I just watched the Lily - Wang match, whoever wins passes thru, the loser is knocked out. Hill-hill Lily (india) runs out the rack and gets a fairly easy shot on the 9, he overcuts it by a hair and hangs it up right in the hole! He got up a couple times before he shot, and when he did shoot he kind of jumped up a little causing him to miss. Now he goes all the way home to India with that on his mind. Brutal!!!
Heartbreaking!!!
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Sometimes a tragic miss at a critical moment becomes baggage one must carry for a pool lifetime.
There's no more tragic miss that I know of than Jim Rempe's miss of game ball against Balsis in the final of the 1974 US Open Straight Pool championships, the world championship event at the time. Balsis ran out to win 200 -199. Rempe, in his mid-twenties, was a very young player with tremendous promise who'd surely win a couple of world championships, or so we all reckoned. But here we are thirty-one years later, and it never happened. Jim Rempe has hade a wonderful career and is now a deserving BCA Hall of Famer, but he'd sure like to have that world championship. In an interview just a few years ago, Jimmy was asked if he thought about that miss often. His answer, refreshing in its honesty, was "all the time."
Other times, a tragic miss can inspire and motivate, and make one more determined to succeed.
I hope Melissa Herndon will forgive me for relating this, but at 2002 WPBA San Diego, Melissa needed to win her losers bracket match to earn her WPBA tour status, critical to her as it would guarantee her entry into all WPBA events. Sure enough, only a routine nine ball would sit between her and victory, but, sadly, she missed it, and went on to lose the match. I chatted with her after the match and she was truly disheartened, having failed to earn her pro status. Melissa, however, stayed confident, and came back strong, shooting the lights out just a month later at the 2002 BCA open, not just earning her WPBA pro status but finishing 5th. As we all know, Melissa has gone on to be one of the very best players on the WPBA tour. I've always believed that when she turned a negative into a positive at the 2002 BCA Open, it was a turning point in her career, and her results since then are truly inspiring.
There's no more tragic miss that I know of than Jim Rempe's miss of game ball against Balsis in the final of the 1974 US Open Straight Pool championships, the world championship event at the time. Balsis ran out to win 200 -199. Rempe, in his mid-twenties, was a very young player with tremendous promise who'd surely win a couple of world championships, or so we all reckoned. But here we are thirty-one years later, and it never happened. Jim Rempe has hade a wonderful career and is now a deserving BCA Hall of Famer, but he'd sure like to have that world championship. In an interview just a few years ago, Jimmy was asked if he thought about that miss often. His answer, refreshing in its honesty, was "all the time."
Other times, a tragic miss can inspire and motivate, and make one more determined to succeed.
I hope Melissa Herndon will forgive me for relating this, but at 2002 WPBA San Diego, Melissa needed to win her losers bracket match to earn her WPBA tour status, critical to her as it would guarantee her entry into all WPBA events. Sure enough, only a routine nine ball would sit between her and victory, but, sadly, she missed it, and went on to lose the match. I chatted with her after the match and she was truly disheartened, having failed to earn her pro status. Melissa, however, stayed confident, and came back strong, shooting the lights out just a month later at the 2002 BCA open, not just earning her WPBA pro status but finishing 5th. As we all know, Melissa has gone on to be one of the very best players on the WPBA tour. I've always believed that when she turned a negative into a positive at the 2002 BCA Open, it was a turning point in her career, and her results since then are truly inspiring.
that is brutal ...
But, it drives home a point we all have to learn ...
Never, and I mean never, take anything for granted in playing Pool,
and that includes even the most basic of things...
I am sure we have all had lessons in that, and they run thorugh
everyone's mind all the time, but in turn, it can drive us to become
better, and teach us that self discipline and mental toughness in Pool
will pay off for you in the long run.
But, it drives home a point we all have to learn ...
Never, and I mean never, take anything for granted in playing Pool,
and that includes even the most basic of things...
I am sure we have all had lessons in that, and they run thorugh
everyone's mind all the time, but in turn, it can drive us to become
better, and teach us that self discipline and mental toughness in Pool
will pay off for you in the long run.
Vagabond I am very sympathetic, but I'm a Leo (not that I believe in that crap anyways). I know how it feels to dog an easy shot for the cheese. I played Santos Sambajon in a tournament about 2 years ago, the score was tied at 7-7 in a race to 9. I had broken and ran down to the 7, was in perfect line to get to the 8 and the 9 was almost hanging. The whole room was watching and my nerves got the best of me, I remember being down on the shot and I just wanted to get it over with! I overcut it and Santos ran out, then broke and ran the next for the win. After the match I was so embarassed I just walked outside and chainsmoked like 5 in a row cursing inside my head. If there is one thing I hate more than anything, that is dogging a gimme when it counts.
vagabond said:
Interesting comment. Are u serious? If you're not a fellow Piscean, maybe yer a Scorpio, the yang to that yin?
Sure, it's silly, but it works for Johnny Archer, eh? Even if his name refers to the next sign on the zodiac. I have read, though not made a study of it, that more U.S. presidents were born under the sign than any other. But if you check out the founding fathers, you will find a fair number of Pisceans, back when the republic was more idealistic, though none in a long long while.
We Capricornians don't believe in Astrology... 
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LMFAO, that was funny!AuntyDan said:
