Congratulations to Team “Miracle Massage” on winning the “Lazar Real Estate” Championship and taking home the “Maryland Softball Competition (MDSC)” trophy!
Read on for details from the Postseason:
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Lazar Real Estate Playoff Game:
| Tov Pizza | 16 |
| Clothier | 7 |
Tov Pizza’s season was one for the history books. While the team started off slow, everything began to mesh about midway through the year. And in the postseason, against the dangerous and formidable Clothier team, Tov Pizza put on an especially dominant showing. Much like an unbaked pizza, the team just needed a little more time to warm up.
With owner Ronnie Rosenbluth looking on from his Owner’s Suite, the boys put forth a full team effort backed by strong defense and an explosive offensive display. Consistent hitting from rookies, Ezra Bernstein, Benny Herskovitz, Yaakov Schreiber, and Yechiel Shreck; rock solid defense from veterans Gavriel Borooson, Deli Traub, and Yaakov Furman; and stalwart leadership from team Captains, Barry Rosenbluth and Shua Novograd, helped launch the team into a championship showdown.
Like our community members who have patronized the pizza shop over the years, The Tov Pizza team came into the game hungry and left satisfied.
Lazar Real Estate Championship Game:
| Miracle Massage | 15 |
| Tov Pizza | 7 |
The Championship game started like any other JCNSL game. Two teams, playing under the lights on one of the four majestic “Web Interactive Technologies” fields. The grass and dirt were meticulously manicured, thanks to “Eco Pro Restoration,” and all the needed bats, balls, and masks were prepped and ready to go, thanks to Equipment Sponsor, “The Friendship Circle of Baltimore.”
Special for the Postseason, the JCNSL had two of their most senior “I Heart Remodeling” Umpires in attendance, in Mr. Robbie Meehan and Mr. Mike Slawinsky. And of course, all players were decked out in their elegant, button-down “JBZ Management/BZ Cosmetics” league jerseys.
The game pitted the two underdogs of the Postseason against one another, Seed 3 “Tov Pizza” vs Seed 4 “Miracle Massage.” While Tov got off to an early 2-0 lead, Miracle Massage responded and took the lead with an Eli Kelemer HR and a Yaakov Meister bases-clearing triple.
While Tov Pizza, led by Pitcher Barry Rosenbluth, had a late-game surge and began mounting a comeback, Miracle Massage’s unsung hero of the season, Tzvi Perlman, put the game away by rocking a clutch RBI triple over the outstretched arm of the Tov Pizza outfielder. At that point, there was no looking back. Miracle piled it on with hits from Mordechai Schiermeyer, Zack Lerner, Yitzy Goldberg, Yitzchok Sheen, Aron Meister, Noam Shiman, and Sasha Zakharin.
The game ended with an impressive OF catch by Aitan Lewis, sealing the deal on an incredible season and a great championship game. With the dust settled, team Miracle Massage named their MVP of the season, Pitcher Mayer Goldsmith.
