Hizonor...Hosanna!

TennisTitan and nine of his mates were graced with the presence of Mayor Phil Amicone this date in what served as the "official" (hell, the mayor is Yonkers chief executive) opening of the newly resurfaced Kinsly Park. The Kinsley boys are very appreciative of Hizonor's recent commitment of the city's funds to refurbish our second home. The mayor's opening remarks were heard by this retinue of sycophants and several dog walkers who immediately resumed plastic bag duties upon seeing Amicone pick up his racket and engage in a few practice rallies with the Titan among others.The boys having paid homage to the mayor, and exacting some physical labor from him to get the wet courts in playing shape, then engaged in some spirited high-quality doubles. On court 1 'Big Al' Dio Dati and Frank 'Slats' Slattery staged a remarkable comeback from 2-5 to take the tie breaker (7-6 [7]) from George 'Chemist' Hauss and Bob 'Kraut' Kluge relegating them to the loser's bracket. On the adjacent court 2 your humble?!? reporter and 'Rockin' Rick Ricci held sway (6-3) over Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz and Chris 'Prozac Kid' Tyrone. 'Chemist'/'Kraut' met more resistance (6-4) than anticpated from 'Happy Jack' Carey (substituting for 'GK') and the 'Prozac Kid' and advanced to the final set. TT/'RRR' barely hung on in their second set against 'Big Al'/'Slats' dissapating a 5-3 lead to win the tie breaker (7-6 [4]). In the champions round the Teutonic Duo of Kluge and Hauss was more lethal than the bombing of Dresden as they blitzkrieged the weary 'RRR'/TT (6-2) for this day's ultimate bragging rights. As the exhausted 'bombastic blowhard' left the court 'Kraut' was heard to say to him, "Tommy, my boy, it was nice of you to recognize my trip in from Chicago and have the mayor here to greet me." 'Chemist' quipped, "Titan, we here so much about your "Kick-Ass" tour, how about calling today your "Kiss-Ass" tournament.