In his collegiate years, Eala used to call on the "Man on the Ball" radio show of Romy Kintanar. This later helped land him a job as commentator for PBA games on radio before joining Vintage Sports, later renamed as Viva-Vintage Sports on its TV panel. Eala started as an analyst from 1992 to 1994, then becoming a play-by-play commentator by 1995. Later on, Eala became one of the most popular commentators in the league with his famous lines such as "Susmaryosep" (a well known Filipino expression) and "Nobody does it better", which drew raves and rants from fans.