On Monday night, Team TRx had, in the words of Golden, a "Nice (playoff) win... Its a wonder what a team that's not coached by Berardi can do." In response, Berardi congratulated the team on their victory, and made some sort of stupid pathetic attempt at a joke involved bricks and a house. What did it all mean? Nobody knows, and we were unable to bring in an elf translator to find out in time for this write-up.
In their opening round playoff game, TRx took on the Deltoids- the very team that embarrassed TRx earlier in the season despite playing with only four players, causing Greg to cry and quit for a week. TRx used this previous loss, as well as the desire for a cleaner write-up than the infamous write-up of that match as motivation to come out strong. MC Rem also revved up the team, as he showed how much of a cunning linguist he is, with numerous requests for everyone to SCREAM!
Big Ben arrived at the game with a new car, although much to the joy of all the females in attendance, he was still sporting the same tight white t-shirt. After the game, he was seen driving off with the opposing teams star player- the Round Mound of Pounds. A tan Young Johnson was ready for action, after spending the previous week returning to his roots and practicing yet again with the Spanish national team. Even Mean Joe was excited for this match, which led to him leaving his car door open a good mile away from the court. Luckily he had his weapon of choice- a frisbee- with him, so he was able to ward off any evildoers who may have entertained thoughts of steeling his Joe-Mobile.
Once the match started, TRx again started off slowly. One of the early highlights was JR's quick-spinning spike into the bottom of the net. Apparently, the Spaniards he was balling with play with a much lower net. Yet after falling behind early, Shannon got TRx back on track, getting 5 quick points while serving to turn the game around. TRx went back to basics, running play A numerous times, including one volley, where GLG set Joe 4 times, as Mean Joe pushed Sarah out of the way to attempt his patented screaming spike. Finally, on the fourth attempt, Joe spiked for the point, as Sarah struggled to get out from under all of the sand Joe had kicked on her. Ben saw Joe's sorry display, and decided to show him the way, as he had a monstrous block at the net, and another huge spike from 20 feet away from the net. KB also got in on the action with numerous spikes, as TRx won the first set 15-11.
During the second set, Golden went for the no-hitter, getting 12 straight points to open up a 12-0 lead. However, TRx gave up a point when Ben, still pleased with the Tripod's earlier performance, decided to remain erect, and not even attempt to move for the ball during the rest of the set. Luckily, GLG was there to step it up and show off the sky-hook. However, Golden's string of points while servicing the other team quickly went to his head, and he began cutting everyone from the team. Despite this blatant lack of respect from Golden, Ana remained composed, and managed to hold off on any profanity during the official match, as TRx won the second set 15-3 to win the game and advance to the next round of the playoffs.
The victory game gave the volleyball team something that Berardi wishes he had- respect, and a playoff victory. After the game, Greg once again shed some tears, but this time they were tears of joy, as he finally finished a game against the Deltoids without running away. The team was so fired up, that they stayed for another game, during which Ana couldn't take it anymore, and had to start cursing, just as a family and their children arrived for the next game. Another highlight was Joe's rendition of the horizontal dive. After seeing this valiant effort, Greg took the chance to taunt the other team, by telling Mean Joe not to get hurt, as we had already embarrassed the other team. Even spectators Sam and Dana enjoyed that one...
Rumor has it TRx is scheduled to take on their nemesis, AC/DC tonight at 5:30, weather permitted, to be either followed, or replaced by a joyous 60 minutes of alcohol imbibing. Be there to watch TRx once again celebrate the Berardi is not the captain of the volleyball team...
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