On a muggy night the action on the field was almost as hot. Let’s get right to it.
On Field 1 it was Team Grefer vs. Team Wolf. Our third shift stringer called in from the Bananas game in Baton Rouge last night to let us know that Team Wolf won.
On Field 2 we had Team Solomon vs. Team Simons.
Stu for the HOT winners:
Team Solomon walked off Team Simons 9-8 to extend its winning streak to six straight games since the start of the second half.
Stu’s squad plated its first five hitters to jump out to a 5-2 lead June 18 before the game was suspended in the top of the second. Seven weeks later, it was more of a back-and-forth affair on Field 2.
We added two runs thanks to aggressive base running from Will “.i.am” Coleman and Alex “Sauer” Kraus, then Michael Askin and Jeff Weisbrot hit two inside the park homers to bring it back within one at 7-6. Stu later returned the favor to get Askin looking on strike three, and his defense rallied behind him with a clutch double play and some running catches in the outfield.
Sub Joel “Sparky” Fogel provided the spark we needed with a sixth inning triple that ricocheted into right field, and Eli “Gemstone” Gould scored the game-winning run in the seventh. The rookie led off with a single, got moved over to second on a fielder’s choice and came around to score on an error at first base that bounced out of play.
Dan “The Man With the City Plan” McGrath had a timely catch of a hard hit liner from Mark “Poker Face” Weisser that could have been the doom of Team Solomon. Two big hits by Brandon Lindsey “Lohan”.
Solomon will return to Field 2 on Sunday looking to avenge its first half loss to Team Goldhoff while Simons meets Fogel on Field 1.
On Field 3 we had Team Wagner vs. Team Groh
Kenny for the winners:
All-Stars Tyler Stansbury and Jack Cohen led the way going a combined 7-7 with Tyler scoring 4 times and Jack driving in 5. After scoring one in the 1st, Team Wagner scored 5 in the 2nd and led 5-3 after 3 when the games were called on June 18. After a Ken Groh walk and Bryce Anslinger double, the hobbling Groh took home on a wild pitch and Danny Meisterman drove in Bryce with a single to tie the game at 5. Sam Castellini and Chris Von Holle helped Groh take a 7-5 lead only for Team Wagner to pull ahead 8-7 after 5. At 8-8 with 2 outs, Mathew Kraus singled and Jack Cohen hit a 3-run triple to give Team Groh them the lead as they went on to win 11-9.
And finally on field 4 Team Brafman vs. Team Goldhoff
AJ for the winners:
Another really good win for the Goons as we took out Team Brafman 7-2 in the First Place battle. This was another team effort with everyone really getting a chance to have their moment.
The story of the game really was the first inning where we jumped on them early and scored 5 runs thanks to hits from Adam Cronstein, Griffin Harris, Me, Ian Segall, super sub Landon Krantz (triple), and Ian Conwell.
From there our defense shined, with big plays from Michael Heldman, Sam Klinkowitz and Segall we were able to hold their offense in check for the most part.
We will hope to keep it going in another big game on Sunday against Team Solomon.
For Team Brafman the only offensive star was Gary “The Coach” Fisher who went 3-3. As usual the fielding for Team Brafman was great.
League notes:
Only James “Lynn” Swan celebrated a birthday this week. Also let’s wish James good luck as he is taking over (on a short term basis) the JCC Pre-School. This is a BIG BIG job and we all know James will crush it
Happy anniversary to Dee Harris.
I bitch about the Reds a lot (more on them soon) but did you guys see that the Blue Jays outscored the Rockies 45-6 over the weekend? They had 63 hits, the most in a three-game series in over 100 years.
If last night wasn’t the most Cincinnati sports night of all time I don’t know what was. The Reds, Bengals and FCC all played. All three lost..
I’m sure Roger has been following the ongoing saga of people throwing green dildos onto the court at WNBA games (Roger will be re-selling them on his blog), but today I read that somehow cryptocurrency might be behind it. I have no idea what one thing has to do with the other (even after reading the story), but I just know it’s dumb.
For all of us that root for real college football teams, I can’t wait to see Texas Tech finish 3-4 in the Big 12 this year. They spent 25 MILLION on NIL this off season. Let me say that again, 25 Million!! on a team that I don’t think will win the Big 12. Good luck with that.
Reminder that the JCC night at FCC is this Sunday. I think tickets are still available.
And the Oy Vey 5K is coming up this fall. It’s a fun event with all the money raised going back to the league and the Blue Jays program. Please sign up.
As for the Reds, they continue to be who we thought they would be (now a better fielding team), a team that for the most part can really pitch and can’t hit a lick. Maybe one day ownership will care about winning now and not down the road to a future that is 30 years and counting in the making.
See everyone on Sunday.