"THE" most creepy thing I was involved with in a pool league.....Many years ago I was playing on a team with a buddy of mine (Denny Keehan-who passed away last year- God Rest His Soul) in Cicero Illinois. Denny was a disabled jockey (lost the use of his legs in the early 1960's because of a horse pile-up during a race), so he was playing out of a wheel chair. Even though Denny played out of a wheel chair, he played good (could run racks). Anyhow, he plays this guy on the opposing team and beats him. This guy takes the RULE BOOK for the league out and says the "win" doesn't count because Denny didn't have at least "ONE FOOT ON THE FLOOR" during the match. Well....I'm not a violent person (NOW), but then...lets say I was a little "less tolerant" than I am now. The police gave me a pass (thank you coppers). After that for the rest of the pool league session, Denny tied a "baby shoe" on the back of his wheel chair which "touched" the floor...so he could say "one shoe" was on the floor while shooting (he was a very funny guy).
Douchebag moves you have seen people pull at league
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This has got to be the biggest d-bag move I have ever read or even heard about during league play.
I would venture to say the person who pulled this move would have a line forming of folks wanting to punish him - severely.
Gotta love the baby shoe move! Classic!
Steve H.
Two!
I watched the same guy pull moves in the last two weeks. I was playing him two weeks ago in 8 ball and had a questionable shot so I called a coach. Myself and my teammate discuss things and suddenly this creep jumps up and says I have exceeded my time for a coach and I am on the clock. Honestly I was caught completely off guard, then he announces to me that I only have 6 seconds left to shoot or it's a foul! I have a near impossible cut shot full table over another ball so I take a quick shot at and miss. He eventually gets out and wins that game. So the next week I ask the league operator and he tells me there is no shot clock and no time alloted for the coach. It was all BS.
The very next week he is playing the team that has the league operator on it and is actually playing him. He plays a shot and gets no rail an obvious foul, but not with this guy! He claims he got a rail even though many witnesses say he did not. He pushes it further and states that there was no one watching that wasn't on either of the teams so therfore the call goes to the shooter. He gets away with this move as well as the move he put on me the week earlier!! The LO came up to me and told me the whole story and was pissed off to say the least! Makes you wonder what some folks will do just to win a game of 8 ball in a league. The good thing is he has become THAT GUY and will wish he wasn't soon enough.....
I watched the same guy pull moves in the last two weeks. I was playing him two weeks ago in 8 ball and had a questionable shot so I called a coach. Myself and my teammate discuss things and suddenly this creep jumps up and says I have exceeded my time for a coach and I am on the clock. Honestly I was caught completely off guard, then he announces to me that I only have 6 seconds left to shoot or it's a foul! I have a near impossible cut shot full table over another ball so I take a quick shot at and miss. He eventually gets out and wins that game. So the next week I ask the league operator and he tells me there is no shot clock and no time alloted for the coach. It was all BS.
The very next week he is playing the team that has the league operator on it and is actually playing him. He plays a shot and gets no rail an obvious foul, but not with this guy! He claims he got a rail even though many witnesses say he did not. He pushes it further and states that there was no one watching that wasn't on either of the teams so therfore the call goes to the shooter. He gets away with this move as well as the move he put on me the week earlier!! The LO came up to me and told me the whole story and was pissed off to say the least! Makes you wonder what some folks will do just to win a game of 8 ball in a league. The good thing is he has become THAT GUY and will wish he wasn't soon enough.....
We have a pretty good (as in personality) crew of APA players around here who are just in it for fun, so the bad ones aren't that bad compared to other areas where the leagues are bigger and have a larger variety of characters. But a few incidents where the d-bag quotient was pretty high...
1) APA 9-ball: A nortious jerk-wad captain puts together a mostly new team after his previous team got banned for a session a few years earlier and hadn't come back since. 2nd week of the session, he's short some low players for the evening so can't make skill-cap and would have to forfeit. So instead he gets one of his 7's to pretend to be a 2 to play to avoid a forfeit and for the win.
