Ten teams is a funky number to deal with when hosting a tournament. At some point the math works out to having a game between 3 teams - which doesn't work for baseball.
For purposes of the Phungo TASRC 1960s tourney we will have Two Brackets, A Major Bracket and a Bush Bracket. The Bush Bracket is a mini 4 team tourney to advance two qualifiers into the Major Bracket.
Today we will open the tournament with the first round of the Bush Bracket: The pairings are as follows:
| (10) 1961 Santo's Squad | Chuck Estrada |
| (7) 1963 Team Boog | Dean Chance |
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| (9) 1960 McCovey Stretchers | Jim Perry |
| (8) 1962 Team Torre | Don Schwall |
Three HOF Captains and Orioles Fan Favorite Boog Powell. Pitching matchups likely favor Team Boog with Dean Chance and Team Stretch with Jim Perry. Lets see what happened:
Game 1:
| (10) 1961 Santo's Squad | 4 - 7 - 0 |
| (7) 1963 Team Boog 1963 | 2 - 4 - 1 |
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| W: Chuck Estrada 61 (1-0) | L: Dean Chance 60 (0-1) |
HR: Jim Gentile 61 (1), Tommy Davis 61 (1) | |
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The first Home Run in the Rookie Cup Tourney goes to First Baseman Jim Gentile. Fellow Oriole Chuck Estrada tosses a 4 Hitter to earn the victory. Tommy Davis (Dodgers) chips in with a 2nd Home Run as Santo's Squad (1-0) to get the first victory in Rookie Cup Tournament (RCT) history.
1961 Topps #559 Jim Gentile
Game 2:
| (9) 1960 McCovey Stretchers | 1 - 8 - 1 |
| (8) 1962 Team Torre | 5 - 12 - 2 |
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| W: Don Schwall 62 (1-0) | L: Jim Perry 60 (0-1) |
| HR: none |
Don Schwall (Red Sox) holds Team Stretch to a single run in Team Torre's 5-1 victory.
Round 2
We are off and running! Tomorrow will feature these 2nd round matchups
Promotion Game - Today's Two Winners, 61 Santo (Starting Pitcher Dick Stigman) and 62 Torre (Jack Curtis), will meet to determine which team will advance to the Major Bracket as the 7 seed.
Elimination Game - Unfortunately in the 2nd half of tomorrow's doubleheader is an elimination game. The participants will be 63 Team Boog(Al Jackson) vs 1960 team Stretch (Jim O'Toole)
Hope you enjoying the early round of the tournament. More tomorrow.
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