Quote of the day"[Mike Flanagan] was the wittiest, sharpest, most clever baseball player I've ever seen, a guy who -- no matter the subject -- always provided perspective and context, usually wrapped in a laugh." -- ESPN analyst Tim Kurkjian, on the sudden death of former Cy Young award winner Mike Flanagan (1951-2011)Daily blurb
Hurricane Irene is heading toward the eastern seaboard, but the pace is slow enough that baseball may not be significantly jeopardized until Saturday night or Sunday. The Yankees are scheduled to play a doubleheader in Baltimore on Saturday, which seems like a potential problem. I wonder if they’ll try to push one of those games up to Friday? Weekend series in Boston, New York (Mets), and Philly also seem to be candidates for forward-shifting. Stay tuned.
Also in the storm’s path is this week’s golf tournament, in Edison, NJ – just west of Long Island. They are currently in a rain delay this morning, but this is only the teaser for what’s likely to come. As the first event in the FedEx Cup, I’m sure they don’t want to have to shorten the tournament, but they may have no choice. It’ll probably only be a tropical storm by then – but that’s sufficient to mess up a golf course (and tournament).
Speaking of which, Trevor Immelman and Anthony Kim are the two most widely owned GuruGolfers for The Barclays, each on about 20% of active foursomes. Both golfers enter the tournament needing to make the cut in order to be assured of advancing to the next round.