Monday, February 23, 2009

Miracle on the Brazos

Genuine Authenticated Miracle on the Brazos
February 22, 2009

For those disgruntled officials (and a few friends) who have unjustly called me a cheauvenistic referee over the years, I wanted to personally notify you of this miraculous event that occured yesterday in Waco, Texas, at the Baylor vs UCLA men's match:

In a gesture of appreciation and recognition of the high quality of women officials' officiating in ITA matches, Referee Randy McDonald assigned THREE WOMEN OFFICIALS (Joyce Grant, Ginny James, and Michele Walker) to the first three singles matches in this highly contested match.

To further enhance his standing as a diverse and sensitive referee, Randy then assigned Randall Edwards, Bernie West, and Kevin Foster to the lower three matches.

Let it never be said again on this earth (or in Heaven) that Randy is a cheauvenistic referee.

(Lest I take too much credit for this magnanimous gesture, I did let the officials choose from a set of random scorecards and it was the hand of the Lord that determined who would do which match. At least He knew I needed redemption.)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

. . .and the heavens moved and the Red Sea parted. Surely they are checking the foundation of the Baylor Tennis Center building today for damage. The ground had to have moved Sunday afternoon. The Lord works in mysterious ways!

Anonymous said...

God didn't do that to redeem you. He has a great sense of humor and He did that just to watch you squirm.

RM said...

And I indeed did squirm...

Anonymous said...

You must be getting in touch with your touchy feely side....

Anonymous said...

Haha - Is that Barry Manilow playing on your new IPod???