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LAST CALL SOFTBALL

 

 

HAPPY RETIREMENT/HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE WITKOWSKI 

One of Last Call’s best players of all-time retired from Cook County Sheriff’s Police force. Dave Witkowski has been protecting the streets and highways of Crook County Illinois for decades. The family threw Dave a retirement party/birthday party as he turned 55 in February. On hand was Dave’s family and many Cook County officers. 

Located in the back room of the bar in Dave’s hometown, we felt safe walking into a room full of cops.   

Dave, wearing the orange lei, in the middle of the crowd was feeling good as the night went along. We had a few members of Last Call on hand. The great Sal Percorac collected those Hawaiian leis like they were Mardi Gras beads.  

As you can see, Sal was the life of the party pretending to give Dave a lovely kind of Sal smooch. Thank the lord, Mark Hill had the situation in control before the picture turned into something. Hill is on the far left. Last Call had a total of five guys on hand for this big day for the Last Call pitcher. 

From the Left: Mark Hill, then Sal Percorac, Dave in the Middle, and Sid on the right. 

Missing out of this picture was Jay Roy who had some comments on Sal’s two-tone Starter Bears jacket. Jay always has the best one liners in team history as he led the Last Call in zingers his entire career.  

Why do you think Dave got the nick name Dominator? 

The Dominator nickname was on every beer koozie at the party which makes a great memory & souvenir from the party. We know Dominator’s nickname had nothing to do with dominating on the pitching mound all these years. It could have been knocking down doors as a Sheriff when he dominated the crook, thief, or bad guy he chased down. Theory has it could be a name he earned in the bowling alley. 

LAST CALL ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED

RANK	NAME
1.	SID	274
2.	BILL SCANLON	207
3.	JON CACCIATORE	202
4.	BRIAN HUGHES	139
5.	TIM GOOD	132
6.	JAY ROY	118
7.	JOHN SHANAHAN	115
8.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	108
9.	MIKE FLYNN	107
10.	KEITH DILLY	106
11.	KEVIN BURKE	104
12.	GREG SPATZ JR.	100
13.	DON PARKER	98
14.	TOM MCDONALD	96
15.	SAL PERCORAC	76
15.	SCOTT SKORA	76
16.	GEOFF DECKER	72
17.	TIM LEE	62
18.	ZACK BULLINGTON	52
19.	DAVE WAGNER (WAGS)	49
20.	NEAL JARRETT	45
21.	MARK HILL	44
22.	SEAN YOUNG	40
23.	CHRIS RILEY	39
24.	ANDY CODYMATE	36
25.	JIM STROSS	34
25.	BRIAN THEILMAN	34
26.	BRIAN FISHER	31
27.	GREG SPATZ SR.	30
27.	BRIAN DANIELS	30
28.	STEVE MOODY	27
28.	DAVE ZURELLA	27
29.	KEN TALING	24
29.	JIM GORNEY	24
30.	ERIC KUNICH	23
30.	ADAM MACFARLAND	23
31.	DAN WENGERT	22
32.	TOM TRACEY	19
32.	STEVE CONNOR	19
33.	EZ- YAZEED HARLEEM	17
33.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
34.	MATT VOLKSTORF	16
34	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
35.	PAT GROGAN	15
35.	BRIAN EARNER	15
35.	TOM KILORAN	15
36.	TONY SKORA	14
36.	STEVE GREY	14
37.	MIKE YOUNG	13
38.	TODD MARIOGER	12
38.	MIKE IKE	12
38.	JIMMY O’LEARY	12
39.	WILLY CUNNINGHAM	11
39.	KEN KIRCHNER	11
39.	JOE WOODS	11
40.	GREG TALLENT	10
41.	TIM PRICE	9
41.	JIM VOLKAKIS	9
41.	JAMES MORRIS	9
41.	CHRIS JANES	9
42.	BEER CAN ALEX MCGRATH	8
42.	SEX PISTOL PAUL	8
42.	MIKE CACCIATORE	8
42.	JASON HART	8
43.	BRIAN SCHRADER	7
43.	FRANK THE TANK	7
43.	BRIAN WERNER	7
43.	MATT SCOTT	7
43.	MATT HEAVEY	7
43.	MIKE CUDECKI	7
43.	DAN VENUM	7
44.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	6
44.	HOLLYWOOD	6
44.	TIM TALLANT	6
44.	PIRATE	6
45.	MIKE WATTS	5
45.	BRIAN KNIGHT	5
45.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	5
45.	ROB MITROS	5
45.	TIM SHANAHAN	5
45.	RON GORNEY	5
45.	PHIL ZACK	5
45.	GEORGE ROY	5
46.	GARRISON	4
46.	DYLAN BUNDY	4
46.	DALE WAGNER	4
46.	MIKE CENTERS	4
46.	COLIN FISHER	4
46.	DICKIE CASILLAS	4
46.	IAN STRONGMAN	4
46.	MIKE HENNESSEE	4
46.	PAT GUILFOYE	4
46.	EDISON	4
47.	BO	3
47.	STEVE DONEGEN	3
47.	EVAN YOUNG	3
46.	M&M CHRIS	3
46.	JOHN MALONE	3
46.	BOB KUCINSKI	3
46.	IAN YOUNG	3
46.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
46.	BERTO	3
47.	BILLY SUTTON	2
47.	NICK MOORE	2
47.	YAZ RIDER	2
47.	SEX PISTOL ETHAN	2
47.	BRIAN JAG BAG	2
47.	TYLER STEVENS	2
47.	PAUL MALL	2
47.	VICTOR JOHNSON	2
47.	COLORADO DAVE	2
47.	JOE CACCIATORE	2
47.	MATT MUFFLER	2
47.	BILL SMITH	2
47.	KENNY STROSS	2
47.	ONLETT	2
47.	MIKE DVORAK	2
47.	B.MYRON	2
47.	B.KINTAID	2
47.	ROB ONE’NINER	2
47.	BEN SEAVER	2
47.	JESSEE JAMES	2
47.	BOB KABOB	2
47.	J.MAHL	2
47.	DAN UETZ	2
48.	AUSTIN LEVY	1
48.	PAT SHIELDS	1
48.	EUGENE LEVY	1
48.	JIMMY DORI	1
48.	MATT LARKIN	1
48.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	1
48.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
48.	LEFTY NICK	1
48.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1
48.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
48.	DANIELSON	1
48.	DAN FIELDING	1
48.	STEVE TULASKI	1
48.	SWEET LOU	1
48.	BOY GEORGE	1
48.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	1
48.	JUST BOB	1
48.	STEVE REAGAN	1
48.	BROTHER DILLY	1
48.	VIRGIL TIBBS	1
48.	BILL RATTLER	1
48.	COLIN DUNFORD	1
48.	KEVIN SELTZER	1
48.	RON FISHBACK	1
48.	GEORGE JUNGLE	1
48.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
48.	JOHN CONDON	1
48.	JOHN DENVER	1
48.	MIKE KEATON	1
48.	CHUCK FOSTER	1
48.	BRIAN MESSING	1
48.	SEAN NUTS	1
48.	MARCO’S POLO	1
48.	CHU MADINA	1
48.	LOUEY DEPLAMER	1
48.	BOB SALMON	1
48.	RALPH MALPH	1
48.	ANDRE HANSON	1
48.	PONCH	1
48.	MARK DAMICO	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME SACRIFICES LIST

Rank	Name	Sacrifices
1	Bill Scanlon	15
2	John Shanahan	10
3	Keith Dilly	8
4	Don Parker	7
4	Mike Flynn	7
4	Tom McDonald	7
5	Jon Cacciatore	6
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
7	Chris Riley	4
7	Brian Fisher	4
7	Jim Gorney	4
7	Tom Tracey	4
7	Tim Good	4
8	Zack Bullington	3
8	Sean Young	3
8	Geoff Decker	3
8	Eric Kunich	3
8	Steve Connor	3
8	Brian Daniels	3
8	Sid	3
9	Brian Hughes	2
9	Mike Ike	2
9	Andy Codymate	2
9	Jim Stross	2
9	Ken Kirchner	2
9	George Roy	2
9	Kevin Burke	2
10	Dave Witkowski	1
10	Mark Hill	1
10	Jay Roy	1
10	Tim Lee	1
10	Mike Young	1
10	Evan Young	1
10	EZ-Yazeed Harleem	1
10	Beer Can Alex McGrath	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Scotty Skora	1
10	Ken The Budman Taling	1
10	Steve Moody	1
10	Steve Grey	1
10	Tony Skora	1
10	Jim Volkakis	1
10	Dave Zurella	1
10	Mike Donnelly	1
10	Greg Tallent	1
10	Mike Cudecki	1
10	Neal Jarrett	1
10	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
10	Brian Earner	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	J. Mahl	1
10	Edison	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME WALKS LIST

Rank	Name	Walks
1	Sid	34
2	Bill Scanlon	26
3	Don Parker	19
3	Greg Spatz Jr.	19
4	Dave Witkowski	17
5	Brian Hughes	14
6	Tom McDonald	12
7	Jon Cacciatore	11
8	John Shanahan	10
9	Tim Good	8
10	Neal Jarrett	7
11	Jim Stross	6
11	Kevin Burke	6
11	Keith Dilly	6
12	Sean Young	4
12	Scotty Skora	4
12	Geoff Decker	4
12	Greg Tallent	4
12	Dan Wengert	4
13	Mark Hill	3
13	Steve Moody	3
13	Jason Hart	3
13	Brian Earner	3
14	Mike Young	2
14	Mike Centers	2
14	Ian Young	2
14	Brian Fisher	2
14	BO	2
14	Eric Kunich	2
14	Derek Loftquist	2
14	Greg Spatz Sr.	2
14	Phil Zack	2
14	Tim Lee	2
15	Mike Watts	1
15	EZ-Yazeed Harleem	1
15	Brian Werner	1
15	Beer can- Alex McGrath	1
15	Sex Pistol Paul	1
15	Brian Theilman	1
15	Andy Codymate	1
15	Mike Flynn	1
15	Rob Mitros	1
15	Mike Cudecki	1
15	Dan Venum	1
15	Adam McFarland	1
15	Tim Shanahan	1
15	Pirate	1
15	Kevin Seltzer	1
15	Jesse James	1
15	Edison	1
15	Israel Lopez	1
15	Berto	1
15	Zack Bullington	1
15	Jimmy O’Leary	1
15	James Morris	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME RUNS SCORED LIST

Rank	Name	# of Runs Scored
1	Bill Scanlon	151
2	Mike Flynn	131
3	Don Parker	112
4	Sid	101
5	Geoff Decker	93
5	Kevin Burke	93
6	Jon Cacciatore	91
7	John Shanahan	89
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	65
9	Keith Dilly	61
10	Dave Witkowski	49
11	Tim Good	48
12	Jimmy Stross	44
13	Tom McDonald	41
14	Zack Bullington	40
14	Brian Hughes	40
15	Jay Roy	37
15	Tim Lee	37
16	Jim Gorney	36
17	Neal Jarrett	35
18	Scotty Skora	34
19	Dave Zurella	33
20	Andy Codymate	32
20	Sal Percorac	32
21	Sean Young	29
22	Steve Connor	26
23	Ken Taling	25
24	Chris Riley	23
24	Dave Wagner	23
24	Tom Tracey	23
25	Brian Fisher	22
26	Mark Hill	21
27	Adam McFarland	20
28	Greg Spatz Sr.	19
28	Erik Kunich	19
29	Derek Loftquist	17
30	Dan Wengert	14
31	Dan Venum	11
31	Matt Heavey	11
32	Brian Daniels	10
32	Mike Donnelly	10
33	Brian Earner	9
33	Matt Volkstorf	9
34	James Morris	8
34	Mike Cacciatore	8
35	Mike Ike	7
35	Brian Knight	7
36	Mike Hennessee	6
36	Dan Uetz	6
36	Steve Moody	6
37	Pat Grogan	5
37	Edison	5
37	Ian Strongman	5
38	Jimmy O’Leary	4
38	Tim Price	4
38	Steve Donegan	4
38	Tony Skora	4
38	Hollywood	4
38	Ken Kirchner	4
38	Jake Milazzo	4
38	Berto	4
39	Matt Scott	3
39	Lawbreaker Chris	3
39	Steve Grey	3
39	Jim Volkakis	3
39	Greg Tallent	3
39	Jason Hart	3
39	Ron Gorney	3
39	Dickie Casillas	3
39	John Malone	3
39	Pat Guilfoye	3
39	Chris Janes	3
40	EZ Rider	2
40	Willy Cunningham	2
40	Groundskeeper Jim	2
40	Bill Smith	2
40	Rob Mitros	2
40	Tim Shanahan	2
40	Sweet Lou	2
40	Phil Zack	2
40	Pirate	2
40	Chuck Foster	2
40	Israel Lopez	2
40	Bob Kucinski	2
40	Charlie Brophy	2
40	Louey Depalmer	2
40	Bob Salmon	2
40	Brian Thielman	2
40	Tom Kiloran	2
41	Sex Pistol Paul	1
41	Colin Fisher	1
41	Sex Pistol Ethan	1
41	Paul Mall	1
41	Bo	1
41	Colorado Dave	1
41	Kenny Stross	1
41	Dan Fielding	1
41	Mike Cudecki	1
41	George Roy	1
41	Steve Tulaski	1
41	Mike Dvorak	1
41	B. Myron	1
41	Tim Tallant	1
41	B. Kintaid	1
41	Boy George	1
41	Steve Reagan	1
41	Joe Woods	1
41	Bill Rattler	1
41	Kevin Seltzer	1
41	Ron Fishback	1
41	Andre Hanson	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME RBI LIST

Rank	Name	# of RBI’s
1	Mike Flynn	175
2	Bill Scanlon	169
3	Don Parker	133
4	John Shanahan	97
5	Sid	86
6	Keith Dilly	78
7	Kevin Burke	73
8	Dave Witkowski	67
9	Jon Cacciatore	59
10	Tom McDonald	54
11	Jim Gorney	53
12	Geoff Decker	51
13	Greg Spatz Jr.	50
14	Brian Hughes	49
15	Tim Good	41
16	Sal Percorac	38
17	Andy Codymate	35
18	Jim Stross	34
19	Neal Jarrett	33
20	Steve Connor	30
21	Erik Kunich	28
21	Brian Fisher	28
22	Tim Lee	27
22	Chris Riley	27
23	Jay Roy	26
24	Tom Tracy	24
25	Dave Wagner	23
25	Greg Spatz Sr.	22
25	Zack Bullington	22
26	Dave Zuella	20
27	Mark Hill	19
28	Scott Skora	17
28	Sean Young	17
29	Derek Loftquist	16
30	Ken Taling	15
31	Adam McFarland	14
31	Brian Daniels	14
32	Ken Kirchner	13
33	Dan Wengert	12
34	Dan Venum	11
35	Mike Ike	10
35	Greg Tallent	10
35	Tom Kiloran	10
36	Brian Knight	9
36	Matt Volkstorf	9
37	Steve Moody	8
37	Patrick Grogan	8
38	Brian Theilman	7
38	Brian Earner	7
38	James Morris	7
38	Mike Hennessee	7
38	Pat Guilfoye	7
38	Tony Scora	7
38	Steve Grey	7
39	Matt Heavy	6
39	Jimmy O’Leary	6
39	BO	6
39	Dan Uetz	6
39	Pirate	6
39	George Roy	6
40	EZ Yazeed Harleem	5
40	Brian Werner	5
40	Bill Smith	5
40	Edison	5
41	Jake Milazzo	4
41	Matt Scott	4
41	Tim Price	4
41	Mike Donnelly	4
41	Mike Cacciatore	4
42	Mike Young	3
42	Todd Marioger	3
42	Sex Pistol Paul	3
42	Tim Shanahan	3
42	Ron Gorney	3
42	Phil Zack	3
42	John Malone	3
42	Beer can Alex McGrath	3
42	Evan Young	3
43	Jim Volkakis	2
43	Garrison	2
43	Dylan Bundy	2
43	Brian Schrader	2
43	William Cunningham	2
43	Ian Young	2
43	Frank the Tank	2
43	Rob Mitros	2
43	Jason Hart	2
43	Steve Tulaski	2
43	Matt Muffler	2
43	B. Myron	2
43	Ian Strongman	2
43	Dickie Casillas	2
43	Berto	2
43	Chris Janes	2
43	Mark Dmico	2
44	Dale Wagner	1
44	Jag Bag Brian	1
44	Victor Johnson	1
44	Sweet Lou	1
44	B. Kintaid	1
44	Bill Rattler	1
44	Colin Dunford	1
44	Ron Fishback	1
44	J. Mahl	1
44	Tim Tallant	1
44	Chuck Foster	1
44	Israel Lopez	1
44	Bob Kucinski	1
44	Ricky Meeks	1
44	Joe Cacciatore	1
44	Groundskeeper Jim	1
44	Lawbreaker Chris	1
44	Johnny McCarthy	1
44	Billy Sutton	1
44	Hollywood	1
44	Mike Cudecki	1
44	Kenny Stross	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME HITS LIST

