1999 NYC Stickball Classic

1999 NYC Stickball Classic section guide Intro / highlights • 1999 Stickball Classic home • Kickoff ceremony coverage • Finals coverage • Event rules • Go to Stickball section Discussion • 1999 NYC Stickball Classic discussion • Stickball: general discussion • Streetplay discussion home Finals (10/3/99) • Finals coverage • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 Semi-finals (9/18/99) • Semi-final coverage • 4th Str. vs. Emperors • Latinos vs. Bombers • Knights vs. Old-Timers Staten Island (9/11/99) • Staten Island event overview New Jersey (8/28/99) • NJ event overview Queens (8/7/99) • Queens event coverage • Essay: Caledonia Old-Timers • Essay: Family values • Essay: Positively Fourth Street • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 Bronx (7/24/99) • Bronx event coverage • The Latinos, Bronx champions • Longball contest • Einstein's team • The Emperors • Curtis Sliwa speaks • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Manhattan (7/17/99) • Manhattan event coverage • Longball contest • The Clean Machine • The Bronx Old Timers • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 Brooklyn (7/10/99) • Brooklyn event coverage • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Event kickoff (6/29/99) • Kickoff coverage • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Latinos destroy Brookfield Bombers Final score Latinos 34 Brookfield Bombers 2 (MANHATTAN, 9/18/1999) A bad football score. A massacre, pure and simple. There is just no other way to describe today's game between the Latinos, Bronx's champion team and Brooklyn's champion team, the Brookfield Bombers. Click for bigger picture The Latinos The Bombers are a group of friends from Staten Island who emerged as the winning team in this year's first Stickball Classic event held in Brooklyn. The Latinos have emerged as the team to beat in this year's competition. Each at-bat for the Latinos was a score fest. Many of the team's young power hitters sent deep shots into the outfield or sharp line drives off the buildings bordering Vanderbilt Ave, then bouncing fair on the field. The Bombers fell into disarray, but played on proudly. While Curtis Sliwa the Commissioner of Stickball urged them to throw in the towel, the team was determined to play through the game, remaining unswayed by Sliwa's pleas "No mas, no mas." Still, the game was an experience and we salute the Bombers pride and participation in the event.   Click for bigger picture The Brookfield Bombers The lopsided 34-2 victory assured the Latinos that they would get a by in the finals, playing the winners of the Bronx Knights vs Emperors match to determine this year's champions.   Semi-final coverage Fourth Street Boys bow to Emperors Latinos Crush Brookfield Bombers Knights edge Old-Timers in battle of classic teams Semi-finals coverage home

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