Having been pretty good ( like a fairy tale, Once upon a time....), I can vouch for what Dan is trying to say and what I think Scroggins meant.
League bowling is fun, as a matter of fact, it is all I do anymore. That being said, there was a time I bowled at a MUCH higher level than now. I practiced at least 50 games a week, bowled in 4 leagues, and tournaments every weekend. I got to the point I could FEEL a strike at the release point, I could tell you what pin I would leave on a poorly thrown ball BEFORE it hit the pins because I already knew what mistake I had made in my release. The pros really are that good because, even at my best, I could do no better than hold my own against them, and that was on a really good day.
Yes, I had a small opportunity to turn pro, but I didn't have the time for what it would've taken for me to get to that next level, the one most pros must be on to achieve from week to week, the one Scroggins is competing on and being/trying to be successful on.
I was real good once, now I am just a good league bowler. I have been on both ends and understand where Scroggins remark comes from. He obviously hasn't forgotten where he comes from and obviously is aware of how much difference there is between repeating shots good enough to score in league play and shots good enough for the pro tour. It is a BIG difference.
He meant NO disrespect to you or me as league bowlers, he just knew that performing at a league bowler level is nowhere NEAR good enough to make shots out there, especially if you want to win. "Throwing it like a league bowler" was less an insult to us than a derision of himself and his own abilities. He could have thrown it better than he did and STILL thrown it like a league bowler. Lots of league bowlers wish they could throw it as good as he did.
P.S. Scroggins is the holder of the second highest LEAGUE average ever, a 256.8 average in the 1999-2000 season. He knows the difference between league bowling and pro tournament bowling. Do those who criticize his remark?
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