KERBER ENTHUSIASM -- a great player spoils the Serena Superstar Party

Day Trippers were in evidence on the morning of Wimbledon. These were the ones who never watched tennis before, never played the game, and were tuning in only because social media hyped Serena Williams, who came back not from injury this time, or a traffic accident, but from MOTHERHOOD to once again resume her career.

She's the first woman to have a kid and then go back to her job?

The thing about Day Trippers is that they have a mob psychology. They'll mob around anybody who is a winner. They like to be on the winning side. They like to root for the sure thing. It's like all the dopes who don't care about horse racing until there's a Triple Crown possibility...a super horse. Then they shrug about how horses crumble during a race and get shot humanely, and set up their Kentucky Derby party, complete with silly hats.

You see it when there's a "SUPER FIGHT" and most of the ninnies who throw a "do" and have everyone chip in for dip and the PPV price, have to ask, "Which one is Connor and which one is Floyd?"

In this case, it was obvious which one was SERENA. The black one. This led to all kinds of racism on Twitter. But, you know, the GOOD kind. Blacks using their stereotypical Ebonics to show how black they are: "Yo, SERENA, GO GIRL!" and "She be BAD!" and "U 2 Much 4 N E 1" and all the rest of it. Here's one:

See, it's ok to be a racist sometimes. It's just, pride, yo. If Serena was white, this guy wouldn't even be watching the match.

He was hardly alone. There were Day Trippers of every type, like this lunatic who gives Liberalism a bad name, by using the Wimbledon hashtag to scold Americans for being such an awful-awful country:

One might point out that England, France and Holland all plundered Africa, in what we call "colonization." The British empire proudly dug its nails into nations all over the world, bringing technology and their glorious English language. It might also be pointed out that it isn't Americans who have terrorized nations by blowing up offices, stores and concert halls. It might also be pointed out that Nigerians are being murdered by other Nigerians who call themselves Procol Harum. Or something like that. It might be pointed out that Africans greeted trader and explorer Michael Rockefeller with a knife and fork. If all people are humans they are all subject to human nature, which is to abuse their power and seek even more power.

Tennis and boxing are two very different sports but they have something in common. It's mano-a-mano. One person against another. It's not always about who is bigger. It's about who is also smarter, who wants it more, who doesn't wilt under pressure, and who has a game plan. David can beat Goliath. But to the Day Trippers, it was all about SERENA getting her easy record-breaking victory, and having the vicarious thrill of being part of it...either Black rooting for Black, or White Liberal and Feminist rooting for the one who is perceived to be the STAR. Like Kerber? Curb your enthusiasm, you racist fool. You're probably a Nazi. Why root for this German woman just because she's the underdog?

Kerber, by the way, was #1 in 2016 but had a terrible 2017. The Day Trippers didn't know that or care. SERENA was coming back from having a bayyyyybeeeee. And she's SERENA. Screw this other bitch.

Just how deep did it get for the Day Trippers? How about this insane stuff:

That's right, send feminism back a decade. You feel EMPOWERED watching SOMEBODY ELSE play TENNIS? You're in TEARS because one of the wealthiest and best players in the world is going to make more money?

Serena was the choice of royalty. She was invited to the fabulous Royal wedding, and squatting in prize boxes, were the great penis holders of Britain, MEGHAN and KATE. What do they do besides spend the money of British taxpayers and lie back for Princes? They wear clothes. And they are quite taken with Serena.

If you asked Kate or Meghan about their favorite Serena match, they'd just look dumber than usual, blanker than usual, and make something up, like, "I liked them all." Ask any of the Day Trippers, and they wouldn't have an answer either. I remember Serena and Venus going way back to when they wore beads in their hair. After a match, they would pull beads from their hair and give them to fans as souvenirs. They had winning personalities, and they were winning very regularly.

