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[Applause]
we welcome you inside the iconic
Thunderbowl just outside Detroit as we
wrap up the signature event of this the
15th Edition of the World Series of
bowling welcome to the PBA World
Championship here’s your fiveman step
ladder final an intriguing opener
between the teenager Eric Jones and the
reigning Player of the Year EJ tacket
Canadian grahf is your three seed the
Iceman come with yeser spencon in the
two hole and Matt Russo
is your top seed a soldout thunderbow is
music to our ears here in mowtown so
happy you’re here with us today on Fox
Rob Stone the Hall of Famer Randy
Peterson the queen Kimberly Pressler
will join us in a moment let’s start at
the top Matt Russo telling us today this
is the best year of his career and he is
in the midst of the best week of his
career dream week dream season for Matt
Russ so I mean what a World Series of
bowling it has been for him
the winner of the Scorpion Championship
on Tuesday night but I think what’s
really interesting is he had a front row
seat back in 2012 2013 to watch his Idol
fellow Southpaw Parker bone the third
the Hall of Famer win this very event he
dreamt of it as a kid well today he can
make that dream a reality both he and
Parker bone the third from about the
same area in New Jersey let’s talk about
now our Opening match what an intriguing
matchup it is the reigning Player of the
Year versus maybe the player of the
future yeah I mean Eric Jones what a
show he put on last night in his debut
on the pba’s biggest stage the young
19-year-old averaged 241 for his two
games and he was Flawless nothing phased
this kid look at that split conversion
and it was just execution at a high
level can he keep the momentum going
today we’ll find out yeah against the
lone righty in our Fields the lone
right-hander EJ tacket it’s going to be
interesting to see what kind of effect
EJ has on young Eric Jones the raing
player of the year and the defending
champ of this event the last righty
standing if he can create a trop on the
right side of the lane Roth I think EJ
climbs the the ladder and he wins this
tacket goes for his fifth major Jones
goes for his first title both of them
standing by with Kimberly thanks Rob so
EJ you’re the only right-hander in this
telecast today so what is the plan to
climb the step ladder against all of
those left-handers uh you know I used a
ball with a bunch of surface try to
create it some hook for myself um
hopefully I did a good job and now it’s
just uh going out and executing well
well that step letter is going to start
with this guy this young gun to the
right of me what did you think of his
performance to get here I mean he bowled
great for the you know 12 or 14 days we
were here and then last night he bowed
unbelievable did did great for his first
go on TV it was it was really impressive
and uh I know I’m going have to throw us
a bunch of strike uh strikes today to uh
beat him all right good luck to you
thank you Erica what’s it like hearing
such high praise from the reigning
player of the year I mean there’s
nothing better right like he’s the voice
to listen to and it sounds like you he
knows you’re going to put some pressure
on him today but before the start of the
show the number one fan your number one
fan your dad was here and he played the
saxophone for the national anthem let’s
take a listen to
[Music]
that what was it like when you heard him
playing that
man I was like getting emotional he’s
just so beautiful such a great man so
it’s really good to see him do his thing
when I’m doing my thing do you think
he’s your number one
fan uh yeah I’d give it to him it split
between him and your mom I would hope so
I would really hope so all right good
luck to you today thank
you I I do not Tire of the Eric Jones
interviews it’s short to the point but
he says a lot with his tone how about
this line when he heard his dad was
going to play the national anthem with a
saxophone quote Oh yeah he’s stinky with
that
sax I believe that’s a compliment
yes I’m sure it is again just 19 years
of age turns 20 in January and he was so
impressive through his two games last
night but what a test here against the
lone righty on the show EJ tacket
reigning Player of the Year a win today
for tacket he’d be right back in that
conversation to win back-to-back players
of the year here’s Jones to start us
off picking up where he left off yeah he
had these great starts last night and
both of his matches kind of put himself
at ease he was never really in a pickle
at any point had some great spare
pickups that one in the Fifth
versus
nolles that really stood out last
night it was an insane conversion I mean
he’s throwing a straight little with a
little bit of a backup right up the
right side his margin for error is like
an eighth of an inch quarter of an
inch
woo the question in this Opening
match did EJ do enough to
create a nice trough for him to get to
the pocket consistently during those
practice shots warm up left the four pin
there Flawless on the four pin through
the course of this tournament that
continues now 11 for
11 so the four seed with a spare to
start all right so I know how how you
you love some of the names of the
bowling ball some you don’t really care
for correct I like Jackal ghost okay but
he’s not using that okay he’s using
Pride
Dynasty
n it’s okay with that hyper venom I’m
all right again when is one when are one
of these companies going to sign you and
I to just create our own line of bowling
balls and we could do
it there you go tack it blows up the
rack
you’ve got connections in the bowling
industry if I’m not mistaken right or at
least you tell me you
do I have one one let’s all it takes is
one could be a great summer project for
you and I I mean I’m not sure that
Brunswick or motive would hire us
anytime soon but we have a pop with
storm we can be bought we’ve proved that
through the
years here’s the teenager from Edmund
Oklahoma
[Applause]
the theme last night was the right lane
all the players talked about it the
players we interviewed this morning
talked about it it’s been a topic of
discussion throughout the world series
but what happened at the end of last
night the lanes traded places right they
traded places the left became more
challenging than the right
first time he’s left the
356 in this tournament cleans it up
beautifully you know you know how I know
that because uh well I’ll tell you that
in a minute let’s talk
oil the Earl Anthony 43 foot oil
pattern you can see where EJ tacket’s
playing he played farther right in
practice with a very strong aggressive
bowling ball to try to burn up a spot to
the right and Eric Jones playing between
second and third arrow and the
left-handers will just follow that
transition towards the center part of
the
lane Jones like the one two and three
