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Why bowling bumpers make every throw count

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Throwing the ball with the strength of a toddler is no longer an issue. Those inflatable or plastic gutter bumpers are angled precisely to ensure that no matter how pitifully slow the ball bounces, it will inevitably clip at least one pin. It is a manufactured participation trophy built directly into the lane's architecture.

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