Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter - Page 1248

prestigeprolover · 07-06-2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Xisbum

Would love to hit, but don't think I'll have time until next weekend. You still up for coming to NOVA?

you bet! i'm usually free cause i have no life and all i do is play tennis. weekends are good for me anytime, weekdays i'd prefer not to drive during rush hour traffic.

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Originally Posted by Xisbum

Tell ya what, PP Lover; set up some doubles or mixed doubles, and I'll travel to MD - again - this Saturday or Sunday. Or we can play on one of those Reston clay courts. If you come to NOVA, I'll treat you guys to court time and then some refreshments after. Ihop, anyone?

Wadda ya say, pal?

i'm in for nova this weekend! if no one else is in, we can just hit some singles for fun.

jjjosh/nitefly- i know you guys see this. wanna go? although i absolutely despise clay courts. i know jjjosh loves them though.

off topic but me, jjjosh, and nitefly were able to demo the head youtek speed mp and the youtek radical mp yesterday night. overall feel was that the radical mp felt much more solid. neither racquets made me want to switch. its not like i would have switched anyway. i'm too invested in this racquet. i'll use it until it breaks. jjjosh was loving nitefly's pure storm ltds.

hollywood9826 · 07-06-2009, 07:47 AM

Catcher Im goin with Johhny Bench. From watchin the vids of him he had a cannon and blocked balls really well. Batting wise Bench and Fisk are practically equal. But bench gets the nod for his glove work.

Didnt see any vid of Yogi but his offsense nukbers are better and he won 3 MVPs to Benchs 2. But Yankee stadium inflates numbers and is why people think Jeter is so good. So F the Fin yankees I still say Bench.

RH Pitcher All time I gotta go Walter Johnson. If your nickname is the big train then you must be good. Unless I can 68 Bob Gibson for 10 years

I dont think Dave Stewart got enough credit though not on the level of all time greats I think he was underrated. Hed get a lead and eat innings hurting his ERA but helping his ball club.

To stick with Modern dudes Ill take Maddux over Clemens and Pedro in his prime was close but that prime wasnt quite long enough. Maddux just perfected the art of pitching. He was kind of like Fed where he masde it seem easier than it was. Clemens was like Nadal where you just saw the raw power overwhelm guys.

Ill leave the lefties to ya bro

prestigeprolover · 07-06-2009, 07:52 AM

and we played some competitive doubles until the third set last night. jjjosh/nitefly vs me/mrs jjjosh. jjjosh/nf takes the first set 6-3, ppl/ms jjjosh comes back and take the second set 2-6, third set ppl's bronchitiis kills him and he plays like crap. jjjosh/nf wins easily 6-0. i think i really ****ed off mrs. jjosh in that third set cause of my horrible play. i'm really paying for it last night and today though. coughing like crazy.

JRstriker12 · 07-06-2009, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by auzzieizm

Ok Thursday sounds good. I can probably make it out there. What metro is close?

The Medical Center metro stop is right across the street.

JRstriker12 · 07-06-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by czech09

I've been added to the ladder now, thanks to Sup2Dresq. I'll be out of town starting Thursday for a week but I can hit today-Wednesday if it's in the evening.

Czech09 - where are you located?

I'm trying to see if I can sneak in a hit today.

I work near Bethesda, but live out in Herndon.

zapvor · 07-06-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by prestigeprolover

and we played some competitive doubles until the third set last night. jjjosh/nitefly vs me/mrs jjjosh. jjjosh/nf takes the first set 6-3, ppl/ms jjjosh comes back and take the second set 2-6, third set ppl's bronchitiis kills him and he plays like crap. jjjosh/nf wins easily 6-0. i think i really ****ed off mrs. jjosh in that third set cause of my horrible play. i'm really paying for it last night and today though. coughing like crazy.

thats hardcore dedication

zapvor · 07-06-2009, 09:46 AM

alice-that Ny times article is amazing. loved every word. thanks! you guys should read it if you havent. for us tennis players its all blah, but its refreshing to see that someone is writing to the rest of us out there that dont know about tennis.

Xisbum · 07-06-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by alice301

x, have you read david foster wallace's pieces on tennis? there's still a gaping hole in my heart from his suicide last year. his writing is exhilarating and completely over-the-top...kinda like federer himself, i guess. the times article is about federer; the other two are about tournament qualifiers and the us open, respectively.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sp...pagewanted=all

http://www.esquire.com/features/spor...ng-theory-0796

http://www.tennis.com/features/gener...aspx?id=145266

have you read john mcphee's levels of the game? definitely my favorite creative non-fiction tennis writing.

