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DON DRAPER

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WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« on: July 03, 2012, 11:23:08 AM »
Remember, tonight is the night.........7PM( CDT )......ESPN2
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 12:23:22 PM »
should be good watching them bowl on desert sand
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 03:56:16 PM »
let me set my dvr just in case. I will likely fast forward through most of it.
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 07:29:01 PM »
Wow it really is that bad. I don't care how many times the announcers say these women are the best in the world and the conditions are tough, it is still bad tv. I'm a bowler and I will only watch a few more minutes, why would anyone else watch this garbage.

I was mad after two frames when they go to commercial then come back to be in the 7th frame. Now I know why, because it is horrible television. Someone should lose their job for this giant pile of sandy horse $hit.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 07:43:16 PM »
I noticed that too where they would cut away after the 3rd frame and then come back in the 7th.  That was total garbage. 

Another thing that is insane is that the lanes are destroyed to the point where Stefanie Nation and Shannon O'Keefe were actually throwing plastic and the balls are still hooking way too much.  It got to where O'Keefe got rid of the wrist brace so she can get more revs on the DV8 spare ball by throwing it to the right in the 2nd match.  So far with the highest score of 182, it's probably as nasty as it can get.

And now in match 3, Missy Parkin has also opted to go with plastic and is playing inside.

Kelly Kulick has opted for the same in match 4.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 08:14:13 PM »
What the hell are they bowling on? Did they oil the lanes?
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 08:38:18 PM »
Quote from: lsf_21 on July 03, 2012, 08:14:13 PM
What the hell are they bowling on? Did they oil the lanes?

They did oil the lanes.  However, the problem was that there was so much dust with the 15-25mph winds and temps in the mid 80's for most of the night that it basically stripped the oil out to where any resin ball would hook out the back.  Plastic was being used since match 2. 

Here's how it went:

Match 1
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Barnes: Wicked Encounter > Violent Eruption > Freeze hybrid
Nation: Oath > Eruption

Match 2
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Nation: Eruption > White Dot
O'Keefe: Zombie Spare

Match 3
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O'Keefe: Zombie Spare
Parkin: Pink/Black Bam

Match 4
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Parkin: Pink/Black Bam
Kulick: Red/Yellow/Orange Maxim
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2012, 08:38:38 PM »
I was informed that they women had the option of re-oiling between games but since it was not a unanimous vote, it was not done. Hence, the desert they bowled on.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2012, 08:41:30 PM »
ESPN is running it. What did you expect?
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2012, 08:44:48 PM »
Seeing how much the plastic would hook with just the pancake blocks, I wonder how much worse it would have been with something like a Taboo Spare (gas mask core), Storm White Team Storm (optical block) or anything else similar.  Either way, the lane conditions had to have been among the worst I've ever seen on tv.
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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2012, 08:58:30 PM »
Plastic with any core is still plastic and would have been near identical.

Yes seeing the sand on the lanes I don't think it would have mattered much to reoil. Bowling is not intended for those conditions, and neither is the equipment. The lanes were playing such they could have used plastic in the first game since none of them could stay right of the head pin consistently.

Watching that makes we want to go bowl....in about 4 more weeks to get ready for the fall. I will happily stick with golf for now.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2012, 11:15:04 PM »
Quote from: kidlost2000 on July 03, 2012, 08:58:30 PM

Watching that makes we want to go bowl....in about 4 more weeks to get ready for the fall. I will happily stick with golf for now.


I am currently doing both. 1 league to just stay fresh and golf 3 or so times a week.

I know I thought the shot at my house was dry as heck. This made it look like it was flooded 50 feet.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2012, 11:47:32 PM »
Someone who was there told me that they threw away the lanes after the disassemble because the lanes were so trashed they were no longer usable.   Also most of the competitors after the match threw away their bowling balls since they were also no longer in good condition.  I was told one competitor threw away 7 balls because between the practice and the bowling the balls were simply no longer able to used.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2012, 04:33:44 AM »
Considering the equipment is free they can afford to do that. Sand and dust isnt too big or an issue id imagine but would require some good resurfacing. The lanes can also easily be refurbished and sold.
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Re: WOMENS US OPEN TONITE
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2012, 10:31:27 AM »
That's just gotta be a rumor... If that really happened, it was poor sportsmanship on the bowler's part...  A ball is not ruined over 1 or 2 matches unless the lanes were a blacktop or gravel driveway... Please...

Quote from: Bowling 300 900 on July 03, 2012, 11:47:32 PM
Someone who was there told me that they threw away the lanes after the disassemble because the lanes were so trashed they were no longer usable.   Also most of the competitors after the match threw away their bowling balls since they were also no longer in good condition.  I was told one competitor threw away 7 balls because between the practice and the bowling the balls were simply no longer able to used.
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