I’m getting back into the everyday grind of baseball, which I love, he said. That’s how you figure it out… getting back into it. I’m a big believer in little things change and all of sudden you have two homers instead of two flyball outs, you’ve got a walk instead of a strikeout. It can change quickly.

But the putting issue is also nothing new; Woods couldn’t buy a putt in his last start, which came two weeks ago at the Memorial.

On Saturday alone at that tournament, he missed five putts from inside eight feet, including a pair of four-footers.

At least on Thursday, Woods only missed two such putts, both of which came from inside six feet, six inches. But he also didn’t make a single putt of significant length, with only one make coming outside of five feet – a 10-foot-8 bogey putt on No. 2.

Beyond that, his list of makes read more like a list furniture measurements: one foot, three inches; two feet, four inches; one foot, four inches; four feet, two inches; one foot, two inches; one foot, six inches…

Boston, 25, spent last year with the Chargers after toiling for the Panthers from 2014 to 2016. The former Panthers defender is mired in a dead safety market along with Eric Reid, Kenny Vaccaro and Mike Mitchell.

Boston has met with the Colts and Cardinals, saying of his Indianapolis visit: I didn’t meet with the [general manager], [head coach] or [defensive coordinator]. I was in the lunch room for [two] hours. I even got to play basketball.

As for his Cardinals meet-and-greet, Boston told Sirius: They rolled out the red carpet for me, but the offer was very, very disrespectful.

People think that you can find safeties anywhere, one former defensive coordinator told NFL Network’s Bucky Brooks. Listen to how people always talk about aging cornerbacks moving inside to safety when they lose their athleticism. Sure, some guys can do it, but there’s a lot more that goes into the position than some realize. You have to be smart and a communicator to play in the back end. You also need to be a solid tackler in the open field.

You can’t just throw anybody in there and expect them to have success.

He’s reached 197 victories for his career. Verlander hit the 2,500-strikeout mark earlier this season, so when he hits 200 wins, he will join some rarefied air. Only Mike Mussina, Bob Feller and Walter Johnson have recorded at least 200 wins and 2,500 strikeouts while spending their entire career in the American League.

Well, if Verlander gets to 19 wins this year (an aggressive assumption), he will have averaged 17 wins over the past three seasons. As mentioned, he’s on top of his game and playing for the best team in the big leagues, one poised to remain in the elite tier for the time being.

Let’s say Verlander extends this 17-win average for three more seasons. He’s then at 261 wins. If he gets that close, is there any doubt he’d go for it, especially considering his adulation of historical greats like Nolan Ryan?

Igwenagu has long been close to making Rutgers his pick, but took some time to mull over his other options Army, Temple, Buffalo, Kent State, Bryant, UMass and Rice as well as schools close to offering, like UConn, Boston College and UCLA.

He’s an explosive defender, who projects to safety strong, free and nickel but could also kick down to Sam or Will linebacker if Rutgers were to have a need there.

Igwenagu been recruited to Rutgers primarily by defensive backs coach Noah Joseph, who surely appreciates Igwenagu’s twitch, hips, range and ability to move with all that length.

When the Browns took Ward fourth overall this year, they passed on a player many considered to be the best player and/or the best defender in the draft in pass rusher Bradley Chubb. That doesn’t make the selection of Ward a bad pick, but it does put a bit more pressure on Ward to produce, not that he wouldn’t have been under pressure if he’d gone later in the first round.

Many think Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald will exit the NFL after the 2018 season, the 15th of his Hall of Fame career. Fitzgerald isn’t thinking that far ahead.

I’m just trying to make it to February in one piece, Fitzgerald said after a Wednesday minicamp practice, via the Associated Press.

When I say that I’m not saying it jokingly, that’s the mentality that you have to have, Fitzgerald added. All these guys, they’re not bringing them in here for their own health. They’re bringing them here to give them the opportunity to take your job. That’s not lost on me ever. I’m fighting and competing just like everybody else is.

Fitzgerald’s longevity may depend on the quality of quarterback play. He seems to be impressed with rookie Josh Rosen, the 10th overall pick in the draft.

Besides the skirmish, Shurmur was overall pleased with what he got out of his team through offseason activities. The Giants headed their separate ways Thursday for five weeks until training camp begins.

Very productive offseason, Shurmur said. I told the players we’ve come a long way, but we got a long way to go in all areas.

I don’t like watching myself argue, Piniella told the Daily News. If I’m on TV and see ESPN or anybody running it I turn it off. I’m a little embarrassed about that. I wish I hadn’t gone through the gyrations that I did. I’m very, very passionate, but I probably overdid it at times.

