Highlights for weeks 1 and 2 

Opening Day !!!

Bye week for the Slugs

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Nicklebee’s-12 vs. RoadKill-11)

Game one of the season had the current champs Road Kill and Nicklebee’s ( formally Sorino’s).  Both teams were sporting new uniforms.  RoadKill jumped to an early 5-0 lead but Nicklebee’s came back to win a close game 12-11. George “Gert”  Wiker, back from playing in a high profile league in Ireland, came up with key RBI hits to put Nicklebee’s back on track.  Bob Schuck led the team in hits going 3 for 4.  Lane Lundberg and Tom Wiker hit Hr’s.

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Hot Shots vs. Regulators)

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Game #3:  3:00 pm ( Trailblazers vs. StewDoggz)

( No information sent to web page)        StewDoggz beat the ‘Blazers 27-12.

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (Lakes Flakes vs. Operators)

The Operators couldn’t have beaten the Firemen Sunday. The Flakes 15 runned  the Operator’s in the sixth inning. No player had more than 2 at bats and Bob Neckelmann, getting the league’s first of the year, will be buying the first case of beer with a backward “K”.

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Week # 2

Bye week for the StewDoggz

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Regulators vs. Slugs)

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Operators vs. Nicklebee’s)

Nicklebee’s dominated the offensively troubled Operator’s 20-5.  Nicklebee’s young 28 year old “Rookie”  Scott Kelly went 4-4 as did John ( head first slide) Donahue.  Lane “Bam Bam” Lundberg and John “Night Stick” Burger ( Grand -Slam),   both went yard.  The Operator’s Captain Rich Ross had a difficult time at the plate on Sunday leaving with a “K”

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Game #3:  3:00 pm ( RoadKill vs. Lakes Flakes)

Road Kill beat the Flakes 25-10 yesterday. Bob Roth hit 2 Hr’s one a grand slam. The Flakes were so undermanned that I got to catch for them for a few innings.  Apparently J. Iadanza had Flyers tickets and a couple of their other guys pulled a no-show.
Road Kill got production from Rusty Cahill (3 for 4), Kevin Ross (5 for 5), Mark Matteson (4 for 5) and Steve Jones (4 for 5 with a HR).

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (Hot Shots vs. Trailblazers)

Trailblazers beat the Hot Shots 10-4.  Bob Stathers was 3-3 2 doubles, 1 triple. Batting.883.  Mark Christensen 2-3 1 triple .714. Umpire Jim Sullivan prevented an inside the park HR by Dennis Gregory by impersonating a tree.  He blocked the path and the plate. To make matters worse he then blew the next play calling Dennis out at the plate.  All TB opponents should beg for Jim to UMP.

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 Highlights for weeks 3 and 4 

Bye week for RoadKill

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Lakes Flakes vs. Trailblazers)   

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Hot Shots vs. Operators)

Rainout- All rainout games are the teams responsibility to re-schedule

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Game #3:  3:00 pm ( StewDoggz vs. Slugs)

Dan Nixon and Jared Coughlin went 5 for 5, Dan Schaeffer went 4 for 4 and Brian Livingston went 3 for 3.  Coughlin has 2 doubles and a triple; Dan Nixon had 5 RBI’s while the Doggz beat the Slugs 28-2

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (Nicklebee’s vs. Regulators)

Nicklebee’s finally got together to play the make-up game against the Regulators on Friday night July 7th.  Nickelbee’s came out strong in the first two innings to a 11-1 lead.  Joe Clementi was the defensive star of the game with three put outs at the plate.  Nicklebee’s were held to only 13 runs against the Regulators great pitching by Brian Coskrey.  John Burger continued his HR per game rate with his league leading 6th HR.

