Tony Watson

Grady,

Sorry I haven't seen him.

I just want you to know how much I enjoyed a match I saw you in the other night. I have an ESPN tape, I don't know what year, where you played Kim Davenport in a tournament and beat him 9 - 7, then beat Jimmy Mataya 9 - 2. Jimmy and Ewa were still together then.

Steve Mizerak was the announcer. What year and what tournament was that? The tape didn't have the finals. Did you win it?

How bout that gang? Grady plays jam-up 9 ball too!

I really enjoyed watching you play.

Chris
 
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Thanks for the nice words, Chris. That was 1989 and I finished second to Nick Varner. He defeated me, 9 games to 8, in a hell of a match. Grady
 
Grady said:
Thanks for the nice words, Chris. That was 1989 and I finished second to Nick Varner. He defeated me, 9 games to 8, in a hell of a match. Grady
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Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to learn that 7 ball time shot as we speak!
 
Grady said:
Thanks for the nice words, Chris. That was 1989 and I finished second to Nick Varner. He defeated me, 9 games to 8, in a hell of a match. Grady
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Geez, that was 1989? I remember the finals match. I'm pretty sure I watched it on TV. Time does fly! That was the year that Varner won everything in sight.
 
Jimmy M. said:
Geez, that was 1989? I remember the finals match. I'm pretty sure I watched it on TV. Time does fly! That was the year that Varner won everything in sight.
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Jimmy,

You were the cool, good looking Dr. Kildare look alike. (That was before he came out of the closet, so it was OK). Johhny Archer showed his future promise but you were too slick for them all except Grady. The highlight was either when you said "Hi " to your mom on TV and the sunglasses, or that maybe that one straight back long rail bank shot you made. Anyway, that was great.

Thanks for the fun action and I enjoyed your BCN Derby city broadcast too.

Chris
 
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Jimmy,

You were the cool, good looking Dr. Kildare look alike. (That was before he came out of the closet, so it was OK). Johhny Archer showed his future promise but you were too slick for them all except Grady. The highlight was either when you said "Hi " to your mom on TV and the sunglasses, or that maybe that one straight back long rail bank shot you made. Anyway, that was great.

Thanks for the fun action and I enjoyed your BCN Derby city broadcast too.

Chris
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Hmm, I think you have the wrong Jimmy (I'm guessing you're thinking of Mataya). Although I did live in Lansing for about 6 years when I was a kid, I'm not the guy. :)

By the way, when I was a kid in Lansing, the mere mention of Jimmy's name would spark off group discussions between all the players in the room. If Jimmy was down at the pool room, people would be calling each other to get down to the pool room quick because Jimmy Mataya was there! I remember when I was 15 or so watching him beat some guy from Detroit they called "Poor Boy" out of like 12 or 13 thousand playing one pocket. And OH YEAH, he still had the mouth back then ;).
 
Jimmy M. said:
Hmm, I think you have the wrong Jimmy (I'm guessing you're thinking of Mataya). Although I did live in Lansing for about 6 years when I was a kid, I'm not the guy. :)

By the way, when I was a kid in Lansing, the mere mention of Jimmy's name would spark off group discussions between all the players in the room. If Jimmy was down at the pool room, people would be calling each other to get down to the pool room quick because Jimmy Mataya was there! I remember when I was 15 or so watching him beat some guy from Detroit they called "Poor Boy" out of like 12 or 13 thousand playing one pocket. And OH YEAH, he still had the mouth back then ;).
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Sorry - thought you were him.

It was hilarious, though. They were interviewing him on TV after the tournament, and he's wearing sunglasses. Mizerak says "You don't want people to recognize you, right?" He can really play. Archer was in stroke and Jimmy walked right through him. As good as Jimmy was, Grady was just about perfect.

Chris
 
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