Ari Harris donated a bunch of pictures from past years and they have been added to our photo albums so if you're looking for that ball player you used to know maybe you can find him there. It's also nice to have some pictures of our teammates out of uniform.
Now on to the playoffs where both division leaders were able to pull off a win in the finals. Congrats to the Giants and Rangers.
Field B
Giants VS Cubs
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| The 2013 Giants |
Today was a great day for a ballgame. Manager Bloom from the Giants and Manager Taylor from the Cubs met in the center of Field B for the coin toss. The Commish Bob Zelazny had to borrow a coin for the toss. Cubs won the flip and elected to be the home team. No Celeb to sing the Star Spangled Banner so now Umpire Bob Zelazny sent out the call to the players to let the game begin.
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| The 2013 Cubs |
Deems led off for the Giants and arrived at first on an error. Bill Miller singled and Ed Guspyt flew around the bases after blasting a homer to deep right center field. After two were out Elmer Black and Jerry Remington had base hits and Doug Chamblee drove them in with a double.
Cubs lead off hitter Wilson led off the last of the inning with a base hit that was followed by Kline's single. Bill Wolfe came to bat with one out and was
walked to load the bases (that was the first of four walks Bill would have on the day) Ray DePalma, Ted Taylor, Reg Barnes had singles to bring in the forth
run of the inning. Score after one was Giants 5 Cubs 4.
The Giants were scoreless in the second and Cubs tied it up in their half of the inning. Third inning started with Bloom's single, Miller's triple, Guspyt's single, Mahon tripled and scored on a hit by Black. In the Cubs half, Wolfe lead off with another walk, after an infield out, Taylor walked as did Barnes to load the bases. One run scored on Leggett's infield out, then Fulton, Altamoose and LaMay all singled to score 4 runs for inning.
The top of the 8 inning Mahon lead off with a base hit, Thompson walked, after an out Remington and Chamblee had hits and John Merritt smashed a triple to deep left center. Les Wolff singled him home. Total for the inning 5 runs. The Cubs came back with two in their half of the inning.
Giants scored one in the top of the ninth. The Cubs were down three going into their last at bat. Altamose started the ninth with a hit and after two were out, Kline singled as did Mundy and Wolfe and
the game ended on a fly out.
Final Score was Giants 21 and the Cubs 20.
Congrats to the Giants on winning the Winter Haven Senior Softball National League Championship. Great games guys. And thanks to all the friends and family
that came out to support us. Many Thanks to all the Board Members for all the work they do and for the Super lunch provided for all after the game. See you
all next season.
Leading hitters
Cubs
Wilson 4 for 6
Kline 5 for 6
Wolfe 2 for 2 with 4 walks
DePalma 4 for 6
Leggett Home Run
Altamose 4 for 5
Giants
Miller 4 for 4 double triple
Black 3 for 4
Remington 4 for 4
Chamblee 3 for 3 with Homer and walk
John Merritt big triple
Submitted by
Don LaMay
Field C
The American League Championship was decided in the bottom of the ninth inning when Freddy Gonzalez's Angels squad could not overcome the visiting Nick Matta Rangers' 5 run lead. Rangers Win! Rangers Win! Rangers Win! |
| The 2013 Rangers |
Where can
you ride a roller coaster outside of an amusement park? At the Winter Haven Senior Softball American League Championship
game, played on “Field C”. The game
today had bends and turns, ups and downs. It was filled with excitement. It even came to
an end, with a sudden stop. When the ride
was all over, err, I mean when the game was all over, a few player’s heads were
spinning.
The visiting
team, Rangers, came out of the gate flying with consecutive hits by Sam
Cuscovitch and Kirk Coffman. It looked
like things were being set up for a big inning. However, the Angels defense was undeterred. They knocked the Ranger’s coaster train off
the track, by turning a flashy double play. Shortstop, Pat Drouilard, made a
nice play on a hot grounder. He tagged
the speedy Cuscovitch out and flipped to Les Jacobson, to force Coffman out at
2nd. The inning ended a few
plays later and with strong defensive play the Rangers were held scoreless in
the 1st. The Angels came to bat in the bottom of the 1st and scored
2 runs off of a couple nice hits by Juan Toro, Les Jacobson and Russ King.
