i think you mean tony gwynn.....and you're flat out wrong (sorry). mr. padre had 7 silver sluggers, had over 3,000 hits, and a lot were outside of the zone - which is what made him a freak.
-Miller (got two hits off andy benes at bosse field....)
Article says : "Hitting a Baseball is the Hardest Skill to Pull Off in Sports." -- Not IMO
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i think you mean tony gwynn.....and you're flat out wrong (sorry). mr. padre had 7 silver sluggers, had over 3,000 hits, and a lot were outside of the zone - which is what made him a freak.
-Miller (got two hits off andy benes at bosse field....)
now, wade boggs had plate discipline.....(and a couple gold gloves)
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ate chicken before every game and supposudley could crush some beers....
Boggs, Gwynn, Carew, Brett, Suzuki, ROSE! Some of the greatest pure hitters of all time. I'm old enough to remember Ted Williams, Stan Musial and Frank Robinson. These guys could hit and hit some more. They thrived on pressure situations.
Online at 2 0'clock in the wee hours, Jay? Just like the old days when closing up your pool rooms.
TG only SO 29 times per season for 20yrs. Williams averaged 50 per season. He may have swung some bad balls but not a lot.i think you mean tony gwynn.....and you're flat out wrong (sorry). mr. padre had 7 silver sluggers, had over 3,000 hits, and a lot were outside of the zone - which is what made him a freak.
-Miller (got two hits off andy benes at bosse field....)
Geosnookery
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Landing Cazoo is a home run. Cazoo is a major sponsor of English Premier League Football …the most followed sports league in the world. It gives Snooker a boost of confidence. Not being ‘as dependent’ on gambling sponsors may also attract a bit more Mid East sponsors. Pre Covid here was a big snooker tournament planned in Saudi Arabia that was cancelled because of travel issues.
Thanks for that gem (red-fonted) of insight and enlightenment, Geo.
I'm an educated man, yet have to say (appreciatively) that but for your post, I would have never known or realized that particular cultural/societal aspect existed.
I would think it important for any manufacturer, promoter or business person to factor that information into their plans, and sensibly adjust for it.
Arnaldo ~ Makes me realize that being personally devoid of religiosity can have its shortcomings in the marketplace.
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I believe what we see as hard in pool compared to many sports is the time frame that one can endeor in order to win a tournament. This can really take it's toll on a human being, The physical hours required to accomplish the draw both mental and physical is on a body. The lack of sleep, Sometime it's hard to believe the affects the weather has on an indoor sport like pool. Do you favor an audience or a table, Do you tighten up or loosen up. Do you eat or not eat. Do you go with the flow. Then we miss the first simple shot and go to the chair with a big smile on our face, Yes I see pool could be hard in mind to many people... Guy
Guy Manges
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Our media is to raise children away from gambling and alcohol, Our pool here in the USA rides on both...
yeahh,
that was a curve with little gidy-up on it...
Guy Manges
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Are most chess players mental.
Hard yes, but hardest no.
In the example you give, winning a (lets assume major) tournament, the obvious reason pool can not be the hardest is that the world snooker championship lasts longer than any pool tournament, so straight away for that particular aspect it must rule pool out.
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I say hard not hardest... Guy
Hand ball. First, you've got to train your left hand and side (for right handers) to be as great as your right. Your opponent will throw everything to your off hand and side. I knew the best hand ball player in the the world, Rick Haber. He could also rent a set of golf clubs, play once a year and shoot around par. Gifted athletic ability.... YES. Who of us have that? What else could he be great at: horseshoes, ping pong, pool, etc. Once took on a racket ball player in swim fins on the hand ball court.
CanadianGuy
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baseball is just plain tough, period
pitching 85mph with curves, fielding 85mph bouncing balls, throwing 150+ feet on a rope and stealing bases are all required at the higher end of the amateur spectrum, all these tasks are incredibly difficult
of course if you can do just one thing exceptionally well in baseball you can progress
five tool players like Trout and Griffey are simply generational, Ohtani is another good example of god level talent
pitching 85mph with curves, fielding 85mph bouncing balls, throwing 150+ feet on a rope and stealing bases are all required at the higher end of the amateur spectrum, all these tasks are incredibly difficult
of course if you can do just one thing exceptionally well in baseball you can progress
five tool players like Trout and Griffey are simply generational, Ohtani is another good example of god level talent
When I think about it, few things put the physical demands on a person that the old gambling matches sometimes did. Two guys might hook up for eighteen hours, twenty-four hours, even longer! I passed by a friend's house. He wasn't home. When I asked where he was at I was told he was on a pool table, had been there three days, nonstop. Meanwhile his wife and two children were home with no food, no money, and no transportation. I went and found Bobby. He had been taking on all comers and winning for three days. A wily old player had sat and watched until the time was right. After about seventy hours or so Bobby could barely stand and his judgment was long gone. He was quickly getting stripped of the stake he had taken days to win.
Bobby was a friend, not just a poolroom buddy. I broke all the rules of poolroom etiquette and pretty much dragged him out the front door with about a hundred and fifty or so left after he paid off the bet that was in progress when I walked in. Twelve hours before he had a lot more but if I had been an hour later he would have been even poorer than the very few dollars he had when he started three days ago.
I don't hear of matches longer than twelve or fourteen hours these days but even that can get pretty brutal on the natch! I am not in the loop anymore anyway but it seems people have learned to break play into bearable blocks now.
Hu
True test of athletic ability is Winning Hawaiian Iron Man Triathlon, or Olympic Games Decathlion.
IMHO all else is bushleague.
IMHO all else is bushleague.