Got a new black widow last week.  The cover looks nothing like the pictures I have seen of this ball.  The Spider is almost pink, and there are alot of red and pink swirls on the cover.  Is this abnormal?  Did I get a blem ball?  One of the guys on my team has one as well and it is almost pure black minus the label which is orange/red not pink.  I'll post a picture when I get home, but was just curious to see what you all thought.

I think that around Christmas time they added more red to the pour. I noticed that any Black Widow from around summer to December was almost all black, maybe a few red swirls, but anything since christmas is almost 50/50 red to black.

If you polish it, though, it still looks completely black going down the lane.

I got mine very early in the release, and it is almost completely black.  They had to have changed something, because all the new ones I see have a ton more red in them.  

Don
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"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage.  Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem."
~Dusty Baker being a total fool

My one Widow has about 1/3 red and its in a funky swirl around the ball, looks pretty neat and its not bad reaction wise, great ball, my other one has a little bit of dark red swirl in it.
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Just another aspiring junior bowler who hasn't hit full stride yet.