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? asked in SportsOther - Sports · 8 years ago

What do you call a trike on the wrong side of the headpin?

In Philadelphia area, I've always heard it called a Jersey strike. Closer to New York, they call it the Brooklyn side.

I'm curious what people around the states call it.

Update:

OK - typo, I meant "strike" as in bowling.

Thanks

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  • 8 years ago
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    Over here on the west coast we pretty much always call it a Brooklyn.

  • ?
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    8 years ago

    If you are a right handed bowler you try to hit the 1-3 pocket. If your ball goes in on the opposite side (1-2) and you get a strike it's called a Brooklyn. It's called a Brooklyn because it's on the left side of the headpin. If you stand in Battery Park in Manhattan, Brooklyn is off to the left and New Jersey is on the right, across the Hudson.. Now if you were a left handed bowler your pocket would be just the opposite of a righty, or the 1-2 pins so a strike on the 1-3 or right side would be called a Jersey. So for rightys an opposite side strike is a Brooklyn and for leftys it's a Jersey. Since the vast majority of bowlers are right handed you hear Brooklyn most often to describe an opposite side strike. But if you've got a lefty on your team...It's a Jersey!

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