website tweaks…and a question for bowlers

So, a few tweaks to the website have just gone live.  We’ve done some minor rearrangements to the index page, which allows us to install a working Twitter feed to the site.  We’ve grown to like Twitter, and plan on using it to add some flavor to CG as we go along.  But don’t worry, this blog won’t be going away anytime soon.

A question for the bowlers out there:  have you ever felt like your opponent just didn’t play fair in a match?  For example, did your opponent place one of his bowlers behind you on the approach so said bowler could yell during your shot?  Or maybe your opponent decided to drop a ball or two while you’re making a spare shot or in need of a hammer to tie a game.  Then again, maybe your opponent thought it would be funny to jump up and down on the lane just after you started your shot, in an effort to “get that last pin for the spare to fall.”  Yep, all this happened to my team on Wednesday evening—over and over again.  And my teammates will tell you, I’m still stewing about it. 

Personally, I don’t mind getting hammered and losing 4 points the honest way.  But I do mind losing to a dishonest team.  As far as I’m concerned, my guys got screwed out of 4 points as we bowled better.  But the other team enacted their strategy at opportune times to ruin shots and throw us off.  If that team makes the playoffs based on last week’s spectacularly dishonest showing, I’m going to be really, really pissed off.  It’s not right and should have been stopped.  One could guess that the 4 points meant so much to my Wednesday opponent, that they did anything necessary to win.  Not.  Nice.

Nevertheless, we persevere and continue to look forward to roll-offs in a few weeks.  We’ll be in the top 4 this year, which is great.  I just hope we’re not #4!