We did not keep score. We just freely shot and had a great conversation, laughing all with a few beers to top it all off. We both had some good runs. I had a couple of 50's and I do believe that Sean had one at 42. He made two nice carom combo's out of the stack on me when I had left him safe up table.
Sorry for the late entry into this thread, folks. Just recently got back, and am still recovering from travel, catching up on mail and other things in life that were on hold while I was away, etc.
I really enjoyed my experience at Mike's place. Folks, I have to say -- and I'm not afraid to brag -- Mike has the nicest billiards/entertainment room I've ever seen, and I've seen some really nice ones in my years (e.g. Mark Twain's room in CT). You *FEEL* it as soon as you walk in. All the pool nostalgia up on the walls and in cabinets, not to mention all the baseball memorabilia as well. For those folks that have a Facebook account, Mike posted a picture of us together, and you can see a "hint" in the background of what I'm talking about. Mike's place has reset the bar in my mind of what a dream pool/entertainment room would look like, if I were to try to recreate one.
Also, concerning the play itself, we were just "freestyle playing" 14.1, not even keeping score, except for runs themselves. Mike had some nice 50s and some great "read the rack" shots himself -- in fact, a funny scene was when I'd play safe on him and tick a ball in the rack, bringing the cue ball uptable, we'd both -- simultaneously -- see the result, and go, "uh oh, do you see that 7-ball? Yep, it goes off the 4-ball!"
And of course, Mike would fire it in like it had eyes, splattering the rack in the process, sailing off on another run.
What's really great is when you get together with someone that feels like an old friend (separated by only distance), and you both root for each other, sharing rack-reading methods, possible shots, etc. -- on each other's turn at the table.
A fun time was had by all, and I'm looking forward to when it can happen again.
Love getting together with friends!
-Sean
