Recent content by Bert van Manen

As for the PBA events: I don't think you miss much. They appear to favor "professional presenters" over insiders with knowledge of the game. A friend of mine who is fluent in Korean says the commentary is disappointing. Jae Ho Cho, who sometimes sits in, is the positive exception. He is -...

He may be 88 years old, but he can still hit the ball where he wants to. Yesterday, Belgian League, against seasoned opponent Freddy Staelens, Ceulemans needed 15 innings for his 40 points. Quite a few seriously decent players have not done that in their entire career, and he does it at the age...

Thanks for the heads up. AI looks like a mixed blessing, so far.

"I often put a little ball of toilet paper inside the butt of the cue, as a shock-absorbing, damping material. If you are a polite customer and I like you, that piece of toilet paper will be previously unused." (DD)

Here's a decent story about Roberto Rojas, his fans will like this. We were playing a seniors tournament in Seoul (60+ guys), and the organization offered us a tour of the Korean DMZ. Very military atmosphere, heavily armed Korean soldiers everywhere. Lots of tourists taking selfies. Our group...

Sayginer back with UMB? That's new to me. Are you certain? As far as I know, he is still under PBA contract and active individually and in their team league.

Actually, Zanetti is 63 :). But I take your point.

No problem bbb, asking questions is a good habit. Average must not be confused with higher runs. I'd be happy to make ten runs of four. :) My question was: why aren't today's grand averages higher than those of 5, 10 and 15 years ago? And, surprisingly, they're not. I've tried to explain why...

By the way, has anybody given thought to the strange fact that the averages at the top have stagnated? Yes, they have. TB had an Overall World Cup average of 1.928 as long ago as 1995. Sanchez had 2.035 in 2015. Jaspers was over 2.000 on three occasions when winning the OWC. Caudron won it with...

Tell me you're old without telling me you're old. :)

Just watched this yesterday, and was happy to see myself in the audience. Best three days in the history of 1-cushion.

Before there was a complete smoking ban, many rooms in the Netherlands had "smoking areas". I've said from day one, that a smoking area in a pool room is about as effective as a peeing area in a swimming pool.

All valid points, Bob. Also: 3-C is as far away from instant gratification as you can get. And the attention span of the younger generation appears to keep shrinking.

I had a short conversation with his mother once. She told me she had been pregnant for 22 months.

This should be the correct link. Sorry for posting the wrong one. https://vod.sooplive.co.kr/player/177130683