Yankees seats and other jokes…

Posted April 27, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Regarding those premium seats that sell for over $5000 a pair at Yankee Stadium.  The first place Toronto Blue Jays also charge extra for “Premium Dugout” seats, ie the field level on the infield.  The cost for those seats, up to $73.    Canadian.

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Part of the problem the Yankees have is finding people willing to admit they are paying so much for tickets, especially since the seats are visible on television.  So  perhaps the solution,  unbreakable one-way glass?

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Lost in the controversy over the “Legends Level” seats, are the prices the Yankees charge for regular lower level seats on the infield.   If the seats are available on the day of the game…. $400 each.

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And with the Yankees getting off to such a mediocre start, there’s the very real possibility of paying all that money, and not having an enjoyable evening.  Some men are figuring, they might as  well just save some of the money, and take their wives to the ballet instead.

from Jim Barach

“Yankee Stadium’s premium priced seats that sell between $500-2,600 have been going mostly empty this season. Mostly because the only people who make enough money to afford them are the Yankees.”

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The Boston Celtics  and Chicago Bulles  played an exciting NBA playoff game Sunday that ended in double overtime.  Meanwhile,  the Lakers and Cavaliers watched that Celtics-Bulls game with all the interest of cats observing a good mouse fight.

John McCain says that  prosecuting lawyers who signed off on waterboarding would be a “witch hunt.”  And he remembers it didn’t turn out so well when he watched those hunts in Salem.

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New Yorkers are already reminiscing fondly about the days when Eliott Spitzer was Governor, and in a recent poll most would like to have him back.  Apparently they belatedly prefer a sleazeball to an incompetent.  Which may come to be known as the “post-Clinton effect.”

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And hey, give Spitzer his due.  With all the tax scandals brewing these days, at least he got in trouble for actually paying money.

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The California Democratic convention, and other craziness.

Posted April 25, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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The California Democratic State convention is being held in Sacramento this weekend.  The city was chosen over Los Angeles this year for a number of reasons- one perhaps being that the Kings were not likely to fill hotel rooms for playoff games.

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The party nominated 76 year old John Burton for its chairperson.   While in the governor’s race, the favorite is 71 year old Jerry Brown, unless 75 year old Dianne Feinstein jumps into the race.  Even John McCain is saying “these people are OLD.”

A 76 year old party chair, and two 70 potential plus gubernatorial candidates?  This isn’t a convention, it’s an episode of  “60 Minutes.”

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Senator Barbara Boxer, age 68, also announced at the convention she is running for re-election to the Senate.  Presumably to capture the youth vote.

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Speaking of old, some previously unknown letters written by Benjamin Franklin have been found.  In one, the Philadelphia leader excitedly chronicled watching the rookie debut of Jamie Moyer.

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The NFL announced that they may extend their regular season schedule and play the Super Bowl in mid-February.  Apparently they want the season to last at least as long as the NBA playoffs.

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We won, now what?

Posted April 25, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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This and the next post will be written from the Democratic Party State convention in Sacramento.

Where the usual order of business is to rant against the enemy.  But wait, we won!  House, Senate and Presidency all in Democratic hands.  

So what to do?  Squabble over details.  We have met the enemy and he is us.

It’s the progressives against the establishment, the early Obama supporters against the reluctant Obama supporters.  And all of us together against the Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Except, wait, most elected Democrats are joining him in supporting several special election ballot initiatives to fix the budget crisis.

And by the way, the mayor of Sacramento is now Kevin Johnson, retired from the NBA after over 13 seasons, including several as an All Star point guard  for the Phoenix Suns.  Johnson is doing his best to improve the city, although even he throws up his hands with the Sacramento Kings.

It promises to be a good weekend for material.

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Mediocre, high priced performances.

Posted April 24, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his country would be giving an island they own to New Jersey.   Not to be outdone, New York Governor David Paterson announced his state would offer New Jersey to Venezuela

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San Jose Sharks superstar Joe Thornton continues his streak of playoff futility, having scored zero goals now in ten playoff games.  On the brighter side, he is now considered the A-Rod of hockey.

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 Both the New York Yankees and the New York Mets are having trouble filling those expensive seats behind home plate.  At Yankee Stadium they are used to overpaying for mediocre peformances, except that usually a pitcher is involved.

