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Ralf beat Min-Wai Chin 150-95 in the finals.

Fedor did a great job interviewing Joe.

I I left out Harold Worst, another player who is difficult to evaluate due to the brevity of his career at pocket billiards, but who I think always deserves to be mentioned in discussions of the greatest all-around American players ever, despite the brevity of his career.

I once asked Pat Fleming who he thought was the better all-around player, Mike Sigel or Nick Varner. Without hesitation he said Nick Varner. For 9-ball and straight pool I would give the edge to Mike, but for 1-pocket, banks, and 8-ball I think I would give the edge to Nick. Together with...

Source?

Pro Tour Rankings from December, 1986, to December, 1987:

I used to wear contacts, then I had cataract surgery. Contacts move with your eyes, no need to adjust your head. I opted to get mono IOL's and the result for me could not have been better. I see just fine on the pool table; in fact, better than I ever have. With contacts my vision was about...

Ah, now I do! I think.

What color is the 5 ball?

The NCAA banned dunking because of Kareem.

Slow cloth:

Setting aside the subjective elements of the debate, the fact is that Sigel won some tournaments with an over .900 TPA for the entire tournament. That level of play would win tournaments today as well.

Ernesto is one of the classiest people in the pool industry.

That iguana used to jump off his shoulder and chase the balls into the pockets.

This was the December tournament from 1986, and Sigel beat Howard in the finals.

Of course he could. He's 86 now, so he might not average over 100 yards per game and over 5 yards per carry like he did in his prime, but he could certainly still make it in today's NFL!

Yes, I think that would be my choice.

No Buddy Hall for the USA?

This miss on the 8 was worse:

Efren proved that? You mean when he was losing in the 80's to the likes of Mike Sigel, Nick Varner, and Buddy Hall?