2002 or 2003- Cory walks into the poolroom after midnight during a Viking Tour tourney and hadn't hit a ball for 3-4 days. He goes to the tight Gold Crown (4-1/4" pockets) with somewhat old cloth and racks the full rack to practice rotation. Timmy Heath barks to bet twenty that he doesn't break and run out.
Cory obliges- breaks and runs 15
Timmy says play the 12 ball ghost- Cory breaks and runs out
Timmy says do it again- Cory breaks and runs out
Timmy says do it again- Cory breaks and runs out
13 ball ghost- Cory breaks and runs out
Timmy says one more full rack and I'm done- Cory breaks and runs out
Cory puts his cue away.... There is so much sick sh*t I seen during that period that there is no doubt in my mind he is the best that has ever lived...
Putting three packs on the full rack ghost was commonplace....
We would practice playing kiss, caroms, and banks 9-ball. I would sit in the chair a lot while he was running 3 and sometimes 4 packs.... Playing a kiss, carom, or bank on every shot, in rotation.
One time he was lining three balls up in a straight row on the foot spot, like they were being spotted playing one pocket. He would take ball in hand in the kitchen and shot it over and over for 45 minutes. There were four or five pros watching him and finally they asked what he was doing. He said he was trying to figure out how to make one of the balls.... They laughed at him. 45 minutes later he was either making the ball or leaving it in the jaws every single time.....
He's a very sick man.....
I've also seen him do similar things like you described. He is so incredibly talented, I really wish he'd get back into it with 100/% sincerity again, he could dominate again.