Just watched PBA Bowling from this past weekend and hated something about it.

[dnhoffman]

Hyroad pearl smells like grape kool-aid, I love it.

[Terrier]

I know. It did sound funky. [..]Other than that I thought it was better than with Lon. He was a little too goofy for me.

Well, one thing I didn't like about Lon was the polite laugh, which always seemed a little forced. I can also live without "Yes. He. Can!"

This was my first time listening to Mike J, and he makes the broadcast sound like a high school game on AM radio. Can't stand that fake growly voice he does for emphasis.

I thought the blue oil was pretty cool. You could see the burn and carry down.

It was really good for TV. Still, I have to think that it might make it easier for the bowlers. Part of the game is to adjust before the ball goes through the nose. In the past, making educated guesses about the invisible oil was an artful gamble. I'd like to see it continue to be that way. The best-of-both-worlds scenario is for blue oil to be the next yellow first down line, where it's only visible on the telecast.

The single-game step ladder format sucks IMO. The number one seed has a big disavantage. At least make the final two out of three. Or at minimum, re-oil for each pair.

I liked how they reoiled the lanes at the QubicaAMF Championships between the semifinal and final. It seems the most fair way, but TV schedules are pretty inflexible. I don't think reoiling can be done in the span of a TV timeout, unfortunately.

[Bunny]

This was my first time listening to Mike J, and he makes the broadcast sound like a high school game on AM radio. Can't stand that fake growly voice he does for emphasis.

I didn't notice a fakeness about his voice. I like it. Maybe it's a girl thing.

[Bunny]

I liked how they reoiled the lanes at the QubicaAMF Championships between the semifinal and final. It seems the most fair way, but TV schedules are pretty inflexible. I don't think reoiling can be done in the span of a TV timeout, unfortunately.

Yeah, then the communist worker dude came out in his overalls and boots and cleaned the approaches.


So, take out the boring Challenge thing the PBA is doing. Complete waste of time. And have a couple of cute girls come out in logoed outfits and sweep the approaches and ride the oil machine or something like that. That would do it!!


Personally, I'd go for a couple of hunks but I'm thinking that might go over too well with the PBA's demographic.

[dnhoffman]

I always watch the one good looking young woman in the PBA broadcasts...

[Bunny]

I always watch the one good looking young woman in the PBA broadcasts...

There's been one?

[MICHAEL]

I guess so. I just always hear people talking about "moving left to 'find oil'." Well...it's a lot easier to find if you can see it. And even if pros don't care...how long before 70% of alleys in the country have it? I imagine it looks pretty "cool" with the black lights on!!

what you will find, will be disappointing! You will then know how little blue is left other then league night! LOL IF YOUR LUCKY! You will be looking for blue, and seeing the reality of NO OIL!! And .... yes.... many will be Blue, and Sad!

I was doing some practice bowling at our amf last Sunday, and it was BONE DRY,,, was told it had not been oiled since the Wednesday night league that week. I mean there were small desert like plants, starting to grow on board 1 through 10!

[dnhoffman]

There's been one?

There is one. Danielle McEwan.

[Bunny]

Thought you were a talking about the crowd. Yeah she's a cutie. She did really well at the world cup until the last round. She'd been throwing the Deranged but switched to the Wrecker for the last round. Not sure why her Ball rep didn't have her switch back.

[Aslan]

There is one. Danielle McEwan.