Recent content by JPB2

I can’t stand playing it. It was new to our area this year so I gave it a shot with some friends who put a team together. I knew some liked it and had seen some on YouTube. I came to really dislike it. Don’t like the format or rules. Had to keep playing because we finished second and qualified...

Look at Rule 1-40. Ball in hand and a warning for the first one. Loss of game thereafter. 1-40 b 3.

Sounds like she is ahead of my wife in the purse department, but my wife is no slouch. No display cases, she uses them. Decades ago I bought her a good one, one she said was the type of thing you could buy once and have forever. Seemed like a lot of money at the time. She still has it I think...

If he made the ball in the side he could have gotten out, maybe banking the 5. He got the 2 out of trouble. If he shot the 5 first into the partially blocked pocket he might block the pocket or maybe make the ball and not have a shot on the balls back down table. I think I see why he did it and...

As to the dents…. I’m not perfect and I’ve had dents, but I also find I can avoid beating up my equipment for the most part. I saw a younger player experimenting with a wood shaft after playing only carbon fiber before. I was shocked how he was abusing it by how he smacked/raked balls and that...

It’s a sport that doesn’t require a host of athletic skills, but does test a few like coordination, it requires physical execution unlike the games chess or poker. I don’t view figure skating as a sport as it is judged. That is why it is called artistic skating in some circles. But it requires a...

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I don’t think a ref can ever change a call on what a player says or decide to weigh credibility etc…. Watching a replay is different.

I like your set up. I’m not quite so organized but I get it.

I left out the announcer too. 😝

I watched some more at .5 speed and I think it was the cue ball after all. In any event the 7 moved a foot as nobody except the ref and perhaps shooter missed.

Actually, I don’t think it is clear the cue ball hit the 7. To me it looked like the cue hit the 7. It was an obvious foul to me, but it still isn’t perfectly clear what the foul was. Watch some more and tell me which you think moved the 7. I think that may explain how it could be missed -...

Yeah, it’s a hard question of what a player’s obligation is when there is a ref. You have a ref to avoid disputes but expecting/ allowing players to override a call can create more disputes. It can also hurt a player’s reputation if people expect the player to override a bad call. Most times...

I saw one where a player correctly asked someone to watch a hit before a shot and asked a trustworthy player to watch it. The chosen ref blew the call and the requesting player argued it with the opponent not the impromptu ref and got their way. Granted the call was mistaken, but when you ask...

Yeah that is shaft weight I’m pretty sure. I have newer era shafts but they have the weight and a letter for the model / taper I think. May have to pull them out and look. For the Denver folks- I ordered one after Ray passed but spoke to Mrs. Schuler on the phone. It came up that I had lived...