Month: September 2018

BANQUET INFORMATION……

WHEN…………………….SUNDAY OCTOBER 21

WHERE…………………..JCC

TIME………………………5:30-????

GUEST SPEAKER…..JOHN ERARDI…..CINCINNATI ENQUIRER SPORTS WRITER

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE AWARD NOMINATIONS…….

*ROOKIE OF THE YEAR…..

JONATHAN SMITH (LEADER)
LEON SESERMAN (BRAFMAN)
SAM CASTELLINI (SCHWARTZ)
JONATHAN SUSSMAN (SOLOMON)

*MOST IMPROVED PLAYER….

ALEX KRAUS (LEADER)
BEN BARNETT (GREFER)
ZACH ZAKEM (SOLOMON)

*MOST VALUABLE PLAYER…..

JASON FAUST (BRAFMAN)
TYLER STANSBURY (GROH)
GRIFFIN HARRIS (GREFER)

*DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR…..

JEREMY FOGEL (BRAFMAN)
DAVID WERTHEIM (LEFTON)
MIKE GRAY (GREFER)

*OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR…..

TYLER WOLF (SOLOMON)
RAFI GOLDFARB (LEADER)
ALEX LEFTON (LEFTON)

*CAPTAIN OF THE YEAR…..

KEN GROH (GROH)
KYLE GREFER (GREFER)
STU SOLOMON (SOLOMON

*ALL STAR MVP……

JASON FAUST (BRAFMAN)

*TOURNAMENT MVP…..

KEN GROH (GROH)
ADAM CRONSTEIN (GROH)
PAT FELDMAN (GROH)

*FRANK HARKAVY AWARD……

MARC BRAFMAN (BRAFMAN)
ANTON LOON (LEADER)
RICK TENENHOLTZ (HIUDT)

*MARCUS KRUKE AWARD……

THREE NOMINATED, BUT WILL NOT BE ANNOUNCED UNTIL THE BANQUET……

**INVITATIONS WILL BE SENT OUT IN EARLY OCTOBER…..PLEASE RSVP ASAP…..

ANY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ME AT……r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com

2018 FRED RABOFF ALL-STAR GAME PLAYED THIS EVENING……

FINAL…….jeff weisbrot/jerry kirzner                     15
                                                                                            8 innings
                   aaron compton/scott wolf/dave cohen    1      

MVP……..JASON FAUST

SPECIAL KUDOS GO OUT TO……

*COMMISSIONER RICK TENENHOLTZ……overall in charge……well done!!!!!!

*MIKE CREEMER……..food……delicious!!!!!!

*MARC BRAFMAN……sound system…….great music!!!!!

*ALBERT WEISBROT……national anthem…..well done!!!!!

*RON ROSE……..tribute to FRED RABOFF…..inspiring!!!!

*MARK WEISSER……home…..ROGER ROSENTHAL….1B……RYAN BAUM…..2B…….JAMIE

  KURTZER……3B

SPECIAL NOTE……..Information for the banquet will be sent out to players as soon as

everything is finalized…..

Another season down…….

FIRST HALF CHAMPS……….BRAFMAN

SECOND HALF CHAMPS…..GREFER

TOURNAMENT CHAMPS…..GROH

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ME AT……r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com

ALL-STAR GAME FACTS AND FIGURES……

*DATE……….SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16

*TIME……….6 P.M.

*PLACE…….ROSELAWN SPORTS COMPLEX (OLD ROSELAWN FIELDS)

*FIELD……..#2

*NATIONAL ANTHEM…………ALBERT WEISSBROT……

*FRED RABOFF TRIBUTE……RON ROSE…..

*MUSIC AND SOUND SYSTEM…….MARC BRAFMAN……DAN GRFER……ROGER

ROSENTHAL….

*UMPIRES…..MARK WEISSER (HOME)…..ZAC HIUDT…..JAMEY KURTZER….RYAN

BAUM….

*CAPTAINS…..JERRY KIRZNER/JEFF WEISSBROT (TEAM DENTIST???????)
                     
                       AARON COMPTON/SCOTT WOLF

*FOOD/DRINKS TO BE PROVIDED……….

COME ROOT ON YOUR TEAMMATES AND YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS!!!!!!!!!

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ME AT…….r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com

# 6 GROH UPSETS #1 GREFER IN FINALS…….

#6 GROH UPSETS #1 GREFER IN TOURNAMENT FINALS THRILLER………..

GROH 5         GREFER 4

reported by KEN GROH……….

It was one for the ages as GROH sweated out a 5-4 upset victory over the #1 seeded GREFER……

The victors earned the tournament title by defeating the #3, #2 and #1 seeds…….

The game started with GREFER jumping to a quick 3-0 lead in the opening frame, but GROH

chipped away in the third inning by getting two runs in as PATRICK FELDMAN doubled to drive in

both sub TANNER HARRIS and TYLER STANSBURY…..

In the fourth inning, TODD WASSERMAN drove in NICK DEPIANO to tie the game at 3-3 and in

the following inning, an ADAM CRONSTEIN double, FELDMAN triple and a single by RYAN

SMALL gave GROH a 5-3 lead…….

However, the defense was the name of the game as DAVID WEIL, JERRY KIRZNER, JAMES

SWAN, SMALL, WASSERMAN, STANSBURY, FELDMAN and CRONSTEIN all made great

plays, but the key play was a DEPIANO grab of a smash off the bat of JEFF FINKELSTEIN in the

outfield that could very well have been a two run home run……

The lead was 5-3 going into the bottom of the seventh inning when things got tense….

GRIFF HARRIS tripled and DAN GREFER drove him in to make it 5-4….they loaded the bases with

one out only to have GROH get out the jam by getting the last two hitters, the last on a pop-up to 2B

KIRZNER, playing in his 44th season…..

QUOTES POST GAME…….

“What  championship game. I love this game!”………GROH

“The most laid back and positive team I’ve been a part of. We never got down.”…..GROH

“I’m going to be the winningest player ever.”……..TANNER HARRIS

Another season is done and what a season it was……..

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO ME AT….r.rosenthal1955@yahoo.com