LIVING LEGENDS - MIC'd UP! Mike SIGEL vs. Earl STRICKLAND - 2018 ACCU-STATS LIVING LEGENDS 10-BALL

[@michaelbaker5180]

Earl’s bio-suit is incredible. He looks like a furniture mover on a moon base.

[@holtenfield]

🤣

[@dennisWilcott]

Your description is right on!! Halarious

[@timjoris6]

You should be proud of that joke

[@mrnobody3949]

🤣🤣

[@Ricardo-sh6pz]

Lmaooooo

[@jaybanthony]

Listening to Mike & Earl speak throughout was the best part for me. The heavy breathing from the commentators, not so much.

[@mohammadalajmi2922]

Please accu stats, with respect to these two gentlemen who did the commentary, don't let them do it again.

[@tonyespiritu5869]

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[@vilzonatso9757]

This video makes me feels like i am living in the commentators nostrils.

[@MrJkalebby]

What's the point of micing the players up if you're going to have commentators talking all over it

[@wthigo77]

Can't even hear them like they're not even on.

[@jaipreet5053]

true af

[@derekcathey6991]

I've been waiting for this one for a long time! Thanks Pat!

[@AccuStats]

Hope you like it!

[@mohammadalajmi2922]

Can't wait, thank you accu stats for all great time i spent on your videos.

[@AccuStats]

More to come!

[@RyanJacksonElectrical]

Thanks for the video. It seems everyone is pissed off that Mike won't shut up or that the announcers won't. I'm just happy to see these two play again.

[@noway9426]

Mike….you are a drain on everything and one around you. You’ve been blessed with an ability to play a “GAME” for a living and you haven’t stopped complaining about it since.

[@truthwarrior122]

Now we all see where Earl Strickland got his evil antisocial hateful personality from. Mike Segal is Earls favorite player.

[@TheeMcDonger]

who is earl's sponsor? TAPE?

[@OM3N1R]

BACKBRACE

[@janjanxd399]

He is the new endorser of flex tape😅

[@AlabamaLinemanFarmer]

🤣

[@soulmusic775]

These guys with their comments brought a tear to my eye. I love em both. I switched from your typical bar tables to diamonds and 4 months later I started getting the hang of em. So I completely understand all the things they are saying. Respect to these to legends and their comedic entertainment. This match was still quality and they could still crush most of us, if not all of us in pool. Great match

[@brianmarcks2587]

Earls probably gonna come out with a helmet on next.

[@d3take1]

If Mike and Earl is ever Committators of billards together That hour+ will be comedy legendary type Gold

[@nickzendano1366]

I love watching Siegel play...man is he entertaining.

[@Cody2nd]

I’d rather watch these guys play and banter any day over watching 2 emotionless robots silently walk around a table for an hour…..these guys came from the GOOD days of pool. Those are long gone!

[@masterlucky379]

True og's got more character and soul.they r from the golden years of pool.

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

I agree 100%!! Pool has changed. It lost its glamor and luster.

[@eddiejohnston1853]

Nice match. Thanks Accu Stats. Watching from Belize.

[@AccuStats]

Thanks for watching!

[@kerrmoney]

I’m so excited for this match, I can’t even see straight!!

[@jaysharp789]

God, I love watching and listening to these 2 legends play. Definitely my two favorite living players

[@stevencarlson9749]

In 10 more years Earl is going to be one big ball of tape!

[@TheMowertech1]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@tommykukulka7811]

looks like the beginning of a straight jacket

[@d3take1]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deanj2487]

Earl looks like he just got out of the hospital from a construction site injury, and mike looks like he just got home from church😂😂

[@timgerard262]

Yeah, he's even wearing the construction boots!

[@cedricwallace8824]

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[@cedricwallace8824]

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[@cedricwallace8824]

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[@cedricwallace8824]

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[@travisrhoades8074]

Mike makes a great point about the inconsistent rails of the Diamond table.

[@eaglemac-vc7nh]

Earl looking like he took his lunch break from finishing up some construction work to play a little 10 ball..😂

[@TrillionTalents777]

Title should be “Two old guys rambling while playing pool.” This was entertaining actually lol

[@jamesbuie5017]

More like grumbling

[@mitzi3140]

God forbid that you guys get older and slow down..

[@DrPool]

Epic match. Thx a lot for the upload!

