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M a g a z i n e Winter 2017 2016 Year In Review Opening Day - March 27, 2017 Statistics A Look Ahead to the Softball New Year The Fuel That Burns the Game’s Fire A very Happy and Healthy New Year to all! There are loads of statistics to follow in other sports. No- I can’t quite fathom the fact that we are moving into our where, however, are statistics more prevalent, more ana- 22nd year of Softball Amer- lyzed, or more pondered upon than in the great game of ica. That’s a lotta years, a baseball [softball]. lotta games, a lotta at-bats, and a lotta runs scored. Baseball [softball] is an island of activity amidst a sea of What’s does ‘a lotta’ mean? statistics. - Author Unknown Well, by my calculations as a league we’ve played over For The Record 1/2 million softball games Three yearly league records were broken in 2016, none of (532,857). In those games we’ve come to the plate more which were long standing. Iron man John Kiefer breaks the than a million and a half times (1,703,433), totaled almost all-time games-played record 800,000 hits and scored close to 600,000 runs. That’s ‘a with perfect attendance, ap- lotta’ softball. And just think... Nancy Razzi scored a very pearing in 96 men’s league large majority of those games. Without her passion for the games over the course of the league and dedication to the game, Softball America year - a record that can only wouldn’t be anywhere near where it is today. Thank you, be broken if we add more Nan! men’s leagues. The previous Running the league over all these years has given me record of 93 games was held some insight into what makes championship teams tick. I by Bill Shallcross who did it in can tell you without fear of contradiction, the teams that 2014. With 210 men’s league RBIs for the year, Brian Pene- win championships consistently are the teams that have cale topped his 2014 league best of 193. Knowing the differ- roster players showing up consistently. Teams using subs ence between a ball and a strike takes a good eye. Working or the teams that rarely have the same players from week the count to earn a base on balls takes a lot of patience. Both to week are at a serious disadvantage. Take a moment of which come naturally to Kris Smedley. Her 57 base on out this year and notice the names on the rosters of the winning teams. Rarely will you see a player’s name with (Continued on page 24) NR (non-roster) next to it in the team stats. Most of the Players of the Year players on the winning squads have 7 and 8 regular sea- Regular & Post-Season Standouts son games played. If you want to increase your chance of winning a title, dump the deadbeats. For the 3rd time in 4 years, Matt Schaub takes home You say you’re having trouble finding players? The men's league Player of the Year honors. Matt was at or near league Free Agent Wire is home to literally hundreds of the top in almost every significant offensive category. Matt area ball players looking to find a team to play with. batted a whopping 715 and slugged 1465 over the course of Granted, free agents are somewhat of a hit or miss deal 69 games and 228 ABs. Perennial superstar Brian Penecale (Continued on page 5) finished 2nd in the point totals, 25 behind Matt. Rounding out the top 5 POTY candidates are Scott Carroll, Joe Knight, and Frequently Asked Questions Mike Kuhn. …and their answers On the coed side of things, Dan Vescovi will take home his first Player of the Year title while Jarred Gardner will take When can I expect to see the weekly stats posted? home his 4th. Dan batted a gaudy 782 while slugging 1692. The processing and posting of weekly stats are prom- Jarred pounded in 195 runs while hitting 50 dingers. Carl ised within 1 week of when the games are played. Almost Motts, III, Alex Freeman, and Mike Bitterlich rounded out the without exception, the weekly stats are posted well before top 5. then, usually within 3 or 4 days of the games. It’s kind of The Female Eddie Player of the Year in 2016 is a player hard to produce them much before then as it is quite an that’s been in the league for more than 15 years. She took involved process. Day 1: games are played. Day 2 or 3: POTY honors in 2002, 2003, and again in 2008. Back in the sheets are gathered and uploaded to the website. Day 2 winner’s circle is Joan Glass. Joan batted 525 and took a or 3: stats are totaled, entered into the stat program, and walked almost 1 in every 5 times to the plate. Linda Lus- exported as Excel files. Day 3 or 4: Excel files are sent to combe edged out Brittany Ullman for 2nd in the point totals. (Continued on page 22) (Continued on page 24)

PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 1 Monday Evening Coed Wednesday Evening Coed Car Bombs Tops in Spring and Fall. Andy’s Takes TGI Fridays and JH Elite Each Claim 2 Titles. New Middle Jewel. Dugout Demons, Blue Dog Tavern, Britain Inn, Titans, Casey’s Saloon and Eatery, and and Carroll’s Jewelers Share National Crown. Blue Wackers Win Dog, New Age, and Wackers Patriot Best. 2016 was a year of evolution for Softball America’s Monday's the night that starts it off every year. All the Wednesday Evening Coed league, as we witnessed more antsy players ready to get out of the house and get back in teams enter and leave the league than in recent years past the dirt and grass. Mondays we kick off with Andy's snack as well as increased movement of players from one team to bar showing no signs of rust as they kick off at 8-0 Warren another. Grant still has it hitting 1hr 25rbi .733 and he got some help The league began the year with the three-conference for- from Derek Ludlow 17rbi .690. Car Bombs were 2nd at 5-3 mat; 5-team American and National Conferences for estab- Mandy Sheehan 5rbi .619 and John Erb 13rbi .625 looked lished teams and a 4-team Patriot Conference for teams in ready to go. Sharks were also 5-3 this vet team were lead a building phase. This format had the advantage of foster- by Adam Kopfinger 3hr 19rbi .625. and Lisa Silvestri ing rivalries, as the seasonal schedules featured more intra- (Continued on page 7) conference games between teams of similar ability and inter -conference games that balanced schedules and led to ex- Tuesday Evening Men’s citingly close finishes to each regular season. Doylestown Gold Exchange Nails Spring Title. Irish SPRING Car Bombs Take Summer and Fall (Continued on page 14) Tuesday Evening Men’s went through another year of Thursday Evening Men’s fireworks and they were on display every week. A couple of Jamison Pour House Spring, Summer American Champs. new teams were added to the mix and the veterans wel- Irish Car Bombs Take Fall. Hemlock Grabs Spring National, comed them to the league like a batter shooting box. The Commission Nails Summer & Fall. Brew Crew, Sex In the spring season, Porsche of the Main Line and Irish Panthers, Callahan Auto each Take Patriot Titles. Car Bombs tied for first place with 7-1 records. There was With Thursday Men’s divided into 3 divisions, there were no shortage of offense as Doylestown Gold Exchange, Irish plenty of championships to be won. The shift of teams into Car Bombs, and Porsche of the Main Line scored 156, 149 divisional play also allowed for some very competitive and 148 runs, respectively. Matt Schaub of Vertex captured games. the batting title with an average of .783. Brian Penecale and The American Conference led the way in the spring with Scott Carroll were the Bash Brothers for Doylestown Gold Jamison Pour House and Outback Steakhouse tied for first, (Continued on page 8) both finishing with 6-2 records. Outback Steakhouse was a run scoring machine, putting up 164. Jamison Pour House Tuesday Women’s/True Coed shot teams down with their defense, only yielding 77 runs. SHL Captures Spring Women’s Title. Long Shots James Rundatz of Mayhem captured the batting title, hitting Take Summer True Coed Title. Dragons Top True Coed in the Fall. (Continued on page 22) Tuesday night was the night for the girls up at Hatfield. Friday Evening Coed They went up there and competed against each other every Hagan’s Heroes Takes Spring and Fall Titles. DaBeers week. Rec N Ballz was the top of the division. Helping them Captures Middle Jewel to the top were Marguerite Delucas who drove in 13 rbi and Friday Evening Coed is the most laid back night of the week batted .767. Also helping her was Tonya Miller who drove in - everyone relaxing and getting ready to let go for the weekend. 14 runs of her own. Second place was SHL at 5-3 Nicole Then they show up to the field to rage war or play softball Bangert hit a homerun while driving in 15 runs. Wiley vet whatever your in the mood for! Spring kicked off with Hagan's Christen Flaherty drove in 12 runs while batting a Hero's taking first place 7-1. Leading the charge were Ron smooth .690. Pitches Be Crazy was 0-8 Theresa Groves hit "allstar" Pulli 1 hr 24 rbi batting a smooth .786 and Chris Triolo 2 dingers while driving home 9 runs and she got help from 1 hr 12rbi .625. 2nd were The Beer Drinkers lead by Jarred Courtney Ferris who drove home 4 runs while batting .533. Gardner 4hr 24rbi .708 and Daniell Buzin 6rbi .440. 3rd was But as we know from the regular season all u have to do Da Beers Jim Bell 1hr 8rbi .684 and Dana Bradley kept the is make the playoffs. Rec N Ballz’ dominance in the regular runs coming for their squad. 4th Easy Eddies were new to Fri- season didn’t help them when it came down to the champi- (Continued on page 25) onship as they lost more games that night than all seasons. Friday Evening Men’s SHL ran the table and took what would end up being the Irish Car Bombs Garner Spring Title. Honey Badgers Cap- LAST women's championship of the year. ture Summer. TBD Breaks Through and Takes Fall Crown. As summer came a lot of changes came as women's was no longer and we moved to TRUE COED. First time ever The Friday men's league was unique in the fact that the lets see how this season went. Shanna's Bananas were only wood bats were used. Still, hitters adjusted pretty easily tops going 4-3-1. Leading the way for this squad was Jason to thw different hate. This was evidenced by the fact that Falcone who blasted 4 hrs 15 rbis while batting a there was still plenty of offense with a lot of runs scored. smooth .586. Giving him a helping hand was Danielle Buzin The spring season was run by TBD. They finished in first who blasted 2 hr of her own while driving 11 rbis in. Second place with a 7-1 record. TBD scored the most runs by far place went to Pitches Be Crazy (3-3-2). Greg Thompson 1 (170) and gave up th e fewest (71). The Honey Badgers fin- ished in second at 6-2. Their defense was on point as well (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 7) PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 2 Sunday Morning Men’s Sunday Afternoon Coed Maggios, JPH, Goodfellas Top A Division. The Trop- V.S.C, Irish Car Bombs, GoRoostr Claim American ics, Balls Deep, Corradino Chiropractic, Best in the Crowns. JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery, Shorthanded, National. Insurance Runs, Beef & Broccoli, One Hit GenY&Rents Take National Titles. Wackers, Your Wonders North Victors. Builldogs, Misfits, Dirty Mother, I’d Hit That, Long Shots, and Slap a Pitch Dozen, Beasts in the East. Isotopes, Horsham Pub, Earn B Division Wins. E’s Irish Pub West Champs. In 2016, numerous fields across the area served as a American Conference venue for the Sunday Afternoon Coed leagues of Softball Sundays is the day of softball and fun to be had by all. America from the first week of April through the first week of We kicked off the Spring with Maggio's taking the top spot November. Hundreds of players on as many as 25 teams in at 7-1, they were lead by Brian Sassano 7hr 31rbis .697 a given season participated in the multi-tiered format, which and Jim Ulmer 3hr 25rbis .719. Right on their heels were gave all teams an opportunity to compete at their established Jamison as they went 5-3 lead by Brian Penecale 5hr level of play, and seasonal adjustments to the makeup of the 18rbis .600. 3rd was Doylestown Fitness as they too were divisions maintained competitive balance. 5-3 Jeff Kulp 6hr 18rbis .600 and James Rundatz 5hr SPRING 20rbis .655. 4th Silverback broke even lead by Kevin Despite late winter weather that rendered some the Roche 3hr 12rbis .545. Vertex "SOFTBALL" Demons were league’s fields unplayable during the week leading up to 3-5 Team captain Matt Schaub powered this offense 6hrs Opening Day for the spring season, the Sunday Afternoon 18rbis .714. Goodfellas were competitive but only man- Coed season began on time as 25 teams eagerly took the aged 3-5 record let by Jarred Gardner 3hr 19rbis ,667. field on April 3rd. Pigeon Boyz jumped up to battle the top teams and were 1 American Conference -7 but short stop Mike Gilbert had a nice season 2hr In the American Conference, GoRoostr set the pace with a 14rbis .517. 6-1-1 record to secure the top seed. Back a game and a half Battling for the championship for the spring were at 5-3 were Harrigan’s Pub and V.S.C, with Harrigan’s Pub Maggio's vs. Doylestown Fitness in which Maggio's won a claiming the #2 seed on the strength of a regular season quick series taking the spring title in 2 games. head-to-head victory. The final playoff spot went to Irish Car Summer time it gets hot teams get serious and softball Bombs (3-4-1), the defending 2015 fall American Conference is played. Some moving and shaking in the division as champions. Hotshots (2-6) would have to wait until the sum- Jamison puts themselves right back on top going 7-1 lead mer frame for redemption in the league’s most competitive by Brian Penecale 8hr 32rbis .667 and Mikey "D" DeCristo- conference. Male eddie Ron Pulli (.750 AVG, .727 OBP, fano 2hr 18rbis .656. Vertex switched their record around 1.406 SLG) of V.S.C had the conference’s finest season, going 5-3 Matt Schaub once again powered the offense leading all players with 23 R, 24 H, 7 3B, 30 RBI, and 45 TB. 4hr 13rbis .625. Maggio's dropped a couple spot but Brian Teammate Chris Cusano (.731 OBP, 1.375 SLG, 16 R, 13 Sassano still had a monster season 4hr 18rbis .656. Pi- RBI) took the batting crown with a .792 AVG, while Joe Till- geon Boyz moved up a few spots 4-4 Mike Gilbert again mann (.767 AVG, .727 AVG, 1.067 SLG, 15 R, 5 2B, 12 RBI) 3hr 14 rbis. Shane Hanna 5hr 18 rbis .520 helped out. Sil- made a strong showing, and Greg Reilly (.667 AVG, .676 ver Backs struggled to a 2-6 record but Rob McKenna .500 OBP, 1.033 SLG, 22 R) led with 8 2B. GoRoostr was led by 8rbis lead the way. Goodfellas were 2-6 also John Erb lead Dan Keith (.690 AVG, 1.034 SLG, 17 R, 21 RBI), who shared the way for these guys with 1hr 13rbis .556 avg. the conference lead with 8 2B, Josh Steff (.778 AVG, .852 The summer championship was Jamison taking on the SLG, 18 R, 10 RBI), whose .759 OBP was conference tops, Vertex Demons. Jamison had it over Vertex on this day as and manager Greg Thompson (.593 AVG, .963 SLG, 14 R, they won 2 straight games 18-14 and 13-7 to take the 14 RBI). Harrigan’s Pub were powered by Patrick Bryan summers title. (.643 AVG, 1.250 SLG, 10 R, 19 RBI) and KC Ingram (.452 Fall is the last chance for these guys to regroup add or AVG, 1.000 SLG, 16 R, 16 RBI), who each clouted 4 HR, but subtract to get to the championship. Jamison again was the eddies provided a depth to the lineup that enabled their the power house in the division as they went 7-1 lead by #2 regular season finish; male eddie Nick Mancini (.714 Brian Penecale 5hr 21rbis .692 and new comer Mike AVG, .952 SLG, 12 R, 13 RBI) and female eddies Jess Koszowski 4hr 19rbis .682. Battling their was to the top Weckenman (.579 AVG, .842 SLG, 2 3B, 9 RBI), Emma Vertex Demons were 7-1 also CJ Snyder lead the way 1hr Kline (.483 AVG, .516 OBP, .517 SLG, 9 R), and Jess 16rbis .542. Maggios 6-2 Chris Beatty 1hr 14rbi .600. Pi- Schuck (.550 AVG, .600 SLG, 7 R) are all MVP candidates. geon Boyz continue their climb in the division going 5-3 Jarred Gardner (.667 AVG, 1.583 SLG, 11 R, 23 RBI) of Irish Mike Gilbert again leading the way 1hr 19rbis.657 and Car Bombs brought the power with 6 HR, while male eddie Justin Miller 1hr 14rbi .600. Goodfellas got better 5-3 John Larry Kirschner (.650 AVG, .692 OBP, 5 BB) and female ed- Kiefer 18rbi .538. Silverbacks got a game better 3-5 Rob dies Marissa Nagle (.556 AVG, .778 SLG, 11 R) and Shanna Mckenna 2hr 11rbi .654. Doom Cats new to the division Gardner (.522 AVG, .609 SLG) were also best in class. De- struggled going 1-7, but Jason Pane lead the way 2hr spite the team’s missed expectations, Adam Schulang (.722 11rbi. AVG, 1.278 SLG, 12 R, 4 3B) and John Kiefer (.684 AVG, The fall championship had the 2 seed make it in the Ver- 1.158 SLG, 2 HR, 12 RBI) provided some highlights for Hot- tex Demons and an upset in Goodfellas making it. Good- shots. Top seed GoRoostr eliminated #4 seed Irish Car fellas just weren’t happy with making it though as they win Bombs, while V.S.C handled Harrigan’s Pub to set the cham- the fall in 3 tough hard fought games. pionship pairing. V.S.C won Game 1 in a low-scoring affair (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 10) PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 3 Player of the Year nominations are a result of formula based on the following categories: R%, RBI%, Avg, Slg, BB%. Core players are required to have a minimum of 72 ABs (including BBs) to qualify. Eddies require 54 ABs. Women’s league players 36 ABs. The league’s top 10 players are listed below. Men's Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Matt Schaub 69 228 148 65 163 80 35 35 15 8 4 40 18 166 73 715 1465 35 13 995 Brian Penecale 68 262 149 57 187 110 42 25 10 1 0 51 19 210 80 714 1401 19 7 970 Scott Carroll 20 82 58 71 55 34 41 5 6 2 2 14 17 70 85 671 1293 6 7 927 Joe Knight 16 72 42 58 47 16 22 12 17 1 1 18 25 54 75 653 1597 1 1 923 Mike Kuhn 20 90 52 58 59 30 33 8 9 2 2 19 21 66 73 656 1422 7 7 901 Jarred Gardner 47 171 86 50 109 53 31 19 11 2 1 35 20 134 78 637 1386 6 3 885 Brian Sassano 22 85 54 64 54 20 24 17 20 5 6 12 14 58 68 635 1376 3 3 877 Mike Suda 22 81 42 52 51 22 27 10 12 6 7 13 16 58 72 630 1383 8 9 865 James Rundatz 21 79 42 53 50 14 18 18 23 8 10 10 13 53 67 633 1443 2 2 862 Mike Banes 20 78 44 56 46 25 32 6 8 0 0 15 19 69 88 590 1244 4 5 844

