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November 20, 2002 SFTLOI WORLD SERIES STATS -
PITCHING
PITCHER IP ERA W/L
BB SO
CONNOR,A 4 1.75 1-0 1
0
Schmerler,G 20 3.50 2-1 6
3
Appell.J 22 4.78 2-1
4 0
Rosengard.D 20 5.24 1-2 2
0
Hewes,H 21 5.67 1-2 6
0
Lowenfish,L 9 7.75 0-1 1
0
Liebowitz,I 3 9.30 0-0 3
0
These are unoffical stats that I got from the score sheets
October 27, 2002
SBTLOI WORLD SERIES ROUNDUP
10/27/02 GAME 4 APPELL WINS 4TH GAME OF SERIES 7-4
Appell pitching for Conners team was home team vs Hewes team pitched by
Schmerler.Hewes's visitors scored 2 in the 1st by back to back hits by Hewes and
Kotik and Double by balento.Home team came back with 2 runs. Ciccone
triples,Whelan sac him in and reached on E-9 and Liebowitz singled him in to tie
it at 2.Home team broke it open in the 3rd scoring 4 runs.In the 4th Visitors
got one back so end of 4th the score was 6-3.In the 5th Home team scored again
going ahead 7-3.In the 6th Visitors scored one and Appell pitched a strong 7th
getting the 3,4,5 batters out 1,2,3 to end the game.Here is the line
R H E IP H R ER BB SO
Vis 4 8 3 Schmerler(1-1) 6 12 7 3 2 0
Ho 7 12 0 Appell (2-0) 7 8 4 4 0 0
10/27/02 Game 5Conners team with Connors getting the W wins 12-7Series 3-2
Connors team
Going into the game both teams were tied 2 wins apiece.Hewes was home team and
connors was the visitors.Hewes pitched for his team and Liebowitz started for
Connors team.Top of the 1st Vis scored 3 runs with Ciccone singling and Weinberg
tripling and Appell doubling, end of 1st 3-0 Vis.Vis acored 2 more in 2nd and
home team scored 2 in the 2nd.Liebowitz gave up 2 more in the 3rd and the score
was 5-4 vis on top end of 3. Connors decided to pull Liebowitz and took the
mound the rest of the way , He shut out the home team in the 4th and 5th and in
the 6th the Vis scored 4 to take the lead 11-4Home team got 3 in the 6th to
close it to 11-7. Vis scored a 12th run in the 7th and Connors held the home
team and picked up the win. So Connor Team led World Series 3-2.
R H E IP H
R ER BB SO
Vis 12 16 1 Liebowitz(0-0) 3 4 4 4
4 0
A.Connor W (1-0) 4 6 3 1
1 0
Hom 7 10 4 H.ewes L(1-1) 7 16 12 6 0
0
11 /03/02 Game 6 Hewes's team wins overcomming a 10-0 deficit to tie series
at 3 ;score 14-13
Appell started for Connor team and Schmerler started for hewes Connor was
visitors and hewes was Home team.Vis led off the game scoring 10 runs in the
1st.hewes team answered with 3 runs and score was 10-3 end of 1st.Schmerler shut
out the visitors inthe 2nd and 3rd and Home team took the lead 11-10 at the end
of 3rd.In the 4th the Vis scored 3 on Weinberg's 3 run homer and the score was
13-11.But in the 4th the home team regained the lead scoring 3 to take the lead
14-13.In the 5th, 6th, and 7th Schmerler held the vis scoreless and won the game
and tied the seriesat 3 apiece.
R H E IP R
ER H BB SO
Vis 13 15 7 Appell L(2-1) 6 14 1
10 4 0
Home 14 10 4 Schmerler(2-1) W 7 13 5 15
1 0
11/03/02 Game 7 Connor's team wins the series 7-4 in dramatic fashion in the 7th
Hewes won the toss and took Home team .Rosengard was on the mound for the
visitors and hewes on the mound for the Home team . A classic matchup that has
been going on since 1983.This was the final game of the first ever World Seriies
for this league. Everyone was excited and it was a bit warmer at 11:30 AM.The
wind partially sheltered by the trees behind Home and right field line was
blowing out to Center.Visitors had 11 players and the Home team had 10.Here are
the lineups:
Visitors Home team
Doughtery OF R. Rowlands SS
Vernick OF Gerber OF
Weinberg,C IB Kotik CF
Schnieder 3b balento RF
Liebowitz SS Schmerler 3b
Appell 2B Joe geller 2B
Palma OF H. Hewes P
Josh geller C N. Rowland OF
D. Hersch OF Blaukoft C
Rosengard P Cohen 1b
D'Allessio DH
Vis scored 1 in the 1st and Home team came back with 2 Vis were shut out 2nd and
3rd, hewes was getting batters to pop up and fly out he was throwing high
stuff.In the 3rd home t eam scored 1 and led 3-1 after 3.In the 4th vis scored 2
to tie it .In the bottom of the 5th with the score tied Cohen poped out to 3B,
and Rowland doubled. gerber lined out to 2B and up came Kotik whowas hot all
series. The manager, Weinberg wanted me to intenionally walk Kotik to face
Balento but I chose to challenge him since Balento had hammered a ball to left
in the first I was worried he would break open the game with 2 men on. I pitched
3 balls outside to kotik and tried to sneak in a strike on the outside corner
but the ball hung up over the plate and he hammered it into the gap in left
center and Rowlands scored.Then I got balento to fly to Center to end it. Hewes
got the visitors in the 5th and 6th with 4 fly outs and 2popups and he looked
strong. In the top of the 7th Hewes got Doughtery and vernick to pop out and and
got ahead of the next batter Carl Weinberg. Weinberg then hit a towering fly
ball to shallow right field on the line and balento and Rowlands tried to get it
and it dropped 5 feet in front of balento and Weinberg was on 2b. Scgneider
followed with a fly ball to right center but it was shallow and N. Rowlands
could not catch it and it dropped in and Weinberg raced home with the tying run.
Then Liebowitz, Appell and Palma singled and after it was all over the visitors
led 7-4.Rosengard pitched a strong 7th and Connor team won the world Series 4
games to 3 in a dramatic finish.