[@shanedenny5234]

Saw Earl walk in Taylor's Pool Hall in Richmond, Ky. around 30 years ago. My cousin was a well known 9 ball player in the community and surrounding areas. My cousin looked over at his Dad and asked about him. My Uncle replied, "He's one of the best." Well my cousin just had to ask Earl if he wanted to play a game which he did. Earl replied, "I'm going to go back here with these guys". Implying he was going to continue walking towards the back of the pool where they were. Would have loved to have seen them play. Something my cousin could have always remembered and who knows, learned that much more than he already knew to become an even greater player. 👍

[@hey-its-me-bobby-D]

My favorite thing about Mike Sigal is the play by play he gives of his own game. If he and Earl are in their usual characters, the Mic should be big entertainment.

[@Fixstern16]

it's like the 2 old guys on the balcony in the mupped show

[@Ricardo-sh6pz]

Jesus christ between the mouth breathing and the guy that sounds like he just woke up every time he talks i’d MUCH rather listen to Mike. And that says a lot.

[@lost1202]

lol

[@wombra8314]

😂😂😂😂

[@Abraham8061]

Earl strickland and Mike sigel are legends of the game

[@josephkane1723]

Read most of the comments. I loved it all never laughed as much funny comments reminded me of my own senior center pool room. Fun to see the sharkiyng going on.thanks for up loading this “Classic to be”

[@AccuStats]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@steveghisallo]

"Two Legnds mic'd up" and we have to listen to two commentators who know better.

[@d3take1]

Whats up with Earl hand, the yellow shade, the back brace, the thumb tape, whats going on ? Im so confused lol

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

Mental illness is real lol.

[@vgxr29]

When these two meet, commentators are not needed

[@habs4life41]

Great shooting by both.. they still got it wow, what a treat to watch

[@mitzi3140]

For those of you in the back row: Earl's Resume speaks for itself! He has won the US open 5 times and he is the only Player to consecutively win the WPA World Nine-ball championship twice..player of the year multiple times and is ranked the 6th greatest player of all times. He has had a wonderful career. He has had more wins than losses. But like Buddy, age has a way of slowing one down. Regardless of his temper, all that will NEVER be taken away. Medically there is more going on with Earl than you know!

[@maurojr19851]

Like what? (medically)?

[@shayne.7770]

@@maurojr19851 he suffers from bi-polar disorder and a little OCD (as someone who suffers from mental illness it's not hard to see) and that's why he can seem volatile and self destructive at times. He doesnt mean to, hes a really nice guy it's just bi-polar disorder basically gives you 2 different personalities. Also it's the way earl was raised in pool, it was very cutthroat where he is from.

[@iameramcharith4350]

Mad respect for you these two legends. Even in their time, both were very eccentric and their eccentricity seems to have become more prevalent in old age 😂. But still major respect and a joy to see them still playing today. 🙏

[@msroni519]

I agree both have mad skills.. why though, does Mike, lick his hand so much yuk!

[@poolfrooti3342]

Thank you accu stats i was waiting for this video for more than 7 months.can you Upload more old video of Mike sigel.

[@FrankCastle694]

Earl is the most modified pool players I’ve ever seen 😂

[@jaysharp789]

My two favorite living billiards players. Legends is an understatement

[@kobrakaichrislegend1008]

Earl looking like Marve from Home Alone after Kevin wrecked him 😂

[@gatlingoodman9772]

love watching mike play

[@daltonrolls7031]

Did Earl get in a fight with a tiger? or is he preparing for one?

[@msroni519]

I know seeing this one for the first time I was Like wow what the??...2 back braces blue bandage on his HSN his right thumb bandaged his left middle finger pointer finger he's Even got tape on his nosewhat kind of accident was he in?

[@hillbillybeerdranker6678]

Who did Earl piss off to get all those broken fangers?

[@johnborchardt9416]

Whats up with the back brace and safety goggles on Earl? I'm pretty sure Earl lost his mind sometime in the 90's.

[@mrnobody3949]

Earlwood Scissor-hands 🤣🤣

[@AccuStats]

Too funny!!!!!!!!!

[@wombra8314]

lmao

[@travis9752]

I like to hear what mike is thinking and his “mouth”. I would like to hear them talk and just have fun with it. Two of my favorite players to watch.

