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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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getting the wood

Sports; Bowling

When a bowler has an almost impossible split to pick up, making sure you at least knock down as many pins as possible.

pitch

Sports; Bowling

The angle the holes in bowling ball are drilled. With reverse pitch the drilling is away from the front of the ball, and with positive pitch is the opposite, toward the front of ...

goal posts

Sports; Bowling

A 7-10 split. Also called: bedposts, fence posts, mule ears, snake eyes.

platform

Sports; Bowling

The part of the lane that starts at the back of the ball return area and goes up to the foul line. See also Approach and Runway

golden gate

Sports; Bowling

A 4-6-7-10 split. Also called: big ears, big four, double pinochle.

plugged ball

Sports; Bowling

This is a ball that does not fit a player's hand but it can be re-drilled after the finger holes have been plugged. The PBA does not allow plugged balls to be used in competition.