Left Coast Sports Babe

The Dodgers honored Vin Scully and his 67 years of broadcasting last night. 67 years?! Wow. That almost goes back to Jamie Moyer’s rookie season

After 38-35 loss in South Bend to Duke, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said “every position will be evaluated.” Including his own?

If manic depression sponsored a baseball team it would be the 2016 SF Giants

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And for those who think Americans deciding “Who do we hate least?” is confined to politics, Duke just upset Notre Dame in college football.

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USC led by 10 points early in the fourth quarter and lost to Utah Friday night. So what’s with the Trojans? Have they given up now that the Rams have brought real pro football back to Los Angeles?

Kent State got $1.5 million for playing Alabama today. But heaven help the football players if they get back home and boosters try to buy them dinner and/or a beer to drown their sorrows. #whatswrongwiththispicture?

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#NYTimes endorsed #HillaryClinton. Presumably next to the headline “Water is wet.”

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Donald Trump has invited Gennifer Flowers to the first debate. Because the Donald didn’t have enough seats for all his ex-lovers and wives?

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Some Hillary haters are trying to spin her and Bill Clinton’s having attended Trump’s latest wedding as another sign of her duplicity. But don’t we all have friends and acquaintances we might hang out with on occasion, but who we wouldn’t want running our neighborhood association let alone the country

Last week’s mall attack, 10 people attacked, only fatality was the suspect. Friday night, five dead. This is not the “well-regulated militia” our founding fathers had in mind.

Nine blown saves for Santiago Casilla now with SF Giants. At this point shouldn’t the headline only be when he actually gets the save?

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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” #SFGiants #Bochy #Casilla

Missing those un-PC days when you could count on the #Stanford band to do a tasteful half-time show on the #USC rape case #LSJUMB

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Nothing certain these days but death, taxes & the fact any explosion or mass shooting instantly blamed by some on one demographic. #Chelsea

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While the media obsesses about Hillary’s emails, a leaked Colin Powell email confirms what Israel has never publicly admitted, that they have “200 nukes all targeted on Tehran” But hey, IOKIYR

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Donald Trump’s new campaign theme is a take off of “‘Les Misérables”- “Les Deplorables” -with “Do You Hear the People Sing’ as a sort of anthem. Wrong on so many levels but for starters, with the attacks in the last year, Trump would probably ban immigration from France since it’s a nation “compromised’ by terrorism.

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W P “Bill” William Kinsella has passed away. Hoping there’s a doubleheader in heaven’s cornfields tomorrow.

#SFGiants have scored more runs in 3 innings against #Cardinals than they did in 3 games against #Padres. #Nowtheyrejusttoyingwithus.

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The #SFGiants have scored 14 runs in 2 games after manager Bruce Bochy cancelled batting practice. So much for “practice makes perfect.”

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The Buffalo #Bills have fired offensive coordinator #GregRoman. Because nothing, EVER, is #RexRyan‘s fault.

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It took #JimmyFallon to make #MattLauer look like a real journalist again. #Trump #TonightShow

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Donald Trump this morning. “Hillary Clinton and her campaign in 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it,” This is apparently what happens sometimes when you are dealing with a older man who not only lies but has no concept of the U.S. collective memory known as the internet.

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So now Iowa Rep. Steve King is accusing Colin Kaerpernick of being influenced by his fiancee Nessa Diab and… “I understand that he has an Islamic girlfriend that is his fiancée, and that this has changed him and has taken on some different political views along the way, This is activism that’s sympathetic to ISIS.’
We’re going to need a bigger basket.

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Roger Goodell – #NFL to commit $100 mill to research into player health and safety. Funding to be paid from player uniform and other fines.

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Remember those innocent days when the worst thing Democrats and moderates feared was another #Bush in the White House?

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It’s called “projection.” @realDonaldTrump, look it up. #birtherism

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So how long until @realDonaldTrump starts railing about “precious bodily fluids?”

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Bull Durham had it right – “The world is made for those who aren’t cursed with self-awareness.” This tweet from Donald Jr. yesterday “The new aristocrats are in DC. They steal, lie, and take from hardworking Americans. Clinton part of the ruling class. Trump for the people.”