 

Regarding all those empty seats at the new Yankee Stadium and the Mets’ Citi Field,  Bud Selig said:

“They’re going to discuss it, and whatever adjustments they want to make, they should make,”I wouldn’t be presumptuous talking about what they should or shouldn’t do.”

Sounds like the the same reaction he had to the steroids issue.

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Miss California, Carrie Prejean,  is still dealing with the fallout from when she answered a question at the Miss USA pageant by saying she was against same sex marriage.   And it’s not just a  gay reaction.  Amongst heterosexual  pageant viewers, her response was viewed negatively by almost all women, and both men.

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Natinals

Posted April 22, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Two Washington players,  Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman, ended up wearing jerseys with the team’s name shown as ‘Natinals’ last week.

Former President George W. Bush saw the jerseys and  story and said “So what did they do, pick the wrong color or something?”

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The uniform company, Majestic Athletic, apologized and took full responsibility. saying they “regret any embarrassment for the Nationals organization, players and fans.”  

Which means now the embarrassment for the Nats will just have to revert to their play on the field.

 

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It would have been more appropriate, given the Nationals’ lousy start, that the uniforms be spelled ASHINGTON.    No  “W.”

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How much of a launching pad is the new Yankee Stadium?  Rumor has it they just received a sponsorship application from NASA.

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Meow mix

Posted April 21, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Okay,  tonight’s posts are catty.

Washingtonian Magazine featured a shirtless picture of our new President on the cover.  Yet another reason to be glad Democrats didn’t nominate Hillary Clinton.

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom officially announced his candidacy for Governor of California on Twitter.  Does that mean all this followers are Twits?

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Actually the California Governor’s race currently features SF mayor Gavin Newsom against LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.  So let’s see, one had an affair with his best friend and campaign manager’s wife, the other with the anchorwoman of Telemundo, the state’s largest Spanish language station.

If it’s an election about judgment, it’s hard to see which one of them has shown worse…

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Regarding the NBA playoffs,  an event designed seemingly to drive sports fans into watching hockey, you really have to wonder, who came up with this system?.

Case in point, a first round matchup between the New Orleans Hornets and the Denver Nuggets, two of the more interesting “teams-who-are-not-the-Lakers.”  (I confess, I like Chris Paul.)  

The first game is at 1030p Eastern time, 930p New Orleans time, 830p Denver time.  On Sunday, a school night  But wait, in case this matchup  piques anyone’s attention, the next game is…Wednesday?

Even Bud Selig is saying… what are these people thinking?

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And speaking of hockey, San Jose managed to win a game tonight against the Anaheim Ducks.  Good thing too, it was shaping up to be the worst Shark week not involving Roy Schneider and Richard Dreyfuss.

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Dick Cheney has been in the news again criticizing the Obama administration.  But give the guy a break, he’s having a hard time adjusting to no longer being President.

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Coach of the year…

Posted April 21, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown was named NBA coach of the year Monday after leading the team to a division title and a number one seed in the playoffs. 

The award can be attributed to Brown’s hard work, instilling a great team attitude, and oh yeah, having the league MVP, Lebron James, on his roster.

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There have to be moments when President Obama wonders what  “why exactly did I want this stupid job anyway.” 

And then’s there’s days like Monday, where in the midst of a work day, you hear that Tiger Woods is in town,  you ask him to stop by  the house, and he does.

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So the President of the United States is a black man, and after Susan Boyle’s “Britain’s Got Talent” audition the world’s  biggest singing star is a homely white woman.   Seal and Hillary Clinton are not completely thrilled about this.

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The Detroit Lions,  0-16 in the 2008 season, have unveiled a new logo with a  a fiercer looking lion.  IF this works will the Toronto Maple Leafs change their logo to poison ivy?

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The Detroit Lions, 0-16 in the 2008 season, unveiled a new logo for 2009 with a fiercer looking lion.   If this works will the Los Angeles Clippers change their nickname to the Los Angeles Chain Saws?

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Paraguay’s president, Fernando Lugo, has been accused of fathering two out of wedlock children before he took office.  Where does he think he is?  In the NBA?

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Or, who does he think he is?  Travis Henry?

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tacky joke alert below.

President Lugo is accused of fathering both children while he was a Catholic bishop, and both mothers were teenagers at the time of the relationships.  Upon hearing this the Catholic Church said, “Thank God, no altar boys.”

