My Week 11 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)

I thought I was OK after 2 games, but I don’t quite know what to make of that third game. I could only execute well when I moved in to 38 once, and then fell apart. My two missed single pins were in that game, as well, so this was a game I hope I can forget.

Result: 174-198-137=509
Average (33 games): 185
Average for last 9 games: 179
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 562

With both John and Carl absent, I needed help from my other two teammates and got it with a 156 first game from Eileen, but that was it, but it was fairly close for total, and my team got the first game point, anyway. I’m also happy to report that Eileen’s at least trying to learn a hook release, which may be slow in developing, but I urged her to keep at it.

“Babe and Balls” did take a point out of last week, but we still fell into a tie in points for 7th with “Dee’s Boys,” who happen to be our opponents Wednesday night. At the top of the standings, “Fire in the Hole” lead “Vacanczz” by a point, with “Mustangs” a half-point behind “Vacanczz” in 3rd.

“5 Blind Squirrels” were swept once again last week, this time by “AAA,” but you could say we “helped” that team, as the seven points turned out to be enough to unseat “Five Fingers of Death” from the top perch in the league (“AAA” now leads the latter team and Team 7 by two points). The leaders now have double my team’s points (42 to 21), so it’ll take a hot run (take all points for three weeks) to get back into it, but I’m not happy about our prospects for doing so. The deficit to 7th place is also in double digits, so it’ll take a hot run to even climb out of last place.

My Week 10 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)

I was bitten majorly by the split bug tonight: nine of them, with five in the last game alone. When they came, I was able to run the strikes for the most part, and all of my makeable spares were single pins, of which I only missed one, and that was how I was able to save 500 on the night.

Result: 176-201-160=537
Average (30 games): 187
Average for last 9 games: 177
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 579

My sub-par bookend games may have cost us points tonight, and, indeed I came up in the 10th in the third game with the possibility of saving the night, but that shot held to form for the night…you guessed it, a split.

In the virtual league, the same result as Week 1 occurred between “5 Blind Squirrels” and “Furious Five”: the latter team winning all of the points. The margin from the basement (my team) to 7th (“Cell 6”) is now six points. “Five Fingers of Death” had their league lead halved, with Team 7 now just three points behind them.

The four points “Babe and Balls” won against the vacant last week allowed us to move into a tie in points for 6th with “Pairs and Spares,” 6 points behind the pace set by “Fire in the Hole,” who hold just a half-point lead over “The Mustangs.”

Individually, Carl’s 447 was the high scratch series of the week in his average division. This week, we see “Bowling Stones,” the team I threw my 700 series against.

My Week 9 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)

My work on lofting paid of in the first two (and particularly the second) games, but I struggled when I had to make a move to a line I was unfamiliar with playing. I missed all but one of my 10s, but made both of my washouts…go figure.

Result: 192-222-154=568
Average (27 games): 188
Average for last 9 games: 176
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 582

Team took all four from the vacant, but it wasn’t easy in the last game, as we were only 4 over our target score. Carl had his best night of the year tonight, scoring in the 440s (when his average night is in the 370s).

Last week’s failure to win points caused “Babe and Balls” to fall into a tie with “In It To Win It” in points for the 8th position. At the top, “Fire In The Hole” leads “The 5 G’s” by a point. My team has the bye this week; we’ve had previous experience bowling in a forfeit situation this season, and the forfeit rules are used when bowling against the bye…I hope we’re ready.

“5 Blind Squirrels” last week scored a nice reversal of the previous week’s result against “Cell 6,” and closed to within 4 points of a tie for the 6th position between the latter team and “4 + sk8 = #1.” At the halfway point of the season, “Five Fingers of Death” holds a 6 point lead on a three-way tie in points for 2nd between “AAA,” Team 7, and Team 4. “5 Blind Squirrels” ended up having the high scratch team game and series of the week.

This is late being posted…

“5 Blind Squirrels” only managed to take two points from “Cell 6” last week, meaning my virtual team fell further in back of the pack, sitting 7 points in back of the latter team for 7th place. The good news is we get an immediate rematch, as this week is the first position week for the virtual league. At the top of the standings, “Five Fingers of Death” lead “AAA” by 7 points.

My Week 8 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)

I felt more “out of it” than I usually do tonight. It showed not only in my bowling, but in my entry of the data for BowlSK, as I made a few errors in the initial entry of frames that I could only reconcile by checking the scores with what was on the recap at the end of the night and going back over the games based on my memory. The highlights were 5 in a row bridging the second and third games, and a conversion of the 2-4-10 in the last frame of the night.

Result: 170-146-173=489
Average (24 games): 188
Average for last 9 games: 182
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 583

It wasn’t a good night for the team, either. Eileen was battling a volleyball injury all night, and only John and Patrick had at least one game over average (Carl matched his average last game.) The team lost all four points, which I’ll chalk up as a team loss.

