LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – TEAM WAGNER
CONGRATS TO TEAM LEFTON IN WINNING THE SECOND HALF CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!
They defeated TEAM ROSENTHAL in a tight game, while TEAM CRONSTEIN defeated TEAM GUTTMAN.
Both LEFTON and CRONSTEIN each ended with 6-2 records, but the first tie-breaker, head to head, went to LEFTON…….
FYI………
TEAM LEADER defeated TEAM LEFTON, 25-12, in a five inning affair, preventing them from clinching the first half title……captain GREG “SPIDERMAN” LEADER reports the team hit an amazing .725 in the game (29-40) which included an unnamed player (I know who you are) who normally plays first base and is tall and is……..NOT wearing his team shirt which meant an automatic out…….super star ANTON LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON had to leave the game after only three batters due to a dislocated middle finger on his right hand, but the team rallied in a BIG way after spotting TEAM LEFTON with a 6-0 lead, to come back and make a rout of the game…….hitting stars were MATT STEINBERG, with two triples and six RBI’s, SCOTT BERGE, 5 for 5 and JERRY KIRZNER, 4 for 4…….
Early reports are that LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON will miss 1-2 weeks, but knowing him, he’ll be ready come tournament time…..
TEAM LEFTON will have another chance to clinch the second half and a possible # 1 seed vs TEAM ROSENTHAL, who is fighting to stay out of the play-in game…….the game can be seen on ESPN U with yet to be named guest commentator……..
Other BIG games are………
TEAM WEISSER vs. TEAM WEISBROT………….FOX OHIO (taped delay)
TEAM SCHWARTZ vs. TEAM LEADER…………ESPN 2
TEAM CRONSTEIN vs. TEAM GUTTMAN…….ESPN
TEAM WEISBROT, fighting to stay out of the play-in game, defeated TEAM WAGNER, 15-14, by scoring the winning runs in the bottom of the 6th inning, thanks in a large part to COREY SCHWARTZ’S grand slam…….down 9-1 early on, the victors chipped away at the lead until the 6th inning and then thanks to key defensive plays by TODD WASSERMAN and MARK LEVINE, held on for the victory……
Next week’s games all have a bearing on either the play-in game, the second half title and/or the top seed in the tournament…..
TEAM WEISBROT VS TEAM WEISSER
TEAM SCHWARTZ VS TEAM LEADER
TEAM CRONSTEIN VS TEAM GUTTMAN
TEAM ROSENTHAL VS TEAM LEFTON
STAY TUNED……………..
TEAM WAGNER knocked off TEAM WEISSER, 16-10, behind the hitting and pitching of JASON FAUST…..among his feats were strikeouts of the 2, 3 and 4 hitters in TEAM WEISSER’s line-up and going 4 for 4 at the plate…..PETE SOLTESZ played a solid LCF and hit a grand slam after opposing pitcher MARK WEISSER decided to intentionally walk MIKE ROTHSTIEN to load the bases only to have it backfire……other hitting stars were the ageless wonder, TED KANTOR, ROTHSTEIN, MIKE KADETZ (NO spring chicken), BRAD WAGNER and JAMES SWAN…..
TEAM WAGNER tries to continue their winning ways as they square off against TEAM WEISBROT with the game on a tape delay on WTKO, Tokyo’s ABC affiliate……