R H E IP R
ER H BB SO
Vis 7 15 3Rosengard W(1-2) 7 4 2 7
2 0
Home 4 7 1 Hewes L(1-2) 7 7 7 15
3 0
October 20, 2002
SFTLOI WORLD SERIES ROUNDUP
ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY WITH THE COOL WIND INMY HAIR ;UPAHEAD A
SHIMMERING LIGHTCALLED ZINSSER PARK HASTINGS OCTOBER 20,2002.ITHOUGHT THIS COULD
BE HEAVEN OR IT COULD BE H---.INSTEAD OF PINK CHAMPAGNE ON ICE IT WAS DUNOTS FOR
A GOOD PRICE .ITHOUGHT I'D PITCH A FEW INNINGS AND TRY OUT MY LUCK IN FIRST EVER
WORLD SERIES.THIS WAS GAME 2 AND GAME 3 OF A 7 GAME SET. GAME 1 WAS PLAYED
10/06/02 AND THERE WAS A RAINOUT ON 10/13/02.TO RECAP GAME 1-CONNOR'S TEAM WON
17-10 IN 9 INNINGS.APPELL GOT THE WIN GOING THE DISTANCE AND LOWENFISH TOOK THE
LOSS GOING THE DISTANCE.APPELL'S VISITORS BELTED OUT 29 HITS OF WHICH 8 WERE
EXTRA BASE HITS.HOME TEAM HAD 14 HITS.IAN LIEBOWITZ WENT 5 FOR 5 WITH 2 RBIS
JOSH GELLER WENT 4 FOR 5 WITH 3 RBIS.HOME TEAM WAS LED BY KOTIK WENT 4 FOR 5
INCLUDING A TRIPLE. HERE IS THE LINE IN GAME 1 WITH THE LINEUPS
R H E I P R E R
BB SO DP
VIS 17 29 1 APPELL-W 9 10 10 5
0 0
HOME 10 14 2 LOWENFISH-L 9 17 16 1 0
2
VISITORS HOME
LF PYNE LANG
HEWES
CF VERNICK KOTIK
SS TOVAR BALENTO
3B LIEBOWITZ DOUGHERTY
P APPELL NESIN
C GELLER,JOSH GELLER,JOE
2B HERSH COHEN
1B CONNOR BLAUKOFF
RF D'ALLESSIO LOWENFISH
SCF THAMES
3BSCHNEIDER
GAME 2 FEATURED ROSENGARD PITCHING FOR CONNOR TEAM AND SCHMERLER FOR HEWES'S
TEAM
GAME 2 ;HOME TEAM WINS IN BOTTOM OF 7 5-4
IN THIS GAME AT THE END OF 5 THE SCORE WAS 4-1 HOME TEAM. IN THE 6TH
VISITORS SCORED 2 ON BACK TO BACK SINGLES BY WEINBERG AND SCHNEIDER FOLLOWED BY
A SINGLE BY CONNOR AND 2 RBI SINGLE BY HERSH. IN THE TOP OF THE 7TH VISITORS
TIED IT THIS WAY. AFTER ROSENGARD GROUNDED OUT THERE WERE BACK TO BACK SINGLES
BY APPELL AND DOUGHERTY, HALL REACHED ON AN ERROR AND WEINBERG SACRIFICED IN
APPELL. LOOKED LIKE VISITORS WOULD GET MORE AFTER SCHNEIDER WALKED LOADING THE
BASES, BUT SCHMERLER GOT JOSH GELLER TO HIT INTO A FIELDER'S CHOICE TO KEEP THE
GAME TIED.THEN THE HOME TEAM CAME UP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH WITH SCHMERLER
REACHING ONA ERROR BY ROSENGARD ONA HARD COME BACKER.BALENTO FOLLOWED WITH A
FIELDER'S CHOICE AND GERBER REACHED ON AN ERROR AT SHORT, THEN NESIN REACHED
ON A FIELDER'S CHOICE LEAVING RUNNERS ON THE CORNER WITH 2 OUT. UP CAME LANG. I
WAS SURE I COULD GET OUT OF THIS JAM AND GO EXTRA INNINGS WHEN LANG GROUNDED TO
THIRD. HERSH CHARGED THE GROUNDER AS BALENTO HEADED HOME, HERSH ONLY PLAY WAS
AT FIRST HE BOBBLED THE BALL MOMENTARILY RECOVERED AND FIRED TO FIRST BEING
CAREFUL NOT TO HIT THE RUNNER LANG AND WEINBERG STRETCHED TO CATCH THE BALL AND
CAUGHT IT BUT IT ROLLED OUT OF THE TOP OIF HIS GLOVE AND THE RUN SCORED AND THE
GAME 2 ENDED.IT WAS FUSTRATING FOR THE VISITORS WHO HAD FOUGHT BACK IN THE LAST
2 INNINGS AND THEY TOOK THE LOSS. WORLD SERIES TIED 1 TO 1.
HERE IS THE LINE;
R H E IP
R ER BB SO DP
VIS 4 11 8 ROSENGARD-L 7 5
3 0 0 0
HOME 5 10 4 SCHMERLER-W 7 4 2
3 3 1
VIS HOME
LF DOUGHERTY CF KOTIK
CF HALL SCF HEWES
1B WIENBERG P SCHMERLER
SS SCHNEIDER RF BALENTO
C GELLER,JOSH SS GERBER
2B CONNOR 3B NESIN
3B HERSH C LANG
RF MARTIN 2B GELLER,JOE
SCF BLAUKOFF 1B COHEN
P ROSENGARD LF ABRAMSON
2B APPELL
GAME 3 HOME TEAM WINS 13-6 IN 7
IN THIS GAME 3 HEWES'S TEAM WAS THE HOME TEAM WON BY A COIN TOSS.THE HOME
TEAM OUT HIT THE VISITORS 17 TO 8 .HEWES PICHED HIS FIRST GAME IN THE WORLD
SERIES AND ROSENGARD LOST HIS 2ND GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES.THE HOME TEAM BROKE
IT OPEN IN THE 3RD SCORING 7 TIMES WITH ABRAMSON LEADING OFF WITH ATRIPLE
FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE BY GERBER THEN KOTIK REACHED ON A ERROR THEN THERE WERE 5
BACK TO BACK HITS BY BALENTO,SCHMERLER,LANG, HEWES AND NESIN .HEWES PITCHED OUT
OF A JAM HE CREATED; IN THE 4TH AFTER ROSENGARD LINED TO SECOND, HEWES WALKED
DAUGHERTY AND HALL AND THEN WEINBERG DOUBLED FOR 2 RBIS BUT THEN HE GOT
SCHNEIDER TO FLY TO CENTER AND APPELL TO LINE TO THE PITCHER. HERE IS THE LINE;
R H E IP
R ER H BB SO DP
VISITORS 6 8 4 ROSENGARD-L 6 13
10 17 0 0 0
HOME 13 17 5 HEWES-W 7 6
4 8 2 0 0
IN GAME 3 FOR THE THE PLAYERS STAYED THE SAME WITH EXCEPTIONS
OF HERSH LEAVING AND BLAUKOFF BEING TRADED TO THE HOME TEAM.
