Friday Five

1. Words cannot express how much I love these stamps.  They are super adorable and fun to color on a Friday night!

2. Rickie Fowler seems to take this whole being single thing way better than I do.  Good for him!

3. For the record, this is exactly how I react when it's time to leave the book store...

           

4. What a fabulous piece on a phenomenal actor!  I had the chance to see Christian Borle play Shakespeare and in 1 month I'll get to see him in Falsettos and in about 7 months I'll get to see him as Willy Wonka.  He's amazing, and I'm glad he's getting the chance to shine!

5. Honestly, how cute is this dog photobombing Pope Francis?  He's just about the happiest dog ever!

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

There are exactly 4 sports I care about - Football (Baltimore Ravens), Baseball (Baltimore Orioles), Hockey (Washington Capitals) and Golf (Pretty much everyone but Tiger Woods). And somehow on a Sunday in October 3 out of the 4 managed to collide.  3 Wins would have been nice, but 2 out of 3 isn't bad, especially when 2 out of those 3 are so darn amazing!

First the bad, Ravens lost to the Raiders in a super close game.  Well, not super close until the last few minutes.  But somehow, the Ravens can win 2 road games in the last few minutes, but not a home game in the last quarter.  Seriously?!

Anyway, the next 2 made up for it.  The Orioles have been in and out of the playoffs for the last week or so.  I tend to not understand the ins and outs of the playoffs so every time I check, it's something different.  So I haven't been watching super closely.  Of course, when I don't watch, that's when the clinch it!  Woohoo!  Baltimore is in for an Orange October. Love it! Seeing as the very last World Series they won, was in 1983 (aka the year I was born), it would be really nice to see a win!

Lastly, was the sweetest of the weekend. The American Ryder Cup Team won!  They not only won, but they won in spectacular fashion.  There were some seriously gorgeous matches over the last 2 days and some super sweet victories.  I loved watching the players - European and American - all enjoy the weekend.  They all played hard, but they were playing hard too.  I can only imagine what the celebrations look like tonight!

Friday Five

1. The Ryder Cup officials placed Arnold Palmer's golf bag on the first tee today as a silent tribute to the king. It was the most perfect tribute to Arnold Palmer that anyone could ever think of.  It's beautiful and sweet and most importantly, it's everything Arnie would have loved.  

2. For someone who has shared his dislike of pets in multiple interviews, I find it hilarious that David Tennant was roped into judging the Chiswick Dog Show.  What I find even funnier is that there's a "fancy dress" competition for dogs with a "royalty" theme this year - in honor of the Queen's 90th birthday.  Cute dogs and David Tennant? What more could you want?

          

3. If you haven't seen the Will & Grace themed ad for Hillary Clinton yet, you're totally missing out.  But what may have been better was the lead-up to it.  They managed to sneak the filming past everyone, and then toyed with everyone on Twitter and Facebook.  It was some seriously fun PR and marketing for a seriously fun 10 minutes of fabulousness.  I was ok with no more Will & Grace before the video, now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they actually revive it.  It would be awesome! 

4. In a world where Donald Trump tweeted about someone's sex tape today, political civility like the Obama's and the Bush's showed this past weekend is fairly special to see.  If politics continues to get uglier and uglier - just games of name calling - it will be a long time until we see something like this again.  We might as well savor it while we have it.

5. Labyrinth! To say I love Labyrinth, would be an understatement.  I'm a huge fan!  I just love the puppets and the fantasy and the fun! So any new story on it, and I get very excited. I loved hearing about the behind the scenes from the baby himself. And honestly, a new version of the music with new puppets is just too much fun to resist!  

Trivia Tuesday

~ With 2 questions this evening on Arnold Palmer, I completely let the team and Arnie down.  I read countless articles this week on the man, and yet couldn't tell you where he went to college (Wake Forest.) Also, he won 92 tournaments all together - a number I would have sworn to on my death bed.  And it turns out I would have been correct - if that had been the question that was asked.  He only won 62 on the PGA tour.  (I was so darn sure of myself, that the question-asker apologized to me for the stupid question : )

~ It turns out that if you're going to ask, in a sports bar, the name of the baseball player that tragically passed away earlier this week, logic requires that name to pop up on at least 3 of the television sets at the exact moment you ask the question...

