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Punishing new Brunswick synthetic pins, Chris Barnes overwhelms Tony 'Stone 8' Oliva to win 2024 PBA50 Ballard Championship

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2024 9:00 pm
Punishing new Brunswick synthetic pins, Chris Barnes overwhelms Tony 'Stone 8' Oliva to win 2024 PBA50 Ballard Championship
Chris Barnes with the oversized check after winning the 2024 PBA50 Ballard Championship. Photo by PBA.
A big storyline at PBA50 World Series of Bowling II at JAX60 in Jackson, Michigan, has been the new Brunswick Max Life Synthetic Pins. With a slew of solid 9s, 4-9s, and cartwheeling messengers from the field of 50-year-old and older players, the Max Lifes brought to mind the infamous Twister pins that debuted around the turn of the century. It’s fun to imagine what PBA Tour players will do on the Max Lifes! There were no 4-9s in Thursday night’s stepladder finals of the 2024 PBA50...