James Ignatowich joins the pod from a parking lot in Kansas City. He breaks down his match-of-the-year contender from TOC and explains why he wasn’t a candidate in the Riley Newman partner search.

Zane and Thomas cover Zane’s injury and recap their head-to-head results from last week.

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Show Notes:

0:00 Podcasting is hard
6:20 Rec matches with Maurice the Grease
10:20 Is your goose cooked in singles?
17:01 If James can make it anyone can
20:20 An eye for talent - evaluating Dallas Pickleball Club
25:14 The best teammate in pickleball
33:20 Snubbed in the Riley Newman partner search
39:10 The latest from ProXR
46:00 James' first round loss at TOC
55:20 Pat Smith’s resurgence + Zane’s injury
1:04:50 Ranchers new ownership group and Teqball
1:06:10 Stop Alzheimer’s Now questions
1:11:58 Collin vs Matt on the right side