We'll start with the most improbable hero of the first week of the Major League Baseball season. Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story was a virtual unknown on opening day, but has most resembled Babe Ruth incarnate. To the tune of SEVEN home runs in his first six career games (yes, that's a record). To go with 12 RBI, and before you think it's all Coors Field, 4 of the 7 HR were on the road. He just won't stop, and could not be denied a piece of the Sportsman of the Week.
Turning over to The Masters, one of the greatest sporting events in America, it was a Britain that surprised. England's Danny Willett leaped from obscurity to torch the back nine (at the same time fan favorite Jordan Spieth was collapsing). Willett shot a 67 on the final round, the second best round of the tournament (to Spieth's 66 on Thursday). Talk about clutch. Bogey-free Sunday, and -3 in the last six holes, that's how you win majors. And a major winner is Willett.
