SeniorTom
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I hope this post is in the proper section.
Scenerio:
1) Opponent was solids
2) My shot, I was on the 8 ball
3) My intention was to hit the eight ball slowly hoping to hit a rail with either the 8 ball or opponents ball without making the solid in order to block his next shot.
I was unsuccessful in doing so. I hit the 8 ball a little too firmly which rolled into his solid and pocketed the solid into the corner, and the solid did not hit a rail on the way in because it just barely dropped over the edge. I left the eight ball right in front of the pocket, and it was also of course their turn for an easy victory. For some reason my opponent called a foul on me and said it was ball in hand, which he probably would have picked up the cue ball and put it back down in the same spot it was already in. He said the foul was because his ball on its way in did not hit a rail. Strange how this small situation escalated to pretty aggressive words and he never relented. He claims that if the ball doesn't hit a rail as it falls into the pocket it's a foul. Most everybody else argued that it doesn't matter as long as the ball dropped in the pocket, making it sufficient to be a legal shot. I'm am pretty sure it's got to be a legal shot, even though it was a slam dunk win for him, but we couldn't convince him. I would like to hear what other folks have to say. See attached photo for ball configuration prior to my shot.
Scenerio:
1) Opponent was solids
2) My shot, I was on the 8 ball
3) My intention was to hit the eight ball slowly hoping to hit a rail with either the 8 ball or opponents ball without making the solid in order to block his next shot.
I was unsuccessful in doing so. I hit the 8 ball a little too firmly which rolled into his solid and pocketed the solid into the corner, and the solid did not hit a rail on the way in because it just barely dropped over the edge. I left the eight ball right in front of the pocket, and it was also of course their turn for an easy victory. For some reason my opponent called a foul on me and said it was ball in hand, which he probably would have picked up the cue ball and put it back down in the same spot it was already in. He said the foul was because his ball on its way in did not hit a rail. Strange how this small situation escalated to pretty aggressive words and he never relented. He claims that if the ball doesn't hit a rail as it falls into the pocket it's a foul. Most everybody else argued that it doesn't matter as long as the ball dropped in the pocket, making it sufficient to be a legal shot. I'm am pretty sure it's got to be a legal shot, even though it was a slam dunk win for him, but we couldn't convince him. I would like to hear what other folks have to say. See attached photo for ball configuration prior to my shot.
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