Earl's 5 US Opens vs Shane's 5 US Opens: Who's was more difficult?
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What did Shane do to Alex the next time they played a race to 100? After Shane beat Alex then, the beating still took place AFTERWARDS at the Cue Club in Vegas....set after set....so, I'll stick with the female distraction as I mentioned. Shane didn't start losing that 28 game lead....until the female with Shane got bored and left the area of play. I could see Shane constantly looking around to see where she was, even to the point that at times he had to be reminded that it was his turn at the table.....but you're right....no female can do that to a champion pool player.....LMAO.....that's why I NEVER took my wife with me when I was out gambling playing pool
When you're right Jay, you're right
Plus, I would add that Earl won the US Open in 3 different decades. SVB might do it one day as well, and have like a dozen titles total. What we can't dispute is they are both great players, and SVB will joining Earl in the HOF one day !!!
And in most sports, they newest generation is a tad better.... Back when Babe Ruth played, most guys were not throwing the array of pitches they do today, and certainly not at 100mph. 80mph is the best guestimate of the era, but it does not distract from those that played in it. I've yet to hear one baseball fan complain that Ruth didn't have to his against the same type of pitchers... so what, he hit against the best in the day, if there were better, he probably would have hit them too
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Off topic...
Was anyone else shocked to see Niels Feijen in the money in 1997 US Open?
He must have been all of 19 or 20 years old.
I remember him on very old Bert Kinister drill tapes, but always thought they were early 2000s.
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Thanks for the clippings Mr bond...very cool to see the fields listed like that to give is a perspective on the question at hand.
There is an 8 ball bar table match with corey that is fun to watch from that era I believe. Crappy table, what appears to be a heavy cue ball.
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Tough call. Earl's run was over a 16 year period which is pretty impressive. Shane's run includes a threepeat which is amazing. Both are impressive in their own ways. I'll be honest, I just can't pick
Not the correct way to judge Earl's wins. Seeing how Earl is still playing at a high level of competition....having just took second place in the world 14.1 championships....going back to 1984 to the present day, Earl has won the US Open 5 times in the span of 32 years....32 YEARS!!!!....Shane has won it 5 times......in 10 YEARS!!!......think about it.....wasn't Earl just playing in the same US Open Shane just won? Don't you think Earl ENTERED the US Open hoping he'd be adding ANOTHER win to his already....5 wins!....Earl's STILL playing today.....so how can you make the comparison you just did.....in 16 years.....if he was to win NEXT year....wouldn't that be 6 times.....in 33 years?
I believe that Shane has played in 12 US Opens.
If he wins next year it would be six in a span of 33 years. Right now it's five over a 16 year span. Any time you talk about championships you go from the first to the last over a span of time. When ppl talk about Willie Mosconi they say he won fifteen World Championships between 41 and 57 (16 years) and not that he won fifteen Worlds in 25 years (he is listed as retired in 66)
Did Earl play in the US Open pryor to 1984?
That would be true except for the fact that the LAST time Earl won.....was not when he retired from playing pool.....he's pretty well played in ALL 33 of the last US Opens....so, his career is still adding wins....as well as Shane's is.
Like I already stated....Shane has won....4 out of the last 5 US Open's....who can even come close to making that claim....Earl?
Comparing Equipment between the 2 era's is meaningless.....as all players played on and with the same equipment. same to everyone in the 80's, same to everyone now.
The question was "who had the tougher field?"
The answer I believe is obvious. SVB. Someone else said it earlier...the USO is a world event now. In Earls time, it was an American event, drawing a spattering of intn'l up and comers.
Here's an easy way to look at it....you get $10'000 to buy calcutta in USO 1986, and 20K$ (inflation) in 2017....which would you take? 10K in 86 all day long. the field is just too deep now - hence, the likelihood of putting 5 USO's together is exponentially more difficult today than it was 20 years ago.
Sry Earl, the game has evolved. the players have evolved. And Yes, you were left behind.
He placed 9th in 1982. No results shown for him for 1983 and nothing shown prior to 1982.
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