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We had our roll-offs for the Massport League last night.  The format is interesting because it’s a one string battle to go to the next round.  There were six teams in the league and we finished 2nd overall and had a bye into the 2nd round.

Our team ended up winning our second round game to make it to the finals against our dreaded rival “Steve’s Pin-ups”.  The results have been mixed the last three times we faced them.  The first two times we faced them, I was away on a cruise, and the second time, there was a death in the family and bowling was the furthest thing on my mind.  We ended up losing all 8 points against them those two weeks.  The third time we faced them, I just missed throwing the league high triple against them (ended up with a 349) and we swept them.  The odds looked pretty good in our favor since it is apparent we bowl better against them when I am there.

The thing that we had going against us was the handicap.  We were giving up 73 pins because our average was that much higher.  We battled the whole game and ended up falling short by about 15-18 pins or so.  Our anchor didn’t bowl well both games and that certainly didn’t help us at all.  I guess there are rumors that they are going to an 80% handicap and/or creating teams based on average, so next season could be different.

Falling short on 400 Tuesday.

Making up 50 pins and losing.

This is getting old.

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I still can’t figure out if I should be pleased or not.  We had our roll-offs tonight for first place and we took them easily.  I showed up slightly late and was rushed out of the gate, but I was dead on the first two strings, throwing a 144, and 142 respectively.  286 is easily my best two string total going into the third string I have ever had.  People all around me were talking about the elusive 400 game.  I only needed a 114.

I ended up throwing a weak 102.  I raised my high triple to a 388 which is nice and all, but I was right there.  I should have done it.  I feel like if I do it once and get it out of the way, the rest of those games will come more consistently.  I have been around it - but not this close before, until tonight.  I guess I should be pleased with the awards (season high triple, team high single, 1st place overall), but I would trade them all in for a lousy 401.

Almost there.

Eventually.

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As many of you know already I am avid bowler.  I bowled in a league when I was 13 and 14 years old way back in the day, and it may have been a Wednesday. Being from New England we have a different type of bowling that many are not used to, it’s called “candlepin” because the pins are thin and the ball is about the size of a softball.  Candlepin is vastly different from tenpin because pins that are knocked over are not removed from the deck and can be reused to knock other pins over.  Also, you are allowed to throw the ball three times instead of two times like tenpin.  A score of 100 is generally considered a “good” score in candlepin.

I started bowling more seriously in 2002 when the Massport bowling league needed one more bowler.  When a friend of mine found out I bowled in a league he added me to his summer league, and I have been bowling both leagues ever since.  My average was around 90 pins when I stared back in 2002.  I currently carry a 104/105 average depending on the league in question.

My two league roll-offs are tonight and tomorrow respectively.

My Tuesday team took first place in our division the last week of the season backed by my 353 as we swept the second place team.  We will place the first place team in the other division this evening.  My Wednesday team managed to finish in second place this season.  The Wednesday league is different because we have a one string “knock-out” tournament.  We get the always valuable first round bye, so we will see how tomorrow goes.

More information can be found below.
Boston Bowl
Woburn Bowladrome
Massachusetts Bowling Association

I will update soon!

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