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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment to excellence and victory - whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you."
Vince Lombardi
FACT OF THE DAY
Attendance for Game 7 of the 1985 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals was 41,658 at the old Kauffman Stadium.
-funtrivia.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was the score of Tom Brady's first full game as Patriots OB?
A: It was a 44-13 win over the Colts in 2001.
Woods falls short of high hopes
— funtrivia.com
MORNING BREW
ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
Woods eagled the eighth hole and had everyone partying like it was the year 2000 at the U.S. Open again. But that image quickly fell apart. Woods played par golf on the back nine, good enough to get him into a tie for fourth place, but not good enough for his fans.
As Tiger Woods made the turn into the tenth tee at Sunday's Masters anyone watching would have expected him to win.
When people think of Tiger Woods, the golfer (excluding his personal life), one thing comes to mind — dominance. At the beginning of his career, it seemed as though all Woods could do was win. He seemed to be a lock for breaking Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 Major Championships and revolutionized golf along the way.
Wood's sponsorship by Nike brought a new feeling of cool to the younger generations, and in turn brought them to the sport of golf in a way that Rickie Fowler's backward Puma hats never will.
And then there is his best-selling video game franchise, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, which expanded golf on a whole new level. Did you ever play a golf video
game before Tiger Woods PGA Tour? I didn't think so. And Mario Golf doesn't count.
People often claim that watching golf is boring, but my Twitter feed would suggest otherwise. As a matter of fact, it seemed like everyone on Sunday was focusing in on one player in particular, Tiger. ESPN.com even has a webpage called the Tiger Tracker, for news on Woods.
people still want to see the same old dominant Tiger.
As a society, we have come to expect Tiger to come up big in the clutch, and do what we have seen him do so many times before. Even after the turmoil surrounding his car accident with a fire hydrant on Thanksgiving two years ago,
But the truth is Woods, like all the greats who came before him, is getting older. He is 35 now, and is starting to see the window close on his opportunity to catch-up and pass Nicklaus. Although he still has time, the more time that passes in between his wins in a major, the greater the pressure gets.
So while you might be declaring that Tiger is back after one solid front nine on a Sunday at Augusta, I want to see a little more from him before I make that conclusion.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY There are no events scheduled for this day.
FRIDAY
Track
Sooner Invitational
All day
Norman, Okla.
MLB
Tennis
vs. Oklahoma State
2:30 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
SATURDAY
Baseball vs. Missouri 1 p.m. Colombia, Mo.
Softball Baylor Noon Lawrence
Men's golf
Hawkeye Invitational
All day
Iowa City, Iowa
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Royals rock Liriano for 10 runs as they stomp Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — Francisco Liriano changed up this time and threw more fastballs. Too bad for him, the result was a replay of his two other starts.
Wednesday.
Slumping Mike Aviles doubled twice and drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals became the latest team to tag Liriano, roughing up the Minnesota Twins 10-5
Aviles ended his 0-for-18 rut and Alex Gordon added two hits and drove in two runs. The Royals scored six times in the fourth inning to break open the game.
"It was a tough inning for me," Liriano said. "I think I made some good pitches in that inning and they still got hits. So, you've just got to tip your hat to them."
Liriano (0-3) gave up six straight
hits during the Royals' big inning. He began the game with a 7.71 ERA after Toronto and the New York Yankees knocked him around in his first two starts.
The left-hander went 14-10 with a 3.62 ERA last year and ranked fifth in the AL with 201 strikeouts. He is still trying to re-establish his dominance after elbow surgery four years ago.
Uiriano held the Royals hitless
through the first three innings. The second time through the order, however, proved a tougher task. That's been his pattern this year
in their first plate appearance against Liriano, hitters are batting just .083.
Manager Ron Gardenhire has been telling Liriano to relax, trust his movement and pitch to contact. In the first three innings, Liriano has a 2.00 ERA; from the fourth
inning on, his ERA jumps to 18.56 and hitters are hitting.448 off him.
"I threw more fastballs than I'm used to today," Liriano said. "I just wanted them to put the ball in play and not strike them out."
Kansas City opened the fourth with five straight singles before a two-run double by Aviles. Alcides Escobar later singled and Chris Getz had an RBI single.
"Balls just seemed to find holes."
Gardenhire said. "Nothing was hit really hard. Maybe a couple of them, but balls just kept finding places and rolling through."
Denard Span was 4 for 4 and scored twice for the Twins, who started the day as the lowest-scoring team in the majors.
"I thought the last couple of days the ball was coming off our bats pretty good," Gardenhire said.
Discovering Pluto Celebrating,Kansan CLYDE TOMBAUGH and the discovery of Pluto
An Evening with
MICHAEL BYERS Author of PERCIVAL'S PLANET - A NOVEL
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:30 - 9:30 pm Kansas Union Ballroom
KU MEMORIAL UNIONS
The University of KU
Michael Byers Presentation
6:30pm
Presentation begins:
Astronomy Introduction by
Steven A. Hawley
Guided Astronomy Display
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY Co-sponsored by KU Department of Physics & Astronomy, KU Hall Center for the Humanities, The Commons, & KU Bookstore
7:30pm
Pluto Cake for Clyde Tombaugh Telescope Observing Session: Union 6th Floor Deck
8:30pm
Byers Book Signing
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