Friday, January 16, 2009

BAD! Hall of Shame

Recently Monica Seles was awarded the highest of honors by being inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame, because apparently two hands and a grunt gets you into the Tennis Hall of Fame.

All of this got us to thinking. Should BAD! have their own Hall of Fame, or more so, Hall of Shame? Should their league's Monica, we guess the name comes from the uncanny two handed throw usually accompanied by a grunt, be the first inductee?

Perhaps there are other viable candidates like the hard throwing Kelly or the best catchers in the league, Sergio and V, could also be inductees in this new venture?

We want to know what you think; who you would induct into the Hall of Shame? Does a two handed throw and a grunt really get someone into it? xoxo


Seles leads '09 Hall of Fame class

NEWPORT, R.I. -- For all her success -- nine Grand Slam titles and a riveting game marked by a trademark grunt -- Monica Seles does not dwell on might have been if not for that ghastly day in Germany in 1993.

"I try not to ask myself those questions because there are really no answers to it," she said.
Seles was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Thursday, honored for a career in which she won 53 singles titles, including four at the Australian Open, three at the French Open and two at the U.S. Open.

"It was just a lot of highs and a lot of lows," she said during a conference call. "One of the things that always kept me going was my love of the game."

Known for her two-tone grunts and two-handed swings, Seles first rose to No. 1 in 1991. She was 17, at the time the youngest woman to have topped the rankings. By the time she was 19, Seles had already won eight majors.

But in April 1993, at the height of her success, she was stabbed in the back during a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg. A man reached over a courtside railing and knifed her, leaving an inch-deep slit between her shoulder blades....

Read the rest of her triumph and tragedy here: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3835866

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