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It took eight innings to finish the play-in game between TEAM CRONSTEIN and TEAM WEISBROT, but when the final pitch was thrown it was the # 8 seed TEAM WEISBROT with the victory, 5-4…….you happy now JASON?
JASON FAUST, of TEAM GUTTMAN, picked up his second victory as a sub for TEAM WEISBROT…….
Defense was the key to the game as JOSH FRANKEL and father NORM FRANKEL did a fine job, but the key defensive play was a shot that TEDDY ‘BALLGAME” KANTOR caught in rightfield to save at least two runs……
The winning run was produced in the bottom of the 8th inning when with the bases loaded and one out, ROGER ‘ROGZILLA” ROSENTHAL coaxed a walk to bring in the winning run……
Next up on Wednesday is # 1 seed TEAM SCHWARTZ……

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

The last week of regular season play………

*TEAM SCHWARTZ continued their torrid pace with a narrow 4-4 victory over TEAM LEFTON as key defensive plays were turned in by ALAN LESSURE,  JACK COHEN and AARON COMPTON…..key hits came off the bats of ALAN COHEN, JOSH LISMAN and BOB BONNER…….

**TEAM LEADER  roaring into the tournament with some momentum as they defeated TEAM ROTHSTEIN, 20-7…..BARRY KAPLAN led the way on the mound only to hand the ball to ace reliever MICHAEL “BUCKY” MARGOLIS to mop up the final innings…..two game balls were presented to SCOTT BERGE and MARK LEVINE, who both had “monster” games in the field as well as at the plate…….

***TEAM WAGNER came back from a 6-2 deficit late to knock off the slumping TEAM WEISBROT, 7-6, in a game that determined who would play in the Sunday play-in game….the victors jumped out to a 2-0 lead early only to have TEAM WEISBROT come back to take a 6-2 lead only to have pitcher MIKE GRAY leave the game because of an injury……DANNY “BOBCAT” SCHAAFF came in and did a nice job at the start, but then lost his control when after a hit off the bat of veteran BOB STEINBERG, he walked three of the next four batters and in between MATT STEINBERG hit a towering drive to deep right center field that went for a double…..after the dust had cleared it was 7-6 and that’s how the game ended……..

****TEAM GUTTMAN defeated TEAM CRONSTEIN, 13-8, AS RON “THE ROCKET” NASSIF hit his third grandslam of the season…..

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

The regular season has ended with the one and out tournament to officially start Wednesday August 22, however the play-in game will be played between two teams that are struggling BIG TIME!!!!!

TEAM WEISBROT, the # 8 seed, will face TEAM CRONSTEIN, the # 9 seed with the winner playing # 1 seeded TEAM SCHWARTZ.
The game will begin at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday on Field # 4.
There will be NO television coverage as the interest in this game has been determined not to be worth the while to bring in the cameras.

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS…….(THANKS AGAIN TO ZAC HIUDT)

1.  SCHWARTZ (2ND HALF WINNER)…….14-2
2.  GUTTMAN (1ST HALF WINNER)……….12-4
3.  LEFTON……………………………………………….8-8
4.  GREFER……………………………………………….8-8
5.  LEADER……………………………………………….8-8
6.  ROTHSTEIN…………………………………………7-9
7.  WAGNER……………………………………………..6-10
8.  WEISBROT…………………………………………..5-11
9.  CRONSTEIN (PINK SHIRT WINNER)…..4-12

FIRST ROUND OF TOURNAMENT MATCH-UPS……AUGUST 22……

#1  SCHWARTZ VS. WEISBROT/CRONSTEIN WINNER
#2  GUTTMAN VS. # 7  WAGNER
#3  LEFTON VS. #6  ROTHSTEIN
#4  GREFER VS. # 5  LEADER

On a side note, GET WELL WISHES go out to MIKE GRAY, who hurt himself in this evenings game vs. TEAM WAGNER and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

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

The JCC Softball League would like to extend its’ condolences to DAN GLASSMAN on the passing of his father recently…….

The final week of the season is upon us and there are BIG games concerning the final seedings (and the PINK shirt)……STAY TUNED!!!!!!

The play-in game involving the #8 and #9 seeds is scheduled for Sunday August 19 with the first round of the tournament scheduled to start on Wednesday Aug. 22……

ANY COMMENTS/QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ME AT r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com or r.rosenthal@fuse.net

*TEAM SCHWARTZ continued their dominating ways by defeating a depleted TEAM WEISBROT team in a continuation game from the first half and then the regularly scheduled second half game…..defense and timely hitting paved the way for the victors….kudos go to ALAN LESSURE, who replaced RON ROSE, the CAL RIPKEN of the JCC league, behind the plate , BOB BONNER at third base and Super Sub MATT STEINBERG at shortstop……ALAN COHEN had several clutch hits and son JACK COHEN did his SCOTT WOLF impresson with some great base running…..as for TEAM WEISBROT, they will try to snap out of their losing ways next week in a “key” game vs TEAM WAGNER……a game to be aired on ESPN U with GUS JOHNSON and BILL RAFTERY doing the broadcast…….

**TEAM GREFER defeated TEAM GUTTMAN, 6-4, as sub JAMIE KIRTZER pitched a gem and the defense was solid……GARY GREFER and DANNY GREFER had key hits, but the play of the game was when DANNY GREFER turned a double play off the bat of BRANDON GUTTMAN with the bases loaded to end the game…….

***TEAM LEADER was on the front end of the scoreboard again as they posted a 13-3 win over the slump-riden TEAM CRONSTEIN……BARRY KAPLAN was in complete control as his fastball was clocked at 97 mph and the defense was solid…..ANTON LOOOOOOOOON was 2 for 3 with three runs scored, captain GREG “THE SPIDERMAN” LEADER was 2 for 4 with three runs scored and SCOTT BERGE was 3 for 3 with two runs scored……

 GET WELL WISHES GO OUT TO RON ROSE, WHO HAD MINOR SURGERY AND WAS HELD OUT OF ACTION LAST NIGHT……

FYI…….Rumor has it that ROGER ROSENTHAL actually shook hands after NOT one, but two games…….at presstime, ROGER’S HOT CORNER was still investigating the rumor…….

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