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8:00 Smash City Spin Doctors
Line 1
Player 1 Bentley Harvey David Parnell
Player 2 Dave McGuire Thomas Domingues
6-3,7-6 Spin Doctors
Youth is served, assuming Pouty Parnell is younger than Dave. On paper you might think the wily veteran (Bentley) and the mayor of Mandeville should challenge, but Lefty Domingues is on the accent and has dominated old knees twice so far this year. Righty/ Lefty combo nice find for Captain Hal because both can hold court from their respective sides. Swami sees lack of speed and lateral movement with this Smash City duo and scores back that up. I believe this partnership experiment won’t be seen again.
Line 2
Player 1 Jared Williams Burt Dalton
Player 2 Kenny Boudreaux Joey Dunbar
6-2,7-6 Spin Doctors
Tough ask of Kenny Buttpaste and Jared (anyone else hate those jewelry commercials). 2nd win from this Spin Doctor duo proving Hal is challenging for coach of the year and not just sending out any tom dick and joey. The La Tri transplant bringing his soccer shirts and tennis A- game back to PAC for B IX. This pair is racking up points with no letup in sight. Not bad for 11th and 12th round selections. Good job Hairy!
Line 3
Singles Robin Walker Michael Schwartz
6-2,6-1 Spin Doctors
3rd rounder Schwartz takes this one, but the score didn’t indicate the closeness of the match and points I watched. Swami witnessed good tennis and predicts’ positive points in Rockin Robin’s future. 3rd rounder against a 15th… oh hum! Don’t be bragging about this one Sargeant.
Line 4
Player 1 Cayman Sinclair Steve Jacobs
Player 2 Kevin Phayer Brad Humphreys
6-4,6-4 Spin Doctors
The tanned one vying for MVP consideration has his game primed for fall as he gears up for box jump season. Capt. Hal also pleased so far with his availability. Principal Belding again happy with favorable pairing keeps racking up points and W’s (except for 1 match). Hard hitting Chef with net loving squirrel should have been better in Swami’s eyes. 4 and 4 lost has Cannon and Squirrel left with the short stick…no short joke intended. Well maybe a little.
Line 5
Player 1 Ronny Regouffre Camron Zipp
Player 2 Blake Powers Doug Autin
6-2,6-2 Smash City
Wait…Smash City cannot field two lines and replacement players are his 4 and 5th round selections against Spin Doctors 15th and 18th. C’mon Commish…we must figure out a better way to conduct these make up sessions. Valiant effort by Bogalusa Doug and Bam Bam but this one ended as everyone would expect. Ronny happy to be padding stats while the always smiling Blake proves nice guys don’t always finish last. This one had no one on the edge of their seats.
Line 6
Player 1 Nick Thompson Ed Dauterive
Player 2 Mark Fair Will Gement
TBD
Played on 10/10. More than a week after official match date. Won’t belabor that again but something is off when you can save your one and two draft picks for a makeup match. At least the pairings matched up by round unlike line 5 above. Word from the Ego was that Will the Thrill played great early and faltered late…Did the water in Mexico effect the outcome of this important match. Who is Montezuma and why does he need revenge? Tricky Nicky tops off a mixed double title with a nice B IX victory and helps Smash City avoid a larger beat down. Captain Dave all smiles late Tuesday after sneaking in two winning lines after losing the first four.
Total Points 3 6
Smash City comes back to the pack a little losing first four on the scheduled date of 9/30. Q. line 6 is worth two points this round…right. Doesn’t make sense to defer that line and save Chandler Courreges and Paulie G who have not played yet. Good job working the system, Dave. Effing Preposterous!
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9:30 Net Prophets Lobbyist
Line 1
Player 1 Rocky Payne Mike Lane
Player 2 Ernie Anderson Skip Scoggins
6-4,6-4 Lobbyist
After a rough outing on Thursday, the Lobbyist needed to rally, and boy did they ever. The Skipper and Mike Lane step it up for Capt. Jay at line 1. Swami sees team chemistry coming together for the Lobbyist after bounce-back match from Thursday’s debacle. Brooms get ready…? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Tip of the cap warranted for Captain Jay I must concede. All he needed was a Pep talk from the Swami and a little less ADHD influence. Scores were close in this one. The angry one and Ernie had their chances, but in the end, Magic Mike Lane and Skip had the answers (and chemistry).
