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Long Roller

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« on: December 04, 2005, 12:31:00 PM »
There was a player trying to qualify for this weeks tournament that actually shot a 98.  Not 198, 98.  No lie!!
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BrunsMike

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Re: 98
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2005, 08:41:12 PM »
Yeah, it happens. Probably an amature that got way in over his head. I plan on doing one of those tournaments (PTQ) next year. I'm probably not ready for it but it would be definately worth the experience. Thats what this guy probably thought and why he did it. I dont ridicule him for the low game, god knows it could happen to me and has in the past month. Could happen to anyone. Look at Tommy Jones today, average 210 all week just to get in the TV finals to only shoot a 167, bad games happen to everyone.
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Mike Zadler

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Re: 98
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2005, 08:43:09 PM »
it was a 98 though.  98.  Every time I type it, it doesn't get any bigger.
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BrunsMike

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Re: 98
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2005, 08:47:14 PM »
Okay so he had a bad game, really bad game. Im sure he made the adjustments and did better.
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Re: 98
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2005, 08:51:09 PM »
With what I saw the pros leave on TV today, it doesn't seem that far fetched.  Even Tommy Jones had some bad shots on route to a 167, and he's miles above us.
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Long Roller

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Re: 98
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2005, 08:55:57 PM »
I talked to Rudy Revs and he said he had the same problem with throwing through the breakpoint.  I'm not sure what the problem was.  TJ didn't miss a pin in practice.
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Gene J Kanak

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Re: 98
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2005, 09:50:10 AM »
I bowled the PTQ this week and saw the guy who shot 98. While I felt bad for him, it made me feel better that my 168 in Game 1 wasn't the worst effort out there.  I am friends with a senior regional pro who shot something like an 86 in PBA action, and this guy has cashed in some Tour events. Sometimes everything just goes wrong all at the same time.

On an interesting side note, the TV pair was the pair that I started on. I feel slightly better about my 168 after seeing TJ shoot 167. lol. The condition really seemed to play the same as it did during the PTQ.

I started off trying to play the line that B. Angelo played. He seemed to fight the same problems I did. If he got the ball in a pinch or was just a smidge slow, through the nose. If you got the ball wide or slightly fast, wash-out city. You really had to be precise with speed and revs to make that line work.

I actually went deeper, though not as deep as PDW, TJ, and Shafer were going, during the rest of the set and had a much better look.
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Re: 98
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2005, 09:15:55 AM »
I'm not going to bag on the 98 too bad, but thats why spare shooting is so vital.    Thats a horrible lonely feeling though when everything..  EVERYTHING goes wrong.  Funny thing for me has been in tourneys when that happens, I don't feel like people are looking down on me like "Man that guy sucks!"  mostly I feel the other taking pity on me, and thanking Humbaba it was me and not them as they take my donation!
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