Timmyb's scores

[Aslan]

Nice night. I'm still tugging one every once in awhile. And great job with the 10 pins. I'm 18/23 on 7 pins this year (78%). Much better than last year so I'm happy about that.

Agreed!

[Timmyb]

This will go down as the night that might cause us to walk away from this house after 6 weeks.

196/191/146 = 533. One open in game 1, 2 in game 2, and 4 in game 3. Let's look past that, to the 36 10 pins left by both teams (11 of them mine, made 8). 24 of the 36 were my team, and the other dozen by the 2 guys on their team, with one guy blind. At one point in time, I had thrown 4 straight. Lane 16 was the biggest culprit, with almost all of them. The owner's response? "What do you want me to do about it"? Literally everyone with earshot was on his *** immediately, so I think the message got heard. I've never walked from a league in my life, but I've also never watched anything like this take place. When 5 guys can't figure out the adjustment, there's a problem. Average sucks back to 209. cannot remember the last time I dropped 6 pins in one week.

[Timmyb]

I didn't think it could get worse. I was way wrong.

187/184/161 = 532. 7 opens on the night. 5 10-pins in the first game (7 on the night, 6 made). Missed 2 7-pins, a bucket, and a host of splits. I'm at the point that I'm admitting coming to this house was a mistake. When you ask people there, all you hear is "well, that's just how Lucky Lanes is". Seriously? I'm no pro, but I pride myself on being able to see and make the changes needed, and I cannot figure this ****hole out. In 7 weeks of bowling, I've left 47 10-pins. Yep, I'm counting. At this point, I'm will to walk away and leave 7 weeks of money behind. Average is now at 204.

[Timmyb]

Don't call it a comeback. At least not yet....

192/207/248 = 647. One open on the night (10-pin) in the first game. Only 5 10-pins on the night, the least I've thrown all year, I think. A disturbing amount of 4-pins (6) though. Games 2 and 3 tell the tale of staying clean, and finally getting some hits in the 3rd game. Was this the result of a crapload of maintenance on my benchmark ball during the week? Dunno, but you can't argue results. Hoping we figured out a few things. We did play a little dirty trick, with my teammate throwing his UC3 the first game. Both he and I knew the adjustment for what that ball will do to a pair, and they did not. Let's see if anyone figures that out. Average sneaks back to 213.

[Aslan]

As a righty, what really irritates me are 7-pins.

I mean, sure, 10-pins and failing to get carrry can be horribly frustrating...but at least I 'kinda' know what I need to do to fix things. When I leave a 7-pin, its probably just an unlucky spot or something like that.

At least you're halfway decent at converting them. There's nights where I knock down 100% and then a week later I'll be at 25%.

[Timmyb]

As a righty, what really irritates me are 7-pins.

I mean, sure, 10-pins and failing to get carrry can be horribly frustrating...but at least I 'kinda' know what I need to do to fix things. When I leave a 7-pin, its probably just an unlucky spot or something like that.

At least you're halfway decent at converting them.

Considering I've left 52 10 pins in the 7 weeks of league so far this year, I better get good at them. Made 44 of them so far...

[Timmyb]

City of Milwaukee senior singles/doubles tournament.

Doubles--178/224/234 = 636. Threw 2 different balls in practice (Phaze III/IQ Nano), and made a bad decision on the starter (Phaze). got out of that in the 3rd, but damage done. Ran with the Nano the rest of the day. Was super pissed that I missed 2 10-pins, and also saw my first pocket 7-10 in the 1st game. My partner did not do well, without hitting a 6.

Singles--259/220/257 = 736. Missed one damn 10 pin as my only open in game 2. Otherwise just kept hitting my spot. I talked myself out of switching balls in game 3, and that was smart, as I went off for 8 in a row in the 3rd game. I got into both handicap and scratch for singles, so we'll see how well this score hold up. Either way, pretty happy with this score.

[Aslan]

Nice!

If that score doesn't hold up...I wanna know what ringer bowled that tournament.

[Timmyb]

Monday's scoring. Lather, rinse, repeat.

288/214/224 = 726. Ran 10 to start game 1, and then there came the 10 pin (whiffed). Started the next game by missing a 7 pin, and then dropped a 5-7 split off of a shot that should have never left one. Missed another 10 pin in game 3 (3 of 5 on the night). Rather not have had 4 misses on the night, but still happy with the score. Average now 210. Yeah, I added something wrong last week, but really don't feel like chasing it.

[Timmyb]

Nice!

If that score doesn't hold up...I wanna know what ringer bowled that tournament.

Would like to see that, but this was the first week of the tourney. Leading by 30-ish in handicap, and 60-ish in scratch.