Nothing says optimism like springtime and Opening Day. Alas, in a few months only one or two teams from each level will be able to make the trip to Dallas.
Disclaimer: I am officially clueless, and this is stream of consciousness stuff.
Here are my picks to win their divisions:
4.5
Division I
There's no truth to the rumor that Ssshhhwings are now being sponsored by the AARP. No matter how many times Rothe and company yell "Get off of my lawn!", the Deucebags will not be deterred, and they will take Division I.
Division II
Raymond Martinez is one to watch. Is Mussenden really 6'10"??? Zachary and Mitchell should help the Canes.
Bangers' JT Fischer was a top junior at one time.
Jedi Knights are...the Jedi Knights.
Adam Berry of JCC bears watching. Who's this Richardson guy? I'm out of it, but so far he's been impressive.
I'll take the Canes to nip the Blast.
Division III
Quack and Don Rios make a decent singles tandem.
Chancellor's is loaded with decent players, but do they have enough heavyweights?
Sugar Creek will win the division. Who's this Rober Read dude? Mario Hornsby? I'm guessing Red placed them on Sugar Creek. If so, watch out!
The other teams...no comment.
Division IV
Mediocre division. I guess the two Westside teams will battle it out. I see Muhala has been scooped up. Who is NWO's second singles guy? Etienne? Cooke? Yikes.
4.0
I won't go division by division, because I'm lazy, and it's usually unnecessary. Who did Freeman, Spoor, Chancellor's add?
Dunno. The rosters, quite frankly, don't look that impressive. A lot of retreads. Based on the Coke, Chancellor's seems to have the upper hand, but I'm sure Freeman has, or will have, some players that will emerge. Someone told me Spoor has a singles guy better than Musa, but who can sift through the thousands of players he has signed up for an 8 match 4.0 season?
Throw in Copperfield because they added Salinas, and the Good Guys because they're decent. Voila! Five teams with a chance. And that's without looking at rosters. Did I miss anybody? Doubtful. Pencil in Carolina and Duke in the ACC every year. Count on the Patriots to be in the mix until Brady and the Hoodie are gone. And put Freeman, Spoor and Chancellor's in the hunt until there are major changes.
P.S. Tennis Link is the worst website I have ever seen. Using the back button is a major annoyance, at least on Chrome.
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still no simon or sydney on the titans roster. as much as everyone hates simon, he plays a key role for them. without them both, chancellors have a edge in both singles line tonight with james and hung. day and coyle are good singles players as well, but that will leave gaps in their doubles line up. should be a fun night other there.
ReplyDeleteThe Beatles will win 4.5 division I.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Division 4 in 4.5. What a cake walk for the Black Sheep. They have a sleeper team that Ristau tanked down. I don't know why he has 5.0 teams. They just get slaughtered.
ReplyDeleteDivision 1 will be Copperfield. They are gonna make a statement tonight against Douchebags..
Mario Hornsby on Sugar Creek was rated 5.5 in 2002, played ITF's and is now a 4.5 self rate. Interesting!! I see a Chancellors protest coming on
ReplyDeleteThe Jim's just joined the Titan's. Looks like everyone else is playing for second place.
ReplyDeleteFYI- Hornsby was protested in Spring league already and was cleared to play 4.5. Save yourself some time and just play tennis.
ReplyDeleteDon't believe you.
ReplyDeletethat's too many good players on one team. however, that's a good problem to have. good work recruiting during the off season. dont see chancellors winning any lines tonight. btw, what happened to chancellors? no smack talking this year?
ReplyDeleteI no talk trash this year cause got my @ss whupped last year.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a Titan talking about Mario being protested already. Just for the heak of it...let's protest him again.
ReplyDeletea little birdy tells me that titans are a little shady.
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Why would Sweetnam want to play for a 4.5 team... How sad!!! This has Red written all over this.
ReplyDeletedont think it's red. red would have googled his name and making sure nothing comes back. just like bharath, 2 years ago.
ReplyDeleteRed would have had Sweetnam take does his blogger entry first. ;)
ReplyDeleteBTW, Simnon and Sydney are signed up now.
What are he other good match ups tonight at LLTC or MPTC?
ReplyDeleteNo love for the 4.0 guys?!?!
ReplyDeleteThe 4.0 guys don't talk trash at all. BORING...
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to pay your HTA dues before you play tonight, or one of those anal little captains will try to get a cheesy win.
ReplyDeleteso former 5.5's Sweetnam and Hornsby are now 4.5 self rates. Oh how I yearn for the good ole days when they would have been put down at 4.0 like Aadrain and Bharath orignally were.
ReplyDeleteDamn HTA dues are due already?
ReplyDeleteI believe Gary is just within his rights to play at 4.5. He's pretty old. D1 player that's over 50 years old can rate 4.5.
ReplyDeleteKerig is an anal captain but not little
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Chancellors added some more players, but with those additions they are still getting there arssssss whopped tonight!
ReplyDeleteSugar Creek beats Chancellors 3-2.
ReplyDeleteIn typical Chancellors fashion, they handicapped themselves with a poor lineup and Alex Chang played and won in a line without even being on the roster, so I imagine this one will end up being a 4-1 win for Sugar Creek (even if Sugar Creek won't protest it, my suspicion is Ash won't allow Chancellors the extra line).
How protests did Kerig file today?
ReplyDeletewho came up with the line-up for the dbags? morales/tran playing line3 dubs? no wonder the team lost. what was the line up for chancellors vs titans.
ReplyDeleteThe lineups of Alain Tran and the Chancellors people may be a concerted effort to destroy the "Asians are smart" stereotype. It's really the only logical explanation.
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