Will Tigers Pony up for Skubal

[oblong]

2 hours ago, Screwball said:

That's interesting. When I learned we put three fingers in the ball. The two middle fingers of whatever hand we threw with. The holes were drilled so we could put the first two knuckles of our finger in the hole. Then another hole for the thumb. I don't remember when, but at some point, they went to the "fingertip" ball. You only put the first knuckle of your finger in the ball. This made the distance between the thumb hole and the fingers longer so you got more leverage to spin the ball - in theory. Probably true.

As the game progressed some quit using the thumb, and only drilled 2 holes in the ball for the fingers. Now, they do a thing even more unorthodox by using both hands to launch the ball in order to get more spin. It's all nuts compared to years ago.

I find this interesting given my background. Sorry for hijacking the baseball thread into a bowling conversation.

Wow. I had no idea. I could have been a bowler?

My ring, middle, and index finger were caught in a door in fifth grade. Next to last day of school.  1984.  Door closed. 30+ stitches. The tip of my middle finger is gone. My ring finger is slightly deformed and I broke the index finger. First few weeks of summer vacation sucked. Certain songs of that era make me think of soaking my hand in some kind of solution while watching MTV.   That middle finger was he’ll playing baseball on cold days if I got jammed. It was numb for 2 innings. 

[NorthWoods]

11 hours ago, oblong said:

Wow. I had no idea. I could have been a bowler?

My ring, middle, and index finger were caught in a door in fifth grade. Next to last day of school.  1984.  Door closed. 30+ stitches. The tip of my middle finger is gone. My ring finger is slightly deformed and I broke the index finger. First few weeks of summer vacation sucked. Certain songs of that era make me think of soaking my hand in some kind of solution while watching MTV.   That middle finger was he’ll playing baseball on cold days if I got jammed. It was numb for 2 innings. 

Obvious you're not a bowler, any bowler would know that room would look better with a big bearskin rug.   

 

[CMRivdogs]

That rug really tied the room together

[Screwball]

11 hours ago, oblong said:

Wow. I had no idea. I could have been a bowler?

My ring, middle, and index finger were caught in a door in fifth grade. Next to last day of school.  1984.  Door closed. 30+ stitches. The tip of my middle finger is gone. My ring finger is slightly deformed and I broke the index finger. First few weeks of summer vacation sucked. Certain songs of that era make me think of soaking my hand in some kind of solution while watching MTV.   That middle finger was he’ll playing baseball on cold days if I got jammed. It was numb for 2 innings. 

They could have custom drilled a ball for you. My Saturday consisted of 24 lanes of high school kids. Good for future customers. It was ran by the owners wife. She was everybody's mom. Saturday was also ball drilling day. The guy who drilled balls was behind the counter with me fitting balls for people. They were off work on Saturday so he was busy all day.

One day a guy came in with a bad hand, kind of like yours. I don't remember what happened but his hand/fingers were messed up. He wanted to bowl in a league but couldn't throw a regular house ball due to his fingers. He asked the ball drilling guy (Smut himself) if he could fit and drill him a ball. He told the guy he would try, but couldn't guarantee anything. He said go for it. He spent about a half hour measuring this guys hand and using the fitting ball as best he could. I was helping.

He went to the back and drilled this guy a ball. We turned on a lane so he could give it a try. It worked, and you would think this guy just hit the lottery. He was so happy. He signed up and got to bowl in a league. He was forever thankful. He got to do something he always wanted to do but didn't think he could. It was a neat deal, and if I remember right, they didn't charge him a dime.

[Screwball]

20 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

That rug really tied the room together

What rug?