The Elusive 300 Game

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Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · Dec 22, 2004

Damnit. I go to bowling tonight after 2 weeks off. In practice I am rusty as hell. So I come out first game with the first four. Then I throw the fifth and as it left my hand I thought man that was "the" perfect ball and it rattles the 4 pin, almost knocks it over and it is left standing. I feel either too much ball or bad rack or both. So I strike out after that - 279. Damnit. I want that fifth frame back. Next time I am re-racking the fifth frame just for piece of mind. After all that my team takes the first game by only 14 points! (against the 1st place team). So I am thinking 700 series right? Wrong. 184 and 182 second and third games. 645. Damnit again. I would have settled for a 700 series and skipped the 300 for now. It is amazing to drop almost 100 pins the second two games. How does that happen? I adjusted and did everything right. The second game I had one open but just no string of strikes - not a bad game but just not anything special except alot of spares and a couple strikes (and a church in the middle). Good thing about bowling there is 36 weeks so there is always next week. The good thing was the 279 was my new high game after being stuck on 277 forever (about 15 games of 277).

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Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #21 · Jan 1, 2005

CharlieMavCBR said:
Yeah, I feel ya there. We are the 2nd league to bowl on our lanes. And by the time we get on them, they usually start to break down, line wise. Last night the lanes were really good. They had just enough oil, and the new ball plowed through the pocket. I shot a 602. FIRST six series in a LONG time. First game I had 209, second was a 222 and the third game was a 171. I was having trouble adjusting my feet position though. DUH it's a new ball I should have expected that. But most of my stikes for the 1st game were on the lefty side. Which was really pi$$ing me off because no matter how much I moved it still came in on the left. The second game I moved further left and it just crushed the pocket. And the third game... :cursin: All I had were splits! First frame was a pocket seven/ten. fourth frame I nose dived it and ended up with the 4,6,7,10 (The big four) and then there were a few frames I had the baby split (3,10) And it was only on lane 29. I got so pi$$ed that I just started throwing my old ball...LOL... ALL in all I had a pretty good night. Just got to get my footing down. Any suggestions?

Great series! Nice to get a new ball and throw well... My suggestion for footing, tips, etc. is to buy "Winning Bowling" by Earl Anthony - priceless book - brought my game to the next level.. Winning Bowling on Amazon

Buy it, read it, live by it, read it again and again.. I read it once a year at least...

Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #22 · Jan 5, 2005

Tuesday update...

Ok so now it is getting to be a curse that damn 279 game... Since that game (8 straight games) no 200 game! DOH! I wish I had never bowled it and just bowled some menial 230 games instead - last night was 182, 187 & 199. Second game I throw a 4 bagger to start and end up with 3 splits and 2 strikes to finish at 187! Then 3rd game I go into the 10th on a double and think for sure I have a 200 game - nope - get a split and I pick it up for a 199! I'm going to have to pull the tin cup and put the change in the other pocket next week.. At least we took 7 points though to start the second half.. We changed our team name like we did last year for the second half - got us first place last year so it is worth a try...

CharlieMavCBR

· #23 · Jan 5, 2005

double2000r6 said:
Ok so now it is getting to be a curse that damn 279 game... Since that game (8 straight games) no 200 game! DOH! I wish I had never bowled it and just bowled some menial 230 games instead - last night was 182, 187 & 199. Second game I throw a 4 bagger to start and end up with 3 splits and 2 strikes to finish at 187! Then 3rd game I go into the 10th on a double and think for sure I have a 200 game - nope - get a split and I pick it up for a 199! I'm going to have to pull the tin cup and put the change in the other pocket next week.. At least we took 7 points though to start the second half.. We changed our team name like we did last year for the second half - got us first place last year so it is worth a try...

Damn, MP. :hug: Sounds like you had a rough night. I'm sure you'll pick it back up. We all have our off weeks. See the splits piss me off to no end. And I watch some of the people I bowl with, and it really burns my a$$ when they throw the exact same shot as I did and end up with a $hitty strike. Meanwhile, I get F*ed. :cursin:

I bowl tomorrow and Friday. :eyeroll: So we'll see what happens.

