APA: Most innings in one "game"?

[Billy_Bob]

I was watching a couple of beginners playing in an APA match. Neither could make a ball to save their lives. They must have had 20 innings for that one game.

So I was wondering....

For APA matches, what is the most innings two players have ever had for one game? (Not match, but one single game in a match.)

FYI - An inning is; Player A shoots, then Player B shoots. When player B misses and turns the table back over to player A, that is one inning. So...

Player A shoots - Player B shoots = 1 inning
(When player B fails to pocket a ball or fouls.)
Player A shoots - Player B shoots = 2 innings
Player A shoots - Player B shoots = 3 innings
etc.

A game is one game.

A match is a series of games. Like for a race to two "match", one of the players must win two games to win the match.

 

[boradriver]

I was watching a couple of beginners playing in an APA match. Neither could make a ball to save their lives. They must have had 20 innings for that one game.

So I was wondering....

For APA matches, what is the most innings two players have ever had for one game? (Not match, but one single game in a match.)

FYI - An inning is; Player A shoots, then Player B shoots. When player B misses and turns the table back over to player A, that is one inning. So...

Player A shoots - Player B shoots = 1 inning
(When player B fails to pocket a ball or fouls.)
Player A shoots - Player B shoots = 2 innings
Player A shoots - Player B shoots = 3 innings
etc.

A game is one game.

A match is a series of games. Like for a race to two "match", one of the players must win two games to win the match.

27 innings in a game between a 6 and 7 no safes

 

[dooziexx]

Happened to my team 2 weeks ago. My 5 played a 6.. Lasted 24 innings with about 20 safes. It was the final game of a hill-hill match.. Ive also heard from another league, 2 2s were going at it for 37 innings..

 

[MattRDavis]

I'm an APA 5 and I played a 6 the other week. Not sure about innings but our match alone lasted two and a half hours. Three of the games the eightball tied itself to the rail with another ball frozen to it so there were a number of identical safties played in those games.

It was kind of brutal.

-Matt

 

[Gregg]

No more than a few Thursdays ago our (sorry, but weak) SL3 played a new SL2.

I kept score for the match, and the match totaled three games, went 51 innings.

I their game started late, about 12:15, and I didn't get home until 2:00. I have no clue how our SL3 remains a Sl3 as of today.

The funny thing was the guy who was shooting would tap his cue on the side rail, and hang his head after every missed shot. It was painful to say the least.

 

[Jedi V Man]

Just so you know, when you play a safety it deducts 1 inning.

So if the game goes 9 innings and there were 7 safetys played "And recorded" it was only a 2 inning game....

APA sucks. Badly.

 

[Ummagumma]

I was watching a couple of beginners playing in an APA match. Neither could make a ball to save their lives. They must have had 20 innings for that one game.

So I was wondering....

For APA matches, what is the most innings two players have ever had for one game? (Not match, but one single game in a match.)

Team mate who is a SL5 went 34 innings, opponent was SL5 or 6. I believe there were 30 safeties, tho.

Thank god I wasn't around for that, I had left way way before then.

 

[StormHotRod300]

Last Summer i seen two APA 4's in 9ball league rack up over 40innings going to 31points.

This session in APA 8ball, first week me being a SL6 i played another 6, a guy i knew, and both of us wasnt shooting too well, and we racked up 35innings going hill-hill. And that was with me having a 8ball snap too.

I have a guy who is a newbie( sl2 ) and he played a SL3 and in 5 games they racked up close to 40innings.

Its always a interesting match when you get two guys who are SL5's or 6's and then both end up having a OFF day shooting.

dave

 

[Cornerman]

For APA matches, what is the most innings two players have ever had for one game? (Not match, but one single game in a match.)

I'll guess that there's a match out there that went over 40. I had a teammate that went three games in a row, all with over 20 innings. The table conditions really dictated it. Tight wet bar tables, slow dirty cloth, and a bar table cue ball.


Fred

 

[Cornerman]

Just so you know, when you play a safety it deducts 1 inning.

So if the game goes 9 innings and there were 7 safetys played "And recorded" it was only a 2 inning game....

APA sucks. Badly.

Not really true. The game was still 9 innings. If a player played a safety, that doesn't automatically discount an inning for the opponent. So, at the end of the match, that game might have been 2 innings for one player (who may have played 7 safeties), and 9 innings for the other (if he didn't play any safeties).

It's still 9 innings, regardless.

Fred

 

[boradriver]

I think you are BSing.

I have seen two 2s battle it out with an excess of 30 'real' innings - many many times. Talking about a 'pain to watch'.

No bs sir. The 7 made it known just before this 27 inning game that he was dumping because he thought the 6 was under rated and should be a 7 so he was going to make sure their handicap went up. He refused to make any balls in the game so the 6 had some fun with him and make him work for his dump.

 

[beetle]

No bs sir. The 7 made it known just before this 27 inning game that he was dumping because he thought the 6 was under rated and should be a 7 so he was going to make sure their handicap went up. He refused to make any balls in the game so the 6 had some fun with him and make him work for his dump.

In that case the number of innings is meaningless!!! It could approach infinity if nobody is trying to make a ball!

 

[Snapshot9]

Are you destined for the APA?

Doesn't your region have other leagues than the APA? I would rather play an inhouse league than the APA. The handicapping in APA sucks, the '23' rule sucks. Better players usually like to play with better players, and not novists, or ball bangers every week. I like to help people, but I want to do it when I feel like it, not because I have to explain the SAME logic over and over to a player EVERY week just to get them through a game. Fun time players should play with same on a team, and serious players should be able to play with same on a team. The '23' rule forces the 2 groups together.

And many beginning players expect you to do their 'thinking' for them all the time, and don't take responsibility themselves. My patience runs a little thin for those.

 

[frankncali]

. I like to help people, but I want to do it when I feel like it, not because I have to explain the SAME logic over and over to a player EVERY week just to get them through a game.
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How true this is!!
Its one aspect of coaching or helping that really gets old. Lately my patience has been getting thinner but I still try and tell myself that theres
all different levels of players and different reasons for playing.
I like playing with better players but I also enjoy playing with my friends.
For me to dump them as people just due to their lack of playing ability would not be right.

People need to remember that playing in leagues only one aspect in pool.
For a good player it does not have to or need to be their only night/day or playing.
I wonder if pool has not killed itself a little. How many times can a good player find other good player to play for free or for very cheap anymore?

I am friends with some very good players and most wont step up and play just to play. With league guys(lower and mid level players especially) they are usually willing to play all night long.

Your point about teaching the same thing over and over is one of the most frustrating things about the APA from my standpoint. I would actually love to have to break the teams I am on apart due to players SL
rising.
Most players "want" to get better but are not "willing" to get better. It takes time and the right attitude.