Peligro 2011

California A’s are 2011 Peligro Cup champions

The California A’s captured the 2011 Peligro Cup, and $10,000 prize money, with a 7-0 win over runner-up Dominicana, in a game that ended at 2:00 a.m. Monday at Crotona Park in the Bronx, New York, just a couple of miles up the road from Yankee Stadium.

The California A’s rebounded from their opening night loss to the New Zealand Black Sox, 2-0 in a semi-final win, powered by a 2 run homer by Paul Rosebush, then ran away with the finale to clinch the Cup. The A’s combined good offense, with dominant pitching.

For most of Sunday, it looked like the tournament’s final day of playoff games would be rained out. But tournament organizers scrambled to repair the wet fields and even find another field to complete the 2011 tournament.

Playoff games that were set to begin at 10:00 a.m. EDT finally began just before 5:00 p.m., and ran into the wee hours of Monday morning. The championship game wound down with New York’s finest ready to close things down due to the 2am curfew, after the game was moved from Randall’s Island to a park in the Bronx with lights.

Tournament Coverage

2011 Peligro Scoreboard at Al’s Fastball

Official website

At the Ballfield (Jamie’s blog)

Click logo to view info at Al's Fastball

Pool Play Standings

RED – Division A (Wins-Losses)
Excellent NY (3-1)
Chicago / NY (3-1)
PA Power (2-2)
Lanceros de Vargas (2-2)
Combatientes (0-4)

BLUE – Division B (Wins-Losses)
California A’s (3-1)
New Zealand Black Sox (2-2)
Industriales De Calabobo (2-2)
Dominicana (1-3)
NY Sports Bar (1-3)
Padres de Venezula (1-3)

Jamie/Al’s Game Details
Click here to view all games on one page. (large file so give it time to load).

Click PDF link for details of each game:

Game1
Excellent NY 3, Chicago/NY 2

Game2
New Zealand 3, California A’s 0

Game3
Lanceros 3, Combatientes 0

Game4
PA Power 2, Excellent NY 1

Game5
Dominicana 10, NY Sports Bar 3

Game6
New Zealand 3, Industriales 2

Game7
Excellent 1, Combatientes 0

Game8
Dominicana 7, Padres 3

Game9
NY Sports Bar 4, New Zealand 3

Game10
California A’s 8, Industriales 0

Game11
Chicago / NY 9, Combatientes 2

Game12
Lanceros 7, PA Power 0

Game13
Industriales 5, NY Sports Bar 3

Game14
California A’s 7, Padres 0

Game15
PA Power 3, Combatientes 0

Game16
Chicago / NY 8, Lanceros 1

Game17
California A’s 4, Dominicana 0

Game18
Padres 4, NY Sports Bar 2

Game19
Excellent NY 9, Lanceros 2

Game20
Chicago / NY 2, PA Power 0

Game21
Dominicana 3, New Zealand 0

Game22
Industriales 8, Padres 2

Sunday, July 3, 2011 Playoff Games

Playoff Round

PG-1:
10:00 am Red Division # 3 Lanceros vs. Blue Division # 2 Dominicana
Dominicana 8, Lanceros 0
Click link for game details (PDF)
Playoff Game 1

PG-2
10:00 am Red Division # 2 Chicago / NY vs. Blue Division # 3
New Zealand Black Sox
New Zealand Black Sox 4, Chicago/NY 3
Click link for game details (PDF)
Playoff Game 2

PG-3
Noon – Red Division # 1 Excellente vs. Dominicana
Dominicana 4, Excellente 2
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Playoff Game 3

PG-4
2:00 pm – Winner PG-4 v. Loser PG-3
California A’s 2, New Zealand Black Sox 0
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Playoff Game 4

PG-5
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
4:00 pm – Winner PG-3 v. Winner PG-5
California A’s 7, Dominicana 0
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Playoff Game 5

From Al Doran:

The teams are arriving in the Big Apple today and the games start July 1, Canada Day on Randall’s Island Park. The Peligro site has team rosters being added. The Schedule and Results page is live and running.

Jamie Hillhouse’s blog, “At the ballfield“.

Arrival
We arrived in Fort Lee, NJ last night. We managed to catch an earlier flight and got in around 5pm. The 15 minute drive from LaGuardia to the hotel took almost 2 hours. If you’ve never experienced rush hour traffic, it isn’t much fun. I have a whole new appreciation for the people who do that everyday.

We met with Jose, Doug and Eddie from New Zealand, and a good number of umpires. I cannot adequately describe what that was like. Then Paul Walford sat down. Then Chubb Tangarroa. I was surrounded. It was pretty neat, listening to these guys reminisce.

Today we will be visiting the fields and getting paperwork in order. The manager’s meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at 11am at the Holiday Inn in Fort Lee, NJ. Games start tomorrow night at 6:15pm at Crotona Park (1682 Boston Road, Bronx) with Chicago/New York playing Excellent NY and at 8:15 the New Zealand team takes on the California A’s.

Here is the entire schedule for Friday and Saturday….

Friday 6:15 – Chi/NY v. Excellent NY
8:15 – New Zealand v. California A’s

Saturday 9 am – Combatientes v. Lancero’s
Excellent NY v. PA Power
Dominicana v. NY Sports Bar
New Zealand v. Industriales

11am – Excellent v. Combatientes
Padres v. Dominicana
New Zealand v. NY Sports Bar
Industriales v. California A’s

1pm – Chi/NY v. Combatientes
PA Power v. Lanceros
Industriales v. NY Sports Bar
California A’s v. Padres

3pm – PA Power v. Combatients
Lanceros v. Chi/NY
California A’s v. Dominicana
NY Sports Bar v. Padres

5pm – Excellent NY v. Lanceros
PA Power v. Chi/NY
New Zealand v. Dominicana
Industriales v. Padres

Time to start the day. Have a great one everybody.

Click flyer for official website.

Teams (with rosters at the official site, click above)
California A’s
Chicago New York
Combatientes (Vene)
Dominicana
Excellent NY
Lanceros (Vene)
Industriales
New York Sports Bar
New Zealand Black Sox
Padres (Vene)
PA Power