seeds all
Lefty 61 games not counting practice not
counting
ptqs over three weeks that’s the world
series of bowling yeah has a
grind back on the strike
train trying to stifle that smile
a little fist pump there in front of mom
and
dad I mean how emotional do you think it
was for him watching his dad play the
sacks and by the way it’s too bad we
couldn’t show the entirety of what Heath
did because it was it was it was a thing
of beauty yeah there’s mom and dad Heath
and Elizabeth dad got a lot of air time
last night not going to lie yes he did
and a lot of leg work yeah a lot of up
and downs up and downs EJ tacket in the
third making a double
he
[Music]
it’s pretty dialed in right now well
that’s a good sign right missing that
many to the right almost three boards
and having it get
back and I think it’ll do that on the
left lane I’m not so sure about the
right lane because the right Lane’s
tight down
Lane but nonetheless it’s spare three
bager forj tacket
so tacket takes a seat after three
straight
strikes 20 pin lead over 19-year-old
Eric Jones he’s up to close out the
fourth there we go and a strike yeah
that gets pops up and we were talking
about his dad Heath playing the
saxophone for the national anthem today
well he he he did this like trade out at
the local Lane right it was starting to
cost the family so much money for Eric
to be bowling so Dad said how about if I
play saxophone in the lounge at the
bowling center and in return you give my
kids some free tickets brilant to be
rolling in your lane nice little trade
out yeah much better trade out than what
I went through when I was a Youngster
trying to get some free bowling do I
want to know what you did yeah I used to
have to spray disinfectant in rental
shoes I love you Randy
[Applause]
Peterson oh
no I saw him leave one of those in
practice on the right lane no way on a
double n my goodness he could have tied
it up with a hit there instead it’s a
solid
nine watch this
how did something not hit it five pin
gets chopped straight back to the
right well he smiles about
it yeah throw it better you can’t I love
these
signs again we’re in akan next weekend
bring out those signs
akan good pickup what’s our pledge Randy
to America you bring a good sign we’re
going to put it on t
bring a sign get on TV super
easy now EJ tag can increase his lead to
31 with strikes in the fifth and sixth
two-time Player of the Year and tied
Marshall hullman on Wednesday night with
22 career titles with his win on
shark all of these all of these patterns
these four different patterns that we
use here at the world series of bowling
all different
oils likes it
ham
bone wait what is that it’s a four
[Applause]
[Music]
bagger you hear the song in the
background yeah it’s the hone song yeah
you know who wrote and produced
that I can’t remember really how many
times did I go over this with you it was
a soccer player it was it still is y a
Hall of Fame soccer player my neighbor
my
partner wait the original assassin yes
Alexi
Lawless wrote and composed the hone song
that’s pretty awesome that song has been
around for a good decade I
think tack it for five in a row you
betcha oh boy the reigning player of the
year the defending champ on fire Randy
when you’re in Edmund Oklahoma there is
only one place to bowl do you know it I
I do eagle Crest Lanes we’ll show it to
you coming up
[Applause]
[Music]
next welcome back to the PBA World
Championship live on Fox Opening match
Eric Jones versus EJ tacket Jones from
Edmund Oklahoma and during Co he and his
dad Heath
built yeah a bowling lane on their
property complete with pin
set and yeah that’s a ball return that’s
not a a back exercise Randy it’s not to
get that V in the back cool look at this
think of the parties you could have in
your backyard man just talk to Heath and
grab a case of Pam right and have them
hook you up so we asked him like what
what’s the what was the oil pattern out
there like uh we just got some Pam and
sprayed it that’s it the L by the way uh
our thanks to The Neighbor Next Door for
putting up with racket that’s
awesome if we’re anywhere in the state
of Oklahoma we’re going yeah watch out
Heath we’re we’re knocking on your door
yep have him play the sacks in the
background yeah there’s a big shot for
his kid Eric Jones he needs something
right now strikes in the first third and
fourth off a nine spare and there he
goes so drops all 10 there on the right
lane and then slides to the left he has
got to start start stringing strikes
together cuz tacket is on a roll working
on a five bagger you see that fifth
frame for Eric Jones uh if the solid
nine goes down which it should have we
have a different ball
game that one hit is the difference
between a 10 pin deficit and a 31 pin
deficit real calm kid says he’s 19 acts
and Carries himself as a much older
person I just crushed that
[Applause]
rout he did really well last night when
there was that extra energy in the crowd
py Hanahan really kind of delivering
that last night and I I felt that that
Jones kind of fed off that quieter crowd
this Sunday here again a major on the
line
this is where EJ has to keep his foot on
the accelerator all gas no
brakes crack open that
[Music]
six-pack highest rev rate on tour for a
player that uses his
thumb EJ tack it just ripped that rack
apart up
31 remember folks our last standing
rhander if he finds a comfort zone watch
out the trough yep raining Player of the
Year reigning world
champion hold it
lucky to get nine there’s the Miss right
[Applause]
there not a good shot frej tack it but
the
result
excellent you saw this right away Randy
yeah I was dead left off his hand and
very fortunate to get
nine honestly surprised that it actually
hit the pocket even though it was Heavy
in the pocket
takes care of the four pin so the strike
streak comes to an
[Applause]
end do it
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app here’s Jones looking for three in a
row gosh
Eric that was
silly silly big right
pull what’d you do wrong there yeah just
left or excuse me right of Target
wow yeah that was a big
noise it’s three times see that’s why I
like the py hanran theory of having the
crowd sharing throughout that wouldn’t
have phased him nope he would have heard
it
we had a long talk about this last night
after the show didn’t we
yeah nice pickup I mean it gets Funeral
Parlor esque quiet yeah in here right
and this is a sport these are
athletes they want that energy they want
that
excitement I don’t know how we change
that or if it’s ever going to change or
if people want it Chang but there’s a
lot of Bowlers out there who would
prefer the non-stop energy and noise and
clapping and just the general crowd
combustion love this we talked about
last night won his first Regional at the
age of
15 the youngest player to win a PBA
Regional at the time back in 2020 when
