Timmyb's scores

[Timmyb]

I only bowl league at one place and it's a higher friction house.

Don't necessarily have any issues with higher friction. I can bowl down and in, or bend it accordingly depending on the friction. It's the week-after-week of ****-poor carry that makes you nuts. 174 10-pins in one season, with a few weeks to go, says it all about this house. I would reckon there's a couple other guys in the league that are close to that number. Most guys in this league bowl in other houses, and all of them to a man will tell you they're 10-15 pins higher in those houses. We're not asking for a cupcake shot, but when there's no reward for a well-hit shot, it grinds on you.

[J Anderson]

Don't necessarily have any issues with higher friction. I can bowl down and in, or bend it accordingly depending on the friction. It's the week-after-week of ****-poor carry that makes you nuts. 174 10-pins in one season, with a few weeks to go, says it all about this house. I would reckon there's a couple other guys in the league that are close to that number. Most guys in this league bowl in other houses, and all of them to a man will tell you they're 10-15 pins higher in those houses. We're not asking for a cupcake shot, but when there's no reward for a well-hit shot, it grinds on you.

I’m guessing the problem isn’t the lane conditions. You probably have pinsetters that have too much variation in where the pins get set and/or pins that need to be replaced.

[Timmyb]

I’m guessing the problem isn’t the lane conditions. You probably have pinsetters that have too much variation in where the pins get set and/or pins that need to be replaced.

Probably all that, and a whole bunch more. I'll go out on a limb and say the side walls and decks haven't been touched in years. Pin are definitely old. You can hear a few that are cracked. All of that will be the rest of the league's problems going forward.

[Timmyb]

Monday's scores. Better results working with the same garbage lanes.

205/208/242 = 655. Two opens in game one were the only ones all night (missed 10, and left the 5 on a 2-4-5-7-8). Game 2 was just sorta ho hum. Started 3 with 4 kills, and then left the loudest 9-pin on the planet. Just tried to stay in my head last night and it worked. 2 weeks left. Average stays 207.

[Aslan]

I’m guessing the problem isn’t the lane conditions. You probably have pinsetters that have too much variation in where the pins get set and/or pins that need to be replaced.

I was kinda thinking that as well. For a righty, I expect to leave 10-pins for any number of reasons. But, for 7-pins...for righties...it just seems like leaving a lot of 7-pins has more to do with improper spotting.

Another thing I wonder about is if carry can be affected by "dead pins". Because, right now...we're hitting pins at my center and you can tell how the pins are either broken or cracked or dead.

But, its hard to say for sure...because we're had 2-5 300s...at least 1-2 800s...so obviously some folks are getting that carry??

[Timmyb]

Last week at Lucky. Of course, on 15-16 again. Same headaches.

190/200/172 = 562. First ball out of the gate left a 4-6-10. So much for 30 clean. Same issues as the week before. Hit the pocket all night long, with nothing to show for it. There was a little wiggle in the transition about mid-game 2, but that moved right back 3 frames later. Nobody on the pair hit a 6. It seemed very fitting that the very last ball I threw in this horrid house left a 10 pin. Left 8 of those (missed 2). For the season, I made 171 out of 188 10-pins left. Season average 207, well off what I'm used to. But somehow they seemed surprised that we're not coming back....

Word is the Monday league is losing at least 3 of the 8 teams. You get what you give....

[Timmyb]

Remembered I went to nationals for the first time this year, and never posted scores. let's just say it was....educastional.

Team--200/204/174 = 578
Doubles--158/162/210 = 530
Singles--121/149/190 = 460

Even though I had the equipment, i was just not prepared for that level of oil. Night one (teams) was okay. Used the Phaze II for the first two games, and then switched to the Zero Mercy for game 3 with the first ball got wonky on the back end. I was told I did well for a first-timer at nationals, but didn't feel like it. The next day was brutal. Waaaaay more oil than day one, and even with most of us throwing the same shot, we could not dig a trench in it. Last game was the only game where some kind of movement started, and by then, too late. Out of all of our guys (18 total), I was high in doubles with that 530.

One thing learned in this was that if someone tells you the shot at nationals is the toughest thing you'll ever bowl on, they're lying. It's harder....

[Aslan]

One thing learned in this was that if someone tells you the shot at nationals is the toughest thing you'll ever bowl on, they're lying. It's harder....

Two teams from my center are currently in the top 5 in the team standings, one in the classified and one in the regular division. In the classified division, the captain of my Wednesday team is on the team that is 2nd or 3rd in the team event...even though it looks like he bowled 3 games in the 140s. The team in the regular division is made up of a bunch of young, former college bowlers, two-handers that are in my summer league. They average over 200 each...looks like the best guy (that I recognize) bowled 3 games around 200. Of matter of fact, their best bowler just bowled is 28th 300-game on Wednesday in our summer league.

I wouldn't think teams from my center would have a shot given they're used to really, really dry conditions and suddenly they're on one of the toughest patterns. I'd have to completely change my arsenal out to go to the USBC events or a regional open. I might keep 2 of the 4 arsenal balls the same...but even then...I'd have to completely change the surfaces.

Its kinda funny, because I usually out bowl him and one of the other guys on their team (old guys in classified division...not the young 2-handers)...and I was given em carp about how someday I'm gonna bowl well enough that I can get on a USBC team. Meanwhile, I think 2 of the 4 bowlers on my summer team are part of the special olympics or something.

Tom Smallwood looks like he's got the pattern figured out through. Dang! Tom shot an 836 scratch!! Must be nice.