Friday - February 24, 2012

Closing In

We split the points Tuesday on Greed League, going 4-3 against a team that we have lots of fun hanging out with. That takes a lot of the pressure off, and we had a good time. I was a small bit over average in the two games we won, and a bit under average in the game we lost. The rest of my team was also down in that game, and our opponents rolled really well, so they beat us fair and square and I can’t blame myself for the loss. 4-3 for the night isn’t going to hurt or help us much, and we remain in 3rd place, a few games down from the guys in 2nd, and a few more from the guys who have been in 1st almost the entire season. With just 10 weeks to go, at least the 1st - 3rd gap is starting to close up a bit, while the 3rd - 4th gap gets bigger ever week. Sweet, for us. I rolled in the mid 5s for the night, 557 or something close to that.

Another 7-0 sweep for my team in Cheap League. Our blitz continues into the second month: 7-0, 7-0, 7-0, 7-0, 5-2, 7-0. Excellent teamwork in Game 3 covering for our guy who was way off, allowing us to win by just 2 pins. At this point we may have even taken 1st place, but it’s hard to say. This league allows for post-bowling with prior permission. We went into it this week being only 7 points down from the 1st place team, and they got slaughtered last night. Or so it seems; both the guys on their team, really superb bowlers, were off snowmobiling up in the Adirondacks, so they’ll do their bowling later. That’s a bit annoying, because now they know exactly how well they have to bowl to win, and those two can bowl well enough to adjust their scores to just the right amount. And next week is yet another position round, so we’ll face them again. Grrr, too many position rounds in this league. “None” is my idea; just play the round robin until the end of the season. I can accept 2 - call them the finals - or even 3, with a position round at the halfway point. But not 7. Especially not when the league only has a dozen teams. We could wind up playing the same team 10 times in 34 weeks. That’s just silly.

I threw a 638 series in Cheap League, and had 6 in a row to start Game 2 for a 248. Somebody has to tell my wife about hex etiquette. Maybe call it hex education. Sure, congratulate a bowler when he throws 3 strikes in a row for a Turkey. Or when its 4 in a row for a Ham Bone. But after that, shut up, because things start to get serious when you’ve got 5 or more strikes in a row ... especially when those are all in your opening frames, which means you could have a perfect game in the works. So don’t bring the jinx by going “Come on, get another strike! Make it 7!” Don’t even mention the run. Just say “cool”, or “awesome” or whatever. A single slow nod of the head is sufficient and cool. And for goodness’ sake, when it’s solid strikes for the first 9 frames, don’t say “just 3 more for a 300”!!!!  Trust me, there’s enough pressure inside your head to keep a streak like that going; you don’t need any extra help from the outside. Especially not when - and it’s happened to me more than once - you’re bowling a perfect game so far and your team is not pulling ahead or still seems to be losing. So yeah, I muffed it in the 7th with a 9/, having to settle for a 149 in the 5th instead of the perfect 5th frame score of 150. And it’s nobody’s fault but mine. Well, actually I blame the 7 pin, which ought to have fallen, the bastard. Just words to the wise; don’t put the hex in, even through good intentions.

Posted by Drew458     on 02/24/2012 at 03:50 PM   
Filed Under: • Bowling Blogging •  
• Comments (0) • Trackbacks(0)  Permalink •  

DISCLAIMER

THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE HOSTS OF THIS SITE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE OR ANY MATERIALS.

Not that very many people ever read this far down, but this blog was the creation of Allan Kelly and his friend Vilmar. Vilmar moved on to his own blog some time ago, and Allan ran this place alone until his sudden and unexpected death partway through 2006. We all miss him. A lot. Even though he is gone this site will always still be more than a little bit his. We who are left to carry on the BMEWS tradition owe him a great debt of gratitude, and we hope to be able to pay that back by following his last advice to us all:

1. Keep a firm grasp of Right and Wrong
2. Stay involved with government on every level and don't let those bastards get away with a thing
3. Use every legal means to defend yourself in the event of real internal trouble, and, most importantly:
4. Keep talking to each other, whether here or elsewhere

It's been a long strange trip without you Skipper, but thanks for pointing us in the right direction and giving us a swift kick in the behind to get us going. Keep lookin' down on us, will ya? Thanks.

THE INFORMATION AND OTHER CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS WEBSITE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALL PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AMERICAN COURTS. IF ANYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS CONSTRUED AS BEING CONTRARY TO THE LAWS APPLICABLE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, THEN THIS WEBSITE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE ACCESSED BY PERSONS FROM THAT COUNTRY AND ANY PERSONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO SUCH LAWS SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO USE OUR SERVICES UNLESS THEY CAN SATISFY US THAT SUCH USE WOULD BE LAWFUL.

Copyright © 2004-2015 Domain Owner