We were supposed to start our league tonight, but there were a lot of no-shows so the management decided to do some more recruiting and see if the situation was better on the 14th (taking the holiday off). They let those of us who were there bowl for free, so we treated it like a league night although the scores did not count for league purposes. I had planned for this to count as week 1 of the virtual league, so it was both good and bad because I was on fire!

Actually, I didn't think I was throwing the ball all that well since I was frequently off my mark. All I had to do was get it close though and it seemed to work out. I think I had a good 3 board area to hit.

Started off a little shaky leaving a washout in the second frame, but hit the next 8 before coming in a little light in the 11th to finish with a 254.

Since we were "practicing", I took another ball out to see how it would fare. The Mutant Cell Pearl as expected was longer, but I moved my aimpoint and slowed down a little. Normally I would be pretty happy about a game where I stayed clean and finished up with a 4 bagger for a 235, but this was the runt of the litter.

Switched back to the Hy-Road Solid for the last. Left two weak 10's in the second and third frame before taking it off the sheet for a 269.

I was a little concerned coming in that I would not be able to live up to my lofty standard from last year, especially since I think I bowled maybe 6 games all summer. I'm still a little concerned, but in a much different way now?

This is actually a new high series for me, but since it wasn't "for real" I'm not sure what to call it - a really good practice session?