Tuesday night saw the Kansas City Royals return to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. Unlike the Royals, bowlers put up big scores to ensure the teams came away with wins including one that nearly ended in a perfect game. The complete story of Week #9 cannot be told just yet as the current league leaders are post-bowling later in the week but, what we have so far, is pretty impressive. Read on.In the first matchup of the night – which coincidentally was the last one to finish up – saw the last frame rolled by Split It & Hit It's bearded wonder, Matt Bunyard, who is headed to Colorado to begin a new life. Good luck, Matt! You will be missed. Unfortunately, victories were missed as well as opponents More Beer, Chelsea put it to them to notch a 4-0 clean sweep to send Bunyard off. Led by anchor Eric Lynch and his 505 series – and this week's Most Valuable Bowler performance from AJ Hofmann – Chelsea takes their wins and tentatively sit in 3rd place due to total pins. Split It, led by Dennis Blake and his 441 series, tentatively slip one spot into 7th place.On Lanes 43 & 44, 921+ looked to extend their win streak but fell short after 11-consecutive victories to lose Game #3 to a resurgent Dixie Stampede. Behind Brian Coe's league-leading 673 series, 921+ took Games #1 and #2 in 10th frame showdowns before falling to the Stampede in Game #3. Anchor Ryan Doll and his 618 series made the difference in their final battle and came away with their lone victory, missing total pins a difference of 19 pins. With the wins, 921+ tentatively remains in 2nd while Dixie Stampede remains in 5th place.What a night for Pin and Tonics' rookie Aaron Barber. After rolling the 4th highest game in league history with his 286, Barber's 652 series reversed the tides after a first game loss to opponents Ballz Out to end his big night with a 3-1 matchup victory. It's no surprise to anyone that Barber was this week's #1 Power Ranked bowler with his incredible output. Cliff Barendsen's 541 series led the Ballz Out battle was only enough to secure a win in the first game. The three wins tentatively push the Pin and Tonics up one spot into 6th while Ballz Out remains in 8th place.The matchup results between My Three Sons and The Finger Holes cannot be reported until all scores are in.The Tournament of Champions is also in a state of flux until all scores are in.Bowlers doing much better than our local baseball club this week in The 200 Club include: Aaron Barber (286), Brian Coe (222, 257), Cliff Barendsen (200), Jason Carpio (234), Ken M. Wilson (225, 226), Kody Karnes (203, 203), and Ryan Doll (201, 235), See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB AJ Hofmann Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Aaron Barber Runner Up: Phil Schroeder	#1 H2H BOWLER Brian Coe Runner Up: Ken M. Wilson
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "You'll have to be sure to let Cliff know tomorrow that you got in trouble since Valerie saw his dick." Scott Murdock, commenting to Ken after he was lectured by the front desk about the phallic imagery sketched on last week's scoresheets.