Fall 2025 Blue League Standings

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Gothic Landscape - 13 GameDay Health - 16

Gothic played a very good Game Day Health team today. We started out strong with 3 runs. In the top of the 5th we were able to take a 1 run lead but Game Day answered with 4 runs and we weren’t able to catch up for the rest of the game. Our hitting was greatly improved today and we were able to get hits when we needed them to score runs. Leading the Hitting were Pete Simoneau and Bob Higgens both 4 for 4, followed by Jeff Bearth with 3 hits. Daren Proctor, Phil Murray and Lonnie Saiz all had 2 hits and Tim Mitchell and Dede Gaetz each got a hit. A special Thanks to Pete Simoneau and Bob Higgins for subbing and Betty Saiz and Kris Koch for keeping the book, Cheri Swinehart for coaching 3rd and John Laskowski for keeping the Batting Order moving along smoothly. Outs next Game is Monday 12/8 at 11:30 no one has any duties on that day.

GameDay Health played a close game against a good Gothic Landscaping team and pulled out a 16-13 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  GameDay led 4-3 through the 2nd inning and increased the lead to 8-3 through the 3rd inning.  GameDay led 16-10 through the 6th inning and Gothic rallied in the top of the 7th inning scoring 3 runs with GameDay turning a double play and a strike out to close the game out 16-13.  Another good team effort with good defense, timely hitting, good pitching and a nice catch by Chip White at the dish.  GameDay was led by Gary Kuhlman 3x3 6 RBI’s 1 HR 1 dbl,  Frank Preite 3x3 1 RBI 1 triple 1 dbl,  Randy Selin 3x3 2 RBI’s 1 HR,  Dave Holub 3x3 2 RBI’s,  Steve Foster & Dave Michels 3x3 1 RBI each,  Steve Coffman 2x3 1 dbl,  Chip White 2x3,  Mike Mcginn 1x3 2 RBI’s,  Ed Musgrave 1x3 1 RBI,  Jim Collins 0x3.  Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book.  

Karen Olsen Realty - 15 Carrousel Travel - 6

A very good game by all today, 31 hits 15 runs. a 1st for us, as everyone got at least one hit. We only gave up 6 runs, an excellent defensive game by all. Batting, Tom Yurkunas 5/5 4 RBI's, Yvonne Becker 4/4 1 RBI, Coral Estes 4/5 1 RBI, Mugs Szymesko 4/5 1 RBI, Mark Cemensky 3/4,  Glenn Turner 2/4 1 RBI, the hot streak over, Glenn was 13/13 time to start another one, Roger Miller 2/4 RBI, great slide into 1st base, Norma Lucas 2/4 1 RBI, Don Trenda 2/4 2 RBI's, and Sherry Westland 1/4 2 RBI's

"“Mother said they’ll be days like this” and today was one of those days that you just want to forget. Nothing went our way. As a team we’ve averaged 14 runs per game… we had 6 today. We average 22 hits per game and today 14, of which Charlie Greer and Dave Martin had almost half. We got off to a good start scoring 4 runs in the first inning but could only get 2 more runs to cross the plate over the next six…OMG. Our defense has always met the challenge, we’re not perfect…but we just “lost it” today with bad hops, bad breaks and could not recover with our offensive performance. An extra shift in the salt mine and we come back on Monday with a chance to redeem ourselves from this crushing loss.

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Goodman Dermatology - 7 General Exterminating - 8

General Exterminating eked out an 8-7 win over Goodman Dermatology. The first 4 innings were all The Derma tologist leading 7-3. However the last three were definitely the Exterminators outscoring Goodman 5-0. This has sort of been Goodman's thing taking a lead and then losing in the last three innings. Offensively, again starting out strong Doug Asleson, Bob Higgins, Nick Hermann and Patrick Moriarity all had 2 Hits apiece. Asleson and Higgins a Run Scored, Hermann a Double and 2 Runs Scored and Moriarity 2 Runs Scored and 4 RBI. Gerry Boesche also had 2 Hits, a Walk and 2 RBI. Bob Topham, Jake Groh and Ray Hensley added a Hit each. Defensively there were some good plays but the one that stood out was a hard hit line drive over the head of SS Higgins who jumped and caught theball that appeared to be over his head. That was the third out in the bottom of the sixth with men on base and holding The Exterminators to an 8-7 lead. Which gave Goodman a chance to tie or win it in the seventh. Unfortunately, the last three inning curse continued and Goodman was shut down 1-2-3. I checked the scorebook we are 2-5 overall but had we just played 4 innings we would be 5-1-1, so I would like to make a change and shorten the games to 4 Innings to save time and my sanity.

With only 18 hits General Exterminating put them to good use.  Trailing 7-3 after 4 innings, Gen Ex didn't allow Goodman to score again.  Gen Ex put up 4 in the 5th and tied the game then put up 1 in the 6th to seal the deal. The bottom of the order came through big time today.  Leading the scoring effort was Ed Hart who went 3 for 3 with a Double and an RBI. Pierre Boudreau was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI, Ron Rogerson was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI, Glan Zelkind was 1 for 3 with an RBI, Dale Huffine was 2 for 4 with an RBI and Judy Muller was 0 for 2 with a walk and an RBI.  Ron made another great catch in left field, Dan made a couple of inning ending double plays, Gary made a couple of great catches and our sub Ed Musgrave made a fabulous catch of a hot shot to the pitcher.  So proud of everyone for sticking together for the win.  Thank you to Ed Musgrave for subbing.

WaFd Bank - 12 Broward Factory Serv - 13

A team should never feel bad if they lose but gave it the best they could. Today WaFd Bank gave a winning effort but fell short in the game to Broward FS who also gave a winning effort and came away with a 13-12 victory. WaFd Bank congratulates Broward FS on a fine win today. The Bankers had a 3 run lead going into the bottom of the 7th inning but fell short as Broward scored 4 runs to take the win. Defensively the sun made it hard for the outfield for both teams today. Sub Mike Kachurak had a nice catch with the sun in his eyes. The infield had a good day with few errors as the Broward team hit many where we weren't as we had but 1 inning where we blanked Broward. Pete had a nice double play to Sue and Barney. Sue Cary had a nice catch at Rover. Don had some nice pickups. Bob Dye had a nice pickup for the out at first. Skip Pavitt had a forceout at 3rd. Offensively we had 23 hits today with Don Cleveland going 4/4. Barry Schwartz was 3/4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's. Collecting 2 hits today were Skip Pavitt, Pete Simoneau with a in the park Home Run and 3 RBI's, Sub Mike Kachurak with a double and 2 RBI's, Sue Cary RBI, Bob Cary 2 RBI's, Barney Armstrong RBI, Paul Pearson RBI and Bob Dye. I want to thank Dave Michels and Mike Kachurack for subbing today. Always thankful to have Marilyn Leinberger scoreing our book.

