Ouch

Never been hit by one during regular play but dodged a couple during after match “discussions “ 😎
 
I've hurt a few people playing pool;

Skipped the cue ball off the head ball and hit a lady in the back of the head about 20 feet away that was sitting in a lowered area surrounding the tables.

Drove a cue up a guys nose... nothing too major, but had chalk inside his nose. It happened when I was breaking 9 ball really hard. I ask him to move away from behind me 3 times. He moved a little, but not enough. I did a high leg kick on the follow through and it hit his cue, sending it up his nose somehow.

Hurt myself by driving a staple that was half loose in a pocket totally under one of my fingernails.... super painful !

Last one. A rather large local (400lbs ish) was drinking heavily on night. While racking the balls he somehow slipped as he was about the hang the rack on the hook at the foot of the table. He perfectly fish-hooked himself on the hook, snapping it off the table with his mouth!
 
some bars and pool rooms used to charge you say a buck if a ball left the table.

and if you broke the light you paid for it. and you should.
 
I remember several years ago I was playing in a local tournament at this pool room in San Mateo Ca, when two rival punk gangs got into it and started throwing Nolan Ryan fast pool ball balls all over the place. Needless to say that stopped the tournament until the police came and restored order. The guy who was behind the counter had blood all over his face so he must have been hit by one of the balls. Once the police left we finished the tournament.
 
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skiergd011013 said:
I dont recall ever being hit by a flying ball, but i have been hit by that "CRACK!" shockwave a few times when someone breaks hard and i am near the rack. Its not just a loud sound, it is a damn shockwave/pressure wave that punches your ear drums.
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I have seen players lay their cue across the table when racking, every time I see that I think "that poor soul has had some idiot break on him the second he lifted the rack before" LOL Not that I wish bad things on people as a habbit, but whenever I seen bangers kneel down to stare at the pocket when someone is shooting, I am hoping the other guy jumps the ball off the table and teaches that other idiot a lesson on how hard the pool balls are compared to your nose as well as proper pool manners.
 
Play on words, did play with the underage that are not barred :). He spent time in the box, with steel bars. A bar w/o liquor. He was not handsome, he was hands-on on some. ones daughter
 
I was playing in a tournament once in a little arena type head table. A women made her way inside and sat at the left corner with a small baby while I was breaking. First off it was a players only area. I politely asked her to move and mentioned the baby's safety. As things go, the freaking cue sailed by them and smacked into the partition beside her. She come all unglued and blamed me for doing that on purpose. It actually shook me up a little. Not her. Imagine hitting that baby. Now I'd wait for the td to remove her.
 
Had a practice with a buddy's team and his teammate brought her daughter. I jokingly ribbed him about sending balls flying on breaks and told the little girl I'll catch it if it comes at her. So I set up with my hands up ready to catch and whether I sharked him into it or not, he sent the ball right at my hands. I slapped it down rather than actually catch it but at least my hands got hit and not the lil lady.
 
Fat's dad was a merchant marine. When Rudolph was a child probably 8-10 yrs old he was told by his dad to do this. Men back in those early days would gather on a street corner New York City and bet. Take a Sunday. What they did was gather round and bet, one man slugging the other who would go down after the hit, if you stood after the hit, you were still in action. This woman wiggled her way into the man/crowd betting. Fat's dad, KNEW this was NOT a place for a woman. He told Rudolph to piss on her leg to make her leave. He did.
 
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iusedtoberich said:
I hit myself in the nuts one time. It must have been 25 years ago. We were all standing around the table trying to get 9 rails on a GC. Somehow when I took my attempts, the CB got slightly airborne on the second rail, then higher off the third rail, then right into my junk. It hurt too. ha ha.

Another time in a room with tables lined end to end, the opponent on my table was breaking, while the next table the guy was racking. My breaker scooped the CB right into the back of the neck on the next table. We were all bangers then. I learned real quick from that point on how and when to stand when someone is breaking. The guy that got hit was ok.

I've also seen in banger days the guy would rack, and the opponent would break real fast as the racker was putting the rack away. No thanks. I learned from that to keep the CB until the racker is well out of the way. Not an issue with experienced players, only bangers do this, in my experience.
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Or someone trying to piss you off. A sharking move.
 
I was playing during a hurricane in the 80's. Chipped my left front chiclet putting the rake away. Didn't need a tip tamper anymore.
 
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