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Even though he was an alcoholic, Greenleaf was still one of the best EVER at straight pool, back when they had the World Championship on 5 x 10 tables. Won it 20 TIMES. With a crazy sidearm delivery. Good riddance? Maybe the reason pool has been on the decline is there is nobody like...

First world problems....

Another great episode. Didn't know too much about Frost; that story about getting robbed was pretty frightening. Also didn't know Ronnie's father was in jail. Ronnie falling on the floor playing VR pool was pretty funny!

Bring it up... freakin' cell phones...

I understand that, but bring it because that perception does exist.

I've had my share of back/knee issues. I don't think it's much of an issue... in fact I like that I can see the shot from overhead. Minnesota Fats didn't have much of a crouch...

That's funny... I remember Mosconi advocating the "contact-point-to-contact-point" method... that said I understand your point. To be fair, I can see a half-ball hit fine from short diatance, though I put no thought into it in actual play. But at a long distance it looks like 1/2 the CB is...

I think one of the best stories he tells was of a customer who kept breaking the butts of his cues, so Bill turned one from a baseball bat!

I believe he got the 9 on the break 3 or 4 times in that run.... but yes.

I've kept exactly one copy of Smithsonian magazine, and it's the one that featured Bill Stroud's amazing work. If I remember correctly, the Smithsonian had an exhibition of the top cue artisans or something like that. I think he might have been one of the first "independent" builders to...

I use the ghost ball to aim at that "imaginary OB in the reflection. I also never said "ghost ball" was a system. My point is that, just because people cannot accurately represent where they thin the ghost ball is when they aim, doesn't mean they don't aim at that ghost ball and make the...

You can go and pick a house cue, and be pretty close to what Efren played with in his prime! No cues with provenance, but I do have a guitar neck that was once owned by Joe Perry of Aerosmith when he was doing the Joe Perry Project in the early 80s. Doesn't make me paly better, but it's one of...

1 - I asked where you saw reference to the words "ghost ball" in post 9. It was actually an inference. The point I'm trying to make is, you seem to be offended the same exact thing you are doing - attacking one aiming system for its apparent vagueness. I merely bring up the point that...

My question then is, if you're pocket percentage has skyrocketed, and you're an admitted APA 3, what was your rating before? Does it go lower than 3?! Sure, improvement is relative, but what holds you back from 4 or 5 or even 7? Sandbagging?

You can't judge a book by it's cover... but you wouldn't buy a book without one either!

Not really.... same thing in golf. Even baseball to a lesser extent. Bowling to a great extent.

Almost.....

Well then... is that incorrect? Couldn't aim, position, jumps, masse', kicks, banks, all be taught with ghost ball? Do we not imagine the "ghost ball" performing the shots we envision, before we even take one shot at the table? Don't we even imagine ghost mirrors, that reflect the table and...

Why bother taking the bait?