The Jacket must find its next Master

The Fruit Bowl

Hans Olsen, who is undoubtingly basking in the glow of his recent BCC jacket victory, must feel that the birds are singing a little sweeter, the sun's shining a little brighter and ... the moment of relinquishing his prize has quickly fallen upon him. What once was his "Precious Purple Blazer" will now become someone's "Saturday morning Spongebob Attire" as everything's up for grabs in this years finale folks!

Some of the great players we've come to watch and marvel at over the course of this summer's sweltering competitions will tee off this week-end, on October 9th, bringing with them a fruit basket of proverbial talent. Allison "The Headhunter/Fashion Enchantress" Honeycutt will take to the court once again to prove that clothing and skillful savy go hand-in-hand. Joe Moschak, now her arch rival, has also hinted at and started rumors of the possibility of setting foot under the night glow of this backyard spectacle - to once again raise his club and show the competition why the Cinderella story of Baba's last tournament shone so brilliantly. It should be noted that Moschak's play in Tournament #2 could arguably be the most treacherous and challenging round of play we have seen yet in the BCC's young history. And let's not forget Dale 'The Southern Warewolf' Stephens. If any player on tour could cause a tremor of fright in the other malloteers it would be this man. Sensible, yet stern, skillful and still sly, and oh yeah then there's "oh shit, that's my ball in Dale's path of play" - maybe the word is Aaauuugghhh! At the very least, this tournament promises to put the competition to the test.

One other note worth mentioning is the possible Cinderella story of Tournament #3 (subject to dispute). Many may disagree with the Hibbster on this one, but after close analysis of the current roster one person stands out to shake this thang all about ... (Johan Svenson). I didn't want to say it too loud so as to throw the viewers/readers into a right out reckin'ing. Many of the newcomers aren't aware of the palette through which this quiet, well reserved artist paints his match. Serene at times, yet he holds no qualms to strike the iron when it's hot and ready for a steamy mold. Look to this player to add to the flavor of the fruit-basket in unexpected ways.

There's also talk of a few surprises: An expanded roster of contestants has required re-evaluation of the lineup scheme. Tourney #3 will have a 24 player roster, 6 per round. Essentially it's all the sweetness of a 16 player line-up with the twist of 2 extra people playing in each round which brings us to 6 mallets, 6 players and 6 shady stategies of ball bashing to experience. The coming line-up of swingers looks to be spiteful and disconcerting to anyone who plays the game. Such hitters as: Hillary 'Brown Finger' Swanson, Denyce Rusch, Joe 'Abuse Hotline' Moschak, Jonii 'Brass Knuckle' Raman, Lila 'Dee-Lite' Wallace, Stacy 'Je ne sais quoi' Dalton, Troy Hankonen, Goj 'Dragon Tamer' Allen, Rob 'Yeah Baby' Hibbs, Johan 'The Invisible Man' Svenson, Robert 'Baba' Reeder, David 'Not Antonio Banderas' Navarette, and Shana 'Hold On To Your Socks' Cordon just to name a few. Let's see how these players match up in a full frontal lobotomy of mallet on mallet action.