Dominican Winter League 2005

[caribeño]

Lions unstoppable!! 7th straight win puts them in first

The lions continue their incredible streak, by beating the stars 12-7. Felix Jose hit a Homerun in the losing end, his 59th of his dominican career, tying the all time record with Rico Carty... His next homer will put him as the sole member of the 60HR club...

In the other hand, Juan Senreiso hit 2 singles, and had 3RBI's to help the Bulls get past the Giants, who lost their 7th straight 13-4

The game of the day between the rivals Eagles and Licey was PPD by rain, and is going to be played today... Felix Diaz will start for the Tigers, and Julian Tavarez is suposed to start for the Eagles

Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 15-8 0.0 .652 7W 7-5 7-4
Licey 14-8 0.5 .636 2W 8-4 6-4
Eagles 13-9 1.5 .591 1W 7-5 4-4
Bulls 11-12 4.0 .478 1W 6-5 5-7
Stars 9-14 6.0 .391 2L 7-5 2-9
Giants 6-17 9.0 .261 7L 3-6 3-10

Licey :
Gracias por las estadísticas y los comentarios . Magníficos .
Un saludo desde Borinquen .

[Licey Fan]

Licey still can't win in Santiago, Eagles win 5-3

Julian Tavarez (Picture) made his debut yesterday, pitching 4 innings of 2 runs allowed... He didn't show a lot of stuff, but was helped by great plays of the defense...

Felix Diaz did his part, and threw also 5 innings of 2 runs. No decision. Then the bullpen blew it... The eagles made 3 runs in a 4 pitcher 6th inning, and held on to the lead, to finally win it 5-3

Mendy Lopez by the Eagles, and Willis Otañez by the Tigers each hit solo shots, to stay tied in the league lead with 5, tied with Wilson Betemit of the Lions...

Arnaldo Muñoz made the save.

Today's Games
Stars @ Giants
Tigers @ Bulls
Eagles @ Lions

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 15-8 0.0 .652 7W 7-5 7-4
Licey 14-9 1.0 .609 1L 8-4 6-5
Eagles 14-9 1.0 .609 2W 8-5 4-4
Bulls 11-12 4.0 .478 1W 6-5 5-7
Stars 9-14 6.0 .391 2L 7-5 2-9
Giants 6-17 9.0 .261 7L 3-6 3-10

P.S.
Gracias caribeño!! Para eso estamos

[Licey Fan]

The King of the Jungle!! Lions win 8th straight, take distance at the top

The Lions kept their winning streak going by beating the eagles 5-4 at home... Edwin Encarnacion of the Eagles put them on top 3-2 in the 4th, but the bullpen couldn't hang on, so they came from behind, to beat them...

In La Romana, Raul Valdez went looking for his 4th win, and that's exactly what he got! He threw 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 2 hits, gave 2 BB and struck out 5... The losing pitcher was Erick Knott... The final score was 6-4... Ond the winning end, Juan Melo drove in 3, and Casey Rogowski went 4-5

In San Francisco, the Giants finally came out of their streak, and beat the Stars 8-1. Aquilino Lopez pitched 6 strong innings, and allowed just one. Nelson Cruz homered and drove in 3...

Today all the teams play the same teams, but in different home. Today's game mark the first half of the season (game 25) out of 50 regular season games

Today's Games
Giants @ Stars
Bulls @ Tigers
Lions @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 16-8 0.0 .667 8W 8-5 7-4
Licey 14-10 2.0 .583 2L 8-4 6-6
Eagles 14-10 2.0 .583 2W 8-5 4-5
Bulls 12-12 4.0 .500 2W 7-5 5-7
Stars 9-15 7.0 .375 2L 7-5 2-10
Giants 7-17 9.0 .292 1W 4-6 3-10

[Licey Fan]

Felix Jose hits 60th: All-time Homerun King



Felix Jose, of the Stars, hit a solo shot in the 1st inning, marking his 4th homerun of the season, and the 60th of his career, to make him the sole member of the 60HR club in the Dominican Winter League history... He left behind Rico Carty's 30 year record of 59... The closest active player is Izzy Alcantara, who's currently playing for the Escogido Lions, and has 5. The Stars won that Game 9-5.