September 15, 2002
Correction to 9/l5/02 column
game 2:Schmerler gets shutout 10-0 in 3 1/2 inning contest.
My column had a typo in the score but the line of ip runs etc showed
the gil pitched a shut out. Sorry Gill for the typo. Also Havelock did
not
have a good outing and was hit hard for 10 runs in 4 innings pitched.
SUNDAY 9/15/02 GAME 1 PITCHING DUEL 8-6 IN 5 INNINGS
In a shortened game at little league field 15 players came and it
was George Loarte vs Rosengard.
In this contest a 3 run homer by Balento in the 4th broke up this close game and
home team won 8-6.Great defense by the home team including 2 double plays Hewes
to josh geller to weinberg in 3rd and 5th innings killed rallies and a great
catch by balento off a smash by D'Allesio that was a sac fly instead of a homer
saved the win for Rosengard.Game also featured 2 homers by Loarte for the
visitors and a grand slam in the first by David Hirsch inthe first. here is the
totals:
1 2 3 4 5 R H IP
R ER H BB SO DP
Vis 2 2 1 1 0 6 9 Loarte -L 4 8
4 7 1 1 0
Home 5 0 0 3 x 8 7 Rosen.-W 5 6 5
9 0 1 2
GAME 2 ARDSLEY FIELD-3 1/2 INNING GAME -10-2
After a 15 min drive we started with 13 players and played 1 inning
and then moved to a near field to finish the game. Again local little league
took the field. The 2nd field was a hardball field so we made bases and finished
this lopsided game with Hewes vs Schmerler. Havelock did have it and was hit
hard for 10 hits in 4 innings. Scheider hit for the cycle.Schmerler's visitors
had this for a team:Schmerler Pitching,Schneider 3b,Josh geller 2b,Rosengard
1B,Balento LF,Weinberg CF ,Rosengard did not bat so they had 5 offensive
hitters.The Home team had Hewes Pitching,Cohen 1b,Joe geller 2b,David hirsch
SS,Fred lang LF,Vinny D'Alessio RF,Vernick CF.In the bottom of the 4th Vernick
had to leave and Schneider had to drive him to the RR so the game ended. Here
are the totals:
1 2 3 4 R H
IP R ER H BB SO
Vis 2 2 1 5 10 10 Schmerlr-W 3
0 0 3 0 0
Home 0 0 0 x 0 3 H.Hewes-L 4
10 7 10 2 0
next week lets get more players
September 8, 2002
CORRECTION 9/8/02 COLUMN
GAME 2;Correction;Gil Schmerler's hit that won the game
was anoutfield
hit over a drawn in left fielder Chris hall. It came when Gil was 0-4 on
day and it make his day getting the clutch hit. Also Savelle and Geller
were not running on the hit because they were waiting to see if Hall
would catch it and Geller scored by a step because he was holding up
at 2nd base to see if it would be caught.Geller had been 0-3 onthe day
before his clutch hit .
also;Henry I will try to make the print a little larger but not the pitches
fatter. see you next week
TRIPLE HEADER IN DOBBS/HASTING
GAME 1-HAVELOCK WIN 10-2
In this 2 inning game at little
field field Rosengard gave up 3 er and 10 run one inning ans Loarte pitched a
scoreless inning as Hewes won 10-2 in 2.The filed had to be given up to 2
little league teams from Dpobbs ferry.We then left in cars
for a close filed in hastings about 10 minutes from the Dobbs train station
were we started game 2 with same teams;
R H E IP H R ER HR Sac BB
SO
Visistors 10 7 0 Hewes-W 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
Home 2 3 5 Rosengard-L 1 7 10 3 2 0 0 0
G.Loarte 1 1 0 0 0 0
Game 2-Gil singles in 2 rbis to win it in 7th 8-7
In this first game at Hastings Rosengard vs Hewes and Home
team led 6-0 end of 1st.Hewes settled down and held home teamto 3 hits for the
next 5 innings.Visitors chippepd away with 2 in the 2nd,3 in the 5th and 2 in
the 7th. Rosengard pitched out of jams; inthe 3rd with one out Schnieder doubled
to center but Hall and D'allessio flied out.In the 6thHewes and Martinez led off
with back to back singles but Scheider hit into a FC and Hall and D'Alessio
filed out.In the 7thPalma,Joe Geller and Robbins reached with singles then
Vernick knocked in the 2nd run of the inning in a FC, then Hewes hit a smash to
2nd that Connor played well and Martinez ended the threat with a comebacker to
mound to end it,But the Visitors had tied it and went ahead 7-6.In the bottom of
the 7th the Home team send uo Balento to lead off. He grounded out 1-3. Then
Savell and Josh Geller singled and Tony Connor walked.Schmerler then fouled off
a couple and took a pitched then he smashed a single through the infield and
with Runners moving on the hit Savell scored and geller just beat the throw to
the plate by a step to win this exciting game.
