Week 18

Michael had to beat me by 27 pins... grrrrrr

Being low man sucks. (and Darrell might have as many 600 series as I have low-man weeks!)

Week 18                             LM
Monte C.    ---  ---  ---     555    x
Michael B.  ---  ---  ---     498    x
Rick W.     ---  ---  ---     471   *x
Bryant C.   ---  ---  ---     554    x
Darrell E.  ---  ---  ---     642    x
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            ---  ---  ---    ---- (3-1)
opp.        ---  ---  ---    ----

Week 17

Week 17                             LM
Monte C.    ---  ---  ---     526    x
Michael B.  ---  ---  ---     514    x
Rick W.     ---  ---  ---     475   *x
Bryant C.   ---  ---  ---     595    x
Darrell E.  ---  ---  ---     621    x
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            ---  ---  925    ---- (3-1)
opp.        ---  --- 1008    ----

The Bar Has Been Raised

Continuing on the heels of last week's game of 257 [Note 1], I posted scores of 205, 191, and 235 [Note 2] en-route to a lifetime personal best series of 631. As I was able to maintain a level of consistency that has been pretty rare for me, I was able to mark in all but three frames the entire night [two of those three were the 2-10 baby split so it was a little disappointing that I did not convert at least one of them; I am pretty sure the third open was a hung 10-pin somewhere along the line].

Note 1: My 257 included an open in the first frame after missing a 10-pin spare. As another rarity, it also held up as the league's high scratch game (and also handicap game as a 284).

Note 2: I cannot say for sure but my 235 is most likely my third or fourth best lifetime score. So at worst, I have bowled two of my four highest lifetime games in the past two weeks :-)

I was able to avoid being low man for the week which was dubiously accomplished by Michael Burnett. It should be noted however that he bowled most of games 2 and 3 with an absolutely brand new ball that broke so monstrously hard in the back end with the dry lane conditions that he was rarely able to hit the right hander's pocket.

So, good news for the week. The Crew took 4 of 4 and maintained its hold on second place just four games behind Muncher's. Last week was a golden opportunity to pull even but at least we did not lose ground either.

Week 16                             LM
Monte C.    189  168  220     577    x
Michael B.  173  144  168     485   *x
Rick W.     205  191  235     631    x
Bryant C.   181  199  194     574    x
Darrell E.  178  259  216     643    x
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            926  969 1023    3010 (4-0)
opp.        827  939  934    2700

Feast or Famine?

Well, I was gonna blog about last week but I can't because my team thinks I only blog when I do something good or when they do bad. Even though it is *my* blog and I should be able to do what I want, I am going to prove them wrong... but the title is a good hint... and if you pay attention to our recent scores you might guess too.

[Real Blog Entry is pending...]

Thanksgiving my @$$

So, as usual I am posting about last week's results as I leave to bowl this week. Other than my usual procrastination, this week's post is less than fun since I effectively humiliated myself last week by adding another low-man "honor" to my season. What made it even worse was that I finished the first game as HIGH-MAN! I didn't even see it coming.

Oh well... I gotta get going to erase that dismal performance but I am sure the guys wanted to read something if they bother to check.

I will update scores later but here is what I know off the top of my head...

Week 12                             LM
Monte C.    ---  ---  ---     ---    3
Michael B.  ---  ---  ---     ---    1
Rick W.     ---  ---  ---     ---   *5
Bryant C.   ---  ---  ---     ---    2
Darrell E.  ---  ---  ---     ---    1
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            ---  ---  ---    ---- (3-1)
opp.        ---  ---  ---    ----

November... A Month for Thanksgiving

Well, I missed a week of blogging so I hope that this post does not break a good streak but does break a bad one. The Crew has successfully taken 7 of 8 games in the last two weeks as they were apparently up to my challenge; unfortunately, our team captain has taken it in the shins as he has now posted three straight weeks as "low man" (personally, I've finished smack dab in the middle both weeks).

We go against the blind next week so that ought to be as exciting as watching paint dry. However, we have a history of dropping one to ourselves so that is going to come to an END!

p.s. To Bryant... You were low man the very first week, not me. In fact, I was second on the night behind Darrell. And, you were not high man three weeks in a row... but still two out of three, so good job on that.

Week 11                             LM
Monte C.    146  136  188     470   *3
Michael B.  158  191  146     495    1
Rick W.     169  189  173     531    4
Bryant C.   186  232  153     571    2
Darrell E.  192  212  192     596    1
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            851  960  852    2663 (3-1)
opp.        822  849  860    2531

Week 10                             LM
Monte C.    184  179  161     524   *2
Michael B.  195  184  175     554    1
Rick W.     190  152  206     548    4
Bryant C.   185  210  173     568    2
Darrell E.  179  206  159     544    1
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            933  931  874    2738 (4-0)
opp.        895  802  792    2489

We're Back

(Week 9)
Well, technically it was still October but it felt like a whole new month. The Crew finally got their head.... above water and could breathe a little easier as we took three out of four in a hard fought night.

Ok... to challenge the slackers, er, I mean my team mates: I currently have a commanding lead in the not-so-desirable statistic of "weekly low man". My goal is to not be the season leader in that category despite having the current lowest average. Good luck!

                                    LM
Monte C.    160  163  178     501   *1
Michael B.  221  193  158     572    1
Rick W.     170  154  191     515    4
Bryant C.   180  184  213     586    2
Darrell E.  166  187  226     579    1
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            906  881  966    2743 (3-1)
opp.        839  896  880    2635