What a Week It Was!

For us Torontonians, it was a wild week in sports here.

From golf to tennis to baseball to soccer, the fans had ample trouble deciding which tickets to buy and which channel to turn to.

Add the rainy wrath of Mother Nature, it makes for a hell of a week in sports!

First to Oakville. The Canadian Open of golf at Glen Abbey had all kinds of delays as the grass was soaked in rainwater. Our homeboy Mike Weir gave it a good shot, but notched only a 5th place finish. Personally, I think Weir is very overrated. Just because he was crowned champion of the Masters in 2003, the media is in love with the guy. He's dipping in performance every tournament and it's incredibly hard to rebound now. But congrats to Chez Reavie for hauling home the hardware.

Rexall Centre, York University. Rafa=unbeatable. Having won 29 straight matches and 5 consecutive tournaments, Nadal is more and more looking like the Federer of 05 and 06. The tough Spaniard knocked out Nicolas Kiefer effortlessly yesterday and didn't have to deal with the storms that had been a frequent site at the Rogers Cup earlier in the week. Now onto Cincinnati where Nadal has a decent shot at ascending to World #1.

Take the subway down to the Rogers Centre, you'd have found yourself cheering for the home team-our beloved Toronto Blue Jays-this weekend. The Jays played horribly on Friday night, but was lucky enough to squeak out a narrow, extra inning victory courtesy of Joe Inglett, no doubt a very underrated member of this team. On Saturday, it was a textbook pounding, as we defeated the Mariners with pride, 8-3. And yesterday, under sunny skies, the bats seemed deadened by the heat as John McDonald provided the only offense with his 9th career home run.

Go west on the Gardiner and drop by BMO field. On Thursday, it was the site of the MLS all star game. Well...it was the MLS All-Stars vs. West Ham, but a great match-up nonetheless. David Beckham didn't score...blah, blah... But kudos to Dwayne De Rosario, the pride of Scarborough, for netting (yet again) the eventual winning goal!

This Wednesday, I'm going to a Blue Jays game!

-D