~ Anthony Hopkins is Welsh (also he narrated How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey) which ups the number of Welsh actors I know to 2 - Ioan Gruffud and now Anthony Hopkins.  Luckily another team mate knew both Welsh actors and guessed Sir Hopkins.  Yay Wales for having just a few actors!

~ For being huge Beatles Nerds, when an entire round was dedicated to them - we only managed to get 1 question right.  Though, we'd like to challenge that a question asking who is number 2 to the Beatles in regards to number of number 1 hits is not technically a Beatles question.  It's sort of a Mariah Carey question - or in our case a Madonna question seeing as we answered it incorrectly...

~ Peggle and Bedazzled are 2 of only computer games that I've actually played.  PopCap makes them.  PopCap is based in Oregon and is a subsidiary of EA.  All of this I didn't know before I went to Trivia this afternoon.  A random guess at the only game maker I know - Nintendo - was less than helpful.

~ The Metropolitan Museum of Art is bigger than the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. How is this possible?  I mean, really?  The Air and Space Museum has a space shuttle inside of it!

~ The binnacle is where one holds their compass on a boat - not extra sails.  In my defense the logic for extra sails was sound - Binnacle sounds like Barnacle which are usually on the bottom of a boat, so in the bottom of the boat is where extra sails are kept.  See?  At least I had a good reason for being wrong... 

Farewell to the King

I may not play golf, but I grew up with my grandfather loving the sport.  That's why I love watching it so much.  And no other player loomed quite as large over the sport as Arnold Palmer.  He made golf what it is today.  He brought the sport to the masses.  However, his biggest accomplishment was bringing himself and his personality to the sport.  He was a kind and generous man.  He showed the younger players how to act on and off the greens and really created the gentlemanly game of golf you see today.  

Most of all he loved the game and loved the guys he got to play with year after year.  He was never above joking around on the course, because he was having fun.  He knew, when it all came down to it, golf is a game and it's supposed to be fun.  While his many wins - 92 to be exact - on the greens made him a legend, his accomplishments off the green may be more impressive.  He was a supporter of many charities, and has his name stamped on multiple hospital wings.  

After his career was over, he acted as an ambassador for golf playing in charity rounds and helping to mentor younger players.  Arnold Palmer was - in every sense of the word - a legend and he will be sorely missed by everyone who enjoys the game of golf.  But luckily, due to his kind words, good deeds and endless support of the game he loved this legend will live on in the golf world for years to come. 

52 Lists: Week 21

I'm not nearly as with it when it comes to sports as some people are, but I'm also not completely clueless.  I like watching certain sports and I do root for a few specific teams.  But when it comes to stats, player rankings, and scoring I usually get pretty lost.  I base my opinions on what I always judge first - the people.  I don't look at how great they are at playing or what their stats were last year.  I'm interested mostly in if they're a good person. If they're not I tend not to like them.  If they are, I'll always root for them - even if they're terrible. 

So in honor of my very favorite sports person being in the lead for the British Open right now (a 63, baby!), this week's list will be favorite and least favorite sports figures. 

Faves (aka Loves!):

Phil Mickelson - Best golfer and best human being around.  Love his personality, and his dedication to his fans.  And such a great sense of humor!  He will always be my number one favorite sports person!

And while we're talking about golfers, also add Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar, and Freddie Couples to the list.  (In all honesty, there's probably a lot more to add to the list - golfers tend to be great people.)

Torrey Smith - Even though he doesn't play for the Ravens anymore, I'll always be one of his biggest fans.  He seems like such a down to earth guy and he really reaches out to the community to try to help those less fortunate.

Justin Tucker - Have you seen his Opera singing?  He's hilarious!  And a kick-butt kicker.

Cal Ripken - How can I be from Baltimore and not add him to the list?

Scott Hamilton - I've always loved him!  I will always be hopeless at figure skating but it was my favorite thing to watch when I was little.  His back flips are legendary, almost as much as his positivity and kindness.

Alex Ovechkin - He's always been a great player for the Caps (aka the only hockey team I know anything about), but he got my undying love last year when he took a little girl with special needs who was his biggest fan on a "date" last year.  Adorable!

* I feel terrible that there are no girls on this list, but I know next to nothing about girls sports. That really needs to change!

