What do you think would happen if someone be it tourney or live stream was to beat mosconi's high run? Do you think it would shed some light on pool, would a news station/sport station mention "local man beat 100 year old record" or whatever, or would it just go almost unnoticed and only live here in the pool realm.
What would happen?
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Do an experiment. Ask people in your office if they know what Mosconi's high run is. I can ask that question in a pool room, and 2% will know the answer. The other 98% will not even know what straight pool is.
It wouldn't even hit the news. Or a newspaper.
Going back to your post about witnessed straight pool runs, Mike Euphemia apparently ran 625 balls. That's not known all over the world. And I think only a very small segment of the pool playing population actually cares. Not saying that to be sarcastic. Straight pool is my favourite game. But a lot of players at the pool hall are there for 8 and 9 ball leagues. If you showed them 14.1. they'd probably say "no thanks".
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As I understand it, Mosconi's record was set on a table with big pockets and possibly an 8-footer.
You can't compare it to playing tight pockets on a 9-foot table...so trying to break the "record" would always leave questions...such as, - would breaking the record on a "soft" table make one the greatest ever?
As I understand it, Mosconi's record was set on a table with big pockets and possibly an 8-footer.
You can't compare it to playing tight pockets on a 9-foot table...so trying to break the "record" would always leave questions...such as, - would breaking the record on a "soft" table make one the greatest ever?
We all know that it probably would go unnoticed....
in today's media most everything but the main pushes do. There are little
glimmers that come up from time to time in personal interest stories though.
With that said, his high run is just a number .... that he was possibly the, (or
one of the) greatest player(s) ever is based on his lifetime achievements
which were astounding. He simply was amazing from what I've heard and
read.... as well as competitive as nails to wood. Wish I could have been there.
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in today's media most everything but the main pushes do. There are little
glimmers that come up from time to time in personal interest stories though.
With that said, his high run is just a number .... that he was possibly the, (or
one of the) greatest player(s) ever is based on his lifetime achievements
which were astounding. He simply was amazing from what I've heard and
read.... as well as competitive as nails to wood. Wish I could have been there.
td
A news outlet might cover it if it was spoon-fed to them, since they don't know anything about pool. The good news is that "breaking a record" is an easy story to cover -- everybody knows what it means.
The problem is that the pool industry has no one in the role of Media Relations. We have no contact with the general media -- no one to place the call and spoon-feed them the news.
The problem is that the pool industry has no one in the role of Media Relations. We have no contact with the general media -- no one to place the call and spoon-feed them the news.
What would happen,
if people knew Ralph Greenleaf ran almost twice as many balls as Willie? Twice at least.
Nick
if people knew Ralph Greenleaf ran almost twice as many balls as Willie? Twice at least.
Nick
Where the hell does Clark Kent change into Superman in the new comics?
I doubt it would do anything for pool. Even during Mosconi's time I would bet that most regular folks couldn't have told you what the "world record" was.
I am guessing that it would get some mention since it's a Guinness world record.
Here we go again... If anybody is interested in this debate do a forum search. There are about a million pages of posts on this topic. Lots of interesting things to consider about how hard a feat that was on any table.
If someone would break Mosconi's record, most of the players would still think that the Mosconi record stands. If the media does not reach the players, it's the lack of interest that prevents that being a huge thing in the pool world. If you'd throw in a million dollars for the record breaker, the accomplishment would be all over the headlines around the world or at least it would make the sports pages. Money talks. Strickland is still known for running ten racks for a million bucks.
I would imagine that most of the general population doesn't even know that pool tables come in different sizes.
I doubt that it would do anything for pool. Back then Willie Mosconi was well known, he was basically a rock star, I think today you'd be doing well if you could people that could actually name any pro players. If Tom Cruise or Nick Jonas broke Mosconi's record it would be main stream news and in all likelyhood it would do wonders for pool on a national level
Someone would get their 15 minutes of fame and that would be it.
Nothing would happen. Nobody apart from Azb would care. And all that would be discussed on here is what aiming system was being used (knowlingly or unknowingly) and the brand of cue/tip/chalk used.
You'd have to hit the mainstream sports media pretty hard, and they'd have to do a mini-
history lesson to educate people about who Willie was.
And you'd have to document it with video or people won't believe it happened... that's the world we're in now... pics or video or they don't believe it.
Hell, I'm not sure a lot of the "young guns" know who Willie Mosconi is... it's some dusty old memory to them... and 14.1 just isn't THE game anymore... times have changed.
(I feel 14.1 is a true test for a pool player, as is One Pocket)
"Fats, let's you and me play for $1000 a game"
history lesson to educate people about who Willie was.
And you'd have to document it with video or people won't believe it happened... that's the world we're in now... pics or video or they don't believe it.
Hell, I'm not sure a lot of the "young guns" know who Willie Mosconi is... it's some dusty old memory to them... and 14.1 just isn't THE game anymore... times have changed.
(I feel 14.1 is a true test for a pool player, as is One Pocket)
"Fats, let's you and me play for $1000 a game"
if people knew Ralph Greenleaf ran almost twice as many balls as Willie? Twice at least.
Nick
Please explain exactly what you are talking about here.