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I used to be a pretty good player but, alas, time marches on. In short, I can't make a ball in the ocean. I sold my autographed table and gave my own Joss cue to my brother. Lastly, and certainly not least is the cue passed on to me by Eddie Taylor. It is his 1995 Hal of fame cue, made by Danny...

Yesterday I drove from Tucson to Phoenix to have lunch with my dear friend, Dick. I first met Dick in the early to mid 60s, when he came to the Cotton Palace, in Dallas. to beat the consortium that nested there. Not many road players showed up there and left with the money. Back then nobody...

Hello fellow pool aficionados. In case any of you are interested in what got me out of hustling pool decades ago, check out my website www.thetaylormoroccancollection.com. Selling rugs to pool players is about as possible as my headline says, but everyone likes seeing the best of anything...

To all of my friends, whether we've met or not, who wrote such comforting, heartfelt words regarding my brother, Jack's passing. It not only was soothing to me, they will be read at Jack's service by his children. Many of you didn't know Jack and some even didn't know about him. For those of you...

The tears are still in my eyes as I tell many of Jacks and my friends that he passed away last night in Galveston Texas. His wife, Cozy was at his side. A lot of stories abound in the pool world about Jack. In a world where slipping around was necessary, Jack could slip with the best of them. He...

My dear friend, William J. Manning AKA Billy Mack, Billy Banks and, as Earl the Pearl called him Gigolo Bill, succumbed to brain cancer at three AM. I knew Billy first in the 70s as a youngster who liked to bet on me. We even took a couple of road trips together. A couple of years ago we...

Sunday I was with my dear friend, Billy Mack at his home in Scottsdale, where I gained a new perspective on courage and dignity from him. While Judi and I struggled to hold back tears, he joked and discussed his life and how much he has loved being part of the pool world. Only three months ago...

Hello my azbilliards friends. I have missed hanging with you guys but I have been working on two more books. Not pool related. Sorry. I'm reaching out with a breaking heart to ask any of you who know Billy Mack to call him. Only a few months back he was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer...

Hello azbilliards friends. Billy Manning, known in our circles as Billy Mack, is fighting an aggressive stomach cancer in Phoenix. I knew Billy in the 70s and have become close again recently. Each month or so he would spend his own money to come to Tucson, check into a hotel and practice with...

Fifty years ago, today, in Dallas, my mother woke me and said "They just shot the president and his wife." Initial news reports had everyone guessing. Being a typical 20 year old irresponsible pool nut, my priority was my Frank Paradise cue was in. I rushed to the post office and picked it up...

Our hearts go out to the poor people the Philippines.Their situation is more dire than you can imagine.The gentlemen from this country, who have participated so honorably in our sport have had their country and their lives ripped apart by this terrible disaster. Now they need help from everyone...

I just received my copy of Freddy Bentivegna's THE "ENCYCLOPEDIA" OF POOL HUSTLERS. Lordy, what a tome. If you have the least bit of curiosity about the world of pool hustlers, often told in their own words, you owe it to yourself and posterity to acquire a copy. It's a world very few, if...

Actually, I am nobody to tell you what you must do. But, if you're on this thread you have a competive nature and, if you like the best of anything, this will thrill you. punch up wimp.com/fastestgunman/. This man is not to be believed. Keep it lightning like. Alfie P.S. My partner, Billy...

Will be tomorrow (Sat eve) at McMillan Small Funeral Home 906 67th Ave. N. Myrtle Beach 29572 Phone 843-449-3396. Visitation is Sat eve. with services and burial at 2pm Sunday. God bless and keep this wonderful woman. Alfie Taylor

It is with my utmost sadness to say Norma Jean Staton has left the earth. My wife, Judi, and I loved Norma so very much. In the pool world Norma lived in Bills limelight, forever the lady in his corner. Together, away from that world, they were the picture of love and caring, always in the...

For those of you who sent me your address for winning my EDDIE TAYLOR AND THE LEGENDS OF POOL DVD, your prize is on it's way. For those of you who didn't check the winning numbers (Feb 8th) you still have the opportunity to do so. For those of you who won and didn't want this slice of pool...

Hey to my AZB friends who received a copy of my EDDIE TAYLOR AND THE LEGENDS OF POOL DVD that didn't play. My apologies for the company that goofed. Write me and I'll send another. For the winners of my last givaway, you should receive your copy this coming week. Keep it nice. Alfie

HEY! WHAT'S UP? I posted the names of 23 winners of my EDDIE TAYLOR AND THE LEGENDS OF POOL DVD and only got about ten replies. Right now the post is on page four but moving slowly back. It' headlined THIS IS BS, AZB or something like that. Anywho, if you won and want to see this legend of...

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE EDDIE TAYLOR AND THE LEGENDS OF POOL DVD CONTEST? ABOUT A HUNDRED AND THREE ENTRIES AND THIS CHEAPSKATE, ALFIE TAYLOR IS OFFERING TEN WINNERS? COME ON! THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW ME KNEW IN THE DAY (A MELLINIUM AGO), OR READ MY BOOK KNOW I SPECIALIZED IN GETING THE BEST OF IT...

Out of respect for the passing of Ronnie Allen, I am waiting until tomorrow to post the winners of my EDDIE TAYLOR AND THE LEGENDS OF POOL DVDs. Today isn't a day for happiness in the pool world. A master is gone. Rest in peace, Mr. Allen. Alfie Taylor