{"id":5966,"date":"2022-04-20T11:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2022\/04\/column-hr339-third-times-the-charm-not-always\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:21:20","slug":"column-hr339-third-times-the-charm-not-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2022\/04\/column-hr339-third-times-the-charm-not-always\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR339  Third time’s the charm – not always!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday, April 20, 2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Column HR339<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Third time’s the charm – not always!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a fine line between an average sportsman and a good one.\u00a0 The good ones always forget a bad shot or play. \u00a0Like the song recorded by Bing\u00a0Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, \u201cYou got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive, e-lim-i-nate the negative.\u201d\u00a0 But then there are some NFL defensive backs and their ex-girlfriends – with short memories.\u00a0 It\u2019s\u00a0encapsulated\u00a0in, \u201cI meant it when I said it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What the Sam Hill does this have to do with darts?\u00a0 When Adam invented the game, while Eve was out looking for more apples, he had three sticks in his hand\u00a0to kill the snake that was encouraging Eve to eat apples.\u00a0 Poor old Adam\u00a0worn\u00a0out.\u00a0 He missed with the first two but, remaining positive, nailed the snake with the third.\u00a0 The third time was the charm.<\/p>\n<p>James Wade played in three Premier League finals this year. \u00a0He came up short in the first two, losing to Michael van Gerwen and Jonny Clayton.\u00a0 Before 12,000 well-lubricated fans in Manchester, he finally got the win plus the \u00a310,000 bonus.\u00a0 On his way to the final, he disposed of an \u201cout of form\u201d Gary Anderson and Gerwyn Price both by scores of 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Wade fell behind (0-2) facing Joe Cullen who had found double magic going 10 for 19 beating Michael Smith (6-2) and Jonny Clayton (6-3). \u00a0Wade finally saw a double, reeling off legs of 13, 14 and 14 to take a 3-2 lead.\u00a0 They would tie at 3, 4 and 5.\u00a0 Each time, Wade came back to regain the lead with legs of 11\u00a0and 17 for the 6-5 win.\u00a0 James Wade is the master of the #10.\u00a0 He used 3 for the wins. \u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s around number #10 more than Boris Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would seem logical for Wade to be the King of Manchester on this evening.\u00a0 The Dart God (Tungsten Tillie) had stepped in earlier. \u00a0She actually stopped the crowd from singing, forcing attention on the stage.\u00a0 \u201cWho would have thunk it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael van Gerwen and Jonny Clayton engaged in a contest for the ages.\u00a0 The raw scoring numbers for the 11 legs were 35 Ton-plus scores including 20 T40s and 5 T80s – with 4 of the 11 checkouts over 100.\u00a0 The scoring averages were van Gerwen 105.14 and Clayton 109.1.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton broke on top 2-0 in 13 and 15 – the 15 with a 110-check with MvG on 70.\u00a0 The Dutchman would get one leg back when he checked 152\u00a0(T20, T20, d16) following a Clayton missed bull.\u00a0 van Gerwen leveled at 2, checking 131 (T20, T13, d16) after Clayton missed tops.\u00a0 van Gerwen took his first lead (3-2) in 13 darts on a 3-0 run.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton leveled at 3 as MvG couldn\u2019t make 32 disappear with 3.\u00a0 Following a 112 finish\u00a0(T20, 12, d20) in 12, van Gerwen retook the lead 4-3.\u00a0 Clayton answered in 14 darts, checking 96.\u00a0 MvG would win the 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0leg.\u00a0 He needed d20 after Clayton had tossed T80 leaving 28.\u00a0 The 5-4 lead disappeared as van Gerwen missed the bull for a 164 check presenting Clayton a chance to finish with 80.\u00a0 He did.<\/p>\n<p>The decider was cracker.\u00a0 van Gerwen, going first, after 9 darts had 115 left (T21-T40, T25 = 115).