So, some of you may remember that awhile back I asked ESPN.com's "Sports Guy" Bill Simmons about his friend Rob Stone doing PBA commentary this year.  Bill mentioned he was going to be on a PBA broadcast sometime this year with Rob.  Well, yesterday it got mentioned again when Bill linked to the article Steve Gortches wrote about the hambone phenomenom.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/links/080303

"Uh-oh. My buddy Rob Stone is taking a beating from bowling fanatics for having the audacity to enjoy himself during PBA broadcasts. Is it going to help matters or hurt matters when I join Stoner for a PBA telecast this month as the third guy in the booth? I'm going out on a limb and saying it'll hurt matters. Oh well."

I liked Dave Ryan (okay, boo if you must.)  He wasn't great, but he was a decent announcer.  With that being said, Rob Stone is definitely growing on me.  Come on, he has people making up signs (a lot of kids too) and coming up with different call-signs.  That is great.  

I even heard one of our serious bowlers yell "We got a hambone" during a 40-frame game exercise last Friday.  No, I won't I identify this person, but I felt the same way.  "Hambone!"  Cool.  You have got to keep it fun or the folks won't tune it.  Just my opinion.

MrMustang300