Norm has thrown almost every ball company in the game!  What equipment do you think gave him the best look.. With the last 3, Storm, Brunswick, or AMF?  I like the look AMF gave him, with the low flaring balls.  All though the first time ever throwing Brunswick he won the tournament in Atlanta.  He has won a few titles with this Storm stuff too.. what do you guys think?  Thought i'd share this article as well.  Congrats to Mr Duke

Norm Duke won the Bowler of the Year Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Award at the 2008 ESPYS presented by Hummer in Los Angeles which aired on ESPN on Sunday, July 20.
The ESPYS celebrate the top moments, most emotional stories and best performances of the past year in sports. Online voting determined the ESPY winners as fans were able to vote for their favorite athletes in each category. Duke beat out fellow PBA stars Chris Barnes and Walter Ray Williams Jr.
“To receive recognition for the efforts required to compete on the highest level in any sport is always meaningful and I am thrilled,” Duke said. “The opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of great athletes, and to be alongside those athletes, is one that I will never take for granted. It’s a special night for sports and I would like to thank ESPN and the PBA for making it possible.”
Duke, who won the Bowler of the Year ESPY in 1995 and 2007, won the final two Majors of the ’07-08 season to secure a three-season exemption despite battling injuries earlier in the season. His victories in the Denny’s World Championship and the 65th Denny’s U.S. Open made him just the sixth bowler in history to win back-to-back Majors and the 10th to win two Majors in a season.

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great point.. you are absolutely right.. never really thought about petes decisions on shows, he has to throw the newest ball on the show when he probably didnt even use that ball the whole week.  i do notice that he doesnt seem comfortable with his reaction on show.. norm duke i think he only uses 2 different balls from storm.. like with amf he only really used 2 maybe 3 balls.. he just had 5 of each of them drilled different.. he likes his equipment to flare very little.  he didn't stick with brunswick long, its like he won the title and hit the high way.  ball reaction look pretty good considering ive never seen norm roll a brunswick ball til then.  it gave me a better idea of how the brunswick equipment rolls.  any other thoughts??

Haha cinnamon apples must be the scent of the spit fire ball?  What color is that ball?  I see him throwing a dark blue purple ball by storm I think.  he likes solid color balls so he can't see the turn on the ball.  i think he played well with the nighthawk menace tour, they designed the ball for him and voss.

I'd say Norm Fits the best with Storm.  As far as Exempt guys go you see a lot of them throwing the older stuff because of comfort.  You have to remember Pete's game is about his entry angle.  The newer stuff gives him that.  He has been throwing the Dimension in some regionals and has been very strong.

Just curious. By what business rationale did you conclude that Parker was worth more than Norm?

Norm's best look has been with the Shift in my opinion, with the green ball coming in a close second.

CC

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After Norm had left AMF to specifically throw Brunswick, he won with the Absolute. Within a couple of weeks of using Brunswick successfully, he approached us for a contract. What HE wanted, we were not going to pay, as it would have entailed him more than what we were paying Parker and that was not going to happen.

There are many guys out there that merely go to the highest bidder...

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