Author: The Commissioner

ROGER’S HOT CORNER…….

Whomever was responsible fort the great weather last night should get a raise!!!!!

Games that have been reported in so far…….

*TEAM WAGNER notched their first victory of the campaign with a 11-5 win over TEAM GREFER…..key hits came off the bats of JORDAN COHEN, HOWARD GOLDWASSER, team captain, BRAD “WAGS” WAGNER, MARK WEISSER and DAN STEINBERG….on defense, STEVE OSTROW, MIKE KAHAN, sub SCOTT WOLF, MATT STEINBERG and WILLY WAXLER all provided nice plays……Key hits for the losing squad came from THE FRANKLIN COMBO, GIGGY and MARK WILDER and THE COHEN COMBO…..returning Rookie Of The Year, MARK “TEXAS” WEINGARTEN played a solid shortstop after a rookie season in the outfield…..KUDOS go out to MARK WILDER for his first career hit in JCC play and also for his double that cleared STEVE OSTROW’S head to keep the game from being a 10 run rule……afterwards, WILDER promised more of those hits as long as Papa  provided chicken wings…..

Next up for TEAM WAGNER is TEAM LEFTON (ESPN U)…..TEAM GREFER battles a slumping TEAM CRONSTEIN on XM channel 129 (blacked out locally)……

**TEAM LEFTON won their second game in a row with a 9-8 victory over the slumping TEAM LEADER……DAVID SNYDER and STEVE “Z” ZAWATSKY had clutch RBI hits….the defensive play of the game was turned in by the LEFTON battery mates of JIMMY LEFTON and RICK LEFTON on a JOEY GOLDBERG comeback grounder to JIMMY with no outs and the bases loaded on a 1-2-3 double play…..game ball went to JIMMY LEFTON, proud father of ALEX LEFTON, now employed by the BLOG…..

***TEAM WEISBROT won their second game in a row with a team effort five inning victory over TEAM CRONSTEIN, 15-2,……with regular pitcher MICHAEL GRAY on a leave of absence, sub AARON COMPTON pitched five sterling innings and came within one out of a shutout……sparkling defensive plays at 3B by the versatile ROGER ROSENTHAL and an all around great defensive game by the entire team plus a lot of hitting throughout the entire line-up, provided by far their biggest offensive output of the season (including a 10 run inning)……KUDOS go to MICHAEL ASKIN, son of GARY “THE GOPHER” ASKIN, for his two run shot to break-up the shutout…..needless to say father was beaming about his son afterwards……..next up for TEAM WEISBROT is a “huge” game vs. TEAM ROTHSTEIN……ESPN air time is 6 p.m. with the first pitch at 6:17 p.m……STAY TUNED…….

****TEAM ROTHSTEIN defeated TEAM GUTTMAN in a thriller, 6-5, in a game that went back and forth……MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN, who hit a two out two run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th inning, was given the game ball and said afterwards that he was very humbled by it…….both pitching staffs performed well as COREY NORRIS AND STEVE “DONUTS” EPPSTEIN split duties again for the winners, while JASON FAUST pitched admirably for the losing team…….

TIDBITS……..BASEBALL QUESTION OF THE NIGHT……can a starting pitcher get a victory and a save in the same game????????

Anyone with comments, e-mail them to me at r.rosenthal@fuse.net or r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com………….

TEAM GUTTMAN, (4-0), continued to roll in their third straight 10 run game, as they defeated TEAM LEADER, (1-2), 14-4, in six innings……in a total team effort, “THE ROCKET” had three hits with two runs scored, two RBI’s and a stolen base….JEFF “BRICK HAUS” NASH was 3 for 3 with two runs scored and three RBI’s…….BRANDON “B LE B” had a 3 for 3 game with one run scored and an RBI and finally JASON “BIG HAUS” FAUST was 3 for 3 with one run scored and three RBI’s…..kudos also go to JOEL ELLISON for a diving snare in LF with two outs and the bases loaded to save three or possiblly four runs………rumor has it that the Commission is looking into MVP candidate to date JASON “BIG HAUS” FAUST to determine if he is using an illegal substance on the ball……STAY TUNED!!!

TEAM ROTHSTEIN (2-1) defeated TEAM CRONSTEIN (3-1) surprisingly in easy fashion by a 17-2 score……JORDAN EVANS returned from college and had an instant impact on the field, while brother MITCH EVANS performed well too……game balls went to two long time vets, STEVE “DONUT MAN” EPPSTEIN for holding a solid TEAM CRONSTEIN offense to only two runs and to DOUG SANDOR for delivering key hits in spite of being plunked in the head by a MIKE SMALL throw early in the game….afterwards, captain MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN already was looking towards next week’s pivital game vs. still undefeated TEAM GUTTMAN

*****ADD ON TO ROTHSTEIN/CRONSTEIN GAME…..an unnamed player on TEAM CRONSTEIN was a bit hot under the collar after MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN had a shift on a particular player in a 17-2 game…….afterwards ADAM CRONSTEIN had NO comment…….STAY TUNED!!!!!

TEAM WAGNER captain BRAD “WAGS” WAGNER” reported in on his team’s 6-4 loss to TEAM SCHWARTZ with nothing much to say about his team, but shouting accolades to the pitching of HOWARD SCHWARTZ and the BIG hit off the bat of ALLEN COHEN….kudos also go out to BIG AL LESSURE for providing post-game salsa treats…..mmmmmmmm…….ANDY MESSER returned for a cameo appearance as a sub, before moving to NYC this summer……Good Luck Andy!!!!!

*******ANY COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO ME AT……… r.rosenthal@fuse.net or r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com……….

This in from where are they now dept…….

JOEL “SPARKY” FOGEL is scheduled to make his 2012 debut tomorrow night as TEAM CRONSTEIN, 3-0, will welcome the two time MVP……FOGEL, normally a shortstop, will probably see action at third base, but states he’s a team player and doesn’t want to mess with the so far successful chemistry of the team……he’s been staying in shape in the off season with the help of former player (now washed up) DAVE WERNICK in training sessions……he’s signed to a week by week contract as he still will miss some first half games…….STAY TUNED…….

Any comments can be directed to me at r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com or r.rosenthal@fuse.net………

Apologies to MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN as he sent in a game report, but somehow the e-mail never was received…….here is the report…….rookie MITCH EVANS got the game ball thanks to a game saving catch in the outfield with the bases loaded and a couple of key hits……COREY NORRIS pitched three scoreless innings…….DOUG SANDOR played great defense along with “old timer” MICHAEL KADETZ’ difficult catch to key the defensive effort…..captain MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN also gave kudos to the other team in saying that WILLIE WAXLER played great defense and got some key hits……..

ON A SERIOUS NOTE…….Condolences go out to JOHNNY BERG on the passing of his father……he and his wife were fixtures at almost every game JOHNNY  played in and he will be sorely missed…….

Any comments can be sent to me at r.rosenthal@fuse.net or r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com……….