Post by: 10 In The Pit Pro Shop on January 31, 2010, 03:10:24 AM
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Post by: BadShot on January 31, 2010, 11:11:28 AM
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That which does not kill me makes me stronger . . .
Post by: 10 In The Pit Pro Shop on January 31, 2010, 11:12:11 AM
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Post by: strikecing on January 31, 2010, 11:18:35 AM
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Raceway Lanes FOREVER!!! ROYAL PIN You ARE WHATS WRONG IN INDY!!!!
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1 tropical storm pin down below the bridge
Post by: mrteach3 on January 31, 2010, 11:19:44 AM
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Who needs a 300 or 800, when I have a 294 and a 295!?!?!
Post by: 10 In The Pit Pro Shop on January 31, 2010, 11:23:08 AM
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Post by: Juggernaut on January 31, 2010, 11:27:55 AM
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Post by: n00dlejester on January 31, 2010, 11:53:17 AM
This is a very entertaining show. PDW is a man on a mission, and calling fools out for cameras lol. I love it.
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Post by: BadShot on January 31, 2010, 12:02:24 PM
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That which does not kill me makes me stronger . . .
Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on January 31, 2010, 12:12:38 PM
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Post by: completebowler on January 31, 2010, 12:17:18 PM
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....Richard Simmons' husband as far as I'm concerned. I'm crafting a resume' right now for next week's telecast. That is of course, after 30 minutes of research on the sport. F&%$K You, ESPN.
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+1......fvcking ESPN is killing the PBA....did you see the promo's for next week? It is getting ridiculous.
I liked the new Storm commercial though....it seems to me that the ball companies should be putting more ads together and buying air time.
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Post by: ctwings10 on January 31, 2010, 12:35:44 PM
I find nothing wrong with bringing in some different personalities that might bring in a different audience. As both a bowling fan and someone who reads his columns, I thought it was fine for a one-time affair.
Post by: Thunder835 on January 31, 2010, 12:56:18 PM
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Post by: iowalefty on January 31, 2010, 01:26:51 PM
if we are going to villify bill simmons, and by extension his followers, and by further extension casual couple times per year bowlers, then bowling as a SPORT really will die.
let the sports guy get kelly kulick on his podcast, or write an article about her, and maybe another avenue for growing the SPORT of bowling is opened.
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Post by: strikecing on January 31, 2010, 02:09:55 PM
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Mike J Laneside should be in the booth.
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+1
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Raceway Lanes FOREVER!!! ROYAL PIN You ARE WHATS WRONG IN INDY!!!!
high score: 300 (1/10/07 Tropical Storm)
My Arsenal
Storm 2nd D pin over ring finger
Columbia300 Perfect Rival pin above the bridge
Storm Rapid Fire Pearl Pin above ring finger
Columbia Messenger Low RG stacked label
Brunswick Inferno Pin above Bridge
1 tropical storm pin down below the bridge
Post by: Bill Thomas on January 31, 2010, 02:10:55 PM
I too thought the Storm commercial was great.
Post by: bolngod on January 31, 2010, 02:16:40 PM
Post by: renaissanceman517kak on January 31, 2010, 02:32:49 PM
Post by: JessN16 on January 31, 2010, 03:42:20 PM
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Mike J Laneside should be in the booth.
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Nobody outside of this community knows who Mike J Laneside is.
I don't know why the comments continue to roll in, because it's already been mentioned twice in the thread -- the PBA did this because Bill Simmons has an audience somewhere else. They're trying to bring that audience to bowling. Simmons gets incredible amounts of traffic on ESPN.com and his other ventures and it's likely more than a few people tuned in today to hear him and couldn't care less about the bowling.
If the objective is to increase audience numbers, this is the kind of thing you do. No, you don't bring Bill Simmons on to cater to the hardcore bowling audience. I think that should tell you what you need to know right there: ESPN is focusing on trying to grow the sport. If it pi**es off a bunch of hardcore bowlers, they don't care, because making the hardcores happy isn't going to grow the audience. Non-bowlers don't tune into the telecast to hear pithy banter about a sport they don't know much about.
