Fall 2024 Red League Game Standings & Summaries

 Division Standings: Red League thru Nov 19

THRU NOV 19, 2024

Paul Tone Farmers Insurance 14   Gothic Landscaping 11

Toms takeaway: A good day for the Paul Tone Insurance crew.  Solid 14-11 win vs. a solid Gothic Landscaper squad.  Perfect day at the plate for Dave Fusaro and Jeff Nickerson both 4/4.  Nickerson added 4 RBI's!  Only making one out was Tom Rinehart, Tom Ranalls (3 RBI's), Vern McLean , Pete Houghton and Gary Finer!  Everyone else added at least a hit and an RBI!  Paul Becker pitched a fine game and kept batters and umpires off balance.  Defensively, Frank Sandomenico made a miraculous catch in right field that saved a big inning.  Base coaches and scorekeepers were on point and keep their jobs another week!  Dave Lawrence and Don Ranieri did a fine job keeping both teams honest.  SS Tom Ranalls caught every ball hit to him, just forgot to use his glove on two of those!  Ouch!  Brings an oldie but goodie to mind...What do Ranalls and Michael Jackson have in common?  They both wear a glove for no apparent reason.  See you all Thursday!

Robs takeaway:  Congrats to Paul Tone Insurance on your victory.  Despite the loss, Gothic had a big game from Gary Weslowsky going 4/4 and snaring a Winkler laser beam to 3rd.  Thanks to our terrific umpire crew and also to Mark Jessen in the tower. Our team will dedicate the balance of our media availability to recognize and thank John Hammell and Jim Opyd for years and years of dedication to the Red League and to Grand Softball overall.    You guys are the best.

Happy Ears  12     Susys Home Cleaning 11 

Jeffs long winded takeaway:   Happy Ears and Susie’s House Cleaners took the field for the second contest on a cool, but sunny day at the Field of Dreams. The game started out as though it was going to be a Red League slugfest. Tied after one at 5-5, Susie’s put up 4 in the second to Happy Ears zero. Third inning resulted in Lisa’s team putting 2 on the board while the hearing guys batted around and plated 5! So after 5, Lisa’s team held the slimmest of margins, leading 11-10. So, it’s senior softball and anything can happen. And true to form, something did happen. Goose eggs, donuts, zeros whatever you want to call them starting appearing on the scoreboard. Both teams put runners on base but without any success pushing them across home plate.  Open inning and yours truly walks the first batter for Susie’s. Fortunately, the walk did not score. Keep in mind, both teams since the top of the fourth inning have combined for 7, yes you read correct, 7 zeros.  By this time, the overflow crowd was buzzing with anticipation. Happy ears had the bottom three in their order starting the home half of the seventh which resulted in two runners reaching base and a fly out. After a runner was called out at the plate on a close play, Chip Robertson, batting in the third spot ripped a game winning single  to center. Happy Ears snapped a two game losing streak with the win. Everyone on the team contributed with at least two hits while our defense played a pretty solid game. Thanks to our umpires Cord Jones and DDS Winkler. The Hearing Center team returns to the Field of Dreams for their final game before the Thanksgiving recess. They will be hosting Gothic Landscaping at 2:45.

Jerrys Takeaway: On another sunny and pleasant day at Field of Dreams Park, Susy’s House Cleaning squad came up just short losing to Jeff’s and Dennis’ Happy Ears team 12-11. The game started off very well for Susy’s who recorded 5 runs in the first and 4 runs in the 2 nd inning with 6 hits in each of those innings. At that point Susy’s lead was 9 to 5. Susy’s scored 2 more in the third inning, but Happy Ears roared back with 5 of their own in the bottom half of the third making the score 11 to 10. After that, both teams struggled at the plate. Neither team scored in the 4 th , 5 th or 6 th innings. In 7 th inning Susy’s continued their scoring drought and failed to score in the top half of the inning. In the last four innings Susy’s was only able to manage 6 hits off of Jeff Silversteen. In the bottom half of the 7 th , Happy Ears’ bats came back to life as they managed to score the tying and winning runs. The old adage of, if you don’t hit, you don’t score; if you don’t score, you don’t win was certainly true today for Susy’s. However, Susy’s did have a few players that performed well at the plate. Ed Baumann went 4 for 4, Dave Lawrence and Ken Silva both went 3 for 4. Thank you to Dave Fusaro for substituting. Also, thank you to Bob Winkler and Greg Allseitz for umpiring and Scott Kibby for handling the scoreboard duties.

General Exterminating  22  Char Wheeler 11

Chucks takeaway:  The General Exterminating Squad took sole possession of this Fall Red League Session with a win over Char Wheeler Realty 22 to 11.  Eric Swobody and Pete Semenak’s House Sellers started off strong, scoring nickels in the first 2 frames without  making an out, but we managed to stay in the game with our 6 runs. That’s when the Bug Zappers came alive as Moondoggie Anderson, with the help of outstanding defense from his fielders held the Realtors to just one more run the remainder of the game while tallying another 16 runs.  We were treated to acrobatic catches by Dave Dorn and sub John Blevins in right center and right field respectively.  Our infielders chimed in with their solid effort with a double play mixed in with their performance.  Our hit parade produced 35 nocks including a shot over the center field wall by sub John Blevins that only counted for just one run (5 run rule).  Three players had perfect days at the plate  – Dave Fleck (Proud New Grandpa) 5/5, JC Cowan and Craig Nelson 4/4.  Dave Dorn and Randy Cihlar contributed 4 hits each as Jay Schirpke, Dale Halder, Mike Anderson and John Blevins also added 3 hits each. Sub Vern Mclean managed his 2 hits without getting injured too!  Special thanks to our aforementioned subs, the umpires and Bob Kloehn in the scoring tower without making a mistake! 

Erics takeaway:  Char Wheeler today had a tough game against Chuckie’s General Exterminator’s. Char came out on the short end with a 22-11 loss. Char came out of the gate fast with 10 runs in the first two innings, but only one run after that. Offensive stars with 3 hits: Pete Semenak, Mike Hirsch, Don Ranieri, Dave Elkins, and Eric Swobody. Nice offensive performance from General today. Thanks to Don Ranieri for subbing.