You can always tell when the Royals are playing -- every team that has people related to Freda on it has absent bowlers. Bowling went quickly for most, though we can't report on everything until Fallop Ian post-bowls. UPDATE! All scores are now in.First up among those matchups we can talk about, on lanes 41 & 42: Bowies In Space hoped to continue to hold onto their framed photo of David Bowie as The Goblin King. Despite a massive 615 series by Michael Mead, however, Bowie was only able to get one very narrow win against the non-Royals-game-attending half of Holy Sandbaggers, Batman!. Aubrey Moren pulled out a 619 series with the help of a great first game by Dennis Laube to grab 3 wins. Bowies In Space drops 1 spot in the standings to 3rd place, while Holy Sandbaggers, Batman! moves up 1 spot to 2nd. And Aaron Barber readies another framed photo for next week.

On lanes 43 & 44: 404: Team Name Not Found decided they've been slumping enough lately, so rolled a new two-season high team game of 698 in game 3. Combining that with a 593 series by Sean Simmons (including a personal best 224) that has him at least tentatively winning out trifecta below, Team Name Not Found pulled off 3 wins against Bowlgasmic. But don't go thinking Bowlgasmic rolled over... not with Kody Karnes rolling a 661 series, and finally breaking the 257 tie for High Game Scratch this season with his 259 game 3. 404: Team Name Not Found climbs 1 spot in the standings to 5th place, while Bowlgasmic drops 1 spot to 6th.

Unfortunately for Kody, just days later a post-bowling Carl Goetz was mean and took Kody's new accomplishment away. On 45 & 46: Split It & Hit It faced off against a time-shifted Fallop Ian. Led by Russell Bingham and his 600 series, Split It & Hit It managed only 1 win against Fallop Ian. Meanwhile, led by Carl Goetz and his 682 series, including an even NEWER high score for the season of 265, Fallop Ian secured 3 wins. Split It & Hit It remains in 7th place, while Fallop Ian remains in 1st.

Finally, down on lanes 47 & 48, the most entertaining matchup of the evening saw Glory Bowl and Split Sisters taunt each other with celebration dances they had been rehearsing all day -- leaving sub Greg Middleton befuddled and perhaps wondering if he ever wants to come back. Andrew Finger dominated the Glory Bowl with a 520 series, but only managed only 1 win... by 1 pin... against Split Sisters. Sub Greg Middleton topped the Sisters with a 487 series, but we're also starting to wonder if Leslie Patton is playing a long con now that she's starting to roll games 50+ pins over average fairly regularly. Split Sisters moves into double-digit victories with their 3 wins. Glory Bowl remains in 4th place, while Split Sisters remains in 8th.

This week in Tournament of Champions,... well, just click the link since Scoot is tired after working an 11.5 hour day.Bowlers who went to The 200 Club instead of Kauffman Stadium this week include: Aubrey Moren (226,226), Carl Goetz (234,265), John Boren (201), Jonathan Vigliaturo (202), Kody Karnes (213,259), Michael Mead (235,202), Russell Bingham (226,218), Sean Simmons (224), and Seth Gunderson (213,205,201)See you next Tuesday!

THIS WEEK'S MVB Seth Gunderson Runner Up: (See Posting)	#1 POWER BOWLER Sean Simmons Runner Up: Leslie Patton	#1 H2H BOWLER Sean Simmons Runner Up: Michael Mead
FROM THE GUTTER (GUTTER QUOTE) "You should always put your Finger into a Glory Bowl first to make sure it's going to be good." Andrew Finger, explaining why he would like to be moved to the first position in Glory Bowl's roster.