February 17, 2021 05:59PM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 9,135
Status: HOF Inductee
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We did. He didn't have the pure athletic ability (jumping from the sand) that others did-but he didn't need to. OTOH he didn't just stand there as some might imagine. He actually played beach ball-which ain't easy given the sand and all. Those were the days when there were no artificial stands erected and no charges to watch. People sat on the sand or on beach towels, free. The tournaments would go on all day for two days and at the end the bars were crowded with bikinis, players, fans, and lots of sand. Fun times. Now its like ESPN-all very organized and players are professionals. No partying and way too serious.
I suppose as we all get older we look back and think times were better back then. But maybe they actually were ?
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