A real nail biter, down 3 runs, going into the last inning. Broward Factory service scored 4 runs for the win, against a very good team. Leading the team today sub Ray Hensley was 4-4, scored once, 3 R.B.I. and drove in the run for the win. Gary Ash was 2 for 4, scored twice. Sub Joe Stempniewski was 2-4, 2 triples, scored twice. Brian DeHerrera was 2-4, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Chuck Gibson was 2-4, scored twice, Steve Armstrong was 3-4, walk. double, scored 4 times, 3 R.B.I. Debbie Bigelow was 2-3, 2 R.B.I. Sub Ed Hart was 2-3. Sub Jim Collins was 2-3, Sub Dale Huffine was 2-3, walk, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Dave Bagwell had a hit single. The team never quit. 

Homesmart Camerons - 7 Fast Signs - 9

ALTHOUGH the 1st inning looked so promising - 4 runs- our bats simply dwindled for the remainder of the game. We did have some nice defensive plays, such as Joel catching a foul ball tip, Annie catching a line drive at third and Kurt King making a nice left field catch! At the plate Mike Kachurak was 2/4. Kandi Patrick and Dan Sykes were both 2/3. And Kandi hit a home run at the top of the fifth and got an RBI. Then the majority of our players were 1/3. Thank you so much to Yvonne Becker for playing in a last-minute substitution at the top of the 5th. And of course Marilyn for bearing the cold and keeping score for us!

The breaks fell our way today against a good Homesmart-Camerons squad. After giving up 4 runs to start the game we also plated 4 in the bottom of the first to tie. The bottom of our lineup continued our success and we took a 6-4 lead we held until the fifth when we fell behind 7-6. We responded in the bottom half to retake the lead 9-7 and shut them out in the top of the sixth for the win.  Our defense played the best game of the season with Tom Gobin and Charlie Counts handling several hard hit balls on the left side and Rover Jim Mathews being in the right position to make several good plays on both sides. Sub Paul Pearson played a great game at first base and sub Don Cleveland at pitcher did the same. Our second baseman Klaus Holt didn’t get a fielding opportunity but covered second to record a couple of forceouts. The outfield did their jobs well and didn’t allow any easy extra bases. Kurt Kanouse made the only outstanding catch in left center and Art Molina, Bob Snelling and Wayne Moxley handled their positions flawlessly. The home run by Kandi Patrick was a hard hit ball that only a red leaguer could have caught. Offensively our leaders at 3/3 were Bob Snelling and Don Cleveland. Kurt Kanouse, Tom Gobin, Jim Mathews and Paul Pearson were each 2/3. Art Molina, Charlie Counts, Wayne Moxley, Klaus Holt and Jerry Eastham all contributed a hit. Thanks to Yvonne and Chrissy for keeping our scorebook and to Sue Cary on the scoreboard and Brian DeHerra and Coral Estes for umpiring. 

 Monday, December 1, 2025

Fast Signs - 12 Gothic Landscaping - 12

FastSigns hit well enough to win a lot of games but Gothic Landscaping also played well enough to win. The result was an unsatisfactory tie. Leading hitters today were Bob Snelling and Kurt Kanouse with both going 4/4. Art Molina, Don Cleveland and John Smith were close behind at 3/4. Tom Gobin, Jim Mathews and Charlie Counts were 2/4 and Wayne Moxley and Jerry Eastham each contributed a hit. Charlie and Art were the leading RBI men with 3 each. Defensively Bob Snelling made a shoestring catch on a hard hit ball to right center and Kurt Kanouse had a good catch in left center. Tom Gobin had several good plays at third base and John Smith had a great play on a tough one-hopper at first to end an inning.  Thanks to Don Cleveland and John Smith for subbing today and the umpires and scoreboard operator. Thanks to Yvonne Becker for keeping our scorebook. 

Gothic took on Fast Sign today in a very close match which ended in a tie. Fast Sign took an early lead but by the 5th inning we had managed to tie the game. We pulled ahead in the 6th but they tied it up in the 7th and that’s the way it ended. Our hitting was lead by Daren Proctor, Phil Murray and Dan Hofeditz with 4 hits each followed by Glen Turner (sub) and Jeff Bearth with 3 hits each. Sal Politi and Dede Gaetz each got 2 hits and Lonnie Saiz also contributed a hit.   A special thanks to Glen Turner and Debbie Kanouse for subbing today. Our next game is Wednesday 12/3 at 9:00 again. Tim Mitchell and Jeff Bearth have Umpire Duty after the game at 10:15 and Dede Gaetz had Scoreboard at 10:15 also.

Game Day Health - 14 Goodman Dermatology - 2

GameDay Health played another good game against a good Goodman Dermatology team and won 14-2 in a 6 inning game.  GameDay led 3-2 through the 2nd inning.  GameDay scored 11 more runs to none for Goodman to close the game out 14-2.  Once again our infield defense played well turning double plays and a nice catch by Steve Coffman in right center field.  Our bats were hot with 23 hits and everyone with at least one hit.  Ed Musgrave pitched another good game with 4 shutout innings.  A great team effort.  GameDay was led by Gary Kuhlman 4x4 4 RBI’s 2 triples 1 dbl,  Dave Holub 4x4 6 RBI’s,  Frank Preite 4x4 1 RBI,  Steve Coffman & Chip White 2x3 1 RBI each,  Mike Mcginn 2x3,  Ed Musgrave 1x3 1 RBI,  Randy Selin, Steve Foster & JIm Collins 1x3 each,  Dave Michels 1x4.  Thank you to Yvonne for keeping our book.

"The game started out good for both teams after 2 innings the score was 3-2 in favor of Game Day Health. The next 4 innings Game Day out scored The Dermatologists 11-0 for the mercy win. Offensively? Nick Herman was a perfect 2 for 2 with a Triple and Run Scored. Bob Topham was a perfect 1-1 with a walk and Run Scored. Patrick Moriarity and Lanny Auberg added a Hit and RBI each. Gerry Boesche, Bob Higgins and Ray Hensley added a hit apiece. Defensively, even though we gave up 14 Runs, there were a few notable plays. Lanny Auberg made a spectacular catch in the second inning on a foul ball. In the fourth inning Bob Topham at second base, first tagging the runner headed towards second and throwing to first to complete a DP. Doug Asleson on a ball hit to Center caught it on a hop and threw it quickly to second base for the force. Jake Groh in Right Center made a tough play on a high fly ball, fighting the sun and making the catch. Jerry Boesche made several very good plays at Rover. This was our
worse defeat of the season so far and I hope for the total season. "

Broward Factory Serv - 7 General Exterminating - 8

Broward's bats were very cool in today's game. Again, Cris Espejo was 4-4, double, scored twice. Sub Tom Gobin was 3-3, double, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Chuck Gibson was 3-3, 3 R.B.I. John Silva was 2-3, scored once. Dave Bagwell was 2-4, 1 R.B.I. Gary Ash was 2-4, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Sub Ray Hensley was 1-3, Thanks to our 2 subs, Tom Gobin and Ray Hensley. 

