Screw Tennis let's talk Video Games

Ok seriously,,, Why am I not on Scifi's Ultimate gamer show? I'm as good as these people. Just look at my gamer score! Halo 3 ? come on that game is for kids... Where is the Counter strike? Where's the Modern Warfare? Rockband should not be on a show called Ultimate gamer, let alone Dance Dance Revolution. And any driving game that is not created by papyrus should not be on that show. What's on next weeks show? Hello Kitty? It should be called Generic Gamer.

Just messing with you all. This week we traveled to the outer bubble of Cedardale for another home/away match. We are in a battle for the 4th playoff spot. This week we were able to secure 5 out of the 6 points available to us by defeating one of the 3 Willows teams.

Over on the home Court side of the match in position one. TennisCourtney@gmail.com and Arnie pulled out an easy straight set win.
Then over in the away side of the building something weird this way was happening.

On Court 2 Adam and Tim decided that they would practice a little mixed doubles by having Adam play the Deuce side of the court. That is not a good idea. Adam should never see that side of the court, unless he's teaching, then it's ok. The first set ended in a tie-break win for us. Then the second set saw a return to form as Adam returned to the Ad-Side. They proceeded to cruise to a straight set win only giving up 1 game in the second set. For future reference, NEVER PRACTICE MIXED DOUBLES WHILE WE ARE IN A PLAYOFF HUNT.

On Court 3 Todd and Dave gave up only 2 games in the routine straight set win. They did not practice mixed doubles positions. Then over on court 4 Mickey and Chad picked up win #4 for the week. With the speed and experience combination they posses as a team, their opponents had no chance.

Court 5 saw a couple of rookies get pulled up into duty from the b1 team. Starting off shaky they rebounded and made it close in the 2nd set before ultimately falling in straights.

5 Points is good but we should have gotten 6. Injuries and other factors have hurt us severely. Next week we are playing at the Willows. This is another must win match. 6 points is our goal. 6 months of playing comes down to the final 3 weeks. Lets step it up and go 5 for 5 for the next 3 weeks. You want to play in May don't YA ?

Also u could be an Ultimate Gamer (or an old gamer) if you know what game that little guy is from. Post your answer in our Cedardale Tennis Stars Group page on Facebook. The first correct answer gets to be the Groups Ultimate Gamer!

Comcast - Sports Channel U Suck.

Hey way to ruin the "5th" Grand Slam. There are multiple Fsn channels and you can't move the Tennis to one of the other ones that's showing a 2 week old college lacrosse match? It's ok everybody has a dvr and can tape the tennis at 2am and then watch the compressed 2hr show that ends mid match also. Not to mention that you put it on an HD channel and the feed is worse than the crappy compressed SD version that the Tennis Channel was showing just a day before. But it's not all Comcrap Sports fault, I mean the channel they share with Fox-Sports contractually must let them do this. So let's look at what's scheduled to be on the Comcast sports channel at 4pm today when the Semis including Federer, Murray, Roddick and Nadal are scheduled to be played.

4:00p	(PKR) FullTiltPoker.net Million Dollar Cash Game #10
5:00p	(PKR) ClubWPT.com #6
6:00p	(PKR) Heartland Poker Tour #94 (R)
7:00p	(MISC) Best Damn Top 50 Special #69 Sports Bloopers II - Part 1: 50-26

Yep instead of showing Live Semifinal Tennis from the "5th" Major. We get to watch Poker and Sports Bloopers. Wow real sports fan you got there programing your lineup. And I pay for this Crap? Where is ala-cart? Maybe they'll have a last minute change of heart.

Now to just complete their circle of Suck. I got a message from Comcast that they might be dropping the NFL network May 1st. Ok so I asked them if they would be lowering my sports package price and replacing the HDNFL network with the HD TennisChannel. Since I pay for both I should have the choice of which one I want in HD. The answer to both, No. WTH somehow you have the TennisChannel HD in on Demand but your not going to waste space to send it as a channel to the people who actually pay for it and want it.

Yep I'm tired of the crappy Cable company. But they are a monopoly in my town. Thanks Town.

Stringing Special this week only !

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension with no parking. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between sports and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his skill. This is the dimension of rectangles. It is an area which we call the Lexington Tennis Zone.

Yep this week was a typical trip to the Zone. I misread the times of the Matches again! Everyone had an injury or a vacation. We lost more than one position, and we aren't in 4th anymore. We won the improbable 2-3-5 trifecta. So let's hear about what happened.

In position 1 Courtney and Dave, playing at the ungodly time of 9AM. Lost by games when time ran out in the third set. How did they get down in games? How did it get to a third set? Well it probably had something to do with Dave not being prepared. I mean how do you not prepare for breaking the strings on every racket you have in your bag early on in the 1st set. Have a recently strung racket you haven't used yet? Those break too. Dave be a boy scout here. Then of course Courtney had no real back-up rackets either, just an old "pro" stick with no power and a trampoline, so the team was outta luck, outta sync, and outta time.(4-6,6-3,3-2)

Position 2 had Arnie and Todd taking on a couple of crafty veterans. This one went closer to normal. Letting up on a few points didn't affect the outcome of the Straight set Victory.(6-3,7-5) Over on court 3 Jason and Tony Played arguably the toughest team and won a close fought (7-6,6-4) straight setter. Just some heavy hitting and great points on that court. I got caught watching their points a few times when I should have been watching my own.

What the heck happened on court 4? Mickey and Frank have been red hot since the almost benching incident. But today they cooled off. Mickey having a not so good serving day.(been there!) Gave up a couple of games to lose the match by a break a set.(7-5,6-4) Ok you guys are benched for next week the 21st !!

Court 5 saw George and Joel (pulled up from the farm team) at the all important anchor position win an easy 2 setter(6-2,6-2).

Ok update on the season.. With only 4 matches left for the year (including a make up match) our fate is in our own hands. Out of a possible 24 points if we get 20 of those we could make the playoffs. statistically. Our next 2 matches are against the lower willows teams and then we have 2 straight matches against lynnfield. Last year we were in pretty much the same position. We finished the year with 90 points and one make-up match unplayed. The fourth place team got in with 97/98 points. If we had swept (lynnfield also) that unplayed make-up match we would have missed the playoffs by only 1 or 2 points. Let's get all 24!

Strike !!!

The High Rollers (<1oz) completely destroyed the Klonopins. Despite being down 22 pins after the first string. The Meds were working early for both teams. Once they wore off in the 2nd string. The more athletic team pulled ahead and finished with a 50+ pin victory! The High Rollers didn't win the real tournament but did gain bragging and smack talk rights for the next year!

Suck it Klonopins!

Oh yeah there was a tennis match this weekend also. Taking a cue from most of the team I decided to skip a week. (only kidding) So I got this weeks updates from a couple of field reporters. So this week we beat another team 4-1.

So over on court 1 our field reporter Chad reports that it just wasn't their day. Their opponents hit every line and had a few lucky net-cords go their way. They lost 6-2,7-6. (editors note- This ends their win streak. just like last year it ended in 1st position. Better luck next year at the "Perfect Season")

That's all I know about the matches. The rest won but the reporting was quick and lacked any detail.

Dave must have been reporting from the front lines and under fire because all he was able to report was that the team had won 4-1 before he was cut off. Frank was able to get out a little more, after decoding his message with the enigma. I was able to decipher that we had been defeated in our most forward position.

Not a problem. 5 points will keep us in the hunt for a playoff spot and since we didn't lose a lot of players this week, maybe we'll have 10 for our invasion of Lexington next week. I'm not bowling next week so we will have more info on the matches. Although I am entertaining minor bowling league contracts at the moment.