Whew, what a match of safeties!! Like Gabe said, he would always be happy to be matched up with Efren, that means he made it that far!! hahasizl said:Gabe Owens vs Efren Reyes is on ESPN2 as I am typing this (6:04 pm cst.)
Kid Delicious is waiting on the winner![]()
JimS said:I get more pissed off at TV pool with each viewing. They announce they are skipping a game or two due to time constraints and then follow that with an innane interview...It's not necessary...
DDKoop said:First time ever seeing Gabe play and he is very impressive.
Gabesmom,
Did he ever mention that 3 safety by Efren and looking back, if he could have actually made the 6 down the rail. Just curious because on TV it looked like a makeable shot but you never really know unless you're there.
Thanks,
Dave
sizl said:I thought Mr. Wyche was going to have a heart attack on that shot.![]()
It is really hard to know if the 6 goes from the TV angle.
Teacherman said:Yeah but it looked like there was a sure hit with safety from there.
Dave, I'll ask him about that. I don't watch & remember all the shots like you all do. I do remember the final winning shot against Reyes. (he had told me he got to play a 'little magic' of his own against Reyes, haha) It's so tough to beat Reyes, it's awesome he had the opportunity, so I was happy about that. (Reyes was a champ before Gabe was born!)DDKoop said:First time ever seeing Gabe play and he is very impressive.
Gabesmom,
Did he ever mention that 3 safety by Efren and looking back, if he could have actually made the 6 down the rail. Just curious because on TV it looked like a makeable shot but you never really know unless you're there.
Thanks,
Dave
gabesmom said:Dave, I'll ask him about that. I don't watch & remember all the shots like you all do. I do remember the final winning shot against Reyes. (he had told me he got to play a 'little magic' of his own against Reyes, haha) It's so tough to beat Reyes, it's awesome he had the opportunity, so I was happy about that. (Reyes was a champ before Gabe was born!)
And his first time playing Reyes being on TV, at least he didn't get completely drilled. I know he misses sometimes easy shots, as most of them do on occasion. And he didn't play up to par against Basvavich. Then Basavich missed a fairly easy shot to lose to Cory. But players can't let those things get them down, there's too much playing ahead. It can be a real battlefield with all the awesome players out there!
It seemed like they left part of the interview out, because Gabe told me about things that would be on it, and it never appeared. I think they may have left many better parts out, and used those parts of it. Oh well. Isn't this a new thing now for the TV players? To try to hype pool up to maybe what boxing or wrestling is? To let viewers know a bit more about the players? I'm sure they'll get better in time by reviewing the show, as usually players try to after watching what they did.piglit said:How 'bout when they asked Gabe about his nickname, 'Babyface'? Uhh...how did you get your nickname?
Good God! With less class, he'd reply, how'd you get so fickin' stupid?
Great pool though- sure beat the hell out of everything else on tv last night/ week/ month/ year...
-piga
piglit said:How 'bout when they asked Gabe about his nickname, 'Babyface'? Uhh...how did you get your nickname?
-piga
gabesmom said:Oh well. Isn't this a new thing now for the TV players? To try to hype pool up to maybe what boxing or wrestling is?
Yeah, he's got that little beard going I noticed. I hadn't heard about the 'big country'. I'm sure he would like that better than babyface....but he just has to go with whatever people call him I guess. I'll tell him hi for you, I think he & Cory are heading to Reno about now, or there already. Maybe they can get some more golf in there, hopefully the weather is better in Reno than the parts of the country they've been to recently. He loves that golf. I keep asking him when he's about ready to play the US Golf Open! Just like to humor him as he does me. I hope they do well in Reno at whatever tournament that is. It's hard to keep up with all of them, but I'm learning. I'm glad AZB keeps up with everything.watchez said:Hey Gabesmom.....a few of my friends nicknamed Gabe 'Big Country' for his resemblance to an Okla St Basketball player Bryant Reeves that also used that nickname. Gabe told me recently when I saw him that he preferred that nickname to any others that have ever been given to him. When I see your boy I always say...Big Country...and he turns to look for me. Seems like he could market that more than 'babyface' or whatever else the TV is calling him. Most of the time when I run into Gabe he isn't so clean shaven anymore probably trying to cover up that babyface. LOL. Tell Gabe I said hi and we are still looking forward to him making a trip to St Lou if he gets off the golf course.
Like I've always said, you can't win 'em all, it happens to the best of them.DDKoop said:Thanks for the reply. These guys are human and make mistakes. It's actually refreshing to see sometimes because I don't feel so bad when I blow an easy out
Your son is a great player and I'm looking forward to watching him again.
Dave
rogelioii said:that was a pretty amazing shot to pull out of gabe's hat to win the game. A lot of drama! Good thing i recorded it on my DVR!!! I watched the rest of the games in 4x speed cuz it was 2am and i couldn't go to sleep till i saw it all. I really like having digital video recordings of these matches, every once in a while i'll see a shot that i replay over and over again with different play speeds (1/15th and 1/4 of a second) to see how the players stroked that ball. There was one Cory Deuel shot in the US Open (I think) that made my Jaw Drop... Till this day, I have not been able to recreate it.. Need to work on my stroke. (I did come close to it a couple times)