Luckily the hall owner, who knows everybody, caught that something wasn't right when they turned-in their scoresheet. He reviewed the security camera footage with the LO and figured it out... The captain is now banned for life, and the players are banned for a year. I haven't seen that captain around since.
2) Same captain as in 1, but his old team. He and a couple of his players light-up and start smoking inside the pool hall while in match and just ignore everybody staring at them and the opposition from the other team(politics aside, it's non-smoking in Cali and this place could lose it's liquor license as a penalty). To add icing onto the cake, he argues with the staff when closing-out because he doesn't want to pay for practice time because he thinks it's a rip-off (it's not). That's when he and team got banned for the rest of the session.
3) Not so much a move... My own team member walked out in the middle of a match because he claimed the other team was talking about him (they weren't). He didn't give them a chance to explain, didn't give me a chance to talk to them or talk with him, and didn't even tell me he was walking out until I came over and was asking what was going on. He just started packing and said he's not playing the match in a tantrum.
He sharked the second match we had going on as well. Several of my team members told me straight-up, if he stays on the team, they're leaving. I had to apologize for this BS to the other team, my team, the LO, and the other teams watching the stupid drama. So that was the last night he played on our team; he still hasn't apologized even after it was pointed out that he was mistaken (he doesn't even disagree that he was mistaken).
4) In my earlier days I played a player who wasn't watching my shot (she was seated behind me and I was between her and the balls, so she couldn't see half the table including my shot).
The next ball was 5 inches from the rail, with the higher balls surrounding the sides and the back half of the OB (I only had an almost head-on view of the ball with a slight opening to one side). I shoot a slightly off straight stop-shot (a stun) with some juice to get the cue ball to the cushion without it touching her balls, and stopping the OB when it hits a single ball full behind it. Now she has no view to the OB, and kicking it is very difficult for a level 5...
So after only seeing the result of the shot, not the shot itself, she calls foul, claims the balls couldn't have moved they way they did without hitting her balls first, and that she knows it's the case because she's taking a physics class (yes she really said that). I asserted myself several times, but then finally gave the CB to her and said take it. I just looked at my captain and told him, I'm still going to win.
I like this person overall, but that was such a d-bag moment; it happened before I knew them.
5) We were in a 9-ball tri-annual play-off (session end tournament) and the opposing team was keeping score for one of our two ongoing matches. Halfway through the match we checked the score, but it didn't seem to reflect what I saw in the match. So it seemed they were deliberately marking points for their team when they didn't actually make the points, of course they did this well enough so it was hard to prove without the two players being able to confirm the balls they made; and they were totally accurate going forward.
So it was clear the score was wrong, but we couldn't prove it. Of course, after talking with the captain of the previous team our opponent played, that captain had the same "feeling" as us. The bogus score wasn't what led to our losing, but it certainly could have.
1) APA 9-ball: A nortious jerk-wad captain puts together a mostly new team after his previous team got banned for a session a few years earlier and hadn't come back since. 2nd week of the session, he's short some low players for the evening so can't make skill-cap and would have to forfeit. So instead he gets one of his 7's to pretend to be a 2 to play to avoid a forfeit and for the win.
Luckily the hall owner, who knows everybody, caught that something wasn't right when they turned-in their scoresheet. He reviewed the security camera footage with the LO and figured it out... The captain is now banned for life, and the players are banned for a year. I haven't seen that captain around since.
2) Same captain as in 1, but his old team. He and a couple of his players light-up and start smoking inside the pool hall while in match and just ignore everybody staring at them and the opposition from the other team(politics aside, it's non-smoking in Cali and this place could lose it's liquor license as a penalty). To add icing onto the cake, he argues with the staff when closing-out because he doesn't want to pay for practice time because he thinks it's a rip-off (it's not). That's when he and team got banned for the rest of the session.
