Author: The Commissioner

The 2017 softball season officially ended this evening with the end of the season banquet at Hebrew Union College at the Skirball Exhibit…..

About sixty or so players met for the final time this season as awards were given out to the winning teams as well as awards to deserving individuals…..

They are as follows…..

TEAM AWARDS……

FIRST HALF CHAMPION…………………TEAM GROH….

SECOND HALF CHAMPION….TEAM SCHWARTZ……

TOURNAMENT CHAMPION…..TEAM SCHWARTZ…..

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS……

*WINNER…..

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR….

MATT BRODOF
SCOTT FRIEND
*GRIFFIN  HARRIS

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER….

*MARK FRANKLIN
OREN SCHMOEL
DAVID WERTHEIM

COMEBACK PLAYER……

HOWARD GOLDWASSER
GREGG HARRIS
*WILL WAXLER

OFFENSIVE PLAYER……

*DAN GILBERT
TAYLOR SCHWARZ
PETE SPOERL

DEFENSIVE PLAYER……

SCOTT BERGE
JEREMY FOGEL
*ZACH MAYER

CAPTAIN……

*MARC BRAFMAN
KYLE GREFER
MARK WEISSER

TOURNAMENT MVP…..

*PETE SPOERL
HOWARD SCHWARTZ
MARK WEISSER

LEAGUE MVP……

JEREMY FOGEL
GRIFFIN HARRIS
*HOWARD SCHWARTZ

HARKAVY AWARD WINNER (GOODWILL AMBASSADOR)…..BRAD WAGNER

MARCUS KRUKE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP….BRIAN GOLDBERG

CONGRATS TO ALL THAT WERE NOMINATED!!!!!!

A “gag” award was given out to ME for helping with the BLOG……it was a ROGER ROSENTHAL bobblehead!!!!!!!!

ALSO, KUDOS GO OUT TO THE STAFF AT HUC AND THE SOFTBALL COMMISSION

INCLUDING OUTGOING COMMISSIONER BRAD WAGNER AND INCOMING

COMMISSIONER RICK TENENHOLTZ……..THE JCC STAFF INCLUDING RICK LEFTON….MIKE CREEMER…..DAVID SOLOMON……

IF I MISSED SOMEONE……THANK YOU TO YOU TOO!!!!!!!!

HERE’S TO A SAFE….HAPPY…..HEALTHY OFF-SEASON AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!!!!

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

A former softballer passed away recently…….MILT THURMAN….Our thoughts and prayers go out to

the many family members and friends as well as the many softball players that played with or against

him……

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

The 2017 season officially is over and the 2017 All-Star game is in the books as TEAM

GIG FRANKLIN/RON ROSE/MIKE ROTHSTEIN defeated TEAM STEVE EPPSTEIN/RICK

LEFTON/ROGER ROSENTHAL, 9-6…..

The MVP award went to rookie HARRY MEISNER as he hit a three-run home run and played a solid

outfield…..

Members of the winner team were……MATT BRODOF….YITZ CREEGER…..JEREMY

FOGEL…..DAN GILBERT…..MIKE GRAY…..KYLE GREFR….GREGG HARRIS……ZACH

MAYER…..HARRY MOISTER……COREY SCHWARTZ…..HOWARD SCHWARTZ….TAYLOR

SCHWARTZ….PETE SPOERL…..

Members of the losing team were……..MICHAEL ASKIN….ADAM CRONSTEIN….PAT

FELDMAN….KEN GROH……GRIFFIN HARRIS….ZAC HIUDT….ALEX LEFTON…..JIMMY

LEFTON….JAMES SWAN…..BRAD WAGNER…..JEFF WEISBROT….TYLER WOLF and WES

WOLF…..

A special thank you goes out to umpires GARY GREFER…..JOEL FOGEL…..GARY

ASKIN….SCOTT WOLF and to captains STEVE EPPSTEIN…..RON ROSE….ROGER

ROSENTHAL…..RICK LEFTON…..GIG FRANKLIN……and MIKE ROTHSTEIN….

Also, kudos go out to MIKE CREEMER and longtime player RON “ROCKET” NASSIF for

furnishing the refreshments and running the scoreboard……and to GREG LEADER for help setting

up the field……

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

ALL STAR GAME SET FOR SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17…….6 P.M……AT THE REDS URBAN

YOUTH ACADEMY (FORMERLY ROSELAWN PARK)…..

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

TEAM SCHWARTZ DEFEATS TEAM WEISSER, 5-4, IN TOURNAMENT FINALS…..

GAME REPORT TO FOLLOW…….

QUESITONS/COMMENTS CAN BE SENT TO ME AT…….r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com