Our illustrative leader, Long John Silver, will be replaced as Community Leader of the Tennis Domain soon. This is indeed sad and shocking news for us all.

But as rational a person as Long is, I am sure, as he says on his bulletin board, he is not regretting this unduly, nor would he want us to. I am sure the best we can do is to carry his legacy forward in as best a manner as possible.

A Shout Out to you, Long: "We will still live Tennis together and you will show us how!"

The following is intended as a collection of some thoughts on a lighter note on how the CL's message board would look like if some of the Tennis Creatures here take over.

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1. Robert Orzechowski and Rob York - CoCLs

Significance of the Day: Equal prize money announced at all events for men and women.

Robert: "Equal prize money for men and women! It is totalitarian-aristocratic-feudal-communism at work."

Rob: "The only reason why anyone in this community would say it is communism to give equal prize money is that Robert has suggested the possibility."

 

2. Gil and TIM RUFFIN - CoCLs

Significance of the Day: Nothing in particular.

Gil: "All the best Roger! Get another 10 Slam Titles and prove all those Roger haters (Rafa lovers) wrong!"

TIM RUFFIN* : "Roger looks the favourite for the coming season, but there is a 13-8 h2h he has to encounter in all the finals. I am not saying it is everything, but it is not nothing either."

(*As an aside, I think it will be a good idea to nickname TIM as TIGER TIM, for the way he fights for what he believes in. TIM, I am saying this with the full knowledge that you cannot physically harm me over the internet!)

3. Joan Allen

Significance: Wimbledon 2010 starts.

"The Dew drops, the lush green grass, the lemonade, the pineapple juice (that I am drinking?) all give me a feeling that the great man will again crush the competition like how he normally does."

 

4. Rohini Iyer

Significance: Google and Bing add complete support for Japanese translation including transliteration from English.

"Watashi Aringomatzu Gomaritzu Sayanora Samurai Roger Suzuki Yamaha Honda."

 

5. reredeF0regoR

Significance: B/R allows CLs bigger Message Boards.

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6. Frankie

Significance: Many people post links on her BB asking her opinion on their articles

"FYI: I am a girl. My real name is Francesca. Please remember that when you post stuff. LOL!!!"

 

7. like12badgers and Sergei Zikov - CoCLs

Significance: Debate goes out of hand in B/R Tennis Domain as to who is the GOAT.

like12: "Federer is the best ever. I declare that whoever contests that and the fact that he is gonna beat that Nadal kid in FO this year, is an idiot."

Sergei: "People, I am completely disappointed by your lack of knowledge. Rod Laver effectively won 19 Grand Slam Titles. Do I need to say more?"

 

8. Leroy Watson

Significance: He is going to get an AOTD award that day

"Today is a great day for the Tennis Column. Read Rajat's awesome analytical work, Rob's deep insights, and Joan's literary marvel."

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This surely will contain many ideas I may have accumulated about the people referred to here from conversations/articles (especially Robert's) about B/R creatures. I do not claim this to be a completely original piece of work in that sense.

The intention is to lighten up the mood here a bit, and hope I succeed. The people I have chosen are, from my experience, whom I think to be the most sporting. Furthermore, I have written only about people whom I know pretty well, and/or about whom I could get something to write about individually or in combination.

Also, there is no particular deliberate order in which people have been arranged here.

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