Core Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Dan Vescovi 21 78 50 64 61 24 31 15 19 10 13 12 15 73 94 782 1692 2 3 772 Jarred Gardner 62 219 128 58 156 63 29 40 18 3 1 50 23 195 89 712 1607 8 4 748 Carl Motts, III 21 87 47 54 66 32 37 12 14 4 5 18 21 65 75 759 1609 5 5 725 Alex Freeman 23 73 50 68 51 22 30 16 22 2 3 11 15 58 79 699 1425 5 6 706 Mike Bitterlich 21 76 44 58 52 19 25 12 16 1 1 20 26 68 89 684 1658 0 0 703 Matt Hatch 29 92 59 64 59 24 26 16 17 6 7 13 14 77 84 641 1370 7 7 676 Joe Tillmann 28 99 47 47 78 42 42 22 22 12 12 2 2 61 62 788 1313 1 1 671 Kevin Shinkunas 43 161 92 57 106 55 34 22 14 7 4 22 14 104 65 658 1292 11 6 656 Dan Wehlau 70 232 131 56 152 87 38 34 15 17 7 14 6 102 44 655 1129 29 11 639 Zach Martin 23 81 43 53 55 28 35 13 16 1 1 13 16 53 65 679 1346 2 2 639

Female Eddie Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Joan Glass (fe) 43 127 32 25 68 64 50 4 3 0 0 0 0 36 28 535 567 29 19 623 Linda Luscombe (fe) 28 96 36 38 46 38 40 8 8 0 0 0 0 31 32 479 563 7 7 596 Brittany Ullman (fe) 74 250 96 38 104 88 35 5 2 7 3 4 2 75 30 416 540 21 8 587 Dana Bradley (fe) 32 104 43 41 48 36 35 9 9 3 3 0 0 28 27 462 606 5 5 584 Shanna Gardner (fe) 54 164 49 30 74 61 37 7 4 6 4 0 0 46 28 451 567 18 10 578 Sam Grismore (fe) 22 68 16 24 30 21 31 8 12 1 1 0 0 20 29 441 588 6 8 550 Rachel Gieringer (fe) 61 186 51 27 79 70 38 4 2 5 3 0 0 42 23 425 500 24 11 531 Tara Soler (fe) 20 67 27 40 27 24 36 2 3 1 1 0 0 18 27 403 463 10 13 527 C. Stefankiewicz (fe) 32 108 27 25 43 34 31 5 5 4 4 0 0 35 32 398 519 4 4 520 Linda Dart (fe) 29 82 29 35 35 34 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 23 427 439 15 15 518

Male Eddie Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Warren Grant (me) 45 158 95 60 121 89 56 22 14 6 4 4 3 123 78 766 1057 18 10 703 Bill Stone (me) 38 119 100 84 77 52 44 19 16 3 3 3 3 47 39 647 933 34 22 660 Ron Pulli (me) 63 224 128 57 148 100 45 18 8 24 11 6 3 149 67 661 1036 25 10 650 Carl Motts, Jr. (me) 20 79 38 48 54 22 28 21 27 3 4 8 10 49 62 684 1329 3 4 630 Jeff Pierce (me) 19 54 31 57 34 22 41 9 17 2 4 1 2 23 43 630 926 13 19 589 Lew Wisnoff (me) 13 47 28 60 30 24 51 3 6 3 6 0 0 23 49 638 830 7 13 574 Rich Cordisco (me) 20 72 31 43 41 23 32 7 10 5 7 6 8 51 71 569 1056 6 8 556 Nick Mancini (me) 41 153 65 42 96 77 50 15 10 4 3 0 0 69 45 627 778 5 3 527 Bill Martino (me) 19 55 23 42 34 30 55 1 2 1 2 2 4 19 35 618 782 10 15 523 Joe Engro (me) 62 196 84 43 111 86 44 21 11 3 2 1 1 65 33 566 719 14 7 499

PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 4 Opening Day - March 27, 2017 A Look Ahead to the Softball New Year (Continued from page 1) because the free agent fills out his/her own bio and that can be a little dicey. We’ve seen free agent ‘world beaters’ come up small. By the same token and to name just a few, Ron Bannister, perennial Player of the Year Jarred Gardner, and female sensation Marissa Nagle all came into the league as free agents. Looking to tweak? Check out the Free Agent Wire. The next ‘diamond in the rough’ is waiting for your call. The league will NOT be conducting manager meetings moving forward. For the most part, very little is ever accom- plished. Voting on the rare issue that might come up at the meeting is futile as only a small percentage of managers at- tend. As a manager or league member, if you have anything worthwhile that you would like to see come to fruition, send me an email and I will consider it. If your proposal has a direct impact on other teams/league members, I will put it to a manager vote via email. During the 2016 season, a number of league members requested an adjustment be made to the men’s league bat re- strictions. Beginning in 2017, men’s league bat restrictions will mirror those of the coed leagues. Translation: any men’s league player 52 years of age or older will be allowed to use any bat in Column 2 of our league bat list. Remember, every league member’s birthday is January 1st. If you are 51 and turn 52 at any point in 2017, your SBA birthday is January 1st and you are considered 52 years of age as of that date. The league tie-breaker rule comes under fire every once in a while so I’d like to explain the league stance on it. The rule is as follows: In the event of a 2-way tie in the final standings, head to head play will be the 1st tie-breaker. If head to head play is a split, seasonal runs-against will be used as the 2nd tie-breaker with head to head runs-against as the 3rd tie- breaker. In the event of a 3 or more way tie in the final standings, seasonal runs against shall be the 1st tie-breaker. If seasonal runs against are the same, head to head play is the 2nd tie-breaker. If head to head is a split, head to head sea- sonal runs against is be the 3rd tie-breaker. If the listed tie-breakers fail to produce clear results, a coin toss or reasonable facsimile will take place. The runs-against total for teams involved in forfeits is to be adjusted upward to compensate for the automatic 7-0 score awarded to forfeited games. League statisticians will take the average of all non-forfeited games and assign that average to each forfeited game. As an example; a 5-3 team has a runs-against total of 60. In 2 of their games they were involved in a forfeit. The runs-against total of 60 is to be divided by the 6 non-forfeited games for an ac- tual average of 10 runs-against per game. The average of 10 runs-against per game is assigned to each forfeited game and the adjusted runs-against total shall become 80. Where the rule comes under fire is when there is a 3 or more way tie and the tie-breaker reverts to RGU (runs given up). Yes, it is possible for a team to beat the other teams in the tie and lose the tie-breaker if their runs-against is high. The reason it is done this way is for simplicity’s sake. Imagine the complexities of figuring out the tie-break if Team A beat Team B, Team B beat Team C, and Team C beat Team A in a 3-way tie. The league statistician would have to do all sorts of research. The managers would have no idea what the possible scenarios might be moving to the last game of the sea- son. With the way it is now, teams would know exactly what they need to do to win any tie-breaker that may come about. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s serviceable. Moral of the story, play defense to increase your chances of being atop any tie-break. The league time limit rule has been amended to read as follows: No new inning shall begin within ten minutes of the start time of the next scheduled game or within 10 minutes of the end of the last game. The latter part of the rule has been added in the name of fairness. It’s always been that way, I just wanted to put it in writing. You see, it wouldn’t be fair to allow the teams playing the last game to continue beyond the time limit. How is that not fair you ask? Allow me to give you an example. Team A has a record of 2-5. They are playing the final game of the day/night in the final week of the regular season. Team B already played their game and finished the season at 3-5 - fighting for a playoff spot. Team A is in a game that’s 12-12 when the time limit hits. The players coerce the umpire to allow the game to go one more inning even though it’s beyond the time limit. The umpire allows it and Team A wins the game. The players from Team B who were watching Team A’s game cry foul. They claim the game should never have gone the extra inning. Team A’s game should have ended in a tie and Team B should be the team to move into the playoffs, not Team A. And you know what? Team B would have every right to cry foul. They just got knocked out of the playoffs because league protocol wasn’t followed. The 1-pitch tournament career stat file will be revised to reflect only those stats from the coed 1-pitch tournaments. Men’s and women’s 1-pitch stats will get backed out of the equation. I hope to have that completed in the not-too-distant future. Softball America has been going through somewhat of a transition over the past couple of years. My guess is it’s some- thing like a 7-year itch only this one is 20 years. League old heads are calling it a career while a lot of young bucks are embarking on their own SBA careers. Some days I look around and find I can hardly recognize a lot of people. I could find nobody from the 1995 inaugural year still playing in the league. As of 2016, Andy Smallman is the longest tenured ball player. Andy started his Softball America career in the fall of 1996 playing for a team by the name of Dyson/State Farm. He played spring and summer this past year on a Friday Coed team named Andy’s Snack Bar. And so the new SBA soft- ball generation begins. Any Moms or Dads interested in playing softball with their sons or daughters can do so if they head over to the Softball America home page and click the link for the ASA Parental Consent Form. 15-17 year-olds can play in the league once that form is completed and submitted to the league.

(Continued on page 26) PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 5 Playoff Player of the Year nominations are a result of formula based on the following categories: R%, RBI%, Avg, Slg, BB%. Core players require a mini- mum of 27 ABs (including BBs) to qualify. Eddies require 24 ABs. The league’s top 10 players are listed below. Men's Playoff Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Jarred Gardner 16 63 43 68 47 17 27 9 14 0 0 21 33 54 86 746 1889 4 6 1075 Scott Carroll 10 39 25 64 32 19 49 8 21 1 3 4 10 19 49 821 1385 4 9 951 Jeff Kulp 9 34 16 47 24 11 32 4 12 0 0 9 26 23 68 706 1618 1 3 915 Nick Wasekanes 7 25 14 56 17 8 32 5 20 1 4 3 12 19 76 680 1320 2 7 881 Brian Penecale 26 94 54 57 59 34 36 7 7 2 2 16 17 65 69 628 1255 11 10 853 Mike Banes 7 25 13 52 16 9 36 2 8 0 0 5 20 16 64 640 1320 3 11 839 Matt Schaub 12 45 23 51 29 12 27 9 20 1 2 7 16 26 58 644 1356 2 4 829 Kyle Smith 18 68 35 51 39 13 19 8 12 7 10 11 16 45 66 574 1382 3 4 814 Mike DeCristofano 9 28 18 64 17 10 36 4 14 1 4 2 7 17 61 607 1036 4 13 791 Ted Peck 18 70 36 51 43 23 33 10 14 1 1 9 13 43 61 614 1171 4 5 790

Core Playoff Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Jarred Gardner 12 45 28 62 36 15 33 8 18 2 4 11 24 43 96 800 1800 3 6 795 Chris Hackney 14 46 32 70 34 14 30 10 22 5 11 5 11 32 70 739 1500 3 6 718 Dan Wehlau 15 49 34 69 35 20 41 5 10 5 10 5 10 34 69 714 1327 7 13 703 Billy Cunningham, Jr. 9 31 23 74 24 9 29 11 35 2 6 2 6 12 39 774 1452 2 6 702 Jose Rodriguez 8 26 19 73 17 6 23 4 15 1 4 6 23 19 73 654 1577 2 7 697 Matt McCleary 10 31 17 55 22 13 42 5 16 2 6 2 6 23 74 710 1194 1 3 638 John Poore 10 29 13 45 19 10 34 2 7 0 0 7 24 23 79 655 1448 1 3 632 Brian Penecale 10 35 16 46 22 13 37 1 3 2 6 6 17 33 94 629 1286 3 8 630 Gene Schwendeman 16 47 18 38 33 20 43 11 23 0 0 2 4 30 64 702 1064 7 13 609 Mike Koszowski 12 36 17 47 21 5 14 10 28 2 6 4 11 24 67 583 1306 3 8 587

