Author: The Commissioner

THE ALL-STAR GAME IS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 at $12:15 p.m. and this morning, COMMISIONER RYAN KIRZNER announced at a press conference who made the game……

THE FOLLOWING IS IN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER………FOLLOWED BY THEIR TEAM……

* DESIGNATES FIRST YEAR PLAYER……

GARY ASKIN…………………..SCHWARTZ
MICHAEL ASKIN…………….SCHWARTZ
BOB BONNER…………………WAGNER
JACK COHEN………………….WEISBROT
AARON COMPTON………….ROSENTHAL
ADAM CRONSTEIN…………CRONSTEIN
JORDAN EVANS………………LEFTON
JASON FAUST………………….ROSENTHAL
JOEL FOGEL…………………….ROSENTHAL
JOSH FRANKEL……………….LEADER
DAN GREFER…………………..GREFER
KYLE GREFER…………………GREFER
*KEN GROH…………………….GREFER
BRANDON GUTTMAN……WAGNER
GREG LEADER………………..LEADER
BEN LEFTON…………………..LEFTON
JIMMY LEFTON………………LEFTON
ANTON LOON…………………LEADER
BRIAN MONK…………………ROTHSTEIN
RON NASSIF…………………..SCHWARTZ
NICK REUSZER……………..WEISBROT
MIKE ROTHSTEIN…………ROTHSTEIN
DOUG SANDOR…………….ROTHSTEIN
HOWARD SCHWARTZ….SCHWARTZ
*TAYLOR SCHWARTZ….CRONSTEIN
MATT STEINBERG………..CRONSTEIN
JEFF WEISBROT…………….WEISBROT
BRAD WAGNER…………….WAGNER

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PLAYERS SELECTED BY THEIR TEAMMATES!!!!

HOME RUN DERBY BEGINS AT 11 A.M.

GAME TIME IS 12:15 P.M.

THE FINALS ARE SET FOR THE TOURNAMENT…….

# 2 TEAM SCHWARTZ knocked off # 6 TEAM CRONSTEIN, 6-4, and # 5 TEAM WEISBROT ten-runned # team leader, 16-6, in games this morning……the games started where they left off on Wednesday before the rains suspended the action…….this is the second year in a row, JEFF WEISBROT has brought his team to the finals and hopefully from his standpoint, it’ll be a different result…….

The finals are set for Wednesday night with the first pitch at 6:01 p.m. with an unknown person to throw out the first pitch……the game will be carried on WJCC with the play by play and color analysis by STEVE JARNICKI and ROGER ROSENTHAL……..pre-game start at 5:30 p.m. with a look recapping the life of RON ROSE,  the 83-year old ageless wonder……

Here’s to a good game and good luck to both teams!!!!!!

ANY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO ME AT r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com

The semi-finals were suspended after a second rain delay with both games in the middle of their contests……

The semi-finals are set……..

There were three “upsets” this evening starting with # 9 TEAM LEADER knocking off # 1 TEAM ROSENTHAL, 8-4, behind the stellar pitching of BARRY KAPLAN and solid defense led by ANTON LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON at shortstop…….

In other action, # 2 TEAM SCHWARTZ defeated # 7 TEAM LEFTON…..# 6 TEAM CRONSTEIN defeated # 3 TEAM GREFER in a 10 run rule game and # 5 TEAM WEISBROT defeated # 4 TEAM WAGNER……

# 2 TEAM SCHWARTZ vs. #6 TEAM CRONSTEIN
# 5 TEAM WEISBROT vs. # 9 TEAM LEADER

The BLOG usually does NOT give an opinion, but here’s one……

The JCC Softball League Commission has got to look at how the playoffs are set up……..Two suggestions…..

1. Take the top six teams and have the # 1 and # 2 seeds get first round byes…..

ROUND 1……
# 3 seed plays # 6 seed…………# 4 seed plays #5 seed…….

ROUND 2 (SEMI-FINALS)…..
# 1 seed then plays the lowest seed and the # 2 seed plays the highest seed…….

ROUND 3 (FINALS)…..
the winners then play for the tournament title……

2. Have it the way it is now, but re-seed after each round……….

ANY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ME AT r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com

In the play-in game this morning……#9 TEAM LEADER defeated #8 TEAM ROTHSTEIN, 6-4, and will now play first half champion # 1 TEAM ROSENTHAL in the first round of the tournament…….