thanks for the suggestions...
this layout worked well. reads earlier and kept a continuous back end to it.
was really happy with it. plus, i was really happy that the guy i took it to have it drilled only charged me $25 bucks. i doubled checked with him to make sure on the price, since i got the ball off the internet. i was willing to pay more to have it drilled knowing that i brought the ball in and didn't buy it through him.
he was real cool about it and said it's no problem. that part of the reason for it being so cheap is that i don't use inserts. he also gave me a couple of free games to try it out.
this, to me, was the great way to treat me as a customer to garner more of my business. which, he will definitely be getting a lot more business from me and i will also let others know around me to go to his shop as well...