Rank	Name	Hits
1	Bill Scanlon	261
2	Sid	257
3	Mike Flynn	233
4	Jon Cacciatore	199
5	John Shanahan	176
6	Kevin Burke	168
7	Don Parker	165
8	Keith Dilly	143
9	Geoff Decker	132
10	Brian Hughes	125
10	Dave Witkowski	125
11	Jay Roy	113
12	Greg Spatz Jr.	111
13	Tim Lee	98
14	Tim Good	93
15	Tom McDonald	89
16	Sal Pecorac	86
17	Scotty Skora	77
18	Andy Codymate	72
19	Zack Bullington	66
20	Jim Stross	61
20	Neal Jarrett	61
21	Jim Gorney	57
22	Dave Zuella	55
23	Dave Wagner	54
24	Chris Riley	52
25	Sean Young	46
26	Brian Fisher	45
27	Erik Kunich	43
28	Mark Hill	42
29	Greg Spatz Sr.	41
30	Ken Taling	38
31	Steve Connor	37
32	Tom Tracey	33
33	Brian Daniels	30
34	Adam McFarland	29
35	Matt Volkstorf	27
36	Steve Moody	26
36	Brian Theilman	26
37	Derek Loftquist	24
38	Dan Wengert	23
39	Mike Ike	19
40	Tom Kiloran	18
41	Mike Donnelly	17
41	Dan Venum	17
42	Ken Kirchner	17
43	Patrick Grogan	16
43	Jimmy O’Leary	16
43	Steve Grey	16
44	Jim Volkakis	15
45	Brian Earner	14
45	Tony Skora	14
46	Brian Knight	13
46	James Morris	13
46	Mike Cacciatore	13
47	Todd Marioger	12
47	EZ -Yazeed Harleem	12
47	Matt Heavey	12
48	Greg Tallent	11
49	Tim Price	10
49	Joe Woods	10
50	Matt Scott	9
50	Ron Gorney	9
50	Ian Strongman	9
50	Mike Hennessee	9
50	Dylan Bundy	9
51	Beer can Alex McGrath	8
51	Lawbreaker Chris	8
51	Hollywood	8
51	Jake Milazzo	8
52	Sex Pistol Paul	7
52	Steve Donegan	7
52	Jason Hart	7
52	George Roy	7
52	Edison	7
53	Brian Schrader	6
53	Willy Cunningham	6
53	Rob Mitros	6
53	Pat Guilfoye	6
53	Mike Watts	6
54	Mike Young	5
54	Dan Uetz	5
54	John Malone	5
54	Tim Tallant	5
54	Berto	5
54	Chris Janes	5
54	Pirate	5
54	Brian Werner	5
54	Frank the Tank	5
55	Dale Wagner	4
55	Evan Young	4
55	Mike Centers	4
55	BO	4
55	Bill Smith	4
55	Mike Cudecki	4
55	Phil Zack	4
55	Ron Fishback	4
56	Garrison	3
56	Ian Young	3
56	Billy Sutton	3
56	Colin Fisher	3
56	Boy George	3
56	Kenny Stross	3
56	Dickie Casillas	3
56	Tim Shanahan	3
56	Bill Rattler	3
56	Andre Hanson	3
56	Israel Lopez	3
56	Bob Kucinski	3
56	Charlie Brophy	3
57	Sex Pistol Ethan	2
57	Jag Bag Brian	2
57	Paul Mall	2
57	Victor Johnson	2
57	Matt Larkin	2
57	Groundskeeper Jim	2
57	Sweet Lou	2
57	Jimmy Dori	2
57	Matt Muffler	2
57	Steve Tulaski	2
57	Steve Reagan	2
57	Louey Depalmer	2
57	Mark Damico	2
58	Nick Moore	1
58	Tyler Stevens	1
58	Ponch	1
58	Jimmy Xavier	1
58	Pat Shields	1
58	Johnny McCarthy	1
58	Bob Salmon	1
58	Colorado Dave	1
58	Onlett	1
58	Mike Dvorak	1
58	Dan Fielding	1
58	B. Myron	1
58	M & M Chris	1
58	B. Kintaid	1
58	Ben Seaver	1
58	Brother Dilly	1
58	Colin Dunford	1
58	Dean Martin	1
58	Bob Kabob	1
58	Lieutenant Dan	1
58	Chuck Foster	1
58	Kevin Seltzer	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME SINGLES LIST

RANK	NAME	NUMBER
1.	SID	246
2.	BILL SCANLON	204
3.	JON CACCIATORE	175
4.	MIKE FLYNN	143
5.	JOHN SHANAHAN	139
6.	KEVIN BURKE	136
7.	BRIAN HUGHES	124
8.	KEITH DILLY	117
9.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	108
10.	GEOFF DECKER	106
10.	JAY ROY	106
11.	DON PARKER	100
12.	TIM LEE	90
12.	GREG SPATZ JR.	90
13.	TIM GOOD	88
14.	TOM MCDONALD	77
15.	SCOTT SKORA	69
16.	SAL PERCORAC	67
17.	ZACK BULLINTON	59
18.	NEAL JARRETT	55
19.	ANDY CODYMATE	46
19.	DAVE ZURELLA	46
20.	DAVE WAGNER	45
21.	JIM STROSS	44
22.	CHRIS RILEY	39
23.	MARK HILL	38
24.	SEAN YOUNG	37
25.	GREG SPATZ SR.	36
25.	ERIC KUNICH	36
26.	BRIAN FISHER	34
27.	JIM GORNEY	33
28.	KEN TALING	30
29.	BRIAN DANIELS	27
30.	ADAM MACFARLAND	25
31.	BRIAN THEILMAN	24
31.	STEVE CONNOR	24
31.	TOM TRACEY	24
31.	STEVE MOODY	24
32.	DAN WENGERT	23
33.	MATT VOLKSTORF	20
34.	TOM KILORAN	17
34.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
35.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
36.	MIKE IKE	15
37.	PATRICK GROGAN	14
37.	TONY SKORA	14
37	JIMMY O’LEARY	14
38.	KEN KIRCHNER	13
38.	STEVE GREY	13
38.	JIM VOLKAKIS	13
39.	BRIAN EARNER	12
39.	MIKE CACCIATORE	12
40.	TODD MARIOGER	10
40.	GREG TALLENT	10
40.	DAN VENUM	10
41.	MATT HEAVEY	9
41.	JOE WOODS	9
41.	TIM PRICE	9
41.	IAN STRONGMAN	9
42.	EZ-YAZEED HARLEEM	8
42.	LAWBREAKER CHRIS	8
42.	BRIAN KNIGHT	8
42.	JAKE MILAZZO	8
42.	DYLAN BUNDY	8
43.	MATT SCOTT	7
43.	HOLLYWOOD	7
43.	RON GORNEY	7
43.	BEER CAN ALEX MCGRATH	7
44.	MIKE WATTS	6
44.	BRIAN SCHRADER	6
44.	SEX PISTOL PAUL	6
44.	WILLEY CUNNINGHAM	6
44.	GEORGE ROY	6
44.	JAMES MORRIS	6
44.	MIKE HENESSEE	6
44.	JASON HART	6
44.	STEVE DONEGEN	6
45.	MIKE YOUNG	5
45.	FRANK THE TANK	5
45.	PAT GUILFOYE	5
45.	CHRIS JANES	5
45.	BERTO	5
45.	EDISON	5
45.	ROB MITROS	5
46.	BRIAN WERNER	4
46.	DALE WAGNER	4
46.	BO	4
46.	TIM TALLANT	4
46.	MIKE CUDECKI	4
46.	JOHN MALONE	4
46.	RON FISHBACK	4
47.	COLIN FISHER	3
47.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	3
47.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
47.	ANDRE HANSEN	3
47.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3
47.	BILL RATTLER	3
47.	PIRATE	3
47.	PHIL ZACK	3
47.	BOY GEORGE	3
47.	TIM SHANAHAN	3
47.	DAN UETZ	3
47.	KENNY STROSS	3
47.	BILLY SUTTON	3
47.	IAN YOUNG	3
47.	MIKE CENTERS	3
47.	EVEAN YOUNG	3
48.	JAG BAG BRIAN	2
48.	SEX PISTOL ETHAN	2
48.	LOUEY DEPALMER	2
48.	PAUL MALL	2
48.	VICTOR JOHNSON	2
48.	SWEET LOU	2
48.	STEVE REAGAN	2
48.	STEVE TULASKI	2
48.	BILL SMITH	2
48.	MATT MUFFLER	2
48.	GARRISON	2
48.	MATT LARKIN	2
49.	PONCH	1
49.	PAT SHIELDS	1
49.	JIMMY DORI	1
49.	TYLER STEVENS	1
49.	NICK MOORE	1
49.	MARK DMICO	1
49.	DEAN MARTIN	1
49.	BOB KABOB	1
49.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
49.	ONLETT	1
49.	B.KINTAID	1
49.	MIKE DVORAK	1
49.	M&M CHRIS	1
49	BEN SEAVER	1
49.	BROTHER DILLY	1
49.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
49.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
49.	COLORADO DAVE	1
49.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME DOUBLES LIST

Rank	Name	Doubles
1	Mike Flynn	39
2	Don Parker	34
3	John Shanahan	30
4	Geoff Decker	24
5	Bill Scanlon	23
5	Keith Dilly	23
6	Andy Codymate	22
7	Kevin Burke	21
8	Jon Cacciatore	20
9	Greg Spatz Jr.	16
9	Jim Gorney	16
10	Dave Witkowski	13
11	Sid	11
11	Tom McDonald	11
12	Sal Percorac	10
13	Ken Taling	8
14	Erik Kunich	7
14	Matt Volkstorf	7
14	Scott Skora	7
14	Dave Wagner	7
15	Jim Stross	6
15	Steve Connor	6
15	Dan Venum	6
15	Tom Tracey	6
15	Jay Roy	6
15	Brian Fisher	6
15	Tim Lee	6
15	Zack Bullington	6
16	Chris Riley	5
16	Sean Young	5
16	Neal Jarrett	5
16	Derek Loftquist	5
16	Dave Zurella	5
16	James Morris	5
17	Greg Spatz Sr.	4
17	Brian Knight	4
17	Adam McFarland	4
17	Tim Good	4
17	EZ- Yazeed Harleem	4
18	Mark Hill	3
18	Ken Kirchner	3
18	Mike Ike	3
19	Brian Theilman	2
19	Matt Scott	2
19	Patrick Grogan	2
19	Steve Moody	2
19	Jim Volkakis	2
19	Jimmy O’Leary	2
19	Ron Gorney	2
19	Pirate	2
19	Edison	2
19	Todd Marioger	2
20	Sex Pistol Paul	1
20	Tom Kiloran	1
20	Garrison	1
20	Brian Hughes	1
20	Matt Heavy	1
20	Tim Price	1
20	Brian Earner	1
20	Groundskeeper JIm	1
20	Greg Tallent	1
20	Hollywood	1
20	Jason Hart	1
20	Phil Zack	1
20	B. Myron	1
20	Joe Woods	1
20	Mike Cacciatore	1
20	Mike Hennessee	1
20	George Roy	1
20	Tim Tallant	1
20	Pat Guilfoye	1
20	Bob Kucinski	1
20	Mark Damico	1
20	Brian Daniels	1
20	Steve Donegan	1
20	Dylan Bundy	1
20	Brian Werner	1
20	Jimmy Dori	1
20	Beer Can Alex McGrath	1
20	Evan Young	1
20	Mike Centers	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME TRIPLES LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF TRIPLES
1	Bill Scanlon	25
2	Mike Flynn	19
3	Don Parker	9
4	Sal Percorac	7
5	Chris Riley	6
5	Kevin Burke	6
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
6	Jimmy Stross	5
7	Andy Codymate	4
7	John Shanahan	4
7	Dave Witkowski	4
8	Sean Young	3
8	Jon Cacciatore	3
9	Dave Wagner	2
9	Brian Fisher	2
9	Dave Zuella	2
9	Steve Connor	2
9	Jim Gorney	2
9	Brian Daniels	2
9	Tim Lee	2
9	Derek Loftquist	2
10	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
10	Mike Ike	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Chris Riley	1
10	Scotty Skora	1
10	Chuck Foster	1
10	James Morris	1
10	Steve Grey	1
10	Geoff Decker	1
10	Tom McDonald	1
10	Ken Kirchner	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	Neal Jarrett	1
10	Tim Good	1
10	Keith Dilly	1
10	Mark Hill	1
10	Jay Roy	1
10	Tom Tracey	1
10	Brian Earner	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF HOME RUNS
1	Don Parker	22
1	Mike Flynn	22
2	Jim Gorney	8
2	Bill Scanlon	8
3	Jim Stross	6
4	Steve Connor	5
4	Kevin Burke	5
5	John Shanahan	3
5	Brian Fisher	3
6	Keith Dilly	2
6	Matt Heavey	2
6	Bill Smith	2
6	Tom Tracy	2
6	Dave Zurella	2
6	Chris Riley	2
6	Sal Percorac	2
7	James Morris	1
7	Zack Bullinton	1
7	Greg Spatz Jr.	1
7	Jon Cacciatore	1
7	Sean Young	1
7	Dan Uetz	1
7	Brian Knight	1
7	Geoff Decker	1
7	Dan Venum	1
7	Mike Hennessee	1
7	John Malone	1
7	Bob Kucinski	1
7	Derek Loftquist	1

LAST CALL FINAL BATTING STATS FALL 2021

NAME	GP	BA	AB	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR	SAC	K’S	BB’S
TIM LEE	11	.566	30	17	6	6	17	0	0	0	1	0	0
TODD  MARIOGER	12	.413	29	12	3	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
GARRISON	4	.272	11	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
DYLAN BUNDY	4	.692	13	9	2	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
JON CACCIATORE	12	.360	25	9	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	1
SID	10	.461	13	6	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2
MIKE YOUNG	13	.208	24	5	3	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2
MIKE WATTS	5	.500	12	6	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
KEVIN BURKE	8	.523	21	11	5	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN THEILMAN	8	.375	16	6	3	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
EZ	11	.190	21	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1
FRANK THE TANK	7	.312	16	5	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
BRIAN WERNER	7	.333	15	5	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
DALE WAGNER	4	.500	8	4	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN SCHRADER	4	.625	8	5	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
AUSTIN LEVY	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ZACK BULLINGTON	3	.333	9	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
PAT SHIELDS	1	.1000	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
EUGENE LEVEY	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BILLY SUTTON	2	.600	5	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	2	.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JIMMY DORI	1	.666	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
BEER CAN ALEX MCGRATH	3	.800	5	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1
EVAN YOUNG	3	.571	7	4	3	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
IAN YOUNG	3	.500	6	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
MIKE CENTERS	4	.363	11	4	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
MATT LARKIN	1	.1000	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

2021 ALSIP 16” SOFTBALL LEAGUE POST-SEASON

TOP 4 TEAMS MAKE THE POST-SEASON

SEEDING: #1 OUT LAW BREAKERS, #2. FLAVOR OF THE DAY, #3. JAG BAGS #4. BLACK JACKS

FIRST ROUND

Black Jacks take out the number one seed in AN upset.

#4.BLACK JACKS 7-6 #1. OUT LAW BREAKERS FINAL

Jag Bags bats go cold.

#2.FLAVOR OF THE DAY 6-0 #3.JAG BAGS FINAL  

CHAMPIONSHIP

Favored Flavor of the Day ends Black Jacks hot run in a close one.