R H E
IP H R ER HR BB SO Sac
Visitors 7 16 5 Hewes-L 7
11 8 5 0 2 2 0
Home 8 11 3 Rosengard-W 7 16
7 6 0 0 0 0
GAME 3-HEWES WINS 9-1 PITCHING A 6 HITTER
In the 3rd game teams remained the same.Home team outhit
the visitors 14-6 .Visitors took the lead early with a solo homer by George
Loarte in the first and that was all the scoring for the visitors.The home team
put the game away in the 5th after scoring 3 times with 3 consecutive singles
by Palma, Schnieder and Vernick and a sac fly by D'Allessio.In the 6th they got
3 more to put the game out of reach by consecutive singles by Robbins,Hewes, Joe
geller and a double by Palma who was thrown out at 3rd trying to stretch it
into a triple. But 3 runs crossed the plate and the score was 9-1. The Visitors
made some fine defensive plays. Balento showed golden glove skill as he hauled
in a shot to right by Vernick and Savell turned a great double play to kill a
rally on a wicked shot to first by Vernick.Rosengard also showed quick reflexes
catching Palma's 100mph smash to the mound in the firstFor the Home team Vernick
playing centerfield made 5 putouts in the glaring sun.
Hewes turned a doble play in the 3rd catching a 100 mph line drive off
lawrence and doubling Dougherty who just walked.
R H E ERA
5.34 IP H R ER HR BB SO DP
Visitors 1 6 2 Rosengard-L(7-12) 6
14 9 6 0 0 0 2
Home 9 14 1 Hewes - W 7
6 1 1 1 1 0 1
September 1, 2002
APPELL LABORS ON LABOR DAY WINNING DOUBLEHEADER
This was the last games at Central Park for 2002 season.16 players in
game one with Appell on the mound for the visitors and Rosengard for the home
team.Visitors won 13-4.They were powered by Carl Weinberg who drove in 5 with
consecutive home runs in the 1st and 2nd.Lawrence had 2 rbis and
Hewes,O'Donnell,Appell and Nesin each drove in a run.For the Home team vernick
went 2 for 5 with a homer with 2 rbis,Fogel and Connor each had rbi s.The
visitors led 8-2 end of 2;thier 5 run 2nd opened up the game for them.Here is
the line:
R H E
IP H R ER BB SO HR SAC DP
Visitors 13 16 2 Appell W 7 6 4
4 1 0 1 0 0
HOME 4 6 4 Rosengard L(6-10)
7 16 13 10 0 0 2 2 0
Game 2 was with 18 players and it was Havelock hewes against eff
Appell.Appell's home team won 15-9.At the end of 3 it was 7-6 but Home team
broke it open with 7 runs in the 4thThey sent 12 batters to the plate.Appell
led off with a triple,connors followed with a double,Mack walked,Briscoe reached
on a error and Hersh knocked in 2 with a single,Vernick and Fogel singled and
Schmerler walked and then balento singled in 2 and then Connors singled and
knocked in another run.Appell had abig day offensively going 4 for 5 with a
double and triple, Vernick went 3 for 4, Balento went 3 for 5 with 4 Rbis,
Connor went 4 for 5 with 4 Rbis and Hersh went 2 for 2 with 3 Rbis.The Visitors
started off the game with 3 back to back solo homers by Lawrence, O'Donnel and
Weinberg. O'Donnel was 3 for 3 with 1 Rbi, Weinberg was 2 for 4 with 1 Rbi ,
lawrence went 2 for 3 with 1 Rbi and Nesin had a 2 Rbi double in the 3rd. here
is the line;
R H E
IP H R ER BB SO HR SAC DP
Visitors 9 11 3 Hewes L 7 19
15 11 4 2 1 0 0
Home 15 19 2 Appell W 6 11 9
5 2 0 3 0 1
Next week we go to Dobbs ferry
August 18, 2002
AUGUST 18TH GAME 1
INSERRO,LAWRENCE AND LIEBOWITZ POWER HOME TEAM 13-5
Glen Lawrence's grand slam in 6 run first put home team
ahead 6-0.An e-3 to lead off hitter followed 3 consecutive singles followed by a
Lawrence grand slam produced the runs.This was Larence's first game back after 6
weeks away in Equador.Maybe the coffee and mountains helped him as he homered
and tripled off Havelock who took the loss.The visitors fought back in the 3rd
with a lead off HR to Carl Weinberg followed by single to Schmerler, double to
Kotik 2 RBI triple to O'Donnell, score was 7-5 end of 3rd.Home team broke it
open in the 5thscoring 6 to win the game.Home team turned 2 DPs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Vis 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 12 4
Home 6 0 1 0 6 0 x 13 14 3
IP H R ER BB SO
ERA
Vis Hewes L 6 14 13 6 1 3
6.98 game
Home
Rosengard W 7 12 5 4 0 0
4.69 Yr
(5-9)
Game 2;FredLang powers visitors as they win 16-9
Fred lang going for the cycle doubled, tripled and
singled as he visitors beat Schmerler's home team.Same teams as first game with
switch in home-visitors.Home led 5-2 end of 1st,Carl Weinberg's bases clearing
tripledrove in 2, followed bysingles byKotik,Palma and O'Donnell produced 5
runs.Visitors broke open the game with 6 in the 3rd with lead off error to
Inserro followed by consecutive singles to hall and Lawrence and Sac by Honigman
drove in 2 then Lang's 2 RBI triple and Inserro's 2B hit, his 2nd PA inthe frame
produced the runs.Lang caught both end of the double header and came out of an
0-4 perform
ance in the opener as he pounded Schmerler going 3-4 as Schmerler gave up 24
hits in 7.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Vis 2 2 6 0 1 2 3 16 24 6
Home 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 12 3
IP H R ER BB
SO ERA
Vis-Rosengard W (6-9) 7 12 9 5 0 0
4.71 YR
Home-Schmerler L 7 24 16 8 2 1
8.00 Game
August 4, 2002
AUGUST 4TH O2 CENTRAL PARK;VISITORS EDGE HOME TEAM 8-7 IN 7
In this opener Appell's Home team came from behind to
beat Rosengard's visitors 8-7.Visitors were leading 5-0 midway.
