Is it just me??

[jab5325]

This is why I've committed to only doing scratch this year.

[chrono00]

Perfect example of why my league rules are better. In my league you buddy would be 206 in week 2.

It's a semi competitive mixed league so I don't think that league worries too much about that stuff

[fordman1]

This is why I've committed to only doing scratch this year.

You can't do that here with very few scratch leagues. Besides the ones we do have are not for bowlers under 220 minimum.

[Tony]

Tony
The league has a 1050 team cap. So if the other 4 are under 800 that is fine. Just bowl up to your potential. Besides there are not that many 250 bowlers around. Especially wanting to bowl in a H\C league.

I'm not worried, it's not a big money league and the spread from first to last isn't a huge difference in money. The 250 guy is a good guy, likes to joke around, brings about 12 balls with him and I try to get him to use them all. We have talked about putting a team cap into effect, probably will happen if we make it reasonable, we are at 100% of 220 now and a motion to bump it to 230 almost passed at the last meeting. It's a 4 man league and they are probably close to 900. There is a shortage of scratch leagues around here so the guys that love to bowl and want to play in 3 or more leagues have to join H/C leagues.

[fordman1]

So if he hits his average you have to bowl 30 over yours to beat him? Just seems a little unfair.

[mc_runner]

That's assuming the dude will carry a 250 average for the full season. Not very likely.

[classygranny]

One of my leagues has a rule that your entering average for the first 9 games is your average from the previous year's league, or the summer league average, or the highest book average, and if none of those then establish with first three games.

When using the entering average for 9 games, it keeps some of the sandbagging out of the league. Then after 9 games, you still have fluctuation in averages, but not as much. I like it better than establishing the first night and going from there. On my Monday league, I started at about a 173, and bowled a 467 this week, so next week I will be at 164 which is about 20 pins under what my average should be. And believe me, it was not a sandbagging issue as I don't have that in my blood. Just ask anyone, I was pretty upset with the sub 500 series.

[billf]

Rolled a 692 Sunday, 490 Monday and 654 Tuesday. I don't need to sandbag, I just need to show up and one of the league days will just suck so bad to even everything out.

[Amyers]

Rolled a 692 Sunday, 490 Monday and 654 Tuesday. I don't need to sandbag, I just need to show up and one of the league days will just suck so bad to even everything out.

Good to see its not just me then.

[RobLV1]

I don't know if it's just in Vegas, but each year I'm seeing bigger and bigger differences in pairs of lanes. Yesterday in my Doubles League, I shot 207-219 on lanes 21-22, then moved to 11-12 where I shot 189-160. While my partner had a very big 255 in the third game, by the fourth game, no-one on the pair could strike on both sides. Two of us were hitting the left lane and lost on the right, while the other two were hitting the right and lost on the left. This seems to be happening more and more. Could it be that the lifespan of the synthetic lanes put in in the early nineties is reaching it's conclusion?