Haha, dropped by to ask Scott about things . . the look on his face when he found yet another person who is in on the joke, lmao. Lol, he told me to give Jason some crap . . but I couldn't for the life of me understand what the hell he was talking about, kept saying what I thought was "baby birth," which didn't make any sense, but it was Baby RUTH . . something about a sloth and the goonies too . . lol, which I finally put together. "You'll have to excuse my friend . . he's a little slow . ."
Grr . . shot wasn't what I expected, and it took me the team event to figure that out. Started out playing 25-12. Yeah, bad idea. But I'd heard the shot was inside, and I figured the outsides would be flooded and the inside would be pretty dry. The whole freakin lane was flooded. Struggled to a 550 in team, couple chopped spares and 3 4-7-10's all in the wrong spot. Used a Red Zone the first game, Fury the last two games, didn't have a good look with either of them. Well, my plan changed after I went back to watch the singles/doubles squad later that day. Started out singles and doubles playing 14-10 with my Red Zone, MUCH better line. Naturally my second game everything went haywire enough to destroy my brackets, but I shot 638. Next set for singles was about the same, lanes were playing a bit straighter, so I was playing 12-10, the second game they transitioned slightly enough, and my only two single pin misses of the tournament were both in that game, again enough to knock me out of brackets, but I recovered for 590. Ended up playing 18-12 because there was a very sweet shot that had developed in there.
I suppose 1777 isn't too bad for a first time at nationals, but there was an absolute trough from 16-10, and more than enough oil to keep you in the pocket as long as you didn't play too much of an angle. I suppose I'm more disappointed in having those horrific second games that knocked me out of the brackets more than anything, I could have seriously cashed in (175 in doubles and 151 in singles, otherwise my first two games were 232 and 220, and my last two games were 231 and 219), and if I'd have just not listened to anybody and took what the lanes gave me, I'd have been a lot better off. Also made the wrong moves in those second games . . should have moved left instead of right when the ball wasn't finishing, stupid house shot mentality. Wish I could do it again, but I guess it's food for thought for next year. Anybody who knows what they're doing and bowls a lot of regionals or on tough shots frequently should eat this shot up, it's pretty soft, and if I had it to do over again, I believe I could shoot 2000. For the average joe though, I can see how 9 games isn't enough to get a handle on what you're doing enough to post something big. Hopefully my PBA Experience league will help out this summer . . no house shots until August, thankfully!
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