sjm said:

Strickland and Sigel were the two best 9ball players forty-five years ago, shortly before the switch to Simonis

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I had the pleasure of watching Efren force a different M O for 9 ball players. He showed Billiard skills that combined with cueball precision achieved by none on the tour at that time. I so enjoyed watching him playing Earl in the Reno Sands 9 ball. Efren broke and ran three or four. Then first shot after the break he played a safety that left the one ball and cue ball on opposite end rails AND no path to get a hit. Taking ball in hand Efren does it again! At 7-0 Earl gets his second shot.....and it's just as ugly as his first. Earls exhibition er uh histrionics brought encouragement from the gallery. "Break it " was the suggestion. "Break your cue" , got giggles. Efren got the trophy.

fastgixx05 said:

Alton, are these coconut joint protectors yours that I have on my Dellera cue or did Rick make them?

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Doubt you’re going to get a response. Alton finished a set of caps for me in early 2021 at a time he was moving away from doing caps and, most especially, the rude, keyboard cowboy influx that had come to pervade the online world.
His Mother was doing poorly, and he went kinda radio silent not long after. I wish the best for my friend to this day.
For what it’s worth… These caps don’t look like anything Alton would have done.

Okay, just recalling John Higgins in interview, saying that he feels like he is playing better than ever. Me too but the numbers say that I am uh not. Well there are 3 kinda lies.
Lies
DAMN LIES
and Statistics .