Simply put, bowling is a sport of mental toughness. One has to be able to rise above the small distractions, the aches and pains or the stigma of last week's loss. That, like any other sport, is what separates the best from the best.
Plus, pro bowlers aren't old, fat guys with tacky shirts and blue-and-red shoes. The Hall of Famers? Pete Weber has never tipped the scales at any more that 175 pounds. Norm Duke looks like one of Santa's Little Helpers, and Parker Bohn III resembles a sitcom dad from the '80s, not a man with over $2 million in career earnings.
Point is, these guys stay in shape and prepare week in and week out to be the absolute best they can be. Even if they aren't, so what? Albert Pujols doesn't get a hit every night.
Imagine...
So the next time you head up to the alley with your friends on a Friday night, imagine this scene.
The TV lights are blinding. The oil runs forty feet down the lane, and Pete Weber is up in the tenth. If he strikes out, you need to throw three in a row to beat him.
PDW, sunglasses hiding his eyes, takes three, four, five steps to the line and whips a tumbling ball down the lane. The eyes of the crowd follow it as it hangs right until three feet before the pins, until.....WHAM! A bone-rattling, fear-inducing strike.
Weber screams at the frothing audience, turns and stares you down, then raises his arms and gives you his patented "D-Generation-X" crotch chop.
"Suck it, bitch," he whispers to you as he walks back to his seat.
Now open your eyes, take a deep breath, and try to throw that strike.
Still think bowling is easy? Or is it what's really good?
Back on July 14th. Until then, keep waving the Pennant.
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