what happened out there none of there equipment looked all that impressive in the shoot out....last place of all the brands.....hell not that impressed with none OF THE EBONITE brands....TOMMY JONES WHERES HIS HEAD OUT....Jason couch was pissed at him u could tell....hell i retire with teammates like that....couch should leave ebonite go else where....probably have more success....Columbia...was OK... what ball was Barnes using....track started looking good 4th place right now...those guys are going to hard to beat....dv8 looked good early but quickly falling...chugs needs try different ball....900 global very impressed....Missy p needs something little stronger on backends....Brunswick ciminelli and rash lights out.....c system ball was money...saw Sean using new nexxus did OK...storm looks good but alot of people don't use two hands...but pdw looking solid as of late...shaky bowling earlier......i must say really enjoyed this format alot hope the pba sticks with it....the announcing was blah...rob stone did the best because he had alot of energy....made the broadcast enjoyable some what....Lon m should stick to poker....

Jones has been fighting several injuries lately and looked like he was having footing issues.  Hard to throw it your best when you're just trying not to fall down.

Machugu threw it really good all day, but maybe needed to find something a little cleaner through the front part of the lane later in the day.  Russell was the one who never looked comfortable.  Yanked quite a few left and looked off balance on a lot of shots.

Hammer was the big disappointment.  Neither bowler ever looked comfortable on the pattern.  Track and Roto struggled early but improved.  Hammer just never got it going.

"......i must say really enjoyed this format alot hope the pba sticks with it."

Wow.  Really?  REALLY?

The event was actually pretty good television, the only thing I was tired of was every time Sean Rash got on the approach, they repeatedly referred to him as the reigning POY, if you didn't know he was before this event you surely knew by the time this event was over with. 

the doubles stepladder portion wasn't bad. but after the train wreck that was the single ball, only the diehards were watching. if the PBA wants to hook new viewers, they can't open with a confusing mess. 

I was left wondering if the PBA intended the single ball rounds to look like a birthday party on the lanes. you had ice cream, nachos and booze in camera shot through out...

I liked the broadcast overall but I thought that this year's one ball Eliminator format was lame.  It reminded me of this year's Chris Paul celebrity tournament.  Last year's Baker format was much better IMHO. 
Still, it is a good chance to see this Summer's new ball releases in the hands of PBA pros.  Unless you're a Roto Grip fan of course.  Then you got to see last year's Bandit and a two year old Rising Star being thrown lol.

The value of the single ball eliminator, like it or not, is the ability to get more bowlers involved.

I was a bit surprised with some of the bowler choices, but I guess that is more of a scheduling issue more than anything else.  I was surprised that Ebonite didn't bring out the best female bowler in the world these days, Kelly Kulick.  They had an additional roster spot they could have used and given Tommy Jones' injury problems that may have both helped them as well as showcased an important Ebonite asset.  Also was surprised Storm chose to go with both Belmo and Osku while they have Norm Duke at there disposal.

I was also surprised that Brunswick did not have Parker Bohn there.

I really liked whatever Fagan and Mika were throwing.

Jones looked like he should of stayed home, he absolutely no tempo and was totally stiff the entire competition.

Suprised to see D-Mac have so many issues.

Barnes was Barnes not suprising.

I didn't see all the shows, but I personally thought the best bowler of the series was Belmonte. Just had the right ball and the right line to get away with murder when he made mistakes which were few and far between.

singles were sad
doubles were good