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Bartholomew, Rafe.

Pacific rims: beermen ballin in flip-flops and the Philippines unlikely love affair with basketball/Rafe Bartholomew.

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eISBN : 978-1-101-18791-3

1. BasketballPhilippinesHistory. 2. BasketballSocial aspectsPhilippines. 3. FilipinosSocial life and customs. I. Title.

GV885.8.P5B37 2010

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For my parents, Patricia and Geoffrey Bartholomew

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Hundreds of people deserve thanks and credit for bringing this book into existence. To those whom I cant mention in this short space, Im grateful for your help and sorry for the omission.

I never would have made it to Manila without help from Chris Hager, Sara Anson Vaux and Rick Gaber from the Fellowships Office at Northwestern University. Also at NU, Richard Roth, Bob McClory, Alex Kotlowitz and Charles Whitaker at the Medill School of Journalism prepared me to report and write this book. Every page contains something Ive learned from them.

The Philippine American Educational Foundation in Makati City supported me throughout my time in the Philippines, and I owe a large debt of gratitude to their helpful and professional staff: Dr. Esmeralda Cunanan, Con Valdecaas, Marj Tolentino, Gigi Dizon and Yolly Casas.

Thanks to Mollie Glick at Foundry and Mark Chait at NAL, who have done more than anyone else to make this dream a reality. To all the editors Ive worked with over the years: Tom Jolly at the New York Times, Mike Seely at Seattle Weekly, Josh Levin at Slate and Alison True at the Chicago Reader. Thank you for believing in the story of Philippine basketball.

To the journalists who made my research possible: Sev Sarmenta, Bill Velasco, Quinito Henson, Jaemark Tordecilla, Ronnie Nathanielsz, Reuel Vidal, Peter Atencio, Beth Celis, Boyet Sison and Jinno Rufino; and to the professors at Ateneo de Manila University and UP Diliman who taught me so much about Philippine history and society: Michael Tan, Benjie Tolosa, Jojo Hofilea, Aries Arugay, Danton Remoto, Lou Antolihao and many more.

Of course, Im most thankful to the Philippine Basketball Association and the Alaska Aces for granting me access to the league and the team. In the PBA, commissioners Noli Eala and then Sonny Barrios, as well as Ricky Santos, Fidel Mangonon and Botong Chavez opened many doors for me. I cannot thank the Alaska Milk Corporation and the Aces franchise enough, from Sir Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, Jr., and Joaqui Trillo, to Coach Tim Cone and all of the players, assistant coaches and team staff. You are the biggest part of this book. Thanks to Rosell Ellis for being so generous with his time and basketball wisdom.

To the hundred-plus players, coaches and others I interviewed over the past four years, thanks for sharing your stories with me.

To all the people I played basketball with in the Philippines: Coach Ronnie Magsanoc and the SMC All-Star pickup crew; the regulars at the Xavierville Phase II clubhouse and Loyola Heights barangay hall; Jutes Templo and his Wednesday night group; and especially the La Salle Greenhills groupRavi Chulani, Matt Makalintal, Darvin Tuason, Chris Tan, Coach Norman, Banjo Albano and Sarah Meier Albano, Aki Aquino, Renz, Sam and Sherwin Dona, Chris Viardo and so many more.

My friends and loved ones on both sides of the PacificLauren Manalang, who has had my back in so many ways and whose work on this book gave me one more reason to love her; Ricardo Bernard, Pat Michels, Birju Shah, Brian Fuchs, Josh Centor, Mike Paulson, Michael and Kathy Huang, Charlene Dy, Chris Lanning, Ryan Guzman, Becca Dizon, Alex Compton, Kelly Williams, mga kabarkada ko from LP TODA (Drews terminal), and many othersI couldnt have done this without you.

At sa mga mambabasang Pilipino, sanay matutuwa kayo sa sinulat ko. Ibinuhos ko ang lahat dito. Maraming maraming salamat.

Introduction

Back in the summer of 2005, when I was preparing to move to the Philippines for a year on a government-funded academic grant, I heard a lot of unwelcome advice. At the time, I was filling in as a bartender at McSorleys Old Ale House, the landmark New York pub where my father had been a barman my entire life. During slow shifts, customers from McSorleys curious demographic mix would sidle up to the 151-year-old bar to chat. Sooner or later Id divulge my Philippine plans, and peoples sundry responses painted a discomforting picture of my future home. Japanese tourists, mindful of the Muslim insurgency in the countrys far south, said it was better to be blown up in a terrorist attack than kidnapped and beheaded. A genial, red-cheeked midwestern retiree shared, with great joy, that hed met his twenty-something wife there. A group of Filipino-Americans advised me to hire a private driver and beware razor-toting pickpockets who would slash open my backpack and bolt with its contents. A U.S. Marine whod recently returned from a mission in the island nation bragged that hed parlayed a hot hand at a craps table into an eight-some, and said I shouldnt board my Manila-bound flight without first packing a suitcase full of rubbers.

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