Zamboanga City Little League team

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Zamboanga City
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League Little League World Series  ( Far East Region )
Location Zamboanga City
World Series championships1992 (stripped)
CoachRodolfo Lugay (1992)

The Little League World Series team from Zamboanga City, Philippines representing the Far East Region is noted for winning the 1992 Little League World Series and later for being stripped of the title in the youth baseball tournament for fielding players based outside the city violating residency rules.

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Campaign

Qualification

Zamboanga City's campaign would begin in the national Little League in the Philippines. Under coach Eduardo Toribio. The team earned the right to represent the country in the Far East Regionals hosted in China. [1]

Toribio would be replaced as coach, with personal reasons announced as reason for his departure. They would went on to outbest teams from traditional baseball powerhouses Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, [2] becoming the first Philippine team to play in the World Series. [3]

The Far East region has previously won 21 out of 26 past World Series editions, with teams from Taiwan winning 15 of them. [3]

1992 World Series

Pool play

August 24
Game 1		 Kaiserslautern Flag of Germany.svg 2–14 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Zamboanga City Howard J. Lamade Stadium
August 25
Game 2		 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 0–2 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Zamboanga City Howard J. Lamade Stadium
August 26
Game 3		Zamboanga City Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg 0–2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo Howard J. Lamade Stadium

Elimination round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 27
 
 
 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Zamboanga City5
 
August 29 – Original result (Forfeited)
 
 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo 1
 
 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Zamboanga City15
 
August 27
 
 Flag of California.svg California 4
 
 Flag of California.svg California 1
 
 
 Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey 0
 

Reception of win

The Zamboanga City team were paraded along Ayala Avenue in Makati after returning from the United States. [2] Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos received the Zamboanga City team at the Malacañang Palace and gave is members ₱1 million ($40,000) incentive to fund their education. [4] [5]

Scandal

Al Mendoza from the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Jess Sison of the Malaya would raise questions about some of team members' eligibility after what was supposed be the historic win for a Philippine team, particularly their age and locality of origin. Under Little League regulations players should be aged 10 to 12, and come from a single geographic district including any substitution. [2]

'Out-of-area' players

Coach Eduardo Toribio of the original team which won the National Open would alleged that the Philippine Sports Commission inserted the eight players based outside the city. [6] These players are based in Cavite, Laguna and Isabela. [2]

Other allegations

Ian Tolentino in particular was noted to have played at the 1990 Bronco League, an under-13 tournament which would made him overage for the 1992 Little League World Series. Inquirer alleged that six players including team captain Allan Bituin is not who they claim they are. Six overaged boys were claimed to be playing under a name different than their own. [2]

Disqualification

The Little League Baseball organization stripped Zamboanga City of the title and gave it to initial runners-up Long Beach, California. Philippine officials have admitted to fielding eight players from outside the Zamboanga City's district. [1] The question of the players' ages were never mentioned in the official disqualification. [4]

Long Beach staff lauded the decision but lamented that they would have preferred to won the championship "on the field" or via regular play. [1]

Philippine Little League district administrator Armando Andaya resigned but insist that the decision was a "rank injustice" and suggested that the Americans maliciously find a reason to disqualify the Zamboanga City team on a technicality. [4] Players and the parents also accuses the organization of denying them due process. [5]

Inquirer journalists Armand Nocum, Carolyn Arguillas, and Jun Engracia would write a six-part series which had its first portion published on November 7, 1992, detailing the allegations. [2] [7]

A Senate inquiry would be held regarding the matter. [2] The Senate committee on youth and sports development was planning to release its report condemning the disqualification as "arbitrary, whimsical and capricious" but this was revised midway of the publication of Inquirer's series. [7]

Gil Portes directed the 2013 film dubbed Liars which featured a team based in the Smokey Mountain which cheated in the Little League World Series set in the 2000s, and was inspired from the 1992 scandal involving the Zamboanga City team. [8] [9]

Listed squad

The following are the listed players for Zamboanga City at the 1992 Little League World Series. Players who actually hails from another area other than Zamboanga City are noted as well. [2] [10]

  1. Jemar Alfaro
  2. Expedito Alvarez Jr.
  3. Jeffrey Bartolome (from Isabela)
  4. Allan Bituin
  5. Michael Exconde (from San Pablo, Laguna)
  6. Jolifer Fridge (from Cavite City)
  7. Michael Gonzales (from Cavite City)
  8. Enel Llacuna (from Imus, Cavite)
  9. Rodel Marcos
  10. Marlon Pantaleon
  11. Robert Placious (from Isabela)
  12. Ignacio Ramacho
  13. Tolentino Sagun (from Canlubang, Laguna)
  14. Jerwin Sagun (from Canlubang, Laguna)
  15. Ian Tolentino

Head coach: Rodolfo Lugay

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