Weekend Sports
Mets fans were rewarded with a series victory against the Cubs over the weekend. Last night, the Mets spanked their Chicago rivals 13-7 scoring two grand slams and eleven runs in the sixth inning. To quote from Ben Stein: Wow! The Boys are off tonight and begin a three game series against Cincy starting tomorrow. Fans will get to see another start from phenom-rookie Mike Pelfrey Tuesday night, as well. The Mets pitching looks to be pretty good for the second half. Whether or not Pelfrey gets sent down, Maine is back (albeit relegated to a reliever role) and Brian Bannister may be back by the end of the month.

In peloton news, American Floyd Landis still has the inside track for winning the Tour de France, although truth be told, it's still anybody's race. Landis is 1:29 off the yellow jersey as the tour starts the Alpine stages tomorrow with a vicious climb up l'Alpe d'Huez. And Base10 thinks Wednesday's stage is even harder. Interestingly, there is no team time trial this year, with the final individual time trial occurring on a flat stage Saturday, the day before the race ends. If no leader emerges from the Alps this week, this time trial may decide the race.

In other sports news, the British Open starts on Thursday.

Finally, the New York Jets are starting training camp on July 28--that's next week folks. Many questions remain and SI's Don Banks doesn't give them much of a chance this year, but this is still the part of the year when fans can dream before reality sets in. But hey, that's why we watch, right?
- posted by Base10 @ 12:37 PM