TAIPEI ? ?Puwede na.? That was Efren ?Bata? Reyes talking about Manny Pacquiao. One Filipino icon describing the game of another big sports hero back home.
Reyes, in this case, wasn?t talking about Pacquiao?s exploits on the ring, which he admires so much, but rather his pool skills ? billiards being the GenSan pug?s other (some say greater) passion.
?May tira rin. Marunong na ring maglaro,? the Hall of Famer said of Pacquiao who he said he had played against once in a friendly game of 9-ball some months back at Coronado.
The two had shared center stage on a hectic Sunday for Philippine sports ? Pacquiao fighting world featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas; Reyes seeing action in the finals of the Taipei leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-ball tour.
