Left Coast Sports Babe

Giants closer Will Smith  in 8 major league seasons had never had an at-bat.  He had one today with his team leading 7-6 in the 8th, and hit a 2 run single.

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So maybe Madison Bumgarner is just just a role model for pitchers on the mound.  But good thing SF Giants held onto him and Will Smith.  They needed their bats.

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So of all the crazy things this baseball season, how did the SF Giants not manage to win at least 1 of 3 games where they faced the Washington Nationals bullpen?

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Astros behind Justin Verlander today in Baltimore were one of biggest betting road favorite against the Orioles today in baseball history.

Bringing to mind one of my favorite jokes “If God bet on baseball how would he do?

“7 or 8 of 10. Baseballs take funny bounces.”

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Weird sports stat for the day: Going into today’s game against each other, the Royals (42-76) and Tigers (35-79) had won fewer games between them than the Dodgers (78-41)

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Florida sophomore DB John Huggins has been dismissed from football program. While a reason wasn’t given, last fall Huggins allegedly put his hands around a tutor’s neck. He’s the fifth Gator to have been reported for violence against a woman under second-year coach Mullen.
Are we sure Urban Meyer isn’t somehow involved?

Marianne Williamson claiming “there’s some very powerful forces that want to make sure I’m not in that third debate.” “Very powerful forces?” They’re called “voters.”

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We are now in a world where the President of the United States talks about trusting a murderous North Korean dictator while retweeting a tweet accusing a former President of the United States of murder.

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Democrats are condemning Trump for re-tweeting a no-evidence conspiracy theory linking Jeffrey Epstein’s death to Bill Clinton.
Why aren’t Republicans joining them?

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It’s been revealed there is no surveillance video of the moment Epstein hanged himself. “I’m shocked,” said nobody.

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11p on Saturday night and the “Leader of the free world” was going after Anthony Scaramucci. Gosh, why doesn’t Trump go after the idiot who hired Scaramucci in the first place?

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On a weekend Trump attacks Donny Deutsch, Joe Scarborough and Bill Maher on Twitter all in 24 hours. But no, Donald doesn’t watch much TV….

So where are the pictures of the crying children in Mississippi because their parents were thrown in jail for hiring undocumented workers. Oh wait, never mind.

Only good thing about Bryce Harper hitting two home runs to win game for Phillies Friday night.  Maybe he’ll regret not signing to play home games at Oracle Park.

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Damn, okay let it be known for ONCE I actually agree with Trump – On Kaepernick today – “I know so many of the owners. If he’s good enough, I know these people. They would sign him in a heartbeat. They will do anything they can to win games.”

Heck, NFL owners would sign OJ Simpson if he were back in his prime.

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Kid Rock is the Rick Santorum of music.

DOT yesterday told airlines and passengers they will start enforcing rules governing animals that people bring on planes and that airline employees can bar any animal they consider a safety threat.
Now, I hate people abusing the idea “emotional support” animals as much as anyone. But as far as priorities, let’s see, how many Americans have been killed by unruly pets on planes?

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Trump now threatening countries that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence.
“If they did that, we’d just reciprocate. We are a very reciprocal nation with me as the head. When somebody does something negative to us in terms of a country, we do it to them.”
So now the warnings will say – “Don’t travel to the US, there’s a threat of gun violence and their leadership is unstable.”

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CNN reports that the White House has told ICE officials to conduct dozens more workplace enforcement operations this year. Can they start at Trump resorts?

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Trump said this week’s ICE raids in Mississippi were “a very good deterrent.”
So how exactly how many American citizens have been arrested for knowingly hiring immigrants?

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Melania tweets that El Paso community is “strong and unbreakable,” on the same day her husband proudly breaks up families in Mississippi.

This is one time no one is going to say RIP. #Epstein

A very important prisoner with dirt on some very important people committing suicide in prison is one of those plot twists we used to complain about as unrealistic on “24.”

White House hasn’t had a press briefing since March 11. Rush Limbaugh says Trump stopped the briefings to stop “egomaniacs showing off.”
Right, because that’s Trump’s job.

Some days I think I care too much about sports, then I watch into an airport bar where people are actually getting UPSET about a preseason football game.

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Okay, yeah SF season has fallen apart in August. But I am still really really glad Madison Bumgarner is in a Giants uniform.
(and yes, I hope they resign him.)

A temporary 8,000-seat ballpark will be built at the Field of Dreams site in Iowa for the Yankees and White Sox to play an actual MLB game next August.
Well, they’ve got it half-right, shouldn’t it be the Reds – White Sox?

(those were the two teams in the Black Sox scandal world series.)

