Yeah, but one of the big blues he sold went to me --- It IS the ball for me ---Thanks, JIM.....On a more serious note, I had another BIG BLUE that had a couple of drillings in it.. first I tried it w/box finish, then I polished it as an experiment--- I went back to the box finish --- I'm not saying that you can't polish a big blue --- saw a post awhile back where a guy was talking about seeing a guy throw a polished BB with a lot of success -- just wasn't what I was looking for in terms of ball reaction. I also have a BBP -- totally different reaction than the BB shined up.