WATERCOOLER CHAT: BRADLEY WINS PGA, UGGLA STREAK OVER, CULPEPPER TO 49ERS
GOLFIn golf, this weekend marked the final rounds of the PGA Championship. This was yet another chance for Tiger Woods to prove that he is, in fact, STILL the greatest golfer alive.  Tiger didn’t even make the cut for the weekend. He finished out of the Top 100 for the first time EVER in a major tournament. So, with him out of the picture, it became a battle between two young guys trying to make a name for themselves. It all came down to a duel between rookie Keegan Bradley and Jason Dufner. Dufner had it for most of the final holes, but then Keegan Bradley launched an incredible comeback and won it in the end. This gives Keegan Bradley his first major.
BASEBALL In baseball, things always get exciting when a player is on a hitting streak going. Earlier this season we saw the Dodgers Andre Ethier launch a long career, and recently, the Atlanta Braves Dan Uggla cruised to a 33-game hit streak.  Uggla was an unlikely candidate considering his low batting average of .173 before the streak began.  Yesterday, the Braves took on the Chicago Cubs and Uggla hoped to make it to 34 games. And, to make a point, this is really REALLY hard to do. It’s a distinguished honor to be on the hit streak list. Uggla had a beautiful shot to shallow right, and then Cubs 2nd baseman Darwin Barney sprinted to right field and made an insane diving catch to mark Uggla out. Uggla was sure he had that hit and Barney’s amazing fielding effort was a complete surprise. And that did it for Uggla — his streak ended at 33. That makes him tied for the 19th all-time hit streak in baseball history. But it’s hard to imagine that anybody will ever catch up to Joe DiMaggio’s hit streak of 56. Then again, pitching wasn’t nearly as difficult when DiMaggio did this in 1941.FOOTBALL
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