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If you're not a good shotmaker, you will never be a good safety player. How is a bad shotmaker going to skim the paint off the ball for...

Good story. Thanks for sharing. I knew Irving well. Despite this incident, one of Crane's go-to comments was "the percentages don't...

Luther's defense in 14.1 was Very good, he'd much rather take 3 scratches and loss of points and a rerack than ever give his peers a...

I'm not sure of how many racks my opponent strung together, but I got down 40 racks of 9 ball in about 2-3 hours. It was a local...

That's part of the fun of it!!!

You must have me confused with someone else Hu!!😉

A great safety player usually beats great shotmaker who is not a good position player simply because the shots are not available in a...

I notice today's players are far better jump shot artists than even five years ago. A safety from five or ten years ago is in the pocket...

The best 3C player in Philly was Frank Grandelli, not even sure He's still alive! He played at 'Florida Bob's' room Drexeline...

Fusco’s still has the heated 3C table. It gets played daily. I believe the best player might be Mooney. It’s still smoking allowed. Idk...

Looking at the USA tournament results shows how far the game has dropped off the radar in the USA. Sad.

Some of us tried, but the game died in the US for all practical purposes. Probably by 1950. I know there are signs of life, but I’m not...

Strickland in his prime beat anyone that shot better safes, they didn't get to shoot enough to play their game enough to win.

The full or at least fuller story of me beating Johnny Archer when he was a barbox monster. He came looking for me in my local gambling...

The three best safety players I've ever seen were Efren Reyes, Nick Varner and Alex Pagulayan. All three, though solid shot-makers...