166, 176, 224 566 Series
Brand new shirts didn't mean a damn thing as we completely tanked in game 1 with a miserable 753 combined handicap series. My teammate bowled 80 pins under his average and threw a 101. Seriously.
We never got anything together as a team but in game 2 Bill bounced back with a 246! I don't think I've ever in my life seen a 145 pin swing between two games. I on the other hand continually did nothing to contribute. In fact all 3 games began with an open frame for me. I was able to hit X's here and there but nothing was strung together until game 3 where I threw frames 4-9 XXXXXX in a row and then proceded to end the Winter league with a 6-7-10 split. Yeah, that about sums up my season.
Amazingly ending games 2 and 3 with 876 and 896 series' was enough for us to stave off last place in the roll off and we ended up getting third place by just a few pins.
I also watched Kalkowski bowl a 299 game with a broken hand.
So for the last four seasons now we've made the playoffs and each time alternating between a 4th and 3rd place finish (I think).
Maybe I'll look into getting a new ball. The Black Widow is not getting the job done like it did when it was new. I've had it a few years now. Then again I think my main problem is my release with the fingertip grip. I've even concidered going back to the no thumb style approach. But then I don't know if my wrist would hold up and the last thing I would want is to re-injure it and be out of action for months.
Anyways to break down the final numbers on the season:
Final Average- 181.85
Total Games- 84
Total Pins-15,276
Games over 200- 18
600 Series'- 2
Average by Game
Game 1 179.0
Game 2 182.2
Game 3 184.3
A disappointing finish but there's always next year. I'll be taking summer league off like I did last year so no bowling blogs until August.
Duffy J-
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