Second Day of Sportsnado Better, Not Great.

 

Love how the shark almost seems to be holding Lady Liberty's torch in this poster...

So, in the end, NYC's epic Two Days of Sport was something more like Two Days of Meh.  

On the plus side, your New York Yankees went up, 1-0, in the ALCS, beating the Conies in Walkathon II: The Pitches Are Wild!. The Mets rallied gamely to tie up the Bums, and the Shark-Free Liberty managed not to blow a 17-point lead on top of blowing an 18-point lead.

So, good. Where this will all take us, who knows? Sure makes the fall fun, though. Save for...the football.

What a mess our two "hometown" ("home" being a New Jersey swamp in this instance) gridiron galoots are. Both are now 2-4, and between them have lost 3 games for want of a decent placekicker, which must be some type of record.

(Actually, last night, the Jets' Greg Zuerlein managed to hit the uprights twice, which to my mind should be worth 4 points.)

The Jets promptly doubled down on their in-season rebuilding, looking to bring in Davante Adams. But while Aaron Rodgers showed flashes of his old self, even pulling out a Hail Mary touchdown before the half, it looks like the Jets lack a line to protect him, and then there were those 110 yards in penalties. Of the Jints, best we not even speak.

It appears there will be little left to celebrate after baseball—and the WNBA, give the Liberty their props—shut down. Oh, wait: the Rangers did smack down Detroit last night, and they're looking very sharp. What could possibly keep them from winning their second Stanley Cup in the last 84 years?

But I digress. Yanks need to get to the Series, before the long, cold winter sets in.