I'm crying at how happy Shane is

7–3 ROW.

Our high school football coach took on the job when the school hadn't won A game in over 2 years. His first season the team lost the first five and were down to 13 players as his regimen was, uh Very Strict. They won the last 6 and the team went on to win 31 straight in the next 2 seasons.
His mantra was, "We play to have fun. It's easier to have fun when we win."
My senior year we lost the game that ended the streak. Practice the Monday after was Not A Pleasant experience. His technique involved getting enraged which worked in football. He attempted the same with the baseball team. It didn't work in baseball , well hitting well In baseball requires fine tuning rather than blind rage.
I did however see my wife shoot the lights out playing pool when I tickled her uh, "piss me off" button. We were playing partners against a pair that was favored on paper. As she prepared to break the first rack I noticed the deer in the headlights expression. I stepped in close and in her ear asked, "Did you hear what Lavern said?" She instantly tensed and asked, "WHAT did she say?" My reply of, "never mind" as I turned and walked away lit the fuse. She made four 9 balls in 5 shots playing Scotch Doubles. After the 4th nine ball match winning shot she was heading for the handshake and still steaming. When I intercepted and confessed to, "Lavern never said anything. " Her rage was redirected To ME!!!!
Had to of been record for quickest race to 4 match ever.

duong doesn't live up to the MVP poll presented on day 1

Shane left Filler hanging for a fist bump.

2nd time in the event, haha

gregcantrall said:

When I started playing with "the other hand" which is Lefty for me, I noticed that shooting Left handed was luckiest for me.
One night I was struggling and became so frustrated that on a problem shot I switched hands and blasted em left handed. It shit a ball and broke the spell. Shrug So now when facing an ugly situation that requires "hit em hard and wish em well" I will be doing it left handed.

Click to expand...

Honestly it's amazing how often something will go in if you give it a chance. If I'm completely against the wall with no shot or safe available, I'd rather go down swinging. Carom the OB off a few balls and see if any of the low percentages go. It's probably not true but I feel that if I give 3 balls a 5% chance of going in, something seems to go in 30% of the time. That's a desperation shot, but if you also happen to park the CB behind something, it costs nothing to miss. Just re-arranging the furniture.

BasementDweller said:

The same arbitrary standard could easily be applied to Mosconi's actual record, but he gets a pass. Likely for the sake of nostalgia. His record being set on an easy NON-PROFESSIONAL caliber table is just glossed over. It's more fun to discredit the accomplishments of Schmidt because he's not well liked. The whole conversation about these high runs are TOTALLY clouded by personal animus against Schmidt. It's obviously clear if you're just a bit objective.

Click to expand...

There's no pass for nostalgia nor any other reason AND the conditions and specs on the table have long been an open part of the lore.

Mosconi did not set up the table in question. He happened upon it the night he was scheduled for an exhibition at the East High Billiard Club in Springfield OH and it was the only Brunswick in the house. And since he was under contract with Brunswick and presumably compelled to do his exhibitions on Brunswick tables, that's what he played on. After concluding his match with local Earl Bruney, having already run 200 and about to launch into the trick shot part of his exhibition, it was only at the crowd's urging -- keep going Willie, see how many you can get -- that he continued the run.

As to Schmidt, I would ask: what is your evidence for claiming "he's not well liked" and that there is "personal animus" against Schmidt."

Lou Figueroa

And now they’ve resorted to card tricks in the stands.

In case you missed it, Scott was just talking about Gorst’s great form and delivery and doesn’t look like he can miss. And then Gorst shot this. Missed the pocket, caught the outer point. It bobbled and somehow like someone sucked it in, that ball dropped. There is no way in anyone’s wet dream should that ball have dropped.

ShootingArts said:

From what I have seen over the years, usually after you get the fed's attention the first thing you receive is a cease and desist letter. Smart people cease and desist and never do such a thing again.

You never know who is going to handle a case. One fed considers $5000 a major sum, another doesn't consider $500,000 a major sum.

One year the IRS decided I owed them $145.00. If you say so, I sent them the money. The next year they said they owed me $145. I told my tax man, no problem, they can keep it!

Some friends were making a little 'shine. The feds watched them make a million dollars worth, wholesale, then raided. Took five pick-up trucks, the big trucks belonged to U-Haul. Did a little more damage and fined them $5000 each, $25,000. Five years probation. I know of other people that did far less and did basically natural life as first offenders. Messing with the feds is like poking a bear with a stick, never know when you are gonna poke a tender spot.

Hu

Click to expand...

I said from Day 1 that they were gonna be sorry because the Feds will come knocking. And Dunn is the corn in this shit stack!

Talking about small pockets… 2026 Reyes Cup, Day 3, Game 4 Teams play (Gorst) a few minutes ago.

Ball dropped. Maybe they’ll changed to 3 3/4” next. This ball didn’t touch the rail on the way in.

If it's layered it's not for me.
Still like a hard pressed Triangle.

Sorry, but that shot from Fedor should not have gone in.

Pockets need to be tighter.

He missed it and it somehow fell.

boogieman said:

2 way shots and leaving the CB bad should something miss, that It usually just works that way.

Click to expand...

When I started playing with "the other hand" which is Lefty for me, I noticed that shooting Left handed was luckiest for me.
One night I was struggling and became so frustrated that on a problem shot I switched hands and blasted em left handed. It shit a ball and broke the spell. Shrug So now when facing an ugly situation that requires "hit em hard and wish em well" I will be doing it left handed.

SA96 said:

Imagine if this event ends and we don't see SVB and Filler in doubles.

That would be a travesty.

Click to expand...

they can't use the cheat code in every doubles match

Imagine if this event ends and we don't see SVB and Filler in doubles.

That would be a travesty.

Looks interesting, I wish-listed. I'm looking forward to it!

Mensabum said:

Superstitions anyone??

Click to expand...

I am not superstitious. However I am a little stitious.

Look at knowledge from a few hundred or few thousand years ago. Then realize that our civilization will seem just as primitive in the same amount of time.

My brother died in his early twenties. He never saw a microwave or a personal computer. The interstate system was just under construction. Incidentally, how many people remember that one of the specifications of the interstate system first designed under Ike was that it had to have straight sections without obstructions every little ways to serve as emergency air strips if we were ever invaded? One of the main functions of the interstate system designed under a general soon after WWII is forgotten!

Hu

We have invented all the major inventions and discovered all of the major discoveries. Of course the people of two hundred and two thousand years ago thought the same thing.

There was a weapon invented so deadly it would end all wars. That weapon was the English longbow!

skogstokig said:

they're intelligent animals

Click to expand...

These guys are insane!!

Login to view embedded media

GideonF said:

I haven’t played on it, but reports from when it was introduced on the tour was that it was faster than Simonis but not crazy. The cloth at the Reyes Cup seems noticeably faster.

Click to expand...

it's so fast you can't rule out there's been a mistake somewhere. wrong cloth model, quality control in the chinese factory, wool/nylon mixture wrong, something like that..