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mainzer

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Scratch leagues?
« on: July 02, 2008, 01:54:52 AM »
Are their alot of scratch leagues in your area? We have relativly few or what I think is relativley few around here. One in Appleton at Super Bowl in a city of over 70,000 one Scratch league, Appleton is also connected to Kimberly, Combined Locks, Little Chute, Menasha, Kaukauna, and Darboy the only cities mentioned that don't have a bowling center is Darboy. Their is Rusch's lanes in Kimberly/Combined Locks, Two bowling centers in Kaukauna one is only like 6 lanes though, Little Chute as a 16 lane center and Menasha has a 48 lane center none of these has a Scratch league. Also their is 32 or so lane center in Neenaha which is 15 miles south of Appleton no scratch league their.

Any one else have the same thing going on your area's? Do you find this trend as startling as I do?

I think having few scratch leagues sucks if I don't bowl Scratch in Appleton we have to go 25 miles north to Green Bay 25 miles south to Oshkosh or 50 miles north west to Shawano.  

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2008, 01:42:41 AM »
We seem to have an opposite problem.  We have scratch leagues but they are drafts or have very high caps.  The high cap leagues are like 640 tios or such and then they vote in various teams that are over the cap to allow them to bowl.  So those teams that are 10- under the cap are pretty much out of the race.  Most of the scratch leagues in this area leave the 190 - 210 people out in the cold, just fillers so that the high average bowlers can get together.  At 205 - 210 average, I am not a sought after commodity.  I'm too low.  

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2008, 10:43:19 AM »
Here in Staten Island, there is a trios scratch draft league on Wednesday nights.Granted I don't get to bowl next year cuz im going to college, but thats the only one in my area.
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Keith Frye

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2008, 11:06:39 AM »
There are a number of scratch leagues in the Harrisburg, PA area. During the fall/winter season, one or more scratch leagues is running at a local center every night of the week. The types of leagues include 5-person, 4-person, trios, doubles, mixed-doubles, and traveling. Two of the leagues are PBA Experience. Several scratch singles leagues (one PBAX) and a PBAX doubles also run during the summer.

 
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As for any other scratch leagues in the Balt-DC area, I know of none.
 


For the past three years or so, a scratch trios league has run at AMF Laurel on Wednesday nights during the fall/winter.
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Phoneman

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2008, 11:17:51 AM »
Keith I was told that league was handicap not scratch.  I was asked to bowl in that league lsat season but did not want to because I was told it was handicapped.
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Keith Frye

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #20 on: July 03, 2008, 11:56:18 AM »
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Keith I was told that league was handicap not scratch. I was asked to bowl in that league lsat season but did not want to because I was told it was handicapped.


It is definitely a scratch league.
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9andaWiggle

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #21 on: July 03, 2008, 12:28:19 PM »
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They are dead because the american competive spirit is largely dead and entitlement has set in.

vast majority or THS scratch bowlers know they dont deserve their average and are afraind to compete head to head. They would rather complain about handicap and shoot cripples in leagues and tournaments.


Yep!  There's no greater joy than sandbagging below your true ability, and the whompin' the tar out of some lesser-skilled bowler in league!  Makes me feel like a BIG, TOUGH MAN when I do that!  Heck, if I could still beat up on 6 year olds in Youth leagues, I WOULD!

As sarcastic as my post above was, it's sad that some many people actually do seem to think/feel that way.

More often than not if you say to someone "Hey, wanna go $5 a game?" they'll immediately shoot back "How many pins you gonna give me?"

Sad, really.  Competition is dead.  I guess in today's PC world we're all supposed to win and never lose.


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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2008, 01:07:30 PM »
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More often than not if you say to someone "Hey, wanna go $5 a game?" they'll immediately shoot back "How many pins you gonna give me?"

Sad, really. Competition is dead. I guess in today's PC world we're all supposed to win and never lose.


This pretty much sums up competitive bowling in my area. There is only about 7 - 8 bowlers that will go head to head. The others don't want to do it unless they know they can win.


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BrianCRX90

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Re: Scratch leagues?
« Reply #23 on: July 03, 2008, 04:50:28 PM »
There is a few but they are on lame nights like Tuesdays. Who wants to bowl on a league on a Tuesday! Yuck.
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