BATON ROUGE - I’m sure you are wondering about this headline for this week’s column and I must admit there have only been a few times, other than some occasions cracks about my bowling, that I have made myself the focus of a column that I have written for The Advocate and now WBRZ over the last 30-plus years.

But I feel that maybe telling my story will be a type of mental exercise that may help me get over the long hill to the top.

Having covered a lot of golf over my years and watched more on TV, I have heard golfers as they get older have what is termed the “yips” over that short simple 4-or-5-foot putt.

I’m pretty sure I have the “yips” when it comes to shooting at the dreaded 10 pin.

How do I know?

Well, many years ago a fellow bowler showed me how he kept track of all his shots a

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