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NASSAU, Bahamas -- It was just minutes after completing a nine-hole Monday practice round with a group that included Derek Jeter when Tiger Woods began waxing nostalgic about their career parallels.Even though hes older and spent a couple of years in the minors, we both came up in 96, Woods said. When I was having my run, he had his run. When Kobe [Bryant] had his run with Shaq [ONeal], his three in a row, thats when Jeter and I had our run. So were all the same age, we all came up together doing the same stuff. We were talking about that a little out there today.Of course, that walk down memory lane took a hard right turn when he reached their current situations.Woods flashed a knowing smile and a quick laugh, then boasted: I get to keep playing.Its been nearly 16 months since his last competitive tournament start, but Woods will indeed keep playing, beginning with this weeks Hero World Challenge. Not only will he once again serve as host of the event but hell also be the main storyline, a near-41-year-old 14-time major champion returning to the public spotlight after three back surgeries.If theres a difference in Woods between now and the last time we saw him play, its not a tangible one. He looks the same. He dresses the same. Even that oft-critiqued swing of his appears pretty similar to the naked eye to the one that netted him a T-10 result at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015.No, the difference might be less in what we see than what we hear, if we listen carefully.Even in a brief, impromptu interview session with a half-dozen reporters Monday afternoon, Woods seemed more inclined to ruminate on the good ol days than in the past. He seemed more conscious of his place among the PGA Tours elder statesmen, allowing that he knows less than one-third of the competitors on any given week in a full-field tournament.And he again waxed nostalgic for those days when he didnt have to work so hard to prepare himself to play.We miss the days of going to the first tee and hitting it 300 yards with a balata ball and a persimmon driver, he said. We cant do that anymore.Although Woods admitted that much of his conversation with Jeter around the back nine at Albany Golf Club was just playful needling, they did speak about the difficulty in getting ready to compete later in their careers.I was talking to Jeets about it, Woods said. He broke his ankle, so when he came back from that, how long did it take him to get ready for each game? It takes three or four hours. Youd think you just show up at a ballpark, take BP, take a few grounders and off you go. But no; its a long time. And its the same thing with me.It might sound as if he was pondering professional mortality, but that was hardly the takeaway. Instead, he was offering an explanation for how those career parallels between golf and other sports come to a halt at a certain age.Theyre forced out because of age, salary cap, less ability to move, he explained. But in our sport, you see how far Im hitting it. Jim Furyk just shot a 58 hitting it as far as he does. So you can play different ways and still win tournaments in golf. You cant do that in baseball. You cant do that in football. You cant do that in basketball. Once you miss that window, youre done. Were starting to see that with [Roger Federer]. Its sad. You saw how dominant he was, but you can see how its not quite the same. The same with Jeets; after he broke his ankle, he wasnt quite the same. Its sad.God bless his soul, Arnold [Palmer] played into his 70s. Gary [Player] played the Masters [52] times. Imagine Jeter playing for 50 years? I mean, you just cant fathom that.After his lengthy absence and considering his recent physical history, it might be difficult to fathom Woods continuing to play for so long, either.For now, all we know is that hell keep trying, starting with this week. While Jeter, Kobe, Federer and other athletes of the same generation are either retired or nearing that point, Woods is a golfer. And he knows exactly what that means: I get to keep playing.Don Baylor Jersey . Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday. Jared Walsh Angels Jersey . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. 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Right-handed hitting Wilmer Flores hit his fifth home run in eight games, a two-run drive off lefty Travis Wood in the eighth.Addison Russell hit a two-run double in the first after the usually precise Colon walked a pair of batters.There are days I havent seen Bartolo throw 15 balls in five innings, let alone in one inning, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Certainly uncharacteristic, but youre going to have blips like that.Colon said fatigue or mechanics arent explanations for poor performances in two of his last three starts, sandwiched around a win over the Philadelphia.You have your highs and your lows in baseball, the 43-year-old said through a translator.Besides, the Mets dont have anyone to take his spot in the rotation.Hes going to pitch and start every five days, Collins said. Right now if he was 53, hes going to be out there.Rizzo pulled a slider to right for a solo homer in the third, a drive that would have traveled 451 feet had it landed at ground level unimpeded, according to MLBs Statcast program. Two innings later with a runner on, Rizzo sent a fastball into the right-field bleachers, estimated at 436 feet by Statcast.Rizzo also hit a two-run hommer in Mondays victory as the Cubs rebounded from a four-game sweep in New York this month.dddddddddddd. Chicago has won five of its last seven overall.Hendricks (9-6) gave up seven hits and hasnt allowed an earned run in his last three appearances. He lowered his ERA to 2.27, third best in the majors.About 15 hours after loading the bases with no outs in the ninth and failing to score in a 2-1 loss, the Cubs wasted no time in a similar situation.Javier Baez added an RBI single off Antonio Bastardo in a three-run fifth as the Cubs completed a 4-2 homestand.New York, resting several starters ahead of a series in Miami, wasted chances.Juan Lagares hit into an inning-ending double play with runners at first and third base in the second. James Loney was thrown out at the plate by Jason Heyward to end the fourth when the center fielder charged Kelly Johnsons single and made a perfect one-hop throw to catcher Miguel Montero, who barely had to move his mitt. Michael Conforto hit into an inning-ending double play against Carl Edwards Jr. in the seventh.AGE OF BARTOLOColon is 219 days older than Cubs president Theo Epstein.TRAINERS ROOMMets: OF Yoenis Cespedes, who returned Monday from a strained right quadriceps, sat out. Manager Terry Collins said Cespedes is not close to being 100 percent. . 2B Neil Walker and SS Asdrubal Cabrera also rested.UP NEXTMets: RHP Logan Verrett (3-6) faces Marlins LHP Adam Conley (6-5) on Friday night. ' ' '