innings against Clayton Kershaw to help lead SF Giants to 2-1 win over LA Dodgers?

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Seattle Mariners CF Mitch Haniger on 10-day injured list after hitting himself with a foul ball and suffering a ruptured testicle.
As a woman I can dispassionately say “That sounds painful.”
Guessing men will have a slightly more visceral reaction.

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Amy Klobuchar points out that Trump is selling Pride merchandise on his website while he won’t let embassies fly the Pride flag. Donald also hates pets, but it doesn’t stop him selling collars and dog sweaters. https://shop.donaldjtrump.com/search?q=dog&type=product 

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Truly amazing that same POTUS who won’t allow embassies to fly rainbow flag has so many other GOP men kissing his ass. #PrideMonth

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Trump tweet referencing “Mars of which the Moon is a part.”

So the “stable genius” knows astronomy too.

To be fair, does anyone really want NASA to go to the Moon right now?  Donald would probably order them to plant a Trump sign next to American flag.

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So the next time teachers assign a science project to draw or model the galaxy, in red states will they have to make our moon part of Mars?

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Trump has ended his own manufactured crisis by saying Mexico will stop most illegal immigration and so he won’t implement tariffs. Uh oh, how’s he going to use the caravan excuse next time?

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Trump not only had nasty partisan interview with Laura Ingraham in front of American Cemetery in Normandy, he doubled down on it by posting video of it with graves clearly visible on Twitter. Where’s the outrage, especially from Veterans?

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Serious spitballing here. With all the possible permutations in 2020, why aren’t we talking about the possibility of two women on the Democratic ticket?

Sports fans have had a nice little break from officials dominating headlines in really big games. Officials for Stanley Cup Finals Game 5 between Blues and Bruins “Break’s over.”

St. Louis Blues are one win away from their potential first Stanley Cup Championship.  To put this 52 year drought in perspective, when the Blues were an expansion team, the NHL went from 6 to 12 teams.

Now more than 12 teams make the playoffs.

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The Patriots Super Bowl latest ring is the largest ever made.  “I am shocked” said absolutely nobody.

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Warriors minority owner Mark Stevens has apologized for shoving and swearing at Raptors’ Kyle Lowry; says he is sorry and “embarrassed.” Well, I certainly believe the embarrassed part.

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Alec Baldwin said he is ‘so done’ playing Trump on SNL.
How many million of us are “so done” watching Trump play a President on TV?

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Trump today referred to the Speaker of the House as “Nervous Nancy.”

Right about now don’t think Nancy is the one who is nervous.

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Before his speech at the American cemetery today for D-Day,  Donald Trump gave an interview to Fox News from the American cemetery at Normandy, in front of the graves, calling special counsel Robert Mueller a “fool” and the Speaker of the House a “disaster.”

Another moment he became Presidential?

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Trump  later on D-Day to French President Macron  -“We read about it all our lives — Normandy — and there are those who say it was the most important ever. Not just at that time, but ever. And to be a part of it, and to have number 75, 75 years, was very, very special.”

There are D-Day vets with advanced dementia who are more articulate.

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So what do we think Trump’s excuse would have been to have avoided the military during WWII? #DDay75thAnniversary

SF Giants did their best (getting down 5-0 early and being shut out 7-0 by the Mets), to make sure their fans who also care about Warriors didn’t need to feel conflicted switching channels tonight.

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Although on a brighter note, has an MLB team ever blown a 5-0 lead in top of first by allowing six runs in bottom of the inning, and in SAME week scored six runs in top of 10th to win game in extra innings?

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Raptors posted a picture tonight saying “crossed the bridge, ready for battle” before game 3.  Except the picture was of the Golden Gate Bridge. Which doesn’t go anywhere near Oakland.

Unfortunately for Warriors fans, that’s one of the few things Raptors got wrong all night.

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Apparently a lot of Trump fans are rooting for Raptors because Warriors are clearly not fans of the Donald.
Guess maybe no one should show MAGAers that standing ovation in Toronto for Barack Obama.

Only way Donald Trump gets a standing ovation in Toronto is if he chooses the city for his resignation speech.

