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"A ball is declared in balk or behind the head string if more than 50% of the ball is behind a string from rail to rail at the second...

you should have a dress code with bell bottom trousers and dagger collar shirts. and a sideburn contest

People posting about balls staying down on a scratch or the lowest ball behind the line going down on a scratch and just the ball before...

The outsville rack is the worst one. Hard to get a tight rack. However, one of the balls staying near the 9 is very common with a soft...

To this day, I've never been to a local event that did NOT go by the edge of the ball. Was it really never in any rulebook?

@Twocylndr off topic, but does that old rule book go by the center of the ball or edge of the ball for determining in/out of the...

In Washington the only balls that were spotted after a scratch were "2 before the money". So if you scratched on the 6 ball it stayed...

terrible rule book. says if you cant hit the ball you can push out. you can push out anytime you want from anyplace you are. and any...

That was basically the precursor to TX Express. I remember people were matching up all three ways (or with additional regional caveats)...

In '78-80ish we played sort of a 'speedup' version: the only ball that spotted was ball before the 9b and if balls were in the kitchen...

The BCA rules for 9-Ball were not usable until after 1985 or so. In their defense, I don't think they organized any 9-Ball tournaments...

I recently purchased some old rulebooks from @Bob Jewett, and the 1971 rulebook refers to an optional Shoot Out Rule: "When agreed...

As I recall, all balls spotted. If your opponent scratched on the break, and the 1 ball was behind the line, it would spot first and...

I grew up playing two shot shootout. More or less what Maha posted, but in New York, we spotted everything that went in illegally. If...