1992 PBA Showboat Invitational: Sullins vs Vespi-1

[TheOiri]

ウレタンボウル時代に、これだけ切れのある投球する、両者は共に­すごい！！

[SmooveLefty]

Vespi chops 3 off the left and then crosses over to BARELY spare and pumps his fist...lol

[BrianCRX90]

I have this whole show on VHS. If you think this is ugly watch Mark Bowers who had one of the ugliest pro games in history and misses a 5 pin by a mile. Chris Warren was horrible and so was Philip Rigener. One of the most brutal lane conditions at one of the toughest houses ever in a time in period in my opinion on the PBA tour had some of the worst pro bowlers in the early 90's.

[MikeHL78]

Bo laughing at Vespi @ 6:18. I love it. Way to stick the knife in Vespi's back and give it a few twists :)

[sommerssmith]

Believe it or not, I've seen somebody chop out the 4-7-8 combo before. It was a left hander who sent it out to the out-of-bounds zone. This was Joe Salvemini in 1988 in Tucson where he lost to the eventual champ, Pete McCordic.

[vanni9283]

You have that telecast?

[irishpogi]

It was broadcast on ESPN classic not long ago. My DVR recorded it.

[vanni9283]

You gonna post it?

[WesSeid]

Vespi was awesome.

[LeonidasJethro]

Unbelievable.

[OxManofSteelxO]

"Wow! This match is out of control." LOL

[vanni9283]

What the heck was Vespi doing on his shot at the 4-10?

[Wolfman12395]

Most likely trying to bounce the 10 out, but at the time he was one of the worst spare shooters on tour.

[vanni9283]

Bounce the 10 into the 4? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me!

Obviously one of the worst shots at a split I've ever seen...lol!

[NYDanno85]

I have no idea, either. lol

Maybe it was a test shot to take the Monacelli approach to 59-60 when they got nasty... hard and straight at the 1-3.

Or, it was perhaps one of the most horrendous brain farts in the PBA's televised history. I just don't know, but I suspect the latter. lol

[vanni9283]

Oh yeah, that was the major adjustment that Amleto made when won there in '88, and probably the most direct shot you'll ever see Amleto play.

[NYDanno85]

Right. He threw a 160-something in his first game, won by 10 and just started chucking it at the pocket and beat Mark Williams and Mark Roth. Would love to see that sometime. :)

[vanni9283]

Me too. I used to have a tape of it, but I think we taped over it though. :( So it only lasted a few weeks...lol!

[vanni9283]

By the way, in that first match, he defeated a guy by the name of Gip Lentine (kind of an odd name, that's why I mentioned it...lol)! Gip had 3 opens in that match.

[irishpogi]

Gip Lentine became the lane maintenance supervisor for the LPBT in 1990. I think he held that post for a few years.

[vanni9283]

Yes he did. Denny mentioned it on an LPBT telecast. I'm hoping someone will eventually post the '88 Showboat Invitational. I'd LOVE to see it again. :)

[pbateson]

c001

[Wolfman12395]

Well, the first few frames were actually very good. :P