The Mets took the final two of their series against Seattle and wound up splitting their recent West Coast road trip. They are still struggling to score but seem to be able to pitch well enough to continue to play the spoiler role.
Two ballclubs that are among the class of the American League lock horns in Orange County on Thursday night, with the Halos most recently stealing a win against the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles to avoid the sweep and the Tigers hoping that Miguel Cabrera’s recent slump-snapping dingers are a sign of things to come.
The Indians are in the midst of an 11-game road trip, and will try to maintain their half-game lead over the Royals when they begin a four-game against their American League Central rivals on Thursday night in Kansas City.
It was a decent first season for Scott Shafer at Syracuse. A 6-6 record qualified them for the Texas Bowl and a win over Minnesota gave them a winning record for the year.
Lots of change for Louisville this season as they enter the ACC and welcome back Bobby Petrino as coach. Under former coach Charlie Strong the Cardinals were beasts of the Big East but last year they fell short in their bid to capture an AAC title.
It took a hell of a team to break the SEC’s stranglehold on the BCS trophy but that is what Florida State did last season. The Seminoles dominated on offense and defense last season and they look as good as any team of recent vintage in terms of the possibility of a repeat championship.
When the Tiger beat Georgia in an opening week thriller it looked like last season might be the year they break through on the promise they have been building over the years.
The Toronto Blue Jays host the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in the third game of a four-game set at the Rogers Centre. The Red Sox took the opener in decisive fashion on Monday, crushing the Blue Jays by a score of 14-1, while the Blue Jays answered back with a win of their own in game two on Tuesday, 7-3.
NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series begins its stretch run to this year’s Chase after taking a week off with the running of the Brickyard 400 at fabled Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Sunday afternoon.
It seems like there have been a lot of extra inning games since the break doesn’t it. The Giants and Phillies played 14 last night with the Giants winning and jumping slightly ahead of the Dodgers for the lead in the NL West.
The RBC Canadian Open comes our way from Montreal this weekend – a week after a terrific British Open reminded us of the brilliance of Rory McIlroy.
For the first time in a long time the defending champ is not residing in the SEC. Louisville joins the ACC this season and this strengthens the league, but it does not look like defending conference and national champs, Florida State, is going to be opposed much this season.
The Big 12 has been one of the most unpredictable conferences over the last little while. Kansas State shouldn’t threaten to win any major conference but they seem to be in the mix every year while Texas, with all the advantages in the world, has been in a serious down cycle.
The Mountain West Conference was something of a conference of parity last season. The Fresno State Bulldogs and Utah State Aggies each finished 7-1 (in conference play) in their respective divisions, the San Diego State Aztecs and Boise State Broncos each went 6-2 in the same category and three teams finished 5-3.
The A’s will aim to continue their current domination over opponents at home, when pay host to the Houston Astros in the opener of their three-game series Tuesday.
Behind a solid pitching staff the Mets are not as bad as people think. No they are not going to challenge Washington and Atlanta but they could easily play a little bit of spoiler over the last few months of the season.
