I should’ve taken the hint about tonight this morning when I stubbed a toe on my left (slide) foot on one of my kitchen chairs when I woke up. After a couple of ibuprofen before dinner, the toe felt good enough to bowl, but it turned out to be one of those nights when I couldn’t get out of my own way. When I wasn’t missing my mark, it seemed something else wasn’t right, and I seemed lost most of the night. The second game actually could’ve been disastrous, but I saved some semblance of respectability with good 9th and 10th frames.
Result: 165-158-166=489
Average (96 games): 183 Last 9 games average: 171
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 585
It was a bad night for the team, too, with only my finish in the second game making that game look respectable; we were crushed in the other 2, with Shawn only missing Ed Godino’s high scratch series of the season by a few pins with a 704. The bright moment for my team? Carl, facing the 4-6 split in the third game, got the 4 pin to bounce and converted the split.
The Tenth Board 