Bentleague III Blog 12/15/2017 – The final chapter.

Bentleague III Blog 12/15/2017 – The final chapter. 

Cannoli’s Win…Cannoli’s Win…Cannoli’s Win

First and foremost… I am Humble!  I didn’t see this one coming.  Kind of disappointed in FYVM’s finish.  On paper, I still see three victories in that line up.  But, as Kevin would say….To hell with paper champions!!!  Let the love hate relationship with the Cannoli’s begin.  Take the Cannoli team rises to the challenge and captures B III Title in a fantastic finish to B’s third installment.  Big thank you to the commish for all you do for PAC tennis and our crew.  Friendships beyond tennis.  We are lucky. 

Congrats again to Kevin and his team.  I even like most of them.  Just a reminder…winning team (B I) contributed 1^st place winnings to year end party! 

To our chagrin…we have to watch the love fest continue one more time at the year-end Christmas luncheon.  Betting by the end of that – Cannoli’s will officially be the most hated team in Bentleague History.  Well at least one of them will be the most hated!

Oh well….You have to win it on the court and the Cannoli’s did just that week in and week out.  Most lines won had Cannoli’s only needed two lines on this final match of B III.  Truth be told I am a little let down that it’s over.  I was pulling for one more match. 

“Let’s tie these bastards” Theme from Captain Extraordinaire Kevin proves the vertically challenged mastermind knew what he was doing from draft day forward.  Another 1^st overall rallies team to title proving pre-draft selection is where champions are crowned.  Key’s to the Cannoli’s victory are many so let’s get started.

Pre –match pep talks from Captain Cannoli prove invaluable.  Cannoli’s may have to give partial payout to String Music for oh for four outing the week prior because that cushion proved insurmountable.  WTH- Still scratching my head on how we went oh for four.

FYVM Captain comes out heavy with Donald and the Councilman vs. Jason and Burt in line 1.  The mastermind didn’t flinch because everyone knew he was conceding this line except Steve.  Head Cannoli knew all he needed was two and he was banking on two of the remaining three lines to secure his title.

The Captain himself and Nice Guy McQuaid had their hands full vs. the dynamic duo of EffUHunt and YoungBen.  Youth would prevail again and it was really not that close. Watch out for this pair in B IV.

Stage was set for a crucial match on dirt and nail biter finale on court four. 

Didn’t see much of the dirt match but as it turns out …Box Wine Jawn couldn’t make my pre-match predictions a reality.  Betting BigMac McCarthy was the difference because we all know Brad needs someone athletic to cover 80 percent of the court to his 20.  Assumption is fire power won out as Shane and Belding win in straights.  Belding Brad posts another W for the Cannoli’s albeit mostly at line 4 leaving team Cannoli one shy of the title.  The squirrel’s plan was working….as designed.

FYVM’s fate was sealed once the crowd moved towards court 4.  Have to call it like it is….Bully Blake and theEgoFair stepped up their game when it mattered most.  Proud Papa Cannoli looked like the cat that ate the canary as he watched his charges hit shot after shot.  Pre-match Gamble for his number one draft pick paid off with a 1 and 4 seed playing the FYVM Captain and a 6^th rounder.  Witnesses seen FYVM’s title chances fading as the tension got tighter.  Stoked by some pre-match discussions Bully Blake’s serve held steady to FYVM’s demise.  Blake vaults into the MVP discussion with an undefeated season with the help of continuous pairings with theEgo.  Draft day questions are answered as the theEgoFair validates Kevin’s iffy number 1 selection.  FYVM's Captain and the Rock of Gibraltar go down in close 2^nd set tie breaker to hand title to the Cannoli’s.

Observations/Comments/Lagniappe as we approach B IV and close out B III

Tennis gods not kind to Nice Guy Gordo but spare Chap an O’fer!  Sly Schnieder putting that phycology 101 class to use in final match of the season to prevent TM sweep at the hands of SM. 
Kudos to Doug for third straight title.  Not likely to cause a rise in stock but nice jeopardy answer if anyone asks.  

String Music bounces back in last match to take 3 of 4 from TM to secure 3^rd place.  Oh what could have been without so many injuries?  Competitors to the end.  Got to love it.  Sorry about the knee captain...sppreciate you rallying the troops to 3rd with so many injuries.

Keep an eye on those Rising for B IV

Ben, Shane, Schneider, Spiess, Miller, Jawn, Addison, Jay, Shane, Keller, Cannon, 

And those Falling ...

???
and those recovering from injury
Tony, Mitch, Ryan, Croft, Vic, Robby

See you Thursday…

Till next time