Here in the UK, when referring to athletic completion, it’s not “sports”, but “sport”. Therefore, I will now drone on about sport.

Mets – Today is judgment day. It’s the last day of the regular season, and their slide over the past couple of weeks has resulted in a potential four-way tie for the last two playoff spots. We’ll see how everything plans out over the next 24 hours. In the hunt are the Mets, Phillies, Rockies, and Padres. In my ideal world, since I do claim allegiance to two of those team (the Mets first, and then the Phillies as long as their performance has no effect on the Mets), the Mets will win the NL East and the Phillies then take the wild card.

Soccer (Football) – I’m currently sitting here watching the closing minutes of the Women’s World Cup. The US took 3rd early this morning, and now the Germans have just finished off the Brazil (2-0). I’ve gone out a few nights here to watch football, and for the most part, I view it like I view baseball…it’s the type of game where I need to be multitasking or doing something else, and then I look up when the crowd gets loud and something happened. However there’s a local club down the road from here (it’s in the American equivalent of single A baseball) that I’m going to check out this week.

Rugby – It’s going to be my replacement for football while I’m here in London. The Rugby World Cup is going on right now, and on Friday I watched a match between England and Tonga. The sport shares a lot of elements of football (hard hits, odd-shaped ball, field goals) and was very entertaining to watch. Highlights of the match included a drop-kick to a receiver in the end zone (you can kick the ball to move it forward, and then catch your own kick), and a Tonga player tripping and dropping the ball near the end zone, and a English player picking up the fumble and returning it all the way down the field. The knockout stages will be starting soon, which will make for some exciting nights out this upcoming week.

I’m off Central London to a pub where they show American sports, so hopefully I can watch an NFL game and the Mets game. I’m currently working on uploading the London pictures, and a full Ultimate London Day Trip Update 2007 will be forthcoming tonight.