the Oklahoma City open trying to win his
first ever tour title oh was like a home
game for him being from
Edmond come on like that
one I’m still here he picked that up
from the veterans right the Vets always
like I’m not going away I’m still here
he’s watched some bowling on YouTube
well he had some of the Vets pull that
line on him last night right he had
those big leads and they would strike
and say I’m still here and then guess
what Jones would come up unfaced yeah
knock them all down trying to get into
the young man’s Dome it didn’t work now
now he’s trying to get into EJ tacket’s
head good luck with
that tack it in the ninth up 32 off a
spare oh my goodness 410
SL
410 how quickly things can turn well
even if EJ doesn’t convert this he can
still double in the 10th and win game
one remember we talk about right lane
versus left
[Applause]
lane so an open frame on that right
lane now tacket pivots to the
left thought that was pretty good
there’s your three seed the Canadian
grfa up next got a great story about his
mom coming up in a
moment EJ using that Pride Dynasty Rob
but two of them a fresh surface on the
right lane and then the ball he used on
shark on this left lane huge shot for
tacket up 19
now maybe
all right one more seals a
deal if he gets a spare he will force
Jones to throw all three to win by
[Music]
one
rack veteran
move let the young man sit a little
longer sit in stew yep think about it
what was it you said last night if you
think you stink think you stink yeah A
wise man once said don’t think it’ll
only hurt the ball
Club who’s that I think it was from uh
sounds like a movie buhm or major league
one of those all right EJ tacket one
more here and he will move
on play of the Year type finish thank
you
and the kid can only sit and
watch he’s one of the best in the game
right now EJ tacket in his absolute
prime you see that how was the left that
was the
left oh yeah commanding close for
tacket 24
six Eric Jones has nothing to be ashamed
[Applause]
of I hope we see more of this young man
down the road again that solid nine in
the fifth and how large that looms
now
[Applause]
oh both Eric Jones and his dad Heath did
themselves proud here at the world
series of bowling in 2024 yeah no
kidding what a joy how
refreshing and this is a kid who’s in
college he’s doing it online at Oklahoma
Christian majoring in
finance you know when finals are coming
up when next week during tocc ah yeah
it’s going to have a busy week yes he
will great run
kid my people okay don’t make it out of
p q and AC and I’ll see you
there Jones is done EJ tack it your four
seed moves on coming up next the man who
said he peaked early and is trying to
return to the top after an 8year absence
that man the Canadian Graham F set to
take on EJ tacket when our live coverage
on Fox of the PBA World Championship
returns
[Music]
[Applause]
Rob Stone Randy Peterson Kimberly
Pressler welcome you back to our
continuing coverage of the World Series
of bowling here on Fox Sports today here
on Fox the PBA World Championship the
reigning world champion the reigning
Player of the Year EJ tacket your four
seed 41 pins better than Eric Jones up
next for him the Canadian Graham
fa and Kimberly stand standing by with
your three seat Graham you told us
earlier before the show started that you
felt like you peaked at the start of
your career in 2016 when you won the
PLAYERS Championship but you were almost
to the top of that mountain again here
today so what’s going to be key to get
you there I’m going to have to throw
good shots I mean EJ’s obviously EJ and
he’s going to strike a lot so I’m going
to have to get through him and then just
see what happens with the other two guys
all right good luck to you thank you
well here’s that PBA Players
Championship Kimberly talked about
February of 2016 in Columbus fa the two
seed took care of your top seed Ryan
simonelli with a 279 became the first
Canadian at that point to win a PBA tour
title and remember at that point the
tournament was sponsored by
barbol there you go product
placement keep in mind that that was his
first ever PBA National
event he did b a man a masters but hence
talking about why he peaked early yeah
since then he hasn’t won
anything well nice little kick out of
the seven late for
f yeser spenc in your two seat he’s up
next
here’s
tacket he will start on the right lane
again the only righty on today’s show
last time up on the right
lane open frame see what kind of
adjustment he
makes players practicing off to the
right of EJ Tack and he was waiting for
that ball to hit the pins and clear the
deck he’s up and ready on the right
seing his third world championship title
which would tie him for second most in
PBA history with Norm Duke Walter Ray
Williams Jr and Jason Belmonte
could you hear all that crinkling Randy
here half to the bag of chips
Beauty nice adjustment on the right for
EJ tacken made a one-onone move and
follows it up with a strike on the left
lane there’s a reason reason there was
all that crinkling in the background
I’ll show you in a moment all
right strong start for tacket
fa up
now currently lives in Urbana Ohio
between Columbus and Dayton grew up
though in Ontario Canada about an hour
west of Toronto how many times over the
last uh two broadcasts have we seen a
player choose to finish on the right
lane every time no they all finish on
the left I’m sorry they all finish on
the Left Right correct Graham chose to
finish on the
right maybe he’s got some kind of
Canadian Voodoo working that we’re not
aware
of he might know something we
don’t really nice break there tripping
the eight out just leaving the
six 18 for
18 on the six pin for this
tournament nice pick up there his mom
Connie in attendance and uh what did Mom
do for us can we come to the booth here
Connie is sweet what did she Deliver Us
what was her first line though when she
came over she said the American moms
bring cookies uhhuh the Canadian moms
bring chips ketchup ketchup chips from
there she is there she is thank
you oh God bless her that was
awesome love
Canadians Nic as
people got a nice kick out for Graham
you know we had Graham in the booth last
night watching this and um giving us
some of his observations of the left
side and he was he was a great help yeah
he was spot on and that was the just
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[Applause]
tack it leaves the 10 H and that shot
was
almost an absolute duplicate of the last
one on the right lane and this time he
leaves the ring 10 with a great shot by
EJ tacket that the first time he’s left
to 10 just inside third Arrow let me
look it is his first 10
pin 74 76 that sounds like he shot a lot
of 10 pins sure does too
many good
shot good shot
buddy by the way are you going to eat
those ketchup potato chips I was just
going to ask you how bad you want to dig
