San José - 2013 Father/Son MSBL World Series Champions

(Front Row) Paul Biagini (F), Jacob Biagini (S), Dave Smith (S), Batboy (Bill Leffler?s grandson Will), Bill Leffler (F), Rich Zuvella (F), Little Emmett Zuvella; Matt Zuvella (S) (Back Row) Ron Denevi, Cameron Boesch (S), Mike Boesch (F), Don Chambers (F), Chris Chambers (S), Todd Leffler (S), JP Thurau (S), JT Thurau (F), Sean Williams (S), Tim Denevi (S), Mike Denevi (F), Mikey Denevi (S), Murray Brown (F) (Not Pictured) Chris Denevi (S). (Photo Submitted by Jeff McGraw)
Note : (F) - father, (S) - son.

Editor's Note - Read Jeff McGaw's excellent article about the San José Father/Son World Series Championship on msblnational.com.

Salt River Diamondbacks Field 4, Scottsdale, Arizona -- The San José Father/Son team - MSBL World Series Champions!

San José defeated arch rival Sacramento 11-1 at Salt River Diamondbacks Field 4 on Sunday to give San José MSBL its 18th World Series title!

San José snuck into the playoffs with the 4th and final playoff seed (aka the San José Way).

In the semifinals on Saturday, San José beat the #1 seed and undefeated LA Athletics by a score of 9-2. The Athletics had dominated the field in the round robin games and featured a stacked lineup of guys including a stud pitcher who had played independent baseball this summer, a core group of guys who had played together all summer, plus ringers from MSBL leagues across the country.

LOL. Cheaters never win! There was reports of dugout infighting during the San José upset on Saturday!

In taking down the mighty Athletics - Chris Chambers (son) went 5 innings and Mike Denevi (father) threw the final four innings and did not allow a run.

By Father-Son division rules, at least four innings have to be pitched by a father and four innings by a son in every division game.

In the Championship game on Sunday - the SAME two pitchers - did the SAME exact thing on ZERO days rest!

Chris Chambers started the game and went five innings, allowing the lone run - and 60-year-old Mike Denevi went the final four frames without allowing a run!

What makes this special effort by these two men even more remarkable:

60-year-old Mike Denevi - fractured two orbital bones under his left eye in Arizona one week earlier (San José 50+ team) - pitching with special safety goggles - threw four scoreless innings - in BOTH the semi final and championship games - on back to back days!

For Denevi this was World Series ring #13 (four in 30's, three in 40's, one 50's, five Father Son).

Chris Chambers - who needs Tommy John elbow surgery - damn the pain - started BOTH the semi-final and championship games - on back to back days - and went five innings in each - allowing just 2 runs to a team who averaged a division leading 8 runs in pool play - and only 1 run in the title game!

Matt Zuvella had three hits in the Championship game and Mike Denevi singled and scored the winning run in San José's 11-1 victory over rival Sacramento.

Manager Rich Zuvella said it was an entire team effort to produce San José's 18th World Series Division Championship!

Father Son Roster (includes Fathers, sons, uncles, nephews, stepsons)

Rich and Matt Zuvella
Mike, Chris, Tim, Mikey Denevi, Sean Williams
Mike and Cameron Boesch
Don and Chris Chambers
Murray Brown and Dave Smith
Paul and Jeff Biagini
Bill and Todd Leffler
JT and JP Thureau