"Born in the early sixties, Pickle first picked up a cue at the age of five and was making money with it two years later. "My father was a pool player-I'm a natural at it," he relays in his pleasantly accented voice. "Right now my eyes are going a little bad, which at this age is ordinary, so I've really got to get Lasik Surgery or glasses or contacts. I probably should have had this done a little while ago.""

"Explaining how he got drawn more into the game, Pickle relates, "The o�nly mentor really I ever had was Charlie James, and he died in seventy-six. He sort of looked out for me after my father died-he died of cancer when I was seven-he [James] owned about four or five poolrooms in the Nashville area. He looked out for me.""

"Whether it was James or his own sense of fair play that molded him, Pickle exudes a strong conviction of good sportsmanship. He is the first to compliment an opponent o�n a good shot, the first to shake a victorious adversary's hand, and the first to ask the question, "if you're not having fun, why keep doing it?" It's this attitude that makes"

"Bobby o�ne of the circuit's most well-liked players. His infectious laugh and gentlemanly ways win him fans and friends wherever he goes. But his game is never o�ne that should be taken lightly under any circumstances."

""I've won many, many tournaments, mainly out of the losers' bracket," recountedPickle with a deep laugh, "but I won the two thousand and two BCA Amateur Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were seventeen hundred and ninety-five players in it, and I went undefeated. I've won the Tennessee State Championship
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