Left Coast Sports Babe

Yankees payroll $309.40 million

Tigers payroll $98 million, Royals, $122 million, Guardians $106 million

So yes, the New York Yankees payroll is almost as much as the THREE AL Central teams who made the playoffs. Combined.

Wonder how the Yankees would do vs an AL Central all star team

At a stressful time for our country, at least there are still some simple pleasures…. like watching Aaron Rodgers lose. on #MNF

(And the Dallas Cowboys, any day.)

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Here’s a bizarre stat: Three of four starting pitchers Monday in the ALCS and NLCS are former San Francisco Giants. (Rodon in 2022, Manaea in 2023, Cobb in 2024.)

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What is it with clueless MAGA types and sports. Dave McCormick, running against Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, goes to a Phiadelphia tailgate and praises… the Steelers? Which is like going to San Francisco and praising the Dodgers.

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And this deserves more attention – Musk said he roots for the Steelers AND the Eagles? #heresy

Not just national races. Jon Tester’s Montana US Senate race remains tight, despite GOP candidate TIm Sheehy frequently having been caught lying.-( including about claiming his accidentally shooting himself on vacation as a gunshot wound inr Afghanistan), and making racist anti-Indigenous statements.

And not only does MT, with smaller population than San Diego, have 2 US Senate seats, each vote there counts about twice as a California vote in electoral college.

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This sounds like a bad joke. It isn’t. Trump is trying to sabotage Hurricane recovery. “Urgent message from U.S. Forest Service, part of the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, indicated that National Guard troops encountered militia members claiming they were “hunting FEMA.”

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When almost all Trump supporters have to keep telling the media that Donald doesn’t mean what he says then he is clearly not saying sane things.

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Trump is now attacking pro-business Bloomberg news. But what should get more attention, Trump is also attacking that noted bastion of liberalism the Wall Street Journal….

As Trump now talks about wonderfu peacefull people – “peace and love” on January 6.

We have gone from “no lie too small” to “how big can I make the lie

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Fox News originally was touting Trump’s interview with Bloomberg in Chicago

. You know how bad the interview was for Donald when you go to the Fox News website and there’s no longer a word about it.

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I’m so old I remember nonstop headlines & media outrage that President Biden wasn’t releasing ENOUGH medical records. Joe had one bad debate.

Donald Trump has increasingly spewed angry nonsense. Where’s the outrage now that Trump won’t release any records?

Donald Trump today railed against what he described as “bad stories…. “We have to straighten out our press because we have a corrupt press. That’s the one we really have to straighten out.” Remember, Hitler sent journalists to Dachau before he sent Jews.

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Jake Tapper on Monday was fact checking VA Gov Youngkin as Glenn lies repeatedly that Trump has NOT threatened his political opponents: Youngkin refuses to accept Trump actual quotes: “Thing that’s tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff.” It’s a cult.

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At 9:56 am day after his 30 minute dancing coma Trump tweeted “Kamala’s Medical Report is really bad. With all of the problems that she has, there is a real question as to whether or not she should be running for President! MY REPORT IS PERFECT – NO PROBLEMS!!” He. Is. Insane..

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If Trump were the Captain of the Titanic, his MAGA followers would not only exonerate him of all blame, they would demand he be given a medal for valiantly fighting the “woke” iceberg.

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Finally Interrupting insanity for facts: Per Bureau of Labor Statistics; USA lost 2.7 million jobs during Trump’s presidency. If the pandemic months are excluded, he added 6.7 million jobs. By contrast, 15.4 million jobs were added during Biden’s presidency. Democrats deliver!

Billionaire Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, says”the “year has been very painful for all,” in a statement released today after the White Sox lost their 114th game.

And then did he get in his private plane and fly home?

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As the White Sox may break the 1962 Mets modern record for the most losses., here’s what Reinsdorf is probably really thinking… “Maybe no one will notice becauee I’m not John Fisher.”.

