The Tao

"Fantasy? Fantasy Baseball!?! You're going home to draft a fantasy baseball team, why Titan you've been playing Fantasy Tennis all morning," taunted George 'Chemist' Hauss as the 'bloated behemoth' left Kinsley this morning after only playing one set. And what a set it was. Like the spring crocus, if only in 36 degree weather, six veteran players appeared at 9AM to unofficially open the 2008 outdoor season. TennisTitan drew the venerable Sab 'Koide Kid' as his partner against the 'Chemist' and 'Big Al' DioDati. Waiting in the wings for the winners were 'Happy Jack' Carey and George 'Teacher' Febles. TT/'KK' trailed love-3 before the coffee kicked in as the odd couple rallied to knot the set at 3. Again, down 5-6, they broke through to send the set to a tie breaker (6-7 [2]). The 84 year old Asiatic doctor tried to comfort the 'immobile minotaur' with the wisdom of a zen master with, "Most 'egotistical egomaniac', 'Confucius say, a fantasy is to dream and be inspired to love, to live a good life.' But playing as your partner, is my Nightmare! It is worse than me running the NYC marathon without a bottle of water."