Quote of the day
"[Bubba Watson] has the right to his own opinion but you probably shouldn’t make comments about a guy who has won 69 more times than you and you are virtually the same age. You know what I mean?" -- golf coach and teacher Sean Woods, after Watson criticized Tiger Woods’ mental approach to the gameDaily blurb
Four of last night’s top starting pitchers had the misfortune to run into each other. Here are their combined stats for the night:
31 IP, 33 Ks, 2 ER, 0.58 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, zero wins, one loss
Tim Lincecum and Ian Kennedy each threw 8 shutout innings – against each other, while Josh Johnson and Roy Halladay each allowed one earned run to cross the plate. Halladay was the hard luck loser of the foursome, as he also surrendered an unearned run. If you had any of the four pitching on your roster yesterday, you can’t be too disappointed – but a win would have been nice.
Golf’s unofficial “fifth major,” the PLAYERS Championship, tees off tomorrow morning in Florida. The strength of the field makes this a week when having some extra GuruGolf $value can be very useful. And for those looking ahead to next week’s tentative field, here is the list of advance commitments.