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Title: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: spmcgivern on August 22, 2018, 06:17:04 AM
http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2018/08/21/rob-stone-returns-play-play-announcer-fox-sports-telecasts-2019-go-bowling-pba-tour (http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2018/08/21/rob-stone-returns-play-play-announcer-fox-sports-telecasts-2019-go-bowling-pba-tour)

I didn't realize Randy has been doing color for 17 years.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Cornerpin on August 22, 2018, 07:01:07 AM
Simply inexplicable how Randy Pedersen keeps getting jobs on TV.  He is the worst.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Mbosco on August 22, 2018, 07:31:31 AM
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: DP3 on August 22, 2018, 10:40:08 AM
This is literally the best thing that could have happened to the PBA. I'm not even being my normal sarcastic self this time. Hambone $tone is back to save the game!
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Kegler300800 on August 22, 2018, 10:54:28 AM
I think I just threw up in my mouth.

I read once that Rob Stone left ESPN because he hated the bowling assignment. He's probably just towing the company line until he gets a new job.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: DP3 on August 22, 2018, 11:06:09 AM


I read once that Rob Stone left ESPN because he hated the bowling assignment. He's probably just towing the company line until he gets a new job.

You are 100% wrong on this one my friend. Rob Stone took a hefty contract to sign with Fox Sports Net as a lead studio host in 2012 and he was assigned to cover lots of Soccer which is the sport he came from. I was on a layover in SFO about 4 years ago where I met Rob Stone at an airport bar and we talked bowling for 30-40 minutes uninterrupted. He didn't have to do that with a random stranger in an airport. What I took out of it is, you'd be hard pressed to find a "casual" fan who loves the sport of bowling more than Rob Stone.

but in typical bowler fashion.... we often hold contempt for the casuals, who are the very people we need to grow the audience and bring in more eyes & people to the sport. Anything to freshen up the game, I'm down for. The people remaining in it are some of the most soul-draining, miserable, apathetic people left on earth.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: tommygn on August 22, 2018, 11:18:27 AM
Rule #1 in successful business:

Know your customer base and audience.

Rule #2 in successful business:

Generate now customers and a new audience without alienating your current customer base and audience.

Rule #3 in business:

Refer to rules 1&2.

Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: BowlingForDonuts on August 22, 2018, 11:19:43 AM
Rule #1 in successful business:

Know your customer base and audience.

Rule #2 in successful business:

Generate now customers and a new audience without alienating your current customer base and audience.

Rule #3 in business:

Refer to rules 1&2.

But those three rules interfere with the chummy old boys club that is bowling currently so yeah we won't be following those.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Walking E on August 22, 2018, 12:08:03 PM
I've always been on TeamRobStone so I'm happy with the news. He brings a lot of enthusiasm to the broadcasts. I'm also happy that Kimberly Presser is returning as she's a good presence on the shows.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: charlest on August 22, 2018, 12:43:42 PM
http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2018/08/21/rob-stone-returns-play-play-announcer-fox-sports-telecasts-2019-go-bowling-pba-tour (http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2018/08/21/rob-stone-returns-play-play-announcer-fox-sports-telecasts-2019-go-bowling-pba-tour)

I didn't realize Randy has been doing color for 17 years.

It just seems like forever.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Juggernaut on August 22, 2018, 02:07:51 PM
I've always been on TeamRobStone so I'm happy with the news. He brings a lot of enthusiasm to the broadcasts. I'm also happy that Kimberly Presser is returning as she's a good presence on the shows.

 But,,,,,,,but,,,,,,,Don’t you miss Jackie Bowling?

(https://www.ballreviews.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jackiebowling.com%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2Fimages1%2Fdscf4058.jpg&hash=5d1bf5cb68beeec9ffe480308b54cd7f4c65fed0)
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: spencerwatts on August 22, 2018, 02:17:22 PM
I think the PBA would have served itself better with new faces all together. But this could be seen as the PBA in transition so fsmiliarity is the best recipie.

More than likely, I'm sure I'll end up falling asleep while watching most PBA events online via YouTube or XtraFrame on Flo Bowling. As for FOX Sports, well, let's just say it's one of several FOX channels I avoid the few times I do watch television.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Impending Doom on August 22, 2018, 03:40:20 PM
I like Rob Stone. He's the best out of those other schmucks they put with Randy.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: AlonzoHarris on August 22, 2018, 04:29:15 PM
Should have replaced Randy with Marshall Holman.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Walking E on August 22, 2018, 08:27:22 PM
I've always been on TeamRobStone so I'm happy with the news. He brings a lot of enthusiasm to the broadcasts. I'm also happy that Kimberly Presser is returning as she's a good presence on the shows.

 But,,,,,,,but,,,,,,,Don’t you miss Jackie Bowling?

(https://www.ballreviews.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jackiebowling.com%2Fgallery%2Fdata%2Fimages1%2Fdscf4058.jpg&hash=5d1bf5cb68beeec9ffe480308b54cd7f4c65fed0)


Well yeahhhhh. Wonder what she's doing these days?
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: SG17 on August 22, 2018, 09:43:34 PM
I cant stand Rob Stone; I cant watch anything that he is a part of.  guess I wont be watching much PBA.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Cornerpin on August 23, 2018, 08:18:03 AM
Should have replaced Randy with Marshall Holman.
Or a tree stump, would still have been better
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: backswing.aplenty on August 23, 2018, 09:48:30 AM
Should have replaced Randy with Marshall Holman.
Or a tree stump, would still have been better

Oh dear God, please no Marshall.  We have enough "in my day" musings as it is with Randy and his 8-pins. 

Marshall's Xtra Frame run last year was atrocious.  He got better as he went along and actually talked about the bowling in front of him, but please, please, please, no more comparisons to the late 70s.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: DP3 on August 23, 2018, 02:37:33 PM
Rob + Randy + and every crowd like Portland, Maine would make for entertaining shows. These dead crowds with nothing but guys that missed the finals and their wives & kids make for the most dull shows in recent memory.

That last run of shows on CBS Sports was the cure for insomnia.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: Impending Doom on August 23, 2018, 02:48:38 PM
The Tour Finals Championship Round on 06/19 was too funny. If you listen closely, you can hear every argument Randy has with the production team, and there's more than 2.
Title: Re: Get Ready for Some HAMBONES!!!!
Post by: AlonzoHarris on September 10, 2018, 10:13:10 AM
The Tour Finals Championship Round on 06/19 was too funny. If you listen closely, you can hear every argument Randy has with the production team, and there's more than 2.

I noticed that! haha..Randy didn't care to cover any mics.