Over The Hill Gang Charity Fundraiser

The "Get On Deck For Daniela" fundraiser was the main event at Allen Park this past Friday night. The whole OTHG league turned out as a full schedule of games was played in the background. Family members of the league and friends throughout Farmingdale and the area came to show their support. Everybody had a good time as the cotton candy flowed for the kids and the smell of pizza pies filled the air. The OTHG league would like to thank everybody for their generosity and time in making this fundraiser a huge success.

NOTE
August 22nd, 2008 was the make up date for the May 9th Rain Out.

7:00pm - Synergy versus Mers Pub - 90ft field

Mers continues to remain one of the hotter teams approaching the end of the season by beating Synergy 27-10 in just seven innings. Mers, which was 1-4 after week 7, has only lost once since the end of May. The team got out of the gate quickly against Synergy scoring 12 runs in the first inning by sending 16 batters to the plate. Mers infield play was excellent turning three double plays thus denying Synergy any big innings. All the infielders this night played out of normal position since the team had only nine players, but played those positions almost flawlessly. The outfield play was superb considering Mers had to just play three outfielders instead of the normal four. Mike Magro was perfect patroling centerfield while also going 5 for 7 in the leadoff position. George Cohan and Kevin Brosnan did great jobs on either side of Magro. The Mersmen rapped out 39 hits and that was with the game being halted for time in the seventh inning while Mers batted in the bottom of that inning. Jim Fileccia led the team at the plate and continues to remain extremely hot going 6 for 7. Byron Bodine, who sparkled at second base turning those three double plays, joined Magro going 5 for 7. Rookie John Longo has really found his hard hitting stroke, and along with Tom Vella and George Cohan, went 5 for 6. Joe Fanning pitched a solid game and went three for five at the plate while Joe Girimonte was 3 for 6. Cohan led the team with 7 RBIs while Magro had 5 and Longo 4. The win puts Mers current record at 7-5-1 which sets them up well for the tournament.

8:20pm - Zwanger Pesiri versus Bar Boy - 60ft field

Zwanger-Pesiri played one of its best games of the year to beat Barboy, 16-10. Brian Tinney was spectacular on the mound holding down a tough lineup and snaring at least six hard grounders and line drives. At the plate, no one was better than Tom Dittmeier.  He had two homers and a double for 6 RBI’s. John Defalco was clutch as well with a pair of two out RBI hits. Rich D’Amico was a perfect 4 for 4, while Jerry Mazza had 3 hits. Rounding out the offense with a two hits each were Tom “T” Ball, Tyrone Clark and Pete Mendelson. Ira Berger had a nice scoop at first, while Tyrone Clark took one for the team using his forehead to stop a bad bounce at short. Rumor has it that one of our top players , K.D., spent the evening at an 80’s concert, possible wearing a lesiure suit?

9:40pm - J Two versus Barco - 60ft field

In a close, see-saw contest, Barco emerged the victor over J-Two 12-11, pushing across the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. The winning rally was started by Steve Jacobson who led off with a single then aggressively advanced to 2nd on a fly out before Terry McPartland drove him home on a hit up the middle to culminate Barco’s exciting win. This was one of Barco’s better efforts for the year, playing well both offensively and defensively. Coming up strong offensively were Dave Saur, James Widmer and Bob Diamond but especially Dennis Ryan who had a triple and a HR.