June 1 Recap
By Marc Brafman
If games happen on Wednesday night but the blog doesn’t go up till Friday (Editor’s note: Or Saturday?) does it still count?
Let’s hope so as for a change it was a nice night for softball
On Field 1 in a battle for first place it was Team Lefton vs. Team Brafman:
Fink reports for the winners: Brafman won 12-7
After a shaky first inning where Team Brafman gave up three runs on some shaky defense, they responded in the bottom half by batting around and scoring 9 runs. “What a total team effort in that inning,” JZ said post game. “We got contributions up and down the line. After that inning we buckled down on defense and kept Lefton off the board, for the most part,” Fink said post game. The play of the game was a great relay throw from “the Hitman,” Sam Hecht to JZ to the plate to nail “The Special One,” Mike Rothstein, trying to score from first. Rothstein was heard saying post game, “As we get older, why are you sending me from first?” which to be honest is every Reds fan reaction any time Joey Votto is on the bases. “I’m super proud of my team,” Capt. Brafman said post game during the set break at the Phish show he was attending in Charleston on Wednesday night. “I think it says a lot about my leadership (and skill) that my team is 2-0 when I’m not playing.”
On field two it was Team Roger vs. Team Z
With nothing coming in from the winning team Team, Roger reports the following:
We lost 14-4 and the beat goes on…..
On field 3 It was Team Solomon vs. Team Weisser:
Mark chimes in for the winners:
We defeated Team Solomon 10-8. We were behind 8-7 after 5 and got 1 in the sixth to tie and 2 in top of seventh to take the lead. We held on against the top of their order for the win.
Alexander Wold–nice hits and nice defense in RF. Scott Wolf played a great 2b. Two big hits by Tyler Wolf and Pete Soltesz and three hits and RBIs by yours truly which was nice since I did not know if I would ever hit again.
Finally on field 4 it was Team Grefer vs Team Kamrass
Kyle reports in for the winners:
Team Grefer had another come from behind win this week against Team Kamrass. Down 5-1, the bats woke up for a 7-run inning to take an 8-5 lead. In the bottom of 7 with one out, runners on first and second, and Mark Tenenholtz up, Ben Margolis recovered on a passed ball to throw out the runner at third. Mark proceeded to hit one 20 feet over the fence, and we were able to get one more out to end the game for a final score of 8-7.
Yair Richler had his best game of the season with 3 hits and a diving stop at second base. Ben Margolis also had a nice game behind the plate and a couple big hits for us. In our 7-run inning Zach Michelson and Yair set the table for Josh Rosen who hit a three-run inside the park homer to right field which was the big spark we needed.
REMINDER:
Next week starts our double header weeks. Games start at 6, not 6:15 (it was the 5th wettest month of May in the history of the city. Lucky us!)
League notes
I knew there was a reason I liked James Swan. While going on a campus visit to OSU he was asked to take part in the O-H-I-O cheer. He refused, which I guess upset the tour guide. Lucky for him he ended up at a school where you only have to spell UC.
Reminder that this Tuesday (7th) is Jewish night at the Reds game. They are playing better and you do get a ball written in Hebrew.
Happy birthday over the last couple of weeks to Jeremy “Hamilton” Fogel and Wes “Hungry Like a” Wolf.
Am I the only one confused by why the Bengals are picked to finish 3rd in the AFC north? I was just reading that after OTA practices this week. Joe Burrow stuck around on his own with the trainer to run wind sprints at full speed for 10 minutes. He didn’t have to, nor did Coach ask him. He did it to get more work in. Does anyone think that DeShawn Watson or LaMar Jackson are doing this?
It’s easy to dog Joey Votto, but don’t blame him for the Reds wasting his prime. Just this week here is where he ranks among the all-time Reds players.
2nd in career extra bases (behind Pete)
2nd in doubles, but will catch Larkin next time he doubles
2nd in homers (behind JB) and he has a real shot at passing him
4th in hits (only Pete, Lark and Davey have more)
45th in baseball history in walks
What is not to like about this guy? I’m looking at you Joel Kahn.
This week in what does Roger have..He for some reason is selling a 1997 Florida Marlins World Series can of something or other with cards included. I’m sure that is going to be a hot seller in the Cincy market.
Our Ron Rose story of the week comes from former Commish Brad Wagner:
Former Commish Brad Wagner has many, MANY Ron stories but since this is a family blog we will leave it at this:
He once told Brian “Jeter” Monk to F’ himself while he was batting and in front of the umpire. (The thought of Ronnie saying that makes me laugh) Brad echoed what many of us know. Ron loved the JCC softball league more than anything.
See ya Wednesday