Once again Sergio Garcia came up light in a major tournament. Once again he whined like a spoiled child. This time it was "Augusta National is unfair". Cried about balls getting muddy in the middle of the fairway. For anyone who watched this event from Thursday through Sunday, did you hear any player or broadcaster mention this? Seemed to me the consensus was the course played to near perfection. Garcia also complained after losing to Padraig Harrington in a playoff at the 2007 British Open at Carnoustie. Felt the crowd was against him. When the US Open was held at Southern Hills a few years ago, he came up short and blamed bad breaks and bad bounces. When we first met Sergio, it was the 1999 PGA and he lost a gutty duel to Tiger Woods. He's lost all 37 majors since and will turn 30 in January. Might be time to grow up and accept responsibility for his failures and not just credit for when he's successful.
The NHL Playoffs begin on Wednesday night. I know we don't sit in a hockey hotbed, but the Stanley Cup Playoffs are as entertaining and intense as any mainstream sporting event I follow. Keep an eye on the Keystone State battle as the Penguins and Flyers square off. Pittsburgh is the defending East Champ who torched Philly in last year's Conference Finals before coming up light to the Detroit Red Wings for The Cup. The San Jose Sharks won the President's Cup for the best regular season record and look to shake a history of tanking in the playoffs. After 4 great regular season's but frustration in the playoffs, they canned their coach Ron Wilson in favor of Todd McLellan. He turned them into the 2nd best defensive team in the West & 3rd best in all the NHL behind the netminding of Evgeni Nabakov and his solid backup Brian Boucher. The question is, can they solve the Detroit Red Wings who remain the league's elite franchise.
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