In Santiago, the Lions kept their streak going, now making it 9 straight, and came back to win 8-7. The game was 7-6 in the top of the ninth, but the lions reacted, and took the game away from the Eagles' closer Arnaldo Muñoz.

In Santo Domingo, the Tigers took payback on the Bulls, and won the game 6-5... Jose Bautista hit his 5th homer of the season... The tigers came top the 8th winning 6-1, but the bullpen allowed 4 runs, to make it 6-4... Then in the 9th Yhency Brazoban was called up to make the save... He allowed a run, but held on, for his league leading ninth save of the season...

The games of yesterday marked the halfway point of the season, as game 25 were played... Today's the start of the second half, and Juan Carlos Cruz (former cubs) is announced to start the game for the tigers, trying to cut the lions incredible performance...

Today's Games
Lions @ Tigers
Eagles @ Giants
Stars @ Bulls

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 17-8 0.0 .680 9W 8-5 8-4
Licey 15-10 2.0 .600 1W 9-4 6-6
Eagles 14-11 3.0 .560 1L 8-6 4-5
Bulls 12-13 5.0 .480 1L 7-5 5-8
Stars 10-15 7.0 .400 1W 8-5 2-10
Giants 7-18 10.0 .280 1W 4-6 3-11

[Licey Fan]

Finally!! Licey snaps Lions' streak

The tigers playing at home against a sellout crowd, and behind a solid performance of debuting pitcher Danny Tamayo, shutout the lions and closed the gap to the top to just one game...

Joel Guzman of the stars hit a grand slam, and Doug Linton allowed 1 in 6 innings, to beat the bulls 4-1

The Giants started with a 4-0 lead against the eagles, and could hang on... to win it 5-4

Today's Games
Off Day

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 17-9 0.0 .654 1L 8-5 8-5
Licey 16-10 1.0 .615 2W 10-4 6-6
Eagles 14-12 3.0 .538 2L 8-6 4-6
Bulls 12-14 5.0 .461 2L 7-6 5-8
Stars 11-15 6.0 .423 2W 8-5 3-10
Giants 8-18 9.0 .308 2W 5-6 3-11

[jimm5y]

Hello Licey fan,

I am traveling from San Diego,California USA this Thursday evening, Thanksgiving night and will be arriving Friday morning@ SDQ Las Americas airport @ approximately 11:00 AM. I did reserve a rental car and this is pursuing one of my lifetime dreams of seeing winter baseball in the Dominican Republic!!

Could you please inform me of the games that will be played while I am there Nov.25-28.

I was at a San Diego Padres vs Milwaukee Brewers back in May of this year and spoke to Julio Santana and he told me to look him up when I got there but I only had his cell phone number and since have missplaced it.

I am strictly going for baseball and would like to see as many games as I can in the short time I will be there.


If you would be so kind to respond to this email , I would certainly appreciate it and tell me how I go about getting tickets and so on and directions to the stadiums.

I would also like to go to San Pedro de Macoris and maybe to the cigar factory Arturo Fuentes if it is feasible to drive from where I am staying in Boca Chica.


GO TIGRES!!!!

