Traditionally, a full moon is the bearer of strange behavior, bad news, and odd events. On Sunday, the annual solar eclipse brought us some exciting (and strange) baseball. In San Diego, the Angels and Padres were finishing off their first interleague series of the season in a truly strange fashion. As the 2-2 game moved into extra innings, line ups were starting to wear thin. The Angels had suffered multiple injuries, requiring some creative defensive changes. Albert Pujols moved from first base to third base, Bobby Wilson moved from catcher to first base, Howie Kendrick moved from second base to left field. The strangest part came in the bottom of the 13th inning. San Diego Padres’ starting pitcher Clayton Richard (who is scheduled to start today’s game), pinch hit with two outs in the bottom of the 13th. After driving a single to left, Will Venable hit a single to left center. Howie Kendrick, now playing left field, bobbled the ball allowing Richard to score all the way from first.
2012 Spring Classic – May 19-20, 2012
With Memorial Day fast approaching, the Spring Classic was the perfect tournament to have a week before our biggest tournament of the year. With games at Steed Park in San Clemente, beautiful summer weather, and great baseball all weekend, it was the perfect calm before the storm.
The 10-Under OC Sundevils met with BPA Rawlings twice on Sunday. In their first game of the day (their final pool play game), the Sundevils were able to give BPA Rawlings their first loss to clinch the 1st Seed. BPA Rawlings were able to find their game for the Championship game though, and took home a hard fought 4-2 win.
In the 11-Under division, the two undefeated teams from Saturday met for two games on Sunday. In their pool play game, No Fear managed to beat the So Cal Mustangs by one run. Aiming to keep the championship from being a close game, No Fear jumped out to an early 6-1 lead. The So Cal Mustangs weren’t going to give up that easily though. In the top of the 6th inning, they scored 7 runs to give them an 8-6 lead. The Mustangs brought in their closer in the bottom of the 6th, who quickly struck out three batters in a row to clinch the championship.
The 13-Under Gold was evenly matched all the way through. All five games on Sunday were won by one run. In the quarter finals, the So Cal Outlaws Black met up with their brother team, So Cal Outlaws Blue. The game was tied 5-5 going into the bottom of the sixth. Outlaws Black had the bases loaded, but a clutch strikeout kept the game tied going into the seventh. Outlaws Blue were unable to hold on though, when a sacrifice fly scored the walk off winning run for Outlaws Black.
No Fear went undefeated on Saturday, but due to runs allowed, were the 3rd Seed overall, meaning they would have to win three games on Sunday to win the championship. They won their quarter final game 2-1, and upset the 2nd Seed in the semi-final game with a 3-2 win to advance to the Championship game against the 1st Seed Irvine Rox. No Fear jumped out to an early 3-0 lead over Irvine Rox. Once the Rox found their footing though, they took a 5-3 lead going into the 6th inning. No Fear wasn’t done though, scoring three runs and holding the Rox for the 6-5 win.
Thank you to all the teams that played this weekend. Here is a list of the Champions and Runners Up.
Memorial Day Super NIT– May 26-28, 2012
Memorial Day is finally here. With teams from all over the country, you can be sure that there will be some great baseball played this weekend. Teams playing in in the Major Divisions will receive triple ranking points on usssa.com and the winner of each division will receive a 2012 Elite World Series Berth. All other divisions will receive double ranking points on usssa.com.
We will be playing at four parks, including Big League Dreams Cathedral City (separate tournament), with over 100 teams.
FVPB/USSSA Memorial Day – May 26-28, 2012
2012 marks the 4th year that USSSA has partnered with Fountain Valley Pony Baseball to run their annual Memorial Day tournament. This tournament always fills Fountain Valley Sports Park to capacity, and is a great tournament for All Star teams from all over Southern California to get experience together before All-Star season starts. With 86 teams signed up to play, this year will be no different.
2012 World Series – July 23rd-July 29th, 2012
The World Series is quickly approaching. We currently have teams from eight different states signed up to play, including six teams flying all the way over from Hawaii! This is always a great tournament and we look forward to it every year. If you are not sure if your team is qualified to play in this tournament, please email Craig at CCiandella@aol.com.
See you on the fields
-AC
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