3) Not so much a move... My own team member walked out in the middle of a match because he claimed the other team was talking about him (they weren't). He didn't give them a chance to explain, didn't give me a chance to talk to them or talk with him, and didn't even tell me he was walking out until I came over and was asking what was going on. He just started packing and said he's not playing the match in a tantrum.
He sharked the second match we had going on as well. Several of my team members told me straight-up, if he stays on the team, they're leaving. I had to apologize for this BS to the other team, my team, the LO, and the other teams watching the stupid drama. So that was the last night he played on our team; he still hasn't apologized even after it was pointed out that he was mistaken (he doesn't even disagree that he was mistaken).
4) In my earlier days I played a player who wasn't watching my shot (she was seated behind me and I was between her and the balls, so she couldn't see half the table including my shot).
The next ball was 5 inches from the rail, with the higher balls surrounding the sides and the back half of the OB (I only had an almost head-on view of the ball with a slight opening to one side). I shoot a slightly off straight stop-shot (a stun) with some juice to get the cue ball to the cushion without it touching her balls, and stopping the OB when it hits a single ball full behind it. Now she has no view to the OB, and kicking it is very difficult for a level 5...
So after only seeing the result of the shot, not the shot itself, she calls foul, claims the balls couldn't have moved they way they did without hitting her balls first, and that she knows it's the case because she's taking a physics class (yes she really said that). I asserted myself several times, but then finally gave the CB to her and said take it. I just looked at my captain and told him, I'm still going to win.
I like this person overall, but that was such a d-bag moment; it happened before I knew them.
5) We were in a 9-ball tri-annual play-off (session end tournament) and the opposing team was keeping score for one of our two ongoing matches. Halfway through the match we checked the score, but it didn't seem to reflect what I saw in the match. So it seemed they were deliberately marking points for their team when they didn't actually make the points, of course they did this well enough so it was hard to prove without the two players being able to confirm the balls they made; and they were totally accurate going forward.
So it was clear the score was wrong, but we couldn't prove it. Of course, after talking with the captain of the previous team our opponent played, that captain had the same "feeling" as us. The bogus score wasn't what led to our losing, but it certainly could have.
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These stories are why i don't regularly play in leagues anymore and just stick to substituting once in a while on a friends team. If i ran into Dbags on a weekly basis i'd probably end up snapping and someone would end up with a LD shaft through the neck.
The leagues around here are mostly for fun, there aren't any big money prize pools, no trips to vegas, nothing fancy, it's just people who want to play for fun and spend an evening out and yet there are still plenty of idiots that keep me from wanting to play regularly
The leagues around here are mostly for fun, there aren't any big money prize pools, no trips to vegas, nothing fancy, it's just people who want to play for fun and spend an evening out and yet there are still plenty of idiots that keep me from wanting to play regularly
It is a shame that so many of you have had such bad times in League play.. I enjoy my League nights out.. It is an excellent reason to shoot pool, and I always have a good time doing so. I love shooting pool..
Why an LD shaft, specifically? Unless LD is specific to this situation, and actually stands for "lowlife discipliner"?
-Sean
I was playing in a handicapped Club 8-ball league in December. The one club we shoot at has a nice table back in its own private room. The guys on that team like to shoot with only the table lights on. I was down 3-1 in a race to 7 with their teams top player. He is a fair shot and I just started off cold that night. I was talking to my buddy at the table while he was shooting and my buddy told me that I should think about picking it up a little.
The guy shooting played me safe and gave me a smirk like he had me locked. I got to the table, saw an easy 2 rail kick to hit the ball, smacked it hard and ended up playing him safe right back. He misses his kick, I get BIH and take the game. Then I miss one shot the next game, he misses, and I finish. I told my buddy "I think I found my gear." Then I snap off the next 2 and win one where we had a really good safety battle.
Now I'm on the case game, break wide open, dropping 3 stripes and a solid with an easy run on either set. I cruise to the 8 and got perfect shape in the corner. I see the guy I'm shooting leaning against the wall looking at me. He looks none too happy.
I get down on the 8, go through a few practice strokes. Get ready to pull the trigger....the lights go off.
He was standing right next to the light switch for the table lights, which were the only lights on in the room.
I shot anyways.
Missed the corner by a good 6 inches.
Thankfully, they were a pretty nice team and only argued for 15 minutes about how that wasn't illegal.
The guy shooting played me safe and gave me a smirk like he had me locked. I got to the table, saw an easy 2 rail kick to hit the ball, smacked it hard and ended up playing him safe right back. He misses his kick, I get BIH and take the game. Then I miss one shot the next game, he misses, and I finish. I told my buddy "I think I found my gear." Then I snap off the next 2 and win one where we had a really good safety battle.
Now I'm on the case game, break wide open, dropping 3 stripes and a solid with an easy run on either set. I cruise to the 8 and got perfect shape in the corner. I see the guy I'm shooting leaning against the wall looking at me. He looks none too happy.
I get down on the 8, go through a few practice strokes. Get ready to pull the trigger....the lights go off.
He was standing right next to the light switch for the table lights, which were the only lights on in the room.
I shot anyways.
Missed the corner by a good 6 inches.
Thankfully, they were a pretty nice team and only argued for 15 minutes about how that wasn't illegal.
Speaking of lights. We were playing a league tourney a couple of years ago. The finals went into the evening. It was storming and the power went out temporarily. Most players just took a break as we knew that the power would be returned shortly.
Not being easily thwarted, two players continued to play, the table being illuminated by a group of other players who lit their lighters around the table.
Talk about Flicking Your Bic.
We were playing a team from a private club on their home turf at the beginning of the season this year. It was my turn at the table. I was at the short rail and about to make a fairly difficult long cut shot to the corner pocket.
My opponent came over and grabbed the chalk that was on the short rail beside me. He then walked over to the corner pocket and proceeded to chalk the heck out of his tip. I got up from the shot and waited for him to
finish. He looked like a busy little beaver trying to feverishly drill a hole in the chalk.
I went down on the shot again, this time realigning myself so it looked like I was going to cut the ball to the opposite corner. My opponent then moved over to the other corner. I stood up again and waited for a few seconds before I got down once again to shoot the ball in the original pocket. My opponent moved over once again still chalking his cue.
My team mates were watching the entire affair trying to contain themselves from not laughing too hard.
I did make the shot but the sharking attempt was so blatantly obvious that it was hilarious rather than annoying.
Like, take some sharking lessons buddy.
Not being easily thwarted, two players continued to play, the table being illuminated by a group of other players who lit their lighters around the table.
Talk about Flicking Your Bic.
We were playing a team from a private club on their home turf at the beginning of the season this year. It was my turn at the table. I was at the short rail and about to make a fairly difficult long cut shot to the corner pocket.
My opponent came over and grabbed the chalk that was on the short rail beside me. He then walked over to the corner pocket and proceeded to chalk the heck out of his tip. I got up from the shot and waited for him to
finish. He looked like a busy little beaver trying to feverishly drill a hole in the chalk.
I went down on the shot again, this time realigning myself so it looked like I was going to cut the ball to the opposite corner. My opponent then moved over to the other corner. I stood up again and waited for a few seconds before I got down once again to shoot the ball in the original pocket. My opponent moved over once again still chalking his cue.
My team mates were watching the entire affair trying to contain themselves from not laughing too hard.
I did make the shot but the sharking attempt was so blatantly obvious that it was hilarious rather than annoying.
Like, take some sharking lessons buddy.
I also enjoy playing league pool even if I have to deal with some insecure, moron that finds it necessary to cheat to win a game of pool. I'm fine with that and just hang a nickname on them afterwards. So far I have Bullyboy, Shotclock, Thatguy, and if all goes well I'll have a few more soon. Hell these dumbies make it that much more fun when I squezze their nuts and safe them into BIH!!
I think its important to remember that douche bags are not exclusive to league play. Find the right league and you don't need to worry.
