Other commitments and vacation turned today’s session into the days of old — only eight bowlers — so we had two teams of four using only two sets of lanes.
All four bowlers on one team bowled above their averages, so you can figure out who won the team competition. The team of Frank, Alex, Woody and Linc bested Ed Schecter, Marty, Dave and Ben, winning the first two games big — by 88 and 101 pins. Undaunted, the losers went double-or-nothing and almost pulled it off when Frank got splits in three of the last four frames enroute to an ignominious 139 game; but alas, the losers came up 21 pins short and the winners each went home a dollar richer.
From an individual perspective, six bowlers were +. Marty was +3 after starting the day with a 4-bagger before coming back to earth. Frank was +9 and had a 501, thanks to the day’s only 200 at 204, but was dragged down by his ongoing trips to “Splitsville”. Ben was +13. Woody was +14. Linc was +38, just missing a 400 series at 398 after slowing his ball speed to improve his control in the third game. But the bowler of the day was Alex, who had three triples on the day, his best game in a long time at 197 and a 522 series, +96. “Yeah, baby”!
Speaking of “Splitsville,” we had some fun talking about variations on songs that could be reimagined through a bowling lens. This led to me commenting about “The Last Train to Splitsville” and generating AI lyrics for which Marty created a music mix. It’s fun and the link is included below. Maybe Nutmeg should use it (although “The Last Train to Tenpinville” would be more appropriate for them).
Here’s the link to “The Last Train to Splitsville” that you can cut and paste into your browser.