2008 – Medford Lakes Softball

2008 Medford Lakes Men's Softball Archives

StewDoggz win in 2008 going undefeated in playoffs!!! Click here to see how they did it !!!

Back Row (L to R): Alan Anton, Dan Nixon, Coach Zach Magulick, Dan Schaeffer, is that a ghost?, Brian Anton, Jason Shields, John Demski

Front Row (L to R): Scott Kentrus, Aaron Harty, Brett Summerville, Jared Coughlin, Mike Collins, Joe Sorino

Kids (L to R): Brooke Summerville, Nate Summerville, Lleyton Coughlin, Julius Sorino, Joey Schlindwein, Marcus Sorino and mascot Brac

StewDoggz Win “One for the Thumb”

The title is back in familiar hands. Five championships in the last seven years might get you thinking the “D” word, but let’s not say that out loud. Easily the most unlikely, this may have been the StewDoggz most impressive title of them all. They weren’t supposed to win this year. Not after losing four players from recent title teams, only to replace them with two rookies. Not after one of their best players was lost for the season before it even started. Not with four starting defensive players learning new positions. Not with an offense that led the league in “K’s”. Not when their competition had improved with some key off season acquisitions. It wasn’t supposed to happen for the ‘Doggz this year. But somebody forgot to tell them that. Their march to the ’08 title began with a 21-2 thumping against Vandelay Industries. J-Rod and Schaeff led the attack, both going 4 fo r 5 with 3 of the ‘Doggz 5 homers. Game two of the playoffs found the StewDoggz pitching a shutout into the 7th inning against Chico’s and winning 12-3. Once again J-Rod led the offense going 4 for 4 with a homer and 4 RBI’s, and “Rookie of the Year” Joey Sorino a perfect 3 for 3 and his first career home run. Next came a showdown with Road Kill for the right to play in the championship game. The StewDoggz opened the game with 6 first inning runs, only to be answered by a Road Kill grand slam in the bottom half. The ‘Doggz later took a 5 run lead in the 4th, but the Kill came back to tie it at 11 through five innings. Having lost the lead for the first time all game, the StewDoggz took back command with 5 runs in the 6th inning and 2 more in the 7th to win by a final of 18-12. As usual, J-Rod had the hottest bat, going 4 for 5 with 3 extra base hits and 4 RBI’s. The championship game found the ‘Doggz and Road Kill in a rematch from the day before, but the Kill would have to win two games to be crowned champs. Both teams started well with 4 runs apiece in the 1st frame. However, the StewDoggz broke the game open with an 11 run 3rd inning that put them in front 15-5. Fortunately they kept the pressure on the rest of the way because Road Kill scored 7 times in the 6th but it only got them to within 6 runs. The ‘Doggz held on for a 26-17 victory and sipped champagne for the 5th time in their 10 year history. Not surprisingly, J-Rod won the MVP, and it was well deserved. Defensively, he locked down shortstop, and from the leadoff spot he put up some sick numbers at the plate: 16 for 19 with 7 extra base hits and 15 RBI’s. That speaks for itself. But it wasn’t all J-Rod. Stepping up in his first ever playoffs, Joey Sorino got hits like it was his job, with 12 in 4 games and a .750 batting average overall. His def ense in LCF was also a key. Schaeff came into this year’s playoffs coming off his worst offensive season to date, but he put that behind him and did his usual playoff damage by batting .667 with 3 home runs. Big Al, who moved from LCF to 3B this year, played an important role. Hitting cleanup, he made them pay every time an opponent pitched around Schaeff. Summertime also played well. His bat was on fire and he settled in as the every day 2nd baseman as if he played it all his life. “Animal” Aaron Harty, fresh off the night shift, batted .636 for the playoffs on no sleep. Big VooDoo Daddy, The 2008 Cy Young award winner, pitched the ‘Doggz to the title earning the win in all four games and kept the kitchen closed throughout. Jason Shields played a solid RF without much experience and was one of the StewDoggz most consistent hitters all year long. The best outfielder in the league, BA, played like it. Da nnyNix always seemed to come through with the timely hit when it was needed. Larry Collins played a stellar LF like usual and put the fear into defenses at the plate. Let’s not forget Demski, everybody’s favorite teammate. The guy’s great for morale, and he hits too. The StewDoggz earned their championship with a total team effort. Everyone contributed top to bottom. Coach Zeke made all the right decisions for a team that spent all year trying to find itself. He had a tough job making all the pieces fit for the new look StewDoggz, but by the time the playoffs began, guys knew their roles and were ready to make a run….a run that ended in a 5th championship to celebrate. Woof!!!

