GAME RECAPS…
Leader…12
Brafman…11
by Marc Brafman
In an exciting game that came down to the final batter, Team Leader edged Team Brafman 12-11. Leon “The Bull” Seserman hit a game winning single to score Jamie “Maddux” Kurtzer for Leader. “I’m so proud of my guys Leader said post game. We’ve won what 7-8 in a row. I’ve lost count. Jamie pitched a good game (didn’t walk anyone) and we hit the ball.”
On offense Team Leader was led by Zach Mayer, Taylor “May the” Schwartz be with you (subbing) and the bottom of their order who started a big 4-run rally in the bottom of the 6th. Kurtzer also led off the bottom of the 7th with a picture-perfect bunt. “Chicks might dig the long ball”, he said “but Jewish Wives dig bunts,” Kurtzer said post game (somewhere Dan Green and Eric Gruen are nodding their heads).
For Team Brafman, Randy “The Big Kahuna” Broyles, Marc Brafman, Brad “The Human Rain delay” Wagner and especially Bob “Sunset” Feldman had big games. Bob went 4-4 with 2 doubles and 6 RBI’s for Brafman and with his always old school play in the field should be a strong candidate for Rookie of the Year. “Bob is showing us young guys how it’s done”, Brafman said. “It’s like watching Gordie “Yea Buddy” Coleman playing 1st base.”
The defense was led by Harry Meisner, Zach Mayer and Taylor Schwartz for Team Leader and Marc Brafman, Zach “The Wild Horse” Zackem and Pat “Sunshine” Feldman for team Brafman.
LEAGUE NOTES
It’s not often that a JCC player gets two nicknames in the same game but leave it to Jason Faust to manage that feat. He is always known as the Mad Hungarian for his play on the field with last night being no exception. But his new nickname of Jason “Dude, where’s my car” Faust takes the cake. A note to remember when going to a Reds game…remember where you parked.
Ryan “Hi-Ho” Silverman seems quiet on the field but did you know that he is a Woodstock 1969 concert junkie who can tell you that Sweetwater’s set was much better than Sly and the Family Stone and that he listens to the Incredible String Band before every game to get himself pumped up.
During the Reds 10-run second inning on Monday night there was a familiar (and ugly) face sitting right behind the plate cheering the Reds on. That would be our own Jeremy “Hamilton” Fogel who told me that he was giving the guys batting tips the entire inning.
Was it me or did I see Dr. Bob in the scrum Tuesday night during the Reds/Pirates game?
Don’t bother calling Stu Solomon tonight as he and his lovely wife Kate are hosting their weekly maj game. Tonight, Stu won’t be throwing out base runners instead he will be tossing out bams, cracks and flowers…
If you are looking for travel tips this fall look no further than James Swan who when telling me he was going to West Virginia for the UC-Marshall game said “We are driving there and back in one day because there is NOTHING to do in that state.” When told that there is good white water rafting and hiking he brushed that off with a wave of his hand. “I’d rather hunt around for Faust’s car in downtown Cincinnati than stay in that state any longer.”
Finally with the Reds’ trade of Puig and Scooter earlier this week, once again Roger Rosenthal is left with bobbleheads of Reds players no longer on the team. “They are trading away all my friends,” Roger said. “With me being a 2nd basemen like Scooter, I go home and talk to him every night and pour my heart out. He always seems to agree with me as he nods his head up and down. Now with him gone I’m going to have to learn Spanish to talk to Peraza.”
