Brett Myers nearly bowls a perfect game

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 Brett Myers nearly bowls a perfect game
Some Phillies battled it out in a bowling tournament in Clearwater the other night and pitcher Brett Myers bowled a near-perfect 279, including 8 straight strikes. [link]

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Bretty Myers is Quite the Bowler
Published 3/7/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
I find this weird.  On Wednesday, I wrote a post titled, "Myers Throwin Rocks in Split Game."  Clearly I was talking about his three scoreless innings on the mound that day.  It turns out that evening he went on to bowl a 279 in the Phillies weekly bowling challenge which I did not know existed.More analysis over at B&C;. ...

Brett Myers Bowls a Near-Perfect Game, Gets a New Tattoo
Published 3/7/2008 by PostmanR at FanHouse
... And, he appears to be quite the bowler as well. The Phillies are doing a bit of bonding on the bowling lanes during the early months here and Myers guided himself and three other teammates to a victory in a round robin bowling tournament by rolling an impressive 279. (According to Bug and Cranks, he went perfect through eight frames before recording a spare in the ninth.) ...

Brett Myers nearly bowls a perfect game
Published 3/7/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Brett Myers nearly bowls a perfect game Hey, Salfino...grab yer Hammer, I think we got one punchy fish! The Phillies #1 starter, Brett Myers, was strutting around the clubhouse yesterday with a makeshift Heavyweight Championship belt gloating about his near-perfect performance on Wednesday. NOT for the efficient 4IP, 3 hit, 0 run clinic he put on that afternoon against the Blue Jays, mind you, but rather his equally-impressive run at a local Clearwater bowling alley. Wednesday night, the bowling squad of Brett Myers, Ryan Howard and Shane Victorino looked to avenge their loss ...

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