Month: July 2016

JULY 27 MATCH-UPS…….

FIELD #1……SCHWARTZ (2-3) at HIUDT (3-2)………ESPNU
FIELD #2……LEFTON (3-3) at LEADER (4-1)…………ESPN2
FIELD #3……FOGEL (1-4) at GREFER (2-3)……………TNT
FIELD #4……WEISSER (4-1) at CRONSTEIN (2-4)……ESPN

BYE…….WEISBROT (3-3)

FYI……Long time softballer RYAN KIRZNER and his family have moved to Shreveport…..here’s hoping he can find a softball league there……GOOD LUCK RYAN!!!!!

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WINNERS FROM THIS WEEK….

CRONSTEIN over HIUDT……GREFER over WEISBROT……WEISSER over LEFTON…..
LEADER over FOGEL…..

GAME REPORTS WILL BE ON THE BLOG AS SOON AS THEY ARE REPORTED….IF THEY ARE REPORTED…..

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NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE……

FIELD #1…….WEISBROT (2-3) at FOGEL (1-3)………..ESPNU
FIELD #2…….WEISSER (3-1) at SCHWARTZ (2-2)……ESPN
FIELD #3…….CRONSTEIN (2-3) at GREFER (1-3)…….TNT
FIELD #4…….HIUDT (2-2) at LEFTON (3-2)……………ESPN2

BYE…….LEADER (4-1)…..

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*TEAM WEISSER EKES OUT WIN OVER TEAM LEFTON……..

TEAM WEISSER let a four run lead disappear, but was able to defeat TEAM LEFTON, 9-7, thanks in a large part to SAM HELDMAN and BRAD WAGNER……

After leading 7-3, TEAM LEFTON plated four runs in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game only to have WAGNER hit a two out triple to put his team on top 8-7 and then scored on a bad throw from the outfield….earlier in the game, HELDMAN hit a bases loaded double to give his team the early lead…..

Other key contributors were TYLER WOLF, who pitched another stellar game in place of the absent MARK WEISSER and came up with some key base knocks…..RYAN SMALL broke out of his mini slump with two hits and WES WOLF played a solid SS once again highlighted by snaring a line drive and turning it into a double play…..ROGER ROSENTHAL played a solid 2B as well…….

On a side note……FREDDIE WOLF is off the rest of the season due to a trip to Israel and later onto law school, but ended his season by once again playing a solid LCF and contributing on the offensive side…..TEAM WEISSER will miss him, but will have a very capable GRIFF HARRIS take over….

**TEAM GREFER NOTCHES TEN RUN WIN OVER TEAM WEISBROT……

TEAM GREFER defeated TEAM WEISBROT, 17-6, in a ten run game…..it was a total team effort and the bats finally woke up with notable contributors being NICK DEPIANO, DAVID WERTHEIM and JAMIE KURTZER……WERTHEIM earned MVP Of The Game as he also turned a bare handed double play at 2B…….

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TEAM LEFTON GOES EXTRA INNINGS TO TAKE DOWN TEAM CRONSTEIN……

EDITORS NOTE…..Finally, I get a game recap from captain RICK LEFTON…….glad he had time in his BUSY schedule to give little old me a story….

In what might have been one of the best games in recent JCC softball league history, TEAM LEFTON nipped TEAM CRONSTEIN, 11-10, in 11 innings……

The victors are now showing life as they go to 3-1 for the second half as “WEEZE” LEFTON pitched a gutsy game in the absence of regular starter, brother JIMMY LEFTON, who was following the game thanks to brother RICK’S skypping the game…..

In this epic game, there were many heroes as regulation ended at 6-6 and after two scoreless innings, TEAM CRONSTEIN scored three runs in the top of the 9th inning only to have TEAM LEFTON bounce back with three spot as ALEX LEFTON completed the string of clutch hitting by knocking in the tying run….

After a scoreless 10th inning, the marathon game continued into the 11th inning as the crowd continued to react to every pitch…..MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN drove in the go ahead run in the top of the frame with a single, but was thrown out at 2B trying to get the extra base which gave the winners a big lift……In the bottom of the inning, after tying the game, super sub JEFF NASH, out of “beautiful” READING, OHIO, knocked in the game winner and the celebration started…..

BIG win for TEAM LEFTON, (3-1), a team that everyone likes because they feel sorry for them, but next week they have a huge match-up against TEAM WEISSER, (2-1), first half champions and in line for another go at a second half title…..

After, the game, captain RICK LEFTON had no thoughts on the upcoming game with this reporter and reportedly turned down ESPN’s BUSTER OLNEY request for an interview as well, but was seen stuffing his mouth with chicken wings at the usual after game hangout…….

TICKETS FOR THIS GAME AND ANY REMAINING GAMES ARE AVAILABLE AT TICKET MASTER OR AT THE GAMES WITH THE GATES OPENING AT 5:00 P.M……AS AN ADDED TREAT, IT IS LEFTON FAMILY BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT WITH THE FIRST 5000 FANS TO RECEIVE ONE…..YOU MUST BE 16 OR UNDER…..

THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IT WILL BE WOLF FAMILY BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT WITH THE FIRST 5000 FANS TO RECEIVE ONE……YOU MUST BE OVER 16 YEARS OF AGE…..

*****SPECIAL THANKS ONCE AGAIN TO GIG FRANKLIN FOR HOSTING CHICKEN WINGS NIGHT…………….FOR THOSE NOT THERE, YOU MISSED A GREAT TIME…….

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