I was hopeful that I had recovered from my dismal performance last week *hikbi* a memory I had tried to erase with 8 practice games on Sunday morning (thanks for joining me for half of those, Bowlinator Romy!), and a not so bad performance at league on Wednesday night. I was only bowling with one ball, though, sticking with my Spinderella Ebonite Cyclone, which loves the dry lanes better than my colorful Misfit Beast Ball. I was ready to rumble with my one ball, yeah, baby!
So we were back at lanes 21-22, same lanes as last week, but we were hopeful we would play better this week on the same lanes. Baka naman mas gamay na namin.... Playing tonight with us were the men of Spare Me: Marlon, Jonathan and Bob, together with Arlene's blind. The Spare Me Team photo below was taken by Mary Ann Liboon on Week 2 of play, and was originally posted on the Philly Pinoy FaceBook page. Go, men in blue!
Spare Me (L-R): BOB Wolfgang, AIDA Wolfgang, JONATHAN Assidao, NOVELYN Assidao, ARLENE Fetterolf and MARLON Paed
On the BowlStar lineup was the core team of Chelo, Liz, me and my anchor batter Mitchie. Our sub and lucky charm Chona/String was there for much needed morale support. The Bowlstars had their red BowlStar uniform shirts, which Bob said was the winner for best uniform in the league = thank you! David Bowie's song "Let's Dance" was playing in my head, my version, of course:
Let's BOWL
Put on your red shirts and bowl with me
Let's play
With cool spares and big strikes
Let's all have a big night!
The practice throws were looking good, nasindak si Jonathan, who kept searching for a better house ball, which he eventually found. Both teams stated out hot, exchanging strikes and spares, oh my! Ang gagaling namin! Pero kunwari lang pala, coz the strikes and spares gave way to more open frames. As Game 1 progressed, the BowlStars started to pull away. Marlon played just above his average, Jonathan struggled but Bob had a 151 game = awesome play! Chelo was a true BowlStar, staying hot the whole game and scoring a remarkable 173, whoo hoo! Liz needed more brakes on her sliding sole (muntik nang sumubsob sa lane!) but eventually shined with her lipstick red ball, playing an awesome 133 game = that's the Liz I know, yebah! I did not start hot but eventually got marks and ended with a 157 = I'm back, baby! Mitchie found her groove early and kept on coming, racking up 146 pins = go, my anchor batter! So the Bowlstars took Game 1 with a whopping 100 pin advantage. Go Team! Feeling good. What a start!
As Game 2 began, Marlon said he needed to match Chelo. Uuuy, match-up of the week: tapatan = Marlon vs. Chelo daw! Tapos, kayang-kaya daw ni Jonathan kaming dalawa ni Liz, ayayay! Sabi namin papanalunin naman nila kami, hindi pa kami nananalo. Sabi ni Marlon, sanay na daw sila doon, ay, sorry! While Game 2 was playing, an announcer for a big event kept screeching on the microphone, so when we made good shots, we would start screeching loudly, too. I somehow tended to leave one pin, that would eventually drop when my back was turned = strike pala, yabadabadoo, I'll take that any day! It became contagious, as Bob started getting the same lucky strikes, hala bira! The game was mighty close, though, trulily neck-and-neck, tied in the 10th frame. Hihikain yata ako, can't breathe, super exciting!
Both Marlon and Chelo struggled (talagang tapatan!) but Marlon won the Game 2 Marlon vs. Chelo match-up = uuy, tied na sila! Jonathan was starting to get the hang of his ball, and started inching towards his average. Liz played even better on the second game, scoring an awesome 140, hanep talaga! So, I put on my game face, my "let's get some 10th frame strikes" face, and was rewarded with two strikes and a 9, ending with an (I'll take it!) 181 = I'm a BowlStar (with my clothes on...)! Bob continued doing great, getting a fantabulous 147, good job! But the game went to the BowlStars, when my beloved anchor batter, Mitchie, did her thang and got her share of two strikes and nine pins in the 10th frame, scoring a fabulous 156 with her Ebonite "circus" ball. Talk about a 10th frame fist fight, we won that game by around 60 pins, all in the 10th frame. Hallelujah, nangangamoy mananalo sa wakas, whoo hoo!
