They made it to the championship game and lost to China 2-1. Congrats and San Diego Baseball is really being displayed in the spotlight and throughout the nation.
It’s been a long, strange journey. One we really didn’t think we’d be making when we played our first game in early July.
What it really comes down to is this: Trust. You trust your teammates to pick you up, and make the put out, make the tag, throw the runner out. You trust your parents to be there with the sports drinks, clean uniforms, hotel arrangements, late night dinners, and support. You trust your coaches to make the right calls, to pick the other teams signs, to pick you up after you strike out, to pat you on the backside when you contribute any way you can. Trust that the league is supporting you when you’re far from home. Trust that when you have a disagreement with a teammate that you can put it behind you and remember that you’re a team. Trust that the umpires are fair, or that we can overcome when they’re not. Trust that your arm can go one more inning, that your bat finds its swing one more time, that your legs can steal one more base. Trust that you can get up the next day and get ready to play one more time. Then do it again.
It all began in Chula Vista…. Voted best soft tacos by the players and parents. Turning point: Roman’s suicide squeeze to get Zimm home for the game winning run.
District Tournament
7/7/05 Paradise Hills Red 7-1
7/9/05 National City 2-1
7/11/05 Chula Vista South 2-3
7/12/05 Paradise Hills Red 8-1
7/13/05 National City 2-1
7/14/05 Chula Vista South 6-1
7/14/05 Chula Vista North 5-4
7/15/05 Chula Vista North 12-2
Won District banner
On to Lakeside…We weren’t expected to win
Lost our first game to Mira Mesa, one of the best teams we played in the entire post-season. Also has the most class. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at Denny’s.
Section Tournament
7/18/05 Mira Mesa 1-2
7/20/05 Carlsbad 2-1
7/22/05 Coast 1-0
7/23/05 Mira Mesa 1-0
7/24/05 Lakeside 3-1
7/24/05 Emerald 11-2
7/25/05 Emerald 9-2
Won Section banner
Next, Whittier. No fence could keep Weymann’s walk-off home run in the park. His 360ft bomb went into the next county.
Region Tournament
7/29/05 Anaheim 2-1
7/30/05 Upland 7-2
7/31/05 Fontana 7-1
8/2/05 Whittier 5-4
Won Region banner
Then Fullerton… Beautiful ballfield. Trains going by every couple of minutes never bothered the pitchers. Favorite memories: The Catch by Matt Arlington, great pitching, and outstanding fielding. Winning at 10pm on Wednesday, on a plane at 10am Thursday.
Zone Tournament
8/6/05 San Carlos 5-2
8/7/05 Tucson 8-1
8/9/05 Los Alamitos 3-2
8/10/05 Los Alamitos 4-10
8/10/05 Los Alamitos 4-3
Won Zone banner
And finally, Washington, PA. Memories: All the teams staying at the same hotel. Puerto Rico playing the bongos all night. Chinese players doing Tai Chi. Great barbeque with Texas and a lot of games of wiffle ball in the back parking lot. Fireworks from West Virginia. Crying at the friendship game. We adopted a family with disabled kids, Zyron and Jeeno, and took them everywhere with us. Underdogs in the Washington game. Hearing your kids name on the radio. Winning. Losing. More fireworks.
World Series
8/14/05 Chesapeake, VA 11-4
8/16/05 Washington, PA 5-1
8/18/05 Chesapeake, VA 3-2
8/20/05 Chinese Taipei 1-2
U.S. Champions
Thanks to everyone at Tecolote and everyone else who supported us throughout this entire journey. We could feel your support and knew you were there for us. Thanks for all the phone calls and email. We couldn’t have done it without you.
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