Category: Game Results

winners/losers in the first round of the tournament……

field #1…..#4 lefton/ #5 leader
field #2…..#1 grefer/ #8 weisser
field #3…..#2 solomon/ #7 hiudt
field #4…..#6 groh/ #3 brafman

semifinals next week……

field #1……..# 6 groh at # 2 solomon
field #2……..#4 lefton at # 1 grefer

first to report in…….

#4 LEFTON 8       #5 LEADER 6

reported by ROGER ROSENTHAL

Trying to avenge two regular season losses, LEFTON defeated LEADER, 8-6, in a game that went

down to the last batter…..

LEADER jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning only to have LEFTON chip away and take the

lead on a two run two out double off the bat of MIKE ROTHSTEIN…..

However, the BIG blow came off the bat of JACK COHEN as he drilled a grand slam in the gap in

RCF to give LEFTON a comfortable lead only to have LEADER come back in the 7th inning to score

three runs and leaving the bases loaded to end the contest…..

Other key hits came off the bats of BRAD GALLOP and ALEX LEFTON, who was playing with a

bad ankle……..

JIMMY LEFTON pitched perhaps his best game of the year with NO walks….DAVID SOLOMON

played solid behind the plate which included throwing a would be stealer out at 2B, while AARON

KAPLAN got on base twice with a hit and a walk…..DAVID WERTHEIM, back from that school in

the middle of the state, played a solid outfield as did MIKE KAHAN and RICK LEFTON was solid

at  3B and gutted it out with an injury…..

ROGER ROSENTHAL got a walk and scored a run, but got the ire of a couple of players on

LEADER…..one called him names (not to be repeated) and the other, ROBERT PELBERG,

commented, “Don’t you ever stop talking?”…….NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Afterwards, ROGER ROSENTHAL commented, “I really wanted to win this game as they had

beaten us twice during the regular season especially the last game when they embarrassed us.”

NEXT UP……#1 SEED GREFER……..they split during the regular season…..

next in…….

# 6 GROH 5       # 3 BRAFMAN 4

reported by KEN GROH

In a game matching best friends on the mound, KEN GROH out duelled JASON FAUST, 5-4…..it was

an upset by the seeds, but evenly matched the entire game….

they were led by ADAM CRONSTEIN who had a single, double and home run and three RBI’s,

while the rest of the team was held in check by MVP candidate JASON FAUST….

The defense was amazing led by SS TYLER STANSBURY, PAT FELDMAN, RYAN SMALL and

sub TANNER HARRIS, who snared all five balls hit to him in RF……RYAN BAUM, playing his first

game as catcher performed well as did sub MIKE “KT” KADETZ at 2B…..

Next up is TEAM SOLOMON……”Giddy up”, GROH said afterwards in reference to the ride to the

finals……

An anonymous fan added, “To be the best, you need to beat the best.”

STAY TUNED……………..

reported by MARC BRAFMAN

In a hard fought well played game, BRAFMAN lost to GROH, 5-4.

“It’s a tough way to lose,” BRAFMAN said afterwards. “This season we’ve won all of our close

games and coming up short hurts. I think for my team it’s not that we lost that hurts, it’s that we now

have to wait an entire off-season to play again.”

The winners beat BRAFMAN at their own game with timely hitting and great pitching by GROH and

a very good team defense.

“It wasn’t like we the can of corns all night….we made them field the ball and make the play,” he

added.

Kudos go to PAT “SUNSHINE” FELDMAN, TYLER STANSBURY and RYAN SMALL who made

3-4 great scoops at 1B to keep us off the bases. ” BRAFMAN said.

Offensively, THE MOUTH OF THE MIDWEST ERIC GRUEN went 2 fro 3 with of RBI’s,

“HANDSOME” SAM CASTELLI went 3 for 3 and sub PETE SPOERL had a big RBI, while sub

GARY “THE KID” ASKIN had a big RBI.

Defensivly, BRAFMAN was led by Defensive Player Of The Year candidate JEREMY

“HAMILTON” FOGEL who should have the gold glove named renamed in his honor for the way he

played all season with last night as no exception….BEN “B-ROD” RODRIGUEZ, JEREMY “WE

GOT THE MEATS” CANTOR and JOEL “THE WRATH OF” KAHN all made nice plays in the

field…..

The team would like to say farewell to THE MINISTER OF FUN, DAVE COHEN, who went out in

grand fashion, trying to make a catch off a long hit off the bat of ADAM CRONSTEIN that resulted

in him falling on his tush (ass)….

“Just like GEN SIMMONS falling off the stage on his farewell tour, I figured I’d try and make the

circus catch, ” he said post game. “I’m just happy I didn’t pull a glut muscle as I need that to sit on

each day.

Finally, no BRAFMAN team report would be complete without the outstanding pitching by JASON

“THE MAD HUNGARIAN” FAUST…..

“Losing stinks, but I think back to my favorite show as a kid, “Who’s The Boss” and this quote from

ALYSSA MILANO helps me get over it…..”First, except sadness, realize that without losing, winning

isn’t so great.”

“It think that sums up how the team feels today,” BRAFMAN summed up.

EDITORS NOTE…..A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE CAPTAINS THAT REPORTED THEIR

GAMES ESPECIALLY TO MARC BRAFMAN AND KEN GROH……

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

PLAY-IN WINNER/LOSER……#8 weisser 12   #9 schwartz 2…….

SCHEDULE FOR THE PLAY-IN/FIRST ROUND OF TOURNAMENT…..

