went 256, 266, had the front nine and I thought I threw a very good ball on my 10th shot, and left an 8-10 split. I wasn't worried about shooting 300 again but I wanted the 800....ended up with 788. Anybody have something crazy like that happen before??


Thanks,
Tim
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Your village called, they want their idiot back!

Ouch!  Great set, but ouch!  So close to have one frame ruin it.
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Penn State Proud

Great bowling. I think shooting an 800 is a lot more impressive than a hand full of 300's. I'm 47 and I recently shot my 1st 800 last month. Several years ago I needed to get the 1st strike in the 10th to get the 800, got the strike and then left a greek church (4,6,7,9,10) missed the 800. I was sick for a week. So I know your pain, hang in there still a great series.

Before I shot 800 last month, a couple of months ago. I had another change to shoot 800, needed a strike on the last shot to shoot 800 even. Left a 10 pin, 799. When I finally shot 804, had the first nine left a 4,7,10 thought I missed the 800 again was upset, and than was told that I did shot 800.It felt good to get the monkey off my back. Never give up, good things happen to good people.

In one tournament, I started 278-288, but noticed at the end of the 2nd game that the lanes were starting to really break down.  Sooo, I make a pretty good move to find some oil and left a rack ripping 5-7.  The really demoralizing part was that I think the only thing that saved me from leaving the lilly was that the ball took out the 10 pin.