Ok so with the advent of the almighty Youtube and the ability to go back and watch old PBA matches before I got into the sport ( probably about 1998) I've noticed a ton of balls that I flat out don't know what they are or even who made them in some cases.

Now I've figured out some of them by going through the old approved list based around the year they were used, but that doesn't really give me a ton of info on what people thought about them at the time.

Like today, just found out Norm Duke used to throw a ball from a company named Champion that apparently had them poured by Faball.

So ok really what I'm after is those odd little tidbits about how things were, how balls reacted, who threw what when, why they no longer throw it or what ball you wished the would completely reintroduce.

On a side note I've spent the last day or so looking at the matches from the change over from urethane to reactive urethane and the difference it was. Norm Duke wheeling it across the lane in a match or two blew my mind lol. I've pretty much only seen him throw more down and in so it was a bit of a shock to the system.

Dont forget about AZO and Fat Man and Little Boy with the twin pin technolgy.

Dont forget about AZO and Fat Man and Little Boy with the twin pin technolgy.

Raiderh2oboy has those NIB too!

Was Bonanza actually a company or just a brand name that Columbia used to market seconds and blems. 

I had a Fat Man a few years back.  I never seemed to match up really well with the ball, but it was the hardest hitting ball I have ever thrown.

Brad

company call jab had 2 balls a black and a green gator from 1995  made in canton ohio

Depending on company, seconds will be long pins, bad color, too many pin holes, too many patches or some combination of these things.  Nothing that will effect performance. 

I used to throw a Wild Fire made by CSI. I think they also had a ball called the Hypower. Can't remember.

It was my first reactive ball. Lanes needed to be dry for it to hook, but carried well through the pocket.