[Licey Fan]

Ok... so here's your info

Thursday:
OFF DAY

Friday:
8:05 Eagles at Tigers in Santo Domingo (game of the day, probably sold out)
7:35 Lions at Stars in San Pedro de Macoris (Lions are in 1st place)
7:35 Bulls at Giants in San Francisco (forget about this one)

Saturday:
8:05 Lions at Tigers in Santo Domingo (game of the day, also a probable sell out)
7:35 Eagles at Giants in San Francisco
7:35 Stars at Bulls in La Romana

Sunday:
5:05 Stars at Lions in Santo Domingo
5:05 Tigers at Eagles in Santiago (the dominican classic again, already sold out)
5:05 Giants at Bulls in La Romana

You picked an excellent weekend to watch some baseball, the best teams of the league will be playing each other this weekend... Timo Perez is supposed to join the lineup this weekend for the tigers, and Jose Lima is supposed to pitch Sunday for the eagles in Santiago

I marked in bold the games I recommend you to get... The sunday game is in Santiago, is pretty far of Santo Domingo, and since you don't have the tickets, is probably better that you go to the lions-stars game... You'll find tickets for that game easily

For friday and saturday, those are hard to get tickets, and they can't be bought in advance... You could probably get them, but you'll have to pay overprice for them (black market)

But since you come from the States, you'll find that the tickets are relatively cheap... The best tickets cost RD$400 pesos (about 12 dollars)... In the black market they can go as high as 1,200 pesos (thats like 35 dollars)... And those are THE BESTS SEATS... you can get cheaper seats... it all depends of the attendance

I'll go to the friday and saturday games in santo domingo... if you need my cell phone, pm me along with your name, and i'll send it to you... I'll gladly help you in buying the tickets, even though i already have mine since im a season ticket holder

Good Luck!!

P.S.
I'm not sure, but I think Santana plays for the lions

[El Nino Linares]

In my opinion this winter ball in DR is really gonna show how all of latin america has strength and it not just being DR.... Yes they are running the majors right now but I would guarantee that if cubans were able to defect that we would be a top of the majors like we always were....

[Licey Fan]

More of the same

And I mean by the same this: The bulls beat the eagles in their home, for the 3rd time this season... by a score of 6-1

The tigers beat the stars again, and they're still undefeated against them. 3-1 was the result. Yhency Brazoban made the save again. Wilton Chavez got the win.

The lions keep on winning, while the giants keep on losing. HR's of Izzy Alcantara and Angel Peña... Final score 7-6

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Stars @ Tigers
Lions @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 18-9 0.0 .667 1W 9-5 8-5
Licey 17-10 1.0 .630 3W 10-4 7-6
Eagles 14-13 4.0 .518 3L 8-7 4-6
Bulls 13-14 5.0 .481 1W 7-6 6-8
Stars 11-16 7.0 .407 1L 8-6 3-10
Giants 8-19 10.0 .296 1L 5-6 3-12

[steph13]

The rosters change daily, as the teams get their major leaguers... anyhow, ill post the official team pages:

Licey: licey.com
Eagles: lasaguilas.com
Stars: estrellasdeoriente.com
Giants: gigantesdelciabo.com
Lions: escogido.com

The bulls don't have an official page
Fan sites:

Licey: bengaleses.com, elglorioso.com
Eagles: aguiluchos.com
Lions: rinconrojo.com

:noidea Do you know the name of Canadian or New Zealander players in Dominican winter league 2005 ?

[Licey Fan]

:noidea Do you know the name of Canadian or New Zealander players in Dominican winter league 2005 ?

I don't know of any...

There's two players: Casey Rogowski and Nick Gorneault who are playing for the bulls, I don''t know if they're americans...

[Licey Fan]

Eagles get payback, Pound Bulls

Justin Miller pitched 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 3 singles, and Ryan Mullhern (picture) homered, and tripled, batting in 5, in route to a 11-0 victory.

The Stars finally could take one from the tigers, but it wasn't easy. The Stars started up with a 5-0 lead in the 3rd inning. In the 7th, leading 7-3, Jose Bautista hit a grand slam, his league leading 6HR of the season, to tie up the game... The tigers menaced in the 10th, but couldn't capitalize and paid for it in the 11th, with a game winning single of Luke Allen. The final score was 8-7

