the last play
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Cody Webster dominated the illegals in 1982 and broke their string of WS titles
Watch "Little Big Men" to see how they got to Williamsport. Crazy ending to the game.
1980- Bell and Sheffield from Tampa lost to Taiwan in the Finals
1981- Tampa still had Derrick Bell, went back to the Finals and lost again to Tampa.
1981- Team from my hometown lost to that Tampa team 6-3 in opening game.
1983- Team from my hometown made the semi's, was up 5-0 to Georgia and lost 9-8
That Stamford American team had their stud pitcher ready to pitch the finals.
That team beat what turned out to be my future brother in laws team from Rhode Island, for the right to go to Williamsport that year.
Watch "Little Big Men" to see how they got to Williamsport. Crazy ending to the game.
1980- Bell and Sheffield from Tampa lost to Taiwan in the Finals
1981- Tampa still had Derrick Bell, went back to the Finals and lost again to Tampa.
1981- Team from my hometown lost to that Tampa team 6-3 in opening game.
1983- Team from my hometown made the semi's, was up 5-0 to Georgia and lost 9-8
That Stamford American team had their stud pitcher ready to pitch the finals.
That team beat what turned out to be my future brother in laws team from Rhode Island, for the right to go to Williamsport that year.
The Americans nearly joined three other Fairfield County teams that won World Series titles. Stamford won it in 1951, Norwalk in 1952 and Trumbull in 1989.
Stamford played eventual champion Marietta, Ga., in the winners’ bracket final of the U.S. bracket and jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. Georgia came back to take an 8-5 lead, and Stamford tied it again in the fifth. Georgia scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to win, 9-8. Georgia beat Latin America, 3-1, in the championship game. Stamford American lost to the Far East, 11-3, in its final game and finished fourth.
“There’s no question we would’ve won that final game,’’ said Piersa, who started the game against Marietta. “We had our ace (Greg Padilla) ready. We got up 5-0 and thought it might over. You’re up 5-0 and the way you’re playing, you know you’re almost through.”
But Stamford American’s summer run had gotten off to a rocky start. It lost to intown rival National Lione, 6-2, in its first District 1 game. The Americans then won 16 straight to reach the World Series. Only four teams made the World Series from the U.S. in those days, and they had to get past teams from New Jersey, Delaware and New England to reach the Series.
Stamford played eventual champion Marietta, Ga., in the winners’ bracket final of the U.S. bracket and jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. Georgia came back to take an 8-5 lead, and Stamford tied it again in the fifth. Georgia scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to win, 9-8. Georgia beat Latin America, 3-1, in the championship game. Stamford American lost to the Far East, 11-3, in its final game and finished fourth.
“There’s no question we would’ve won that final game,’’ said Piersa, who started the game against Marietta. “We had our ace (Greg Padilla) ready. We got up 5-0 and thought it might over. You’re up 5-0 and the way you’re playing, you know you’re almost through.”
But Stamford American’s summer run had gotten off to a rocky start. It lost to intown rival National Lione, 6-2, in its first District 1 game. The Americans then won 16 straight to reach the World Series. Only four teams made the World Series from the U.S. in those days, and they had to get past teams from New Jersey, Delaware and New England to reach the Series.
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pjillipenes were stripped vs long beacg in 1993 against sean burroughs