Wednesday June 10, 2026 (Week 7)

Miller's 20 - A&R 3

At Whitesell Miller's continued with their hot bats by beating A&R 20-3. It was not only Miller's hot bats but their golden gloves that stopped A&R as Miller's turned three double plays and almost a 4th one. Miller's played a perfect defensive game with no errors and no mental errors and winning pitcher Angelo Splendorio didn’t walk anybody. This was a total team effort as everybody pitched in with hits and their gloves. In the 1st inning Miller's stopped A&R and started with a 5-spot led by Phil Chontos' 3 run homer. Joe Yanarelli. 2/3 double, Jeff Noe 3/4 double, Dave Anduze 3/4 with a double and 2 run home run, Angelo Sblendorio 3/4 double, Chris Thomas 2/3 with 2 doubles, and Spider DeRito 2/2 with a not so fast triple.

Stats for A&R: Eddie Smilkstein 3-3, Mike Healey 2-3, Steve McGee 2-3(2rbi), Lou

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J&N 24 - TaxBrakes 18

Don’t panic everyone, J&N is back! After winning 2 in a row and going into the bye week, undefeated and smelling like champagne and caviar, J&N proceeded to lose 3 in a row and looked like a team searching for leadership and purpose. Fortunately, a mild mannered and self-styled motivational speaker who has seen "Rudy" 17 times took the floor and gave a rousing pep talk that inspired J&N to go out and conquer! First inning BAM! Diesing hits a base clearing triple and knocks in 2, 5 runs total. Second inning-small ball and 5 more. 3rd inning-4 more. Meanwhile the TaxBrakers were mounting their own attack and after 5 innings it was 17-16, J&N in the lead. We piddled around for another inning until the 7th when Diesing again went for the kill with a 3 run opposite field home run that put the matter to bed. In the top of the 8th, Russ Gilmore’s grab and throw to first sealed the win and the J&N Train was back to its winning ways. Hitting stars for J&N: John Warman 4/4, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4 RBI’s, Dan Diesing 4/4, a double, 2 triples, a home run and 7 RBIs, Frank Goberish 3/3 and an RBI, 3 hits for: George Hammer (complete game winning pitcher, an rbi) and Russ Gilmore (a double). 2 hits for: Jaime Pagan (2 RBI’s), Dan Doyle, Stan Silverman (2 RBI’s), Von Ahouse (an RBI), Jim Kirzoncic (a double), and Tom Milholm (2 RBI’s). Tom Giordano and Andy Burger also knocked in a run. 

In a hard-fought battle TaxBrakes lost to J&N by a score of 18-24. The defense played very well led by Emil Viola with a spectacular play followed up by great play up the middle by Pete Longobardi, Joe Wassweiler and John Berrocal. Notable offensive players: Larry Stewart 4-4 (4RBI, 3R), Joe DiChiara 4-4 (3RBI, 1R), Roger Merritt 3-4 (2RBI, 2R), Mike

Spinelli 2 3-4 (2RBI), Pete Longobardi 2-3 (1RBI, 3R), Emil Viola 2-3 (2RBI, 2R), Joe Wassweiler 2-4 (3R), Donny Black 2-3 (1R), John Berrocal 1-2 (4RBI).

Mountain View Ranch 13 - Pizza Time 2

Doyle's 18 - Arlington Grill 17

Behind winning pitcher Joe "Flash" Prisco, Doyle's beat the Grill on a 3 run two out home run by Rick Willigan in the bottom of the eighth inning. Supporting Joe Prisco were:

John Cacciola 4 for 4 with a double and a triple, George Norris 4 for 4 with a double and triple, Pat Towne 3 for 3. Also, Jim Guarnaccia, Tom Holtailing, Rob MacIsaac, Al Hicks, Stan Zmudzinski, Joe Prisco, Scott Babrowsky and Rick Willigan had 2 hits for Doyle's.

In a back and forth game Doyle’s defeats Arlington Grill 18 to 17 in the last inning. Going into the eighth the Grill had a 2 run lead, Doyle’s responded with 3 runs to win the game. For the Grill: Rod Whitby had 4 hits, one of which was a home run, Mike Brooks, John Mc Gowan, Paul Lastowski , Bert Keating, Joe Pennachio, and Mark Joao all had 3 hits, one of Mark’s was a home run.

Wednesday June 3, 2026 (Week 6)

TaxBrakes 13 - Arlington Grill 12

TaxBrakes defeated Arlington Grill 13-12 in a back-and-forth hard-fought game with some clutch plays on both offense and defense. The offensive standouts were Joe Wassweiler 3-4, Pete Longobardi 2-4, Larry Stewart 3-3, Mike Spinelli (1) 3-3, Joe DiChiara 3-4, Roger Merritt 2-4 and the Star of the game Big Mike Spinelli (2) 2-3 with a clutch walk off hit to win the game. The defense was outstanding especially Pete Longobardi and Gary Dimagio up the middle. Winning pitcher was Joe DiChiara.