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Although if MLB wanted teams to feel at home in front of 8,000 they should have chosen the Rays and Marlins.

Cowboys DE Robert Quinn has been suspended for first two games of season for violating NFL’s PED policy.
Taxi squad players for example earn about $7,600 a week. CFL players make about $50,00 for the year. Quinn signed a contract with Dallas for $8 million this year.
And now a two whole game suspension. That’ll deter players who worry about being cut from trying.

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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney won’t give QB Kelly Bryant, who left the team after 4 games last year, a Championship ring.
While I see his point, Dan Uggla has a 2014 WS SF Giants ring.

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Another from Marc Ragovin  “Rosie Ruiz has died. Most people take a stairway to heaven but old Rosie will probably jump onto an escalator 3/4 of the way there.”

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Donnie Jr is sending out a Trump fundraising email attacking Joaquin Castro for posting the name of Trump donors.
Hmm, for some reason he doesn’t mention, if you donate, your name too will become part of PUBLIC RECORD.

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If Trump loves El Paso so much, why doesn’t he pay the city for the $500,000 he still owes for the rally he loves to brag about so much.

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Again, after Mississippi raids….  if Trump wanted to make a point about immigrants, wages and jobs, all he would have to do is offer very high wages at say, Mar-A-Lago, fill the jobs with Americans, and then say, see, we don’t need immigrant workers.

But that would require, a, sacrificing a little bit of profit to make a point, and b, finding Americans who actually want to do those jobs.

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Trump now feuding with Jerome Powell, current Chair of the Federal Reserve.  Now, by law a President can’t fire the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.  Maybe Donald should fire the idiot who nominated him?

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Most of what I post is snark. This isn’t.  Worth a few minutes, and have tissues handy.

Jackson Proskow: Dallas airport passengers silently salute the return of a fallen hero

Raiders WR Antonio Brown has both feet injured and blistered, reportedly caused by going into a cryotherapy machine without proper footwear.
Well this ought to do wonders to dispel the “dumb jock” image.

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All you need to know about SF Giants season:
Going into today,  Buster Posey had exactly as many home runs, 6, and RBIs, 33, as Geraldo Parra, who the Giants DFA’ed in May.

And now Parra has 7 home runs and 36 RBIs.

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Sadly the Orioles’ Chris Davis came closer to hitting his manager than SF Giants came to getting a big hit against Nationals.

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Although speaking of lousy baseball,  Marc Ragovin points out.  “The Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the first World Series in 1903. And I think they should square off again now, since both are setting back the sport over 100 years.”

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Apparently some pundits are saying Clemson only won College Football National Championship because “Alabama was worn out from the grind of a more rigorous schedule.” Well, gosh, with Duke, New Mexico State and Western Carolina on 2019 schedule are the Crimson Tide planning to use that excuse again this year?

No press other than White House employees were allowed for Trump visits to hospitals in Dayton and El Paso. Maybe it’s just me but thinking if you are honestly proud of behavior you don’t hide it.

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Anyone else notice that in all the pictures from Dayton,Trump is grinning like he’s attending a wedding at one of his resorts?

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So did ICE raid plants in Mississippi because even Trump was too embarrassed today to raid them near El Paso?

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Wonder with all the arrest pictures why we didn’t see pictures of the people who hired this immigrants in handcuffs.

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As Trump leaves Dayton he tweets about his “warm & wonderful visit. Tremendous enthusiasm & even Love. “Then he goes after “failed Presidential Candidate (0%) Sherrod Brown….”
Uh Sherrod didn’t even run.
But I bet he polls better now in Ohio than you do.

Trump told police officers in El Paso the gunman is a “coward. He gave up, just gave up.” Then Donald talked about his February rally, which he hasn’t reimbursed the city for – “we could have sold it out four times.”
This is NOT a well man.

About seven years after Matt Cain’s perfect game against a last place Houston team,  Zack Greinke, the biggest name pitcher to get traded at the deadline,  makes his Astros debut, allows five runs in six innings and still gets the win. Easily. The team is that good.

(What’s most shocking, this wasn’t at Coors Field.)

On the other hand, some things don’t change,  the Marlins are still one of the worst teams in baseball.

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Meanwhile, SF Giants DFA former All-Star and World Series defensive hero Joe Panik. And of all the things to be grateful to Panik for, don’t forget that in 2014 he meant SF Giants fans didn’t have to watch Dan Uggla any more.

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Mariners utility player Tim Beckham, the #1 pick in 2008 draft,, has been suspended for PEDs, and of course claims “tainted supplement.”
If that 2008 draft seems familiar to SF Giants fans, it’s when at #5 they got Buster Posey.

