Sports this 'n' that

The Mets have sent a message that, after a strong start to the season, and falling into last place in the NL East at the All-Star break last week, they don't see themselves as contenders going forward. They dealt former closer Jeurys Familia to Oakland on Saturday for prospects and international slot money, with the Athletics taking on the remainder of Familia's salary.

On the field, the Mets split the first two games of the Bronx half of the Subway Series with the Yankees before heavy rains forced postponement of last night's game. The makeup date has been announced as Monday, August 13, and likely will be on ESPN, as would've been the case last night. Next up for the Mets will be a series vs. San Diego, starting tonight. Weather permitting, of course.
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Speaking of the Yankees, their NY-Penn League team also split the first two games of their series in Staten Island vs. the Tri-City Valleycats. The baby bombers won Friday, 7-1. Saturday's game was rained out, so they tried a double-header Sunday. Tri-City won the opener, 10-1, and they barely got the second game started before it was suspended after 1 inning due to rain.

WROW morning co-host Ben Patton had the latter score backwards this morning. Hopefully, some 'Cats fans have straightened that out by now. Anyway, it was Tri-City's final visit to Staten Island, but they won't have to wait long to see if they can finally make up the remaining game. The baby bombers will be in town on Friday to open a series. Before that, Tri-City welcomes Auburn on Tuesday after a day off today, finishing with the last Camp Day matinee of the year on Thursday.
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The worst case scenario happened to the Albany Empire Saturday night, in a 47-40 loss to the Washington Valor. The cumulative score of the two games means that Washington advances to Arena Bowl, despite being  a last place team in a 4-team league. Well, there's always next year.
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High school football season is still more than a month away, but unlike at this time last year, schedules have not been made available for public purview.

Take Troy High, for example. The 2-time Class AA state champs drop down to Class A this year, but if MaxPreps is to be believed, and that's not guaranteed, their home opener isn't until week 3 vs. LaSalle, after starting the season on the road at Schalmont and Amsterdam. However, MaxPreps doesn't have the entire schedule, so who knows?