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| The 2013 Angels |
The Rangers
got back on track in the 2nd inning, scoring 5 runs. The inning
started with Nick Matta working the count and getting a walk. Joe D’Herin then ripped a line drive past
third, for a double. The hitting clinic was open for a short time as five
consecutive singles flew off the bats of Fred Dampier, Jack Benson, Jim
Goodhue, Tim Gallagher and Tom Wise. The Angels were shut out in their half of
the inning.
After 2
innings the score was Rangers 5- Angels 2.
There were
plenty of other small loops and bumps in the game, but the next big dip in the
coaster ride came in the bottom of the 5th inning. This time the Angels
bats heated up and they scored 5 runs. Greg Denny started things off with a
line drive single. Dennis Holder walked,
then Freddy Gonzalez, Juan Toro, Les
Jacobson and Pat Drouilard all had hits, surging the Angels into the lead.
After 5
innings of play the score was Rangers 9- Angels 10.
Over the next
few innings the Rangers managed to score 6 more runs, while the Angels bats
were silent. Regis Finnegen was strong
on the mound and the Rangers played solid defense. The Rangers had a few big hits in the last few
innings, but the hitting star in this game was Jim Goodhue. Jim knocked in 3 runs in the last 3 innings.
Two of the runs came off a Goodhue HR ball, hit into deep right field. The
other run came off a timely single that Jim lined into right field, with two
outs in the 9th. Insurance
runs can come in handy.
Going into
the bottom of the 9th the score was Rangers 15- Angels 10.
The rally
cry came off the Angels bench, in the bottom of the 9th, as they tried
for a come from behind win. Juan Toro started things off with a double and the
inning had some promise. But good defensive plays from Nick Matta and Jose
Rivera helped to quiet the rally. The Angels were down to their last out, however
they were not going to go down easy. Consecutive hits by Russ King, Larry
Wells, Ron Pepin and Rich Marino pushed 3 runs across the plate. Ranger’s shortstop, Don Ing, who came back
from Ontario, Canada, just to play in the games this week, ended the rally. Don caught
a line drive in the hole at short to wrap up the win. The coaster ride came to
a sudden stop with the Rangers winning the championship!
Final Score:
Rangers 15- Angels 13.
Congratulations
to the WHSS, American League Champion Ranger’s players! Congratulations to the Angel’s managers and
players who gave us all we could handle, you guys had a great year. A special shout out to all WHSS American
League players, commissioner and board members.
You guys are the best; you made it a fun winter softball season.
For the
Rangers big defensive plays were turned in by Ron Butler, Joe D’Herin, Regis
Finnegen, Nick Matta, Jack Benson, Don Ing, Jose Rivera, Fred Dampier and Sam
Cuscovitch. The Angels had big plays on
defense from Les Jacobson, Juan Toro, Pat Drouilard, Ron Pepin, Freddy Gonzalez,
Dennis Holder, and Russ King.
Leading Hitters:
Rangers
Jim Goodhue,
4/ 4 with a HR.
Sam
Cuscovitch, 4 / 4.
Joe D’Herin,
3 / 4 with a double.
Jack Benson,
3 / 4.
Kirk
Coffman, 2 / 3 with a sac.
Nick Matta,
2 / 3 and a walk.
Tom Wise, 2
/ 3.
Angels
Juan Toro, 4
/4 with 3 doubles.
Les
Jacobson, 3/ 4.
Russ King, 3
/4.
Ron Pepin, 3
/ 4.
Submitted by
Nick Matta
Field E
The three teams not playing in the American League Championship game played an exhibition game and looking forward to the barbeque cookout afterwards.The Red Sox, managed by Jeff Simon, tied for second with the Tigers managed by Don Witmer. Both teams scored 8 runs in the 7 inning contest.
The Rays, managed by Larry Powell, scored 31 runs, including 12 in the seventh inning to run away with the victory.
The Red Sox had a homer from Don Held and a triple from Bob Hite. The Tigers had a homer from Don Keller. The Rays had homers by Don Erb and Dave Hartley.
A good time was had by all and everybody said they're looking forward to next year.
Submitted by
Jeff Simon
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