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Mark Cuban, who owns Dallas Mavericks, said today of the Los Angeles Lakers   “The more screwed up they are, the happier I am.”

Who says there’s no bipartisan agreement in this country?

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In interview with”The Sun, Trump said he wanted Ivanka, Donald Jr., Eric and Tiffany to hold a “next generation” meeting with the Prince William & his wife, Kate & Prince Harry.
“I think my children will be meeting them. It would be nice.”
One word. BARF.

And yeah, didn’t we all expect that the President of the United States would top off a state visit to England by getting in a twitter battle with Bette Midler?

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A large number of people who have been taking those short cruises to Cuba from Florida are locals and residents of other Southern states who can drive to the pier. Fortunately Trump doesn’t need any votes from those states for re-election.

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Not sure how many Americans work in the cruise industry, but pretty sure Trump today with the Cuba decision made sure he won’t get ANY of their votes.

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Trump  golfing tonight at  Doonbeg, his money-losing Irish golf club. This after meeting the Irish prime minister AT THE AIRPORT, because Varadkar thought it was inappropriate to meet at Donald’s private club. Are we great yet?

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Trump canceling English classes, recreational programs including sports and legal aid for unaccompanied minors in all federal migrant shelters citing budget pressures. Yeah, well Donald has to find money for his family European vacations somewhere.

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Trump saying he didn’t join the military because he was not a fan of the Vietnam War is an insult both to those who served and those who protested.

For some reason Fox News isn’t highlighting this part of Trump interview with Piers Morgan, who in talking about gun control said “This guy in Vegas had 82 assault rifles and bought 52 guns in one year,”
Trump response – “He was a sick guy. If it wasn’t guns, it would be bombs or something else. He was actually a pretty smart guy. He was a good, successful gambler and there’s no such thing as a successful gambler and what he went out and did is incredible.”
#NotTheOnion

The 2020 College Football Bowl lineups and conference matchups are out.   And the Pac 12 is now going to the Independence Bowl? Well, that ought to draw at least a few hundred fans to Shreveport…

Meanwhile 11 of 15 ACC teams will be going to bowls. What did NCAA think football postseason is, March Madness?

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Roger Goodell on shortening NFL preseason “”I feel what we should be doing is always to the highest quality, and I’m not sure preseason games meet that level right now.”
Gosh, what was his first clue?

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SF Giants choose OF Hunter Bishop as their first pick  in 2019 draft. Well, last Giant who went to Serra High School and ASU turned out okay.   #BarryBonds

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Although to be fair, is there anything less likely to be accurate than an MLB draft analysis?

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Trump’s first actions upon landing in London are to verbally attack Mayor Khan and to complain about their televisions showing CNN. Can’t imagine why the Brits detest him so much.

Perhaps if Trump is so upset about CNN he could try watching BBC World News.  They do cover news in English.

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Queen Elzabeth II gave President Trump an abridged first edition of Winston Churchill’s “The Second World War” today.
Troll level – Royal Master.

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Other Presidents, including George W. and Barack Obama, have stayed at Buckingham Palace, but Trump was told he couldn’t due to “renovations.”  I guess they decided to deal with the 51 bedrooms other that aren’t the Queen’s all at once?

Trump ended up at the U.S. ambassador’s residence,  though his family and entourage ended up at a hotel.    Have to wonder, as Trump clan took over top floor of that hotel, the Corinthia, how many other hotels had told them there was no room at the inn?

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Maybe this is what happens when you tell the tailor to make a tux for a man who is 6’3″ and 239 pounds?

Well, a Canadian dollar is really about three quarters.

Raptors in 1st half – “Wow, sure look like best team in NBA?”
Raptors in 3rd quarter “How the heck did they beat 76ers let alone the Bucks?”

NFL free agent DT Muhammad Wilkerson was arrested this weekend for driving while intoxicated in Manhattan.
Isn’t driving voluntarily in Manhattan, particularly if you have pro-athlete type money, itself grounds for a breathalyzer test?

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Nice couple wins finally for SF Giants in Baltimore. Let’s hope it doesn’t cost them a top draft pick.

Many people’s definition of “socialism” is “anyone but me getting free stuff from the government.”