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Or -upon hearing this the Vatican professed shock.  We have priests who sleep with girls?

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Susan Boyle and Randy Johnson

Posted April 20, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Okay, so Boyle and Johnson are an unlikely pairing. But It’s  been a good few days for 40 somethings.  First Susan Boyle, 47, takes the world by storm with her rendition of  “I dreamed a dream” on “Britain’s Got Talent.”  Then Randy Johnson, 45,  nearly throws a one hitter for the San Francisco Giants against his old team, the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Some say that Susan Boyle is homely.   Actually, I think she is a nice, if frumpy looking middle-aged woman who could probably use a little fashion and hair advice. (Like many of us.)  But Randy Johnson on the other hand….

 

Rosie O’Donnell commented about Susan Boyle, while complimenting her performance…”Here is this freaky miss, a fat, ugly girl, like Shrek comes to life… ”      Does this really need a punchline?

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Randy Johnson’s performance was as good as almost any in his career, even when he pitched back in the dead-ball era.

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Arizona Senator John McCain remembers Johnson fondly from his days with the Diamondbacks, and commented after today’s win that it was “great to see the young pitcher doing so well.”

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Now it comes out that the CIA used the water-boarding technique over 250 times on two suspects.  Not only that, but the potential torture techniques also included making the suspects watch “Waterworld” and sending them repeatedly through Disney’s “It’s a Small World Ride.”

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Fran Drescher, formerly  the “Nanny” on television, has announced she is considering running for Hillary Clinton’s old Senate seat.  Let’s see, experience with spoiled whiny babies and children?  Yeah, that’s about as good as any other possible preparation for Congress.

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A recent Rasmussen poll on the subject of  Texas seceding had 75 percent of Lone Star State voters saying they wanted to remain part of the United States.  Most of the other 25 percent reputedly asked “Since when did Texas join the United States?”

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And on the other hand, 75 percent of the rest of United States would happily sing “Happy Trails” to Texas. 

After all, to much of the rest of the U.S. Texas is simply another strange land that happens to have oil.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega ranted about American imperialism last week.  He did say, however, that he did not blame President Obama for the  Bay of Pigs invasion, which happened before Obama was born. 

Does that mean had we elected John McCain he could have been blamed for everything back through the American Revolution?

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Commie pinko joke alert below.

Some Republicans are upset with photos of President Obama being friendly to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.  Yeah, I guess he should stick to relations with more moral leaders of oil-producing countries, like the Saudi royal family?

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Okay, lets see a show of hands?

Posted April 18, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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After about two weeks in the Major League Baseball season, who had the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, and Toronto Blue Jays in first place in their respective divisions

Okay, both of you liars put your hands down.

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And there’s no punchline here,  I just love writing this final score from Saturday.  New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Indians 22.

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The Cleveland Indians scored 14 runs in the 2nd inning.  Not that New York fans are that shocked to see their team outscored 14-0 in the second.  It’s just that usually the Jets are involved.

 

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NBA playoffs…

Posted April 17, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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So it’s time for the  NBA playoffs, or as the Clippers refer to it  – “Spring Break.”

The playoffs will start Saturday, and continue almost to the beginning of summer.  In fact, to increase ratings rumor has it the league will rename the post-season “April, May and June madness.”

The Kings actually ended up the NBA season with the league’s worst record which means they have the best chance of getting the lucky ping pong ball for Blake Griffin.   They hope to bring the star to Sacramento,  and turn things around. 

Yeah, that worked so well with Schwarzenegger.

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One reason it wouldn’t be so bad if Texas seceded – we’d never again  have to hear the Dallas Cowboy’s referred to as “America’s team.”

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Two more minor league baseball players from in Kansas City organization have been suspended for steroid use.  Okay, how embarassing is it to be caught needing to use steroids to make the Royals?

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General Growth Properties, the second largest mall ownership company in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy this week.  A General Growth spokesman, however, vowed business as usual.

Wait a minute, isn’t that how they ended up in bankruptcy in the first place?

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John Madden is leaving the announcers booth after over 40 years in football.  Savvy fans released he might not be back this year when he put his own picture on Madden 2010.

(okay, and if this makes no sense, Madden 2010 is the latest in an immensely popular video game serioes. The game, however, has often appeared to have a major “cover jinx,” especially for season ending injuries.)

