Jimmy is good peeps, and his best game is one-hole, without a doubt. He kind of traveled under the radar, and he liked it like that. :grin-square:
I remember driving back from New York to Philly with Jimmy. You really get to know a person when you sit in a car with them on a road trip. We covered a lot of topics, and he was like a pool encyclopedia. At that time, he was more or less retired from competition full time, but one could recognize how much passion he had for the game.
Jimmy is one of the players on Grady's poster of the Legends of Pool.
I saw him in Vegas the IPT, and he was a comfort to me during a rough time. He took the time to sit down and chat. This man a total gentleman.
Most of my Jimmy photos are on my other computer in the garage, but here's one of Jimmy talking to Guido the Cue Mechanic at the Capital City Classic in Philly.![]()
I have a couple of Accu-stats matches with Jimmy, one he's playing in and the other he's commentating and I enjoyed watching him play and listening to his commentary very much.
The match he played in was the finals at the Sands Regency playing none other than Kim Davenport in his prime. Kim was dynamite playing at the Sands in Reno and he won the tournament more than once. Buddy Hall and Billy Incardona were the commentators and they both figured Kim would beat Jimmy for one reason was Kim's experience and for another Jimmy got to the finals just barely winning his last match where he was extremely nervous and missed some easy chances to get out, but he did survive and got to the finals. The match was outstanding and it was a long match which took 2 tapes to film it. Kim got out to a lead and Jimmy hung in there and the finish was very exciting with Kim absolutely dogging position to win and Jimmy made some outstanding kick shots and hung in there and beat Kim to win the Sands tournament.
The match Jimmy commentated was one of Grady's One Pocket Championships in Columbia, SC. The players were a 19 year old Shannon Daulton against the seasoned veteran Steve Mizerak who was in his prime and favored to beat Shannon. The race was to 5 and Steve jumped out to a 3 to 0 lead and it looked like Shannon was done, but he started firing in banks and getting out and he came back to beat Steve on the hill and it was one of the best One Pocket matches i've ever seen and just listening to Jimmy during that match was great. His knowledge and comments made the match even better than it was. I've never met Jimmy, but i'm hoping to run into him one day to tell him how much I enjoyed the 2 times I got to watch and listen to him on Accu-stats.
James