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A principal of a Louisiana Catholic school was arrested for being drunk and not paying his bill on a trip to Washington D.C.  At a strip club.   Your move, Florida.

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So after she wrote a column about the Mueller report and saying POTUS probably committed a crime, Donald Trump has decided to start a war of words with Peggy Noonan. Pass the popcorn.

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So Trump makes a wordless PR visit to a church today on his way home from golfing, still in his golf clothes, including cap and shoes. But at times like this it is important to remember that Obama once wore a tan suit.

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So as Trump heads to Britain, he no doubt imagines that himself is a king. I’m good with that, if it’s King Charles I.

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Trump now about London Mayor Sadiq Khan – “‘I don’t think much of him. He’s the twin of de Blasio except shorter.”
Wonder how many more balloons and other protests Khan can approve by tomorrow.

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Trump says “The problem is that Mexico is an “abuser” of the United States, taking but never giving.” Once again, not that Freud was perfect, but he NAILED projection.

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USA imports two-fifths of total fruits and vegetables from Mexico. Another reason Trump is so heedless with tariffs. Does anyone think he has eaten fruits or vegetables in his life?

Trump just announced Kevin Hassett his top economist, is leaving his administration. Who says tariffs don’t have consequences?

After being seen chatting with Stephen Curry, and pulling something out his hair. , Drake posted a video and said “Steph Curry hair lint for sale on my eBay right now!!!”

The bidding supposedly is up to $100,000….

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Scoring five runs in the first and trailing 6-5 going to 2nd inning  might be the most 2019 SF Giants thing ever.

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The SEC is lifting their conference ban on alcohol sales in stadiums, and will let individual schools decide.  And let’s see, most of these universities are in open-carry states. What could possibly go wrong?

United Airlines has announced they will now limit the number of unaccompanied minors on flights to six. What about the number of adults who act like children?

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Time sadly to reset the mass shooting clock again in the U.S.   Also sadly, you knew immediately the killer wasn’t an immigrant or a Muslim, as it took Trump until Saturday morning to tweet about it.

And this last mass shooter had apparently been in National Guard. A good guy with a gun. Until he wasn’t.

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On a brighter note, Trump calling Meghan Markle “nasty” will probably do as much as anything to endear her to the British people.

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Have seen a few people point out on Twitter that today’s stock market drop is an excellent buying opportunity for Trump cronies if Donald ends up going back on his tariff threat. But of course a stable genius would know market-manipulation is illegal, right?

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Trump claims to be kicking off his re-election campaign in Orlando. Guess no one showed him this from Orange County, which is mosly Orlando, in 2016 – .. Hillary Clinton, 59.8%. Donald Trump 35.4%

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To be fair, Trump did tweet this yesterday… (verbatim)

“As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals…….on the basis of their sexual orientation. My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!

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My question, who stole his phone?

Just one game, and not saying Canada is ready for a new national sport. But the last team from the country to win a major sports championship was the 1993 Blue Jays.

(Canadiens won same year, 1993, but in June)

All these sportswriters who counted themselves lucky not to have to spell Giannis Antetokounmpo now have to figure out how to spell Pascal Siakam.

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Siakam originally as a young teenager wanted to be a priest.  Well, he did have Warriors fans screaming “Jesus Christ” tonight.

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals will play a two game series in London, England in 2020.  St. Louis will be the “home” team.   Now, I see the point in inviting two well known teams, who both regularly sell out at home, but wouldn’t it make more  $$$ sense for MLB to schedule a series between two good teams who usually play to half-empty stadiums?

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Duke’s Zion Williamson has signed with the CAA Sports agency. So much for both people who dreamed he might return to school.

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Eight co-winners of the Scripps spelling bee tonight.  Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja.

Just guessing none of the eight will be invited to the White House.

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Trump is going to start adding, and increasing, tariffs on Mexico until they somehow stop all illegal migrants from reaching US border.
This could be the best millennial 2020 GOTV campaign ever – wait until the price doubles for avocado toast.

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Trump claims he knew nothing about tarping of USS John McCain. “Now, somebody did it because they thought I didn’t like him, OK? And they were well-meaning….” So shouldn’t “Commander-in-chief” know what our armed forces are doing? Asking for a country.