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Ohio governor John Kasich today was asked on CNN “is it still possible that you could support Donald Trump?” He replied.
“It’s very unlikely Too much water under the bridge.”
So will Trump call his pal Chris Christie for advice on how to close one of those Ohio bridges?

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And regarding Trump’s claim that he would be the “healthiest” President ever…. who but me would love Obama to challenge him to a game of pickup basketball?

Psychologists say that intermittent reinforcement is the best way to keep rats and people blindly doing what they were doing. Hence, the #SFGiants with their 2016 roller-coaster are keeping and creating fans for life,

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In North Carolina, GOP spokeswoman Kami Mueller decried the NCAA’s decision to move championship games from the state. “Under the NCAA’s logic, colleges should make cheerleaders and football players share bathrooms, showers and hotel rooms.”
And a lot of football players are going “I’m in.”

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The University of Arizona football team has dismissed RB Orlando Bradford after he was arrested and charged with 7 felony counts following an alleged domestic violence incident. Bradford was the team’s #2 running back last season. Too soon to start a pool on which ACC or SEC team will decide he deserves a second chance?

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. Will they claim the decision was made with flaming speed?

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Wells Fargo is blaming their whole fraudulent account scheme on “staff.”. I think I like “pushed into a lifeboat” better.

A man in New York City who was unhappy about his car being “booted” was shot today after he allegedly attacked an off-duty cop with a meat cleaver, #Ifonlyhewasarmed

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MLB suspended Padres GM A.J. Preller for 30 days after ESPN reported the team was keeping two separate files of medical information on their players: one for industry consumption and the other for the Padres’ internal use.
Hmm, maybe for those 30 days Preller will be offered a position with a presidential campaign.

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Rev. Faith Green Timmons, of the Bethel United Methodist Church, interrupting the Donald today in the midst of an attack on Hillary Clinton. “Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we’ve done in Flint, not give a political speech,”
Hmm, Rev. Timmons has more cojones than Matt Lauer.

Donald Trump has promised he would return the economy to the days of 4% growth. Hmm, the last time we had 4% growth, a Clinton was in the White House.

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The CDC announced today that kissing chickens is bad for your health. Hope that didn’t upset too many people’s weekend plans.

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WTF moment of the day. Trump asked if he now believes President Obama was born in the US ““I’ll answer that question at the right time. I just don’t want to answer it yet.”
Because he doesn’t want to lose the votes of his birther supporters?

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Ivanka Trump accused an interviewer of “too much negativity” and cut the interview short after she was reminded of a comment of her father’s in 2004, that pregnancy is “a wonderful thing for the woman, it’s a wonderful thing for the husband, it’s certainly an inconvenience for a business.”
Sounds like the skin on the apple is as thin as the bark on the tree she fell not very far from.

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From Bill Littlejohn “A report is that Ronaldo has more social media followers than anyone in the world but Taylor Swift.  “Social media followers?”  Heck, Taylor Swift has more ex-boyfriends than Ronaldo has social media followers……

Worst thing for Diamondbacks fans who showed up to see their team lose to SF Giants in 12 innings… many of them had bought tickets because of the postgame fireworks show.

Best thing about using #Twitter as a sports bar is when a #SFGiants game really drives you to drink there’s no need to drive home.

Yeah, we all knew in July #SFGiants‘ playoff chances might be saved in Sept. by a win from #JoeNathan & save from leftfielder #CoryGearrin.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. #Bochy #SFGiants #Casilla #WTF?

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Does #Casilla have naked pictures of #Bochy somewhere? Asking for a friend. #SFGiants.

How the SF Giants can make playoffs: Samardzija played football at Notre Dame. Next time Casilla heads to mound, the Shark tackles him.

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Just wondering, If Peyton Manning were still playing, think officials might have called it a little differently if he took same helmet to helmet hits as Cam Newton in last night’s NFL opener?

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#CharlestonSouthern suspends 14 players for using some scholarship $$ in bookstore for stuff other than books. SEC players “What are books?”