Try not to get too pissed about your bowling, hon. They salways say the more pissed off you get, the worse you'll do. And I'm VERY guilty of that. :lol:

Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #24 · Jan 6, 2005

CharlieMavCBR said:
Damn, MP. :hug: Sounds like you had a rough night. I'm sure you'll pick it back up. We all have our off weeks. See the splits piss me off to no end. And I watch some of the people I bowl with, and it really burns my a$$ when they throw the exact same shot as I did and end up with a $hitty strike. Meanwhile, I get F*ed. :cursin:

I bowl tomorrow and Friday. :eyeroll: So we'll see what happens.

Try not to get too pissed about your bowling, hon. They salways say the more pissed off you get, the worse you'll do. And I'm VERY guilty of that. :lol:

Yeah I know. I used to get pissed and it never helped. I got over that and my game went to the next level. It is just frustrating.. We'll see what happens next week.. Good luck tonight looking forward to hearing about another 600 series...

CharlieMavCBR

· #25 · Jan 7, 2005

Well so much for my 600 series. *Sighs* I was four pins off. I had a 202, 195, 184 for a series of 581. I'm not upset though. I got my average. I was getting pissed because I kept leaving ten pins. It'd be a nice pocket shot, then BAM! Ten pin. BUT I've got another fun filled night of bowling Friday, so we'll see what happens then.

Let me know how you do on your next night of bowling.

Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #26 · Jan 7, 2005

CharlieMavCBR said:
Well so much for my 600 series. *Sighs* I was four pins off. I had a 202, 195, 184 for a series of 581. I'm not upset though. I got my average. I was getting pissed because I kept leaving ten pins. It'd be a nice pocket shot, then BAM! Ten pin. BUT I've got another fun filled night of bowling Friday, so we'll see what happens then.

Let me know how you do on your next night of bowling.

Not bad.. At least you went over 200 one game.. Hey we need a replacement girl on our team next year - you should quit your job and move you and your family up here just so you can bowl on Tuesdays with us.. Our two girls have bowled for 6+ years and SUCK - how can you bowl for that long and suck and have a 117 average? If they weren't half way decent eye candy we'd send em packing.. Keep up the good work and good luck bowling tonight.. I will let you know what happens Tuesday..

CharlieMavCBR

· #27 · Jan 7, 2005

LMAO...I don't think that would go over too well with the hubby. "Oh Honey, btw, we're moving so I can go bowl on MP's team cuz his other female team mates SUCK!" He'd look at me, laugh and say. "Yeeeeeeah Right."

Well I'm used to bowling on the lower lanes and tonight I'm on the upper lanes. *groans* So I'm gonna have to try and adjust. Which SUCKS complete arse, because adjusting is one of my downfalls. :rant: Not to mention, the prick who is always on my case when I do horrible. He tells me to, "Get my head out of my arse, and start bowling." He can't bowl worth $hit, but yet he tells ME how to bowl. :wtf:

But yeah when I come home tonight I'll update again.

Probably a dumb question, but do you just bowl on Tuesday's? I think you said something about ait, but I'm just too lazy to scroll...LOL

3BoyzNaBike

· #28 · Jan 7, 2005

CharlieMavCBR said:
Not to mention, the prick who is always on my case when I do horrible. He tells me to, "Get my head out of my arse, and start bowling." He can't bowl worth $hit, but yet he tells ME how to bowl. :wtf:

See then I would have to turn around and tell him " Shut your frigging mouth or your gonna feel my bowling ball up your *bleep*ing azzzz" :thumbs:

CharlieMavCBR

· #29 · Jan 7, 2005

3BoyzNaBike said:
See then I would have to turn around and tell him " Shut your frigging mouth or your gonna feel my bowling ball up your *bleep*ing azzzz" :thumbs:

oh hell....I've told him off numerous times, yet he persists on being an arsehole. He shuts up for a while, but then he starts all over again. I was doing a friend a favor by taking over the arsehole's wife postion because she broke her foot. Needless to say I WON'T be back next year.

Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #30 · Jan 11, 2005

CharlieMavCBR said:
LMAO...I don't think that would go over too well with the hubby. "Oh Honey, btw, we're moving so I can go bowl on MP's team cuz his other female team mates SUCK!" He'd look at me, laugh and say. "Yeeeeeeah Right."

Well I'm used to bowling on the lower lanes and tonight I'm on the upper lanes. *groans* So I'm gonna have to try and adjust. Which SUCKS complete arse, because adjusting is one of my downfalls. :rant: Not to mention, the prick who is always on my case when I do horrible. He tells me to, "Get my head out of my arse, and start bowling." He can't bowl worth $hit, but yet he tells ME how to bowl. :wtf:

But yeah when I come home tonight I'll update again.

Probably a dumb question, but do you just bowl on Tuesday's? I think you said something about ait, but I'm just too lazy to scroll...LOL

Yeah I just bowl Tuesdays. I used to be on 4 leagues but after my Bowler's Anonymous Class (oh yeah 4 leagues and tournaments in Canada and Detroit area every other weekend) my bowling therapist and my checkbook have me down to just one league.

I used to bowl on Friday with a guy like that - he had a 220 average and if you missed a spare he jumped your shyt. Everyone hated him. So finally, even though I wasn't the captain, in the middle of the second game like the 6th week I missed a spare and he said something - ok my infinite patience wore out - I said listen f*ckwad you have two choices - get your f'ing balls and go home now or after bowling I will shove them up your arse for permenant storage. He went over to the captain and said WTF is his problem and the captain said don't ask me because I am going to hold you while he shoves those balls up your arse - last we ever saw of him.. lol..

So how did you do Friday? No update?

I am going in tonight.. Cover me.. It could get a little ugly.. Even though I am in Anger Management you never know just when MP might snap or have a momentairy laspe of reason like last week when I yelled f&ck so loud the other side heard it.. lol..

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Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #31 · Jan 12, 2005

201 - 194 - 191 = 586. Bah. I am stuck right around 195. We took the first game but lost the next two. That 279 game has been a curse. This was the first 200 game I bowled since then. Well it could be worse I could be bowling 170 or lower games I guess. It is always one or two frames that gets me - usually the 10th. If there was something I could do to adjust I would but it is just inconsistency of me, the lanes, etc. The only consistent thing in my game is my damn ball. It does what it should.. Welp still 16 weeks to go...

CharlieMavCBR

· #32 · Jan 12, 2005

Ohhh GOD! :disapp: Friday night was a disaster!!!!! I shot a 161, 143 and a 189!!!! Probably why I didn't update. I really should throw that score sheet away...LOL

I could not hit or carry anything. By the end of the night I was throwing my spare ball. Just throwing the damn thing down the lane. I did better doing that, than my normal approach.

BUT tomorrow is another bowling night as well as Friday. *Sighs* So I guess we'll see what happens.

Anyhoo... Your scores weren't THAT bad, MP. I mean, from my stand point...LOL I'm a girl so it's different.

CharlieMavCBR

· #33 · Jan 14, 2005

Ewww!!! Well I had a so-so night last night. *Sighs* Everyone did crappy last night, though so I didn't feel so bad. We have this game that we call brackets and pay 5 dollars to compete. We draw a number and whoever matches your number, that is is the particular person we bowl. I usually get in just to contribute...LOL Anyhoo, my first game was a 166 and of COURSE I pick my arrogant team mate. :rant: He need to punch out to beat me. MFR bowling a 168. :cursin: And he carries a 220 average. So me being eliminated, I was glad to see my hubby made it to the next round with a 243. YAY! Ahem, so I get up to bowl my second game and I don't know WTF happened. I bowled an F*in 144. So I'm like, GREAT repeat of what happened on Friday. :loser: :cursin: I moved three board to the left and S.O.B I bowl a 201. And my strikes looked like F*in train wrecks. Some went Jersey (On the left side) some hit light, and some hit high. tenth frame I get up there and threw a pocket 7/10. Best F*IN ball I threw ALL night it I leave the 7/10. Needless to say the pins got the double F U!!! LOL...I've got tonight yet. *Sighs* So we'll see what I can do. Promise I'll update when I get home this time. :hug:

