Have you ever just had someone’s number in a league?
I bowl in a 3-person league, we bowl 4 games, head to head matches with the person across from you and total for the team. The last 4 years when we have both been in the league, either me or the other guy has had high average.
Over these years I have won over 75% of our matches. This year I won 22 of 24 match points from him. I seldom win by a large margin but just seem to be able to bowl enough to beat him, whether that is a 190 or 280.
I also have my wife’s number. Now that is not saying a lot but we bowled together in a mixed league for 7 years. She never beat me scratch, never. A few times she shot 220 to 230 but I managed to shoot more. The best was one time I said I would give her 100% handicap that was 50 pins a game. She shot 180 (well over her average of 167) and I shot 240 so she wanted more pins, so I gave her 75. She shot 160 and I shot 240 so she wanted more pins, so I gave her 100 pins handicap. She shot 188 and I shot 290. Everybody was laughing and I refused to give her any more handicap so we agreed not to bowl “against†each other anymore.
