Cloth nets cut across clean white lines. Balls play hard-court fast, while your joints will feel as if they've been treated to three easy sets on clay. There's even changing rooms and a water fountain on the premises. On weekends and evenings there's a wait. The guys and gals who show up to run rotating games of four on four know the sport, but they're aware of their limitations.
Nobody hogs the rock.
Nobody gets away with cheap, slow-footed fouls. Those looking to get hustled by an old-timer, or schooled by a slick, young whip will come up scratch. KSJN's savvy Bob and Bill used to own this category, but ever since the noon-hour team called it quits last year, the most obvious choice is this absorbing weekly homage to the pipe organ. Thank god for Barbara Budd and Michael Enright. Sitting up there like the critical Muppets Stadler and Waldorf, endlessly commenting on and gaping at the foolish goings-on around the world.