#2.FLAVOR OF THE DAY 9-8 #4. BALCK JACKS

2021 ALSIP FALL CHAMPION: FLAVOR OF THE DAY

 

WEEK 10 (NOVEMBER 2, 2021)

RAIN MAKE-UP GAME

THE FINAL GAME OF THE YEAR

LAST CALL VERSUS JAG BAGS

Week ten of the Alsip 16” Softball league regular season will conclude with a make-up game between the Jag Bags and Last Call. It was a rain out that went all the way back to week one. This was from when it was game two of the double header that was postponed. This game would also conclude the season ending series between the Jag Bags and Last Call. Jag Bags lead the season series coming in 3 games to 1.  Even if Jag Bags lose tonight they would still win the season series.

THE GRAND FINALE

ANOTHER MISERABLE FALL CAMPAIGN CONCLUDED FOR LAST CALL

Last Call come into the final game losing the last 12 out their 13 games. Jag Bags come into final game of regular season looking for the number three seed of the playoffs and to jump over the Black Jacks for that position. For Last Call, this game means nothing as they were eliminated two weeks ago by this same Jag Bag team from any post-season play. Last Call was playing for pride. Jag Bags have won their last 5 out of six games, of which three of those games were against Last Call.  

Last Call would have first At-Bats in this contest. Last Call would strike first. Tim Lee with a lead off single. Todd Macioger follows Tim’s single with one of his own. Garrison hits into a fielders choice which erases Todd on second for the first out of the inning. Tim Lee would safely get onto third base. Then Dylan Bundy knocks Tim Lee in with an RBI single for the first run of the ball game. Then Jag Bags in the bottom of the frame would quickly grab their first lead of the ball game and put up 4 runs of their own. Last Call loses the first inning battle, 4-1.

Then the Last Call bats went into winter hibernation for the rest of the game. They would not score anymore. It felt like winter as it was an early November game at night, and long sleeves were needed. Jag Bags put another run up on the board in the second. The third inning was scoreless by both teams. Jag bags would go on and add more runs the rest of the way.  Mike Young was once again on the mound, the same guy who pitched the very first game of the year and beat these Jag Bags. Looked to be a very promising season at the time. Jag Bags would score a total of five runs in the last three innings and just shut down the Last Call bats. One highlight for Last Call occurred on defense when Todd Macioger grabbed a line drive at the hot corner, and threw it to Brian Schrader at first to catch the Jag Bag runner trying to get back to first for the double play.

EZ, Yazeed Haleem, would end the season with a towering pop up as Jag Bags take the season series, 4 games to 1. Last Call finishes the season on a 13 game losing streak. Last Call finishes with a 1-13 record.

Last Call did play the full seven innings in this one. Last Call has been knocked out early in multiple games with the slaughter rule. Meanwhile Jag Bags finish their season with a 6-8 record which is good enough for third place and the third seed in the playoffs.

JAG BAGS 10-1 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:  MIKE YOUNG (1-11)

GAME BALL: DYLAN BUNDY

Dylan Bundy drove in the only run of the game in this one. Dylan finished the day going 2-3 with 2 singles and the lone RBI of the day for Last Call. Dylan played very well out in the outfield to earn the game ball.

LAST CALL BATTING STATS WEEK 10

TIM LEE 1-3, SINGLE, RUN

TODD MACIOGER 1-3, SINGLE

GARRISON 0-2

DYLAN BUNDY 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RBI

FRANK THE TANK 0-1

BRIAN WERNER 0-3

DALE WAGNER 0-3

EZ (YAZEED HALEEM 0-3

BRIAN SCHRADER 1-2, SINGLE

BRIAN THEILMAN 1-2, SINGLE

MIKE YOUNG 0-2

JON CACCIATORE 1-2, SINGLE

 

WEEK 9 (OCTOBER 19, 2021)

LAST CALL’S BYE WEEK

AROUND THE LEAGUE WEEK 9

JAG BAGS 8-6 FLAVOR OF THE DAY FINAL

OUT LAW BREAKERS 10-7 BLACK JACKS FINAL

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 12-9 JAG BAGS FINAL  

WEEK 8 (10-12-21)

Despite losing a heart breaker to the Jag Bags in game two of the double header a week ago, Last Call was still optimistic about their playoff chances. Week 8’s docket had Jag Bags versus Last Call in a double header with the playoffs on the line. The final spot would go to either Last Call or the Jag Bags. In many Fall season campaigns of the past, Last Call has been eliminated from any playoff talk in week three of the season. Head to head, Jag Bags and Last Call have split the season series each team winning one. Last Call coming in losing ten straight with a 1-10 record. Meanwhile Jag Bags come in winning two in a row with a record of 2-7.  

Last Call add another outfielder/ third baseman to the mix bringing in some experience with the signing of Dale Wagner. Plus, Last Call plucked another kid off the waiver wire in Austin Termunde, a speed demon outfielder. Tim Lee returns after missing a week with a dislocated finger. Kevin Burke’s knee was still hobbling as he was put on the DL and will miss the rest of the season. Last Call also activated catcher/first baseman, Big Brian Werner, who has not played since week two.

GAME ONE

LAST CALL SERVES UP A FLAT PERFORMANCE

Last Call had first At-bats in game one. Dale Wagner singles in his first plate appearance in a Last Call uniform. Then Dylan Bundy, who has been swinging the hot bat for Last Call, singles and Last Call looks to have something cooking in the first. Big Brian Werner’s first At-Bat since week two does not go very well. Werner hits into a double play. Last Call leaves a base runner stranded.  Jag Bags bats come out sizzling in the bottom of the frame as they put six runs on the board off Mike Young and the defense. Bad guys lead 6-0 after one. Both teams go scoreless in the second.

In the top of the third, Jag Bags retire the bottom of Last Call’s batting order with ease. Jag Bags have another big inning, this time putting up 5 runs to make this a 11-0 lead after three innings. It’s not looking good for Last Call as they are treading water. The Last Call bats have only gotten 4 hits so far and only once they’ve gotten through their batting order.

In the top of the 4^th Last Call strikes back and breaks up the Jag Bag shut out. Dale Wagner in the number two spot of the line up singles and gets his second hit of the game. Dylan Bundy singles for his second hit of the game. Big Brian Werner redeems himself and he singles as Last Call loads the bases. With one out, Mike Watts comes with the dreaded pop out in the infield for out number two. The pressure is on Brian Schrader, the short stocky left-handed hitting outfielder. Schrader delivers with an opposite field single that brings in Dale Wagner for the first run of the game for Last Call. Then Brian Theilman delivers a big blow, a single that brings in two more runs. Dylan and Big Brian come around to score. Jag Bags gets Frank the Tank to fly out as Last Call is retired, but they put 3 runs on the board. Mike Young and the Last Call defense can’t tame the Jag Bag bats as they have another big inning scoring six more. It’s 17- 3 after 4 innings of play. It took a defection off the pitcher Mike Young on a line drive that Tim Lee snagged from the short stop position and tagged the Jag Bag base runner to stop the bleeding.

In the top of the 5^th Last Call needs a few runs just to stay in the game. Slaughter rule is on the line. Sid leads off the inning with a single. Mike Young gets in on the action with a single of his own.  Austin Termunde hits a safe ground ball for an out but moves up the base runners as Sid goes into third and Young goes into second. Tim Lee hits a fly ball to the outfield for sacrifice fly RBI that brings in Sid for the 4^th run of the game for Last Call. Last Call has two outs and Dale Wagner gets his first out of the game with a fly ball. Jag Bags take care of business in the first game as they have won three in a  row, two off of Last Call. Last Call are now 1-11 as Jag Bags improve to 3-7 for the year. Last Call would need to win the next two games versus the Jag Bags to match their win total and win the season series head to head. Then hope for help from other teams to beat the Jag Bags in the rest of their games they have remaining.

JAG BAGS 17-4 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:  MIKE YOUNG  (1-9)

GAME BALL: DYLAN BUNDY

Dylan Bundy continues swinging the hot bat as he was perfect in game 1 going 2-2. Dylan had two singles and also scored a run. Also Dylan’s defense in this contest provided some nice catches in the outfield to help end some of those long innings. Dylan had the most put outs from any other defensive position in game 1.  

GAME TWO

LAST CALL PLAYOFF HOPES ALL BUT JAGGED AND BAGGED

Game two versus the Jag Bags now was a must win for Last Call. A Jag Bag win would seal the deal for the final playoff spot in the Alsip Fall campaign. A loss for Last Call would continue a Fall drought that goes all the way back to 2005 of not making the post-season. Last Call has lost 11 games in a row. Jag Bags come in winning three games in a row. Jag Bags now lead the season series between Last Call, 2-1.

In game two Jag Bags had first At-Bats and draw first blood. Jag Bags score two runs in the top of the first off Mike Young, who’s on the bump and the Last Call defense. In the bottom of the frame, Last Call goes in order as Jag Bags have the 2-0 lead after 1 inning of play.

The one bad inning comes early in this one for Last Call. Jag Bags in the top of the second, bat around and put up nine runs and to add to their lead. It’s 11-0 bad guys. In the bottom of the second, Big Brian Werner with a shot single up the middle on the Jag Bag defense. With one out, Dale Wagner singles and the big man Werner lumbers into two. Then Todd Macioger hits a line drive that finds the gap. Big Brian Werner will lumber around third and score as the Jag Bag outfielder got the ball into his cutoff man and he gunned down Dale Wagner trying to get into third. Last Call is on the board with Todd’s RBI single. That’s all Last Call could muster up as they trail by 10 after two innings of play.

In the third inning, Mike Young and the Last Call defense surrender 8 more runs. Young does not have his good stuff in this one as the Jag Bags were hitting everything very hard. Some mental lapses on defense did not help out their pitcher. These 8 runs were the back breaker of any playoff hopes Last Call had. In the bottom of the third inning Last Call waste a lead off single by Sid. The team failed to score. After three not looking good, Jag Bags are all over Last Call 19-1.

Garrison took over the pitching duties for Mike Young in the 4^th as he gave the Jag Bags their first goose egg on the score board. Last Call did have some life in them in the bottom of the 4^th. Big Brian Werner gives the ball a ride and is able to lumber into second base with a double as Tim Lee scored from first base to give Last Call their second run of the game. Tim Lee was on first with a fielders choice. Dale Wagner, a fine pick up, brings in Werner with a sharp single and his second hit of the game. Jag Bags would finally put a stop to the Last Call rally and end the inning. Jag Bags had a commanding 19-3 lead after 4 innings of play.

Garrison is wheeling and dealing on the pitching rubber as he cools off the Jag Bags bats with another clean inning as they score no runs for the second inning in a row. In the bottom of the 5^th Last Call needed runs. A bunch to extend the game past the 5^th and avoid the slaughter rule after 5. Sid erases Frank The Tank’s lead off single with a fielders choice. Brian Schrader with one out singles and Sid rounds second and is in at third with runners on the corner with one out. Jon Cacciatore, a clutch single, brings in Sid, but Brian Schrader gets caught up in a rundown between second and third base. Cacciatore moves into second as Schrader is tagged out. With two out it’s a 19-4 ball game. Garrison gets a knock of his own, a hard hit ball that tails off in between the Center and Right fielders. Cacciatore will score with ease and make it a 19-5 ball game. Garrison rounded second and tried to get the triple but was gunned down in the process for the final out of the game.

The Jag Bags get the sweep as the game is over due to the Slaughter rule after 5. With the win the Jag Bags are definitely going to the post-season while Last Call will be sulking at the bar and thinking how another season unraveled. Jag Bags improve their record to 4-7 as they have won 4 in a row. Last Call goes into their bye week with a 1-12 record and will play the Jag Bags one more time in game that will mean nothing for Last Call. Jag Bags will be seeking better playoff positioning, if they keep winning they may think they can grab the number three seed instead of settling for the number 4 spot.

JAG BAGS 19-5 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:MIKE YOUNG (1-10)

GAME BALL : BRIAN WERNER

Big Bad Brian Werner played first base in the second game of this double tilt. Werner was perfect with the bat going 2-2 with a single and a double. Werner scored two runs while driving in one.

BATTING STATS  

JON CACCIATORE 1-3, SINGLE, RUN, RBI

GARRISSON 1-3, DOUBLE, RBI

DYLAN BUNDY 3-4, 3 SINGLES, RUN

TIM LEE 0-4, SACRIFICE, RBI, RUN

BRIAN WERNER 3-4, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, 3 RUNS, RBI

DALE WAGNER 4-5, 4 SINGLES, RBI, RUN

TODD MACIOGER 1-2, SINGLE, RBI

EZ YAZEED HARLEEM 0-2

FRANK THE TANK 1-4, SINGLE

SID 2-4, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS

MIKE YOUNG 1-3, SINGLE

BRAIN SCHRADER 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RBI

BRAIN THEILMAN 1-2, SINGLE, 2 RBI’S

MIKE WATTS 1-2, SINGLE

AUSTIN LEVY 0-2

AROUND THE LEAGUE

OUT LAW BREAKERS 11-9 BLACK JACKS FINAL

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 15-1 BLACK JACKS FINAL

WEEK 7 (10-5-21)

REMATCHES BLACK JACKS & JAG BAGS

Week seven’s double tilt had Last Call facing two different teams instead of facing the same team twice. First match up would be against the Black Jacks who had swept the double tilt from Last Call in week two. Black Jacks gave Last Call its first loss of the Fall campaign. Plus those two defeats which Last Call still has not fully recovered from as they continue to plummet in the standings. The second game would be a rematch versus the Jag Bags. They are the only team Last Call has beaten this season which was in week 1, the first game of the season. Tim Lee is out indefinitely with a dislocated finger he suffered a week ago versus the Out Law Breakers in that series. Left fielder Zack Bullington would return from missing several weeks due to night school. Bullington played one game which was the opener. Last Call brings back Brian Schrader, former Venom Captain. Schrader, a first baseman/right fielder, can dabble at the DH slot. He played some games for Last Call years and years ago. Making their Last Call debut are another outfielder, Dylan Bundy, and an infielder, Garrison. Last Call also plucks a kid, Eugene Levy, off the waiver wire as he will play somewhere at some point. He’s a rookie making his debut in the 16” softball world.

GAME 1

BLACK JACKS DEAL LAST CALL ANOTHER LOSS IN THE DECK

Black Jacks come in with a 4-6 record for their first ever season in the Alsip Fall league. Last Call has lost 8 straight as they come in with a 1-8 record for the year. First week of October and let’s hope it is much kinder than what we saw Last Call do in the month of September, which was not pretty. Just an ugly month for Last Call Softball.

In the top of the first inning, Zack Bullington picks up where he left off starting things off for Last Call with a sharp single. With two outs, Garrison in his first At-bat with Last Call drives in Zack from second base with his first hit which was an RBI Single. Its 1-0 Last Call. Dylan Bundy, the center fielder, ended the Last Call threat grounding into a double play. The double play would be kind of the theme of the evening for Last Call. Mike Young, the man on the bump, and the Last Call defense shut down the Black Jacks in the bottom of the first. Last Call has the lead after 1 inning of play.

The Black Jacks offense in week 2 outscored Last Call in both games for a combined 47-12. Black Jacks weakness was their defense was at times suspect. In the bottom of the second, Black Jacks bats awaken and like a snap of the finger, Last Call’s lead would evaporate into the dark skies of Alsip. Black Jacks put 4 runs in the inning and lead after two frames 4-1.

In the top of the 4^th, Black Jacks were leading 6-1 when Last Call would strike again. With Garrison on with a fielder’s choice, Dylan Bundy moves him to third with his first hit in a Last Call uniform, a single. Mike Watts would drive in Garrison with an RBI single. Once again the Double Play would kill any big inning Last Call ever dreamed about. Eugene Levy would hit into a ground ball inning-ending double play in his first At-bat in a Last Call Uniform. Black Jacks in the bottom of the 4^th tack on two more runs to make it 8-2 after 4.  Black Jacks defense pretty much killed any rallies for Last Call as they racked up 4 double plays in the first six innings. Meanwhile Black Jacks put 3 more runs on the board and led 11-1 after six. Last Call at least had a moral victory as they would get through seven innings as the slaughter rule has been a dagger in the casket for Last Call over last several weeks. In the top of the 7^th, Dylan Bundy strokes one into the gap for his second hit of his first game in a Last Call uniform. Bundy’s first double ever. Then Mike Watts, the first baseman, hits a rocket line drive single into center field but the Black Jacks outfielder gets the ball in quickly as Last Call has a runner on first and second with no outs. Guess what happens next. Another double play. Eugene Levy’s second double play of the game in his second at-bat in a Last Call uniform. Levy hits a line drive and Black Jacks infielder snags it and tags out Dylan Bundy trying to get back into second base. You probably chalk that up to bad base running on Dylan’s part as liners need to go through baseball 101. Brian Theilman with a single with two outs keeps Last Call’s inning alive as Watts makes it into third. Frank the Tank, a former Venom pitcher, is behind the plate in this one & hits a chopper that gets through the infield which brings in Watts for the third run of the game for Last Call. Last Call would still need a touchdown and two point conversion to tie this game up. Black Jacks get Mike Young to fly out to end the threat and game. Check mate Black Jacks sweep the 3 game series versus Last Call and improve to 5-6 on the year. Last Call’s losing streak continues as their record gets worst at 1-9 for the Fall campaign.

