Be My Anti-Valentine (OT)

By Peter Bodo Feb 14, 2007
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Be My Anti-Valentine (OT)

ByPeter Bodo

Published Feb 14, 2007

Ahh, love. Such a fickle emotion and frought with pain and pleasure. Tennis fans know it well and experience it on a weekly (if not daily) basis. Our winning Anti-Valentine, by Cyandream, captured both sides of this candied, heart-shaped coin:

To: My Favorite Player

Kool-Aide is red
Kool-Aide is blue
I bought that ticket
Now where are you?

Appropriate for today, considering that Rafael Nadal withdrew this morning from Marseilles with yet another injury. This time, it is his right thigh that is sending him to the sidelines. While Nadal made light of the injury in a press conference, the fact remains that this isn't a positive sign for the #2 player in the world -- he has cried injury (perhaps Wolf?) three times in the first six weeks of the 2007 season.

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But enough about Jet Boy.. there are far more important things to be thinking about today.

On behalf of all the folks at the mothership, Pete and I would like to wish all of you a Happy Valentine's Day. We'd like to invite tribe members and lurkers alike to dive in, take a chance, and tell each other how much you care. :)

--steggy