Danny Seigle

      

          I am such a fan of Danny Seigle and I would like to make this a page for him. To tell how much I <3 him...

Lightning the Dynamite (How it started...)

       At first I don't like DS and so the basketball but I do remember myself cheering for Alaska during the Alaska - Ginebra Finals in 1997. I also enjoyed watching my cousins who played the game in our inter - barangay league.

       Then it was 2000 when I saw a magazine, it featured the SMB and it said "Back 2 Back Champs" with photos and a calendar (which I posted on our wall). I dunno but with just looking at those photos, I became a beerfan.

       It was 2002 when when I finally enjoyed watching UAAP games and I already love BASKETBALL. I also remembered to watch a game of Team Pilipinas versus another country, a player got injured. It saddened me then I realized that basketball is worth-dying for other players. That heroic athlete was DS but I did not pay attention on his identity but on what happened to him. I really have no idea who he is and did not try to learn things about him. 

      Another game of Team Pilipinas made me an Olsen Racela's fan and because his mother team is SMB, it was official I am a true-blooded beerfan. (And I still did not know about DS during that time. I was more familiar with his BIG bro...Andy Seigle. I did not know that Andy Seigle has a brother in SMB...)

       2004 was the year when I watched PBA to the fullest and of course, I was cheering for SMB. The team really played good that time but they've got eliminated. :( In one of their games I saw DS and I said to myself, "Oh! He's a beerman!" but still I was more of an Olsen's fan. My first impression with him was he was just a benchwarmer. I was like who is this big man then one of analysts said that "He is back but the question is does the player he used to be is also back?" I thought, "Is this guy good?" In that game he did not score that high but after more games..."Oh man! He's a scoring machine!" The team needed him.

       I still did not realize that that he was also the player I saw who got injured few years ago in a Team Pilipinas match not until he encountered another injury and because of that the team I rot for was incomplete again but what was more annoying was I missed DS and the way he plays and even though he was always on the sideline I preferred more of seeing him inside the court and even though he really looked good with his outfits, I want to see him in a SMB jersey...From then on...I became a DYNAMITE DANNY SEIGLE'S FAN! :)

The next one is a poem I wrote for DS. It is in Filipino...

Danny Seigle

ni akaTorrieAllens

Nais kong inyong malaman, makilala,
I want you to know and meet

Taong laman ng aking puso at diwa,
The man who occupies my heart and my mind

Ipinanganak sya sa Pennsylvania,
He was born in Pennsylvania

Daniel Charles Yadao Seigle, sya na!
Daniel Charles Yadao Seigle, that's him.

Sa PBA, siya'y si Dynamite Danny,
In PBA, he's Dynamite Danny

Mga tagahanga nya ay marami,
He's got a lot of supporters

Tatlong Yahoo groups ang mayroon si Danny,
He has three Yahoo groups

He's my only MVP!

He's my only MVP!

Sa Wagner College pa lang ay stand-out na,
Even in Wagner College, he was  already stand-out player

Sa San Miguel Beermen, pambato sya,
In San Miguel Beermen Team, he's one of the best

Career points nya ay 5000 at may dagdag pa,
His career points are 5000 and still counting

Rookie of the year yata ang dinamita.
He was the Rookie of the Year.

Fade-away shot? Yakang-yaka ni Danny,
Fade-away shot? He's very good at that

Sa bawat game may 3-point play lagi,
In every game. there's a three point play

Dun sa rainbow country di sya panis,
He has hands at the rainbow country

Kung slamdunk lang eh sisiw kay Danny S.
Slamdunk? No Sweat!

Itong malaking mama ay model ng Anta,
This BIG guy is a model of Anta

He's my superman! Lipad na!
He's my superman! Go fly!

Makilala si Danny ay aking nais,
To meet him is what I want

Malamang super love sya ni Torrie Allens.
To know how much Torrie Allens hearts him.

I called this tiDbitS... 

          In one interview, Olsen Racela mentioned that their team used to hang-out at Aruba (MOA). Since I am not from the city when I got the chance to go to MOA, my goal was to look for Aruba and I was happy because the ride that was carrying us parked exactly in front of Aruba. Then I asked the waitress outside the bar, "Is it true that SMB hang here?" She said, "YES!" and my friend asked, "Is Danny Seigle cuter in person?" The girl said, "YES!" as well.:)

What did I experience when I finally saw DS in person?... 

Dynamite Explosion

       It was April of 2008 and I was checking my e-mails then I found out that MBM will play at Lipa City so I asked my father to buy me a ticket and he did. He texted me a morning before the game that I already have a ticket for it I was really happy. :) I can't sleep that night then I thought what if DS won't play and yeah, he did not. :( 

       It was may 3, 2008, we arrived at De La Salle-Lipa. My friend said that MBM went there at 10 a.m. and DS was there so there's a chance for him to play. :) Beside us was a man who was so loud as he was telling his friends that he saw the practice and he already had pictures with MBM players. Even though  I did not know him. I asked him if he saw DS and he said that he did. :)

       After more minutes, we saw the bus carrying the players and we were so excited. :) Some people said, "They're coming inside!" and others said "No! Not yet!" I really did not know who's to believe in. Then the noisy court became quiet when Olsen Racela entered the court firstly. A lot was starstruck and then everybody was  screaming. I told to myself that "Hey! that's Olsen", my first favorite but I was looking for DS...but I can't see him. :(

       I was like, "Where's Danny? Where's Danny?" I was not smiling anymore and my friend said that "C'mon! Let's have pictures with the coaching staff." So I looked at the MBM coaching staff and there he was...my world stopped spinning. I finally saw DS! He was real! :)

       But what kind of fool I am...I found it hard to walk towards him. I cannot move my feet. I was shaking and I felt like if I stand up and move I will pass out so I just watched him throughout the game. I really did not pay attention to the game. I was just looking at him the whole time... Even though I was not able to talk to him,say hello or have a picture with him, I felt like I won in a lottery to finally see him in person. :)