Month: July 2009

Too Much Rain

Tuesday July 21………..9:59 a.m………Good news on the injury front………MARK “GORDY” GORDON reports that he is “feeling good” and wants to thank the J.C.C. medical staff and the players for their help and concern………STAR SIGHTINGS…….BRIAN “GRIFFEY” GOLDBERG and family were spotted at Friday’s in Deerffield Township on Sunday after the game……..NO word on what he ordered………r.rosenthal@fuse.net…………….

Sunday July 19……..9:31 p.m………it was a beautiful day weather-wise, however players were dropping left and right because of injuries…….GET WELL WISHES go to the following reported injuries……JOEL TSEVAT (head), MARK GORDON (head), ANDY COHEN (hand), BRIAN (GRIFFEY) GOLDBERG (leg), BEN ”WEEZE” LEFTON (foot) and super-sub DAVID KATZ (head)……fortunately, none of the injuries seem too serious, however games will be missed by some……as for the action on the field….TEAM FOGEL finally get that elusive victory by stunning previously undefeated (2nd half) TEAM EPPSTEIN, 10-4, as JAN BECKER pitched well and had two strikeouts……captain JOEL ”SPARKY” FOGEL reported the defense was solid and the bats came alive and he wants more games on Sundays as his team has two of its’ three victories on that day…….TEAM WERNICK bounced back after its’ lone defeat with a come-from-behind victory over TEAM KIRZNER, 14-10, as JOHN BERG, GARY ASKIN and Co. scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to produce the victory…….after a sloppy start, the first half champions rallied behind STEVE OSTROW’S threatening to force the entire team to watch Cincinnati Bengals games from the last ten years……late games with NO reports yet are TEAM SCHWARTZ vs. TEAM NEWMAN and TEAM GREFER vs. TEAM FRANKLIN……..comments, etc……….. r.rosenthal@fuse.net…….

Monday July 20…….3:55 p.m…….JOEL TSEVAT reports that his head is OK after being checked after the game…….STAR SIGHTINGS…….JOEL ”SPARKY” FOGEL seen in Lowes in Deerfield Township………WHO CARES? RIGHT?……..r.rosenthal@fuse.net………..

Thursday July 16………….11:14 a.m………there are no more undefeated teams as TEAM LOOOOOOOOOOON defeated TEAM WERNICK, 5-1, in a very well played defensive game on both sides in record time…………BARRY KAPLAN came up big on the mound as he gave up a lone homerun by NICK RUEZSER for the only score……other notable contributions came from ALAN LESSURE who played well behind the plate and gunned down would be base stealer MIKE SMALL to prevent a possible run………JOSH LITMAN was the hitting star with a three-run homerun…..kudos go to the TEAM WERNICK crew as well as JOEL TSVAET gunned down BARRY KAPLAN trying to stretch a single into a double……MIKE SMALL, STEVE OSTROW and DAVE WERNICK played a stellar defense and finally ROGER ROSENTHAL belted a double over a pulled in outfield……..in the other game reported……….TEAM EPPSTEIN continuted their perfect second half start (3-0) with a 10-3 victory over TEAM NEWMAN…….it was a total team effort with good pitching, defense and timely hitting as the victors broke open a 4-3 game with six runs in the seventh inning as GARRETT ROBERTS, JORDAN GUTTMAN and BRAD WAGNER were the hitting stars……..once again the bank account of STEVE EPPSTEIN shrunk as he paid for his team’s meals afterwards along with a few others that jumped on the bandwagon……other winners were TEAM FRANKLIN and TEAM SCHWARTZ, but as of press time there were NO reports into the newsroom……..any questions. comments..send to r.rosenthal@fuse.net………….