GAMES ARE ON - ISRAELI DAY PARADE

                          9 AM START

Livingston Temple Softball League 05/17/15

With 2 games postponed and 2 games forfeited there were only 5 games played this past Sunday. Sharey Tefilo Israel (8-0) did not have to play to gain their 8th win since B'nai Shalom could not field a team. The game between Pinebrook and Temple Sinai could not be played due to poor field conditions and AABJD's game against B'nai Jeshurun had the same problem. The only A division game that was able to be played was Suburban Torah vs. Temple Sholom in a battle of the two teams that moved up from B to A this season. Filling in for Suburban Torah was Adam Blank who hit a 3 run homer in the top of the 7th for the game winner in a 14-12 victory.

B'nai Brith (7-1) held on to their share of 1st place in the B division with an 11-4 win over B'nai Abraham. Chabad (7-1) followed suit with a forfeit win over Temple Emanu-El. After scoring only 2 runs the previous week, B'nai Or (6-2) got back on track with 16 runs defeating B'nai Israel 16-9. In the win, all 13 players scored and 11 players had RBI's. B'nai Or broke the game open with 8 hits in a row to start a 10 run 3rd inning. Adam Forman (2B, 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBI's), Brian Wentworth (HR, 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBI's), Adam Lazer (3 hits, 2 RBI's), Paul Delson (3 hits, 2 RBI's) and Eric Scheingotz (3 hits) led the offense in the win. Beth Shalom (6-2) had an 11-8 lead after 5 and 1/2 innings over Ohr Torah with some timely hitting and great defense. A 5 run bottom of the 6th finally put the game away for Beth Shalom with Jon Arnold (3-3) and Eric Naggar both hitting RBI triples in the inning. Phil Sperling, while invisible at the plate, still managed the final RBI for a big insurance run. Also 3-3 in the 16-13 win were Mark Konstandt, Doug Netburn and Dan Block. Agudath Israel evened up their record with an 18-4 win over Ner Tamid. For the winners, Joe Kelmanovich and Greg Adelsberg both homered and Paul Aronoff was 4-4. No games next week (Shavuot). 5/31 Israeli Day Parade - games at 9 AM. 6/7 games will also be at 9 AM. 

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Standings Week 8		5/17/15
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	8	0	1.000	160	66
Pinebrook	6	1	0.857	105	87
Temple Sinai	4	3	0.571	77	83
AABJD	4	3	0.571	87	85
Temple Sholom	3	5	0.375	76	85
B'nai Jeshurun	2	5	0.286	82	80
Suburban Torah	2	6	0.250	101	134
B'nai Shalom	1	7	0.125	62	130
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Chabad	7	1	0.875	99	55
B'nai Brith	7	1	0.875	99	77
Beth Shalom	6	2	0.750	87	74
B'nai Or	6	2	0.750	86	75
Temple Emanu-El	4	4	0.500	85	58
Agudath Israel	4	4	0.500	119	97
B'nai Israel	4	4	0.500	120	119
B'nai Abraham	1	7	0.125	43	87
AABJD / Ohr Torah	1	7	0.125	73	123
Ner Tamid	0	8	0.000	51	97
Week 8
AABJD	PPD
B'nai Jeshurun
Temple Sinai	PPD
Pinebrook
Suburban Torah	14
Temple Sholom	12
B'nai Shalom	0
Sharey Tefilo Israel	7
AABJD / Ohr Torah	13
Beth Shalom	16
Chabad	7
Temple Emanu-El	0
Ner Tamid	4
Agudath Israel	18
B'nai Brith	11
B'nai Abraham	4
B'nai Or	16
B'nai Israel	9

Alan Salzman (left) caught smiling on a softball field as current Commissioner Steve Weiner (center) presents him with a plaque honoring over 20 years of service to the Livingston Temple League. Alan was a major force in founding the league and has served as Commissioner for over 50% of the league's existence.
Veteran Hall of Famer Dennis Bellovin (right) was assigned to get rid of the wrapping paper.                                      

Photo by Marc Berger

Livingston Temple Softball League 05/10/15

Sharey Tefilo Israel (7-0) looked like they were going to have another quick game when they scored 11 in the first inning but Suburban Torah kept narrowing the gap every inning before falling in a 17-12 victory for TSTI. Pitcher Dave Kramer was 4-4 with a HR in the win. The outstanding outfield defense continued for the leaders with Steve Weisman making some rally killing sliding catches in right center and Larry Feigenbaum  making a juggling catch in center. Keeping up with the A division leaders was Pinebrook (6-1) who narrowly got by B'nai Shalom 13-12. AABJD held Temple Sinai to only 3 runs on the strength of some great defense by shortstop Moshe Glick and 2nd baseman Joshua Kaplan in their 11-3 win.

Chabad (6-1) maintained a share of the B division lead with a 19-9 win over AABJD/Ohr Torah. Peter Gelman and Eric Latzman both homered in the win. Donny Kanovsky was 3-3 and also added a long HR for Chabad. On defense David Levine made a diving catch in right center taking away a run scoring hit from the opposition. In his 2nd game back for Temple Emanu-El, Alan Salzman was doing what he has done for many years - annoying the opposing batters. B'nai Brith (6-1) could only manage 3 runs in the first 6 innings and went into the bottom of the 7th down 9-3 to the E-Men. But back to back homeruns from Jason Crimmins and Ken Merber after 1 out put B'nai Brith within striking distance. A few batters later Ira Perlstein blasted a game winning HR to ice it at 10-9.  Ner Tamid had homeruns from Rob Crum, Dave Drier and Mike Miller but in the bottom of the 7th they left the tying and winning runs on 2nd and 3rd falling to B'nai Abraham 10-9. Agudath Israel was down 21-18 in the top of the 7th with the bases loaded but failed to push any more runs across in a loss to B'nai Israel. In a very low scoring affair Beth Shalom did not have one extra base hit in the entire game. The closest they could get was a drive toward the right field line that was gloved by Bill Schlosser with a great play. B'nai Or only had one extra base hit which was a long drive by Jason Cohen into deep center for a triple but the runner from first base was tagged out at home on great throws by Zach Cohen (RC) to Eli Montag (SS) to Dan Bank (C). Other outstanding defensive plays on Beth Shalom were made by Jeff Wasserman (3B) and Brett Kaplice (1B) as they held on to win 6-2. 