BLACK JACKS 11-3 LAST CALL 3 FINAL

LP: MIKE YOUNG (1-7)

GAME BALL:  MIKE WATTS

Mike Watts since moving from right field to first base has played very well filling in for the injured Tim Lee. Watts was perfect with the bat going 3-3 versus the Black Jacks with 3 singles. Watts drove in a run and crossed home plate once himself.

GAME TWO

JAG BAGS MOVE OUT OF THE BASEMENT AT LAST CALL

With the league only having 5 teams, only 4 would make the playoffs. Last Call and Jag Bags rematch & both teams would be eyeballing that number 4 spot. The final playoff spot. The Jag Bags won their first game of the season versus the Black Jacks last week as they came in on a winning streak. Jag Bags did not play a game in the early slot. The schedule had the Jag Bags only playing one game in week 7. Jag Bags came in with a 1-7 record while Last Call fell to 1-9 for the season versus the team the Jag Bags beat last week. Last Call is 1-0 versus the Jag Bags this season. Winner definitely would take over the 4^th spot in the standings. Both these teams would still play each three more times after tonight’s affair. It’s now officially the oldest rivalry for Last Call since the Law Breakers combined forces with the old Out Law team.

Last Call had first at-bats as a Garrison single wasted in the first as he was left stranded. Jag Bags would quickly get on the board in the bottom of the frame. Mike Young on the bump looking for his second career win in a Last Call uniform. Jag Bags come away with a 2-0 lead after the first inning of play.

In the top of the second inning, Dylan Bundy starts things off with a single as he has been a nice pick up by Last Call so far. EZ (Yazeed Harleem) erases Dylan on a fielder’s choice. Mike Watts’ bat is still red hot as he singles. With two outs, Jon Cacciatore loads the bases with a ground ball that gets through the infield. Frank The Tank picks up a clutch RBI with a chopper single that brings in EZ for the first Last Call run of game two and cuts the lead in half. Second game in a row where Frank The Tank has an RBI. Then the pitcher Mike Young, helping his own cause, ties the game with a single he lifts over the infield that brings in Watts and the game is tied at two. Zack Bullington ends the inning on a ground out. Mike Young then went out in the bottom of the second and shuts down the Jag Bags as its all two’s after two.

In the third inning Kevin Burke with bad knee and everything legs out a double as he knows what this game means to the team. Dylan Bundy gives Last Call the lead with a line drive to right center that falls in for a single. Kevin Burke comes around to score as Last Call gets their first lead of the night. In the bottom of the third, Jag Bags come back and put two runs on the board. Now they take the lead 4-3 after three innings of play.

Then defense took over on both sides. Last Call bats went into a deep freeze as they went 1-2-3 in the 4^th. Then the friendly double play hit off the bat by Zack Bullington ended the fifth inning for Last Call. That was the 6^th double play of the double tilt hit by Last Call. Last Call defense had some heroics as well. EZ snags the line drive and tags the Jag Bag base runner for a double play. Then Brian Thielman corrals the ground ball & flips it to Garrison. He throws it to Watts for another Last Call Double Play web gem.

In the top of the next inning, the  score remains 4-3 Jag Bags. EZ gets on first with a lead off walk. With one out, Brian Theilman moves EZ over to second with a single. Jon Cacciatore loads the base with a single of his own. Can Frank the Tank do it again with only one out to tie the game at 4’s? Frank The Tank pops it up as now the bases still loaded with two outs as the pressure falls on to Mike Young, the pitcher. Mike Young who already has an RBI single in this game hits the ball on the sweet spot of the bat for a line drive towards left field. At the edge of the field, the Jag Bag defender jumped up, got his fingers on the ball, sucked it up, and steals a hit off the pitcher for Last Call that ends another epic game between the two teams. Imagine a guy robbing a homerun right by the fence in the outfield. The Jag Bag defender timed it perfectly as this ball was destined to hit the grass in the outfield. Instead it preserves the victory for the Jag Bags.  What a tough loss. Great game played by Last Call as they fought hard in this one to come up short. Jag Bags now have won two straight and improve their record to 2-7 for the year. Last Call has lost ten straight as their record is now 1-10.  Both Last Call and Jag Bags will face each other three more times. Last Call is not out of the playoff chase just yet.

JAG BAGS 4-3 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:  MIKE YOUNG (1-8)

GAME BALL: MIKE YOUNG

Mike Young pitched a whale of a ball game as he kept his team in it the entire way. Young made great pitches that helped the team avoid the one bad freaking inning that we see Last Call find themselves in constantly. Young was 2-3 with the bat as he had two singles and drove in one.   

LAST CALL BATTING STATS WEEK 7

ZACK BULLINGTON 1-6, SINGLE, RUN

TODD MACIOGER 2-6, 2 SINGLES

EZ YAZEED HALEEM 1-5, SINGLE, WALK, RUN

KEVIN BURKE 4-5, 3 SINGLES, DOUBLE, RUN

BRIAN THEILMAN 2-3, 2 SINGLES

GARRISON 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

DYLAN BUNDY 4-6, 3 SINGLES, DOUBLE, RBI,

MIKE WATTS 4-6, 4 SINGLES, 2 RUNS, RBI

SID 0-1

JON CACCIATORE 2-4, 2 SINGLES

EUGENE LEVY 0-2,

BRIAN SCHRADER 2-3, 2 SINGLES

FRANK THE TANK 3-6, 3 SINGLES, 2 RBI’S

MIKE YOUNG 3-6, 3 SINGLES, RBI

AROUND THE LEAGUE  (WEEK 7)    

 OUT LAW BREAKERS 9-7 FLAVOR OF THE DAY FINAL

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 11-10 OUT LAW BREAKERS FINAL

WEEK 6 (9-28-21)

REMATCH VERSUS OUT LAW BREAKERS

The first two game series versus the rag tag bunch of Out Laws and Lawbreakers combining forces did not go well for Last Call. Last Call needed to borrow a player from the OutLawBreakers. In the second game, Last Call had to forfeit with not enough players. Last few weeks have been like a Volleyball game rotation for Last Call. Players in one week & gone the next week. Finding replacements has been troubling. In week six, the bright spot was Last Call had ten players show up. Every defensive position covered. Two players were making their Last Call debut. Mike Watts is a corner outfielder/first baseman. Then Billy Sutton is a speedster, a guy that can play all the outfield positions.

GAME ONE

OUT BREAK IN 3^RD ENDS LAST CALL

OutLawBreakers suffered their first loss of the season in the tail end of the double header versus the Black Jacks last week. OutLawBreakers came in at 7-1 winning seven out of their last 8 games. Last Call came in dropping their last six after winning on opening night. Mike Young took the bump on this Tuesday night to finish off the month of September of the Alsip Fall league. OutLawBreakers bats were wide awake from their first swing in their first At-bats & put 4 quick runs on the board. Last Call were blanked in the bottom of the inning.

In the second, Last Call were able to get a clean inning as Mike Young pitched a goose egg that left some OutLawBreakers stranded in the process. They still led 4-0 with Last Call coming up to bat in the bottom of the 2^nd . Kevin Burke who is still dealing with a knee injury started things off with a single. EZ (Yazeed Haleem) tattooed a single of his own in his first at-bat of the night. Two men on and with nobody out, the new guy Billy Sutton in first AB singles and drives in Burke for the first run of the game for Last Call. Welcome to Last Call Billy Boy with an RBI single. Then Mike Watts’ first plate appearance in a Last Call uniform draws a walk. With the bases loaded, Brian Theilman gets on base with fielders choice that erases EZ trying to get to get home. Mike Young brings in the second run with the bases loaded with a sacrifice fly which is an RBI that drove in Billy Sutton. Then om the bottom of the order, Sid singles driving in Mike Watts for the 3^rd run of the inning for Last Call. Follow that by a Jon Cacciatore single that drove Theilman and suddenly we have a tied game after two innings of play 4-4.

In the top of the third inning everything went wrong for Last Call. An Outbreak took place. The OutLawBreakers bats knocked the ball all over the field. Defensive mishaps as Mike Watts in his debut misjudged a few possible easy out opportunities on high pop outs in right field. Defensive mishaps piled up throughout the Last Call defense as the wheels of this game came off the bus for good. OutLawBreakers worked up a sweat running around the bases over and over. I think we saw everyone take a bow and circle around a few times. Honest to God, it looked like a batting practice for them as they were going through the motions after they scored in double figures in the 3^rd. It was the back breaking inning that Last Call fans are accustomed to. OutLawBreakers put 14 runs up on the board and had an 18-4 lead after three because Last Call came away with zip in the bottom of the frame.

In the 5^th inning, Last Call added another run with a Tim Lee single that drove in Jon Cacciatore who was on with a fielders choice. OutLawBreakers added six more runs after that 14 run explosion in the 3^rd. This game was called after 5 innings of play due to the slaughter rule. It would be the third game in a row in which Last Call would be a victim of the Slaughter rule. Bright side in this one is Last Call scored 5 runs in this game, more than they scored in week 5 in that double header.

OUT LAW BREAKERS 24-4 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:  MIKE YOUNG (1-5)

GAME BALL: SID

Sid was behind the plate in game one of the series versus the OutLawBreakers. Sid went perfect with the bat going 2-2 with two singles while driving in a run.

GAME TWO

OUTLAWBREAKERS FINISH OFF TIM LEE AT LAST CALL

In game two of the double tilt, this time Last Call had first crack at it. Last Call would strike first with a big inning of their own as their bats come to life. Todd Macioger leads off with a single. Billy Sutton gets his second hit of the night as he strokes a single. Tim Lee loads the bases with a single of his own. Bases loaded & nobody out Kevin Burke is clutch with a line drive shot that brings home two runs and gives Last Call the quick 2-0 lead as Todd and Billy score. With one out with runners still on, Jon Cacciatore lifts one over the infield for an RBI single bringing in Tim Lee to make this a 3-0 Last Call. The bats are not done yet. Newcomer Mike Watts muscles a single to the outfield that brings home a hobbled Kevin Burke to make this 4-0. Mike Young helping his own cause gets one to roll through the infield which scores Jon Cacciatore to make it a 5-0 lead. Brian Theilman cranks the next OutLawBreaker pitch and finds the gap and that scores Mike Watts. Like that, it is 6-0 good guys. Last Call would give up 3 in the bottom of the frame as OutLawBreakers cut the lead in half and after one, it’s Last Call 6-3.

Billy Sutton leads off the second inning with another rope for a single. It’s his second hit of game two and third hit overall in the double header. In the first, Tim Lee was playing first base and took the ball off one of his fingers which jammed it & possibly broke it. Lee would move to second base while pulling the finger to get back in place. Lee stayed in the game because he’s a real trooper. Lee in obvious pain was able to lift a single into left field for his second hit of the night as he shook off the pain of his injured finger at first base. Billy Sutton with his speed went from first to third in Mach-one speed. With one out, EZ Yazeed Haleem would hit a fly ball deep enough into the outfield which was good for a sacrifice that brought in Billy to make this a 7-3 ball game. In the bottom of the second, the wheels of the Last Call bus came out once again from under them. OutLawBreakers put 17 unanswered runs on the board to take the lead. OutLawBreakers went after Tim Lee at second. With the injured finger, he had a ton of problems trying to corral anything on the ground. Lee at times was eating the dirt on the infield which was a bad scene. It was the usual bad inning for Last Call with a ton of mistakes by multiple players. The OutLawBreakers also had some great hits as well as they tired themselves running around the bases as their batting order went through the line up three times making this one of the longest innings on defense for Mike Young and Last Call. Two games in a row, OutLawBreakers would score double digits in a inning. At the end of two, OutLawBreakers had a 20-7 lead.

The Out Lawbreakers would tack on 5 more runs in the 3^rd and 4^th inning. Last Call got one more run in the 4^th inning. Kevin Burke drove in his third run of the game with a single to score Sid. In the top of the 5^th, Last Call went down in flames and OutLawBreakers did not need last at-bats because the game was called because of the slaughter rule after 5. They would sweep the double header and improve their overall record to 9-1 for the season. They’d also sweep the season series of 4 games to nil. Meanwhile Last Call has lost 4 straight double headers since winning their first game in week one. Last Call’s record now dips to 1-8 for the season.

OUT LAW BREAKERS 25-8 LAST CALL FINAL

LP: MIKE YOUNG (1-6)

GAME BALL: KEVIN BURKE  Playing the infield on hobbled knee. Burke also produced with the lumber with his bad knee going perfect 3-3 with the hat trick of singles. Burke also drove in 3 runs for a total of 8 scored for the game. Burke also scored a run.  

LAST CALL BATTING STATS (WEEK 6)

JON CACCIATORE 2-6, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS, 2 RBI’S

TODD MACIOGER 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RUN

TIM LEE 4-6, 4 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

KEVIN BURKE 4-6, 4 SINGLES, 3 RBI’S, 2 RUNS

EZ (YAZEED HALEEM) 1-4, SINGLE, RBI, SACRIFICE

BILLY SUTTON 3-5, 3 SINGLES, 3 RUNS, RBI

MIKE WATTS 1-4, SINGLE, WALK, RBI, 2 RUNS

BRIAN THEILMAN 1-5, SINGLE, RUN, RBI

MIKE YOUNG 1-3, SINGLE, WALK, SACRIFICE, 2 RBI’S

SID 3-4, 3 SINGLES, RBI, RUN

AROUND THE LEAGUE  

WEEK SIX SCORES

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 11-10 BLACK JACKS FINAL

JAG BAGS 13-10 BLACK JACKS FINAL

WEEK 5 (9-21-21)

Coming off the bye week, Last Call still had some player personnel problems. It was the lack of them. It was like your typical horror movie where the slasher killer keeps taking one of your group members at a time. Mike Centers, the center-fielder for Last Call season, was done for the year which was another blow to the outfield. Reasons unknown at this time. One less player showing up. Last Call in week three had to forfeit the second game because Mike Centers had to leave after the first game. In week 5, Last Call was up against the favorite to win the entire thing… Flavor of the Day.

After the bye week, Last Call showed up to the first game of the double header with only seven players. Last Call had an 8^th player showing up late. Last Call had to get another player and found an old friend & old foe, former Venom pitcher, Frank The Tank. Last Call was still short a player despite picking up Frank. So before the game, Flavor of the Day had to lend one of their own to Last Call because it was 8 men out for Last Call, as the ninth player was still on his way. Obviously you like to have ten players, which seems impossible to get ten at this time for Last Call. Last Call would borrow a player for an inning or two & then play with nine against the best team in the league. It was not a great start coming off the bye week.

GAME ONE

LAST CALL TURNS INTO THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY

Flavor of the Day has only shown up in the Fall leagues in Alsip. For the last few years, Flavor of the Day has wrecked havoc in the Alsip league. Our week 5 opponent can hit well and pretty good defensively. They do not show much weakness. At least not to Last Call. Last Call with the first At-bats did not do much. With two outs, the guy from Flavor of the day, Pat Shields stroked a single. Tim Lee followed that up with a single of his own. Frank the Tank, the former Venom star, took a strike out to end the inning. Mike Young was on the bump for this double tilt for Last Call. The wily veteran was still looking for that second win in a Last Call uniform. Young pitched a scoreless second inning. No score after one inning of play.

