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I asked Santa for Efren's knowledge and Earl's stroke....I'm still waiting.

I might have to drive over there and play a few racks with him. I'm the youngster at 78, still getting up to speed.

playing in Vegas at BCA/VNEA 8 ball tournaments 25 years ago, there was a young man who played, but he had a birth defect where his arms were short...his hands were at his elbows, had no forearms. He used a "table bridge" made from 2 bridge heads and a short lenght of shaft. He played very...

30 years ago when I was getting back into pool, I went to a tournament down by the Atlanta airport in some nondescript pool hall. Many named players were there, and it was wild, pool tables in one half the room and full sports book on the other. Gambling of all sorts going on, lots of...

Two words......Buy American.

sounds like a bang-fest to me, slam them hard and hope.

back when I played VNEA, I had a "rubber duck" as a pocket marker, drove the opposing team nuts. great shark move as it turned out.

He was one of my all time favorites, watched Honeymooners as a kid. His Saturday night variety show from Miami was excellent.

shooting pool on a moving train takes some serious cue skills.

I was a league player and went from Meucci to Espiritu to Schon to Schon and appreciate a cue nicer than I deserve.

my longest run was in the single digits, but I never played 14.1.

I bought a shirt from Seybert's. I will give it to myself from "Santa" on Christmas.

they can mix, I know several guys that are good at both sports.

YES.....turkey sandwiches, dressing with gravy, homemade creamed corn, jellied cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie with sorghum molasses.

very large German community in St. Louis and the metro east side of Illinois. My mother's side of the family were German immigrants from the 1800s, pre-Civil War. Lots of pride in their work. Schmidt fits that model, just like Anheuser-Busch. this is home area for Red Schoendienst and Whitey...

ban gloves. while you're at it, ban specialty cues too. one cue, whatever you have the skill to do with it is good.

My hometown pool hall had Schmidt tables, we were 80 miles from St. Louis afterall. When I started playing on them in the 50s, they were already 40 years old. Solid as a stump, 2 inch slate, 8 legs, probably weighed close to a ton. The local Dave and Buster's here in Atlanta has, or had the...

I leave it on the table all the time, I never miss when it is there. It's magical!!!!

check at Easter.

You need a new cue, that solves all problems, at least for a little while.