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Jerry Jones has a fancy new helicopter with Cowboys logo on it, mostly to use to get him to and from games without traffic. But Jones told a Dallas News reporter “You can shoot out of it. You can shoot pigs out of it. You can do a lot of things in this helicopter.”
Ah yes, just another example about why the Cowboys franchise is so “beloved” outside of Dallas.

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Got to wonder, of the 5,300 Wells Fargo employees who were fired for illegally creating extra accounts for customers, how many of them were bank executives who pushed or oversaw the sales program? #sarcasm

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Donald Trump said in an call-in interview with Larry King that’s it’s “probably unlikely” that Russia is trying to influence the U.S. election. The interview was for RT America, part of Russia Today, which is Russian state TV. (Trump said he didn’t know that at the time.)

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Some slam Hillary for being a conservative Goldwater girl in 1964. 1964?! Heck, by the 1990s, even Goldwater himself had become liberal on many issues.

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John Kerry just announced the U.S. and Russia have reached a agreement on Syria, and a cease-fire is to begin Monday. #IblameObama

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In claiming to have always opposed the Iraq War, Donald Trump is using the “if you tell a lie enough times people will believe it” strategy.
You know, like “til death do us part.”

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Politico posting a memo from Andy Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC about last night’s forum: “”Matt(Lauer) did a tremendous job — driving one of the most serious discussions to date on these topics.”
“Lack” as in “lack of a clue?” #WTF?

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Trump railing against Hillary at a rally “She’s being so protected. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching, right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldn’t be prosecuted, OK?”
Is the Donald volunteering to test that theory?

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From Alex Kaseberg:  “Tim Tebow signed with the New York Mets. The Mets are excited. They’ve never had a player throw an interception before.”

On Wednesday. San Francisco’s temperature will reach above 70 degrees for 1st time in 7 weeks. So the city’s been as cold as #SFGIants offense.

Hard on SF Giants fans to watch Casilla coming in tonight. On the other hand, a nice surprise to enter the 9th with a lead.

Open note to Bruce Bochy. If the SF Giants make postseason, good hitters on playoff teams don’t miss a Casilla  hanging curve ball.

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Bad enough when #SFGiants aren’t hitting their weight. But when as a team they aren’t hitting MY weight….

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ESPN says #SF49ers hold 2016 distinction of being worst team in #NFL. And #ClevelandBrowns are thinking “Who are we, chopped liver?

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Reportedly #GeorgeZimmerman is broke & homeless. If he changed his plea to guilty maybe #Florida could take care of the homeless problem. Maybe for 15 years to life?

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#TaylorSwift & #TomHiddleston have announced their “amicable” break up. So congrats to all those who had Sept 6 in the pool.

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Got to wonder about targeted advertising when I get an ad saying “American Pride,” with underneath “Sign up” from the Trump campaign. On the other hand, just imagine what new material for comedy writing I could get.

CNN headline “Troy Aikman’s not fond of Skip Bayless,” Uh, wouldn’t it be more newsworthy if they found someone who WAS fond of Skip Bayless?

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#Texas is actually ranked for 1st time in the Charlie Strong era. So are #Longhorns that good, or are #NotreDame #FightingIrish that bad?

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Greta Van Susteren announced she is leaving Fox News on the same day the network announced a $20 million settlement and apology for Gretchen Carlson. Some rumors that Greta is leaving over a financial disagreement. Which would make sense, that $20 million probably means fewer raises for everyone else.

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So yeah, I get it, the media has to occupy their time. But all these changing “national poll results” they like to hype… with the electoral college national votes don’t mean a rat’s ass. Just ask President Al Gore.

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The Harvard Republican Club has refused to endorse Trump, the first time they have not backed the GOP nominee since 1888.  This time, however,  John McCain didn’t beg them to change their mind.

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Ben Carson said “it would be a good idea” if Donald Trump apologized for being a part of the birther conspiracy. “Let’s get all of the, you know, the hate and rancor out of the way so that we can actually discuss the issues.”
Uh, except that in large part, “hate and rancor” ARE Trump’s issues.