Goodbye Earl

There were 17 players in the Kinsley Krew this beautiful, albeit windy, Saturday morning in Yonkers. TennisTitan paired with Rob 'Jersey Bomber' Briscoe in three of the four sets the 'blogging bullshitter' participated in. TT/'JB' split two sets (6-4, 5-7) against the tandem of Mike 'not so Stellar' Stella and newbie Derek 'Rah' Man! Rahman making his initial Saturday morning appearance. The 'grumpy gourmand' had few charitable words for his 'nattering nephew' who left his sometimes potent serve in New Jersey. The remnants of hurricane Earl impacted play throughout the morning as all lofted balls required 'team coverage' and was the likely cause of 'JB's eight double faults. TennisTitan was not spared the ignominy of his own embarrassment with three doubles and a wildly ineffective lob. The 'Briscoe Brood' had markedly more success in their (6-1) thumping of Stuart 'not Espn' Scott and 'Dave the Rave' before parting ways. While 'JB' was being thrashed (1-6) in singles by Bob 'Kraut' Kluge, Titan took George 'Chemist' Hauss under his aegis in their (7-5) survival fight against 'not Espn'/'...Rave.' When the weary warriors met at net the 'incorrigible incompetent' commented, "because I'm Irish, I thought the wind was always at my back." "No," retorted 'not Espn,' "it's because your Irish, you spit out the car window at 60mph and get a face wash."