Questions for Billy Incardona

[Terry Ardeno]

Lewis, you ain't seen deep yet!

Now you know why Billy always made the best games. He would flatter you into submission. He would first spend an hour explaining why his prospective opponent might be the best player to come along since Mosconi, then he would reluctantly offer to play with only 9-8 and 6-5 on the money.

After the game was over and his opponent was now dead broke, Billy would graciously explain to him what went wrong and how unfortunate he had been. And of course how fortunate Billy was to get every key roll. Billy would often go to great lengths to point out how one shot may have made all the difference in the outcome. No matter that he finished eleven games ahead, it was that one critical shot that went his way and turned the tide, and made him a winner instead of a loser.

Billy never really beat anybody, he just got all the rolls for twenty some years. This is the one lesson that Efren learned quite well from Billy. No mater what happens, always say that you just got lucky. Billy had this magical ability to make a loser feel like he almost won, it was so so close. Maybe next time you'll get the rolls he would say. And of course we can't adjust the game just because I won this one time. I'm only 1-0 against you. It couldn't be much closer than that.

As of 2008, Billy is 1-0 against half the population of planet Earth. And it's really not hard to get on that list. You can sign up anywhere you see him. He is always open to new applicants. :grin:

P.S. Billy have you ever noticed that in all these years I have NEVER asked you to play. Not once! I thought about it one time, but then I woke up.

I think we have the "Forward" or "Preface" to Billy's much sought after autobiography. Heck, I would even settle for a biography of MR. Incardona.

It's no secret here that I have the highest respect and admiration for Billy who along with Earl, Shannon, Grady, Chao, Varner and Ortmann, is among my very favorite modern day players.

But what Jay wrote seems so Billy-like it's uncanny! I listen to EVERY WORD he says on the Accu-Stats, even (and especially) the small talk between racks or during stories. It's funny how humble Billy ALWAYS is when describing his game..... when WE all know he's a killer. He plays the role of lamb very well Jay just ran 150 & out, bowled a 300 and pitched a no-hitter with that description!

Billy, I sure hope you don't take all this as knocking your action, but I posted publically here for years now that of ALL the pool players who EVER lived, I would pick YOU as my "manager". I don't know who would even come close to being so smart in matching up, maybe Hopkins would be a distant second.

If you don't have time to write your story, I'll glady write it for you. And I promise here and I'll put it in writing AND HAVE IT NOTORIZED that I don't want or won't accept a penney from the booksales. All the profit or proceeds are yours. You deserve it. But your story HAS to be told someday. Your beginings in the game in and around Pittsburgh, the Johnston City days, your World 9 ball championship in 1972, your travels with Ed and Danny....just getting your thought process on %'s on paper will be as valuable as anything Einstein or Tom Edison ever wrote.

I'm being totally serious here. If you are ever interested in having your memiors written, please let me know. If you think I would pour it on too thick, then I'll beg Jay to "ghost-write" it for you. Or JohnnyT. He's got loads of talent for writing. There's many who would help you Bill.

As a parting plea, remember how hard we lobbied for a match up with you vs Allison? You remember how badly you wanted that to happen? That's how strong some of us want to hear your life story.

After you get over this guilt trip I'm trying to lay on you ) ), PLEASE give it some thought. That would be a great start and we can move right in to chapter one, since the forward to the book is already posted in Jay's remarkably insightful post!

And thanks for posting with us!

 

[iba7467]

If you don't have time to write your story, I'll glady write it for you. And I promise here and I'll put it in writing AND HAVE IT NOTORIZED that I don't want or won't accept a penney from the booksales. All the profit or proceeds are yours. You deserve it.

Terry that is a great gesture. You are such an asset to AZ. I would offer to edit the book but it would likely be for selfish reasons that I want to be one of the first to read it.