Left Coast Sports Babe

RIP Jerry West, 86.

He was one of my first favorite NBA players when I was a little kid and used to spend a couple weeks at Christmas with grandparents in Ridgecrest, CA. Lakers games were regularly on TV. But how could have he have possibly been 86 years old. ?

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Something having nothing to do with Caitlin Clark nor Angel Reese that may help the WNBA: We appear to be one game, at most two, away from the end of the league’s major professional spring competition – the NBA playoffs.

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From Marc Ragovin -“A recent study casts doubt on the longstanding theory that repeated failures are learning experiences that ultimately lead to success. The study participants?: The Toronto Maple Leafs.”

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Waiting for the first Republican who has been celebrating Hunter Biden’s conviction to introduce legislation for drug testing at point of sale for all gun buyers.

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‘Life-threatening’ flooding in South Florida as severe rains continue to fall

Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed legislation he pushed to delete Climate Change from Florida policy. Science doesn’t care if you believe in it or not.

As hundreds of flights have been canceled and much of south Florida is under water, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared an emergency for Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade, and Sarasota counties.

Isn’t it nice at least to know that if things get worse, President Biden will step in offering federal aid without recriminations?

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In North Dakota voters said 81 is too old to serve in Congress. Have they talked to nearby Iowa, who just re-elected Senator Chuck Grassley, now 90?

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So is Sen.Grassley, 90, suffering from dementia or is he just a shill? “In our constitutional system, you gotta rely on what judges & juries decide. Sorry for Biden family but people decide what justice is” Asked if that applies to Trump “it’s an entirely different situation,”

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If President Biden seemed as disconnected from his son Hunter as Donald Trump seems from all his children not named Ivanka pretty sure Hunter would never have been prosecuted.

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So Trump is terrified of sharks. How much do I want some Democrats to show up outside his rallies playing the theme from Jaws?

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Trump fundraising email of day has video message full of angry lies calling his trial a “rigged case,” with Donald saying “we’re going to do something about it. Very big.”

Uh, gag order aside, that sounds like a threat. DOJ, if you’re listening.

Of all issues GOP think Americans care about, would someone in do-nothing House like to explain how “holding Merrick Garland in contempt for not releasing audio tapes of interviews with Pres. Biden even GOP special counsel said showed no crime?” is high on that list? I’ll wait.

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The biggest problem with Republican Larry Hogan, who was a semi-moderate Governor, running for U.S. Senate from Maryland.

Republican party leadership now demands absolute loyalty for anyone who wants committee assignments etc. Hogan would be a reliable GOP vote for whatever Mitch’s successor tells him to do. If you want a voice for Maryland, vote Angela Alsobrooks.

Senator Chris Coons “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards.” How is this controversial?

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Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham is blocking effort by Senate Democrats to unanimously pass a Supreme Court ethics. When John McCain died he took Lindsey’s soul with him.

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Some hate-filled right-wingers claim Jill Biden isn’t Hunter’s mom because she isn’t his biological mother? Has anyone pointed out that one of many anti-choice lies about abortion is all fetuses could be adopted if brought to term? But now adopters aren’t parents?

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Some Republicans, including Speaker Johnson,want to make America all about the Bible

So has a single Republican attacking President Biden over Hunter read Luke 15:11-32? (the story of the prodigal son)

After Game one of NBA finals, there’s a break for 48 hours until game two. Game seven, if necessary, is June 23.

If Major League Baseball spread out their playoffs like the NBA did, World Series Game 7 could be Christmas Eve

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One reason to be careful demoting MLB players to minors: Cubs’ IF Nick Madrigal had hand broken by pitch in 1st game in AAA.

Yes, talent level is lower… But pitchers’ control is not as good in minors.

In 2015 SF Giants Hunter Pence had forearm fractured in Spring Training by prospect Corey Black who never pitched in MLB

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For some reason while Fox News is headlining the Hunter Biden trial and has space on their website front page for “Matrix star leaving Hollywood,” they have NOTHING on Steve Bannon being ordered to report to prison on July 1. I am sure it’s just a coincidence.

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Fox also has nothing on President Biden’s D-Day speech. So we know it was good.

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And wasn’t it nice that the weather forecast didn’t matter at Normandy Beach? Isn’t it nice that it doesn’t matter. We now have a President we knew would show up for the D-Day ceremony rain or shine.

Would be very interesting to know how many wealthy Republican women – including wives, daughters and girlfriends of GOP politicians – in deep red states have flown to a blue state for an abortion since Roe was overturned.

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New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: “After Trump felony conviction, Biden leads for 1st time in month”

Okay, which newspaper or cable news site is first going to ask “Did Biden peak too soon?”

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AP:US hiring & wage growth picked up last month in sign of sustained economic health

CNN: US economy added whopping 272,000 jobs in May

NY Times: The pace of hiring was unexpectedly robust in May, showing gain of 272,000 jobs, but it wasn’t all good news..

Are we surprised?

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FL GOP Sen: “My youngest daughter has been undergoing IVF treatments to grow her family. I’m Rick Scott & this grandpa will always protect IVF. You can count on it.”

So Scott means he will support abortion- ie selective reduction when successful IVF results in too many fetuses? (And it happens pretty frequently.)

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention says 162 people have reported illness & 54 people have been hospitalized with salmonella following a cucumber recall by a Florida producer. So waiting for Trump & DeSantis to say – “Eat Florida cucumbers. Own the libs!”

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Even when NY Times grudgingly acknowledges President Biden being a strong leader… And so much better than the Former Guy.

This is the headline. “Forty Years Later, Biden Seeks to Echo Reagan’s Legacy of American Leadership.”

Many GOP and right wing pundits making big deal out of Hunter Biden allegedly deliberately purchasing a gun while using drugs. So would Republicans like to work with Democrats on a federal law to drug test anyone who buys a firearm