July 1 Recap
by Marc Brafman
Team Loon got off to a slow start with the bats but rallied to beat Team Brafman 12-7. After falling behind 2-0, they broke out for 8 runs in the 3rd inning and never looked back. Scott “Shorty” Adams took home the game ball after going 3-3 and making a stellar catch at 2B. “You know I feel much better since I’m not traveling around the county following Phish,” Shorty said post game. “Instead of eating burritos and grilled cheese in the parking lot of Red Rocks I’m eating healthier foods like hot dogs from the Triple Creek Grill.” Jamey Kurtzer added 2 hits and “scattered” 7 runs with no walks. Shout out to Mitchell Evans for playing a great LF, and super utility man Zac Hiudt for playing a flawless 1B, 2B, 3B, and C.
Team Brafman lost to Team Loon 12-7. Hitting stars for the losing team were brother tandem Weston “Hungry Like a” Wolf, who went 3-4 and Tyler “Dire” Wolf who had a couple of big hits and played a very good RC. Andy “Bolt” Heldman also had a couple of knocks. The star of the game on defense for Team Brafman was rookie sensation Joel “Hallelujah” Buckley who made play after play at third while also going 3-4 at the plate. Jeff “The Natural” Weisbrot also made a couple of fine plays in LC field. Brandon “The Bird” Wolf pitched a very good game (don’t let the score full ya) and did a magnificent job of keeping the mound in excellent shape between pitches.
On Field 3, Team Schwartz beat Team Lefton 13-9. “This was almost my win total for all of last year,” Taylor Schwartz said post game. “I hope this feeling continues. I just wish my former Roommate Leon “The Bull” Seserman was back from Colorado so that I could share this with him. Last year he had to console me with a warm glass of milk and cookies after each game. Zooming with him tonight before bedtime won’t have the same effect.” Hitting stars for Team Schwartz were the newly fit and slim Ben “B-Rod” Rodriguez who went 4-4 and drove in a couple of runs. “I’m down 75 pounds from last year B-Rod said while drinking his kale and wheat germ post-game shake. Who knew that drinking this crap would improve my swing so much?”
Team Lefton would like it pointed out that Jacob “JZ” Zeidenstein joined a short list of players led by former Cincinnati Red Stockings great George Tebeau, who in 1887 became the first Major League player to homer in his first at bat. JZ not only homered in his first JCC at bat but it was also his first pitch. “I’m just happy to be here. Hope I can help the ball club. I just want to give it my best shot, and the good Lord willing, things will work out,” JZ said post game.
Finally, on Field 4 in the best game of the night Team Weisser blew a big lead but came back to shock Team Fogel 8-7 on a game winning single by James “Lynn” Swan. “We battled hard,” Joel “Sparky” Fogel said post game. “We had a nice comeback in the top of the 7th but we couldn’t put them away. Tip of the cap to Weisser and his team as they battled us all game.”
“We made it interesting,” Weisser commented post game. “It shows the heart of this team that we gave up the lead but bounced right back to get the walk off win. I haven’t felt this good in a while.”
Next week’s schedule is as follows:
Field 1 Lefton vs. Groh
Field 3 Weisser vs. Loon
Field 4 Fogel vs. Schwartz
Bye Brafman
League Notes
Congrats to “Coach” Mike “The Flash” Creemer on the birth of his granddaughter this week
Welcome back Matt Brodof and Scott “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from injury. Stay healthy boys
The biggest news of the night was when Eppy found out they raised the prices on wings at the Silver Spring House. “Who did this injustice to me,” Eppy said aloud post game. “Don’t they know how much money I drop there every day?” It is not yet known if the Spring House will take down the statue of Ep out front.
Alumni League news:
Congrats to Oren Shmoel on the birth his son.
For astute political commentary not found anywhere outside of cable news I direct you to follow David “The Dr. of Style” Weil on Facebook. For all the news fit to print he is your guy.
Speaking of the news let’s give a big JCC round of applause to our own Roger Rosenthal who while on lockdown not only started a podcast, but discovered that there are news channels on TV. “I can’t ever remember her name but I really like that lesbian over on MSNBC,” Roger commented earlier this spring. “I didn’t even know that they let that kind of news talk on the air.”
Congrats goes out to Josh Lisman, who was named the new President of Adath Israel.
And finally, get better soon Faust. We miss you out here!