For much of the past five years or so Thursday nights have been bowling night for me.

I have tried other sports through the years and despite the lasting sting of being cut from my high school bowling team as a freshmen bowling seems to be the one that stuck and was also the one I went back to after each of my stints attempting other sports.

My first foray into team sports was a couple of seasons on the Gaithersburg, MD Recreation League soccer circuit. I enjoyed the strategy of the game and the cat and mouse dynamic between the goalie and the strikers trying to score.

Okay, to be honest I was like 4 or 5 when I played soccer and I basically just remember the half time orange wedges.

I also remember that in two years of playing the only time my team scored a victory was on Father