TANGA KASI AKO KAYA AKO NATALO SA NBA 2K8

kalahating joke at kalahating totoo ang title ng post kong ito.

joke dahil hindi ako ang natalo.

totoo dahil totoong may natalo, at iyan ang title ng post sa blog nya ngayon hehehe...

there's a boy in every man, as they say. at isa diyan ang paglalaro ko ng PS2.

at dahil mahilig din diyan ang isa sa mga bespren ko at fellow blogger na hindi ko papangalanan, nagpustahan kami na maglaban in a best of 5 game. ang matatalo sa serye ay magbabayad ng pustang P300.00 at ang malupit: ipopost ang kahihiyan sa blog gamit ang titulo ng blog na ito.

siyempre, ang team ko Cavaliers (go Lebron!!!).
at siya naman, dahil kamukha daw nya si Kareem Rush (tingnan ang larawan sa baba), Pacers ang pinili nyang team.



...ang resulta? ayun, tingnan ang blog na ito para malaman kung sino ang natalo hehehe... ANGNASWEEPATUMUWINGLUHAANGBLOGGER

The Crappy Commish

I know. I know.

Sta Lucia fans will think that I am just being sour for my team's (Purefoods) game 7 lost against their team last Sunday.

And I don't care, oh damn I just don't care.

I believe Sta Lucia has the right to win, that they are really capable of winning the championship, that they deserve what they've achieved. I give my salute to them, they're a great team - with a great mix of players, excellent teamwork and a morale-boosting desire to win the cup.

But what happened on February 28, Thursday is a total crap.

On February 27's Game 4, PF's James Yap was called for a Flagrant Foul 1 by the referees after retaliating against SL's Joseph Yeoh's hard foul on him.

Then surprisingly, the following day (Feb 28), PBA Commissioner Sonny Barrios had a lunch meeting with Sta. Lucia's team owner Exequiel Robles, hours before his scheduled meeting with James Yap at 3:00 p.m. (Yap was summoned by the commissioner for his flagrant foul)

Yap was even made to wait until after 5:00 p.m. (talk about punctuality) before seeing the commish and was even quoted as seeing the whole Sta Lucia team management and coaches with Barrios that afternoon.

And of course, the rest is history. Barrios unexpectedly handed down the cunning and championship-turning decision of upgrading Yap's foul into Flagrant Foul 2, rendering Yap with a one-game suspension. Of course, the suspension was postponed until Game 5 (where PF lost, obviously missing the services of their top gunner).

Coincidence, you may say? And how about the propriety of a commissioner's power to change the official's calls?

...I will not be surprised if this is just the precedent of things to come in the PBA, so long as that crappy commish is heading the league.

With the unfolding of this REALLY crucial suspension, Rene Pardo resigned as the Chairman of the PBA Board's Ethics Committee, indicating that he, his team and Purefoods management could not fully accept the decision.

But asked later if he is after the Commissioner's head; Pardo said he's not. He's just stressing the question of the "proprietary" of Barrios' untimely meeting with the Sta Lucia management.

But if somebody would care to ask me if I am? I'll say YES. I'm after the commisioner's head.



[see also: http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20080225-120976/Realtors-move-within-win-of-title, http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-02-25&sec=7&aid=50636]