Seems like the PBA can't win for losing. If you go over to their Facebook page, there were people trashing the PBA because they opted for a one-hour format that has an eliminator match among three bowlers and then the championship match. (One post that had me laughing was comparison of the PBA being the only entity that cuts for commercials during the actual competition. Uh, let's see . . . golf does it. NASCAR does it . . . But they didn't acknowledge the championship match went uninterrupted.)

Personally, I thought the production of it had a very clean appearance to it. Probably its best ever in that respect. The other thing that also caught my attention was that it still evoked memories of the World Series of Poker. I think the PBA's biggest challenge is creating a relevant identity in an ever changing and competitive fight for viewership.

I wouldn't compare Anthony Pepe to Dave Davis at all. A left-hander who comes to mind is Mike McGrath, a PBA Hall of Famer whose name gets lost in several conversations.

I was thinking more of the broken wrist that Steve Williams (I'm pretty sure it was Williams) had in the 90s, combined with the form of Brad Snell.

That stance at the end definitely reminds me of Snell.

BL.