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November 2015
2015 Highlights
Beachwood Men's Softball League
The Beachwood Softball League ended
its year with three teams winning titles. Its
Round Robin Tournament winner was the
Gilbert/Gellis Team, coached by co-managers
Ben Gellis and Randy Gilbert. Gellis, known
for wearing orange socks, underwent a
liver transplant late in the season and was
honored by his entire team's wearing orange
socks for the rest of the season. Who knows,
maybe it brought him good luck!
The annual Legends Game was again a
major attraction featuring 60+ year olds,
most of whom showed up in some sort
of medical device to sustain them for five
innings. To cheer them on, a group of
60+-year-old cheerleaders in full rooting at-
tire, complete with pom poms, brought ex-
tra spirit to the game. They included Joanne
Adelman, Tedda Nathan, Sharon Cohen,
Judy Wolf, Ricki Carr and Sheila Rosenblum.
Adelman's Army (three years undefeated)
defeated Nathan's Navy 8-0.
The All-Star Game followed the Legends
game, which, for the third straight year,
was determined by one run, with the "Even"
team, managed by Randy Gilbert, Larry
Wolkoff and Marc Berkowitz, winning 6-5.
The previously undefeated "Odd" team was
managed by Todd Adelman, Freddy Gross,
Adam Baker and Mark Weiskind.
This year's championship games were
held "under the lights" at Solon field. The
games (best 2 of 3) featured 1st-half win-
ners (Adelman/Gross, Black Team) vs. 2nd-
half winners (Baker/Weiskind, Red Team).
The first game was won by the Black Team
13-1, the second by the Red Team 9-8. The
final game was won by the Black Team 15-3,
thus becoming the 2015 champions.
Congrats also go to batting champion,
Scott Winograd, and rookie of the year,
Matt Zeiger.
Finally, the league's newest Hall of Fame
2015 inductees are Jonathon Gill and David
Kowit.
The Beachwood Men's Softball League
has become much younger with players
in their 20s and 30s continuing to stream
in during April tryouts. While it is more
competitive, it continues to feature family
relationships, camaraderie, sportsmanship
and fun.
The league's annual banquet, later this
month at Landerhaven, will feature a food
charity drive and charitable raffle.
League commissioners are Larry Adel-
man, Dick Cohen, Jim Heller and Manny
Nathan.
The Beachwood Men's Softball
League has become much younger
with players in their 20s and 30s
continuing to stream in during
April tryouts. While it is more
competitive, it continues to feature
family relationships, camaraderie,
sportsmanship and fun.
(Above) Winning managers Todd Adelman, Larry Adelman and Fred Gross.
(Below) Combined photo of both teams commemorates the first-ever "night" game in Beachwood softball history.
Back Row ­ Larry Adelman (commissioner/manager), Mike Goldstein, Brad Meyer, Paul Rosenblitt, Marty Baker (manager), Cory Jackson, Matt
Zeiger, Adam Baker, Matthew Bloom, Brian Abraham, Robert Fields, Todd Harford, Jerry Fant, Ken McDaniel, Aaron Kazen, Josh Neidus, Neal
Nudelman and Mitch Seifert. Front Row ­ Eddie Bloom, Scott Moses, Rick Solomon, Todd Adelman, Sam Malek, Fred Gross, Seth Task, Larry
Entis, Mark Weiskind, Jacob Kazen, Barry Goldman and Robert LaRiccia.