What a Day! Part 2

Well, things not off to a good start for me with the sports. The Phils handed the Mets a beat down. Pedro got rocked and the Phils have now taken the first two games of the series to close the Mets lead in the NL East to just 1 slim game. Biggest game of the year awaits the Mets tonight, on ESPN, with the ESPN team of broadcasters no doubt bringing up the ghosts of September of 2007. Remember this folks, the Mets of 2007 did not have Johan Santana and that is why their end of the year slump got as deep as it did. I expect him to go out and pitch very, very well tonight and for the Mets to hit enough to get a win over Cole Hamels and the Phillies.

I caught some interesting NFL games today too. First off, the Bengals lost to the Ravens. Frustrating loss in which the Bengals talented offense never really got going and a decision to go for it on 4 and 1 with 7 minutes to go from the Ravens 25 may have been the final blow. Bengals ran the ball for no gain and never got another chance as the Ravens were able to run out the clock on their ensuing possession. NOT a good start for my boyz from Cincy.

The Jets got themselves a nice win, surviving losing their placekicker, and surviving a final (unsuccessful) drive by the Dolphins led by former Jet Chad Pennington. Some good stop and a an interception on the final play by the Jets secondary allowed them to hang on for the 20-14 win. Could have been a REALLY tough loss for the Jets to take had the Dolphins scored there and won by a single point.

And as some of you may know, I live in Cambridge, MA these days so I have to mention that Tom Brady hurt his left knee early in the first quarter of the Patriots opener. They managed to win, in no small part to the fact that their backup QB took most of the pre-season snaps as Brady nurses some injuries, so he was pretty sharp and a defensive stand at the end allowed them to hang on as well against the Chefs. (mis-spelling intentional) No word as of yet on the extent of Brady's injury. Will keep you posted.




Nadal kept the break he earned yesterday and has won the third set from Andy Murray. They are on serve early in the 4th although the 2nd game has gone to 8 deuces so far with Murray having squandered 7(!) break points in the current game.