Spring 2026 Saturday  Standings

 Saturday, May 9, 2026

Kraker Biszantz Realty - 8 Dynamic Wealth - 1

On a beautiful morning at the ballfield the defense was outstanding, where John Nicodemo made 2 great catches, Ken Chapman and Glenn Turner part of 3 double plays, with everyone else doing a great job. The team collected only 14  KEY hits, but that was enough with the great defense. Getting 3 hits each were Jay Schirpke (HR and double) and Larry Radant (triple). Getting 2 hits each were Dan Newman, John Nicodemo(HR, double), Glenn Turner (triple). Chipping in 1 hit (double) and a walk was Ken Chapman, with Jim Opyd getting one hit. Larry Radant pitched a great game. 

Our bats stayed consistent all day, Though mostly not in the best way. Ed Campbell drove in one, But that was our run—All the others we stranded astray. Our defense wasn’t to blame, But one run wasn’t winning this game. We battled with grit, Yet couldn’t out‑hit Kraker’s squad as they totaled eight. We thank Jon for subbing today, Snagging catches out in right‑center play. And cheers to Eileen, Who kept the book clean— Both helped us in every way.

Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 16 Liberty Buick - 24

In the game between Tride and True and Liberty Buick, the score was tied after 4 innings.  Tride went ahead by 3 in the bottom of the 5th.  Liberty tied it again in the top of the 6th.  Tride went ahead by 4 in the bottom of the 6th.  Then the roof fell in on Tride.  Liberty scored 15 runs in the top of the 7th.to win 24-16.  Leading hitters for Tride were: Sheldon Rosenthal 4-4 2B 1RBI, Sub Kirk Andes 3-3 BB 2B Mike Dakak 3-4 1RBI, Sub Craig Nelson 3-4 2-2B 4RBI's, Ed Deussen 3-4 3B 3RBI's, Kevin Katsuki 3-4 2B 2RBI's, Brian Pin 2-4 2RBI's and Ed Musgrave 1-3 BB 1RBI..  Getting one hit each were Ken Krzeminski, Laura Johnson and Jerry Eastham.

May 9, 2026 – A morning for the record books, specifically the Guinness Book... Well folks, it finally happened. Liberty Buick, or Ranieri’s Renegades, have officially recorded a win. That’s right, after weeks of near-misses, questionable base running, and defensive positioning that could best be described as “performance art,” the team pulled off a 24-16 comeback masterpiece over Tride and True. We pounded out 31 hits — which is either the mark of offensive juggernauts or evidence that the aliens are on their way. Down by four going into the 7th, we decided that playing from behind builds character, then suddenly remembered we’d prefer victory instead. Cue the seventh-inning hit parade that resembled an all-you-can-eat buffet (we’ve seen the rover eat) with composite bats. Defensively, we were… solid. Let’s just say no one’s sending this tape to ESPN Classic. But who needs defensive perfection when you can bash your way to redemption like deranged lumberjacks in neon red jerseys? Player of the Game? Honestly, all 11 of us, because scoring 24 runs requires a full team effort, five Advil, and at least one existential crisis per inning. Final line: Liberty Buick 24, Tride and True 16. The drought is over, the champagne (or Gatorade) is flowing, and somewhere, a scorekeeper (Ted Grove) is still adding up the RBIs. Next week: we attempt to prove this wasn’t a clerical error. Thank you to Ilene for doing the book, Dick Steiman and Dave Fusaro for umpiring, and Ted Grove for keeping score.

 Saturday, April 25, 2026



Dynamic Wealth - 13 Liberty Buick - 10

The money managers brought their gloves and bats today against a good Liberty Buick team, although it took a few innings for the bats to kick in. Down 8-1 heading into the bottom of the third, Sal Politi started us off with a triple to spark a four run inning bringing the game back within reasonable reach. We continued to hit and field well, tying the score 9-9 in the fifth inning. Great defense and a 4 spot in the 6th gave us a four run lead into the top of the seventh, and we put the game away with our defense quelling a Liberty Buick rally. Dave Fusaro pitched a great game and was a formidable defensive presence on the mound as well, complementing the solid team wide defense today. Leading our offense was John Hammel (4/4), Dave Fusaro (walk, single, and two doubles), Paul Jinneman (walk, double, two singles), David Power 3/4, Craig Nelson (walk, sac fly, two singles), and Sal Politi 2/3. Ted Schneider, Ron Swanson, Gerry Boesche, and Ted Grove each contributed a hit. Many thanks to our sub Ted Schneider, and to Kris Koch for stepping in on very short notice to keep the scorebook.

