Real men don't wear wrist supports

[Aslan]

I made this same case (or tried) with Iceman's bowling God Jamau24. I actually agree with Iceman and as I put it to his buddy....it isn't about discrediting anyone's house scores or 300s. I'm a FIRM believer that a person like me...who is a half-step above a beginner...has NO business criticizing someone that can average even 170 on THS. BUT...BUT...every sport has levels. I can't play basketball at the YMCA rec adult rec level...because I SUCK at basketball. That doesn't mean I should join a 6-10 year old basketball league then brag cuz I'm totally dominant.

If you're good...test yourself. Thats all (I think..sometimes he seems like he may be on mushrooms...so I'm not 100% sure) I think Ice man is saying. What have you got to prove playing in a "fun handicap league" when you're rolling 220s every night and have thrown 9 300 games this year. You're OBVIOUSLY too good for that league. So stop being a wuss and join a scratch league or play on a sport pattern or join a tournament. Because I GOTTA think (I don't know yet....but I hope to someday)...I GOTTA think that impressing newbie bowlers gets old after awhile. Like I said...there's this guy in my Friday league that has a 210 average and nearly throws a 300 game 1-2 times per night...and it's gotten so bad that if you go over and congratulate him he just kinda brushes it off and shrugs his shoulders as if to say, "Yeah...I know I'm good...I don't care...I missed 300 by 11 pins...missed it by 7...I've already rolled 3 this year so who cares?" You may not THINK thats insulting...but to a player that would consider just ONE 300 game a LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT....it's a slap in the face.

ANd i completely disagree about the pro-bowler concept. I wanna be a pro. It probably won't happen...but that doesn't mean I'm just gonna resign to bowling handicap leagues the rest of my life. Bowling is one of the FEW sports...FEW FEW FEW sports...where a guy like Iceman, or JAnderson, or dhoffman, or Jamau, or bowl1820, or vdub....could walk out on any given lane on any given night...and WIN agaisnt a pro. It's not likely...but it's about 200,000 times more likely than returning a Serena Williams serve, hitting a Justin Verlander fastball, beating Kobe Bryant one-on-one, scoring a goal on Martin Brodeaur, or surviving a hit from Ndamukong Suh.

What seperates me from all the old timers who've resigned to just being as good as they are...is I have goals. I have goals I want to accomplish this year...and I'll have goals next year...and the year after that. And someday...I'll have a goal to get a PBA card...and maybe just maybe bowl in a tournament. Not win...not make a TV appearance...but someday? Someday??

There are bowling experts (google it) that have said in one way or another EXACTLY what Iceman is saying...far too many bowlers afraid of different alleys and different oil patterns...far too many fragile egos that can't stand the idea of bowling a 157. And thats fine. They will make their excuses...and those excuses are in the millions...but at the end of the day...those same bowlers have NO RIGHT to criticize lesser bowlers or complain about someone beating them due to handicap. And you wanna celebrate your 300...great. But at the moment you no longer feel the need to celebrate it (because it's your Xth one that year)...maybe you need to move on to the next challenge.

[J Anderson]

It would be COOL if this website had a POST YOUR SCORE SPORTS PATTERNS THREAD!! Each person could post their scores, and what pattern, and maybe the HIGH game and LOW game of the night! Just a thought!

It does now!

[dnhoffman]

I don't think Michael's intent was to insult those of us who find that a THS is as much of a challenge as we can stand. I think his intent was to call out those bowlers who average 200 to 220 on the THS at their alley or throw a 300 on it and strut around like PDW.

Gotcha, my bad. Apologies Michael.

[MICHAEL]

Gotcha, my bad. Apologies Michael.

Hey,, NO apologies need, I am an Ironworker, and have pretty thick skin,,, very little fazes me! Its still cool! Your standing up for what
you thought was a gross injustice, or arrogance on my part!! Believe me,,, I am HUMBLE,,, and bowling has made me that way!! You should
have known me before I started bowling!!!! I am a Born Again Bowler!! It's literally maybe saved my life!

GOD Bless that damn 10 pin!!! It keeps me humble!!

[MICHAEL]

It does now!

THANKS,,, I know its going to be a WHOLE NEW BALL game, but I am looking forward to seeing scores from sports bowlers, and hope to be on one THIS SUMMER! I have no illusions of thinking I am going to cut a fat hog! LOL.... but it will another dimension to bowing, the sport I have come to love with my whole Fricken Heart!!