TaxBrakes defeats Arlington Grill in a very close game 13 to 12. The game was tied in the 7th. The Grill scored 2 in the top of the 8th, but TaxBrakes scored 3 in the bottom of the 8th to take the victory. For Arlington Bar and Grill: Rod Whitby and Mark Joao had 3 hits. Mike Brooks, Denny Curtis, Tom Mirande, Paul Lastowski, Joe Pennachio, Jim Ranucci and Jack Hale all had 2 hits.

Doyle's 24 - A&R 16

Behind winning pitcher Joe Prisco, Doyle's scored 16 runs in the last four innings to win 24 -16. Leading hitters for Doyle's: Joe Prisco 4 for 4, Doug McCracken 4 for 4, Scott Babrowsky 4 for 4, Bill Hild 3 for 3, Tom Hotailing 3 for 4, Al Hicks 3 for 4, John Cacciola, George Norris, Stan Zmudzinski, Dick Michels, and Pat Towne all had 2 hits. Pat Towne had a grand slam home run.

Doyle's outslugged A&R today 23 to 16. Stats for A&R: Pat Rose 4-4 (2rs2rbi3B), Mike Cring 3-4 (2rs4rbiHR), Frank McHugh3-4(1rs2rbi), Ben Anker 2-4(2rs), Eddie Smilkstein 2-3(2rs2rbi), Tom Robinson2-4(1rs), Greg Miller 2-4(1rs1rbi), Steve McGee 2-4(2rs) Lou Post 2-3(1rs1rbi) John Pucylowski 2-3(1rbi).

Mountain View Ranch 13 - McHoul's 4

Miller's 31 - J&N 12

At Sport Park Sr., Miller's found the bats they were missing in the last two weeks by beating J&N by the score 31 -12. Miller's, who had last week off came in well rested and exploded with 31 runs. Miller's, who was the home team scored in all 7 innings. 5 times they scored 5 runs in an inning. Leading the attack was Joe Yanarella who hit for the cycle; his single went about 300 feet. Jeff Noe went 4/4 with 2 doubles and a triple. Dave Anduze went 4/4 with a 2 double and a triple. Chris Thomas went 3/4 with a home run and a double. Dave Lowitz, Rich Sicardo, Carlos Vasquez, Rich Hill all got 3 hits. The bottom of the order of Joe Kupiec, Dewey, and Carey Wasserberg contributed with 2 hits each. Angel Sblendorio was the winning pitcher and contributed with a double and a triple.

I wish that I could tell you that Miller's limped home bemoaning the whomping that they took from J&N. I also wish for World Peace and our right fielder/short center fielder being mistaken for the second coming of Ozzie Smith. But it just isn’t true. We got our collective butts put through the grinder as the game was all but over, except for the crying, by the sixth. Millers defeated J&N 31-12. Offensive stars for J&N: John Warman had 3/3 2 R, with a double and an RBI. Gerard Haugh also went 3/3 with a R and an RBI. George Hammer went 3/4 with a R and an RBI. Roger Simon (2 RBI) , Dan Diesing (3 RBI’s), Frank Goberish, Stan Silverman, Tim Milholm and Jim Kirzoncic all had 2 hits. Jim hit a long home run and had 2 R and 2 RBI’s. Andy Berger, Russ Gilmore, and Jaime Pagan all had an RBI. We can try again next week.

Wednesday May 27, 2026 (Week 5)

McHoul's 18 - J&N 5

At Whitesell, Bob Diggelmann set the tone in the first inning. With the bases loaded, his drive landed just 3 feet from the first hole at McCann. He added some of his defensive magic with a few more of his over the back catches at short.  Speaking of defense, we benefited by some good defensive gems from Rodney Deloatch, Joe Paoloni, Bill Volpe and Steve Savod.  Offensively, Rodney, Bill Hanchett, Joe Paoloni, Tony Dalia, and Bill Volpe had 3 hits apiece with Volpe having 2 triples. Kevin Laffin, Dave Napolillo, Steve Savod and Mike Capra had two hits apiece. Mike Capra and Jim Flood held J&N's solid lineup to 5 runs with Mike being the winning pitcher.

We came out flat, like Twiggy at a Dolly Parton Festival. Bob Digglemann hit a 4-run home run in the top of the first for McHoul's so Dan Diesing hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the first for us and it only got worse from there. Their pitching kept us off balance all day. We would lead off an inning with a hit, and the next batter would hit into a fielders choice. We had so many F-7s that I may use that to name my next grandchild. Thank goodness that our right fielder not only caught a ball but also got an assist on another play. A new errorless streak has begun. Offensively, Dan Diesing hit his 2-run homer, Russ Gilmore went 2/3, John Warman got an RBI, Jim Kirzoncic went 2/3, Jaime Pagan went 3/3, Tom Giordano went 2/2 with a Sac Fly and Gerard Haugh also had a Sac Fly.