Last week’s failure to take points forced “Babe and Balls” further toward the middle of the pack, and are now 5 points behind the leaders, “Vacanczz,” in a tie in points for 6th with “Pairs and Spares” (Shawn’s team this year). “The Mustangs,” who figure to be more dangerous this year with my buddy Eric in the fold, provide my team’s opposition tomorrow night.

My Week 7 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)

All of the members of “The 5 G’s” can hook it, and the lanes broke down quicker than I’m used to. As a result, I couldn’t stay off the nose for a good deal of the night. I migrated in as much as I felt comfortable with and eventually found some success when I started trying to loft it a little. However, that is not really my game, and I eventually lost the left lane. I could take something away from tonight, however: I beat the younger Ed Godino scratch in the last game.

Result: 183-145-203=531
Average (21 games): 191
Average for last 9 games: 182
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 577

John had a steady night, and Carl got better than he’s been later in the night, but the other team didn’t make many big mistakes tonight and took all four points, with my team losing total by more than 300 pins.

“5 Blind Squirrels” only took two points from Team 4 last week, so my virtual team continues to be the bottom of the barrel, trailing “Cell 6” by four points. “Five Fingers of Death” continues to be the league leaders, by a five-point margin over “Furious Five.”

With “Babe and Balls” taking only one point against “Warren’s Girls,” my team slipped out of first place, but we’re still only two points out, with “Vacanczz” the new leaders, my team tied in points with “The 5 G’s” (the core members of the team being the former core members of “The Dynasty”) and “Fire In The Hole,” and my team in third position due to pinfall. Next week could be important for position, as we are up against the aforementioned “The 5 G’s.”

My Week 6 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)

Mistakes in the middle of the game made the first one a “what might have been” game, but, overall, this was a pretty good rebound night after last week. Sometimes, a subtle change makes the difference, and the chat gang made a suggestion to spread out my index finger; my carry was better tonight, so I think that suggestion did the trick. 😀

Result: 189-204-226=619
Average (18 games): 194
Average for last 9 games: 198
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 595

John gave me my main back-up tonight with a night that was only about a mark from 500, but that wasn’t enough to prevent losing two games and total to “Warren’s Girls,” who we ended up bowling against due to league contraction (two teams had dropped out of the league). Tonight was also an interesting night for Eileen, not because she scored particularly well, but because she converted two tough splits, first a 5-7 (which I had seen her make before), then the 4-7-10, which I had not seen her make.

“5 Blind Squirrels” lost all 7 points to Team 7, and have, thus, fallen to dead last in the standings with two weeks left on the schedule before the first of two position rounds. “Five Fingers of Death” increased their lead to six points over “Furious Five.”

Last week’s sweep at the hands of “Fire In The Hole” meant that “Babe and Balls” slipped into a three-way tie in points with the former team and “Vakanczz,” with my team and the latter team having more pins than the former team.

Individually, scoring seemed to be down league-wide, as, although Shawn Coles posted a 670 for high series of the week, Jim Blyth had the next-best series with only a 626. No woman had a series over 500, with Sue Young posting a 465 for the women’s best series.

“Dee’s Boys” provide the opposition for my team this week. My formerly online-only friend Keith is on this team, so I’m very much looking forward to this.

My Week 5 bowling, frame-by-frame (Links to series sheet on BowlSK in new window/tab)

As I also noted in the BowlSK comment, new pins came in this week, and what were strikes last week became weak and half 10s. I left 9 of those total, and it was a good thing I made them most of the night (I missed one, and one other one came filling a spare in the 10th) or this night could’ve really gotten ugly. As it was, I made other mistakes (8 frames with either splits or washouts), so not striking enough to make up for them was what did me in. I hope this was just one of those “average adjustment” nights.

Result: 188-154-154=496
Average (15 games): 192
Average for last 9 games: 208
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 593

This turned out to be a very bad night for my team, as well (losing all 4 points), as Eileen and Patrick were the only ones who really contributed anything positive. It should be said that the other team had a 95 average bowler come within a few marks of 500, as well, so this was just a “perfect storm” night for them.

Last week, “5 Blind Squirrels” ran up against “4 + sk8 = #1”, who had the hottest bowler in the league in the early going (“sk8shorty01,” a chat buddy, who had posted the first 800 series in the history of the virtual league two weeks ago); said bowler has cooled off considerably in the last two weeks, however, and, combined with yours truly being the hottest bowler in the virtual league at this moment (I ended up having the high series of the week again last week.), my team took 5 points and climbed back into 5th place, 7 points behind the new leaders, “Five Fingers of Death.”

“Babe And Balls” had the league lead going into this week, and, with all 4 points, held on to it, and we’re now actually the outright leaders in points, 2.5 ahead of “The Incredibowls.” Individually, my lead for high series on the season didn’t last long, as Ed Godino III used a 277 game to post a 710 set to take the lead. I still had the second high scratch series of the week, however, and Eileen had the second high scratch game in her division (she and John are both now in their respective B divisions).

“Fire In The Hole” will be providing the opposition this coming Wednesday night.