Tommy: "Randy, I figured out that over the years my rev rate has gone down, so I realized that I need to slow my ball speed down"Randy: "okay, so what's your game play going into today?"Tommy: "I'm gonna move right and throw it as hard as I can"

@juliaaustic8708

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Patterson, you're funny -Jacob

12:10 4-9 split conversion 14:13 2-10 split conversion 25:52 1-2-4-10 conversion 1:27:02 bad break

32:02 is one of the luckiest breaks I’ve ever witnessed in bowling. Good job Dom 😂👏🏾

That's twice EJ started crying before the match was over and ended up winning.

pdw is awesome. he's super nice too I met him

@piFFD513

7 жыл бұрын

Elena Gilbert - Yeah, I figured as much. But, most people show their passion for the game, and competitiveness in usually less... "aggressive" ways. Liked him before anyways, do even more now that I know he isn't a douchebag​ off the lane, lol.

Tommy Jones had some serious balls making a 3-2 left on that last shot. I would have totally pussied out and made a 2-1. It may have been the wrong move, but making that big of a move on the last ball for a major takes moxy and courage. Both players showed determination and desire to win we can all strive for. EJ never quit, even when his shotmaking was failing him, and Tommy created a look all his own and made one of the ballsiest adjustments I've seen a pro make. Great show for everyone involved!

@sagatbalrog

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Taylor please don't say the word Moxy again in ur life

@BornIn1500

2 жыл бұрын

Tommy didn't move "3-2 left". At 1:27:39 he says "moved 1".

UNBELIEVABLE ENDING!!! O_O

@Ben-jz3mt

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah. EJ caught a break there in the 10th when TJ left the washout.

The way Belmonte finished off Qualifying and Qualifying for Barbasol championship plus the final he is tearing it up with his new ball Timeless

That ending with Jones and Tackett was intense, didn't think that would happen. 👀

EJ has a Jackal Ghost?? Nice!! I've been looking into that ball for quite as while now. Looks like a beast on the lane.

I love how Randy is resurrecting Rob Stone with the "back to back jacks" line! lemme hear ya say hambone!!!

What an awesome finish in the final! Damn, that was unexpected :D

Even my bowling league mutes music whenever it comes on. Why does this big event have a MC. God.

Bowling is my favorite sport to watch on TV. Men or Women matches equally. Match play that is. Not team play. Just wish it was on TV more often.

I'm looking forward to the 2018 Tournament of Champions when it returns home to AMF Riviera Lanes in Akron, (Fairlawn) Ohio for the PBA's 60th season.

NOOOO I WANTED TOMMY TO WIN SOO BAD

@planetX15

7 жыл бұрын

Smallwood or Jones?

@conorbob7597

7 жыл бұрын

planetX15 tom smallwood and tommy jones, so it's jones

The high angle camera is a treat for me. It shows everything about the ball motion much harder to see from lane level.

What an ending!!! Get rid of the MC. It's like having a clown running around or something.

Yea, Smallwood is always a blast to watch

50:33 Wtf was that all about: "oooOOAAAHH! oooOOAAAHH!" That scared the shit out of me!

@danielpoopface

7 жыл бұрын

Tim Budden there's a hype man there that makes them say "bowl" after he shouts 1-2-3

@guitarzan5328

7 жыл бұрын

Oh I see... thanks for that. It just scared me because it came out of nowhere and I couldn't hear the "1-2-3" before it, underneath the crowd clapping and cheering lol.

30:05 just the way the camera pans to reveal that guy in the blue horse mask man that had me dying

@dub_ganem

Ай бұрын

That was me! 😂😂😂

Don't complain about the DJ. It all started to go downhill for bowling when the pros started to wear Nascar jerseys, had WWE music between frames, competed outdoors under the sun (still unbelievable), and rodeo commentators. Totally classless.

