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Necromancer

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151 - 160
« on: November 25, 2007, 05:31:05 AM »
Yeah I know the lane condition is hard.  Yeah I have bowled in PBA patterns and even harder patterns.  Yeah they are all better than me.  But let's get serious.  You can bowl better than 151 and 160 just throwing it straight.  I bet if WRW was on the show and had 100 games to bowl, he still wouldn't bowl no 160.  That was truly embarrassing for professional bowling today.  

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Dan Belcher

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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2007, 01:39:16 PM »
I shot a 111 once on the Shark pattern in my PBA Experience league over the summer.  I would have done better by throwing my plastic ball straight at the pocket, but knowing my luck I'd leave an 8-10 or 7-9 every time I did that.

(For what it's worth, the Shark is the only pattern I've never been able to figure out.  I shot a couple 200 games on it, but most were in the 160 range.  Over/under reaction and horrible carry no matter what I did)
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2007, 01:54:10 PM »
I thought it was a good match and not embarrassing at all.  Shows that they're human too.

Why didn't they just point it at the pocket and take 9/ to the bank?  If they knew their opponent would shoot <160, I'd bet money that's what they'd've done.  But you gotta keep trying to strike, because you never know when the other guy is going to figure something out.  Brad just came off of 500+ for two games, the right adjustment could mean another four or five bagger.  Chris is just phenomenally talented and is liable to figure it out too.  You gotta keep trying to find something because the other guy just might find it too.

It would have been an awesome feat for one to just decide to take the straight game and live with the weak 10s, truly gutsy, but I don't fault either one for trying to stick with what could have started working at any time.

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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2007, 02:12:19 PM »
Because they also weren't just bowling for one game, i can MAYBE understand the "fire it at the pocket and go 9/" logic if they're in the championship game, but remember, not only were they trying to win that game, but they were trying to still get, and stay, lined up for the championship game.

And no, that's not thinking too far ahead, that's just being smart.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2007, 02:13:12 PM »
There's no doubting that Brad played the line great in the first two games,the ran into a huge breakdown in the third game.His gourth game wasn't too bad either,with the ball change that he made.
 Personally,the line and ball change that Mika made seemed to make the lanes look almost too easy,given the pro bowler's ability to repeat shots.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2007, 02:41:03 PM »
I lost even more respect for Barnes at the end of this game.  He was making HORRIBLE shots and at the end was whining about not breaking down even one split.  Maybe if he would have manned up and bowled better he wouldn't have had to worry about luck.  The man has an incredible game and a ten cent head, I'll start calling him Nuke Laloosh (sp?).
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2007, 04:06:17 PM »
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I lost even more respect for Barnes at the end of this game.  He was making HORRIBLE shots and at the end was whining about not breaking down even one split.  Maybe if he would have manned up and bowled better he wouldn't have had to worry about luck.  The man has an incredible game and a ten cent head, I'll start calling him Nuke Laloosh (sp?).


I agree man.  I used to support Barnes and considered him a top 3 or top 5 bowler.  But I don't think he is choking.  I just think he isn't that good anymore.  He has been using the same game his whole career (mostly straight, fast, with lots of spin, and about 2 boards from the 20).  He needs to change something.  He just looks terrible on TV nowadays.  

I hope Robert Smith can be on TV for a long time.  He represents everything fun and good about bowling at the highest level.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 04:10:11 PM »
I believe Brad deserved it today, but the better man did win. Angelo was the best I've ever seen him on TV. He did great.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2007, 04:12:29 PM »
I believe, unless you were there bowling on it, you have no right to criticize the scores.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2007, 04:14:27 PM »
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Yeah I know the lane condition is hard.  Yeah I have bowled in PBA patterns and even harder patterns.  Yeah they are all better than me.  But let's get serious.  You can bowl better than 151 and 160 just throwing it straight.  I bet if WRW was on the show and had 100 games to bowl, he still wouldn't bowl no 160.  That was truly embarrassing for professional bowling today.  

The only person I respect on the whole telecast as a legitamate elite bowler / athlete is Robert Smith.

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Crankenstein300

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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2007, 04:22:30 PM »
Until you've bowled a single game on a broken in TV pair for the dollars, you may want to rethink your whole "legitamate" bowler opinion.
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Let It Bleed

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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2007, 04:26:54 PM »
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Yeah I know the lane condition is hard.  Yeah I have bowled in PBA patterns and even harder patterns.  Yeah they are all better than me.  But let's get serious.  You can bowl better than 151 and 160 just throwing it straight.  I bet if WRW was on the show and had 100 games to bowl, he still wouldn't bowl no 160.  That was truly embarrassing for professional bowling today.  

The only person I respect on the whole telecast as a legitamate elite bowler / athlete is Robert Smith.

DISCUSS!
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I agree man. I used to support Barnes and considered him a top 3 or top 5 bowler. But I don't think he is choking. I just think he isn't that good anymore.


He must be not good on Thursdays and Fridays as well...because I guess 3 shows in a row are what 'people who just don't have it anymore' tend to do


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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2007, 04:41:16 PM »
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The only person I respect on the whole telecast as a legitamate elite bowler / athlete is Robert Smith.


Robert Smith is better than I will ever be, but grip it and rip it is not talent.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2007, 04:55:11 PM »
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The only person I respect on the whole telecast as a legitamate elite bowler / athlete is Robert Smith.


Robert Smith is better than I will ever be, but grip it and rip it is not talent.
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Re: 151 - 160
« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2007, 05:03:57 PM »
He played the lanes as anybody would with his rev rate. I was thinking that Barnes could have done that. He is very capable of it. As far as "grip and rip isn't talent" your an idiot. He is former junior and adult team usa along with all those titles because of his talent.
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