2002 Pepsi Open

[@lynettepalecek3141]

This was a lot of fun watching Randy Pedersen bowling 🎳 instead of being in the commentators's booth.

[@stilltlrforlife]

I remember watching this live, if anyone deserved the win it was Randy, I was so happy for him to win. I feel like Randy should have had a bigger career bowling, he has done a alot for the PBA over time, great guy and bowler.

[@garydavidprinceable]

Great matches and even better finish. Thanks so much for the upload.

[@adrienkenzo8381]

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[@darrenalexis3488]

@Adrien Kenzo Instablaster :)

[@adrienkenzo8381]

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[@adrienkenzo8381]

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[@darrenalexis3488]

@Adrien Kenzo you are welcome :)

[@robertcroxtonjr2025]

i miss brian voss. he is the awesomest bowler in the pba. i sure hope brian voss is not dead.

[@brunsdangerzone]

He's still alive and well!

[@robertcroxtonjr2025]

@@brunsdangerzone that's good. is danny wiseman okay too? i miss him.

[@brunsdangerzone]

​@@robertcroxtonjr2025 Yes, Danny Wiseman is doing well. He's still active in the bowling community and earned an award for promoting youth bowling.

[@NateCraven318]

SCORE SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Blaise Bedolla: 267 Steve Jaros: 218 Randy Pedersen: 207 Blaise Bedolla: 206 (So close!!) Chris Barnes: 228 Frank Guccione: 181 Randy Pedersen: 216 Chris Barnes: 210 Pedersen wins his last title!

[@chrishernandez18]

First time seeing this and I was so excited like it was happening today!

[@skalamaz3]

Blaise Bedolla should have been the next Pete Weber. He had an epic arm swing and release.

[@chevybowl1527]

What ever happened to him?

[@ertpecsertpecs]

@@chevybowl1527 He got Munson'd

[@Denverbroncos87]

@@ertpecsertpecs uh? What’s that mean?

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

I honestly thought Blaise’s bowling style looked more comparable to Rudy Revs Kasimakis.

[@brunsdangerzone]

1:15:33 never seen that variation of pepsi spare ball!

[@TheKingKenney]

5:58 How is 7-4 (+3) better than 9-5 (+4)? Is it solely based on losses? If so, that’s messed up.

[@jamisreebirzick5872]

I guess so, since 9-5 is ~0.6% higher win percent than 7-4 (~64.2% vs ~63.6%)

[@Denverbroncos87]

@@jamisreebirzick5872 it’s the least amount of losses. I believe it changed a year or so after this

[@andrewphillips1011]

The wildcard, 2nd semi final, and title matches were exciting and very close

[@LouisCsanko]

Spoiler Alert. Please watch all of the matches before you read the comments.😎

[@paulsmith9198]

This view is sponsored by the Covid-19 quarantine.

[@ertpecsertpecs]

Same. I started with the 1995 greater Baltimore open trying to see myself in the crowd in the bleachers halfway down the lane. I couldn't. 480i recorded on VHS transfered to digital isn't the greatest when it comes to clarity

[@kepler240]

50:46 My eye started twitching for some reason.

[@dcbandnerd]

50:48 - Max Headroom making a cameo appearance!

[@MLZ59]

What ever happened to Bedolla?

[@joshtacos1967]

MLZ59 kanon looks like he’s an Estimator for FCC Commercial furniture Inc. That’s really the only thing I can find about him, and he’s not on PBA records past 2005.

[@MLZ59]

tnx

[@yungsam64]

I really like his style. I wish he continued to play

[@princeofgreece9054]

Blaise is my cousin, and he used to bowl a lot with my dad back in the day. He was always an awesome bowler but he lost a lot of his passion for the game.

[@Denverbroncos87]

@@princeofgreece9054 what happened?? Why did he lose passion?

[@DaveBais]

Sounds like a song! The happy and the sad man...

[@andrewphillips2179]

it was an exciting title match

[@noelk6606]

Bowling will make a comeback

[@robs531]

Noel K as soon as it finds a way to control its costs(balls) and the proprietors finally understand that people don’t want a 36 week season anymore.

[@noelk6606]

Molly Welker I agree the season is to long. For instance also my daughter plays basketball and they have Saturday practices so from the end of Nov. to middle of Feb. she has to decide which Sat. She will bowl or practice. If she misses basketball she loses playing time but bowling doesn’t punish kids for missing a week. I can’t say the. Bowling ball cost is that big of a deal but I have spent a nice chunk of change on balls for my daughter only because she is really good and loves the sport more than anything else. I would love to see a bowling ball invented that can be filled and redrilled. My daughter has 6 balls in the basement that she no longer uses because she moved from 12 to 14 pounds. Most of them not even a year old. Shoes are pretty cheap around 40.00 dollars. The real cost is tournaments and travel. So right now if Covid doesn’t ruin Nationals we will be in Vegas and spend around 5,000 dollars. Local trips back home have been a couple hundred. If me and my wife put the money spent in travel into a savings account and my daughter sat on her butt she would have year one of college paid for by now and she is only 12 lol.

