Jeff sparks
Verified Member
Playing Joiner in his prime about 20 years ago a shot came up following my break in one pocket. The break was perfect, the CB was froze an inch or two above the second diamond and 5 balls were evenly distributed around my pocket with one of them very near the right side of my pocket, maybe an inch outside of the jaws. None of the balls were visible to hit or get at reasonably with any kind of a kick, he was screwed, because I was only going to 4 and there was no way out for him..... Or so I thought!
We had been playing for awhile and a good size audience had gathered to sweat the action. Cliff studied the shot from every conceivable angle and looked stumped. Everyone watching was also positive he was trapped and would lose the game if he didn't take an intentional and roll me into the wrong side of the stack.
I'm sure he thought of the intentional, because he would take them readily to avoid giving up a possible game winning shot, however this time he didn't do that.
What he did was the greatest shot I've ever seen! With his regular playing cue, he jacked up on that frozen CB and jumped the entire stack, landing perfectly into the left point of my corner pocket and pinch kicked out the ball right by my pocket, sticking the CB right there!!!
I couldn't believe my eyes, and neither could the crowd because there was a moment of complete silence, almost like a reverent prayer, then what he had just done sunk in on all of us at the same time.
The crowd burst to it's feet and he got the first standing ovation I've ever seen in a pool room.
I lead the applause, it was the best shot I've ever seen!
What about you? Seen any great ones you'd like to share?
We had been playing for awhile and a good size audience had gathered to sweat the action. Cliff studied the shot from every conceivable angle and looked stumped. Everyone watching was also positive he was trapped and would lose the game if he didn't take an intentional and roll me into the wrong side of the stack.
I'm sure he thought of the intentional, because he would take them readily to avoid giving up a possible game winning shot, however this time he didn't do that.
What he did was the greatest shot I've ever seen! With his regular playing cue, he jacked up on that frozen CB and jumped the entire stack, landing perfectly into the left point of my corner pocket and pinch kicked out the ball right by my pocket, sticking the CB right there!!!
I couldn't believe my eyes, and neither could the crowd because there was a moment of complete silence, almost like a reverent prayer, then what he had just done sunk in on all of us at the same time.
The crowd burst to it's feet and he got the first standing ovation I've ever seen in a pool room.
I lead the applause, it was the best shot I've ever seen!
What about you? Seen any great ones you'd like to share?