Recent content by CJRackley

I have 2 teammates in Round Rock with no power due to snapped power lines. It's not all about knowing how to drive in the snow.

I've watched the shot now many times, slow-motion frame by frame. Corey in no way touched an object ball when he shot the combo in the stack and scratched. If that was the call, it was bad. (Upstate-Al in the booth says that was the call). If it was unsportsmanlike conduct, it is the nittiest...

I think you might be right.

Didn't Ko win that game? Doesn't make it "right", but certainly should rule out any discussion about an "asterisk" by Shaw's win. Seems that this, along with little Ko's shot clock violation and refusal to be allowed to use his extra jump cue, that the Ko brothers were the center of most of...

I consider, based on his accomplishments in the sport, Earl to be the best 9 ball player ever. And Efren was every bit a match or more for the Pearl in 9 ball. That said, I could count on 1 hand how many games of Snooker I had played in the last 25 years, and watched even fewer, until I...

To those thinking that Dennis got conned or didn't know what he was up against: unless he has no contact with any of his countrymen, he knew exactly the game he was getting. I remember Efren and Luat coming into South Philly Billiards to get action with Fusco, and I'm pretty sure they ended up...

I'd wager Efren is a bigger star in the PI than Ronnie is in Europe, not that it has any bearing on the discussion. There is an interview with Ronnie floating around somewhere where the reporter asks him directly how he would do in the US playing 9 ball, and If my memory serves me he said he...

Earlier in this thread I mentioned a pro tournament in Oklahoma in the mid-late 90s where J. Walden was woofing at Allen Hopkins. I don't remember the exact year or the venue, but I do remember that you played Buddy in the finals. You played pretty damn amazing that weekend.

Isn't the US Open 9 Ball a WPA sanctioned event?

Just curious, but what exactly are the "World-sanctioned titles" ?

Despite his reputation as a Barbox specialist, Mattlock could play on the 9 foot as strong as anyone but the top handfull of pro's of his era in my opinion. I watched him snap off a McDermott tour tournament that was played on Gold Crowns and he missed ONE ball in the finals. His safety play and...

He was Hawaiian, but yes that's him, Peter "Tito" Keanu.

We took Tito to Oklahoma City during the early leg of that fateful road trip to see if he could match up with James cheap(1997). Walden walked into the pool room and sauntered up to us and said in his typical polite, smiling manner " Tito, man I hear you are hitting them pretty darn good these...

I was at a pro event in Tulsa (I think) back in the late 90s (Buddy Hall beat Danny Harriman in the finals if I recall) , and Allan Hopkins was there with a small crowd around him discussing the days events. James Waldon walked up and asked him to play some 10k sets and Allen wanted no part of...

Is it me, or has Mike lost some weight since the Eastern States championship? He looked more fit at the Open, which bodes well for him and US pool.