in that bag I don’t know if I do you
can’t wait until the next next
break you’ve been eyeing that bag since
she brought him up my hands are going to
be a
mess tack it strike strike nine spare
here he is in the
fourth I don’t think he loved that one
well look at the numbers on strike track
right here the well just went away but
it was a couple of boards to the right
but it still got
back and if
anything that’s a good sign because it
tells you you have a little bit of
room and I think he has room both left
and right conversation
time back to
fa here’s his Arsenal Black Pearl
urethane
ooh and just like that the lead
changes let’s take a look at our bold TV
highlights fa the last person to make
the cut into match play facing that Nate
purchase in the first game of match play
what’ he do dropped to 300 moving him
from 16th to
eighth and after 16 games of match play
moved all the way up to
third 16 to e in one game it’s a nice
jump huh it’s a good
opener there you go double thumbs up
we’re in the same Jersey as he is right
now nice kid really like talking to him
incredibly nice
man had a nice little
surprise a nice little turnout of as he
left the seven you know this location
kind of between family and friends so he
has a lot of familiar faces here today
tough break there leaving the seven
said he’s healthy for once
Rob had the incident with the dog right
self-inflicted wounds broke his arm
rollerblading with his
dog which sounds like you know good
multitasking until you know you until
you break your arm break your dog your
dog and then had a bone bruise trying to
see how hard he could throw a baseball
yeah topped out at 85 mph but bruis the
bone I don’t know how do you bruise a
bone throwing a baseball
I have no idea I didn’t have time for
the follow-up question on that one but
we just took his word for it I mean I
could see like strained ligament tendon
when was the last time rotator cuff when
was the last time you threw a baseball
it’s been a while yeah my son and I have
been throwing it out in the alley lately
yeah and like the first time you get out
there and you throw it you’re like hold
on yeah hold on a second let me pop that
back over here you go here let me try
one more
kid tack
it struck in the fourth here he is in
the fifth so back to back Jacks for the
reigning player of the year he’s acing
the shots on the right lane just that
one
[Applause]
10in he looks real comfortable and his
execution is
nice I thought his execution Wednesday
night on shark was
spectacular six career World Series of
bowling wins highest ever highest for
any American yep second most in PBA
history who has the most Jason bmte of
course he does with
kind of Bumm not to see belm Mo
yeah had a good long text chat with him
the other day when he’s got time on his
hands he likes to throw bowling TV
questions my way left the seven and and
got it to
drop not on my watch
[Music]
seven big break for tack it there in the
sixth the seven pin was hanging
on gravity eventually
[Music]
won strong start strong close so far to
our second match for
tacken this tournament owned by one Earl
Anthony sure was wed a record six
times two times did it three years in a
row two three Pats two three Pats only
one other player in the history of this
event has ever three peated you know who
that guy
is from Australia El know
yep Trophy and the oil pattern named
after Earl Anthony can we just can we
just name the the the dang thing after
him like the Earl Anthony World
Championship Earl would dominate this
event when no other left-hander would
cash
really the the Lefty theme I want to get
to that after this scram F shot okay and
and some of it is probably tied into our
two- seed yeser senson who’s up
next come on
seven and the theme that so much of this
world championship so much of this world
series of bowling has been Lefty Centric
but if you look at the season as a whole
it’s been dominated by righties tough
season for the left-handers until this
world series but the good left-handers
they stayed the course they grinded it
out tried to get as many points as they
could each and every week kept their
wits about them and then once they got
the bone thrown to him guess what they
devoured it this week Pi up by five but
that’s this week but there’s history to
that absolutely I I can remember back in
the day when you talk about the great
left-handers like Parker bone III Mike
Alby Steve Cook our formats we only had
two of them 42 game and then our major
formats 56 games and these guys would
come in and that first day of qualifying
have nothing and they would grind it out
make their spares keep their wits about
them come in the next day and all of a
sudden the lanes are a little bit
different on the left they would destroy
them because they they stayed tough they
would work their way to the show a lot
of times end up winning when they had
nothing day one they didn’t bail when
things were ugly on day
one so many times we saw other
left-handers oh we don’t have a shot
this week oh we got nothing this week
and they would literally throw in the
towel game one or two
they’re by the way that still happens
today and that still happens today but
the good ones you know they say hey it
is what it is I can’t control this all I
can control is myself six pin left
standing here for fa this would be his
third straight nine
spare can’t keep getting spare is when
the other guy is dropping strikes
tack it up 22 trying to add to it he can
max out with a
279 oh
boy that one seems really
slow well it was left as well
mhm inside of
Target and he knows it and he pays for
it open frame couldn’t get the
10 took care of the four come on EJ so
big opening now for f Saturday on fo the
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for the game in your
area just like that it is an eight pin
match the winner to take on your two
seed yesper senson Matt Russo your top
seed tack it back on the strike train
that nice little late kick there of the
four well he’s upset with himself it was
a bad shot on the right
lane and let scram fall right back into
this there’s your max scores
folks fa hasn’t struck since the fourth
and that’s not a good sign where you’re
when you’re using urethane and you’re
leaving weak Corner
pins Grahams worked very hard on
increasing his RPMs as rate said he uses
his legs a lot to try to really load and
unload at the bottom right now he needs
a little more
unload three top 20 finishes this week
it’s been a wonderful week for fa here
just outside Detroit in Allen
Park takes care of the single pin
conversion he did some double duty
yesterday working the PBA pre-show
yesterday with Kevin Williams right next
to
us all right obviously it’s lazy so what
what do you like to get on La you like
in the air
do you like me getting more around it if
catch a little bit more through the air
then that’s fine shipment back to a