Female Eddie Playoff Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Emily Kline (fe) 6 18 9 50 9 8 44 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 28 500 556 7 28 645 Dana Bradley (fe) 10 33 11 33 15 13 39 2 6 0 0 0 0 13 39 455 515 2 6 573 Erin Bintner (fe) 22 68 26 38 32 29 43 2 3 1 1 0 0 15 22 471 529 5 7 541 Rachel Gieringer (fe) 16 51 20 39 23 20 39 1 2 2 4 0 0 9 18 451 549 7 12 534 Shanna Gardner (fe) 9 26 8 31 8 6 23 1 4 1 4 0 0 10 38 308 423 6 19 504 Joan Glass (fe) 7 19 4 21 6 4 21 2 11 0 0 0 0 6 32 316 421 5 21 470 Lisa Silvestri (fe) 16 52 12 23 17 13 25 1 2 3 6 1 2 13 25 327 538 5 9 466 Kelly Gallagher (fe) 12 45 15 33 20 19 42 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 16 444 489 0 0 464 Kris Smedley (fe) 28 79 29 37 28 26 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 15 354 380 15 16 443 Brittany Ullman (fe) 25 75 22 29 24 20 27 3 4 1 1 0 0 20 27 320 387 5 6 433

Male Eddie Playoff Player Of The Year / 2016 G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% Pts Bill Stone (me) 15 49 40 82 34 24 49 6 12 4 8 0 0 12 24 694 980 10 17 640 Ron Pulli (me) 24 76 37 49 47 33 43 5 7 5 7 4 5 56 74 618 974 9 11 588 Warren Grant (me) 16 51 24 47 34 25 49 6 12 0 0 3 6 29 57 667 961 5 9 580 Ron Bannister (me) 9 27 10 37 18 10 37 5 19 3 11 0 0 16 59 667 1074 1 4 560 Tom Egitto (me) 11 42 21 50 26 20 48 2 5 4 10 0 0 12 29 619 857 1 2 505 Doug Spier (me) 7 24 11 46 11 9 38 2 8 0 0 0 0 9 38 458 542 3 11 416 Terry Leach (me) 9 29 12 41 14 13 45 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 10 483 552 6 17 409 Tony Oliver (me) 8 23 10 43 10 6 26 4 17 0 0 0 0 7 30 435 609 1 4 385 Ron Kulp (me) 15 40 9 23 16 15 38 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 30 400 425 5 11 332 Tim O'Shea, Sr. (me) 14 43 12 28 15 13 30 0 0 2 5 0 0 9 21 349 442 10 19 332

PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 6 Monday Evening Coed Car Bombs Tops in Spring and Fall. Andy’s Takes Middle Jewel. Dugout Demons, Blue Dog Tavern, and Carroll’s Jewelers Share National Crown. Blue Dog, New Age, and Wackers Patriot Best.

(Continued from page 2) 4rbi .500. Doom Cats were 3-5 with Matt Hatch crushing the ball 12rbi .688 and Andrew Markowitz 5rbi .429. Palermo's Pizza struggled to start 1-7 but couple bright spots were Everett Cooke 8rbi .625 and Andela Georgiadis 2rbi .444. Spring season wraps up with the top two seeds meet in the championship game. Runs were scored a plenty in this 3 game series as Car Bombs and Andy's just kept hitting. This went the distance as the Carbombs win the series 2-1. Summer is the next season up and teams always moving and grooving. Adding and subtracting players. Division win- ners and lers moving around and we have a whole new season. Andy still stay at the top 7-1 again lead by Warren Grant 17rbi .840 and Adam Lightkep 1hr 17rbi .710. Dugout Demons jump into play at 6-2 Kyle Smith blasted 5hr 24rbi .739 and Steve Dariano 9rbi .630. Irish Car Bombs were also 6-2 Jarred Gardner blasted 5hr 22rbi .636 and Bill Stone 5rbi .600. Doom Cats 3-5 were lead by Jose Rodriguez 2hr 12rbi .667 Maria Stuebing 5rbi .400. Sharks 1-7 Tom McCarthy 6rbi .824 and Jeff Pierce 6rbi .474. We get to the finals and again the top 2 seeds make it there as Andy's takes on Dugout Demons. Andy's was just too much on this Monday as they win this in 2, 23-10 and 18-5. Fall season starts as the last shot to shake it up and get your Monday shirts. Andy's does it again as they go 8-0 and only lose 1 game all regular season. Leading them this season were Warren Grant 1hr 17rbi .724 and Chase Luzton 4hr 17rbi .700. Irish Car Bombs were lead by Brian Penecale 6hr 25rbi .842 and Tim O'Shea 12rbi .679. Dugout Demons were also 5-3 Nick Wasekanes bashed 5hrs 32rbi .727 and Nick Mancini 25rbi .719. Blue Dog tavern were next up at 2-6 Dave McDonald 1hr 10rbi .741 and Bill Roth 6rbi .632 lead the way. Doom Cats struggled to a 1-7 finish but couple peo- ple stood out Chris Hackney 1hr 16rbi .680 and Kathleen Mack 3rbi. For the 3rd straight season the top 2 seeds met again. Andy’s and Car Bombs went at it on Mondays and it was an- other great series. Car Bombs out lasted Andy's in this 3 game series and win the fall title. National Conference was lead by the Roo's 5-3 Lead by Jake Blum 5hr 14rbi .724 and Corinne Stefankiewicz 9rbi. 391. Doom Cats were also 5-3 Kyle smith lead the way 7hr 23 rbis .773 and Theresa Grooves 4rbi .478. Flint Michigan Tropics were 3-5 had a couple really bright spots Joe Stoll 4hr 25rbi .800 and Kerry Conrad 3rbi .409. New Age finished at 2-6 but Shawn Colden 4hr 16rbi .750 and Jack Tronoski 1hr 9rbi .419 had standout season. The Championship had the Dugout Demons battling the Tropics but the Demons were just way too much offensively and walk away with this one in 2 games. Moving to the summer teams tried to upgrade and make moves to get to the top spot. Carroll's took the top spot at 4-3- 1 Kevin Shinkunas had a stellar season 5hr 25rbi .786 and Terry Leach 12rbi .656. Roos were 4-4 and were lead by Gary Ehly 1hr 10rbi .714 and Corinne Stefankiewicz 7rbi .357. Flint Michigan Tropics were 3-3-2 on the season. Colin Donohoe 2hr 11rbi .583 and Stephanie Thrasher 5rbi .571 kept the team a float. Blue Dog Tavern 2-5-1 had Bob Baginski 13rbi .542 and Bob Kolecki 4rbi .556 lead the way. Wackers 2-5-1 had Matt Friend bash 9hr 20rbi .731 and Heather McKnight .524 keep the runs going for them. Summer Championship was all Blue Dog Tavern turning it around at the right time and wining 2 games over the Roos 19-16 and 8-4 and walking away the champs. (Continued on page 8) Friday Evening Men’s Irish Car Bombs Garner Spring Title. Honey Badgers Capture Summer. TBD Breaks Through and Takes Fall Crown.

