Good morning, all and happy Sunday!
Two-and-a-half weeks into the 2026 MLB season and already some fans are in a panic. Now is a good time - as I state in the video/podcast - to remind the baseball faithful that with a 162-game season, it is a marathon not a sprint.
“Turn Day” lives up to expectations
There is a reason they call the third round at the Masters “turn day.” That is when scores can turn around in a nano second. Such was the case yesterday, when defending Masters champion Rory McIlroy blew a six-stroke lead, the largest ever in Masters history entering the third round. At one point McIlroy fell behind by one stroke but by the time the sun set at Augusta National, he was tied for the lead with the hottest golfer anywhere, Cameron Young. Both will enter today’s final round tied for the lead at 11-under-par.
It should be quite a finish, with several golfers within shouting distance, including one of my picks, two-time Masters winner Scottie Scheffler. The world’s number one golfer rejoined the conversation with a seven-under-par 65. At seven-under for the tournament, he is four strokes off the lead.
The leaderboard is populated with several big name golfers, including Justin Rose, former Masters winner Patrick Reed, former U.S. Open and PGA Tournament winner Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka. Today’s final round should be fun to watch.
By the way, in case you are wondering, when you factor in endorsements, etc. here are golf’s recent top money earners over the last year:
FDR was a big baseball fan
On this date in 1945, as World War II was nearing an end, the world was shocked, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, GA. Roosevelt was a big baseball fan, who was known to run World Series pools out of the White House. He also loved throwing out the first pitch at Washington Senators games.
No investigation is going to stop the NFL
The story broke on Friday that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating the NFL’s practice of removing more games from legacy television and offering them to streaming services. Well, the latest word has the NFL yanking five more games from over-the-air television to put together a package for Wednesday nights, Christmas Eve and an additional game on Black Friday. The legacy networks can bid on the package but streamers are the league’s target.
If you think the country’s most popular sports league has tapped out its television revenue, think again. Not even a government investigation can stop the greed that is the NFL.
That is going to do it for today’s newsletter. As always, thank you for subscribing and have a splendid Sunday!
DAN
