Bailey's Daily!

Memo to mom, BUY SOME MORE DASANI!!!!!!!!!!!! It's hot out there and don't us loving, loyal, sweet, cute doggies deserve the good stuff like you?

I mean, it's all well and good to keep the bowl full, but, face it, tap water is tap water....as a matter of fact, I can't remember the last time I saw you drink anything out of the tap that wasn't sterilized, strained or purified first!

So, what I am merely asking is this...not the moon, not prime rib (but that would be nice - HINT), not even a Frosty Paw, but just buy a an extra 12 pack at Wal-Mart for lil' ole me. (And if you do, I promise not to pee on the bed anymore:)

Several members of the 2005 national champions have been traveling the country to work out for NBA teams.

By Adam Lucas

The life of Marvin Willaims hasn't changed much since he declared for the NBA Draft on April 22. Sure, he's got an agent now, and even a media coordinator to help with the barrel of national media requests (he talked to The New York Times last week and Sports Illustrated this week). But he's still quick with a smile and a handshake, and he still absolutely refuses to call people older than him anything other than "sir."

Williams has been working out with Tar Heels assistant CB McGrath every day in Chapel Hill over the past month. The daily routine, which included a session with Sean May yesterday at the Smith Center, will be broken today when he journeys to Chicago to be measured and weighed at the NBA predraft camp. He won't play in the camp games, and instead will work out privately for teams expressing an interest in adding a versatile 6-foot-9 forward to their lineup. He'll be in Milwaukee on June 19 and Atlanta on June 22--not coincidentally, they happen to be the teams with the two top picks in the upcoming Draft.

Portland, which is just three hours from his hometown of Bremerton, Wash., has the third pick, but Williams doesn't express a preference for his future employer. "That would be nice," he says. "But honestly, I haven't paid any attention at all." Asked how many mock drafts he's read over the past three weeks, he smiles that familiar Marvin Williams grin and holds up his right hand in a "zero" sign. "Not a single one," he says.

Jackie Manuel: The news wasn't quite as good for Jackie Manuel this week. He earned an invitation to the Chicago camp with a strong showing at the Portsmouth Invitational, but a foot injury cut short his weekend.

Jawad Williams: Williams is also at the predraft camp in Chicago. The Cleveland native and recent UNC graduate is a camp teammate of Illinois guard Luther Head, Clemson post man Sharrod Ford, and former NC State player Michael Bell.

Sean May: The Final Four's Most Outstanding Player was briefly back in Chapel Hill this week. He'll have a Tar Heel reunion later this week in Chicago, where he'll have his official height and weight taken at the predraft camp. Unlike Marvin Williams, May has already gotten most of his individual workouts out of the way. He was in Charlotte earlier this week and thinks he'd be a good fit for the Bobcats. May has also worked out with the Clippers and says he wouldn't mind playing in LA.

Rashad McCants: The Asheville native was back in town this week to celebrate with his cousin, Cameron Maybin, who was picked 10th in this week's major league baseball draft. McCants has a visit scheduled with the Charlotte Bobcats and has already worked out with a handful of teams, including Toronto and Orlando.

Raymond Felton: Another Tar Heel who has been in Canada is Raymond Felton, who worked out with the Raptors on June 4. Felton has been busy--he also stopped by New Orleans to work out with the Hornets and had some quick words after his workout with the Clippers.

Pink Floyd reform for Live 8 show

Roger Waters left Pink Floyd in the mid-1980s to pursue a solo careerRock band Pink Floyd's classic line-up will be reunited on stage for the first time in 24 years at next month's Live 8 concert in London.

Roger Waters will join band members Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright for the show in Hyde Park.

Waters last performed on stage with them at London's Earls Court in 1981. The Live 8 concert, organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to help fight African poverty, is one of five taking place around the world on 2 July.

Pink Floyd join a star-studded line-up at Hyde Park which includes Madonna, REM, U2, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Coldplay and Robbie Williams.

"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world," said Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour. "Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if reforming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile," he added.

Legendary Pink Floyd are viewed as being one of the biggest rock bands of all time. The group released their first record in 1967, with founding member Syd Barrett on lead guitar, alongside Waters, Mason and Wright.

