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Saturday October 3……..2:29 p.m……..news from the All-Star Game was slow getting here, but finally arrived…….RON ROSE AND JOEL FOGEL were captains with TEAM ROSE prevailing, 5-3, in a nine inning game……MVP honors went to JUSTIN MUNDHENK of TEAM LOON who collected three hits and 2 RBI’s and played a stellar second base…….other individual outstanding performances came from MIKE SMALL and NICK RUEZER (both on offense and defense) of TEAM WERNICK, MIKE GRAY (pitching) of TEAM KIRZNER and JIMMY LEFTON (pitching) of TEAM NEWMAN for TEAM FOGEL, while for the winning TEAM ROSE, GARY ASKIN (two hits and two RBI’s and two pick-offs at 1B) and JOHN BERG (pitched six innings) of TEAM WERNICK, BRANDON GUTTMAN (key late inning hit) of TEAM EPPSTEIN and BOB BONNER (double)and HOWARD SCHWARTZ (pitched three innings) of TEAM SCHWARTZ contributed to the victory…….kudos also go to MIKE CREEMER who announced the game and did his MARTY BRENNAMAN impersonation………..Congratulations to all the All-Star represenatives……..r.rosenthal@fuse.net………………until next year……..

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Friday September 11………..12:49 a.m……….the Finals next week will pit the #5 seed, TEAM KIRZNER vs. the #3 seed, TEAM SCHWARTZ in a game that will be played under the lights at Grooms Field in Blue Ash……..Game time is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. with ESPN starting coverage at 6:00 p.m. with a pre-game show which will include interviews with both captains HOWARD SCHWARTZ and JERRY KIRZNER……..also included will be a special insiders report on ADAM CRONSTEIN of TEAM KIRZNER entitled THE RISE OF A SUPERSTAR……..as for the game, rumor has it that ANTON LOON has worked out a deal with TEAM KIRZNER to all0w all-star pitcher BARRY KAPLAN to replace the absent MIKE GRAY……in return, TEAM LOON will share in the championship winnings if TEAM KIRZNER can pull off the victory…….odds at this time are TEAM SCHWARTZ (-5)…… stay tuned…..other tidbits……former Commissioner GREG “GIG” FRANKLIN and ROGER “ROGZILLA” ROSENTHAL were at Ruby Tuesdays in Blue Ash for lunch on Thursday and ROSENTHAL actually picked up the check…….the question is, did he pay for it?……….STAR SIGHTINGS……….RON ROSE, HAL FINE and DENNIS BERNSTEIN were all spotted for dinner at Cheescake Factory on Thursday night……..finally, upon a request from RICK LEFTON…….he wants to know if people want the LEFTON BROTHERS to be split up or not……to vote YES, NO or I DON’T GIVE A DAMN, please e-mail me at r.rosenthal@fuse.net………..