11/24/2007 - POOL TRICKS

You gotta have some admiration for pool trick shot experts. Their dedication to the "sport" can lead to some pretty amazing sights that leave you wondering if physics were somehow defied in the process of hitting those balls in the pockets. It always amazes me to see the high-english shots that make the ball curve and sometimes go backwards. Some trick shots are so elaborate that they rival even the most complicated Rube Goldberg contraptions. Of course, when trick shots go wrong, they're quite underwhelming. But that's why they invented video editing...