In the second inning, there were a few hits by Last Call – one from Jon Cacciatore and the other from Sid. Nothing was brewing after that as Flavor of the Day comes out of the inning unscathed. In the bottom of the frame, the Flavor of the Day bats woke up and had a big inning. Flavor of the Day put seven runs on the score board and after two, 7-0 bad guys. Last Call had some bad defensive plays in that inning which did not help. Flavor of the Day were mashing the ball as well.

Last Call would muster up ten hits in this game one of the double tilt. Flavor of the Day killed any potential rally Last Call was starting. Flavor of the Day would add five more runs in 4 innings of play with the lumber. Last Call did bat in the fifth inning as they got their second strike out of the game to keep Flavor of the Day’s shut-out intact. The game was called after that with slaughter rule. Since the opening night win, Last Call has dropped their last 5 in row. Flavor of the Day has won their 7^th straight which is half the games on the 14 game schedule and they stay unbeaten in the Alsip league with 7-0 record.

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 12-0 LAST CALL FINAL

LP: MIKE YOUNG (1-3)

PLAYER OF THE GAME: TODD MACIOGER

Todd Macioger was a great find picked off the Alsip waivers before the season started. Todd had a perfect game 1 with the lumber as he went 3-3 with two singles, and a double. Macioger has played the hot corner and some outfield so far this season and is looking like a future keeper in his rookie season with Last Call.

GAME TWO

LAST CALL SLAUGHTERED LIKE A PIG

You did not think game two would be worse for Last Call. Think again. Lucky the league has a mercy rule. Flavor of the Day put on an absolute hitting clinic. Flavor of Day’s bats knocked Mike Young like he was Charlie Brown on the bump for the Peanuts. Young did not have a good defense behind him. Last Call had nine players. Last Call were mostly playing out of position which is not a good sign or a great night out at the ole ball park.

Last Call surrendered 25 unanswered runs to the Flavor of the Day bats. In game two, the lone bright spot was Last Call was not shut out. In two bad games you have to talk about anything positive. It took all the way to the third inning for Last Call to score their run. It started with a lead off walk by Sid. After two outs a few batters later, it was Tim Lee’s single that brought in Sid for the only run of the double header. This game was another one called by slaughter and only lasted 4 innings. Flavor of the Day sweeps the doubleheader both in slaughter and improve to 8-0 for the season. Meanwhile for Last Call it was one of your typical fall games for this team. The Fall league in Alsip has left many bad losses like this. You can say this doubleheader may be one of the worst two games in team history back to back in one night. Last Call has now lost six straight since winning their first game opening night. Last Call’s record drops to (1-6) at the halfway point of the season. Last Call had three strikes in this one, bad defense, sleepless bats and lacking personnel is biggest key to these two rock bottom games.

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 25-1 LAST CALL FINAL

LP: MIKE YOUNG ( 1-4)

GAME BALL: TIM LEE

Tim Lee bat has been very hot this season as he’s cutting and slashing on each at-bat. Lee finished the second game going perfect 2-2 with the aluminum. Lee had two singles and drove in the lone run Last Call scored in game two and only run of the double tilt.

LAST CALL’S BATTING STATS WEEK 5

KEVIN BURKE 1-5, SINGLE

EZ (YAZEED HALEEN) 0-5, STRIKE OUT,

PAT SHIELDS (FOD) 1-1, SINGLE

BRIAN THIELMAN 1-4, DOUBLE,

TIM LEE 4-5, 4 SINGLES, RBI,

TODD MACIOGER  4-5, 3 SINGLES, DOUBLE,

FRANK THE TANK 1-5, SINGLE

MIKE YOUNG 0-3

JON CACCIATORE 1-3, SINGLE

SID 1-2, SINGLE, WALK, RUN,

AROUND THE LEAGUE

OUT LAW BREAKERS 9-5 BLACK JACKS FINAL

BLACK JACKS 11-1 OUT LAW BREAKERS

JAG BAGS BYE:  1      

 

WEEK 4 (9-14-21) LAST CALL’S BYE WEEK

WEEK 4 ACTION

OUT LAW BREAKERS 6-2 JAG BAGS FINAL

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 9-8 BLACK JACKS FINAL

OUT LAW BREAKERS 8-3 JAG BAGS FINAL

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 15-9 BLACK JACKS

WEEK 3 (9-7-21)

Last Call’s oldest rival in the Alsip league has always been the Law Breakers. These days the Law Breakers are just a former shell of themselves. A team from the past called the Out Laws have combined forces with the hated maroon jersey-wearing team which Last Call has battled so many times. Out Laws, Law Breakers, convicts… whatever you want to call them, in 2021 they are public enemy number one.

Former Last Call short stop Andy Codymate helps run the merger of Out Laws and Law Breakers. Codymate played six seasons for Last Call which is good for three years total with two seasons in a year. Codymate left playing in 36 total games in Last Call uniform and still to this day is number 4 all-time in batting average which he batted .605. Codymate racked up 72 hits while driving in 35 and scoring 32 runs. Codymate would leave to the enemy of the Law Breakers as the fall campaign went south for Last Call for a variety of reasons, a few seasons ago.

GAME 1

SHOWING UP IS MORE THAN HALF THE BATTLE FOR LAST CALL

It did not take long for some of the young guys on Last Call to jump ship in week three. Last Call comes into week three with a 1-2 record after two weeks of play. The team showed up with a full roster. Week three Ian Young, Evan Young,  Alex “the beer can” McGrath, along with Jimmy Dori, are officially done playing for Last Call.

             

All these guys were very talented players. Variety of reasons why they could not finish the season. Beer Can is just a rat type of person fleeing into the night. Plus a few others could not make week three. Those two words famous in Last Call fall campaigns, “CALLED OFF.” Tuesday nights become the busy work day that eats into the evening hours. With 4 guys leaving the team without giving a warning, it is pretty tough to overcome. Especially in a week against your archrival. Last Call in future weeks to come will  have to fix things on the fly. Week three, 8 players is all Last Call had. The ninth player just to play the game was a player the Out Law Breakers let Last Call borrow. Matt Larkin is a former Law Breaker.

Last Call drew first blood in this contest in their first at-bats. Jon Cacciatore led things off with a single. Then Tim Lee who has a hit in each game so far gets his first of the night a single. After one out with runners on first and second, Kevin Burke came up to bat. Burke missed week two as he is dealing with a knee injury. Burke gets his first hit of the fall campaign with a line drive single that brings in Jon Cacciatore for the first run of the game. Burke, who was hitless in week one, did drive in a run in that victory versus the Jag Bags. That would be Burke’s second RBI of the season. Out Law Breakers then get two quick outs and end the inning as Last Call has one and the bad guys come up for the first time.

Mike Young, making his third start of the year for Last Call. First start ever versus the Out Law Breakers. Young and Last Call give up two to Out Law Breakers who have the lead 2-1 after the first frame. Last Call goes very quietly in the second inning. Out Law Breakers add another run in their half of the 2^nd. It was a scoreless third inning for both teams as the score remained 3-1 Out Law Breakers after 3.

The bats of Last Call went into a deep slumber. In the bottom of the 4^th was the one bad inning that has haunted Last Call it seems for a lifetime. Out Law Breakers put up 11 big runs to take a commanding lead after 4 innings of play 14-1. In the fifth there were a few hits by Last Call. However runners were left stranded and another goose egg was laid by Last Call. That was game. Down by 12 in the 5^th to the home team is slaughter. Last Call would fall to 1-3 for the season. Meanwhile the Out Law Breakers had a bye week the very first week of the season. In week two, Out Law breakers swept the Jag Bags and now are undefeated at 3-0 by taking the first game of the double header.

OUT LAW BREAKERS `14-1 LAST CALL FINAL

MIKE YOUNG LP: (1-2)

GAME BALL: KEVIN BURKE

Burke with the bad knee was able to swing the bat well. Burke was 2-3 with two singles and drove in the only run of the game. Burke also played second base and was not very mobile. But he was able to handle all the balls hit to him and make something positive out of it by getting some outs.

GAME 2

Game two would end in forfeit by Last Call. Last Call played the first game with nine players borrowing the 9^th player from the Out Law Breakers. Outfielder Mike Centers was unable to play in game two due to having a prior engagement he had to be at. Without Centers, that made 8 players and you have to have nine to play. With the forfeit, Last Call now has lost 4 in row. Last Call have been swept in two double tilts two weeks in a row and now their record is 1-4 for the year after three weeks of the season.

OUT LAW BREAKERS 7-0 LAST CALL FORFEIT (FINAL)

LAST CALL BATTING STATS WEEK THREE

JON CACCIATORE 1-3, SINGLE, RUN

TIM LEE 2-3, 2 SINGLES

MIKE CENTERS 2-3, 2 SINGLES

KEVIN BURKE 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RBI

TODD MACIOGER 0-2

BRIAN WERNER 0-2

OUT LAW BREAKER MATT LARKIN 2-2, 2 SINGLES

MIKE YOUNG 0-2

SID 0-2

AROUND THE LEAGUE WEEK THREE

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 13-11 JAG BAGS FINAL

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 14-0 JAG BAGS FINAL

BLACK JACKS BYE:  

WEEK TWO (8-31-21)

GAME ONE

LAST CALL CAN’T REACH BLACK JACK

In week two of the 2021 Alsip fall league, Last Call comes in undefeated and squared off against a new foe ,a team called Black Jacks. Black Jacks are a team that has haled from the suburb of Oak Lawn where they played most of their games. It’s the first time Black Jacks ever played in the Alsip league. Black Jacks lost their first game last Tuesday. That was against the team who some say are the favorites to win the Fall league in Alsip this season, Flavor of the Day. Blacks Jacks only played one game the previous week because of the storms that wiped out the second game as it did for Last Call. Last Call were winners in week 1 as they edged the Jag Bags to win their opener.

Black Jacks only scored three runs in the first game, but their bats exploded right in the first inning as they scored 7 right off the get go. The fans’ seats were not even warm yet on the bleachers as it was kind of a humid night and the skies were clear. Last Call in week two were without Jimmy Dori who had two hits in week one and patrolled the left side of the infield for Last Call. Mike Young took the mound in that first inning in his second career start for Last Call and the team looked flat that first half of inning number one.

Last Call in their first at-bats came out of their gates strong starting off with a good eye from centerfielder Mike Centers, who got on with a walk. Tim Lee got the first hit of the day for Last Call, an opposite field rope by the long time veteran. Ian Young loaded the bases as he walked. Evan Young delivers with men on with a line drive single that brought in two. Mike Centers and Tim Lee come home. That is the 3^rd RBI for Evan Young in only so far two games played for Last Call. Two runs is all Last Call would get in the first frame as EZ aka Yazeed Harleem hit into a double play ending the inning as Last Call were down by five after one.   

Mike Young and the Last Call defense would settle down with a shut out inning in the top of the second. Black Jacks retired Last Call in order in the bottom of the second so the score remained 7-2 after two frames. In the top of the third inning, Mike Young is dealing on the mound as he gets his second goose egg in a row as Black Jacks come away with nothing in the third.

Sid made his first plate appearance of the season as he did not play in week one and got things started by drawing a walk . Jon Cacciatore kept the line moving with his first hit of the year, an infield dribbler. With one out in the inning and two men on, Tim Lee drives in Jon Cacciatore who was at second base with his second hit of the game, a single. That was Tim Lee’s third RBI of the year of the Fall campaign. With Cacciatore having the only run of the inning, it was 7-3 Black Jacks leading after three.

In the top of the 4^th inning, the Black Jacks had another big inning. Black Jacks are a very good hitting team and put the ball most of the time where a Last Call defender was not in the area. A few mistakes by the defense did not help the cause either as Black Jacks would score 5 and make it 12-3. In the 4^th inning, Evan Young punches a leadoff single into the outfield. Alex McGrath, a left handed bat, poked one into right field but not far enough as he tried for two. Evan Young raced around second base and would be able to get into third base, but Black Jacks easily pegged Beer Can McGrath whose brain was probably too cloudy with suds from the past in his mind. The bad base running mistake by Beer killed a potential big inning by Last Call. EZ would then get on with a walk with runners on the corner. Big Bad Brian Werner was up to the plate who is the catcher for Last Call. Werner would drive in Evan Young, but the hard ground out the Black Jacks would erase EZ on second. Only run Last Call would get in the 4^th. Black Jacks up big after 4 as they had a 12-4 lead.

In the fifth, Black Jacks bats were not done as they added three more making it 15-4. Last Call would go down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 5^th  

In the sixth, Black Jacks added 5 more to the total as the defense looked like they had given up at this point for Last Call. In the bottom of the 6^th, Last Call had two quick outs. Then Ian Young drew a walk. Evan Young then gets his third hit of the game and the ball finds the gap in the outfield.. Evan is on second with a stand up double. Last Call has two men on two outs with Beer Can McGrath at the plate. McGrath cranks a line drive right over the second baseman’s reach and clears the bases. Beer Can would be erased for the final out of the game; a ball coming off the bat of EZ which they tagged second. Due to the time limit, this game would only go six innings. Last Call gets their first loss of the year while Black Jacks get their first win of the year and first victory in the Alsip league. Both teams would be 1-1 after two games.

BALCK JACKS 20-6 LAST CALL FINAL

LP: MIKE YOUNG (1-1)

GAME BALL: EVAN YOUNG

Evan Young had a perfect game swinging the lumber. Evan went 3-3 with two singles and a double. Evan Young drove in two runs while scoring two runs. Evan is emerging as one of the up and coming young stars on this Last Call team. He has shown it with the bat his first two games into the fall campaign.  

GAME 2

GOOD JUST BLACK JACKED

It was the second game of the double tilt between Last Call and the Black Jacks. Black Jacks won the first game very convincingly. Both teams come into the third game 1-1. Last Call this time had first at-bats and come out of the gate swinging the lumber. Mike Centers leads things off with a single. With one out and runners on the corner, Evan Young drives in the first run of the ball game on a fielders choice that erased Tim Lee’s single as he was forced out at second. The ground-some small ball by Last Call brought in Mike Centers for the first run of the ball game. Last Call was not done yet. Alex Beer Can McGrath, wearing rainbow bright shorts, is on fire in more ways than most people. McGrath drives one down the right field line for extra bases as Evan Young hustles all the way round the bases to score the second run of the game. McGrath has a stand up RBI Double. The EZ aka Yazeed Haleem gets his first hit of the double tilt with a sharp single to set up runners on the corner with two outs. That brought up the rookie Todd Macioger who went hitless in the first game of the double tilt. Macioger gets the meat of the bat perfectly on the ball as the clincher launches off his bat and drops in the outfield in-between two fielders. Todd Macioger clears the bases with a double as Last Call has a 4-0 lead. Then Tim Good comes up as he is seven hits away from 100 in a Last Call uniform. Good had one at-bat in game one, but does not do anything in his second AB as he makes the final out of the inning.   

Tim Good takes the mound in game two versus the Black Jacks and this was the first time he has ever faced them. It’s the first time the Black Jacks have seen the Good. With a 4 run lead, Good went bad as Last Call saw their lead disappear. Black Jack piled up 4 runs of their own and tied this game up at 4’s after one inning of play.

In the top of the second inning Last Call would regain the lead. Sid had a leadoff walk. Then it went to Fielders choice roulette. Sid was erased on a Jon Cacciatore groundout. Mike Centers did the same thing; another ground out & another fielder’s choice. Eventually the go ahead RBI was off the bat of Ian Young who singled & did drive in Mike Centers for his second run of the ball game. It was Tim Lee’s second hit of the game that got Centers to third. That was Lee’s 6^th hit of the fall campaign. Tim Lee needed 19 hits coming into the Fall season to reach the 100 mark in a Last Call uniform. Lee would then be a part of the third fielders choice of the inning off a ground ball hit off the bat of Evan Young who tagged third to end Last Call’s half of the second. Tim Good did not have his stuff and was not fooling any of the Black Jacks hitters. Black Jacks took their first lead of the game as they put 7 runs on the score board, and after two it was now 11 to 5 bad guys.

Last Call in the third were not waving the white flag yet. Alex “Beer Can” McGrath led off the inning with a sharp single. EZ looking like the hitter from one year ago in a Last Call uniform just tomahawks one out into the gap of the outfield. Rainbow Shorts McGrath came all the way around the bases to score. Then Brian Werner the catcher singles in EZ for the second run of the third and still no outs. Werner stayed perfect for the night on-base both at-bats as he walked his first plate appearance of the game. Black Jacks quickly responded getting the next three Last Call batters out. The Black Jacks then rough up Tim Good some more, scoring six more runs in  the third inning. This just let the sails out of Last Call completely. After three innings of play Black Jacks had a 17-7 lead.

