What is it about Sunday mornings this year? When did they become last year’s Wednesday night? Another wet morning, but once again we got the games in.
On Field 1 it was Team Brafman vs. a depleted Team Stu
Marc for the winners: Team Brafman jumped out to an early 5-run lead and never trailed beating Team Stu, 19-7. Hitting stars included Griff And Dee Harris who each had multiple hits (Griff with a homer), Capt. Brafman , Jamey “the rookie” Drennan and Joel “Hallelujah” Buckley each contributed on offense. Todd “The Mayor” Wasserman also had a big two-out, two-run double. On defense Ryan “the Hebrew Hammer” Baum, Mark “Bruiser” Wolfe and Jacob “JZ” Zeidenstein all played well in keeping Team Stu in check. Not to be overlooked, once again Eppy threw strikes and let his defense help him out. A total team effort by Brafman who looks to continue their winning ways vs. Team Fogel on Wednesday.
For Team Stu, Harry “Hood” Meisner crushed a homer in his first at bat, subs Matt “The Bobcat” Brodof and Pete “The Straw that Stirs the Drink” Soltesz each hit the ball hard. And on defense, Tyler “Bryce Harper” Stansbury made 2 or 3 amazing plays at SS to keep Team Brafman off the bases.
On Field 2, Team Wagner crushed Team Kamrass. Brad for the winners:
Team Wagner took down Team Kamrass on Sunday morning by the score of 17-2 in a run-rule shortened game. Team Kamrass took the lead in the Top of the 1st and Wagner responded with two runs and never looked back including a two out nine-run rally in the bottom of the 4th to make sure the umpire had plenty of time to get home to watch reruns of Gunsmoke. Howie Schwartz pitched like a 65-year old mixing speeds with his usual heat. Hitting contributions came from the middle and end of the Team Wagner lineup (Wagner, Kunkel, Conwell, Spears, Schwartz, Ben “Super Sub” Rodriguez, and Jerry “Young Jeezy” Kirzner).
Team Wagner has an upcoming bye week before returning to the Friendly Confines of Triple Creek to try and take the 2nd Half Title. Team Kamrass takes on Team Zawatsky in a No-Holds Barred Cage Match on Wednesday. Jerry “The King” Lawler and Jimmy Snuka on the call.
On Field 3, it was Team Fogel vs. Team Grefer
Roger for Team Fogel
TEAM FOGEL 16
TEAM GREFER 9
TEAM FOGEL scored early and often and coasted to victory behind the pitching of DAN “DANNY” GREEN, who is the pitcher after COREY “I DON’T NEED WARM-UPS” NORRIS was hurt last game and is out for the season.
It was a total team effort on the offensive side, but leading the offense was JASON “THE COWBOY” ESTERKAMP, who did his impersonation of CINCINNATI REDS rookie ELLY
DE LA CRUZ, and hit for a cycle. SCOTT “SHORTY” ADAMS, SCOTT “PLEASE BE MY” FRIEND and GREEN were on base four times and everyone else with the exception of ROGER “BIG MOUTH” ROSENTHAL, scored at least one run.
“Someone has to make outs and I do a great job of it,” Rosenthal said afterwards. “Even when I hit the ball hard, it finds a glove on defense.”
Speaking of defense, FRIEND had one of his many gold glove catches on the season on a Dan Grefer shot down the left field line and ADAMS caught a deep drive by Adam Cronstein down the right field line. Kudos to Shorty that it didn’t hit him in the head.
It should also be noted that MICHAEL ASKIN (TEAM WOLF), son of former player, GARY ASKIN, contributed to the cause with both his bat and glove……thanks for subbing!
TID BITS…….
*MATT “MATTY MILLS” MILLER’s girlfriend was in the crowd and had the pleasure to meet me…….the first words out of her mouth…..”I’m Catholic and I don’t like Xavier”……wow!
*MILLER, an assistant coach on the UC men’s basketball team, missed Wednesday’s game because of a reported recruiting trip. You’d better get better players if you’re ever going to compete with XAVIER!
*NORRIS, who is out for the season due to an injury, was in attendance to cheer his team on. Seemed like we played our best game of the season. We miss him and hope he has a full recovery.
*Finally, ROSENTHAL blew a gasket after messing up a bunt attempt. “I want to apologize to my team and the league for the bad behavior. That is unacceptable and hopefully will never happen again.”
Finally on Field 4 it was Team Lefton vs. Team Z
Jimmy for the winners:
Our game vs. Team Zawatsky was over before it started. We scored 11 runs in the first inning and like the Angels vs. the Rockies never looked back. Anton and Peter both homered making that six homers for the Loon family tree in the last two games. Matt Slovin also continued to impress with a shot over the left fielders head and a dazzling diving catch in RC. This season has been one of streaks and we are on a heater right now. . We want to keep it rolling on Wednesday.