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Bob DeTurk and Pat O'Donnell worked on my table this summer; I posted about it here. Since then, these two rebuilt the old Gold Crowns at Sandcastle in Edison, NJ and got rave reviews. (Ed, the room's owner, also posted about his experience). Now this interesting post from MikeM showing the...

Lou: You're giving Jay some competition in telling stories of the old days! A well-written and enjoyable post. Thank you.

Same As It Ever Was. . . This article could have been written yesterday. Amazing.

I could swear I heard a chorus of Kumbaya in the distance as I was reading your post, JB. Seriously, I'm glad to hear that you two met and enjoyed each others' company.

A very sound idea, Patrick... I'm nobody's idea of a great player, but I recall practicing this way (one stroke) when I was first learning the game. It does in fact encourage better concentration and more precise aiming. I really can't say how or why I got away from this, but I haven't done...

No disrespect to Mike Sigel, but I agree with cuetechasaurus' thinking here. Maybe not "by a landslide", but Mika's youth and athleticism would give him a significant edge.

I had the opportunity to speak with Stan Shuffett yesterday at the 14.1 championships in New Jersey. (Landon was playing in the tournament). He stated that he would be reviewing the first proof of the DVD next week and that it will be released very soon. (Incidentally, I'm not advocating for...

There are wide quality variations among the Phillippine cuemakers As others have mentioned here, the JD cues (Joel Davidas) are an excellent value, look good, and play well. The kayaban_pc cues are of MUCH lower quality. Not familiar with Richmond.

Jim, what is this "paypay" you speak of??? :grin::grin::grin:(Sorry... couldn't resist. And if I didn't do it, someone else surly would have):grin::grin::grin:

How have I managed to miss this article for all of these years? Fascinating stuff!

Good stuff, JAM... Thoughtful and well written as always. Thanks for posting this.

This could be your MBA thesis, Johnny.

I liked this line in the item description... "... This a serious pool cue at a serious price. Other lesser Joss' are selling for in excess of $20k... " And where, exactly, are these sales taking place?

Bob, thanks for posting these links... Some very enjoyable reading in these articles. Fascinating to realize that the elite players of the '60's were saying that there was no money in the pro game even then-- supposedly at the height of pool's post-war boom with the release of the movie The...

The Metro is actually an OK looking table. That thing that they were playing on might be the f-ugliest table I've ever seen... to say nothing of the playability issues already mentioned.

Only for proving that P.T. Barnum was right.

Interesting way to play... I've not seen these rules before, but they seem to make a lot of sense. Anyone else have any experience with them?

There is no "rule" requiring you to tell an opponent that he is shooting the wrong ball... but really, when playing just for fun, why wouldn't you? It can't be very satisfying to win this way, and (as you've seen) calling your opponent on his mistake after the fact can quickly lead to hard...

Good for Barry, I say... I think that this is an acknowledgment of the criticisms leveled by the players' association recently announced by Johnny Archer, Rodney Morris, and Stevie Moore. It's Barry's pledge to do better from now on in paying the players promptly. Also, it addresses what...

Good mechanics aren't that complicated, and it doesn't "take years" to learn them if you have proper instruction. Based on the observation that you are lifting the butt of the cue during the stroke, and given your issues with straight in shots, it appears that your stroke mechanics need work...