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CharlieMavCBR

· #34 · Jan 15, 2005

I DID IT MP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!!! I beat my all time high game AND my all time high series!!!!!!! My first game was a 166 and I thought I was gonna have terrible night. But then my second game I bowled a 268. (Beat my 267 after 5 and half years) ANd my third game was a 222 for a high series of 656. FOUR pins over my 652!!!! OMG I was so happy I cried!!! You seriously would have thought I bowled a three. I even took pics of the games with my camera phone. I'll upload them in a bit! I just got in the door 2 second... okay like 2 minutes ago!! LOL

Need4Speed

· #35 · Jan 15, 2005

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think i've bowled 600 total in my entire career!! :lol:

CharlieMavCBR

· #36 · Jan 15, 2005

Here are the pics I took with my camera phone!! LMAO I'm such a cheese ball!!

GSXR1000DJ

· #37 · Jan 15, 2005

Congrats and way to go. :dthumb:

CharlieMavCBR

· #38 · Jan 15, 2005

:cheers: Thanks DJ!!!!! I'm still all kinds of excited about it. Even though it was beat by ONE pin for my high game and 4 pins for my high series. I'm hoping some of this luck will roll on for me on Thursday night! THAT'S where I shine. BUT I may have to wait another 5 years jst to do that...LOL

CharlieMavCBR

· #39 · Jan 21, 2005

Thursday night update...

Well last night was good bowling again. I had a 172, 191 and a 235 and a series of 598. The lane conditions were a lot different than last Friday nights shot. I'm hoping I can keep up the streak. And after a few months of a horrible slump, it seems there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. Ewww!! Sorry for the cliche. Hopefully I'll do well tonight. I'll update either way!!

Haven't seen ya around, MP. Hope all is well.

Mudpuppy

Discussion Starter · #40 · Jan 26, 2005

CharlieMavCBR said:
I DID IT MP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!!! I beat my all time high game AND my all time high series!!!!!!! My first game was a 166 and I thought I was gonna have terrible night. But then my second game I bowled a 268. (Beat my 267 after 5 and half years) ANd my third game was a 222 for a high series of 656. FOUR pins over my 652!!!! OMG I was so happy I cried!!! You seriously would have thought I bowled a three. I even took pics of the games with my camera phone. I'll upload them in a bit! I just got in the door 2 second... okay like 2 minutes ago!! LOL

Great job! Congrats. That is why we play the game right? So I too had a miracolous evening last night - of course I didn't break any records like you though but I still consider it a good night.

First off last week I hit a 605 - it was weak and I struggled but I'll take any 600 series - it helped me get off the snyde..

So last night - OMG - it was the night of one ball - one ball that changed everything. So first game I do ok and in the 10th frame I have a chance to hit a 253 but I throw a 9 and miss the 7 pin for a 223 - remember that now as it comes into play later. So second game I miss a 5 pin in the 7th frame - yes a f'ing 5 pin and it cost me the 200 game - I end up with 192. So third game first 6 frames I am stroking like a mfr. So on the 6 bagger I throw the 7th ball and it is weak but barely trips the 10 pin. 8th frame complete disastor way brooklyn so much that you say oh well but somehow it holds on and I get a lucky one. 9th frame stroked it. So now the moment of truth - 10th frame. I felt good coming off a strong ball in the 9th. I didn't think about and no one said anything - a rarety in itself. So I go up and throw the ball - I tugged it - about 1/4" away from a 300 I was as the 5 pin stood there laughing at me. Picked it up, struck, flicked off the pins, packed my bag and went home with a 279 and a 794 series - damn 5 pin cost me not only a 300 game but the 700 series as well. Like I said in my original post I would have given up the 300 game for a 700 series or vice versa. That 10th frame in the first game and the 5 pin in the second - one ball could have changed everything. Well I still feel 694 is a great series and we took all 7. It just makes me want to bowl even more to get that rare chance. It also brought my average up to 199. I am determined to get it over 200 by the end of the year.

Yeah I have been keeping a low profile. Lots going on, trying to focus on a few things right now. I will check in from time to time. Use the force and bowl well!

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