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Someone's gotta talk to that guy.

Wow... got dropped back to page 9! This week, my team was going to have to take two forfeits (out of 3 matches) because people (myself included) were traveling. The opposing team, however, is more interested in playing than just getting points so we played one match on our regular night, then...

As others have said, people who want to get better will get better. People who don't care will stay where they are.

I believe it was Barry Bonds who said, "they don't boo mediocre players." Free speech (even in other countries) means that sometimes people will say things that you don't agree with or that make you feel bad.

I was on an APA team where the captain was so flaky he didn't pay attention to schedule changes himself! I'm so anal about punctuality that I knew the schedule better than he did. Now that I'm a captain, if/when the schedule changes at the last minute, I make sure to let my team know what is...

Last night was NAPA Lagger's Choice. I won the lag and choose 10-ball. We are pretty even and he had to give me a game in 10-ball: 5-4. He won the first game and I won the next four. :thumbup: After my post about ball-in-hand combinations, I ended up doing it last night.:sorry: My...

I ignore them. If you're at the table but notice him checking his watch, then you're not really *at the table*, are you? And that's my Zen Monkey Enlightenment Tip of the Day.

I haven't noticed anything... :rolleyes:

I didn't say you were bashing leagues, I was just referring to the other thread whose title was something like "to all the league bashers". And I agree to the 10-ball idea.

I guess my point is that Earl did just fine without looking over the rack and the match moved along and was enjoyable to watch. From a spectator's point of view, the momentum was lost after every rack while Yednak and Archer looked things over. Not good analogies. You don't pay to watch...

I was at Turning Stone on Saturday for a while and watched the Strickland/Daya match. I don't think either one even glanced at the rack before breaking. Meanwhile, a few tables away Yednak studied the racks with the concentration of a chess grand master. I'll let you guess which was the more...

FWIW, every web browser implements the web standards/technology differently (if they choose to implement them at all) and every website does what they do differently as well. I'm in the middle of writing a web application that looks and works the same on every browser and it's a pain in the...

Yeah, suck it up and use a credit card. ;) Seriously though, in the US you are only liable for about $50 worth of credit card fraud and the company usually waives that fee as well. All the major card companies have very advanced fraud detection to limit the damage as well. These days some of...

Never forget the golden rule: he who has the gold rules. I think Matchroom made the right decision. Last year was a train wreck that people who disagree with Mark Wilson's plan choose to ignore. I'm not saying this year's team will doany better, but the OP is just asking for more of the same...

This and a recent blogpost by akaTrigger here makes me ask a question... For the people who play rotation games in leagues but are NOT in APA (and the reason I specify that will become relevant shortly), do you or your teammates go for a lot of combination shots? I see it frequently in my NAPA...

He was pretty young in that video and had a helluva life e.g., dad in prison for killing someone in a fight. If I were him, I'd be pretty reserved in any and all interviews as well.

I'm feeling burnt out and I only play one night a week! My team has a bye this week and my girlfriend asked if I was going to miss playing. My response was "miss it?... nah..." TBD... I may head up to Turning Stone this weekend to watch how the pros do it (and to lose 20 bucks in the video...

You ignore the existence of Jean Balukas. You are also ignoring the fact that women were prevented from entering poolrooms for decades as well as prevented from competing in men's events for longer. You will never see Willie Mosconi's "a number of times" just like you don't see Tiger Woods...

If your only option is APA then you may have a problem. The 23 rule tends to indirectly encourage people to dump to SL's low to keep teams together. Also, the scoring makes it easier to keep an SL low as well. Yes, when it is done correctly and the player is honest about whether he really...

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