"Welp. If you like offense, chaos, and the occasional reminder that gravity is undefeated, then today’s Liberty Buick softball game was an absolute classic. We came out swinging, for sure. Ten runs on the board is usually a pretty solid day at the office. Unfortunately, we also decided to generously contribute to the other team’s total in ways the official box score simply refuses to fully capture. “Comedy of errors” doesn’t quite do it justice—it was more like a full-length feature film, complete with sequels. Defensively, we explored new and innovative approaches to fielding. Routine grounders became suspense thrillers. Pop flies turned into group discussions. At one point, I’m fairly certain we invented a brand-new position called “confused spectator in the infield.” To be clear, the effort was there—just occasionally pointed in the wrong direction. Final score: 13-10. Them. The good news? All of our mistakes are correctable. The better news? We got them all out of our system in one game (at least that’s what we’re choosing to believe). If we can pair today’s hitting with tomorrow’s fielding—specifically, the version where we catch and throw the ball to our teammates—we’re going to be just fine. Thank you to Mike Kachurak for subbing for us. Thank you to Mike Dakak, Brian Pin, Ken Krzeminski, and Sheldon Rosenthal for running the ballgame for everyone."

Kraker Biszantz Realty - 17 Tride & True Pest - 17

A really good day for softball, the realtors came up short in a good game, with the lead going back and forth. The Team collected 25 hits and some good defense. Going 4-4 were Dan Newman and Ken Chapman (HR). Getting 3 hits each wee Jay Schirpke, John Nicodemo and Joe Stempniewski. Getting 2 hits each were Jim Opyd and Larry Radant. Good game by both teams. Next game May 2nd 9:15  Visitors

Tride and True beat Kraker Biszantz Reality 19-17 in a greatly played game by both teams. Ed Deussen LF threw out a runner at 1st base to end the game with the tying and winning runs on base. Each batter in Tride's order had at least one hit, at least one run scored and at least one RBI. Leading hitters for Tride were: Ken Krzeminski 4-4 2-2B 1RBI, Robert Carey 4-4 2B 2-3B 4RBI's, Ed Deussen 4-4 2-2B 2RBI's, Ed Musgrave 3-4 1RBI, Sheldon Rosenthal 3-4 1RBI, Mike Dakak 3-4 1RBI, Brian Pin 3-4 3RBI's, Ke vin Katsuki 3-4 2B 2RBI's, Chuck Gibson 2-4 1RBI, Sub Joe Pioli 1-4 2B 2RBI's and Jerry Eastham 1-4 1RBI.

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Bronze Division


One Stop Tile - 13 Exclusively Import Auto - 14

One Stop Tile lost to a good Exclusively Imports Auto Repair today. Thanks to our subs David Safran and Norma Lucas for joining us today. On Offense we had 23 hits. Defense Randy Selin had a great catch in right.

The Auto Guys played a very talented One Stop Tile Team and at the start looked dismal for us. It seemed the outfield was constantly running down hits in the alleys. However our defense settled down and we kept chipping away at their lead and by the bottom of the 6th inning we were tied. One Stop had the top of their order up in the top of the 7th and we played great defense and went into the bottom of the 7th tied. Barry Schwartz drove in the winning run in a very exciting game. Kandi (Kane) Patrick pitched an awesome game subbing. Barney Armstrong and Doreen Stevenson also played well subbing. Thanks to Eileen for keeping the books and it was a very fun team to play on.

Colonnade - 12 WyYerd Fiber - 13

Team Colonnade played one of their bettter games of the season, taking a 12 to 9 lead into the 6th inning.  But Wyyerd scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to win by a score of 13 to 12.  Offensively, Colonnade collected 21 hits, including 1 triple and 2 homeruns.  Defensively, Chris Espejo made several sparkling catches in left center. Dick Steiman snagged a hard hit ground ball to put out a scoring threat by Wyyerd .SUB Dave Maligro went 3/4 with a triple and 3 rbi's; Chris Espejo - a perfect 3/3 with a homerun and 1 rbi;.Gary Kuhlman 2/3; Kevin Katsuki 3/3 with a homerun and 3 rbi's; Steve Armstong 1/3 with 2 rbi's; Ken Kessler 1/3;  ArtMolina 2/3 with 1 rbi; Joe Osowiec 3/3; Denise Gabala 2/3 with 1 rbi; Dick Steiman 1/3; and Joel Last 1/3. Thanks to Sub Dave Maligro, umpires Ken Krzeminski and Eric Coudret, and on the scoreboard Daren Proctor.  Special thanks to Eileen Figueroa for keeping the scorebook all season. 

WyYerd beat Colonnade in a nail bitter, 13-12.   WyYerd pulled out a win by scoring 4 runs in the last at bats.  Norm Lustig started the last inning off with a base hit, followed by an out , 4 hits, a walk and single by Tom Ciavarella to score the winning run.  WyYerd's leading hitters were:  David Power 4-4 2B 2RBI's, Paul Jinneman 2-2 Sac Fly BB 3RBI's, Sub Bobby Dooling 3-3 1RBI, Bob Lessard 3-4, Tom Ciavarella 3-4 2RBI's, Jerry Eastham 2-3 1RBI. Mike Dakak 2-4 2RBI's, John Hammel 2-4 2RBI's, Norm Lustig 1-2 BB and Chuck Gibson 1-3 BB.  Ed Musgraves was the winning pitcher.