Scattered hits in 3 innings made up the offence.Home tied it at 5 in the 4th .A
hit over second by Havelock was ruled an
error.Sue Kostner going back and to her left caught the ball and in motion
trying to throw to first to try to double up the runner
the ball dropped and was ruled error because " not having possession ,"
Weinberg at first raced towards
2nd picking up the ball and throwing wildly to force the runner,ball goes to
center field.Weinberg said he had mud in
his eyes as he threw.That set the stage for 5 runs and another force at third
ruled safe hurt the visitors in the same
inning.The visitors lost the game in that inning.Visitors went on to break the
tie and lead 7-5 going into the bottom
of the 7th. Home team came back with Mack reaching on an error.Shortstop's
throw to First was high and wide.he was
distracted by the large group of fans sitting in the bleachers;Norweigen and
German teenagers.Derek Martinez followed
with a single to right,Havelock then singled to center, then Ian Liebowitz
singled in the tying runs.With runners on the
corners Kotik was intentionally walked.Infield and outfield prepared for a play
at the plate. Appell looking to sacrifice
Havelock for the winning run grounded a smash down the 3rd base line through
into left and Havelock raced home
with the winning run.
R H
Visitors 7 10
HOME 8 18
IP R ER H BB SO
Rosengard-L 7 8 3 18 3 0
APPELL- W 7 7 4 10 1 1
2nd game KARL WEINBERG TRIPLES TO WIN IT FOR THE HOME TEAM 7-6
In this game it was Hewes pitching for the visitors and
Schmerler pitching for the Home team.Schmerler comming off a
shut out the week before was leading through 5 innings. In the top of the 6th
Visitors tied it 6-6. 26 people played this
game while a larger crowd watched in the bleachers.Temperature in the 90's with
high humidity.People were edgy and
the next team was breathing down out necks to get the field. So in the bottom of
the 6th Hernandez led off by reaching
on an error. Inserro popped up to the infield, 1 out. Karl weinberg stepped up
to the plate. A lefty batter who had previously
homered and walked. Weinberg then tripled home the go ahead run and the game
ended in 6 innings.
R H
Visitors 6 7
Home 7 9
IP R ER H BB SO
HEWES- L 6 7 4 9 1 0
SCHMERLER- W 6 6 5 7 2 0
July 28, 2002
July 28,02 1st game;Hewes visitors Win 14-11
On this muggy Sunday there were 25 playerswho banged
out 38 hits,19 RBIs and 10 BB.
It looked like Rosengard's home team would win after leading 5-0 in 3.Solo Homer
by Weinberg in the 1st and 2 morein 2nd and 3rd produced the runs.Triple by
Liebman in the 3rd highlighted that frame.In the top of the 4th back to back
singles by Blaukopt and Hall and walk to indek loaded them with inserro and
Vernick driving them in.In the 5th Visitors scored 7 timessending 13 batters to
the plate.Rosengard could not pitch out of Jams;Connors (catching ) called a
good game but Rosengard was getting ahead of the batters but had poor control on
the corners and gave up too many hanging strikes.After 6 the score was 14-11 and
Sue Kostner,LH pitched the 7th.In the bottom of the 7th Hewes loaded the bases
by walking
Weinberg, unintentional, who on the day had 4 RBIs with 2 HR but got Chris
benbow to fly out to right center to Chris Hall who made a great running over
his head catch to end this thriller.Here is the line score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Vis 0 0 0 3 7 4 0 14 18 6
Home 1 2 2 0 4 2 0 11 10 2
IP H R ER BB SO
Hewes W 7 10 11 3 3 0
Rosen L 6 17 14 12 7 0
July 28th 2nd game:Schmerler pitched shut out 2-0 in
7
26 players were in the 2nd game. Schmerler against
Hewes.Schmerler pitched a 3 hitter in 6 and Rosengard pitched the 2nd
inning.With 2 captains Connor and hewes bust playing and substituting players
Connors sat Schmerler 1 inning;I believe a first in league history where the
pitcher sits an inning and returns to finish the game.Schmerler came back in the
3rd and gave up just 2 hits and 1 walk the rest of the way fcaing 19
batters.Hewes took the loss giving up just 4 hits and 1 walk.A solo homer by
Sommers in the 5th and a 4 base error on Weinberg in the 7th.Here is the score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Vis 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 3
Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
IP H R ER BB SO
Schmerler W 6 3 0 0 1 1
Rosengard 1 2 0 0 0 0
Hewes L 7 4 2 1 1 1
July 20, 2002
JULY 20TH 2002 CENTRAL PARK APPELL'S TEAM WINS OPENER 10-6 In this opener Appell's team came from behind scoring 4 in the fifth and knocking out Connors to tie the game at 6-6.P.J. Gannon came in top of the 6th and pitched 2 innings while Appell's team scored 2 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th.Gannon pitched out of some jams while her team was held scoreless in the last 2 innings.Here is the line .
R H E IP BB SO HR Appell 10 15 6 Appell W 7 0 2 1 Connor 6 7 3 Connor 5 1 0 2 Gannon L 2 1 0 0
Hewes pitches a one hitter 16-0 in the 2nd game Hewes pitched against Schmerler and allowedjust 1 hit through 6 innings. the game ended in the 6th as the 11 oclock hour came and went.Hewes team played errorless ball Havelock was able to keep the batters off balance with changing speeds and pitching inside and outside. Schmerler left after 3 and Les Taub came in in relief. The score was 6-0 and in the bottom of the 4th Hewes's home team scored 10 runs highlighted by a grand slam by Appell. notes: we had 20 players,one collision of outfielders-PJ Gannon and Fred lang in right but no injuries. there were some words about the selection of teams early in the day and then it quieted down and at the end of the day some players were again dishearted about team selection.The weather was good and the sun did bother some outfielders who did not have sunglasses.In the first game Hewes cheered his team on and in the field did some daring baserunning to tie the game at 6-6. so the guy that participated in team selection urged the best from his teammates and maybe that made the difference.After the first inning it looked like Connor's team would dominate after scoring 4 in the first but it was not the case.