Least Faves (aka those I can't stand and will always root against)

Ben Roethlisberger
Tom Brady
Tiger Woods
Dustin Johnson
Ndamakong Suh
Ray Rice
The guy that got punched by Manny Machado because he purposefully hit Manny Machado with a pitch
Rob Gronkowski

Master's Weekend

After being at the top since Thursday, it was a foregone conclusion that Jordan Spieth would be the winner for the second time in 2 years.  However, that's not the way this Sunday went, unfortunately. I mean, I'm very, very happy for Danny Willet, but after Mickelson missed the cut, McIlroy sort of went off the deep end, and Day wasn't really doing well, Spieth was definitely the one I wanted to win. And based on his fabulous weekend, he was going to.  But it just wasn't meant to be.

But I have to say, Willet winning made a great story - a master story you might say : ) And with that, another fabulous Master's weekend came to an end.  Not the way a lot of people thought it would, but it was just as beautiful, and just as traditional as it is every year, which is exactly why I love it!  

Friday Five

1. Because the current election cycle is what it is, I'm just going to keep on dreaming that President Bartlet is actually running and will one day be the actual President of the United States, especially when he says such dreamy things.  Somehow, I doubt this President ever called for wall around the US...

2. If you're a fan of Harry Potter, or a fan of Hamilton or just a fan of smart people saying delightful things, you owe it to yourself to watch these 4 videos of Emma Watson interviewing Lin Manuel Miranda for HeforShe.  It's a fantastic interview full of smart things being said, Hogwarts house sorting and even some freestyle rap thrown in for good measure. Such a great use of 40 minutes!

3. This little guy courtesy of the Baltimore Sun is about the cutest St. Paddy's Day leprechaun ever!  Of course he also looks like he's silently cursing his owner for putting him in this outfit...

4. Super excited that the James Beard Nominations came out this week - not only did Isaac Toups and Kevin Gillespie get nominated but Jonathan Waxman did as well.  And in the food media category, my personal favorite food blog - Serious Eats - did too!

5. I love creative commercials, and while these aren't groundbreaking, they are super cute.  I think my fave is Arnold Palmer - though I'm always up for Phil and Jordan too.

Open!

Today started one of my favorite weekends of the year sportswise: The Open Championship.  One because, let's face it, I'm a sucker for a good golf tournament.  And two because, they're playing in Scotland.  I'd very much like a job that as a requirement I had to travel to Scotland and play at one of the most beautiful courses in the world.  Seriously, how lucky are these guys?!

As for the first day, there's been lots of bickering over whether Tiger would "come to play" or whether Jordan would surpass him in the standings for best player ever.  Or maybe Rickie Fowler would pull a Phil and win 2 weeks in a row or maybe, just maybe, Phil would actually win again after a disappointing season so far.  If today was any indication, it looks like we have our answers to most of these questions already.

Jordan started out with 4 birdies in 6 holes, cementing himself towards the top of the leaderboard.  By the end of the day he was tied for 3rd place.  Not a bad start for the best player of the year.  Rickie Fowler meanwhile isn't playing terribly, but at Even he's not blowing anyone away with his sheer awesomeness.  Then there's Phil who's actually tied for 22nd place at 2 under, which is pretty respectable.  Please Lefty, please, don't throw it all away tomorrow.  Getting to see Phil and Jordan go head to head on Sunday, would be a great show.  I'm totally not counting on that, but it's nice to dream.

Then there are the real winners and losers.  At the very top is Dustin Johnson - not a huge fan of his so I'm sort of silently hoping he blows it again. (I know, I'm a terrible person).  Jason Day is also very close behind - love Jason and would love to see him get a big win!  And well, for the losers?  That would be Tiger - which nothing gives me more pleasure than to say it.  Tied for 139th place.  (I'm really not this mean usually - just when it comes to DJ and Tiger).  It was a good day seeing that.  : )

Now that he's out of the field, it's shaping up to be a great weekend!  Now if I can get DJ out of the way, I'm all for anyone else taking the cup.  I'd love to see Jordan but I'm always rooting for Phil.  Jason deserves a big win, but so does Rickie or Lee Westwood (not looking like his weekend again, but I'm always pulling for him)  But isn't that the best part of the weekend?  It's anyone's game to win or lose!

Jordan!

