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dw288

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? about balls used on t.v......
« on: October 18, 2003, 10:44:02 PM »
this may seem like a silly question.with all of the balls on the market to choose from,why do we always see a select few on the t.v. finals?are the PBA conditions that different that a certain number of balls do the the job,is it the ball contracts,etc?i remember back in the 80's all you saw was u-dots,hammers,and the angles.
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Re: ? about balls used on t.v......
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2003, 02:39:14 PM »
today we had an AMF Triumph and Dyno-Thane Vendetta (probably the Particle). When was the last time you saw those two balls on TV??
No idea which Storm Horan was using.
Was Barne's 2nd ball an Inferno or a Blazing Inferno - the color did not look like the pattern of the Inferno?
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Re: ? about balls used on t.v......
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2003, 02:51:11 PM »
Excellent breakdown, Banta.  He's exactly right.  DW, it's probably just because the companies keep coming out with better and better equipment.  The better balls will be seen more.  There aren't too many people on staff with companies anymore, so the free agents will use whatever works.  If Haugen would have been on the show today he'd have used a Black Raspberry and a Raging Inferno, those two gave him the best look all week.  Rick Steelsmith would have used a Power Blitz and a Bruiser.  A couple of those are pretty old balls, but a couple are brand new.  Lol, and yeah, when are you going to see AMF stuff on tv?  I can't stand AMF, but oh well.  And if you'll notice, there's been a lot of diversity in the first few weeks.  Storm, Brunswick, Hammer, Ebonite, AMF, Dynothane . .  Look to see Lane 1, and Roto-Grip, namely, on the show soon.  Delutz will be there eventually, and so will Haugen.  You just don't dominate two different patterns on two different surfaces in back to back weeks without having the skills to punch you through when you get a couple breaks.  The only two companies I'm not sure of are Columbia and Track.  Steve Wilson was using Columbia this week and made it to the round of 16.  That was the highest finish for either company this week, I believe.
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Re: ? about balls used on t.v......
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2003, 04:13:36 PM »
I don’t know if the new stuff is actually better or not. But the incentive money from the manufactures is stacked on the new stuff.

You may have the choice of $1000 to use an older model ball or $3000 - $5000 to use a new model. Since nothing is guaranteed on the show most will go for the sure payday and figure they can find newer equipment that comes close to the old (if not a better look with the new).
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DON DRAPER

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Re: ? about balls used on t.v......
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2003, 04:45:33 PM »
what's really interesting is that norm duke threw an amf triumph almost all week and amf is probably going to go under. i didn't see one other person using amf this week. norm duke could win with a brunswick black beauty...............
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