July 7, 2002
July 7th TRIPLE HEADER AT CENTRAL PARK FIRST GAME APPELL BEAT ROSENGARD 5-3 IN THIS OPENER THAT WENT 7 INNINGS ROSENGARD'S VISITORS WERE LEADING 2-1 THROUGH 3 1/2 BUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 4TH INSERRO LED OFF WITH A SINGLE AND THEN WEINBERG FOLLOWED WITH A SINGLE AND KOTIK HIT A 3 RUN HOMER TO RIGHT CENTER IN THE GAP AND APPELL'S TEAM TOOK THE LEAD AND WON 5-3.
IN THE 2ND GAME APPELL THE HOME TEAM WENT AGAINST HEWES THE VISITORS AND WON 9-4.IN THIS GAME THE HOME TEAM SCORED 7 RUNS IN THE FIRST WITH 5 HITS WITH BALENTO'S 3 RUN TRIPLE.
IN THE 3RD GAME ROSENGARD PITCHING FOR THE VISITORS BEAT HEWES PITCHING FOR THE HOME TEAM AND GAVE UP 5 HITS IN 7 INNINGS TO PICK UP THE W.
June 23, 2002
FIRST GAME;APPELL BEATS HEWES IN 7 17-7
HEWES WAS THE HOME TEAM AND IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST APPELL'S TEAM JUMPED ON HEWES SCORING 6 RUNS.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A MAN WHO WEARS SUSPENDERS AND A BELT? CAREFUL RIGHT,SOMEONE WHO CHECKS THINGS OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES ,SEEKS THE TRUTH.ANYWAY HEWES WAS PITCHING WITHOUT CARE BUT WITH GOOD NATURE AND WAS THROWING HARD STUFF RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE ANDTHE BATTERS JUMPED ALL OVER HIM. BY THE 2ND IT WAS 8-0 AND THEN HEWES TEAM CAME BACK AND IT WAS 11-7 IN THE FIFTH BUT APPELL'S TEAM SCORED 6 TIMES IN THE 6TH AND LED 17-7 AND THAT IS HOW IT ENDED.
SECOND GAME; ROSENGARD BEATS SCHMERLER 11-4 IN 6
WITH SOME TRADES THE GAME GOT UNDERWAY AND I PITCHED AFTER RETURNING FROMA TWO WEAK STINT ON THE DL.I HAD COME IN FOR 2/3 OF AN INNING IN THE TOP OF THE 7TH IN THE FIRST GAME AND WENT THE DISTANCE TO PICK UP THE W IN THE 2ND.ROSENGARD'S TEAM HAD OFFENSE FROM KOTIK AND WEINBERG.
AFTER THE GAME 8 OF US ATE AND DRANK AT THE BASEBALL CAFE AND DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES. WE VOTED SANTANA AS MVP OF THE 1ST GAME AND VOTED ROSENGARD MVP ON THE 2ND GAME.WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PLAYERS,SUCH AS WHO IS UNDERRATED IN THE LEAGUE AND WHO ISOVERRATED IN THE LEAGUE. WE LEARNED THAT MIKE PALMA PLAYED FOOTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH BRONX, THAT HAVELOCK HEWES PLAYED BASEBALL, FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND WHEN HE WAS 21 HE WAS AN ASSISTANT GYM TEACHER IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND STUNNED THE STUDENT BODY WITH HIS FIRST SHOT A 35 FOOTER SWISH INTO THE BASKET.IN THE GAMES MENTIONED ABOVE THERE WAS ALOT OF OFFENSE WITH HOMERS AND TRIPLES AND SOME CLOSE PLAYS ON THE BASE PATHS. I DO NOT HAVE THE STATS FOR THE GAMES SO NO HIGHLIGHTS.
June 2, 2002
GIL SCHMERLER IS KNOCKED RIGHT OUT OF A SOFTBALL GAME BY KOTIK'S LINE DRIVE
In the opener Gil Schmerler was having another winning game when he was hit by a 130 miles an hour smash to his face by Phil kotik in the top of the 4th. Herb Score. Mention his name even to a marginal baseball fan and you'll hear,"Oh, yeah, he was the guy who was hit in the eye by McDougald's line drive.Shame.great promise.Knocked him right out of baseball."Did it? How does an arm go bad? When a spur begins to grow?When strain distorts a tendon?When the chill of a spring night game subtly alters musculature?When a baseball traveling 130 miles per hour smashes in to an eye/Why does a pitcher suddenly lose his arm?Schmerler (2-2) left the mound crumpled but stayed in to DH and Hewes went in getting out the side and then Schmerler's team rallied for 8 runs in the 5th to go ahead 9-2. Rosengard pitching with pain that day kept goose eggs the rest of the way and he team rallied but the game was called at the end of the 7th so we could play 2 games with the result 9-6 with Schmerler getting a no decision and Hewes picking up the win pitching 4 innings. For thosesmarginal and avid baseball fans Herb Score was a fastball leftly who was drafted out of high school after pitching 6 no hitters and 3 perfect games in 3 years of high school.10 of the 16 major league teams offered bonuses up to $80,000 if he would sign and 4 team simply said"tell us your best offer and we'll top it." Young skinny Herb Score seemed destined.Three fastastic years in successionone in the highest rung of the minors and 2 in the Majors.He wins 36 and loses 19 in thoses years with the Indians.He strikes out 245 in the first year and 263 in the 2nd year-records.Feller did not strike out 240 till he 3rd year.Groove who may he called the best left hander not till his 6th year.Score was rookie of the year in the Minors and Rookie of the year with Cleveland the next year. Then he is through. He came back in 1958 after a year out after being hit in the eye (May 7,1957) he came back but in anight game against the Washington Senators in the Spring,1958,cold and damp he felt a strain the forearm just below the elbow and the ball hardly reached the plate.In 1959 he came back and Cleveland let him go after the all star break and he went to play for the White Sax with AlLopez his old manager with Cleveland and he played util 1963.he had the courage to try to come back;After he left Chicago in 1963 Cleveland hired him next year as their announcer so he could stay in baseball. Information about herb Score From the book Gifford on courage1976 bantam. Here is the line on 1st agem: R H IP BB SO
Schmerler 2 3 1 0 Hewes W 4 11 4 0 0 Rosengard L 9 12 7 3 0
NOTES:ROSENAGRD GAVE UP 3 BB MORE IN THESE 7 INNINGS THAN HE GAVE UP IN 45 INNINGS ONLY 2 BB. MY ARM WAS HURTING ME ALL THE WAY.GOOD DEFENSE BY SUE KOSTNER,ON HER WAY TO A GOLDEN GLOVE THIS YEAR.
