Sometimes, I forget that this blog isn’t even a year old, and already so many weird things have happened. Perhaps the biggest highlight came last Wednesday night, when Coach Ryan Gregorio, mere minutes after leading his Purefoods squad to a sweep over Alaska in the Philippine Cup finals, took a moment to record a message to this blog, courtesy of the always-awesome Patricia Hizon.



“Well, thank you for lighting up my emotions. I do appreciate you, in spite of, because I know you’re an avid Purefoods supporter, and you are as frustrated and disappointed as I am when I was losing. But you had the only time to articulate it. But we can be friends! You can be an ally! And I get a three-year reprieve, thank you very much! I’ll invite you over to my practices, and let’s see how we can get things done, and probably we can work together. Thank you very much!”

My original post about the wager on Coach Ryan generated – by far – the most enthusiastic response to any single topic on this site. Even on Twitter, over the course of the series, everyone kept asking me about the bet. It made watching my favorite team even more fun for me, and I hope it did the same for everyone else.

All the credit in the world should go to Coach Ryan for being a great sport. People keep asking me if I am going to keep my promise, well, of course I am. At this point, it’s not like it’s going to be tough; he has led Purefoods to two Philippine Cup titles and three Philippine Cup finals appearances over the last five years. The man will go down in the PBA record books as a winner. I’m sure all other Purefoods fans out there feel the same way.