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    EARL STRICKLAND Returns to TEAM USA

    Right, it would be different if they were picking for nostalgia or personality on the Euro team, but they just picked the best players they could. Instead of, say, Appleton and Souquet and Daryl Peach, they pick Filler and Shaw and Kaci.
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    Why does a player have to call an extension if there is a referee?

    True, but no basketball player with a timeout left is going to let the shot clock run down and lose possession, but people don’t say the ref ought to just give it to them without them needing to call it. I also wonder about the logistics of making it automatic. I know the US Open used to do it...
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    Why does a player have to call an extension if there is a referee?

    Jeezus you people are crybabies. “What’s the deal with the carpet Matchroom? And don’t get me started on the ref’s gloves or the aluminum railings. Total disaster!”
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    Why does a player have to call an extension if there is a referee?

    Ok Ok, then in what other sport do refs call “an extension to a time limit” rather than the players?
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    Why does a player have to call an extension if there is a referee?

    Is there any other sport where the refs call the time outs for the players?
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    Lol
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    Yapp made a gesture when the foul was called and looked like he said something like “he called an extension.” The problem is that if Shane calls an extension, he must ensure the ref knows it. It can’t be a game of looking at videos to see if his lips moved. In my opinion Lehman shouldn’t have...
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    ?? I didn’t think the extension was put up on screen. If it was that would be definitive.
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    It looked like Shane had his hearing aid off. The clock was counting down, and when it ended the ref was right next to him and said “foul” but Shane didn’t turn at all. The ref had to go up to him and put his hand in front of him to stop him.
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    US Open Commentary: The Good, Bad & The Ugly

    My impression of Jeremy Jones commentating: “he was a hair short on that, he had to hit it a hair harder, he’s gonna be a hair thin.”
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    Jay can defend himself if he wants, but I didn’t see any hate for Trump in his post. Every pool video is filled with comments from snooker people saying how dumb and easy pool is, and my guess is that Jay was addressing that belief rather than criticizing Trump.
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    Corner ball goes straight in every rack, WTF!!!

    That second part seems hard to believe. I think Trump only agreed to play about a week before the event.
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    Dead money.
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    48 players left. By my count 6 North Americans, 11 Asians, 28 Europeans, plus a few I wasn’t sure about. Pretty sad for USA.
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    matchroom/us open COVID protocol

    Tin Man is playing there and he said they all - players, refs, spectators - had to get a negative test the day before the event started.
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    Judd must be thinking to himself “these pool pros aren’t as good as I thought they’d be.”
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    They’ve already set Trump’s match tomorrow afternoon against Patel on Table 1.
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    It’s interesting that in Vegas a few days ago everyone - players, refs, audience - was masked, but here in New Jersey it looks like almost no one is.
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    US Open 9-ball updates thread..

    Woo! Demetrius (our Tin Man) beat Jeremy Jones.
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