GAME RECAPS FROM LAST WEEK…..sorry this is late, but yours truly was in Minneapolis for a Days Of Our Lives fan event (you read correctly!)………
groh 11
kamrass 10
by ken groh……
In this back and forth affair, both teams battled to the last out……
TEAM KAMRASS started the scoring early by plating two runs in the opening frame….after DAVID WERTHEIM scored from second base on a deep fly ball off the bat of ‘GRIFF” HARRIS, sub BRIAN LAWHON pulled his hamstring rounding first base and couldn’t continue, leaving TEAM GROH with only nine players…..they would draw even in the first inning…..
“Thoughts and prayers go to my good friend (LAWHON),” GROH said later…….
TEAM KAMRASS took the lead 5-2 before TEAM GROH scored two runs off the bat of “rookie” JIM BECKETT (not the price guide guy) and TODD WASSERMAN…..
TEAM KAMRASS kept the pressure on with three more runs to lead 7-4 heading to the bottom of the fifth inning……after the first batter making an out, captain KEN GROH and BECKETT got hit by pitches, WASSERMAN delivered a single and a after a couple of walks, JACK COHEN fell behind 0-2 with two outs and the bases loaded before crushing a grand slam to cap off the six run frame……
TEAM GROH led 10-7 going to the last inning and then TEAM KAMRASS chipped away and tied the game at 10-10….. with the bases loaded, ALAN LESSURE, who played both SS and 2B fielded a ground ball and threw to first base where WASSERMAN picked it out of the dirt, JOEY VOTTO style to keep the contest tied……
In the bottom of the frame, DAVID WEIL got a one out single and COHEN had a two out single before HARRIS was intentionally walked to load the bases before DAVID “DEE” HARRIS drove in the winning run…..
All the players on the winning side scored a run with WEIL scoring his second to win the game….
COHEN, DEE HARRIS, GROH, BECKETT and WASSERMAN all had two hits each……
On the losing end, MICAH KAMRASS and JASON FAUST had four and three hits respectively………
brafman 21
schwartz, t. 3
by marc brafman……..
Three times was the charm as TEAM BRAFMAN and TEAM T. SCHWARTZ finally avoided the thunder, lightening and rain and their game in…..a 21-3 rout the featured timely hitting and fielding by the victors……
When you look at the score, you’d think the play of the game was a big hit or hits, but really it was in the bottom of the opening frame……
Captain MARC BRAFMAN stated afterwards, “Kudos to RANDY “TEX” BROYLES, ZACH “ZZ TOP”ZACKUM and BOB “SUNSET” FELDMAN who turned a fantastic 1-4-3 double play to end the inning. This kept the top of the SCHWARTZ line-up out of the batters box in the bottom of the second inning and let us increase our lead. Just a great play overall and a big momentum boost for us.”…….
Also contributing on defense were ERIC “THE MOUTH OF THE MIDWEST” GRUEN in LF and AARON “STRAIGHT OUTTA” COMPTON at SS…….
There was plenty of offense led by RAYN “THE HEBREW HAMMER” BAUM who had two hits including a triple….
“I’m the anti-JOSE PERAZA,” BAUM said later, “Not only am I good at playing more than one position on the field, but I can hit in the clutch.”…..
PAT “SUNSHINE” FELDMAN, JERRY “DOC” KIRZNER, BRAD “THE HUMAN RAIN DELAY” WAGNER, and BRAFMAN, all contributed at the plate…..
Next game up for TEAM BRAFMAN is a rematch of the loss to TEAM KAMRASS in which BRAFMAN is really looking forward so he can make amends for his boneheaded throw that cost his team…..
“I’ve had to live with that play all season,” he said….”I go to sleep at night with pictures of RAFI GOLDFARB dancing off third base in my head and let me tell you, that is not a pretty picture.”
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