mc_runner's scores

[Blacksox1]

Nice scoring!

[mc_runner]

Thanks blacksox and timmy! Hoping to keep it up.

[mc_runner]

Tuesday:
214, 265, 159 - 638 series

I started off OK, lanes were playing really tight. After a bunch of single pins I switched to the DDT and ended on a 4 bagger. Had a great game 2 (4 pin in frame 3) up until the 11th when I tugged it for a 4-6-7 split. That proved to be a problem for the next few frames... I lost my timing somehow, and had 2 more 4-6-7 splits through the first 3 frames in game 3. By the time I figured that part out the lanes had transitioned on me and I never really caught up. Lousy end to what was shaping up as a great set.

225, 201, 202 - 628 series

Eh, I bowled way better than the scores show. I had 3 multi-pin leaves the whole night, 10 10pins (covered 9 of them) and a 7 pin. Just hard to string, yet again. I'd get a line and 3 frames later it was blown up and I needed to adjust, etc. I ended game 3 with one of the multi pins leaves, a nice 8-10 split in the 10th.

[mc_runner]

Just Wednesday this week:

10/16:
194, 259, 236 - 689 series

Lanes were super tight game 1, light hits carried but flush hits left ringing 10s. I left a few, generally my AOE was probably a hair off. Game 2 I started opening up the lanes a little and swinging it further out, started front 7 before a - wait for it - ringing 10 in the 8th. Game 3 hit major transition early on, had a couple splits and a 57 through 4 but then balled up to the Code X and continued with the swinging. Ended up on a big string before a 9 count in the fill. All in all, pretty happy with the night and how I read the lanes, couple blips on the 10 pin covers and opportunity not to get as behind at the start of game 3.

[Timmyb]

Again, nice night!

[boatman37]

BOOM! Very nice!

[Blacksox1]

689 nice series !

[mc_runner]

Thanks all! unfortunately this week was kind of a mess.

Tuesday:
213, 207, 150 - 570 series

All three games really could have been much better. I was in the pocket consistently, I really just didn't match up well (and currently don't really have a good variety of balls to change that situation). Just a lot of single pins, some of which missed, and in game 3 a couple splits in addition. I had one strike game 3, in frame 10. 8 9 counts and the 2 splits.

Wednesday:
168, 223, 258 - 649 series

Came to bowl late so no practice, and much of the same didn't match up well in game 1. Lanes were playing very slick and I couldn't get any drive through the pocket (one need: top of bag ball). Missed a couple easy spares early on as I was still getting warmed up/lined up - although no real excuse for missing an 8 pin! Game 2 the transition started and it helped our team and hurt the other. Game 3 I was locked in with just a couple 10s.

Heading to Vegas next week so no bowling. If I come back with any money I'll be investing it in a couple new balls.

[J Anderson]

Good luck in Vegas.
Don't follow the example of our neighbor when I was a kid. She went on a cross country road trip with her daughter's family. they spent two days in Vegas on the way home. She was up $1500 after the first day, and this was in 1969, and lost every penny of it the next.

[mc_runner]

I'm going mostly to golf (although looking at the forecast may have been better off staying in CT for that). I suppose for your neighbor, at least it was house money, and got a good story out of it. Knowing when to walk can be tough, Vegas wasn't built on the money of winners.

Still need to make it out for Nationals some time.