Two ex-baseball players sitting in a duck blind on the Eastern Shore, see a flight of ducks take off and scatter upwards. The moment proved inspirational, and brought into being "duckpin bowling". It changed an industry and a national pastime.
When Duckpin Bowling Became A Thing
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