I love merkins, my response had more to do with being able to seperate myself from others in my hometown. If you looked up my numbers on bowl.com, then you also realize that it was only for about 24-32 games or so. I'm just not home very much to bowl league. Its more of a social thing for me now to hang out with friends and promote upcoming events that i run. There are 2 or 3 other guys in Springfield that average in the 240s and dozens in the 230s. My point is that there isnt much seperation there. To me the numbers are all relative. I could average 204, but if i come out on top i'm happy. The averages in our area have gotten so inflated that i cant even get the local bowlers to support any tournaments that i run ( and dont bowl in by the way ). I have to draw from Decatur, Peoria and other areas to generate entries. Pretty sad if you ask me.
BTW, my career PBA numbers are :
Regional Tour - 162 events 216.02 average 10 titles
National Tour - 84 events 213.91 average 0 titles
I never said that i wasnt taking advantage of the area thats out there on house patterns, its just that i dont take enough of an advantage. You have to play the lanes a certain way on PBA patterns and sometimes i never unlock my brain to realize i dont have to do that when i'm at home. My equipment arsenal is set up surface wise to compete on tougher, wetter patterns so when i come home i just grab a couple of balls and go bowl. Like i said, i really dont care how i bowl when i'm home, i just focus on mechanics and try to actually enjoy bowling for a change. Butting heads against Mika and WRW every week isnt exactly a barrell of fun, you know !
As for Vengenance, it was just so-so. The Eugene match put me to sleep and the whole Kane-Kane II angle just sucks. I was disappointed in the Foley-Flair match but the Benjamin-Nitro-Carlito match was just awesome !! I think the Edge-RVD match more than held its own, but i still think that DX stole the show ( which they were supposed to do ). If you're a WWE fan its gonna be a fun summer !!! BTW, rumors have been circulating for about a year that the WWE may become one of the Tour sponsors. I'm not sure how true they are or what the chances of that are but i know the PDW, CJ and myself would love to be on that team !
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Bowl up a Storm,
Jeff Carter
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