that’s so shitty…and i doubt you’ll get a new ball outta it with the rationale that it wasn’t a NEW ball that got destroyed…i use to work at thruway back in the day and all we ever use to do is just fill in gouges with some crap plastic filler. make enough noise though and i’m sure you can get a bit more compensation that i’ve seen given…
^ I agree with you to an extent, but the pictures dont even do this justice. There is no way that ball could ever be repaired to a semi-normal level.
I have known Mike for awhile now so we will see how things work out. One of the mechanics said it shouldn’t have happened in the first place either, but I will keep you posted on what ends up happening.
I wont settle for the ball being repaired though, I bought that ball primarily to use in tournament play, cant roll with a half-assed ball and expect to get anywhere
no offense i hated when mike drilled or did anything with my balls, i had two balls drilled and done at broadway that mike thought would help me make my game better and i ended up getting really bad cramps in my hands from the way they were drilled, i go to jimmy at lancaster
steve shoot me some texts if u bowl or know of any tournments or stuff that i can win some money… ive been averaging about 70 to 120 a night on fridays
there is tounaments every sunday at a different alley it is like a traveling tounament u can make like a 1000$ and its like 45 to enter. its a good tounament alot of good bowlers including me
wow, just found this thread! didnt know there was this many people into bowling on here. right now im down to 2 leagues a week because i work full time and go to school in the evenings. Im bowling at Rapids on wed. and friday nights. both are pretty good leagues, friday we have 32 teams in the league at $20 per person a week for a 5man league. I started out in a little slump this year but am getting back to my pace. I usually avg around 215-220. I just bought a new ball, The Bounty from 900 Global, if you throw a 300 by 4/30/09 in a sanctioned league/tourny with it, you send the company your info and you get a cut of $25k they are giving out.
bigwoode, that sucks about that NV, dont settle for anything less than a new ball. Two years ago, i shattered a good ball when i threw it at a 10 pin at over 24mph, took a chunk out of it about 3" in diameter. it was my best ball at the time, Columbia 300 U-Turn particle, it had a few 300s on it.
Yea mike will take care of you, you will get a new ball without a problem cause that can’t be fixed…and yea mike does not know how to drill a bowling ball but I don’t think he does it anymore anyway. I have been friends with his 2 sons since highschool so I am really close to him
^Word Jeff, I have had stuff drilled by Mike before and it was okay, but now I have my stuff drilled by Jack Jurek, I have a weird shaped thumb so his oval drilling works heavily to my advantage…
Henry - big money tournaments coming up in the springtime, if you are up for a little road trip we can go to the lilac tournament, i bowl it with my father already but wouldnt matter to go twice
Bowling in the league tomorrow night so I will see what the big boss man says
ya im game, i think on my winter break i may hit up some of the cheap deal games around the area to get some practice but let me know
one of the bartenders works for me now. he begs me to come in and bring the team back all the time. lol
So I bowled tonight, and checked out what was going on in the pro-shop, and much to my disappointment I found this:
My dad delivered a package this morning, and Mike said he was going to take care of me, and then I showed up and found this out…
So I left a note and politely said that I would not even consider accepting it.
On a better note, shot 701
hahaha …demand a new ball … or law suit haha
yea dont take that, you will not get a consistent reaction out of that at all not to mention how they will probably fuck up the ball cleaning that up cause there is no tool for that…i cant wait to see your ball Wednesday when i bowl so i can see how bad it really is
I hope it doesnt come down to that, I think the price of a new ball will be much less than what would come out of court…
Agreed, it won’t roll the same, that part of the coverstock will kill reaction, it is just a dumb idea to try and make this ball usable again.
I feel disrespected, considering I have patronized this place since 1997 and have participated in the Junior Camps and Travel Leagues for the establishment. The ball is not just a piece of junk that I picked up for $20, I bought it primarily for tournament use, and have adjusted to using it as my regular ball.
Don’t go on here much, but just found this thread. That sucks about your ball. I’m pretty sure the same thing happened with my spare ball at broadway in our old junior travel league Steve. I can’t believe you haven’t shot a 300 yet. I got my first last year at Town Edge, and the last two balls were so shitty. Light mess followed by a crossover that I pulled the shit out of. And I still remember Hery’s first 300 with a 620 something set.
I could have shot my 300 last night, first game, front 8, slightly high the 9th frame, chopped the spare, struck out for 263
My dad was a great bowler, so I tried, and I never got too good. I bowled in a league for like 8 years, high of 211. I throw consistent 170 - 180, but I just peaked there. He bowled 8 300’s in league. The bowling gene skipped over me
Studderin and I are trying to get into a late season league, but no call-back yet.
–mark
Did anyone go to the pro tour? My gf’s dad is a great bowler and friends with Jurek and the Storm rep, so we all got in for free a couple of the days.
I personally enjoy bowling, but it’s a sport I just won’t try to be competitive at. One of the few!
edit: I’d join a couples league, but only so I could recreate a vince vaughn moment from the breakup
im glad im famous for shooting a 300 and having a 620 set lol…
Didnt make it to the tour this year around, all of my exams were last week! I DVR’ed the finals but haven’t checked it out yet