Tonight the BowlStars were up against the Bowleros, our kompadres on the lanes, our buddies in the regular Sunday Night Bowling Club at the Palace. As early as last week, I was already inspired to compose a song for them, to the tune of "My Sharona" (naks, 80s! rock on!). Here it goes:
Sa bolingan matatagpo
Naglalaro
Hanep ang galing nga po
My Bowleros!
Hay sila'y matipuno
Magalang po
Sa laban ay matinik nga po
My Bowleros!
O sige na
Tira na
At tatawa pa
Desi'y sasayaw
Sa kantiyaw
Sige tagay pa
Strike ng strike ng strike whoa!
Maawa ka, Bowleros!
Ayayayay Bowleros!
Pag kasama mo sila
O kay saya
Sa practice magtuturo pa
My Bowleros!
Kay misis ay areglado
Supportado
Sa pakain ay busog tayo
My Bowleros!
O sige na
Tira na
O kay serious na -
Dennis, Carlo, Art
Desi din
Sige laban na
Strike ng strike ng strike whoa!
My-ayayay Bowleros!
O di ba, bongga? Love ko kasi sila, tinuturuan pa kami ni Dennis sa practice. At siempre, patok pag sumasayaw si Desi: body language ala bold star (daig ang BowlStars!). Kakatuwa silang kasama. And of course, kwelang kwela sina Ate Alice and Ate Cari, number one fans, pinapakain kami niyan, talap-talap! They had yummy pancit in tow, salamat po! Pero game on...let's all do our best! We wished them well, I wanted us all to play well, walang bigayan, we would have to "steal" wins from each other! Here is a photo of My Bowleros from the Philly Pinoy Facebook page.
My Bowleros! (L-R): ART Coronado, DESI Mercado, DENNIS Navarrete and CARLO Ola
Honestly, I also had an alternate "wishful thinking" version of the song, kasi I was hopeful that we could get lucky and pull off a win. So here is the short version I shared with my gals:
Go go Mitchie Pie
Chelo Babe
Stringaling at Jing
Go my Bowlstars go
Fight ng fight
Let's get hot tonight
Strike ng strike ng strike whoa!
Go go go go my BowlStars!
Playing tonight on the BowlStar line up were Chelo, String/Chona, me and Mitchie Pie. Liz came for morale support - love yah, Lizzie Babe! On the Bowleros lineup were Carlo, Desi, Art and Dennis. Anchor butter with a U daw si Dennis, katapat ni Mitchie our anchor batter with an A! We had our red BowlStar uniforms on, and it was an all red pit, with the Bowleros wearing their red turtleneck shirts from last year (except for Dennis in black, hindi daw niya mahanap yung pula...). So before the games began, we all yelled "Go RED Team!" Sa pula, sa pula!
Naku, lagot na, they started out hot. They were hard to match, frame by frame, coz they kept getting marks! Buti nalang hot na hot din si Chelo at Mitchie = they played so well, I was so proud, you carried the team! Chelo got all her right hand spares all night, using her spare ball, hallelujah, so so good (I need to learn that trick...). And Mitchie had a score in the mid 170s, galing galing! Chona was struggling like me but hang in there = thank you for fighting so hard, my Stringalingers! I was playing so badly, I started sitting with the Bowleros = baka mahawa daw ako sa kagalingan nila. But this was completely ineffective in that first game, I got a dismal 117, ayayay.... In the end, the red hot Bowleros scorched us, and we lost by more than 60 pins. Maawa ka, Bowleros! Sabi ko uwian na, di na ako marunong magboling, buwiset! Kakain nalang ako ng pancit....
So what was in the pancit? What magic was cooked into it? What was in it that suddenly made me "bowl like Bernard" in the second game? Did sitting with the Bowleros make me steal Carlo's mojo? Dami ko pang tanong.... Found my line in the second game, got 4 strikes in a row (first time evah evah evah!), got real close to a 200 game but missed a 4-pin spare in the 10th frame (that is NOT like Bernard...), so sayang, settled for a 191 = but I'm a BowlStar, baby, whoo hoo! Thank you to the bowling gods, for granting redemption from my Game 1 fiasco. I am glad I did not head home.... Ayaw na akong pa-upo-in ng Bowleros sa tabi nila, pero kapag sila'y pina-paypay-an ko, oks lang. Go go go BowlStars, nang dahil sa spectacular play ng team (as in, strike ng strike ng strike whoa!), coupled with some bad breaks for my ayayay Bowleros, the BowlStars were able to win the second game by around 50 pins. Whoo hoo, go my beloved team! Tied with momentum on our side...
