Yeah at 300 games, that's a pretty good life for a ball anymore.  Sad, but true.  That's the price you pay for reactive equipment.  The more it hooks, the more you're going to notice when it starts going downhill, and that's not a ball that's going to react very well after it's "died."  Some of the best balls I ever had didn't really hit their stride for me until they'd lost a significant amount of reaction.  The Hammer Taboo I'd have to say was the best ball I ever owned, and it was good when it was new, but after it "died," man it was deadly, matter of fact I don't think I had any kind of success with it until it "died."  Now on the other hand, the Jigsaw Trap has my personal record for the most honor scores with one ball, but when it died, it went straight into the dumpster, absolute puke monster.

Quote from: Luke Rosdahl on October 07, 2017, 08:21:51 AM

Yeah at 300 games, that's a pretty good life for a ball anymore.  Sad, but true.  That's the price you pay for reactive equipment.  The more it hooks, the more you're going to notice when it starts going downhill, and that's not a ball that's going to react very well after it's "died."  Some of the best balls I ever had didn't really hit their stride for me until they'd lost a significant amount of reaction.  The Hammer Taboo I'd have to say was the best ball I ever owned, and it was good when it was new, but after it "died," man it was deadly, matter of fact I don't think I had any kind of success with it until it "died."  Now on the other hand, the Jigsaw Trap has my personal record for the most honor scores with one ball, but when it died, it went straight into the dumpster, absolute puke monster.

See this is what makes me believe we give up on balls too quick now a days. Maybe we'll love it once we put those first 40-50 games on it.