Wednesday July 16….11:42 p.m……First off, THE BLOG wants to know if TED KANTOR found the field he was playing on……GAME OF THE WEEK (and maybe the season)…..Team Grefer rallied from a four run defecit in the bottom of the 7th inning to defeat Team Harris…..the winning hit came off the bat of THE ROCKET with a line drive up the middle with the bases loaded and two outs….this after three controversial calls in the bottom of the 7th inning that went against Team Harris…….THE BLOG is still investigating if DEE HARRIS’ “FRIEND” is 40 years old or not……WE WANT PROOF…..other reports from the other games will be reported upon receipt (IF I GET THEM)……THE COMMISH was taking pictures of the games and hopefully will have them available ASAP…….r.rosenthal@fuse.net………..
Before and After
ROGER’S HOT CORNER…………
Thursday July 17………..11:33 a.m…..MARK GORDON reports in from his game last night that his team defeated Team Newman, 11-1, behind the stellar pitching of JOEL TSEVAT and the hitting of DAVID WEISBRODT AND GARY KATZ……also good defensive play by KATZ AND THE Z-MAN STEVE ZAWATSKY……No mention of STEVE OSTROW…..HMMMMMMMMMMMMM……. r.rosenthal@fuse.net…………..
ROGER’S HOT CORNER…………
Tuesday July 15……..11:14 a.m…….after two straight cancellations (Wednesday and Sunday), it appears the weather will co-operate tomorrow…..HOT AND MUGGY!!!!!….DRINK LOTS OF FLUIDS!!!!……HAPPY SOFTBALLING!!!!!!…….r.rosenthal@fuse.net……..
Team Kirzner wins over Team Grefer 11-9 in 9
Kirzner outlasts 1st half champs Grefer in 9innings.
When Teams Grefer and Kirzner met in the first half, it was the 4th inning before Kirzner’s team had a man reach base. By then the score was 15-0. It was a different game as the 2nd half of the season gets under way. Kirzner led this one 9-1through 5 1/2 innings. The excellent pitching of David Fox kept the opposing batters off guard and the hitting of Mike Small (4-5, HR & 2 runs scored) and Jerry Kirzner (3-5, 2 RBI & 3 runs scored) helped pad the lead. Grefer’s team wasn’t the 1st half champs for nothing. They came back on consistant hitting to score 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th and tied the game with 3 more in the 7th. Kirzner scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th on the great baserunning of Jeff Finklestein, the gutsy stamina of Todd Wasserman, who pulled a side muscle and couldn’t swing a bat or run but was able to get a bunt down, and the power hitting of Joe Goldberg (3-5, 2 Rbi) with a 2 out double to bring in an insurance run. Grefer had the tying runs on base in the in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs when Fox got opposing pitcher Barry Kaplan to fly out to LCF.
When Teams Grefer and Kirzner met in the first half, it was the 4th inning before Kirzner’s team had a man reach base. By then the score was 15-0. It was a different game as the 2nd half of the season gets under way. Kirzner led this one 9-1through 5 1/2 innings. The excellent pitching of David Fox kept the opposing batters off guard and the hitting of Mike Small (4-5, HR & 2 runs scored) and Jerry Kirzner (3-5, 2 RBI & 3 runs scored) helped pad the lead. Grefer’s team wasn’t the 1st half champs for nothing. They came back on consistant hitting to score 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th and tied the game with 3 more in the 7th. Kirzner scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th on the great baserunning of Jeff Finklestein, the gutsy stamina of Todd Wasserman, who pulled a side muscle and couldn’t swing a bat or run but was able to get a bunt down, and the power hitting of Joe Goldberg (3-5, 2 Rbi) with a 2 out double to bring in an insurance run. Grefer had the tying runs on base in the in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs when Fox got opposing pitcher Barry Kaplan to fly out to LCF.