Big sports weekend and SU is here to comment on the latest:

First, I must say I laughed out loud when I just read this headline on espn.com: “Nets Swoop in to Sign Bargnani Ahead of the Kings.”  Er, as in Andreas Bargnani of your New York Knicks?  Surely it was a day off in Brooklyn and the office was close and one of the interns sneaked into the GM’s office and pulled a fast one.  Some people will never learn.  SU says good luck on that one.

SU watched the Djokovic – Federer final today and it was as expected great tennis.  SU knew that Federer could not replicate his serving success from Friday against Murray and that Djokovic would raise his level of play.  It was high quality tennis and Federer likely beats anyone else today based on how he played.  SU continues to maintain that Djokovic will be in the conversation of “Greatest of All Time” when his career is all said and done.  Watching Djokovic is, right now, my favorite sports viewing event of any sport.  Federer had 99% of the fans on his side today and Djokovic was able to tune that out for the most part.  In fact, in the last 3 games, he grew angry with a couple of hecklers which seemed to only motivate him to raise his game to an even higher level as he ran away with it in the end.  Great stuff.

The Yankees finally, finally, finally (did I say finally?) brought up Rob Refsnyder to play second base to replace Stephen Drew over the weekend in Boston.  Clearly, this was a difficult decision as Drew was nearing the .180 mark for the season and Cashman did not want to slow his momentum.  All Yankee fans in unison said, “Refsnyder, please don’t suck this weekend.”  And lo and behold, he didn’t!  in fact, today he collected his first hit, first homerun and first error on an errant throw from Miller in the 9th inning.  The Yankees have 4 days now to figure out what to do.  Clearly, this is a tough decision.  Do you finally play a youngster who is ready to take the next step and at the same time energize the snoozing Yankee faithful?  Or do you say, good job kid, we will make a note of this and see if you should be recalled in August or September?  Surely, this is a no-brainer.  Some team out there needs Stephen Drew for the 2nd half of the season.  He only makes $5 million this year.  The time has come to inject youth and enthusiasm into the line up.  SU will be watching.

Jordan Spieth wins yet another tournament and comes into the British Open red hot.  He is making the fans forget about Tiger Woods.  It’s great to have a young American to root for as well.  We will see how he handles the pressure overseas.

In case you weren’t watching, Porzingis made his debut for the Knicks in Las Vegas and was pretty good.  Again, something to get excited about – a youngster finding his way.  Enough of the boring veterans.  If he can stay healthy (and that is not a given), something to look forward to in November.

Finally, the Mets enter the All-Star Break in 2nd place – 2 games out of first behind the Nats.  Could we have 2 NY playoff teams this year?