Tonight was the inaugural night of the spring season of dart league. That's right, the team had just seven short weeks from the end of last season to the beginning of this season to relax and enjoy ourselves. Some of the guys played golf, some went on vacations with their families, and all of us took time to reflect upon the disappointing end to last season. And now, after less than 2 months of break, we're back to the daily grind of being weekly dart players.
Grueling, I know. But that's why we get paid the big bucks. Last year we took in more than any non-champion team in the league ($150). I can't imagine this year will be any different.
Why? Let's take a look at the numbers: 5 returning starters, 5 players in the top 45 in the league, a 10-4 record, a 10 game winning streak mid-season, and the highest total winning percentage in the league.
In fact, if you erase our awful quarterfinal loss to the best team in the league, Joe's Place, we might just have been returning champions this year. But that's not how it works. Even Michael Jordan and the bulls lost to the Pistons their fair share before they found a way to seal the deal You can't erase losses, you can only wait until the next season to seek your revenge.
And that's exactly what happened tonight.
In an ironic twist of fate, in tonight's season opener we were pitted against the exact same team that knocked us out last season by the embarrassing score of 23-3.
And we had to confront a question: would we shrivel up and concede defeat, or would we fight like the warriors we know we are?
The answer came in a hard fought 26-16 victory for the Club Car. Just like last year, there were a lot of close games. But unlike last year, we won more of them than we lost. Last year, I don't know if we would have had the experience or talent to pull it out. This year we did.
For those of you keeping score at home, here are the figures you need to be concerned with:
Record: 1-0.
Potential: unlimited.
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