Pacquiao - Cotto Bluburbs

I've gone through almost all pacquiao-cotto/mayweather articles over the net for the last 2 weeks, I just can't get enough of the all the hype in boxing recently. It's not only because I am Filipino and I root for Pacman, though I loss to a bet, a can of soda to one of my insistent work mate, I guess everyone's right saying boxing is back and Pacman and Mayweather should lead bring boxing back the way it used to be.

The intrigue and attention given to Pacquiao's alleged extra curricular romantic activities though I think, was just too much, and here people even start to talk about moral obligation. Pacquiao's not a priest, and being a very well knownpersonality in the Philippines didn't come with such job description. What responsibility are they talking about? Nobody told them to look up to Pacquiao as a father, husband or whatever. I say screw that, who in the hell is society to demand social obligation from someone? especially from someone who has already given more than enough share of his success as a boxer, and with true generosity? He has all the money and all the fame, so just let him be, whether Pacman commits whatever mistake (?) or innanities outside of everybody else's social and moral spectrum, just keep it to yourselves. People are just wasting their mind and effort, going through this, not to mention bringing up unsolicited disctractions and unwanted emotional pains perhaps, to Jinky and whoever.

Anyway, going back, I think Mayweather has been doing great in promoting himself as a popular boxer, acting, and doing the best he can to grab the right amount of attention to take the role of villain as they say. But I think this time, there's no more ducking for him, I bet he's thinking of ways on how to duck Pacquiao to no avail. It would be impossible for Mayweather to avoid this now and not be seen as a coward who couldn't put his 40-0 record on the line. The public wasn't this demanding when he had the better chance to face other opponents whom he ducked successfully, Cotto included. Everyone wants to see the fight, so he better start thinking of that 40-0 record and start training to keep it.

I think Pacquiao's greatness comes from almost all aspect of his game, the work ethic, the mental rigidity, the focus and infallible self-determination. Walking towards the ring, I thought Cotto was just nervous, not so often can you see a boxer, or any high class athlete, come to the face the challenge this way. It's always the serious look and the fighting poker face that you see, so everyone must have thought that this was how one should normally arrive, not knowing that it's only nerves and anxiety and uncertainty that's eating them up. Pacquiao wasn't, I almost thought he was thinking about the next title of his superhero movie while walking towards the ring, I don't know how such world class athletes do it, whether they're about to embark on the biggest fight/game of their lives or whatever. It's just heroic, god-like. Mental toughness at it's purest form.

The fight ended when Cotto knew he couldn't hurt Pacquiao, Pacquiao knew Cotto couldn't hurt him, and when Cotto knew there were just punches that he wouldn't be able to see and might hurt and bring him down. THen he started backing away. It was all over.

Mayweather is all over the place now saying how Pacquiao is not stepping up to the plate and not being a man, saying Pacquiao does not have the balls to challenge Mayweather straight to his face. I didn't think Pacquiao thought about it that way, but i'm pretty sure he'd like to take beat up the pretty boy.

Mayweather is running out of space he better start training - and I hope negotionations will go smoothly, which I doubt, at least it should come to an agreement.

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He did try to write down some but couldn't quite put it in the way that it should be put. There is something inexplicably special about how things could not be put and something superficial with something that can be put, that is without meaning. Cliches would be a good rational place to begin with, though that means writing them again will just prove the fact that he was all well and content. He wrote it down like boredom brought it in, not without deleting them without thinking twice.

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1st Fastball Softball Tournament ends

Congratulations to Fastball Blue Angels for winning 3rd place in the recently concluded 1st Fastball Softball Tournament, congratulations to Harbstarken for winning the championship game against the International Phillies.

The Angels, after losing 15-4 against tourney champions Harbstarken, went over to husstle their way to beat Team Korea and even needed an extra inning,to end perhaps the most exciting game we've played throughout the tournament. However, you can click on the link and visit fastballcebu.com for the rest of the tournament details, I can't write the details of the games, I was playing! hehe

I was not exactly on the right place during the game to be writing about it, I don't even remember how many runs I've made or how many strikes I took. But i remember hitting a triple, and bruising my right knee, my hip and my right elbow on lousy attempts of base sliding, head first. Growing up with the sport, I never had the chance to practice base sliding.

Moving ahead, I would like to thank extra joss, (3 packs of them) for aiding me throughout the entire afternoon during game day, playing without sleep, going straight to the field after 10 hours of call center work. Nevertheless, I wouldn't have done it without those extra joss, though I would not advise drinking 3 packs in one gulp, it had been 2 days of sleeping and eating and rest, still my body aches like I actually need it.

More importantly, I have always believed that baseball is one of the sports that we Filipinos can strive in. We actually excelled during the early 1900's in Asia, the Japanese just won their second world series, and we are just as small and stocky as we should be. I just have this theory that Filipinos, does not have enough patience and passion for baseball, as we do basketball, perhaps due to factors of accessiblity, the personal touch and feel of basketball, growing up as PBA fans, which we don't have for baseball. We dont have enough diamond fields to bring enough players. We look at baseball as a fun sport, yet we should be seeing baseball as a true competitive sport. We need sports like we need movies, they just have to be personal and readily available, so we yell and enjoy basketball better.

But there are many of us out there, baseball enthusiasts, who grew up loving the sport, the smell of grass and the thrill of plays and runs. It's a beautiful sport, my father taught me hard, I learned well but I am no manny pacquiao, and then I was caught with basketball too, and that's another story.

I am more than wiling to promote the sport and help, to whatever I can, to lift baseball into the limelight. I think Fastball Cebu with former UP Cebu star pitcher, owner Jesse Bernad will be a great venue to start reviving the sport, no not reviving, it is beginning a new era of baseball/softball generation of international talents. Anyone interested, join us and visit fastballcebu.com - The 1st Fastball Softball Tournament may have just ended last saturday, but it surely is just the beginning.



Never was a hard hitter, hit 1 homerun in the homerun derby at least. :)

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Blogging

I've just realized. I've been with facebook, is addicted to mafia, vampire, street wars, and farming. I've just realized, nothing beats old style blogging. Yeah!

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I hit a homerun! sort of

It's a nice thing to have your name in the news, no matter how trivial the reason may be. I feel like a sports superstar. hehe check out the article in Philstar.com http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=459962&publicationSubCategoryId=110

Blue Angels, Korea triumph in 1st Fastball Softball event Updated April 22, 2009 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - Sister teams Blue Angels and Blue Panthers suffered contrasting fates at the start of the 1st Fastball Softball Tournament at the Aboitiz Sports Field in Mandaue City.

The Blue Angels and Blue Panthers are a group of individuals united together to form a team for the event by Fastball owner Jesse Bernad.

The Blue Angels only needed five innings to grab their first win at the expense of the Knights, 16-4.

Both squads posted three runs in the first inning, but went scoreless in the next canto.

However, the Blue Angels suddenly pulled away with a total of 13 runs in the next three innings including a homerun from Raymund Salazar. They held off the Knights to a single run under the third inning.

With 16 runs at the end of the fifth inning against only four for the Knights, the game was called quits via mercy rule.

In contrast, the Blue Panthers fell prey to the Korea in the event supported by Alaska Milk and Phiten. — Caecent No-ot Magsumbol (THE FREEMAN)

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