In Eckleburg's Eyes - 10/14/2008

On Monday night, the regular season of church league basketball concluded. My team lost. Again.

The script was very familiar. My team had the ball, trailing by two points in the closing seconds. We called timeout with the score 42-40. Out of the timeout, we turned the ball over which led to a 46-40 loss. We finished the regular season 1-5 with none of our losses being by more than six points. The results:

September 8: 28-32 vs. KLD
September 15: 52-57 vs. GLO
September 22: 37-43 vs. Roberts
September 29: 58-35 vs. KLD
October 6: 51-57 vs. GLO
October 13: 40-46 vs. MDR

Despite our 16.7% winning percentage we actually were only outscored by four points all season (266-270).

We had seven of or eight guys on this night. SH had a lot of work and could not make the game. I call this our No-Sean team. (That was a really bad reference to Knowshon Moreno. Sorry to bring up a sore subject for Vols’ fans.)

Our star, PCR, re-injured his knee. I have personally listed him as day-to-day on our roster. This is to throw off anyone who is gambling on our games.

For the first time all year, I did not give the halftime devotional. PH came prepared, postponing my Muggsy Bogues devotional for next week. (MPW selected the topic.) PH did well. I also got to hear DKN give the devotional during the late game and it is worth repeating.

DKN is a car salesman and once sold AB’s father’s Yukon Denali to a retiring military veteran. (DKN had his permission. He did not just sell another man’s car.) The man had been referred to DKN and though they had not met previously, DKN took an instant liking to the him. Shortly after buying the car, the man called DKN from the side out of the road. The Denali’s transmission had failed. When DKN arrived on the scene, the man had just finished leading a passerby to Christ and said that he now knew why the car's engine had failed. The next day, DKN realized that the highly expensive transmission would not need to be replaced. In fact, the automobile was fixed for less than $20. While picking up his car, the man asked DKN if that had ever happened to him. DKN admitted it had not. The man asked, “Why?” DKN left us with the same question.

DKN also asked AB to thank his father for selling him a bum car.

DKN’s team (captained by GLO) won the second game, 60-29. The most remarkable thing about this is that this meant that of the league’s four teams, we will not be the last seed in the tournament as KLD’s squad is also 1-5. I will let you know the game time. We appreciate all who have attended as we have led the league in fans by a wide margin. That is not as impressive as it sounds.

After the game, JTH, ALK, and I went to Applebees. ALK told us about how a last second shot from her church’s (St. Mark United Methodist Church) basketball team is on YouTube. Way to rub it in our faces, Sweet Bart!

Also of note our waiter, Justin, who I described in the March 5th edition of Eckleburg’s Eyes as looking like Lance Bass has shaved his hair and now no longer looks like Lance Bass. Update your records.