Baseball

An official who oversees Bronco baseball said that pitcher Ian Tolentino, who helped the Philippines defeat Long Beach to win the Little League World Series, did not play in the Bronco World Series in 1990, as was reported by a Manila newspaper.

Abraham Key, administrative director of Pony Baseball, Inc., said there is no record to support the claim, reportedly made by Tolentino in a story last Thursday in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The story quoted sources that said several Filipino players at the Little League World Series were overage and that Philippine officials falsified birth certificates and other documents to cover it up.

Bronco, like Little League, does not allow players to have their 13th birthday before Aug. 1.

The team is also being questioned for being represented by players from outside the area of Zamboanga City.

San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan said he was was optimistic after a “a meaningful and productive” meeting with National League President Bill White. Jordan said he presented White with “a formidable list of investors” who were interested in buying the club from Bob Lurie in hopes of blocking the team’s move to St. Petersburg, Fla., though the names were not released.