Good day to you all.

I posted a topic about my Thursday 4 man league & how i got dropped for the next week due to myself having the lowest series.

Well Thursday night i decided to go down & just keep score for my team. But in the end, i had to play after all, due to the other guy not being able to make it in time. So i was rubbing my hands together & wanted to put things back on track for this league.

First game - 166. Just couldnt spare at all.
Second game - 152. Same again, couldnt spare
Third game - 208. 4 in a row & spares all the way to the 10th, when i had a
                  6, 7, 10 split But i still high scored on this game.

But what really annoyed me was the constant nagging from our self appointed team captain. As we have a 'punishment' fund which we put money into with missed head pins, open frames, diagonal/vertical hangings etc. Everytime one of us missed he says "in the book", "put him down for missed single pin" & all this. Is this supposed to motivate us? If anything it has the opposite effect.

And do you know whats worse? In my 208 game, when i didnt strike & the other 2 guys on my team had marks, he would say "come on then, lets hang him up" just after i got the spare & walked off the approach. Some encouragement 'captain'!?

I enjoy playing bowling, but not with this guy. No wonder i hit 600's in my other leagues & not this league. It gets to me so much that i just feel like quitting Thursday's cos of this.
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Phil
http://bowlingtracker.no-ip.org:2222/personalstats/

"What is the point in Strikes when you can't get Spares. Spares are GOOD!!

Current Arsenal:
Brunswick Groove Reactive
Storm Paradigm (drilled)
Ebonite XXXcel
AMF Sumo
Regency 300
COMING SOON - Storm Paradigm & Ebonite Maxim

High Game - 269
High Series - 691

The question is, does he do this to all the members of the team. What I would do is start saying things to him when he misses spares. Shake the can or whatever you put the money into. After awhile, he will have a bad night and then you will be in heaven knowing that he screwed up. Also, jsut make sure he realizes that you are scoring higher then him or your average is higher.

I have a guy on my Thursday noght team that does things like this. It is all in fun, but some nights it is not wanted by anyone. But is average is lower then mine and when I have a bad night and he starts, I remind him of that. He tends to shut up...
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T.J.

BOWLING IS FUN NO MATTER WHAT YOU SCORE. BUT A 300 IS ALWAYS NICE.

STRIKE ZONE & PYRO. STAND 15 AND THROW 10 OUT TO 5 AND SMASH THE POCKET. AT LEAST THAT IS THE PLAN OF THE NIGHT...

Hell on my Tuesday night trio team we have a "Mascot". It is a doll that is bent over with his head stuck up his butt. His name is Ben Dover. He also has a voice which is activated by push button and results in saying such as " This is my best impression of you" and things of that nature. Whomever gets hung gets the doll and the last one to get hung on the night takes Ben home for the week. We have a blast with it. In fact we even have established a record amongst ourselves. To date the most hangings of one person in one game has been 8! Can you imagine getting hung 8 times in one game?? lol WE LOVE IT!

On edit: I forgot that we have nicknamed Ben "BUTTMAN" The teams that we bowl against get a kick out of it and sometimes even gets in on the ribbing..lol
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Tim
Member of The Track Legion


R.I.P. Mom
Aug 29 1957 - Aug 3 2006

Edited on 10/13/2006 4:41 PM

If I were you, I'd just politely tell him that you don't appreciate the constant ribbing and ask if he could cut it out, or at least cut down.  Simplest approach, and it will also determine whether or not he's truly a jerk (if he refuses), or joking around.
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- Andy

Edited on 10/13/2006 4:10 PM