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Top O' The Order: Griffey's golf swing not sweet enough for Pebble

A few seaside links to start your day ...

• Ken Griffey and actual golfer Jason Bohn missed the cut by a couple (or eight) strokes at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, so now Junior can get back to deciding M's vs. Braves. [ATTPBGolf]

• A list of non-athletes, some of them really un-athletic non-athletes (Chris Berman, Huey Lewis, the News) who beat the Kid at Pebble. [U.S.S. Mariner]

• Braves players are pumped about possibility of adding Griff Jr. to the Turner Field ensemble. [AJC]

• A-Rod called Selena Roberts, the Lady from Sports Illustrated, to apologize for comments he made in his tell-all tell-some tell something interview. She will wait to reply until A-Rod reports to Tampa on Tuesday and has yet another news conference. [AP via Y! Sports]

• Miami's city leaders are bickering over the Marlins proposed stadium. This wouldn't happen if Hyman Roth were still alive. [Miami Herald]

• Korea's B.K. Kim (why isn't he B.H. Kim?) will miss the WBC because he misplaced his passport, can't find it and thus cannot train with the guys in Hawaii. He should try entering the country via New York City. They'd probably let him in over there. [Korea Times]

• A minor-league affiliate of the Red Sox renews its movement to rid New England of youth baseball teams with the name "Yankees." YEP, it's true. [Baseball Digest via Hardball times]

• New tell-all book exposes Bobby Jenks for being hung-over in the minors often. [Chicago Tribune]

• Rance Mulliniks is the 18th-greatest Blue Jay of all time. [Bluebird Banter]