I have wanted to get this ball since it was released, and just never did. I got one from a fellow ballreviewer and all I had to do was put a slug in it to adjust the span.

Drilled: Pin above bridge and slightly left, cg kicked out about half an inch from the grip center

Lane condition: 38 ft buffed to 44ft, heavy oil in middle, tapered out to the gutter.

Wood Lanes


LINE: I was standing with my feet on 21, targeting 8 board at the arrows

REACTION: LONG and extremely strong. Skid flip reaction for me, but this ball seemed to actually read the mids really well for a pearl reactive.

IMPACT: I was very suprised at how hard this ball SMASHES the pins. I expected it to hit hard, but nothing like it does. When it hits the pocket and the bowler didn't pull it into the soup at all, there was no doubt the pins were all flying back.

READABILITY: I do not see this ball being a ball to read the lanes with at all. I see this as a ball to go to if your "benchmark" ball is a little too strong or reacting too soon on the lane.

OVERALL: This is the ball I have been looking for since my Hex Darkside was stolen. Very similiar to the Darkside in all aspects, except I think it will not be able to handle carrydown as well as the Darkside did. The Crunch Time is definately a ball that every bowler should have in their bag.

No worry about nit picking.

When I line up with the inside of left foot on 21...this places my shoulder at about 15-13 board, which also means I am sending the ball slightly (you are correct about the setting it down at 12 board). HOWEVER....I did not worry about where the ball was starting at, as long as I was at 8 board or close to it at the arrows, I was in good shape.

Sorry about the EX, since one can never see all the ball path, I feel the setdown and where it crosses is more important than where you stand.

A pretty big drift crept into my game and as that threw me off for a while. Now I have better game and my setdown was closer to my body and that changed my feet once. I figure that out I was better. now I have improved some and my set down is closer but I don't know how much. I need someone to watch me because my spare shooting system needs to move a few boards.


My teammate picked up a used one and it does hit hard. for a pearl, it handles a lot of oil.

I have noticed that some pearl resins can handle a lot more oil that one would think and some resins hook less?

I hate when companies give names to there coverstocks instead of saying med load particle or pearl resin


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"deserves got nothing to do with it."
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Anthony and charlest, I definately prefer to have pin under the bridge or ring finger for myself, but I did not want to put plug into the ball. PLUS it was laid out pretty close to what my Darkside was and I WAS still in search of the ball to replace that one. Crunch Time is awesome, I could not be more happy with it---even if my scores did stink.


Omega, I do not have a drift so to speak, but where I line up, my slide foot ends up 5 boards right of there. My body stays in the same spot, but as I slide my foot goes right to center itself under my body for balance.