LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Monday (5/7/12)...Nats 3-Phillies 9 on ESPN last night, O's win over Red Sox in 17 innings 9-6 as 1b Davis has to pitch and gets the "W" (O's and Nats are now in 1st place)...Redskins Coach Shanahan says RGlll to be his "starter" from Day 1 (..Rex will start by game 6 and who know who will start game 16)...Pujols gets a home run for Angels and perhaps the Angels will start to get a return on their $$$$...Rickie Fowler wins Wells Fargo playoff for 1st PGA Tour title...Philly pitcher Hammel hit Nats rookie Lf Harper with a pitch on Sunday night and admits he did it to welcome the 19 year old to the big leagues (...95 mph welcome..OUCH!)...Bubba Watson Watch Watch: Masters Champion Bubba Watson to miss the Players Championship at Sawgrass to spend time with the family...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Sunday (5/6/12)...Nats 7-Philly 1, O's 8-Red Sox 2...NHL Playoffs: Caps 3-Rangers 2 (Series tied 2-2)..."I'll Have Another"  wins Kentucky Derby...USA 5-Canada 4 at Men's World Hockey Championships...MLS Soccer D.C. United 2-Toronto 0...U.C. Irvine wins men's NCAA volleyball championships...Bubba Watson Watch Watch: Bubba leads PGA tour winners with $3,204,778 in winnings...Nationals 3b Ryan Zimmerman set to return to lineup on Tuesday(Nats hope)... Quote of the day: "The reason the golf pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing"...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Saturday (5/5/12)...Nats 4-Philly 3, O's 6-Red Sox 4...U.S.A. 7-France 2 in Men's World Ice Hockey Championships...NBA Hall of Fame player Julius Erving to work for 76'ers as "strategic adviser"...Washington College (Chestertown) women's rowing team rated #11 in the nation...USC vs UC- Irvine in NCAA men's volleyball championships...Caps vs Rangers today at 12:30 in NHL playoffs...D.C. United vs Toronto F.C. in MLS soccer today at 4:00 p.m....See you at BLUE HERON Golf course, county owned and operated & a great course!! 

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...TGIF (5/4/12)...Nats 2-DBacks 1 (Nationals are now 16-9), TONIGHT, O's vs Red Sox, Nats vs Philly...Kentucky Derby on Saturday...Caps vs Rangers on Saturday..."LINMANIA" not yet": Jeremy Lin (Knicks point guard) still not able to play in NBA playoffs due to injury..."Slap Shot, PA." to get a hockey team: Johnstown, PA. to get a minor league hockey team, Johnstown is where the movie "Slap Shot" a cult movie for hockey fans was filmed...Bubba Watson Watch Watch: Masters Champion Bubba Watson had a "Green Jacket" made for his infant son (just like Dad's Masters Champion Jacket)...Seamas McBride (Zen Golf Coach and Master Gardener) on golf, " The game was invented by the Scots along with Scotch Whiskey to make us forget our troubles"...  

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Thursday (5/3/12)...Local MLB teams "HOT"...Nats 5-DBacks 4 as Nationals win with a walk off homer in 9th (Nats are 15-9,  .5 in 1st place and Harper is "ON FIRE"), O's 5-Yankees 0 (O's are 16-9 and are 1 game out of 1st place)... NHL News: Caps 1-Rangers 2 (Rangers lead playoff series 2-1)...MLS News" D.C. United 3-San Jose 5...Jared Weaver pitches no-hitter for Angels as Angels beat Twins 9-0...Bubba Watson Watch Watch: Have you seen Masters Champion Bubba Watson in the video "Oh, Oh, Oh," with the "Golf Boys"??? Must see for You Tube generation, golfers and check out Bubba's watch...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Wednesday (5/2/12)...O's 7-Yankees 1, Nationals 1-DBacks 5...Redskins release Jabar Gaffney last years leading pass catcher (???)...Roy Hodgson hired as England's new National team soccer coach...D.C. United vs San Jose TONIGHT...Caps vs Rangers in game three of NHL playoffs TONIGHT...New Orleans VOODOO vs Jacksonville in AFL arena football this week...Remember "Blue Heron" golf course" community owned and operated, great staff, 18 great holes and Wednesday & Friday try the "Lunch Special"...Seamus McDuff (Zen golf instructor and Master Gardener) on golf, "My current handicap is my driver, irons and putter"...

LEFTY McNEIL ON SPORTS...Tuesday (5/1/12)...Caps beat Rangers 3-2 to even NHL playoff series at one game apiece...Yankees beat O's 2-1, TONIGHT Nationals vs D'Backs & O's vs Yankees...Maryland guard Terrell Staglin enters NBA draft (Staglin faced a one year U of M suspension)...Bradley Wiggins wins the six day Tour de Romandie bike race...MR. IRRELEVANT 2012 AWARD goes to N. Illinois QB Chandler Hamish (253rd and "Last" player picked in this years NFL draft)...Enjoy Blue Heron golf course, county owned and operated, 18 great holes, great staff (..and the snack bar is GREAT!!)...