A little background before the meat and potatoes....

I was in a league this past season for the first time in 5 years...the previous league I finished with a 170-something average...(I did start the season with a [censored] plastic ball as my only ball, and finished with a ball more suited for throwing a hook)...Never shot a 600 prior...Not really new sport...always bowled in kid leagues, but kept it casual since then...
...I came into this season not knowing what to expect

First night I shoot a 594...I thought, great, I just burried myself for a while...

Turns out I wasn't too far off what I would finish with...

out of the 28 weeks I rolled a 200+ game 35 times...9 600 series...and finished with a 190 average....

Certainly there are tons of higher scores being had by others...but I think it wasn't a bad first season back...One thing I found odd was that I rarely ever bowled a 200+ game in the second game....

Anybody else ever have that happen? I can understand the first game for people being slow starters...or 3rd game for lanes being fried...but it's wierd that it would be the 2nd game....

Actually the second game being the off game is understandable. The lanes might start to transition and you fight the whole game trying to adjust, or you finally get completely warmed up and loose, and you are getting more revs than the first game, or more speed and don't know it so your reaction is different. It could also be coming down from the good first game or still struggling from a bad first game. Most of my top games have been second games though including my sole 300, a couple 270 games and several others. I do have some good games in the first and last as well including games of 287 and several 260+ games. Lately though its my last games that can be the bad ones especially following two good games.

And by the way, good going on your first venture back into league bowling in several years.

thanks Cal...

Maybe you are right on a few of those...just seemed wierd to me as I poured over my stat sheet at the banquet. One night that is a perfect example would be the 267 in teh first game and followed up with a 186...only to get a 210 to finish...