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John Lambert, 23, the founder of “Students for Trump” pleaded guilty Tuesday to running a $46,000 scam where he created a website for a fake law firm, posed as a lawyer and gave legal advice.
Wonder how long until he gets offered a job as White House Counsel?

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Apparently, besides having a rape list and a hit list, among other things, the Dayton killer liked Elizabeth Warren. So now Kellyanne Conway is ‘hopping mad’ that Elizabeth Warren isn’t being blamed for that shooting.
Uh, Charles Manson liked the Beatles, do we blame them for Sharon Tate murders?

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Damn. RIP Toni Morrison. Hadn’t thought about this quote in a while…. but she was right.
“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”

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A more positive Morrison quote  “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.

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Trump has no problem singling out people for condolences or praise if they are his friends or fit his agenda. But crickets on Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison.
Because he has no idea who she was, or because Obama gave her a medal?

American Crime Story features Monica Lewinsky and her affair with Bill Clinton?!! WTF? How much would most Americans now give for a President whose biggest crime was getting a blow job?

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No word on the El Paso’s killer’s arraignment or exactly where he is being held. But I’ll bet he has toothpaste.

Okay, O’Rourke isn’t close to my first choice, and until this week I couldn’t understand how he came so close to Ted Cruz. But he had a real authentic moment after El Paso killings, and is probably at his peak of popularity…
So of course Trump, on the eve of a “healing” goes after him on Twitter……

Against SF Giants, Washington Nationals won 4-0. They scored their 4 runs as follows…

1.  On a single when a runner was at first base.
2.  On a balk
3.  On a missed outfield fly ball
4.  On a steal of home in a badly handled double steal.

Good night to be watching at home. You can still drink after the 7th inning.

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Vince Carter, 42, says he will play one more season for the Atlanta Hawks then retired.
“The first time is the hardest,” said Brett Favre

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Team USA men’s basketball coach Gregg Popovich before the FIBA World Cup  “We can’t fix the divisiveness in our country, but what we can do is be a great example of how people come together for a common goal and achieve it.”   #PopovichKerr2020

48% of US women say they have played video games. So by some GOP logic shouldn’t 48% of mass shooters be female?

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As a travel agent I privately laughed some years ago when an admin wanted flights for their boss to Ohio, and when I asked where, responded “whatever the biggest airport is.””
Didn’t realize someday we’d have a President who didn’t know the cities either.#Dayton #Toledo #BowlingGreen

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Trump tweet – “Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks.” Uh, they did.   If only Donald knew someone in the Senate who could bring the bills, already passed in the House to the Senate floor for a vote.

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Stock market down over 600 points over China devaluing currency and fear of more trade wars. Who knew tariffs could be so complicated.

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As Trump belatedly semi-endorses “Red-Flag laws,” your reminder that 15 states already have them- Maryland, Connecticut, California, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Colorado, Nevada, Hawaii (and DC.)
Notice any commonality?
#BluerthanBlue…

(And two things on  Florida.  One, their law was after Pulse shooting, two, except for the Panhandle the state would be blue.)

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Trump is reportedly traveling to El Paso Wednesday. How is his staff going to keep him from ad-libbing about his beloved wall?

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Miss the days when we could have a weekend and just get upset about Red Sox and Yankees being ESPN’s game of the week. AGAIN.

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Or that MLB has to play meaningful games at the  beautiful little league stadium known as Coors Field.

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Although just wondering, why do the Red Sox EVER let David Price pitch at Yankee Stadium unless absolutely necessary?

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For those who love the good the bad and the ugly about sports, at this point it’s August 3, and pretty sure both the Tigers and Orioles will both be officially eliminated from the playoffs sometime in the middle of the month.

Wonder if in Vegas you can bet on who’ll be first?

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Who says there’s no good news these days.  A few details about NBA schedule are leaking out,  New York fans will apparently be spared having to watch the Knicks on Christmas .

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Anyone who doesn’t like politics and gun control stop reading now. Yeah, I’m REALLY pissed tonight, be warned.

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Ivanka Trump tweeted today “White supremacy, like all other forms of terrorism, is an evil that must be destroyed”

So in her defense does she think because Daddy is orange he can’t be a white Supremacist?

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Trump yesterday morning retweeted a post attacking London mayor Khan and saying he should step down over knife crimes. So what about a US President stepping down over mass shootings?

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Early days, but SF Giants have to be wondering, can they turn back the clock to July?

