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ANNUAL On July 22-24 (Tue-Thur) of 2008 NY Finest will host the Fourth Annual Anthony Vazquez Memorial Police and Fire tournament. All proceeds will go to the Anthony Vazquez Memorial Scholarship fund. The scholarship fund was created by Anthony's parents Rose and Jose Vazquez after a tragic accident took the life of young Anthony April 2, 2003. The tournament will be held in the New York City Area from July 22 -24, 2008 which each team will play a minimum of 3, 7 inning games. The top four teams will play a semi-final game, with the winners advancing to the championship game. Games will be held a Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, Queens as well as New York's Finest Baseball Club's new home at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. Floyd Bennett Field also houses the NYPD Aviation and Drivers Training Unit. There will be no night games so everyone can enjoy the Hot NYC Nightlife. Diamond sports is the official sponsor of the Anthony Vazquez Memorial Tournament. Updated information for the 2008 Tournament coming soon.
Special Thanks to Felix Palao manager New York Rebels Baseball Club (NYCMBL) for designing the above logo.
A donation goes to a student every year that graduates from Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School.
Funds will also be used to sponsor a high school student to go to Summer
Camp at St. George's University, which is a medical school in Graneda.
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Travel 2007 Teams that are attending
2007 Tournament Results
Special Thanks to Richmond County Baseball Umpires Association For donating their time and services for our event. Freddy, the Crew did a great job! Thank You. The Vazquez Family, and NY Finest Baseball Club would like to thank everyone who participated in the 3rd Annual Anthony Vazquez Memorial Tournament. This Year was a great success due to the participation and commitment of the attending teams. With newly formed New York State Court Officer Blue Sox, and first year attending Chicago Fire Department Bravest along with LAPD Centurions, New York State Trooper Gray Riders, FDNY Bravest and the host NYPD Finest made the 6 team tournament exciting. July 18- Due
to the rain, the original schedule had to be altered and games had to be moved
to Victory field which is an all turf field in order to get the tournament
rolling. The first game was Chicago FD vs. a new and improved NY State trooper
club. Chicago jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first but the lead wouldn't hold
up as the Troopers scored two runs in the 4th, 1 in the fifth and 1 in the sixth to
take the first game by the score of 4-2.
July 19- The New York State troopers took a 2-1 lead vs. FDNY late into game #3 but fell short of the upset losing 3-2. The close game against a strong FDNY club proved to the rest of the teams in the tournament that the New York State Troopers came to Play. LAPD held on to defeat Chicago FD 10-6 despite a last inning surge in which Chicago plated 4 runs in the last inning but came up short. LAPD took on FDNY in the next game in which they scratched across one run losing to the Bravest 6-1. The New York State Court Officers Blue Sox made their debut vs. NY State Troopers. The Blue Sox fell shy losing 14-9. The Blue sox took on NYPD in the final game of Day #2. NY Finest Picher Ed Gillespie took a no hitter into the last inning before giving up the lead off single to new York State Court Officer's Cuccio. That's all Gillespie would give up as the Finest win 8-0. July 20 The First game was #1 Seed FDNY vs. #4 Seed LAPD Centurions. LAPD took a 9-3 lead into the 6th but was answered by a 6 run FDNY outburst that would tie the game at 9 all. That was as close as it would get, LAPD scored 5 in the last inning and defeated FDNY 15-9 advancing to the finals. In the other Semi Final Game, the #2 seed NYPD took on the #3 Seed New York State Troopers. The Troopers Jumped out to an early lead, scoring two runs in the top of the first. The Finest answered right back scoring three in their half of the inning. In the second inning, the NYPD squad scored seven times enroute to a 14-4 win. The win puts NYPD in the finals against LAPD, which would be a rematch of the 2003 championship game of the Mike Anaya Tournament in San Diego, California. In the Finals, LAPD struck first in the top of
the first inning. LAPD shortstop Soriano stroked a solo homerun of NYPD pitcher
Ray Caceres. NYPD would answer back with a RBI single by Lee Jones, scoring Gary
Villacres. In the top of the second Homeruns by LAPD's Cambell and Rodriguez
made for a 3-1 lead but, Back to back Homeruns by NYPD's Vic Lara and Eric
Sorensen tied the game at three all. Soriano led off the third inning with a
solo shot that broke the tie. Rich Custudio's two run Homerun in the Bottom half
of the third capped a three run rally propelling the Finest to a 6-4 lead. The
score remained the same until the Centurions Soriano cranked his third homerun
of the game, which was a 2 run shot that knotted the game at six. That would be
the score until the bottom of the last inning. NY Finest Gary Villacres hit a
lead off, walk off homerun to win the 2007 Anthony Vazquez Memorial Tournament.
2007 Championship Game LAPD Centurions vs. NYPD Finest
Past Teams That Participated
2004 RESULTS
Friday June 25, 2004 at Juniper Valley Park, Queens (Confines of 104 Precinct) NY
Saturday June 26, 2004 Semi-Finals at Poly Tech University Field, @ Floyd Bennett Field (Drivers Training) Brooklyn NY
Finals 3:00 pm Winner of Game #1 vs. Winner of Game #2 N.Y.P.D (#1 Seed 4-0) 11 F.D.N.Y (#2 Seed 4-0) 5
NOTE: All Playoff Games Are One Game Elimination 2004 Tournament Summary The Vazquez Family, and NY Finest Baseball Club would like to thank everyone who participated in the first year of the event. We hope all the players, Families and friends enjoyed their stay in NYC. Many players made friends for life from other departments. Many of the teams that participated here in New York will meet again on the playing field in other Tournaments across the country. This Year's tournament had 6 teams attend including three Major departments outside of the New York area. With Los Angeles, Chicago, and Las Vegas attending we anticipate next year's event to grow. In the Ten Year History of NY Finest Baseball, This was the first time we hosted a Tournament of any kind. We would like to Thank Everyone who made this event possible and everyone who made it a success. Once again, THANK YOU. Special Thanks to Richmond County Baseball Umpires Association For donating their time and services for our event. Freddy And the Crew did a great job! Thank You.
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