Best GOAT moment of all time

Island Drive

Island Drive

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When you think about all the great billiard disciplines, and who stood above all in a moment in time, what's your pick?
A. Choose from any game that's played in the green felts.

Snooker
Banks
3 Cushion
14.1
Rotation
10 Ball
9 Ball
8 Ball

My pick would have to be, This man/moment.

Knoxville Bear....
Eddie Taylor.
I talked to him, face to face at the BCA trade show, early 200's.

He.... broke and ran 4 racks of nine ball, then broke the 5th and made one more bank.
37 in a row.

This record, will never be beaten.

I think humanity has a better chance of dying by a meteor hit.

B. Can ANYONE top this moment in time, in ANY sport?
 
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Island Drive said:
When you think about all the great billiard disciplines, and who stood above all in a moment in time, what's your pick?
A. Choose from any game that's played in the green felts.

Snooker
Banks
3 Cushion
14.1
Rotation
10 Ball
9 Ball
8 Ball

My pick would have to be, This man/moment.

Knoxville Bear....
Eddie Taylor.
I talked to him, face to face at the BCA trade show, early 200's.

He.... broke and ran 4 racks of nine ball, then broke the 5th and made one more bank.
37 in a row.

This record, will never be beaten.

I think humanity has a better chance of dying by a meteor hit.

B. Can ANYONE top this moment in time, in ANY sport?
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Ronnie's 5 1/2 minute 147
 
JohnnyOzone said:
Ronnie's 5 1/2 minute 147
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As far as Eddie's 37 if someone was to try and break that record they would.

I believe someone has already broke Ronnie's time.

For me it's 3c or snooker and some of the Rockets clearances or getting over the line are it.
 
The GOAT moments that stand out to me:

Ronnie's ultra fast maximum
Efren's Z shot or taking down Red's Tourny as Caesar Morales.
Miz owning the 14.1 USO for about half of the 1970s.

The more I think about it, the more I think that Ronnie is perhaps the most talented cueist ever. There's no way to prove this, I understand, but what's he accomplished and how long he's lasted, I'm not sure God will make another person quite like he made Ronnie.
 
For me personally it was watching Efren beat Busti, Parica, and then Cliff back-to-back-to-back to win DCC 1p in '07. Surreal display of pool. He beat(iirc) Busti 3-0(24balls to nada), Parica 3-0(24 to -1) and then Cliff 3 games to one. Insane.
 
garczar said:
For me personally it was watching Efren beat Busti, Parica, and then Cliff back-to-back-to-back to win DCC 1p in '07. Surreal display of pool. He beat(iirc) Busti 3-0(24balls to nada), Parica 3-0(24 to -1) and then Cliff 3 games to one. Insane.
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Yeah great one - Efren's run of the DCC 1P title for a number of years is definitely legendary.
 
Island Drive said:
Knoxville Bear....
Eddie Taylor.
I talked to him, face to face at the BCA trade show, early 200's.

He.... broke and ran 4 racks of nine ball, then broke the 5th and made one more bank.
37 in a row.
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Not quite accurate, according to this 1993 interview. He was playing full rack banks. He also explains why it is so difficult to do. And that is, because often, balls are tied up, or hanging in a pocket, which simply makes them impossible to bank.

As far as someone breaking this record, I'm sure there are many players today, who have the bank skills to do it. The problem is actually having a layout on the table that will allow you to do it. And that part involves quite a bit of luck, especially with full rack banks.

Here is the interview, about that accomplishment. 39:10 to around 42:15.

 
Banger said:
Not quite accurate, according to this 1993 interview. He was playing full rack banks. He also explains why it is so difficult to do. And that is, because often, balls are tied up, or hanging in a pocket, which simply makes them impossible to bank.

As far as someone breaking this record, I'm sure there are many players today, who have the bank skills to do it. The problem is actually having a layout on the table that will allow you to do it. And that part involves quite a bit of luck, especially with full rack banks.

Here is the interview, about that accomplishment. 39:10 to around 42:15.

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Yep, it was full-rack banks. Much more impressive, IMO.
 
alphadog said:
As far as Eddie's 37 if someone was to try and break that record they would.

I believe someone has already broke Ronnie's time.

For me it's 3c or snooker and some of the Rockets clearances or getting over the line are it.
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Alpha, my mind won't let me think that way.

But I know, your out there :).... and that works too. :)
 
NO ONE will ever break my record in 1983. Winning 62 consecutive ABA sanctioned 3C tournament games, along with winning 8 consecutive tournaments around the country.

From the Billiards Digest, 1993. I lost the match that ended my streak, 50-48.
 

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