There has been no more dominant player at The Cedar Club than Brett “Duke” Smith. His TCC Club and Fall Classic Championships are testimony to his ability to take over a match, regardless of the strength of his paddle partner. But nagging injuries hampered his mobility and the powers-that-be demoted him to the number two slot at the start of this Men’s League season.
It took a month, but in the latest paddle ranking, Duke was once again in his familiar number 1 ranked spot, just ahead of Eric Arvold. All is right within the TCC kingdom. Right?
WRONG! The unthinkable has happened. Duke has lost two successive paddle matches. Unheard of. Unprecedented.
Blasphemy, you say!
“I have no one to blame other than myself…” Duke was heard muttering at the TCC bar, as Dan Einhorn kept ’em coming.
Curt Lundeen, master of the Lundeen 3000, was quick to add, “This will quickly drop him back to number 2 in the rankings… you should put it in a blog.”
My, how the mighty have fallen.
The Donald tweeted me…..said “Rigged…..it’s all rigged. What a shame!!!”
There was one common factor in those two losses…if only I could remember what (who) that was… #GunningForNumber1 #GunningForBaylissToo
Brock Lobster, it isn’t nice to point out that I had the same partner in each loss.
Correction to the official record. We have a little bit of yellow journalism going on here. The real King, Sir Arvold has been #1 for 95% of league weeks for over 4 years. Last week was my first time ever in the #1 spot. Hopefully not my last.
No disrespect to Eric, but last time I checked, there were 3 Dukes on the Club Championship plaque vs. 2 Arvys… 2 Smiths on the Fall Classic board and 0 Arvolds. One shouldn’t disparage the soon-to-be-Pulitzer-Prize-winning-author of The Cedar Club blog. — Just sayin’
In review, the two times I played a tourney sober; I made it to the finals and semis….hmmmm