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.
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.
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)
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
Click link for game details (PDF) Playoff Game 3
PG-4
2:00 pm – Winner PG-4 v. Loser PG-3 California A’s 2, New Zealand Black Sox 0
Click link for game details (PDF) Playoff Game 4
PG-5
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
4:00 pm – Winner PG-3 v. Winner PG-5 California A’s 7, Dominicana 0
Click link for game details (PDF) Playoff Game 5
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.
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
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.
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