I got a couple from last night's league play. It's BCA 8-ball league and up until now I hadn't seen anything but honorable play. I just joined somewhere around last October so I'm still relatively new. I had never seen this guy before a couple of weeks ago but he said he'd been in the league a long time, just hadn't played in a while.
This part isn't his douchebag moves but just a little background to set the stage. Literally right before our match was called I was playing against someone else on the practice table and had a wide open table with only 3 object balls and the 8 ball left. I'm down in my stance getting ready to pull the trigger when he literally yells out "14 ball first!". The 14 ball was the hardest shot on the table but if I did that first the rest of the run out would be easier after that. I stand up, survey the table again, and inform him that I think I can do it another way and I'll never have to shoot a shot as missable as that, and proceed with my original plan. It looked like he was a little miffed that I snubbed his advice.
So right then, they call us over because I happen to be playing him in the first game, his break. I felt like we both wanted to win even more than usual because of the little exchange we had. He hits a solid break, but nothing dropped. I figure out what I'm going to do and getting ready to shoot when he says, "Wait a minute ... did three balls hit a rail?" I almost thought he was joking at first but then I could tell he was seriously trying to pull a move. I said "It was a pretty solid break, I'm pretty sure at least three balls hit rails." He even walked over to where his team was gathered like he was going to get a ruling or something. I wasn't paying much attention at that point though because I was already proceeding to shoot. Didn't hear anymore about it and although I wasn't in the groove I managed to run the table in my second inning, finishing it up with a bank shot on the 8 ball while he still had 5 balls left.
About 30 minutes later I'm sitting with our best player, and he asks if I've played the guy yet. Proceeds to tell me that in HIS game with this guy he made one of his balls and was getting down to shoot the next one when the guy calls out "ball in hand!". My teammate is like "What? That was a legal hit." The guy says "No you hit my 9 ball first". My teammate was almost sure he didn't hit any other ball first but let him have the ball in hand and said it bothered him so much he couldn't shoot for the rest of the game and lost. He had to go outside for a while just to calm down.
We both decided we were going to need to watch the guy real close from now on and have someone else watching as well.
This part isn't his douchebag moves but just a little background to set the stage. Literally right before our match was called I was playing against someone else on the practice table and had a wide open table with only 3 object balls and the 8 ball left. I'm down in my stance getting ready to pull the trigger when he literally yells out "14 ball first!". The 14 ball was the hardest shot on the table but if I did that first the rest of the run out would be easier after that. I stand up, survey the table again, and inform him that I think I can do it another way and I'll never have to shoot a shot as missable as that, and proceed with my original plan. It looked like he was a little miffed that I snubbed his advice.
So right then, they call us over because I happen to be playing him in the first game, his break. I felt like we both wanted to win even more than usual because of the little exchange we had. He hits a solid break, but nothing dropped. I figure out what I'm going to do and getting ready to shoot when he says, "Wait a minute ... did three balls hit a rail?" I almost thought he was joking at first but then I could tell he was seriously trying to pull a move. I said "It was a pretty solid break, I'm pretty sure at least three balls hit rails." He even walked over to where his team was gathered like he was going to get a ruling or something. I wasn't paying much attention at that point though because I was already proceeding to shoot. Didn't hear anymore about it and although I wasn't in the groove I managed to run the table in my second inning, finishing it up with a bank shot on the 8 ball while he still had 5 balls left.
About 30 minutes later I'm sitting with our best player, and he asks if I've played the guy yet. Proceeds to tell me that in HIS game with this guy he made one of his balls and was getting down to shoot the next one when the guy calls out "ball in hand!". My teammate is like "What? That was a legal hit." The guy says "No you hit my 9 ball first". My teammate was almost sure he didn't hit any other ball first but let him have the ball in hand and said it bothered him so much he couldn't shoot for the rest of the game and lost. He had to go outside for a while just to calm down.
We both decided we were going to need to watch the guy real close from now on and have someone else watching as well.
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You know, I thought I had seen/heard some really bad BS pulled...but this takes the cake. :angry:
:lol: Oh god.