JCC Softball Cincinnati

winners/losers from Sunday August 12…….

field #1……grefer/weisser
field #2……leader/lefton
field #3……groh/hiudt
field #4……brafman/schwartz

bye…………solomon

GAME REPORTS AS THEY COME INTO THE NEWSROOM…….

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

WINNERS/LOSERS…..

field #1……hiudt/leader
field #2……weisser/schwartz
field #3……brafman/groh
field #4……lefton/solomon

bye…………grefer

First to report in……..

by ROGER ROSENTHAL

LEFTON 12    SOLOMON 10 (8 INNINGS)

In a game that went down to the wire, LEFTON found a way to win as they scored two runs in the

top of the 8th inning and withstood a rally in the bottom of the inning to produce the victory….

A total team effort for sure, but The BIG hit came off the bat of ALEX LEFTON as he hit a two-run

double to drive in the winning runs…..

The decisive inning started with MIKE KAHAN walking, going to second base on a long fly out by

MIKE ROTHSTEIN and an intentional walk to JIMMY LEFTON…..that set the stage for the younger

LEFTON who drilled a double to RCF to plate the runs….

In the bottom of the inning, SOLOMON got the tying runs on base, but couldn’t produce a hit to tie or

perhaps win the game…..

Other contributors were DAVID “LITTLE JAVY” WERTHEIM with a triple and home run and

played a flawless 3B……DAVID SOLOMON came out of his slump with a huge two out two run

single…..SUB JACK COHEN had a home run and played a solid LCF……AARON KAPLAN got two

key walks…..ROTHSTEIN and BRAD GALLOP, back from vacation, each had hits as well…..

EDDIE GALLOP had a nice game at 1B as did KAHAN in LF, making a nice running catch early in

the game…..RICK LEFTON, who got hurt at the end of the game (NO WORD AT PRESS TIME),

got a key hit, ROGER ROSENTHAL, still in a prolonged hitting slump, did make the final

putout on a close force play at 2B and finally, JIMMY LEFTON pitched in and out of jams a lot, but

got the key out when needed…..

Second to report in………

by MARC BRAFMAN

BRAFMAN 13    GROH 7

After being down 6-0 in the top of the first inning, the victors roared back to score nine in the bottom

of the inning……the two big blows were by JOEL “THE WRATH OF” KAHN with a two run double

and JEREMY “HAMILTON” FOGEL with a three run home run that put them up for good….other

big hits were provided by sub DANNY GREFER, BEN “B-ROD” RODRIGUEZ, JEREMY “WE’VE

GOT THE MEATS” CANTOR and sub GARY “THE KID” ASKIN……

“I’ve been robbed so many times this year, I was happy that I finally got a hold of one”, a happy

FOGEL said afterwards. “Plus my mom was at the game and I always want to play well in front of

her.”

DAVE “THE MINISTER OF FUN” COHEN who once again had a couple of hits said this about sub

ASKIN, “I thought that since I announced my retirement similar to BARBARA STREISAND in

2016 that I would be the best of the older guys on this team, but seeing GARY come off the couch

and play as well as he did, it’ll inspire me to keep going for another ten years similar to BABS.”

On the defensive side, RILEY “THE BIG MAN” ABLE, B-ROD, CANTOR and MARC BRAFMAN

all made plays including a 6-4-3 double play and a throw out from ASKIN TO BRAFMAN, however

the PLAY OF THE GAME was JASON “THE MAD HUNGARIAN” FAUST fielding a bunt off the

bat of speedy JAMES SWAN and throwing him out at first base to end an inning……

FAUST continued his outstanding pitching as he surrendered but one run after the opening frame.

“It’s taking me all season, but I’ve finally figured out what I need to do…..stop thinking and just pitch

because me thinking only hurts the ball club”, he stated afterwards.

ON A SIDE NOTE….. the team (and the league) would like to wish LEON “THE BULL”

SESERMAN a speedy recovery from a concussion suffered in last week’s game.

When reached for a comment, SESERMAN went out of his way to thank his roommate TAYLOR

SCHWARTZ for nursing him back to health.

“With my mom in Colorado, TAYLOR has brought me all my meals in bed, he’s even cut the crust off

the PB&J just how I like it and made sure to taste my soup to make sure it’s not too hot. My head

can’t handle hot things at the moment.”………….HOW SWEET!!!!!!!!!(EDITOR’S NOTE)

next to report in…….

by GREGG HARRIS

HIUDT carried out the motto “Defense wins championships” in full force as they played virtually an

error free game behind the strong pitching from JAMIE KIRTZER, who held LEADER to but four

runs……the infield turned two double plays with a strong defensive performance from 3B GREGG

HARRIS….DANIEL HIUDT ran down some fly balls in the outfield as did COREY NORRIS and

sub JEFF FINKELSTEIN and BRUCE YOUNGER made a tremendous clutch catch in RF…..

RICK TENNEHOLTZ, OREN SCHMOEL and PHIL GANSON also had solid performances in the

field….

Offensively, MIKE “THE BADGER” MARGOLIS once again shocked a a shallow outfield by hitting

a shot of deep LF for a triple….DANIEL HIUDT continued his hot hitting….

Sub JACOB KOTZIN (Scott’s son) did a fantastic job filling the large shoes left by JEFF

WEISBROT, who is out with a season ending injury…..he shot one to deep CF and played a solid

SS…..

The never say die attitude, in spite of injuries to captain ZAC HIUDT and WEISBROT, has kept

them in close running for a decent playoff run….

“If we play this tight in the field, our possibilities are limitless. The team is still awaiting for the

slumping and sleeping beat from me to wake up to match my offensive prowess from my first two

years in the league,” HARRIS said afterwards.

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GAMES SUNDAY AUGUST 12……WEATHER PERMITTING……9:30 A.M.

field #1…..weisser at grefer……………espn
field #2…..leader at lefton……………..espn2
field #3…..hiudt at groh…………………tbs
field #4…..brafman at schwartz………tnt

bye………..solomon

STAT OF THE NIGHT……while subbing for TEAM SCHWARTZ, GRIFF HARRIS hit for the

cycle…..home run, triple, double, single (not sure of the order)…….

FRIENDLY RIVALRY????????…….

Last night after the games, several players journeyed to their usual hangout and at one of the tables

sat JEREMY FOGEL….MARK “WILDER” FRANKLIN…..DAVID “LITTLE JAVY” WERTHEIM,

GRIFF HARRIS….ROGER ROSENTHAL (OLD MAN) and TANNER HARRIS, little brother to

GRIFF and younger son to DEE HARRIS…..

A discussion started by who was better amongst the young generation and the younger HARRIS was

boasting that he would never be as good as his brother or FOGEL, but that he would be better than

WERTHEIM…..it got a little heated at times and time will tell how each player develops, but it’s

certainly worth watching in the next few years…….GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GAMES AUGUST 8……WEATHER PERMITTING……

field #1……leader at hiudt…………….tbs
field #2……weisser at schwartz……..tnt
field #3……groh at brafman………….espn2
field #4……lefton at solomon………..espn

bye…………grefer

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GAMES ON AUGUST 1…….FAMILY NIGHT

winners/ losers…..

field #1……lefton/groh
field #2……brafman/leader
field #3……solomon/weisser
field #4……grefer/hiudt

bye…………schwartz

GAME RECAPS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE……

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