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The amazing Susan Boyle…

Posted April 17, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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By now most of the world has seen and heard the marvellous Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent.  (By the way, hard to believe, but she is the same age as Princess Diana would be, had she lived.)

Simon Cowell was clearly enraptured watching Susan Boyle sing.  In fact, Simon hadn’t looked that approving since he last shaved in front of a mirror.

 

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Susan Boyle has become an instant celebrity.  Nobody’s become that famous before  just by opening their mouth since Monica Lewinsky.

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The number one-seeded San Jose Sharks lost their first playoff game Thursday night.   Not to say the Sharks are beginning to resemble a certain jinxed baseball team, but they are starting to refer to their arena – HP Pavilion – as the “Friendly Confines.”

 

Nadya Suleman is apparently trying to trademark the name “Octomom”  Guess the term “Psychomom” was already taken.

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The San Francisco Giants are 2-7 after losing their last six games in a row.  To be fair, there are only three things wrong with the team  – hitting, pitching and defense.

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Meg Whitman,  the former Ebay CEO running for Governor of California, has touted her skills with numbers and budgets.  And she  said today that “”On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is really hard, being governor of California is a 12.”

12 on a scale of 1 to 10.  So what happens when things get really difficult with numbers?

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Hillary Clinton is offering a date with her husband to one lucky person who helps contribute to pay off her campaign debt.  And Bill said, “Honey, if you’d just let me help this way last year, we could have won this election.”

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Does Bo know his sleeping arrangements?

Posted April 16, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Barack Obama said of the new  First Dog Bo, that everyone in the family will take turns walking the puppy.  He also added on the subject of the dog’s sleeping arrangements – “Not in my bed.”   I think I like Barack’s odds on the pledge not to raise taxes better.

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New first dog Bo, while a handsome guy, was neutered before he got to the White House.  And Hillary Clinton said “You can do that?”

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The 0 and 7 Nationals were rained out in Washington Wednesday. Making it one of Major League Baseball’s first fan appreciation days.

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Susan Boyle, a 47 year old woman from Scotland, has become an overnight sensation with her appearance singing on “Britain’s Got Talent.”  She is now the favourite for the show’s top prize of  100,000 pounds”

Miss Boyle says she is unemployed ,unmarried, and lives with her cat.  Married women all over the world are telling her “take the money, stick with the cat.”

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“Britain’s got Talent,” has now gotten a huge rating boost out of Susan Boyle.  Stay tuned for the next and even more surprising new reality show “Britain’s got Teeth.”

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Texas Governor Rick Perry says the state could secede and leave the Union.

Texas actually might want to secede?  Two words – “Let them.”

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Why, if Texas had seceded from the United States, George W Bush might never have become president.

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Taxing day – and rough times in Washington

Posted April 14, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Actually, this year almost all Americans will find they are paying less taxes… Unfortunately it’s because almost all Americans have less income.

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The Washington Capitals, with one of the best records in the NHL, start the playoffs this week.  And considering that the Stanley Cup Finals don’t finish unti June, the Capitals may be playing meaningful games longer than the Nationals.

The Washington Nationals as of Tuesday night are the last winless team in Major League Baseball, while the Washington Wizards are finishing up one of the worst NBA seasons ever.   Which is scary, because for non-hockey fans, the most competent operation in town to watch just MIGHT be Congress.

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The Boston Red Sox, with one of the highest payrolls in baseball, have started out the year 2-6.   With that kind of return on investment they may not make the playoffs, but if they keep it up they could be eligible for a federal bailout.

Defense Secretary Gates called the Somali pirates “untrained teenagers with heavy weapons.”  Either that or he was describing the populations of many of US inner cities.

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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is rumored to be interested in joining a reality show.  I believe the title is “Dancing with the Truth.”

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The Vatican vetoed the appointment of Caroline Kennedy as U.S. Ambassador.  This despite the fact that she is one of the most beloved American Catholics, has a record of public service, and is a married mother of three.  Apparently the Vatican doesn’t, however, like her support for women’s reproductive rights.

Well, if it’s all about procreation, maybe Obama should just nominate Nayda Suleman?

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And in California, a bill has been introduced to make marijuana legal, though it faces heavy opposition.  This despite a state budget crisis, the fact that marijuana just might be the largest agricultural crop in the state, and that  it has been smoked by the last three Presidents.  (And the children of at least the two before that.)

