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Clarifying the rule on use of new releases in PBA Regionals

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 4:00 am
I was surprised when I went to a recent Midwest PBA Regional and found that Storm’s new MARVEL-S and HY-ROAD PEARL balls had been cleared for PBA competition as of June 13. If you read this blog last year, you would think as I did that new releases couldn’t be used in PBA Regionals until they were available to the public, which is scheduled to be July 16 for the MARVEL-S and HY-ROAD PEARL. As it is now, balls can be used after they are made available for sale to PBA members under...