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Week # 4 

Bye week for Hot Shots

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Operators vs. Slugs)

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( RoadKill vs. StewDoggz)

RoadKill  beat a good Stew Doggz team 14-11. Kevin Ross went 4-4(on a 9-9 streak). Mark Matteson went 3-4 and Wayne Wetterau went 3-4 despite taking a bad hop ground ball off his nose. K-mac got
caught looking at a called 3rd strike (cant wait for the cold ones next week).

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Game #3:  3:00 pm ( Regulators vs. Lakes Flakes)

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (Trailblazers vs. Nicklebee’s)

Nicklebee’s continued their un-beaten streak  notching another win over the Trailblazers 19-4.  Ernie ” Rag Top” Ley started the game with a well long placed HR into right center.  Rookie Tom Cahill showed he could hit the ball getting 2 key hits against the Blazers as the right field crowd chanted “Ca-hill”.  John Burger and Jack Schaub both contributed to the runs hitting 2HR’s each.  Nickelbee’s strict team rules have again voted beer fines of over 3 cases.  Iron-man John Betts going 4-4 was found soon after the win shooting hoops with the boyz.

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 Highlights for weeks 5 and 6 

Bye week for the Regulators

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Nicklebee’s vs. Lakes Flakes)

George Wiker leads off with a single to start a seventh inning rally  breaking a three/three tie.  Iadanza, frustrated with another loss to his nemesis resorts to vulgarities directed at the coach of Nicklebee’s.  Ernie Ley continues his push for his first batting title.  Tomahawk guns down Scott from the Flakes, at third to end a potential Flakes sixth inning rally.  Bob Roth keeps the Flakes in the game with outstanding defensive plays in the outfield.  Bob Roth made the game interesting with an at-bat in the bottom of the 7th , 2 outs and bases loaded-down 3 runs.  1st swing was…long enough to win…but foul.  Game ended on a pop up to third base.

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Trailblazers vs. Operators)

The Operators dominated the trailblazers in a 21-10 victory ( exact numbers are not confirmed)

Operators led by T.J Long ( 2 H.R.s- highlighted on the main page-see picture) ran away with an offensive showing. The Operators came out of their shell for the first time this season.  Don Ferry- also highlighted on the main page- please see picture, hit …and missed the ball.  Rumor was that the three missed swings were heat related.

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Game #3:  3:00 pm ( StewDoggz vs. Hot Shots)

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Game #4:  4:30 pm ( RoadKill vs. Slugs)

Roadkill beat the Slugs 14-8 in a sloppy game. Coach Miller is not sure if it
was the extreme heat or the pregame picnic at the Matteson household. R. Cahill
went 3-3, Kevin Ross stayed hot going 2-3 with his 1st home run of the year and
Biff still has his speed going 2-2 with 2 doubles.
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Week # 6

Bye week for the Lakes Flakes

Game #1:  12:00 Noon (Nicklebee’s vs. Hot Shots)

Nicklebee’s came out hitting in a 37-6 win over the Hot Shots. John Burger, Tom Donahue and Tom Wiker lead the team each going 5-6.  Tom Wiker, John Burger and Jack Schaub contributed for 5 HR’s.  Bob Schuck and Rob Weber played great defense in the infield. Nicklebee’s are looking forward to next weeks game against the Stew Doggz. 

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Slugs vs. Trailblazers)

The TBlazers did beat the Slugs 26-25 with Bob Stathers recording his 6th hit
of the game, a bases loaded double in the bottom of the 7th.  He also had a
HR.  Dennis Gregory and Brad Mauger were stellar at 3B and SS.

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Game #3:  3:00 pm (RoadKill vs. Regulators)

Road Kill posted a 6-3 win in a 6 inning game against the Regulators

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (StewDoggz vs. Operators)

The StewDoggz halted an early game in the bottom of the fourth due to rain and lightning  The game will be resumed at another time  Game was StewDoggz 12 Operators 6.

