EILEEN'S BOWLING BUDDY

Ashly Galante endorses Eileen's Bowling Buddy

You might have noticed me swinging a warmup tool before we took our practice shots the past few weeks. Will certainly had a good laugh about it last night. Eileen's Bowling Buddy is bowling's version of the bat donut you see baseball players use in the on deck circle. I found an advertisement for it in the October 2013 edition of Bowling World magazine and thought it looked intriguing. After viewing the videos on their website, I figured it was worth a flier.

Bowlers are almost never seen doing any warm up excercises before they bowl. Most warm up by bowling. You may see a few bowlers stretch a little but that's about it. I'm about a week away from my 54th birthday and for the past few years, I've found I feel tight and achy through my first dozen or so deliveries. That's no longer the case since I picked up a Bowling Buddy. I swing this thing for a couple of five minute intervals before we take our practice shots and I'm limbered up and ready to go from the start.

I also picked up one for my Dad who is 82 and still bowling. Besides warming up with it before he bowls, he swings it several times during the day while he's at home watching TV. He says it has helped his arm swing and his balance in addition to the benefit of loosening up before he bowls. So go ahead and laugh at my new toy if you like but give it a few swings and you'll wish you had one.

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #13

Free Agents: 3 - No F*ing Around: 1

We needed to rebound after the butt-kicking we took from Lois Lanes last week. The night started well, as we won the first two games and held a 119 edge in total pins. However, a sweep was not to be as we took gas in the final game and barely held onto the point for total pins. By winning three points, we improved our record to 32-20. The league stat sheet hasn't been posted yet so I don't know our position in the standings. I will link to it once it becomes available.
 
  Free Agents         No F*ing Around
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     854    0   854      753   35   788
2     852    0   852      764   35   799
3     696    0   696      770   35   805
T    2402    0  2402     2287  105  2392

WEEK 12   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 235 232 165  632  33  6547 198.4 258  664  15   4   5
Mark     212 179 176  567  39  7489 192.0 237  626  14   7   4
Will     185 204 193  582  39  7734 198.3 268  690  16   5   6
Kimlang  222 237 162  621  39  7748 198.7 253  658  18   5   6
Total    854 852 696 2402 150 29518 196.8 931 2512  63  21  21

HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #12

Free Agents: 0 - Lois Lanes: 4

The Lois Lanes brought their brooms and swept us away. We nearly salvaged a win in the final game but our small lead slipped away in the tenth frame. Our three splits combined with Cindy Cosco's clutch salvo of strikes put the final nail in our coffin.

We entered the night in a first-place tie with a record of 29-15. There was a tight cluster at or near the top as nine teams were within three points of first place. After tonight's sweep, we fell to 29-19 and eighth place, four points behind the leaders.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET
 
  FREE AGENTS         LOIS LANES
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     783    0   783      702  126   824
2     718    0   718      624  126   750
3     768    0   768      768  126   781
T    2269    0  2269     1981  378  2359

WEEK 12   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 213 201 202  616  30  5915 197.2 258  664  13   4   4
Mark     189 158 235  582  36  6922 192.3 237  626  13   6   4
Will     168 190 179  537  36  7152 198.7 268  690  15   4   6
Kimlang  213 169 152  534  36  7127 198.0 253  658  16   5   5
Total    783 718 768 2269 138 27116 196.8 931 2512  57  19  19

TUESDAY HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #11

Free Agents: 2 - ALB Nitemare: 2

Paced by Will's excellent 690 series, we averaged 202 as a team. One might assume it would lead us to three or four points. Not so fast -- though we bowled well, we had the misfortune of running into the Edwin Sinn buzzsaw. Edwin put up scores of 259-256-246 for an amazing 761 series. We managed to win only the second game. Luckily for us, the margin of victory was large enough to earn us the extra point for total pinfall and a series split.

Entering Week #11, our record of 27-13 put us in first place with a one point lead over The Hostages (Team 7) and Unpredictable (Team 23). Three more teams were tied for fourth place, two points behind us. Our record is now 29-15 and it's likely we lost our tenuous grip on first place.

  FREE AGENTS         ALB NITEMARE
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     782    0   782      734   90   824
2     895    0   895      663   90   753
3     751    0   751      729   90   819
T    2428    0  2428     2126  270  2396

WEEK 11   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 179 189 191  559  27  5299 196.3 258  664  10   4   3
Mark     202 237 162  601  33  6340 192.1 237  626  12   5   4
Will     235 244 211  690  33  6615 200.5 268  690  15   4   6
Kimlang  166 225 187  578  33  6593 199.8 253  658  15   5   5
Total    782 895 751 2428 126 24847 197.2 931 2512  52  18  18

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

TUESDAY HOT SPOT #1 - WEEK #10 RESULTS

Free Agents: 3 - We Got This: 1

We had to bowl this one without Dietrich and it was a night we weren't at our sharpest. We Got This hammered us by 107 pins in the first game so we were immediately in a deep hole. We pulled out the second game by a score of 797-796 but we remained at a 106 pin disadvantage for the series. Thankfully, We Got This cooled off in the final game and we won it by 120.

With a margin of victory of one pin in the second game and fourteen pins in the series, we were very lucky to come out of it 3-1. It could quite easily have gone the other way. We were also lucky that our closest competitors were beaten which allowed us to move into first place with a record of 27-13. Two teams are right behind us at 26-14.

  FREE AGENTS         WE GOT THIS
  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL  SCRATCH HDCP TOTAL
1     762    0   762      743  126   869
2     797    0   797      670  126   796
3     756    0   756      510  126   636
T    2315    0  2315     1923  378  2301

WEEK 10   01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 550 600
Dietrich 197 197 197  591  24  4740 197.5 258  664  10   3   3
Mark     154 217 193  564  30  5739 191.3 236  626  10   5   3
Will     227 192 183  602  30  5925 197.5 268  642  12   4   5
Kimlang  184 191 183  558  30  6015 200.5 253  658  14   4   5
Total    762 797 756 2315 114 22419 196.7 931 2512  46  16  16