Bentleague 12/4/2023 Recap

Bentleague 12/4/2023 Recap

Crunch time boys. Before I get to the recap…looks like we are all set for number 1 vs. number 2 for the finale. We’ll find out at 630pm Thursday if Hairy Hal can hang on to his one-point lead. If Hal gets four out of 8, he takes the trophy. If Lobbyist can duplicate Monday’s results (5-3) they secure the Ship. Told you m’fers whoever drafts me has an 80% chance of playing for the title. Just need one more prediction to come true! 6:00 Smash City Lobbyist Line 1 Smash City Lobbyist Player 1 Nick Thompson Noah Marquez Player 2 Mark Fair Jeff Thompson 6-7,6-4,6-4 Smash City How the eff does Ego and Tricky lose to Brad and Dr. Death and then beat Noah and JT9? Inquiring minds want to know. Good win in a tightly contested match. Wish this was a tie breaker instead of a full third set based on Smash City’s record in TB’s this year. May be a blessing to give Lobbyist duo a loss now to get their heads right for the finale. Line 2 Smash City Lobbyist Player 1 Blake Powers Chris Kobrock Player 2 Ronny Regouffre Mark Schneider 6-2,6-4 Lobbyist Highly anticipated match fizzles as the match and scores show complete domination by Killer K and Samurai Schneider. Swami a little surprised by the scores but not by another Samurai win. Line 3 Smash City Lobbyist Player 1 Andrew McQuaid Tony Priola Player 2 Sid Hauptmann Robby Economides 6-1,4-6,6-4 Lobbyist Lobbyist had to earn this one after lopsided first set. Once the jitters wore off Burrito and Senor’ Sid gave Lobbyist duo all they could handle. Smash City rallies in 2nd set and jumps out to a 3-0 lead in the third. Would this give Lil Nadal his fourth loss playing with a Robert. I’m sure the Big Burrito is losing sleep on how they lost next five games. Must admit…Robby stepped it up with his smashing net play. Smash City holds at 3-5. All Robby has to do is Hold at 5-4. Money line says Lobbyist but Robby had issues holding most of the match. Lil Nadal ends the suspense with three winners in match clinching game. Hope Brad was watching. Line 4 Smash City Lobbyist Player 1 Keith Krebs Skip Scoggins Player 2 Jared Williams Wayne Durr 7-5,6-1 Smash City Close first set won by Krebs and Subway Jared took the sail out of the Lobbyist Duo. 2nd set not so close. Swami seen a lot of long rallies, but sadly…most of them were won by the line 4 Smash City pairing. Line 5 Smash City Lobbyist Player 1 Paul Guidotti Steve Toups Player 2 Robin Walker Mike Otillio 6-1,6-3 Lobbyist All Toups does is win. No points for being pretty. A lot of fire in this pairing and I’ll go into a fox hole with Mean Mike any day of the week. Paulie G and Rockin’ Robin go down in two. Total Points 3 5 Lobbyist take three of five, secure bonus point and go up 1 in total points heading into the late match. Thanks for the math lesson, Hal. Now how will Spin Doctors do? 7:30 Spin Doctors Net Prophets Line 1 Spin Doctors Net Prophets Player 1 Will Gement Russell Anderson Player 2 Greg Gordon Jay Butcher 3-6,6-3,6-2 Net Prophets What a match! Will the Thrill step’d it up in the first! And Gordo played out of his mind. Can’t say the same for Rusty Anderson and JayB. Thought we might have a couple of broken rackets if that trend would have continued. Enter in the cooler - JT9 between sets. Thought we might have a couple of broken rackets if that trend would have continued. Gordo came back down to earth and a few errors by Will brought Rusty and Candlestick into the match. Then Brad showed up. Mouth of the Amite was all Net Prophet duo needed to get fired up. Noticeable rise to their games after the Mouth arrived. High quality tennis for the onlookers and hopefully Mesa will bring the Jamison he promised to the finale. Line 2 Spin Doctors Net Prophets Player 1 Ed Dauterive Jawn Priola Mike Mesa Eddie Burdette 6-4,6-2 Spin Doctors Ed getting comfortable at line 2. Will Hal keep him here on Thursday or give him a chance to earn 1st round selection. Inquiring minds what to know. Net play suspect for NP Duo. Swami observation: Looked like Jawn struggled without the kitchen line and Eddie needed to get closer to the net. Spin Doctors take it in two. Hal was hoping for at least two lines but where will the other victory come from. On to line 3. Line 3 Spin Doctors Net Prophets Player 1 Steve Jacobs Bill Spiess Player 2 Thomas Domingues Mitch Tucker 6-3,6-0 Net Prophets Svelte Mitch and Free Willy too much for the Tanned one and Lefty D on this chilly Monday night. Nice step up for the young lefty so good learning experience. Surprising bagel in the 2nd though! Mitch finally justifying George’s confidence in him with early fifth round selection. Swami knows Willy can be Jekyll and Hyde on the court so good to see Mr. Hyde under that blue hoodie. Line 4 Spin Doctors Net Prophets Player 1 Ray Brouillette Ty Miller Player 2 Vaughn Pizz Chris Coinon 6-3,6-2 Net Prophets Spin Doctor’s throw out the gimps at line 4. Not the right pairing for Ty Highlife and the smooth lefty because the long rallies took their toll at the end. Throw the paper victories out of the door because Ty asks no quarter and gives no quarter! Line 5 Spin Doctors Net Prophets Player 1 Camron Zipp Danny Butler Player 2 Josh Clark David Butler 6-3,6-2 Net Prophets Butler Brothers did it! Even took a point when Bam Bam Cam wasn’t looking. Brave move guys. Swami would have probably replayed the point. Good win either way! Battle of the late rounders goes to the BB’s. Total Points 2 6 Well, Hal didn’t get his two victories but got enough to go up by one heading into the finale. Let the chess match begin. Please let Parnell be across the net from me Thursday night! Recalling that he was very vocal about my preseason predictions. Its time to walk the walk! Spin Doctors Lobbyist Smash City Net Prophets Total Points 69 68 51 48