The white flag did come out in the 4^th and 5^th for Last Call as the team had nothing left in the tank. Black Jacks added ten more runs the next two innings while Last Call bats went cold. The game would be called from the slaughter rule. This game would end in Black Jacks trouncing 27-7. Good was bad. The defense was bad for Last Call which did not help Good on the mound pitching extra pitches. The team looked like they gave up & it was a bad scene. Black Jacks would sweep the double tilt and improve to 2-1 on the season. Last Call drops two games and their record would fall to 1-2. The difference from the first week to the second week? Last Call was missing Jimmy Dori and Zack Bullington, two key defenders. Two pretty good bats. The way the Black Jacks hit, both those guys would not have made a difference.

BLACK JACKS 27-7 LAST CALL FINAL

TIM GOOD LP: (0-1)

GAME BALL: BEER CAN MCGRATH

Alex “ the beer can “McGrath was perfect with the aluminum bat wise. McGrath day supporting the rainbow shorts went 2-2 with a single and double. Beer Can drove in one and scored twice while playing a decent left field.

LAST CALL’S HIITING STATS WEEK TWO DOUBLE HEADER

MIKE CENTERS 1-5, SINGLE, WALK, 2 RUNS

TIM LEE 4-6, 4 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

IAN YOUNG 1-3, SINGLE, 2 WALKS, RBI

EVAN YOUNG 3-5, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, 3 RBI’S, 3 RUNS

ALEX “BEER CAN” MCGRATH 4-4, 3 SINGLES. DOUBLE, WALK, 3 RBI’S, 2 RUNS

EZ-YAZEED HARLEEM 2-4, SINGLE, DOUBLE, WALK, 2 RUNS. RBI

BRIAN WERNER 1-3, SINGLE, WALK, 2 RBI’S

TODD MACIOGER 1-4, DOUBLE, 2 RBI’S

TIM GOOD 0-3

MIKE YOUNG 0-3

SID 2 WALKS

JON CACCIATORE 1-4, SINGLE, RUN

 AROUND THE LEAGUE WEEK TWO

OUT LAWBREAKERS 12-1 JAG BAGS FINAL

OUT LAW BREAKERS 15-8 JAG BAGS FINAL

 

OPENING NIGHT (8-24-21)

FOREVER YOUNG

Opening night for Last Call featured hot humid conditions, dark clouds, some new and older young blood, with the familiar faces mixed in and Stevie Starlight. Stevie Starlight? More on him later. On this night, Last Call will square off against their second oldest rival, the Jag Bags. When Jag Bags and Last Call meet up, most of the games are epic battles to the end. Last Call was swept by the Jag Bags in 2020. It was a double-header and the Last Call team was in shambles during the pandemic fall season of 2020. This year is another chapter of these two teams’ historic rivalry.  

Last Call overturned their roster for the 2021 Fall season as they added an influx of youth talent. The team also added a wily veteran to the mound, and it paid off immediately. Mike Young toed the pitching rubber with a packed resume of experience, which includes a few championships in the 16” soft ball Chicago circuit he was a part of. Young would make it easy in the first inning mowing down the Jag Bags in order. In the bottom of the first, Last Call would muster only a walk. After one frame, scoreless.

In the top of the second inning as the sky grew darker with a few flashes of lightning in the distance, Jag Bags strike first with one run. In the bottom of the second, Mike Young’s son Evan Young would get the first hit of the ball game for Last Call, a sharp hit single. Evan would quickly be erased on fielders choice off the bat of Ian Young. Ian would quickly round all the bases as the big bad arse catcher Brian Werner in his first at-bat in a Last Call uniform would lace one out to the outfield. It was a tie ball game. He was a new face last fall and rookie of the year for that dreaded fall team of 2020. The short stop EZ Rider, aka Yazeed Haleem, drives in Werner with a double. An overthrow gets EZ to third. More importantly, EZ’S hit gives his team the lead. Then Alex McGrath, who played a few years ago for Last Call, coined the nickname Beer Can from Jay Roy, brings in EZ on a sacrifice fly. McGrath, a left-handed hitter, roped a fly ball deep to right to get the job done and give his team a 3-1 edge after two innings of play.

Mike Young was like a cat on the mound in the third, making some excellent defensive plays letting nothing by him. Young pitched a scoreless top of third directing the defense like an air traffic controller. Last Call in the bottom of third add two more runs as Tim Lee got things started hitting in the two hole with a single. Then more new blood, Jimmy Dori, gets his first hit in a Last Call uniform; a double as Last Call has two on & no one out. Kevin Burke doing the clean up work in the line up brings in Tim Lee on RBI ground out. Last Call playing plenty of small ball in this contest. Evan Young brings in Jimmy Dori on a sacrifice fly to give Last Call their second run of the inning.  Last Call has a 5 to 1 lead as the skies now are pitch black.

In the 4^th inning, Mike Young is still dealing. Another nice inning as the outfield defense are just grabbing everything and making it look easy. Zack Bullington in left and new blood in center, Mike Centerss and Evan Young in right. Jag Bags shut down Last Call in the 4^th, ending their two inning streak of scoring.

In the 5^th, the one bad inning occurs as Last Call is Famous Amos over the years. Jag Bags come roaring back putting up 5 runs and take the lead 6-5. Mishaps in the infield that were contagious gave the Jag Bags extra at-bats and they cashed in. The game was not official, as Last Call would have last At-Bats as more lightning flashes in the distance. The calm before the storm. In the bottom of the 5^th, Last Call did remain calm and brought the storm with their bats. Zack Bullington in the last spot of the line up leads off with a single, his second hit of the night. That brings up the centerfielder Mike Centers and he gets on for the second time of the game this time with a double as he walked earlier in the game. Blazing speed on the base paths as Tim Lee clears the bases with his second hit of the game; a single that gives Last Call the lead 7-6. Last Call is not done yet, Jimmy Dori gets his second hit of the game a single. Jon Cacciatore in the DH spot draws a walk. Ian brings in Tim Lee with a single. A key slide to second made that happen by Jon Cacciatore beating the ball to the bag by an eyelash. Then Brian Werner with his second RBI of the game brings in Jimmy Dori with ground out. Last Call scored four in the inning to regain the lead.

In the sixth, Mike Young is wheeling and dealing with yet another scoreless inning making it look too easy. Last Call goes down in order in the 6^th. Then in the 7^th, Mike Young gets the first batter for the first out of the inning. The next guy singled. That was it as the skies opened up as mother nature ended the evening. Everyone ran to their cars like in some kind of disaster movie that took place. It came down like cats and dogs. The game was official after 5 innings of play according to the rule book. You have to go back to one of the first few years of Last Call existence when they took an opening game in the fall league. The Fall league has been nightmare over the last few years so it was nice to see Last Call get the first W in the win column in the opener. The second game of the double tilt would be postponed due to the weather and be made up later on this season. Going back to the last fall season, Last Call won the final two games versus Scoops from a forfeit. Last Call now has a three game winning streak that dates back to last fall.

LAST CALL 9 JAG BAGS 6 FINAL   

TIM LEE GW RBI

WP MIKE YOUNG (1-0)

GAME BALL: MIKE YOUNG

Mike Young controlled the tempo in the game versus the Jag Bags. From the beginning to the end. Mike Young tossed 4 scoreless innings in his first ever start in a Last Call uniform. Only one bad inning which was mistakes by the defense that made that a big inning. Young is the first Last Call pitcher since the Pirate to get a win on the mound in his first ever start. Pirate accomplished that during the fall campaign versus the Law Breakers. Young also struck out a Jag Bag with a swing and a miss. It is 16” softball underhand. Young at the plate did draw a walk.

LAST CALL HITTING STATS WEEK ONE

MIKE CENTERS 1-3, WALK, DOUBLE, RUN

TIM LEE 2-3, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS, 2 RBI’S

JIMMY DORI 2-3, DOUBLE, SINGLE 2 RUNS

KEVIN BURKE 0-2, RBI

JON CACCIATORE WALK, RUN

EVAN YOUNG 1-2, SINGLE, SACRIFICE, RBI

IAN YOUNG 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RUN, RBI,

EZ (YAZEED HALEEM) 1-3, DOUBLE, RBI, RUN

BRIAN WERNER 1-3, SINGLE, 2 RBI’S, RUN

ALEX MCGRATH (BEER CAN) 0-1, SACRIFICE, RBI

TODD MACIOGER 1-1 SINGLE

MIKE YOUNG 0-2, WALK

ZACK BULLINGTON 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RUN

AROUND THE LEAGUE IN WEEK ONE

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 10-3 BLACK JACKS FINAL

OUT LAWBREAKERS BYE

AFTER THE GAME

Stevie Starlight has been a legend around Chicagoland for decades for his band. Starlight resembles ZZ-Top as he brings a live open jam night to Durbin’s in Evergreen Park on Tuesday nights. Other musicians join Stevie Starlight and just jam the night away with multiple different tunes. Even amateurs get involved in singing a few songs while Stevie Starlight will rock the guitar.  

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!! 

Softball returns to Alsip, Illinois on Tuesday nights. Last Call will play in 2021. Chances looked very grim that Last Call would even play in 2021. The Spring/Summer league on Tuesday nights was cancelled due to not enough teams to set up a league for Tuesday nights; Last Call being the lone team to sign up. Tuesday night softball in Alsip looked in jeopardy. Tuesday night league in Alsip has been on the diamonds for decades. If Last Call was going to play, they would need to find another venue. New blood in the Alsip park district made the Fall season happen. It did not look great at first as they did push the season back one week with not enough teams. Same ole story & same ole song and dance. Last minute, the league was able to form with 5 teams including your Last Call.

THE 2021 ALSIP FALL TUESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE

                              

LAST CALL                                                       

JAG BAGS                      

BLACK JACKS

OUT LAW BREAKERS

FLAVOR OF THE DAY                                  

ANOTHER SPRING/SUMMER SEASON BITES THE DUST

Last year, it was the invasion of the pandemic that cancelled the entire Spring/Summer season. In 2020, Alsip Park District was able to do their Fall season. Last Call played in the fall, but results were not so good. Like most fall seasons in Last Call history. In 2021, Last Call was looking to get their game on in the Spring/Summer league. The Spring/Summer league is just an entire different animal than the loaded Fall league. Last Call was signed up for the league as they were the first team to do so for the 2021 season. In the end they were the only team to sign up in the Alsip Park District. It’s like Pete Brady having his birthday party and no one showed up.

Alsip Park District refunded the money for Last Call and the season was officially cancelled as their leads for teams to join did not pan out. Not even a stinking participation trophy for signing up. With all the eggs in one basket, Last Call could not find another league to play Summer ball. You can point your finger at the Alsip Park District brass for not getting the team notice of what was going on. On Opening Night Eve, Last Call had to call the office at Alsip to find out what was going on with the league. Last Call seems to have played at Commissioner’s Park for a life-time. With the fields on the decline. The handling of operations over the last few years when the league went double headers on Tuesday nights instead of the single game under the lights. It might be time to move on to greener fields in the future. Instead of the arch rival Law Breakers and teams like the Jag Bags with epic games for over a decade, Last Call will be seeking new rivals. Old opponents’ futures may be in question as well. Let’s hope Last Call has a new beginning and new chapters to write this Fall and escape the tar pits of Alsip.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME MOST SEASONS PLAYED

 

RANKING	NAME	SEASONS	YEARS
1.	SID	33	16 ½
2.	BILL SCANLON	29	14 ½
3.	JON CACCIATORE	26	13
4.	TIM GOOD	23	11 ½
5.	BRIAN HUGHES	22	11
6.	MIKE FLYNNN	21	10 ½
7.	GREG SPATZ JR.	20	10
7.	DON PARKER	20	10
8.	JAY ROY	17	8 ½
8.	JOHN SHANAHAN	17	8 ½
9.	KEITH DILLY	16	8
10.	TOM MCDONALD	15	7 ½
11.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	14	7
11.	KEVIN BURKE	14	7
12.	GEOFF DECKER	12	6
12.	SCOTTY SKORA	12	6
13.	MARK HILL	11	5 ½
14.	SAL PERCORAC	9	4 ½
14.	TIM LEE	9	4 ½
15.	SEAN YOUNG	8	4
15.	DAVE WAGNER	8	4
15.	BRIAN FISHER	8	4
16.	TONY SKORA	7	3 ½
17.	BRIAN THEILMAN	6	3
17.	ANDY CODYMATE	6	3
17.	NEAL JARRETT	6	3
17.	GREG SPATZ SR.	6	3
17.	ZACK BULLINGTON	6	3
18.	BRIAN DANIELS	5	2 ½
18.	STEVE MOODY	5	2 ½
18.	ADAM MACFARLAND	5	2 ½
18.	CHRIS RILEY	5	2 ½
19.	JIM STROSS	4	2
19.	ERIC KUNICH	4	2
19.	DAVE ZURELLA	4	2
19.	JIM GORNEY	4	2
19.	JASON HART	4	2
19.	TOM TRACEY	4	2
20.	WILLY CUNNINGHAM	3	1 ½
20.	TOM KILORAN	3	1 ½
20.	KEN TALING	3	1 ½
20.	MATT HEAVEY	3	1 ½
20.	MATT VOLKSTORF	3	1 ½
20.	STEVE GREY	3	1 ½
20.	STEVE CONNOR	3	1 ½
20.	JIM VOLKAKIS	3	1 ½
20.	DAN WENGERT	3	1 ½
20.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	3	1 ½
20.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3	1 ½
21.	PATRICK GROGAN	2	1
21.	MATT SCOTT	2	1
21.	PHIL ZACK	2	1
21.	MIKE CACCIATORE	2	1
21.	BRIAN EARNER	2	1
21.	JOE WOODS	2	1
21.	CHRIS JANES	2	1
21.	STEVE DONEGEN	2	1
21.	TIM PRICE	2	1
21.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	2	1
21.	MIKE DONNELLY	2	1
21.	KENNY STROSS	2	1
21.	DAN VENUM	2	1
21.	KEN KIRCHNER	2	1
21.	MIKE DVORAK	2	1

