Yup! You read it right! A 189 scratch! (Thats good for me!!) After a decent warmup, and a 176 first game, I kicked some pins! With the handicap that was in place from my first few weeks, I had almost a 300 game. The other team shot terrible, and totally thought I was sandbagging.. Nope, I just had a good oil game. The third game was terrible (102!) as I forgot to adjust. Ended up about 3 boards over by the time the game finished.
We still took all 8 points that night, even with a player gone. I felt bad, but I had a honest good game. I was able to take some of what I had learned and applied it to the game. Felt good to get 3 in a row for the first time in a league game. Next week my handicap should drop and I will be more competitive with the others. I was afraid they were gonna take me to the ball return and “Munson” me!!! 
I used my Brunswick Fury Pearl, at 4000 grit abralon, drilled to go long and strong… It worked really well all night, I just need to adjust when it dries up. With my stroker style, it makes a nice quick backend arc to the pocket when I line up right. Give it too much loft or crank it any, and lookout, its goin right (I’m a leftie!)
Stay tuned for next week, see if I can keep it up!
