Frank Goebel
May 27th, 2007, 09:40 AM
My league is four-man, match play, line up low to high average with any subs taking the place of the regular, regardless of average.
In the past, when there is one absentee on each opposing team, we have had the present bowlers involved simply bowl against their blind, and let it go at that. If the absentees happened to be lined up against each other, we've split the points. I already plan on proposing that the game points be earned by the winning team each game and series, next year.
What I do want to propose is to have the teams bowl "real" matches. If there are three present, each bowler would bowl against an actual, present bowler and the absentee points would be awarded to the team winning the game or series. No problem here, if the teams are matched three-on-three, or two-on-two (barely making the minimum legal lineups, but it's happened).
What I am wondering, for future reference, is what to do if there is an odd situation, where the match is three-on-two. Three-on-four is easy, it's just one bowler bowling against his blind, the one not "paired". For three-on-two, one bowler will have to bowl blind, and it's just deciding who that would be. There are many possible combinations; if the situation is where two matches are already paired, the odd bowler is obvious (but could be any position in the lineup). There would always be one pairing by logic. I would prefer not to break that pairing.
Of the 20 possibilites, 10 of them require no alteration. Of the 10 that do, the only two real instance of difficulty would be when: 1. the leadoff is absent on one team, and both three and anchor are absent on the other; 2. The leadoff and two are absent on one team, and the anchor on the other. In instance 1, I would have the present anchor being the one bowling blind, and in instance 2, the present leadoff bowling blind.
I'm open to input, as I won't be proposing any of this until the August pre-season meeting. If you're in a league that does this sort of match play situation, I'd like to know what you've encountered in the past.
In the past, when there is one absentee on each opposing team, we have had the present bowlers involved simply bowl against their blind, and let it go at that. If the absentees happened to be lined up against each other, we've split the points. I already plan on proposing that the game points be earned by the winning team each game and series, next year.
What I do want to propose is to have the teams bowl "real" matches. If there are three present, each bowler would bowl against an actual, present bowler and the absentee points would be awarded to the team winning the game or series. No problem here, if the teams are matched three-on-three, or two-on-two (barely making the minimum legal lineups, but it's happened).
What I am wondering, for future reference, is what to do if there is an odd situation, where the match is three-on-two. Three-on-four is easy, it's just one bowler bowling against his blind, the one not "paired". For three-on-two, one bowler will have to bowl blind, and it's just deciding who that would be. There are many possible combinations; if the situation is where two matches are already paired, the odd bowler is obvious (but could be any position in the lineup). There would always be one pairing by logic. I would prefer not to break that pairing.
Of the 20 possibilites, 10 of them require no alteration. Of the 10 that do, the only two real instance of difficulty would be when: 1. the leadoff is absent on one team, and both three and anchor are absent on the other; 2. The leadoff and two are absent on one team, and the anchor on the other. In instance 1, I would have the present anchor being the one bowling blind, and in instance 2, the present leadoff bowling blind.
I'm open to input, as I won't be proposing any of this until the August pre-season meeting. If you're in a league that does this sort of match play situation, I'd like to know what you've encountered in the past.