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16 home runs for Hunter Pence. If only SF Giants could have gotten a player like him at the deadline…

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Yeah, we all know baseball is a business. But Phillies are apparently suing design firm who helped create the Phanatic to keep their mascot from becoming a “free agent.”
Is NOTHING sacred?

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After the crowd shouted “Take it down,” four people were booted from Orioles-Blue Jays games at Camden Yards when they unfurled a large “Keep America Great, Trump 2020” banner from the second deck.

WTF were they thinking, in Baltimore Trump might be the only person more likely to be booed than the Orioles.

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John Ratcliffe withdrew his name from consideration for Director of National Intelligence after only 5 days. Wow. that’s only half a Scaramucci.

Fox News top headlines have to do with AOC’s chief of staff resigning amidst controversy. Gosh, somehow I’ve missed all their similar headlines with Trump administration resignations.

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German customs at the port of Hamburg confiscated a record 5 tons of cocaine, valued at about $1 billion, in a shipping container which was supposed to contain soybeans. Build that seawall?

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The alleged Gilroy gunman apparently killed himself after being shot several times by police. Once again, why can’t these murder-suicide assholes do it in the reverse order?

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Tom Steyer railing “Corporate money’s dictating our politics.” So what’s he doing about it? Spending heaven knows how much $$$$ on Twitter that HE earned as a VC from corporations to promote his own Presidential campaign. WTF?

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Swedish court said Rapper A$AP Rocky and his two co-defendants can be freed from jail until Aug. 14, when judges will announce their verdict.   Congrats to all those who had “about an hour” in the pool of “How long until Trump tweets taking credit?”

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How long until Trump says he COULD have cured cancer and AIDS but the Democrats blocked him?

Is there anyone left in Trump administration who isn’t a complete a**hole? Asking for a country.

I think Klay Thompson is a good guy, but in an interview he just characterized his ACL injury as “obviously the most tragic part of sports.”
Uh, of those that still can, NFL players with CTE say “Hi.”

My friend Dwight Perry adds, a couple  recent boxers might disagree too, if they were still alive.  (And further to his point, a whole lot of thoroughbred horses.)

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MLB has suspended eight players a total of 40 games for Reds-Pirates brawl. Not much thanks for one of the most watched parts of a Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game this summer.

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It’s August 1.  Does that mean the Baltimore Orioles have been officially eliminated yet?

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Broncos vs. Falcons in Hall of Fame pre-season game tonight.  And it was trending on social media. Wonder how many people who tuned in could name a player on either after the 1st quarter.

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So Tomi Lahren decided to accuse Kamala Harris of sleeping her way to the top? Funny, haven’t heard her go after Kimberly Guilfoyle for at least temporarily joining the Trump clan. Or new UN Ambassador Kelly Craft for doing the same by marrying a billionaire?

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Trump going to Cincinnati tonight for a rally. But really, with the Reds this summer hasn’t the city suffered enough?

(And whatever he said about overflow crowd, as of this morning according to the local Cincinnati Enquirer, there were still “Free tickets available)

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Cincinnati is actually a lovely city with nice people, a world-class zoo, interesting museums and great restaurants. Now that Trump has left can we Clorox The City?

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Trump spent some time at his rally today saying how awful things were in California because of Democrats. Right, that’s why the state that went solidly for Hillary then voted so many GOP congressmen out in 2018.

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Trump says of new tariffs on China “They’re paying for these tariffs. We’re not.”
And to think we once knocked George H.W. Bush as being out of touch with consumers because he was unclear on the concept of a supermarket scanner.

Double happiness for SF Giants fans at trade deadline. 1. MadBum stays 2. If, as is likely, Giants do not make World Series, at least the Dodgers and Yankees didn’t get any superstars.

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After his tantrum this weekend, Trevor Bauer was traded from the Indians to the Reds.  Well, life should be easier in Cincinnati.  Heck, even on a tired arm day, he could throw a ball into center field at Great American Ballpark.

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Astros starting pitching for postseason. Verlander, Greinke, Cole. #WOW

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And, who could possibly beat #1 starter Justin Verlander in the postseason, well, except Pablo Sandoval.  And anyone seen Barry Zito lately.

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Playing national anthem as part of a 15 minute prequel for Democratic Debate with limited time might not have been stupidest idea CNN has had all month, but it ranks in top 10.

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Marianne Williamson got praise for saying that Flint water crisis wouldn’t happen where she lives in Grosse Pointe. Uh, I could stand on stage and say Flint water crisis wouldn’t happen in Palo Alto where I live either. But it doesn’t qualify me to run for President.

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Give De Blasio credit.  How many people think they can be elected President when it’s not even sure they could be re-elected Mayor.