[@jaredbowers1292]

Commentators are so unnecessary here

[@stevenlopez1717]

I love that earls still rockin the timbs

[@bilders6701]

Sigel never look at a shot he didn't shake his head at!

[@JAddison3]

The two chatter boxes of pool mic'd up... you all are legends for this

[@feelgoodfashion]

It is nice to watch old timers play. You also get to see the problems of being in a sport and getting older. These guys are not that old. Wait time they hit their 70s and see what the issues are. The fact is, even if you are not playing like you did when you were young, you get a lot of benefit playing pool in your golden years. If you think some pool players chatter too much, try listening to some chess players that never shut up and say irritating things while you try to move. Its just part of the game. When I play games I try to say nothing. Why let people know what you are thinking when you are doing things?

[@everything-yd4xm]

C'mon people don't be piss off, this match is just for fun and entertaiment Siegel - talking and talking (with jokes) Strickland - wearing a fancy suit...

[@AccuStats]

Yes, fun and entertainment . . . and pride.🙂

[@timgerard262]

Soon Earl will be coming out in a full Apollo 11 space suit!

[@AccuStats]

We hope so!

[@davidmellish3295]

What's with the heavy breathing of the commentator ?

[@corpulentpuppies7499]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@albertosamaniego2476]

He is obese

[@michaelduffy23]

why does earl look like he just fell off his roof

[@AlabamaLinemanFarmer]

🤣😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

😵‍💫🤣🤣🤣

[@onelife2342]

With Mike playing, we dont need commentators

[@odelldaniel7868]

Earl is hilarious, I never know what to expect..

[@justinsmith293]

Strickland wears all that shit and is still so good. Credit to his work ethic. At his age he could still compete with most of the young cats

[@jaysharp789]

That 4-railer at 1:26 by Sigel was just amazing. That was honestly on the level as Reyes' legendary "Z shot" - especially considering Sigel's age here

[@realtaiter3991]

Mikes ability to never be satisfied is unparalleled.

[@jorgehoyosjr5252]

IDK what’s worse, Sigel commentating, or running his mouth while playing. He’s bringing Earl’s game down with all that yapping.

[@Big-G-man85]

It’s called sharking your opponent.

[@chevive7]

Sigel makes a drama of every shot!!!

[@BaconFrisbee]

Would 100% listen to a podcast with these guys

[@CapoXProductions]

commentator has a literal sub-woofer in his voice box..wtf

[@SiLL-E-Meat]

what's dat inflatable tire tube?

[@aliawan5490]

Mike Sigel bouto catch Covid asap. Going around licking his hands like that 😂🤣

[@wombra8314]

🦠~ 👋🎱👅🎱🤚

[@r1yamaha2000]

i think that commentator needs another few whiskeys and pack of smokes

[@clarkwayne3440]

Two great legends of pool grumblings.

[@theohbg1380]

"Never could figure theese tables out." Cry me a river living legend.

[@danielbalsamo2925]

This is called “mic’d up” but the commentators are talking so much I can’t hear the legends.

[@danielbalsamo2925]

So annoying. Next video.

[@wombra8314]

@@danielbalsamo2925 next accu stats video ✊😍

[@danielsalazar2368]

This was hard to watch not because of the players talking or because of Mike taking long its because I just came from watching their 1988 championship and you can see the difference these were two gladiators that played great and it's hard to see your heros grow old and missing shots they would have easily made in their prime. These are two of my favorite players of all time Goats along with Efren

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

Yes! Same here! I just watched a match from the 80s with these two. What messes they’ve become, sadly. 😢

[@cry_now_laugh_later]

This is Earl being Earl for Halloween

[@wombra8314]

👻🎃👻🎃👻

[@wombra8314]

i went as grace jones 👻🐙💕

[@mikebjorum5834]

Entertaining for sure. But I will watch 100 hours of SVB before listening to Sigel P&M for 3 minutes. LOL.

[@bobhart4952]

Was earl in a car accident ?

[@bingchilling135]

Earl looks like a character in a pool themed movie who overcomes his battle with 4 separate diseases to compete against the greats

[@OzarkBill]

I can't stop laughing at this. I read your comment before I even saw him. This is Earl at his crazy peak for sure.

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

Earl looks like he just escaped from the insane asylum.