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME MOST GAMES PLAYED LIST

RANK	NAME
1.	SID	264
2.	BILL SCANLON	207
3.	JON CACCIATORE	190
4.	BRIAN HUGHES	139
5.	TIM GOOD	130
6.	JAY ROY	118
6.	JOHN SHANAHAN	115
8.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	108
9.	MIKE FLYNN	107
10.	KEITH DILLY	106
11.	GREG SPATZ JR.	100
12.	DON PARKER	98
13.	TOM MCDONALD	96
13.	KEVIN BURKE	96
14.	SAL PERCORAC	76
14.	SCOTT SKORA	76
15.	GEOFF DECKER	72
16.	TIM LEE	51
17.	ZACK BULLINGTON	49
17.	DAVE WAGNER	49
18.	NEAL JARRETT	45
19.	MARK HILL	44
20.	SEAN YOUNG	40
21.	CHRIS RILEY	39
22.	ANDY CODYMATE	36
23.	JIM STROSS	34
24.	BRIAN FISHER	31
25.	GREG SPATZ SR.	30
25.	BRIAN DANIELS	30
26.	STEVE MOODY	27
26.	DAVE ZURELLA	27
27.	BRIAN THEILMAN	26
28.	KEN TALING	24
28.	JIM GORNEY	24
29.	ERIC KUNICH	23
29.	ADAM MACFARLAND	23
30.	DAN WENGERT	22
31.	TOM TRACEY	19
31.	STEVE CONNOR	19
32.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
33.	MATT VOLKSTORF	16
33.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
34.	PAT GROGAN	15
34.	BRIAN EARNER	15
34.	TOM KILORAN	15
35.	TONY SKORA	14
35.	STEVE GREY	14
36.	MIKE IKE	12
36.	JIMMY O’LEARY	12
37.	WILLY CUNNINGHAM	11
37.	KEN KIRCHNER	11
37.	JOE WOODS	11
38.	GREG TALLENT	10
39.	TIM PRICE	9
39.	JIM VOLKAKIS	9
39.	JAMES MORRIS	9
39.	CHRIS JANES	9
40.	SEX PISTOL PAUL	8
40.	MIKE CACCIATORE	8
40.	JASON HART	8
41.	MATT SCOTT	7
41.	MATT HEAVEY	7
41.	MIKE CUDECKI	7
41.	DAN VENUM	7
42.	EZ RIDER	6
42.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	6
42.	HOLLYWOOD	6
42.	TIM TALLANT	6
42.	PIRATE	6
43.	ALEX BEER CAN	5
43.	BRIAN KNIGHT	5
43.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	5
43.	ROB MITROS	5
43.	TIM SHANAHAN	5
43.	RON GORNEY	5
43.	PHIL ZACK	5
43.	GEORGE ROY	5
44.	COLIN FISHER	4
44.	DICKIE CASILLAS	4
44.	IAN STRONGMAN	4
44.	MIKE HENNESSEE	4
44.	PAT GUILFOYE	4
44.	EDISON	4
45.	BO	3
45.	STEVE DONEGEN	3
45.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	3
45.	M&M CHRIS	3
45.	JOHN MALONE	3
45.	BOB KUCINSKI	3
45.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
45.	BERTO	3
46.	NICK MOORE	2
46.	YAZ RIDER	2
46.	SEX PISTOL ETHAN	2
46.	BRIAN JAG BAG	2
46.	TYLER STEVENS	2
46.	PAUL MALL	2
46.	VICTOR JOHNSON	2
46.	COLORADO DAVE	2
46.	JOE CACCIATORE	2
46.	MATT MUFFLER	2
46.	BILL SMITH	2
46.	KENNY STROSS	2
46.	ONLETT	2
46.	MIKE DVORAK	2
46.	B.MYRON	2
46.	B.KINTAID	2
46.	ROB ONE’NINER	2
46.	BEN SEAVER	2
46.	JESSEE JAMES	2
46.	BOB KABOB	2
46.	J.MAHL	2
46.	DAN UETZ	2
47.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	1
47.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
47.	LEFTY NICK	1
47.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1
47.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
47.	DANIELSON	1
47.	DAN FIELDING	1
47.	STEVE TULASKI	1
47.	SWEET LOU	1
47.	BOY GEORGE	1
47.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	1
47.	JUST BOB	1
47.	STEVE REAGAN	1
47.	BROTHER DILLY	1
47.	VIRGIL TIBBS	1
47.	BILL RATTLER	1
47.	COLIN DUNFORD	1
47.	KEVIN SELTZER	1
47.	RON FISHBACK	1
47.	GEORGE JUNGLE	1
47.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
47.	JOHN CONDON	1
47.	JOHN DENVER	1
47.	MIKE KEATON	1
47.	CHUCK FOSTER	1
47.	BRIAN MESSING	1
47.	SEAN NUTS	1
47.	MARCO’S POLO	1
47.	CHU MADINA	1
47.	LOUEY DEPLAMER	1
47.	BOB SALMON	1
47.	RALPH MALPH	1
47.	ANDRE HANSON	1
47.	PONCH	1
47.	MARK DAMICO	1

ARROW P0INTED UP OR DOWN

Which Last Call players improved their life time batting during the pandemic fall season? Which Last Call players digressed during the pandemic fall season? The box below shows who went up & who went down. Dave Witkowski’s arrow is pointing off the charts, improving his lifetime average by 20 points during the pandemic. Players on this list must have at least 50 lifetime At-bats to qualify. 

Name	UP OR DOWN AFTER 2020 SEASON	POINTS	BATTING AVERAGE BEFORE 2020 SEASON
DAVE WITKOWSKI	UP	+20	.418
ZACK BULLINGTON	UP	+16	.412
JAY ROY	UP	+6	.404
SAL PERCORAC	UP	+6	.451
TIM GOOD	EVEN	SAME	328
KEVIN BURKE	DOWN	-1	519
SID	DOWN	-5	.431
JON CACCIATORE	DOWN	-6	.398
MARK HILL	DOWN	-7	.375
BRIAN FISHER	DOWN	-8	.476
CHRIS RILEY	DOWN	-12	.480
TIM LEE	DOWN	-18	.514

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME BEST BATTING AVERAGES

(MINIMUM OF 50 AT-BATS)

RANKING	NAME	LIFETIME AVERAGE
1	JIM GORNEY	.678
2.	MIKE FLYNN	.637
3.	STEVE CONNOR	.606
4.	ERIC KUNICH	.605
4.	ANDY CODYMATE	.605
5.	GEOFF DECKER	.581
6.	DAVE ZURELLA	.555
7.	DON PARKER	.551
8.	TOM TRACEY	.532
9.	JIM STROSS	.525
10.	MATT VOLKSTORF	.519
11.	KEVIN BURKE	.518
12.	JOHN SHANAHAN	.502
13.	TIM LEE	.496
14.	KEN TALING	.487
15.	CHRIS RILEY	.468
15.	BRIAN FISHER	.468
16.	GREG SPATZ SR.	.465
17.	KEITH DILLY	.462
18.	ADAM MACFARLAND	.460
19.	SAL PERCORAC	.457
20.	BILL SCANLON	.446
21.	NEAL JARRETT	.445
22.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	.438
22.	BRIAN HUGHES	.438
23.	ZACK BULLINGTON	.428
24.	SID	.426
25.	DAVE WAGNER	.425
26.	JAY ROY	.410
28.	GREG SPATZ JR.	.409
29.	SEAN YOUNG	.396
30.	SCOTTY SKORA	.394
31.	JON CACCIATORE	.392
32.	DAN WENGERT	.383
33.	BRIAN DANIELS	.379
34.	MARK HILL	.368
35.	TOM MCDONALD	.364
36.	TIM GOOD	.328
37.	BRIAN THEILMAN	.322

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME AT-BATS

RANK	NAME	AT BATS
1.	SID	589
2.	BILL SCANLON	585
3.	JON CACCIATORE	484
4.	MIKE FLYNN	350
4.	JOHN SHANAHAN	350
5.	KEITH DILLY	309
6.	KEVIN BURKE	303
7.	DON PARKER	299
8.	BRIAN HUGHES	285
8.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	285
9.	TIM GOOD	283
10.	JAY ROY	275
11.	GREG SPATZ JR.	271
12.	TOM MCDONALD	244
13.	GEOFF DECKER	227
14.	SCOTTY SKORA	195
15.	SAL PECORAC	188
16.	TIM LEE	163
17.	ZACK BULLINGTON	147
18.	NEAL JARRETT	137
19.	DAVE WAGNER	127
20.	ANDY CODYMATE	119
21.	SEAN YOUNG	116
21.	JIMMY STROSS	116
22.	MARK HILL	114
23.	CHRIS RILEY	111
24.	DAVE ZURELLA	99
25.	BRIAN FISHER	96
26.	GREG SPATZ SR.	88
27.	JIM GORNEY	84
28.	BRIAN DANIELS	79
29.	KEN TALING	78
30.	ERIC KUNICH	71
31.	ADAM MACFARLAND	63
32.	BRIAN THEILMAN	62
32.	TOM TRACY	62
33	STEVE CONNOR	61
34.	DAN WENGERT	60
35.	MATT VOLKSTORF	52
36.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	49
37.	STEVE MOODY	48
37.	MIKE DONNELLY	48
38.	BRIAN EARNER	44
39.	PATRICK GROGAN	41
40.	MIKE IKE	34
41.	JIMMY O’LEARY	33
41.	STEVE GREY	33
42.	TONY SKORA	32
43.	KEN KIRCHNER	31
43.	TOM KILORAN	31
44.	GREG TALLENT	29
45.	MIKE CACCIATORE	27
46.	JAMES MORRIS	26
46.	DAN VENUM	26
47.	JIMMY VOLKAKIS	25
47.	WILLEY CUNNINGHAM	25
47.	JOE WOODS	25
48.	TIM PRICE	24
49.	MATT HEAVEY	23
50.	SEX PISTOL PAUL	19
50.	MATT SCOTT	19
51.	CHRIS JANES	17
51.	BRIAN KNIGHT	17
51.	MIKE CUDECKI	17
51.	JASON HART	17
51.	RON GORNEY	17
51.	PIRATE	17
52.	PAT GUILFOYE	16
52.	TIM SHANAHAN	16
53.	HOLLY WOOD	15
54.	ALEX BEER CAN	14
54.	EDISON	14
54.	IAN STRONGMAN	14
55.	ROB MITROS	13
55.	GEORGE ROY	13
55.	MIKE HENNESEE	13
55.	DICKIE CASILLAS	13
56.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	12
57.	EZ RIDER	11
57.	TIM TALLANT	11
57	JAKE MILAZZO	11
58.	PHIL ZACK	10
58.	JOHN MALONE	10
58.	STEVE DONEGAN	10
59.	COLIN FISHER	9
59.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	9
59.	BOB KUCINSKI	9
59.	CHARLIE BROPHY	9
60.	BO	8
60.	BERTO	8
61.	DAN UETZ	7
61.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	7
61.	M&M CHRIS	7
62.	BRIAN JAG BAG	6
62	PAUL MALL	6
62	MIKE DVORAK	6
62	KENNY STROSS	6
63.	YAZ RIDER	5
63.	NICK MOORE	5
63.	BILLSMITH	5
63.	RON FISHBACK	5
64.	SEX PISTOL ETHAN	4
64.	VICTOR JOHNSON	4
64.	JOE CACCIATORE	4
64.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	4
64.	MATT MUFFLER	4
64.	DAN FIELDING	4
64.	SWEET LOU	4
64.	B.MYRON	4
64.	ROB ONE’NINER	4
64.	BEN SEAVER	4
64.	BOB SALMON	4
64.	LOUIE DEPALMER	4
64.	VIRGIL TIBBS	4
64.	KEVIN SELTZER	4
64.	BILL RATTLER	4
64.	RALPH MALPH	4
65.	DANIELSON	3
65.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	3
65.	STEVE TULASKI	3
65.	ONLETT	3
65.	BOY GEORGE	3
65.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	3
65.	JUST BOB	3
65.	COLIN DUNFORD	3
65.	DEAN MARTIN	3
65.	JESSEE JAMES	3
65.	LEUTINANT DAN	3
65.	J.MAHL	3
65.	JOHN CONDON	3
65.	ANDRE HANSON	3
65.	PONCH	3
65.	MARK DAMICO	3
66.	CLIFF THE BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	2
66.	JIMMY XAVIER	2
66.	TYLER STEVENSON	2
66.	LEFTY NICK	2
66.	COLORADO DAVE	2
66.	STEVE REAGAN	2
66.	BROTHER DILLY	2
66.	BOB KABOB	2
66.	JOHN DENVER	2
66.	MIKE KEATON	2
66.	CHUCK FOSTER	2
66.	MARCO’S POLO	2
67.	BRIAN MESSING	1
67.	SEAN NUTS	1
67.	CHU MADINA	1

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME WALKS SCORED

Rank	Name	Walks
1	Sid	32
2	Bill Scanlon	26
3	Don Parker	19
3	Greg Spatz Jr.	19
4	Dave Witkowski	17
5	Brian Hughes	14
6	Tom McDonald	12
7	John Shanahan	10
7	Jon Cacciatore	10
8	Tim Good	8
9	Neal Jarrett	7
10	Jim Stross	6
10	Kevin Burke	6
10	Keith Dilly	6
11	Sean Young	4
11	Scotty Skora	4
11	Geoff Decker	4
11	Greg Tallent	4
11	Dan Wengert	4
12	Mark Hill	3
12	Steve Moody	3
12	Jason Hart	3
12	Brian Earner	3
13	Brian Fisher	2
13	BO	2
13	Eric Kunich	2
13	Derek Loftquist	2
13	Greg Spatz Sr.	2
13	Phil Zack	2
13	Tim Lee	2
14	Sex Pistol Paul	1
14	Brian Theilman	1
14	Andy Codymate	1
14	Mike Flynn	1
14	Rob Mitros	1
14	Mike Cudecki	1
14	Dan Venum	1
14	Adam McFarland	1
14	Tim Shanahan	1
14	Pirate	1
14	Kevin Seltzer	1
14	Jesse James	1
14	Edison	1
14	Israel Lopez	1
14	Berto	1
14	Zack Bullington	1
14	Jimmy O’Leary	1
14	James Morris	1

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME SACRIFICES SCORED

Rank	Name	Sacrifices
1	Bill Scanlon	15
2	John Shanahan	10
3	Keith Dilly	8
4	Don Parker	7
4	Mike Flynn	7
4	Tom McDonald	7
5	Jon Cacciatore	6
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
7	Chris Riley	4
7	Brian Fisher	4
7	Jim Gorney	4
7	Tom Tracey	4
7	Tim Good	4
8	Zack Bullington	3
8	Sean Young	3
8	Geoff Decker	3
8	Eric Kunich	3
8	Steve Connor	3
8	Brian Daniels	3
8	Sid	3
9	Brian Hughes	2
9	Mike Ike	2
9	Andy Codymate	2
9	Jim Stross	2
9	Ken Kirchner	2
9	George Roy	2
9	Kevin Burke	2
10	Dave Witkowski	1
10	Mark Hill	1
10	Jay Roy	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Scotty Skora	1
10	Ken The Budman Taling	1
10	Steve Moody	1
10	Steve Grey	1
10	Tony Skora	1
10	Jim Volkakis	1
10	Dave Zurella	1
10	Mike Donnelly	1
10	Greg Tallent	1
10	Mike Cudecki	1
10	Neal Jarrett	1
10	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
10	Brian Earner	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	J. Mahl	1
10	Edison	1

MILESTONES REACHED IN RUNS SCORED

PLATEAUS REACHED IN 2020

Sid: Reached the 100’s club in runs scored

Kevin Burke /Jon Cacciatore: reached the 90’s club in runs scored

Burke is now tied with Geoff Decker for 5th all-time

Zack Bullington: Reached the 40’s club in runs scored

Bullington is now tied with Brian Hughes for 14th all-time scored

Sal Percorac: Reached the 30’s club in runs scored

Percorac is now tied with Andy Codymate for 20th all-time in runs scored

Reachable goals for 2021 in runs scored.

Kevin Burke needs 7 more runs to reach the 100 club.

Jon Cacciatore needs 9 more runs to reach the 100 club

Dave Witkowski needs 1 run to reach the 50 club

Tim Good needs 2 more runs to reach the 50 club

Jay Roy/Tim Lee need each 3 runs to reach the 40 club

Chris Riley is two runs away from 25

 

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME RUNS SCORED

Rank	Name	# of Runs Scored
1	Bill Scanlon	151
2	Mike Flynn	131
3	Don Parker	112
4	Sid	101
5	Geoff Decker	93
5	Kevin Burke	93
6	Jon Cacciatore	91
7	John Shanahan	89
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	65
9	Keith Dilly	61
10	Dave Witkowski	49
11	Tim Good	48
12	Jimmy Stross	44
13	Tom McDonald	41
14	Zack Bullington	40
14	Brian Hughes	40
15	Jay Roy	37
15	Tim Lee	37
16	Jim Gorney	36
17	Neal Jarrett	35
18	Scotty Skora	34
19	Dave Zurella	33
20	Andy Codymate	32
20	Sal Percorac	32
21	Sean Young	29
22	Steve Connor	26
23	Ken Taling	25
24	Chris Riley	23
24	Dave Wagner	23
24	Tom Tracey	23
25	Brian Fisher	22
26	Mark Hill	21
27	Adam McFarland	20
28	Greg Spatz Sr.	19
28	Erik Kunich	19
29	Derek Loftquist	17
30	Dan Wengert	14
31	Dan Venum	11
31	Matt Heavey	11
32	Brian Daniels	10
32	Mike Donnelly	10
33	Brian Earner	9
33	Matt Volkstorf	9
34	James Morris	8
34	Mike Cacciatore	8
35	Mike Ike	7
35	Brian Knight	7
36	Mike Hennessee	6
36	Dan Uetz	6
36	Steve Moody	6
37	Pat Grogan	5
37	Edison	5
37	Ian Strongman	5
38	Jimmy O’Leary	4
38	Tim Price	4
38	Steve Donegan	4
38	Tony Skora	4
38	Hollywood	4
38	Ken Kirchner	4
38	Jake Milazzo	4
38	Berto	4
39	Matt Scott	3
39	Lawbreaker Chris	3
39	Steve Grey	3
39	Jim Volkakis	3
39	Greg Tallent	3
39	Jason Hart	3
39	Ron Gorney	3
39	Dickie Casillas	3
39	John Malone	3
39	Pat Guilfoye	3
39	Chris Janes	3
40	EZ Rider	2
40	Willy Cunningham	2
40	Groundskeeper Jim	2
40	Bill Smith	2
40	Rob Mitros	2
40	Tim Shanahan	2
40	Sweet Lou	2
40	Phil Zack	2
40	Pirate	2
40	Chuck Foster	2
40	Israel Lopez	2
40	Bob Kucinski	2
40	Charlie Brophy	2
40	Louey Depalmer	2
40	Bob Salmon	2
40	Brian Thielman	2
40	Tom Kiloran	2
41	Sex Pistol Paul	1
41	Colin Fisher	1
41	Sex Pistol Ethan	1
41	Paul Mall	1
41	Bo	1
41	Colorado Dave	1
41	Kenny Stross	1
41	Dan Fielding	1
41	Mike Cudecki	1
41	George Roy	1
41	Steve Tulaski	1
41	Mike Dvorak	1
41	B. Myron	1
41	Tim Tallant	1
41	B. Kintaid	1
41	Boy George	1
41	Steve Reagan	1
41	Joe Woods	1
41	Bill Rattler	1
41	Kevin Seltzer	1
41	Ron Fishback	1
41	Andre Hanson	1

MILESTONES IN RBI’S

PLATEAUS REACHED IN 2020

Dave Witkowski: reached the 60’s club in runs driven in.

