bowled on feb 25,26 at vegas was utterly amazed at how bad the racks were on all 3 pairs we drew - 27/28, 53/54, 55/56.  lane 53 was comical the headpin was left of alignment by a full inch.  really closed pocket and a stuffed packed shot left a solid 10 almost everytime.  on all 3 pairs I bolwed every lane had one pin off.  I personally bowled horrible as I have a knee injury and a severe pulled groin (oh, lots of fun getting that loose without beer) and late me emphatically state, the racks had nothing to do with my scores.  You have to hit the pocket a hair more frequently than I did to blame any rack.  That said I was really disappointed in the racks, I epxected much more - like the pins being set down in place  I come from a town with 3 bowling centers and you cant find 5 good racks in the 50 some lanes so I am used to it.

seems others have a problem with it too as I was hoping I was not imagining it.  My teamamtes never see that stuff like I do.

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"I''d quit this game if I thought anyone would give a damn!"

"If Fishing is a Sport, well then you''re looking at an athlete!"

So what did you shoot? What did you use? What would you change if you could?

I know about the leg problem as I bowled in Reno and then had to have my left knee replaced 2x's.

Shipper

well I bowled about as bad as I can.  In 36 previous games at nationals I had been avg 197, but only rolled 1500 all events.  pathetic.  sshot was really really tough in d/s.  we were 11:40am shift and that is 3rd shift without oiling.  guys in front of us all playing dull oil suckers between 4 and 3rd arrow.  swinging it out.  carrydown was bad outside 13 or 12.  heads were toast.  if I did it over I would have had a super shined up reactive drille to go long and still recover strongly.  cuz I was playing so deep around 4-5 th arrow if it didnt finish it was washout city or flatsville 10 or 8-10.  outside was unplayable and I tried for about 6 frames and it lead you to beleive it was doable but I came to the conclusion I am not norm duke and to move back in.  team was playable and I carried horrible left a bucketload of 10 pins.  missed a few to make things worse even using plastic.  I was so stiff in  my groin I could not make a proper bend off of my approach.  take plastic for 10 pins.  in team there is a playable line from 6-9.  just dont swing it or too fast.  has some hold early.  my fury solid worked well at 1500 grit.  inside was flaky early in team.  tema session disappointed me the most cuz I had a good look and did not execute.  I knew what I had to do but was having problems staying down at line and my knee and groin got worse.  team for me was very playable.  the d/s session was so toasty I had no chance with my 14 mph fluff ball.
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"I'd quit this game if I thought anyone would give a damn!"

"If Fishing is a Sport, well then you're looking at an athlete!"