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Thursday June 16…..11:13 a.m……KUDOS to MIKE CREEMER AND GREG “GIGGY” FRANKLIN for the really nice pictures and new set-up for the website!!!!!!!!….it looks really great!!!!….also KUDOS go to COMMISSIONER MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN for a fun Family Night that had great weather and plenty of fun….HOW MANY LEFTONS ARE THERE IN CINCINNATI? IT SEEMS THAT THEY WERE ALL THERE…as far as action on the field last night….victories were recorded by TEAM SCHWARTZ over TEAM KIRZNER, TEAM CRONSTEIN over TEAM LOOOOOOON in a nailbiter, TEAM GUTTMAN over TEAM SILVERMAN and TEAM EPPSTEIN over still winless TEAM LEFTON in a slugfest that went down to the last batter….details of game action will follow as soon as a certain two captains get their game reports into the press room….questions/comments to r.rosenthal@fuse.net……..

Team Eppstein vs. Team Lefton is the marquee game of the week! Each team has a perfect record going in to the game this Wednesday night. We could not have picked a better night for Family Night!

After a very heated disscussion this past week at the chicken house about which team could eat the most wings ( never mind the fewest runs), a challenge was set down. Each team guaranteed a victory in their upcoming titanic struggle, with the losing team buying wings for the winning team! Not only does the losing team have to buy all the wings for the winner, but the losing team has sole posession of the recently banished “Pink Shirt” award. History shows us that the team in last place at the time of the first Family night has traditionally gone on to actually win the infamous award.

Saturday June 12….11:49 a.m…..better late than NOT at all….GARY GREFER reported in on his team’s 6-3 victory over TEAM LOOOOOOOOOOOON….JOHN SILVERMAN, homered, tripled and made a dazzling catch in leftfield….COREY NORRIS, filling in as the pitcher in place of MIKE GRAY, retired 14 consecutive batters at one point in the game….Commissioner MIKE ROTHSTEIN is currently investigating reports that both SILVERMAN and NORRIS were on some kind of illegal substance to enhance their performances….details to follow as they merit….again the GAME OF THE WEEK next week will pit TEAMS LEFTON AND EPPSTEIN, both looking for victory #1….the loser must pay for wings afterwards……stay tuned….comments/questions….r.rosenthal@fuse.net

Thursday June 10…..11:35m….captain ADAM CRONSTEIN reported in with a game summary of his team’s come from behind 8-7 victory over TEAM KIRZNER….solid defense played a huge roll in the win as rookie ANDY GAGE played a flawless game at SS in place of the absent MATT STEINBERG….he also had three hits including a bunt hit that he circled the bases on due to a couple of throwing errors and two RBI’s….rookie MATT “COWBOY II” GOLDSCHMIDT had three hits and CRONSTEIN (the son)had two hits, one a homerun and three RBI’s….SCOTT KOTZIN, who received the game ball, had two hits including the game winner in the top of the 7th inning and caught every ball hit his way in the outfield….ROGER “ROGZILLA” ROSENTHAL had two defensive gems at 2B for his team as he robbed MARK WEISSER both times, the last one a soft liner over the second base bag that ended the game….kudos go to BRAD WAGNER for two fine catches in RCF to rob CRONSTEIN of extra bases….JOEL TSEVAT sent an e-mail to the BLOG saying he enjoyed seeing the rosters from the 1950 softball league and was surprised NOY to see RON ROSE’s name NOT on them….four members of the softball league were all at one place Thursday night coaching the J.C.C. BLUEJAYS 10-year olds in a baseball game….BRAD WAGNER (NOT IN UNIFORM), MIKE CREEMER, ROGER “ROGZILLA” ROSENTHAL and MARK “GORDY” GORDON were part of history as well as it is believed the first night game ever by a youth team in Cincinnati J.C.C. history….also a one in a million play happened during the game….if interested in the answer, either e-mail me or ask one of the coaches present on one of the wierdest plays ever in baseball (at any level) history….comments, questions to r.rosenthal@fuse.net……

Thursday June 10….5:17 p.m…two results in from play last night….TEAM SILVERMAN continued their winnng ways with a 7-4 victory over winless TEAM EPPSTEIN….defense was the name of the game for the victors as MARK LEVINE, THE ROCKET and DAVID WEIL, who captain RYAN SILVERMAN has dubbed the “1987 vintage BENITO SANTIAGO” in reference to him throwing a would be stealer out at second base and tagging out a potential run at home plate from a throw from the ROCKET MAN….also kudos to JOHN BERG,on another well pitched game and a stellar defensive play on a bunt…hitting star was ERWIN NEUMAN with a homerun and two-run single….in the other reported game….TEAM GUTTMAN clobbered TEAM LEFTON, 16-3, in a game called after six innings….the winners jumped to a 9-2 lead in the second inning, thanks in a large part to three homeruns which is believed by captain BRANDON GUTTMAN to be a JCC record, and coasted the rest of the way….GUTTMAN strted the long ball brigade by powering a three run tater, followed by GARY “JUST” ASKIN’s line drive shot to leftfield on the very next pitch and finally JARED “J-ROD” HIUDT’s homerun to left centerfield, his fourth of the season which prompted the ageless MARK “GORDY” GORDON to say afterwards that he’s “pound for pound the strongest boychick this league has seen in a while”….hitting stats were as follows….going 3 for 4 were ASKIN, ANDY “A.I.” IGNATOW and KEN “FEAR THE” FEHR….also SCOTT “SHORTY” ADAMS continued to dazzle at the plate and captain GUTTMAN boasting that he’s no longer a sure out….”SUPER” STU WEINSTEIN pitched brilliantly giving up two unearned runs in the opening frame and one more when the game was in bed….the other two games….GREFER/LOON and KIRZNER/CRONSTEIN are still to come (hopefully), but the BLOG does know that TEAM CRONSTEIN won in come from behind fashion 8-7 with the help of hitting from rookie MATT “COWBOY II” GOLDSCHMIDT, with three hits and veteran SCOTT KOTZIN getting what proved to be a “homerun” which proved to be the difference in the top of the seventh inning and the unbelievable defense by ROGER “ROGZILLA” at second base including a game ending catch on a soft liner over the second base bag….NEXT WEEK….GAME OF THE WEEK will pit two winless teams, TEAM LEFTON and TEAM EPPSTEIN, with the losers having to pay for chicken wings after the game for everyone!!!!!!!!…..comments, questions….r.rosenthal@fuse.net…….