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Democrats are good tonight at accusing each other of not telling the truth. Wish GOP elected officials were 1/10th as good at doing the same with Donald Trump.

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Trump once again tweets positive words about Eddie Gallagher but has never mentioned the name of Stephen Romero – the six-year-old boy murdered by a White Supremacist teenager in Gilroy.

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Ding ding ding. “What do we have for the winner, Johnny?”   Pete Buttigieg said GOP would call Dems “crazy socialists” no matter what they said or do. And less than 24 hours later, Trump fundraising email “The 2020 Democratic Primary has turned into a complete SOCIALIST CIRCUS.”

A church in Baltimore kicked Ben Carson off their property  when he showed up to defend Trump’s attacks.  Well that’s one less rat infesting the city..

MLB trade deadline eve. When depending how players feel about their teams, a late-night phone call will be as welcome as a call from their latest crush or their ex?

Not sure who will benefit more by trade of Yasiel Puig to Indians and Trevor Bauer to Reds. But at least neither team needs to fire their anger management counselor.

Ouch, I know a lot of fans think they have worst bullpen in baseball. But this from ESPN – “The Cubs are the only team in baseball to hold a lead in all their games since the all-star break but they’re just 9-7 in those contests, including a 2-1 loss to St. Louis on Tuesday.”

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Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a law requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns in order to have their name on California ballot.
Well, this ought to get a mature and dignified response from Donald Trump.

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Focusing on 15 second answers to tough questions is part of how we got President Trump.

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Picking a President based on 15 second answers makes as much sense as picking a spouse based on a half-dozen dates.

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Amy Klobuchar mentions 6-year-old Gilroy shooting victim Stephen Romero’s name in her very limited Democratic Debate time.  More than Trump has done in probably 200 tweets since the shooting.

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Actually crickets now from Trump on mentioning names of any Gilroy victims, all young people of color. So I guess you only get to be an “Angel Mom” if you’re white and your child is killed by an immigrant?

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“It is time to stop worrying about what the Republicans say.” Pete Buttigieg.   He is right, Trump probably already has the “crazy socialists” fundraising email ready.

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So Trump decided not to tweet tonight and had Donnie Jr do it for him – “I think Marianne Williamson is actually winning this thing.” Maybe Jr. is not willing to concede to Eric the title of “dumbest son.”

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Seriously this all does feel a bit like the first rounds of American Idol/The Voice or Bachelor/Bachelorette. Just too many people really to focus in on a favorite.

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At least Admiral Stockdale had the grace to say “who am I, why I am here?”

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I am seriously tired of white men shouting tonight.

Recently traded pitcher Marcus Stroman, “I know that New York is obsessed with winning, and that’s how I am. So I’m excited to kind of have that pressure behind me each and every start.”
Stroman DOES know he was traded to the Mets, right?

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Anthony Davis says he’s going to keep chasing an NBA title “until I succeed at it.”  Isn’t that how dogs feel about chasing cars?

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Alabama has announced a 2024-2025 home-and-home football series with Wisconsin.  What, the “Little Sisters of the Poor” weren’t available?

Trump as he signs the 9-11 victims compensation bill that he didn’t lift a finger to fight for. (thank you Jon Stewart), “I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder. But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you.”
Ignorant f*ckmuppet seems too kind.

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What Trump REALLY did on 9-11 – a radio interview, where he talked about his building, 40 Wall Street.
“40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest—and then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And now it’s the tallest.”

Come on, don’t we all know Trump rushed to Ground Zero as soon as he finished helping victims of the Bowling Green Massacre?

Capital One data breach affected approximately 100 million individuals in the US. Well, unfortunately now everyone knows what’s in your wallet.

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Rand Paul is offering to buy Ilhan Omar a ticket to visit her home country of Somalia “to learn to be more grateful for living in the United States.” Wonder how often Paul flies and drives to spend time in parts of Kentucky, the 5th poorest state in US, to make him more grateful for living in Washington DC?

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A white teenager kills three people including a six-year old boy and a thirteen-year old girl, along with a 20 year old African American man.

If the killer were Hispanic, especially an immigrant ,and victims were white, Trump would have already sent a dozen tweets,  eulogizing the victims and railing loudly about the need for speed in building his wall.

When it’s 3 days before MLB trade deadline and your son says after a nice dinner out without phones, “mom, before you go back on twitter there’s something you should know… ” the WORST should be your favorite player being traded. Not yet another mass shooting,.

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GOP was retweeting a doctored video of Ilhan Omar talking about profiling white men. But seriously, maybe we SHOULD start profiling white men. 

