Someone mentioned to me that Joe Cantada was the best of all the local Sports Commentators. He need only to mention two Cantada trademarks phrases to convince myself that he really is in a class of his own.
“There is still an eternity of basketball left”
“This is going to be another cardiac finish”
Yesterday’s Diaz-Pacquiao lightweight action was covered by Nonito Donaire and two other men who are going overly dramatic over the intangibles of the fight: Quinito Henson and Chino Trinidad.
Just as Pacquiao is shoe-shining Diaz’ face with a series of combinations, here goes Chino Trinidad with a combination of his own monologues that could rival not the punches of Pacquiao, but the narration of Ate Charo in Maalaala Mo Kaya only with too much zeal.
“Bilib talaga ako sa PUSO ni Diaz”,
“Grabe ang PUSO ni Diaz”,
“Ibang klase ang ipinapakitang PUSO nitong si Diaz.
Ladies and Gentlemen the brilliant Chino Trinidad.
And to complement him is the winner of Bikini Bottom’s Squidward Look-Alike Contest Quinito Henson. Mr. Henson is a walking sports encyclopedia who became known for his deep arsenal of sports facts and analysis. Hands down he is the book smartest of all sports journalists locally.
While Manny Pacquiao has cemented his position as the planet’s Pound for Pound king with his obliteration of Diaz, Mr. Quinito Henson has also solidified his position as one of the world’s Pound for Pound bests when it comes to stating the obvious.
It is wishful thinking to expect that the next brawl would be covered by the HBO guys and not these two men who has been robbing us of precious intelligent technical knowledge of the games.
I got a hard bound book titled ESPN 25 which I dug up in Buy-the-Book for just 99 pesos. I envy the people of America that they have ESPN giving their sports a culture of their own. The sports journalists are very creative with coming up with their game descriptions.
“Puttin’ the Biscuit in the Basket”
“Dial 9 for long distance.”
“Three ball, corner pocket.”
“That ball has been voted off the island!”
