Ever have one of those bowling nights where you see somebody do something unusual, and never think you could possibly do the same thing...and you do weeks later?

One of the guys in our Tuesday league has a habit of punching out the 6 pin on a 3-6-10 leave, or the 3 pin on a 1-3-6 leave. He's a righty who throws a big bender for a hook.

Tonight, in game three with a Barbed Wire, I managed to take out only the 2 pin on a 1-2-4 leave (I'm a wrongsider). I don't play a ton of hook, I played it straight up ten board and it didn't move until the last 10 feet, perfectly taking out the middle pin. I stood stunned in disbelief- first time in 29 years I've done that.

Has anything similar happened to anyone else in their bowling experience?

Matt

Kind of tricky to do, but in this day and age of reactive balls, not that uncommon of a circumstance.  I see that around here at least once a week, sometimes more.  A hooking bowler will do it more than a stroker (usually) but it can happen to any of us and the powerful balls make it more likely to happen
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I used to do it every once in a while.  Now, like Pin-nut, I throw straight with a plastic ball.  The funniest time was when I was using a Blue Hot Flame (very mild, non-snappy resin ball).  I didn't flatten my release completely, but I certainly didn't throw much of a hook at the 3-6-10 combos.  I never expected a ball like the BHF to jump between the 3-10!
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