Comments on: Johnny Petraglia Wins His First Senior Title of the Season and His 7th Senior Title Using the Brunswick Wild Ride Bowling Ball

By: Brad T

Brad T — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:07:43 +0000

I watched Johnny Petraglia bowl years and years ago. I was shocked to see that he was still bowling and still bowling very well. Congratulations Johnny.

By: Randy D

Randy D — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:18:43 +0000

Johnny is a great player, too bad the PBA, the professional bowlers association has never taken off. The bowling industry has been in a straight line skid since the 1970′s. The PBA, the local bowling centers, ABC, WIBC, youth bowling especially the Saturday morning bowling, YABA, all now included in the USBC. I have been in business most of my life and own grocery stores in the New England area. I cannot help but notice how poorly the bowling business has been run and managed. I attended a bowling trade show just a few years back thinking of getting into the business. The antics of some idiot named Jeff Boje and most of the people in the industry convinced me to put my money in a mattress. Thanks, given the economy and what is yet to come from Barack Obama.

Johnny you have my congratulations and my sympathy. You are one of the greatest in your sport and probably don’t live the life most sport celebrities live when they achieve the level that you have in your sport.

By: Mike L

Mike L — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:38:56 +0000

I could not agree more. Congratulations to Johnny Petraglia.
The PBA and bowling in general is horrid. I have been bowling since the early 70′s and have watched as the ABC WIBC, now the USBC ran our sport straight into the ground. People still love to bowl, not just the way the USBC thinks they do.

By: Wayne W

Wayne W — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:35:32 +0000

Good story and kudos to Keith Spear and bowlingball.com. We need more people in our industry trying to do something good for the whole instead of just themselves. The industry is up in arms over the internet but with bowlingball.com we wouldn’t see the increase in high performance ball sales. The manufacturers don’t tell you that. Congrats Johnny P.

Side note prediction: Bob Reid will be gone from Ebonite within 6 months. The only reason that I think this guy is still there is because the owners have bigger problems and because they are old money and have not noticed how Bob Reid’s internet retailer and predatory pricing policies have hurt Ebonite big time.

Bowlingball.com made the Black Widow brand, I never heard of the ball until bowlingball.com told me about it, wasn’t in a pro shop anywhere. Same thing with the Cell, Roto on top, yeah, thanks to bowlingball.com. Storm made a great product but bowlingball.com brought it to the masses.

By: Mark __

Mark __ — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:23:41 +0000

Congratulations Johnny you desire it. These younger bowlers think they can bowl, let’s give them a go.