The BowlStars were losing steam in the 3rd game, which I started with an ultra-brain farty gutter ball, uggh. Whadaheck? Recover, recover, keep fighting, my BowlStars, but the curse of the open frame had hit Chelo, Liz and me. Good thing, Mitchie was immune, starting the game with a cool double = go circus ball! But, man, Game 3 was truly THE MARLON PAED SHOW: super hot ang anak ng tipaklong! The Marlon vs. Chelo matchup became the "OMG, can the BowlStars ever catch up to Marlon?" match-up, as the spares and strikes kept coming off his hot hand, while our wayward balls kept missing the darn pins (kakanta na ba ulit ako ng PinFalls?). Darn, even Jonathan was getting lots of spares and strikes. Although Bob was struggling, his teammates were playing up a storm. The game was still close though = we needed to keep fighting and we needed marks in the 10th frame!
Alas, there were no BowlStar marks in the final frame except from our dear anchor Mitchie, who played a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 159 game, hubba hubba hubba! Liz played above her average, way to go, I am so very proud! THE MARLON PAED SHOW ended with Marlon garnering an incrediBOWL, unbelievaBOWL and faBOWLous 177 score = anak ng fill in the blank, concede, concede! Jonathan was also a star, playing above his average and getting a 134, anak ng ewan ko ba, ang galing-galing nila! Painfully, we lost the third game by TEN PINS. Oh the humanity! Oh the missed opportunity! Spare Me, spare me! Truly truly have to hand it to our opponents, they fought hard and played well: great job sparing yourselves from a sweep, nasilat pa ang waliswis kawayan! We had fun playing with you, you are true champions in our books.
Spare Me's MARLON Paed of tonight's Marlon Paed Show
So the BowlStars had their first winning night, 3-1 against Spare Me. I had a great night, ending with a 494 series and 164 average for the night, which should bring my Philly Pinoy league average back up to 150, say! Chelo played at her average, Liz had a 130 average, and Mitchie was winner with a 153 average. We did our best, kept on fighting, and did as well as we could tonight, so proud of my team!
For some unofficial results, Bowlinators were swept by BowlDawgs, Bowlerines were swept by Ball In, Bowlcoholics were swept by Hall of Framers, and our beloved Lords of the Lanes only got one win against the Bowleros. Notable performances were Ball In's Eric who had a super X-rated and strike-ridden 256, Bowlero Desi also had a 200+ game, and my GoPapa Joel had a 202 = hanep! So very happy that my GoPapa got a 200+ game (he had a truly stellar night, I am so happy and proud!), but sad that they lost tonight....
The Bowlerine vs Ball In match-up was another "giyera de patani" with Bowlerine Alice Deo up against Ball In Joel Deo, pero walang patawad ang Ball In, kahit isang game, kahit half game, walang binigay! Next week's "giyera de patani" match-up will be Bowlerines vs. BowlDawgs, with Bowlerine Grace Que up against BowlDawg James Que = bring it on, eh! One thing is for sure, this week's results should be interesting, abangan kay Commish!
Speaking of the Commish, Jay Lizardo was the lucky winner of the 50/50 raffle tonight, winning $30 from the pot, congratulations! We shall see if Jay wins again next week, just like Alice won two weeks in a row, and then Romy won two weeks in a row (Twilight Zone?). To date, after 5 weeks of play, we have netted $140 from the 50/50 raffles = wow, limpak limpak na salapi! This is thanks in LARGE part to our 50/50 raffle queen, galing-galing, Alice Mercado. Sa inyong lahay, salamat ng maraming marami sa inyong patuloy na pagtangkilik. Bili na, para manalo naman!
I have two lanes reserved for practice again on Sunday morning at the Palace from 10 am to noon, y'all are welcome to join me. I am extremely happy that we were spared (SPARED!) from ultra dismal play this week, but I am praying that we play even better next week coz we will need it, we will need to be at the top of our games: A-Game MUST be present against Ball In! Ako naman daw ang makaka 200 game = I wish, ano? Pero bakit hindi, I'm a BowlStar, baby!
Hanggang sa muli... Bowl, baby, bowl!
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