Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter

[Xisbum]

^^^Buy 'em, if your budget will allow. Impulse buys are the best.

Movie finishing up - with a snow storm in Washington. Imagine that. Fla looks pretty good, eh?

[Topaz]

We got about 3 flakes. I got to catch up on the Fed/Murray match. Its allll good.

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by tennismonkey

zap -- grats on working your mojo with tennis girl. but i can't help but think your mojo is slow acting. i think you mentioned this girl around thanksgiving time ish?

nitefly does have a sweet crib with a massive man cave in the basement.

thanks for bringing that up monkey.......thanks........yea........

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by datsveryinterestin

buying before demo makes this kemosabe a very poor indian.

but 65 bucks for a Wilson 2012 Pro Tour BLX seems like good deal in the middle of the west. and a thinner, heavier, denser, blxpro to boot! but since these racquets were never distributed to other shops, me thinks they are unsold KPRO Tours repainted.
dunno... got 2 in the cart right now. but not pulling the trigger.

guess i don't need em... sigh

YOU ALWAYS NEED MORE RACKETS

[Xisbum]

^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone.

[datsveryinterestin]

Xis, im sure u can liven them up with the right socks!

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone.

xis! i just got the G4s too! same color! i actually like the black and green. its my first asics and i am happy so far

[Angle Queen]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Not too often do we guys find a woman who appreciates and understands what some of us still consider the National Pasttime.

Thanks, X. Coming from you that's a true compliment. I'll tip up a shot of Maker's.

But it's genetic. My dad listened many a times on a small transistor radio to the Yankees games (because the NYC signal made it down this far)...and Richmond even had a Yankees farm club for many years...before pulling out (almost in the middle of the night) and leaving the city without a team for a year. Braves swooped in and stayed til 2008...when they left the city...without a team for another year. Dad took me as an infant to games and we watched them every Saturday afternoon on TV together (along with the tennis matches that the major networks used to air LOL). I've been to Spring Training 3 times and had R-Braves season tickets for 20 years. I kept The Book for my HS baseball team and had to overhear our coach get yelled at by opposing coaches, umpires and parents about it but he was adamant that I knew my stuff. And back in the day before spreadsheets (much less having 'an app for that') I had the stats posted by their locker room before the next day's practice. To this day, when I need a 3-digit code, I'll pick 3-6-1 because it's my fav DP to watch.

But I haven't watched any MLB in probably 5 years...much less an entire 9-inning affair in probably 10. To keep the Addiction alive, I'll trek on down to the local American Legion games or a HS contest. Have also enjoyed a college game or two here and there...but I intensely dislike the tink of aluminum bats....and so it's a bittersweet fix. Not sure what I would have done if I'd had a son. That wanted to play.

[sapient007]

sup is usually so quick to this i'm concerned he might of missed this one



and then this one

[auzzieizm]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone.

I'm really happy with them! I got the blue ones. I always put inserts into my shoes though, so maybe there's a difference.

Originally Posted by datsveryinterestin

buying before demo makes this kemosabe a very poor indian.

but 65 bucks for a Wilson 2012 Pro Tour BLX seems like good deal in the middle of the west. and a thinner, heavier, denser, blxpro to boot! but since these racquets were never distributed to other shops, me thinks they are unsold KPRO Tours repainted.
dunno... got 2 in the cart right now. but not pulling the trigger.

guess i don't need em... sigh

ehh, i think those frames have an even tighter string pattern than the Speeds. Apparently the spacing is really close together for the strings.

[tennismonkey]

Originally Posted by sapient007

and then this one

why was she wearing such shoddy shoes? just because they are made in china doesn't mean she has to wear them.

[Xisbum]

Originally Posted by zapvor

xis! i just got the G4s too! same color! i actually like the black and green. its my first asics and i am happy so far

Originally Posted by auzzieizm

I'm really happy with them! I got the blue ones. I always put inserts into my shoes though, so maybe there's a difference.

Did you guys follow the sizing advice and get a half size smaller? I did. Maybe that makes a difference.

[Xisbum]

Originally Posted by Angle Queen

Thanks, X. Coming from you that's a true compliment. I'll tip up a shot of Maker's.

But it's genetic. My dad listened many a times on a small transistor radio to the Yankees games (because the NYC signal made it down this far)...and Richmond even had a Yankees farm club for many years...before pulling out (almost in the middle of the night) and leaving the city without a team for a year. Braves swooped in and stayed til 2008...when they left the city...without a team for another year. Dad took me as an infant to games and we watched them every Saturday afternoon on TV together (along with the tennis matches that the major networks used to air LOL). I've been to Spring Training 3 times and had R-Braves season tickets for 20 years. I kept The Book for my HS baseball team and had to overhear our coach get yelled at by opposing coaches, umpires and parents about it but he was adamant that I knew my stuff. And back in the day before spreadsheets (much less having 'an app for that') I had the stats posted by their locker room before the next day's practice. To this day, when I need a 3-digit code, I'll pick 3-6-1 because it's my fav DP to watch.

