99 Flagship City Open Title Match Kasimakis vs Barnes Part 1

[njs300800]

@bowleramaa did you see the log he threw the first frame????? You don't get that from feathering the ball... this guy has twice the hand of the normal one handed bowler

[mrtvmankiller01]

man you fat

[bowleramaa]

if he gest so many "revs" why doesnt the ball hook at all or does he just throw it fast

[supermonkeyballboy]

OMG, everyone was so excited until 4:35!!! o.O

[NasalObstruction]

They should call him Rudy Rolls,,fat bastard.

[TyRTi]

Who puts more on the ball Robert Smith or Rudy? I think Smith

[BowlingDiseased]

@TyRTi Robert Smith but Rudy was throwing it like this in the mid 80's. I would say only Jimmy Keeth rivaled Rudy back then.

[BowlingDiseased]

@BowlingDiseased and maybe Gant

[TyRTi]

@BowlingDiseased Oh man I remember Jimmy Keeth he rolled one hell of a ball. But so does Rudy I like how he puts so much on the ball and remains steady at the foul line.

[BowlingDiseased]

@TyRTi I could remember watching Rudy in 1988 or 89 using a Ebonite Maxim off the gutter sending helicopter messengers. It was insane.

[TyRTi]

@BowlingDiseased yeah the good ol days. Now they have resin and particle balls now almost anyone can score on a houseshot with boatloads of room. I miss where you had to be pinpoint accurate with a rubber or plastic ball. Now hell you have 8-12 boards of room on a houseshot its stupid. And half the people wont bowl on the PBA experience patterns in my town cause they say its "To Hard". Its stupid anymore I miss the 90's where you would just take one ball and make it work. Now people have 2-6

[dettigs]

@BowlingDiseased kelly coffman use to get on it pretty good too!!!!

[TyRTi]

@BowlingDiseased balls its a shame almost anyone can score now a days :/

[triggerdigger213]

Im surprised that the PBA allows all of this noise during the bowlers shots. The crowd isnt alout to do that now haha

[BrandynFerShizzle]

@triggerdigger213 They are the best in the world, they shouldn't let noise affect them. I think the PBA broadcasts are kind of boring now being taped and quiet. Live and loud made bowling really popular. Now it's a snooze.

[BowlingDiseased]

@triggerdigger213

It was completely inappropriate in my opinion.

[agratias716]

@BowlingDiseased

Yeah the PBA for some reason went through a time when the fans could shout. It only lasted a short while. I think the PBA was trying to Showcase a new PBA it just never worked.

[ThePurpleHaZe253]

Haha, it was on my birthday :D

[BrandynFerShizzle]

OH MY GOD! ITS SO SICK!

[dillonleetaylor]

poor rudy blew out his knee last week

[TheAmpad]

Rudy is a jackoff.

[Scotchtapeeater]

iv never seen gold pins that is sick!

[20alphabet]

He looks like a "Rudy".

[i3enthebowlerkid]

that would piss me of if the crowd was making all that noise

[1337ScubaTal]

rudy thinks hes good. hes not.

[strongsock]

better than you

[1337ScubaTal]

lol yes hes a lot better than me. i only have a 199 average on a house shot. i wasnt comparing him to me. i was just saying hes not good.

[Collegejew629]

I agree, he is not as good as he ought to be, especially during 1999 when Particle stuff was first being invented. He really could have put Particle stuff on the map with his psycho rev rate.

[ralphiejantz]

@1337ScubaTal

I grew up bowling around Rudy

he his by far one of the best action bowlers of all time period

[Teddybear521]

Rudy revs the shit out of the ball.

And i thought i cranked the shit out of it.

[yette456]

i wonder whatever happen to rudy he's doesnt bowl anymore.

[thanoobsowne]

yes he still bowl but not in pba

[20alphabet]

@yette456

He now models for all the "BEFORE" photos for weight loss and hair restoration companies.

[mrtvmankiller01]

should've concentrated more on bowling than lane riding

[travis82x]

That crowd is huge! I never see it like that anymore

[frankied14]

why the hell is rudy playing such a tight line. i think barnes is throwing a bigger hook then him. with rudy's revs and power, he could easily afford to open up the lane a bit more by playing a bigger line, thus having a better margin of error

[apathy25tx]

Probably gets better pin action that way. If he goes the long route " big hook " he'll probably leave ten pins all day.

[ACDChellsbells]

Rudy Is awesome, I've watched him bowl ALOT since I've been doing it. I'm from Alabama and everybody around knows me as lil rudy :) Cuz I put so much on tha ball and I'm a shorter version of Rudy. Daniel Smith 17. From Birmingham AL.

[MasterBayt]

WOW!

your so kewl

i want to be you when i grow up...

[odiedude]

Is Rudy still bowling today?

[BowlingDiseased]

Yes he is

[djbigsmooth]

thanks for posting this one bro. don' t ever take this one down. :)

[tenpin477]

I remember going down to BOG watching Rudy bowl when he won his regional in Staten Island NY as mentioned in this video. I was 8 years old at the time, but I remember that insanely high backswing from a fat guy lol.

Rudy is definately one of the best to never win on Tour.

[Hview10]

hit "pause" at 1:18......WOW!!

[jfer1022]

I think if he would have had a different ball in his hand watch that ball deflect on pocket hits that ball did the same thing for me and it was last hammer ball I ever bought until ebonite bought them

[BowlingDiseased]

I agree Hammer made the best urethane balls of all time and the worst resin balls of all time. Now they are great again under Ebonite. Black Widow may be the best ball I ever owned.

[ccastro306]

I knew Rudy very well back in the 80s on Long Island....his overpowering style gave him superior carry and that was his advantage over everyone else....

BUT....on tour, accuracy and speed control are of higher importance than on a house shot, and he had trouble with this.... there's much less "area" on the pro conditions..

[pbateson]

I seen Kasimakis in 1999 Brunswick Long Island Open the 1st outdoor bowling centre.

Do u have this show of outdoor bowling?

[irishpogi]

BowlingDiseased hasn't posted this but I have.

[top2pear]

Great stuff.

Because he didn't do well on tour, most won't know just how great Rudy was.

Thx for putting this up.

[BowlingDiseased]

His best years were probably from 89-99. After that I think his style just caught up to him physically. He was certainly a natural and probably just came 15 years too late. He would have dominated the tour in the 70's.

[MarciusSim]

Thanks for the videos

[BowlingDiseased]

One of the great matches in PBA history was on ESPN Classic today. I just had to put it on youtube. I lost my first title match to Rudy Revs in 1994. As a 21 year old kid I was totally intimidated and he knew it. The match was over by the 8th frame. A true legend of New York City area bowling. I always wonder if things would have been different had he won this match against Barnes.

[Wolfman12395]

What do you mean you lost your first title match? O_O

[BowlingDiseased]

First Amateur title. I lost to Rudy in 94' the Jim Lustig Labor Day Scratch Challenge. Rudy won $10,000. I settled for $5,000.

[mrtvman]

cool

[Wolfman12395]

:D :D!!!