BCA league ended and last night was payouts. After we got our money, those that wanted to paid $5 to play in a blind draw Scotch Doubles tournament where the lowest point scorers for the session were matched with the highest point scorers with a mix of Masters and Open players. One of my teammates got paired with a guy who hadn't played in this session, but must have been a friend of the league rep that was running the league and played like a Master. We were playing 9 ball against them. The new guy broke and my teammate didn't have a shot on the one ball. He did a pushout, but didn't indicate beforehand that he intended to. I called him on it, without saying anything about a foul. I just said, "You didn't call a pushout." The new guy jumps up and tells me to take ball in hand. My teammate was protesting that it was fairly obvious that it was a pushout and didn't feel that he had to call it. I was willing to go either way, but the new guy insisted I take ball in hand, so I did. We ran out and I have no doubt that we would have in any case as the pushout left me with an easy cut shot and plenty of room for shape on the 2. When we sank the last ball, the new guy says, "Pretty easy to run out with ball in hand, isn't it?" I shrugged it off.
Later on, he starts in saying we must be two A players and we're going to win the whole thing. Then he starts saying that my actions constituted bad sportsmanship. He keeps up with the snide comments during the rest of the race to 3. At one point, my teammate miscued and no balls hit the rail. So before taking ball in hand, I asked the new guy what the rule is for that. He says, "You know the rule for the pushout, but you don't know this rule?" and starts explaining the rule. I cut him off and said that I knew the rule. I asked if it would be unsportsmanlike to apply the rule in this situation in an attempt to get him to realize that following the rules is part of the game. He didn't get it and continued to be belligerent towards me. He even went to the league rep and was told that the rule says a person must indicate to his opponents beforehand if he is going to push out. After we were done and shook hands, he starts saying how he has played in all these tournaments and this is the most unsportsmanlike act he has ever seen (he looked to be in his mid 20s). He just kept on and on sniveling about it, then asks me if I play for money, lol. At that point I told him to f*** off. So he went back to bi***ing to the rep.
I understand that we play 8 ball and don't call every shot, etc., but he was the one who insisted I take ball in hand. Who do you think was being unsportsmanlike (taking into consideration the one sided account)?
Later on, he starts in saying we must be two A players and we're going to win the whole thing. Then he starts saying that my actions constituted bad sportsmanship. He keeps up with the snide comments during the rest of the race to 3. At one point, my teammate miscued and no balls hit the rail. So before taking ball in hand, I asked the new guy what the rule is for that. He says, "You know the rule for the pushout, but you don't know this rule?" and starts explaining the rule. I cut him off and said that I knew the rule. I asked if it would be unsportsmanlike to apply the rule in this situation in an attempt to get him to realize that following the rules is part of the game. He didn't get it and continued to be belligerent towards me. He even went to the league rep and was told that the rule says a person must indicate to his opponents beforehand if he is going to push out. After we were done and shook hands, he starts saying how he has played in all these tournaments and this is the most unsportsmanlike act he has ever seen (he looked to be in his mid 20s). He just kept on and on sniveling about it, then asks me if I play for money, lol. At that point I told him to f*** off. So he went back to bi***ing to the rep.
I understand that we play 8 ball and don't call every shot, etc., but he was the one who insisted I take ball in hand. Who do you think was being unsportsmanlike (taking into consideration the one sided account)?
