Early Birds... Worms and such

"God, is it that time again?" That is what was TennisTitan's first thought as he awakened at 5:05 this morning to be ready to do battle at the YTC at 7 A.M. Titan had already swilled down his first two cups of coffee before the alarm went off at 5:30 and had downed the other two cups with his ibuprofen before he received his 'back up' wake up call from Lucy on her way to work. Ah, but it was all worth the shaking off of the aches and pains so early as TT walked onto the court to engage in three well played sets with "The Caballero", Hanibal the displaced Argentinian from Pound Ridge, and the 'brogue boys', Tom 'The Mick' Ahern and Frank 'Workman' Buckley. TT was rotated through all the players giving each participant ample opportunity to prove they could carry the 'man of limited movement.' In the opener TT/'Mick' could not finish and dropped the set (6-8) after having held a 5-3 margin as the tandem of 'Caballero/'Workman' found the range and broke down the 'Mick's forehand more effectively late in the set. TT/'Caballero' combined for a (6-3) victory over the brogue boys in set two. Titan/'Workman' ended the morning affair with a truncated victory at (6-5) over the Caballero who partnered the last set with the 'Mick' and Gimpy Knees Cruz. 'Workman' and 'Caballero' reminded the 'bloated behemoth' as they left the court, "Titan, you can go home now and go back to bed now to rest up for your 2 p.m. match later today. We got to earn a living so you retired guys can live the good life." To which TennisTitan replied, "Based on the tennis I saw this morning fellas, don't quit your day job!"