Absolutely loved seeing Jordan Spieth make history today by winning the Masters.  He broke a boat load of records and still seemed to keep his Texas attitude and easygoing nature while doing so.  Sure I always want Phil to win.  And for a while there, it looked like he might pull it off.  But watching the amazing round that Jordan was playing and seeing as he lead ALL weekend long, it was hard not to root for the guy.  I mean seriously, what's a better Cinderella story than a 21 year old kid, stealing the Prince of Golf crown from Tiger?  I hope that the Golf announcers will now stop mentioning Tiger and comparing every single other player to him now.  That'd be great, thanks.  Let's start comparing him to Jordan.  He's much nicer and at this point in time, a much better golfer!

And honestly, as if Jordan didn't have every other awesome thing going for him, he also has fabulous taste in Baseball jerseys : )

Way to go Jordan!

Friday Five: Master's Edition

1. How can you not love the Big 3 of golf?  Arnie, Jack and Gary are the godfathers of golf and they're treated as royalty each year.  I love seeing them together reminiscing, joking and basically having a grand old time.  They so deserve all the love thrown at them!

2. The Par 3 Contest: How can you not love a golf match full of little cuties in caddy smocks? They're adorable!  Also, what better way to kick off Master's week than being surrounded by your loved ones?

3. Jordan Spieth!  The kid's 22 years old, playing in only his second Masters (have I mentioned he came in second in his first Masters?) and he's already tied the course record 2 days in a row and is leading the pack by 5.  Not that I'm not rooting for my Phil, but I'd love to see Jordan take it out right.  He's been on fire for the last year.  I'm sure he'll have many Masters ahead of him, but he's playing his heart out.  He deserves this win.  (However, I'm still pretty happy that my Phil is doing so well and Tiger is, well...not so much : )

4. The course itself - Have you seen Augusta?  The course's greens are so spotless they look like they've been painted. Not to mention the gorgeous pink azaleas that cover the course. It's just beautiful and serene, and I can only imagine what it's like to get the chance to play there.

5. Ace in the Hole - Jack Nicklaus not only got a hole in one on Wednesday, but a few hours before hand he told the press he'd work on getting one.  The man is 75 years old and is still schooling the pack.  Go Jack!

6. And an additional bonus for the Masters - I love watching it with my dad.  Love that we both love it!

All photos are from Golf.com.  

Friday Five

1. I think, I'd even forgive him for committing the heinous act of destroying a book.  Seriously, look at that little face!  He's so darn cute and apologetic!

2. For the first time all season, Phil Mickelson is in the hunt for first place.  He's currently tied for second which is just so much better than the 30th place he's been averaging for the last few tournaments.  Just in time too, as the Master's is next weekend.  If he wins, (which would be the perfect birthday present, BTW) it'll be just the momentum he needs to grab hold of a third green jacket!

3. Love Ellen's Classic Joke Friday so in honor of Easter: What's the Easter Bunny's favorite restaurant?......... IHOP : )

4. And continuing on with my Ellen love, I read a quote by her this week that will, from now on, be the rule I live by:

"If the temperature is less than my age, I don't get out of bed."

I should start calling out of work now for next winter...

5. Hanging out with a 6 year old all day is just about the perfect day.  She hilarious, and smart and has wicked comedic timing.  Her zingers are epic and she's certainly not afraid to speak her mind.  Love her!

Ho-Hum

There are some days that it's better to live in Maryland than others.  Today is not one of those days.  Apparently, this weekend is the one weekend of the year that everything cool is happening in the world of geek (and a little sport.)  And of course, all of these things, are happening in some of my favorite places!

South By Southwest (SXSW) has taken over Austin for he next week.
Red Nose Day is raising all sorts of money (millions of pounds!) all over England this weekend.
David Tennant is meanwhile, missing Red Nose Day, to make his first Wizard World appearance in the US in Raleigh, NC.
The Valspar Championship is going on in Florida with a 7 way tie for first place at some point today.
And lastly, every single person that's ever appeared on Supernatural (not really, but close) is hitting the casino floor in Vegas.

And then of course there's Maryland.  What's going on here, you ask? 

Nil. Squat. Zero.

Nothing... but rain and dreariness.  I really live in the wrong state (and country!)

