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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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chitown

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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #61 on: February 21, 2009, 10:58:10 AM »
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Guys the PBA players are obviously very good.  They bowl for a living and should be good with the amount of games they bowl per week.

My beef is with this particular tourney.  I was really hoping the PBA would put out a tough shot so the pro's would have to rely on accuracy to do well.  The scores show that this is not the case.  
 
They could of put out a tough shot which would of made this a far more interesting tourney.  This was by far the most anticipated tourney this season and they blew it!



You forget all the traffic that the pattern has to endure, 64 guys throwing most likely sanded plastic balls on a lower volume pattern...these guys are good! With the number of guys out there they can manipulate the pattern and blow it wide open. Plus lane surface, humidity, previously stated volume of oil, hell even what side of the bed they wake up on probably has an effect on the scores.



The PBA could of put out a tough pattern and they didn't.  They altered the pattern their using for this tourney to allow for higher scores.  They should of made the pro-'s grind it out and make it so accuracy is needed to score.
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #62 on: February 21, 2009, 11:00:05 AM »
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What this also proves is that you don't need reactive equipment or fancy cores to score well.
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Only if your bowling on drier lanes.  Plastic is not going to work on heavier oil.  The only reason the pro's are scoring with plastic is because the lanes are dry.  Try scoring with a plastic ball on a 42' heavy flat pattern.
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #63 on: February 21, 2009, 11:07:16 AM »
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #64 on: February 21, 2009, 11:33:34 AM »
The PBA's agenda is the "See how good these guys are!" motto. They wanted to really show this with the Ultimate Scoring Championship, and we saw how that turned out with Randy having to go into major excuse mode. So now they want to show how these guys can still score a ton with low tech equipment, albeit on an easier than normal PBA shot. I, too would have liked to have seen what the pros could have done with plastic on standard PBA shots, or at least an unmodified cheetah but you would have had to sit there the entire show and explain why the balls they were using were akin to Tiger pulling out an old 2 inch diameter wood driver hitting a mushball of yesteryear so thats why the scores were lower and ball reactions were so different.
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #65 on: February 21, 2009, 11:43:23 AM »
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #66 on: February 22, 2009, 08:34:25 AM »
I think the PBA totally did the right thing for this tournament.  The shot is supposedly still sport compliant but remember that has nothing to do with the overall volume of oil.  I don't know if you have tried the old plastic on drier lanes lately but they work really well.  It doesn't make the shot easy it just makes the ball appropriate.

I think it is cool that they took the ball out of the equation and made it equal across the field for one show.  This has been the one show I have been the most excited to see.  

Major props to the PBA for trying new things this year.  Not all experiments have been a success (ultimate scoring), but this one you have to admit was a great idea.
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #67 on: February 22, 2009, 08:38:15 AM »
A majority of the people who posted on here says the pba walled the lanes. When does a 2 to 1 sport compliant shot constitute walled up lanes? I would would like to hear answers to this one.
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Re: The PBA screwed up the plastic ball tourney
« Reply #68 on: February 22, 2009, 09:15:56 AM »
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A majority of the people who posted on here says the pba walled the lanes. When does a 2 to 1 sport compliant shot constitute walled up lanes? I would would like to hear answers to this one.


I agree completely, the Pro's executed extremely well all week on a demanding condition with lesser equipment, I don't understand why everyone is complaining, they just showed you they can do it on anything with anything.
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