Summary of the Day: June 16, 2006

Tiger Woods missed a cut at one of the four majors for the first time as a professional today. I am guessing he thought he was ready to play mentally (following the death of his father) and assumed that would help him overcome not being physically ready (out of practice). I am guessing he was not ready on either count. He should take a little more time off and maybe spend some time on the course with his thoughts. Given some more time, I would not be surprised to see him come back with a vengeance.

The Miami Heat have matched the Dallas Mavericks at two wins a piece in the NBA FInals. While Game 3 was a squeaker, Game 4 was a blow out (Dallas had only seven fourth quarter points). Now a best-of-three series, I expect Miami to win Game 5 (due the one game suspension of Jerry Stackhouse), before Dallas sends the series to a seventh game with a win in Game 6. It has become a much better series than the first two games would have indicated.

Another day, another DUI charge. This time, it is Tampa Bay Devil Rays prospect B.J. Upton. This is the second major incident involving a prospect from, in my opinion, one of the most promising young teams in baseball (the first being Delmon Young's bat toss). I still do not understand why these guys think they can get away with stupidity like this.