sports MEL DRYMAN Raised in Detroit, Experienced in Arizona Your Professional & Dedicated ARIZONA REALTOR Mobile: (480) 239-8686 mel.dryman@azmoves.com Each Office Independently Owned and Operated 2117430 New Year, Same Story… Another 300 Game STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T MID CENTURY MODERN-RETRO FURNITURE 31505 GRAND RIVER AVE. AT CORNER OF ORCHARD LAKE FARMINGTON 48336 In the Historical Winery Building BY APPOINTMENT ONLY We Carry )&3."/.*--&3t"%3*"/1&"34"--t,/0--t8*%%*$0.#t%6/#"3 +&3&t%"/*4)U.0%&3/t1"6-&7"/4t.*-0#"6()."/ mad4mod.space vette028@aol.com 248-514-5858 8F#VZ4FMM5SBEF‰$BMMGPS"QQPJOUNFOU West Bloomfield NEW HOMES Only 11 Homesites Available Your dream home awaits … The Reserve of Beverly Crest # # & # )0,, !( "$&% #' ! ' ! ! $-/3%01-"2.2/ 50 February 8 • 2018 jn he new year is only a few weeks old, and Dave Shanbaum already has bowled a 300 game. It’s the 17th perfect game of his career. Yes, 17th. The 44-year-old lifelong Windsor, Ont., resident rolled his latest 300 on Jan. 15 in the B’nai B’rith Brotherhood- Eddie Jacobson League. Shanbaum bowled 235-300-218—753 at Country Lanes in Farmington Hills. This is Shanbaum’s fifth season in the league, and he has four 300 games in league play. No. 3 came on Oct. 31, 2016. He bowled 211-300-226—737 that night. “It doesn’t get easier to bowl a 300 the more times you do it. You still feel the adrenalin flowing; you still feel the pressure as you get to the end of the game,” he said. “You have to breathe, and you have to take it one shot at a time.” In the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League, it’s customary for many bowl- ers to stop what they’re doing and cheer on a fellow league bowler when he’s getting close to a 300 game. While the support is much appreci- ated, it can be distracting. “That usually happens in the 10th frame,” Shanbaum said. “You know it’s going to happen, so you need to be ready to block it out and focus on what you’re doing.” Shanbaum threw 12 solid pocket hits in his January gem. The right-hander can’t say the same for a close call Dec. 18 on another league night. He bowled 299, leaving the 4 pin on his final ball. “That wasn’t a good shot,” he said. “I left it inside.” When he’s not bowling 300 games, Shanbaum makes a living as a computer programmer. He’s been employed by Applied Systems in its Windsor office for more than 20 years. He has no aspirations of one day becoming a professional bowler. “The pros are on another level,” he said. “They make it look so easy, and they bowl on tough lanes with tricky oil patterns.” Shanbaum normally bowls in sev- eral leagues at once. He’s bowling in three leagues this season. Besides the weekly Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League, he’s also bowling in two weekly leagues at the Rose Bowl in Windsor. He’s averaging 219 in the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League and around 217 in the Windsor leagues. He’s normally in the 215-220 average range, so it’s a typical season for him. His team in the Brotherhood- Eddie Jacobson League is called the Ten Pin Commandments, and includes Dave Little, Ivan Fenyvesi and Howard Keller along with sub- stitute Steve Teper. “We’re somewhere in the middle of the pack in the standings,” he said. Shanbaum has been bowling in adult leagues since he was 18. He bowled in a B’nai B’rith league in Windsor before the league folded. He then bowled in the B’nai B’rith Downtown Fox League on the U.S. side of the Detroit River before moving to the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson League. WINTER WONDERS Ready to watch the Winter Olympics from South Korea this month? Here are some Jewish storylines, courtesy of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: • Israel has sent 10 athletes, its largest delegation ever at the Winter Olympics. • Figure skater Paige Connors from Rochester, N.Y., will compete in pairs competition for Israel with Evgeni Krasnopolski. Connors’ mother is an Israel citizen. • A.J. Edelman from Brookline, Mass., is Israel’s first skeleton com- petitor. He calls himself the “Hebrew Hammer.” • Ex-NHL player Jonathon Blum will play for the U.S. Blum, 29, who plays for a professional team in Russia, was with the Nashville Predators (2010- 2013) and Minnesota Wild (2013- 2015) when he was in the NHL. • Dylan Moscovitch is a pairs fig- ure skater for Canada with partner Liubov Ilyuschechkina. Jason Brown is the U.S. team’s first alternate in men’s figure skating. • Send sports news to stevestein502004@ yahoo.com.