Line 2
Player 1 CJ Mehle Jay Blossman
Player 2 Dave Mount Todd Delcambre
6-4,6-2 Lobbyist
Ask no quarter, give no quarter! Right Jaybo! Don’t ask your team to step it up unless you are willing to lead by example. Jaybo, aka William Wallace did just that paired with the Chinese bandit Todd. Dude could barely see and put it all on the line for his team while throwing out bid for an ESPY award. Bee sting be dammed. Should have been drinking PBR’s with the rest of us Todd because everyone knows Bee’s like IPA’s. Todd the wet sprocket continues to provide Moxy to the lobbyists as a high value 10th rounder. Also garnering 2nd straight win for his team. Dave NoMount Rushmore has the game to earn points moving forward but not on this day. Let Freeeeeedom for Scotland Ring! This day was Jay’s redemption and Todd’s, so back to the drawing board CJ. That first “W” in Bentleague is coming. If your captain gives you another chance.
Line 3
Singles David Butler Tony Priola
6-4,6-1 Lobbyist
The Prince of the Parish took this one in straights 4 and 1 so the Butler didn’t do it. Shaky start averted even though the crowd was on their toes cheering for the Butler. Or was that Kevin just trying to see over the fence? Normalcy restored mid-way through the first and into the 2nd. to the crowd’s dismay. Stomach issues played a part in David’s 2nd set collapse or was it a lack of desire to chase down those feathery drop shots. Not the best showing for Lil Nadal, but a win is a win even though it was only worth one point.
Line 4
Player 1 Chris Coinon Peter Jilkov
Player 2 Ty Miller Garret Phillippi
6-7,6-2,1-0 Lobbyist
Ladies and gentlemen…We have a new Bentleague racket toss Champion and record holder. This one can’t even be considered a toss, it was a throw, and it went from Court 5 to court 10 almost maiming someone. Previous record held by Chris Kobrock is now a distant memory although Chris’ toss landed in the tree by court 14. Chris is happy to give up the record and the Bad Bulgarian won’t soon live this one down. Getting the W with Garret the Gamer makes the outburst a little more forgiving. And Throw in a couple of Bulgarian curse words and BB is a new crowd favorite. All witnesses except for Paulie G’s wife (who was not happy her husband almost got hit with a racket) enjoyed the tightly contested battle. Reply all Coinon still looking for that first win as is Ty Highlife. Swami actually a little surprised these two haven’t put up some points for the Net Prophets to date, but their time will come. At least that is what Geritol George is hoping for. Ps. Has anyone seen or heard from MIA George? Is he really saving himself for the captain’s round?
Line 5
Player 1 Mitch Tucker Robby Economides
Player 2 Eddie Burdette Chris Kobrock
6-4,4-6,1-0 Lobbyist
Tie breaker on court 2 won by the Lobbyist and more surprising than that…Robby didn’t self-destruct or drive his partner bat shit. Witnesses told the Swami Robby was close to imploding so Capt Jaybo happy to get the win and keep peace within the club house. Svelte Mitch cannot be happy losing to ADHD nor his 1 and 2 record to date. The Cruiser Burdette has the forehand, but does he have the net game to play and win against Bentleague’s top tier. Swami sees the perfect pairing on paper against the equally adverse net playing Kobrock, but Robby and Chris prevail in a tight three setter. Could this be the first sweep of B IX. Let’s see what happened on line 6.
Line 6
Player 1 Shane McCarthy Jeff Thompson
Player 2 Jawn Priola Mark Schneider
6-4,4-6,1-0 Lobbyist
And for the Win…. Dial me up another close third set tie breaker and a check mark in the W column. Nice job Captain. Did Jaybo really dial up a sweep without his number 1 draft pick? Who needs Noah?
And has George Ghosted his team?
JT (alter ego of hefty lefty) needed this W and needed to get away from Robby pairing. Success at state don’t equate to success in Bentleague. They are two different animals. Put this guy at line 1 and promise him some el paso afterwards and roll the dice Jaybo. How about we go chalk vs. chalk and let the chips fall. Jawn Malachi falters in the tie breaker coming off sterling performance in singles the match before. Percentage for the Malachi’s in tie breakers take a hit with a couple of tight over heads late. Stars align for Lobbyist but don’t tell that to Samari Schneider. He’s not backing down from anyone including Come Back Shane. Swami likes what he sees in this pairing. Just think…we haven’t even matched up Noah with the Samari yet! or heaven forbid…Lil Nadal!! LFG Lobbyist.
Its not lost on the Swami that Jaybo has three/four players who haven’t played yet but we needed this one to get back in the mix and to do it without 9.0 mixed champ Noah may just propel this squad to the ship. Wait until we unleash Crazy Ass Mike (the other Otillio), Wayne’s world Durr and Rocking Toupsie in Rounds three through six. And don’t forget about Oub. A lot of talent still on the Bench!
Total Points 0 9
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