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Shocking

Posted April 14, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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A celebrity has been convicted of murder in Los Angeles.  What’s next, Kobe Bryant leading the league in assists?

Dodgers’ fans staying until the eighth inning?

The Clippers becoming respectable?  Okay, let’s not go that far.

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From Jim Barach:  A federal judge says the prosecution’s behavior in the case against former Senator Ted Stevens was the worst he has seen in 25 years. Where was he during the O.J. Simpson murder trial?
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And not like we’re keeping score or anything, but if we were….

The score:  Obama administration  –  three pirates,

Bush-Cheney adminstration –  one lawyer 

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The Mets opened their new Citi Field today.  An impressive looking expensive structure, lots of hype, disappointing results.  Well, at least the Citi name fits.

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This is the first week of the NHL playoffs, or as the Toronto Maple Leafs call it  – spring break.

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Tuesday morning, the Obamas plan to officially introduce Bo, the new First Puppy.  This is the most attention paid to a dog in the White House since…

 – okay, I am not making this tacky of a joke. But if I were the punchline would involve Hillary Clinton or Monica Lewinsky.

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A few Masters thoughts, etc.

Posted April 13, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Conversation heard across America at offices on Monday morning:  Hey, did you see who won the Masters after Phil and Tiger flamed out?

 Yeah, me neither.

 

Nothing against all the worthy golfers in the playoffs, but wasn’t the Masters’ ending kind of like watching  the NBA finals if the Lakers and Cavaliers had been eliminated in the first round??

 

But for Americans who like to cheer for people they haven’t been paying attention to all year…here come the Stanley Cup Playoffs…

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Usain Bolt, 22, of Jamaica, has just admitted smoking marijuana in this youth.  In homage to Saturday Night Live “I’m really shocked,” said absolutely no one.

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Although at meets within Jamaica, can “non-use” of marijuana be considered performance-enchancing?

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Doritos has just come out with  “late night” flavors of their tortilla chips. Seriously.  The flavors are “Taco” and “Jalapeno Poppers.”  Presumably that allows them to get one flavor each endorsed by Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps.

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And just apropos of nothing.  Except the budget deficits faced across the country by states including California.  Marijuana remains illegal in this country…and the last three Presidents have admitted to smoking it.  (As did the children of the two who preceded them.)

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Was the Easter Bunny on steroids?

Posted April 13, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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You might wonder if your Easter Bunny was on steroids if…

If you follow hippity hoppity down the bunny trail there are divits the size of potholes…

Somebunny actually figured out a way to squash your Easter Marshmellow Peeps.  (Which normally will outlive us all.)

Surveillance cameras show a creature with ears in proportion to a very large head.

Kids say his performance far  surpasses that of Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.

All remaining Santa images in the house have been destroyed it what looks like a jealous rage?

His new slogan “Chicks dig the long ears?”

And then, as suggested by Bill Littlejohn, “hare loss.”

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Frozen four

Posted April 11, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Boston University won this year’s Frozen Four.  For readers in the San
Francisco area, that’s the NCAA hockey tournament, not the last fans left at an extra innings game when the Giants played at Candlestick.

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The Cleveland Indians are off to an 0-5 start.  On the bright side, some of their game footage might be used for a remake of the movie Major League.

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According to the New York Times,  the new Yankees and Mets stadiums were partially built by companies that New York City  has blacklisted due to allegations of corruption and  ties to organized crime.   Hmm, maybe there was more than a Red Sox jersey buried in that cement at Yankee Stadium.

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Apparently one of the best baseball  hitting coaches in the world  – counting Tony Gwynn amongst his former pupils,  is Mark Wetzel, who has been legally blind due to macular degeneration. 

An AP interviewer wondered why a virtually blind man would choose to teach hitting?

Well, maybe there were no openings at umpiring schools?

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Tiger’s not leading this post.

Posted April 11, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Actually the first thoughts today for your potential amusement are from the travel world.   My day job is as a travel agent, and well, sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up.

It started with a phone call to Hertz Rent A Car’s international travel agent desk, to book a car from Tours, France – at the TGV station – to drop off at a Paris airport.  Note, this was NOT their general domestic phone number.

This is an unedited conversation:
“Where does he want to pick up the car?”

“At the TGV station in Tours”

“Tours?”

“Tours, yes, T-O-U-R-S.”

“Is that in Paris?”