couple to the left just SL
firmer okay got the hold right there
that’s what it’s getting trapped in all
the hold I’m going to have to move right
on the left lane and then I’ll get it in
the air
okay Mike Wolf what is the adjustments
needed for
grandfa uh he’s actually going to try to
throw it up in the air a little bit with
a little bit of Loft um which is going
to help his hand get around Bo to try to
get a little more shape down
Lane thanks
Mike okay come on come on knock it knock
it knock
it couldn’t get the three
pin things are getting desperate right
now for team fa well there’s the Loft
that Mike Wolf was talking about and
that ball
hydroplaned fortunate not to leave the
seven pin with
it now
EJ kind of a similar theme to The Last
Game right that right lane he he split
late in the ninth this time it’s a split
in the seventh on the right
lane needs to make a better shot right
here right
now attack it with a 246 in his first
game can Max with a 245 here in our
second
match that was pretty good Rob that was
good
see look at that
much better shot this time six around
the
10 you see that 10 pin looked like it
jumped just a little bit
too
shot nothing
silly now strike spare for EJ tack it in
the 10th we have a possibility of a tie
remember game one he
needed a double to shut out Jones game
two he needs a double to shut out
grandfa he did it last time can he do it
again on the left
and now he can
lose W
okay maybe a hair fast on that
shot for EJ tacket coming in light
leaving the two4 No 10 pin
that’s Hummer hammered that
one last shot to sit with a
213 if he strikes F will need a double
and
nine fa has not struck since the fourth
frame five straight nine spares for fa
better shot yep so 213 for
tacket last two times on this right lane
for Graham fa which is the lane he chose
to finish on two flat
sevens again his selection as the higher
seed but he can do it this is what
Champions are made of stepping up in Big
Time moments and getting it done would
you agree absolutely he said this is his
best year on tour so far what an
opportunity he today needs this strike
will not get it tack it moves
on it was a bold move that he tried to
make late Rob with the Loft was it too
late I I think so
I think so I it’s just too big in adjust
look at how early he was setting the
ball down on the lane and now he’s
lofting it halfway to the arrows Y and
now the Iceman enters The Fray the swed
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here at the PBA World Series of bowling
the 15th Edition of the World Series it
is the world championship it is
semi-final time EJ tacket your four seed
up first to take on the Swede yesper
senson his strikes today 11 of 13 on
this Lane Rob only five of 10 on the
right and he’ll finish the match on the
right
legane but guess who’s guess guess what
uh there’s a there’s something uh coming
up that we really like to say when this
when this player gets on television you
know that saying we
use the icean cometh yeser Fen from
glenberg
Sweden hasn’t won on the tour in two
years come on seven
pin that’ll be the big question mark in
this
match if yesper can get out the seven
pin
he’s farther left than any of the other
left-handers we’ve seen trying to shape
it so it’ll be interesting to see if the
seven
cooperates 82 for 82 in the conversion
of the set pin got a little close with
that
one let’s flash back to February 2016
the 51st Toc
Fire Lake Arena shaie Oklahoma you and I
were there senson the two seed took care
of the top seed Mitch Beasley with a 226
177 win and in it senson became the
youngest ever to win the Tournament of
Champions at the age of 20 it was his
first career PBA major in his third
career overall PBA title that was eight
years ago the last time he won a major
an opportunity to do that again today
there you go very little facial Fescue
back then for yesper now he’s got the
full chin mullet going yeah it’s it’s
Hardy and he’s got
some some almost he’s got some curls up
top yeah this guy can grow some great
hair and I am really jealous of that
beard by the
way I like the left arm sleeve he wears
it well
tack it on the
right
messenger bailed on the 10 pin that was
so good too
wow would it surprise you if I told you
that the only 10 pins that EJ has left
today have been on the right lane it
would not
one of only five players to have won
both the PBA rookie and PBA Player of
the Year honors in his
career you name the other
four uh gosh Bel Monte yep Barnes
yep uh we just skewered him in our last
segment Tommy Jones
yes Mike Alby
Alby we just skewered
him TJ TJ took a beating he can’t wait
to see you next week I love Tommy Jones
I wouldn’t let him date my sister but I
still love him
too hard oh my
gosh tacket having a conversation back
behind the scenes
Fenson nine spare strike here he is in
the
third come on left it again
second time on that right lane leaving
the seven
pin talked about how solid his spare
shooting has been there you look at it
right there 83 for 83 folks on the seven
pin according to my math that’s 100%
it’s really good math
partner I’m very good at math very
talented mathematician Randy
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tournament senson back on the left lane
where he struck in the
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second third time in four frames he’s
left the seven
pin label to pocket all four shots one
strike to show for the rest seven pins
never a good sign
m- remains clean but he’s got to sort
something out with that seven
pin well he’s throwing urethane so I I
would think his only other option would
be to jump in into reactive
resin was he saying slow it down a
little bit maybe just back the ball
speed down just enough to you know that
European ball tends to be pretty
aggressive early but yesper senson does
have the highest rev rate on
tour last year tacket became the 12th
player to win multiple player of the
year
titles wi today he’s right back in the
conversation for another end Make It
Strike wor shot he’s thrown today yeah I
think so trying to make it strike come
on man
36910 the key is the back pin the nine
pin seen a lot of players lately
throwing it straight and hard at the
39 typically try to hook it into
this straight and hard yep oh boy that’s
the issue really that’s the one I leave
great call great call
Randy come
on got to regroup
now all right Brett we saw you and let’s
go down to the floor with tour rep for
EJ tack at Brett Spangler and Brett we
saw you and EJ talking just a second ago
what were you guys
discussing um just talking about the
next move on the on the right lane um
obviously that’s the that’s the trouble
Lane um you know he was the goal was to
uh the goal was to throw it over the
front a little bit uh not a lot just to
see if it would go through the pins a
little differently because they’ve you
