Weekend Sports Wrap
It was a good sports weekend, alright. First, the Mets took the series against the Phillies staging a solid 8-1 victory. The Mets won the series--which Base10 thought was important given that we lost our last series in Florida (as well as Duaner Sanchez). In very good contract news, the Mets gave David Wright a six-year $55 million deal. Good for him. This follows on the heels of he Mets giving a four-year $23 million deal for Jose Reyes. It is good to see that the Mets have locked up these guys for the foreseeable future. And even better news that this win comes with a solid performance by pitcher John Maine.

Football fans got a taste of the real thing as the preseason debuted last night in the Hall of Fame game pitting the Raiders against the Eagles. Although the Raiders won 16-10, Base10 must say that he thought the Eagles' first team owned the Raider's first team. Base10, who owns Lamont Jordan in his fantasy league is worried about his lackluster 9 carries for 27 yards. Another thing of note about last night's game was that, apparently, Oakland has cornered the market on Tuiasosopos (click here and here). Huh?

In other sports news, Tiger Woods cruised to victory in the Buick classic with four 66-shot days. In tennis, heartthrob No. 4 ranked Maria Sharapova beat Kim Clijsters to win the Acura Classic. And in NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson won handily at the Brickyard yesterday and is the front-runner to win the Nextel Cup.

Finally, in cycling news, Floyd Landis's second "B" sample tested positive for heightened testosterone levels. Landis has been fighting back against the improper leaking of results by the lab or by the UCI.

Mets and Yankees are off tonight. The Mets start a series on Tuesday against San Diego at Shea which will mark Mike Piazza's first return to Shea after being traded. Get out the hankies! The preseason continues on Thursday with a nationally televised game between the Colts and Rams.
- posted by Base10 @ 10:58 AM