Author Topic: My First 300 (Read 2504 times)

Reality Check · « **on:** September 01, 2008, 10:52:23 AM »

Bowled to fill in for an injured friend in our scratch league tonight. I have not been bowling uch, no more than once a week in league. STarted off with a 246 with an open tenth frame (missed a ten pin) hitting the pocket every ball. Second game was a 196 and I started pulling the ball (opened the tenth frame and missed that darn 10 pin again) last game I went brooklyn, then pocket, and proceeded to go either heavy into the headpin or brooklyn until the 9th frame, carrying all. I have to say I was too scared to move as everything was going over. In the 9th I went heavy in the pocket and carried, and found I had jelly-legs when I stepped up for the tenth - I decided that I had to move, adjusted to the right, and proceeded to strike 3 in the pocket for my first 300, and possibly the worst game of bowling I have ever thrown!

Just wanted to hear from anyone else who has every scored big while throwing so badly, asI am actually not sure if I should be pleased with the score or disappointed at the bowling
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HamPster · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2008, 08:44:48 PM »

Haha, well I for one am impressed that you admitted that the game was less than stellar. Most people try to make it sound better than it actually was. Kudos for that, and the 300. Sometimes it happens that way. I've never had a perfect game, although I've got a handful and a half of 300's, and I doubt you'll find many people that say they've had a perfect game. My thought is that it just makes up for some really good games that you might have gotten screwed on. I've had quite a few 279's or even probably 220's that have been better than my 300's. Either way you want to look at it, enjoy it!
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Hogsharley · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2008, 08:48:15 PM »

Congrat's. You can now update your profile.

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JOE FALCO · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2008, 08:57:05 PM »

Excellent .. all shots are good when the pins go DOWN .. CONGRATULATIONS!
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MI 2 AZ · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2008, 12:32:36 AM »

Congratulations on your first 300 game.

Since there are no pins deducted for 'bad' shots, you will have to learn to live with that perfect game.

I would take 12 brooklyns or Red Sea shots if it gave me my first 300.

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pocketsmasher51582 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2008, 12:55:08 AM »

When i threw my first 300 3 years ago i had 2 brooklyn strikes and the 11th shot was so flat off of my hand i knew i blew it. Lucky for me it carried some how and on the 12th shot DEAD FLUSH. Not a terribly thrown game but the 11th shot scared me.
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Jay · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2008, 02:11:56 AM »

Congrats on the 300, the first is always the hardest. I remember shooting mine last year, still can't believe I did it. It was on the cheetah pattern, I had thrown a brooklyn at one point, and the 12th ball I threw one of those shots that are so light you might leave a 2-10. But the 2 was standing and it just fell over magically, I swear!

Then just a few weeks ago I shot my second one during no-tap fun day(all were natural), with one brooklyn and the rest were pocket and half pocket. Neither are sanctioned, and I'm hoping to get one sanctioned this year.

hjk246 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 02, 2008, 04:28:10 AM »

I hear you Strike Domination.My last night on the summer league I had one of the best nights of my life this year.I just bought a spit fire and only had it two weeks but absolutely love it.Started out with a 244,then shot 274 with that pesky ten pin screwing me again but a bad shot the last ball in the tenth then shot 269 for the third game with that ten pin screwing me again out of a 300 and missed it to add insult to injury.My friends stuck around after and I shot 300 after the sanctioned league was over.I was happy and yet upset.I still feel good about it as well as you should because it's no easy feat to do as so many millions have tried and come up short.Ugly or pretty a 300 is a 300.

« **Reply #8 on:** September 02, 2008, 08:35:43 AM »

Congrats on the 300 game!! I KNOW I've mixed in a few Brooklyn strikes in mine, too. I even remember on the 11th ball in one of them I was pretty much on the "nose" and they still fell.
Good luck and bad luck probably even out for each of us. Don't apologize for the good breaks, and don't complain about the bad breaks. It's a good way to live life, too.

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Dan Belcher · « **Reply #9 on:** September 02, 2008, 08:39:17 AM »

Good job! That's what happens when you have round balls hitting rounded pins. Some days you just carry everything, and some days you get punished for seemingly good shots. Take what you get and move on. Since you asked for similar stories, I once threw a 299 where pretty much every single shot was barely touching the headpin the first 7 frames or so. I started hitting flush in the 8th and finally went high flush a couple times in 10th frame, and actually hit high and left a 10 pin (nearly a 4-10!) on the 12th ball. On the other hand, I had a game where I didn't miss the pocket at all the entire game, but left a high flush 7 in the 1st frame and a stone 9 somewhere in the middle of the game. And then I had a 300 at a tough house where pretty much every shot was dead flush 10-pins-straight-back. It all evens out in the end.

zeusjr · « **Reply #10 on:** September 02, 2008, 09:09:08 PM »

Congrats..

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bstone · « **Reply #11 on:** September 02, 2008, 09:14:44 PM »

congratulations!

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Aloarjr810 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 02, 2008, 09:56:07 PM »

Way to go! on the 300!!
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sevenpin63 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 02, 2008, 10:02:17 PM »

Way to go, don't worry about it they all went down, it counts either way.
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nutsforbowling · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2008, 06:47:54 AM »

Congrats!!
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