Gen Ex started out slow falling behind 2-1 in the first inning.  Both teams were scoreless in the 2nd and then both teams put up 4 in the third.  Gen Ex held Broward scoreless in the next 3 innings while putting up another 3 in the 5th inning taking an 8-6 lead going into the 7th.  Broward was only able to put 1 run across giving Gen Ex the victory 8-7.   Gen Ex only had 14 hits in the game and made every one count.  Gen Ex had some great double plays to end several innings.  Dan Hodges had some great defensive plays. Leaders for today were Sheldon Rosenthal going 3 for 3, Dale Huffine went 2 for 3 with a double and RBI, Dan Hodges was 2 for 2 with a walk, double and 2 RBI, Gary Christofferson was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and Pierre Boudreau was 2 for 3 with 3 RBI.  Thank you to our subs, Kris Koch and Ed Musgrave.

Carrousel Travel - 14 Homesmart Camerons - 14

Today our Carrousel played a very good game with smart hitting and good defense but ended up with a Tie…not a loss which was a welcome sight given our 7th inning history. We had 23 hits and good defense when we needed it. Analysis is as follows: Charlie Greer, 2/2, Karen Olsen 3/4 with 2 RBI’s, Joe Gonski 3/4 with 3 RBI’s, Don Trenda (sub) 3/4 with 3RBI’s, Ed Campbell 3/4 with 1 RBI, Dave Martin 4/4 with 2 RBI’s, Norm Volk 2/3 with 1RBI, Dick Steiman 3/3 with Chris Zerr and Jim Stocker both getting a critical RBI’s. We play well as a team and the workload continues to be spread out amongst all team members. Thanks, Don, for pitching and contributing to our effort.

HomeSmart came so close to pulling off a seventh inning win. We went back and forth throughout the game but settled for a 14-14 tie against a tough Carrousel Travel team. Our star offensive players were Kandi Patrick and Dan Sykes with 4 hits. Mike Kachrak, Ken Kessler and John Holten followed up with 3 hits apiece. Kirk King and our sub, Ron Rogerson each had 2 hits. Denise Gibala and Joe Osowiec had 1 hit. Debbie Kanouse got on base with a walk and made it all the way around the bases to score in the 4th inning. 

WaFd Bank - 12 Karen Olsen Realty - 11

After a couple weeks off, the WaFd Bank Softball Team took on a very strong Karen Olsen Realty Team. The time off didn't show as both teams scored 4 runs in the 1st inning. No one scored in the 2nd and both teams scored 4 in the 3rd. Both teams were blanked in the 4th and the Realtors blanked the Bankers and plated 3 in the 5th to take a 3-run lead into the 6th. With the score 11-8, the Bankers grabbed 1 in the 6th to close the lead to 11-9. The 7th inning saw the Bankers score 3 runs to take a 12-11 lead. WaFd Bank sealed the game with strong defensive play in the bottom of the 7th winning 12-11. Defensively The battery of Norm Lustig and Pete Simoneau were in step. Pete had a few pickups at pitcher for outs including a nice throw from the outfield to Pete to Norm for the putout at home plate to end the inning. Skip Pavitt had a nice grab at 3rd for a force at 3rd. Don Cleveland had a couple of nice pickups at SS with throws to 1st for the out. Sue once again played well at Rover and SS with a nice double play late in the game. Bob Dye had a couple of nice plays grabbing a grounder for an out at 1st and covering 2nd for an out to end the inning. Bob Cary had a nice catch in Left Center Field. Most of the action was in the infield in this game. Offensively Perfect at the plate were Pete Simoneau 4/4 2 RBI's and Sue Cary 2/2 with 2 walks, double and an RBI. Collecting 3 hits were Skip Pavitt, Barry Schwartz 2 doubles and 3 RBI's. Picking up 2 hits were Scott Piemeisl 2 RBI's, Barney Armstrong RBI and Paul Pearson with an RBI. Don Cleveland had a hit and an RBI; Bob Cary had a hit and 2 RBI's and Bob Dye was 1/2 with a walk. Thank you to Scott Piemeisl for subbing today. Suzie Tones kept a solid scorebook, Thank You Suzie. WaFd Bank Softball Players TIP OUR HATS to the Karen Olsen Realty Team who played a hard fought game.

We played in a very unusual game today, Congrats to WaFd Bank for finishing strong and pulling out a Win. We only had 16 hits but put up 11 runs. Batting today Glenn Turner 3/3, Mugs Szymesko 3/3,Tom Yurkunas 3/3, Don Trenda 3/3, Mark Cemensky 2/3,one hit ea Gredg Szlak, and Norma Lucas

Monday, November 17, 2025

Fastsigns - 17 General Exterminating - 8

Well the team we thought we drafted showed up in a big way! With 29 hits and 17 runs scored our offense led us to our first win against a good General Exterminating squad. Leading the way were Kurt Kanouse, Art Molina and Charlie Counts going 4/4 with Bob Snelling, Tom Gobin, Jim Mathews and Wayne Moxley going 3/4. Wes Mason was close behind with a 2/4 day.  Laura Johnson, Klaus Holt and Jerry Eastham each had a hit. The RBI leader today was Art Molina with 4 followed by Tom Gobin and Charlie Counts with 3 RBI’s each. Wayne Moxley and Jim Mathews had 2 RBI’s and Bob Snelling, Kurt Kanouse and Klaus Holt all knocked in a run.  Laura Johnson not only pitched a good game but she made several good defensive plays pitching without the screen. The line drive she caught was an outstanding play.  Tom Gobin also made several outstanding plays at the hot corner. The rest of the infield did a good job and the changes we made are paying off. The outfield was steady as usual, catching all the routine fly balls and they did a great job of getting the ball into the cutoff man quickly to limit any extra bases by the runners. Thanks to Yvonne Becker for keeping the scorebook and to Jim Stocker and Sam Bernhardt for umping and thanks to the scoreboard operator. 

It just wasn't our day.  Too many errors and too little offense.  Fast signs had their bats going and sadly we didn't and lost 17-8. Dan Hodges led the team going 3 for 4 with a Home Run, Triple and 2RBI. Gary Christofferson was 2 for 3 with a walk and 2 RBI, Pierre Boudreau was 2 for 3 with a walk and 2 RBI, Glen Zelkind was 3 for 4 with an RBi, Ron Rogerson was 0 for 1 with 3 walks and an RBI and Dick Kohnen was 1 for 1 with 2 walks and an RBI.  Thanks to our subs Dave Martin and new player  to the league John Weyrich.

