PBA 1992 ROCHESTER OPEN-PEDERSEN v WRW 2-2

Game 1 part 2

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Sports

Tags:

• PBA
• Bowling
• Randy
• Pedersen
• Walter
• Ray
• Williams

[BowlerScott]

I've seen Randy throw it dead flush and strike and still say something to someone in the audience who was distracting him. I will certainly agree that Randy, more than anyone else on the PBA, gets distracted a lot while on TV. However, he is still entitled to total silence and stillness when he is executing his shot, and that's what he expects. In no way is he out of line, nor is he a wimp. He owns 13 PBA titles, and that takes some seriously good bowling to accomplish.

[shad0h027]

Asking a spectator to stop dancing a jig every time you're taking your first step isn't really too much to ask imo. Randy was in great shape at this point in his career and I think he had one of the all-time best classic styles out there.

[brian1969a]

@Levi66604 Keep telling yourself that the "new" oil patterns have kept the technology in check. It hasn't. Why else do you think the sport is dying a slow, painful death?

[Levi66604]

@brian1969a before reactive came out? You kidding? With the more advanced oil patterns it is just as much a sport if not more. The game has definitely changed, but not necessarily for better or worse.

[brian1969a]

@DeekyDicawdo You mean like golf? Don't be that way, bowling is (or was, before reactives came out) a real sport. It requires a lot of concentration, and asking for people to be quiet while you do it isn't too much to ask for, esp. given the fact that they depend on this for their income and they're playing for a good chunk of money.

[DeekyDicawdo]

in a real sport you play through the noise from the fans

[emauriceharr]

@SavageShootsSweet I agree w/u wholeheartedly. I give Randy his kudos. A very great athlete. What people do not understand, he did not just pick the ball up and become a professional. Like everyone who bowls for the sport, you had to start as an amateur. That means noise & distractions, unless you bowl in an facility surrounded by the vacuum of space. I am all for courtesy to be shown for any bowler on the approach, but he's knows as a professional of this sport, nothing is perfect.

[Wolfman12395]

Randy is one of my favorite bowlers, regardless of how much he gets distracted. Very funny guy if you ask me.

[SavageShootsSweet]

I say he's a wimp, and blames it on others.

If he'd gotten the strike, for example---what would his response been then.

[BowlerScott]

He won a national title. I would like to think he was focused.

[BowlerScott]

When people are bowling with other constant movement, the mind adapts to that and accepts it as being tolerable. When the mind becomes accustomed to silence and stillness, any movements and/or sounds that are made are amplified a lot more than in the other situation, so it's perfectly understandable that he would get upset if someone can't hold it together for the 9 seconds that he's on the approach. It's respect, and it's required of the audience.