[@jrn2121]

😂😂😂😂

[@brianjuarez4387]

great video but I find that it is better watched in 1.75 speed. makes it go by faster since mike sigel keeps taking very long pauses throughout his shots. All and all it was great to watch these legends play

[@truthwarrior122]

Mike is a HORRIBLE slow evil shit-talking opponent. Don't you DARE to try and beat him fair and square.

[@wthigo77]

So when are they going to turn their mic's on?

[@dannyorsello8668]

We're all getting old, no question. I'm just wondering about all of the tape and wrappings on Earl , I mean is he in pain and that helps or what's the story? Mike looks normal, Earl seems like he's into some strange endeavors.

[@jamesbishop3898]

I believe those are weights around his torso. He feels it keeps him balanced. The finger tip tape is actually a finger extension that allow him to bridge over balls more easily. He's been doing both for years, but I haven't noticed either to be a constant in his game. I've even seen him add giant ear muffs to block out noise. Sometimes he has an insanely long cue too. Weird to us, but you can't argue with his success.

[@rusher1977]

Sigel and Strickland. Pretty entertaining. Sigel is irritating when he yaps on and on when he's playing in some of the other tournaments but in a match against someone else that yaps like he does it's not so bad.

[@alogmoreno4185]

what the heck are those on Earl's fingers man?

[@doctoreggman21]

he suffers from tremors I think, and that helps to stabilize his hand

[@sirdetmist3204]

He basically said as he has gotten older he finds it hard to stay still.

[@johnnyklasing4002]

Wait so if you don’t call your pocket it’s loss of turn, but if you play a defensive shot and make a ball that YOU DON’T CALL, it’s not loss of turn?

[@coreymeredith7008]

Hard to watch with earls 20 pieces of of gear. Is that a corset with tape wrapped around it? Eventually he come to the table a mummy

[@ronnyfen2406]

Mike the explanation Segel.

[@ronnyfen2406]

Explain all mi mistakes

[@theloopguardiansaxies8094]

Lmfaooo!!!

[@scootnitdowntown]

Wtf is this!? Two senior citizens bitching about how unlucky they are. 😂

[@john_vin]

It's weird how Strickland relishes on another blabbermouth. You would think he'd be irritated hearing another one like him but no, he likes that kind of playing environment. Sort of calms his nerves.

[@andrewverrett568]

Well also its just really exhibition

[@joeyb7388]

Micd up huh? All I hear is this dude breathing heavy

[@blagoyeblaz3507]

All this sniffing and munching makes me miss sigel whining..

[@sohjunwen5490]

Both players still shooting good pool! Nice match

[@bobbyjojo]

Mike is using a break cue with a wrap which is slipping out of his hand. So why not use a break cue without a wrap?

[@curtispetit986]

I know about wearing a glove to help the shaft slide. I have one too, but what's up with the other stuff on Earl's left hand?

[@travismoore8337]

Mike has played so much pool he’s starting to look like a cue ball

[@rockyj2008]

Looks like Earl just got off the plane from Cape Canaveral😂

[@MrGarage]

Earl Strickland is such a beautiful mess

[@shayne.7770]

Why does Mike lick his hand everytime he breaks?

[@ricardo25891263]

Jimmy white does that aswell and Alex Higgins did that aswell. Must be some anxiety coping behaviour

[@pewdipie5963]

He had some raspberry soda from lunch on it

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

i watch a lot of players and they never talk at all, i like mike sigel because he talks a lot, it's just hilarious plus his shooting stance is goofy

[@landonboomsma2594]

So much going on lmao mic to close to commentators + mouth breathing and earl showing up with a suit of armor 😂

[@yen4828]

🔥😉火爆浪子（珍珠）的瀟灑、犀利球風，真的堪稱一絕。其 實力、穩健程度，真的少有人能望其項背，巔峰時期更是人人懼怕的對手……特徵缺點就是“全出頭了了”，下一秒不知會發生什麼事……😂🔥

[@colbywalker142]

Earl always seems to wear crazy accessories only when playing sigel. The noise canceling headphones were my favorite.

