I played tennis for the first time in years this afternoon. I fished my racket out of the mothballs and knocked a few around on the courts in Alameda with my buddy Anita. I was seriously rusty, as you'd expect, and somewhere along the line, my racket frame started to crack (storage? movers? no clue, really), but it was great to get out on the court again and hit some balls in anger.

I need to pick up a new racket. Anita just bought a Wilson something or other and she let me play with it a while. I couldn't believe how light it was. Clearly I need something like it. I went to a few sporting goods stores to see what they had on the shelves, but clearly technology has changed greatly since the last time I bought a racket, maybe ten years ago, but probably longer. (A curious non-sequitor, I bought my current racket down the street from Mezzaluna where Ron Goldman worked and around the corner from where he and Nicole Simpson were slaughtered by O.J.)

Any suggestions or recommendations?