NPR: Billiards Star Reyes Gets Everyone into the Pool: “The man many consider to be the best pool player in the world, Efren “Bata” Reyes, is a skinny, almost toothless, 52-year-old Filipino with a slight paunch, an infectious grin and a legion of fans both at home and abroad.” Last year, Bata was featured in Time’s 60 Years of Asian Heroes issue, in the august company of legends like Gandhi, Akira Kurosawa and Muhammad Yunus.