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I would question if they even have a full sheet worth of information on most of their players, as I rarely hear anything interesting about any of them during the broadcasts other than they won this or that.

No. The baseball and football stadiums are all different. Those games intrinsically have more variety from one game to the next. The teams are composed differently. Just the weather alone brings about more variety than found in pool. I'm considering this from the view of a casual sports fan...

While your situation is more extreme, I've thought for quite some time that all the eye dominance / visual perception stuff -- was a bit overblown. What would happen if most players just focused on having the exact same alignment every time, regardless of their vision? While this is just a...

I'm not really living in the past either. I do think the older matches have more life in them. I think it's western culture actually. I think a lot of commentary in all sports has gotten so vanilla because everyone is afraid to say the wrong thing. Listening to a more free broadcast is...

You're right about their uniformity. It's starting to look like the same tourney over and over again, just at a different place. Matchroom does seem to have a road map though with their team events, WC of Pool, and the Premiere League. The only thing they are missing is star power. They figured...

Maybe someone can help me out... I don't like slow play but the players, prior to say Ralph Souquet -- didn't bother me. Nick Varner could be slow, but it didn't bother me watching him then, and I still enjoy watching his old matches now. Sigel could really milk the clock at times. I actually...

I don't mind the 30 second clock, but it doesn't come without tradeoffs. Maybe just allow more timeouts as there is a loss of drama when the game just continually marches along. Maybe other sports are just spoiled with good commentary compared to ours, but good commentators use the time between...

Biado has had an impressive, while still a bit perplexing career. I don't think he has ever been the top Filipino player, but yet he has become one of the top Filipino tourney performers. His technique is a little wonky, with his shoulder over the shot line, but he makes it work. In my mind...

Another ridiculously fast table from back in the 80's.

How hard do you think he can break? His 10 ball break is comfortably right around 23mph. You can tell he's not even close to his maximum capability, so I wouldn't bet against him being able to hit 30.

Another great match that should be listed in this thread for posterity's sake.

What would you call it then? My son just took up golf a few months ago. Now he's all-in, but him and his buddies aren't exactly playing by USGA rules. He's going to be really disappointed when I tell him he's not even playing golf. Serious players in any sport can suck the life right out of...

I just got a private message from someone too embarrassed to specifically ask their question: Where exactly do you play? He/she wanted the address, day, and exact time your league plays. They also wondered if there was ample spectator seating. Not sure why they are so embarrassed. Just trying...

As the opposing player, I don't mind being the defacto referee, who's responsible for being on the lookout for egregious fouls. I have no interest in wandering around while my opponent shoots, like Scott "the Shot" Smith, looking for clothing violations. This just doesn't sound like a fun way...

My favorite pair was Grady and Buddy. Buddy was always so deferential towards Grady, humble on the mic, and had the perfect voice for it. Grady getting Buddy to chuckle always made me smile and always will.

There's definitely more to his game than his break. I think Shane has one of the most powerful strokes of all time when you consider just the top players. What separated, or should I say -- separates, because it still stands out -- is his ability to make up for small positional mistakes. Nobody...

Shane never had the same consistent ball pocketing skills as the other elite players. It's actually quite impressive he's had such an amazing career in spite of this. It wasn't always just his break that kept him on, or near the top though, he was just an amazing front runner thatmo knew how to...

I bought one too. 135 and free shipping was too good to pass up. Used it today and no complaints. Haven't been playing much. Maybe some clean balls will do the trick. Finally got my pool room cleaned up and I can get to the table. Argh.

@sjm Measurimg someone's conceptualization abilities just by watching them may be misleading, especially if you're talking about the top female players. It's really not possible to know if they are shooting a shot incorrectly due to a conceptualization error or simply because of competence. You...

I enjoy watching her play and wish her the best but I'm just not as easily impressed as many on here are. I think she still has a long way to go if she wants to get close to the top, and 16 isn't as young as people think when it comes to this game. Especially when you've already got 5 plus years...