A flipper move that is used to pass the ball across the gap from one flipper to the other. This move is used when the ball is moving too quickly to be controlled on the original flipper, but not quite fast enough to reach the other flipper without assistance.
I start to ramble on this post. Also, I suggest that we eliminate purgatory altogether. I await your criticism.
… Then my mind folded in on itself, I got confused and my flipper activity devolved to random flailing.
Since that fantastic article about pinball was published in ESPN: The Magazine, I’ve been meaning to correct the record.
The player quickly flips the ball so that it rolls up the inlane just enough that they can backhand a shot using the same flipper.
A technique used during Multiball to prevent a ball that is heading toward the drain, by using another ball to stop it.
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… now I realize why the photographers were taking some photos with the camera REALLY close to our faces.
Those who choose to take on the mantle of TD realize they must show patience, consistency, and stoicism. This card doesn’t have much to do with those qualities, though.
The moment of time immediately after an aggressive save when everyone is watching the screen flash …
When the ball drains down the middle (or right outlane), but …
The pinball friends with whom one plays so frequently …
Draining 2 balls in a multiball simultaneously out the right and left outlane.