Recent content by Bob Jewett

According to the WPA rules, the cue ball is still in hand, and the shot was unsportsmanlike conduct. Without an official, I think it's reasonable to count it as a standard foul. You take cue ball in hand behind the line and shoot a shot. What's wrong with that?

Is the WPA/World Standardized Rule OK?

That used to be a foul in the CSI rules too, but they removed it. Probably too many fouls called in league for tying shoe laces. I believe the rule was originally written against one specific player who annoyed the officials. Not Shannon. I think the rule should be deleted. If the problem is...

About the corner hook shot: If you don't have a ref, UC is a tough situation. I can see an opponent say, "I'm just taking a foul, like any other intentional."

Here are two scenarios when a player has ball in hand. What is the ruling? This is being discussed in another forum. While shooting with ball in hand, the player touches the cue ball on a warmup stroke but does not drive the cue ball over the line. Ruling? With ball in hand, the player places...

This book has been sold.

Selling this for a friend. It is in like new condition, clean inside, and just some very minor scuffing to the edges of the corners of the covers. Second edition, $450 includes shipping.

This was sold a while ago. I don't have permission to edit the post or mark the item sold. Strange.

This has been sold.

This is a complete run of Billiards Digest, 1978 to 2024 bound into volumes. Gilt lettering as shown. There are 439 individual magazines in 40 books -- about six feet of shelf space. Asking $4000 including shipping.

I think he was something like Nick's coach, but I'm not sure.

I have no idea where Hal grew up. So far as I know, his adult life was spent south of San Francisco where he would have been around players like Dorothy Wise, Sax Dal Porto, Tom Ryan, the Plumber, and Tony Annigoni, and the rest of the regulars in the area. He later retired to Oregon.

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I have a copy in very good condition. No signatures. $325 shipped.