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machine189

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Sandbagging
« on: August 11, 2009, 03:42:49 AM »
What are you thoughts on it? Are you for it or do you hate it?
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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #31 on: August 12, 2009, 12:35:24 PM »
The only real way to get rid of sandbagging would be to make every tournament everywhere scratch.  That's not going to happen, so sandbagging isn't going away.
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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #32 on: August 12, 2009, 12:56:19 PM »
Like Stanley said in Kingpin "make his left hand look like his right hand" I say put both of a sandbaggers hands in a meat grinder! And I still think sandbaggers are nothing but chicken&hit$!
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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #33 on: August 12, 2009, 07:30:56 PM »
i have consistently averaged around 186 the last 4 years and every 3 months i bowl in a county tournament for fun with co-workers. Well i shot a 814 in the last tournament, so i must have been sandbagging for four years? People go up and down and have moments of greatness and moments of crap. Why do you think the USBC never does anything about it??? I had the luckiest day of my life bowling, and im sure many people at the tournament were tempted to pull the "sandbagging" card and complain. The rule itself of sandbagging is ambiguous, meaning it's unclear or open to interpretation. I'd be pissed if someone accused me of sandbagging when i wasn't and had the nerve to report it to USBC. Just bowl and beat someone scratch that way there is no doubt who may be "sandbagging."
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gbrown

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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #34 on: August 12, 2009, 09:35:54 PM »
I think bagging is fine as long as you dont go crazy.  I think bagging is go for the people that want to bowl with there friends and people who are good but not real good.
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BenD

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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #35 on: August 12, 2009, 09:49:07 PM »
Its the reason I dont bowl handicapped tournaments anymore. I have no chance unless i shoot at least 740-750 scratch.
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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #36 on: August 12, 2009, 10:15:55 PM »
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i have consistently averaged around 186 the last 4 years and every 3 months i bowl in a county tournament for fun with co-workers. Well i shot a 814 in the last tournament


You probably won scratch too. I am not saying people don't have career nights. But in the earlier example it was two people below 150 average and they both had great nights compared to their average. When that occurs I think a red a flag goes up.

These people need to be looked at not just oh well they have a career night. If you don't do anything then it only tells them they can do it even more. They will establish lower averages. I think in that example...my opinion these people did that. Kept a lower average just to make sure they got that first place.

When I started back in bowling I knew a guy at work. We got to talking and he was telling me he subbed in a league the previous year. Well he bowled enough games to establish an average. That average was 166. He didn't do well in that league cause he didn't have his equipment (He just moved to the area and his stuff was still at his parents house). He was using a house ball.

So he looked at this as an opportunity to get some cash. He normally bowls around 200. He enters a tournament and gets through first round. Then he meets up with a guy who has a 160 average. Well my coworker throws 2 open frames in the first five then throws a split in the sixth. His opponent has several strikes and my coworker walks off the lanes. He wasn't expecting to meet up with another bagger.

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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #37 on: August 12, 2009, 10:42:05 PM »
I love the sandbraggers,the one's who tell you their bagging and clean up.I get in the scratch pots and if I win it's like 5 bucks while all the bagger's are makeing a living.
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Re: Sandbagging
« Reply #38 on: August 12, 2009, 11:54:11 PM »
I used to bowl the virtual tournaments.  Started to track one of the bigger winners.  Noticed that he would get into 2 or 3 brackets and have a really bad week.  The weeks he got into 10-20 brackets he would bowl 700 series.  After a couple of really good weeks, he would get into 2 or 3 brackets and bowl a low 500.  I guess he could predict when the ten pins would not fall.  I quit bowling the virtual tournaments after that.
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