PLAY-IN GAME…….SUNDAY AUGUST 19…….9:30 A.M.

field #4……….#9 schwartz at #8 weisser (NO TV COVERAGE….wlw radio)

FIRST ROUND……..WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22…….6:15 P.M.

field #1……..#5 leader at #4 lefton……..tnt
field #2……..#8 weisser at #1 grefer……espn2
field #3……..#7 hiudt at #2 solomon…..tbs
field #4……..#6 groh at #3 brafman…….espn

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!!!

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CONGRATS TO TEAM GREFER……..2ND HALF CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

winners/losers……

field #1…..solomon/brafman
field #2…..grefer/groh
field #3…..lefton/hiudt
field #4…..schwartz/leader

bye………..weisser……..

SEEDINGS FOR TOURNAMENT…..

#1   GREFER       12-4
#2   SOLOMON   11-5
#3   BRAFMAN   10-6
#4   LEFTON         9-7
#5/#6    GROH/LEADER     8-8 (TIE-BREAKER TO DETERMINE #5/#6)
#7   HIUDT            7-9
#8   WEISSER        4-12
#9   SCHWARTZ    3-13

PLAY-IN GAME…….#9 SCHWARTZ at #8 WEISSER……SUNDAY AUGUST 19….9:30 A.M.

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GAME RECAPS FROM AUGUST 15…….

first in……

reported by ROGER ROSENTHAL

LEFTON 12     HIUDT 10 (8 innings)……

In a game that looked like you could have been a rout by HIUDT, LEFTON turned the tables by

fighting back by scoring two runs in the 7th inning and two in the 8th inning to notch the victory….

It was the common saying, a total team effort, but kudos go out to ALEX LEFTON, who suffered an

injury in a play at the plate, with five RBI’s, father JIMMY LEFTON with some key hits, RICK

LEFTON, playing at about 50% due to a minor injury (whatever that means), with a couple of key

base knocks, sub JACK COHEN with some solid defense in LCF and a couple of huge hits, MIKE

KAHAN with some stellar defense in LF and a couple of huge hits which included the hit that

spurred the two runs in the 8th inning and a home run in which while crossing home plate got hit in

the head……hope he is OK!!!!!

MIKE ROTHSTEIN settled down on the mound after a rough start and produced on the offensive

side as usual…..DAVID SOLOMON was solid behind the plate and had a couple of singles…..and

finally, super sub TANNER HARRIS, playing on his birthday, had a few putouts in RF and a hit and

looks like he’s going to be someone to reckon with in the future…..WATCH OUT DEE HARRIS and 

GRIFF HARRIS!!!!!!!!

DAVID WERTHEIM played in possibly his last game for the year as he’s off to that school in the

middle of the state and has had a remarkable year playing wherever needed…..LCF or SS….

ROGER ROSENTHAL continued his horrid offensive slump….it’s gotten so bad that he might hire a

voodoo doctor to break the spell……”I suck,” he simply said after his 0 for 4……..

next in…….

reported by MARC BRAFMAN

“It was a tough night for us as we got taken behind the wood shed. Sometimes you’re on your game

and sometimes you get your butt kicked. Unfortunately for us tonight STU (SOLOMON) and his

team beat us every way a team could beat you,” MARC BRAFMAN said after the rout.

The offense was led by JOEL “THE WRATH OF” KAHN with two hits, DAVE “THE MINISTER

OF FUN” COHEN who continues his own personal Fountain Of Youth Tour and THE MOUTH OF

THE MIDWEST ERIC GRUEN…..

Defensively, JEREMY “HAMILTON” FOGEL should have put the Golden Glove award (BEST

DEFENSIVE PLAYER) to rest with catch after catch in the gap and RILEY “THE BIG MAN”

ABLE and COHEN also made a couple of nice plays……

JASON “THE MAD HUNGARIAN” FAUST lived up to his name by storming around the mound

during the game and managing a first in JCC softball league play by getting tossed out of a game he

wasn’t even playing in.

“I don’t understand why I got thrown out. I was just pointing out that the ump missed a call. What did

I do wrong?,” FAUST said later.

On a side note….the team would like to send out a BIG THANK YOU to “THE KID” GARY ASKIN

for his outstanding catching and hitting the last three weeks subbing for MIKE “THE FLASH”

CREEMER and thanks to SCOTT “WHY CAN’T WE BE” FRIEND(s) for subbing……..

On a final note, “We look forward to the playoffs and forgetting abut the game tonight. We’ll be back

on track next week.” BRAFMAN said.

next in………

reported by KYLE GREFER

GREFER 11    GROH 10

In a thrilling back and forth game, everyone contributed in the second half clinching victory…..

MIKE GRAY pitched a strong game and played through a nasty collision at home plate….BEN

BARNETT had a great catch in RF early in the game and MARK “WILDER” FRANKLIN hit a

triple to the LF fence….

The HARRIS BOYS, son GRIFF, a MVP candidate, and father DEE were the stars of the game as

GRIFF ran down everything in the outfield and a hit a home run over the LF fence…..

The game came down to the bottom of the 7th inning as GREFER needed two runs to tie…….JEFF

FINKELSTEIN got it started with a base hit and both sub BRANDON GUTTMAN and GRIFF

followed with hits of their own….now down one run, DANNY GREFER intentionally walked to  load

the bases, setting up the elder HARRIS to crush a line drive up the middle to score two runs and get

the win…….a celebration ensued to cap off the second half championship…..

It should also be noted that GROH played with only nine players……

“Hats off to TEAM GROH who played a great game,” KYLE GREFER said later.

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