On Deck: Jersey Number

Bakit 38?

    Number 38 ang jersey number ko, yung 50 at 6 naman ay Daddy at kay Kuya, respectively. I don't know why my dad chose 50, and I know Kuya chose 6 because anniv nila ni ate ang 6. So ulit, sa akin, bakit 38?

    50 and 6 are what I would call, Basketball numbers. Yun bang magandang tingnan sa jersey. For instance, ano mas magandang tingnan sa likod ng jersey, number 7 o 61? Usually yung mga mababang number (1-10, and to a lesser extent, 11-20) ay magagandang basketball numbers. Then yung karamihan ng rounded numbers (25, 50..etc.). Then meron din dyan yung mga pinasikat ng mga sikat na basketball players (23, 27, 33 among others). But 38? It doesn't necessarily fall under any of those conditions.

   Part of my reason is that I want something unique. 38 is an unusual number. I feel like it has some potential to be a somewhat catchy number. And really, how many people wear 38 as their number? Papansin lang din kahit papaano.

   Another reason is that it is inspired by one of my favorite players, a reason also by a lot of other players, which is why you would see a lot of 23s, 32s, 33s, 24s, and 1s among the jerseys. Mine? The player that I was talking about is San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Booster Forward, Arwind Santos.

His jersey number is 29. Mine is 38. I really didn't want to use his 29, so, take one from 9 and place it on 2, and voila, 38!

And for what it is worth, I tried avoiding picking a number that would be associated with an, let's just say, inspiration. Just to avoid hating the number in case things don't go the right way, and I really wanted to have a number that I would continue to use for a long time. But hey, faith has a way of making things work, and I did say I just tried avoiding it, right? ;)

That's the story of my number, so you, what would your jersey number be?