JCC Softball Cincinnati

TEAM WAGNER and TEAM SCHWARTZ battled to a 8-8 tie after eight innings when play was called due to darkness…….the remainder of the game will be made up at a later date……DETAILS TO FOLLOW…….

As reported to THE BLOG by BRAD WAGNER…..BOB BONNER AND STU LAVENDA of TEAM SCHWARTZ provided good defense, while rookie SAM HELDMAN and JASON FAUST of TEAM WAGNER showed some leather……HOWARD SCHWARTZ keyed his team with multiple hits and saved the game with a nice play on what would have been the game winning RBI off the bat of BRIAN MONK…….JAMES SWAN had key hits including the game tying one in the bottom of the 7th inning when TEAM WAGNER scored two runs to get the game to extra innings…..TEAM WAGNER is off next week and reports are that WAGNER will be scouting in the CARRIBEAN for possible subs down the road while TEAM SCHWARTZ has a big one vs. undefeated TEAM LEADER with airtime on the DISNEY CHANNEL at 6:00 p.m. with STEVE JARNICKI AND BRIAN GOLDBERG (JUNIOR’S agent) doing the play by play and color…….

TEAM LEADER remained undefeated at 3-0 by pulling one out of the hat by scoring four runs in the top of the 7th inning in nipping TEAM WEISBROT (2-2) 10-9…..SCOTT BERGE, RYAN KIRZNER AND JERRY KIRZNER fueled the comeback with key hits…..the game also featured the FOGELS DUO…..JOEL (father) and JEREMY (son) subbing for opposite sides…..POPS showed how it’s done with a three hit, three runs scored night…….TAKE THAT JEREMY!!!!!……

TIDBITS………WESTON WOLF of TEAM LEFTON HAS BEEN SUSPENDED ONE GAME FOR BEING EJECTED  FROM LAST NIGHT’S GAME……….NAUGHTY BOY!!!!!!

TEAM LEADER improved to 2-0 with a 17-13 victory over TEAM WAGNER, 1-2.
The bottom of the line-up did a lot of damage as DAVID WEIL, getting the game ball (probably his first), BARRY KAPLAN and MICHAEL MARGOLIS went 7 for 12…….veteran RON “ROCKET” NASSIF, not playing in the league this year, subbed and went 4 for 4……the “old” man can still do it……..

GARY ASKIN made his captain’s debut a winning one as TEAM CRONSTEIN notched their first victory on Sunday morning with a 19-13 victory over winless TEAM ROSENTHAL…..with regular captain, ADAM CRONSTEIN, on a scouting trip, the victors were led on offense by rookie JUSTIN BERG, son of JOHN BERG, and his very unorthodox batting stance with a 4 for 4 and two home runs, KEN GROH, 5 for 5 and three RBI’S, MICHAEL ASKIN, 4 for 5 and three RBI’S and GARY ASKIN, 4 for 5 and five RBI’s……a ten run third inning busted the game open only to have TEAM ROSENTHAL make a game of it by trailing by four runs going into the 7th inning……HOWARD GOLDWASSER had two hits and JOEL KAHN continued his hot hitting by getting a few base knocks in addition to coming into relieve the ageless STEVE EPPSTEIN, who reportedly was in bed well past his bedtime Saturday night and never could get his game together…..rookie BRIAN GOREN played a solid RCF and looks to be the real deal……AARON COMPTON played a solid SS……

TEAM GUTTMAN got their first victory of the young season with a 17-6 win over previously undefeated TEAM WEISBROT, 17-6, as MIKE “PAINT THE BLACK” GRAY pitched wonderfully…..hitting leaders were captain BRANDON GUTTMAN, back after being off one year to scout talent in the Far East, with a first at bat three run home run……DAVID “KING” SOLOMON with his first home run, the powerful father/son duo of DOUG SANDOR AND BENJY SANDOR, now a combined 14 for 16 for the season (do we hear drug testing?), “DOWNTOWN DREW BROWN with a double and triple, PAT “THE BAT” FELDMAN with a triple and two runs scored and finally “JUMPIN” JACK COHEN with a 2 for 3 and two runs scored…..