Mountain View Ranch 11 - A&R 7

At Digilio field today, Mountain View Ranch raced out to an 8 to 1 lead after 2 innings and held on to defeat A&R 11-7 in a surprisingly close game. Stats for A&R: Ben Anker 2-4, Lou Post 2-4 (2rs), Frank McHugh 2-3, Eddie Smilkstein 2-3, Mike Healey 2-3 (2rbi), Ed Bergamini 2-3, Steve McGee 2-3 (3 spectacular catches at second base).

Doyle's 13 - TaxBrakes 12

With the bases loaded, one run behind and one out in top of the 8th, Doyle's turned a double play, Scot Babrowsky to Tom Hotailing to George Norris to end the game. The winning pitcher was Joe Prisco. John Cacciola made a great running catch in left field, had two outfield assists, 4 doubles and didn't strike out today like he did last week.

Jhn Cacciola was 4 for 4 4 doubles, Pat Towne was 3 for 3, George Norris was 3 for 3, Jim Guranaccia, Rob MacIsaac, Doug McCracken, Joe Prisco, and Rick Willigan all had 2 hits for Doyle's. 

TaxBrakes was defeated by Doyle’s 13-12. It was a very close game ending with a

double play by Doyle’s with the tying run on second to win the game. TaxBrakes' offense was led by Joe Wassweiler 4-4 (1R,4RBI), Pete Longobardi 3-4, Joe DiChiara 2-3 (2R), Gary Dimaggio 2-3 (1R,2RBI), Andy Endsley 2-2 (1R), Rick Bretholtz 2-3 (1RBI), Mike Spinelli 1-1 (2BB,2R). Jim Thorne 1-3 (3R, 2RBI). Defensive standouts were Roger Merritt and John Berrocal.

Pizza Time 11 - Arlington Grill 5

In the fashion of the Bronx Zoo, it was the 1977 Yankees all over again. Both teams put up two runs in the first inning. From there, only one run scored in the bottom of the 4th by the Grill to take a 3-2 lead heading into the 5th inning, But in the top of the 5th, PIZZA TIME's sticks came alive, scoring 4 runs and having the 5th run thrown out at the plate, to take a 6-3 lead heading into the bottom of the 5th inning. AG put together a few hits looking like a rally but a shoestring catch by Reggie "Roberto Clemente" Dolson put an end to their rally. In the top of the 6th inning, Anthony "Phil Rizzuto" Navarra started the inning off with a single, then was moved up by B-Man Edwards and scored on Freddie "Hideki Matsui" Patterson's line shot up the middle, making the score 7-3. In the bottom of the 6th inning, another rally by AG was stopped by great defensive plays of PT's Tony "Graig Nettles" Scaduto and Mark "Reggie Jackson" Batastoni's sliding catch in right center. In the top of the 7th inning all with two out, PIZZA TIME would go on to score 4 more runs led by the timely hitting of Mike "Razz" Rassin, Mo "Joe Dimaggio" Ragusa. a two-run RBI by Chris "Billy Martin" Edwards followed by Sammy "El Duque" Duke's single scoring the 3rd run in the inning, then Louie "Ron Blomberg" Rosenberg would drive in the 4th run in the top of the 7th giving PIZZA TIME a 11-3 lead heading into the bottom half of the 7th. The great hitters of AG would cut the lead down to 11-5 heading to the 8th "open inning" but PT couldn't put a run on the board in the 8th when great defensive plays by AG would keep PT off the score board. AG's great hitters were kept off balance by the pitching of Sammy Duke and wouldn't score in the 8th inning. Final Score Pizza Time 11 Arlington Grill 5. Big Defensive plays by PT helped keep the powerful AG hitters off the bases. It was an all-around good game by both teams and Great Pitching from AG's Rod Whitby and Sammy Duke of Pizza Time. Defense plays by Rick "Derek Jeter" Sierra, Mo Ragusa's foul tip catch, Angelo "Yogi Berra" DiGregorio, the great play of Anthony Navarra with a bad leg who did a great job covering the middle. Having to ask Tom "Lou Gerhrig" Borell, total team player, to play out of position and he came thought with so many great catches. The steady hitting from one of the leagues senior players B-Man Edwards was outstanding. Stats: Freddie Patterson 1-3, Tom Borrell 1-3 1run, Reggie Dolson 2-3 2runs 1rbi,  Rick Sierra 2-3 1run 1rbi, Mike Rassin 1-2 2runs 1rbi, Mo Ragusa 2-3 2runs 1rbi, Chris "Billy Martin" Edwards 2-3 1run 3rbi, Sammy Duke 2-3 1run1rbi, Tony Scaduto 1-3 2rbi, Louie Rosenberg 1-3 1rbi, Anthony Navarra 1-3 1run, Mark Batastoni 1-3, B-man Edwards 1-3 Hit the ball hard all day! Angelo DiGregorio 1-3. 

Arlington Bar and Grill was defeated by Pizza Time 11-5. The Grill didn't hit, but Pizza Time played great defense. For the Grill: Mike Brookshad 3 hits and Tom Mirande had 2 hits.