As for the media buzz following Kulick, Stone mentioned they tried to get her on the show today and she had something else to do. She kind of took herself out of the picture, sounds like.
Jess
Post by: Uncle Crusty on January 31, 2010, 03:56:16 PM
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You guys need to get over yourselves...
+1,000,000
I can't wait for the day when people are just happy bowling still has a TV slot instead of crying about every slip of the tongue, cstchphrase that isn't "pure," special guest in the booth, etc. If you guys expect the PBA telecast to cater to just hardcore bowlers and include nothing but technical analysis, you clearly don't realize that ratings come from casual bowlers and non-bowlers. Simmons is hilarious (I'm from New England, so I'm biased), and I'd much rather listen to some guy crack jokes and improve ratings than listen to two stiffs talk about thumb pitches and ball surfaces and PAPs for 90 straight minutes.
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Post by: ctturtle on January 31, 2010, 04:00:36 PM
I have enjoyed seeing some new faces make the telecasts and win. Nice job today Michael Fagan.
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Post by: ebo4life on January 31, 2010, 04:05:00 PM
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Post by: Uncle Crusty on January 31, 2010, 04:10:45 PM
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But calling Walter Ray a Power bowler?????
So? Did that bother you that much? The world knows he's not a bowler, he was there for entertainment. And if you could see through every nitpicky mistake and error, you'd see that he was entertaining.
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Post by: renaissanceman517kak on January 31, 2010, 04:38:31 PM
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But calling Walter Ray a Power bowler?????
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So what???
Post by: ebo4life on January 31, 2010, 04:47:23 PM
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Post by: DOconTEX on January 31, 2010, 04:47:25 PM
Other than that, hated to see PDW crash and burn in the tournament named after his dad.
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Post by: wphill02 on January 31, 2010, 05:58:59 PM
Also, it was Stone's idea for Simmons not to do any homework on his podcast. Simmons said there were two ways he could go, either study really hard for the broadcast or since he was the 3rd person in the booth, go in cold and ask randy questions that someone that isn't a serious bowler would be asking. Stone told him it would be better to go in cold and ask questions so don't put all the blame on Simmons. At least he did something for bowling which is a lot more than most others.
Post by: Motogp69 on January 31, 2010, 06:00:18 PM
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Is it just me or this guy super annoying?
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A waste of air. I prefer Stone and Pederson by themselves or another bowler in the booth.
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Post by: NeverLearn on January 31, 2010, 06:23:03 PM
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But calling Walter Ray a Power bowler?????
So? Did that bother you that much? The world knows he's not a bowler, he was there for entertainment. And if you could see through every nitpicky mistake and error, you'd see that he was entertaining.
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but the people who tuned in to see "Bill Simmons" and trust his judgment, do not know that!
Post by: completebowler on January 31, 2010, 06:23:35 PM
When I tune into a sporting event I want to hear intelligent and insightful commentary. Not guys yucking it up being stupid.
Now if you can accomplish both then great but I turn bowling on to see bowling...not some half-azzed comedy act.
Whatever happened to Duke, Voss, or Barnes as the third booth man? Those shows were great.
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Post by: NeverLearn on January 31, 2010, 06:25:14 PM
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While I agree Simmons doesn't know a lot about bowling, it's nice to have a big sports personality that will actually go to a tournament and sit in the booth. Jim Rome uses his show to personally attack bowling yet Simmons actually comes on trying to help the sport and you guys all bash him. He even had Stone on his podcast on ESPN and they talked bowling for 15 minutes.
Ignorance causes as much if not more problems than intentional lyng.
