August 21 Recap
By Marc Brafman
After a lot of rain and more rain and more rain, we finally wrapped up the regular season on Sunday. A big shout out to Ryan “Hi Ho” Silverman for managing to get the entire regular season in. Let’s hope he has dialed up more good weather the next couple of weeks.
Team Grefer won the second half of the season behind the Living Legend, Howie Schwartz. Team Roger ended their season fighting till the end. Roger would like to thank his team for their hard work and dedication to the season. See you guys on the field next year…
Now onto the post season preview
On Field 1, we have Team Grefer, 2 seed vs. Team Weisser, 7 seed. “We have really hit our stride the second half of the season,” Captain Kyle said post game Sunday. “With Howie throwing strikes and our offense doing just enough each week, we feel we can hang with anybody. We know that Team Weisser won’t go down without a fight, so we are ready for an exciting game on Wednesday.”
As usual, Mark Weisser had plenty to say leading into the post season: “We will be ready for Wednesday. You can never count out a team with the Wolf pack. Those guys know how to win.”
On Field 2 it is Overall #1 seed, Team Solomon vs. Team Kamrass who won their way into the post season on Sunday by beating Team Roger. “We know we have our work cut out for us,” Micah said, “But I am confident in Eppy and our team to get the job done. No one thought we could win it last year and we shocked the JCC world. We plan on doing the same this year.” Never at a loss for words, Stu said his team is ready for action. “Since day one when I drafted Jeff ‘The Natural’ Weisbrot later than he normally goes, we have played with a chip on our shoulder.” Maybe one of the hardest and deepest teams in recent JCC history Team Solomon looks forward to continuing to mash the ball this post season. “We have former MVP’s, we have future MVP’s, we have the rookie of the year, we will be ready for anything that the rest of the league throws at us.” Stu promised.
On Field 3 we have round three of Team Brafman, the 4 seed vs. Team Lefton, the 5 seed vs. the sun.
“Our last game went into extra innings,” Brafman said. “I expect this game to be just as close as the other two. Losing Anton, the heartbeat of our team, on Sunday hurts but we will be ready to come and play Wednesday night.” Jimmy is excited for another shot at the post season trophy. “My team, all 12 of us, will be there ready to go. I’ve got my arm ready to go, and anytime a team has Griff we can’t be overlooked. I expect us to get our revenge on Team Brafman this week.”
Finally on Field 4, we have Team Fogel, the 3 seed vs. Team Z, the 6th seed.
Two rookie captains go at it for a chance to take on the winner of Solomon and Kamrass. “I’ve loved my first year as Captain,” Jeremy said. “I’ve learned a lot and just like David Bell I am doing the best I can dealing with injuries to my team and the weather.” Z echoed the same thought. “I love my team. We are ready to go, and I expect to pull this one out just like we have the last couple of weeks. We will be ready for whatever Team Fogel tosses our way.”
Quick League notes
If you haven’t yet, please sign the league shirt for Jason Faust’s dad Marty who plans on framing it in their house. Don’t ever forget how much the league means to all of us.
Continue to stop by Marx Bagels to get Sweet Butter Bakery treats. They are the best.
The JCC Oy Vey 5k is back. It’s the second Sunday in November. Please sign up and run/walk. All the money raised goes towards the JCC athletic programs, which includes softball.
Somehow Roger has been married now over 30 years. Congrats to him and bless his wife.
Ryan “The Hebrew Hammer” Baum celebrated a birthday last week. Happy birthday!
Author’s note. I believe a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Wes Wolf got married. I meant Tyler. Sorry about the confusion.
Jeremy Fogel got to play a game on the field last week at GABP. Unfortunately, he doesn’t play SS so the Reds don’t want him.
Good luck everyone this week.
Marc