@SirJoelsuf1

7 жыл бұрын

LMAO true story. Not to mention the completely unnecessary Celebrity invitationals. It's like they are TRYING to be a joke now.

@LuchoVena

7 жыл бұрын

I dont understand the jerseys as much, but bowling centers are already cool to bowl in. However, we using pants for bowling its impossible for me, my legs get really hot lol

I like EJ but he needs to control his emotions when things are not going his way. It was really unnerving and embarrassing how he lost it at the end of the match.

@SirJoelsuf1

7 жыл бұрын

He's not even 25 yet, its common for younger bowlers to get mad. I've seen pro bowlers over a decade older than him rage just as much if not more. But yes he shouldn't have raged like that at all.

@hersheyskwertz9315

7 жыл бұрын

Dan D. Dirges not to mention, drama is good for sports.

@chancemholton6611

6 жыл бұрын

Hello.....pete weber

@Lucky_Logan

6 жыл бұрын

Oh my don't act like you never did that before lol. People deal with this kind of stuff in different ways. At least he didn't scream, punch or kick anything or even cursed. Get off your high horse and stfu

will tommy ever figure out he needs to slow down

@bijiont942

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe this loss will make him realize it. Tommy had this in the bag, EJ knew it too. Tommy over corrected and still was fast. Easy to arm chair that shot however it was silly when he only needed a mark, I mean toss it right at the head pin and you would carry better than that.

@philarena8240

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Schiffer g

@johnm1629

7 жыл бұрын

The irony of course was that TJ didn't even need to strike out. Just a count would have done it. I feel really sorry for him; that would have been a well deserved and fabulous win.

@SirJoelsuf1

7 жыл бұрын

No he won't. It's more or less a habit of his and I think he knows it. In order for him TO address it, he would have to take a significant amount of time off and get re-wired. This is something he should have done in 2011 or so.

@LuchoVena

7 жыл бұрын

I actually think EJ could had used the same track on the right, but slow that one down so it would come back in time. he was forcing himself to small chance to strike on the right by going left and have a weak acceleration off the dry and go through the nose

Congratulations to EJ Tackett on winning the tournament of champions

that was a heart-breaking ending for Tommy Jones, he choked. Congrats EJ

are these lanes being manually reseted? because somebody reached in and grabbed the pin 54:57

@Magoosle

7 жыл бұрын

They usually have a mechanic up the back making sure there are no pins left in the pit before the next shot, pulling out dead wood, catching pin jams before they have a chance to cause a problem etc. You can see them on some other telecasts as well.

Congrats EJ Tackett🥳

EJ is my favorite when he won I ran out of my house

@Cerus98

7 жыл бұрын

Colin Jaster - TJ lost more than EJ won. But that's what happens when you play with urethane on the outside and are forced to go reactive when you screw up. He had no idea how the lanes played on the inside.

@tnjrcfl1

7 жыл бұрын

Cerus98 don't think TJ used any reactive, Wide right with Urethane then just flat pulled his spare shot with plastic spare ball... he definitely gave it to EJ, 2 times...

@cowboycolts

7 жыл бұрын

yeah I was cheering for EJ even though I haven't seen him bowl all that much I usually cheer for Pete, but he got eliminated early there thing is I live in a town literally right next to Huntington, so it's good to see EJ showing them what us Hoosiers are made of, and my cousin was actually anchor for the Huntington high school girls team which both the girls and the boys for Huntington are absolutely amazing bowlers

@bijiont942

7 жыл бұрын

While I like watching EJ bowl I have to admit he acted pretty childish this time around which is odd. I haven't really seen him break down like that before. He wasn't nearly as composed as previous shows.

WOW... STUNNER Hate it for TJ, but he let this one go twice, shame. congrats to EJ again... next numerous in row player of the year?

