Bowling Update (3/15/06)

Some days it is just not your day. You know it, those around you know it, and there is nothing you can do about it. You can rail against the system, you can go meekly, but you cannot win.

Our team was run over by a steamroller. We basically bowled average in all three games, and lost by 100 pins per game (roughly). That is to say, we started with a 60 pin handicap advantage that the other team made up—quickly—and then proceeded to lose by an additional 100 pins.

In the second game, I bowled well enough to continue my streak of 200 games (203, 9 weeks in a row now), but that was a footnote to the evening. The story was that Brett, their #2 bowler, decided to bowl a 299. Yes, you read that correctly. He bowled 11 strikes in a row and left a hanging 10 on the final throw of the streak. A 299! I was one pin from seeing a perfect game. It was spectacular and the only real reason he didn’t get it was that the front desk decided to announce the 50/50 winning ticket numbers as he was on the lanes trying to psyche up for the final throw. Overall, he threw a 724 (212, 299, and 213). Congratulations to Brett for a great night.

Tai wound up not being able to make it, but this time it would not have made much of a difference. You just can’t win when the bowling gods decree otherwise. When a team can make up a 60 pin handicap and go on to beat you by around 100 in every game, there is little you can do to fight it.

So, we regroup, we hope that Tai can reconcile his commitments to work with his commitment to us, and we try to come together again as a team and finish the last 6 weeks strong.