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Forum: Racquets 05-17-2006, 07:18 PM
Replies: 380
re: Gear - Setting the record straight
Views: 13,046
Posted By Metzler
Someone who hallucinates he could beat a WTA...

Someone who hallucinates he could beat a WTA player calling someone else deluional? ROFLOL
Forum: Racquets 04-24-2006, 04:28 PM
Replies: 35
Anyone using 03 Tour Mid 95 only?
Views: 1,749
Posted By Metzler
Why don't you get a psychiatric textbook and...

Why don't you get a psychiatric textbook and check out the entries on projection and/or latent homosexuality?
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 06-29-2005, 07:44 PM
Replies: 82
Roddick just said his Pure Drive has a custom string pattern
Views: 7,019
Posted By Metzler
Will you admit you're wrong this time? I nailed...

Will you admit you're wrong this time? I nailed you on the 4.5 getting only a single point against McEnroe but even posting the full article you wouldn't admit it. Are you gonna claim that's a fake...
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 04-17-2005, 06:51 AM
Replies: 67
Reebok ends deal with Andy Roddick
Views: 5,245
Posted By Metzler
Roddick won't be on the tour in 4-5 years - and...

Roddick won't be on the tour in 4-5 years - and companies aren't eager to pay money for WTT players.
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 04-16-2005, 06:13 PM
Replies: 18
Coria played better with the NXG?
Views: 1,562
Posted By Metzler
Suffered so much he's in the final at Monte Carlo...

Suffered so much he's in the final at Monte Carlo - maybe even the closeup photos are some sort of holographic projection by Prince's pro room as the paintjob conspiracisy widens to fake consumers...
Forum: Racquets 04-15-2005, 10:41 PM
Replies: 94
Vantage users : Can you update us on how things are holding up for you?
Views: 5,201
Posted By Metzler
Why is it that folks who wax poetic over Volkl or...

Why is it that folks who wax poetic over Volkl or Head are "gurus" and people who simultaneously pump up the virtues of 13.75 oz. 55 flex sticks while demanding that "granny sticks" be banned for...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 03-31-2005, 06:59 PM
Replies: 22
Maria vs. Venus:
Views: 1,287
Posted By Metzler
Damn! It's so much easier when you know the score...

Damn! It's so much easier when you know the score before you go on court! Don't count on Serena tossing a match to Venus (now a WTT player, like AK lol) at a slam since daddy knows Serena has the...
Forum: Racquets 03-30-2005, 10:27 PM
Replies: 101
Should Pro's go back to smaller heads as a regulation?
Views: 3,792
Posted By Metzler
I agree, Deuce - and moreover with the 4x greater...

I agree, Deuce - and moreover with the 4x greater resistance to off-center twisting, the racquets can be swung very fast without regard to "sweetspot" because even a framer will likely go into...
Forum: Racquets 03-30-2005, 09:21 PM
Replies: 20
Do you serve better/faster with a Top Heavy or Top Light racquet?
Views: 1,165
Posted By Metzler
Gaines, what fun is that? If you can't just drone...

Gaines, what fun is that? If you can't just drone on off the top of your head about what you heard in the men's rest room from the cigarette-smoking man, where will we be? On an unrelated topic, I...
Forum: Racquets 03-30-2005, 09:13 PM
Replies: 15
fastest serve contest??? trying to understand racquets
Views: 984
Posted By Metzler
Those contests are a joke - the radar Roddick is...

Those contests are a joke - the radar Roddick is timed with is accurate(Gentronics), the booths are calibrated 25% hot. Bonds uses a 31 oz. bat, Ruth used a 44 oz. - trend in all sports is lighter....
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 03-30-2005, 09:09 PM
Replies: 15
Agassi always used OS?
Views: 1,441
Posted By Metzler
Idea that Agassi used a 104 frame stems from a...

Idea that Agassi used a 104 frame stems from a JMac mistake. At US Open 2003, Agassi told him his new frame's specs and said 107 head size - Mac assumed the old one was 110 and said he'd gone 3...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 03-30-2005, 05:09 AM
Replies: 43
Serena vs Venus
Views: 2,369
Posted By Metzler
Nothing like WWE style pre-arranged matches -...

Nothing like WWE style pre-arranged matches - more class from the Williams family. BTW, who is Serena impersonating these days - Tarzan or Mighty Joe Young?
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 03-03-2005, 05:54 AM
Replies: 4
Widebody/Oversize Racquets and Women's Game
Views: 597
Posted By Metzler
Maureen Connolly would rout Serena, if you...

