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West Covina Bombers
Martin Mendez Sr.
626)330-8669
La Puente, California
91744
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Saturday, August 12
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2006 11U 24 USSSA ELITE NATIONAL WORLD SERIES RUNNER UPS!!!!
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24 OF THE NATIONS ELITE BEST CAME OUT TO ORLANDO'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS COMPLEX TO EARN THEIR TITLE AS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, INCLUDING 5 CALIFORNIA TEAMS, THE WEST COVINA BOMBERS, LONG BEACH BLAZE, SAN DIEGO STARS, SO. CAL XTERMINATORS, AND THE TEMECULA TIDES. INCLUDING THE ATLANTA MONARCH'S, MEMPHIS TRAVELERS, TEXAS TURN 2 BASEBALL, GEORGIA BANDITS, MAC-N-SELTZ INDIANS, IOWA SUN DEVILS, ARKANSAS STIX, TEXAS ROUGHRIDERS, KANSAS CITY COUGARS, ROCKETS CITY STINGERS, TOMBALL SABERS, METRO DETROIT DODGERS, UPPER DECK COUGARS-SOUTH, MEMPHIS TIGERS, WEST VOLUSIA ATTACK, PITTSBURGH WILD THINGS BLACK, OLKLAHOMA ELITE, BEAVER VALLEY RED, AND THE HOUSTON BANDITOS BLACK.
THE WEST COVINA BOMBERS CAME OUT A BIT SLOW LOSING TO THE IOWA SUN DEVILS, 2-3.
THE NEXT DAY TO PROVE THEY WERE BACK ON TRACK WINNING TO THE TEMECULA TIDES IN EXTRA INNINGS-3-2. THE BOMBERS WERE LOSING 2-0 UNTIL THE 4TH INNING, THEY CAME ALIVE AGAIN BELIEVING THAT THEY WERE THERE ALL FOR THE SAME REASON, TO WIN, NOTHING WAS GOING TO STOP THESE BOYS, THEY CONTINUED TO PLAY HARD, TYING THE GAME IN THE 4TH INNING WAS DAVID DENSONS LINE DRIVE OVER THE 1ST BASEMANS HEAD,WITH JARED ROBINSON AND JONATHAN MENDEZ ON BASE, SCORING BOTH TO TIE THE GAME, GOING EXTRA INNINGS UNTIL THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH, WHEN JOEY FRANCO GOT A BASE HIT, STEALING SECOND, AND WITH TWO OUTS, JONATHAN MENDEZ HITS THE WINNING BOMB OVER THE CENTER FIELDERS HEAD TO WIN THE GAME. ALL OF THE BOMBERS PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT WINNERS NEVER GIVE UP.
POOL PLAY BEGAN AFTER DAY 3, AND OUR 1ST GAME WITH THE TOUGH GOERGIA BANDITS-WHO TOLD OUR COACHES THAT THEY HAD NEVER BEEN BEATEN LIKE THIS BEFORE, YOU GUYS PROVED TO BE THE REAL DEAL SAID ONE OF THEIR COACHES, AND THAT THEY HAD NEVER BEEN SHUT OUT BEFORE. BOMBERS WON IN 6 INNINGS 3-2. WE PLAYED THEM AGAIN IN GAME 5, 8-0. THEIR COCHES GAVE HIGH PROPS TO ADRIAN DE HORTA, SAYING THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A PITCHER AS FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND AS HIM. HE PITCHED FOUR INNINGS IN THE FIRST GAME, WITH ALEX GUITERREZ THERE TO SHUT AND WIN THE GAME.
GAME 4 WE PLAYED THE KANSAS CITY COUGARS, WITH AN AWESOME DEFENSE, AND PITCHING BY URIEL CARRANZA WHO WAS ON FIRE, PITCHING 4 INNING, WITH ALEX GUTIERREZ TO FINISH THE GAME WITH AN AWSOME WIN, 8-2. BATS CAME FLYING, WHEN JARED HIT A TRIPLE, URIEL CARRANZA'S SINGLE, AUSTIN'S 3 SINGLES, VINCENT'S TWO SHOTS TO THE GAPS, DAVID'S DOUBLE, AND ADRIAN DE HORTA WHO CAUGHT A GREAT GAME, WITH NOTHING BY HIM. ALL THE BOMBERS PLAYED HARD AND TOOK 'EM DEEP!!!
GAME 6 AGAINST THE TOUGH ATLANTA MONARCH'S AND WITH ONLY FOUR TEAMS STANDING AT THIS TIME, THEY GAVE US A HECK OF A GAME. THE SEMI FINALS-ON THIS DAY WE EARNED A 4-2 WIN. WE GOT LOTS OF PROPS FROM THE MONARCH'S SAYING THAT WE ARE A TOUGH BUNCH, AND CLASS ACT. WITH ADRIAN DE HORTA PITCHING A NO HITTER FOR 5 INNINGS, AND ALEX COMING UP TO WIN THE GAME. ALEX CLOSED TO A TEAM WHO'S AVERAGE EARNED RUNS WHERE 15. A CLASS ACT TEAM, THE MONARCH'S WERE TOUGH, BUT OUR BATS CAME AROUND STILL AGAIN, WITH JOEY'S HIT TO THE FENCE SCORING, AUSTIN AND ADRIAN.
OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE PHENOMINAL HOUSTON TEXAS BANDITOS PROVED TO BE AN EVEN TOUGHER CHALLENGE FOR THE BOMBERS WHO WERE SO PUMPED. OUR 1ST 3 INNINGS WENT 1-0. WITH A TALENTED PLAYER WHOM THEY FLEW IN FROM HOUSTON THE NIGHT BEFORE TO PITCH TO US AT AN AMAZING 80 MPH. WITH TWO OTHER PLAYERS FROM CALIFORNIA AND NORTH CAROLINA WHO WERE ALSO FLOWN IN THE NIGHT BEFORE. GREAT EFFORT ON THE BOMBERS WHO HIT SHOTS TO EVERY GLOVE OUT THERE, THEY GAVE IT THEIR ALL, AND WITH ALL THAT, THEY WERE THE ONLY CALIFORNIA TEAM TO BE IN THE FINAL FOUR AND FINAL TWO. WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR BOMBERS WHO WERE DEFEATED BY THE HOUSTON BANDITO BLACK BASEBALL ORGANIZATION, 8-0. WE WERE BEAT, BUT ANOTHER DAY WILL COME AGAIN. WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE EVERY ORIGINAL PLAYER THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS CONTINUED WITH, WE WILL SEE ANOTHER GAME. OUR FAITH RELY'S ON OUR ORIGINAL PLAYERS WHO TOOK IT HARD AND DEEP TO THE NATIONAL ELITE 24 WORLD SERIES!!!
THANKS TO ALL OF THE ELITE TEAMS WHO PLAYED US AND GAVE US PROPS, ESPECIALLY TO THE HOUSTON BANDITOS BLACK WHO WERE AWESOME, GIVING US OUR PROPS AND EVEN SNAPPED A PHOTO WITH OUR TEAM, SHOWING THAT THEY ARE TRUELY A CLASS ACT-CONGRATS TO THE BANDITOS BLACK.
YOUR BROUGHT HOME A GREAT VICTORY TO CALIFORNIA BOMBERS!!!!!!
TWO WEEKS IN ORLANDO AND WE HAD A BLAST...
OVER 500 PHOTOS OF PLAY BY PLAY PHOTOS WILL COME... GIVE THE WEB MASTER A DAY OR TWO!!!
Right Now by Van Halen
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