Yeah EJ!

this is what bowling is today we can't live in the past we live in the now actually making bowling look brilliant it's making me want to safe up and go to one of these tournaments having a Mc is pretty awesome i would love one at our tournaments. he gets the crowd going people that's better then just watching a tournament. Bowling now is way better then it use to be it's changing to young bowlers are taken over you hardly see Chris Norm or pdw not even Belmo it's the youth that are taken over

@toscodav

6 жыл бұрын

I guess you didn't notice PDW and TJ in this tournament. Not so fast with this young movement BS.

Firelake about to be firelane, that lane right lane was crazy.

where is Tracie?

Finally the cheering stuff after each strike or split conversion is over.... That cheering 123 strike was really annoying. Thanks PBA---

Is net neutrality already active cause holy shit there are so many ads

not so invisible hand 1:04:04 why?

Those spares at 12:06 & 14:09 ... wow !

E.J. wow, what a beast!

@xmisterblackhatx

7 жыл бұрын

E.J. is definitely beastly, but he won that sitting down. I'm not taking anything away from his win. E.J. won because he bowled a better game than hus competitor. Bottom line.

Randy Pedersen makes some of the funniest comments!!!!!

round1 Japan cup, remind you of anything?

@VREXAL

7 жыл бұрын

E & T Vids I thought it looked familiar

@thomaslawrence1726

7 жыл бұрын

JASchoe LOL

bruh how tf did tommy miss that

What kind of urethane ball was TJ using ?

@dankenny3900

7 жыл бұрын

Loe Anderson black hammer

Did anyone notice how crowded the old tournaments were. This place here today has so many free seats. Sad

Bring Mike back! Bring Mike back!

I don't mind the arena finals, but build more than just two lanes. Build 4 or even 6 lanes. The Firelake bowling center should be sufficient.

Is it just me, or did Tommy look like he pulled that last shot on purpose?

That spare at 14:23. Wow!

Im new to the whole professional bowling seen but how can two lanes with the same oil pattern play differently

@dondavi5798

7 жыл бұрын

Varying degrees of wear and material condition of the lane. One side may have a dip around somewhere or a soft spot. Weber kind of referenced it when asked about his game after first match. A lot of things can change the condition. The balls move the oil around, even heat from light placement can thin out the oil making it easier to scoot to the lowest area of the boards.

Does anyone know what ball that is at 1:11:00 That EJ has? Is that a 900 pearl?

@LairdPrydae

7 жыл бұрын

Annnd after watching further, they told me. The Octane.

@pigeonpoopenheimer3377

6 жыл бұрын

It's actually the Octane Carbon

WOW LOOK DID I SAY EJ WAS LUCKY AF?!

@MichaelP0418

3 жыл бұрын

He literally chokes in every other match I see him in. Guess he deserves a break once in a while lol

Dom Barrett has a great form. I wish he won but he just couldn’t get into a groove on the left lane. And Pete Weber man I swear I think he lost his flair more than a decade ago. He used to be a force to be reckoned with on tv. Now he’s so inconsistent. Shame..... Still he’s a great bowler to watch too. His form is still perfect and he’s almost 60.

The first, semi final and title matches were exciting and close

Dude that was the biggest choke ever

My boy TJ got robbed. He should have made that 10 pin the 5th frame and he wouldn’t have needed that mark in the 10th.

Anyone notice that hand 52:59?

Oh my goodness! Tommy Jones need Mark to win but he leaves the washout 1-2-4-10 conversions and then he didn’t converted that. Then EJ Tackett wins the 2017 PBA FireLake Tournament Of Champions. What a bad day!

@lephuocthanhlong-jackthanh190

3 жыл бұрын

Because Tommy Jones missed the headpin

When you got a ton of people telling you what you need to do to win, or what ball to use, or where to throw it etc and etc., and you cannot think for yourself, you lost already the game. If you watch Weber, and some others they actually depend on their advisers believe it or not aka as their sponsors that they have a contract with for a period of time. Two things I would like to see come back. #1, during the title matches those bowlers should figure things out on their own regarding its conditions. #2, I would like to see the PBA present the trophy and the check to the winners rather than them picking it up. That really sucks. Return back to the days of old.

the title match between E.J. Tackett and Tommy Jones had a dramatic finish

720p... really? - C'mon PBA !!

