"Mr. 625" vs. "Mr. 5-time"..??
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Just a correction - Earl won WPA World 9b Championships "only" 3 times (1990, 1991 and 2002)
Nice perspective....
In the late sixties as a young college student (cut classes
, I spent many 80 hour weeks at Janscos in Johnston City IL, watching all the greats. One mans actions ''stood out''....Lassiter. He was thee only player I saw (more than once) take the intentional 3 scratch re-rack rule foul....he hated giving his opponent ANY table time. He knew very well the talent level of his peers, as many could run out. Even the man Al Coslosky, who usually racked balls for the later matches, won the 14.1 event one year, he could play and was older than Luther I think.
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Good post.
Just a correction - Earl won WPA World 9b Championships "only" 3 times (1990, 1991 and 2002)
Earl Strickland*was a dominant player during the 1980s and 1990s, and continues to be so today. He currently holds over 100 tournament titles and has been named “Player of the Year” five times. He won the Akron Open nine times and the US Open 9-Ball Championship five times: 1984, 1987, 1993, 1997 and 2000. He has won the World 9-Ball Championship six times: 1984, ‘88, ‘90, ‘91, ‘94 and 2002. He most recently won the World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge in 2003. In addition to his individual championships, he has been a team member on nine winning U.S. Mosconi Cup teams, including 2005, and was captain in two of those years. He has conducted numerous exhibitions at trade shows, Air Force bases and at the Raoping Billiard School in China. Mr. Strickland maintains an active charity schedule, donating exhibition time for programs such as Pool Aid ’95, D.A.R.E., Paralyzed Veterans of America, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Billiard Education Foundation, Children’s Burn Center and others.
Despite all the debate, I can't get past the fact that 526 on an 8 footer is probably one of Mosconi's somewhat lesser achievements.
I’d say the record is definitely bigger than a single world championship. There is a world champion every year (every year a championship event is held) but a massive record like this may happen once in a decade, generation, or century. Trying to compare it to the impressiveness of 5, or any number, of world championships is a little trickier. I guess it depends on who’s doing the apppreciating.
And to whoever that was a few pages ago: who cares if mosconi didn’t care about running a bunch of balls? He did it and set the bar for the outlying high run of an extremely good player, and people have been trying to beat that high run for years and now someone finally has. No need to get all crazy over it. Straight pool is about running balls after all. It’s the whole point. The safety aspect is only there to prevent your opponent from running out on you, and hopefully get you a shot to run out on him..and if you can run out for 100’s when you get to the table you should be good to go. There. Some straight pool 101 for yous.
Oh but he locked himself in a room with ideal conditions! Or did he go to a pool hall with people watching and taping and play on a 5” pocket table. An easy table by my incredible pool standards but not some kind of gaff contraption where you can’t miss.
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Lou
Thats just like, your opinion man
One pocket: a game of controlled aggression
CTE haters, how can they wake up every day like that (paraphrased)
Who witnessed your 311, a plant in the corner?
All they want to do is sit and watch, while you run out (something similar)
There’s a pocket imprinted on the back of every ball
Such and such custome cues
Lionize your game
I respect all pool games, but bar rules are my jam (paraphrased)
Let the trolls hate or some such
There’s a good argument for a few points of view.
626 is tremendous.
But Sam Snead was the first pro golfer to break 60 in a tournament...( non-PGA)
....but Slammin’ Sammy is remembered for his 82 PGA wins.
....but it gets so personal....I watched Greg Norman shoot a 62 at the Canadian Open...
...I saw Andy Bean hit a 400 yard drive in the same tournament...
...I think I prefer the 400 yard drive...:lovies:
No no I was just feeling frisky because of the nice weather and decided to add the signatures of anyone I could remember off the top of my head. My mind gets going sometimes
Thank you for the clarification.
I'm usually pretty good at figuring out the cryptic stuff but admit I was stumped.
Lou Figueroa
Or at least the same plant material. :thumbup:
lol.
Quick funny story: Gail and I were in Amsterdam a couple of years ago and towards the end of our trip I tell her that I wanted to sample a local "coffee" shop. She's like, "OK." But can tell she's not wild about the idea.
Anywhos, we swing a dead cat and hit a coffee shop, go upstairs, and share one of the Netherland's finest. A little while later we go out into the Dutch sun, hit a famous landmark bar, and sit down to enjoy a beer.
Shortly thereafter, Gail turns to me and says, "I think... I've forgotten... how to walk" and starts giggling.
I start laughing my ass off and then she very earnestly looks me in the eye and says to me, like out of an old WWII movie, "Please... don't leave me behind."
I laugh some more and get us safely back to our hotel.
Lou Figueroa
Funny thing River, I had your signature in mind as well but couldn’t remember the phrase well enough :grin-square:
As for my extra curricular activities, well... Bob Marley was a pretty decent chap, probably played good pool too, though that’s only speculation at this point.
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Stop using common sense, your gonna confuse some on here.
Ralph Greenleaf ran over 1200 twice.
Nuff said.
Nuff said.
Yeah but his greatest run was the 87 he ran in Okmulgee,Ok. to get out of jail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Greenleaf