The 2008 Commissioner is Scott Morrow

2008 League Stats ( Teams and Players)

2008 -Final Standings

Final Standings	Team record	Record	Season Place	Playoff Record	Overall record
1st	StewDoggz	7-3	3rd	4-0	11-3
2nd	RoadKill	9-1	1st	3-2	12-3
3rd	Vandelay Industries	2-8	6th	3-2	5-10
4th	Chico’s	8-2	2nd	1-2	9-4
5th	After Hours	4-6	5th	1-2	5-8
6th	Blazing Cannons	0-10	8th	1-2	1-12
7th	First Class	2-8	7th	1-2	3-10
8th	ABCO Insurance	7-3	4th	0-2	7-5

2008 Player Stats-Season –playoffs not included

	Players	Avg. AB min of 18	Player – Doubles	Player – Triples	Derby	Player – HR’s	The “K” List- incl. foul outs
1	Bill Steffan	.800	Jack Schaub 8	Ross Stearn 4	1	Chris Cavanaugh 10	Brett Summerville -3
2	Bob Roth	.782	Darrin Smith 6	Rusty Cahill 4	2	Bill Steffan – 8	John Demski -2
3	Chris Cavanaugh	.719	Kevin Donnellan 5	Jamie Sims 4	3	Bob Roth 8	Jason Shields – 2
4	Ben Brick	.719	Chris Cavanaugh 4	D.J. Brown 2	4	Ryan Delcampo – 7	Aaron Harty -2
5	Jack Schaub	.700	Ross Stearn 4	John Demski 2	5	Mike Collins- – 6	Pat Sipera -1
6	Bob Hummel	.692	Mark Pettine 4	Brent Blanchard 2	6	Dan Schaeffer-6	Brian Anton – 1
7	George Wiker	.667	Bob Hummel 4	John Demski 2	7	Shawn O’Neil -5	Dan Nixon – 1
8	Mike Haussman	.666	Steve Jones 4	Mark McLoughlin 1	8	Dennis Morrone -5	Joe Sorino – 1
9	Anthony Amado	.629	Troy Chenier 4	Brian Anton 1	9	Jared Coughlin – 4	Justin Lang – 1
10	Bob Nixon	.625	Jason Scott 4	Alan Anton 1	10	Joe Convery – 3
11	T.J. Reichelt	.625	Brian Dunn 3	Aaron Harty 1	11	Ross Stearn – 3
12	Ed Abert	.625	John Demski 3		12	Ben Brick -3
13	Darren smith	.618	Mark McLoughlin 3		13	Jack Schaub – 2
14	Jason Scott	.613	Andy Krukowski 2	Many more with 1	14	Dan Bray – 2
15	Scott Kentrus	.600	Dan Schaeffer 2		15	John Crain – 2
16	TJ Reichelt	.600	Brian Anton 2		16	Alan Anton – 2
17	John Crain	.600	Many more with 2			The top 12 will be eligible to participate in the Home Run Derby Sunday July 20 –. Click here for details…..
18	Brent Blanchard	.600	Many more with 2

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2008 All-Stars and Award Winners

2008 Golden Glove Cy Young and Rookie of the year award winners……..

2008 Golden Glove Award Winners

Ryan Delcampo, Mike Collins,Drew Wagner,D.J. Brown, Jeff Marchitello

2008 Rookie of the Year

Joe Sorino

2008 Cy Young Award Winner

Scott Kentrus

2008 League MVP

Jared Coughlin

2008 HR Derby pick up game winner was Eric Brady

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2008 All- Stars……….

** Vandelay Industries: – NONE sent this year

** After Hours: Jack Schaub, Ed Abert, Tom Sanson

** RoadKill: Chris Cavanaugh, Bill Steffan, Mike Ditmir

** Chico’s: Ernie Ley, Kevin Riley, Drew Wagner

** Blazing Cannons -Tom “Rainman” Healy, Jim Sullivan, Scott Morrow

** First Class–Ben Brick (second base), Troy Chenier (third base), Jamie Simms

** StewDoggz:-Mike Collins, Scott Kentrus, Jason Shields

** ABCO – NONE sent this year

Medford Lakes Softball League 2008

Playoffs Weekend #1

Game #1 featured After Hours vs ABCO…this was a tough fought game going back and forth with ABCO jumping out to a 10-2 lead in the 3rd. After Hours came back scoring in every inning including an 8 run 6th to go up 11 runs in the 7th. ABCO came out hitting again and scored 5 runs before After Hours put the game in the books, advancing to the 6:00 pm game against RoadKill.

Game #2 featured StewDoggz vs Vandelay with StewDoggz emerging the winners advancing to the 4:30 game against Chico’s

Game #3 featured Blazing Cannons vs Roadkill. Roadkill came out on top advancing to the 6:00 pm game against After Hours

Game #4 featured First Class vs Chico’s with Chico’s advancing to play next Saturday

Game #5 featured Blazing Cannons vs ABCO: Blazing Cannons won their first game and a great one to put ABCO out of the playoffs. Blazing Cannons advances to the next weekend…

Game #6 featured StewDoggz vs Chico’s and StewDoggz ran the table beating them 12-3

Game #7 features RoadKill vs After Hours. RoadKill can out hitting and easliy beat After Hours in a 23-9 vicotry advancing to play against StewDoggz next Saturday.

Weekend #2 (Saturday)

The day started with Vandelay winning a no-contest game against First Class. Vandelay proceeded to roll throughout the day by beating After Hours, and Chico’s and almost beating RoadKill, but loosing by only 1 run. Chico’s won their first game against Blazing Cannons and StewDoggz won against Roadkill and advanced to the finals, while RoadKill fought back by beating Vandelay to advance to the Championship game Sunday.