COMMENTARY CORNER

The End (Zone) "We are creatures of habit. How often, when you walk into a familiar bar, do you choose the same table, stool, or spot at the bar over and over again?"
By: Darrin Barker -- March 8, 2006

Banned: MOMA 05 " . . . if these people do not die from smoking related diseases, will they die from something cheaper? The only way this theory works is if we assume that non-smokers live forever. I have seen proof otherwise."
By: Darrin Barker -- January 19, 2005

Leveling the Field " . . . placing players in levels only works in a perfect world - the kind of world where players will not purposely screw off in one league to record an inaccurately low average - and then use that average to enter a dart tournament."
By: Darrin Barker -- February 25, 2004

King of the Board 2004 Results of the 2004 Duluth-Superior area King of the Board tournament.
By: Mark Wagemaker -- April 17, 2004

King of the Board 2003 Results of the 2003 Duluth-Superior area King of the Board tournament.
By: Mark Wagemaker -- April 5, 2003

Dart Irritations " . . . when do we start anger management class for pompous dart players? Does it really come as such a surprise to miss?"
By: Darrin Barker -- May 18, 2003

Common Cents "If Superior Darts were to form a league, and the champions were returned only two-thirds of what they dished out in league fees – a lynch mob would form at my door demanding a league audit."
By: Darrin Barker -- September 21, 2004

TOP 10 Dart Excuses " Excuse#5: Country Music – Buy Sturm a beer, learn the words, and sing along with him!"
By: Tom Dolan -- July 23, 2003

MOMA 2003 "When the games (Watersports 2003) were complete the Comfort Inn sun room looked like Hurricane backwash – with miscellaneous chunks of greenery and Nerf balls littering the room."
 By: Darrin Barker -- February 22, 2003

Re: Tornado Alley "I have always tried to be helpful . . . and I do refer players to your website (Superior Darts) whenever I can. I do not question whether your website is to be helpful for area dart players to get information, or if it has been created for you to be "THE MAN" in darts . . . "
By: Steve Matthews -- July 19, 2002

Tornado Alley " . . . it is unfair to play 4 teams three times, and 1 team only twice . . . you miss first place by 2 games, you have been cheated. A round robin schedule is like a round of golf . . . There is no trophy for the leader after 17."
By: Darrin Barker -- June 8, 2002

Season Recap "I have always questioned the accuracy of league stats – typically written in tiny boxes on a beer soaked sheet of paper in a dark bar by four slurring drunks. Gee, what could possibly go wrong!"
By: Darrin Barker -- April 26, 2002

The Board Lies "If you are losing a match the board will manipulate, cheat, and deceive you every chance it gets – and it will do it without regret or sympathy, you can count on it."
By: Darrin Barker -- August 4, 2001

Split Ladder Tournament "Is there a tournament format in which you switch partners every match, play every round without long waits, play against shooters of your own level, and no player is ever eliminated? I have an idea that could be all of that and more . . . "
By: Darrin Barker -- May 10, 2001

Mr D's Top 50 "Unlike most ‘Luck of the draw' format tourneys, your fate could not be sealed before the competition begins. In this room there was no such thing as a bad draw."
By: Darrin Barker -- March 3, 2001

My Story "My billiards peaked at age 22, remaining a perennial ‘B' leaguer until quitting in '95. However, I did not drop pool in disgust, I dropped it to make more time for my new interest. Darts."
By: Darrin Barker -- September 14, 2000