Golf has Mulligans, pool has Sashas

Thelonious Monk

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Firstly can I say that I was in the school of "give the guy a break" when the first Saschagate was running its course. Everyone deserves a second chance, we learn by our mistakes, yada yada yada.

To pull the same trick a second time, however, to so willingly spit in the face of people who trusted you, gave you the benefit of the doubt. Wow. That takes a special kind of guy.

During Saschgate I, I heard people talking about the incident at Amsterdam Billiards. They were making jokes about Sascha, calling him names etc. Also, when someone would miss, another guy would say, "why didn't you Sascha it in?" or "maybe you should use your Sascha now".

I thought about posting the story, it seemed pretty funny, but as I say, I thought the guy deserved a break.

Now, however, with Saschagate II... now that he's made a bunch of people question their faith in humanity... I think he's deserving of the maximum scorn possible. Which is why I'm suggesting that the word 'Sascha' be adopted by everyone in the pool community similar to the word 'Mulligan' in golf, a do-over.

From now on when I'm playing a friendly game, I plan to ask my opponent if I can use "a Sascha" whenever I miss an easy shot. Maybe some guy was moving in my line of vision, or the table doesn't roll straight, and I deserve "a Sascha". Maybe before a game even starts we could agree how many Saschas we both get throughout the match. (I think three Saschas in a race to a hundred sounds about right.)

Let's not all get too heated about what happened. Let's turn this guy into a joke. It seems to me that's just about the best way to deal with it, and pretty much all he deserves.

[By the way, if anyone spots any spelling mistakes in this message, perhaps you could send me a pm and I'll go back and Sascha the thing.]
 
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Firstly can I say that I was in the school of "give the guy a break" when the first Sashagate was running its course. Everyone deserves a second chance, we learn by our mistakes, yada yada yada.

To pull the same trick a second time, however, to so willingly spit in the face of people who trusted you, gave you the benefit of the doubt. Wow. That takes a special kind of guy.

During Sashgate I, I heard people talking about the incident at Amsterdam Billiards. They were making jokes about Sasha, calling him names etc. Also, when someone would miss, another guy would say, "why didn't you Sasha it in?" or "maybe you should use your Sasha now".

I thought about posting the story, it seemed pretty funny, but as I say, I thought the guy deserved a break.

Now, however, with Sashagate II... now that he's made a bunch of people question their faith in humanity... I think he's deserving of the maximum scorn possible. Which is why I'm suggesting that the word 'Sasha' be adopted by everyone in the pool community similar to the word 'Mulligan' in golf, a do-over.

From now on when I'm playing a friendly game, I plan to ask my opponent if I can use "a Sasha" whenever I miss an easy shot. Maybe some guy was moving in my line of vision, or the table doesn't roll straight, and I deserve "a Sasha". Maybe before a game even starts we could agree how many Sashas we both get throughout the match. (I think three Sashas in a race to a hundred sounds about right.)

Let's not all get too heated about what happened. Let's turn this guy into a joke. It seems to me that's just about the best way to deal with it, and pretty much all he deserves.

[By the way, if anyone spots any spelling mistakes in this message, perhaps you could send me a pm and I'll go back and Sasha the thing.]

If you get out of line on your break ball and have to move it or reposition the cue ball - you can move both so that you can continue your run... we can call that a "Double-Becker".
 
i think you better take your first "Sascha" now.

Ah, very good point, Mr. dmgwalsh. I was able to edit/Sascha the spelling in the post but not the title. So now I only look like half an idiot. (Which is actually an improvement on my general demeanor.)

Stupid German name spellings.
 
Lol........

Great Thread. Yes, I love it. I should of took a "Sascha" at the end of my 76 ball run. The next time I'll know better.......
 
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