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riggs

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Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« on: February 27, 2012, 12:07:25 AM »
 



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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2012, 02:15:30 PM »
I would have to say that he's one of the greatest and purely a legend despite the distractions yesterday. It's hard for me to say that he is THE greatest all-time because I don't want to undermine and disrespect the accomplishments of other greats like Aulby, Williams Jr., Weber and Anthony. 

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DON DRAPER

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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2012, 02:30:32 PM »
Nope. He's a great player but not the best ever. He hasn't beaten Walter Ray on TV in years.

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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2012, 02:53:16 PM »
Pete is probably the greatest talent ever.

 

But I can't root for him, his dad was a great ambassador of bowling and Pete was anything but.

 

His drug use is well known. I personally saw him get so drunk at a team challenge event in the 90's that they made him leave and put in a sub.

 

The last 10 or 15 years he has been a basket case on TV. He always seemed to throw a bad shot or two in match somewhere and/or get a bad break and would mentally melt down.

 

And remember that Del Ballard gave him one of his open wins with a gutter on the fill ball.

 

Also I believe his Dad Dick won the BPAA all-star (The predecessor to the Open) 5 times.


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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2012, 03:01:30 PM »

 What?  Maybe the last yr. or 2 he had some problems on TV, but so did a lot of guys... Nobody wins them all... He had a great run there for awhile... Maybe it's because so many have been spoiled by seeing him winning yr. in & yr. out that they get these crazy ideas in their head that he's been bad for 10-15 years... LMFAO!!
 
His dad won it 4 times... He's now won it 5 times, which is the record... Holy cow, you need a new bowling info finder...
Pinbuster wrote on 2/27/2012 3:53 PM:
Pete is probably the greatest talent ever.

The last 10 or 15 years he has been a basket case on TV. He always seemed to throw a bad shot or two in match somewhere and/or get a bad break and would mentally melt down.

 

And remember that Del Ballard gave him one of his open wins with a gutter on the fill ball.

 

Also I believe his Dad Dick won the BPAA all-star (The predecessor to the Open) 5 times.


 
Edited by Monster Pike on 2/27/2012 at 4:02 PM
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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2012, 03:16:09 PM »
I'll admit to the error on the BPAA although it seemed that AMF had a Dick Weber 5-star ball that I thought stood for his 5 all-star wins.

 

While I believe Pete got robbed of a player of the year in 80's he has never been elected as player of the year in tby the  PBA.

 

I'll stand on his TV record the last decade or so. Maybe even going back to the start of the resin era that he had a lot of trouble adjusting to.


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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2012, 04:02:17 PM »
Back when the members of the PBA  voted for player of the year, he got snubbed.  If they used the system  now , he  would have been POY a Few times already.

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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2012, 04:58:47 PM »
If you want to be the greatest of all time you better have the most titles.
 
WRWJr doesn't have that issue to worry about. 


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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2012, 05:06:02 PM »
Well you can stand by your OPINION of his performance on TV the last 10-15 years if you like but it doesn't equate with the facts. His last 5 years haven't been quite up to his previous standard and yet he has won the US Open twice in that span.

 

I think I could settle for that as a sub par stretch...lol.
 



Pinbuster wrote on 2/27/2012 4:16 PM:
I'll admit to the error on the BPAA although it seemed that AMF had a Dick Weber 5-star ball that I thought stood for his 5 all-star wins.


 


While I believe Pete got robbed of a player of the year in 80's he has never been elected as player of the year in tby the  PBA.


 


I'll stand on his TV record the last decade or so. Maybe even going back to the start of the resin era that he had a lot of trouble adjusting to.




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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #24 on: February 27, 2012, 05:11:37 PM »
Lame.  That's all you can say.  Lame.  Would that be the Carmen Salvino in the famous picture of him in the air, both feet off the ground.  Salvino was a fierce competitor and not afraid to get in an opponents face. Man's game! 
 
strikeking wrote on 2/27/2012 12:09 PM:
Weber is the Greatest Jerk of all time.  His "crotch chop", his inter-action with the fans and his "in your face" with other bowlers is unacceptable. I could see Carmen Salvino sitting hter cringing.  No wonder the PBA is in decline.


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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2012, 05:19:51 PM »
I thought that happened in the 1991 Fair Lanes Open, I know in 1987 they bowled the US Open but Ballard won.
Pinbuster wrote on 2/27/2012 3:53 PM:
 


 

And remember that Del Ballard gave him one of his open wins with a gutter on the fill ball.

 





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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #26 on: February 27, 2012, 05:26:38 PM »

 



DON DRAPER wrote on 2/27/2012 3:30 PM:Nope. He's a great player but not the best ever. He hasn't beaten Walter Ray on TV in years.


When was the last time they bowled against each other on TV ?  This had to be many years ago.

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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #27 on: February 27, 2012, 07:06:39 PM »
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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #28 on: February 27, 2012, 08:01:53 PM »
IMO no.
 
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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #29 on: February 27, 2012, 08:54:47 PM »
Del Ballard's gutter ball vs. Pete was the  1991 Fair Lanes Open
 
 
Pete earned every single one of those 5 US Open titles. 
 
If your going to argue about the guy, at least get all of the facts in order.  Get the facts straight before you go all out with the posts.

 
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DON DRAPER

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Re: Is Pete the greatest of all time?
« Reply #30 on: February 27, 2012, 10:15:02 PM »
Stan, the last time they bowled each other on TV was January 31, 2010. Williams, Jr., had little trouble beating Weber 234-178. This was just two(2) years ago. Weber has lost to Williams, Jr., on TV the last 5 or 6 times they have faced each other.

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