Yeah I noticed that, but didn't know how far back from the approach it was.
I know once I am on the approach, I don't like to leave for fear of stepping in something.

Quote from: livespive on February 09, 2015, 02:33:38 PM

My other thing is, if they don't want the bowlers placing towels there, why don't they give them a spot to do so.  Once you step on the approach you don't want to step off to get your towel.

It looked like there was a small table right behind the ball return for the bowlers towels and rosin bags.

In every professional sport, there's always a heel, a bad guy, a d-bag. Well, lets welcome PDW to that category. He seems to have a smug attitude about himself every time he bowls a major.

In every professional sport, there's always a heel, a bad guy, a d-bag. Well, lets welcome PDW to that category. He seems to have a smug attitude about himself every time he bowls a major.

Oh, be blunt, for Gods sake. Every time he freaking bowls, he's that way.
Maybe as he has gotten older, he is better behaved off lanes, as a human being, but on lanes, he's still a d*ck! and it seems he will always be one. No, I'm not just talking aggressive; he's  insultingly abrasive in a major way.

Let's be honest here: if he could, if he were bowling you, he'd bite you in the nuts while you're on the approach. if he could get away with it

The poker comparison I made had nothing to do with who throws tantrums.  And I NEVER watch poker, so I wouldn't know.  I do know that somehow poker has managed to become a more lucrative and far healthier "sport" than bowling.

The "Who Do You Think You Are I Am" was a popcorn f*rt overhyped by the PBA with less of a lingering impact.

The poker comparison was to point out that bowling is such a mess that it's been passed by poker.

Weber is one of the most talented bowlers ever.  And bowling has gone from respected to rejected during his career.  The delusional PBA that thinks it's the USTA or PGA still believes the game is healthy while some it's most talented performers live in their cars. I say bowling is either dead or on the verge of death...and has almost no margin for error or foolishness to live again.  The PBA and you seem to view "Who Do You Think You Are I Am" as great proof of bowling's relevance and mass appeal.   I look at how TV networks fall over themselves to throw ever increasing money at live sports in the age of TIVO and the DVR and yet they can't justify live finals for the WSOB or find enough money to stage a US Open.  I'll just say we'll agree to disagree.  Other sports can survive clown acts and even find a way to make them attract viewers.  IMO bowling isn't nearly healthy enough to do so.

Quote from: interstate4 on February 10, 2015, 08:03:46 AM

Good lord...poker gets good ratings and can make people money.  I don't know that bowling ever can again.  Lighthearted celebrity stuff just expands the market.  I have no problem with that.  If I want to see a midget rant and rave over a towel I'll subscribe to the WWE network and look back at old matches.  I won't watch bowling.

You do know you just ruined your whole point by bring up poker don't you? The biggest winners in poker or some of the loudest crybabies ever....in fact Phil Helmuth embraces it so much he calls himself the "Poker Brat". Half of the interest in watching poker on TV is to see Helmuth blow up, or to see Mike Matusow go off on someone....the list goes on and on. So maybe instead of whining like a child yourself....you can grow up and realize that Weber is one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He plays a version of himself on TV. He usually bowls better when he is "upset" over something, it just didn't work this time. How much press did bowling and the PBA get over "Who do you think you are? I AM!" a few years ago? It made Sportscenter, regular news programs, etc.. Didn't see you complaining then? Or you can just continue to call Pete Weber names, like a petualant child, and your next rant can be about yourself. 

Ha ha, the haters will always hate... PDW could bowl circles around all of you & knows more about bowling, surface adjustments, best abralon pads, best cleaners & core specs than all of you wannabees combined...  Keep on hating, LoL!!  Go PDW!!

I'm not sure what this had to do with anything, but I'm generally a fan of PDW, but he acted like a total douche on the show.  Pete is as animated and tries to get in people's head as much as anyone.  He had no business worrying about where a pad was.  Belmo has had his gaffes in the past, but I couldn't care less where his towel/pad was.  A rosin bag could easily leave some residue, but a Storm shammy?  If anything I'd bet that Pete was trying to get into Belmo's head by throwing off his routine.

Quote from: Monster Pike on February 10, 2015, 08:38:08 PM

Ha ha, the haters will always hate... PDW could bowl circles around all of you & knows more about bowling, surface adjustments, best abralon pads, best cleaners & core specs than all of you wannabees combined...  Keep on hating, LoL!!  Go PDW!!

That has nothing to do with the fact that he is not much of a human being.
I accept and admit that he is one of the best bowlers ever. period. No ifs, ands or buts, but he is also one of the worst examples of a human being that ever existed.

Thank you for this sweeping generalization with no substantial basis, thank you. I mean with all the killers, rapists, pedophiles etc walking around, lets put a Pro Bowler in that same ilk.

I have met PDW and he was wonderfully friendly off the lanes. He does many good things off the lanes. Did he get a little worked up on Sunday? Yes! Was it way over the top? Only in a low IQ individual's mind. Did he get upset to the point it cost him the match? I don't know how since he rocked the pocket in the 8th and 9th. He simply seemed to ease up on the shot in the tenth and it took off on him. He was just playing the same game Belmo was. There was a little black table right next to the ball rack and if Belmo wanted to set his towel there he would have. Whether he put his towel on Pete's ball or on the ball rack, doesn't make a difference. They have an agreement that nobody puts their stuff up there , then they shouldn't and anyone who does, is doing it on purpose! Get over it. What happened Sunday doesn't make a bit of difference to anyone who doesn't care about bowling! BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT WATCHING!!!  Bowlers stirred up at PDW are just haters, in the same ilk as the Marshall Holmen haters were. They didn't mean sh*t then and don't now!!

Quote from: charlest on February 10, 2015, 09:19:23 PM

Quote from: Monster Pike on February 10, 2015, 08:38:08 PM

Ha ha, the haters will always hate... PDW could bowl circles around all of you & knows more about bowling, surface adjustments, best abralon pads, best cleaners & core specs than all of you wannabees combined...  Keep on hating, LoL!!  Go PDW!!

That has nothing to do with the fact that he is not much of a human being.
I accept and admit that he is one of the best bowlers ever. period. No ifs, ands or buts, but he is also one of the worst examples of a human being that ever existed.

Thank you for this sweeping generalization with no substantial basis, thank you. I mean with all the killers, rapists, pedophiles etc walking around, lets put a Pro Bowler in that same ilk.

Yeah, he murders the pins... Next they'll be complaining that he says, "Hi mom" at least once a game when the camera pans on him sitting waiting his turn... Yeah, that's a terrible guy...