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03/01/07. Blizzard Thursday VRB Games. Stoke’s Stadium, Moore
Lake LTF. Court 11. 1930-2100. A raging blizzard
blows through the Twin Cities areas and many racquetball warriors stayed home to
hibernate by the warm fireplace…Except for a few hardy what my Russian friends
would calls "Crazy-In-the-Heads" Minnesotan RB warriors that is…Aaah….Who lived
nearby…Hahaha!....Like Doc MM in New Brighton and Big Al Stoke in North
Minneapolis. Also, Doug Lefty’s doubles crew was there enjoying their usual
intense games of doubles….
However, no Fireball Mark, the speedster rabbit’s probably
still recovering from the flu, no rooky Uma Righty, probably hibernating by the
television set sipping good India’s bourbons and eating a healthy salads (Which
more of us racquetball players need to do! Eat more greens to improve your
health and increase your racquetball game!! Lay off the greasy burgers and
cancer sticks!!), the journeyman champ Joel Warrior’s smart and stayed home all
warm and tucked in in North Branch all day from work and steered clear of all
gridlocks, no puns intended (smiles)…
And…Big Sexy Chad Righty called Doc MM at work saying, "Hey,
they are letting us off early from work, I’m reserving court #15 at Moore Lake
at 7pm, I’ll be there, blizzard? Winter storm? No problems, I live in Northeast
Minneapolis man." Aaah, well, Big Sexy CR was a No-Show….Big Dan Lefty had evil
intentions on reclaiming the GT, another smart Minnesotan hibernating at home
with his families…Can’t blame him though, it’s close to white out conditions
outside! Beautiful but just terrible driving conditions, it’s good thing Doc MM
only lives a skip and half a hop away from ML LTF!...
And like another Crazies-In-The-Heads Minnesotans who were
there, Mr. Pistol Pete Storey said, "Marcus, I don’t get these guys, where is
everybody? This storm is not a big deal, I drive a low Camry and I’m still here
playing racquetball and I’m over 50 years old!"….Doc MM just smiled and said,
"Pete, you got dedication!"
Well, the VRB fans and pundits that showed up were in for a
Minnesota Non-Fat Blizzard Treat as Big Al Stoke Righty challenged Doc MM for
the GT in a best out of three format, up to 15, one serve of course….
In game number one, Doc MM had all
the momentum in the first game with missile low drives and hard in and hard out
down the line and cross court rockets to take an early dominating lead of 12-6!
Then Big AR used his 6’5" height and reach and rekilled many of Doc MM barely
left up front court splats and pinches to narrowed the score to 11-12 and 12-13!
Then, just when the big man AR seemed to have his offensive on full throttle,
Doc MM reclaimed the service box with a backhand rocket cross court and Doc MM
promptly hit two drive aces to end the game succinctly! One vicious drive to the
right abyss that caught the big man AR flat footed and then just a humongous
monstrous high velocity cranker cross court blast drive into the left abyss that
AR track down, but it was just a blip on his return radar and…ace and game for
Doc MM! Doc MM 15, AR 12.
Doc MM went on to win the second game with the same strategy
and tactics 15-7.
Big AR and Doc MM played an extra inning game to entertain the
sparse hardly VRB fans and pundits that showed up and Big AR won 15-14 for a
moral victory.
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