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 Highlights for weeks 7 and 8 

Bye week for the Trailblazers

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Slugs vs. Lakes Flakes)

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Game #2:  1:30 pm (Operators vs. Regulators)

( No information sent to web page)

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Game #3:  3:00 pm ( StewDoggz vs. Nicklebee’s)

In a game in which six cases of beer  were at stake, Nicklebee’s and the young, but courageous Stew Doggz played a close three innings until Nicklebee’s blew the game open.  Although Tom Wiker, Lane Lundberg and Scott Kelly took the clutch for the day (combined 0 for 11), the rest of the team picked up the slack and stuck it to the self-proclaimed “Orange-Crush”. Clearly, Sunday’s performance by the Doggz reaffirms that athleticism and talk don’t win you big  ball games.  The Gritty Veteran Nicklebee’s team, most of whom were feeling no pain due to a two hour, pregame stint at the Coach’s house, pounded out hit after hit while the Crush looked on in amazement.   After the loss, the Doggz came up short on the bet, and did not come through with the cases.  The Doggz then dug themselves into a deeper hole losing a double or nothing bet to Nicklebee’s of match play golf at Brooks Field late into Sunday evening.  They’re now in the hole for 12 cases to their heroes!  Dan Schaeffer was the lone bright spot for the “Doggz”, going 3 for 3 with two Monster HR’s and 3 RBI’s

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Game #4:  4:30 pm ( Hot Shots vs. RoadKill)

RoadKill beat the Hot Shots 18-1

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Week # 8

Bye week for the Operators

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( RoadKill vs. Trailblazers)

Today we beat the Trailblazers 23-11. Jim Shinskie, Bob Miller, Steve Jones and Jim Githens all went 3-4. Roadkill played with a brand new infield Kevin Ross and Wayne Wetterau were on a leave of absence. Mark Matteson and Ray Pancoast held down third base, Jim Shinskie played a stellar shortstop and Coach Miller came out from behind the dish to play second.

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Regulators vs. StewDoggz)

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Game #3:  3:00 pm (Nicklebee’s vs. Slugs)

Slugs had a good game today against Nicklebee’s today but lost 15-10.  I don’t think they were ever really worried, they knew we were on the field at least. Slugs are gearing up for the playoffs… “Bring it on!” …  
For the Slugs… Mark Ansberry had a good day  3/3  2runs  1 RBI  and Brian Samelson was 2/2   1 run 2rbi.
 Bill Rentel 2/3  1 run 3 RBI’s  hit a 3 run homer in the 2nd to give us the lead (temporarily).  Coach  Tom Wiker struck out (looking) and went 0 for 4.  Nickelbee’s is developing a formula to quantify the amount of beer Wiker will owe for this performance.

Nicklebee’s Tom “30 pack” Cahill won a tightly contested game MVP race with top notch defense and clutch hits throughout the game. Johnny Burger added to his league leading HR race with two long balls, while
Richy Lyon played his second game of the season with strong defense in right. 

Nicklebee’s won a close, hard fought game against the Slugs who will likely be trouble for somebody in the playoffs. Johnny Betts was the second MVP after bringing out another round of his famous “chainsaw sandwiches” for his team mates who wrapped up the regular season with an undefeated record.

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (Lakes Flakes vs. Hot Shots)

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 Highlights for week 9 

Bye week for Nicklebee’s

Game #1:  12:00 Noon ( Trailblazers vs. Regulators)

Tailblazers lost to the Regulators in a well played game.  The Regulators came to play.

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Game #2:  1:30 pm ( Slugs vs. Hot Shots)

The game of the Titans—Slugs came out ahead

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Game #3:  3:00 pm (Lakes Flakes vs. StewDoggz)

This game was the battle for 3rd place in the league.  The game was close until the 6th inning when the Flakes pulled away in a 12-5 win

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Game #4:  4:30 pm (Operators vs. RoadKill)

The last game of the regular season found the Operators defeated by RoadKill.  The Operators had a busy day playing two other games before the 4:30 match up.