Iannetta’s play
Although, the Rockies claimed a 2 – 1 win over Mets on Monday, Chris Iannetta remained unsatisfied with his game. Most viewers commended his winning home run during the seventh inning. The shot was hit over the left field wall giving Iannetta the opportunity to take two steps outside the batter’s box. However, Iannetta said that he was very slow as he had been aiming to get more than that. Nonetheless, the team will be glad for his slow step out of the box while Iannetta continues tearing the cover off the ball. The player is hitting .409 (9-for-22) having scored two home runs in the first ten days of the month after collecting only ten in the month of April.
Winning the match a morale booster
Besides Iannetta, the team has been struggling after their 1-5 trip showed on Monday when the team only managed five hits. However, after losing four games in a row, the win even when not ideal is a booster to the team’s diminishing morale. After the game, Iannetta listened to music along with his team players. He said that this was traditional for the Rockies after a win. During the Monday night’s opening match in a eight game homestead, Iannetta converted a base hit to a double during the match’s fifth inning. Later in the game, he scored on Dexter Fowler’s RBI single. Iannetta’s home run came on an 81 miles per hour slider from the opponent’s starter Chris Capuano.
Iannetta’s improved technique
During the last season, the player managed .197 and has been working on making mechanical adjustments to his swing during the spring training session. Iannetta has taken help from manager Jim Tracy, hitting coach Carney Lansford, and first-base coach Glenallen Hill. However, though the tips have been helpful, the player says focusing on remaining calm during the pressure has been a key to improving his technique. Jim Tracy believes that the biggest improvement in Iannetta’s game has been in the way he manages the Rockies pitchers who have received outing from Jhoulys Chacin allowing only one home run on two hits over six innings.

The setting
Located in the Ernita district is the Manila Bay Café that is ripe with anticipation on the Sunday morning of May 8, 2011. The district was a popular red-light area that has seen tremendous upliftment by Mayor Alfred Lim. Formerly known as the LA Café; the bar comprises numerous bars, a stage for live bands playing, and billiard tables on two floors. The bar was shut down due to under-age dancers but was reopened as a sports bar. Therefore, the new renovated bar is the perfect setting for a game of boxing between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley.
The Messiah
Most Filipinos believe that Pacquiao is more than God for their country. The Philippines is known for the four “Bs”, boxing, billiards, bowling, and basketball. Boxing was never the foremost sport in the country especially during the time of bowling legend Rafael Nepomuceno and billiard player Elfren Reyes. However, when Manny Pacquiao started playing boxing, the game was elevated to the number one sport in the country. His success and charm has given most of his countrymen to believe that he can succeed in anything he tries. Most Filipinos believe him to be the one who shall bring their country out of its poverty and corruption. Many believe that Pacquiao will become the President of their country in the near future. Most individuals present at the bar on this Sunday morning are indifferent to whether Pacquiao wins the mathc or not. They are present to see their hero and support him as they believe him to be their savoir.
Pacquiao ready for his new role
As more individuals consider Pacquiao as the messiah for the eliminating economic poverty marking their country, the boxer is also ready to take on new responsibilities and save his nation. The fighter is taking on his new role as the one who shall free Phillipines from the numerous government officials who are corrupt and taking up office only to make themselves rich. The newest and the richest elected national Congressman, Manny Pacquiao at a press conference on Wednesday mentioned that the bigger fight of his life was to rid his country from the poverty that plagues it.