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    Pba's Best Teams

    in Basketball

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    CRISPA and TOYOTA

     

    These two teams played many classic battles over the PBA’s first nine seasons, and dominated the PBA landscape by virtually making the three-conference titles a two-team affair. Simply put, they were the two best teams of their era, and among the two best of all time.

     

    And since they were such great teams, it was only natural that they measured themselves against each other, because that’s what the great ones do. And out of this obsession to be better than the other, the greatest Philippine basketball rivalry of all time was born.

     

    Their very first PBA game, played on May 10, 1975, already gave us a glimpse of what was to come. With only three seconds left, and the Redmanizers already assured of victory, Toyota’s Oscar Rocha punched Crispa’s Bernie Fabiosa. It was the first in what would be a series of fight-marred contests between the two archrivals.

     

    Perhaps no other game better typified this spoiling-for-a-fight mood of Toyota-Crispa matches than the one that opened the 1977 PBA season. Crispa narrowly defeated Toyota, 122-121, and afterwards Mon Fernandez and Philip Cezar got into it on the way to the locker rooms. Pretty soon, players from both teams got involved, and the whole thing escalated into a full-blown rumble. Story goes that all the players were detained in Camp Crame overnight.

     

    One former Crispa player was recently quoted as saying that their hatred for one another was so intense that if players from one team chanced upon players from another team in a bar, a fight would inevitably break out.

     

    Crispa and Toyota were so good that between them they won the first 10 PBA titles, and 11 of the first 12 over the PBA’s first four seasons. During this time span, only the U-Tex Wranglers managed to break the stranglehold with a championship in the ’78 Invitational Conference.

     

    All in all, though, Crispa had the edge in total championships, 13-9. In terms of head-to-head matches, the Redmanizers also had more wins, but it was a very close 63-60.

     

    As for the players, they also dominated the league’s Most Valuable Player award. From 1975 to 1983, with the exception of 1981, either a Crispa player or a Toyota player was named MVP. Here, the Redmanizers also had the edge, with six of their players winning the MVP compared to two for Toyota.

     

    For those who want to know, the MVP winners were Bogs Adornado (1975-76), Freddie Hubalde (1977), Atoy Co (1979), Cezar (1980) and Abet Guidaben (1983) for Crispa; and Robert Jaworski (1978) and Mon Fernandez (1982) for Toyota.

     

    After dominating the 1982 season with two titles, the Super Corollas stumbled in 1983 as a power struggle between the team’s two best players — Fernandez and Jaworski — finally boiled over after years of simmering just beneath the surface. Toyota failed to make it to the finals of any of the three conferences, and they were even ousted in the elimination round of the Reinforced Conference. To rub salt on their wounds, their hated rivals completed a Grand Slam, sweeping all three conference titles.

     

    The deteriorating economic and political situation eventually took its toll on Crispa as well, and at the end of the ’84 season, they, too, bid the PBA farewell. It was the end of an era, and it was a less-than-ideal way to end a magnificent rivalry.

     

    But the two great rivals would get one more chance to write finis on their epic rivalry, although it would come 20 years late. On May 30, 2003, players from both sides — at least those who could still run, jump and shoot — reunited to play each other (and exchange elbows and flying kicks) one last time. Toyota got the last word in on the rivalry, winning, 65-61. Fittingly, the game-winning play featured the two players who feuded during their final season together — Jaworski and Fernandez. With time winding down, and Toyota protecting a slim one-point lead, a grey-haired Fernandez found his old teammate at the top of the three-point circle. And as if it was 1978 all over again, Jaworski calmly buried a three-point shot to lift Toyota to its last win over Crispa.

     

    Afterwards, Terry Saldana showed everyone that not much had changed. Interviewed by the press, the former Toyota forward labeled the Crispa players “larong squatter.” Co retorted by challenging Saldana to take a drug test first, while Cezar was more blunt, calling his rival “bobo” (dumb).

     

    Now that’s what I call a rivalry.

    The Flipside of Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, Multiply, Friend

    in Culture and Living

    Posted

    Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online, claims marketing efforts by the company often results in a compromise on account holders' privacy, reports CBS News.

     

    Goodchild noted five risks of using Facebook on 'The Early Show on Saturday Morning.' They are:

     

    1.Your information is being shared with third parties

     

    2. Privacy settings revert to a less safe default mode after each redesign

     

    3. Facebook ads may contain malware

     

    4. Your real friends unknowingly make you vulnerable

     

    5. Scammers are creating fake profiles

     

    Earlier this week, 15 privacy and consumer protection organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the site manipulates privacy settings to make users' personal information available for commercial use.

    San Miguel Beer

    in Basketball

    Posted

    Have you noticed that the top 3 for this conference (SMB, Alaska, and TalknText) are those teams who didn't (or shall I say haven't) changed their respective original choices of imports?

     

    Too bad, TnT is still tinkering with the idea of replacing the inexplosive yet effective Shawn Daniels. Talagang si Gabe Freeman is a cut above the rest. Altho magaling din si Simpson IMHO.

    San Miguel Beer

    in Basketball

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    Why is Nick Pinnisi not playing? Injured?

