Wow, what can I say about my Tag Team member and Big Daddy 357. The 5 1/2 days we spent together just flew by incredibly fast. We had such a great time together, nobody wanted it to end. Okay, now for the fun part and FBM357's new screen name...
He and I were walking from Eldorado casino to Harrah's. This poor homeless guy saw us coming and jumped up about 10 feet away from us (bouncing up and down like one of the 7 dwarfs) and yell's out "BIG DADDY!!" as if he were his long lost brother or something...LOL He wanted to shake Vern's hand but I don't think Vern wanted to touch him not knowing where his hands have been. So, from then on I just had to refer to my Hitman (and half brother) as "BIG DADDY"...LMAO
! I did it as loud as I could in any public place that I could...LOL I encourage all of my Legion members to do the same, FBM357 will now be always known as "BIG DADDY"!...LOL
Back to Nats, I used the following pieces:
Money - 360 grit abralon drilled 5.5x4 pin 5 inches above mid line (has a very long pin but rolls very nice and even)
Solution PP - 600 grit drilled 6x5 pin 3.5 inches above mid line (pin sits over middle finger), this is the ball I used most because I wanted a ball that could help me clear heads at Nats but had enough surface to help recover in the midlane and still finish in the heavier stuff. The surface also helped offset my higher tilt and rotation angle.
Inertia - redrilled to Leong-Hall layout, 1x5 3/4 pin 1 inch above mid line. This ball actually had a little too much finish for me while the Solution would actually burn a little and kept reaction more even and stable.
Team - 525, bad ball change to the Inertia and threw 3 splits immediately in the 3rd game for 189, 189 and 147 put $100 in brackets, still got back $90
Doubles - Carl and I had an easy 1250 if we made our spares and/or carried a little better, typical Nats. Spare shooting is crucial guys, scores would be fairly respectable if we made more. Mr. Hurd shot 586 and I went 176-212-196 for 584.
Singles - stayed safe by fluffing the Solution and Money and only missed 1 makable spare, didn't carry enough or even hit the hole enough for that matter but still shot 194-194-212 for 600. Spent $100 and pulled in $290 for these 2 events.
Shot info: basically I had a deeper Track shot around 13-14 (at arrows) to about 7-8 at the break point. It was much better in S&D as we seemed to have better head oil then Team event. S&D is pretty much a crap shoot cause it depends a lot on who you follow in Team event (no re-oiling). Team for me actually had less head oil and cleaner backends (which made sense) but I feel with the piece I used, I actually had a pretty decent shot. Just lack of practice and execution is my excuse for not shooting better. No one to blame but myself...hope this info helps some of you who are going and feel free to pm me if you want more detail or help in choosing the right piece for the tourney. Good luck to all and get my some of money back from the casinos please..
On edit: I like to thank Jim (bowl400) for all his hardwork in organizing and taking care of all 40 of us. No way could I do this on my own. Glad they presented you with a certificate in the meeting room to recognize your efforts. I'd also like to thank all the bowlers for participating and making this happen. If anyone is interested in joining us next year in New Mexico, please pm bowl400 and he will fill you in on dates and times, it's already set. There is no average limit to join us (I think we had 1-2 classified teams this yr), it's about bowling, making new friends, eating good food and having a great time doing so. Join in guys, the Ten Pins crew are a very good bunch of guys and gals or else I wouldn't surround myself around them.
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Rick Leong - Ten Pins Pro Shop
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*El Presidente of the Track Legion
Edited on 5/13/2007 6:08 AM