Carrousel Travel - 14 Goodman Dermatology - 12

"The “best 6 inning team” in blue league won today in 7 innings due to a great catch by Charlie “hustle” Greer and the rest of our defensive teammates. We carved out 24 hits and 14 runs spread out in 6 of our 7 innings for a consistent run scoring effort. Karen Olsen went 4/4. Joe Gonski 3/3 with 2 RBI. Ed Campbell went 3/4 with 1RBI, Dick Steiman 3/4. Les Notestein our sub went 2/3 with an RBI along with Jim Stocker 2/3, 1RBI. Dave Bagwell our rover sub went 2/4 with 3 clutch rbi’s along with Dave Martin 2/4 3rbi’s. Our sub-Danny Hofeditz went 2/4, 3RBI’s as our field attack was closed out by Charlie Greer who went 1/4 but hit rocket shots. We moved into the win column and as a team we continue with consistent run production and strong defense. Let’s keep it going and build the win column! Teams are all bunched up and every win has significance.

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Carrousel Travel defeated Goodman Dermatology 14-12. We started out as always like a ball of fire leading 7-1 after two innings and 12-6 after 4 innings. However in the last three innings we were outscored 8-0 and that's been the story the last three games as our record stands at 2-3. Defensively Jerry Boesche Rover had a great game making plays at various spots on the infield and also catching a line drive in short Right Field. Bob Higgins at Shortstop made several excellent plays including a double play Higgins-Boesche-Auberg. Doug Asleson in Left Center had a line drive hit in front of him and turned into a force at second base. Offensively Nick Hermann and Bob Higgins led the charge with a perfect 4-4 day. Hermann 2 Runs Scored, 2 Doubles, a Triple and 4 RBI, Higgins 2 Runs Scored and RBI. Patrick Moriarity, Bob Topham and Jake Groh 3 Hits each, Moriarity 2 Runs Scored and 3 RBI. Doug Asleson, Jerry Boesche and Lanny Auberg 2 hits apiece, Asleson 2 Runs Scored and RBI, Auberg Run Scored and RBI. Ray Hensley, Claire Lucas and Ed Abrams all had a hit and Run Scored.

WaFd Bank - 11 Gothic Landscape - 7

The WaFd Bank took on a hungry Gothic Landscaping Crew. The Bankers started with 10 runs in the first 4 innings while Gothic plated 2. Gothic did not give up and in the next two innings outscored the Bankers 5-1. Gothic blanked the bank in the top of the 7th but were unable to plate a run in the bottom half and gave the WaFd Bank an 11-7 win. Defensively there were many good plays including Our pitcher Pete Simoneau and catcher Norm Lustig with the bases loaded and no outs threw 2 runners out at home and then Pete grabbed a grounder and got the out unassisted. Bob Dye again had a great play at 2nd snagging a hot grounder and throwing the runner out a first. Harold Enslen had a good day at 1st base as did Skip Pavitt at 3rd. Don Cleveland had a few put outs throwing to 1st and 2nd. Barry Schwartz had a nice catch in Right Center Field. Paul Pearson, Bob Cary and Barney Armstrong spent most of their time picking up grounders. The imaginary Game ball goes to Sue Cary for outstanding defensive play. Sue made 2 big plays, 1 behind 2nd base and 1 in Right Center Field. Both plays stopped Gothic from Scoring. Offensively, the Bankers had 25 hits. Skip Pavitt was perfect at the plate 4/4 2 doubles RBI. Going 3/4 were Don Cleveland 2 RBI's, Pete Simoneau, Barry Schwartz triple 2 RBI's, Harold Enslen 2 RBI's and Sue Cary RBI. Bob Dye was 2/3 with a double. Bob Cary and Barney Armstrong (2 triples) were 2/4 with each getting an RBI. Both Norm Lustig and Paul Pearson got on base with Paul collecting an RBI. Many Thanks go to Marilyn Leinberger for doing such a great job with the scorebook and dugout.

Gothic took on a tough WaFD Bank team today. We had some good hitting resulting in lots of players getting on base. Unfortunately very few runners were able to get across home plate. The Bankers started out strong putting up 4 runs in the first two innings then our defense kicked in holding them to 1 run in each of the next 3 innings and no runs in the last 2 innings. In the 6th inning we were able to close the scoring gap with 4 runs but the Bankers closed the doors on us in the 7th and that’s that. Our hitting was lead by Tim Mitchell who was perfect at the plate with 3 hits and Dan Hofeditz also with 3 hits. Followed by Daren Proctor, Phil Murray, Dede Gaetz, and Lonnie Saiz all with 2 hits. A special thanks to Debbie Kanouse for playing a double header today to help us out. Our next game is Wednesday 11/19 @ 11:30 no one has any duties on that day.

Karen Olsen Realty - 7 Homesmart Camerons - 5

Another great defensive game, held Homesmart-Camerons to 5 runs with 5 scoreless innings. Hitting today and perfect at the plate Glenn Turner 3/3 2 RBI's, Greg Szlak 3/3 3 RBI's, Coral Estes 3/4,Tom Yurkunas 2/3, Mark Cemansky 2/3 getting 1 hit ea Margie Szymesko, Sherry  Westland, and Don Trenda. We want to welcome Mark Cemansky to our team replacing the injured John Boucher who will be out for the rest of the session with a Achilles Rupture. 

Holy Bageebas.... We tried to keep our heads above water, but after the 2nd inning we were drowning in a game against a good Karen Olsen team. Welcome home from a wonderful cruise to Mike Kachurak. Thank you to Bob Cary for subbing. Not too much else to say except a very good foul tip catch from Joel Last. Another wonderful day of softball at The Field of Dreams!

Broward Factory Serv - 10 Game Day Health - 18

Team Broward F.S.  was outplayed by a very good team. Again Chris Espejo was 3-3, double, scored once. Sub Ron Swanson was 3-3, scored 2 R.B.I. Sub Tom Gobin was 3-3, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Steve Armstrong was 3-3, 3 R.B.I. Brian DeHerrera was 2-3, double, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Chuck Gibson was 2-3, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Greg Church had a single and walk. Debbie Bigelow had a hit and 1 R.B.I. John Silva had a hit and scored twice. Dave Bagwell scored once. 

GameDay Health took on the hard hitting Broward Factory Service team and pulled out a 18-10 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  GameDay played their best offensive game of the season with 24 hits and 18 runs.  GameDay’s infield played a good game turning double plays, good pitching from Ed Musgrave and a good running catch in right center field by Steve Coffman.  The highlight of our game was the hitting from Jim Collins and Chip White, good hitting guys and a good team effort.  GameDay was led by Randy Selin 3x3 5 RBI’s 1 HR 1 dbl,  Dave Holub 3x3 2 RBI’s 1 dbl,  Jim Collins 3x3 1 RBI,  Steve Foster 3x3,  Chip White 2x3 2 RBI’s,  Gary Kuhlman & Ed Musgrave 2x3 2 RBI’s each,  Mike Mcginn 2x3 1 RBI,  Frank Preite 2x4 2 RBI’s,  Steve Coffman 1x2 1 dbl 1 bb,  Dave Michels 1x2 2 bb.  Thank you to Yvonne for keeping our book.

 Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Goodman Dermatology - 7 WaFd Bank - 8

"A very tough loss today WAFD Bank defeated Goodman Dermatology 8-7. It was an exciting game all the way through with the score tied 7-7 Goodman was shut down for the last three innings, while WAFD didn't score for two but managed to plate the winning run with 1 out in the seventh. Offensively, Nick Hermann led the charge with a perfect 3-3, that included a Double, Triple, 2 Runs Scored and 2 RBI. Bob Higgins and Gerry Boesche had 2 Hits apiece, Higgins Double, 2 Runs Scored and RBI, Boesche Double and 2 RBI. Doug Asleson, Patrick Moriarity, Bob Topham,
Claire Lucas and Sub. Kevin Gillette each had a Hit. Asleson Double and Run Scored, oriarity Walk, Double, 2 Runs Scored and RBI, Topham RBI. Defensively, the infielders Higgins-Boesche and Auberg turned a triple play in the second inning. In the 4th inning Nick Hermann Left Fielder made a very good catch on a hard hit line drive to stop a possible rally. In the fifth inning Bob Topham caught a very hard hit line drive at second base. In the same inning Ray Hensley caught a line drive shot back to the mound to end that inning. Defensively, this was a very good game for both teams, keeping the score low for a slow pitch softball game. Unfortunately, The Goodman team that scored 4 in the first on six hits without making a single out. Then managed only 6 more hits the rest of the game, and four of those were in the fourth inning when they scored 3 Runs. "

The 9:00 game turn out to be a real battle between to motivated teams. Both teams had identical records and played in the American Division. Goodman took the 1st inning 4-3. Both were blanked in the 2nd and the 3rd went to the bankers 3-0 for a score of 6-4 in their favor. Goodman came roaring back in the 4th with 3 runs to the bankers, 1 leaving the score at 7 apiece. Both were blanked in the 5th inning. The game moved in favor of the Bankers in the 6th and 7th inning. Defensively the infield came alive and stopped everything Don to Sue to Harold for a double play. Pete to Sue to Harold for a double play. Skip had a nice pickup for an out and Bob Dye grabbed a hot grounder at 2nd for an out. Harold dug one out of the dirt for an out. The outfield was fairly quiet today. The battery of Pete Simoneau and Norm Lustig had a strong day both pitching and fielding. Offensively WaFd Bank collected 18 hits. Skip Pavitt RBI (scored the winning run from 1st base) and Harold Enslen were perfect at the plate. Picking up 2 hits were Pete Simoneau 2 RBI's ( the winning hit), Barry Schwartz 2 RBI's, and Barney Armstrong RBI. Don Cleveland, Sue Cary, Bob Cary and Paul Pearson each had a hit and or got on base. I want to Thank our Sponsors Representative Mia Brooks for attending the game and feeding us donuts after the game. Big Thank you goes out to Marilyn Leinberger as well for handling our scorebook. 

General Exterminating - 13 Carrousel Travel - 15

It was a back and forth battle and a hard fought game. Sadly Gen Ex had a bad defensive inning and couldn't recover, even though they put up 3 in the top of the 7th. Congrats to Carrousel on the win. Hitters for today were Sheldon Rosenthal going 3 for 4, Jim Parry 4 for 4, ub Ken Kessler 3 for 4 with an RBI, Dan Hodges 4 for with 2 dbls, a triple and 5 RBi, Gary Christofferson 0for 4 with 2 RBI, Pierre Boudreau 2 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI, Glen Zelkind 4 for 4 with 2 RBI, and Ed Hart 3 for 4. A big thank you to our subs, Ken Kessler and Patrick Moriarty who had to step in at the last minute.

Today was a good day for the Carrousel Team, especially since we entered the 7th inning with a 5 run lead…deja vue to our past 2 losses. We played hard, broke the jinks, and came away with a nice team win. Our hitting attack is beginning to show more consistency with 23 hits, spread out over 10 hitters. Charlie Greer went 4/4 with 1 RBI. Karen Olson, 3-4, 3 RBI, Joe Gonski 3-4, 3RBI as Dick Steiman and Ed Campbell went 3-3 with 2 RBI’s each. Dave Martin, 2-3 with 2 RBI’s as Jim (Doc) Stocker went 2-3 with a rocket shot RBI to give us the cushion we needed while Norm Volk got on base going 1-2, with an RBI along with Chris Zerr and Danny Hofeditz going 1-3, pitching an almost perfect game. Norm and I give honorary game balls to recognize great play. Our first <game ball> goes to Dick Steiman. Dick has played a great 2nd base all season and has hit in every game. Congratulations Dick, we all see you “leave it all on the field” every game. Thankyou Marilyn for keeping our score book and making my job a bit easier every game. We love ya!

Game Day Health - 10 Fastsigns - 0

Gameday Health played their best game of the season against the Fast Sign team,  a 6 1/2 inning 10-0 win.  Gameday’s infield played a great game turning double plays, at first base, Dave Holub dug out numerous throws to complete plays.  Ed Musgrave threw a great game, resulting in many ground balls and the shutout.  A good team effort, our first game with our complete team.  Gameday was led by Gary Kuhlman 3x3 2 dbl’s 1 bb,  Randy Selin 2x3 5 RBI’s 1 dbl,  Steve Coffman 2x3,  Dave Holub 2x4 1 RBI,  Dave Michels 1x2 2 RBI’s 2 bb’s,  Frank Preite 1x4.          2 RBI’s 1 dbl,  Steve Foster 1x3,  Ed Musgrave 1x2 1 bb,  Mike Mcginn 0x1, 2 bb’s,  Jim Collins & Chip White 0x2 1 bb each.  Thank you to Yvonne for keeping our book.

Despite all the lineup changes the results were the same. FastSigns lost to a much better team.  We improved defensively but forgot to bring any offense. The result was a very uncharacteristic shutout. Laura pitched a good game and the infield played better. Thanks to Marilyn for keeping our books and the umps and scoreboard operator.  

