"He didn’t have much to say, but what he did say was nice."
-- Eric Stone
WFLA News Channel 8 meteorologist Eric Stone spends his days finding patterns and paying attention to nitty-gritty details as he forecasts the weather.
Turns out those skills have another application. Stone is also a two-time world champion pinball player.
Over Memorial Day weekend, he won the 17th annual International Flipper Pinball Association World Pinball Championship. Stone traveled to the Pinball Asylum in Fort Myers to beat out 64 other top players from 14 different countries. The prize: $1,000, plus a new pinball machine valued at $7,000.
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