SF Tennis Freak

I wanted to write a quick post on a good deed that happened at the Mission Playground courts here in San Francisco. In this day and age it’s too easy (and common) to share the bad stuff. I think it’s just as important to share the good; and this was pretty good!

About a week and a half ago, I shared on Twitter about the great week of tennis I had played with my doubles buddies. I should have known better than to say anything, but I was feeling too good about my game to keep it to myself. Lo and behold, last week was probably the worst I played in months. Absolutely no part of my game worked: not my trusty serve, my mighty forehand, or my improved backhand. Nothing.

It got so bad last Wednesday that I tossed a racquet to the side of the court after losing one of the three sets I lost that day. And this is where the story begins.  I forgot about that racquet until I got my gear together to play on Friday, two days later. It took little time to realize that if my buddies who were last to leave the court hadn’t picked up my racquet, it was probably gone for good.

Sure enough, nobody picked it up, and it wasn’t turned into the the SF Parks and Rec office at the park. I left my name and number, but figured it was a lost cause. Lesson learned: don’t toss racquets to the side on a public court then forget about it! Fast forward to today at the gym when I received a phone call from that office. A racquet matching mine had been turned in. I dropped by and sure enough, there she was. A string was broken, but it was on the verge when I tossed it. It also looked like someone had tried to take off the overgrip. Overall though, she was unscathed.

Sometimes I don’t have the best attitude about SF’s public courts… and sometimes I’m also completely wrong and look like an a’hole when something good like this happens.  Thanks to whoever turned my racquet in without doing any damage after the strings broke. Some pretty good karma is about to come your way… 😉