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I told this story to a client who was born in Paris, and she topped me with three questions she has heard this year.

“Is France the capital of Paris?”  (and no, it wasn’t a just a transposition of words, the questioner meant it.)

“Oh, you’re French.  Do you speak French?”

“Do they use credit cards in France?”

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And now to Tiger.  It’s day two of the Masters and most of the headlines for the last two days  are in the vein of   “Tiger five strokes back after round one.”  “Tiger is seven strokes back.”    Any more questions as to who is the might be the  most dominating major athlete in the Western  world?

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Arizona State University is reconsidering its decision not to give an honorary degree to President Barack Obama. But really, what’s more embarrassing… ASU not giving an honorary degree to Obama, or Yale giving one to George W . Bush?

(yes, they did….in addition to the one he “earned” in 1968.)

 

A Florida high school baseball team apparently bought, killed and buried a snake on their field in an effort to stop their losing streak.   Let’s hope that the team’s losing ways continue, or there won’t be a safe serpent in Chicago.

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But okay, all you sports fans still trying to get over the end of March Madness.  For the pool as to who would be the last undefeated major league baseball team, who had the Florida Marlins?

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Not good enough for an Arizona State degree?

Posted April 10, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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Most universities apparently give their commencement speakers honorary degrees,  not Arizona State University, however, which is not bestowing one upon their commencement speaking, President Barack Obama. Apparently he has not accomplished enough yet.  (A university spokesman said “his body of work is yet to come.”)

Right, the same ASU caught 15 years ago in a major basketball point shaving scanda, who usually is at or near the bottom of the Pac 10 for athlete graduation rates, and whose baseball team was placed under investigation last year for academic fraud and improper recruiting.  Good to see they have some standards.

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From my friend the great Alex Kaseberg:

This economy is tough. Nowadays the only thing Madonna can afford to adopt is a bitchy attitude.
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Apparently Kosher Coke (as in Coca Cola) is selling very well this Passover Season.   There isn’t a corresponding Kosher Diet Coke.  But what good would it be without calorie guilt?

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Terrell  Owens complained….  (Is that starting a sentence with a redundancy?)  Anyway,  Terrell Owens complained the he was being singled out for missing the Bills’ voluntary workouts.

 “That’s the thing, what I find so unfair about it is that I’m not the only guy out of 32 teams that didn’t show up,”

No, T.O, you aren’t. But you will be the only oneof them  complaing three weeks into the season that you aren’t getting the ball enough.

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President Obama hosted a Seder at the White House.  When asked about it,  former President George W. Bush said he didn’t remember a guy named “Asadir” but if he could help with the Mideast Peace Process he was all for it.

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This will be George W’s first Easter since 2000 where he didn’t spend it in the White House.  To make it up to him in Dallas , Laura and his daughters will roll him some eggs on their lawn.

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Idol mistakes.

Posted April 8, 2009 by left coast sports babe
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For the second time this season, American Idol ran so long in their live show that they went past their scheduled finish. Thus viewers who recorded the episode missed the best part.

Who’s their technical  consultant?  Joe Biden?

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A major character on Fox’s “House” left the television series to take a position with the Obama administration because he couldn’t do both jobs at the same time.

Shame  Fox’s “24” never thought of offering an acting job to Dick Cheney.

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The show is down to their final seven contestants.  Will be interesting to see if they get down to one before American car companies.

 

A thought while watching Opening Night at A T and T Park, the SF Giants vs. the Milwaukee Brewers:

The television announcers said “If you are looking for the Timberwolves-Warriors NBA  game, it’s on alternate channel …”

The Timberwolves are 23-55, the Warriors are 28-49.

The question is  “Why?”

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Or rather, what they should have said “If you’re looking for the Timberwolves-Warriors game”  maybe it’s time to get a life.

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Some folks say we don’t have enough good news these days.  Well, how about this… The President of the United States just got back from a trip to Europe,  and he didn’t embarrass the country once.

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On the other hand,  President Obama is returning from Europe to face the hard realities of some campaign promises at home.  As in, it’s April.  Where is the puppy?

 

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Bernie Madoff’s Mets season tickets will be auctioned online after his arrest for running a Ponzi scheme.

A Ponzi scheme is when investors pay money with no real chance of return…sort of like buying season tickets for the Mets  for the rights to buy tickets for any potential playoff games.

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