I finally received my highly anticipated Rogues Friday and got around to throwing them today.  This ball will have some shelf appeal.  I received several comments about how nice the ball looked.

The condition was a left over house shot from the night before but there was still significant oil downlane.  The heads were OK and there was a little burn in the track.  This particular house use to be extremely easy (I've averaged close to 240 there before) but this year they've gone longer with seemingly less volume.  No defined bounce and there is an OB if you are too far right downlane. Not like most house shots in this area.  When I go with stronger covers, I'm forced in and carry suffers because of lack of angle. With weaker shells you loose the recovery right or as they break down become very over/under.  

The Rogue seemed to match up very well, especially the high pin one.  Blended the pattern very well.  Although there was a little burn, recovery or hit didn't suffer at all.  When compared to the Cell, both responded much quicker to the friction and opened the lane up much more for me.  You can see the few shots with the regular Cell when I missed slightly in how it wiggled.  The Rogue still had the guts to turn the corner.  The Pearl Cell was no match for this condition.  Too strong when I missed a little right and not enough when missed in.

I can't wait to get it on fresh but it seems to be exactly a matchup I've been wanting/needing. I absolutely love the Cell and it's been one of the most versatile balls I've had.  I've always wished it had a little more recovery when I needed to get deep as they've broken down but I still wanted the read of the solid.  Great compliment to the original Cell!

http://home.comcast.net/~anthonychapman/Rogue_Cell.wmv

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Anthony Chapman

Roto Grip Staff 2009
   Vise Grips Staff 2009

achappy....

 Very nice review on the Rogue and a well done video. Good job.

jodyk24

I don't know,

I just believe that people with higher revs do better with the Cell line, which is why big Wes does so well with it. I could never get out the ten pin with the cell, I could get to the hole just fine, but just could not carry consistent at all. The Rogue does look like a beast though.
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Hmm..Lets see what I have in this bag...some magic, some hot sauce, and a saw.. how can I loose?


....HG-300(2006 w/Desert Heat)...HS-776 (Hot Sauce Pearl & Ebonite Magic)