Before we get to the action on the field a big tip of the wing to “Big” Gig Franklin for not only being our sponsor but for also sponsoring wing night. Thanks again Gig it was great to see ya. Now stay away from my Mom 🙂
Let’s get to the action on a great night for softball
On Field one we had Team Stu vs. Team Groh
Stu for the winners:
Game 1
Team Solomon 3 Team Groh 2
For the first time ever there was a Stu vs Stu pitching battle which rivals 17th Century Great Britain. For those who don’t understand that reference, read a book. The game was a real back and forth with solid defense all around. Honestly, I do remember the last game that was this low scoring. The scoring started with Seth “Seether” Berland sac flying to deep left and Stuart “Hinder” Solomon tagging up from 2nd to score. Team Solomon was able to tie the game in the bottom of the 4th with clutch two-out hitting. Alex “Creed” Kraus laced a triple into left field followed by Zach “3 Days Grace” Michelson placing a seeing-eye single up the middle to tie the game. Team Solomon would strike the final blow in the bottom of the 5th as Drew “Nickelback” Hart ripped a double. Team Groh Intentionally walked both Kade “Puddle of Mud” Carlyle and Stuart “Hinder” Solomon to load the bases for Seth “Seether” Berland. Seth hit a single right over the second base bag to win the game on a walk off.
Game 2
Team Solomon 10 Team Groh 8 (In 7)
What a game this was. Ken Groh took the mound for the second game and did not disappoint. A two-out two-RBI single by Seth “POD” Berland put the visiting Team Solomon up in the first. Team Groh’s bats started to wake up as the home side scored 3 runs in the first. Keith “Papa Roach” Kombrinck had himself a game going 2-3 with a double. Keith came around to score on the sac fly from Kade “Disturbed” Carlyle. The pitching duel continued until the top of the 5th inning. Team Solomon was down 5-3. Drew “Chevelle” Hart provided the bloop (it was actually a sharp single but that does help the alliteration) and Kade “Disturbed” Carlyle provided the blast. Hitting a two-run homer to left center field to tie the game up at 5. In the top of 6, James “Buckcherry” Swan started the inning off with a triple, scoring on Zach “Fuel” Michelson’s fielders choice. Team Groh tied the score in the bottom of the 6th to send it to the 7th. This is where things went well for Team Solomon. Drew “Chevelle” Hart started it off with a sharply hit double and came around to score on a double by Carlyle. Then Stuart “Drowning Pool” Solomon hit a laser over the fence for a two run home run, extending the lead to 3. Berland added on a 4th after a double and scoring on a sac fly by Alex “Modest Mouse” Kraus.
After the game an ecstatic Berland had this to say about his former college roommate Nick O’Brien. “It brings me such joy to perform better, in all aspects of the game, than Nick. He provided me and the team a lot of bulletin board material. It feels great to get these gutsy wins against him.”
On Field 2 it was Team Fogel vs. Team Simons.
I believe that Team Fogel won both games recap will be posted once it is submitted
On Field 3 it was Team AJ vs. Team Krantz
AJ for the winners
Another beautiful night out on Field 3 for Team Orange Crush playing Team Krantz.
Game 1
We were able to jump on them early in this one and score 9 runs in the first inning and we really never looked back winning 17-4. This was a total team effort with hits all across the board.
Notable Stats
– Ian Segall 3 Hits 1 HR and 4 RBI
– AJ Goldhoff 3 Hits 2 RBI and 3 Runs
– Tyler Stansbury 2 Hits 4 RBI
– Harry Meisner 4 Hits and 3 Runs
– Matt Miller 2 Hits 2 Runs and 2 RBI
– Eric Zied 2 Hits 1 RBI
– Todd Wasserman 2 Hits and 2 runs
– Jeremy Dock 1 Hit 2 RBI
Game 2
Much tighter game here as we were able to go up 4-1 in the first but Team Krantz fought back. We were able to finish though with an 8-4 win. Another big game from our Big 3 with Ian getting 3 more hits, Tyler having 5 more RBI and Harry hitting another dinger over the fence. Also shoutout to Todd for another 2 hits in this one. Lastly, I want to make sure to mention our pitcher Mike Gray. He continues to take a beating on the mound and fighting through. He is the engine of our team and we are behind him.
