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Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« on: February 26, 2012, 03:12:53 PM »
 I was in a tourney today and the show was on. Couldnt hear the TV...What happened?

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2012, 12:54:09 PM »
At one point I heard him say something about someone rooting against him and that he was 'really classy' or something along those lines.  I think he just makes stuff up to get himself fired up.

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2012, 01:04:30 PM »
I think the comment about routing against him came when he missed the 10 pin and the fan either clapped or said something. 



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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2012, 01:23:12 PM »
First of all ,this is professional bowling not a bunch of league bowlers yelling, burping and passing gas like happens in the league I bowl in. Except for a few easy to forget years this TV sport has been about being fairly quiet and no distractions. They are bowling for more money than most of us will have have a chance at and I think a little respect to what is going on is not a big sacrifice for those in attendance. Who in the hell goes to a PBA event and thinks moving around, spouting off or just being a general distraction is ok unless they are a moron? PDW is not some new breed of PBA as one poster said. Bowlers with fire on the approach have been around forever. Marshall Holman, Gary Skidmore (they almost came to blows once on TV) Carmen Salvino etc. I wish the new guys were less the robots they seem to be and showed more unrehearsed passion. This is not professional baseball, football or basketball where fans think the money they paid for a ticket is a license to be dicks. This sport has always been one of respect and any of you that think different have got it all wrong. PDW wears the sunglasses and does the crotch chop because the PBA wants him to be a sort of badboy. He pretty much said that in the PBA movie a few years back. I got the opportunity to meet him briefly at a tournament years ago and he was more than gracious and accomodating. The person who more than once caused a distraction should have been moved to another location. Pete was not yelling at kids! I realize we all have different perspectives on what kind of behavior is acceptable for league bowling but for crying out loud this is not league bowling!!!



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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2012, 01:55:33 PM »
He wears the glasses because during a show they wouldn't move or adjust the lights for him. Bad boy i would take Norm on a bet in a fair fist fight.. HAHA


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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2012, 03:40:56 PM »
Hear is a quote I found.
 
Not to spread rumor, but on  the forum someone who claims to have been there said the guys was making  all kinds of remarks to Pete...ie when he missed the 10, "your old man  would have made it" 



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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2012, 03:49:29 PM »
$60K for the biggest title in bowling, so sad for our sport.  If I was a pro I wouldn't shoe up for less.  As Mark Calcaveccia realized when his putting went south for a awhile, 10th place in a pga tour spot is almost the season's winnings of a top 5 PBA pro.

 

But what bowling.

 

As to possible fighting....I can imagine at least 2 out of 10 men would be scared, at most.

 

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2012, 09:04:58 PM »
I can understand his frustration with the movement.  I don't like PDW and not just his acts on TV but what I have seen in person.  What humors me is that he demands people to be still to his left but he can talk to his wife while Belmonte is bowling and she can sit and laugh the entire time while Belmonte is also trying to concentrate on his shots.  I think he handled the whole situation in a very classless manor.  

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2012, 10:58:34 PM »
dont get much more self centered than that guy. He does good at hiding it until the emotions start to flow, then the true person behind the mask comes out. Gotta give credit to the guy for the accomplishments but you couldnt give me five eagles and two million dollars to act that respectless throughout my existance. That Frantic sure had a nice look to the pocket on a better note, clutch shot to win it.



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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2012, 06:45:12 PM »
As a Weber fan, I do think with his older age even last 10 years  has gotten more cranky on shows then way in the past with fans and camera man.
I found it hysterical that Pederson was concerned that Weber would lose a fan while this is the same guy in 2005 at the TOC going off on a fan on a last shot.
 
With that said and is never mentioned....why the hell does the PBA have side seating? I've sat on shows on that view and old match play arena formats in the early 00's and it seems cool at first with the angle but it gets you as a fan after so many balls a very big headache and isn't too hard for someone to feel uncomfortable. I know, it can kill your neck and head. I wrote to the PBA to get rid of this stupid side seating and don't care. On the other hand they could have side seating and the crowd is aloud to make noises all the time like they tried in the late 90's but then fans complained about that. I say go back to the mid 90's and less and have wide back seating with an open looking bowling alley and wouldn't have this problem. I'm so sick of seeing a pro bowler on the show that has enough pressure already having to have an additional distraction that besides the early 00's only happens if you make a show. A bowling alley shouldn't be designed by any nature to have stands on the actual surface of the bowling alley approach much less the lanes. Go old school like it needs to be and wouldn't have to have these type of incidents.
 
 
 



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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #25 on: February 28, 2012, 09:12:30 PM »
Yeah, gotta sort of agree with Brian... At least have the seating stop 1/3rd the way of the approach... At least that gives the bowler a chance to stop before the line & regroup himself... or eliminate it completely.  But PDW still won, so no harm... for now...

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2012, 09:34:04 PM »
I always thought the side seating was pretty idiotic. As a spectator, I would never want to sit there because the angle sucks. As a TV viewer, I know that it's always just a disaster waiting to happen in terms of bowler distractions. This is especially true if you have kids seated on the sides. KIDS? C'mon man, everyone knows that kids can't sit still. 
 



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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #27 on: February 29, 2012, 01:14:18 PM »
Was anyone else wondering why the heck PBA officials or the TV producers didn't just step in and move the person to whom Pete was referring? To me, that speaks to the idea that they liked the added drama. I'm not saying they planted the guy up there or anything like that, but, c'mon, they could've gone up there during any commercial break and told the guy to shut up, take another seat, or leave. Did they avoid doing so because they knew that Pete would continue going off like a Roman Candle every time that happened throughout the rest of the show?

 


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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #28 on: March 01, 2012, 10:24:31 AM »
ESPN / production did not move the fan b/c it did add drama - just like the hype over Rash and the water bottle.

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2012, 11:46:55 AM »
 I think he's a cocky D-bag... Never liked him for exactly this reason...now he's just confirming that.  I think he gives the entire sport a bad name.  He's supposed to be a ""professional"" so act like it.  I was embarrassed for his wife having to sit there throught it all... But then again, maybe she's numb to his behavior by now...

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Re: Who was PDW yelling at in the crowd at the US open?
« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2012, 10:59:36 AM »
Pete explains it on the Dan Le Batard show:

 


 


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