Announcement
SPRING 2014---LOS TIGRES WINS 12TH LEAGUE TITLE, GLORY DAYS GAIN IT'S FIFTH
The Tigres broke a 5-5 tie with a brace of five runs from the 5th to 7th innings to earn their 12th league championship, and their fourth in a row with a 10-5 victory over the second seeded Manatees in the 18AAA Division title game at the Santaluces Baseball Complex in Lantana on Sunday, September 7. Former St. Louis Cardinals' farmhand Wilson Ciprian turned things around with a 4 1/3 inning shutout relief appearance, and another former Cardinals' minor leaguer, Luis DeLaCruz banged out three hits and knocked in three runs to earn Most Valualbe Player honors.
Moments earlier, the upset-minded Glory Days made it five league championships for that franchise when they routed the Orioles 14-1 in the 18AA division title game. The game featured a stellar pitching performance by lefthander Shane Farnsworth and a great game offensively and defensively by Dan Segui, the game's Most Valualbe Player.
Glory Days, who first joined the Palm Beach League in 1993, went into the playoffs as the number three seed in the North Division and scored a 5-4 victory over the North's top seed, the Leones (18-2 for the regular season) behing the complete game pitching performance by veteran John Hrosovsky to earn the AA final game. The Orioles upheld their #1 ranking with a 7-4 verdict over the second seeded Padres to earn a trip to the AA championship.
The day started under threatening skies following torrential rains the night before throughout the area, but the threat of rain and thunderstorms never materialized as brillliant sunshine prevailed most of the day.
There was an emotional start to championship day as Rona Ginsburg, and her son Adam, came to the Santaluces Complex before the start of the morning game and offered a prayer, followed by a moment of silence with all four teams lining the base paths in tribute to the late umpire Bernie Ginsburg, who passed away on Tuesday, September 4 after a fall at a rehabiliation facility in Wellington, where he was recovering from nine hours of back surgery the week before in the Miami area. In the afternoon on Sunday, members of Los Tigres and the Manatees also lined the basepaths and offered a moment of silence to Bernie's memory before the start of their championship game.
Below is a rundown of the complete Palm Beach League playoff results.
PALM BEACH LEAGUE SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
(All games at Santaluces Baseball Complex, Lantana, Florida)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
18AAA-Los Tigres 10 Manatees 5 18AA-Glory Days 14 Orioles 1
DIVISIONAL FINALS
North Final-Glory Days 5 Leones 4, South Final-Orioles 7 Padres 4
PLAYOFFS---AUGUST 24, 2014
At Roger Dean St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Complex, Jupiter, FL
18AAA Semifinals-Los Tigres 10 Beach Bums 6
18AAA Semifinals-Manatees 9 Bandits 3
At Santaluces Baseball Complex, Lantana, FL
18AA North Division Quarterfinals
Glory Days 14 Dodgers 8, Mets 7 Cuban Sugar Kings 4
18AA South Divisional Quarterfinals
Red Sox 14 Rough Riders 2, Thunder 6 Marlins 1
18AA North Division Semfinals
Glory Days 17 Reds 12, Leones 8 Mets 0
18AA South Division Semifinals
Padres 6 Red Sox 1, Orioles 9 Thunder 8
