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Masters Of Puppets I'm Pulling Your Strings

DAULERIO — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:00:36 EDT

Barring a miraculous Tiger comeback or something extraordinary like Augusta being overtaken by Somali pirates, you can consider this the last post of the day on Easter Sunday. It's your Easter DUAN.

If you're stuck at work or just feel like dicking around on Easter, please use this space to air all your grievances or find a new best friend for life. Or if you're part of the Angel Cabrera fan club, you can stay here too and talk about how fat he's become since he quit smoking.

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll be back tomorrow in full force, doing that thing we usually do with grace and aplomb, or more likely, an actual plum.

Say goodnight to the Masters, Ed:

It's Good To Have A Golf Champion Actually Look Like A Golfer

Leitch — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:00:39 EDT

Like most casual golf fans in America, we spent most of the day yesterday away from the television but curious if Tiger Woods was going to win the U.S. Open. A victory by anyone else would elicit a shrug; a victory by Tiger would somehow matter more, as if we're enough of an expert in golf to understand what "matters." All majors, to most sports fans, involve either Tiger winning it, or "somebody else."

That said, if it had to be "somebody else" who was gonna win yesterday, we're glad it was Angel Cabrera. The guy's a 37-year-old paunchy Argentinian, who, in direct contrast to the suddenly ripped Tiger, spent the entire final round smoking cigarettes.

"Some players have psychologists, sportologists. I smoke," Cabrera said. ""I usually smoke 8 to 10 in a round. This round was not special in terms of number."

It has been a while since we've had a successful "athlete" who smoked. Vlade Divac is the last we can remember, unless, of course, you're counting Jim Leyland.

Duck And Cover [Yahoo! Sports]

Ah, Screw Birdies

mjdeadspin — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:29:13 EDT

If you got points for impressive pars, it would've been Tiger Woods' day ... but the man couldn't squeeze a birdie out of his Sunday round to save his life. Angel Cabrera, who shot a very impressive 69, is your winner. Oh well. I'm sure he has a dad, too.

But it's another major championship without a signature highlight. When people think about the 2007 US Open, they'll think about Tiger missing the last putt, about Baddeley falling apart all day long, about how Cabrera won the trophy while sitting in the clubhouse, despite playing the last 3 holes at +2. I don't know where golf got the idea that people want to see bogeys more than they want to see birdies.

Elsewhere tonight, there's the Mets vs. Yankees game on ESPN, and you won't want to miss Chris Berman's Open recap on ESPN News. Enjoy your Sunday evening, gang.

2007 US Open Championship [US Open]