History Lesson

Your Titan met up with his Pine Island buds for some doubles this morning. At least I think TT showed up. TennisTitan brought nothing to the party and dropped the three sets he participated in with Grant 'Packer Backer' Craig, Walt 'Show Me' Klein, George 'Badger Codger' Moore and 'Slow Eddie' Lubejko. Titan sat out the first set - I'll take that as today's victory. TT first paired with 'Packer Backer' and was smoked by the tandem of 'Slow Eddie' and 'Show Me' (6-0). Set two was TT's best when he and 'Badger Codger' dropped a tough set (4-6) to 'Show Me' and 'PB.' The finale had TT again pair with 'PB' against 'Slow Eddie' and the 'Badger Codger' producing a resounding (2-6) defeat. As the boys met at net 'Show Me' opined, "I guess only my back is strong enough to carry Grant to victory." To wit 'Slow Eddie' retorted, "The way I figure, it's a lucky thing that this Grant was not the one Lincoln counted on in the Civil War." "Why" said the 'Badger Codger.' "Ain't it obvious," chipped in TT, "his volleys come off his racket like buckshot." "Oh, so where was your canon today" quipped Coach klein shutting up the 'bombastic blowhard.'