     

     

    I also notice that... Dyan kasi sina JayWash, Danny Seigle, and Dorian Pena

     

    Altho I think he can help (3-point shooting and defense), if he's healthy

    Writings of the Heart

    in Matters of the heart

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    LBM (Love Bug Memoirs)

     

    My thoughts are free to go anywhere, but it's surprising how often they head in your direction. Pakshet! Ikaw na naman ang nasa kukote ko…

     

    Lahat naman tayo may bahagi sa buhay natin na kelangan na talagang mag-pamilya. Kung kelan, depende `yun sa threshold ng tiyaga sa paghahanap sa nararapat para sa `yo. Kapag daw kumabog ang iyong dibdib sa una ninyong pagkikita, she may be it. Yung iba payo nila `marry the one who loves you, and everything else follows.' You are in-lab na daw kapag `You don't give a damn' sa mga patungkol sa iyong bebeloves- kanya nga siguro lab is blaynd, he he!

     

    Then I started to reminisce: Hinugot ko mula sa ating mga masasayang alaala ang iyong mukha. Sinubukan kong iukit sa buhangin ang iyong maamong mukha, pero wala akong nagawa kundi gumuhit ng isang blankong mukha. Walang ilong, mata, tenga, kilay,buhok at bibig. Blame it on my drawing prowess. Di talaga ako kasinghusay sa pagdrawing kaysa pagsusulat. Basta masaya ang ating mga alaala, kanya mahirap i-drowing.

    At pagkahaba-haba man ng prusisyon, heto at redi na kami ni BebeKo na makipag-exchange gifts ng singsing sa isa't-isa. Pag naisuot na sa kin `yung wedding ring, malamang maraming holdaper na ang magkakainteres na lagariin ang daliri ko. Redi na nga ang lahat. Church preparations. Hotel rooms. Reception. Wedding cake, etc etc. Heto na nga `yung moment na sinasabi kong kumakalabukab na kakabakaba ang pakiramdam- Diz is it, It’s Showtime!

     

    Nakatayo na ako sa harap ng altar ng cathedral habang hinihintay ang bride na si BebeKo. Di ko madescribe `yung pakiramdam. Basta halo-halong emotions: senti, may kaba, parang nauutot na parang kakabagin atbp. Nagrerebolusyon nga `yung tiyan ko, para ngang gustong makipag-chat sa akin pampalipas oras. "Ngowwrk! Ngerk! Iutot mo na ako please". Siraulong tiyan, ayaw makipagcooperate, may sarili yatang mundo. Inaliw ko na lang muna ang sarili na magmuni-muni kesa ibulsa ang kamay, maglakad habang nagyoyosi at walang patutunguhan, o kausapin si bespren. Heto ang mga laman ng isip ko (habang pigil pa rin ang pag-utot):

     

    1. Dapat sinusunod ang mga nakatatanda. Alala ko noon, sabi ni Lola, "Apo wag kang titikim ng mani, nakakaadik yan". Kala ko bluff, may malalim palang kahulugan `yun. Kaya ng makatikim nga ako ng `nyun, dun ko lang naintindihan ang wisdom ni Lola. Aba'y totoo nga, nakakaadik nga.

    2. Walang tabo sa hotel. Pag umebak, pedeng gamitin ang tumbler ng Tokyo Tokyo, Burger King, o McDonald's bilang tabo. Ingatan ang tabo. Kung hindi, mawawala ito at makikitang gamit-gamit ng room boy na humihigop ng malamig na orange juice.

    3. Huwag mangulangot sa simbahan dahil kelangang makipag-sheyk hands sa pari pagkatapos ng misa. Lalong hindi dapat mangulangot dahil kelangang hawakan ang pisngi ng bride pag sinabi na ng pari ang `You may now kiss the bride'.

    Mamya, tumunog na `yung pinto ng cathedral hudyat ng pagbubukas. Sa labas, putukan ang fireworks (di sa amin `yun, may celebration yata sa labas). Espesyal dahil si bespren, isang dabest na kaibigan ang nagbukas ng pinto. Tan-tan-tanan! Tan-tan-tanan! dahan-dahang nagmodel-modelan si BebeKo sa aisle ng simbahan. Muntik ko nang di makilala, kasi mukang racoon `yung mata sa meyk up. Kala ko tuloy sa ibang kasalan ako napadpad (joke lang). Pero seriousli, iba pala talaga ang pakiramdam ng kinakasal- parang nauutot lang, he he!

     

    Nung gabing `yun, nadiskubre kong may tear duct pala ako. Kunyari naman napuwing ako kaya nagpunas ng panyo. Sobrang mahal ko `tong babaeng `to. Ay lab ebriting abawt her. `Yung pagyakap niya. Pagsimangot. Paghalik. Smile pa lang niya, ulam ko na. Hindi ko alam kung ano nakita nya sa `kin (besides pagkakaroon ng mahabang…pasensya!) para mahalin din nya ako. Everything is a puzzle. In this lifetime, somebody's waiting to complete you pala. At finally eto na nga, lintik na pag-ibig yan.

     

    Habang inip na akong hinihintay ang kanyang paglabas mula sa CR ng aming honeymoon hotel, nasambit ko ng pabulong: sa "Buksan mo naman na yang kubeta iyong dibdib ,Para maipasok ko na itong nagtatae kong pag-ibig." I love you BebeKo and I always will- forever, and the days after forever! Ang sarap mo kasi……ng iyung pagmamahal…

    San ka nagpunta last night? San Ka Punta Tonight?

    in Culture and Living

    Posted

    Last night I attended a friend's house warming in Batangas City, his new abode cool misted with mount view- as we grill various pulutan outdoor while drinking iec cold beers

     

    Later tonight, I'll just tutor my college daughter on her nemesis subject, but my fave when I was in college- the dreaded Integral Calculus - habang umiinom ng SM Light. Then pa-massage sa wifey. Then,...

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