To twist Yeats a bit, when DFW died, a terrible beauty was lost. He could write, and he could especially write about tennis. Once thought Curry Kirkpatrick (Sports Illustrated then, now ESPN the Magaznie) was the best tennis writer ever, but that belief evaporated with the first Wallace sentence. Too bad he didn't have enough courage to stick it out.

Heard about McPhee's book but haven't read it yet. Will do so on your recommendation.

sapient007 · 07-06-2009, 09:50 AM

someone please off this b-ish.. how the f do you write lyrics like this. i stutter and have turrets yet still can't understand this crap.. mum mum mum mah

Quote:

"Poker Face"

Mum mum mum mah
Mum mum mum mah

I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas Plays
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart

Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me I love it)
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love if its not rough it isn't fun, fun
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

Xisbum · 07-06-2009, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prestigeprolover

i'm in for nova this weekend! if no one else is in, we can just hit some singles for fun.

jjjosh/nitefly- i know you guys see this. wanna go? although i absolutely despise clay courts. i know jjjosh loves them though.

Cool. See if Allie wants to visit the Big City for some mixed. I'll find a suitable partner. Prefer Saturday or Sunday? I can get us an inside court at Fairfax Racquet Club if you prefer indoor play.

JRstriker12 · 07-06-2009, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sapient007

someone please off this b-ish.. how the f do you write lyrics like this. i stutter and have turrets yet still can't understand this crap.. mum mum mum mah

You can find a much better version sappy - just google: Kid Cudi "Make Her Say" - it's got Common and Kanye on it. Just a warning - may be NSFW.

sapient007 · 07-06-2009, 09:57 AM

^^
i'd be interested in coming out if the weather is nice..

is this a mini meet without sup? coup detat O. o o mum mum mum mah.

sapient007 · 07-06-2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JRstriker12

You can find a much better version sappy - just google: Kid Cudi "Make Her Say" - it's got Common and Kanye on it. Just a warning - may be NSFW.

as if i'll listen to someone named Kid Cudi. Dj cootie maybe.. but kid cudi = no thanks.. p p p po poker face

JRstriker12 · 07-06-2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sapient007

as if i'll listen to someone named Kid Cudi. Dj cootie maybe.. but kid cudi = no thanks.. p p p po poker face

That's Cudi with a "uh" sound.

Telling you man, it's a humorus take on the song. AND it has Common and Kanye on the track. How can you pass that up???

hollywood9826 · 07-06-2009, 10:44 AM

Isnt Common bangin Serena?

You mean its Kid Cutty like a oldsmobile cutlass ciera? or cutty like hes gonna cut you up.

Xisbum · 07-06-2009, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywood9826

Catcher Im goin with Johhny Bench. From watchin the vids of him he had a cannon and blocked balls really well. Batting wise Bench and Fisk are practically equal. But bench gets the nod for his glove work.

Didnt see any vid of Yogi but his offsense nukbers are better and he won 3 MVPs to Benchs 2. But Yankee stadium inflates numbers and is why people think Jeter is so good. So F the Fin yankees I still say Bench.

RH Pitcher All time I gotta go Walter Johnson. If your nickname is the big train then you must be good. Unless I can 68 Bob Gibson for 10 years

I dont think Dave Stewart got enough credit though not on the level of all time greats I think he was underrated. Hed get a lead and eat innings hurting his ERA but helping his ball club.

To stick with Modern dudes Ill take Maddux over Clemens and Pedro in his prime was close but that prime wasnt quite long enough. Maddux just perfected the art of pitching. He was kind of like Fed where he masde it seem easier than it was. Clemens was like Nadal where you just saw the raw power overwhelm guys.

Ill leave the lefties to ya bro

I'll buy Bench, and I'll agree on Johnson and Maddux. Good picks.

Lefties for me always start and end with Koufax, although I see a case for Warren Spahn and Steve Carlson. Spahn was incredible - 21 seasons, 363 wins, 3.09 ERA, averaged 252 innings a year, 13 20-win seasons, including 1963 when he was 42 years old. Amazing career.

But the West Coast Koufax, once he got it going in the early 60s, was simply untouchable 99 percent of the time - best curve in history, 100-MPH fastball when he needed it, pinpoint control. A joy to watch. And a man true to his convictions: refused to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series against Minnesota because it fell on Yom Kippur. Won 3 Cy Youngs - 1963, 1965, 1966 - when MLB gave out just one a year and led MLB in wins, strikeouts and ERA in all three years.

