Aris suggested calling The Underdogs as “Asong Ulol” today. I thought it was hilarious. This is kind of ironic because, apart from Team Pogi, The Underdogs are your guys next door basketball team, your friendly neighbor, or the neighborhood jogger. I guess appearance can be deceiving as many friendly neighbors were somewhat of a sociopath behind the upbeat and non-threatening facade.
Are The Underdogs sociopaths? As of this writing, I don’t see any sign of it. Maybe they are not yet activated or the virus that made them tick is still lying dormant. It may not be the same as the zombie virus which automatically manifest itself once the victim is bitten. However, this may be a more dangerous phenomenon. Maybe, could it be that the vaccine zombievax will activate just in time for the playoffs?
On the other hand, Senior Citizens may be Grumpy Old Men. A couple weeks back their star Juan was so mad at the official that he passed the ball to him. Arvin Dela Cruz is usually a fun baller until you don’t record his stats or you pass the ball to a different person when he is wide open and ready to jolenz. Angelo Dela Cruz isn’t that old and yet he acts like one and often showing off his collection in Facebook while shooting at imaginary targets. You don’t wanna mess with this guy. The Filomenos are a bunch not to be mess with. If they go Dr Hyde on you, you better cover the 3 point territory or you will regret it.
Lito Matildo, Ahwin, and Orlando Glory are another pair of veterans in the team that just wanna have fun, and give high fives. I haven’t seen them blew their top off yet and hopefully, not in this lifetime.
Aaron is also not that old to be in this category but he can make you grumpy and old by letting you chase him around the court.
The last time The Underdogs played the Senior Citizens, they went into Overtime and almost won the game.
The Underdogs or Asong Ulols are like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. You kind don’t know when they have their explosive game or a bad one. With Kyle Aguirre, Rodfil, and Al Bae playing together, the team is unstoppable in the open court. But without one of them, it will be difficult for them to run the break.
The team got physical presence with Oliver Poblete, Jun Centeno and Aris Aguirre while having the youth of Aldwin and Jr Sunga making plays for them.
Don’t leave Philip Autencio out. The last playoff game he played in the Sunday league he hit 6 3-point shots because the other team left him.
This matchup will have so much fireworks and I hope you will stay long enough to watch the teams play.