(Continued from page 2) as they only gave up 81 runs. Joe Knight, of TBD, captured the batting title with an .857 average. There were plenty of homers, as Eric Scheckenbach and Mike Chwieroth hit 8 and 7, respectively. Five players managed to accumulate 20+ RBI with Mike Banes of TBD topping tue list at 32. In the playoffs, Irish Car Bombs outslugged the Honey Badgers, 19-18, and TBD made quick work of the Shockers, 22-7. In the finals, Irish Car Bombs pulled off the upset to knock off TBD in just two games, capturing the spring title. In the summer, TBD ran the table to finish the regular season undefeated at 8-0 while plating 156 runs. Defense champ, Irish Car Bombs, went 6-2 and played stellar defense, only giving up 67 runs. Chris Fehr of TBD took home the batting crown, raking at a .737 clip. Mike Chwieroth, Nick D'Angelo and Evan Porter all blasted 6 homers. Doug Roberts of the Honey Badgers drove in the most runs with 26. The Honey Badgers took care of business in the playoffs to make the ship. Meanwhile, the Shockers shocked everyone by taking down undefeated TBD to advance. In the finals, the Honey Badgers knocked off the Shockers in two games to take the summer crown. The fall season saw the Shockers and TBD tie for first place with 7-1 records. They both managed to score 142 runs. John "Paul Bunyan" Keifer of Irish Car Bombs made the league his own personal playground. He easily won the triple crown with a .742 average, smashed 10 homeruns and had 30 RBI. Right behind him was Jeff Murtha of the shockers, batting .737. Joe Knight of TBD also had a great season, finishing with 9 homers and 21 RBI. The Shockers and TBD con- tinued their dominance in the playoffs, both teams adancing to the ship. In The finals, TBD took care of the Shockers in two games to win the fall title. Keith Keppley

PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 7 Monday Evening Coed Car Bombs Tops in Spring and Fall. Andy’s Takes Middle Jewel. Dugout Demons, Blue Dog Tavern, and Car- roll’s Jewelers Share National Crown. Blue Dog, New Age, and Wackers Patriot Best. (Continued from page 7) Fall last chance to shake and bake! Carroll's 6-1-1 were again lead by Kevin Shinkunas 6hr 26rbi .839 Tom Weinmann 6rbi .519. Taking the second spot was Flint Michigan Tropics 5-3 Tom Rider had a great season 3hr 26rbi .833 and Jenna Bundy 5rbi .379. New Age 3-4-1 were lead by Jim Kennedy 6hr 14rbi .667 and Mark White 12rbi .571. Sharks 3-5 Jeff Pierce 1hr 9rbi .789 and Adam Kopfinger 4hr 12rbi .607. Roos were 3-5 leading the way were Dan Wehlau 1hr 11rbi .655 and Corinne Stefankiewicz 16rbi .567 Fall Finals saw the Carroll's vs Flint Michigan Tropics. Carroll's were clicking on all cylinders and were too much as they win in 2 games. Patriot Division saw The Maize at winding brook 5-3 take the top spot, lead by Bill Brancato 2hr 16rbi .696 and Joe DeSousa 7rbi .655. Blue Dog Tavern were next up 4-3-1 lead by John Rodiguez 1hr 14rbi .652 and Bill Roth 7rbi .529. L.A. Pools finished even at 4-4 Sean Fisher 3hr 20rbi .697 and Joan Glass 6rbi .583 lead the way. Sons of Piches were 0-7-1 but had some bright spots as Carl Motts 5hr 11rbi .769 and Nikki Haase 4rbi .333. Spring finals were a great series as Blue Dog took on The Maize. The series went all 3 games as Blue dog managed to outlast the Maize. Summer season wheeling and dealing were underway and Sons of pitches jumped out on top as Carl Motts 3hr 19rbi .720 and Jon Motts 2hr 14rbi .690 made it a family affair to lead the way. New Age were 2nd at 5-3 Alex Peterson 1hr 6rbi and Charlotte LaRose 4rbi .458 took them there. LA Pools were also 5-3 Greg Reilly 2hr 19rbi .769 and Darcy Rabenda 2rbi .727. The Maize struggled to a 1-6-1 record but Joe DeSousa 13rbi .538 and Phil Worthington 9rbi .483 had nice sea- sons. Summer Championships saw New Age take on Sons of Pitches. New Age had a great night on this Monday as they won the title in 2 games , 20-13 and 14-10. Fall season is upon us last shot to get some wins last shot to hit some dingers! Sons of Pitches again were the top seed 6-2 again Carl Motts had a season 6hr 30rbi .867 and Carl Motts, Jr. (ME) 3hr 13rbi . Wackers entered in the 2 spot at 4- 4 Chris Davidson 1hr 13rbi .762 and Caitlyn Rinker 4rbi lead the way. LA Pools were 4-4 lead by Sean Fisher 4hr 18rbi .760 and Samantha Grismore 5rbi .524. The Maize struggled in the fall going 0-8 but this Vet group had some stand- out players Tom Egitto 5rbi .682 and Gary Kleinschmidt 5rbi .563. Fall patriot division title up for grabs and Sons of Pitches and the Wackers would battle it out. In this best of 3 series we needed all three games and extra innings to determine a winner of this one. Wackers win this one in the 8th inning of the last game to claim their fall title. Congrats to all division winners on Monday in the 2016 season. Enjoy your off-seasons and look forward to seeing you all on the field in 2017. Curtis Hensman Tuesday Evening Men’s Doylestown Gold Exchange Nails Spring Title. Irish Car Bombs Take Summer and Fall (Continued from page 2) Exchange. They each smashed 5 homers and drove in 55 RBI together. Jarred Gardner carried the offense for the Car Bombs with a line of .714, 4 HR and 25 RBI. In the playoffs, Mike's Bar and Grill got hot to beat Vertex and knock off the top seed, Porsche of the Main Line. Meanwhile, Doylestown Gold Exchange downed the Goodfellas, then upset second seed Irish Car Bombs. A week later in the finals, Doylestown Gold Exchange took the spring title in two lackluster games. The summer season brought the heat and the bats caught fire. With Doylestown Gold Exchange folding, key players joined the Irish Car Bombs and the juggernaut was born. Irish Car Bombs brought the lumber and made the rest of the league their b***h. Scoring 168 runs for the season, defenses could not stop this offense. They could only hop on its back and hold on for dear life. Combining the two most prolific homerun hitters in SBA history, Brian Penecale and Jarred Gard- ner launched ball after ball into the night. They blasted 13 homeruns between them. As a team, Irish Car Bombs jacked 23 four baggers. Bobby Argeros starred for Porsche or the Main Line, leading the league with a .714 average. Matt Schaub of Vertex did what he could to help his squad, smashing 7 homers and driving in 25 runs. In the playoffs, Irish Car Bombs and the Goodfellas outlasted the competition to meet each other in the finals. Irish Car Bombs captured the summer ship in two games, thanks once again to their offense. The fall season brought with it the same domination by the Irish Car Bombs. As if they weren't stacked enough, veteran Frank Hackett was added to the roster. The Murderer's Row of SBA was now formed. Irish Car Bombs proceeded to go a perfect 8-0 on the season while putting up more runs than the previous season. Irish Car Bombs batted an insane .633 as a TEAM. That is just crazy! Vertex and Mike's Bar and Grill tied cir second place with a record of 6-2. Matt Schaub, once again, took the batting title with a very impressive .885. Brian "Hulk" Penecale (.815) and Steve "Pope" Gardner (.813) led the way for Irish Car Bombs. Pen also put up his usual consistent stat line of 5 homers and 26 RBI. Scott Carroll, also of the Irish Car Bombs, chipped in with 5 homers and 23 RBI. In the playoffs, Mike's Bar and Grill destroyed The Rock and topped Vertex to get to the ship. Irish Car Bombs finishes their year with a statement game in the finals, decimating Mike's Bar and Grill 28-2 to take the fall title. Curtis Hensman

PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 8 Sunday Morning Men’s Maggios, JPH, Goodfellas Top A Division. The Tropics, Balls Deep, Corradino Chiropractic, Best in the Na- tional. Insurance Runs, Beef & Broccoli, One Hit Wonders North Victors. Builldogs, Misfits, Dirty Dozen, Beasts in the East. Isotopes, Horsham Pub, E’s Irish Pub West Champs.

