mikemosconi said:

When I hold an assembled cue in my hand I prefer a neutral balance - that is, not feeling the cue to be heavier at either end.
For me, a cue swings more smoothly if it does not feel pushed( rear balance) or pulled( by a forward balance).
My Richard Black cue has the best neutral balance of any of more than a hundred or more owned cues .

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jeephawk said:

At least on this one B-Loc was it, but sounds like yours has served you well.

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HawaiianEye said:

I guess I was looking at the shafts where you have a choice of joints.

I figured they would have came out with butts with different joints by now.

I have the original butt with the Titanium B-Loc joint.

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MattPoland said:

I think we need to reimagine our captains picks. Take the top 3 on points, sure. The remaining two should be selected by having a pool of potentials contend against each other directly. I think this would help our youth and hopefuls get the exposure, opportunity and motivation to strive for it which would at least be an environment that incentivizes them to learn and grow. It’s not the only solution but easily could be one building block.

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jeephawk said:

B-loc was the only one.

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HawaiianEye said:

What joint did you get?

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gopi-1 said:

Somebody here was asking if Parica’s family was well off. His dad was a cop, it’s a toss-up about his family’s wealth. I know this for a fact because they live a few blocks from where I reside. I’ve watched Jose play using a Coke case to propped him up on his shots. He was a reed thin 5 foot boy, about 12/13 years when he and his dad were hustling the shortstops in all of the seedy pool halls back home.

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