On another beautiful night for softball there were great games all over Triple Creek.
On Field One it was undefeated Team Wolf vs. Team Grefer.
Team Wolf won 13-11 and I’m sure all of their normal bats hit the ball well. They remain undefeated on the season.
On Field Two It was team Wagner vs. Team Stu
Brad for the winners:
‘Team Wagner continued their winning ways with a 16-4 victory over Team Solomon on Wednesday night. Team Solomon scored four runs in the opening frame but Team Wagner fiercely answered with an 11 spot in their half of the first. After Team Wagner plated a couple more runs, the fans were treated to an early exit. Speaking of early exits, Captain Stu was pretty close to earning his first tossing of the year, but Marc Brafman and Wes Wolf had to hold him back and inform the ump that Stu is behaving, and that Marc and Wes have “seen” way worse. Big hits for Wagner were brought to you by Mark Franklin, Matt Grindle, Josh Rosen, Chris Kunkel, and their fearless leader.
Howie Schwartz once again pitched a gem and combined with 77 year old, Jerry Kirzner, kept the defense flawless all night.
Team Wagner faces off against Team Fogel next week. That game will air HBO Max with Melido and Pascual Perez on the call.
On Field Three it was the new look Team Lefton vs. Team Kamrass
Jimmy for the winners:
Team Lefton got back on track last night. New starter, Jamey Kurtzer, made the most of his new opportunity by pitching a gem, keeping them off balance all night and allowing only 4 runs. Final score was 10-4. Everyone contributed offensively for Team Lefton. Marc Simons was special in RF making amazing plays all game. Without his great play the game would have gone the other way.
Finally on Field Four it was Team Zawatsky vs. Team Brafman
A back and forth game wasn’t settled until the bottom of the 7th when Team Z pulled one out, 13-12. Trailing most of the game, Team Z got big hits from the “Half Man Gang” Ryan Marcus, Pat “Sunshine” Feldman and “The Special One” Mike Rothstein. The game turned, though, on a very nice running catch in the RC field gap by Eli Zawatsky off the bat of Jeff “The Natural” Weisbrot. After a tough couple of innings, Ken Groh settled down and pitched a great game. Eddie Gallop also had a nice long single.
For Team Brafman Jamey “The Rookie” Drennan, Jeff Weisbrot and newly acquired Ryan “The Hebrew Hammer” Baum all had big hits at the plate. Eppy pitched a fine game as well. Not to be forgotten, Mark “Bruiser” Wolfe made a great pop up catch to end an inning for Team Brafman.
League Notes:
Congrats go out to Steve Zawatsky on the graduation of his daughter, Phoebe, from Miami of Ohio and his daughter, Lyla, from Sycamore
Happy birthday to Jeremy Fogel.
I know he is only a small part in the chain but shout out to Matt Miller for his work on the recruiting trail with UC basketball. They landed the #4 transfer portal guy last week. A huge get for the Bearcats (We are coming for you Roger).
Last Sunday after our game, Rick Tenenholtz was watching Jacob and I take BP. He pointed out a couple of things to Jacob who then smoked two line drives right back at me. And in his game hit his first triple the next night. So thanks Rick for your help and we hope Mark is enjoying life in Texas.
Todd “The Mayor” Wasserman informed me the other night that he was at Moeller the same time as both Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey. He mentioned that he taught both of them everything he knows about hitting and that he should be credited on both of their Hall of Fame plaques at Cooperstown, accordingly.
In 3rd degree of JCC softball news Steve Zawatsky’s sister-in-law won her 3rd sports Emmy for her work in pre-game production. (it’s a slow news week here)
Last night Elly De La Cruz (EDLC) hit a 450-foot homer. He has the 1-3 and 5th hardest hit ball left handed of anyone in baseball (that is all of baseball) and then right handed has hit 4 homers over 400 feet. And yet somehow Will Meyers is still in RF for the Reds everyday..
Last note on the Reds. If you haven’t gone to JCC night at the Reds game in the past, I encourage you to do so next year. It makes NO difference if the Reds are any good, it’s just a fun night at GABP, and because no one goes to the games you are promised a shot to get on the big board.
Finally, once again Wing night at the Silver Spring House is June 21. Please try to come and support Big Gig for all of his support of the league.
In the world of Roger this week he is working on big deals with local Cincinnati has been and Z-list celebrity, Wildman Walker (Of WEBN Dawn Patrol fame).
Roger said that the Wildman is a huge collector of everything but mainly likes baseball cards of the mid-80’s Reds and hockey players who only play on teams from Canada.
See everyone next week.