Thursday July 9………5:25 p.m………captain JOEL “SPARKY” FOGEL reports in from his loss to TEAM NEWMAN that the best part of last night was the beer was cold and the food was tasty….it’s been that kind of year for TEAM FOGEL, mainly trying to field his original team, however, brighter days may be ahead…….they only had nine players (two subs) and held the lead after 2 1/2 innings, but then the house caved in and TEAM NEWMAN won, 17-3, in a six inning mercy game……interesting side notes were……DAVID ”DEE” HARRIS, filling in for regular starter JAN BECKER, pitched and only walked one batter……FOGEL, the great athlete that he is, played a stellar centerfield (remember they only had three outfielders)…..DAVID WEIL, according to FOGEL, looked liked MIKE SCHMIDT at third base…….hmmmmmmmm………..FOGEL commented afterwards, “Next week I expect big things. I expect close to a full team. It’s a perfect time to turn this thing around.”…………..r.rosenthal@fuse.net………..
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Thursday July 9………..9:17 a.m……….TEAM EPPSTEIN defeated TEAM KIRZNER, 8-7, as game balls were awarded to MATT STEINBERG and SCOTT ”SHORTY” ADAMS for their play……..STEINBERG tripled, homered and played well at shortstop, while ADAMS played a flawless second base…..kudos also go to JORDAN GUTTMAN who cranked a three-run homerun……….TEAM EPPSTEIN have won their first two games of the second half and it’s believed a lot of that has to do with captain STEVE EPPSTEIN treating his team to dinner after every win………hope he’s got a BIG bank account!!!!!!!!!! kudos also go to RYAN KIRZNER who cranked a homerun for TEAM KIRZNER………questions/comments, etc. can be sent to r.rosenthal@fuse.net……….
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Thursday July 9……..12:47 a.m…….TEAMS GREFER, SCHWARTZ, EPPSTEIN AND NEWMAN were winners and undefeated TEAM WERNICK had a bye…….reports on games as they are received by the BLOG…….STAR SIGHTINGS…….WILLIAM FINKELMAN, longtime ex-scorekeeper of the softball and basketball leagues…….JEFF MILLER, longtime softball player……”WILLIE ”WEE” WAXLER and ROGER ”ROGZILLA” ROSENTHAL of TEAM WERNICK were scouting the games on their ”off” night………rumor has it that STEVE EPPSTEIN will boycott Silver Spring House if MONICA is NOT his personal server…….once again ”EPPY” treated his team to dinner after winning their second game in a row to start the second half……..r.rosenthal@fuse.net………
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Monday July 6…….12:55 p.m……CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE BLOG’S little CONTEST……DAN CRONSTEIN and DENNIS BERNSTEIN…….the correct answer was KEVIN YOUKILIS (BOSTON), JASON MARQUIS (COLORADO) and RYAN BRAUN (MILWAUKEE)…… it should be noted that IAN KINSLER can still be voted in by the fans……again, the ESPN GAME OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS…….TEAM GREFER VS. TEAM LOOOOOOOON……….action begins at 6:35 p.m. and good seats are still available…….rumor has is that after the game, the winning team players will be signing autographs and paying fans $1.00 per auto to take them…………r.rosenthal@fuse.net………….
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Sunday July 5………..8:57 p.m………UPDATE ON THE SPORTS QUIZ………NAME THE THREE JEWISH ALL-STARS SELECTED TODAY TO THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME……..FIRST ONE (EXCLUDING GARY GREFER AND SONS) TO DO SO WINS FIVE SNACK BAR TICKETS………SEND ANSWER TO ME AT r.rosenthal@fuse.net……….