my bowling post

Monday, December the Thirteenth

12.13.10        160 pounds







I went bowling the other day with L.T., a buddy of mine, it was a lot of fun. Here is:

The story of the fowl line.

I have two goals when it comes to bowling.
  Number ONE: Hit at least one pin per frame.
  Numero TWO: Break 100.

My goals are not always achieved. L.T. and I played two games, both of which, I at one time or another bowled a 0-0 for at least one frame. L.T. won the first game and I did not even break 100. The second game was about to get started and I was warmed up. The first few frames went by and I promptly fell behind.

L.T. finished up his tenth frame of game number two with a final score of 100. I had seventy-five in the ninth frame. The only possible way I could break 100 (and beat L.T.) was to get Strike-Strike-6(or better) in the final frame. Because of L.T.'s winning of the first game, the pressure was on, and I couldn't let him annihilate me like that so I tightened up my rental shoe laces and picked up the ball. I stared down the lane and said "Well pins, it's you or me, and I don't fall easily." The ball spun off my finger tips and headed straight towards the right gutter, it danced on the edge and broke left at the last second smashing into the pins putting a big X on the board. I was stunned but knew it was not over. If I did not get a strike on the second ball than even with the spare my score would only be 95.

With the ball pressed against my chest it ascended and descended with each breath I took. I made my way up to the foul line and let the ball go. It felt good coming out of my hands but I did not want to look so I turned my back on the pins. I heard contact and could see in the face of L.T. that all the pins were down. My heart was beating faster, two strikes in a row! I was beside myself in joy and disbelief. knocking down five pins would tie me at 100 anything past that is a win. I've gotten strikes before, I may even have gotten a double before but I know that a turkey has never been an achievement of mine. My minimal goal was to get a five so I could be at 100, but a turkey would be pretty cool.

I picked up the ball I had used the previous two times and began my scamper up to the the line. I let the ball go... the spin felt good, it looked gravy, it could just do it...

Turkey!

STRIKE! 

XXX! 

TURKEY!

Just call me the comeback king.
105 is not even my best bowling score but this was my first ever turkey! Although frame ten looks awesome, check out frame eight 0-0... :-/   meh. Bowling is fun.

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