Earning the top seed for a stepladder finals carries the obvious benefit of needing to win just one game for the title. It also carries a benefit that often means little to nothing, but sometimes can mean everything. In the 2025 PBA50 Monacelli Championship at JAX 60 in Jackson, Michigan on Sunday, that benefit — being able to choose starting and finishing lanes — turned out to be decisive as the left lane was nearly unplayable and the right lane was merely tough. Consider that in...