wow where do i begin. lets say that I have had success with something of late and lets say for the sake of argument that even though i have hated just about everything I have thrown I have come to realix=ze and appreciate the value of what i have that is worth something. Yesterday i was shooting on a freshly oiled xmas tree 42 feet new synthetic lanes. And just like any other time since the first time i have thrown this ball its performance has been less than stellar. May favorite ball right now is my phenom unleashed, polished short pin drilled stacked.My thing is that as much as i love my phenom, its not a heavy oil ball . How do i know ,cause when i throw it and the back end is weak or there is a lack of recovery. So that is when i would want to go to something heavier, the big one . But I get the same if not less reaction from the big one on the same pattern . I also tried my oracle and had the same effect.
  The reason i had the ball drilled as i did was the guy who drilled it had one ,he let me throw his and it was exactly what i wanted and needed. No burnup and a strong smooth continuous arc to the pocket, from anywhere. Alas i digress ,just like my addiction. Now mind you I have been practicing and my ball speed and rev rate are up a tad. I am throwing the ball much better and my speed is up around 16,where it was 13 a month ago. Now it seems the only way i can get this thing to face up is to throw it slow, but not even that works as it should. I couldnt carry up the boards in the drier part of the lane and it wouldnt face the pocket in the oilier part of the lane. 10 pin 8 pin 7 pin over and over . Move left washout,move right nose. I ended up playing up 10 with my assassin. Nothing to brag about ,but I was happier with that then what the big one was giving me. Whats really funny is that the start of a game on fresh oil the ball clears the heads recovers and carries soon as the game starts washout.
   I probably wouldnt complain as much if i had never seen the ball work. I have seen it work and shine. Glimpses of greatness. Ok I am sure you could blame me except that i can find a shot with other equipment on varying lane conditions.I dont know maybe its like i said earlier the ball is just way better than i am . Maybe I will quit trying to use it and making it look so bad. But honestly speaking I see many of them on the lanes these days,but i dont see many of them recording the big scores.
   If I polish it wont i just have another polished heavy oil ball that i cant use in heavy oil.I went there with the wmb,the oracle the addiction and the phenom unleashed. the unleashed is the only one it worked with. I really dont need another one.
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