No appreciation
No appreciation
This post has nothing to do with this thread, but its a good place to vent my frustration. I put this up on AZforums re a post by a New Yorker to Grady, offering to stake John Schmidt, or Tony Robles, or another monster against Grady in a 1000 point straight match for 25k. The guy's "daring" offer inspired this response from me. What bothered my ego was the lack or response to my post. I thought it was one of the most sarcastic/funniest post I had ever done. I thought that I would at least get a few East Coasters mad. Nothing even from Grady, who I was defending on the forums for about the tenth time without one single acknowledgement for my support for the old guard. Come to think of it, I dont recall any post of his where he deigned to even mention me by name in any capacity. We do know each other, really. Are my feelings hurt? Yeah, maybe a little.
the Beard
Originally Posted by freddy the beard on AZ forums
I can't pass up this opportunity to comment on what we used to call a "New York Gamble," which was no gamble at all. After Jersey Red, Boston Shorty, Irvolino, Richie Ambrose etc. left NYC, in order to get a pool bet in NY your body had to be decomposing. When I was on the road in NYC, I got zero money games. Zero. Me. I've been know to get action in the game room at the Sistine Chapel. I was in McGirrs one night, practicing on the main table. A hustler walked up to me and asked me if I played 1pkt. I said yes. He asked me if I wanted to play for $10 a game. I said yes. He said, "Ha Ha, see you later." and walked away. Steve, your offer to back young 300 ball runners against someone on social security sounds strangely nostalgic.
So that all the Jersey guys dont feel left out, your gamble quotient was probably about 5% higher than NYC, and that did include Allen Hopkins, who when I played him bank pool in Chicago, swore he would play me for days (while he had me stuck), but when I raised the bet and got even, he hopped like Bugs Bunny. He and his backer were even amazingly immune to the barrage of insults that I heaped on their East Coast heritage after they quit. Truthfully, all the great East Coast players and I were great pals throughout the years, but that don't mean I'd want any of them marrying my sister.
Rave on, Grady and don't let ego trick you into falling for one of those NY traps.
And a race to 1000 points? Gosh, Steve, that's really looking to lock things up. Does Grady have to flunk a physical too?