Some Opponnents on the Courts  of the Past

I remember playing Bill Maki. Mackey?  Childhood chum of Pete Wilhoit, who now drums for Plane Fiction. Or Piain Fiction? Maybe I played a bit with Pete, too? And some other Bryan Park buddies, like Jake Smith...yeah...

Is that how you spell his name? 10 year participant of the Bloomington rock group "the Cutters".

We played once or twice at Bryan Park.

As a child, I would play against my sisters and Jenny and Monique. And my farther a few select evenings.

I had some good games in the late nineties with Chad Card, and my doubles partener Paul Schumann.  We won a few games. That was back in Indiana.

I played my wife in West LA at the city park...And against my neighbor, the UCLA med student Kevin Kunz. Kevin? He was good. He would whip me.

I played some games with my uncle Bill and my cousins in Massachusetts, out in Cape Cod.

And down in Inglewood, Florida I had tremendous doubles matches with the old gys down there. That was back in the eighties. 20th century. Those guys were so old they are probably not around now.

Did I ever play my buddies in Ashburn, Virginia? Only table tennis, but that was fun. I need to get on the tennis court with them...

High school had some matches...Mostly forgettble.

I played Elder David Newton down in Santa Juana, Chile.

I think I played a few times in Utah...

Not too often, really.

But overall...

Oh, yes! San Bernardino and Redlands! Fun matches against Mitch Hayden and the young science teacher...And the tennis coach who was fired...

Did I play young David? My student assistant?

Maybe, maybe not. He was a whiner.

But those were good times in the early 2000s...

Good times on the tennis courts.

I hope to make it back some day.

Work on my serve. And net game.

I know I am forgetting a few more...

Clinch

Baseball and Tennis and Golf: Do they have channels for all three endeavors?

I am pretty sure there is a channel exclusively dedicated to the sports of tennis and golf, and they  most likely go to the tunes of the "Golf Channel" and perhaps the "Tennis Network" or some such basic descriptions in nomenclature.

How many of you bloggers enjoy these stations?

How about baseball? Currently I am without regular television, but I wonder if a channel dedicated to baseball exists.

It would obviously cover the major leagues of North America, but it would also be a great way to feature the minor leagues, the college ranks, the foreign competition and how the expansion of the game is making inroads into other regions of the planet.

How is baseball in Taiwan these days? The Phillipines? China? Australia?

Ecuador? Brazil?

I would love the game to make it down to Chile and Argentina. I have lived in Chile about three years of my life,  most of 1990-91, some of1994 and 2005 (9 months between those two years), and I think this sport would greatly benefit them.

Anyway, I will leave this query and post at this, as I am enjoying varying aspects of the major leagues this season.

Also, a sidenote that I am looking forward to taking my two young daughters to a minor league game this weekend.

I hope the memories last a long time.

Can we start the magic?

Peace.

Clinch out.

My favorite sport now is college football, like quite a few other Fox bloggers I know.

My two teams, Indiana and BYU, are 3-0 and 1-2, respectively.

Indiana has a good shot at 3 more wins and a bowl, and BYU looks good enough to still win the Mountain West Conference and go to the Las Vegas Bowl.

Kellen Lewis and Max Hall are both quality QBs, and both teams are good with suspect D as of late...Especially BYU allowing 55 at Tulsa, but never give up on IU permitting 50 point games in the Big 10.

The NFL is marching along, and my Colts are doing well. Favorite overall since 1984.

I like Rex Grossman and the Bears (he is a HS co-alum), Trent  Green and John Beck in Miami (college alumni), and Brady Poppinga and the Packers.

And any former BYU player in the NFL, including the Eagles. Poor guys. I look forward to seeing more IU players make the pros...

Baseball is great. Sentimental favorites with many teams, including the Mets and Phils. I prefer the Dodgers over the 'Backs and Padres, but any team that has little previous success is fine by me.

Bo Sox over Yankees, but who knows...Tight race! Angels? Indians? Oh, my!

I love college basketball and IU has a sweet incoming class...

The Eric Gordon group. Final Four material?

Anyway, another 45 days from the NBA, and life is all right.

And  a Jamaican is the fastest guy in the world while a Swiss is the most dominant.

Peace out, blogger nation...Work keeps me busy. Long live the world economy.

Roger that, Clinch.

And I apologize for my lack of activity; my Internet access is terrible of late...Plus my schedule...

Can Tulsa upset Oklahoma? They did have alot of injuries against the Cougars...