Is it just the house that I bowl in, or are others seeing a major increase in pocket 7-10 splits?  I know that this leave has become known as the house curse where I bowl, and they always seem to come on the best shots of the night!  And, it almost seems like the higher the average that you carry there, the more solid pocket 7-10 splits you leave.  I know that I have left 3 of them in one set on 6 different occasions in this particular house....and I've left them on consecutive frames, as well as consecutive frames on the same lane.  The better you hit the pocket, the more prone you are to see the 7-10 looking back at you.

Yes, this synthetic house currently runs 42 feet, with a flood in the middle and nothing dry enough outside to get a good bite on.  If the ball comes in a little late in the pocket, you can see the 7-10 before the ball ever hits the rack.  I've had to tighten down my line and play closer to high flush to keep from leaving as many of them.  But, I'm not alone in leaving them in this particular house....it seems like everyone leaves them.  On the higher average leagues, you see them everywhere.  Of course, if I get just a tad too high flush, the 4-9 is just waiting to bite me!