it's going to be a thrilling day. they get under way in around about 2 1/2 hours, all the lead groups, and there's plenty of birdies out there, judging by what we've seen already today. it's a very exciting place to be here at muirfield, and for more sporting headlines, let's go over to jared greenberg for this morning's "bleacher report." >> shane o'donoghue, thank you so much. much more open championship coverage right now on bleacherreport.com. stateside, erik bedard wants no part of baseball immortality. a pitcher pulling himself is unheard of in the latest wrinkle in a week for the houston astros. he was flat-out dominant, not allowing a hit. he struck out ten batters, but in the seventh, bedard asked out of the game, having thrown 109 pitch pitches. with a history of shoulder problems, he said he was done. before exiting, bedard walked what would turn to be the go-ahead run. so, without allowing a hit,