\u00a0 Clayton also with 9 wanted 71 (T80, T25, T25).\u00a0 Van Gerwen threw 25, T18 and missed the d18.\u00a0 Clayton coolly erased 71 with\u00a0T13 to leave 32 which he missed and but nailed the third dart. \u00a0Third time’s the charm.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Dart Coach turned in the 2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix.\u00a0 \u00a0Two well fed\u00a0Irish\u00a0lasses in green with little wavy things on their heads were leading the German crowd singing, \u201cSweet Caroline.”\u00a0 One said, \u201cThis is the greatest moment of my life.\u201d\u00a0 That would have been the highlight when up jumped the semifinal between Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen…<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve read that van Gerwen brought out the best of Johnny Crayton.\u00a0 He did the same for Luke Humphries. \u00a0Humphries plowed van Gerwen 7-0.<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0leg \u201cCool Hand\u2019 took out 109 (T20, 17, d16) in 15 darts. Then, another 15-darter. \u00a0Third leg – 14 darts.\u00a0 Fourth leg – 12 darts, taking 98 out (20, T18, d12).\u00a0 Humphries improved in the 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0leg using only 11 darts (T, T80, T40) taking 81 out (T19, d12).<\/p>\n<p>At this point, van Gerwen (after missing his only double in leg 1) bent over.\u00a0 The announcers said, \u201cHe\u2019s pulling up his socks.\u201d Actually, be wanted to make sure he still had them.<\/p>\n<p>Humphries got the 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0leg in 14 darts which should have been 13 but he missed one at tops. The decider was a sloppy 17-darter.<\/p>\n<p>Consider that in 7 legs Humphries had 12 sores of 100+ and an average of 107.36.\u00a0 In the final against Martin Lukeman with the 8-2 win Humphries was proved human averaging 92.07.\u00a0 Humphries collected a \u00a325,000 payday for his efforts as Lukeman banked his biggest as a pro with \u00a310,000.<\/p>\n<p>The PDC announced the traveling road show, US Dart Masters, will hit New York City June 3-4 at the Hulu Theatre.\u00a0 Coming from the Motha Country will be Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen, Fallon Sherrock, James Wade, Michael Smith, Gary Anderson and Jonny Clayton.\u00a0 North America will have Danny Baggish, Jules van Dongen, Jeff Smith and Matt Campbell with the four other qualifiers coming from a Friday, May 13 event.\u00a0 Friday the 13<sup>th<\/sup>?\u00a0 Good luck.<\/p>\n<p>Why would Fallon Sherrock be included – as a case can be made for #7 Jose de Sousa?<\/p>\n<p>The PDC is about putting \u201casses in seats\u201d and mass media exposure.\u00a0 Playing in Woke New York the media will go bananas over Sherrock.\u00a0 One dart fan contacted PDC commentator Rod Studd stating if \u201cshe was a man she wouldn\u2019t be in.\u201d\u00a0 Studd replied, \u201cIs this white male complaint about a women getting a chance? \u00a0Do me a favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll do you a favor Rod, \u201cSierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US Darts Masters played three times in Las Vegas.\u00a0 The media coverage wasn\u2019t national.\u00a0 So, the PDC traded Las Vegas\u2019 friendly atmosphere, low visitor cost, lot\u2019s to do, $6 beers and somewhat reasonable hotel rates for New York City.\u00a0 Not to mention low crime rates on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>New York City is less than friendly, has sky-high costs, offers a good chance of getting mugged and a beer will run you $15 on a good day – all this for media coverage!<\/p>\n<p>For Las Vegas the third time wasn\u2019t the 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He goes back decades with the legends and knows where the skeletons are buried (just ask any of the ADO and WDF old-timers!).  Here are four well-known facts about the Old Dart Coach: 1) he is a Republican, 2) he loves the ladies, 3) he can drink most anybody under the table, and 4) he throws darts as bad as Dartoid."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6186,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/6186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}