2ND GAME SCHMERLER PITCHED 7 AND LOSES TO HEWES 13-6
GIL CAME BACK IN THE 2ND GAME WAS IN PAIN BUT HEROICALLY HUNG IN THERE GIVING UP 13 RUNS AND 13 HITS.HEWES'S TEAM LED ALL THE WAY.LOT OF HOME RUNS IN THE GAME BY BOTH TEAMS.HERE IS THE LINE; R H BB SO
HEWES W(6-1) 13 13 2 0 Schmerler l(2-2) 6 16 2 0
May 26, 2002
SUNDAY MAY 26TH MEMORIAL DAY WEKEND
HITTING OPPOSITE WAY POWERS HOME TEAM TO COME BACK VICTORY 10-9
HEWES WAS BEHIND 8-0 AT THE END OF 2 IN THE OPENER BUT HOME TEAM CAME
BACK WITH BEN INDEK PULLING A HIT DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE AND DAVE SUMMERS
HITTING CONSECUTIVE TWO RUN HOMERS TO RIGHT FIELD TO GET THE VICTORY FOR THE
HOME TEAM. HEWES AFTER 2 INNINGS OF WILDNESS SETTLED DOWN AND HELD APPELL'S
TEAM TO 1 RUN THE NEXT 7 INNINGS.
2ND GAME IS WON BY SCHMERLER WITH HEWES IN RELIEF 7-4 IN 7 INNINGS.
SCHMERLER OUTPITCHED ROSENGARD AND LEFT IN THE 5TH INNING WITH A 7-3
LEAD. HEWES PITCHED THE REST OF THE WAY TO GET THE SAVE. WE HAD ABOUT 22
PLAYERS THIS WEEKEND AND THERE WERE NO OTHER GAMES GOING ON IN THE EARLY
MORNING.
THE ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS QUOTE - THE PLAY WAS MACBETH
SEE YOU 6/2/02
May 19, 2002
Central Park: Appell wins easily 18-6 in a tree highlighted game A tree incident highlighted the 5th for the visitors as Balento wiped out a whole family of birds and I hope Bobby Naranjo in Canada reads about this because it is reminiscent of the Dave Winfield incident in the Toronto Skydome back in the 80's in Winfield's first year with New York. As you remember he hit a gull and all of Canada was up in arms. In this US Softball game Joe Balento hit a 3-0 pitched and lifted it high into right field straight into the big Oak tree as Glen Lawrence waited for the ball to drop and Sue Kostner and Joe Balento circled the bases, Hewes flew off the mound and ran towards right field encouraging all his fielders to run out to right field to catch the ball by now seated firmly in a nest of dead baby birds or eggs awaiting hatching. After what seems an eternity play resumed with a ruling of ground rule double for Joe and Sue returned to 3rd. The team at bat proceeded to score 6 runs featuring a clean grand slam by Kevin Mack to go ahead 18-6. The winning visitors had strong pitching from Appell who had good control mixing up his speeds working the corners and great offense which featured 2 homers, Martinez (3 run) and Mack (4 run). I came in for mop up pitching a perfect 1 2/3. Here is the line:
R H E IP H R ER BB SO Vis 18 17 4 Appell W 6 9 6 3 2 0 Home 6 9 3 Hewes L 4 2/3 17 18 14 3 0 Rosengard 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0
Game 2 Rosengard wins for Visitors 9-4 in 8 The teams remained the same with 3 players traded on each. Teams reversed home visitor. The key inning for the win was holding off a rally and walking Derek Martinez to load the bases with a 4-4 tie with 2 out in the bottom of the 5th. it paid off and the inning ended a tie. We went on to get insurance runs in the 6th-8th and I was able to hold them with the great help of great defense all around throughout the game. Schmerler and I pitched pretty evenly and it was great game. Here is the line:
R H E IP H R ER BB SO Vis 9 12 2 Rosengard W 8 12 4 3 1 1 Home 4 12 4 Schmerler L 8 12 9 5 1 1
After the game 7 of us went the cafe to discuss the game and this column. It was great to get guidance this week. Ian felt it was a beautiful day, Sue felt the ground crew did a great job and we did move home plate back due to the mud. Gil went 5/7 and wants the readers to WATCH OUT. Hewes felt Gil pitched well pitching the corners and Gil felt there was excellent pitching on both sides. Some of us had foot long hot dogs and tea and coffee. Ian said he wanted to win it for me and that was nice to hear. I asked Ian about a quote Samuel Johnson made a day before he died to his doctor. "canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd pluck from the memory rooted sorrow; raze at the written troubles of the brain; and, with some sweet oblivious antidote, cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff which weighs upon the heart?
The doctor replied, "therein the patient must minister to himself."
Does anyone know in what play by Shakespeare these lines appear? Next column I will give you the answer
May 5, 2002
MAY 5TH 2002; HEWES SWEEPS A DOUBLEHEADER 10-2 AND 5-4 Havelock Hewes a 20 year veteran of SFTLOI came back from Hernia Surgery repair and with pain pitched two 7 inning games and won both of them. In the first game he had a shut out through six innings and cruising along with a 10-0 lead. He had walked 5 and struck out 1 and gave up a double and single. In the 7th the home team lead off with a solo homer by Judd Pilesoff and put together two more hits to get a 2nd run and it ended up 10-2 with Hewes pitching a 5 hitter. In the second game hewes with helped by 7 errors by the Home team to get the W. Home team came back with 3 to close to 5-4 in the 5th and both teams were scoreless in the 6th and then in the 7th Hewes after giving up a lead off walk to Cohen bore down and used a little more velocity and got Vernick who had earlier homered to line to right and Leibowitz to pop to Hewes and Kotik to strike out swinging to end a thrilling 2nd game. Here is the line for both games GAME # 1 R H E IP H R ER BB SO ERA Vis 10 16 0 Hewes W 7 5 2 2 5 1 xxx Home 2 5 3 Rosengard L 7 16 10 5 0 1 4.58
GAME # 2
R H E IP H R ER BB SO ERA VIS 5 14 0 HEWES W 7 7 4 4 2 1 XXX HOME 4 7 7 ROSENGARD L(1-4) 7 14 5 3 0 1 4.28
HIGHLIGHTS: IN GAME # 1 Dan Schneider had 2 RBIs, Brill, Liebman, Nesin, and Gerber each had 2 hits
IN THE GAME # 2 Dan Schneider, Paul Brill, Phil Kotik, and O'Donnell produced the home team runs in the 5th .
