The BIG cueball, ugh...

Lance Link · 2010-11-16T17:43:31+00:00

Traveling bar league... One bar in particular uses the BIG cueball. Now, I understand that there are some ball return tables that are designed so that the cueball must be larger for it to return to the proper chamber (at the headstring). But... My team had a f*** of a time last night trying to work big fat whitey around the table. And the amusing part was, so did the home team !!! And it's thier bar !!! Why not just collect the table money from the players and open up the trapdoor (the table is owned by the bar, so there's no 'vendor' cut) so that the regulation ball can be used without the issue of it returning to the correct spot ? When pressed about it, the response was, "Well, it's our bar, so it's our choice of which cueball to use." Sure, I'll buy that. That's thier choice... but the big ball didn't help them last night either. Ok... on to the Q & A... A) Is there a way around this big cueball crap ? Is there a 'retrofit' cueball for these tables that's the 2.25 (standard) size, but designed to return to the headstring deposit box ? B) Why would anyone want to play with the big ball ? If the home team could execute with big whitey, I could see thier point. But they had as hard of a time as we did. At least two of thier team are high-caliber players, and they're the ones that REALLY had a rough time !! If there's a legitimate reason to support the big ball, please, I'm all ears...