Left Coast Sports Babe

After the St Louis Cardinals eliminated the SF Giants from post-season contention, the SF Giants did the the same to the Cardinals today.

Not that either at this point were over 1-2% “So you’re saying there’s a chance…”

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Tyler Rogers was traded from the SF Giants to the Mets at the end of July

And he STILL leads the Giants in “holds” for 2025 with 20.

No one else is close (Rodriguez had 13, Miller had 10.)

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Meanwhile, this SI headline “Tom Brady Has Had Enough of the ‘Paranoid and Distrustful’ Who Claim He Has a Conflict of Interest.” (In being a minority Raiders owner & a broadcaster) And why should anyone not believe the HOF QB suspended over “deflategate?””

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GOP leader John Thune says Democrats demands are “unhinged.” It’s unhinged to care about healthcare for millions of Americans? It’s unhinged to want to stop President from taking away money Congress has approved? Okay then. When someone tells you who they are, believe them

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Okay, who had this Fox News headline on their batsh*t bingo card? “Secret Service investigating after president, first lady forced to walk up escalator.”

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Joe Biden is 82 years old. If the escalator broke while he was in the UN, he and Jill would have just laughed and quietly walked up the stairs.

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So is Trump actually trying to turn the UN escalator into a Reichstag Fire moment?

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz yesterday on Donald’s rant “Not only do they need to be fired, they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It’s a miracle the President ever made it up the stairs.”

Before I started paying attention to Amy Klobuchar I was not familiar with “Minnesota nice” snark. But it’s an art form. Thank you Governor Walz.

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Went to high school near Orlando, and our congressman was Richard Kelly. He’s notable now only as GOP congressman convicted of taking bribes in 1980 Abscam scandal. Kelly was before his time. These days Trump would promote him.

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Jimmy Kimmel’s return last night was his most-watched monologue ever. Wonder how many viewers watched the show on Youtube for the first time? Sinclair may inadvertently have accelerated an increasing American exit from broadcast television.

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Can’t be the only person who has watched Jimmy Kimmel more in last two days than like ever…

This was the first weekend of preseason football.

Apparently you could bet on it.

May I respectfully suggest that if you bet on preseason football you might have a gambling problem?

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In the “pitchers are athletes” category:

Hall of Fame Closer Mariano Rivera. 55, tore an Achilles tendon while going after a fly ball at the Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day game on Saturday and needs surgery. #ETTD

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So wait, now ICE wants Supreme Court to allow them to stop and question/detain people in the US just for speaking Spanish? Uh, what about going into South Boston and demanding to see documents from everyone speaking with an Irish accent?

When you remodel and are too cheap to hire Four Seasons Landscaping:

Meanwhile, social media report: must admit, I almost thought about not blocking a bot/troll tonight because at least when they posted a nasty misogynistic reply to me they at least used “you’re” (not your) correctly to start the profane insult.

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So how much of Alaska will Putin ask for?

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Transgender people in sports is a complicated issue.

Transgender people who have served in military between 15 & 18 years is NOT complicated. They’re not “medically unfit. They’ve served US & risked their lives for years.

They’re being kicked out the military for nothing involving their service. They at least deserve retirement benefits.

Period.

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In Atlanta, police officer was murdered today Fox News IS covering story. Sort of. ATLANTA TRAGEDY Pregnant wife left without husband after police officer killed near CDC headquarters Not in Fox Story: Shooter allegedly targeted CDC as he blamed COVID vaccine for illness.

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Saturday, reports are that the black police officer was murdered yesterday by a white anti-vax US citizen allegedly trying to shoot up CDC buildings. Story already off front page of Fox News website.

But Fox TOP story Saturday “Ancient space rock blasts through Georgia roof, stuns scientists with its origins.”

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NY Times Headline “After Almost Losing Trump, Putin Gets His Ideal Summit.” Fixed it for them. “After Donald made noises about forgetting their deal, Vladimir reminded Velveeta Voldemort who owns him.”

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At now FBI director Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing he was questioned by Amy Klobuchar about an enemies list. He angrily said “There is no enemies list. That’s a fabrication.”

Isn’t perjuring yourself at a Senate hearing a fireable offense?

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Even if you’re a Republican who voted for Trump. Firing competent FBI agents just because they were assigned to investigate January 6, affects all Americans. This is a gift to potential terrorists.

Dying to own the libs…

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If most Americans approve of how you’re governing you don’t need to redraw maps to win… Just saying.

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With most Trump appointees as far as how low can you go, to quote Mean Girls ‘The limit does not exist.” So what in the world did Velveeta Voldemort possibly tell now fired IRS Commissioner Billy Long that even Long wouldn’t do?

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is claiming South Park is “so lazy to just constantly make fun of women for how they look.” South Park is many things, but “lazy?” Though to be fair it probably took less time to make the cartoon, than to do Kristi’s wardrobe and hair extensions.

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Remember the OUTRAGE in 2021 when VP Kamala Harris spent about $500 of her own money on really nice cookware in Paris?

Imagine if she’d told Secret Service to raise the water level in a lake so she and her family could kayak.

First a random reminder why baseball is the best game for sanity.

Even on a night when “your” team has a bad night, there is usually another team that has it worse

Giants lost 11-2 on Friday night to the Athletics

Dodgers lost 18-1 to the Dodgers.

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My cover picture on Twitter/FB seems especially apt this weekend: For those who don’t know. Cecile Richards was daughter of Ann Richards, former Gov. of Texas. Cecile was head of Planned Parenthood. She died in early 2025 from same brain cancer that killed John McCain. “Everything we could….”

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Paved over rose garden.

Giant flagpoles.

UFC fights

Can we start calling it the White Trash House?

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John McCain would have voted no on the Big Beautiful Betrayal. I hope his memory shames Republican Senators today.

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As Velveeta Voldemort talks about potential third terms, your reminder, Barack Obama is only 63 years old. I’d vote for him again! Who else?

Not quite, CNN

This is their headline: “Social Security Administration email about bill is unusual, analysts say.” How about the truth: “Social Security Administration email about bill is dishonest and misleading.”

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What happened to ending the war on day one? “Trump on if he can end fighting in Ukraine: ‘I don’t know’

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Texas gave Donald more electoral votes than any other state. It took over 24 hours for Velveeta Voldemort publicly expressing sympathy for 25+ flooding deaths in Kerr County & over 20 girls missing…. Thinking Trump didn’t want deaths to take away from his 4th of July celebratory bill signing.

#Monster

Not enough that they’ve put up a concentration camp, the Florida GOP is actually fundraising by selling Alligator Alcatraz merchandise.

There is no bottom:

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One big issue w/ safety regulations, weather warnings, vaccines, etc, is only time you know you haven’t done enough is when things go really badly. Yes, you can overdo it. But Democrats overall would rather err on side of caution. GOP overall would rather leave us on our own.