Thursday June 10….5:17 p.m…two results in from play last night….TEAM SILVERMAN continued their winnng ways with a 7-4 victory over winless TEAM EPPSTEIN….defense was the name of the game for the victors as MARK LEVINE, THE ROCKET and DAVID WEIL, who captain RYAN SILVERMAN has dubbed the “1987 vintage BENITO SANTIAGO” in reference to him throwing a would be stealer out at second base and tagging out a potential run at home plate from a throw from the ROCKET MAN….also kudos to JOHN BERG,on another well pitched game and a stellar defensive play on a bunt…hitting star was ERWIN NEUMAN with a homerun and two-run single….in the other reported game….TEAM GUTTMAN clobbered TEAM LEFTON, 16-3, in a game called after six innings….the winners jumped to a 9-2 lead in the second inning, thanks in a large part to three homeruns which is believed by captain BRANDON GUTTMAN to be a JCC record, and coasted the rest of the way….GUTTMAN strted the long ball brigade by powering a three run tater, followed by GARY “JUST” ASKIN’s line drive shot to leftfield on the very next pitch and finally JARED “J-ROD” HIUDT’s homerun to left centerfield, his fourth of the season which prompted the ageless MARK “GORDY” GORDON to say afterwards that he’s “pound for pound the strongest boychick this league has seen in a while”….hitting stats were as follows….going 3 for 4 were ASKIN, ANDY “A.I.” IGNATOW and KEN “FEAR THE” FEHR….also SCOTT “SHORTY” ADAMS continued to dazzle at the plate and captain GUTTMAN boasting that he’s no longer a sure out….”SUPER” STU WEINSTEIN pitched brilliantly giving up two unearned runs in the opening frame and one more when the game was in bed….the other two games….GREFER/LOON and KIRZNER/CRONSTEIN are still to come (hopefully), but the BLOG does know that TEAM CRONSTEIN won in come from behind fashion 8-7 with the help of hitting from rookie MATT “COWBOY II” GOLDSCHMIDT, with three hits and veteran SCOTT KOTZIN getting what proved to be a “homerun” which proved to be the difference in the top of the seventh inning and the unbelievable defense by ROGER “ROGZILLA” at second base including a game ending catch on a soft liner over the second base bag….NEXT WEEK….GAME OF THE WEEK will pit two winless teams, TEAM LEFTON and TEAM EPPSTEIN, with the losers having to pay for chicken wings after the game for everyone!!!!!!!!…..comments, questions….r.rosenthal@fuse.net…….
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