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With a charge of racism Wednesday, ESPN TV's First Take talk program unofficially launched its third season of Trump Derangement Syndrome. All three members of the leftist-heavy program took potshots at President Donald Trump after he fed fast food to the national championship Clemson football team in Monday's White House reception. First Take has been battering Trump (see here, here and here) ever since he became president two years ago. Molly Qerim, the facilitator on First Take, alleged it's racist to serve fast food to a mostly African-American football team: "I don't know. I guess I took it very differently...

In Germany, meanwhile, an equestrian commentator for ARD TV, Carsten Sostmeier, opened an interview with rider Julia Krajewski with, “Let's see what the blondie has to say.” He went on to call her a “scaredy-cat" and said she was so afraid of the course that "there was a brown stripe in her panties." (snip) A commentator for Canada's CBC, Byron MacDonald, said that 14-year-old Chinese swimmer Ai Yanhan "went out like stink and died like a pig" in the 200-meter women’s freestyle heat.

Enough with the pitch count! It was 88 last pitch—and even with my limited mathematical ability I can figure out that the next must be 89. Keep quiet about on-base percentages against away-team lefties. I don’t care if you met the pitcher in the clubhouse. Stop pestering us with details and get on with the game! Whew. I feel a little better. Now that I’ve calmed down… Whether it’s wise or folly, I am a fan of the Detroit Tigers. I listen to them on MLB’s Gameday audio—an exceptional bargain, by the way; only $15 a year and you can...

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