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Please do not adjust your set, yes, the SF Giants put up 13 runs on the first place Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday night in an 13-2 win.

(Giants fans hope this means the team doesn’t get shut out for the rest of the week.)

You think you have a tough job. Imagine being a Trump surrogate Wednesday morning.

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Trump is big mad over Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris. “I actually like Mrs. Mahomes much better.”

How long until Donald says his daughter-in-law Lara Trump is a better singer?

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a conservative Republican, today rebutted the Haitians eating pets lie, and said he spoke to the mayor of Springfield, Ohio who said the rumor wasn’t true. So what happened? MAGAs on social media are attacking DeWine. It’s a cult.

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Heard a GOP pundit brush off the debate as “With Trump you know what you’re doing to get.” But wasn’t the whole point of GOP attacks on President Biden that Joe was getting older with cognitive decline. And DonOld Trump is a 78 year old man with an unhealthy lifestyle.

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‘This was my best debate ever. I thought it was very good.” Quote from Donald Trump after last night’s debate.

So is he somehow trying to avoid losing by proving that he’s too old to run for President.

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Seriously in the old Twitter days a comment like Elon Musk made to Taylor Swift would have gotten his account suspended.

(What he said – “Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life,”

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Getting closer NY Times.. “During the debate, Donald Trump used a false charge to attack Kamala Harris for her support of abortion rights.” But “used a false charge” is ungainly & takes up four words. How about “Donald Trump LIED?”

So will Trump and his good buddy billionaire Jets owner Woody Johnson claim the SF 49ers stole tonight’s Monday Night Football game and try to start a riot at Levi’s Stadium?

Johnson actually before the game told a reporter than the game was the only reason to go to San Francisco..

The 49ers actually play in Santa Clara. But maybe Woody got lucky, went to SF by mistake, and missed the game?

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The Kamala Harris Donald Trump debate is tonight.

No doubt media will be armed with every thing Kamala Harris has ever said so they can explain to us how she said something contradictory to a position she had in a high school debate.

Whereas with Donald Trump, its as if they think factchecking is like trying to bail a sinking boat with a teacup, so why bother?

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People who simply signed a petition to put Amendment Four, abortion rights on the ballot are getting visits from Ron DeSantis’ “election police” Allegedly to check for fraud.

DESantis’s “election police” are accompanied by real police. (All at Taxpayer expense) Or should we call them Florida gestapo?

(And it’s not isolated – DeSantis’s secretary of state has ordered elections supervisors in at least four counties to review at least 36,000 petition forms that had already been verified months ago

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Hey folks. – As GOP talks about shutting down the government to stop nonciizens from voting:

1. GOP is lying about there being a problem with noncitizens voting.

2. Voting as a noncitizen is already illegal.

3. Passports are expensive. And a certified copy of your birthday certificate is at least $25-30.

4. Their sham bill, on top of everything else, is a poll tax. Why isn’t media covering this more?

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And as GOP lies that USA has problem with noncitizens voting, do they realize how difficult it can be to prove citizenship, espec. for older rural voters. You need passport or a CERTIFIED birth certificate. Guessing many red state voters don’t have or can’t find that proof.

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Can’t be said enough. All these people who are opposing Trump and endorsing Harris from Donald’s first administration…. are people he himself originally HIRED

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Brig. General Steve Anderson, who with other former senior military officials endorsed Kamala Harris, points out today that Donald Trump would not even be eligible to JOIN the military, let alone lead it. “How did the Nazis rise to power? Because good people didn’t speak up.”

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Meanwhile the Biden adminstration just finalized a rule requiring insurers to pay for mental health like they do physical ailments.

Wish this got more coverage

GOP always talks about mental health after mass shootings. But they don’t do a darn thing to help Americans get mental health care. Democrats get things DONE. But competence isn’t clickbait.

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Okay CNN, your headline writer actually nailed it for Monday am. Hope this is a trend: “Trump warms up for debate by threatening to jail election officials.”