MEGA TITLES WERE ON THE LINE

By Your Athletic Supporter, Jack Strap

MEGA TITLES WERE ON THE LINE this AM which is why I set an alarm & dragged myself out of bed at the crack of dawn & drove 100+ miles or about 2 hours round-trip to play HHI.  Those TITLES included the traditional Daily Championship (DC) & Iron Man Finale (IMF) TITLE, as well as the DC/IMF having always been good predictors of who will win the TCFL Super Bowl (i.e. Yours Truly's Legion Of Doom vs. Quick Raiders) and the Survivor Pool (i.e. Magnum vs. Coach's Protege).  Those MEGA TITLES ON THE LINE create a lot of pressure, but not if you compare it to My Cousin Vinnie:
Vinny Gambini: Lisa, I don't need this. I swear to God, I do not need this right now, okay? I've got a judge that's just aching to throw me in jail. An idiot who wants to fight me for two hundred dollars. Slaughtered pigs. Giant loud whistles. I ain't slept in five days. I got no money, a dress code problem, and a little murder case which, in the balance, holds the lives of two innocent kids. Not to mention your [taps his foot] biological clock - my career, your life, our marriage, and let me see, what else can we pile on? Is there any more stuff we can pile on to the top of the outcome of this case?  

After all my years driving up-and-down Rts. 222 & 30, I'd have to say this AM might be the least traffic I've ever seen or to put it into verse: 
Twas the Morn before Christmas
And all through the Roads
Not Many were Stirring
Not Even the Cops
Thankfully as I made it to Grace in 55 minutes flat as the 1st to arrive.

By the time all the "stockings were hung by the chimney with care", we had a dozen (12) players divided up by Coach Bill & Jack "Santa" Strap for this Tag-Team TITLE Match:
* Road Warriors a.k.a. Your Legion Of Doom (RW-LOD) = Captain Jack (won't get you high tonight), Magnum, Iron Mike, DeBendable Tim, Mighty Kerr, and Marsh-mellow Man
* Quick Coachers (QCers) = Coach Bill, Quick Mike, DJ Jazzy Jones, Doc Todd, Alan "The Question" I-Vath-son, and Diggetty Doug (D.D.) Bails

Game 1 saw the Quick Coachers jump out to an early leader as RW-LOD's DeBendable wasn't impressing his Boss Iron Mike nor playing like he did "back in the day" in the old Flying Hills League.  By the time the QCers had extended that lead to 14-6 behind Quick Mike's dead-eye deuce shooting, rather than subbing Road Warrior Magnum said "play it out" which somehow motivated his team as they went on a 5-0 run before sucumbing (with the emphasis on "suc") to the Quick Coachers.

Game #2 saw a different Road Warriors team as they shook off their "car lag" and jumped to a 5-0 lead.  DeBendable was now playing so well he asked Iron Mike for "that approval" and his Boss was hitting shots from his g-spot.  Swoop arrived with good cheer as he awaits his upcoming knee surgery and saw Marsh mellowly sink a deuce to tie the series for RW-LOD.

With the DC TITLE ON THE LINE, Game 3 was a nail-biter which eventually saw the Quick Coachers take a 12-11 lead.  But then Jack Strap left his wing man Coach to stop Vath who was driving for an easy basket, but The Question had The Answer as he found Coach who made his only basket of the day a big duece which led to their DC TITLE.

The Quick Coachers also took the IMF TITLE, so if you believe the DC/IMF as Predictors of the TCFL Super Bowl & the Survivor Pool then Quick Mike & Coach's Protege will sweep those too.