This morning, I had my first bowling outing with my brother in quite a while. Treating it like practice, as I usually do, I was mostly getting comfortable with the various axis rotation settings on my Robby’s Revs, and am starting to have it pay off. The middle game, I had a 224 that could have been in the 250s if not for a 10th frame split (the 6-7-10). There were a couple more in the third game, but I ended the session with a shot where I was standing 42, looking 15 at the arrows (deeper inside than I’ve ever played), playing my usual break point (7)…and had it come back for a solid strike; I was at the maximum setting on the wrist device and it helped. Also, I flagged an 8, but it was my only easy miss of the day, and I knew why it happened, as well.
My brother, for his part, had a 145 second game of his own, after which he got out his new smartphone to take a picture of the overhead scoring monitor after I was done. It was the highest game I remember him bowling in at least a while.
My brother parted the center after bowling, while I stayed behind to watch the first day of Tri-City’s mixed doubles tournament. The highlight was a second game of 279 by Mike Carter, whom I had also seen last weekend at the Brockton city tournament. I intend to return tomorrow for Day 2.
The Tenth Board 