THERE WAS ALSO SOME GREAT DEFENSE IN BOTH GAMES WITH LINE OUTS TO INFIELDERS AND SOME GREAT CATCHES IN THE OUTFIELD. THE SUN WAS VERY GLARING AND QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR THE FIELDERS. LEFT FIELD IS HARD BECAUSE OF THE OTHER TEAM PLAYING NEXT TO US AND RIGHT FIELD IS HARD BECAUSE OF THE TREES.
April 21, 2002
SFTLOI HAS A HUGE SUNDAY OF SOFTBALL
Three games were played starting at 8;30 in field #1 with Appell against
Rosengard with 30 players. This game went 7 with costly errors contributing to
the home team loss. Schmerler and Connors led with RBIs for the Visitors and
Hall, Savell and Kotik with Extra base hits. Weinberg, Vernick Lawrence led with
RBIs for the Home team, and Kotik, Weinberg, and Balento with extra base hits.
Here is game summary:
Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E IP H R ER BB SO VIS 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 10 14 2 Appell W 7 18 7 5 1 0 HOME 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 7 18 7 Rosengard L 7 14 10 4 0 0
Second game started in field #1 and finished in the Spitfires field. It was
Appell vs rosengard with 31 players and 4 departed at the change of fields. This
was 9 inning close game home the winner 4-3.Highlights:Home team was powered by
Vernick, Kotik and Sommers, a newcomer playing 3rd. Vernick homered and Kotik
and Sommers with extra base hits. Appell's team was powered by Palma going
3 for 3 and O'Brien going 2 for 2, and Schmerler all with rbi's. Here is the
summary:
Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E IP H R ER BB SO VIS 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 13 2 Appell L 8 9 4 3 0 0 HOME 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x 4 9 1 Rosengard W 9 13 3 3 0 0
The third game was played at Spitfire field was a close contest going extra
innings with Home team winning 7-6 in6 innings. Inserro powered home team with 2
Rbis going 4 for 5 with HR, Connor went4 for 5 the game winner ,a triple to
drive in the winning run bottom of the 7th.The home team came from a 6-0
deficit, extra base hit also by a newcomer Y. Allende. For the visitors Vernick
went 3 for 3,hall went 3 for 5 and Lawrence and hall had extra base hits. Here
is the line.
Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E IP H R ER BB SO VIS 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 14 3 Rosengard L 6 13 7 7 1 0 HOME 0 0 3 0 3 1 7 13 1 Schmerler W 6 14 6 6 2 0
Defensively we saw a plays of the game in the 2nd game by Derek Martinez at
Short going into left field backhanding on the run a sinking fly ball. and the
end of the game Kotik reached back for a hard hit drive to deep center by
Balento and caught the ball in the web of his glove to end the the game. he was
quoted at the end of the game saying" he was not sure he was going to get it."
April 14, 2002 -- Opening Day
HAVELOCK WINS THE OPENER IN 9
On a warm Spring day when the weather people were wrong 28 showed up for the
first game at 8:30 AM. People arrived at 8AM and Batting and fielding practice
lasted for 30 minutes with 5 swings a batter. Hewes and Connor made up the teams
and the game started at 8:30 .The game was tied 3-3 till the 8th inning. Good
pitching and good defense kept it close. Hewes's team took the lead in the 8th
and held out to win. Mainly regulars played with some new players. Havelock is
keeping the stats and has the score book and at the time of this writing I have
not received the score sheet so I have no highlights to put in this column.
2ND GAME SUSPENDED AT THE END OF 5 1/2 WITH APPELL'S TEAM AHEAD.
In the 2nd game which started with about 22 players during the 10 o'clock
hour teams stayed the same, pitchers in the first game switched teams and Joe
Sopiak pitched for his team and Appell again pitched. Both pitchers bore down
and kept it close again. At 11:10 the game was called due the permits. The next
league arrived and they had a permit for 10:30 AM, with them waiting and milling
around for over 30 minutes Hewes and Connor called the game. Next week we start
the game at 8;30 and BP at 8AM and we play on field closest to the Carousel.
2001 COLUMNS
Opening Day | Number 2 |
Number 3 | Number
4 | Number 5 | Number
6 | Number 7 |
Number 8 |
Number 9 |
Number 10 |
Number 11 |
Number 12 |
Number 13 |
Number 14 |
August 26 column |
New September 9 column |
September 30 column |
Number 17 |
October 7 |
November 11
2000 COLUMNS
Dave Rosengard's
2000 Season Summary
Number 1 | Number
2 | Number 3 | Number
4 | Number 5 (A Movie Review!) | Number
6 | Number 7 | Number
8 | Number 9 | Number
10 | Number 11 | Number
12 | Number 13.
For something a little different, one of our group (who wishes to
remain anonymous) has penned the following offering: "Ernest
Hemingway's Salute To Softball For The Love Of It."
And in Dave's
absence, here's a group report on October 29th's
action.
And, we have dueling "tag-team" reports on the
November 19 contest from Dave Rosengard and Ian
Lebowitz -- a day highlighted by Ian's joining Bill Weinberg (who did it
during the early days of the Eisenhower Administration) as the only two mammals
ever to hit the scoreboard during a game on the Dobbs Ferry field, for which I
owe them both a meal at a reasonably-priced local eatery of their choice
(defined as a location with clean trays) sometime before the Presidential
election is finally resolved or a majority of dot-coms show a profit, whichever
is later.
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