@big9305

6 жыл бұрын

I'd be thankful that we have this in the first place.

1:20:40 "You can say 'gosh darn it' and not get fined" I wonder what happens if you just abbreviate cusses, like "F'n A," I wonder if players get fined for that?

To this day I still think Tommy Jones gave Tackett this win

EJ Tackett is the young Pete weber with a bad temper.

noooooooo!!!!!

Really, Let's get rid of the DJ ! If you want bowling to be recognized as a true sport, stop treating it like a freaking game show. I have enjoyed bowling for over 50 years. I watched it since it came out in the early sixties and I have been bowling that long too. Unfortunately, it has devolved into something that many avid bowling viewer barely recognize. If you want bowling to ever get to the Olympics, you better change the format, the surroundings, and quit trying to cater to the young and hip.

@Cerus98

7 жыл бұрын

pfretman - It doesn't matter. The summer olympics are already overloaded. There's also no way to measure bowling. It's a sport yes but not every sport belongs in the olympics. Not that being in the olympics is a big deal anymore.

@fongbrandon

7 жыл бұрын

I get what your saying and don't mean to sound disrespectful at all. If they keep catering to the older generation the younger group wont be interested in the sport, in a way its a big transformation for the PBA to cater to the younger generation. They really have no choice to get the sport to grow.

@bcason92

7 жыл бұрын

Basketball has a "DJ" does that make it any less of a sport and more of a game show? And the crowd seems to enjoy and participates with him every tourney I've watched, so what's the compliant. Listen ... YOU HAVE TO CATER TO THE YOUNG CROWD. HELLO! Haven't you old ass people realized this? Television doesn't give a damn about you and the purest way of thinking that most older sports lovers have. They want and need market to the 5-30 age groups because they're the ones that will a. keep the sport a live and b. evolve the sport. Sorry but let's be honest here.

@Cerus98

7 жыл бұрын

Hi hater - I once read that bowling is a multiple billion dollar industry and that more people participate in it than any other sport. It's not going anywhere. But it "died" on TV a long time ago and it's unlikely to come back to its glory days where PBA pros were more popular than football or baseball. It doesn't really matter what they do - MC or not. As long as it's only broadcast on ESPN nothing will change.

@fiddlefaddle1

7 жыл бұрын

Cerus98 You're not much on reading,are you. First,I'm far from a hater. I venture to guess that I have forgotten more about bowling than you will ever know. Everything that I stated WAS about televised bowling. I never said that the bowling industry was in jeopardy. Televised bowling is dying but,ESPN does not hold the monopoly. Let's not forget CBSSN and X Frame. I hate it when someone will gloss over something and glean what they want and then attack.

Man poor tommy. That had to hurt

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it is like norm duke-mika koivuniemi finals.mistakes and mistakes.

why does pete wear a golf glove?

@SuperBobby47

7 жыл бұрын

That's a bowling glove

@pigeonpoopenheimer3377

6 жыл бұрын

Actually Pete cuts the thumb off of a batting gloves. He wears it so his fingers don't tear and so they stay dry

@justinkane4359

6 жыл бұрын

It’s a golf glove (White FJ)

Kimberly is so 🔥!😘

@tylerberg4360

4 жыл бұрын

🔥 🔥

im dreaming big but i want to be a pro bowler

@SirJoelsuf1

7 жыл бұрын

Meh, its not as great as they say it is on TV. Much more profitable to bowl in local events and megabucks tournaments. I wanted to be a pro bowler as well, but there is a lot that goes into it, both monetary and otherwise. Golf, on the other hand...

Wow of all the rotten luck. The 10th frame is the worst one to mess up in. What an ending....

