vincett said:

Aramith Cleaner makes balls more slick. The balls virtually will slide before spinning away on cut shots. Unlike vinegar/soap/alcohol solutions

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Patrick Johnson said:

In Saturday’s news… the player’s name is Harriet Haynes.

BBC - 2 August 2025

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APA Operator said:

It is 100% about media, image, and protecting the brand (think Cleveland Indians). It is 0% about some adult in a bar being offended. A single off-color name can cost you customers and sponsors, so the rules are a bit strict. Stricter at the national level than at the local level, because that's where big sponsors come from. APA allows each individual LO to be as loose or as strict as they want. I've ratcheted it down in my area quite a bit in the rise of social media, but it started when the newspapers would no longer publish my standings (yes, we used to get the standings published weekly) because of some of the team names. Another big concern is how the team name sounds when read aloud, not whether one "gets it" when reading the name somewhere. It has become a game of seeing what you can get away with, without consideration for what "getting away with" it just once might cost the organization.

The list is long and grows every year, and not every rejected name is on the list. It can't possibly be all-inclusive, a point that confuses teams every year ("it's not on the list, so it should be ok, right?").

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TallJeff said:

Yep,
I lived in Garden Grove in 69, & 70 ( a few miles away ) and was a regular at Daisy Mae’s…
It was all night action after the bars closed at 2:00 am. The main players then
were Percy , Charlie the Ape, Mario, Sergio, and me, Talljeff… Plus all the dead money that
stumbled in and had no chance of winning… I practically lived in the joint every night for those two years.
I was young then ( 26/27 ) and did my share of performance enhancing drugs that helped me stay
awake for hours, sometimes days when the money was there for the taking… I was on the rise then
as a pool player and totally hooked on the fact that it didn’t involve punching a time clock or earning an
hourly wage at some job I hated doing! It was an amazing high that youth and no responsibility allowed…
It and my pool career was short lived though, when I married in January of 71 and we had a son born in April
of 72, but during that short span from 66 to 71 it was quite a ride with many good memories…
Just a quick hello to all who are still breathing and were there also…

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garczar said:

Nothing? C'mon folks surely someone recognizes this cool wand.

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