But I haven't watched any MLB in probably 5 years...much less an entire 9-inning affair in probably 10. To keep the Addiction alive, I'll trek on down to the local American Legion games or a HS contest. Have also enjoyed a college game or two here and there...but I intensely dislike the tink of aluminum bats....and so it's a bittersweet fix. Not sure what I would have done if I'd had a son. That wanted to play.

Ah, the good old scorebook. Back in the day when I was an up-and-coming sports writer, we used to write game stories just from the scorebook. Amazing what a well-kept scorebook page can tell you. In fact, I covered the Oklahoma City 89ers AAA team in 1979-80, went to spring training camp in Clearwater, FL, in the spring of 80, and on several nights was the official scorer at home games. Topaz will appreciate this - Oak City was the Phillies' top farm club, and several of the guys on that team participated in the 1980 World Series, won by the Phillies, of course.

Your favorite twin killing depends on a hustling #1, not always a given.
One play I always liked was an early hit to right; most right fielders I saw would hum a liner back to the infield, often to third, in effect daring the other team to take the extra base later in the game. Baseball has all kinds of similar games within games every night.

And I would wager if your imaginary sons wanted to play baseball, you would be right there, keeping scorebooks and questioning the ump's visual acuity. Gently, of course.

I could keep telling stories of staying up late in rural Arkansas listening to Dodgers/Cardinals on KMOX (St. Louis station) on the car radio; listened to many Koufax-Gibson pitching duels while swatting mosquitoes in July and August. And I kept a stats book in which I would recalculate every Dodgers' numbers whenever I could find a new box score. But this post is long enough already. Don't give up on MLB, especially with the Nats turning into a powerhouse. Ol' Davey knows his stuff. And I hate aluminum bats and the DH; not the game I learned to love back when Jackie Robinson was still playing.

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by sapient007

sup is usually so quick to this i'm concerned he might of missed this one



and then this one

Lol. Thanks sappy for checking. I'm ok like Na's ankle was okay.

[auzzieizm]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Did you guys follow the sizing advice and get a half size smaller? I did. Maybe that makes a difference.

I got half a size small, and the shoes fit perfectly.

[sapient007]

the internet has everthing

http://vimeo.com/58191312

[tennismonkey]

Originally Posted by sapient007

the internet has everthing

http://vimeo.com/58191312

hahaha. that's really good video/audio editing. must've had a transcript of the entire conversation and then cut up a ton of audio. people are pretty amazing.

what's for lunch peeps?

[Sup2Dresq]

Tisk tisk...

Sappy I hope I was as quick to post an adidas fail pic as you are quick to hit the buffet.

Dats you're lucky for not betting.

Na li is lucky her ankle didn't break.


Murray...well....

[hollywood9826]

Originally Posted by tennismonkey

why was she wearing such shoddy shoes? just because they are made in china doesn't mean she has to wear them.

When I worked in the nike outlet, we would get these buses full of Chinese toursits. They would check all tags and if it was actually made in China they would not buy it. My Store manager was a chinese guy and could speak the language. We had a ton of siz 6-8 Jordans on clearance for 10 bucks. manger told the guy he would mark them down to 5 bucks. The guy would still buy them becuase they were made in china. Nike apparently at the time didnt sell the goods in the country so the poeple would not buy somehting they could not buy at home. It doesnt make sense to me, but i saw it too many times.

Originally Posted by Xisbum

^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone.

Bought a pair of Gel Solution Speedsback in the summer. Closest shoe to my beloved Diadora speed pros yet. Super light, but feels supportive at the same time. Its a plush feeling show though. So I guess most would feel it is on the stiffer side. Might have to cop a pair of Black ones that just came out.

Might be getting a job down in Linthicum so I may pick the game back up since there are people down there I can hit with and they have USTA and stuff.

[tennismonkey]

hw -- there are lots of leagues in the hoco area. or you could pick a tennis club and ooh all the housewives and retired ladies with your 120 mph serve. also i don't really know what you meant by the chinese tourists thing. i think you may have left out a wouldn't or won't somewhere. but if you are from china -- why buy something that has been marked up 2000% when you can probably go to the actual factory it was made and buy it for pennies on the dollar.

made some fish stew last night and i made it too salty. i heard about this trick bout putting in raw potato and while it cooks - it absorbs salt. then remove salty potatoes and voila! it worked.

lunch today is fish stew.