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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: DON DRAPER on May 19, 2004, 03:30:40 AM

Title: ball of the year
Post by: DON DRAPER on May 19, 2004, 03:30:40 AM
for those of you who don't subscribe to bowling this month here are the results of their readers choice awards for bowling balls of the year for 2003:

high end balls

particle pearls
1.brunswick raging inferno
2.storm x-reloaded
3.lane #1 golden nugget
4.hammer vicious particle pearl

particle solids
1.storm fear factor
2.lane #1 super carbide bomb
3.hammer big blue
4.track phenom unleashed

reactive pearls
1.brunswick inferno
2.lane #1 black cherry bomb
3.ebonite killer instinct
4.lane #1 carbide/r cherry bomb

reactive solids
1.storm x-factor deuce
2.brunswick time zone
3.dynothane anomaly


mid-priced balls

particle pearls
1.storm eraser particle pearl
2.ebonite v2 dry
3.hammer power diesel
4.track threat

particle solids
1.brunswick warp zone
2.roto grip silver streak particle
3.ebonite v2 strong

reactive pearls
1.brunswick monster bruiser
2.track crunch time
3.storm flash point
4.hammer sling blade

reactive solids
1.lane #1 cranberry buzzsaw/c
2.ebonite v2 clean
3.columbia flipsidewicked b/r/t
4.dynothane vendetta black


entry level balls

1.brunswick power groove reactive
2.roto grip sonic x
3.roto grip sonic x solid
4.brunswick power groove proactive

most versatile

1.brunswick inferno
2.storm x-factor deuce
3.lane #1 black cherry bomb
4.storm x reloaded
5.ebonite killer instinct
Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: hotwire13 on May 19, 2004, 06:52:53 PM
I cant believe the Storm Hot Wire isnt on the list somewhere.  Talk about versatile...and if I'm not mistaken, it did win a PBA Tournament this year.
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: BowlingDude300 on May 19, 2004, 07:05:03 PM
I think the savage flip deserves a spot on there as well.
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: tsupra on May 19, 2004, 07:14:29 PM
I can't believe the Killer Instict made the list, that was perhaps the worst ball I drilled up this year. It was supposed to work on oil and all it did was keep on sliding. The Reloaded was okay, I drilled mine to go too long and didn't like the reaction, but it did hit nice.
Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: charlest on May 19, 2004, 07:20:53 PM
As far as I know the Bruiser is not a pearl (it was highly polished; if it were a pearl, it would have been the re-issue of the Fire Quantum in black)) and neither is the Black Cherry Bomb. There were a number of other balls in BTM voting categories that seems ... misplaced.

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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: 9andaWiggle on May 19, 2004, 08:13:10 PM
What's Lane 1 doing in the mid-priced section? That contradicts half of what I've read about them on this site.
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: oracle3410 on May 19, 2004, 09:41:22 PM
glad the power groove proactive got some dap...  i really love the ball now that i've learned to control it.
Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: channel surfer on May 19, 2004, 10:27:24 PM
I find it funny thats theres only ONE FREAKIN columbia ball on here.

Anyone else tickled by the irony here?
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: Brickguy221 on May 19, 2004, 10:34:38 PM
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Man, where do some of these voters live?


Brian, I agree with you on that one.

I can't believe the Lane 1 Golden Nugget and Cranberry made the list and the Uranium didn't. I have yet to hear the first complaint about the Uranium where as there have been a few about the Golden Nugget and nothing but almost all complaints about the Cranberry. I have a Golden Nugget right now with a single plug on the thumb hole to move it back 1/2" that I would sell to the first $75 "shipped" that came along. That's what I think of the Golden Nugget.   I've permantley parked it in the closet. My Uranium "runs circles around it.

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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: Brickguy221 on May 19, 2004, 10:38:38 PM
quote:
I find it funny thats theres only ONE FREAKIN columbia ball on here.


I'm surprised that there was one that even made it.

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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: HamPster on May 19, 2004, 10:45:07 PM
You all are forgetting that this award is for 2003!!!  Most of the balls you're hacked about that didn't make the list are 2004 balls!  However, the Hot Wire is one that definitely should be on there, that's a no-brainer.
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: charlest on May 20, 2004, 05:20:25 AM
quote:
I think the ANIMAL should be on the list. The ANIMAL is the hardist hitting ball I have ever owned.
I also think the HAVOC is the best mid priced ball out there. In fact the HAVOC out hooks a lot of high end stuff. It is also a very hard hitting ball almost as much as the ANIMAL.
Personally I think BTM is biased to certain companys. There numbers on there reviews are way off. I mean look they rated the ANIMAL 45 on total hook COME ON!


1. The goodness or badness of a ball is NOT related to how much it hooks for you.

2. These ratings are not related to BTM but to the readers who voted. It is a popularity contest.

3. BTM finds something to like about all balls; they also point out what they found that was not good, TO THEIR TESTERS. That is the point of a review. All testers have their preferences and you have to learn them to understand the review.  

Did you vote? You could have voted online, even if you're not a subscriber.
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: Jeffrevs on May 20, 2004, 07:29:06 AM
Congrats to Roto Grip for the Silver Particle and both Sonics!
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Title: Re: ball of the year
Post by: HamPster on May 20, 2004, 09:33:21 PM
quote:
I think the ANIMAL should be on the list. The ANIMAL is the hardist hitting ball I have ever owned.
I also think the HAVOC is the best mid priced ball out there. In fact the HAVOC out hooks a lot of high end stuff. It is also a very hard hitting ball almost as much as the ANIMAL.
Personally I think BTM is biased to certain companys. There numbers on there reviews are way off. I mean look they rated the ANIMAL 45 on total hook COME ON!


Do people not read anything but the title line before they reply?  I had JUST SAID that most of these balls people are complaining about are THIS YEAR'S EQUIPMENT!  Also, like charlest said, hook rating should mean squat in a ball rating.  Just because it hooks a lot doesn't mean it's a good ball.
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