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riggs

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Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« on: February 24, 2009, 11:15:38 PM »
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Re: Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2009, 07:22:03 AM »
PDW should be next: 'I got your MILK right here.'
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Re: Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2009, 08:50:49 AM »
I love it.
I would need multiple surgeries if i tried that.


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Re: Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2009, 11:13:31 AM »
I thought his flop was awesome!  Imagine if he accidently let go of the ball at impact.  I'm not sure if it would of cost him the match or not.
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Re: Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2009, 11:19:19 AM »
and that is why he is my hero
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Re: Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2009, 01:18:56 PM »
this may be a dumb question but I don't know the true answer.. When he did it the first time he meant to do it??  It was an intentional celebration?
I don't know the full story behind it.
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Rick Wunder

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Re: Machuga gets commercial deal for the "Flop" in Omaha
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 09:21:26 AM »
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this may be a dumb question but I don't know the true answer.. When he did it the first time he meant to do it??  It was an intentional celebration?
I don't know the full story behind it.
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Although I don't know the full history of the Machuga Flop, I do know that he has been doing it for quite a while - long before he did it on TV.  He would do it as a Pro-Am gimmick.  At the Miller High Life Open a few years ago, they announced over the PA that following the pro-am, Machuga would throw one shot.  If he struck, drinks would be on the house (or more correctly, the title sponsor).  I had never seen him do this, either, but I could tell from what the other pros were saying that something was up.  It was quite entertaining when he actually did it.  He had put on a t-shirt over his bowling shirt.  After the "flop" he moved to the next lane and calmly threw a strike.  Later, he autographed the t-shirt that he wore for the "flop" and gave it to the proprietor.

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