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9/20/11

The Final Score: In a stunning loss, Adamson clearly won

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“I suppose we should try to find something better or worse to shed tears for than a game, no matter how hard it has been played, but perhaps it is not such a bad thing to see that men can cry at all.” - Roger Angell

Always almost but not quite. The pain of trying can reduce even the jockiest of jocks to tears. After losing to FEU last Sunday, after squandering the twice-to-beat advantage, after losing the chance to reach the UAAP Finals, Adamson players sobbed like little kids. It was proof that they lost. It was also proof that they tried. Mightily so.

The paradox of the twice-to-beat advantage is that every team which enjoys it simultaneously fears the twice-to-beat-twice-beaten curse.

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Posted by Mico Halili