In just one year of playing golf, it has wound its way into my life. I'm no longer just a casual fan who only watches majors and checks out if Tiger Woods isn't playing. So, they won't be losing me now that Tiger missed the cut at this year's British Open, but they will be losing a big chunk of their viewing audience.
I can't really explain why one guy missing the cut is a big deal when guys do it all the time. Hell, the guy who won this tournament last year has missed 8 cuts since. But, it has to do with Tiger and his mystique. When you've only missed 5 cuts in 13 years, which is a couple hundred tournaments, you almost begin to expect him to make it even when not playing well. It's a little like John Wayne dying at the end of a Western. Sure, it could happen, but it really shouldn't.
-I like that Turnberry found the guy with the thickest Scottish accent to do the tee announcements this week. Just adds to the authenticity of the tournament, even if I have no idea who's up.
-I never got Theo Epstein's fascination with Julio Lugo. I liked Orlando Cabrera or Alex Gonzalez a lot more and thought they over-paid for what wasn't much of an upgrade. Turns out, I wasn't that far off (I also didn't see the need to give J.D. Drew that much money either; at least that one has worked out a little better). He wasn't as good defensively as Gonzalez or the team guy that Cabrera was. Also, you need to question a guy who loses 15-20 pounds and all his power once they start steroid testing. He claimed to have a severe stomach bug in the offseason, but shouldn't some of that weight have come back? In the end, I'm glad to see that Theo is willing to admit when he's whiffed on a guy. Of course, that's easy to do when you it's not your own $13 million going to waste; and this is after they gave up $11 million for someone to take Renteria off their hands (it's amazing that Theo has had such a hard time finding a permanent fill at shortstop). Still, it's nice to know the average general manager is pretty much the same as your fantasy sports geek. There are just certain guys we want on our team, regardless of whether or not they have the stats to back up the man-crush.
-After signing over a hundred million dollars worth of contracts throughout his NBA career, it's sad to hear that Antoine Walker has started bouncing checks in casinos. You'd rather it be a case of mis-management and not one of gambling addictions eating through a guy's life savings. Hopefully, it's just that Employee #8 wasn't paying attention in those economics classes at Kentucky.
-In honor of Yao Ming, here's my navicular bone story: While Yao's was in his foot, I broke the hand navicular bone in my wrist during gym class my sophomore year of high school (see, kids, we still had gym class back in those days). Dad picked me up, took me to the hospital and I was back in school by 5th period ("Walk it off."). I then had to wear a splint for months because the navicular bone is the smallest bone in your body and therefore gets the least amount of blood to it. I blame it for my poor shot-put showing that spring.
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