Mosconi Cup 2024, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, Orlando

Bob Jewett said:
The pockets...
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From your picture, Bob, the mouth of the pocket looks to be about 90% of the width of the two balls, so somewhere right around 4" corners?

The last 3 Mosconi Cups and the recent Reyes Cup all had 4" corners (based on what was said by commentators), but I didn't hear anyone give a spec today for this year's table. Incidentally, this table (and the one used at the recent Reyes Cup) is the Rasson Wolf model, not one of the Rasson models I've seen in other pro events -- the Victory, the OX, and the Mr-Sung Acurra models.
 
sammylane12 said:
Actually Joe, I`m not, but I wonder about you. We have no problem with draft dodgers here in America but we should have. Why we need a Russian draft dodger playing on an American Mosconi Cup team is what is "all kinds of stupid". It is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. Send him home and put an American on the team.
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Yeah I agree with joe you are all kinds of stupid 😂 a Russian draft dodger? That’s a good one. 😂
 
jay helfert said:
A lot to digest here. For all intents and purposes it looked like another beatdown was coming from Team Europe. And then......Captain Woodward stepped up and led Team USA out of the darkness with a heroic match when they needed it most. He almost blew it with all that showboating prior to shooting the nine ball to take the lead 4-2. How that nine fell on those super tight pockets is beyond me, and is only thanks to the grace of a benevolent Pool God. If that ball hangs and Sky loses that match it would have been all she wrote for one more year. But it didn't hang and Team USA has renewed life. Other than that one bobble Skylar played lights out. The best Captain leads by example and he did just that!

Now, about the overall MC. I'm an old school pool guy so this is not really my cup of tea. I like seeing two gunslingers go at it in a Race to Eleven, Winner Breaks and all the marbles on the line. Give me Earl vs. Sigel or Gorst vs. Filler. That said, this is show biz Pool and it works. Overall good production values with a few slips only on the camera work. I can listen to Jeremy Jones talk pool all day. So rare to have a commentator who knows the game so well and is able to articulate it to his audience. Jeremy has a deep understanding of the nuances that separates the good from the great and is able to expose that live on camera. He doesn't need a co-commentator, he's that good!

I won't spend too much time talking about the other matches, just a couple of things for now. Did I see Billy Thorpe give somebody the finger on live TV? Or am I mistaken? The Tyler vs. Krause match was the other critical one for Team USA. A loss there would have put them in a 3-0 hole. That Tyler won a match more fit for the BCA Nationals is another thing entirely.

I rarely watch much pool these days but for whatever reason the MC is a must watch for me. I think Skylar gave Team USA a big shot in the arm, and if Shane and Gorst can just perform up to par they have a real chance to end their victory drought.
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Yes you did see him give somebody the finger and he needs to be spoken to about that.,
How that ball went on a diamond table with those pockets I have no idea lol I have 4.25 in pockets and I would never expect that to go
 
It is becoming apparent, that like the years before the MC will be decided through the break and safetyplay and again Europe has the big advantage in that part of the game.
Krause vs. Styer was a bit of a shooting contest in which Tyler prevailed with some nice banks.
Woodward was kind of lucky since his position play was pretty bad and I wonder if he can pot himself out of trouble every time.
In the end it will come down to Shane's and Fedor's matches. If the USA can keep it close, they have a chance, if Europe starts running away it will be similar to the years before.
 
trob said:
Yes you did see him give somebody the finger and he needs to be spoken to about that.,
How that ball went on a diamond table with those pockets I have no idea lol I have 4.25 in pockets and I would never expect that to go
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think it was the little finger. billy was all over the place when not playing, lol. now needs to back it up with a performance on the table

overall the standard of play has been quite high
 
jasonlaus said:
You're a cant- now replace the a with a u
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Agree 100%.FG is in process to be a citizen and he bought a farm in Indiana somewhere. A real bad guy huh?? I wonder if that tool whined like a bitch when Charlie Williams was on the team? CW was born in Korea. I don't know what's worse, his initial post or his ultra-lame attempts to make him sound rational. Loser either way.
 
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trob said:
Yes you did see him give somebody the finger and he needs to be spoken to about that.,
How that ball went on a diamond table with those pockets I have no idea lol I have 4.25 in pockets and I would never expect that to go
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Actually Europe was teasing Billy about that particular pocket after he hung a few balls and the combo nine didn’t fall. Billy was giving the finger to the pocket after he made a ball into it all in fun.
 
garczar said:
Agree 100%.FG is in process to be a citizen and he bought a farm in Indiana somewhere. A real bad guy huh?? I wonder if that tool whined like a bitch when Charlie Williams was on the team? CW was born in Korea. I don't know what's worse, his initial post or his ultra-lame attempts to make him sound rational. Loser either way.
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With all due respect, Charlie was a U.S. citizen when he played on Team USA. Fedor was and still is not yet a U.S. citizen. He is a Green Card holder.
 
jay helfert said:
With all due respect, Charlie was a U.S. citizen when he played on Team USA. Fedor was and still is not yet a U.S. citizen. He is a Green Card holder.
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I know that i'm just pointing out how big a tool the guy is for going off on FG like he's a pos. FG will be a citizen before long. Its not like he jumped the border looking for free shit. Hell, he's probably already paid more taxes than that idiot has in his whole life.
 
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I thought fedors reasons for leaving, were all pool related as Russian athletes were getting banned? So having googled conscription in Russia I now see he would have had to.
You could see it as running away I guess, or see that a “relatively” high profile athlete making a stand and disagreeing with his country’s actions, having to leave friends and family behind probably for good, is a harder (braver?) choice ?
 
sammylane12 said:
Garczar! AKA "the last word". What did you think of our draft dodgers during the Vietnam war? Stand up guys? After all the Govt. was sending to die in the jungle. They had every right to run according to your Gorst logic. Except every time one of them ran someone else, another American, had to go in their place. I call that cowardice. You have a hard on for Gorst because he plays pool? I am guessing you are a hypocrite. BTY Did you ever serve in the military?
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So by your logic no Russian males can leave Russia until 30? I'm surprised this draft dodger wasn't scooped up on his vacation to Moscow earlier this year. :ROFLMAO:
 
jax_joe said:
So by your logic no Russian males can leave Russia until 30? I'm surprised this draft dodger wasn't scooped up on his vacation to Moscow earlier this year. :ROFLMAO:
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Based on this, the fact he could go back to Russia. My question is probably more redundant, he maybe already got out (delayed)of doing service. Dont think he would have risked going back otherwise
 
Monti said:
Anyone know the schedule for today
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This doesn't give the players, but at least it does show the format:

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