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Originally Posted by 4 of a KINDBUD
Sorry but I dont think so. Mosconi V Reyes would be a hell of a match. Mosconi played all games not just str8 pool. Even though he is famous for his str8 pool run of 526 balls. WHICH BTW if you didnt know, he didnt miss the 527th ball, after 526 he just put his stick down and said "that'll be enough to hold the record"!!!!
How freakin awesome is that!
Meh, I'm more impressed by Johnny Archer winning the US Open straight pool tournament after only a week of practice having never played the game before, and then Efren winning the Maine event with NO practice. The 526 is quite a feat but I really have to question how hard that game really is when you play it a lot. Running a number like that is more about being able to stay interested long enough to do it than it is about total skill in my opinion. I think Hohlmann's or Schmidt's 400+ runs are just as impressive, and they're two of the few who have even bothered to try to run that many balls. If 14.1 was still the game of choice I'm pretty sure the record would have fallen long ago.
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Originally Posted by FreeShot
Don't get me wrong, I have much respect for Reyes, but I don't think Reyes would crush Lassiter or Mosconi.
Lassiter was a top notch nine-ball player and played others games well. It's also really hard to compare players from different generations.
Actually it isn't that hard, because Efren isn't all that far removed from that era. Don't forget that him and Parica started coming to the US in the early 80's and they literally beat everybody they played. Hell when Strickland burst onto the scene in the late 70's no one had ever seen nine ball played with the authority and power he had, but then out of nowhere comes Parica and he beat Strickland over 100 times gambling -- and Efren was better.
Yeah there's no doubt in my mind, both Lassiter and Mosconi would not only have lost to Reyes, they probably could have gotten weight, and I know that because when Efren did come to America he gave weight to everyone he played, and he beat them all. Mosconi and Lassiter would have just been two more in a long list. The guy is just the best the game has ever seen.