Okay I need some opinions on this. I know what I did was wrong but anger got the best of me this night. Here we go, I bowl on a 5 man team and one guy on our team has about a 170 average. How it got that high I'll never know, he consistantly shoots between 105-120. This naturally has gotten aggravating. I have an average of 187, and shot 675 and we still lost every game with all the other team mates at least hitting average and him shooting like 125's... Now normally, I let things slide, people are going to have bad weeks but 10 weeks in a row. Okay well it all came to a head the other night. Picture this, we have lost every game in the past 4 weeks, even though I myself have averaged 221(over the past 4 weeks),my average on league is 187. SOOOO!!! we are starving for a win.. Anyway, we finally have a shot to win a game. I struck then spared in the 10th for a 215, he gets up and throws a gutter, on a spare!!!... Then gets up and throws another gutter!!!!!!!!!!... Needless to say we lost the game by 22 pins... and he goes on care free and joking about it, the rest of the team was upset but me, oh I was pissed!.. Again, I avoid the confrontation about it, and try to let it slide but my anger gets the best of me. Soooo, I began talking trash to everyone, including the other team. I talked enough trash to make sure it got back to him. Now the story gets alot longer than this but I'm keeping this as short as possible. Well, I know I was wrong, but my anger got the best of me. I can't apologize cause quite honestly, I meant everything I said. So... I have to bowl two more weeks with this guy.. What do I do... I'm sure some of you have been through this sort of thing before so any info is appreciated... Thanks in advance guys...
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They say that 1 in 3 people in this world are ugly. So look to your left and look to your right, if neither one of those people are ugly... Guess who is!!!

I'd get a sub. Since he don't care, your probably in last spot, why drive yourself nuts.

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His average got to 170 partially because of the first week, he established by shooting a very lucky 278... I don't think he is smart enough to sandbag and if you saw him throw a ball you wouuld know why. The rest of my team has at least bowled average and we still keep losing. That one particular that we lost by 22 pins wasn't what ticked me off(not the initial thing), but it was the iceing on the cake. The last time we won was a month ago, I shot 772..with a then 183 average... That night, we won all the games and he began shooting his mouth off to the other team, even though his high game was 137.. It has been one thing after another... I can't wait for this season to end. I already have another team lined up.
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They say that 1 in 3 people in this world are ugly. So look to your left and look to your right, if neither one of those people are ugly... Guess who is!!!

SirAsh - I look at it like this:

Unless I throw a scratch 300, then I did not bowl the best that I can.  Therefore I will never get mad at another teammate for bowling below their average.  If we lost by 22 pins and I bowled a 277, then I look at it like if I had just concentrated better and struck instead of leaving that 2/4/5, we would have won that game.  Just as much my fault as anyone else's.  After all, we are a team and bowl together.  We share our wins and losses.  Remember, nobody's perfect and most of us go through slumps from time time.  Instead of getting mad at your teammate, you should sit down and help him with his game.  Just my .02
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Edited on 5/11/2005 10:34 AM