Volley 9 by Naz Hamid
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Play-By-Play Commentary

Out Of His Element

Between Luke and Darth, with whom do you side? Forget the dark side vs. the side of helmet hair. Which is more interesting, more attractive, more, in the parlance of our times, "sexy" or "funkable"?

I don't know that there's much to say. The connection to previous rounds is found in... small plastic toys? I'm afraid to admit that unless Chris funks the sexy in the next round in a big way, the match is his to take home, Ohio-bound, and smoke skunk weed with. And Chicago would then lose the match to the Bobcats.

Which is to say: The Layer Tennis Under Achievers is full of inner-city children of promise without the necessary means for a -- the necessary means for the kind of return that would seal the match.

Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Rosecrans Baldwin.


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The votes were counted and recounted. Every hanging chad was examined. In both Semi-Finals the winner prevailed by a very slight margin. The Finals are now set for Friday, July 10 at 2pm Chicago time. Lots more about the match and our expanded coverage soon. jc-07.01

Winners will be decided by your votes and will advance to the Finals on July 10th. To vote for a player simply post a Twitter message that includes #LYT and your favorite's name with the "hash" sign in front of it. Use These: #LYT plus #mrdraplin or #mrhubacek for the early match. #LYT plus #mrinman or #mrhansen for the late match. Voting is closed, winner announced later today. dw-06.26

Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap for our second semi-final match. dw-06.26

The Ref's coin-flips and also his preview of today's first live Semi-Final featuring Aaron Draplin versus Greg Hubacek have been posted. Shaun Inman plays Scott Hansen in the nightcap and Jim Coudal's preview for that match is live too. jc-06.26

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