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Yeah, I was stuck to remember a US player not born in the USA I guess Charlie was too obvious. I think Jayson Shaw will bring another level of excitement to the event nomatter who he plays for. He beat I think Mika race to 9 in 21 minutes I think. Fun to watch fast paced run outs (For me anyway)...

Sorry I didn't get back sooner but I was gone all day yesterday. However I still have no answer from Luke. I think he is running the World Championship of Ping Pong at the moment (seriously) so he is probably busy but I will let you know when I get clarification. On the other side of the US...

I think maybe it wasn't mentioned in the Euro team selection press release because it is a non issue. To my knowledge there are no American players living in Europe. However there are a number of Euros living in the USA. Maybe that the reason it was not said. That makes sense to me. I will ask...

Ok guys and gals, I think this should clear up some of the questions. I spoke with Luke Riches the man who runs the Mosconi Cup to get some clarifications for everyone. Below is what he wrote to me so these are not my words or my interpretation. The ranking will comprise a number of events...

I can't remember what it actually said off the top of my head but I take your word that that is how it was "Stated" I think that they mean to say the top three. I would be amazed if it meant different. Because it just would mean no real difference to hand picking That's my take and...

I read the press release the same way as you did and agree I could also be wrong. I have my opinions on the "Black list" I think that something happened and Matchroom didn't like it and could not really prove anything so they wanted to send a message and did. That's the conspiracy theory. OR...

I think the Swannee field is a strong field BUT other than a handful of strong players most are not going to be traveling all over to keep their chances alive to play Mosconi Cup. I believe that the Swannee fills up every year too and a lot of local "Strong" Players have been supporting the...

Well, You may be correct on the 4th BUT when is that 4th one played? (The 2nd Turning Stone} Also, there has to be some events that are being played over seas. Not sure how many but it seems the Euros are hoping all over the world to their events. We know the USA players are few and far between...

My opinions are that Mark Wilson will remain as Captain. He may not be please that his selection process was changed although after all the talk and the result after last year he may have even suggested it go back to rankings. It seems the WPA and BCA are not a factor. From the press release it...

Well it looks like Matchroom have decided to go back to rankings for 3 of the 5 USA team members and then 2 Wildcard picks. It also seems like they are going to use their own point system and rankings. DCC 9-Ball will be the first one of the points events and the rest will be announced. I guess...

Well although I really appreciate your compliment I think I just had the trust of Barry and access. He knew I wasn't going to talk about the weather and agreed to be able to tell his side while I asked the questions we wanted to try and get answered and the issue resolved. I'm sure if you or...

This is a tough one to try and figure out. when you say that JA and MD both in their prime would be in the same ballpark. Part of me wants to agree with you but I can't help but think that JA won a lot of tourneys in his prime and was facing people like Efren, Buddy hall, Strickland, Sigel...

It was taped just a few hours before it aired last night. I did my best to stay on topic and ask and re ask questions that I thought were not answered. I guess there is a timelime now for payments so we shall see.

Yes, informative interview. As I say in the interview Barry is the only guy who can give me the 5 in talking too much. However there is a a lot of info in the interview and I ask some tough questions and keep on them as best as I could without being rude. I'm sure I missed some points that you...

Although adding penalties is common with most governing bodies in this case I don't think its realistic. If the players cant get paid what makes you think the WPA would get its penalty money?

He had just won the Reno Bar Table and I knew he had the cash on him. He couldn't put it on the light so it went on top of the TV :)

Hey John,sorry I don't mean to hijack your thread but since we are sharing the nice side of Earl stories. This one is in my book that I hope to get out at some point and I may have shared before but its another Earl/Cat Story. Chapter 4 Earl and Jazzy I had been on the road with Earl...

"Funny to me too that Earl is the only pool player that calls me Johnny lol" I think he likes to just add a "Y" onto peoples names. He is the only person who calls me Markey. Not sure why or where it came from.

That is a good story but it was actually more like 6 cats maybe more. A bunch of them lived behind the hotel by the dumpster. He must have bought 20 cans of tuna lol they were everywhere.

This is a VERY important year to Barry and to the history of the US Open 9-Ball. Barry would be crushed if players told him there was a boycott unless the money was secured. It has been explained the reason for slow pay is that checks come in late from players, sponsors etc and that it takes a...