It's just that at 39, Serena has reached the level of breaking records most every time she plays. That's brought out the Day Trippers. They weren't there when she had injuries, and they certainly didn't care about sister Venus and her problems. The topper, of course, is she had a bayyyyyybeeeeeeeeee. So let's become TEARFUL and EMPOWERED because of that. As if there's never been a mom in the Olympics, or in WWE or MMA or anywhere else. Nobody on the tennis tour has a kid?

One happy Twitter-twat actually called Serena a "beast." Now, in this PC age, you do NOT call a black woman a "beast" do you? Well, yes, I guess you do, if you're of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Brain Cells:

I actually Tweeted back that this may not be the best term in the world, and that Serena is not a "beast," but a professional athlete, and one who may be taller and more muscular than the other women, but who uses her brains and her skills to win. In no sport can you be assured of being the winning Goliath just because you're a "beast." The response back was "CHILL."

Meanwhile, more and more Day Trippers were getting impatient. Since they know NOTHING about the game of tennis, they felt the men were hogging the spotlight. See, Day Trippers don't know that tennis can go to 5 sets (and even tie-breakers). Apparently some of them felt the guys were just messing about to ruin things for poor Serena:

For some reason, despite the presence of Serena, who is a star, and breaks records every time she wins, the three major US networks did not pay for Wimbledon. The fourth, Fox, was covering the tedious FIFA soccer matches involving obscure countries and idiots kicking a ball out of bounds for an hour. It was up to ESPN to broadcast the match.

Despite all odds, despite having most of the stadium against her, Kerber seemed to have no nerves, a strong plan, and a great concentration about her. She broke Serena early, and with the announcers muttering "Serena hasn't found her groove yet," took the first set. Even so, they quickly announced that an online poll predicted Serena, the favorite, would come back and win the next two sets.

No. Serena was indeed slightly off (she's 39, Kerber is 30) and once again, Kerber won. She showed little nerves when, at 30-30 and in danger of blowing the championship, she reeled off the next two points in a row. It was an upset. It was David vs Goliath. But few in the crowd seemed to appreciate it. It was up to Serena, interviewed first, to show sportsmanship (or sportswomanship) and declare that she was glad to have reached the finals. Likewise, Kerber spoke humbly about how it was an honor to once again face Serena (she has a losing record against her) and manage a victory.

What tennis SHOULD be about, is the SPORT. Beyond a reasonable amount of human nature (the Germans rooting for the Germans, Americans rooting for Americans, the pervy guys rooting for any woman who still wears tennis panties instead of shorts under their skirts) we should be interested in a GOOD MATCH, and that's all. Yes, we like showmanship. Serena has great charisma on the court, and that's always a plus. Seeing somebody hit with power and dominate a game can be fun. But it's also exciting to watch an upset, and a real chess match. Day Trippers have long abandoned Sharapova, because she kept losing to Serena over and over and tended to lose to quite a few others. Anyone else the average non-tennis fan even can name? Kournikova? No, no, the pretty pouty blonde hasn't been around in a long, long time.

As soon as Williams lost, the NY Post ran the racist headline that she had been "DENIED" the championship. As if she'd been DENIED entry into a restaurant in Alabama:

It's a sad fact that racism IS something that sells in sports. Tennis and boxing are both heavily based on country of origin. Even the announcers will call Nadal "the Spaniard" or point out which is the American or Croatian or in the case of Andy Murray playing at Wimbledon, "The Brit." In boxing matches, the national anthems are always played and the flags literally waved. Announcers will openly delight if it's "Puerto Rico vs Mexico" and gleefully point out the areas where different groups are waving flags. Same deal if one fighter is Polish, or British or whatever.

The nonsensical "World Cup" and the Olympics are both also heavily rooted in nationalism. We're supposed to root for OUR country. We aren't supposed to notice or care or applaud for a great athlete from somewhere else, or of another race. In the reverse racist case here, nobody was acknowledging the achievement of Kerber, just the disappointment in Williams "denied."

Human nature is that yes, some root for the underdog, and some root for the champ, and some root for race or country. What we need to remember is how people like Kerber and Williams reacted after the match: with dignity and humility and respect.