Mosconi Cup 2010 - Day 3 - Match 13 - Appleton vs. Hatch

[MrZanenoS]

what a fucking audience is that! SHUT UP I WANNA WATCH THE GAME!

GOD!

[sdraver92]

the stop clock really fucked appleton up in this match

[RayHusted]

lol at 2:57, america vs usa hahahah

[cdgriffin88]

Victory>Shaft. lol

[billiardsmylife]

@angellover91436 my ass he's better than what you'll ever be and he is a former #1 player if he put his practice in he would be right back up there

[angellover91436]

dennis is an idiot, sorry to say..he has so much talent, but his ego and all this circus act is horrible. it might have worked his first year on the mosconi, but now it is getting old, get over it dennis..more pool, less ego. be a sport

[billiardsmylife]

dennis Hatch is currently teaching me at his home in buffalo :)

[angellover91436]

@billiardsmylife how to lose?

[RayHusted]

@billiardsmylife you lucky son of a bitch!!! i would kill for that

[ucantstopmeee]

I think this was one of the most exciting match in this year's mosconi cup...

[imnotigerswoods]

32:22 LOL! That hot blonde is sooo bored haha, "Like isn't there an after party? When's the party!?"

[rrj4]

9-ball tournament named after a straight pool player...awesome

[kevycanavan]

Fuckin' shot clocks are destroying billiard games.

[phixxwutwut]

@kevycanavan really? i thought boring players taking unreasonably long and making the sport unwatchable for non-billiard playing fans was destroying the game.

[kevycanavan]

@phixxwutwut

I'd rather watch someone play well at their own pace. The beauty of the game is in the angles, not the speed.

They don't do it to make it more exciting to watch...they do it to appease the TV companies, to fit adverts in. There's no other sport that has to bend over like that.

[phixxwutwut]

@kevycanavan maybe so, but for a sport to be commercialized it must fit certain time restraints. in order for the sport to grow, which is obviously what theyre trying to do with pool and the mosconi cup, it must be standardized in some way.  hockey has 3 periods of 20 minutes, basketball has four quarters. they cant televise live pool games if theyre going to take 3 hours. just my opinion of course, every professional sport has some form of standardized timing system.

[kevycanavan]

@phixxwutwut

They show a lot of snooker tournaments on the BBC. Sometimes the frames take up to 40 minutes to play and important matches will be allowed to run over into other show's schedules.

The long format of the game doesn't stop it being really popular and lots of people watch it every time it's on.

[phixxwutwut]

@kevycanavan thats interesting.  i didnt know that.

[9ballalex]

I don't know how much nervous Appleton was but, seriously I have to say this is the most disappointing performance I have ever ever seen of a professional player ... know how to control the nerves is part of being a professional player.

[harrymodo2]

hatch played great, but made a mistake at 6:6 . at this condition, it was easy to finish the game for darren at this point.

[32KOAST]

hatch is the weakest link so far for team america. 

[RyanWatchesNaruto]

Never expected him to sound like that, Appleton this is. Oh well :P

[hosinbolankza]

crazy game.. this is the best one. just like u're seen a movie.. what a drama

[Pandush1]

im a europan but the team usa is the best beacuse they are the best players ever that are very calm and play for fun

[alaapoolvids]

49:48 Dennis points at the cue ball with his cue like Darren scratched on the final 9 ball. Funny how Daz had to give it another look while celebrating. lol

[RunoutMedia]

@alaapoolvids Daz smashed his cue off the floor during his celebration, snapping it in half. Dennis was telling Daz, since he didn't notice.

[pigdisposal]

wow this match was the major turning point in the mosconi. hatch had him up againt the ropes pretty good too

[percyweintraub]

some surprising misses in this match

[wildbaseballplaya]

at 26:08 you can tell its a clean hit. i disagree with the announcer. more concerned about his opinion then just concentrating on the replay.

[lemonadegrave]

Yeah, snookeram, you certainly did a great job with all of these mosconi uploads. Kudos for you, i appreciate it greatly.

[Valdinsh]

After this match it's official - Jim Wych (regardless of him being a good player) is a terrible sports commentator. The comment he makes at 24:10 ... give me a break. He is getting really annoying at times.

good game though. Thanks for the up.

[RunoutMedia]

@Valdinsh We'll throw you in the commentary booth during a live event. See if you can commentate for about 18 hours over the course of 4 days, and see if you don't make a single mistake.

Jim isn't perfect, but he's as exciting as it gets in professional pool. Until you find a better alternative for a color commentator, I suggest you be a little more respectful.

[Valdinsh]

@RunoutMedia

Actually I would greatly appreciate that. In fact I would love to be in Jim's place. I would love to commentate the games for whatever time needed. I hope that one day I will have the possibility to do that.

Mind I tell you that I did not say he made mistake nor consider that it was a mistake. I wold characterize that as a certain negligence.

Alternatives - the British commentator who was present in some matches was very good (made jokes as well). I would love to hear him more

[RunoutMedia]

@Valdinsh You mean Sid? Wow, I guess tastes vary, as I can't handle that guy. To each their own I guess. :)

[Valdinsh]

@RunoutMedia

Thank you. Now I at least know his name =)

And that's good otherwise people would be all boring.

Cheers from Latvia mate ;)

[stevanmilk]

@RunoutMedia that wasnt sid. sid is the worst pool commentator in history, i think he used to commentate for espn alongside jim wych, maybe still does it. the guy the poster before referred to is the guy whos also conducting the interviews. i think his name is andy goldstein, dont wanna browse the other videos to make sure.

btw loved ur first video magazine. just a shame that part 2 isnt available in germany due to sony copyrights.

[RunoutMedia]

@stevanmilk Thanks for the clarification and the compliments. As for part 2, if you go to the RunoutMedia website to the Video Magazine main page, click the "watch in HD" button and you can see a backup version that's not blocked in Germany.

[stevanmilk]

@RunoutMedia thanks. watched the whole thing again. just subscribed to issue 2 via paypal. keep up the good work

[mrluigimario]

It's funny how one of the American commentators used to play professional 'snuker' yet he never managed to pronounce the name of the sport correctly.

Thanks for the upload :)

[clayton1979]

@mrluigimario Jim Wych is Canadian not American.

[virgayL]

@clayton1979 Please tell me Canada is not a part of America and everything is fine ...

Appleton certainly didn't earn that win, but it was really Hatch who put the last nail in his own coffin ... terrible way of shooting. But as soon as he pointed out where he wanted to be I knew he was going to overhit this ...

He also got some terrible shots before when he tried to play the 9 twice - he just hit and hoped.

[andyhounslow]

@virgayL say what you want about how Hatch played mate, but to win the match, you still got to pot the balls under extreme pressure. Appleton certainly did earn this win, and it hurt the American team badly

[virgayL]

@andyhounslow Yes, it hurt them badly. Yes, you have to pot the balls under extreme pressure and he already proved that he can do it without any fatal errors - that's why he was voted MVP ;) But you can't deny the fact that he played some terrible shots.

[mackadousha]

thanks for uploading. you did a great job with the videos.