Outstanding outing(s):
- Jerry W achieved a perfect 80 – as he most recently did in Week 07 of the previous season.
- His teammate Tony C shot a 77.
- Mark D scored 75.
RAFFLE Status:
- Andreas R was button-press selected by last week’s 2-time player Wes. Andreas used Table 08. His break shot not only broke the rack, but also the tip on his cue stick. No balls were sunk.
- Andreas’ button-press picked his teammate Steve G who made one ball on his Table 07 break.
- The 5-ball hung in the southwest corner and the 1-ball was mid-kitchen, favoring the north half.
- The cue-ball was in the eastern half and a few inches south of the north side pocket. Steve played the 1-5 combo to drop the 5 in the corner and his speed control kept the 1 easy as the next shot.
- The 2-ball was awkwardly hanging in the south side pocket, but required being on the kitchen side. Steve’s 1-ball in the kitchen sink left perfect shapes to make the 2 and to set up on the 3-ball which was near the east rail by the south east corner. It worked.
- Steve made the 3 with draw, pulling cue-ball toward the 4-ball positioned near the cue-ball’s original post-break location. Steve paused, recognized that he had five balls to his credit and elected to cash out. The angle on the 4-ball and its distance from the northwest corner contributed to the persuasion.
OTHER:
- The 36 different raffle participants averaged a $9.81 investment – the highest amount in a long time even though three of them used the minimum.
- This author thinks it is irony that four of the top five teams in the standings have already had their BYE week.
- Dan M made his season debut and scored a 60 against the Noiiicest team in the league.
- Former league member teammates Immer H and Steve V played a few hours on Table 16 while mingling.
- The final league game was played on Table 04:
- The curtain opened with drama because one of the two players had been undefeated thus far in the night through seven games. His opponent broke.
- As the scenes ensued, Cox was the protagonist and Lopez the antagonist.
- But, it was as if both actors were playing it safe – not really indulging in the character.
- Without monologues, the artistic director seemed never to have said, “action!”
- The orchestra pit fell silent when Cox missed an 8-ball.
- There was no intermission, but the audience remained devoted to the performance. Then Lopez staged a comeback.
- In the final act, T-Lo won the Tony award and neither remained undefeated.