I think I was surprised by the outcome of every match.
There was some awfully good bowling going on there.

Aside:
What is sad is that somehow the PBA thinks that by putting out the PBA equivalent of The House Shot, "Stand left, throw right, Rev the piss out of it and win", will bring the audience back to the PBA. Shutting out everyone but crankers will not win viewers. Everyone on that show could bring the ball back from anywhere.
(No, I don't know what the solution is.)

I think I was surprised by the outcome of every match.
There was some awfully good bowling going on there.

Aside:
What is sad is that somehow the PBA thinks that by putting out the PBA equivalent of The House Shot, "Stand left, throw right, Rev the piss out of it and win", will bring the audience back to the PBA. Shutting out everyone but crankers will not win viewers. Everyone on that show could bring the ball back from anywhere.
(No, I don't know what the solution is.)

It couldn't be that Thunder Bowl probably has the most worn and hooking surface in the midwest, no, it can't be that. Can't be that you cannot give the best players in the world defined friction, nope, can't be that either. Lets just say its "house" equivalent and "rev the piss out of it". 

Malott is not a cranker at all and he would have won if he didnt choke, he had the game in his hand...but the better 10th frame bowler won!

Belmo stepped up in the 10th and Malott did not. It was a very good match and anyone of them could have won. Cudos for a great match!

I thought it was a heck of a show.  Tons of talent and lots of good bowling.  I think it was the first show in a long time in which I didn't care who won.

This was also the show that finally showcased the blue oil.  They showed it before the first match started and you could see how much the pattern had changed from when it was first applied.  Did they change the dye itself?  In previous shows, the color was all over the bowling balls.

Before the final match started they showed the oil again in detail.  Still plenty of oil just left of the 4th arrow, but the stripe of fresh oil in the heads was much narrower.  Looked like a good example of how important launch angle through the front part of the lane is.

Malott is not a cranker at all and he would have won if he didnt choke, he had the game in his hand...but the better 10th frame bowler won!

Belmo stepped up in the 10th and Malott did not. It was a very good match and anyone of them could have won. Cudos for a great match!

Yes Belmo won, but by no means did he "step up" in the 10th....he went face and left a 6-10 and then almost chopped it!  He was just fortunate that Malott balked and didn't commit to the shot after that.

Do not think they changed the dye as I saw Mallots
shirt turning blue from the ball touching it. It was a
good show. Looked to me PDW was a tad nervous.

Quote from: charlest on January 26, 2014, 07:01:42 PM

I think I was surprised by the outcome of every match.
There was some awfully good bowling going on there.

Aside:
What is sad is that somehow the PBA thinks that by putting out the PBA equivalent of The House Shot, "Stand left, throw right, Rev the piss out of it and win", will bring the audience back to the PBA. Shutting out everyone but crankers will not win viewers. Everyone on that show could bring the ball back from anywhere.
(No, I don't know what the solution is.)

It couldn't be that Thunder Bowl probably has the most worn and hooking surface in the midwest, no, it can't be that. Can't be that you cannot give the best players in the world defined friction, nope, can't be that either. Lets just say its "house" equivalent and "rev the piss out of it".

Amen.  What is with the guys on this forum.  I hate the taped shows.  The scoring was too high.  The scoring was too low.  Announcers suck.  OMG, they just stood left and revved the piss out of it while ignoring the fact that ever Randy Pedersen said the National Tour is the young bucks or can put the mega-revs on the ball and play the boomer.  Wonder why Walter Ray is the player of the year two years running on the PBA50 Tour but couldn't get a sniff of a trophy his last two years on the National Tour.  Please, just stop watching the damn thing, clowns.  You're never happy.
 

I thought the show yesterday was good.  I don't think Randy Pederson was really into it for some reason and seemed lost at some times during the show.  Maybe it was uncalled for but Bill O'neill and the shaving cream at the end was awesome in my opinion.