April 20 Recap, Part 2
By Marc Brafman
And finally, a recap of the Zawatsky-Weisser game by Captain Z…
First, I want to say what beautiful words Howard Schwartz, Ken Groh and Jeff Weisbrot spoke during our pregame memorial for our leaguemates/friends/brothers, Ron Rose and Jason Faust. Ron and Jason will surely be missed. It is times like this when I realize our league is more of a Brotherhood than a softball league.
Wednesday night was a game of many firsts for me. It was our first game of the season. It was the first time my son Eli played in the league as he subbed for our team. It was my first game being a captain.
I could not have dreamed of a better start to the season.
In the first inning our first five batters got the scoring going. Wertheim started off with a triple. Next, Groh hit an RBI single. Meisner hit into a fielder’s choice and he ended up on first base. Commissioner Silverman hit a line drive double. Zawatsky (that’s me) hit an opposite field double, scoring 2 more runs. I heard Wes Wolf call my hit a dinker. If I can hit a dinker double each time up, I’m okay with that! At the end of the first we had a 3 to 0 lead.
The second inning we scored 5 more runs. Gollin got a hit, Newman got a hit, Groh got a hit, Meisner got a hit and Silverman got a hit. All five of these players scored that inning. End of two Zawatsky 8 Weisser 0.
We scored 2 more runs in the top of the fifth inning. With great Pitching by Groh and almost error free defense, we ended up shutting out Weisser in five innings by a score of 10 to 0.
Bring on Team Lefton!