Who all have had success with this ball?
This ball is great!
This ball has got so much continuation it's scary!
Like LuckyLefty has said, with the weightblock/core being kind of wide in the middle, this ball actually supplies a little bit of Midlane despite it's Higher RG of 2.60. And since it does have just a slight bit of Midlane, the Sonic X Pearl original actually does recover VERY well on shots missed wide of target.
Eventhough it's RG Differential is only .020 (which appears to be weak nowadays), there is still a bit of punch right before it hits the pocket that creates SUPERIOR pin carry where other balls in this Medium/Light Oil class would be leaving 10-pins.
Here's the way I see the ball's reaction: The ball gets through the heads pretty clean as long as there's a hint of head oil. It doesn't start hooking in the midlane, but you can tell that it's "reading" it... and then as long as the bakends are clean, when it gets to the pocket, you think it's gonna just hit the 1-3 pocket in a regular normal way, but in fact it actually kind of "tilts" again right before it hits the pocket and it hit's high flush creating the best pin carry that I've seen out a ball in a while since the AZO Ultima RP.
There's just a slight little "curl" as it enters the pocket even AFTER it's already went through it's hooking phase. I could have sworn this ball hooks twice. Even when missed wide of target, it tries it's best to recover in the midlane (and it does), and just when you think it's all hooked out, or it's gonna roll out and hit light (or weak)... it honestly looks like it just somehow hooks again as it enters the pocket.
I'm still amazed at the pin carry with this ball. I think it's got ALOT to do with this "second" little hook that I just mentioned as it enters the pocket.
Anybody else see this ball the way I see it???