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Department of Energy yesterday sent out a press release referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas” and “molecules of freedom.”
So congratulations to all those who had May 29 in the “When will we be reminded of just how stupid Rick Perry actually is?” pool.

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“Case Closed” could be Trump’s “Mission Accomplished.”

Uh,  Donald Trump tweeting this am about “Russia helping me to get elected.” As poet Jon Stallworthy wrote “and every now and then our lies betray us into truth.”

A young girl is apparently okay after she was struck by a foul ball and taken to hospital during a Cubs-Astros game.  But some are calling for protective netting to go all the way around field at major league ballparks.

So will they also call for people not to drive children to games, since they are far more likely to be killed or injured on highways?

(Not to mention, attendance is already down around MLB, guessing losing even the hope of catching a foul ball or having one tossed by a player to you or your kid cannot be helping.)

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Former SF Giants Angel Pagan had to be rescued after a boating accident in Puerto Rico. Of course had he been a member of 2019 SF Giants it would have been no problem, even had he fallen out of the boat he wouldn’t have hit water.

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As bad as SF Giants have been, the last time they won a game, May 19, was only one day earlier than the Warriors last win.

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Random thought after passing of Bart Starr. He led Packers when they were a dynasty, back when I first became aware of football. For all you youngsters, imagine the Patriots if Tom Brady were a nice guy.

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Widow of man who was killed of coast of Maui, in first fatal shark attack in Hawaii since 2015, says now that there were no warning signs on the beach.
While it was awful, shark attacks ARE rare. On the other hand, pretty impossible to say in many places that if you’re in the ocean, there are no sharks. They were in the water first.

Few instant pleasures are as satisfying in life as somehow, on a hunch or a half-buried memory, correctly guessing a Final Jeopardy question.

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Many Plains, Midwest and MidSouth states have already been hit by tornadoes this year. Preachers and GOP pundits who ascribe natural disasters in blue states to “God’s Will” are being strangely quiet.

Apparently the White House ordered the  USS John McCain to be covered by a tarp so seeing the ship wouldn’t upset Trump during his visit to Japan.

Now, Donald claims they didn’t do it on his orders, so it might have been staff trying to avoid triggering him. But the man who claimed he would run into a school unarmed to face a killer is intimidated by a man who isn’t even alive anymore. What a pathetic and sad little President we have.

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Mitch McConnell now says he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy even if it’s a few months before the 2020 election.
This is the political equivalent of shooting someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and feeling you can get away with it.

Kevin Durant flew to Toronto with Warriors for Games 1 and 2.
So is there a chance he’s playing game 2? Or is KD just trolling Kawhi for not traveling to playoffs with the Spurs last year?.

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SF Giants Miami Marlins attendance looks like a Montreal Expos crowd only smaller.

Orlando temperatures broke a record for May 28 with a high of 97 degrees today.
So if you think you’re having a bad day, at least you’re not in a two-hour line for Splash Mountain.

The Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball team has apologized for a Memorial Day video in which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was depicted among “enemies of freedom.”
The Grizzlies, formerly a Giants farm team, are now affiliated with the Washington Nationals. So at least there’s ONE embarrassment SF Giants fans are being spared this season.

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It costs about $45,000 to climb Everest. Just thinking that for that amount of money climbers could probably save lives instead of risking their own.

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RIP  Bill Buckner. Will he be posthumously inducted into Mets Hall of Fame?

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Clarence Thomas seems so upset about both abortion and even birth control have to wonder if his first wife took the pill against his wishes?

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Missouri is dealing with severe weather tonight including a tornado that touched down in Kansas City. Maybe God heard about the abortion ban and decided she is pissed?

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Trump  being ‘Presidential” on Memorial Day by attacking Joe Biden over the 1994 Crime Bill, and saying “anyone associated with the bill will not have a chance of being elected. In particular, African Americans will not be able to vote for you.”
Wonder what the Central Park Five think?

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WTF? Trump fundraising email of the day, talking about “socialist Democrats:”Today is actually Bernie’s anniversary and he loves radical socialism so much that he took his honeymoon to the Soviet Union. What a joke!”
Did Putin suggest Donald write that?