Who was having the worse day Randy or Anthony?

I agree with Brad. I also think that the broadcasters chose to put this out there for us to see. Just not well thought out in my opinion. Maybe they will figure out how to portray a positive bad guy image in the future, and Anthony will play the role a little better. Everybody loves a bad@@@ hero/winner ala PDW. Nobody likes whiners.

Pretty unfair to compare Anthony to Pete Weber.  Pete was just an obnoxious drunk.  When the geek squad bought the PBA they thought they'd market it different. 

Does the PBA even need to have "heels" and "babyfaces"?  It is bowling not the WWE (despite the whole championship belt thing.)

right on pete liked his sause

For those not in the know: Definition; sause: An obsolete form of sauce. Obsolete?

Simonsen was by far having the worst day.  I agreed with everything Randy had to say.  Simonsen acted like a 5 year old.  Acting like a brat 3 shots in tells me something is going on behind the scenes whether in his personal life or something happened before the show that put him in that mood before he stepped on to the tv pair.  Had absolutely nothing to do with a bad rack.

To Gene......comparing Simonsen to Pete is not unfair for the simple fact that 24 year old Pete and Simonsen have a lot of similarities. Pete was suspended more than once due to his behavior.  Want to say one time it was a 6 month and another time it was for an entire season.  My question is what is keeping the PBA from suspending Simonsen?  He has damaged bowling center property to which he basically shrugged it off by saying just take it the money to replace it out of my winnings. 

Another thing I wonder is.......What about Storm and any other sponsors he may have?  Have to think it is in their contract that since he represents Storm Products that they have a right to terminate the contract if his conduct is not up to their standards.  Maybe if he loses some of the perks of his profession that he will then realize the consequences of his actions.  Or...maybe he wont.  But if the only thing people are going to do is stand aside and just offer their opinions about how he is acting, what incentive does Simonsen have to stop? 

I like watching Simonsen because you are not sure what he is going to bring whether it is the 21 mph frozen rope, slow hooking 5th arrow, or going to the backup ball. But the bottom line is that Simonsen does not yet have the maturity or "maple moxie" to handle the pressure of being one of the faces of the PBA.  Only thing missing from that telecast was Simonsen sitting with his blankie and sucking his thumb. 

Simonsen was by far having the worst day.  I agreed with everything Randy had to say.  Simonsen acted like a 5 year old.  Acting like a brat 3 shots in tells me something is going on behind the scenes whether in his personal life or something happened before the show that put him in that mood before he stepped on to the tv pair.  Had absolutely nothing to do with a bad rack.

To Gene......comparing Simonsen to Pete is not unfair for the simple fact that 24 year old Pete and Simonsen have a lot of similarities. Pete was suspended more than once due to his behavior.  Want to say one time it was a 6 month and another time it was for an entire season.  My question is what is keeping the PBA from suspending Simonsen?  He has damaged bowling center property to which he basically shrugged it off by saying just take it the money to replace it out of my winnings. 

Another thing I wonder is.......What about Storm and any other sponsors he may have?  Have to think it is in their contract that since he represents Storm Products that they have a right to terminate the contract if his conduct is not up to their standards.  Maybe if he loses some of the perks of his profession that he will then realize the consequences of his actions.  Or...maybe he wont.  But if the only thing people are going to do is stand aside and just offer their opinions about how he is acting, what incentive does Simonsen have to stop? 

I like watching Simonsen because you are not sure what he is going to bring whether it is the 21 mph frozen rope, slow hooking 5th arrow, or going to the backup ball. But the bottom line is that Simonsen does not yet have the maturity or "maple moxie" to handle the pressure of being one of the faces of the PBA.  Only thing missing from that telecast was Simonsen sitting with his blankie and sucking his thumb.

I'm pretty sure there has to be something in his contract (and possibly every rep's contract) regarding this, as they are representing the brand of the company as well as their own personal brand. The company can easily take those actions into consideration and either bring it up for grounds of terminating the contract or not renewing it.

Pete was lucky in that aspect because not only did he have somewhat of a decent rapport with Storm (at least that I can tell; don't know if Dick had anything to do with it), but when the former people at Micro$oft bought the PBA, they wanted to get to know the problem child, which not only saved the PBA, but Pete's career as well..

BL.

Maybe one day, we all will make it to the level of being able to show emotions on TV. If you are at this level and not showing some emotion, when you are doing bad, that is a problem.

I have actually been fortunate enough to bowl twice on local television in a local tournament series stepladder finals.  In one tournament I missed a 10-in.  Yes I was upset, but I just smiled and went about the task at hand.  In another broadcast I was not getting the ball reaction I wanted.  Again, I remained poised and just went about bowling. 

Just because you are on TV doesn't mean you are required to show emotions.  People on TV acting like Simonsen did are demonstrating their emotional immaturity/instability.