Oh ya, I can't wait. I've been every year in Dallas since 2000 when I got to see final round robin match play and got hooked after that. In 2002 I went to the match play and the tv show where Ritchie Allen won his first title. Then in 2003,2004 and 2005 I started going to the qualifying and the match play. The tv show isn't that great to me. But since I was disappointed when the scedule came out they didn't come to Dallas as the center changed management, I was afraid they might not come back to DFW for awhile. I was going to drive to Tulsa or Denver but changed my mind but I did go to the Motel 6 Challenge after missing it in my hometown last time around and went to the one in Lewisville and was a blast.

Irving AMF is an interesting choice for a PBA tournament. I would of thought the Forum in Grand Prarie or City View Don Carter in Fort Worth would be a better choice. In my opinion, this house in Irving is tougher then most any other AMF and other houses in Dallas/Fort Worth in general. It will be interesting to see players play deep on Pattern B. I wouldn't be suprised to see some bowlers attempt a hard right and in shot, and I think scores will be lower then most would think.

I made my prediction who will win the tournament before the season when we all made all kinds of predictions even though most of mine have been wrong, I still stand by it.
The show will be:

Danny Wiseman
Tommy Jones
Jeff Carter
Tommy Delutz

Danny Wiseman is the winner.

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Yeah Brian...I think your right....I use to live a couple of blocks from that AMF Irving house....I didnt bowl league there, but I practiced there a lot since it was so close.....it was always a challenging shot for me...Scores should be a little lower than usual....too bad i moved backed to Houston...I Would have loved to walk over to see the qualifying matches....Oh well, you guys have fun....I`ll be watching Sunday.

Earl


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...Billy Oatman, a left hander, was drifting right and piping a low rev ball to the right pocket (his brooklyn)  off the right corner.  I couldn't figure that out.  

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, who was watching Del, is better looking in person than on TV.  Del Ballard had a pretty good night.  

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I tried a similar line as Oatman in state tournament a few years ago and had a lot of success with it. That's the line I will always try to play on a reverse block condition.

As for the Dorin's, they look like they each go though a can or two of hairspray every time they're on TV. That must be an East Coast thing because I never see the big, styled hair out west.
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