11/15/09 - posted by Will
We may be getting a little off-subject here but if you want to see the master, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv9E2ijKGNE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIE5AOayYvI&feature=related

It's a short video of Willie Mosconi and Jimmy Caras, both world champs in advanced years, playing an exhibition. Mosconi still had a game face that would cause Attila the Hun to miss a pace.

Here's a little of Ralph Greenleaf, generally thought to be the second greatest player of all time. Apparently, he was a drug addict and alcoholic, but was a great player and quite showman. He was dead by the time he was 50.

The Outside Lands connection is that Mosconi played exhibitions at L&L Castle Lanes on Geneva Ave.
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