We were "supposed" to bowl the Scorpion last night. I
hit a 245-190-222 and said,"man this is too easy". The owner
came out at the end and he said he forgot to oil them the
pba way. It was a ths all night. For a few minutes I thought
I was a pretty good bowler. I'll let you know next week when
we get the real pattern.

On another note with the PBAX leagues... a dilemma may be in the offing come fall for the scratch league I run up here in Appleton.  We had a few guys talk about it the past few weeks etc, etc, etc.  At our banquet last week I did a blind survey polling the membership on it.  I asked a first question of "If the league where to vote on going to a PBA experience format next year would you vote yes or no?"  And a second question of "If the majority voted yes would you still bowl in the league?"  I had 51 of the 56 regulars at the banquet.
42 voted and one team was leaving so they didn't vote (5 man roster, 5 votes)
Another team wasn't sure until my vim and vigor ;o) speech so they didn't vote either (4 more) so everyone was accounted for.  I had 30 guys say yes and 12 say no to number 1 and I had 32 guys say yes and 10 no to number 2.  I knew for sure who a few of the no votes where and asked them their thoughts.  A few of them said they would still probably bowl (the $15,000 prize fund isn't going anywhere)  The ones that had issues where the ones if it was the only league they bowled in.  They still wanted an easier night.  As for the team that was on the bubble about coming back they are staying put and said whatever the majority went with they where good to go.
The dilemma will be going yes and having guys leave and more holes to fill.  To the other side the proshop man says he already has a list at least 6 names long of guys not in the league currently that have said count them in if it happens.  A little bit of double edged sword here.  Chasing guys away that have been in the league from day 1 but maybe bettering ourselves in tougher conditions like Nationals etc by throwing on them more.

theiceman

My PBA Experience league starts tomorrow night.  After my glorified-practice-sesssion unsanctioned league last night, I practiced for two games on the Cheetah we'll be on the first week of the PBA league.  The pattern was blown up from a lot of traffic -- carrydown was pretty bad.  There was NO free hook off the gutter like I experienced other times I was on the Cheetah.  Very different experience!  If I hit the 2 or 3 board at the breakpoint, it would sail on straight and leave a washout.  If I hit 4, it was money.  If I hit 5, it was going through the face.  (My buddy was trying to play in, but couldn't find a look there either, so I stayed outside)  Throwing anything pearl was out of the question since the carrydown was making it skid for ages.  I still managed to shoot 199 the first game and 186 with an open in the 10th the 2nd game.  We'll see how that compares to the fresh pattern I'll see tomorrow night.