Friday Five

1. Not only are the Orioles on a hot streak (after the first of 2 games today, the magic number is now 7!), the Ravens managed to pull out a win last night against the Steelers.  And not just any win, a really big win that ended Big Ben's streak of touchdown passes thrown.  Way to go guys! It seems Harbaugh was just a little excited - it seems he forgot just how big his players really are : )

2. In other Sports news, somehow Rory McIlroy managed to hit a golf ball off a tree into a spectator's pocket.  I was never that great at science but that has to be against the laws of physics, right?
            

3.  With the anniversary of September 11th this week, there was a lot of focus on survivors and their families, as well as first responders.  At the time of the attacks, there were also dozens of disaster dogs combing the rubble looking for signs of life.  13 years on, all of those hero dogs have passed away except one golden retriever named Bretagne - and she's about the most adorable dog ever.  Instead of retiring into a cushy life, she still manages to work for a living by allowing children to read to her at a local school. What a cutie!

4. As someone who used to teach little ones, I hearby decree this is an entirely accurate picture of a kid who's just had enough of this crap. : )  It was taken by a White House photographer back in June and somehow was released this week.  I don't even know the kid's name but I want to meet him.

Speaking of cute kids, this one is super adorable too...apparently.  If you don't recognize him, he's the kid that made headlines a few weeks ago for being interviewed by the news and using the word apparently about 20 times in a 2 minute segment - in other words he's a cutie pie and apparently, pretty darn clever too.

5. And people wonder why I don't cook all that often - every darn one of these things have happened to me at least once (most often more than once...)

Awesome Ending

It's not exactly the ending I had in mind after almost 6 hours of golf watching, but I can't say it wasn't exciting.  After a dismal year, Phil got my hopes up by dominating the course the last few days.  He didn't gain a spot at the top of the leader-board until today, but he was playing some serious golf all weekend. So of course, I totally got into it.  And he was oh, so very close but in the end after a soggy, rain-delayed, into the dark round of golf, Rory came out on top to win by 1 minuscule little point.  Between the scrambling to finish the round before it was pitch black and the constant rotation of the leader-board, it was quite the exciting afternoon.  

It may not have the same crazy rabid fan base as football does, but you can't argue with golf's ability to get the adrenaline spiking.  

Congrats Rory!

Friday Five

1. "Delicious!" by Ruth Reichl: I've read a few of her other books before but this was her first novel and I fell in love with it.  For some reason I haven't been reading as much as I usually do this summer, and this was the first book that I flew through and couldn't put down. Fantastically chick lit and foodie lit - my two favorite types of books.  Seriously, how could it have gone wrong?!

2. A fabulous sports week: Not only did the Ravens triumphantly return last night to a 23-3 win against the Niners, but the Orioles are also winning currently 12-2 during their 60th anniversary game.  To top it all off, Tiger Woods missed the cut and Rory McIlroy is in the lead for the 3rd week in a row.  Now if we could Phil Mickelson to start playing actual golf again as opposed to the putt-putt he's been playing the last few months, things would be perfect!

3.  Not to sound like a broken record, but seriously, the GISHWHES'ers are doing some astoundingly awesome things!  Check them out!  They so deserve the recognition mostly for being brave enough to go for it!

4.  File this under the label "Strangest News Story You'll Read All Week" - Kama the Surfing Pig...Yep, you read that right.  He's a pig that lives in Hawaii and has a thing for surfing...apparently.  It's bizarre, yes.  And a pig doesn't really have facial expressions but he certainly looks like he's having a good time : )

5. I'm still not over the trauma of having to present but I have to say I feel a bit accomplished in the fact that I didn't completely suck.  I'm also pretty darn proud of myself for getting a bunch of tech geek guys to actually Pin things to Pinterest.  I'm totally taking that as a win!

Social Media Geniuses

There have been some pretty amazing things that have happened on social media.  Some companies just get what to do and they do it brilliantly.  While others, just wind up embarrassing themselves.  But this week, this week, takes the cake.  Between some serious World Cup drama, super television news and just a bit of fun out of the golf world, these guys win the internet for best uses of social media!

Tim Howard is everyone's hero even though we lost to the Belgians.  It didn't take long for the hash tag #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave to make its way around twitter.  This one is my personal favorite.

Then there was the big announcement by the BBC this afternoon at 2:21 (clever, huh?) GBR time.  There was never any doubt as to whether Sherlock was going to be picked up for a 4th season, but as it turns out, there was a surprise.  We get a 4th episode this season instead of the usual 3. Of course, there's always a catch - the fourth season won't be premiering until Christmas...2015.  Seriously!?  But at least we got to see loads of creepy Moriarties making the rounds.

