Margins of error and loss.

If platitudes mark the height of verbal despair, the Lubbock Urban Achievers are kings of the Strike it Rich bowling league. Coming off a 2 pin win, and earning their seventh point of the season, it seemed as though our heroes were destined to claim another victory in the second game. Ronnie G turned in his best game of the season and captain El Rey de Pez posted a score with only two open frames. Helmut was also having a good game and all seemed ripe for victory. But it was not to be, as the I DONT CARE team rolled timely strikes and got extra rocks in the 10th frame to win by ONE PIN. The question remains, where was Rodney?

During the break, it was discovered that RODNEY had suffered a freak knee injury while sleeping a few days before the competition. With a bevy of elephant tranquilizers and ice cold beer, the LUA team doctors had thought they had neutralized the pain. The Hippocratic oath of "do no harm" evidently does not apply to bowling scoring, as Rodney turned in a hard fought round of 50 pins below average.

Further damage had been done to morale in the 3rd and decisive game, as the I DONT CARE team turned in 6 strikes in their first 8 rolls. The Achievers were reeling by the 6th frame, as they trailed by over 100 pins. Eventually the end came and the LUA dropped 3 total points on the evening.

Typical of post game press conferences after a loss, EL REY DE PEZ threw out the obscure references to shield his displeasure in the teams result.

"Obviously, we are as disappointed as the Hapsburg dynasty after Versailles. We had their ass in a trebuchet and just couldn't cut the rope to send them crashing into the castle wall. A knee injury while sleeping? Charles Schultz couldn't make up worse tripe about Charlie Brown. I feel like I just got exiled to Elba, and that would be actually nice as I hear it as unseasonably warm as the overpriced beer in this joint."

"Please, please, please, it took a long time to bury James Brown and it will damn sure take a long time to bury this team. If Roy Munson can come back, so can Rodney Gentry."

The Lubbock Urban Achievers dropped to 21st in the standings and are again in trouble of relegation. They take on THE HORDE on Friday night at 7pm. Slide and the lickity split....be there!