know they’ve uh they’ve been so close on
that right lane the last two had kind of
Hit the same so it was just trying to
get it through the pins a little
different but uh looks like we’re we’re
up against up against it on that lane
we’re going to have to make another
adjustment all right Brett thank
you tack it three strikes all of them on
the left lane here’s senson IQ tour
78u it’s it’s a lot it’s a urethane it’s
a lot yep lot for a
name there it is little softer spe here
we go
Iceman about a half a mile hour slower
and guess what takes care of the seven
pin have a r please
there we go
yeser so his second strike one on the
left one on the right looking for his
first pair just burned a
rerack 11 pins separating him and the
defending champ EJ tacket
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are you kidding me wow the 10 pin on
yesper look at that
line I mean how many pins went went over
after after the 10 and they all Miss
force field around it just a bad break
forget it and that that was just that
sucked what a really nice
shot curls that one in nicely wanted a
strike he’ll take a nine spare and we
got a tight one here in our
semifinal tack it and senson the winner
to advance to the title match here at
the PBA World
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coverage of the 2024 PBA World
Championship semi-final match number
three tacket and senson these two
separated by 11 pins Rob Stone Randy
Peterson Kimberly Pressler glad you’re
with us here today on Bart Simpson
Fox fifth major of the season next
weekend the to in akan Ohio can’t wait
for that one yep
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Coast to Coast messenger for EJ tacket
to cut the deficit to one oh the
satisfying moment of the match sponsored
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messenger
Hardy for the lead
tack it back on
top AC’s full the last couple of shots
for EJ tacket after the opening in the
fourth he comes back and rebounds with a
three bagger the lead now in tacket
corner just right a fourth Arrow Rob and
this is why you put Power speed and
revolutions on a bowling ball that pin
action right there nine pin lead
Leed
senson here’s his rebuttal in the
seventh no
way really 68 10
split appreciate
that nice bit of sarcasm 6810 left for
the Iceman
unbelievable hasn’t missed the pocket
that’s one of the worst breaks we’ve
seen other than the solid nine for young
Eric Jones
early open
frame well Rob let’s take a look at some
of the bad breaks that yesper had here
at the world series of bowling on
television this during the Scorpion
seven pin right lanane again another
seven he’s left three of those today
along with a ripper 10 there’s a ring
seven and then the fast eight in the
seventh frame excuse me the fast eight
with the eight pin in the seventh
frame down
23 it’s been a good week here four top
10
finishes huge week just really boost his
season
and he issues again with the corner pins
seven or the 10 second time the 10 has
been standing alone hey Rob let’s talk
to T-Mac again Timmy what does Jesper
spencon have to do to knock all 10 down
he’s ripping the pocket apart and can’t
strike yeah we we tried to throw a
little bit slower and obviously the one
strike came came through for us and then
the Ripper 10 as he said uh you know
going into commercial was he’s been
really unfortunate with how the ball’s
going through the pin St so we’re just
going to try to change angle in the
ninth and 10th and see if we can’t get
some
strikes thank you
Tim they going to need tack it to make a
mistake SP a great game has
yesper nothing he can do now each attack
can increase his lead to 43 with the
next two strikes in the eighth and
nth good everybody
man for a for a minute there it looked
like it was com back on the deck and
take the tent
out that went from
710 to a messenger almost dropping the
10 for a hand bone to leaving in the
10 you saw the max scores just a second
ago all right back to the left lane but
EJ has to finish on that right
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first you’re last one good one okay once
again folks here are the max scores with
a strike here in the ninth EJ Tac cannot
be shut
out first time he hasn’t struck on that
left lane in this match still can’t be
shut out if he converts the spare
205 Max score
senson if he converts here he’ll just
need strike Spar in the 10th to lock out
yeser
Fenson and that’s only if yesper strikes
out yes for his only chance he must
cheat now ninth and 10th
Frame get down you got to be kidding
me a roadblock put up in front of that
10
yeah I’m with you Iceman without
question it
just just unfair at times and how brutal
this board can be his execution has been
so good
today and I mean
absolutely one strike on the right lane
it’s a
joke good pick
up let’s be honest you and I are big
fans of this young man we we really like
yesper we want to see him succeed and
there’s nothing against EJ tet but just
some bad bad breaks here well if he
strikes out a shoot 194 it’ll it’ll be
the best 194 game you’ve ever seen b on
National
Television won’t matter much to him
though no
one strike on the left lane one strike
on the right lane every ball in the
pocket three seven pins three 10 pins
yeah 10 pins are
crazy yeah thanks mhm where you been
thanks for nothing
burned a rck
there still not
over it’s slim but still alive
now it
is oh
man 184 every ball in the pocket crazy
yep crazy’s right shap
five pins will do it for
tacket and he’s going to B the title
match to defend his crown
here senson you know just sitting there
in disbelief with a
184 EJ’s going to look at a different
ball here
Rob yeah that was hard to watch honestly
whether you’re a fan or not if you’re a
fan of the sport that was hard to
watch just went to a Venom shock there
I’m not sure that’s the one he’s going
to use but that’s a winner yep yeah
we’re in a search and reconnaissance
type Mission here for tack it your four
seed got past Eric Jones with a 246 then
past Graham fa with the
213 and now he advances past the two-
seed yesper Fenson so the four seed
still alive and setting up a showdown
with Matt Russo for the
title it’s a 193
enough tacket continues his
march three straight wins a fourth will
give him his fifth major of his career
and 20 third tour title but Matt Russo
standing in his way the one seat seeking
his first major Russo tack it
next major championships always find a
way to bring about major finishes today
is your day saving the fireworks for the
very last
moment this is the world series of
bowling’s crowning event the Final Act
the big ending
the 2024 PBA World Championship final
Starts Now on
[Music]
Fox welcome back inside the Thunderbolt
just outside of Detroit we are in Allen
Park Michigan it is title time here at
the PBA World Championship one versus
four Matt Russo the one seed taking on
