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NAPA last night. I needed 4 in a 7-4 10-ball race. I lost 7-3. Bit of a rant ahead... My opponent is one of the real slow players in the league and last night, I realized why I hate slow players. It is too f***ing boring. Playing someone as slow as this guy takes all the enjoyment out of...

I think all these threads directed at BB are the epitome of shaking your fist at a cloud. BB doesn't read the forum. He doesn't care what we think. He probably doesn't care that much about paying people except that it generates a little negative publicity among the diehard participants of a...

A couple weeks ago, some friends of mine where arguing over probability. The reason for the disagreement was that they were asking different questions. I didn't read all the almost-200 posts in this thread but someone must have asked this: For all the discussion so far, has anyone clearly...

Your best bet is probably to contact Charles Ursitti at http://charlesursitti.com/. However, if the witness affidavit doesn't include the information then you will never know with accuracy. That moment (the writing of the affidavit) was the time to record the information. Now, 50+ years later...

NAPA laggers choice last night. I needed 4 in a 5-4 8-ball race. Won 4-2. Not much to say about it. They had the heat on so I played better than last week. One odd occurrence. The Wed. night waitress is pretty terrible: You have to find her to place an order; she doesn't come around and...

Barry started the US Open 9-ball tournament http://www.usopen9ballchampionships.com/history.php Dragon started a 14.1 tournament and co-opted the name. There are a lot of threads discussing the legitimacy of calling Dragon's tournament a "World" event.

Not a good analogy. Pro-am golf tournaments are usually charity events before the "real" tournament. You don't have Tiger Woods and Rory McEllroy fighting for FedEx Cup points next to Average Joe Golfer who is just giddy that he's playing with the pros. FWIW, I don't know anything about...

Fixed that for you.

Sometimes. Then I just walk away and come back at another time. Once you have a table that you can regularly practice on, you're going to see improvements and those improvements will motivate you to continue to practice. (You're not going to improve much playing 10-14 hours a month against...

That's worse than "We need a new name." How about calling it "8 shiny balls and 1 nice rack" (assuming you have 4 men on your team). Or "My team captains have no imagination"

That's the problem with computer nerds. They all think that the way they approach a problem is the logical one. -- said the computer nerd.

I guess I was wondering if you had asked and he said 'no' could his teammate then step up and say, "yes it is" and you get BIH? To me, the rule of "you must ask before taking BIH" can almost be rephrased as "your opponent must acknowledge his own foul" and if no one can override your opponent...

Have you ever considered the idea that league players just don't like you and so don't want to spend any time with/near you? Your condescending attitude is totally charming (would you like to meet my sister?), but sometimes people just don't hit it off.

What if you had asked if it was BIH, but he said "no"?

And NAPA, TAP, and American Billiard Club

Lost a 5-5 8-ball race 5-3. It was so cold in this bar that I was shivering while playing. Have you ever tried to have a smooth stroke while shivering? It doesn't happen. My opponent is a good guy and we had a good time. As I'm sure you all remember :rolleyes:, we are in 2nd place and...

I don't think this is an issue with the rule so much as the ref. The ref should have said "good hit" or "foul" and walked away. I had an instance once where the shooter asked for someone to make the call so the other team captain and myself both watched the hit, made the same call, and then...

I also use ghost ball aiming and don't really consider the ball much. To take it a step farther, I try to eliminate the idea of "hard shots" when I play. A shot is a shot is a shot and I need to put the same amount of effort into each one. The same goes for balls. A ball is a ball is a...

The record has been unofficially broken multiple times. http://hermund.ardalen.com/straightpoolhighruns.htm The problem is that the act needs to be witnessed by observers who aren't the player's best friend. Charles Ursitti has been quoted in various books that Mosconi could run balls until...

Christmas ornament. The sports bar I usually play at had holiday decorations on the wall, including the standard Christmas ball ornaments. During a holiday party a little kid watched round things go down the holes and got in on the fun.