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Homereadmagic paper back bo...Business & InvestingThe Hustler & The Champ: Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, and the Rivalry that Defined Pool |
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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 The Hustler & The Champ: Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, and the Rivalry that Defined Pool Jul 10, 2009
husband's Father's Day gift....he really loves it and keeps telling all his pool buddies all the stories he has read in the book as he reads it...GREAT READ!
a sad but true story Mar 25, 2009
i have heard of willie mosconi and minnesota fats since the early 60s but this book gives me an insight into their lives that i never knew.both their lives border on sad and tragic.it is a shame that willie mosconi,one of the best if not the best in his sport has been almost forgotten by the general public.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 good history/ bad his-story Jul 13, 2008
there are some great facts found in the pages of this book but the majority of the story is Mosconi champ-Fats hustler , over and over. R.A Dyer is a good writer and his book "hustler days" was a great champion. "The hustler and the champ" was a great hustle.
GREAT STORY OF WILLIE AND FATS Jun 15, 2008
Upon completing this book, I can say I found it very informative along with being a great story. I have read the autobiographies of both Willie and Minnesota Fats and this book had numerous facts about the two I was unaware of. The book begins by explaining how there televised match originated, then goes on to chronicle the history and careers of both men. I don't think you can say Fats really had a "career" as much as a life spent hustling and gambling. Willie sure had one with all the World Championships and his lifetime spent doing exhibitions all over the country. Keep in mind that the book has much more history on Willie than Fats. The book then tells of their televised match. This part was excellent reading as he told of Fats "starting in" on Willie before the pool match even began. I read this part twice and had to laugh at the things he said and pictured him saying them on T.V. (CLASSIC FATS). The book talks about a few other meetings between the two as well as a little on their lives after pool. I thought it was kind of sad how both ended up.
If I had one negative thing to say, it was maybe a little dry during the middle chapters.
What I liked most was what the author gives us to think about at the end. Even though Willie absolutely detested Fats, Fats did a lot for pools popularity and Willie's. I believe the book claimed their original televised match had a 30 % share. That's incredible when you think about it. Willie had the records and championships but Fats was like the original one man show. Like Minnesota Fats said to Willie Mosconi...."You gotta have fans".
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A very pleasent read by a Mosconi fan Jun 11, 2008
I have been a pool fan and player for about sixty years. I've been a Mosconi fan as long as I can remember and have attended several of this gentleman's exhibitions. At that time, I was an employee of the Brunswick Corporation, Mr. Mosconi's sponsor.
This book was a "good read" from cover to cover. I read much too seldom, however once started in this book I couldn't lay it down. What was appreciated in this book was that it did not seem to be biased, it truly enabled the reader to know Mr. Mosconi.
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