After nearly a year hiatus, I subbed for some friends in a non-sanctioned league last night.  As expected, with a year layoff, I bowled no 300's or 800's, but I did set a 226 avg.  and only had one open for the night.

Reflecting upon the evening, I realized that my talent is obviously great, for I hadn't touched a ball in nearly a year and still had a shot at 700 late in the 3rd game.  It is clear to me now, that if I were to turn pro I would be smashing Walter Ray's records in the teeth week in and week out.  After all, those guys don't shoot much better than I did, and they bowl hundreds of games per week!  If I can shoot the scores they do without any practice at all, then I am obviously a much superior bowler to them!  Just look at the scores, they don't lie, do they?

Last night I was all over the place (as expected since I was quite rusty) but I only crossed one brooklyn, and never missed the head pin (although my 1 open was a 2-4-8-10, so I nearly missed it once).  Everything else was either a 6-10, 2-8, or single pin leaves.  And let's make this clear, I was anywhere from 2 boards left of my target to a couple of times being 6 boards right (I was intending to play 17 at the arrows, out to 9-10 at the right "hash" mark downlane).  My speed was not consistent either (see the 2-4-8-10 leave again).  Yet every errant shot "corrected" itself and found it's way to the pocket.  I had a great time with the people I was bowling with (the league is full of mostly beginners), but deep down I knew that on even a fair condition, I'd have struggled.  On a demanding condition, I'd have been toast.

So in conclusion, no, I do not honestly think I'm good enough to go pro - I know better than that.  But for the "sports" community as a whole, I think I know why bowling has such a problem being taken seriously as anything more than a recreational game.

Now then, let's sit back and see how many people flame me because they became so irate after reading the paragraph where I stated I would dominate the tour that they quit reading and fired off an angry response without reading the rest of my post!

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lol, good to see a post that has some humor with revelation !!!
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Don't forget the ones that just respond to the responses, without reading the original post.
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