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Mosconi's high run is definitely breakable, but who cares? As many have theorized, Mosconi and the other straight pool greats of the era probably had higher runs in practice. One thing I'll continue to argue against, though is the idea that the players of today are better than past players, not...

What speed does D'Alfonso play? To beat Darren 9 to 5 has to be the upset of the year so far, unless this guy is a giant killer.

Agreed. Willie probably wouldn't even give a shit about the record anyhow. I've heard stories of him telling friends that he's run much more in practice, which would be on a tougher table of course. And Greenleaf is one the top 5 most naturally gifted cueists ever. By any normal standards, he...

Since it looks to be a cuesport of British invention, expect Ron Swanson to claim that it takes special skill to play.

The best ever? Forget about our pool accomplishments, since those speak for themselves (most World Titles of all-time), but we were also cleaning up 3 cushion world titles when it was the world cue sport, with big prize money and national pride on the line. Read how Harold Worst had dinner with...

We all know that, but the overall prize pool isn't big enough for a top pool player of today or years ago (who make a comfortable 100K to 300K) to forsake that to be a low ranking snooker pro and make 30 or 40 thousand. Any cue sport takes years to learn to play at a world class level, so no...

I always figured you for a Souquet and Ebdon fan,

Per nation. Reading comprehension is key. Table tennis and cricket are inflated by being popular in countries with billions of people. Even in England, that silly boat oar game is dying, having to compete with Columbo reruns. And Volleyball and Field Hockey are participation sports for girls...

I agree with you for once. After watching and playing pool so long, no "imagination" shot impresses me in snooker. The whole gimmick around those "amazing" shots is the fact they're made difficult by the size of the pockets and the table length.

PoolMan is getting too good at this game.

Snooker popular? Only on your tiny island, where they also watch tripe like darts. Your country is obsessed with pub games, I get that, since every time you put an Englishman on a track, field, out there in the blazing sun, the results are fairly mediocre, so naturally you watch what you can...

Soccer reigns because of its ridiculously low learning curve and the fact you can use a goat's head as a ball. Cricket is actually a niche sport and is only "popular" because one country of 1.2 billion people are obsessed with it. Now, granted, number of people=popularity, correct? With that...

Hell, pro pool was in its doldrums even in the 50's. Irving Crane had to work as a car salesman. Snooker across the pond was even worse. The outlaw aspect will always be the element that draws interest. Fats is still the biggest pool celebrity ever and he embodies that image. Ratings for the...

Yeah. The ironic thing about pool is that everyone likes playing it. Go to any bar, and there's 10 quarters lined up on the rail. Show a kid a pool table and he'll put down his gadget and play. No one, at least in the US, likes watching it, unless you're a serious player looking to learn...

What do you mean "like everyone else?" I guess you're implying that pool needs to change to suit modern tastes? Yeah, it's been tried, many, many times. Sudden death 7 ball, shot clocks, speed pool, trick shot competitions, and it all failed miserably. All it did was alienate the hardcore fan...

We know Ron's a hypocrite. If it's an English game, he'll make all the excuses in the world and summon up a great deal of cognitive dissonance to excuse flaws in his beloved home grown games that bother him in American games. - Test Cricket. Tedium personified, with batters sometimes batting...

You can blame your mechanical Euro brethren for the current trend of pool players taking forever. Watch any straight pool match from the 60s and you'll see how fast they make decisions and shoot. Earl was being hyperbolic when he said Ralf Souqet killed pool, but the Kaiser did set a trend...

Silly idea. A minute shot clock is fine. You'll just have to learn how to put down the smart phone and pay attention.