Game Results: February 19, 2016

If you haven’t read the article about our own RON ROSE in the Feb. 18 copy of the American Israelite, do yourself a favor and do so…..

Former softballer JUSTIN BERG, son of longtime star JOHNNY BERG, is now writing for the newspaper doing sports articles….

There are interesting stories about the “ageless wonder” that very few probably knew about, a.k.a. the story about what Hall of Fame baseball player took ROSE out for lunch…..and what sport ROSE captained in high school….it might surprise you…..

Kudos again to JUSTIN BERG for writing a home run of an article about one of our own……RON ROSE……

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Game Results: November 9, 2015

The 2015 Cincinnati JCC Softball League end of the season banquet was this evening and in this blogger’s opinion was the best ever!!!!!

Kudos go out to Commissioner BRAD WAGNER and the Commission…..MIKE CREEMER…..RICK LEFTON and GREG “GIG” FRANKLIN………

After a one hour Happy Hour, dinner was served by new head chef LENNY LOEB and boy was it good!!!!!

The guest speaker, JON WARDEN, member of the 1968 WORLD CHAMPION DETROIT TIGERS, had stories about his playing and coaching days as well as some off the wall humor. He had the audience laughing at some of his stories……

After about a thirty minute talk, the awards were given out and the following were the winners……

*ROOKIE OF THE YEAR……(CO-WINNERS)….MARK TENENHOLTZ and RANDY BROYLES……

*MOST IMPROVED PLAYER……COREY SCHWARTZ….

*CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR…..DANNY GREFER…..

*PLAYOFF MVP…….MARK WEISSER…..

*BEST HITTER……RANDY BROYLES…..

*BEST FIELDER……WES WOLF……

*LEAGUE MVP…….WEST WOLF…….

*COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR……KYLE GREFER….

*HARKAVY AWARD FOR GOODWILL AMBASSADOR…….RYAN KIRZNER…..

*MARCUS KRUKE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP…….JAMEY KURTZER……

CONGRATS TO ALL WINNERS AND THE NOMINEES……

The season in review was up next and GREG “GIG” FRANKLIN did a great job as always with help from JEFF “DUFF” WOLF…….during it was a fantastic tribute to RON ROSE who is expected to retire after a long illustrious career……

In summary, it was a great time and we can’t wait until the words “play ball” are yelled again……

Registration for next season should be starting up soon so be ready for sign-ups……

I’d like to thank those captains for giving me recaps on your games and look forward to doing this again…….

Game Results: November 5, 2015

Just a reminder that the end of the season softball banquet will be held this Sunday Nov. 8 starting with a Happy Hour at 5 p.m. at the JCC…..it is free and only open to the league and invited guests….Please RSVP to COMMISSIONER BRAD WAGNER or MIKE CREEMER if you haven’t already…..Hope to see everyone there for a good time and good food and some special “treats”…..

TEAM ROSE (1ST HALF CHAMPS)…..TEAM GREFER (2ND HALF CHAMPS) and TEAM WEISSER (TOURNAMENT CHAMPS) will be honored as well as a host of individual awards including…..

*ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (M. TENENHOLTZ….M. KAMRASS….BROYLES)…..

*MOST IMPROVED (EPPSTEIN….C. SCHWARTZ….BROWN)…..

*CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR (GREFER…..ROSE….WEISSER)…..

*PLAYOFF MVP (WEISSER…W. WOLF…GRAY)…..

*BEST HITTER (BROYLES….ROTHSTEIN….D. GREFER)…….

*BEST FIELDER W. WOLF….SILVERMAN…..JEREMY FOGEL)……

*LEAGUE MVP (GROH…..ROTHSTEIN…W. WOLF)……

*HARKAVY AWARD (GOODWILL AMBASSADOR) (KAPLAN….WAXLER….R. KIRZNER…..

*MARCUS KRUKE (GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP)….(COMPTON….KURTZER….ADAMS)….

****CONGRATS GO OUT TO BRIAN GOLDBERG ON THE BIRTH OF HIS NEWBORN!!!!!!

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

Game Results: October 27, 2015

WHAT: JCC MEN’S FAST PITCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

WHEN: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015

PLACE: JCC

TIME: HAPPY HOUR STARTS AT 5 P.M……DINNER(dietary laws observed) TO FOLLOW

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER…..JON WARDEN, former major league pitcher for the 1968 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers……

Dinner and entertainment (what does that mean?) will be provided by the Mayerson JCC and our generous sponsors…..

Spaces are limited and open to current players and invited guests only…..

****PLEASE RSVP NOW TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE…….CONTACT THE JCC…..MIKE CREEMER…..COMMISSIONER…..BRAD WAGNER……

The following AWARDS will be presented……

*FIRST HALF CHAMPIONS…………..TEAM ROSE
*SECOND HALF CHAMPIONS……….TEAM GREFER
*TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS………TEAM WEISSER

*ROOKIE OF THE YEAR…..MARK TENENHOLTZ (GREFER)……RANDY BROYLES (ROSE)……MICAH KAMRASS (GREFER)…..

*MOST IMPROVED PLAYER…..COREY SCHWARTZ (LEADER)…..STEVE EPPSTEIN (FOGEL)…..DREW BROWN (HIUDT)……

*CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR…..DAN GREFER……RON ROSE……MARK WEISSER……

*PLAYOFF MVP……MARK WEISSER (WEISSER)…..WES WOLF (WEISSER)…..MIKE GRAY (GREFER)…..

*BEST HITTER…..RANDY BROYLES (ROSE)…….MIKE ROTHSTEIN (ROSE)……DAN GREFER (GREFER)…..

*BEST FIELDER…..WES WOLF (WEISSER)…..RYAN SILVERMAN (ROSE)……JEREMY FOGEL (FOGEL)……

*MVP…..WES WOLF (WEISSER)……MIKE GRAY (GREFER)……KEN GROH (ROSE)…….MIKE ROTHSTEIN (ROSE)…..

*HARKAVY AWARD (GOODWILL AMBASSADOR)…..BARRY KAPLAN (HIUDT)…..WILLY WAXLER (FOGEL)…..RYAN KIRZNER (GUTTMAN)……

*MARCUS KRUKE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD……AARON COMPTON (HIUDT)……JAMEY KURTZER (LEADER)…….SCOTT ADAMS (FOGEL)…….

GOOD LUCK TO ALL NOMINEES!!!!!

Hope everyone can make it to a very fun event and the last time you can see your softball buddies until next season……

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