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chitown

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The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« on: February 19, 2009, 04:21:56 AM »
I think it's crap that they walled up the shot! They were supposed to make the shot tough and have accuracy be the key to scoring. Nice job PBA for screwing up a great theme.

I was really looking foward to this tourney. I thought it was going to be cool to see pro's having to use plastic and be forced to rely on accuracy.  The scores shouldn't be that high!

I also noticed that Duke isn't bowling.

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rockerbowler18

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2009, 12:24:55 PM »
Wow...

Who's to say they're not being accurate?

If you're not there, you don't know.

Let me get this straight: You shoot high scores cuz you're good, but the pros shoot high scores cuz the lanes are walled up? Gimme a break.
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sdbowler

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2009, 12:29:29 PM »
Even on a "walled up" shot they will still have to have accuracy.
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Z Jellsey

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2009, 12:30:00 PM »
Let me first say that they are scoring better than any THB could ever dream of......however the lanes are obviously "walled" up for guys to be poppin off 250 averages and having to average 215 to make the cut.

I don't recognize any score on China as "good bowling".
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leftyinsnellville

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2009, 12:37:51 PM »
I don't know about the shot being walled up.  Back in the ol' days those guys bowled on worse conditions with equipment that was the equivalent to plastic balls and they did pretty good.  

And even if there was a "wall" I think that very few of the players would try to bounce a plastic ball off of it.  We'll have to wait for the telecast, but I'm pretty sure that the majority of them are throwing a fairly straight shot.

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pba300900

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2009, 12:39:51 PM »
I was really hoping they would have put down something comparable to the US Open shot. How great would that have been, plastic balls with a 40ft flat pattern!
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bluerrpilot

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2009, 12:42:56 PM »
I think you guys are pissed that you cant shoot those numbers with plastic. Maybe thats why they call them Professional Bowlers.
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jd1319

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2009, 01:00:58 PM »
Seriously, it's suppose to be the scorpion, and they are averaging higher with plastic than with their regular equipment?  Something is not right.  Why would any of them ever use their regular equipment again?
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Dan Belcher

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2009, 01:05:44 PM »
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Seriously, it's suppose to be the scorpion, and they are averaging higher with plastic than with their regular equipment?  Something is not right.  Why would any of them ever use their regular equipment again?
It's a modified Cheetah, and they lowered the volume of the pattern (closer to the volume of oil used during the heyday of plastic) to compensate for using weaker equipment.  The point of this tournament NEVER was to see who could grind out the best scores with plastic on today's heavier oil conditions...
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mmcfarland300

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2009, 01:06:25 PM »
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Seriously, it's suppose to be the scorpion, and they are averaging higher with plastic than with their regular equipment?  Something is not right.  Why would any of them ever use their regular equipment again?


Where are you looking for your information?  It is on a modified Cheetah pattern.  Furthermore did you really think the PBA would allow their bowlers to look bad?
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Z Jellsey

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2009, 01:06:53 PM »
To the above 4 posts(excluding Dan Belcher and MMcfarland who since posted)........!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

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Edited on 2/19/2009 2:07 PM
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leftyinsnellville

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2009, 01:10:53 PM »
What was in my post worth saying "WOW" about?
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pba300900

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2009, 01:14:07 PM »
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What was in my post worth saying "WOW" about?


Same here.
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Z Jellsey

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2009, 01:16:15 PM »
Nobody would average 200, throwing straight balls at the head pin is not a true test of skill.
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What was in my post worth saying "WOW" about?


Same here.
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los2003

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2009, 01:16:17 PM »
what did u expect the tourney is on the cheetah pattern they are letting them change the cover on the balls. so its not gonna be true plastice and more... imo it will still react and carry cause there so much friction..
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