In San Francisco, Nelson Cruz hit his 5th homer in 5 days, and led the way to a giant victory 9-3 over the league leading lions.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Stars @ Tigers
Lions @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 18-10 0.0 .643 1L 9-5 8-6
Licey 17-11 1.0 .607 1L 10-5 7-6
Eagles 15-13 3.0 .536 1W 8-7 5-6
Bulls 13-15 5.0 .464 1L 7-7 6-8
Stars 12-16 6.0 .429 1W 8-6 4-10
Giants 9-19 9.0 .321 1W 6-6 3-12

[Licey Fan]

League Leaders as of November 23 :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
A. Peña (E) .352, M. López (AC) .341, B. Castro (AC) .339

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 21, J. Gathright (E) 20, N. Gorneaut (Az) 19, W. Betemit (E) 19

RBI
C. Rogowski (Az) 24, A. Gómez (AC) 20, J. Guzán (EO) 20, A. Gómez (AC) 20

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 38, A. Peña (E) 37, E. Germán (Az) 34

Doubles
C. Rogowski (Az) 12, A. Gómez (AC) 11, N. Gorneault (Az) 9

Triples
B. Castro (AC) 2

HR
R. Mulhern (AC) 6, W. Betemit (E) 5, M. López (AC) 5, J. Bautista (L) 5, W. Otañez (L) 5

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 18, J. Gathright (E) 9, B. Castro (AC) 8

Pitching
R. Valdez (Az) 4-1, N. Rodríguez (E) 3-1, F. Díaz (L) 3-1, R.Minier (EO) 3-1, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, J. Fernández (AC) 3-1, E. Knott (L) 3-1, F. Heredia (Az) 3-1

ERA
R. Valdez (Az) 1.26, J. Miller (AC) 2.13, F. Heredia (Az) 2.32, A. Heilman (L) 2.36, F. Díaz (L) 2.42

K
R. Valdez (Az) 35, J. Fernández (AC) 27, A. Martinez (EO) 24

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 10, J. Veras (E) 5, S. Ramírez (AC) 3, M. de la Rosa (Az), J. Vargas (Ac) 3

[Licey Fan]

Licey blows it off... Losses in 11 to eagles


In the debut of Ron Belliard, who went 3-6, the tigers let go of a game they were winning 6-4 in the 9th... Yhency Brazoban blew up the save this time, and Willy Mo Peña homered and went 4-5, in route of leading the eagles to a 7-6 win in 11 innings.

The other 2 games were suspended

Today's Games
Tigers @ Lions
Bulls @ Giants
Eagles @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 18-9 0.0 .667 1W 9-5 8-5
Licey 17-11 1.5 .607 1L 10-5 7-6
Eagles 15-13 3.5 .536 1W 8-7 5-6
Bulls 13-14 5.0 .481 1W 7-6 6-8
Stars 11-16 7.0 .407 1L 8-6 3-10
Giants 8-19 10.0 .296 1L 5-6 3-12

[Licey Fan]

Lima debuts big! Eagles continue to roll over Tigers

Jose Lima pitched 5 strong innings, of only 3 hits and no runs, and Alberto Castillo and TJ Peña hit back to back homeruns, to lead the way to a 9-0 victory over the tigers... Wilton Chavez was the losing pitcher

In Santo Domingo, the Lions scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to leave the stars in the field... They took the game 5-4

In La Romana, Eude Brito pitched 5 scoreless innings, and the Bulls had a 4 run fourth, so they took over the Giants 4-0

Results for 11/26
Eagles 8 - Giants 2
Tigers 8 - Lions 7
Stars 3 - Bulls 5

Results for 11/27
Tigers 0 - Eagles 9
Stars 4 - Lions 5
Giants 0 - Bulls 4

Today's Games
Off Day

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 19-11 0.0 .633 1W 10-6 8-5
Licey 18-13 1.5 .581 1L 10-5 8-7
Eagles 18-13 1.5 .581 3W 9-7 6-6
Bulls 15-15 4.0 .500 3W 9-6 6-8
Stars 12-18 7.0 .400 3L 8-6 3-12
Giants 9-21 10.0 .300 3L 5-7 3-13