Finally on Field 4, it was the only split of the night as Team Brafman took on Team Wolf.
In game one Team Brafman won 12-7. the top of Team Brafman’s order (Joel “Hallelujah” Buckley, Mark “Big Blue” Tenenholtz and Michael “The Quiet Assassin” Askin each collected multiple hits. Not to be overlooked Gary “Coach” Fisher and Mark “The Purple Haze” Levine each moved the order along to get back up to the top. Both Spencer “RTR” Suggs and Ethan “Fluffhead” Zinn also had big hits. The big blow of the game through was from Jon Ruben who had a bases loaded double that cleared the bases and gave Team Brafman a nice lead they never gave back. For team Wolf, Wes, and Landon “Over the Top” Hawkins each homered and Matt “Bobcat” Brodof played a great 3rd base in his first game back. Howie was Howie on the mound for Team Brafman to help with the win.
In game two Team Wolf won on a walk off two out bases loaded single by Zach Hoffman for a 9-8 win. In a back and forth game Team Brafman took a two run lead into the bottom of the 5th thanks to a triple by Joey Hiudt, a Rick Tenenholtz sac fly and another hit by the bottom of the Brafman lineup. Team Wolf started their comeback down 1 with two outs and no one on. Singles by Mark Weisser and Duffy Wolf and a walk to their 10 hitter set the stage for Hoffman’s hit. If I remember correctly Hawkins homered again in this game and Matt “The Newlywed” Brodof in his first game back had a couple of hits and played a great third base robbing Capt. Brafman of at least 3 hits (not that I was counting).
Reminder we play this Sunday
League notes
As mentioned above a big shout out to Matt Brodof for getting married this off season (sorry for the late post).
Birthday’s the last couple of weeks
Scott “Hungry Like a” Wolf. The cool thing about Scott’s birthday is that it falls on the anniversary of Tom Seaver’s only no-hitter a game that Scott was at and kept score of, a very cool story that he is happy to tell you about.
Jared Kamrass
Joel Buckley
Marc Brafman the big 5-0 for me
As a former die-hard Knick fan it was exciting to see them win but I got a bigger thrill out of watching the fan video’s react to the win. Not the posers on the street who couldn’t tell you John Starks from Tony Stark but the old school Knick fans like my Dad who have stuck with this team for over 50 years since their last win. Makes me think there is hope for us Reds and Bengals fans even if it’s between slim and none.
I’m not one to hold a sports grudge (unless it’s Cam Newton or the entire Nevada basketball team) but man I am not shedding a tear over Brendan Sorsby’s tale of tears for not being able to play in the NFL next year. Learn the rules and play by them or else pay the price. Simple as that.
You have to give David “Slim Shady” Wertheim credit for one thing. The guy never wears a hat on the field yet every time he’s on TV promoting a local festival here in town he’s got a chicken on his head or a taco or a pizza hat on. Then to top it off on Wing Night he has a Yankee winter hat on sitting outside in the heat.
I was beating myself up over a really dumb throw I made on Wednesday night and then I was once again reminded that we play once a week and are old and Jewish. The Mets, yes the METS, committed 6 errors on the infield in ONE GAME this week vs. the Cubs. I think I would rather be a small market cheap team like the Reds who stink than a big market RICH team that stinks like the Mets.
If you are a music fan, I would suggest watching the Earth Wind and Fire doc on HBO that came out last week and the one on the late great Clive Davis on Netflix. Both are really good.
Let’s figure out a way to watch the USA in the World Cup on Wednesday and play at the same time. Can we get a big ass TV out on the fields to watch?
See ya Wednesday and drink plenty of water. It is going to be HOT.