Friday August 7, 2026 (Week 14)

Pizza Time 21 - Arlington Grill 12

TaxBrakes 13 - Doyle's 11

TaxBrakes prevailed today defeating Doyle’s 13-11 with a total team effort. Outstanding pitching by Andy Endsley and Joe DiChiara took our usual good defense to another level holding Doyle’s scoreless in 5 separate innings. Roger Merritt was great at 3B, backed by special plays from Emil Viola and Joe Wassweiler. Hitting star was Gary Dimaggio 3-3, followed by Joe Wassweiler 3-4, Pete Longobardi 3RBI, Emil Viola 1-1 BB2RBI, and Andy Endsley 2RBI.

For Doyle's - Hild and Willoughby were 3-3. Doyle's had 5 innings that were 3 and out and left the tying run on 1st base in the 8th inning.

Mountain View Ranch 20 - A&R 17

At Sports park Jr, last place A&R put up a gallant effort in losing to first place Mountain View Ranch 20-17. Stats for A&R: Stan Smilkstein 5-5 (4rs3rbi), Eddie Smilkstein 4-5 (4rs42B1rbi), Joe Paolini 4-5(2rs2rbi), John Pucylowski 4-5(1rs1rbi), Greg Miller 3-4(3rbi), Steve McGee 3-5 (2rs1rbi), Lou Post 3-4(1rbi), "Ageless" Frank Navarra 3-4, Mike Healey 2-5 (2rs2rbi), Ed Bergamini 2-4 (2rs1rbi), Ben Anker 2rbi.

McHoul's 22 - J&N 8

In typical Friday fashion, the team with the least players ends up with the least runs. Today was no different as McHoul's was able to take care of the defensive gaps and outscore J&N 21-8.  Rodney Deloatch and Rick Wetzel went 4-4 while Bill Volpe, Steve Savod, Joe Karem and Bob Digglemann all went 3-4 with Bob hitting a solid home run. Kevin Laffin went 2-3 with a walk. Jim Flood and Joe Hatch added 2 hits apiece.  McHoul's qualified for one player from a bye team and where better to get an extra body than another funeral home. Thanks to Phil Chontos for helping us out and going 3-4 to boot.

McHoul's over J&N 22-8. Apparently, it’s tough to staff a team for a Friday makeup game. Here, in J&N town, we like to challenge ourselves. You know, see if we can come back from 15 or 23 run deficits and win. It’s our way of fighting with one hand tied behind our backs. None of those challenges have been met so we tried a new one. Now we tried to show up with 9 players and see if we can win. A whole bunch of old men with pulses and gloves playing whatever position they felt they could do the least damage at. And then running for themselves. George Hammer even volunteered to pinch run for another player and scored for the first time in his career. We were that close to pulling this one off. Things were going great until the third inning was over and we realized that it was 8-1. Fourth inning 13-1. Get the idea? On the bright side. The players who did show up, had hits. But mostly singles. So, it didn’t add up to enough. Stan Silverman 4/5 with a triple, 2 RS and 2 RBI’s. Jaime Pagan 3/5 with 2 Doubles and a RS. Tom Milholm 3/5 with 2 RS and an RBI. Jim Kirzoncic 3/5 with a double and 2 RBI’s. Frank Goberish 3/5 with a RS. Gerard Haugh 3/5 with 2 RBI’s. Andy Burger 2/5 with a RS. And Roger Simon 2/4. Maybe next week.

Wednesday August 5, 2026 (Week 15)

Miller's 23 - J&N 11

At Whitesell, Miller's beat J&N 23-11. Miller's came out on fire but J&N's defense came up big by throwing out 2 aggressive baserunners at home plate to keep Miller only scoring 2 runs. In the middle innings, Miller's kept putting pressure on J&N but again they threw out another runner at home and another at third. A total of 4 runners thrown out on close plays. Miller's up 15-7. Miller's put their golden gloves on as Phil Chontos making 2 unbelievable shoestring catches and RF Carlos Vasquez made a charging catch and it didn’t end as Jeff Noe chased a ball that everyone thought he was beat on but made an awesome catch over his head. (Yes, he was on the ground after the catch). One another nice defense play was a bomb hit over Chris Thomas’s head, but he hit Joe Y with the cutoff who threw a Rocket to home to Spider who was covering to throw out Dan Diesing at home. Leading the way for the Miller bats that were unstoppable were Chris Thomas going 4/4 and the bottom of the order, Joe Kupiec going 4/4 with 2 doubles and the Veteran Tom (Spider) DeRito coming up big with 3/4 with a double and Rich (late for the school bus) Sicardo going 4/4 with a triple.

Joe Y was 3/5 with 3 doubles, the 2 Daves - Anduze and Lowitz each with 3 hits. (Winning pitcher) Angelo Sblendorio, Jeff Noe, Phil (The Energizer Bunny) Chontos, Dan (what’s 'Sup) Sopchack and Carey Wasserberg all chipped in with 2 hits and Carlos (the conductor) Vasquez added a triple.

Miller's over J&N 23-11. If there had been a nuclear explosion after the first inning, J&N would have won, decisively, 3-2.  As you all know by now, there wasn’t. So, two innings later, Miller's warmed up and began to kick our butts all over the field. Just about every ball that we hit to the outfield was caught. Hit a line drive thru the box, their pitcher catches it.  A smash down the third base line, caught. What the heck is going on here? We demand that the balls be cut open and examined for tracking devices! Defensively we must give credit to Gerard Haugh for making 3 great catches in right field. Offensively: Russ Gilmore 3/4 with 3 RS. Jaime Pagan 3/4 with a triple, 3 RS and 2 RBIs. Dan Diesing 3/4 with a double, a triple and 3 RBI. George Hammer 2/4 with 2 RS and an RBI. And Tom Milholm 2/3 with 2 RBI. Frank Goberish also had an RBI and Jim Kirzoncic and Roger Simon had Runs Scored. 

