JCC Softball Cincinnati

Monday July 6…….12:55 p.m……CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE BLOG’S little CONTEST……DAN CRONSTEIN and DENNIS BERNSTEIN…….the correct answer was KEVIN YOUKILIS (BOSTON), JASON MARQUIS (COLORADO) and RYAN BRAUN (MILWAUKEE)…… it should be noted that IAN KINSLER can still be voted in by the fans……again, the ESPN GAME OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS…….TEAM GREFER VS. TEAM LOOOOOOOON……….action begins at 6:35 p.m. and good seats are still available…….rumor has is that after the game, the winning team players will be signing autographs and paying fans $1.00 per auto to take them…………r.rosenthal@fuse.net………….

Friday July 3…..9:39 p.m…..final report came in…….TEAM GREFER defeated TEAM KIRZNER, 18-4, as MARK WEISSER was a major contributor as he pitched and hit the team to victory……kudos also go out to KYLE GREFER, who had four hits, and BEN HELDMAN and BRETT STALLMAN, with great catches in the outfield……also the infield turned two double plays…….TEAM GREFER vs. TEAM LOOOOOOOON in a BIG match-up next week……..GARY GREFER sent to the attention of the BLOG that as many as four players might make the MLB all-star game this season…….can you name them……..comments, etc. can be sent to r.rosenthal@fuse.net……
FIRST PERSON (GARY GREFER NOT INCLUDED) WILL WIN FIVE TICKETS TO THE SNACK BAR!!!!!!!!!!!
NO HINTS UNTIL MONDAY…………..

Thursday July 2……….11:43 a.m……….winners were……. TEAM WERNICK, TEAM EPPSTEIN, TEAM LOOOOOOOOOOOOON and TEAM GREFER………..first report comes from the GAME OF THE WEEK……..TEAM LOOOOOOOON defeated TEAM SCHWARTZ, 7-6, as BRENT LANSBERG knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning……captain ANTON LOOOOOOOON commented after the game, “Look out for TEAM LOOOOOOOON. We’re feeling it”……..meanwhile TEAM EPPSTEIN defeated TEAM FRANKLIN, 6-5, in what was described by captain STEVE “CHICKEN WINGS” EPPSTEIN as a well played game with good pitching, defense and timely hitting…..the game ball went to MATT STEINBERG, who had a homerun and played a flawless shortstop…….kudos also go to MIKE CREEMER, who threw out newcomer sub DANNY SHOTT trying to steal in the bottom of the 7th inning…..what is this recent University of Michigan graduate thinking being down three runs?……..it proved to be huge as the one run did make the difference……teammate MARK ”GORDY” GORDON commented afterwards, “It was a stellar pitching performance by Eppy.”……rumors had the pitch count at 63 for the game, where normally that is about 30% for an entire game!!!!!!!………also it should be noted that STEVE EPPSTEIN paid for all the dinners of his team afterwards……rumor has it the bill was in four digits with all the wings that were eaten…….finally……TEAM WERNICK defeated TEAM NEWMAN, 15-5, as WEE WILLIE WAXLER a.k.a. TRIPLE W had some words of advice before the game to get his team ready for the second half…….JOHN BERG hit and pitched his way to the victory with help from captain DAVE ”SAY HEY KID” WERNICK who once again made some unbelievable catches in the outfield……rumor has it that a new video is coming out with all the catches of this unbelievable player at a store near you……….details to follow……STEVE OSTOW chipped in with some key hits and let everyone know about it……..MIKE SMALL, who’s wife is expecting a baby any day, came up with some big hits and again played a flawless shortstop……..the second half should be interesting with the war of words starting between unnamed players from teams vying for the second half title…….STAY TUNED……comments should be sent to r.rosenthal@fuse.net……

Tuesday June 30…………11:46 a.m……….TEAM KIRZNER ended the first half on a high note as they defeated TEAM SCHWARTZ, 15-4,………..winning pitcher MIKE GRAY gave up all four runs (all unearned) in the opening frame and the bats of HAL FINE, who hit his first dinger of the year and ADAM CRONSTEIN, who had three hits including a homerun and three RBIs, led the offensive surge……….again, the second half is scheduled to begin tomorrow with a clean slate for every team……..GOOD LUCK to all the teams……….comments, etc. can be sent to me at r.rosenthal@fuse.net……..