Which position do you prefer to bowl in, and why? My favorite position is lead off because I like to feel like I am (pardon the pun) getting the ball rolling in a close game. Build the team's momentum to clench the win.

First or second.
But just so that I can take a longer break when I'm done with the 10th frame

I don't really care where I bowl in the line up, and I have bowled all positions at one time or another. I'm just ready to bowl when it is my turn. It is league, so not really any pressure most of the time.

Unless there are man points involved, it shouldn't really matter. If it is a close game, everyone needs to step up. If it does come down to the last bowlers, then I suppose you should have your best pressure bowler in the anchor spot. Doesn't necessarily need to be the highest average bowler.

In the past, I've usually been anchor.  On my 5 person team now, I'm third.  Anchor is fun because you are like Michael Jordan with the game in your hands.  I love the pressure.  Makes bowling feel more like a sport and not an activity that goes hand-in-hand with eating fatty foods and drink 2-3 pitchers of cheap beer.  HOWEVER!

The issue I had with anchor is that you are last to leave.  By the time you finish your last shot, half your team is out the door already.  Sometimes you are stuck doing the scoring.  Then you have to chase down the other team for their signature.  Sometimes you also have to clean the mess your team made and throw out the trash.

So I like being in the middle.  You get to see what the lanes are like before throwing a single ball and you don't have to throw away the trash ahah!

Third as I am the eyes of my team.  When moving pairs, my job is to interpret what the 2 bowlers in front of me see, make an adjustment and then relay that info to the bottom 2.

Agreed completely.

But to play Devil's Advocate, there are those who believe that those in the 3rd spot are there so that the other 4 can protect what they could see as the weakest bowler on the team.

Glad that we all know a lot of good bowlers in that spot that puts an end to that ********.

BL.

Have been anchor for as long as I can remember,but have always wanted to bowl leadoff just never gotten the opportunity. I do like that everyone depends on me,but it rarely comes down to that most times anyhow. I also think getting the team off to quick start would be nice.