Old Friends from New Orleans

[Stanton]

moved from NOLA to Dallas 15 years ago... was wondering about Eddie Brown, a strong player then and Lil Sal, who was able to turn on, when needed... a smooth consistent game.
Just wondering how they and many others from the Sports Palace, Pickles and Buffalos May be doing.

 

[Hardmix]

I can report Eddie is alive and kicking as I played some with him at the DCC this year.

 

[1 HOLE NUT]

yea they are EXACTLY as they were then

 

[Stanton]

Thanks, that's good news.

 

[crabbcatjohn]

If you do Facebook, friend or watch Buffalo's page. He posts stuff all the time about NOLA players https://www.facebook.com/james.leone.33?__tn__=,dC-R-R&eid=ARAt2XC_f3l3weDcGYYgg6tgTm58jaPjuwIbWTocy0j_Vi2cjN5ZGELzp-ibynOQtXss4c0JMYdGQ2vy&hc_ref=ARTKBPUnobEh3LBVg8CSDkSuKt0JxTxHz9FqZty_nHsoPadKBsowrtKBcaSoskCGA1c&fref=nf

 

[Mkbtank]

I can report Eddie is alive and kicking as I played some with him at the DCC this year.

I had the good fortune to sweat that matchup and that Eddie is a funny guy! And a good shooter to boot.

 

[Trebor]

I remember long ago Reed Pierce tried to give Eddie the 7 ball. Notice i said "Tried"

 

[gulfportdoc]

I remember long ago Reed Pierce tried to give Eddie the 7 ball. Notice i said "Tried"

Heh, heh. Reed was a great player, but very erratic, and somewhat emotional. Eddie would have frustrated the hell out of Reed with his moving and sharking.. He loves the action though. Saw him battle with Lil John several times.

 

[Billy Jackets]

Heh, heh. Reed was a great player, but very erratic, and somewhat emotional. Eddie would have frustrated the hell out of Reed with his moving and sharking.. He loves the action though. Saw him battle with Lil John several times.

I walked in a little pool room in a little town in Ohio and there is Reed Pierce playing one of the locals , probably a strong B+ player .
I'm pretty sure the owner had called him to come, and we were talking later and he said someone had asked Reed where he was going before the trip and he told them .......... Ohio and they said "What are you going there for " he said "because they play me even!" lol In the same pool room I saw Mika Immonen Jeremy Jones and a dozen other champions , only a couple were ever recognized. Even though their pictures were in all the billiard magazines, I guess these guys were not big on reading.

 

[Trebor]

Heh, heh. Reed was a great player, but very erratic, and somewhat emotional. Eddie would have frustrated the hell out of Reed with his moving and sharking.. He loves the action though. Saw him battle with Lil John several times.

Yep, i always respected Lil John's heart. He's a lot of things but you can never call him a nit. He's got way more gamble than a lot of guys that shoot twice as straight as he does and he never has to have the nuts...

 

[gulfportdoc]

Yep, i always respected Lil John's heart. He's a lot of things but you can never call him a nit. He's got way more gamble than a lot of guys that shoot twice as straight as he does and he never has to have the nuts...

He sure does, Trebor. I remember at Grady's Gulf Coast Classic in Gulfport in 2004 that Lil John was really barking at Marco Marquez. Marquez won the 1P. Buddy second, Mike Surber third. Anyway, John wanted 9-7 from Marquez, who wouldn't give it to him. Good thing, because I doubt that LJ could've gotten there with 9-7...

 

[jtompilot]

He sure does, Trebor. I remember at Grady's Gulf Coast Classic in Gulfport in 2004 that Lil John was really barking at Marco Marquez. Marquez won the 1P. Buddy second, Mike Surber third. Anyway, John wanted 9-7 from Marquez, who wouldn't give it to him. Good thing, because I doubt that LJ could've gotten there with 9-7...

Reminds me of a little story from the US Open in Kalamazoo. Marco Marquez was playing Cliff Joiner. Marco didn’t have a good break and he left Cliff an easy return or a super tough back cut. I was like OMG, Cliff’s going for the back cut and he’s going to push a ton of balls to Marco’s side. Sure enough Cliff missed the cut and sent a bunch of balls to Marco’s side. Marco was left with several easy shots, but he pushed the easy shot into the long cushion and Cliff pounded him pretty good.