NIAGARA FALLS, NY – Happy Monday. The Bills already played on Thursday, so it’s not worth talking about. I’ll just walk through the Mets, Jets, and the Women’s Rugby World Cup – once again.
New York Mets Update
The Mets don’t know how to do things easy. After winning the series against the Padres, of course they lose two out of three to the Nationals—including games where they make errors and give away runs, and come close but can’t finish the win. Saturday’s game was a tough one for the bullpen, and the loss on Sunday was close, 3–2. Thanks to a couple of big hits and things going their way, they couldn’t go and get the win. So now, as I see the Wild Card standings, they’re tied with the Reds, who hold the tiebreaker over them, and the Diamondbacks are one game behind and also hold the tiebreaker over them. So with six games left, that’s half the wind out essentially, and we have to hope that the Reds drop a game and that the Diamondbacks don’t gain a game on them. It’s a lot of pressure, and I don’t know if they can go 6–0. Five and one at best, but I think the Reds can go 5–1 too, so that’s how I feel right now.
NY Jets
I don’t know if quotations would adjust the surprise, because somehow they still disappointed. I think they’re still disappointed because they get into games and get themselves into a winable situation and don’t finish really. They just took a soft early lead and then eventually fell behind 23–6 going into the 4th quarter. Somehow they mounted a furious comeback but still fell short to lose 29–27. The Jets somehow were down 26–20 and managed to block a field goal by Tampa Bay and run it back to go up 27–26. And of course then they kicked it off to Tampa, who then drove down the field and kicked the game-winning field goal. Thank you for coming, God bless, have a good night.
Women’s Rugby World Cup
I know a couple weeks ago I talked about it and talked about the US Women’s, but today I want to talk about the incredible win by our neighbors to the north, the Canadian women. They were dominant in group play, not giving up any points, and then in the semi-final they gave Australia a brief glimpse of light before they went on to stomp them 46–5. So they go to the semi-final against defending champs New Zealand, and what was supposed to be a tight affair was not, as they comfortably won 34–17. So now they’re in the final against the powerhouse England, who won the World Cup before New Zealand. And England looked like a problem even against France, who are no slouches themselves and their semi-finalists too. It’s going to be a big clash—two teams of red and white—and I will be cheering hard for Canada.
Come back tomorrow, for our Brian Daboll, overrated and lacking in results, Ben Whitney.
