2015 Winter Games Schedule

The following schedule is also posted as a link under the "Schedule" section 

WINTER HAVEN SENIOR SOFTBALL

AMERICAN & NATIONAL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

ALL GAMES START BY 9:30 AM

	2015		FIELD “B”	FIELD “C”	FIELD “D”	FIELD “E”	BYE
1	Jan 6	Tuesday	3 vs 4 vs 5	7 vs 8	6 vs 10	1 vs 2	9
2	Jan 9	Friday	2 vs 3	4 vs 5 vs 1	7 vs 9	8 vs 10	6
3	Jan 13	Tuesday	8 vs 9	3 vs 4	5 vs 1 vs 2	6 vs 7	10
4	Jan 16	Friday	6 vs 8	9 vs 10	4 vs 5	1 vs 2 vs 3	7
5	Jan 20	Tuesday	2 vs 3 vs 4	6 vs 9	7 vs 10	5 vs 1	8
6	Jan 23	Friday	10 vs 6	5 vs 3 vs 4	2 vs 1	8 vs 7	9
7	Jan 27	Tuesday	10 vs 8	3 vs 2	1 vs 4 vs 5	9 vs 7	6
8	Jan 30	Friday	9 vs 8	7 vs 6	4 vs 3	2 vs 5 vs 1	10
9	Feb 3	Tuesday	3 vs 1 vs 2	10 vs 9	8 vs 6	5 vs 4	7
10	Feb 6	Friday	No Games	No Games	No Games	No Games	-
11	Feb 10	Tuesday	5 vs 1	4 vs 2 vs 3	10 vs 7	9 vs 6	8
12	Feb 13	Friday	6 vs 10 *	1 vs 2 *	4 vs 5 vs 3	7 vs 8 *	9
13	Feb 17	Tuesday	8 vs 10 *	7 vs 9 *	2 vs 3 *	5 vs 1 vs 4	6
14	Feb 20	Friday	1 vs 2 vs 5	6 vs 7 *	8 vs 9 *	3 vs 4 *	10
15	Feb 24	Tuesday	4 vs 5 *	2 vs 3 vs 1	6 vs8 *	9 vs 10 *	7
16	Feb 27	Friday	7 vs 10 *	5 vs 1 *	3 vs 4 vs 2	6 vs 9 *	8

RAINOUTS AND/OR POSTPONEMENTS WILL RESULT IN 7 INNING

DOUBLEHEADERS FOR TWO TEAM GAMES AND 5 INNING DOUBLE HEADERS FOR THREE TEAM GAMES THE NEXT TIME THE SAME TEAMS PLAY

  NATIONAL LEAGUE – MANAGERS                                        AMERICAL LEAGUE - MANAGERS    

Team #1	Don LaMay	734-421-6032		Team #6	JD Davis	863-688-4268
Team #2	Elmer Black	863-419-1335		Team #7	Nick Matta	863-398-8499
Team #3	Larry Powell	863-324-5264		Team #8	Joe D’Herin	313-407-8286
Team #4	Floyd Welton	863-635-0594		Team #9	Ron Butler	863-965-1942
Team #5	Jeff Simon	863-353-1289		Team #10	Freddie Gonzalez	863-967-5101

TWO TEAM GAMES	THREE TEAM GAMES
HOME TEAM IS THE LAST TEAM LISTED *	FIRST (1ST) TEAM – HIT – SILVER SHIRTS
HOME TEAM – SILVER SHIRTS	SECOND (2ND) TEAM – SIT – BLUE SHIRTS
VISITING TEAM – BLUE SHIRTS	THIRD (3RD) TEAM – FIELD – SILVER SHIRTS

*Games with a * indicates that home team will be determined by the team that has the least points.

2 TEAM GAMES WILL BE 9 INNINGS                                 3 TEAM GAMES WILL BE 7 INNINGS

ALL GAMES START BY 9:30 A.M.

The Grinch That Stole Christmas, Softball Style.

Team Grinch, Visitors: Rivera, Hamilton, Toro, Jacobson, Wiltshire, Giordano, Pepin, Dampier, Matta, Davis, Smith, Scarbrough and Essenmacher.

Team Whoville, Home: Coffman, Gazarek, Duff, Busch, Laffoon, Gonzalez, Witmer, Humphrey, Benson, Schapeler, Wells, Cappuzzi and Lopicollo.

In this, the last game before Christmas, every Who down in Whoville liked scoring runs a lot, but the Grinch in the field, no, he did not. Staring from the mound, with a sour Grinchy frown, Grinch Matta hated the Who bats, that lite up the town.

In the first inning, the Whos celebrated in a way, like it was already Christmas day. Coffman, Duff, Busch, Laffoon, Gonzalez and Witmer were the pesky Whos, who unwrapped many a run, it was their team that was having all the fun. All I can tell you, I am quite sure, the Whos needed to score, a little bit more.  After 1 inning the score was Team Grinch: 0 - Team Whoville: 5.

In the 2^nd inning, team Grinch “puzzled and puzzeled, until their puzzler was sore.” And the more Team Grinch thought of this “Who Christmas scoring fling”, the more the Grinch thought, "I must stop this whole thing!"  Team Grinch were stumped as they starred through the fence, nothing they thought of made much sense. ”What can we do, how can we stop this hitting flu?”  Then they got an idea! An awful idea! TEAM GRINCH GOT A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA! “I know just what to do”, Team Grinch laughed in their collective throat, “We will bring out some of our hot bats, and we will be the ones to gloat”.

“One man's toxic sludge is another man's potpourri”, thought the Grinch, flashing a sly smile, “now it’s our turn, to hit for a while”. Team Grinch scored 5-4-2-3-5-1 and 4 runs in the next seven innings. While the mean green one on the mound, Grinch Matta, spoiled the Who feast. Why he even managed to steal the Who roast beast. With the help of a solid defense, Grinch  Scarbrough’s glove and other stuff, team Grinch made life for the Who’s, a little bit rough.  “Ohh, the who-manity”.  

As we tallied the score, after the end of 8 innings of play, it was Team Grinch we found that ruled the day. Team Grinch: 24- Team Whoville: 8

With the score all out of wack, Team Grinch looked inside, only to see a heart that was black. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before, maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. “Christmas”, team Grinch thought, “does not come from a score, Christmas has the birth of Christ at the core”.  And what happened then? Well...in Whoville they say, That the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day!

The game then ended quickly, with just a few more runs in. Then players exchanged handshakes, that way they all shared in the win. Some met at the mound, to lift up those in need. We realize, with God’s blessing, we can all be freed.  So, welcome Christmas, bring your cheer. Merry Christmas to all softball players, far and near. 

Leading Hitters:

Hamilton: 4/4, with two doubles and a triple.

Pepin: 4 / 4.

Dampier: 4/4 with a HR.

Matta: 4/4 with a double.

JD: 4 / 4.

Smith: 2 / 3 and a SF.

Scarbrough: 3/ 4.

Essenmacher: 3/ 3 and a SF.

Laffoon: 3/4.

Gonzalez: 3 / 4 with a triple.

Witmer: 3 / 4 with a double.

Humphrey: 3 / 4.

Schapler: 2/ 3.

Lopicollo: 2/ 3.

WP: Matta

 

Written by Nick Matta.