Mountain View Ranch 15 - McHoul's 7

MVR has had the stingiest defense in the league, averaging only about 7.4 runs a game and McHoul's was hoping to better that but only succeeded in keeping it at 7. With Johnny O as their perpetual runner from second, MVR outscored us 15-7. McHoul's highlights include Bill Volpe and Mike Capra who went 3-3.  Mike also pitched a solid game. Bill Hanchett kept his hot hitting alive going 2-3 with another defensive gem in left center. Steve Savod, Rodney Deloatch and Rick Wetzel added two hits apiece.

Doyle's 11 - A&R 8

A&R led off the game with 5 runs in the first inning and 3 runs in the third inning. Doyle's held them scoreless the last 5 innings. Led by 3 double plays, with Tom Hotailing involved with all 3 and Joe Prisco's pitching 8 strong innings, Doyle's defeated A&R 11 to 8. John Cacciola, Jim Guarnaccio, and Bill Hild all made exceptional outfield plays. Leading hitters for Doyle's were Scott Babrowsky 3 for3 scoring 2 runs, Pat Towne 2 for 2 scoring 2 runs, Tom Hotailing and John Cacciola were both 2 for 3, Dick Michels 2 for 2 with 3 RBI's.

Doyles beat A&R 11-8 at Sports Park JR. Stats for A&R: Mike Cring 3-3 (2rs1rbi), Eddie Smilkstein 2-4 (2rs), Greg Miller 2-3(1rs1rbi), Steve McGee 2-3(1rbi), Frank Navarra 2-3, Mike Healy and Stan Smilkstein 2 rbi each. 

Arlington Grill 13 - TaxBrakes 11

TaxBrakes was defeated by Arlington Grill 11-13. Notable offensive players for TaxBrakes were Joe Wassweiler, Larry Stewart, Andy Endsley, and both Spinelli’s all with 3 hits, followed by Roger Merritt, Pete Longobardi and Joe DiChiara with 2 hits. Great pitching by Andy Endsley and Joe DiChiara with good defense and a couple of excellent plays by Emil Viola kept TaxBrakes in another tightly contested game.

Friday July 24, 2026 (Week 13)

Mountain View Ranch 23 - J&N 0

Mountain View Ranch over J&N 23-0. What can I say when the best thing about today’s game is that it’s over. Beaten, mauled, slaughtered? Pick a verb, any verb. J&N fielded the best and only eleven players that we had and rolled the dice. We crapped out. Did someone say, “give us the highlights, the silver lining.” Well, I tell you, Frank Goberish had 2 hits! While everyone else had 1 or none (and Mountain View took Gary out and gave Steve Schmid several innings of work. He was just as effective. Good job, Steve). And our right center fielder caught as many balls as he dropped. Which gave him a better fielding average than batting average. 'Nuff said.

Miller's 22 - Doyle's 18

On a beautiful morning at Digilio park, Miller's defeated Doyle’s 22-18 for the bragging rights of the funeral homes' Golden Urn. With both team missing players, it was a close game. In the middle inning it was 11-11 and, in the 6th, Miller's scored five runs, but Doyle’s came back with their own five runs in the seventh. Miller's again scored five runs and again Doyle’s came back with their five runs so with the score tied in the eighth, Miller's opened it up with a six run eighth and stopped Doyle’s with only two runs. Leading the attack for Miller's were Chris Thomas going 5/5 and scoring 5 runs, Angelo Sblendorio who went 3/5 with a triple and a 3 Run Home run, Dave Lowitz going 3/5 with a home run. Coming off the IR list was Rich Sicardo coming up with two big hits and a sac fly, Jeff Noe with 2 doubles, Joe Yanarella with 2 doubles, but it was the 2 unsung heroes in Cary Wasserberg coming up big with a bases loaded single and driving in another run. Royal “Dewey” Bogardus  received the game ball by pitching a great game and was the winning pitcher. 

Arlington Grill 18 - McHoul's 7

Arlington Bar and Grill defeats McHoul's 20-6. Great defense and great offense! Mike Brooks led the hit parade with 4 hits along with Mark Joao who also had 4. John McGowan, Tom Mirande and Rod Whitby all had 3 hits, Rod's 3 were 2 triples and a home run! Everyone else had at least 1 hit. John McGowan pitched a complete game victory. The game ended with a great double play by Joe Pennachio.

At Sports Park Jr., the stadium the Grill built, Arlington "doubled" the score of McHoul's and then some.  McHoul's, missing a few key players, had a flat Friday in both offense and defense, Nevertheless, there were some shining stars.  Bill Hanchett went 4-4 while Kevin Laffin went 3-4. Bill Volpe, Jack Baxter, Dave Napolillo and Rick Wetzel all had two hits for the losing team. Jack also had a walk. 

Pizza Time 27 - A&R 10

With a shorthanded squad of 9, A&R put up valiant fight losing to Pizza Time by a score of 27-10. Led by the Gritty pitching performance of Greg Miller, making his first start in his lengthy career; Greg threw a complete game and if he had gotten a little better support from his fielders the run total would have been a tad lower. Stats for A&R: Mike Healey 6-6 (2rs1rbi), Ben Anker 5-6 (2rs1rbi), Stan Smilkstein 4-5(2rs2rbi), Eddie Smilkstein 3-6 (1rs3rbi), Joe Paolini 3-5(1rs), John Pucylowski 3-5 (1rs1rbi), Greg Miller 2-5 (2rs1rbi).