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Also, it was Stone's idea for Simmons not to do any homework on his podcast. Simmons said there were two ways he could go, either study really hard for the broadcast or since he was the 3rd person in the booth, go in cold and ask randy questions that someone that isn't a serious bowler would be asking. Stone told him it would be better to go in cold and ask questions so don't put all the blame on Simmons. At least he did something for bowling which is a lot more than most others.
And it's taken Stone, what 5 years, to accumulate the least tidbit of bowling knowledge?
Damage done.
Post by: Dave_in_Rio_Rancho on January 31, 2010, 06:29:39 PM
What was Michael Fagan throwing?
I am "assuming" it was the Mission however with the Ebonite site having the worst graphics around it is hard to tell from their ball graphic. Then too, Ebonite doesn''t seem to be a big seller in my area so I have never seen most of their stuff in person.
Thanks
Edited on 1/31/2010 10:17 PM
Post by: RadioActive on January 31, 2010, 06:30:35 PM
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Post by: Spider Man on January 31, 2010, 06:43:11 PM
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You guys need to get over yourselves...
B/c Ludacris is in the booth next week? I doubt I even watch that pile of douche next week.
Post by: Spider Man on January 31, 2010, 06:46:18 PM
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Mike J Laneside should be in the booth.
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Nobody outside of this community knows who Mike J Laneside is.
I don't know why the comments continue to roll in, because it's already been mentioned twice in the thread -- the PBA did this because Bill Simmons has an audience somewhere else. They're trying to bring that audience to bowling. Simmons gets incredible amounts of traffic on ESPN.com and his other ventures and it's likely more than a few people tuned in today to hear him and couldn't care less about the bowling.
Jess
It would have made more sense to have Kenny Mayne, since he did the Detroit documentary.
Post by: Boos on January 31, 2010, 06:50:14 PM
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I can't wait for the day when people are just happy bowling still has a TV slot instead of crying about every slip of the tongue,
We are happy but for gods sake get a commentator with Randy
Post by: Crankenstein300 on January 31, 2010, 09:26:40 PM
So I will be the first to say: Get over yourselves
This event is for Chris Paul's foundation, and raising money and awareness for that. So who cares if they go out and screw around. I find Ludacris to be a strange addition, but maybe Paul knows him.
But either way, the show won't be about execution of bowling so take it for what it is.
As for today's show, I like Simmon's ESPN material, but I think this was a failed experiment. It may have been ESPN's idea and the PBA did it for them or the PBA's motto of any kind of press is good press might have convinced them this was a good idea, but they never should have kept him on the entire show in the booth.
Post by: The Stroke on February 01, 2010, 09:35:45 AM
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Post by: Spider Man on February 01, 2010, 10:22:38 AM
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I did not enjoy Bill Simmons and his attempt at commentating on a PBA telecast. He reminded me of Tony Kornheiser on Monday Night Football. Neither one added anything to the telecast.
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At least he didn't remind anyone of Jim Rome.
Post by: renaissanceman517kak on February 01, 2010, 10:34:24 AM
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Post by: Spider Man on February 01, 2010, 02:20:29 PM
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The tour telecasts are really becoming a pathitic joke the fans acting like a bunch of fags with the celebrity faces on a stick, ham bone signs, dicks like that Bill simmions asking why the guys were kissing their bowling ball...I watched 1 finals show this year because it is f'in gay anymore and that was this weekend what a bad week to pick only watched because PW made the show.
Yes! What was the point behind Brad Pitt's head on a stick??
Post by: Spider Man on February 01, 2010, 02:23:29 PM
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If there's one thing I have learned on this site, is that there can truly be snobs for any endeavor and activity on earth...you guys remind me of Paul Giamatti's wine snob character in "Sideways"
Snobs? Really? Maybe some of us don't want the sport turned into a mockery by jim rome wannabe's, but god forbid we voice our thoughts. so sorry. Not!
Post by: renaissanceman517kak on February 01, 2010, 02:30:05 PM
snobs...