Marshall Holman kicks out foul light in PBA event

[yabbaguy]

He destroyed equipment, but why is this a *ten* week suspension?

[Sdnumbah2]

I thought I was the only one that kicked out a foul light...and I bucketed too...

[20alphabet]

The foul-line equipment DESERVED it ! I saw what it was doing!

[BlazeX43]

Maybe it was the gay haircut -_-

[KevinF780]

Holy Spectacles, Batman!!!

[marshallholman52]

I love it when the chick in the croud calls my name! I don't remember that though.

[pumazpawz]

Cotoure needs bigger glasses

[camflex66]

Thats an adjustable reflector , the light and the photo cell is is in the bigger housing between the pair of lanes. I had to readjust plenty of these after being kicked by angry league bowlers. Coke spilt in the old telescorers was'nt any fun either.

[StoneCold75]

Bowling skills aside, I truly believe that this You Tube video, features four of the ugliest dudes I have ever...ever seen.

[NashJM1]

10 week suspension? I don't think he deserved to be on the tour anyway. This is the same guy that got the double gutterball!

[MONOPOLY35]

Congratulations! You missed the 10 pin again!

[electraglider01]

Looks like Elvis Costello there isn't sure what to do after the misdeed....

[AugieGK4life]

super shine! hahaha

[NasalObstruction]

Holman is sucha pencil neck little bitch,always hated him.

[DeedsResearcher]

Away from the lanes, Holman was a pretty decent guy. ON the lanes, he was a jerk. His lack of sportsmanship was obvious when he kicked out the foul light. There is just no excuse for that wretched, childish display.

[MONOPOLY35]

@DeedsResearcher Professional bowlers live challenging lives. They always need to stay focused when bowling. However, some people handle it worse than others. I had no idea anyone could kick the foul light! It seems so outrageous. The closest I saw to that were angry bowlers who slam their fists on the ball return. Some end up cursing afterwards. Pete Weber said "dammit" after leaving behind the 10 in the 2003 PBA open.

[DeedsResearcher]

@MONOPOLY35 It is actually the housing where the foul light mechanism is located. Kick it hard enough, and it can fall apart.

When I was about 14 or 15 (a LONG TIME ago!), I saw another bowler kick the ball return when he missed a simple spare. His coach ran over to him and asked "Would you have kicked it if the ball return could kick back?" The kid had a very red face after that, but never again kicked a ball return! Good lesson.

[fullhouse41]

@DeedsResearcher I beg to differ with you sir. Off the lanes he was an asshole too. A while back, my friend and his young son (8-9 yrs.old) went to a bowling center in south Jersey. The son asked if that was M.H. bowling down by the last few lanes. After walking down a bit, my friend said yes it is. His son asked to get his autograph, and dad said sure. When his son approached Holman and asked for his autograph, Holman said "Hey kid, I'm busy practicing". Holman was a disgrace to the sport.

[DeedsResearcher]

@fullhouse41 As I said, "Away from the lanes, Holman was a pretty decent guy." If Holman was practicing, he was AT the lanes. He was concentrating on his practice session, and probably working out something in his delivery. He need not be in a tournament in order to be "at work", and for pro bowlers, any time they are on the lanes, they are at work. The PBA used to have rules, fining us for giving autographs while bowling a squad. GOOD RULE! They wanted us to focus on bowling our best.

[ridna660r]

napolean dynamites father was a pro bowler!?

[monkeytaco]

GOOD FOR HIM!!! Damn crybabies!! =______=

[patsfanatic]

Get em Holman!

[chrisf355]

Pete Couture looks a lot like the character napoleon dynamite..,

[dbkparm]

@chrisf355 I never noticed it before, but you are 100% correct. Great pick-up!!!

[jagspots]

man, that Pete Couture sure is a goofy lookin' son of a bitch

[domirules28]

weird to see nbc broadcasting a pba event, from my days in my stroller i remember watching abc's wide world of sports on saturday afternoons, with the soothing sound of chris schenkel narrating...

[TheBowlingAddict]

Do him like Baseball did Pete Rose and ban him from everything. Kicking out a foul light is the ultimate No NO!!

[TheBowlingAddict]

Ban his ass for life

[meldon100]

lmao lmao failed

[jwm239]

..what if Holman had not converted that

yucky 2-4-5-8 leave...? There may have

been some more unhappy foul lights.

[sandybill1967]

I used to watch the PBA when I was a child back in the late 70's and early 80's.....I always considered Holman to be a bit of a dick at times, but he certainly was good at the game.

[strongsock]

does anyone remember the guy who won a tournament, lifted the trophy above his head, and it broke? who was that?

[jayjarnold]

Pete Weber, April 13, 1991, after winning the BPAA U.S. Open Tournament

[strongsock]

@jayjarnold lol thanks alot, been thinking about that touranment for years

[Cenilio714]

That would be Pete Weber

[Riddikc]

wow Couture is ugly XD

[DTrainExpress]

I think Steve Neff was doing commentary.......not sure about the other guy.

But then again, I wasn't even two years old at the time either.

[MikeHL78]

@DTrainExpress Play-by-play guy was Sam Nover. You're right about Steve Neff. The 2 of them also did the 1980 Legends of Bowling together, the championship match of which is posted here on YouTube.

[flydude1063]

Does anyone know who the commentators are?? Just wondering. I don't recognize either guy.

[mymain4u]

lol

[joojiebee]

There were other reasons why Holman kicked the light out on lane 59. Some of us thank him for it.

[MikeHL78]

If you listen carefully as they get ready to toss to break, I think that's a re-arrangement of Jerry Goldsmith's theme to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" from the previous year. (It would later be re-arranged for The Next Generation as well, of course.)