Homesmart Camerons - 20 Broward Factory Serv - 21

HomeSmart was almost able to pull off the win! Bats were hot on both sides but sadly they were one run hotter than we were. What a great game! There were some wonderful defensive plays notably Joe Osowiec catching a line drive and throwing to second for the double play. And Kirk King shone as a first timer at third base stopping a hard grounder to get it to 2nd so Kandi Patrick could make the double play at first. Broward sure kept outfielder Debbie Kanouse busy but she rose to the occasion! As far as hitting goes we all contributed to get those 20 runs. At the plate we had Kirk King 5/5 (4 RBI) Ken Kessler (4 RBI) and Kandi Patrick 4/5 (1 RBI), Denise Gibala (3 RBI), Kat Melton, Dan Sykes (3RBI) and John Holten (2 RBI) all 3/5, Annie Lowe (2 RBI) 3/3, Joe Osowiec (1 RBI) 1/4. Thank you Kat for subbing and hopefully you’ll recover quickly from your injury!
A real nail biter of a game. Two good teams fighting it out. Home Smart scored 6 runs in the seventh inning. for 20 runs. Down 6 runs the Broward team scored 7 runs to win 21 to 20. Leading the team was sub Scott Piemeisl 4-4, double, scored 3 times, 5 R.B.I. Greg Church was 4-4, scored twice. Chuck Gibson was 3-3, walk, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Debbie Bigelow was 3-3 walk, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Chris Espejo was 4-5, double, scored twice, 4 R.B.I. Dave Bagwell was 4-5, scored once, 1 R.B.I. drove in the winning run. Gary Ash was 3-4, double, scored 4 times Brian De Herrara was 3-4, scored 4 times, 4 R.B.I. Steve Armstrong was 2-4, scored once, 3 R.B.I. Jack Braly had 1 R.B.I. Sub Jim Collins was doing a lot of pitch running. Greg Church was the winning pitcher. Thanks to today's sub Scott Piemeisl and Jim Collins.

Gothic Landscaping - 7 Karen Olsen Realty - 10

Today we played a good Karen Olsen team. They out scored us in 3 innings and we out scored them in 2 innings and that was the only difference in the two well matched teams. Everyone played well today and I hope we all had fun. Our hitting was lead by Jeff Bearth and Phil Murray both with 3 hits followed by Trish Halder, Dan Hofeditz and Dede Gaetz with 2 hits and Sal Politi and Tim Mitchell each contributed an additional hit. Our next game is Monday 11/17 @ 11:30. No one has any duties that day.

Another great defensive game today, lots of great plays, couple of double plays and 2 putouts at home, and an over the shoulder catch by Glenn Turner, also didn't give up more than 2 runs in any inning. Hitting today Glenn Turner 3/3 3 RBI's, Greg Szlak 3/3, Don Trenda 3/3, Coral Estes 3/4, Margie Szymesko 2/3, Sub Bob Schrag 2/3 2 RBI's, Tom Yurkunas 1/3, & Doreen Stevenson 1/3. Thanks to Bob Scrag again for subbing & Marilyn for doing the scorebook.

 Monday, November 10, 2025

Karen Olsen Realty - 16 Goodman Dermatology - 12

Our bats came alive today getting 16 runs on 27 hits for a team average of .627. Perfect at the plate, Glen Turnner 4/4 W 3 RBI's, Greg Szlak 4/4 W 3 RBI's, Don Trenda 3/3, Going 3/4 sub Bob Schras W 3 RBI's, Tom Yurknas, & Coral Estes, who had a great game ending throw to 1st. Going 2/4 Margie Szymesko, Shery Westland, one hit ea Yvonne Becker, Doreen Stephenson, & Roger Miller. Every one got a hit today, a great team effort!!

"It wasn't out best game and the proof is we won our first two games and lost this one. Karen Olsen who trailed or tied us most of the game, scored 9 Runs in the last 2 Innings to defeat Goodman Dermatology 16-12. We still hit and for the most part fielded okay but our baserunning was what hurt us. Karen Olsen just kept fighting back and in the end did the Job. Defensively, Ed Abrams made a nice catch on a foul ball behind the plate. Bob Higgins made several good plays at short, one was a pop-up just barely our of reach of the pitcher and another was a line drive. Bob Topham in the same inning that Bob caught the line drive, he had an even harder one hit at him for the catch. Lanny Auberg at first did his usual excellent coverage at first base. Offensively, the hitting was still there getting 26 HIts, Bob Higgins, Gerry Boesche and Nick Hermann were all 4-4. Higgins plated 3 Runs, Boesche had a Double, scored 2, had a RBI and Hermann continued his hot hitting with a Triple, 2 Runs Scored and 3 RBI. Ray Hensley our pitcher, 3 Hits with 2 RBI. Dave Asleson and Patrick Moriarity had 2 Hits apiece, Asleson scored 3 Runs and Moriarity had 3 RBI. Jake Groh, Lanny Auberg, Claire Lucas and Ed Abrams a hit each, Groh, a Walk and Run Scored, Auberg also a Walk and a RBI. Lucas 2 RBI. "

Homesmart Cameron's - 16 Gothic Landscaping - 10

We had our work cut out for us against a very good Gothic Landscape team. In the first inning we were up by one run. After that it was a slow leak until we came alive in the 6th inning with 3 runs. But our big inning was the unlimited 7th inning when we scored 8 runs to take the win. Defensive highlights were a running catch in left field by Kirk King, A foul tip catch by Denise Gibala, And a bobble catch by Annie Lowe to end the game. At the plate we had Kirk King set the tone with 5/5. John Holten and Annie Lowe hit 4/4. Denise Gibala was 3/4. Ken Kessler and Rod Dand (sub)  hit 2/5. Kandi Patrick, Dan Sykes and Joe Osowiec were 2/4. Rounding out our offense hitting 1/4 were Joel Last and Debbie Kanouse. A fun day at The Field of Dreams!  

Gothic went up against a good Homesmart Team today. It was a close game up until the last inning when the Homesmart team took a large lead and held us scoreless. We had some good hitting with some long fly ball that unfortunately were caught. Leading the hitting we had, Jeff Bearth,  Tim Mitchell, and Phil Murray all with 3 hits. Followed by Daren Proctor, Dan Hofeditz, Lonnie Saiz and sub Kevin Gillette all with 2 hits and Dede Gaetz added a hit. Our newest addition Trish Halder showed a lot of hustle and has a great attitude, also she is learning to coach 1st making her even more valuable to the team. I want to give a special thanks to Kevin Gillette for helping us out today.  Our next game is Wednesday 11/12 @ 2:00 no one has any duties. See you all then. 

Broward Factory Serv - 18 Fastsigns - 5

Team Broward F.S. brought their gloves and bats to today's game. Team Broward F.S. scored runs in every inning. Leading the team Chris Espejo was 5-5, scored 3 times, 2 R.B.I. Brian DeHerrera was 4-4, double, scored 3 times, 2 R.B.I. Chuck Gibson was 3-3, walk, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Sub Scott Piemeisl  was 3-4, scored once, 4 R.B.I. Greg Church was 3-4, double, scored once, 4 R.B.I. Gary Ash was 2-3, walk, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Debbie Bigelow was 2-2, walk scored once, 2 R.B.I. and great "D" Dave Bagwell was 3-5, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Steve Armstrong was 2-4, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Jack Braly was 2-2, walk, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Sub Jim Collins scored once. All together there were 29 hits in this game. Graig Church was the winning pitcher. Thanks to subd Scott Piemeisl and Jim Collins. 

