Weekly Recap
from 11/20/21 Matches
(Turkey Day Edition)
Scores:
One Bourbon vs Shake and Bake
Kenny / Burt Fair / Buddy 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Whoa! This one was
important!! Comfortable first set W
followed by surprising 2nd set loss.
Throw in a couple of mis hit winners and you have Shake and Back down a
break in the crucial third. Add in an
untimely double and its back to Ecuador for the Tinder King and coaching the 3.0
players for the Baron.
JA /
Parnell Ray
/ Peter 6-4,6-3
This one was over before it started. Well at least we know who won’t be partners
in the crucial end-of-the-year match-ups.
Big Honeysuckle on a nice winning streak happy to have dodged the Prince
on Veterans day. Paired with Puff Daddy
Parnell this twosome a nice edition to OBOBOW making folks forget about the
sleeveless butt doctor.
Steve / Bentley Tony / Donald 6-3,6-3
Almost had a bagel for Thanksgiving. Denied by the tanned one and old knees
himself shows these two have some fight left in them even though the outcome
was never really in doubt. Well at least
until The Donald tweaked his tender hamstring.
Made for a nerve-racking 2nd until the ship was righted. Ho-Hum 3 and 3 to secure 3points for the two-point
mainstay.
Rabon / Todd Doug / Eddie 3-6,7-6,7-6
Definitely, the match up of the early bird 8am ‘ers. Swami saw two matches that started at 930am
actually finish before this 2.5 hour marathon.
Talk about a roller coaster. Glad
I kept the faith! Up 4-1 in the 2nd
team Shake and Bake let the Round Mound of Rabon and Todd the wet sprocket have
hope by gifting them the 2nd.
Actually, some beautiful forehand rally’s from Fast Eddie and Charismatic
Chris. Question became who would blink
first and actually poach for a winner.
No one did by the way! 2nd
set tie breaker follow-ed by a full third followed by another 3rd
set tie breaker ended with the crowd rushing the court to salute the Shake and
Bake win. Not even going to mention the
match point sitter Toad had in the third that went into the net!
Toups / Billy Thomas / Jared 6-2,6-2
Post-match commentary from bystanders said Jared and the sweet
swinging lefty didn’t miss which of course spelled doom for Free Willy and
Rockin Toupsie. Swami thought the more
consistent duo would keep it closer, but as the old adage says…you can’t bring a
knife to a gun fight. Or in this case, a
3.0 to a 3.5+ match up. Sorry Toupsie.
Shake
and Bake 12-4
Harper Valley PTA vs Lumber Jocks
Tyler / Burgess Bo / Travis 6-0,6-1
The sacrifice continues.
If you can’t beat em’ throw the line.
Strategy pays off for HIVPTA as it did last week for SandB. In retrospect, thinking Bo could have won
with Jeff , Butcher, or Schwartz and LJ’s should have put Taz with Jennings. Damn Skippy…bet you wish you had this one as a
do-over. Either way…another 5 (2.5 as
Ferr would say) for Bo.
Russell
/ Brent Jennings /
Schwartz 6-3,5-7,6-4
Brent is the Chris Carter of Bentleague. All he does is score touch downs. Wait…wrong sport. Has this guy missed a match? Rivaling Bo for MVP honors if it weren’t for
the stupid 5 pt. line 1 BS. Stepping it up
in Juan’s absence once again doing his part to ensure HIVPTA don’t miss a beat
as we near the finale. Swami and Tokin
Tyler know that Nick and Addi wouldn’t rise-up and beat Jennings. Fine tennis for the onlookers with the crowd
wondering if Mr. Ed(ney) was up to the task without his favorite partner Being
Bo Markovic. Good three setter and may
have been the match of the day if not for the line 5 see saw witnessed on court
three.
Nick /
Addison Jeff / Kobrock 6-4,6-4
4 and 4 about what Swami would have predicted. Too much youth and athleticism on the HVPTA
side of the net for the LJ pairing to compete.
You can’t stay back on these two IMO, you have to initiate the points
and take over the net. Swami thinks a Monday
night reunion may be in order for the finale to keep things interesting. Only twosome I see in the match-ups to match athleticism
and competitiveness of this HIVPTA twosome.
Just throwing it out there!
Shane /
Ronny Butcher /
Ferrer 6-0,6-3
Stop the madness!
What’s all this talk about Shane has the quickest hands, he’s more
athletic than he looks, he replaced Brad at shortstop for the Colleen’s as a
freshman (because he could hit)…Let’s give Ronny some credit and stop saying he’s
carrying his partner to W’s. Goof is 4 and
2 and only two (50%) of his wins came with Shane. This guy is a good player and its about time others
around the league give him the credit he deserves. He even won one with Nick (not easy to do) and
Svelte Mitch?. I know…I know….His
captain benched him for all of the third round!
That was the forced match up round and Ronny has a clause in his
contract where he picks his partners. This
guy is underrated, ender appreciated, and a winner! Just ask him!! A little surprised by the bagel and three but
at least it wasn’t a dirty sanchez!
Hal /
Andrew Cayman /
Seth 3-6,7-6,6-3
Best match of the day that no one saw IMO. Swami seen the wind leave the LJ’s twosomes sails
after the come from ahead loss in the 2nd set TB. Sometimes you just can’t put that behind you
eeehh Cannon. Swami knows Shallow Hal
and the Big Burrito aren’t going to hand the other team a victory. And once that second set tie breaker went to
HIVPTA, Swami knew the writing was on the wall.
May have been a little different if the crowd were engaged but being on
court two away from the masses definitely hurt Cannon and Crazy Eyes as Uncle Mo
definitely switched sides. Talk about
snatching victory from the jaws of defeat!
Good win for Tokin Tyler as we move into the final match up.
Harper
Valley PTA 11-5
Lagniappe:
Shake and Bake by 2 with one match to play. Lumber Jocks mathematically eliminated. At least we don’t have to hear about Brad’s drive
for five and he can attend the Saints game on finale Thursday.
Shake and Bake vs. Harper Valley for the Bentleague V II Title!!!!
Looks like we have line 5 playing early as agreed upon by the
captains and commish. We’ll know how
things stand prior to Thursday’s’ finale with 14 points up for grabs at that time.
To date we do not know the match ups for Line 5.
Will it be plus +4 or all even on Dec 2nd.
?
Don't get any better than this...unless all lines counted the same!
Commissioner’s Corner:
Finale on December 2nd !
Who's name will be etched on the trophy for B VII?
Standings:
|
Lumber Jocks |
121 |
|
Shake and Bake |
131 |
|
Harper Valley PTA |
129 |
|
One Bourbon |
67 |
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