four seed EJ tacket tacket looking to
defend his PBA world championship title
also trying to insert himself into the
player of the year race which he won
last year here’s your tail of the tape
Randy as we take a look at our two title
competitors it looks a bit
lopsided little heavy on the right yeah
very heavy on the right I mean you look
at EJ’s Street creds and it’s already
Hall of Fame worthy he’s only 31
he’s climbing the ladder one more match
he’s done a nice job of creating a good
look for himself on the right lane but
honestly that last match against yesper
senson he could have lost by
50 again tack at the lone righty on
today’s
show we are with you uninterrupted for
this
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final staying with the same ball on the
left lane
wow I don’t know was that a good wow or
a uh I’m not sure that was so good yeah
Why didn’t it hook more than that wow I
think it was that one yeah there’s
Matthew Russo from Balwin Missouri
originally from milstone New Jersey area
not far from where Parker bone theii
resides the Great Hall of Famer
well that looks familiar mhm yesper is
back there somewhere yeah
grumbling so I’m sorry what were you
going to say it was not important oh it
was not a great comment I hope yours is
better uh and speaking of Parker bone
look at that magically like
magic Russo going
with his ball of choice the effect
the effect or just effect effect I like
the effect
better cleans that one up again I don’t
know who made you and I the authority on
bowling ball names but we’re we’re
allowed to have I’m run with it we got
plenty of opinions on that let’s talk
more bowling balls here as we look at
the Arsenal for Matt Russo
yeah the ball he’s using is not on that
list according to what I’m being told
it’s the effect just or it’s just
effect huh seven
pin got a little nudge there late but
not enough from the
messenger looking over at strike
track and his number another nice shot
but see how far down the lane it pushes
and then just not enough around the
corner to get the week seven out you got
any comments on his
jersey um I
mean at least tell the folks what it is
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Michelangelo I don’t know I’m not really
selling it I’m not feeling
it w skinny jeans squeezed into those
that was a interesting opening two
frames to yeah you think it’s going to
lay there I think the hitter will okay I
mean and that one the first two we’re
pretty good I feel like that speed is
right maybe just one closer to let’s do
that I think either well they learned
from yes for Fenson last game can’t let
it go too late tack it dialed in
the difference between senson and Russo
Russo’s using reactive softer speed
actually creating way more motion the
result however is the same not so much
for this
guy got that right side all to
himself pair of strikes to open up for
the defending
champ first game 246 winner over young
Eric Jones then 2113
202 match that came down to the 10 frame
in both of those and then our third
match
EJ beautiful EJ takes jper to the 10 193
184
yeah now we set it at the top of the
show if
EJ can
create the trough the trough on the
right side that it would be just be
natural progressions left for
him and could possibly develop into
something very nice and it looks like it
[Applause]
has now Russo and senson are going
to start like a rehab Club to talk about
the seven pin
today third straight time he’s left
it yesper left three last game Russo’s
left three in three frames in the
championship
match and Bam he’s down
22 we pushing his luck with these skinny
jeans there’s not many left on the Shelf
to
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buy great surprise for Matt today his
brother Mike his sister Ashley flew in
to support him today dad Tom mom Maria
here as
well Parker bone theii as well the
russos and the the bone family go way
back just when you need it come
on got to do
it just got to do it you hear I’m saying
we got to do it looks like a ball change
y going to the hater here in the
fourth it is a ball CH ah don’t be a
hater be a lover
yeah it took a hater to get all 10 down
ride the hater man sometimes hate is
great
First Strike here in the title match for
Russo the one
seed I give him credit for making that
change in the fourth don’t let things
slip away too far how many more seven
pins in a row do you need to leave right
none tack it has been perfect through
three
uh-oh four bager open up for tacket oh
he’s got the look of somebody that is
dialed in
today he’s got that Terminator look
mhm that
whip he is in a comfortable place right
now very strong athletic man for his
size and again the most
powerful bowling ball on the PBA tour
from a player that uses their thumb is
EJ tacket mat Russo no longer uses his
thumb very
true
Lord 10 pin away from an opening five
bagger he has aced the first five
shots three 10 pins excuse me two 10
pins the last game for EJ
one 10 pin in his second match against
grahf no 10 pins against Eric
Jones you knew you knew he was bringing
the high Hard One to that
10 like oh you don’t want to go down do
you you’re not going to have a choice
here all right so Russo steps up here to
close out the fifth
so let me ask you something Rob five 10
pins in three and a half games that’s
not bad I think that’s really
good feels about right yeah maybe Aid
was 5 in one game yeah you’re
hosed good Lord
fourth time he left the seven pin
here first second third and fifth
frames got
it Russo’s had a lot of practice at this
seven pin today
he’s been cutting it
close that one right in the middle our
thanks to Kathy Strobel the wife of the
late great Tom Strobel and on the right
there Vicky Ingam the general manager
here at Thunderbolt Lanes couldn’t ask
for two better hostesses you couldn’t
just unbelievable
people Vicki Ingam and her crew took
care of my college football crew two
Falls ago we had a bowling outing here
in the arena
closed it off and just let us go nuts
for an
evening crew still talks about it really
appreciate that
Vicki Russo just one strike came in the
fourth on this left lane har is in the
sixth needed it and got
it look at that rev rate it’s fairly on
the low side for a
two-hander but Matt Rusev finds a way to
make it work
I’ve got I’ve got a little something to
tell you after EJ’s next shot that came
from the best coach in the world coach
Mark Baker oh really yeah I think you’ll
like it did he text you uh we talked
about it and um so I I have the uh I
have the
info let’s go tack it on the right
beautiful coach Baker says in his 45
years the Mount Rushmore of releases Don
Johnson Marshall Holman ameno monachelli
Tommy Jones and EJ tacket interesting
the Mount Rushmore of
releases I like
that thanks bigs good stuff I agree with
you
tacket trying to win his
third world
championship that one time with Norm
