Felipe and Moisés Alou left a fourth fingerprint of the Caribbean 1990
In Miami 1990, Felipe Alou as Manager and Moisés Alou as a player, they became the only father-son couple to be champions in the same Caribbean series.
In a park in neutral territory to the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CBPC), the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, Florida, Felipe Alou And his son Moisés Alou They wrote a Unique history until now in the Caribbean series 1990to the become in the Unique Father Son in win a championship in a same classic of the Caribbean.
Miami also became the first city outside the territory of the winter leagues of the CBPC in hosting a Caribbean series, and on February 5 it started with the match between Puerto Rico and Venezuela, which the first won by 9-7.
And although it was a series for oblivion played in a football stadium, with land rules never seen in the doubles and home runs for the left meadow fence, the Alou family was the one that made history.
After seeing parents as managers and children as players several times in different series in history, in Mexicali 2025 The Second parent-child couple in A series with the Mexican helmsman Benjamín Gil and the Mateo Gil player.
Maury Wills He directed Mexico in 1971 and his son Elliot “Bump” Wills He played in 1975, 1976-champion-and 1980. Tony Peña He directed Dominican in 1998-Campeón-and 2000 and his children Tony Peña Jr. (2007, 2008, champion both years) and Francisco Peña (2012, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2025 -champion in 2012 and 2021) participated as players.
Virgil Ozzie He was a manager in 1972 (Dominican), 1973, 1975, 1976, 1983 (Venezuela) and his son Oswaldo Virgil He played in 1979 with Puerto Rico.
José “Cheo” Cruz He directed Puerto Rico in 20004 and his son José Cruz Jr. He played in 1999 and 2000 -champion. José Valentín directed Puerto Rico and his son in 2020 Jesmuel Valentín He played in 2016, 2017-Campeón-, 2018-Campeón,-2019 and 2023.
Ozzie Guillén He was a champion manager in 2023 with Venezuela and his son Ozney Guillén It was the helmsman of Colombia in 2020. They are the only father-son to be managers in the Caribbean series.
The way to the title of the Alou
On February 6 they jumped to the field in the stellar game of the night against Leones de Caracas and took a triumph of 10-8, taking 8-0 advantage in the first three innings, when Nelson Liriano He opened with homer, and then Moisés Alou shot homers in the second and third entry producers of six races, since the second was with a full house.
The next day, Dominican and Mexico faced a single game and chosen surpassed in a great duel of pitching 2-1 orange from Hermosillo.
The game was decided in the fourth entrance, when Marquis Grisom He hit simple and Junior Félix shot homer before Narciso Elvira To set the game 2-0. Mexico scored in the eighth helped by an error.
In the third game on February 8, Dominican reached the ninth entrance with 4-1 advantage, but Puerto Rico reacted with four races and snatched the victory to remain as leaders with a 2-1 brand.
Gerónimo Berroa connected homers without people based on the second and fourth entries, but Senators of San Juan responded with home runs Barry Jones -His second in the game- and Héctor Villanueva in the ninth-the two with one based-to snatch the victory.
Dominican became the title with three victories in a row in the second round of the series. He defeated Mexico 6-4, coming from behind three times. In the fifth inning they tied the game with a homer with one based on Denio González. In the eighth entry with two outs, Liriano produced two to make a difference.
On February 10, Venezuela faced Dominican with the opportunity to reach him in the lead, but chosen he took the 5-3 victory to place himself in the prelude to the title. Moisés Alou He gave an advantage with homer in the third, in which Grisom produced another. In La Sexta, a flycracks of Rufino Linares with Denio González Based gave 4-3 advantage. Grisom produced the fifth with triple in the novena.
After winning Puerto Rico to Mexico on the day of February 10, they arrived with the opportunity to force an extra game on the last day, but chosen stood 16-5 to San Juan to conquer the crown.
It was a duel of homers, since Dominican hit four and Puerto Rico five, with the difference that the Puerto Ricans gave them lonely. By Dominican, Berroa hit two home runs and Liriano and Grisom one. By senators, Carlos Baerga connected a couple, Barry Jones, Héctor VillanuevOh Juan “Igor” González one.
Berroa made history to be the first player with two pair of home run in the same series, and Jones matched the five -year brand in a series established by Rico Carty In 1977.