Petelin Vision - 22 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 20

The Petelin team this session had a distinct pattern; 1) fall behind early in the game, 2) never give up, and 3) make it be a close game.  Today was the same, behind 10 to 2 after 3 innings, score 4 runs in the 6th and 11 in the 7th to win by 2.  Everyone got on base.  John Lesh was 5 for 5.  Charlie Greer, Phil Hughes and Dan Newman were on base 4 times.  Pierre Boudreau was 3 for 4.  Howard Sumner and Don Cleveland went 3 for 5.  John Bertholdy had a double and a triple.  

We fought hard to the end but fell short at the end.  Sub Dave Michels 2/4 1BB 1RBI, Ron 4/5 3RBI, Gerry 2/5 1RBI, Glenn 5/5 4RBI, Joe 3/5 1BB 2RBI, Wes 1/5 1RBI, Nick 3/3 1BB 2RBI, Ray 2/4 3RBI, Sub Gary Armstrong 4/4 3RBI, Doreen 1/4, Russ 2/3 1BB.  We want to thank the commissioners, umpires, scorekeepers and everyone else who contributed to make this season  run smoothly and safely.  

Copper Division

P Tone Farmers Ins - 14 Liberty Buick - 17

The Paul Tone boys faced off against the always tough Liberty Buick squad in our final game of the session. It was a back and forth affair with the score tied at 14 going into the seventh. The LB crew plated 4 runs to seal the deal for the win. Hats off to Ken and his team. I want to thank the PT gang for their solid play and great attitude throughout the session. I very much appreciate you guys for everything. A special thank you to my co-manager, Ron Coleman, for guiding me. It meant a lot. Thanks to our subs today; Pete Semenek, Bob Winkler, Mike Fanslow, Dean Schoenbert, and Jeff Silversteen. Appreciate all of you and our other subs this session. Thanks to all the umpires and scoreboard operators for everything you do, it’s not always an easy or fun job. Congrats to the Nancy Muslin team on their fantastic session. Hoping everyone has a safe enjoyable summer and look forward to seeing everyone in the fall.

"The Saturday Winter session 2026 has come to an end. Liberty Buick went out in style with another victory to secure a tie for second place. We beat a solid Paul Tone team 17-13. Today our leading hitter was Dave Fusaro 5-5. Closely followed by Joe Guzzo who was 4-4 with another ""ho hum"" Home run over the left field fence. Joe also led the team with 6 RBIS. Our 3 subs today played well and all contributed with 4 hits each, they were: Ed Deussen, Matt Seeliger and Roger Williamson. Everyone else on the team had at least one hit. Dale and I would like to thank the team for a competitive fun year. Thanks also goes out to the umpiring crew today of Tom Rinehart behind the plate and Jaime Sullivan on the bases. MIke Hirsch did a great job as always in the score tower. Last and certainly not least, a big thanks goes out to Scott Kibby for running the Saturday Copper league sessions. For those of you who go home for the summer, safe travels and enjoy your time at home. See everybody in the fall."

Nancy Muslin Realty - 12 Happy Ears Hearing - 14

Nancy Muslin dropped the final game of the season. yet finished 9-1 and at the top of the standings.  The team fell behind 7-0 heading to the bottom of the 3rd inning. but battled back to a 12-12 tie heading to the final inning.  Happy ears scored two unanswered runs to put the game away.  Matt Seeliger 3 for 4 with a double and 3-run home run plated 5 runs in the contest.  Sub Pete Semenak with a hit and Judd Pape 2 for 4 each had 2 RBI.  Sub Ron Coleman 2 for 3 with a double, sub Roger Williamson 3 for 3, and Paul Becker 2 for 4 each added a RBI.  Lee Libera finished the day with a 4 for 4 showing.  Mike Hirsch with a walk and Jamie Sullivan with 2 doubles each were 2 for 3.  Mike Fanselow finished with a hit as all players reached safely at least once.  

"For the final game of the 2026 Winter Copper League season Happy Ears drew the first place, undefeated Nancy Muslim team. With each team having a host of subs due to tournaments in Las Vegas the Happy Ears guys pulled out the win to give Nancy Muslim the first loss of the season. Special thanks to our 4 subs: Scott Kibby, Joe Guzzo, John Blevins and Jeff Silversteen. With some stellar defense, great bats and great pitching from Ted Schneider we were excited for the win. Jay, Ed, Scott and Joe all went 4 for 5, Teddy was 4 for 4, and the rest contributed one way or another. Congratulations to Nancy Musilm on a great season and taking the Championship. Additional thanks to umpires and score tower men. Also, thank you Scott Kibby for outstanding job as commissioner for the Copper League. What a fun season!
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