At the beginning of 1968, guitarist Dave Gilmour - a friend of the band - was brought in as a fifth member. Barrett left the group shortly afterwards.

The remaining four members achieved legendary status with albums such as 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed in the US album chart for more than a decade. Fans have long yearned for a reunion of the classic Pink Floyd line-up of Waters, Gilmour, Mason and Wright, but it seemed unlikely because of a fall-out between founder member Waters and the rest of the group in the mid-1980s.

Gilmour, Mason and Wright continued to record and tour as Pink Floyd during the remainder of the 80s and into the 90s, releasing their last studio album - The Division Bell - in 1994.

Former catcher credits Carbo for setting up his classic shot
by mlb.com wire reports

BOSTON -- When he hit the home run that defined his Hall of Fame career, Carlton Fisk never imagined he would one day be standing next to the pole that made him famous -- let alone have it named after him.

But that's exactly what happened on Monday prior in the Interleague series opener against Cincinnati at Fenway Park, 30 years after his hallmark moment.

Sporting a Hawaiian shirt appropriate for such a warm, humid night, Fisk joined Red Sox principal owner John Henry and chairman Tom Werner atop the Green Monster, halfway up the left-field foul pole. The three, along with the rest of the sellout crowd, remembered that magical moment at precisely 12:34 a.m. ET early on the morning of Oct. 22, 1975, when Fisk drove a 1-0 fastball from Cincinnati right-hander Pat Darcy high into the air, heading down the left-field line.

"The ball only took about two and half seconds," recalled Fisk. "It seemed like I was jumping and waving for more than two and a half seconds."

Two and a half seconds later, the ball caromed off the bright yellow pole, ending one of the most dramatic World Series games ever played and giving the Red Sox a 7-6 win over the Reds in 12 hard-fought innings.

From now on, like the Pesky Pole down the right-field line, the left-field pole will officially be called the Fisk Foul Pole. The idea was the inspiration of the countless fans who contacted the Red Sox about recognizing the historic moment.

"Not everybody has a foul pole named after them," Fisk said. "There [are] only two of them. To be named one of them is a pretty big thrill, an honor."

Adding to the thrill for Fisk was a surprise from Henry and Werner. They gave him a 2004 World Series ring as a special advisor -- the ring that eluded him less than 24 hours after his famous shot in Game 6, when the Reds captured Game 7, 4-3.

"It doesn't seem like 30 years ago," said Fisk, the 1972 AL Rookie of the Year. "It didn't seem like it was me. It happened early in my career. I thought there'd be more, but it never happened. That might be one of the biggest regrets. If we'd have won the World Series, I'd feel more deserving.

"If you think about it for a moment, they think about it, then they think about you. When they think about you, your body of work comes into play," Fisk said.
Fisk thanked teammate Bernie Carbo, who made his heroics possible by swatting a two-out three-run homer to center off Rawly Eastwick.

"There was a lot of good pitching, good hitting and defense," Fisk said. "We had the bases loaded in the ninth, [when] a fly ball [was hit] to George Foster, who wasn't known for his great arm, and he threw the runner out at home easily. When we were still down by three runs, Bernie Carbo had probably one of the worst swings ever and managed to foul the ball off right before he hit the home run. If he doesn't, I never get a chance. Someone was watching out for extra innings."

Before taking his swing for the ages, Fisk said he had no sense of the history he was about to make or the impact it would have on the team.

"You could never sense that moment in time," Fisk said. "It is the type of thing you dream of. To have a moment like that come true is special."

Final Putt In 1999 Open Sealed Win, Stewart’s Legacy
By Dave Shedloski

The moment is itself a story, but the story is more than one moment. Six years ago at the 99th U.S. Open, Payne Stewart pierced the gauzy mist that hung over storied Pinehurst No. 2 with a lightning flash of brilliance that still resonates in the mind’s eye like a lingering sun spot. If we close our eyes we can still see it.

It’s the putt – character defining, career defining, history defining.

The classic pose that will never diminish: Payne Stewart’s animated fist pump after the critical putt went in.

"What I remember was him making that putt on the last hole. I think that stays in your mind forever," said Vijay Singh, the No. 1-ranked player in the world. "When you think of Pinehurst, it’s the U.S. Open, Payne Stewart making that last putt and hugging his caddie. I think that sticks in everyone's mind. When we go there I think what we'll remember the most is that one last hole."

