Watch This 18-Year-Old Bowler Achieve "One of the Rarest Feats in Sports"
No matter how you feel about bowling, this 30-second video will make your day.
If you're a sports aficionado in the U.S., chances are your game of choice is football, basketball, or baseball. But you're about to find out you're a bowling fan, too. On Sunday, April 11, 18-year-old Anthony Neuer made history at the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour U.S. Open and the 30-second video of the epic moment is pure joy.
As USA Today reports, Neuer made PBA Tour history Sunday by achieving the rare 7-10 split at the U.S. Open semifinals at National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.
The 7-10 split is one of the most infamous set-ups in the game of bowling, when the bowler has to knock down just two pins left standing in the back row, one in each corner (the No. 7 and No. 10 pins), in order to get a spare.
Neuer managed to hit the No. 10 pin, which then flew across the lane to smack the No. 7 pin down, causing Fox News announcer Rob Stone to erupt in a moment of sheer excitement. "He did it! He did it! He got the 7-10, Randy!" he shouted before anointing Neuer the "Ginger Assassin." The young bowler proudly, but humbly, pumped his fist in the air.
Anthony Neuer makes the 7-10 split for the 4th time in PBA Tour history on TV for the @GuaranteedRate Spare of the Game! ?
?: LIVE now on @FS1
?: FOX Sports app // FOX Now app pic.twitter.com/pB52dtw9Qb— PBA Tour (@PBATour) April 11, 2021
The video quickly started to go viral. Axios sports writer Kendall Baker posted the full minute-long video of the history-making moment and called Neuer's achievement "one of the rarest feats in sports." The full video captures Stone asking for some oxygen and water after all the "woo"-ing and screaming.
In pulling off the 7-10, Neuer—whose father, Andy Neuer, was a 1994 PBA Tour champion—became the fourth player to accomplish the 7-10 feat during a PBA Tour TV broadcast, and the first to do it on air in 30 years.
Though Neuer didn't win the match, losing to 26-year-old Jakob Butturff, 257-203, he surely emerged a champion in his own right.
Suddenly, the world was full of bowling fans, thanks both to Neuer's impressive move…
I don't know anything about bowling but these guys are so hyped and they called this kiddo the ginger assassin so now I'm his fan ?? https://t.co/01JR9hAW0d
— Sara (@ClevelandSara) April 12, 2021
And Stone's enthusiasm.
This is legitimately one of the greatest calls in sports history. Long live the Ginger Assassin. https://t.co/KFukdlY0fU
— Zack Czajkowski (@ZackCz) April 12, 2021
Of course, Americans loved his shirt…
I'm not sure what's the most impressive thing in this video, the 7-10 split, the shirt or the nickname "The Ginger Assassin"? https://t.co/64a037kE55
— Rich Leitch (@richleitch47) April 12, 2021
And his mullet.
Who needs million dollar athletes when you have a bowler with a mullet, nicknamed "The Ginger Assassin." Merica.pic.twitter.com/f4HGnAMxy6
— Cloyd Rivers Pics (@CloydRiversPics) April 12, 2021
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