Surely there are examples of "just being able to do it" over "I can explain it to you with math how it should be done but I can't do it myself."
What did they call the Minnesota Fats Theory before Minnesota Fats was alive?
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I don't know about all that. I do know when I was getting into pool back in the day that I probably watched The Hustler once a month. Fantastic movie and The Color of Money was even better. I was that close to buying a Balabushka around 1992. I haven't played pool in years. Probably couldn't two rail cross corner to save my life now. I miss playing.
I used to love to play, especially 9 ball. Got into pretty heavy for several years before life came along.
There used to be a really nice pool hall in Richmond, (may still be there, IDK, but the owner, Bobby Johnson, died years ago), that had a small kitchen with pretty good food, and soft drinks and coffee. No alcohol served or allowed on the premises.
Bobby would put on tournaments and would rank you from 1-9. I began as a 4, lol, but I'd never really played very much. If someone like myself was paired against a person ranked as a 9, then whomever reached their rank first won. If I won 4 games before he won 9, I was the winner, but that didn't happen very often. Those dudes were ranked a 9 for a reason, they're good.
I too miss playing.
Fats was notorious for nonstop chatter on subjects about which he knew little, or stories about himself.
He would fit in posting on the Paddock.
He would fit in posting on the Paddock.
I worked at a bowling alley in college. We had 4 pool tables across from the main desk. Several hustlers hang out there. I played one who was my friend one day. No $, just for fun as I was only mediocre. We played three games of bank everything eight ball. He let me break and I made 2 shots before I missed, which was great for me. It was the last shot I took in 3 games.
I never heard of this theory, I even searched online for it and found nothing.
If you could say what it is, as a Statistician and Mathematician I could probably then explain the math to you.
I actually just goggled it to make sure you weren't kidding you couldn't find it and it came up with a theory of him being the guy in The Hustler.
Let me give you one question. If you had to make a 3 rail bank shot in pool and then try to leave the cue ball set up for your next shot who would you want?
Neil DeGrasse Tyson-He can explain to you exactly where to hit the ball with the exact spin you need to do that. Knows how to do it
Minnesota Fats-Can't explain the physics but has the ability to do it.
I'm sure Neil is a nice guy but give me Minnesota Fats in his prime.
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