[@Turborekker]

The actual match is about 30 minutes, but Mike was commentating too

[@kvukasxc659]

What the hell happened to Earl with his older age??!! Dude has basically gone crazy with all these "enhancements" to his game lol

[@TrillionTalents777]

He is a cyborg

[@MrJdsenior]

The first 19 min is two hall of famers looking more or less like rank amateurs...then Sigel finally seems to find 1st gear at the light. I was seriously starting to wonder if this match was worth continuing to watch just before that point. Mike was clowning around about having solids...then he stars whining about the rails being inaccurate, on a DIAMOND table. And then his break at 22:43...I thought he was going to start complaining that the cloth was inaccurate, too. The pockets look pretty agressively cut, but other than that, the Diamond is a FINE table. Game starting 22:44, Earl FINALLY shows up...now THAT looked like a pro going through a table, he classic Earl freight trained that one. Sigel's shot @ 1:25:57 is worth the whole match. Beautiful shot. Actually, he took a few chances on that 10 rack run...specifically to MAKE the ten rack run...he said as much in an interview I watched afterward. That was an AMAZING accomplishment....ESPECIALLY given the pressure that he must have been feeling when he was getting close. When Mike said he was going to go behind the three before he hit it to himself, I thought, yup, near sure way to get there. Even 'DON'T end up behind the three', to my subconscious, apparently gets interpreted as 'squat it behind the three'. Earl's "twenty years ago it would'a gone here" was funny...probably true, too. You talked about them forgetting their past errors. If you watch when Efren dogs a shot badly during a match, he almost always set that shot up after the match and shot it two or three times, I assume at least part of that was to leave the shot COMPLETED properly in his mind, rather than dogged. I've seen him do it many many times. Used to have fun picking the shot he would set up beforehand. One player I REALLY miss watching...but he's still killing it at one pocket...pro level wins still, against guys 40 years his junior. And some of his solutions...looked like WTH, then the ball was in and he was dead on line...so much fun to watch. Later they were talking about the table again. I think what they're saying is they play differently from the brunswicks, etc. and they do...they play truer on the cushions, and set up right, with the single piece slate, they are dead flat. I've got a Crown I, but I would have gotten a Diamond, if I could have found one cheap enough. The crown is an excellent table though, these guys would be very at home on my table.

[@cry_now_laugh_later]

No time stamps for every shot??

[@MrJdsenior]

@@cry_now_laugh_later Nah, sorry.

[@ohsoleohmio]

the rubber is harder and there is less grip spin doesnt have as much effect and the ball does not sink in long or deep even on hard shots so there is less options and less variety and completely different game ... especially for these guys to adapt is asking a lot after millions of balls with different rubber on older tables ... they should mever have changed them imo

[@MrJdsenior]

@@ohsoleohmio Not sure what you mean by effect, I assume you mean to English 'taking' off of the cushions. I have never tested that, so I can't comment as to the accuracy of that statement. But as for geometrical TRUENESS of banking, the Diamond cushions are far better. On my (or any I've played on) Brunswick, the cushions bank notably short..typically a tip of running English will pocket a ball at medium speeds. The Diamonds I have played on (several) banks from two diamonds cross side ON the appropriate 1st diamond across the table hit center ball, when rolling. Just my experience. IMHO, the table should bank accurately, geometry wise, I'm guessing that is what Diamond was aiming for, since they achieved it. I have never played on one, but I would suspect the expensive snooker tables bank accurately, as well. Again, no experience on them, though, so just a guess.

[@ohsoleohmio]

@@MrJdsenior if you mean geometry wise is like a mirror reflection then maybe the diamonds are truer , however in all my experience with older tables a double will reflect more the bigger the angle so that you can add a third to every shot ie the double reflects from one diamond across comes back another 1 diamond and a third or from 2 diamonds across comes back 2 diamonds again plus one third of 2 diamonds, hard to explain but many doubles and bank tutorials explain the third rule.. another way to explain is that the american tables now behave much more like british tables 7 foot pool or 12 foot snooker ... shots like cockhat shot are even possible with new cloth on diamond type tables with harder cushions where older tables this shot was always impossible as the running side would be accumulative ... I always saw American balls and tables as an exaggeration of everything on british game however new tables are a step backwards taking away the exageration slightly and much more limited shot making even if its more consistent in a way its more difficult also and suits pros because they have to do much more to move the balls around many banks are impossible also now as they double kiss very easily where before even frozen balls you could double long virtually straight shots sometimes considered a trick shot with enough force and side. Hope they return to the softer rubber but im guessing this is a cheaper option or more resilient rubber like the new shims and we will have to endure and adapt :/