What sport do you still play?

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Golf & Bowling

I played in "elite" rec badketball leagues until I was 38, but started to see the game as a knee injury waiting to happen. Plus, I was losing my explosion which was the basis of my whole game.
So, golf & bowling.
Two bowling stories I think you'll like.
1. In the mid to late 70s, I was in a traveling league. There were six houses, 8 four man team from each house, 36 week season. So, 192 guys total in the league.
In 1977, I finished the season 1 pin shy of a 223 average. I was in 48th place! Yep, 47 other guys had better than a 223 average!

2. In that same period, I was in a league with my dad. My dad's best friend, his friend's brother & a friend of both of them. Plus, me.
Anyway, we won the league every year (22 ir 24 teans) because those 4 all averaged from the low 160s to the high 170s. I averaged over 220.
It was a handicap league and I had zero, but not a negative number, so we had a huge advantage because if a guy was a 189 bowler and shot his average, he'd net 195. If I shot my average we'd get 220. Two & a half-marks.
One year, my dad suggested we base handicaps on 220, to eliminate our team's advantage a bit.
Here's the kicker: Nobody agreed to do it because the 180 bowlers refused to carry a 30 pin handicao! Their egos wouldn't allow the to accept an advantage. So, we won league that year, too. After that, I was engaged and would rather spend that night with my wife to be than at the bowling alley. So, that was the end of that league for me.