No disrespect to Sweet Lou, but clips of his old arguments — some of them bordering on legendary — are quite entertaining, and show the kind of passion some feel is missing in the sport today. Here’s a mix of some of his greatest hits.

Surprisingly, Piniella said he’s good friends with some of the umpires he blasted on the field.

I feel bad for some of the umpires that I had some run-ins with, he said. They are good friends of mine and I respect the job that they’ve done. But I don’t watch those things.

B.J. Hill may have been overshadowed at times on a North Carolina State defensive line that included fifth-overall pick Bradley Chubb, but he has still found ways to make a strong early impression with the Giants.

Fullback James Develin wasn’t the only role player to land a contract extension with the Patriots on Thursday.

Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports that the team has agreed to a four-year extension with long snapper Joe Cardona. Word of Develin’s two-year deal surfaced earlier in the day.

Cardona was a 2015 fifth-round pick out of the Naval Academy and had his active service requirement delayed under a policy that was rescinded by the Department of Defense last year. That change is not retroactively applied to Cardona or other players granted an exemption.

And so, Webb said he will not take much of a break. He will go home to Texas for a short time, but even there he will not put away football. He intends to hang out at Prosper High School, where his dad, Matt, is a coach, to throw, work out and study film. Webb also plans on increasing his running to get in top condition for his second NFL training camp.

As a result, the Cardinals now have 89 players on their active roster. That leaves them with a spot to fill before training camp gets underway in a little more than a month.

Ginda entered the draft with a year of eligibility left, but went undrafted out of San Jose State. He signed with the Cardinals right after the draft was over and will now try to continue his bid for an NFL career elsewhere.

Prior to leaving the Giants facility, Webb went upstairs into the coaching offices, seeking four or five bullet points of things I need to work on these next six weeks. He already had three in mind: Increase his knowledge of the protection schemes, better understand why certain routes are getting called and become more efficient moving around in the pocket.

I want to be a good player, Webb said. I’m not there yet. I want to be good and I’m gonna try to do as much as I can to get good.

Washington State head coach Mike Leach fell hard for the fake.

CC Sabathia did his part. The offense just couldn’t support the starter on Sunday.

The Yankees failed to record multiple hits in any inning, and outside of an Aaron Hicks solo home run, the offense sputtered in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium.

So, will this be Kay’s last contract with the team? Don’t count on it.

I don’t see any end in sight, Kay told The Post. I want to keep doing this as long as I want to and as long as they want me to.

Kay will continue to host his afternoon drive show on 98.7 ESPN. In the latest ratings, Kay and his crew were beat by the return of Mike Francesa on WFAN.

He was hardly a factor in 2013 and 2014, was suspended the entire 2015 season for a third violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing substance policy and didn’t play a down after being reinstated in 2016. 

Jordan was a good-riddance cut the following offseason, but the Dolphins were left wondering about everything else they could have done with the two premium draft picks and $19 million they wasted on the guy. 

It takes a hell of a mistake to trump the five-year, $60 million deal the Dolphins gave Mike Wallace the same year, but that 2013 draft decision does the trick. 

Jackson was easily the most athletic and fastest quarterback in this year’s draft, and maybe in quite some time. He’s so athletic that some teams wanted him to work out as a wide receiver. Jackson turned that down, because, well, he’s a first-round quarterback prospect, so why on earth would he need to play another position? The Ravens insisted after the draft that they see Jackson strictly as a quarterback as well, but they’re also using him to run the ball in some practices.

On the surface, Nick Saban and Adam Gase don’t seem all that similar. Rookie first-round cornerback Minkah Fitzpatrick sees it differently.

The contract’s going to come, Williams said, via the New York Post. There’s no pressure for it. I’m not like thirsty for it or anything like that. I just want to keep working hard and keep focusing on year by year and just making myself the best possible and helping my team be the best possible, and the money will come.

I set my own expectation, Mayfield said. I don’t listen to anybody else’s, that’s how I always have been. And so for me, the pace has been a little bit slower than I really wanted it. There’s always bumps in the road, it’s not going to be perfect, that’s for sure.

It’s weird. Even now I’m like, it’s me. I’m the punter, Martin said. I always was with Nate and Tulloch and it was just sitting here. All the sponsors still wanted to do it so it just really needed a name to put on it. It was an easy thing for me to pick up last year.

It’s definitely a good feeling. I still have a bigger vision for my foundation but after five years, I like where we’re at.

Martin put his money on quarterback Jake Rudock being one of the best players on the diamond and he turned out to be right.

We’re just focusing on the guys that are here, but we’re always in constant dialogue with Aaron and his group, and would like to come to a solution.

When that’s going to happen, it’s hard to say.