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MSC2471

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Memories of great bowling relating to sickness/crisis
« on: February 15, 2005, 01:32:32 PM »
I believe there have been many times in our bowling careers where people have thrown great games or series in times of crisis and/or sickness. Hours before bowling I found out through my mother that my dad was going to go to the emergency room, as he had 2 days of dizziness and an erratic heartbeat. It turns out that the blood pressure medication he's on has really slowed his heart rate down, which may require him to have a pacemaker. He recently turned 70 (10 days ago actually) and he was the sole person responsible for introducing me to bowling when I was 4 years old. I've had the good fortune of bowling with him in my Tuesday league for over 15 years. Wondering if I could throw up a number, I happened to come out of the gates with a 254 game, my highest game of the year as well as my high series for the year in this house, a 628.

Just curious to hear what others have done for special scores in these moments as I hope my dad gets back to cranking out some big scores when he feels better.

Matt

 

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Re: Memories of great bowling relating to sickness/crisis
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2005, 12:18:49 AM »
Last year, my wifes father committed suicide. I quit 2 of my 4 leagues and dropped to halftime in another of my leagues. I did bowl occasionally for a Saturday Night Travelling League Team. The day he was buried, I had already been lined up to bowl for that night---so I bowled. I didnt want to be there, I had no interest in being there. I wasnt paying attention to anything. I shot 220+, 279, 266 (pocket 7-9 in the 10th frame). I shot 771 or something like that and had a shot at 300 and 800 when after every shot I was going over and talking to a friend of mine 3 pairs down about how I should handle some of the new situations I was dealing with. Sometimes the body kicks into gear when the brain isnt all there.
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