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Post by bigfan on Mar 21, 2006 11:30:00 GMT -5
Mauli'a La Barre, a middle blocker for the Hawaii men's volleyball team, has gone bananas---literally.
His pre-match ritual is to consume seven bananas in 60 seconds. "And it has to be Chiquita bananas, the long ones, not the Dole," he told the Honolulu Advertiser.
Through Monday, with LaBarre as a starter, the Warriors had won 11 cosecutive matches.
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Post by CityTechLegend on Mar 21, 2006 12:50:38 GMT -5
Now that is supersticious...WOW... I thought baseball players were bad. Wade Boggs ate fried chicken everytime he had a game, but Chicita Bananas. the long ones that's funny and wierd...its works though.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Mar 21, 2006 14:02:37 GMT -5
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Post by CrushTheCoconut on Mar 22, 2006 14:38:14 GMT -5
The funny thing about that article is that the majority of it is fiction. The players set up Stephen Tsai of the Advertiser to see if he would print it. And he DID!!!
He has a tendacy to try and gets scoops through whatever means possible, so the team set him up to teach him a lesson and he bit. Pretty funny stuff.
So, no, Mau does not eat 7 bananas in 60 seconds before a match. it did make for an interesting story, but also makes you wonder whats fact and whats fiction that you read.
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Post by pepperdoody on Mar 22, 2006 15:00:12 GMT -5
Maybe even what you are saying isn't true , maybe he really does eat 7 bananas .
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Post by CrushTheCoconut on Mar 22, 2006 15:06:55 GMT -5
Sorry to disappoint, but he doesn't.
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Post by warriordudette88 on Mar 22, 2006 15:44:36 GMT -5
The funny thing is, fans in Hawaii who read the article will find the volleyball players more endearing because of the weirdness.
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Post by swingaway on Mar 23, 2006 0:47:42 GMT -5
Sorry to disappoint, but he doesn't. If your right, he not only got the reporter but at least 3 majors, including the LA Times, who picked up on it. Well done  |
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Post by UHvbFan on Mar 23, 2006 2:59:36 GMT -5
If your right, he not only got the reporter but at least 3 majors, including the LA Times, who picked up on it. Well done ...and the report about Sean Carney waxing his chest is, presumably, also fiction. |
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Post by sexy on Mar 23, 2006 3:10:12 GMT -5
i knew la barre was lying about the bananas -- no one buys and eats chiquita bananas and not wear the stickers that comes with it with pride -- and i had a feeling carney didnt get his chest waxed - since he looks like no virgin to me -- okay - i lied - i found all this out on the show mythbuster
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