I don't consider myself a great bowler by any standards, or even very good.  Just to give specs.

RH
180 - 185 average (held up by spare game)
Medium-Slow speed, 14-15 mph
Variable revs, perhaps my only strength.

I just got my Black Cherry Bomb drilled up label yesterday, and of course took it to a house that lies down a bit of oil to throw some frames.  The house I took it to, wooden lanes, medium oil, a fair amount of carry down...maybe they don't strip the backends.  

So the BCB was not the right ball for the conditions, let me say that off the bat.  It was WAY too strong. But I wanted to get a feel for it since I have league tonight, and my corner stone (freak out) was eaten alive by a ball return last week.  

The BCB was strong, which was expected.  It allowed me to play an inside line, which I usually can only do under slower speeds.  But I was able to play the 5th arrow or so and have enough to come back Brooklyn. (annoying but strangely gratifying) That is rare for me.  Usually when I try to play the 5th arrow, my ball rolls out or has just enough to make a week shot on the pocket, leaving a 2-8-10 or some combination there of.  

The BCB did three things for me that I think any bowler who doesn't have decades of experience can use.  First I could play a more inside line, since the ball is obviously pretty strong.  Second, I could really pick up speed, probably up to 16.5 - 17 mph, without a total loss of reaction, also a good thing for someone who is not always zeroed in on the pocket.  Finally and what I think is most important, the BCB carried ALL SORTS of bad shots.  Now when it hit the pocket, the pins did go boom.  but I expect that with most balls.  But I have NEVER carried so many Brooklyn shots in my life.  I was all on the wrong side just due to the turn the ball put on, but I carried so many strikes on the wrong side that I felt compelled to post something.  does that mean that lane 1 stuff carries better?  well it sure as heck carries better than any other piece of equipment I’ve thrown.  And better carry on bad shots is a great thing for a novice bowler.  Guys like me will not be slamming the pocket all night, but this ball really helps.  

Am I a lane one convert?  Yeah.  I am.  Now I want a cranberry so I can actually play on medium conditions and hit the 1-3.  

Last thing.  My girlfriend noticed this by the way.  The sound of the hit when the bcb hit the pocket was distinctly different that when anything else I’ve thrown hits.  I don't know how to describe it.  it's just different.  

Does the bomb count as a saw?

CCB

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Bowling makes me feel stupid.  I don't know of anything else I do that frustrates me so much that I want to quit.  Yet there I am the next day, waiting to take a lickin from the 2-8-10.