(Continued from page 3) That folks, is the American division for 2016. You’ve got a couple months left to regroup, retool, and get back at it! Good luck to returning teams in 2017. B National Sunday mornings next division is National. Leading the National in the spring season was Dark Horse going 7-1 being led by Bill Jones 1hr 15rbis and Paul Ferruzzi 18 rbis .607. Doom cats went 6-2 Chris Hackney 2hr 12rbis .593. Ballz Deep 4-3-1 Brian Maurer 2hr 13rbi .583. Balls Out 4-4 Russ Freed 13rbi .679. Amber Inn 4-4 Marc Mckinney 3hr 11rbi .517. Tropics 3-4-1 Noah Mastin 1hr 10rbi .538. Corrandino Chiropractic 3-5 Brendon McCoy 4hr 16rbi .692. Weekend Warriors struggled to 0-8 Jim Kelly 7rbis .727. The championship was the top seeded Dark Horse and the surprising Tropics. Tropics got hot at the right time and took the Championship winning in 3 games and taking the spring title. Moving onto summer - teams moving players, moving divisions, cutting people, adding people trying to get that next championship. Doom Cats join the division and jump right to the top going 7-1 John Poore 14rbis .520. Ballz Deep moved up in their winning ways 6-2 lead by coach Gene Walczak 10rbis .593. Tropics take 3rd getting ready to defend their championship Paul Ferruzzi 11 rbis .630. Corradino were 3-5 again Ben Keller 3hr 12 rbis .565. Balls Out were 3-5 also Jim Caplin 8rbis .481. Joining the division as well were Gas House Gorillas going 3-5 Frank Fusca 1hr 8rbi .393. Amber Inn struggled the summer season going 1-7 Marc McKinney lead the way again 3hr 7rbis .400. Ballz Deep makes their appearance in the championship taking on the Doom Cats. Ballz Deep takes the summer title in 2 games winning 12-9 and 8-4. The fall season brough about the most even division I have seen in a long time with 4 teams at .500! Ballz deep defend- ing their title were 4-4 Tom Campbell 1hr 11rbi .538. Corrandino Chiropradic 4-4 Brenden McCoy leads again blasting 5hr 12rbis .533. Dark Horse comes back and meets everyone in the middle 4-4. Kevin McKean 11rbis .556. Tropics led by manager Shawn Thome 2 hr 17rbis .481. Joining for the fall were Beef & Broccoli crushing the ball for them was Kyle Smith 5hr 23rbis .633 and Joe Healy 5hr 17rbis .607. Gas House Gorillas slowed down and went 1-7 but Greg Thompson had a nice season 1hr 9rbi .500. The Fall Championship had Corradino taking on Beef and Broccoli. In a quick two game series Corradino takes the title and the tee shirts for the fall and go into the long off-season as champs. Good luck to everyone returning to battle for the spring of 2017. B North Another group of teams battling for another division title and the pride of that division. Insurance Runs led the B North going 6-2. Seth Mahlemann 3hr 15rbis .680. Holding Hands With Hookers were 2nd at 5-3. Jeff Sywulak took the bulk at 4hr 16rbis .571. Philly's Phinest 5-3. Mike Rocks 2hr 9rbis. One Hit Wonders 4-4. Dan Martin 3hr 15rbis .571 and Jesse Grasso 3hr 17rbis .481. Snipers 4-4 were lead by Dave Shannon 2hr 14rbis. Philly Police Softball 4-4. Steve Johnson 2hr 13rbis .680. Team Trevose also 4-4. Mike Washeleski 2hr 19rbis .577. Last place was Fort Washington 0-8 Tom Farrell 5rbis .579. The Championship game for the spring saw Insurance Runs vs. Holding Hands With Hookers. First game was 1-0 and the second was 12-1 and The Insurance Runs grabs the spring title. Moving onto summer new teams newer players. Summer is when softball gets serious. Beef & Broccoli enters the divi- sion and jumps right to the top going 7-1 Kyle Smith bombs 7hrs 24rbis .621. Bulldogs were 5-3 led by vet Mike Suda 5hr 2rbi .679. One Hit Wonders were 4-4 led by Jesse Grasso 2hr 21 rbis .516. Holding Hands With Hookers was 4-4 Dan Curran 1hr 8rbis .393. Team Trevose was also 4-4. Zach Victor 3hr 16rbis .600. X-Phils 2-6 Ed Rocks 4hr 14rbis .444. Snipers 2-6. Mark Danouski 1hr 17rbis .633. Summer title was Beef & Broccoli vs. the Bulldogs. This was a great series as both teams battled in the summer heat taking it to 3 games. The runs that separated these 2 teams in the three games combined were 7 in the series. Congrats to Beef and Broccoli taking the summer. Fall season was next stop for everyone and people take this as their last shot to win for the year, when it gets serious and cold. Bulldogs warmed up though going to the top spot at 6-2 Mike Suda 6hr 18rbis .636. One Hit Wonders were 6-2 Colby Schorller 4hr 20rbis .607. The Insurance Runs were 5-3 Colin Beatty 9rbis .552. Team Trevose were also 5-3 Mike Washeleski 1hr 12 rbis .621. Philly Police 4-4 Mike Rocks, Jr. 2hr 6rbi .720. Holding Hands With Hookers 3-5 Ethan Hibbs 10rbis .640. Snipers Tom Nace 2hr 5rbi .625. Philly Police Softball 1-7 Steve Walker 5rbi .579. Fall title was up for grabs and One Hit Wonders battled the Bulldogs in the series. In the best of 3, One Hit Wonders took the title 2 games to 1. That’s a wrap for the B North Division. It was an exciting year of softball and hope to see all these names and faces back in 2017. See you guys at the field. B East So many divisions, so many teams, more stars, more championships. We move to B East Division and in the spring of 2016 Beef & Broccoli started out perfect 8-0 led by Kyle Smith 7hr 26rbis .625. Next were 7-1 X-Phils. Brenden Burrows (Continued on page 14)

PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 9 Sunday Afternoon Coed V.S.C, Irish Car Bombs, GoRoostr Claim American Crowns. JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery, Shorthanded, GenY&Rents Take National Titles. Wackers, Your Mother, I’d Hit That, Long Shots, and Slap a Pitch Earn B Division Wins.

