GDSL - Division 50+  Game Summary 8/14  

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ORIGINALS VS TEAM LABATT  

The G Tripp Originals (GTO) faced off against Team Labatt at Misters Bar and Lanes on Thursday during first round playoff action. Team Labatt coach Kevin Wiszczecinski crafted a potent offense that eventually tripped up the Originals by a score of 16 to 2. Dexter Martin earned the win for Team Labatt as he was backed by outstanding defense. Dan Souder made a sliding catch and delivered a rocket arm throw to keep GTO's offense at bay. Wiscczecinski's offense was led by Brett Schoenwetter and Justin "Spike" Transki with 4 hits each. Eric Hauser returned to action and contributed 3 hits while his mentor, Rick Edwards, was perfect from the plate. GTO was led by Erik Kinn with 2 hits and a triple while Greg Tripp pitched 2 scoreless innings. Tripp credited his battery mate for keeping him dialed in and encouraging the team. The GTO catcher had several perfect throws to 2nd base to keep Labatt runners from advancing.​

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DUDAS VS AMERICANS

Alps Steel moved on to the championship game next week after a hard fought battle with Dudas. Brent Hardy & Dave B led Dudas with 3 hits each. Alps was led by Bobby Jensen, Steve and Jerry Landau who contributed 3 hits each including a home run by Steve. Alps played strong defense especially the outfield who had two great throws by Andy Tony and overall great play by the whole team. Alps pitcher Dave Marcotte pitched a great game. 

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​​​​​​​​​​​GDSL - Division 60+ Game Summary 8/13

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LEGENDS VS  MOGS

​​​In the much anticipated 60+ Championship game between Legends and the MOGs, The game started with a ceremonial at bat for our friend Tommy Aris who is in the battle of his life and didn't miss a game all year.

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Legends would score first with 5 in the third with hits from Bob “Mello” West, Bobby “Chef” Baker, Kenny “Thunder” Struck (3B), Steve “Big Dawg” Gidwitz and Dave “Long Ball” Lombardo (HR). Legends would add 2 in the fifth with hits from Jon “Hoover” Perkins (2B), West, Baker, Struck and Gidwitz. The MOGs would finally get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth with hits from Kevin “MVP” Larson and Mark Brinkel (2B). The MOGs would make the game even closer scoring 3 runs in the sixth with hits from Tom Noe, Al Schum, Leo “Where is my Bat” Noe, Greg Stalker, Chuck Pellitera and Larson. Final score Legends 7 and the MOGs 4.

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Overall Legends defense was exceptional with both Jim “Plays Anywhere” Losel (LF) and Mike (Hammy) Nappo (LC) making rally ending catches and both pitchers Jeff "The Wiz" Allan and Larson having outstanding games. The leading hitters for Legends were Struck, Gidwitz, Lombardo, Bob "Bats" Battisti and West. For the MOGS both Schum and L. Noe were a perfect 3 for 3. Special thanks to Steve "Scrappy" Scattoreggio, Ken "Instructor" Adams, Denny "Never Late" McMullen, Matt "Sneakers" Lancaster and Ron Palmowski for helping to coach and run the teams and Joey John "Riptide" Eddy who missed the game and is on a beach somewhere. 

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The teams held a pizza and wings post game party and the real winners were all of the GDSL players that avoided father time to play the game we love for another year.