And seriously, really sucks when you have a friend go to a food festival where she posts complaining about the heat, and then “active shooter…” and then nothing.  And then you’re thrilled to hear she’s okay, but also realize that means at least 3 other people’s friends and family are NOT getting good news.

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And now back to snark because if we stop laughing the bad guys win…

Trevor Bauer, upset that he had blown a lead today, to the Royals, threw the baseball from mound over the center-field fence at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. Shame for Indians he didn’t throw that well to batters.

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Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman has been traded to Mets. Well, maybe this is first part of multi-team trade. Or it’s the baseball equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Meanwhile, as SF Giants win again….  how can you break up a team that decides to all dress like a now aging utility infielder….

Now it’s Dan Coats reportedly leaving. Makes sad sense, for Trump “national intelligence” is an oxymoron.

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Ever get that sense Trump wakes up some mornings and just thinks “what can I do for a new disgusting low?” #Baltimore

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As Trump attacks the American cities of Baltimore and San Francisco, remember, this is the same man who said “if you don’t love our country, leave.” So when is he packing?

At this point thinking seriously that Democrats best campaign slogan in 2020 might be simply “We are better than this!”

SF Giants have won 6 games in extra-innings in a 10 game span.

At this point, it’s not just worrying about the wild card, it’s worrying about employee labor law violations.

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Whatever happens this season for SF Giants, don’t tell me they haven’t captured at least a little bit of voodoo magic.

Pablo Sandoval in post-game interview, after his game winning home run, said the most impressive thing he saw tonight was the fan who caught that same home run ball bare-handed with a baby in his other arm.

And some still wonder why Giants fans embrace prodigal Panda.

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Apparently a balcony at a South Korean nightclub collapsed on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 16, including athletes competing at the world swimming championships.   Sounds awful. But this is the ESPN headline?   Seriously?

“American athletes hurt in Korea balcony collapse.”

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As Trump rants about A$AP Rocky, wonder what he’d do if a European leader attacked him about ICE locking up an American-born teenager for 22 days

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is apparently splitting from her second husband. Does that make her closer to Presidential?

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President Trump tweets ‘big VICTORY’ after Supreme Court grants $2.5 billion to continue with border wall.
So how is a victory when SCOTUS says US can spent that much taxpayer money on something Mexico is paying for?

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Got to love it, the stable genius is attacking Apple this morning on Twitter, from his iPhone

19-3 Boston over NY tonight. Did the Patriots and Jets play a pre-season game and not warn us?

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Tanaka allowed 12 runs in 4 innings against the Red Sox.  6 days before the trade deadline.   And just guessing the price went up for the Yankees asking for starting pitching.

Ezekiel Elliott, who already was suspended in 2017 for domestic violence and just avoided suspension for an incident this year involving hitting a security guard, wasn’t on Cowboys plane to California for training camp, fueling rumors he might sit out for a contract extension.
Can’t imagine why people don’t root for Zeke and Dallas.

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Guess we shouldn’t be surprised that some in a country that elected a reality show President are disappointed we didn’t get an “action-hero” Special Counsel performance.

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Airline logic at its best. Two days ago, United advised passengers that flight 28 from Singapore to SF yesterday at 9p would be delayed 11 hours until 8a this morning, because of a delayed flight FROM SF and mandatory 48 hour pilot rest time.
Okay, at least folks had time to plan. But as they board today at 730a business class passengers are handed… a DINNER menu. Because the flight was supposed to leave at 9pm and a dinner flight is a dinner flight….

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There will be a new Lifetime movie this fall – “College Admissions Scandal.” So will Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin star in it if they can get bail?

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Jeffrey Epstein was found “injured,” in jail, either from a possible attack or suicide attempt?  If you used to watch “24,” remember all the times CTU had a REALLY valuable witness or prisoner who could implicate others and save the country, but unbelievable carelessness let something happen to them? 

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Don’t know a lot of details about the latest mass shooter, who killed four people in the San Fernando Valley. But we do know he’s not an undocumented immigrant or Trump would already be tweeting about it.

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Trump tweets that Sweden has “let our African American community down.” Of course, Donald thinks “our African American community” is Kanye West, Herman Cain, Ben Carson and Diamond and Silk.”

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As Trump demands Swedish government intercede on behalf of an American visitor accused of a crime, have to wonder how Donald would feel if a Mexican musician was arrested here and Mexico’s President demanded HE be released?

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Serious congratulations to anyone prescient enough to have had Sweden in Trump Insult Bingo.

Kawhi Leonard today about Paul George “This is probably the first time I’m playing with someone with elite level talent.” Tim Duncan says “Hi.”

