Reader Ron Allday sent me this note back in 2007. It was posted on an old blog that I'm in the process of trashing."I was in the Le Cue in Houston one night back in the 70's. Fats had come in to do an exhibition. Fats was shooting and gabbing, and mentioned he had done an exhibition for the Houston Astros, and let one of the players win the first game of a race to three. Some kid in the crowd popped off then that 'If that had been me I'd have quit after one game so I could say I beat the Fat Man.' It got quiet, and Fats put his stick down, walked over and got right in the kid's face. He said 'Sonny Boy, wouldn't have done ya' any good. Nobody woulda believed ya!' Jersey Red was there, too. He told me he wouldn't walk across the room to watch Fats shoot, but he'd drive across the country to listen to him talk. That was a memorable evening."
-- R.A. Dyer
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That's got to be one of the best all-time one-liners:
he wouldn't walk across the room to watch Fats shoot, but he'd drive across the country to listen to him talk.
brilliant!
any idea if there is any value on the "Hustle" card given like the one pictured. I have one that was given to me by Fats.
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