Never before, in my ten years through the Buenos Aires Baseball circuit, I have seen so many baseball enthusiasts gathered in one place for one purpose; to watch good baseball. Six South American teams began the ten day journey down the road to victory as the best in South American Baseball. Though powerhouse Venezuela chose not to take part, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and hometown Argentina have put on quite a phenomenal baseball performance. I’m not going to get into detail, as so much has taken place thus far, but I will give you a breakdown of the scores and tasty tidbits of news from this unique tournament.
Chile and Bolivia kicked things off with Chile winning 7-4. Peru and Argentina served up the second game with a 10 – 0 blowout by the heavily favored Argentine squad. Ecuador and Brazil played the first night game at El Estadio Nacional since the 70’s. No shit! According to Shankee Press sources, the old generator was so large, noisy, and so expensive to light up, that it’s probably been 30 years since it made a night game possible. It was a most memorable moment for the baseball fans on hand. “It was incredible, seeing the Stadium illuminated from the highway was wonderful,” states Aldo Favia, one of the men behind this landmark moment for Argentina.
In a really close game that got decided in the ninth, Ecuador beat Brazil 3 – 0. Day two: Bolivia once again played the morning game, and once again kicked off day with a loss. Peru looked to bounce back after getting crushed by the Local team, and smoked their Bolivian neighbors 16-1. Argentina and Ecuador squared off, but the Argies won easily 11-1 behind solid pitching from their Cordobes pitcher Federico Tanco and hard hitting line-up.
The Shankee Skipper made his presence known as he was spotted with his son Henry working the scoreboard along the Argentine version of the Green monster. Only that this green monster is in center field, at approx 450 ft. “Only Babe Ruth could hit a homerun in this park, dad,” stated Henry Perry while hanging up a rusty, old number 5 in the second inning. “This makes for good Shankee history,” says Skipper Perry, “Not too many father-son duos working old metal scoreboards at international baseball games. Not even Visa can buy a moment like this,” he adds.
The third game of the day had Brazil facing Chile as the Stadium lights went on. Unfortunately, it was a gloomy affair for the Andean team as they got crushed 15-0. That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more news as the days unfold with a lot more baseball ahead. Chau 4 now. --- For detailed info on the games, visit the Liga Metro homepage: http://www.beisbolmetro.com.ar
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