Best there ever was.

prestigeprolover · 07-06-2009, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Cool. See if Allie wants to visit the Big City for some mixed. I'll find a suitable partner. Prefer Saturday or Sunday? I can get us an inside court at Fairfax Racquet Club if you prefer indoor play.

saturday is better for me but i can do sunday as well. i just need to be in silver spring, maryland by 7:30pm on sunday. its up to you xis. just give me a day and time and i'll be there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywood9826

Isnt Common bangin Serena?

great mental picture, thanks so much hw!

tfm1973 · 07-06-2009, 10:57 AM

xisbum -- for me the best batboy of all time has to be bobby savoy. always came through in the clutch and he never once complained about being a one tool role player as a member of the knights. i'd say he was pretty special.

Xisbum · 07-06-2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by tfm1973

xisbum -- for me the best batboy of all time has to be bobby savoy. always came through in the clutch and he never once complained about being a one tool role player as a member of the knights. i'd say he was pretty special.

You are correct, sushi breath. They should name a bat after him. No, wait...

hollywood9826 · 07-06-2009, 11:27 AM

TFM though I respect you se;ection of Savoy as GOAT of Batboys I would not be able to sleep if I didnt mention at least the true GOAT of Batboys.

And that man is Stanley Kirk Burrell who was a batboy for the Oakland A's from 1980 to 1981. He was like a rat to to the owner who lived in the ******* (Edit: Middle of the part of the US west of the Mississippi River) somehwere. Reggie Jackson had this to say about Burrell

"Hell, our chief executive, the guy that ran our team, uh, that communicated [with] Charlie Finley, the top man there, was a 13-year old kid. I nicknamed him "Hammer," because he looked like [Hammerin'] Hank Aaron."

This man would become pretty famous later in life. And has to be the GOAT of Batboys

07-06-2009, 07:47 AM	#24942
hollywood9826 Semi-Pro Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 492	Catcher Im goin with Johhny Bench. From watchin the vids of him he had a cannon and blocked balls really well. Batting wise Bench and Fisk are practically equal. But bench gets the nod for his glove work. Didnt see any vid of Yogi but his offsense nukbers are better and he won 3 MVPs to Benchs 2. But Yankee stadium inflates numbers and is why people think Jeter is so good. So F the Fin yankees I still say Bench. RH Pitcher All time I gotta go Walter Johnson. If your nickname is the big train then you must be good. Unless I can 68 Bob Gibson for 10 years I dont think Dave Stewart got enough credit though not on the level of all time greats I think he was underrated. Hed get a lead and eat innings hurting his ERA but helping his ball club. To stick with Modern dudes Ill take Maddux over Clemens and Pedro in his prime was close but that prime wasnt quite long enough. Maddux just perfected the art of pitching. He was kind of like Fed where he masde it seem easier than it was. Clemens was like Nadal where you just saw the raw power overwhelm guys. Ill leave the lefties to ya bro __________________ Touched by his Noodly Appendage

07-06-2009, 07:52 AM	#24943
prestigeprolover New User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 75	and we played some competitive doubles until the third set last night. jjjosh/nitefly vs me/mrs jjjosh. jjjosh/nf takes the first set 6-3, ppl/ms jjjosh comes back and take the second set 2-6, third set ppl's bronchitiis kills him and he plays like crap. jjjosh/nf wins easily 6-0. i think i really ****ed off mrs. jjosh in that third set cause of my horrible play. i'm really paying for it last night and today though. coughing like crazy. __________________ i need a shorter name...

07-06-2009, 09:46 AM	#24947
zapvor Legend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: tennis courts Posts: 7,970	alice-that Ny times article is amazing. loved every word. thanks! you guys should read it if you havent. for us tennis players its all blah, but its refreshing to see that someone is writing to the rest of us out there that dont know about tennis. __________________ Member of TW MAC. yes, we are better than you. and we bout to hop on a court to make another 'mil

07-06-2009, 10:44 AM	#24955
hollywood9826 Semi-Pro Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 492	Isnt Common bangin Serena? You mean its Kid Cutty like a oldsmobile cutlass ciera? or cutty like hes gonna cut you up. __________________ Touched by his Noodly Appendage

07-06-2009, 11:27 AM	#24960
hollywood9826 Semi-Pro Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 492	TFM though I respect you se;ection of Savoy as GOAT of Batboys I would not be able to sleep if I didnt mention at least the true GOAT of Batboys. And that man is Stanley Kirk Burrell who was a batboy for the Oakland A's from 1980 to 1981. He was like a rat to to the owner who lived in the ******* (Edit: Middle of the part of the US west of the Mississippi River) somehwere. Reggie Jackson had this to say about Burrell "Hell, our chief executive, the guy that ran our team, uh, that communicated [with] Charlie Finley, the top man there, was a 13-year old kid. I nicknamed him "Hammer," because he looked like [Hammerin'] Hank Aaron." This man would become pretty famous later in life. And has to be the GOAT of Batboys __________________ Touched by his Noodly Appendage Last edited by hollywood9826 : 07-06-2009 at 11:31 AM.