Author: The Commissioner

SOFTBALL BANQUET COMING NEXT MONTH…..

The 2016 JCC FAST PITCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE banquet is scheduled for Sunday November 6 at a time to be announced soon…….

The event will be held at the Jewish Community Center with the featured guest speaker, DOUG FLYNN, former infielder for the Cincinnati Reds.

Also, individual awards will be handed out for various honors including MOST VALUABLE PLAYER…..ROOKIE OF THE YEAR…..CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR….OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR……DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR……AND MORE!!!!!

In addition, team trophies will be handed out for regular season (1st and 2nd half) titles and the tournament title…..

Food and beverages will be served…..if you have any dietary restrictions, please contact commissioner BRAD WAGNER in advance.

The event is free and open to JCC players only…..

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!!!!!!

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

END OF THE YEAR BANQUET SET FOR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6……FORMER CINCINNATI REDS INFIELDER DOUG FLYNN WILL BE THE FEATURED SPEAKER….

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS FOR TIME AND PLACE…..

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

ALL-STAR GAME……BANQUET NEWS…..

The 2016 All-Star game is in the books and the blue team captained by STEVE EPPSTEIN and ROGER ROSENTHAL defeated the white team, captained by RICK LEFTON and RON ROSE, 18-5…..in a game played Sunday night…….

The winning squad consisted of…… ADAM CRONSTEIN….BRANDON GUTTMAN….COREY NORRIS……COREY SCHWARTZ…..DEE HARRIS……JEFF WEISBROT………..JEROMY FOGEL…..PAT FELDMAN………RYAN. SILVERMAN….TAYLOR SCHWARTZ…….TYLER WOLF……ZACH HUIDT……MARK WEISSER……KEN GROH….

The losing squad consisted of……ANTON LOON…….BEN LEFTON…..BRAD WAGNER….KYLE GREFER……MICHAEL ASKIN……MARC BRAFMAN…….MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN……PETE SOLTESZ…….STU SOLOMON……ZACH MAYER……..ZACH SWADNER…..DANNY GREFER…..RANDY BROYLES…….MIKE GRAY…..

NO SHOW……..SCOTT BERGE…..

*BITS FROM THE GAME…….

*MVP OF THE GAME……..PAT FELDMAN…….hit for the cycle, after arriving right at game time…..CONGRATS!!!!!

*PLAY OF THE GAME…….ZACH SWADNER……a great catch in LCF to rob RYAN SILVERMAN of a home run and that no one in the park thought he had a chance on…..

*IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR WILLIE FINKELMAN, LONGTIME VOLUNTEER SCOREKEEPER, WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY……

SPECIAL THANKS……….

*UMPIRING CREW…….

GARY GREFER (HOME PLATE)……did a great job and you could hear from a mile away……JOEL FOGEL (1B) and SCOTT WOLF (3B)……all in all there was NO questioning of calls…….well maybe a few…..

*REFRESHMENTS………

MARK GORDON…..for donating food and drinks to the teams and fans……..GREAT JOB GORDY!!!!!

*SOFTBALL COMMISSION led by BRAD WAGNER……..for setting up the game and doing a wonderful job as usual………..

**SPECIAL NOTE……..THE BANQUET INFORMATION WILL BE SENT OUT TO PLAYERS AS SOON AS IT IS FINALIZED……

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

We are sad to report that longtime JCC volunteer WILLIE FINKELMAN passed away earlier today…..for those who didn’t know him, Willie was a fixture at softball and basketball games as the official scorekeeper and never missed a beat…..he will be missed…….

THE 2016 ALL STAR GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18 AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE REDS URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY AT 2026 E. SEYMOUR AVE. (OLD ROSELYN PARK) ON FIELD # 2…..

FOOD AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED…..

PLAYERS EXPECTED TO PLAY ARE THE FOLLOWING………

PITCHERS…..

*MIKE GRAY (CRONSTEIN)
*KEN GROH (FOGEL)
*RANDY BROYLES (LEADER)
*MARK WEISSER (WEISSER)

ROSTER PLAYERS…….

*TYLER WOLF (WEISSER)
*BRAD WAGNER (WEISSER)
*ZACH SWADNER (SCHWARTZ)
*PETE SOLTESZ (SCHWARTZ)
*SCOTT BERGE (SCHWARTZ)
*STU SOLOMON (LEFTON)
*BEN LEFTON (LEFTON)
*MARK BRAFMAN (LEFTON)
*MIKE ROTHSTEIN (CRONSTEIN)
*ADAM CRONSTEIN (CRONSTEIN)
*ZACH MAYER (GREFER)
*DAN GREFER (GREFER)
*KYLE GREFER (GREFER)
*ZAC HIUDT (HIUDT)
*COREY SCHWARTZ (HIUDT)
*TAYLOR SCHWARTZ (HIUDT)
*MICHAEL ASKIN (WEISBROT)
*PAT FELDMAN (WEISBROT)
*COREY NORRIS (WEISBROT)
*JEFF WEISBROT (WEISBROT)
*ANTON LOON (LEADER)
*RYAN SILVERMAN (LEADER)
*JEREMY FOGEL (FOGEL)
*DEE HARRIS (FOGEL)

NOTED PLAYERS UNABLE TO ATTEND……

*HOWARD SCHWARTZ (SCHWARTZ)
*NICK DIPIANO (GREFER)
*BRANDON GUTTMAN (HIUDT)
*WESTON WOLF (WEISSER)
*FREDDIE WOLF (WEISSER)

CAPTAINS…..

ROGER ROSENTHAI (WEISSER)/RICK LEFTON (LEFTON)
RON ROSE (SCHWARTZ)/STEVE EPPSTEIN (WEISBROT)

****THE SOFTBALL BANQUET IS STILL IN THE WORKS……..STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION……..

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