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Bailey Ober is pointing fingers at the baseball itself. The Twins right-hander says he believes the slick baseballs used in his May twenty-fourth start against Boston are what landed him on the fifteen-day injured list with elbow trouble. That's a serious accusation, and one that raises real questions about ball preparation at Fenway.
Shifting to the links, the Memorial Tournament is off to a wide-open start with four players sharing the top spot after round one. Wyndham Clark and J.J. Spaun, both former U.S. Open champions, are tied alongside Ryan Gerard and England's Tommy Fleetwood. With that much firepower bunched together early, this one has the makings of a genuine weekend thriller at Muirfield Village.
And in football, the Caleb Williams machine is revving back up ahead of the two thousand twenty-six NFL season, but Chicago still hasn't solved the protection puzzle around their franchise quarterback. The offensive line situation remains a glaring vulnerability, and no amount of hype changes the fact that Williams needs time in the pocket to do what he does. The Bears know it. The question is whether they'll fix it before it costs them.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