Then the golf world decided to get involved too.  I literally have no idea where this idea even came from, but the videos are super cute!  Also, I'm just itching to see if gloomy Gus Tiger, decides to get himself in on the action and for once actually have a little fun.

Friday Five

1. Apparently, without me knowing it, I moved from Baltimore to Pamplona Spain this morning.  Seriously?  How does this happen?

2. In honor of the US Open occurring this weekend, Golf.com has had some seriously great stories this week.  This one on the US Open 15 years ago, that Payne Stewart was a wonderful tribute to a great golfer.  And this one, on how much greater than Tiger, Phil Mickelson just makes me smile!

3. Last week was the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy by allied forces.  To memorialize this anniversary, Brian Williams spoke with 4 veterans who were there on that day and took them to Normandy to memorialize the anniversary.  It was a fantastic hour of television celebrating the Greatest generation in every way they deserved.  I'm not sure it's online but if you ever get the chance to see it, it's definitely worth watching.

4. A great night at the ballpark.  Last night I had free tickets to the O's game.  Of course, it's been raining everyday for the last week so I wasn't assuming it was going to be a good evening.  Somehow, even after a ridiculously wet day, the rain finally stopped about 5ish and the game went off without a hitch.  On top of all that, they won 4-1.  Woohoo!

5. A fresh new start which is all I'm going to say right now.  But suffice it to say - Yay!

There's Just Something About Phil

I watch a lot of golf.  There are about 20 players that I'm ok with winning  during any given tournament.  It's not like Baseball or Football when there's only 1 team I want to win (O's and Ravens, of course!) Golf is such a singular sport that over the course of any given weekend, the best player in the world can have a bad day and miss the cut and the rookie can have a good one and come out on top.  And there are some phenomenal players in the field right now - ones that seem like wonderful people (which are always the ones that I root for) and can also play like hell (Kuchar, McIlroy, Furyk, Couples, McDowell, Spieth, Singh, Watson, Fowler - I could go on and on but the truth is as long as your name isn't Tiger Woods, I'll probably root for you.)

But that all changes when Phil's in the field.  If there's even the slightest chance going into Sunday that he could win, my heart belongs to him.  I will never not root for the man.  There's just something about him.  It could be the constant smile or the sparkle in his eye.  Or the fact that he's able to laugh at himself when things aren't going his way.  It may be that, even though he's one of the top 10 players in the world and he obviously takes all aspects of his game very, very seriously, he always looks like he's having a blast on the course. He's able to joke with his team mates and greets fans like their old friends.  Maybe it's that he's a family man who has traveled to tournaments at the very last minute possible so he could see his daughter graduate or something equally important to the family.  Or maybe it's because he's kept his caddy Bones by his side for almost his entire career, even when things aren't really going their way, when others have dropped their caddies any time the winds have shifted (*cough - Tiger- *cough).

Most likely, it's pretty much everything I listed above that makes him the consummate player and professional he is.  He's easy-going, affable and always has fun.  What's even more impossibly charming about the guy is that I've never heard a hard word spoken about him.  There's no real temper there.  Everyone who's ever spoken about him on tour, has the most glowing words possible to say about him.  He's never been in the tabloids or lost his cool in the press.  Even when, his wife, Amy got sick a few years ago, he kept the news private and never blamed their struggles for anything going on in his game.

He's an all around athlete, a gentleman golfer just like the greats (Arnie and Jack) and will forever be my favorite, which is why I just love US Open Weekends when he's near the top of the leaderboard.

Go Phil Go!

Way to Go Bubba!

On Thursday, I have to admit, there were about 10 players I was hoping would win, none of which were Bubba Watson.  When most of my guys were cut on Friday, I had to change course.  Since then I was rooting for Fred Couples, then Matt Kuchar then Jordan Spieth the rookie.  Mostly, because this was his first Masters and he could have broken Tiger's youngest winner record.  But after seeing Bubba tear up the course then immediately break out in tears after his last putt, it's hard not to root for the guy.  He seems like such a good person.  After this second win, and his extremely adorable son, I think I might be a fan.  Way to go, Bubba!