Game 1: Game 1 shaped up to be an average game, until the 9th and 10th frames.
I got a strike in the 9th frame. My team was behind, and I thought I would
need my first ball in the 10th frame to be a strike. Actually, all I needed
was a spare. I missed the easy spare and my team lost by 8. I failed in a
clutch situation yet again. In the 1997 Youth/Adult League, I was much better
in clutch situations. "Clutch man Dan"? I started the series with a first ball
gutter for the first time since "God knows when". Maybe when I was 5.
Game 2: Game 2 was more like Game 1. I wasn't in split city and didn't have
many high hits. I did have some lucky strikes. If I didn't spare the 10th
frame, I would have gotten 141 instead of 152. But, I was the team's only
good performer. My team lost by 72.
Game 3: Every time I tell the rest of my team that it has to win by a certain
amount, it wins, but not by enough. That was the case here. My team didn't win
by 81, but at least two of my other bowlers tried. I ended up with a 159 in
Game 3 for a 457 Series and my first average performance in league this year.
Summary: Only I, not my team, Only I, has been improving. Losing to such an
easy team which consists of nothing but girls (and the season series for that
matter) is such an embarassment. I hate it. My team has one more big
opportunity to win some games. If I do better, my team does worse.
I don't like this inverse relationship.