The USA's hopes of medaling in boxing were hampered even further yesterday.
Mongolia's Serdamba Purevdorj pulled off a rare win for his country over Luis
YAnez, 8 points to 7. Some administrative changes are now in order.
The good news for the USA is that we have a couple of fighters who are still alive
in representing the USA: Demitrius Andrade in the welterweight division and
Deontay Wilder in the heavyweight division.
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What a wasted effort by my folks from the City of Makati Little League. The
pitcher, Jenny Pangilinan, gave up two home runs in the 7th and 9th innings to
Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 2008 Big League Softball Championship.
I am flat out disgusted by this because this was, in essence, the best chance for
a Filipino individual/group other that Manny Pacquiao to win something
substantial. Wasteful, wasteful, wasteful.
The last time the Philipines won something substantial in this department was
Zamboanga in 1992's Little League World Series, but because of age falsifications,
Long Beach ended up with the title.
I wouldn't want Jenny to pitch for Long Beach State. I'll stick with Brooke
Turner, thank you very much. This game was theirs for the taking and they gave it
to Michigan.
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At the same time, Long Beach's PONY League All-Stars beat Taichiung City, Taiwan. While Jenny was the goat for Manila, Oliver Van Buskirk was the hero for Long Beach, in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-run shot. Chiu Chun Chang was the goat for the Taiwanese.
Last year, Long Beach finished runner up. I am convinced it left a bad taste in their mouths, and they didn't want to go through that again.
I am glad they didn't.
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