As a kid I HATED watching Marshall Holman and wanted to lose every televised match he ever had...even though I had a bad temper myself that I didn't learn to get a handle on until I was about 16. lol

[Collegejew629]

I just like how he jokes about these moments of his when he is commentating...

[rstp354]

Tommy Hudson was one of the under rated bowlers of the 70's and early 80's...and a great guy to boot - he now runs a Pro Shop in Naples FL.

[roundtown74]

What a jerk!

[AES90210]

Marshall was always a miserable asshole from his teens to his 50's...

[rallyden]

hehehe, marshall looks so calm now on TV as a commentator. this video, plus the one when he covered his ears during applause while bowling against his partner, Mark Roth, is funny to see.

[Tata996]

I remember in times of anger I'd kick the bowling rack, smack the overhead ceiling, and the worst, punch out the glass in the overhead projector. I had a terrible temper as a kid.

[gamemeister27]

Iol, I used to kick the ball return when I was angry.

[IronNeon]

I loved the personality Holman had when bowling. It was great to see the raw emotion, you know how much he always wanted to win.

Although there are better ways of showing it than kicking the foul light... tsk tsk.

[instrumentalist]

Holman was always a punk. Totally classless. I watched all those matches when I was a kid and anyone else can watch his crappy attitude memorialized for all time on this and other videos.

[stormBIGbowling]

only a 10 week suspension? i would have given him longer

[luckyfuck23]

If he kicked the foul light it should of been a foul and the match over.

[Curtie555]

Well, the part of the foul light he kicked was behind the line. So I guess he didn't technically foul.

[ranx6]

On top of personality similarities with McEnroe, they even look like they could be related. Still LMAO.

[ranx6]

Hahaha.. Marshall Holman... the John McEnroe of bowling. I love this stuff...

[buzsub03]

Nope, no lie. It's true. Happened at Mowry Lanes in Fremont, CA.

[buzsub03]

He's still around. Holman is an idiot! My friend who was 12 yrs old at the time asked him for his autograph while he was practicing. Holman said, "Get the hell away from me, kid!" Eversince then, I've never liked him at all.

[thunderstruck665]

Wow, that was a pretty douchebag thing to do! Jeez, you would think a BOWLER would be thrilled to sign an autograph. I'm a league bowler, I follow the players and I don't miss a tournament on ESPN on Sundays but I mean, it's not like he's a world class athelete that he has to be such a freakin diva!

[milktrey]

bowling was much bigger back in the day then it is now so an autograph back then was a bigger of a deal then it is nowadays

[NGC500]

roth did the same thing to my brother.... no wonder they were paired up... and my brother was like 8 at the time. Rediculous. I hate mark roth, and now marshall holman as well :)

[ShutupHollywood]

That was such a "no big deal" Who cares, he barely tapped the damn thing.

[thunderstruck665]

TEN weeks? I know it was a stupid thing to do, but isn't that a bit harsh???

[uberbcs]

not really harsh for damaging private property.

[ShutupHollywood]

Does anybody know if Marshal Holman is still bowling or even if he is still alive? I used to like watching him every Saturday afternoon.

[Left4Coast]

Marshall was given a "Commissioner Exemption" into this weeks 1/18/09 event in Oregon and finshhed in t63 Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore., 2,654, $1,800 ....weird how 33rd place thru 63rd place all pay $1,800

[jayjarnold]

Still lives in Medford, and bowls league at Lava Lanes there...there's also a huge Marshall Holman exhibit across from the front desk at Lava.

[bensmith2373]

@ShutupHollywood yes he lives In Medford,Oregon and bowls regulary at Lava Lanes

[stormBIGbowling]

i just drop the f-bomb or sumat

[DethRail]

i just swear once real loud and thats it

[moenemdown15]

I've kicked the ball return before, but it's pointless, you only hurt yourself and bowl worse. Never kicked the foul light though. No offense to him, but he deserved the suspension.

[Retrobowler]

its ok i always kick the ball return

[strongsock]

lol i dunno whats more embarrassing, kicking the foul light, or wearing those clothes....or hair...or glasses...

[bobitosanchez67]

i kick it all the time

[MakWak]

that was a sissy kick. hahah

[steelcurtain96]

The protest was because if Holman fouled...his pins should have been counted as a zero and instead of shooting for a 4 pin spare, he should have been shooting at a full set of 10 pins on his second shot.

[bigkellyr]

Right but since he kicked the foul light after the ball was left his hand and hit the pins it cannot be counted as a foul.

[brian1969a]

It sure as heck can...

[TXP9]

i used to kick the machines too when i got frustrated. sometimes it was because i felt cheated; sometimes because i was looking for an external source to vent my anger for failing to perform. either way, i was a jackass for doing it; marshall holman is no exception.

[pins0444]

He was fined $15,000, that much I know...

[RLE300]

whoa..... first time i've seen this- he didnt seem to kick it THAT hard..... and they wanted a protest- PLEASE! it was an exciting match nevertheless.....

[mikedamian2]

THX Holman, now my son's are kicking the furniture when they miss on there Wii.

[len040484]

I think he was suspended for that. Am I right?

[top2pear]

....and people talk about Pete.

Holman was an a-hole without equal.

[generalbullmoose]

Neither I nor my dad ever liked Holman...this is evidence as to why.

[XXXXShelts]

O shit!!!!!!!

[dcbandnerd]

Man, I gotta feel bad for Mark. If I were him, I would have KILLED Holman.

[probowler94]

Marshall has always been sort of a hot head; this doesn't surprise me.