Fall leagues began last night and for about a week I was contemplating on whether I joined the right league.  5 person teams with many people on the old side doesn't sit well for my sleep time. 

So I came in as an undrafted free agent.  I sat in the corner after finding out the league sheet didn't add my name to a single team despite me sitting through an hour meeting last week where people whined about $0.15.  Originally I was supposed to be on the league president's team.  I guess there was no room.  Then another younger team wanted me on their team and even booted one of their existing players LOL!  The soon-to-be booted and soon-to-be ex-friend of 4 other bowlers was at the exit door and the team was happy to have me.  Then the third and final team.

Wound up missing 600 but it was mostly due to missing three 10 pin spares.  It was terrible spare shooting. 

The good news is we won all our games by a huge margin and I'm not the best on my team.

I will be getting a ball spinner soon and put off on a new ball until later.  I want to see how some of my balls change when I adjust the surfaces of them.  The ball I'm most likely to get before the end of the year is the Storm Lock.  I like its specs and look and will most likely bowl with it polished since the lanes get dry pretty fast.  I was going to get urethane but the issue is that I can turn a reactive into a mild reactive ball with adjustments.  It's hard to turn a urethane into a strong reactive ball.

The ball I'm most likely to get before the end of the year is the Storm Lock.  I like its specs and look and will most likely bowl with it polished since the lanes get dry pretty fast.

Like the poster above said, a Snap Lock is likely more logical.  I have one for a medium THS and it's a fantastic ball reaction. 

I was going to get urethane but the issue is that I can turn a reactive into a mild reactive ball with adjustments.

I always try and avoid turning apples into oranges unless it's a ball I really don't match up with, then I'll tinker with more extreme surface adjustments but a good rule to go by is drilling a ball for the conditions it's intended for.  Don't throw an original Lock on conditions it's counterpart is intended for.

Thanks for the input guys.  I will look into the Snap Lock.  I just noticed that PDW is all about the Lock now even though it came out last year.  Won him 6 titles this year alone.  I am kind of not happy with pearls though.  I haven't had good luck with them.  I have a Storm Recharge which I think it is a pearl and I rarely use it.  It goes way too long for my style.  Keep in mind, I have a fast strike ball but with lots of revs.  I'm not sure if my Gravity Shift is pearl but it seems like it is.  Also had an Ebonite Afterburner which I basically gave away and a Big Hit Pearl which I sold for $20 to a teammate lol.  I never even used the ball.

The Lock I'm sure is a great ball, but to be fair, how many of Pete's titles came on a THS that breaks down quickly? 

Since you're getting a ball spinner you can always hit that Snap Lock with some surface (I hit mine with a 2000 pad and then a 4000 pad just to tame it down a touch) as the conditions you face dictate.....