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fordman1
07-12-2018, 03:06 PM
When was the first plastic balls released ?
bowl1820
07-12-2018, 05:44 PM
When was the first plastic balls released ?
The first polyester balls came out in the late fifties, but they really took off around the seventies when they started beng used on the pba.
According to Don Johnson They looked at plastic balls back then , like we look at resin balls today.
Don Johnson talked about how they snapped into the pocket (which shows how much lane conditions have changed today) and Glenn Allison made the comment back then that plastic carried more garbage hits than rubber. Which is basically just what is said today about resin balls.
rv driver
08-03-2018, 03:05 PM
The first polyester balls came out in the late fifties, but they really took off around the seventies when they started beng used on the pba.
According to Don Johnson They looked at plastic balls back then , like we look at resin balls today.
Don Johnson talked about how they snapped into the pocket (which shows how much lane conditions have changed today) and Glenn Allison made the comment back then that plastic carried more garbage hits than rubber. Which is basically just what is said today about resin balls.
That’s funny, because I started out with a plastic ball in 1978. No ball motion. I bought an AMF blue dot, and it would consistently curve into the pocket.
The first polyester balls came out in the late fifties, but they really took off around the seventies when they started beng used on the pba.
According to Don Johnson They looked at plastic balls back then , like we look at resin balls today.
Don Johnson talked about how they snapped into the pocket (which shows how much lane conditions have changed today) and Glenn Allison made the comment back then that plastic carried more garbage hits than rubber. Which is basically just what is said today about resin balls.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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