I like EJ tacket

45:15. Anyone ever leave that?

@williamwimmer8887

7 жыл бұрын

I see it occasionally with less experienced bowlers. If you hit the 6 pin thin on the right, it will slide between the 5 & the 9 pins without hitting them and then take out the 8 & the 7, leaving the 1-2-3-4-5-9 pins standing. It also happens sometimes when you're practicing shooting at the 10 pin with a full rack.

Ej,daisuki

and thats why you bowl all ten.

If you think this commentary is bad, how about the idiots we have to put up with in the UK when the Weber Cup is televised. They don't know the difference between a split and a washout and haven't even a clue about which number pin is which.

Tackett acted like a bigger baby than Sean Rash here

Come on tommy. wtf. get your shut together you could have just thrown a strait ball to win.

what is MC and why is everyone saying fuck MC?

EJ tackett was shocked to win the fire lake tournament of champions when tommy Jones could not convert the 1 2 4 10 washout in the 10th frame

Wires Jason belmonte

1:27:35 Tommy Jones fails to convert the 1-2-4-10 washout when he needed a mark to win the 2017 Firelake PBA TOC just like Lonnie Waliczek did back in 2004 at the PBA Earl Anthony Classic Presented by Storm against WRW and the Medford Open against PDW.

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i wanted weber to smoke all of them.

That guy in the horse mask was hilarious.

I know it's a stretch, but I can't help but feel T Jones threw the match. Whether on purpose or just out of consciousness, I feel as if he let Tackett win.

kinda crybaby-ish for EJ? Wanna gosh darn it and smack his hand when he didn't carry the 10 pin instead of being a true professional and act like a pro bowler? Just my opinion..

@SirJoelsuf1

7 жыл бұрын

It is, but I've seen bowlers older than him rage about even more trivial stuff. Weber for example, wanting the crowd to be perfectly still like statues when he bowls haha.

@justinwhitley322

7 жыл бұрын

I agree with the logistics of what happened, but at the time I don't think it was right for it to be shown on live tv. Maybe I didn't word what I said right lol but that's my opinion on the issue..

@dylanmccarty15dm

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Whitley You'd be pissed to if you was in his shoes, he knew he could strike he just wasn't really trusting his ball to come back if he went right, youd be pissed at yourself, especially if you're bowling for a career. I know you make up from loss, but it'll still eat at you knowing you can do better.

@LuchoVena

7 жыл бұрын

he should had thrown rigth and slowed it down then instead of forcing it

@LegosAndBowling

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Whitley absolutely agreed

the DJ stuff is completely STUPID.

I'm a big fan of EJ and I understand the pressures and hard work but I just didn't like the way he acted at the end there. I get it but just didn't sit well with Me, but he won congrats

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They need to get rid of dave. He is the worst commentator.

F ing terrible !!!

I feel like Pete Weber and Donald Trump would be best friends

@brianwu2697

3 жыл бұрын

They are both on their THIRD wives, too!

Thank god no shitty 2 handed bowlers made it, back to reality.

@maxsanchez2339

7 жыл бұрын

ItsDolphinn yup but less accurate and harder to repeat shots

@leezhenghan437

7 жыл бұрын

Max Sanchez two handed bowler here and i disagree

@jazlarvonsteich

7 жыл бұрын

Both your comments reek of ignorance.

@fongbrandon

7 жыл бұрын

back to reality but yet if you look at all the pros in todays game most of the top tier pros are 2 hands.

@LuchoVena

7 жыл бұрын

there is no difference in release from a two hander to a single hand, the left doesnt help the ball hook, it only helps guide the ball until it released oneto the bowling hand, which throws it the same. There are slo mo videos about this and its virtually the same. There are even one handers that rev higher or as much. They only seem to rev more consistently because by keeping their body low and then "plow" up helps the reactions, but can also be done one handed, as you can see it done by EJ, he gets lower than most and explodes UP