Earl on nytimes.com front page

[westcoast]

I found the intro text next to the video, no matter how truthful it was, to be rather insulting.

"The legendary pool professional’s career declined such that he now performs trick shots free at Steinway Billiards in Astoria, Queens."

I agree. Quite condescending. I bet he wasn't happy to see that

 

[JohnnyP]

New York Slimes. There was no need for that.

 

[JAM]

I agree. Quite condescending. I bet he wasn't happy to see that

I wasn't happy at the last line: "I'm Earl Strickland. I'm a professional pool player. And I'm a New Yorker."

What a joke! With that accent, he's a New Yorker? He's a Southern boy through and through. :yes:

 

[Roadking]

I wasn't happy at the last line: "I'm Earl Strickland. I'm a professional pool player. And I'm a New Yorker."

What a joke! With that accent, he's a New Yorker? He's a Southern boy through and through. :yes:

Yes that is strange for a southern boy to say something like that & it struck me as a little strange.

 

[Leadcask]

Thanks for posting that.

& GJ Earl, keep it gritty man.

 

[JAM]

Yes that is strange for a southern boy to say something like that & it struck me as a little strange.

Especially, knowing how proud Earl is of his Southern heritage.

Dance, Earl, dance.

 

[Chip Roberson]

Thanks For the post--With the NewYorker Statement,,guess thats where her hangs his hat now..thats a long way from those tobacco feilds of Carolina..he's gotta eat and as he stated--this ecomony is not condusive for pool players,,he is a survivor

 

[JAM]

Here's the same story but a different page: BIG FISH, SMALL POND! :grin-square:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/n...ll-players-teaches-at-a-queens-pool-hall.html

Photo by Julie Glassberg for the New York Times.

 

[Island Drive]

9-ball

Here's the same story but a different page: BIG FISH, SMALL POND! :grin-square:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/n...ll-players-teaches-at-a-queens-pool-hall.html

Photo by Julie Glassberg for the New York Times.

I sure enjoyed playing em in Long Beach when he came thru with Monroe Brock, 1979-80, he never missed a ball, only jawed em because of too much ball speed or making bad decisions during the roll out days. Never played ANYONE with such raw fire power.

 

[ctyhntr]

I'm glad the Julie acknowledge Larry and Manny. With my understanding of Earl's previous situation, this comeback would not have been possible without their sponsorship.

We have over people from 180 countries represented here in New York City, so there is room for Earl. There are ethnic groups settled in Queens, Brooklyn that live peacefully side by side as neighbors, a situation impossible in their native lands. So, as a life long New Yorker, I have no problems with Earl declaring himself as a native New Yawker.

 

[PINKLADY]

I found the intro text next to the video, no matter how truthful it was, to be rather insulting.

"The legendary pool professional’s career declined such that he now performs trick shots free at Steinway Billiards in Astoria, Queens."

yea, i caught that, too.

 

[Island Drive]

yea, i caught that, too.

And there's one aspect of life in the working world many live by, even if they don't ''like it''. Don't bite the hand feeds ya.

 

[alstl]

Good article, thanks for posting.

 

[fathomblue]

I can tell you with a fair amount of certainty that the "....and I'm a New Yorker" is almost definitely the tag line for that series of profiles.

I doubt he had any choice but to say it.

 

[Dead Money]

I wasn't happy at the last line: "I'm Earl Strickland. I'm a professional pool player. And I'm a New Yorker."

What a joke! With that accent, he's a New Yorker? He's a Southern boy through and through. :yes:

Have you seen the TV commercials for the NY Times? A lot of them have different folks in them and end with that phrase "I'm so and so and I'm a New Yorker." Maybe a cut from that short video of Earl will end up in one.