Jeff I would agree polish generally enhances over/under.  If you ask me the ball isn't bad at all Barnes was playing the lanes wrong, everyone else played inside but he was outside and had no reaction if he got to the pocket he couldn't carry.  B pattern always plays inside, you start inside and move deeper as the games go on and I think he should have been in. But nobody asked me and I am just a lousy hack anyway.
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I should just quit bowling, oh wait I already tried that.
Now that I am back and my Saws are sharp again, I am ready to cut some wood.

Edited on 1/31/2005 8:08 AM

This past week was B pattern. If you look at Devaney's reaction with the Inferno and classic zone, it tells me that Chris needed something with a bit more backend and less roll up front. A little bit of shine would helped, or he could have just used a detour. Either way he was playing too direct and too near the huge OB on B pattern (43 feet). It looked like 10 board (dark board down the lane) was the breakpoint and anything outside that the ball wiggles. a dull ball is going to roll early and have nothing on the backend especially if you miss a bit to the right on that long pattern. This is just from my experience on B pattern.
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Jon Brandon
Columbia Regional Staff
2003 PBA West Region Rookie of the Year
"You win some, you lose most"