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Article: Space-Age Balls Worry Bowling Purists
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- NPR The Bryant Park Project
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- May 16, 2008
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MIKE PESCA
NPR The Bryant Park Project
05-16-2008
Space-Age Balls Worry Bowling Purists
Host: MIKE PESCA
Time 8:00-9:00 AM
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MIKE PESCA, host:
Technology and sports smash up against each other all the time. You hear it happening in each ping of an aluminum bat, every thwack of a graphite golf club, and yes, each gavel of a congressional hearing investigated steroids in baseball. Add to those sounds this one.
(Soundbite of bowling)
PESCA: That is a new-fangled space-aged bowling ball, a ball so advanced that some bowling purists are a little worried. What if perfect game becomes just a mundane game? Joining me now is Paul Ridenour. He's a research engineer for the United States ...
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