Duke Walter Ray Williams jior and Jason
Bel Monte for second most the great Earl
Anthony with six world championship
titles tack it trying to add to the lead
no that one was in
though so that’s not surprising when you
get it in and there’s oil left of Target
the ball hydrop planes and goes down the
lane a little bit longer
and comes in a little late leaving that
ring and 10 that’s exactly what happened
to tack it there but it’s backto back 10
pins on that left
lane so Russo hops up Russo a product of
Weber International University and he
admits you I went down there to Florida
mainly for bowling great training
facility there we’ve been there just
wanted to get better put in a ton of
work and taught me I wasn’t as good as I
thought I was love the humbleness of
that yeah I thought that was a great
comment from
him took his thumb
out after the players this season
because he bowled so bad he said it
changed his life changed everything in
his
game missed the cut at The Players and
said I got to make a
change double
wood this one’s slipping
away for some reason he was really
excited about today’s performance saying
this is the stuff we talked about as
kids sitting there bowling for a
major this could be the best moment in
the history I have friends I have family
here best in the sport you know
dominated this event Earl Anthony he’s
trying to add himself to that list but
struggles with that seven pin and now
double
wood said it’s this is what dreams are
made
of he going to take a RCT now on this
left lane three frames left Russo
trailing by 31 has not doubled yet just
missed the pocket on the right
lane trying to figure out a way to get
the seven pin now he left four in the
first five
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frames former Rookie of the Year a
couple years
ago top seat at the Scorpion
championship this week won it for his
second tour title
[Applause]
come on get down seven
pin needed that
break
desperately well if that doesn’t roll
over and take the seven out it’s another
flat seven as you see the four pin go to
the sidewall and lay there but an
assist breathes a little bit of life
into Matt
Russo come
on oh the messenger slid right in front
of the
10 that’s on
me that’s on me crazy on the the player
with more power actually gets the
messenger to go in
front why is he saying that’s on me
because he didn’t he didn’t Ace it he
had he didn’t throw it the way he wanted
to it wasn’t
perfect he was working on that nine
spare on the left and he wanted to
double up but still in complete control
up by
30 and right now his only thought is all
right that that that’s done let’s get up
strike in the foundation frame and see
what happens reack please
all right let’s flash back to last
year’s World Championship and wossa
Wisconsin miss my place I miss my guys
in Wisconsin the holler house tacket
needed two strikes to win in the 10th
got both to drop Jason Bel Monte 254
247 it was his fourth major and his
fifth win on the
tour all of those adding up to PBA
player of the year year
honors a win today and tacket is thrust
right back into that Player of the Year
conversation Bill O’Neal Kyle troop taka
telling us the one thing I need is a
major to get myself in that
conversation
jez well these Corner pins lately seven
and 10
or well if he converts the 10 pin he
still can’t be shut out what Matt Russo
does in the ninth and
10th four bagger 10 pin Strike 10 pin 10
pin 10 Pin
Man the redundancy of this 10 pin is
just killing me redundancy of the seven
pin for
[Music]
Russo attack it will take a seat and let
Russo close out three is good was one I
can throw on that lane on the right lane
was just a
little and it was a little spinny SL it
was a little spinny is that not the face
of a guy with a loose
swing walking over to his ball rep Brett
Spangler just smiling yeah man I hasted
you know what can I
do no strikes on this right lane for
Russo got to have it here got to have
it you won today right lane you won
today his fifth seven
pin in nine frames two days two days
we’ve been talking about that right lane
yeah one today right lane I mean yeser
Fenson Now Matt rouso both sou paaws and
EJ
tacket broke Lanes down perfectly on the
right he was out in right field all by
himself and looks like he’s going
to looks like he’s going to repeat here
at the world
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championship I like that right field all
by
himself not chasing butterflies not
looking at dandelion just creating his
trough creating his path to yet another
major and maybe a path to another player
of the year
title he wins this he’s in that
conversation right I think he goes to
the top of the list over O’Neal over
troop yes he’ll have two titles one
major being one of those but he has
seven
telecasts and how big is that to going
to be next week
yeah in akan Hall of Fame dinner on
Friday
PBA Elite league on Saturday and the TOC
on Sunday on
Fox these Corner pins s 10 doesn’t
matter yep he
knows EJ tacket is
your winner he’s going to be your winner
I mean it’s 197 with a spare strike for
Russo
if tacket throws two gutter balls it’s
197 so you’re saying there is a chance
no there’s no
chance EJ tacket is winning his fifth
major what a
road you know we talked to him earlier
this morning he said he watched
yesterday and he thought Kyle Sherman
the only only other
right-hander thought he played the lanes
too deep he said I’m going to stay right
as far as I can as long as I can break
the lanes down with something really
strong something with a lot of surface
exactly what he did last shot for your
one
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SE it is done and
dusted tack it your
champ what a great run for Matt Russo
and congrats on him winning the Scorpion
championship Tuesday night but this is
all EJ
tacket major number five title number 23
EJ tacket back in the player of the year
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race he’s just rolling it out he’s
rolling it out he wants to get to
Natalie and trip there they are watch
wow get his hands on
that how good is this guy World
Championship how good is this
guy maybe the best in the business right
now hi buddy we
won we won
buddy how about this let’s go pick up
this little trophy here
two great trophies for tacket right
there well said well said
Rob our PBA tour coverage continues next
weekend we are live from AMF Riviera
Lanes in fairon Ohio Saturday we bring
you the regular season finale of the PBA
Elite League presented by Snickers
that’s at 4 Eastern on FS1 on Sunday we
move over to Bart Simpson Fox One
Eastern the fifth and final major of the
year the to coming up next Nascar race
day from Talladega for Randy Peterson
kber Lee Pressler and our entire crew
I’m Rob Stone thanks for watching the
PBA on Fox
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