(Continued from page 3) (8-2), and carried the momentum into Game 2, a close 14-13 victory to claim the spring championship in a two-game sweep, their second top-tier Sunday Coed title (previous fall 2014). Top playoff performers were Ron Pulli (.750 AVG, 1.750 SLG, 6 R, 3 HR, 20 RBI) and Greg Reilly (.692 AVG, .846 SLG, 9 R) for V.S.C and Greg Thompson (.700 AVG, 1.200 SLG, 5 R, 3 2B) for GoRoostr. National Conference The National Conference completed the regular season with Where My Pitches At? (6-2, 143 runs scored) as the #1 seed on the basis of a regular season head-to-head victory over #2 seed Hit & Run (6-2, 126 runs scored). The seasonal run totals were also particularly impressive for the two teams. Trailing by just one game was JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery (5-3). On the basis of runs given up (RGU), the remaining two playoff spots went to Team Cornerstone (3-5, 83 RGU) and Doom Cats (3-5, 90 RGU), with Your Mother (3-5, 105 RGU) barely missing the postseason and Bar 31 (0-8) perhaps slightly out of their depth. Jesse Grasso of Where My Pitches At? had a monster season, leading the conference with a .760 AVG, .778 OBP, 1.400 SLG, and 20 R. Teammates Colby Schoeller (.654 AVG, 1.231 SLG, 17 R, 7 2B, 4 3B, 19 RBI) and female eddie Linda Luscombe (.593 AVG, .613 SLG, .667 SLG, 19 R, 13 RBI) also had especially strong cam- paigns. Hit and Run’s Neal Hebert (.692 AVG, .714 OBP, .923 SLG, 11 R) led the team both as manager and at the plate, while Kennedy Davis (.652 AVG, 1.043 SLG, 10 R 13 RBI) tied for the conference lead with 7 2B. Nick Cordisco (.607 AVG, .667 OBP, .929 SLG, 17 R, 5 BB) made some waves for JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery, and male eddie Rich Cordisco (.609 AVG, .643 OBP, 1.000 SLG, 10 R) led all conference players with 23 RBI. Manny Stoupakis (.581 AVG, 1.226 SLG, 15 R, 16 RBI) of Team Cornerstone led the conference with 5 3B, 3 HR, and 38 TB, while teammate Matt Korn (.667 AVG, .692 OBP, 1.167 SLG, 11 R, 10 RBI) also shone. The most consistent offensive threat for Doom Cats was Dave Gers (.636 AVG, 1.000 SLG), though Dan Smith launched 3 HR despite playing only three games, and Chris Hackney (.364 AVG, .864 SLG) also belted 3 HR and notched 18 RBI despite having an off-season by his usual standards. Female eddie Joan Glass (.625 AVG, .760 SLG) of Your Mother exhibited a keen batter’s eye, drawing 9 BB to lead all conference play- ers, and teammates Gene Walczak (.556 AVG, 1.074 SLG, 18 RBI) and Zach Martin (.519 AVG, .963 SLG, 12 R, 13 RBI) also turned in solid performances, tying for the conference lead with 3 HR. #4 seed Team Cornerstone edged Doom Cats in the quarterfinals and carried the momentum into the semifinals, where they upset the top-seeded Where My Pitches At? to earn a finals berth. Meanwhile, #3 seed JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery knocked off #2 seed Hit and Run to set the cham- pionship pairing. JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery played stingy defense to hold Team Cornerstone to only 7 runs in a two- game sweep for the franchise’s 6th championship, and first since spring 2012. Playoff performers were Jon Rubin (.786 AVG, 1.143 SLG, 8 R, 6 RBI) and Nick Cordisco (.733 AVG, .933 SLG, 7 R, 5 RBI) for JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery and Matt Korn (.875 AVG, 1.875 SLG, 5 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI) for Team Cornerstone. B Division East In the B Division East, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant asserted their dominance, taking the regular season title with a 7- 1 record. The competition fell in line behind as such: I’d Hit That (6-2), Masterbatters (5-3), Wackers (4-4), and Bucking- ham Flooring (3-5), who edged out Awkward Hugs (3-5) for the final playoff spot on the basis of regular season head-to- head. Fritz’s Bakery (0-8) never really found their groove in this season. Springfield Nuclear Power Plant’s Alex Freeman had a truly impressive campaign, earning the triple crown with a .864 AVG, 5 HR, and 24 RBI, and also leading the division with 19 R, 19 H, 1.909 SLG, and 42 TB. Teammate Bob Worthington (.652 AVG, .680 OBP, 1.130 SLG, ) led with 3 3B, and Jim Donahue (.636 AVG, 1.273 SLG, 18 R, 10 RBI) with 7 2B, while male eddie Rob Worthington (.636 AVG, .727 SLG) also enjoyed a fine season. The offense of I’d Hit That was led by Bill Hare (.679 AVG, 1.000 SLG, 14 R, 12 RBI) and Dan Wehlau (.706 AVG, .750 OBP, 1.412 SLG, 2 HR). Male eddie Ken Shainline (.583 AVG, .708 SLG) impressed, as well as Bill Hapenovich (.625 AVG, .792 SLG) and Brad Herrlinger (.647 AVG, .684 OBP, 1.000 SLG, 9 R). Aaron Val- lalla (.652 AVG, .870 SLG, 9 R) of Wackers had a solid campaign, and teammate Todd Gibson (.588 AVG, .941 SLG) led the division with 3 3B while Gene Schwendeman (.563 AVG, .652 OBP, .750 SLG, 9 R) led with 6 BB. The trio of Jonn Abshire (.640 AVG, .690 OBP, .880 SLG, 14 R), Tom Nimon (.593 AVG, .607 OBP, .667 SLG, 10 R), and Kyle Sturgis (.684 AVG, .727 OBP) kept Buckingham Flooring afloat. Male eddie Ernie Pellicciotti (.550 AVG, .571 OBP, .650 SLG, 7 R) had an excellent season for Awkward Hugs, while teammate Jeff Chiarelli (.429 AVG, .905 SLG, 9 RBI) tied for the divi- sion lead with 3 3B. In the quarterfinals, #4 seed Wackers held off Buckingham Flooring, and carried that momentum into the semifinals where they succeeded in upsetting the top-seeded Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in an 8-inning affair. Meanwhile, Masterbatters advanced to the finals as a result of a forfeit win. In the championship series, Wackers contin- ued their great playoff run, allowing only 6 runs in a two-game sweep of Masterbatters (8-4, 5-2). Playoff heroes for Wack- ers were Gene Schwendeman (.692 AVG, 1.231 SLG, 4 2B, 1 HR, 12 RBI) and Anthony Mumenthaler (.533 AVG, 1.200 SLG, 8 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI). B Division West No two teams possessed the same record at the end of the spring season in the unusually stratified B Division West. Long Shots ran the table with a perfect 8-0 record to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Trailing were No Glove, No Love (6-2), Down ‘n Dirty (4-4), Alaskan Bullworms (3-5), and Team Hunt (2-6), while Slap a Pitch (1-7) (Continued on page 11) PO Box 101, Fountainville, PA 18923 215-822-8777 www.cuttingedgesports.net ~ Page 10 Sunday Afternoon Coed V.S.C, Irish Car Bombs, GoRoostr Claim American Crowns. JT Bankers Saloon & Eatery, Shorthanded, GenY&Rents Take National Titles. Wackers, Your Mother, I’d Hit That, Long Shots, and Slap a Pitch Earn B Division Wins.

(Continued from page 10) made an early exit. Matthew Kafton (.778 OBP, 1.160 SLG, 18 R, 13 RBI) of Long Shots took the batting crown, slashing an even .800 AVG, and teammates Dan Vescovi (.720 AVG, 1.480 SLG, 16 R, 6 2B, 17 RBI), Shaun McLaughlin (.700 AVG, .708 OBP, 1.150 SLG, 14 R, 12 RBI), and male eddie Kevin Clugston (.655 AVG, .690 SLG, 16 R, 14 RBI) rounded out the arsenal. No Glove, No Love saw standout performances by Wayne Horger, Jr. (.667 AVG, 1.296 SLG, 14 R), the division leader with 4 HR and 23 RBI, female eddie Megan Kelly (.481 AVG, .533 OBP, .556 SLG, 15 R), and male eddie Wayne Horger, Sr. (.520 AVG, .556 OBP). Tim Groves (.586 AVG, .600 OBP, 1.138 SLG, 3 HR, 16 RBI) of Down ‘n Dirty led the division with 19 R, while female eddie Theresa Groves (.500 AVG, .531 OBP, .607 SLG, 10 R) and male eddie Dave Collopy (.481 AVG, .517 OBP, .556 SLG, 9 R) also impressed. With 3 3B, Calvin Starosta (.500 AVG, .958 SLG, 11 RBI) of Alaskan Bullworms tied Kelly Groff (.696 AVG, 1.348 SLG, 14 R, 2 HR, 18 RBI) and Josh Groff (.520 AVG, 1.320 SLG, 16 R, 13 RBI) of Team Hunt for the division lead; Josh Groff also led the division with 4 HR. The performance of fe- male eddie Dana Bradley (.480 AVG, .519 OBP, .640 SLG, 13 R) for Team Hunt was also noteworthy. Alaskan Bullworms advanced to the semifinals on an opponent’s forfeit, but were no match for the #1 seed Long Shots. Down ‘n Dirty edged No Glove, No Love to earn the other finals berth. The Long Shots pulled off a perfect 11-0 season by completing a two- game sweep of Down ‘n Dirty in the championship series (16-8, 10-8) – congratulations! Dan Teefy, Sr