Rick Reilly's insult of fossilman

[M2d]

well, you gotta be pointing straight in the first place (alignment is a big problem of mine sometimes), but it takes the spin off and makes your ball go where you're pointing.

[Boris]

Sounds to me like Reilly got cleaned out at the Bellagio poker tables.

[Phat Mack]

Golf, huh? I think Russ Hamilton would be MORE than happy to take Reilly up on a golf match, and he was once 4 spins or close.

Alas, Reilly doesn't have enough money.

If Reilly wants to play golf for money, the last thing he wants to do is cruise poker rooms. Jesus, some of those old farts, who you wouldn't think able to walk across the parking lot, can play.

[uuDevil]

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On a side note, I've played racquetball about ten times in my life and I can safely say that no one as overweight as Raymer could ever beat me, EVER!

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Unless you're quite good at some other racket sport, I think you'd be a big underdog.

[eric5148]

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does this really work?

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It "works" because it reduces spin. If you're a bad player who sprays the ball all over the place, it would help you.

If you're a good player who can manipulate the ball flight on purpose, it would hurt you in two different ways: you wouldn't be able to draw or fade the ball, and you would lose distance control because of less backspin.

I now declare myself the official 2+2 golf nerd. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Kellon]

You're pretty close. Golf ball mfgrs design their golf balls to have less backspin off the driver b/c less backspin (off the driver) means more distance. Club mfgrs do the same to the extent possible, i.e., design drivers to create less backspin on the ball off the tee. Part of the reason is stop the ball from "ballooning", which is one of the possible results of backspin. So, using the "grease" on the driver could, possibly, result in a longer drive.

[Daliman]

Yeah, but Russ used to be very heavy, which was part of my specific point.

[Daliman]

If fossilman plays a decent game, you have no chance, unless you just happen to be a phenomenal athlete. There's a lot more to racqeutball than meets the eye.

[andyfox]

The only thing worse than bad publicity is no publicity.

[Beerfund]

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If fossilman plays a decent game, you have no chance, unless you just happen to be a phenomenal athlete. There's a lot more to racqeutball than meets the eye.

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You don't have to be a "phenomal" athlete to beat someone who is badly out of shape. I would have him running so muchin the first 10 minutes he would need an oxygen tank.