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Standings Week 7		5/10/15
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	7	0	1.000	153	66
Pinebrook	6	1	0.857	105	87
Temple Sinai	4	3	0.571	77	83
AABJD	4	3	0.571	87	85
Temple Sholom	3	4	0.429	64	71
B'nai Jeshurun	2	5	0.286	82	80
Suburban Torah	1	6	0.143	87	122
B'nai Shalom	1	6	0.143	62	123
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Chabad	6	1	0.857	92	55
B'nai Brith	6	1	0.857	88	73
Beth Shalom	5	2	0.714	71	61
B'nai Or	5	2	0.714	70	66
Temple Emanu-El	4	3	0.571	85	51
B'nai Israel	4	3	0.571	111	103
Agudath Israel	3	4	0.429	101	93
B'nai Abraham	1	6	0.143	39	76
AABJD / Ohr Torah	1	6	0.143	60	107
Ner Tamid	0	7	0.000	47	79
Week 7
Suburban Torah	12
Sharey Tefilo Israel	17
Temple Sholom	0
B'nai Jeshurun	7
Temple Sinai	3
AABJD	11
Pinebrook	13
B'nai Shalom	12
B'nai Abraham	10
Ner Tamid	9
Beth Shalom	6
B'nai Or	2
Temple Emanu-El	9
B'nai Brith	10
Agudath Israel	18
B'nai Israel	21
Chabad	19
AABJD / Ohr Torah	9

Livingston Temple Softball League 05/03/15

Sharey Tefilo Israel combined a consistent offense and some stellar defensive plays (Mike Somekh, Matt Katz) to lift their record to 6-0 holding on to a 1 game lead in the A division. Eric Rothfeld had a HR in the win. For the record it was the 27^th win in a row for TSTI. Pine Brook (5-1) defeated Temple Sholom 12-9 to remain in 2^nd place. Temple Sinai won a close one over Suburban Torah 16-14.

Chabad finally lost a game setting up a 3 way tie for first in the B division at 5-1. It was B’nai Brith (5-1) scoring 6 runs in the 2^nd inning and holding on for an 11-9 win against Chabad to gain a share of first. B’nai Or is the other 5-1 team but had to sweat out a 1 run victory over B’nai Abraham. B’nai Or was down 11-6 but scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 6^th and held B’nai Abraham scoreless in the 7^th for the 12-11 victory. In the win, Jason Cohen was 2 for 3 with a HR and 3 runs scored. Adam Forman had 2 hits, 2 runs and 2 RBI’s. Brian Wentworth was 4-4 with 2 runs and Bill Schlosser 3-3, triple and 2 runs. Ner Tamid kept Temple Emanu-El scoreless for 5 innings, executing two inning ending double plays (one with the bases loaded), but The E-Men finally scored 8 runs in the 6^th inning for the 10-5 win. In the victory Temple Emanu-El celebrated the long awaited return of veteran pitcher Alan Saltzman who had an on OBP of 1.000 while throwing his usual gem. Beth Shalom broke open a close game with B’nai Israel by batting around all 16 players in the lineup in an 11 run 5^th inning. The offense was led by Zach Cohen (3B, HR, 2 runs) and Gabe Ollins (3-3, 2 RBI’s). Zach also took a home run away from the opposition with a great running over the shoulder catch in right center. In the loss, Josh Jacobs, rumored to have at least one perfect game in bowling, had a perfect game at the plate (4-4, HR, 4 runs, 2 RBI’s). Also, Agudath Israel defeated AABJD/Ohr Torah 22-7. Mother’s Day this Sunday - games are at 9 AM.    

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE Standings Week 6 5/3/15
Division A W L Pct. Scored Allowed Sharey Tefilo Israel 6 0 1.000 136 54 Pinebrook 5 1 0.833 92 75 Temple Sinai 4 2 0.667 74 72 Temple Sholom 3 3 0.500 64 64 AABJD 3 3 0.500 76 82 B'nai Jeshurun 1 5 0.167 75 80 Suburban Torah 1 5 0.167 75 105 B'nai Shalom 1 5 0.167 50 110 Division B W L Pct. Scored Allowed Chabad 5 1 0.833 73 46 B'nai Or  5 1 0.833 68 60 B'nai Brith 5 1 0.833 78 64 Temple Emanu-El 4 2 0.667 76 41 Beth Shalom 4 2 0.667 65 59 Agudath Israel 3 3 0.500 83 72 B'nai Israel 3 3 0.500 90 85 AABJD / Ohr Torah 1 5 0.167 51 88 B'nai Abraham 0 6 0.000 29 67 Ner Tamid 0 6 0.000 38 69 Week 6 Pinebrook 12 Temple Sholom 9 Temple Sinai 16 Suburban Torah 14 Sharey Tefilo Israel 26 B'nai Jeshurun 10 AABJD 7 B'nai Shalom 0 B'nai Abraham 11 B'nai Or  12 AABJD / Ohr Torah 7 Agudath Israel 22 Beth Shalom 15 B'nai Israel 10 Chabad 9 B'nai Brith 11 Temple Emanu-El 10 Ner Tamid 5