Maureen Connolly would rout Serena, if you brought Maureen forward in time and gave her a big racquet or moved Serena back in time and gave her a small one. The wood racquet match would be more...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 03-02-2005, 07:09 PM
Replies: 4
Widebody/Oversize Racquets and Women's Game
Views: 597
Posted By Metzler
Widebody/Oversize Racquets and Women's Game

The consensus seems to have formed that widebody/ oversize racquets helped the aesthetic side of women's tennis, and hurt the men's. I actually think it has hurt the women's game more.
There is some...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 03-02-2005, 06:52 PM
Replies: 14
Venus: Ouch....
Views: 968
Posted By Metzler
Graf was on one leg at the time and Venus was...

Graf was on one leg at the time and Venus was near her peak, so there's little doubt what would have happened if both were at their best.
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 03-01-2005, 07:22 PM
Replies: 33
Your assignment: Compare/contrast these post match comments
Views: 1,267
Posted By Metzler
The Aussies of the '60's said it best, "If you're...

The Aussies of the '60's said it best, "If you're not fit, default. If you go on court, you're 100%"
In any sport, there are a variety of maladies that bother athletes through the long season and...
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 02-27-2005, 06:30 PM
Replies: 52
The "incredible" Spahetti racquet used by Nastase is a Myth
Views: 5,941
Posted By Metzler
Pg. 270 and 271 of Bud Collins' Total Tennis,...

Pg. 270 and 271 of Bud Collins' Total Tennis, the definitive tennis encyclopedia (Braden has not written an encyclopedia of tennis) points out that that the spaghetti racquet was invented in West...
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 02-25-2005, 07:30 PM
Replies: 18
pro's Pure Drive setups?
Views: 3,216
Posted By Metzler
David, exactly right. Once you get the idea that...

David, exactly right. Once you get the idea that all players on the tour use a 14 0z. head-heavy stick, you "just know" it and all evidence to the contrary is part of the "conspiracy" to keep the...
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 02-24-2005, 05:55 AM
Replies: 30
Are these Agassi's Sticks, definitely the new PJ though.
Views: 3,801
Posted By Metzler
At the 2003 US Open during USA's coverage, John...

At the 2003 US Open during USA's coverage, John McEnroe reported that he directly asked Agassi if the LM Rad was new or just a paint job. He quoted Agassi as saying that it was new, was an ounce...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 02-22-2005, 10:27 AM
Replies: 7
Spoiler: Safin Kiefer
Views: 829
Posted By Metzler
Not a good sign for Safin. He is complaining...

Not a good sign for Safin. He is complaining about media reports of alcolholism in the past, rather than focusing on his tennis. Kiefer I see as an easy matchup for Safin, a "batting practice...
Forum: Racquets 02-19-2005, 10:48 PM
Replies: 56
Should "tweener" racquets being used by pros be considered a "Player's" racquet?
Views: 3,755
Posted By Metzler
NoBadMojo and Karl, great posts, couldn't agree...

NoBadMojo and Karl, great posts, couldn't agree more. BTW, Nadal's Aeropro is stock and Roddick's puredrive+ has only a few grams of lead tape on it - Courier kidded him about his very light racquet...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 02-18-2005, 10:16 PM
Replies: 59
Muster: Feel free to gape at his '95 record
Views: 2,702
Posted By Metzler
Joe Niekro scuffed baseballs with a nail-file,...

Joe Niekro scuffed baseballs with a nail-file, not his hall-of-fame brother Phil. Perhaps you mean Hal Newhouser? Comparing Carl Mays' deadball seasons (1893-1919) with Hal's lively ball seasons...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 02-16-2005, 08:02 PM
Replies: 22
Best 'slice' serve of open era?
Views: 1,437
Posted By Metzler
Arthur Ashe. Watch the Wimbledon '75 final...

Arthur Ashe. Watch the Wimbledon '75 final against Connors and see for yourselves - into the deuce court unreturnable for righty or lefty.
Forum: Pros' Racquets and Gear 02-16-2005, 07:29 PM
Replies: 39
Where do pro's get their Prestige Classic's from?
Views: 3,496
Posted By Metzler
Since Connors and McEnroe are the only pros to...

Since Connors and McEnroe are the only pros to make a mark on the tour who played college tennis (and they both quit after winning the NCAA's as freshmen) it speaks volumes for the stupidity of the...
Forum: General Pro Player Discussion 02-15-2005, 08:34 PM
Replies: 51
Poll: Handedness
Views: 2,224
Posted By Metzler
The great Rosewall was a lefthander forced to...

The great Rosewall was a lefthander forced to play righthanded by his father. He actually had a fast lefty serve, would have been interesting to see how he would have played had he been allowed to...
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