I'd never even heard of padel. > In Brooklyn, a pair of pro-tennis, anti-pickleball enthusiasts started a group and Substack called Club Leftist Tennis with an

I'd never even heard of padel. > In Brooklyn, a pair of pro-tennis, anti-pickleball enthusiasts started a group and Substack called Club Leftist Tennis with an introductory manifesto titled “Against Pickleball”. In September, they wrote: “Reminder: pickleball is an astroturfed, venture capital-backed parasite on public space.” "astroturfed"??? WTF?? All those players out there are real people. As for tennis v. pickleball: we could say the same thing about softball v. soccer. I don't play soccer, but anyone would have to admit there are more players of that than softball + kickball.