Team CSI vs Team USA | Wed Nov 20 @ 5pm ET / 2pm PT

Bob Jewett said:

I assume we're talking about these, which were just announced for the Mosconi Cup:

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garczar said:

You really think is the reason?? Sounds a tad far-fetched to me. Do you think the Brit soldiers stationed in India that invented snooker gave a rat's ass about the Orange Order? Its possible i guess but i kinda doubt it.

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AtLarge said:

The Bergman/Thorpe vs. Boyes/Dominguez match was over, with Boyes/Dominguez winning 5-3. That was match #4, taking the match score to 2-2. They then took an intermission, planned to be about 30 minutes. Over an hour and a half later, they announced the resumption was postponed, because of technical problems, until Thursday at 11 am local time.

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pt109 said:

The great Joe Davis won a ‘snooker plus’ tournament in 1959....
...two extra colors....a purple and an orange ball.
...a perfect game was 210 points...I don’t think the orange color bothered anybody.

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jeephawk said:

Nope, I'd like to see someone put a milk bucket under a bull. Those balls - yuck.

We had an interesting tour of Belfast last summer, learned a lot, saw a lot - was surprised to find out the issue with the color orange is indeed real. Kind of hard to put into context having not lived through any of what any of those involved lived through (and those issues are still very much alive) and after all it should just be a another color, but isn't always seen that way.

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garczar said:

You really think is the reason?? Sounds a tad far-fetched to me. Do you think the Brit soldiers stationed in India that invented snooker gave a rat's ass about the Orange Order? Its possible i guess but i kinda doubt it.

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Cardigan Kid said:

That version became obscure because Matchroom took over snooker.
It just has to bother matchroom, that is all.
This is not about sales for Aramith (I’m guessing they continue to produce traditional color sets that outsell this new set), matchroom wanted these colors and Frazier said it was final.

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Cardigan Kid said:

Some British higher-ups hate the color orange. This has lead to the banning of orange In certain British companies from equipment to uniforms.
I’m assuming Matchroom is following suit with this design that they requested. According to the commentary in the first match, Ms. Frazier mentioned that the change was final and the players would have to step into modern times and adjust.

The Society of United Irishmen was formed by liberal Presbyterians and Anglicans in Belfast in 1791. It sought reform of the Irish Parliament, Catholic Emancipation and the repeal of the Penal Laws. By the time the Orange Order was formed, the United Irishmen had become a revolutionary group advocating an independent Irish republic that would "Unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Order

I always assumed this was why there is no orange ball in snooker.

With orange being a primary color, there is no physical/logical reason to eliminate it from the game of pool.

https://billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2017/may17.pdf

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gxman said:

What time does play starts today?

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pt109 said:

Snooker Plus was still around as of 2017

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AtLarge said:

well, they're now late

(anyone find a stream?)

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