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Points Won: 8 - Points Lost: 19 |
Another week and another lopsided defeat. This time we had a rematch with How Swede It Is and their
750-bot which nearly guarantees we start at a four-point disadvantage. If you think I'm exaggerating, even a bowler as skilled as Garrett puts up 250+ in 17.6% of his games and 750+ in 5.4% of his series. That's setting the bar awfully high. Entering this week, Swedish 750-bot had a record of 31-1.
I wish to be clear I'm not criticizing How Swede It Is. They had nothing to do with our league officials' decision to bend the rules and grant them a vacant bowler's average of 250. I wish only to illuminate the absurdity of that decision.
So in my best
Joe Friday prose, I will point out that for weeks #1-#26, How Swede It Is had a record of 218.5-483.5 (winning percentage 31.1%). Since they were granted the vacant bowler with a 250 average in week #27, their record is 152-91 (winning percentage 62.6%). Is it a coincidence? Maybe their three remaining bowlers stepped up when Dennis had to drop out. This calls for a closer look.
1-26 27-34
Kevin 191 191
Lisa 170 179
Eric 204 201
Dennis 203 ---
750-bot --- 250
Kevin held his ground, Lisa improved 9 pins, and Eric slipped back 3 pins. Lisa's improvement gave the team a slight boost but it wasn't enough to double their winning percentage, especially since it was partially offset by Eric's decline. That increase of 47 pins per game from the 750-bot is clearly the driver of this team's upward movement in the past two months. But I digress.
Getting back to this week's match, we won the first game but lost the next two and the points for total pinfall. The Swedish 750-bot pulled off another sweep in match play and improved its record to 35-1.
WEEK 35 01 02 03 SER PTS G PINS AVG PTS HG HS 200 600 700 800
Quinton 209 178 178 565 1.0 87 15981 183.7 52.0 266 661 25 7 0 0
Mark 222 244 183 649 3.0 102 19268 188.9 67.0 247 659 39 10 0 0
Brandon 172 196 111 479 1.0 105 20072 191.2 54.0 257 688 32 8 0 0
Garrett 212 188 247 647 0.0 102 22545 221.0 70.0 299 876 74 22 8 1
Kevin 9 1708 189.8 5.0 236 574 4 0 0 0
TOTAL 815 806 719 2340 5.0 405 79574 196.5 248.0 964 2693 174 47 8 1