Every Saturday a house here holds a King of the Hill tourney.  There''s usually around 50 or so guys (and ladies) that show up, but there were over 70 today from all over the area.  

Today a guy came up that doesn''t make it every Saturday, but he''s there often enough.  He had a day that we all dream of.  279-300-300 to break our city record by 11 pins.  He''s a heck of a nice guy and obviously a pretty good bowler.  

When talking to some other guys down there after this terrific achievement, it was odd that they just didn''t seem very impressed.  A couple even told me that it was no big deal.  The reason?  The guy that just threw 35 out of 36 (left a 9 pin) is a lefty.  Oh, and we move pairs after every game with no practice shots on the new lanes.  

I could go on about this for awhile, but really I''m just saddened and a little pissed off by it.  Everyone there was witness to a set that they will probably never see again and there were mixed feelings because of what hand the guy bowls with?  My best guess is that people are both ignorant and jealous.  Maybe they think that if they were lefties that they could do it themselves?  

I took a very crappy vid with my cell phone of his last 2 shots that I will put up later.  Wall or not, lefty or righty, you get props from me when you shoot like that.  

Vid-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OtIOpBpdk&feature=channel

Bonus video of Jesse Buss shooting 299 that same day.  He only had 798...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjAgdj2Wy78&feature=channel

Don
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Edited on 3/11/2010 9:13 PM

thats a hell of an accomplishment no matter what hand you throw with. Everyone should agree that lefties do have a slight advantage but to be able to throw 35-36 shots is amazing!

lefites will never be looked at as equals in bowling. Even though the greatest bowler of all time "statisticly" is a righty
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In 98 the city high here was 858 and I bowled an 851 (298 6/8 split, 287 6/8 split on 11th shot, 266) and I got the same treatment because I was left hand. I over-heard two guy talking when I was in the middle of my 3rd game that if I beat the city high that there should be an * by my name in the book. One other time bowling a 12 game block to make the Iowa state bowling team I was +187 and 2nd was +36 and that was because I was left handed even though next highest left hander was 12th place and lanes were re-oiled after ever 3rd game and moved pairs

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When a hall of famer (as a national hall of famer) told me that lefties "shouldn't be allowed to bowl" I realized that most people in this game are complete idiots.
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so to those who say that leftys have an advantage....what is the advantage??what is it about someone bowling left handed that gives them the edge over righties??please inform me!!!!
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