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Dear SF Giants    Rebuild if you must but do not trade Madison Bumgarner.   The man is a treasure who should never wear another uniform. That is all. Thank you.

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Meanwhile Steve Kerr says Anthony Davis demanding a trade from New Orleans Pelicans was “bad for the league.”   Have to wonder how he’d feel if Davis had asked to be traded to the Warriors?

jerry McGuire, the sequel?   A young boy was briefly hospitalized after taking a ride on a baggage conveyor belt at Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport for several minutes before falling off.

The carousel belonged to Spirit Airlines, wonder if they charged his mother for a ride fee?

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Bill Sanderson,  59, a married and anti-LGBTQ Tennessee lawmaker resigned today for “family reasons,” just as rumors emerged alleging he was looking for college age young men.  Those GOP closets are going to be shut down by the fire marshal for overcrowding. overcrowding.cov

Evacuations and a state of emergency have been declared for the Museum Fire near Flagstaff, Arizona. Waiting for Trump to say the state should rake their cacti.

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Trump tweet upon hearing conclusion of Mueller hearings: “TRUTH IS A FORCE OF NATURE!” Uh, seriously what does he know about “truth” or “nature?”

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Pretty sure at this point GOP members of Congress would also use “witch hunt” to describe Watergate.

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Big parties in streets of Puerto Rico after governor Ricardo Rossello resigns. So who’s with me on suggesting to Trump that he could have bigger parties, HUGE, for his own resignation?

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If Mueller came out today and flat out said “Yes, if he weren’t President we would have indicted Trump,” Fox News and GOP would say it just meant former FBI director is really a Democrat.

One criticism directed by some at Mueller, 74, today is that he seemed “doddering,” and he had aged immensely in past few years. So do the same folks realize Trump will be 74 next June?

If SF Giants weren’t doing this regularly after midnight, or 1am, or 2am, on the East Coast they’d be the biggest story in sports.

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On trade talk. “I don’t care about that. Nobody in here cares about it . We’re trying to win games, we are winning games and that’s all that matters is us. That other stuff’s just noise.”  Madison Bumgarner.

Meanwhile in Los Angeles, they’ve announced at least $100 million renovation of Dodger Stadium this off-season.  They’re not saying how much this will affect stadium prices but reports are beer may be offered on the installment plan.

Forever 21 apparently gives free samples in online orders. And apparently some plus-sized clothing orders included Free Atkins diet bars. Forget firing whoever okayed this for body-shaming, fire them for stupidity.

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The Rolling Stones are trying to eliminate single-use cups at their concerts. But really at their age, shouldn’t all drinks be served in sippy cups?

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Tulsi Gabbard said in a Fox Sports Radio interview today that Kamala Harris “is not qualified to serve as commander in chief.” Some statements don’t even need a punchline.

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Rand Paul and Mike Lee were the only two senators who voted today against reauthorizing the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Well at least Lee and Paul are also campaigning tirelessly to stop Trump’s extravagant rallies and golf weekends. Oh wait. Never mind.

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Can bartenders start calling Stoli and orange juice a “Donald Trump” – an Orange Russian?

Suspect has been arrested in the murder of a beautiful blonde Ole Miss student this weekend. We already know he’s a white American since Trump hasn’t tweeted about it.

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After he said the country could be “wiped off the face of the earth, Afghanistan has demanded USA clarify remarks made by Donald Trump, Nice try, Americans know Trump won’t even clarify remarks he makes about the US itself.

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For someone who claimed Mueller Report was “total exoneration”  Trump sure seems triggered by the Mueller Hearing.

Let’s be real. If Mueller says FBI had a signed contract and video showing Trump and Putin agreeing to fix election, Trump cult members would say it was for our own good and Hillary should still be locked up. 

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Officially the best team in baseball since June 1. Just as all SF Giants fans expected.

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Tigers outfielder Nicholas Castellanos isn’t happy with Comerica Park. “This park’s a joke. It’s to the point where, how are we going to be compared to the rest of the people in the league for power numbers, OPS, slugging and all this stuff when we got a yard out here that’s 420 feet straight across in center field?”
Guessing Castellanos is never EVER signing with SF Giants.

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One of the truly bizarre little side stories of SF Giants recent run, Mike Yastrzemski, who has 9 home runs including yesterday’s game winner, was DFA’ed this year…. by the ORIOLES.

One reporter from the Daily Beast wrote an admittedly stupid (IMHO) piece attacking Mariano Rivera for his “far-right” views, and Fox is going non-linear.
I missed their free-speech defense when many on their own network and other conservative writers attacked Megan Rapinoe.

(or as a friend says “any black football player.”)

