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The Daily Buzz – May 11

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Hometown Highlights:

  1. The Red Sox avoided a series sweep, beating Toronto 6-3.
    • Clay Buchholz gets the W going 6.1 IP 3 ER 3 SO.
    • Pablo Sandoval and Mike Napoli both hit their 3rd HR of the season.
    • Boston ends their 3 game losing streak (2-7 in last 9 games)
  2. Red Sox RF Allen Craig was officially designated to Triple-A Pawtucket.
  3. Red Sox trade RP Edward Mujica to Oakland for a player to be named later.
  4. The Patriots have just signed TE Fred Davis to a 1-year deal.
    • Davis was a former Redskin who was suspended by the league for substance-abuse.

Around the Nation:

  1. LeBron James sinks a game winner to lift Cleveland over Chicago 86-84 in Game 4.
    • Series tied 2-2.
    • LeBron also faked an ankle injury but I guess we are choosing to ignore that.
  2. The Rangers narrowly survive the Capitals comeback, winning 4-3 and forcing a Game 7.
    • The last 12 playoff games the Rangers have played in have been decided by 1-goal (dating back to last season).
      • Rangers led 4-1 at one point.
    • Kreider (2), Nash, and Boyle all scored for NY.
    • Chimera, Ward, Kuznetsov scored for the Caps.
  3. Anaheim eliminated Calgary from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, winning 3-2 in overtime.
    • ANA wins series 4-1.
    • J. Gaudreau and J. Hudler scored for CGY.
    • R. Kesler, C. Perry, M. Beleskey scored for ANA.
      • Perry scored game winner after having to leave game after a collision with CGY player.
      • Beleskey scored in all 5 games in the series.
  4. The Clippers bully the Rockets in Game 4 winning 128-95.
    • LAC leads series 3-1.
    • DeAndre Jordan led all scorers with 26 pts (14 of which were FT, has taken 128 FT attempts this postseason).
  5. Rickey Fowler (-12) wins the Players Championship after winning a three-man putt-off.

Today’s Buzz:

  1. Washington looks to increase its series lead over Atlanta at 7 PM
    • WSH leads series 2-1.
  2. The Warriors look to even their series with Memphis at 9:30 PM
    • MEM leads series 2-1.
  3. Rick Porcello eyes his 3rd straight win as the Red Sox travel to Oakland to take on the A’s at 10 PM

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2015 Masters Recap

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Birds may be chirping, the sun may be shining, but it not truly spring until we reach the second Thursday in April. For four glorious days we get to watch the best players in the world attack the world’s most beautiful golf course in hopes of attaining the elusive green jacket. It is a tradition unlike any other, the Masters. And then just like that, as sudden as it arrived, it’s over, but not without plenty of highlights from four phenomenal days of golf.

As is usually the case at a major golf tournament, most of the talk revolved around a golfer who hasn’t won a major since the Bush administration. That’s right, Tiger Woods.  A tournament that used to basically be the Tiger invitational has not seen a Woods victory in a decade, but he remains the center of attention. Woods came into this years masters having just returned from a lengthy tour absence, and expectations were low. Tiger played well the first two days and exploded on Saturday, leaving him -6 and paired with world #1 and fellow Nike ambassador Rory Mcilroy. However, his game faltered on Sunday, and in classic Tiger fashion, the excuse train began to rev its engines. On the 10th hole, after a bad shot into the pine, Tiger came up with a mysterious wrist injury, and was in evident pain throughout the rest of the round, in an effort to portray himself as some sort of “hero”.  There is no other explanation for someone to injure themselves more playing the game of golf. Tiger’s game, along with his hopes for a 15th major, faded more and more as the day went on, and Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors only gets more out of reach.

Speaking of the world’s best golfer, McIlroy came into 2015 playing the best golf of his career. Following back to back major wins at the British Open and PGA championship, Rory was the heavy favorite at Augusta. But as he so often does early in the season, he started slowly. At the turn on Friday, he was +3, in serious danger of missing the cut. Finally the Rory magic came to life, as he finished the remaining 45 holes at -15, good for fourth. The Masters is still the one Rory needs to complete the career grand slam, and the more years go by, the more he may be haunted by his 2011 collapse. The quicker he wins one, which seems inevitable, the better. However, his game seems to be back and he should be fun to watch dominate the rest of the year’s majors.

 

Pick any year, any tournament, and the odds are good you will find Phil Mickelson near the top of the leaderboard. One of the most consistent players on tour proved it once again, with a finish that was tied for second. It was his 10th second place finish in his career, not quite good enough to top our run away winner for 2015…

…Jordan Spieth. What can you really say about Spieth that hasn’t been said? At 21 years old he just tied the all time low score at a major, and he seems to be getting better and better. At no point during the entire week did he seem even a bit caught up in the moment, ridiculous for a kid who should be a college senior. One of the cool stories surrounding Spieth is his caddy, a former middle school teacher, now caddying for a PGA champion. In the big picture, golf has found its rivalry for years to come. Spieth vs. McIlroy. American vs European. Both age 25 or younger. With Phil and Tiger passing the torch, I can’t wait for a future Masters, with Jordan and Rory going shot for shot on the back nine. A new era of golf is upon us.