Fabian's Flyers vs Spitaleri's BobCats

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

 

There was a tight game bewteen Fabian's fabulous team and the upcoming team of Hite, Zelazny and others. Ralph Boswell was excellent at shortstop and assisted in many putouts. Overall the defense on both sides was pretty good. Hite's team was slow to start at bat.

Dampier and Essenbachen both went 3 for 5 with timely hitting for Fabian's team while Gonzales and Hartzell also went 3 for 5 for Hite's team.

Bob Hite had the winning hit in the bottom of the ninth to win the game.

This is Robert's first write-up.

Tuesday December 29th

Games are on. Lets be safe today. Wear a face mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitizer. No games Friday.

Sent from my iPhone

Friday December 25th

No Games today. Enjoy your Christmas Holiday and be thankful for all that we have.

Sent from my iPhone

Games are on.

Sent from my iPhone

Friday December 18th

Games are on. It is cold and windy at the ball park. It's an earmuff day for sure. If you feel sick, stay home. If you come to the ballpark, wear a face mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitizer when possible.

Sent from my iPhone

Tuesday December 15

Games are on. The light at the end of the tunnel was turned on yesterday with the first doses of the vaccine being given. But it ain't over yet. Lets be safe today. Wear a face mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. If you are sick stay home today.

Sent from my iPhone

Friday December 11th

Games are on. Be safe today. Wear a face mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitizer. If you are sick, stay home. Be considerate of others. We will get through this together.

Sent from my iPhone

2021 NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAMS 

The NL Draft was held after the games on Tuesday. We had enough people that signed up to play full time to make 4 teams-14 players on 3 teams and one team with 13 players. The managers determined they would allow a maximum number of 14 players per team for 2021. Pool players may not get much playing time next year. If we get a large influx of players between now and Jan. 1, 2021 that want to play full time, we may be able to make a fifth team. Below are the results:

TEAM # 1 MIKE O’CALLAHAN - MANAGER Johnny Boito Bobby Castillega               Chris Constantine Timmy Gallagher John Gibson Dave Hartley Jimmy Laffoon Norm Learn Chris Lynch Herbie Oesterreich Larry Wells Bill Wolfe

TEAM # 2 ROBERT SPITALERI - MANAGER Lee Baker Gary Burtner Freddy Gonzalez Dave Hartzel Bob Hudson Bob Hite  BJ Kallister Joe LeTourneau Jerry Remington Wayne Shearer Don Torok Jim Vining Bob Zelazny

TEAM # 3 STEVE HILL - MANAGER Bill Bowley Ken Gelinas Frank Jacobs Sammy Lopez Willie Morton Richard Newton Joe Peskie Steve Pinnick Bobby Skidmore Ed Spegel Bob Vandenberg George Vanderhyde Wayne Vorhes

 

TEAM # 4 LOREN FABIAN - MANAGER Tom Benson Ralph Boswell Tom Capozzi Kurt Coffman Freddy Dampier Jerry Dejongh Kurt Essenmacher Don Lamay Ray Levesque Pat LoPiccolo Chuck McCulgan Poke Rodriquez Ron Thompson

Angel Tree

Under difficult circumstances with COVID 19 and partial school closings, a successful Angel Tree was achieved under the leadership of Robert Spatelari and Mrs. Claus, his better half, Linda.  Everything went along  very smoothly.

A hardy thanks to the players who donated so generously and with the backing of the Board of Directors. Thanks, Guys.

God willing, if things get back to some kind of normality, the Angel Tree will happen again next year.

I personally miss being with all the players this year.  To tell you how much I miss being there is that sometimes, not often, but sometimes, I miss Brother Ralph!!!

Wishing you all a safe and joyous holiday.

 

Thank you, Elmer Black

Tuesday December 8th

Games are on. Its cold and windy. Don't forget, if you played on the Post 8 American Legion team this past weekend, you can not play ball this week in Winter Haven. The virus is still with us. Wear a face mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands frequently and use hand hand sanitizer. If you are sick today, stay home.

Sent from my iPhone

  COVID-19 QUARANTINE RULES

The City of Winter Haven requires us to follow CDC Guidelines for Quarantines when you have been within 6 feet of someone who has COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more. This requires the person(s) to quarantine themselves in accordance with the CDC Guidelines. Here is the link to the CDC website for quarantine information : COVID-19: When to Quarantine | CDC. 

At the FHC tournament this weekend at Walker Road, a member of the American Legion Post 8 70's Team was found to have tested positive for the Covid-19 Virus. There are quite a few guys on the Post 8 team that play softball in Winter Haven and had direct contact with the person who has the virus. Out of an abundance of caution and to be compliant with the City Of Winter Haven's rules, those players that play ball in Winter Haven or their spectators that were at the tournament at Walker Road and/or on the Post 8 Team shall quarantine themselves in accordance with CDC guidelines. Those guidelines say you can return to normal activities on Day 10 without any testing or on Day 7 after receiving a negative test result. The test must occur on day 5 or later. 

I would not expect to see any of you guys at the ball park in Winter Haven this week. We can not take any chances on affecting our league.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter. 

Don Witmer, Commissioner, Winter Haven Senior Softball

 COVID-19 QUARANTINE RULES

The City of Winter Haven requires us to follow CDC Guidelines for Quarantines when you have been within 6 feet of someone who has COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more. This requires the person(s) to quarantine themselves in accordance with the CDC Guidelines. Here is the link to the CDC website for quarantine information : COVID-19: When to Quarantine | CDC. 

At the FHC tournament this weekend at Walker Road, a member of the American Legion Post 8 70's Team was found to have tested positive for the Covid-19 Virus. There are quite a few guys on the Post 8 team that play softball in Winter Haven and had direct contact with the person who has the virus. Out of an abundance of caution and to be compliant with the City Of Winter Haven's rules, those players that play ball in Winter Haven or their spectators that were at the tournament at Walker Road and/or on the Post 8 Team shall quarantine themselves in accordance with CDC guidelines. Those guidelines say you can return to normal activities on Day 10 without any testing or on Day 7 after receiving a negative test result. The test must occur on day 5 or later. 

I would not expect to see any of you guys at the ball park in Winter Haven this week. We can not take any chances on affecting our league.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter. 

Don Witmer, Commissioner, Winter Haven Senior Softball

• 
  

Friday December 4th

Games are on. Warmer today than Tuesday. Vaccine is on the way. Hopefully this virus will go away in a couple of months. For now, lets continue to be safe and stay alive. Wear a face mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and most importantly, stay home if you are sick.

Sent from my iPhone

Tuesday December 1

Games are on. It's cold and windy. An ear muff day. The virus don't care how cold it is. Lets be safe by wearing our face masks, practice social distancing, washing our hands frequently and using hand sanitizer. If you feel sick, stay home.

Sent from my iPhone