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So “Michael Bennett” is trending and it’s the Falcons football player, who was injured, not the Democratic Presidential candidate, who has not dropped out.  Guessing most Americans wouldn’t recognize either one.

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Tim Duncan has joined the Spurs coaching staff.  (Yeah!)   So someone has told him this will require actual occasional talking?

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My son points out that Becky Hammon is now the top assistant Spurs coach and 1st in line to take over if Popovich gets ejected.   He figures Pop does it during a nationally televised game some time this year to make history.

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So as ICE now will try to circumvent courts and deport immigrants without a hearing perhaps they should raid known employment offenders like European model agencies?

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Trump says he could wipe Afghanistan off face of the Earth but doesn’t want to kill 10,000,000 people.
Besides, by ignoring opioids, guns, safety regulations & climate change, not to mention taking away healthcare, he can kill that many people right here at home.

Conner Menez throws 5 strong innings and Zack Green gets 2 hits plus RBI in their Major League debuts; rookie Mike Yastrzemski wins game with walk-off home run. So explain to me why SF Giants need to trade for prospects?

Whatever happens this season, at least the 2019 SF Giants are fun again.

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Someone at Bleacher Report came up with a “Top 25 QBs of all Time,” and not only had  Alex Smith at #25, they had Aaron Rodgers at #18 just ahead of Tony Romo at #19 and  Kurt Warner at #10 ahead of Drew Brees #11. Who came up with this list?  And were they also officiating the 2019 NFC Championship?

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Former LSU football player Matt Branch lost his leg last year in a freak hunting accident when his dog jumped on his gun causing it to discharge.  Now apparently he’s going to go hunting again.  Thinking as long as Branch has a gun  it’s not a fair fight even if what he hunts has all its legs.

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KC Chiefs star WR Tyreek Hill in 2014 pleaded guilty to domestic assault and battery by strangulation for hitting and choking his pregnant girlfriend. In March 2019 he was accused of battery again, against his 4 year old son, and was heard in a recording saying “You need to be terrified of me, too, dumb b— ”
NFL announced Sunday Hill would not be suspended . Yet again, the league policy for stars ” At least 7 strikes until you’re out.”

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Whether or not they agree with ESPN’s Dan Le Batard who criticized Trump over the Send Her Back chants, shouldn’t conservatives be defending his right to free speech?

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So as a liberal hearing all the “if you don’t like it leave” comments from Trumpers, I have a question. What country did you like best when you left during the Obama presidency?

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Trump’s racist misogynist tweet about the 4 congresswomen who upset him so much “They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation! Once again, Freud NAILS projection.

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And Boris Johnson joined the chorus of European leaders condemning Trump’s racist comments.  Uh oh, another bromance bites the dust.

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Liz Cheney says send her back” chant against Ilhan Omar was inappropriate but claims “This isn’t about race. It’s not about gender. It’s not about religion” Right, like Liz’s refusal to denounce anti-Obama birthers wasn’t about any of those things either.

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So if your most extreme members most accurately represent your party that must mean the entire GOP is against funding 9-11 First Responders Compensation Fund because Rand Paul blocked it.

MLB’s Jon Heyman said Giants have “pulled back” on trade talks for Madbum to the Yankees. Now, of course I’d love to see SF get the wild card, but if this streak keeps Bumgarner out of pinstripes I will be happy.

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I know that’s not how official scoring works but for nine innings of 1 run ball Madison Bumgarner really should have gotten last night’s SF Giants 16 inning win.

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SF Giants scored 11 runs on Wednesday,  NY Mets scored 14.  Since then Giants have scored 4,  Mets 2,  In two games.

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After missing the cut in the British Open, Tiger Woods says “I just want to go home.”  Along no doubt with many fans who flew over and bought tickets just to watch him and stars like Rory McIlroy play.

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James Harden says he’s going to work on a new move “It’s gonna look like a travel but it’s not”
So why will it not be a travel? Because Harden says so?

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And somewhere Michael Jordan is just giggling.

Okay, seriously, if you asked those MAGAers chanting “send her home” what an “anti-Semite” was, what percentage of them do you think could correctly answer?

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Trump administration apparently is revising the citizenship test. No word on exactly what changes are. My question – could Donald himself pass it?

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You think you’re having a bad day. Imagine being the Prime Minister of Sweden awaiting a call from Donald Trump trying to get Kanye West’s friend out of jail.

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Beam me up Scotty…. Now I got the email from Trump campaign manager. “I’m so over paper straws, and I’m sure you are too. Much like most liberal ideas, paper straws don’t work and they fall apart instantly.
That’s why we just launched our latest product – Official Trump Straws.
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