[@robs531]

Noel K if Bowling is her passion once she close to done growing invest in a good pair of shoes especially if she’s traveling, different centers have different approaches and the interchangeable soles are a godsend. There are great scholarship opportunities for her if she sticks to it!

[@noelk6606]

Molly Welker that is interesting so your saying they make shoes you can change the soles? I never knew that if that’s what your saying. She has won over 2,000 dollars so far in scholarship money she has won her district in the Pepsi Tnmt in the U10, U12 and this year U15 she won the State championship in U12 last year and we went to Detroit for Junior Gold. She also won the Group A handicap this year in her district she has placed very well in many Junior Gold qualifiers and she has been forced to compete against management older kids boys and girls because some Tnmts don’t get enough girls in the U12, U15 groups. Of all things she qualified for Jr Gold this year by coming in second in a combined boys and girls U15 group coming in second by 4 pins. The first place boy had already qualified. The hardest part has been getting her to bowling ally’s to practice. So many have closed she use to be in a league at a house only 15-20 minutes away but the league was so poorly run we had to move her to one that really helped the kids and offered more opportunities. We bowl out of a house now that is 30-35 minutes away but it is the home of BowlerX which has been a major blessing with equipment. Plus she found a coach that has taken her game to the next level. She has a ways to go but at 12 years old she is ahead of the curve. She was really catching fire before this Virus slammed everything to a halt. She threw series of 595, 643, and 668 last theee games and had been throwing 200 games on a regular basis. She finished 46th out of 140 girls nationally at Junior Gold last year missing the final 20 cut by 107 pins. She was throwing a Crux to start the year but switched to the Hy-Road and her game has taken off. She will still need to learn to throw a ball like the crux better at some point but it is hard to hit the sweet spot with a big hooking ball especially when so young. Tends to lose her concentration lol. I don’t expect a 12 year old to be able to stay so focused but she is learning.

[@robs531]

Noel K as my buddy who’s on the PBA50 tour would say #GOODSTUFF

[@7805jrg]

Didn't realize you had to pay to play in these tournament's

[@teejay6063]

At the end of game 2, with Barnes having the match won, why would he shoot that ten pin and not try another line/ball to see if he can find an even better shot at the pocket? Makes no sense.

[@im2slick4u67]

Frank guccione almost picked up the big 4

[@paulsmith9198]

34:50

[@KingRockets]

Bedolla can't handle the heat.

[@Joey_Hammer]

34:30

[@michaelgriffith9129]

1:08:50 face u make when u bout to fuck someone up! Chris barnes goes beast mode

[@승철백-n5l]

삼우볼링프라자 가서 따라 하자

[@승철백-n5l]

내년에는 삼우볼링프라자 가서 프리마지팀 하고 월면 토병기 미나 팀 하고 미국판 파워레인저 에스피디 팀을 쓰러뜨리고 해보자고

[@Ub3rn00berer]

Does Steve Jaros look like a muppet to anyone else?

[@DaveBais]

Muppets throw over a 100...

[@andrewphillips1011]

Randy pedersen won both of his matches by a total of 7 pins

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips nice spoiler asshole

[@resurection96]

niiiiice

[@kevinstamey5485]

Omg shut that girl up at the beginning introductions. Urgh!

[@JustRyan123]

Kevin Stamey AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *takes breath* WAAAAAaAAAAAAAAH

[@bobcarty1433]

I liked bowling better when the players were more reserved on ABC. This circus environment setting they went to just ruined it for me.

[@NateCraven318]

Welcome to tastes changing; get used to it

[@bobbyglasser8834]

Barnes, Pederson, 2 Major D Bags.

[@wesleystafford8521]

Think how bad the present day PBA broadcasts would be if Brian Voss was in the booth. Bland-bland-bland. And why does he keep calling Randy PEED-er-SON "PED-er-SON"? Good Lord. And doesn't he call Blaise "Blize"?

[@dylaneichler2067]

SOOO annoying!!! Ridiculous!!!!

[@Denverbroncos87]

But he was knowledgeable of the accolades of bowlers Blaise making telecasts only in Pennsylvania. I had no idea. But yes, after this, every time randy made a tv appearance, other bowlers were in the booth. Chris Barnes, norm duke, I can’t remember who else. I know Parker bohn the 3rd was in the booth when randy was an alternate.

[@joeblow871]

Barns, loses again 🤣