Indeed. How can anyone forget it? With a gutsy 18-foot par-saving putt at the 72nd hole, Stewart held off Phil Mickelson by one stroke to win his second U.S. Open and ward off the demons that had been closing around him for the 12 previous months since he faltered at the ’98 Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. Stewart had led by four strokes entering the final round only to see Orlando neighbor and good friend Lee Janzen edge him by one.
So you can imagine the relief and the sheer ecstasy, both etched clearly on Stewart’s face, when his final putt, uphill, breaking left to right, cleanly dove into the hole. He leaned forward and punched the air, then shouted as he raised his arm triumphantly. His caddie, Mike Hicks, leaped in his arms. He then held Mickelson’s face in his hands, and reminded the disappointed competitor – on Father’s Day – that a consolation prize of more importance awaited him, that he was about to become a father. Mickelson’s wife, Amy, gave birth to the couple’s first child the very next day.

Stewart, who began the final round with a one stroke lead, closed with an even-par 70 on Pinehurst’s pernicious No. 2 course, and completed 72 holes with a 1-under 279 total, the only man to finish under par. Mickelson’s 280 was one ahead of Singh and Tiger Woods.
"From a selfish standpoint I’m glad Payne made that last putt at 18 so I can sleep better tonight," said Woods, whose bogey at 17 after a birdie at the arduous par-4 16th cost him dearly. "To lose the U.S. Open by one would be hard to swallow."

Stewart would know, having had that ignominious fate befall him at Olympic Club after having the Open title all but sealed. Stewart looked like he might have to take on more grief when he bogeyed holes 10 and 12 to hand Mickelson the advantage. The talented left-hander either held or shared the lead until the final hole. He bogeyed 16 while Stewart was making a 25-foot par-saving putt, and then after missing a 10-footer for birdie, Mickelson watched Stewart sink a 7-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th to reclaim a one-stroke advantage.
Stewart, who led or shared the lead the last three rounds after his opening 68 trailed Mickelson, David Duval, Paul Goydos and Billy Mayfair by one, putted brilliantly in the final round, thanks to a tip from his wife, Tracey, who reminded him to keep his head still during the stroke. He hit only seven fairways the final day, but he covered those 18 holes in a mere 24 putts.

Of course, it was the last putt that mattered most.

After driving in the right rough, Stewart appeared certain to make bogey. He layed up short of the green then landed his 80-yard wedge shot 18 feet from the flag. Stewart told himself to trust the line and his stroke.

"Last year after the Open, my friends said, ‘Great try.’ I didn’t want to hear that (again) today. That motivated me," said Stewart. "I never gave up. I got the job done, and that means a lot to me."

Stewart’s performance on the 7,175-yard No. 2 Course was as much about perseverance as it was about par. After his 1991 Open win in a playoff over Scott Simpson at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., he twice had finished second, including the ’98 gut-wrencher. At Pinehurst he was the only player to better par when the field averaged 75.54 strokes.

Stewart broke par twice in four days. The rest of the field combined did it just 27 times.
Stewart will be at Pinehurst next week for the 105th U.S. Open, but only in spirit and the form of a statue behind the 18th green. Four months after his momentous triumph he died along with five others in a Learjet crash. Stewart’s bronzed statue forever punches the air, just as he did that cool, cloudy June day in 1999.

"Payne would have loved that statue," says Peter Jacobsen, one of Stewart’s closest friends. "He would have sat in front of that statue with a pitcher of margaritas telling everybody who walked by, ‘That’s me.’ I could just see him doing that."

But everyone would already have known it was Payne Stewart. The moment is frozen in time, a story unto itself that will be retold for years to come.

Dave Shedloski is a free-lance writer whose work has appeared previously on www.usopen.com.

THIS IS SOME GOOD ADVICE I LIVE BY

If a dog was the teacher you would learn stuff like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
Let others know when they've invaded your territory.
Take naps.
Stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you. (to a point - especially if your master if Michael Jackson)
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass. On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout..! run right back and make friends.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.
Be loyal.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently. (again, remember Michael Jackson...)