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ENJOYMENT BOOKS


The Enjoyment Books will be available after the games on Tuesday, October 25th. Please bring your $30.00 or more so you can start enjoying the savings offered by the book.


I will bring the Books to Lakeland on Thursday, October 27th. Jack McNiven will be handling the book sales for Lakeland Senior Softball.


Have A Great Weekend.


Don Witmer

ENJOYMENT BOOKS


The new 2016-2017 Enjoyment books are being shipped to the distributor. We should have the books in a week or so. They are still $30.00. As soon as we receive the books, we will have them available at the ballpark. Make sure that you buy your book(s) from Winter Haven Senior Softball so you can support all of the great things that we do for our members of Winter Haven Senior Softball.


THANKS.


Don Witmer, Commissioner

Fans in the stands. Nancy Frazier, Pat Merritt and Sally Strait

First, I must say we all have to do a better job of keeping the books. I could not decipher how many hits anyone had because they weren't marked. One player was on 5 times, scored 5 runs but nothing was marked as to hit, error or FC. Runs were kept very accurately and blacked in fine but if we want hitters to be recognized we must do a better job. 

D'Herin's dashers started strong with 5 runs in each of the first 3 innings and led Simon's Smashers by 7 and Powell's Pounders by 8 after those 3 innings. Then Joe's Dashers kind of "WENT SOUTH" on offense and only scored 2 more runs but hung on to win a well played 3 team game 17-16-15. 

Went south is a dig for "SNOWBIRDS". We're having fun. 

Write up by L. Fabian.          See y'all Friday. 

October's Best

Team Gonzalez, Visitors: Hicks, Rodriguez, Rad, Shirer, m. Gonzalez, pep, F. Gonzalez, Crowell, Jose V; Brown and Wells.

Team Toro, Home: Rivera, Witmer, Toro, Held, Luis, Johnny O, Coffman, Wiltshire, Larry B; Poke and Matta.

The Fall season has arrived at WHSS. The month of October commemorates some special occasions, the Fall Classic, in baseball, Octoberfest, and hard fought football action. October welcomes the start of the hockey and basketball seasons, autumn foliage and Halloween.

The temperature was beautiful, for softball at the Diamond Plex, on Tuesday, the temperature at game time was in the 70’s, with a slight wind. We welcomed October, with a Fall Classic game, in the American League.

The two teams battled back and forth, neither team could pull away with a big lead. These two teams battled like they were playing for the Stanley Cup, lots of gritty play. Especially by Brown who made several nice stops at first base for the visitors. He played like a shut down goalie.  We had heroics like the kind that LeBron James supplies on the hard wood. You might have to stretch your imagination in casting Poke, as LeBron James. Yet, he supplied the clutch play of LeBron, by going 4/5, with two doubles, a triple and a single. Crowell shook the leaves off of the trees with his 4/4 hitting. Although Hicks did not feast on Octoberfest knockwurst, he did feast on the Home teams pitching, going 4/5.

All of this added up to a very hard fought, close game. The Home team was ahead in the top of the 9^th  inning,  13-10.  In football, they say,“ the Autumn Wind Is A Raider”. The visitors blew through their deficit, raiding and pillaging the Home teams lead. They came up with clutch hitting in the 9^th.  Crowell started things off with a single. The next two batters were retired. Then Wells kept the inning alive with a single. Hicks, Rodriguez and Rad all kept the two out rally rolling. Rad’s hit tied the game, 13-13. Dave Shirer, did a “pseudo” Bill Mazeroski impersonation. Dave hit a 3 run home run to give his team the win,16-13, at least temporarily. Remember, Halloween comes at the end of the month and the bottom of the 9^th comes at the end of a game, when the Home team is tied, or is losing. It was time for trick, or treat. The Home Team had a few tricks up their sleeve. In the bottom of the 9^th  , Jeff B lead off with a single, Poke tripled him in and Matta hit a ground out, to the right side, that scored Poke. Still down by a run, the Home Team loaded the bases when Rivera, Witmer and Toro all got on base. Donny Held made Octoberfest, Wundervoll, for the Home squad, as he served as the festmeister. Don hit a long fly ball to deep left center field that no one could catch. He knocked in the tying and winning runs. Prost, which in German is translated, Cheers, the Home team won a classic, 16-17.

Visitors:

Hicks: 4/5.

Rodriguez: 3/5.

Crowell: 4/4 with a triple. 

Home:

Rivera: 4/5.

Toro: 4/5.

Held: 3/5.

Coffman: 3/5.

Wiltshire: 3/5.

Jeff B. 4/5.

Poke: 4/5 with a triple and two doubles.

WP: Jeff B.

Witten by Nick Matta.

Because of Hurricane Matthew the DiamondPlex is closed tomorrow, so no softball.  Please be safe and we will all get back to playing softball next week.

FYI -  Hey guys... Because of the possibility of bad weather this coming Friday.  The game against Solivita is being postponed.

Fri. 9-30 National league.

Fans in the stands were Pat Merritt, Sally Strait, Melanie, Simon, Debbie and Mark. We welcome back Nic Burns to the American league and Don Torok and Marshall Bloom to the National league. More snowbirds. Don got his first hit of the season and played a solid SS. Marshall was 2-3. Don't know about Nic. Welcome back and see y'all Tue. Fabian's Flyers won the game 14-6.