[Alsfastball] Portland DeMarini Rose Cup

[Jim Flanagan]

The Broken Bow Spirit of Amsterdam NY captured the 2004 Portland DeMarini 
Rose Cup championship with a 6-0 win over Team Rainey of Whittier, 
California Sunday afternoon at Delta Park.

Frank Cox was the winning pitcher, as the Spirit finished the tournament 
with a perfect 6-0 record.  BBS started the day as one of two #1 pool play 
seeds, earning a first round bye, defeated Morgan Transfer of Olympia WA 
8-0 in the quarterfinals, followed by a 13-2 win over host Portland 
DeMarini in the semis, to put them into the championship game.

For Team Rainey, it was the second year in a row that they reached the 
championship game, and the second year that they found themselves facing 
the defending ISC World Champions in the finals. (Last year, it was St. 
Joe's Frontier Casino Players)  Team Rainey reached the finals this year 
with a 2-0 win over the Fullerton Leafs in a 9am opening round game this 
morning, behind the pitching of Tony Peeples, followed by a quarterfinal 
win over #6 ranked Victoria Travellers Inn, 10-2, with Travis Price picking 
up the win.  Rainey brought out the big bats in that one, as Chris Wright, 
Nate Devine and Mike Butler all homered, Butler hitting two, his second and 
third home runs on the tournament. Peeples struck out 11 in the semis 
against Castlewood, as Rainey defeated the Utah team and advanced to the 
finals.

For Broken Bow, it marked their second tournament victory in as many 
months, after their Red Rock tournament win in May, as chronicled in the 
latest edition of Softball Magazine.

Ryan Wolfe was named the Most Valuable Player of the Rose Cup tournament, 
creating havoc from the leadoff spot all weekend long, and playing some 
great defense in centerfield.  In the championship game, Wolfe ran through 
the portable fencing to take a home run away from Rainey's Nate 
Devine.  Gerald Mus'lar was the Most Valuable pitcher, picking up two wins 
yesterday and two more today.

Host Portland DeMarini and Castlewood tied for third, reaching the final 
four.

For Tom Ree and the folks in Portland, we echo the comments of the players 
who describe this tournament as one of their favorites, and one that they 
don't want to miss next season.

Jim Flanagan
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