And it was neck and neck in the third game. We were getting distracted, getting wind of losses for Ball In (vs. Bowlcoholics) and Hall of Framers (vs. Bowlinators), and also Spare Me (vs. Bowlerines). Seemed like a night for underdogs (and BowlDawgs too, di ba?): GO TEAM! We were keeping up with the Bowleros' play, frame by frame, and throwing our share of strikes and spares - tapatan at sagutan, battle royale! I guess I stole Carlo's mojo. I may have even stolen Art's slot with the Bowleros. (Nirerecruit na nga po! Pumasa sa audition! Pero sabi lang nila yon, you are too kind....) Desi was not dancing much tonight. And Dennis's dancing was not making the pins fall, until he got a double in the 8th and 9th frames. So it was a close one in the 10th frame of the third game with Dennis and Mitchie left to play. The third game was seemingly ours but total pins were on the line. Alas, Dennis got a 5,10-split he could not convert, while Mitchie threw a spare and a strike. So miracles of miracles, thanks to the magic pancit, the bowling gods, and maybe an Irish Leprechaun, we WON 3-1. UnBOWLievable but true....
Thank you to the Bowleros for making us fight for it, coz we had to REALLY fight hard for it, and we know we got lucky, sinuwerte kami. We are deeply honored to have fought this battle with your merry band of bowling gladiators. You are great sports and true gentlemen, totoong magalang po.
Chelo was hot hot hot all night, all her scores way above her average, super galing galing, that's my SpareMaster Chelo Babe! Stringalingababe's ball kept making left turns but she threw her share of strikes and spares, thanks in part to Chelo, the Ball Whisperer, for the sisterly coaching she gave Chonachons, very effective, love it love it love it. My anchor batter Mitchie delivered once more, another stellar night! I did my part (in the second and third games) to help our team pull off our stunning upset. My scores of 117, 191 and 176 give me a 484 series and 161 average for the night, increasing my Philly Pinoy league average to 154 (bow). Sing with me, bebe:
O sige na
Laban na
May pagasa pa
Go my Bowlstars go
Tira pa
Mananalo na
Strike ng strike ng strike whoa!
Go go go go my BowlStars!
I am thinking of creating the BowlStar album, puro kanta na rin lang ang blog ko, para marinig ninyo ang aking "renditions"... Pero saka na ha, matutulog na akwowowo!
Bowlero Desi won $27 from the 50/50 raffle tonight = he is WINNER! May pambayad na si Desi sa liga! Sorry, we no longer announced it, coz when we checked the tickets amongst ourselves, we found out who won already, so no use creating false hope by making everybody look at their tickets, papaasahin pa kayo ng wala! Great job once again with the raffles, Ms. Alice M with help from the Philly Pinoy ladies.
This is my last blog entry until April. The Capucaos are missing the last week of Philly Pinoy League regulation play for vacay in the Philippine Islands = sayang, I wanted to try to get my 200 game next week, my saga continues.... We will be back on April 5, which is looking to be a Philly Pinoy fun night (planning stages pa, to be confirmed shortly), which is good coz we will be jetlagged. I want a 300 game with 8-pin no-tap like my GoPapa Joel! No hope for lowest score, the way my spare shooting has been recently.... Let's get excited, Philly Pinoy bowlers, it's been a night of upsets, and the planned fun night should give us good practice for a fabulous finals night!
On Sunday morning from 9 am -12 noon, I am prebowling for the two Wednesday Night Women's League nights that I will be missing. Y'all are welcome to join me.
Next week the BowlStars play the Bowlinators, another Sunday Bowling Club special event. Go my BowlStars, play well in my absence and keep on fighting! Shine like the stars you are (as my daughter Joey's song goes). Bowl, baby, bowl!
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