Today was one of those games you want to forget as fast as possible. We again played poorly on defense and to top it off we also didn’t bring our bats. The opposition not only hit very well they also caught nearly every ball we hit. With only 10 hits to show for the day we can’t expect many runs. Bob Snelling with a 3/3 day led our meager attack. Kurt Kanouse and Charlie Counts were 2/3. Tom Gobin, Jim Mathews and Klaus Holt each contributed a hit. Nothing good to report on the defensive side so I will wrap this up with thanks to Doreen Stevenson for subbing and Yvonne Becker for keeping our scorebook. Thanks to the umps Kandi Patrick and Coral Estes and John Holten on the scoreboard.

Carrousel Travel - 8 Game Day Health - 13

Well, we lost to a very consistent Game Day Health Team, but the score does not represent the effort by many of the Carrousel players.  Teammates like Charlie Greer who went 3-4, Donny Cleveland, 3-3 as well as Norm Volk, Ed Campbell, Dave Martin and Dick Steiman all went 2/3.  Karen Olson, Chris Zerr and our first baseman Jim Stocker, who hit a wicked line drive!... rounded out the hit machine.  The bad news is that we had several opportunities to close the gap, create a rally to change the game but came up short.  Our defense continues to be good but when the other team gets solid hits, you take your medicine and try to do the same.  Ed Campbell, Norm Volk and Dick Steiman led the team with 2 RBI’s while Charlie Greer and Karen Olson pitched in with an RBI each.  Timing and opportunity is everything in baseball and today was just a little bit short of expectations in key situational play.  Back to work on Wednesday.

GameDay Health and Carrousel Travel squared off in a close game with GameDay pulling out a 13-8 win a 5 1/2 inning game.  GameDay led 3-0 and 5-1 thru the 3rd inning.  GameDay scored 4 runs in the 4th inning and 4 runs in the 5th inning to close the game out 13-8 in the top of the 6th inning.  Gameday’s infield played well with Kirk King, Gary Kuhlman, Steve Foster and Dave Holub turning double plays and Mike Mcginn catching a pop up in the sun to end an inning.  Randy Selin made some good catches in the outfield.  Ed Musgrave threw a good game shutting down Carrousel’s big hitters.  GameDay was led by Steve Coffman 3x3 3 RBI’s,  sub, Kirk King 3x3 1 RBI 1 bb,  Dave Holub 3x4 3 RBI’s,  Randy Selin 3x4 1 RBI 1 dbl,  Steve Foster 2x3 1 RBI,  Gary Kuhlman 2x4 1 RBI,  Dave Michels 1x2 1 RBI 2 bb’s,  Mike Mcginn 1x2 1 RBI 1 bb,  Ed Musgrave 0x1 1 RBI 2 bb’s,  Jim Collins and Chip White 0x2 1 bb each.  Thank you to our sub, Kirk King (played a great game) and Marilyn for keeping our book.  

WaFd Bank - 9 General Exterminating - 13

Before I start writing this narrative about why we lost and all the things we didn't do, I want to congratulate General Exterminating on a well played Win for their team. Good Job! Now for why we lost today 13-9. We just seemed out of sorts today. We always seemed to be playing catchup. We caught no fly balls, we missed some grounders and the pest control folks hit it where we weren't. On the offensive side we had 20 hits with Harold Enslen going 3/3 and an RBI. Collecting 3/4 were Skip Pavitt, Don Cleveland, Barry Schwartz 3 RBI's and Bob Cary RBI. Getting 2 hits were Pete Simoneau and Sue Cary 2 RBI's. Getting on base were Barney Armstrong and Bob Dye 2 RBI's. Both Yvonne and Marilyn kept our scorebook, Thank You. The good news is we get to play again on Wednesday.

General Exterminating came out swinging and took the lead in the 3rd inning and never looked back, defeating a good WaFed team 13-8.  Gen Ex had 23 hits for 13 runs and everyone on the team had at least one hit.  Dick Kohnen once again pitched a fabulous game holding them scoreless in several innings when they had people on base.  It was a total team effort today with everyone contributing both offensively and defensively!  Pierre Boudreau and Gary Christofferson both went 3 for 3 with 3 RBI each. Sheldon Rosenthal was 3 for 3 with 2 RBI and Jim Parry was 3 for 3. Dan Hodges was 2 for 3 with a double and 3 RBI. Glen Zelkind and Ron Rogerson were both 2 for 3 and Ed Hart and Dick Kohnen were 1 for 3 with an RBI each.  Until today, WaFed was undefeated.  Much thanks to our two subs Coral Estes and Normas Lucas would played well and made some great defensive plays.

Monday, November 3, 2025

Broward Factory Serv - 10 Carrousel Travel - 9

B.F.S. team played a hard game against a very good team. Down five runs in the 5th inning, never quitting they came back in the seventh with 6 runs. Up one run in the last inning, they held the opposite team to no runs. Leading the team, was Brian De Herrera was 4-4, scored twice, Chris Espejo was 3-4, double, scored twice. Dave Bagwell was 3-4, Gary ASH WAS 3-4, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Grey Church was 3-4, with 3 R.B.I. Steve Armstrong was 2-4, double, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Bob Williams was 23-=4, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Chuck Gibson was 2-4, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Debbie Bigelow was 2-4, 1 R.B.I. 
Today was opening day for the Carrousel Team and although we dominated play for 6 innings with 3 double plays and 17 hits, we unfortunately played 7 innings whereby a strong Broward team scored 6 unanswered runs to win the game.  Well, hitting was certainly not up to par but it was the first game of our season, and this situation will correct itself as we had the bases loaded twice and only scored 1 run.  Ouch!  Karen Olsen went 3/3 while Joe Gonski, Dan Maguire, Norm Volk and Dick Steiman went 2/3.  Jim Stocker went 2/2 while Charlie Greer, Ed Campbell, Dave Martin and Sam Bernhardt went 1/3 each…but these guys hit the ball hard!...still driving in half our runs.  It was a tuff loss to take but on a positive note, we have a good defensive team and a history of solid hitting which will make us a serious team to watch during the fall 25 season.

