Wednesday, January 6, 2010

David Vs Goliath


As Most Of My Readers Are Aware I Just Love Bowling. I Can't Seem To Get Enough Of It. I Bowl On Two Different Leagues.
My Tuesday Night League Has Some Rather High Average Bowlers. I Consider Myself An Average Bowler. I Am However The Highest Average Bowler On My Teams. In Most Cases Teams Reserve The Bottom Position For The Highest Average Bowler In Which They Refer To Them As The Anchor. The Primary Reason Teams Do This Is In Those Cases The Score Is Close And The Difference Comes Down To The Last Bowlers For Each Team.
Just A Few Weeks Ago I Got The Opportunity To Watch A Man Bowl A Perfect Game. Ofcourse The Place Exploded With Excitement For The Guy And Congratulations Came His Way From Almost Every Bowler In The House. I Over Heard Another Person Say It Really Wasn't A Big Deal To That Guy Because It's Not His First 300 Game.
For The Weeks That Followed, I Had Witnessed This Bowler Pick Up Some Rather Incredible Spare Shots. To Be Quite Honest I Was Envious. He Is The Bowler I Have Always Wanted To Be But Wasn't. I Will Most Likely Always Be An Average Bowler.
Last Night My Team Competed Against 'His' Team. I Was In Awe In The Finesse In The Method Of How He Delivered The Ball. I Have Watched Alot Of People Bowl Over The Years. I Go To Indianapolis Every Year To Watch The Professionals Compete Against Each Other. I Enjoyed Myself Last Night Just Watching This Man Throw Strike After Strike.
We Were Beaten The First Two Games. The Last Game Came Right Down To The Team Anchor's. When I Looked At The Score I Knew I Had To Throw Two Strikes In A Row To Even Stand A Chance For My Team To Win. I Already Knew He Would Throw Three Without Thinking About It. You Might As Well Mark It Up.
I Bowled Those Two Strikes That I Needed. My Third Throw Gave Me Enough Count To Declare A Win Over The Other Team.
My Point? It's Not About Me Facing A Giant In Bowling And Winning. It's To Remind You That Even Though You Have Goliath On Your Team, It's Not A Guaranteed Win.
I Didn't Win It For The Team. Without The Teams Effort We Would Not See The Victory.

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