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Golf Is Hard: Rory Edition
The Mets still CRUISING, Oilers Extend series, Novak Ready For Olympics, and A Look into Rory's Tournament
Stomping Ground Sports
June 19, 2024
👋 Good Morning Stump Nation!
The Oilers did what the Mavs couldn’t! They won a game on the road and extended the series! There will be a Game 6! In other news Rory has withdrawn from this weeks Travelers Championship, Ronaldo has made history (again), and the NY Mets are still RED HOT! Happy Wednesday!
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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.
THE DAILY STUMPED🔮
Willie Mays amassed 3,283 career hits, 328 steals, and 660 home runs. He is one of hour players with 3,000+ career hits, 200+ steals, and 300+ homers, which one of the following players is NOT one of the four?
A. Dave Winfield
B. George Brett
C. Hank Aaron
D. Pete Rose
E. Idk man I’m just here for the Glue Guy
Answer at the bottom of The Stump!
ON THIS DAY🗓️
On this day in 2016…
“CLEVEELANDDDD!”
It was on this day that the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, won Game 7 of the NBA Finals and came back from being down 3-1 in the series to defeat the Golden State Warriors.
A legendary moment from The KING!
Final 6:10 of one of the greatest finals games in NBA history: LINK
YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰
Breaking News…
⚾️ Yankees star Aaron Judge has to leave Tuesday’s game against the Orioles after taking a pitch off the hand, x-rays come back clean
Judge currently leads the MLB in HRs (26), RBIs (64), and OPS (1.115)
🎾 Novak Djokovic set to play at Paris Olympics after successful knee surgery which ended his French Open run
⚽️ Christiano Ronaldo makes history by playing 6th Euros! The 39-year-old broke the tie with former teammate Luka Modric
Top Final Scores💯
🏒 Oilers def. Panthers, 5-3 to extend series to Game 6
🏀 CON Sun stay RED HOT! Defeat the LA Sparks, 79-70
⚽️ EURO 2024! Turkey def. Georgia, 3-1; Portugal def. Czechia, 2-1
⚾️ Red Sox def. Blue Jays, 4-3 ; Mets def. Rangers, 7-6
⚾️ Florida St. def. UNC, 9-5
What Caught Our Eye👀
STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️
Golf Is Hard: Rory McIlroy Edition
After a tough ending to the U.S. Open for Rory, he has withdrawn from this week’s Travelers Championship.
There’s not a whole lot of absolutes in sports, but the one thing that is for sure…
There are ups. And there are downs.
This past week we had one of this year’s golf ‘Majors’ with the U.S. Open. Bryson DeChambeau was the champion and it was awesome to see. I was not mad for a second that he hoisted the trophy. But what I will say is that the miss heard around the world by Rory McIlroy on the 18th and final hole was absolutely heart-aching.
Rory is one of the best golfers in the world and has been for quite some time. He was the vocal leader of the PGA when golfers started to migrate to rival league LIV. He always seems to say the right thing on the podium and it’s hard to dislike the guy. But man when Major championships are on the line, it has just been a series of unfortunate events for the last 10 years. His last major championship was the 2014 PGA Championship, and since then he’s had 11 top-5 finishes.
This past week was the latest edition of the saga. With 5 holes to play, Rory seemingly out of nowhere had a two-shot lead over Bryson and was in the solo lead at a major. He was steady for 67 holes across 4 days and found himself in a prime position to break the hex. I won’t harp on what happened next for too long but he bogeyed 3 of his 4 holes and missed a 4 footer to send the tournament into a playoff.
Seeing him in the back room watching Bryson hit his final putt for the win was tough. He looked like a guy who couldn’t believe what had just happened. He has withdrawn from this week’s tournament and despite declining an interview on Sunday afternoon, the PGA world has rallied around him.
Former major champion Justin Rose and fellow Brit had this to say, “You are going to have moments like that. He has probably had a few of late, but the good days, he has had plenty of them, too.“
The Rory roars all Sunday were about as loud as any others out there, and to see this happen to him again was absolutely brutal. Yesterday he went to X to share that he’s taking a couple of weeks off to reflect on everything.
This being said, he did say that he will back to defend his title of the Genesis Scottish Open and then will be at The Open (next major) as well!
I think it’s safe to say his next Major win will be the most satisfying win since Tiger at the Masters in 2019! Rooting for you Rory, see you back out there soon!
JUICE STATION🧃
Quote of the Day
 | “Say ‘Hey!’ Willie Mays!“ Giants Fans Around the World RIP to one of the GREATEST ball players of all time. Willie, thank you for changing the game of baseball for generations! |
Song of the Day
 | Can’t Hold Us Macklemore In honor of Macklemore turning 41 today, we decided to go in this direction! What a tune! |
Glue Guy of the Day
Defined: Glue Guy (Noun, Verb, Adj., etc.) - a person, thing, idea, or thought that holds together the larger group. Not the star, not the main character, but a hard hat and lunch pale type who knows its role. The GLUE of the group.
 | Pocket Knife Talk about a contraption full of glue guys, the pocket knife itself is glue-ception! So many layers of glue here. Top tier, next level, nothing more to it. |
WHAT TO WATCH📺️
Soccer⚽️: EURO 2024! Croatia vs Alabania (9:00 AM ET), Germany vs Hungary (12:00 PM ET), Scotland vs Switzerland (3:00 PM ET)
We’ve got some MLS too! Inter Miami @ Columbus Crew (7:30 PM ET), CF Montreal @ NY Red Bulls (7:30 PM ET), LA Galaxy @ NYC FC (10:30 PM ET)
MLB⚾️: FULL MLB SLATE…
Mariners @ Guardians (6:40 PM ET), Orioles @ Yankees (7:05 PM ET), Red Sox @ Blue Jays (7:07 PM ET), Mets @ Rangers (8:05 PM ET)
NCAA Baseball⚾️: (2) Kentucky vs Florida (11:00 AM ET), (1) Tennessee vs (8) Florida State (3:00 PM ET)
WNBA🏀: Mystics @ Fever (7:00 PM ET), Dream @ Lynx (8:00 PM ET), Storm @ Aces (10:00 PM ET)
TRIVIA ANSWER
D. Pete Rose. Dave Winfield, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and George Brett are the 4 players in MLB history with 3,000+ hits, 300+ home runs, and 200+ stolen bases. Willie Mays is the only one with 300+ stolen bases!