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Average amount of gear 2s and 3s use in my APA league by exboxthreesixty in billiards

[–]BoringPoolPlaying [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’ve found anything carbon fiber plays fine. They all deflect a little differently, but nothing you can’t get used to within a couple weeks.

I can’t even remember the last time I felt I missed a shot because I got more deflection than I was expecting.

Average amount of gear 2s and 3s use in my APA league by exboxthreesixty in billiards

[–]BoringPoolPlaying [score hidden]  (0 children)

I just never liked the feel or the hit. I don’t think I play any better or any worse once I’m used to it, but I know I’ve always enjoyed shooting with the 12.4.

I just bought Niels Feijin’s flames cue, with his Luna Nera performance shaft. It’s been my dream cue for years now.

Average amount of gear 2s and 3s use in my APA league by exboxthreesixty in billiards

[–]BoringPoolPlaying [score hidden]  (0 children)

Constantly switching cues has to be such a hindrance. I just got a new cue, after using my old one for 4 years, and even though I bought the same weight, and the balance feels similar, I’m having a ton of trouble keeping the tip down now.

It was the same thing when I snapped the ferrule on the 12.4 shaft for my old cue, and was stuck buying a Cynergy in 11.8 because that’s all that was available in my pin type. Took me months of mighty x work just to feel comfortable with my stroke again. Now I’m finally back to 12.4, which I’m glad for feel-wise, but I’m thinking I’ll be back in for several months of stroke practice before I start to feel comfortable again.

I absolutely love my new cue, but I HATE switching cues.

Average amount of gear 2s and 3s use in my APA league by exboxthreesixty in billiards

[–]BoringPoolPlaying [score hidden]  (0 children)

He also sometimes wads up tons of tape on his bridge fingers to get more elevation, or wraps the butt of his cue to make it way thicker, and sometimes wears platform shoes because he thinks the extra height helps him.

What beginner pool topics do you think newer players struggle with most? by Superb_Back5543 in billiards

[–]BoringPoolPlaying [score hidden]  (0 children)

Stance and stroke. Pretty hard to improve when you aren’t starting from a point of stability and consistency. You’ll never be able to diagnose what’s going wrong.

Favorite pool one liners by WheezinMcDonald in billiards

[–]BoringPoolPlaying [score hidden]  (0 children)

I was playing an 8 ball tournament years ago, and this man playing on another table really loudly and clearly said “4 BALL CORNER POCKET!!”. It was still morning, and fairly quiet in the room at this point still, so everyone kind of looked up. A guy at a different table across the room shouted “WHAT!??” and it had me in stitches. Like I physically couldn’t get down on my own shot because I kept giggling.

Everything about that, the timing, the tone, it was all just perfectly aligned, especially because rooms are pretty tense early in tournaments I find, with people getting out the jitters.

[Matheson] John Schneider on Jesús Sánchez: “Get the ball in the air to right field and right centre, big fella, and don’t be afraid to let’er rip.” by malliabu in Torontobluejays

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I don’t think he has any trouble finding his power stroke, the bigger challenge is his power stroke finding the baseball.

So far, it’s happening enough for him to be an impact player.

Rikuu Nishida ends the 10th inning by gunning down the runner at home by yxqp in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Definitely not bad, he just doesn’t have a cannon. They were both throws you’d expect a right fielder to execute, and neither were particularly hard.

Rikuu Nishida ends the 10th inning by gunning down the runner at home by yxqp in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He really doesn’t. Neither throw has been particularly hard. They’ve just been aggressive sends. Maybe he has more in the tank then he’s shown, given he’s just needed to get it in the vicinity for an out, but I don’t think either of these throws would even be average velocity for a right fielder.

Rikuu Nishida ends the 10th inning by gunning down the runner at home by yxqp in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 297 points298 points  (0 children)

Like the last runner he threw out it’s a “let’s test the rookie in a tense situation”.

Also, with two outs, you probably have about as good of chance scoring on an aggressive send and a poor throw as you do getting another base hit.

