1989  

Season in Review: 1989

The Hotdogs are once again regarded as one of the strongest squads despite the transfer of Guidaben to Alaska, Padim Israel, Willie Generalao and Totoy Marquez to Presto and the unintended retirement of Jaybee Yango. In their stead, rookies Nelson Asaytono, Dindo Pumaren and Tony dela Cerna were drafted, while Sonny Cabatu and Pido Jarencio were acquired from Presto, Ludovico Valenciano moved over from Alaska. The PBA’s winningest coach and former Presto coach , Baby Dalupan, was also hired to take over the head coach job. This drew a cry of “foul” from Presto team finance boss Ignacio Gotao since Baby had a contract with his ballclub. Finally, it was decided that Baby stay with Presto for a 30-day period from the date of his resignation as is customary for all resigning employees. Purefoods lost in six games to San Miguel in the All-Filipino Cup. An incident also happened during this series when Samboy Lim nearly suffered a career-ending injury when he drove over Jojo Lastimosa causing him to fall off-balance.

Roster:

Alvin Patrimonio
Jerry Codinera
Isabelo "Jojo" Lastimosa
Glenn Capacio
Alfonso "Al" Solis
Edgar "Jack" Tanuan
Ludovico "Naning" Valenciano
Santiago "Sonny" Cabatu
Nelson Asaytono (Rookie)
Ferdinand "Dindo" Pumaren (Rookie)
Antonio "Tony" de la Cerna (Rookie)
Alejo "Pongkee" Alolor

Departures:
Alberto "Abet" Guidaben (signed with Alaska)
Wilfredo "Willie" Generalao (signed with Presto)
Jose "JB" Yango (retired)
Manuel "Totoy" Marquez (signed with Presto)
Federico "Padim" Israel (signed with Presto)

Imports:
Dexter Shouse (3rd conference)