Heh heh...I love this thread. Very entertaining stuff.
I just wanted to spread some humor, not get into a technical conversation, but since I was asked for it -- the ball that left all this was an AMF Heist solid. Pin through the middle, CG through ring (ball had 1 oz. top weight before drilling -- I could get away with it. I've heard this called a "barbell" drill pattern. The idea was to make the ball smooth downlane). Surface was box.
The last three weeks, the middle of the lanes have been the best play, basically swinging it out and bouncing it off the dry. I'd been the high 600s those three weeks, mostly throwing a Lane #1 BuzzBomb/R and occasionally a 900Global Break S-75.
But there were a lot of hooking spots and puddles this week and I couldn't play in, so I moved out -- which is more my preference anyway -- and went straight up between first and second arrow. I made an adjustment after each of those leaves (hand position, speed, starting position on the approach) but it was just one bad leave after the other. And yes, Harry, I actually managed to be pretty consistent to my mark. TripFour, I covered all but one of the spares (missed a 10-pin).
After the 7-pin leave, I put resin away for the rest of the night and finished up with a Visionary Slate Blue Gargoyle. Had a decent last game but only got into the 580s.
It was pretty funny to watch, because after the second 8-pin guys from the adjacent pairs would stop and watch me and bet on what I'd leave before I threw it. There are nights you carry the world and then there are nights like this, I guess.
Jess