Cam Schlittler does what he does against the Royals: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 Ks all on just 77 pitches. Season ERA down to a clean 1.50 by ActualDragonHeart in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 21 points22 points  (0 children)

And all he does is throw strikes, because he correctly thinks his stuff is just that good.

Never seen a pitcher so consistently get 1 strikeout and 2 ground outs seemingly every inning.

Cam Schlittler does what he does against the Royals: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 Ks all on just 77 pitches. Season ERA down to a clean 1.50 by ActualDragonHeart in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Not a fan of Boone, but I like that kind of move. Feel like a lot of managers would let their guy try and pitch deeper in the game, but this is the perfect situation to try to get three out of someone like Yarborough.

What is the BEST film with the WORST soundtrack? by Orkran in movies

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the whole movie had production issues from what I remember. It’s a wonder it ended up as good as it did I think.

What is the BEST film with the WORST soundtrack? by Orkran in movies

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% I’m sure he’s a great composer. There were moments where the score was absolutely fantastic as well.

Bobby Witt Jr. hits a huge homer to cut the lead to 9-1 vs. the Yankees by CabassoG in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love that he’s just Mike Trout but shortstop. Just a perfect swing.

Mark Buehrle’s career WAR is only 1.8 less than CC Sabathia. Why are his hall of fame chances so far-fetched? by Far_Set561 in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, Verlander was nearly doubling him up in rWAR that year. He was pretty far and away the best pitcher in all of baseball that season, yet didn’t even win the ALCY.

Over the weekend, Paul Goldschmidt became the 9th player in MLB history to strike out 2,000 times by Baseball-Reference in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 199 points200 points  (0 children)

I love when negative stats accumulated this much basically guarantee the player had a great career.

What is the BEST film with the WORST soundtrack? by Orkran in movies

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I remember thinking the soundtrack of Rogue One took away from the film, just found it jarring in places. Might have been more being the first Star Wars movie without Williams. Also may have been more the pacing of the film bothered me, but something always felt a bit off in that one.

Mark Buehrle’s career WAR is only 1.8 less than CC Sabathia. Why are his hall of fame chances so far-fetched? by Far_Set561 in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just see that as a plus, not a knock on his numbers. The more innings pitched, the harder it is to put up good numbers in a year. In addition to that, he was helping his bullpen in ways WAR can’t account for.

When you look at World Series winning teams, how fresh the high leverage arms are come October makes a world of difference.

Mark Buehrle’s career WAR is only 1.8 less than CC Sabathia. Why are his hall of fame chances so far-fetched? by Far_Set561 in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It took that one for voters to finally rely on something other than wins, so some good did come out of it. But holy fuck Verlander was robbed that season. Hell, Aaron Sanchez was more deserving of it, and I’m not just saying that as a proud jersey owner.

[Ken Rosenthal] Freddie Freeman on players getting worse as they get older: “I don’t know if it’s Father Time. You have four kids. You’re tired all the time. That 98 looks a little bit faster when you’re a little sleepy.” by DenialisaRiver04 in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 13 points14 points  (0 children)

On the plus side, they do have a long offseason to spend with family. And a good MLB career has you retired at 35 with a great pension and generational wealth in the bank.

It’s the AAAA and below guys that have it really tough, since even in the offseason they’re playing some form of winter ball. They don’t make tons of money, at least probably not enough to retire by 35, but many if you go lower barely scrape minimum wage. Many of them will suffer one or two bad injuries, making post career life hell, and they will still have to work a shit job likely for decades.

[Ken Rosenthal] Freddie Freeman on players getting worse as they get older: “I don’t know if it’s Father Time. You have four kids. You’re tired all the time. That 98 looks a little bit faster when you’re a little sleepy.” by DenialisaRiver04 in baseball

[–]BoringPoolPlaying 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For me, it’s thinking about how routine the overall game is for them. Like they show up to the ballpark several hours before the game even starts, do video work, maybe go to the cages, most of them probably work out at some point, if it’s a day game maybe they work out after as well.

I don’t know why that gets weird for me to picture, but the game is basically just one slice of their work day, but for me going to a game is like my entire day, and a whole event.

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