Thanks, Lou. I care not to stick around here long, as it will only be a matter of time before the trolls, aiming system army ants, etc. perk up and notice I'm posting again, and I swear, like a scene from "The Avengers: End Game" they'll come pouring out of Thanos' ship to attack.
About the JS hanger-ons -- yup, "that, too." Albeit, those hanger-ons are just in the midst of euphoria, which will die down as all euphorias do. The Mosconi hanger-ons, however, seem to suffer a rapidly-degenerating condition called UrbanLegendDistortion, where I've heard everything from "Mosconi did the 526 on his playing conditions at the time, which were 5x10 tables," to "he didn't miss; he just quit the run because he was tired," to "he did it in competition" (it was an exhibition match against an opponent that had no chance whatsoever), to "Mosconi's record should NEVER be broken." The sheer amount of fact-twisting, when both the affidavit -- which states the playing conditions, i.e. 4x8 table -- and the book, "Willie's Game: An Autobiography" (which describes that Willie missed a 6-ball in the corner pocket, and Willie felt relieved that he finally missed) -- are so easily available if people would care to look. But as is the case with our "fake news" society interested only in spreading memes and falsehoods to feed and justify their inner bias (i.e. insecurities), we are where we are.
Here's a great open letter to what has come to be known as the "626 haters" -- which are the same folks defending Mosconi under the same aforementioned urban legends (this Facebook link is wide open and should be viewable anonymously, but I've also included a screen snapshot just in case it's not):
https://facebook.com/pooligan/posts/10219043550337885
This will all die down once the video of the 626 is released, I'm sure. Then again, the urban legends have continued for 65 years, so they certainly have staying power.
-Sean