Karen Olsen Realty - 8 Gameday Health - 12

Opening day, a little rusty, all in all played good. Hitting today Don Trenda 3/4 Carol Estes 2/3, Margie  Szmesko 2/3 with a double,  Tom Yorknas 2/4, Greg Szlak 2/4, and getting 1 hit each Don Cleveland SUB, John Boicher, Yvonne Becker & Doreen Stevenson 1/1 with 2 walks. Want to thank Don Cleveland Subbing,  Charlie Greer for filling in for the injured John Boicher, and for Marilyn Leinberger for doing the book.
"GameDay Health and Karen Olsen Real Estate squared off in a close game with GameDay pulling out a 12-8 win in a 6 1/2 inning game. Both teams were a little rusty being our first game of the season. GameDay had a good team effort with everyone contributing with at least one hit by everyone and highlighted by sub, Kandi Patrick’s 4x4 and turning double plays at rover. Pitcher Ed Musgrave struggled with his control but threw 4 shutout innings. GameDay was led by sub, Kandi Patrick 4x4 2 RBI’s 1 dbl, Frank Preite 3x4, Steve Coffman 2x3 1 RBI, Dave Michels 2x3 1 RBI 1 bb, Dave Holub 2x4 3 RBI 1 dbl, Randy Selin 2x4, Chip White 1x3 3 RBI’s, Mike Mcginn 1x2. 1 RBI 1 bb, Steve Foster 1x4 1 RBI, Jim Collins 1x2 1 bb, Ed Musgrave 1x3. Thank you to our sub, Kandi Patrick (great game) and Kris for keeping our book.
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Homesmart Camerons - 9 General Exterminating - 6

What wonderful day to start off the Fall Blue League season. It was so nice to see everyone after our summer break, all together playing the game we love. We played against a tough playing General Exterminator team. We came out with our bats swinging, took the lead and never looked back. Leading the offense was our pitcher Kandi Patrick with 4/4 with a double. Our sub, Rod Dand and John Holten hit 2/4. Kirk King was 2/3 with a walk and a triple. Dan Sykes was 2/3 with a walk and a double. Joel Last was 2/3. Ken Kessler was 1/4 with a double. Denise Gibala and Annie Lowe were 1/3. Debbie Kanouse was 1/2 with a walk. Her hit was a terrific swinging bunt. Way to go Debbie! In addition to our offense, we made nice infield plays with a running catch by Kirk King. John Holten made some nice catches in the outfield.
It was a close game right to the last inning.  Gen Ex was only down by 3 but just couldn't get the runs across the plate.  Credit has to be given to the Homesmart pitcher, Kandi Patrick, who was able to get the last 3 outs and pitched well.  Our own Dick Kohnen pitched well against Homesmart and went 2 for 3.  Leading the hitting for Gen Ex was Sheldon Rosenthal going 4 for 4 with 2 RBI. Jim Parry was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Dan Hodges was 1 for 4 with an RBI, Pierre Boudreau was 2 for 4 with an RBI and Ron Rogerson was 2 for 4 with an RBi. Jim Parry, Glen Zelkind, Sheldon Rosenthat and Gary Christofferson made some great defensive plays.  Many thanks to our subs Coral Estes and Norma Lucas.

WaFd Bank - 19 Fast Signs - 10

Opening Day for the Blue League Fall Season, and it didn't disappoint. It was a beautiful day! WaFd Bank went up against a very good Fast Signs Team. Fast Signs held the lead for most of the game. WaFd Bank came alive in the 6th and 7th innings to take home a 19-10 victory. Defensively the infield had most of the action with Skip Pavitt making a nice grab for an out early on. Don Cleveland had a steady glove at Short Stop. Sub Denny Coletta played a strong 2nd base and Harold Enslen made some fine plays at 1st "diggin em out" as they say. Sue Cary had a wonderful game at Rover playing in different spots to help make plays. Good Job Sue! The outfield Barney, Barry, Bob and Paul were not tested much today picking up a few grounders and only 1 crazy bounce past our defense. The Battery of Norm Lustig and Pete Simoneau were on their game today with good pitching and some good defense. Offensively what started slow ended in a fury. 26 hits for the bankers. Perfect at the plate were Skip Pavitt 4/4 2 RBI's, Don Cleveland 4/4 Double 2 RBI's and Bob Cary 3/3 3RBI's. Barney Armstrong was 4/5 3 RBI's. Barry Schwartz was 3/5 with 5 RBI's. Collecting 2 hits were Pete Simoneau 2/3 2 RBI's, Harold Enslen 2/3 RBI, and Sub Denny Coletta was 2/4. Sue Carry was 1/3 with 2 walks and an RBI, Paul Pearson got a hit and Norm Lustig got on base as well. I want to Thank our Sponsor's Representative Mia Brooks for attending today's game and passing out WaFd Bank treats. Special Thank You to Denny Coletta for subbing and Yvonne Becker for holding down our scorebook, doing a great job!
Even though we lost our first game we had a few bright spots on offense. Bob Snelling, Kurt Kanouse and Tom Gobin were 4/4 at the plate followed by Art Molina going 3/4. Kurt and Tom had three RBI and Bob had two RBI. Jim Mathews and Art each drove home a run. Jerry Eastham, Wes Mason and Klaus Holt were each credited with a hit. Wayne Moxley coaxed a walk and scored as a pinch runner. Laura Johnson pitched a solid game but our defense didn’t make the plays necessary to back her up. Despite taking it on the chin from a very strong team lead by the inestimable Barney Armstrong and his cohort Don Cleveland, Tom Gobin and I feel we have a team good enough to compete with WaFD Bank the next time we play! Thanks to Marilyn for keeping our scorebook and to Joel and Kandi for calling a good game. 

Gothic Landscape - 8 Goodman Dermatology - 17

The Gothic Team went up against a tough Goodman Dermatology Team today. Our defense made some good plays today but our bats were cold except for Jeff Bearth who was perfect at the plate with 4 really nice hits. Good man’s short stop Higgs had some kind of ball magnet in his glove as most of our hits ended up there. Our hitting was lead by Jeff Bearth followed by Jim Parry, Barney Armstrong, Phil Murray,Lonnie Saiz, and John Silva all with 2 hits and Dede Gaetz and Dan Hofeditz with 1 hit. Our next game is Wednesday 11/5 @ 10:15. Dede has Scoreboard for the 9:00 game and Jeff Bearth has Umpires duty at 9:00 after our game Dan Hofeditz has Umpire duty @ 11:30. I hope everyone had fun and the best part is that no one got hurt. See you Wednesday.
You've probably heard this a thousand times but this time it's true. Goodman Dermatology defeated Gothic Landscape 17-8 and it was a complete team effort. Every single player had at least 2 hits and defensively it may not have been absolutely flawless but every single player contributed. If I listed all the outstanding plays it would take forever. A great way to start the season. Offensively Patrick Moriarity was 4-4, 2 Runs scored and 1 RBI. Doug Asleson and Bob Higgins batting first and second had 3 Hits each, Asleson 3 Runs Scored and 1 RBI and Higgins 1 Run Scored, a Double, Triple and 3 RBI. Also with 3 Hits Bob Topham and Jake Groh sixth and seventh in the batting order. Topham Run Scored and 2 RBI and Groh also a Run Scored and 2 RBI. Nick Herman, Gerry Boesche, Ray Hensley, Lanny Auberg, Claire Lucas and Ed Abrams had 2 hits apiece. Hermann Inside the park Home Run and 3 RBI, Boesche 2 Runs Scored and RBI, Hensley 2 RBI, Auberg 2 Runs Scored, Lucas Run Scored and Abrams Run Scored and 2 RBI. That is officially a team effort and the defense was the same.