Saturday, March 26, 2005

There's a moral to this parable somewhere

TT hooked up with the 'Chemist' in a tightly contested doubles match against 'Big Al' & and 'Slats' at Kinsley this beautiful early spring morning. TT/Chemist got off to a commanding 5-2 lead in the first set only to see the opposition gallantly fight back to take the set (5-7). Undoubtedly TT/Chemist "were counting their chickens..." before they got egg on their faces by dropping six straight games to a sudddenly torrid duo. Chemist assured the Titan, "TT even with my bad leg (injured in a non-sanctioned match yesterday) these guys do not have enough game to beat us two in a row." And right he was. After dropping the first game of the 2nd set, TT/Chemist reeled off four straight games to open up another substantial lead. After giving back two games to make it 4-3, all parties held serve enabling TT/Chemist to square the match at one set apiece (6-4). Big Al was overheard to comment to Slats as they left the court, "Frankie, TT thinks he resurrected his game with his play in the second set, what must he think of OUR LORD this Easter weekend." To wit, TT replied to the Chemist, "Georgie, these guys witnessed a miracle with their comeback today, 'Slats' turns "outs" into "ins" like Christ turned water into wine." Big Al opined, "Tom, don't you know the story of Lazerus?"

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