From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.filipino
Subject: Re: More LLWS News!!!
Date: 30 Aug 1992 18:42:09 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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In article <1992Aug30.123720.3720@news.cs.brandeis.edu> mfrancis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (Ma. Elena Y. Francisco) writes:

>I just heard from a friend that Zamboanga City *pounded* Long
>Beach, 15-4!!!!!!!  Any more details about this?

>Lyn

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I hate baseball but ... we watched the Little League World Series game 
between the Philippines and the United States today nonetheless. I was glad 
we did because although it wasn't even close, it was a good show anyway. 
Besides, I have no complaints with the outcome. *grin* There are a few 
things I'd like to comment on:

1. I liked the very positive coverage of the Philippine team. We also 
watched the 'Road to the World Series' feature ABC had earlier and 
ABC went out of it's way to paint the Philippine team as a Cinderella 
team. It almost seemed like we got more coverage and publicity than the 
Long Beach team did. Very little was said about the Long Beach team's back-
ground. You'd almost think ABC was rooting for our team.

2. My biggest complaint - the numerous commercials between innings. There 
were so many that they were unable to cover the whole game. Granted the game 
was over well before inning 6 but I wouldn't mind seeing the reaction of 
the Philippine team and fans at the outcome.

3. A minor comment - shouldn't they have played the Philippine national 
anthem before the game began? I'm not sure what the protocol is but I 
always thought you were supposed to play your foreign honored guests' 
national anthem.

4. The Filipino fans' contingent was relatively small but they were noisy. 
The US Filipino community's generosity and hospitality to the Philippine 
team was heartwarming. The coverage of the Filipino party for the Little 
League team showed two important ingredients of a Filipino party - lots 
of food and asking the kids to perform in a program. The camera showed one 
of the Filipino kids singing an offkey 'La Bamba'. That sure brings back a 
lot of memories.

5. I thought several Filipinas in the crowd looked really cute *grin*. 
One amusing scene: The camera pans the wildly cheering Philippine crowd. 
A white American dad was holding his Fil-Am son who was holding a big 
Philippine flag and he seems to be shyly grinning. It almost seemed as 
though he was a bit embarrassed about getting caught 'red-handed' on his 
loyalties that afternoon.

6. In the third inning, the Philippine coach (Lugay) called time out and 
pulled his faltering starting pitcher (Ramacho). He chided his pitcher, 'Ang 
hina ng bato mo!' [Your pitches were weak!] I felt sorry for the kid who I'm 
sure tried his best. Contrast this to the style of the American coach who, 
when he pulled his starting pitcher (who gave up eight runs, several hits 
and walks), put his arm around him assuringly and said, 'You did well.'

7. More kudos to the depth in the Philippine team's pitching staff. 
Placious, the No. 1 pitcher, was ineligible and Ramacho who was no. 2, 
started yesterday. Tolentino, the no. 3 pitcher took over midway in the 3rd 
inning and LB's Stuart hit a grand slam homerun soon after. I was off my 
seat worrying about an LB comback. But having cleared the field, Tolentino 
played excellent pitching getting 4 strikeouts and 3 breaking balls. And 
this was from our no. 3 pitcher.

8. Overall, I thought the Philippine team played really well. Although the 
crowd was overwhelmingly for the Long Beach team, they obviously took 
the crowd out of the game. I was afraid the Philippine team might falter 
after the big American grand slam in the second inning. But they just 
shrugged that off and got five runs in the next inning instead.

It's times like these when I'm really glad the Philippines gets covered 
on something other than coup attempts, natural disasters, the antics of 
the Imelda, etc. This is good news we can definitely use and I hope 
there's more where it came from.

Comments welcome.

   - Francis
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