Good morning, all! Happy Thursday!
The Masters tees off today. Now you know spring has officially arrived.
In the video I talk about the following:
The golfers to watch
Why picking a winner is a challenge
The Norman-Faldo feud has returned
Here are some other thoughts on this second Thursday in April:
The Masters has a no cell phone policy and they mean it.
Word is golfer Mark Calcavecchia was kicked off the Augusta National grounds, because he had a cell phone. Rules are rules.
Scottie Scheffler may be the world’s number one ranked golfer, but he came in third in total earnings last year, behind Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy. Don’t feel sorry for any of them, however, as they each brought in $80M over the last year.
We brought you Dawn Staley’s statement in yesterday’s newsletter, so in the interest of fair play, Geno Auriemma issued his second statement in the aftermath of last Friday night’s fiasco, and this time he mentioned Dawn by name:
The NCAA men’s basketball national championship game between Michigan and UConn brought in 14.2M viewers, according to reports.
Best of luck to my Richmond, VA compadres in the opening of their brand new ballpark, CarMax Park. The new digs for the Eastern League’s Richmond Flying Squirrels opened on Tuesday night, in front of a sellout crowd. Altoona furnished the opposition:
And speaking of the Eastern League, how about the Portland Sea Dogs opener against New Hampshire on Tuesday night? New Hampshire, Toronto’s AA affiliate, scored eight runs without benefit of a hit with two outs, as part of a 10-run inning against the Red Sox affiliate. Walks and wild pitches were the culprits in the inning of all innings.
That is going to do it for today’s newsletter. As always, thank you for subscribing and have a terrific Thursday!
DAN
