Bentleague III Blog – 11/17/2017

Bentleague III Blog – 11/17/2017

Beer is good and free beer is better.  Big thanks to Barbara and PAC for the comp’d beer left over from the recent doubles tourney.  Kudos to Big John Allen and Willey Billy Spiess for capturing the 4.0 Doubles Championship against The Ego and BHump.

Now to the recap of Thursday Night’s action:

Team America vs. FYVM

·        Greg/Fred                Hunt/Donald           7-5, 6-2

O’fer Greg Gordo still looking for Win#1 proving nice guys do finish last.  Donald and the Bearded one prevail and on the surface I don’t know how the first set was so close.  This one had mismatch written all over it.  Hunt intimidating with No Shave November appearance and Donald rebounding nicely with several Win’s in a row.  Beau Chen outings have Friendly Freddie behind the competitive curve on Bentleague competition.  May need a better pairing to get in the Win column.  Sorry Greg….at least Tops’l was a success.

·        Ray/Mitch                John/Todd    1-6, 6-3,1-0

Someone call the Donald (not you DAllen) because Ray’s stock keeps tumbling.  Poor Chap - Poor Chap…Pour him another drink because he has no luck and no wins.  Yet another close defeat at the hands of Box Wine Priola and Toad (Todd) the wet sprocket.  Never-miss Jawn vying for MVP candidacy with another impressive win and also may take Jared’s place as the leading weight loss sponsor.  You have a shot as long as you stay away from little boys.

·        Billy/Bentley                        Ben/Skip       7-5, 6-3

Good match on the show court as Billy rides confidence from recent title with the Commish to victory.  Fine play by Young Ben and Skip thwarted by Billy’s overheads and Bentley’s net game.  Young Ben still reeling from Tops’l loss against the Malachi Brothers has to find a way back to victory lane.  Only setback for FYVM as Steve continues to dial up chemistry in his line up pairings.  Team America gets one line and falls into last place as early indications suggested.    

String Music vs. Take the Cannoli

·         Brad/Jason beat Chris/John Allen   6-7, 6-3, 1-0

Ouch.  This one hurt to watch.  Almost as hard as watching Jason play in those short shorts.  And I thought Chris wore short shorts.  B IV will have a mandated 7-9 inch inseam on shorts in order to participate.  Have to take this one to the board.  I digress.  Back to Tennis.  Hard fought match goes to the Cannoli’s as Big John tires towards the end after playing tennis for 6 straight hours.  Dan Quayle is no JackKennedy and you are no Steve Jacobs John.  Rest up on match day young man and the results may be different.  Kobrock feeling the pressure of sub’ing for the injured Priola fails to capture first win to Ferr’s chagrin.  Short Shorts’ back hand return and one impressive overhead exhibiting surprising good hops was too much in the end.   

·         Andrew/Kevin beat Ronny/Ananth   7-5, 3-6, 1-0

Always entertaining McQuaid and Captain Cannoli grit our finale of the night (also on the show court) to cement demise of SM on this chilly Thursday night evening.  With the crowd watching (too close, I might add) and pressure mounting Ananth and Ronny falter in another third set massacre.   As the pressure mounted so did Ananth’s number of serve bounces. In the end, scrambling duo take the clincher.   

·         Burt/Doug lost to Hal/Jay 7-6. 6-3

No love playing the night cap on clay with the crowd hovering around the keg and hard courts.  High Value Hal and Jacked up Jay bring Ferr his lone victory of the night vs. the King of Tinder (Ukrain edition) and Smiling DougAutin.  Magic subsides for Autin and I didn’t listen to the Dalton Gang’s recap so I really don’t have much to add.  Hal and Jay in straights keep SM one ahead of bottom dweller TM.

·         Blake/Mark beat Mitch/Vic 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 

In the twilight special the Ego escapes yet again.  Svelte Mitch and not the namesake of Steve’s team come out like gang busters to make Captain Cannoli nervous early on.  Mark steadies himself and overcomes the double fault king to win in a nail biter third set.  Actually, the third set was anti-climactic as Cannoli’s roll.   

30,000 foot summary:

Tie at the top for B III Title.  Looking forward to Line 1 vs. Line 1 with these two title contenders.  Stallion says top tier of FYVM will be tough to beat if the availability works out for FYVM.  Smoke and Mirror victories for Cannoli’s will cease and FYVM will expand lead soon.  Will to fight waning for Team America and String Music.  HTF did String Music lose three against FYVM last week with Donald, Steve, and Hunt not in the lineup.  This week’s results hurt even more and losing three tie breakers will not be easily forgotten.  Out of tune/String Music not living up to pre-season predictions needs to right the ship quick to stave off abuse from Cannoli’s.  I see two two horse races here.  One for the title and one for the cellar.   Hate to say it….but the standings don’t lie.  It is what it is.   

League Standings

	Take the Cannoli	Team America	FYVM	String Music
Total Lines Won	12	7	12	8