Tim Good: reached the 40’s club in runs driven in.

Tim Lee: reached the 20’s club in runs driven in.

Tom Kiloran reached double digits in runs driven in.

REACHABLE PLATEAUS IN 2021 IN RBI’S

Sid: Needs five RBI’S to reach the 90’s club.

Keith Dilly: Needs two RBI’S to reach the 80’s club.

Kevin Burke:Needs two RBI’S to reach the 70’s club.

Dave Witkowski: Needs three RBI’S to reach the 70’s club.

Jon Cacciatore: Needs four RBI’S to reach the 60’s club.

Sal Percorac: Needs two RBI’S to reach the 40’s club.

Brian Fisher: Needs two RBI’S to reach the 30’s club.

Chris Riley: Needs three RBI’S to reach the 30’s club.

Jay Roy: Needs four RBI’S to reach the 30’s club.

Mark Hill: Needs one RBI to reach the 20’s club.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME RBI’S LIST

Rank	Name	# of RBI’s
1	Mike Flynn	175
2	Bill Scanlon	169
3	Don Parker	133
4	John Shanahan	97
5	Sid	85
6	Keith Dilly	78
7	Kevin Burke	68
8	Dave Witkowski	67
9	Jon Cacciatore	56
10	Tom McDonald	54
11	Jim Gorney	53
12	Geoff Decker	51
13	Greg Spatz Jr.	50
14	Brian Hughes	49
15	Tim Good	41
16	Sal Percorac	38
17	Andy Codymate	35
18	Jim Stross	34
19	Neal Jarrett	33
20	Steve Connor	30
21	Erik Kunich	28
21	Brian Fisher	28
22	Chris Riley	27
23	Jay Roy	26
24	Tom Tracy	24
25	Dave Wagner	23
25	Greg Spatz Sr.	22
25	Zack Bullington	22
26	Tim Lee	21
27	Dave Zuella	20
28	Mark Hill	19
29	Scott Skora	17
29	Sean Young	17
30	Derek Loftquist	16
31	Ken Taling	15
32	Adam McFarland	14
32	Brian Daniels	14
33	Ken Kirchner	13
34	Dan Wengert	12
35	Dan Venum	11
36	Mike Ike	10
36	Greg Tallent	10
36	Tom Kiloran	10
37	Brian Knight	9
37	Matt Volkstorf	9
38	Steve Moody	8
38	Patrick Grogan	8
39	Brian Earner	7
39	James Morris	7
39	Mike Hennessee	7
39	Pat Guilfoye	7
39	Tony Scora	7
39	Steve Grey	7
40	Matt Heavy	6
40	Jimmy O’Leary	6
40	BO	6
40	Dan Uetz	6
40	Pirate	6
40	George Roy	6
41	Bill Smith	5
41	Edison	5
42	Jake Milazzo	4
42	Brian Theilman	4
42	Matt Scott	4
42	Tim Price	4
42	Mike Donnelly	4
42	Mike Cacciatore	4
43	Sex Pistol Paul	3
43	Tim Shanahan	3
43	Ron Gorney	3
43	Phil Zack	3
43	John Malone	3
44	EZ Rider	2
44	Jim Volkakis	2
44	William Cunningham	2
44	Rob Mitros	2
44	Jason Hart	2
44	Steve Tulaski	2
44	Matt Muffler	2
44	B. Myron	2
44	Ian Strongman	2
44	Dickie Casillas	2
44	Berto	2
44	Chris Janes	2
44	Mark Dmico	2
45	Jag Bag Brian	1
45	Victor Johnson	1
45	Sweet Lou	1
45	B. Kintaid	1
45	Bill Rattler	1
45	Colin Dunford	1
45	Ron Fishback	1
45	J. Mahl	1
45	Tim Tallant	1
45	Chuck Foster	1
45	Israel Lopez	1
45	Bob Kucinski	1
45	Ricky Meeks	1
45	Joe Cacciatore	1
45	Groundskeeper Jim	1
45	Lawbreaker Chris	1
45	Johnny McCarthy	1
45	Brian Schrader	1
45	Hollywood	1
45	Mike Cudecki	1
45	Kenny Stross	1

MILESTONE IN HITS

PLATEAUS REACHED IN 2020

Sid: Reached the 250 mark in hits.

Kevin Burke: Reached the 150 mark in hits.

Dave Witkowski: Reached the 125 mark in hits.

REACHABLE PLATEAUS IN 2021 IN HITS

Jon Cacciatore: Needs ten hits to reach the 200 mark.

Keith Dilly: Needs seven hits to reach the 150 mark.

Tim Good: Needs seven hits to reach the 100 mark.

Sal Percorac: Needs 14 hits to reach the 100 mark.

Tim Lee: Needs 19 hits to reach the 100 mark.

Brian Fisher: Needs five hits to reach the 50 mark.

Mark Hill: Needs eight hits to reach the 50 mark.

Ken Taling:Needs 12 hits to reach the 50 mark.

Dave Witkowski: Needs one hit to have the number 10th spot to himself all-time.

(Brian Hughes and Dave Witkowski coming in tied with 125 hits)

Dave Witkowski: Needs 8 hits to pass up Geoff Decker and move up to the number 9 spot on the all-time hits list.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME HITS LIST

Rank	Name	Hits
1	Bill Scanlon	261
2	Sid	251
3	Mike Flynn	233
4	Jon Cacciatore	190
5	John Shanahan	176
6	Don Parker	165
7	Kevin Burke	157
8	Keith Dilly	143
9	Geoff Decker	132
10	Brian Hughes	125
10	Dave Witkowski	125
11	Jay Roy	113
12	Greg Spatz Jr.	111
13	Tim Good	93
14	Tom McDonald	89
15	Sal Pecorac	86
16	Tim Lee	81
17	Scotty Skora	77
18	Andy Codymate	72
19	Zack Bullington	63
20	Jim Stross	61
20	Neal Jarrett	61
21	Jim Gorney	57
22	Dave Zuella	55
23	Dave Wagner	54
24	Chris Riley	52
25	Sean Young	46
26	Brian Fisher	45
27	Erik Kunich	43
28	Mark Hill	42
29	Greg Spatz Sr.	41
30	Ken Taling	38
31	Steve Connor	37
32	Tom Tracey	33
33	Brian Daniels	30
34	Adam McFarland	29
35	Matt Volkstorf	27
36	Steve Moody	26
37	Derek Loftquist	24
38	Dan Wengert	23
39	Brian Theilman	20
40	Mike Ike	19
41	Tom Kiloran	18
42	Mike Donnelly	17
42	Dan Venum	17
42	Ken Kirchner	17
43	Patrick Grogan	16
43	Jimmy O’Leary	16
43	Steve Grey	16
44	Jim Volkakis	15
45	Brian Earner	14
45	Tony Skora	14
46	Brian Knight	13
46	James Morris	13
46	Mike Cacciatore	13
47	Matt Heavey	12
48	Greg Tallent	11
49	Tim Price	10
49	Joe Woods	10
50	Matt Scott	9
50	Ron Gorney	9
50	Ian Strongman	9
50	Mike Hennessee	9
51	EZ Rider	8
51	Lawbreaker Chris	8
51	Hollywood	8
51	Jake Milazzo	8
52	Sex Pistol Paul	7
52	Steve Donegan	7
52	Jason Hart	7
52	George Roy	7
52	Edison	7
53	Willy Cunningham	6
53	Rob Mitros	6
53	Pat Guilfoye	6
54	Dan Uetz	5
54	John Malone	5
54	Tim Tallant	5
54	Berto	5
54	Chris Janes	5
54	Pirate	5
55	Alex Beer can	4
55	BO	4
55	Bill Smith	4
55	Mike Cudecki	4
55	Phil Zack	4
55	Ron Fishback	4
56	Colin Fisher	3
56	Boy George	3
56	Kenny Stross	3
56	Dickie Casillas	3
56	Tim Shanahan	3
56	Bill Rattler	3
56	Andre Hanson	3
56	Israel Lopez	3
56	Bob Kucinski	3
56	Charlie Brophy	3
57	Sex Pistol Ethan	2
57	Jag Bag Brian	2
57	Paul Mall	2
57	Victor Johnson	2
57	Groundskeeper Jim	2
57	Sweet Lou	2
57	Matt Muffler	2
57	Steve Tulaski	2
57	Steve Reagan	2
57	Louey Depalmer	2
57	Mark Damico	2
58	Nick Moore	1
58	Tyler Stevens	1
58	Ponch	1
58	Jimmy Xavier	1
58	Brian Schwaider	1
58	Johnny McCarthy	1
58	Bob Salmon	1
58	Colorado Dave	1
58	Onlett	1
58	Mike Dvorak	1
58	Dan Fielding	1
58	B. Myron	1
58	M & M Chris	1
58	B. Kintaid	1
58	Ben Seaver	1
58	Brother Dilly	1
58	Colin Dunford	1
58	Dean Martin	1
58	Bob Kabob	1
58	Lieutenant Dan	1
58	Chuck Foster	1
58	Kevin Seltzer	1

MILESTONES IN HOME RUNS

PLATEAUS REACHED IN 2020

NONE

REACHABLE PLATEAUS IN 2021 IN HOME RUNS

Don Parker: Needs one Dingers to be Last Call’s Home Run King

Kevin Burke: Needs 5 long balls to hit the double digits mark in Home Runs.

Brian Fisher: Needs 2 long balls to reach the five mark in Home Runs.

Sal Percorac/Keith Dilly/Chris Riley:All Need 3 long balls to reach the five mark in Home Runs.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME HOME RUNS LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF HOMERUNS
1	Don Parker	22
1	Mike Flynn	22
2	Jim Gorney	8
2	Bill Scanlon	8
3	Jim Stross	6
4	Steve Connor	5
4	Kevin Burke	5
5	John Shanahan	3
5	Brian Fisher	3
6	Keith Dilly	2
6	Matt Heavey	2
6	Bill Smith	2
6	Tom Tracy	2
6	Dave Zurella	2
6	Chris Riley	2
6	Sal Percorac	2
7	James Morris	1
7	Zack Bullinton	1
7	Greg Spatz Jr.	1
7	Jon Cacciatore	1
7	Sean Young	1
7	Dan Uetz	1
7	Brian Knight	1
7	Geoff Decker	1
7	Dan Venum	1
7	Mike Hennessee	1
7	John Malone	1
7	Bob Kucinski	1
7	Derek Loftquist	1

MILESTONES IN TRIPLES

PLATEAUS REACHED IN 2020

NONE

REACHABLE PLATEAUS IN 2021 IN TRIPLES

Don Parker: Needs 1 Triple to hit the double digits mark.

Sal Percorac: Needs 3 Triples to hit the double digits mark.

Chris Riley/Kevin Burke: Both need 4 triples each to hit the double digits mark.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME TRIPLES LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF TRIPLES
1	Bill Scanlon	25
2	Mike Flynn	19
3	Don Parker	9
4	Sal Percorac	7
5	Chris Riley	6
5	Kevin Burke	6
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
6	Jimmy Stross	5
7	Andy Codymate	4
7	John Shanahan	4
7	Dave Witkowski	4
8	Sean Young	3
8	Jon Cacciatore	3
9	Dave Wagner	2
9	Brian Fisher	2
9	Dave Zuella	2
9	Steve Connor	2
9	Jim Gorney	2
9	Brian Daniels	2
9	Tim Lee	2
9	Derek Loftquist	2
10	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
10	Mike Ike	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Chris Riley	1
10	Scotty Skora	1
10	Chuck Foster	1
10	James Morris	1
10	Steve Grey	1
10	Geoff Decker	1
10	Tom McDonald	1
10	Ken Kirchner	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	Neal Jarrett	1
10	Tim Good	1
10	Keith Dilly	1
10	Mark Hill	1
10	Jay Roy	1
10	Tom Tracey	1
10	Brian Earner	1

MILESTONES IN DOUBLES

PLATEAUS REACHED IN 2020 IN DOUBLES

Sal Pecorac: Cracked the double digits in doubles.

REACHABLE PLATEAUS IN 2021 IN DOUBLES

Don Parker: Needs 5 doubles to tie Mike Flynn for number one all-time.

Don Parker:Needs 6 doubles to be number one all-time in doubles hit.

Keith Dilly: Needs 1 double to move up to the 4th spot in doubles hit all-time.

Keith Dilly:Needs 2 doubles to have the 4th spot in doubles hit all-time to himself.

Keithy Dilly:Needs 7 doubles to hit the 30 mark and tie John Shanahan for the 3rd spot in doubles hit all-time

Dave Witkowski: Needs 7 doubles to reach the 20 mark.

Ken Taling:Needs 2 doubles to crack the double digits.

Dave “Wags” Wagner: Needs 3 doubles to crack the double digits.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME DOUBLES LIST

Rank	Name	Doubles
1	Mike Flynn	39
2	Don Parker	34
3	John Shanahan	30
4	Geoff Decker	24
5	Bill Scanlon	23
5	Keith Dilly	23
6	Andy Codymate	22
7	Kevin Burke	20
7	Jon Cacciatore	20
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	16
8	Jim Gorney	16
9	Dave Witkowski	13
10	Sid	11
10	Tom McDonald	11
11	Sal Percorac	10
12	Ken Taling	8
13	Erik Kunich	7
13	Matt Volkstorf	7
13	Scott Skora	7
13	Dave Wagner	7
14	Jim Stross	6
14	Steve Connor	6
14	Dan Venum	6
14	Tom Tracey	6
14	Jay Roy	6
14	Brian Fisher	6
14	Tim Lee	6
14	Zack Bullington	6
15	Chris Riley	5
15	Sean Young	5
15	Neal Jarrett	5
15	Derek Loftquist	5
15	Dave Zurella	5
15	James Morris	5
16	Greg Spatz Sr.	4
16	Brian Knight	4
16	Adam McFarland	4
16	Tim Good	4
17	Mark Hill	3
17	Ken Kirchner	3
17	Mike Ike	3
18	EZ Rider	2
18	Matt Scott	2
18	Patrick Grogan	2
18	Steve Moody	2
18	Jim Volkakis	2
18	Jimmy O’Leary	2
18	Ron Gorney	2
18	Pirate	2
18	Edison	2
19	Sex Pistol Paul	1
19	Tom Kiloran	1
19	Brian Theilman	1
19	Brian Hughes	1
19	Matt Heavy	1
19	Tim Price	1
19	Brian Earner	1
19	Groundskeeper JIm	1
19	Greg Tallent	1
19	Hollywood	1
19	Jason Hart	1
19	Phil Zack	1
19	B. Myron	1
19	Joe Woods	1
19	Mike Cacciatore	1
19	Mike Hennessee	1
19	George Roy	1
19	Tim Tallant	1
19	Pat Guilfoye	1
19	Bob Kucinski	1
19	Mark Damico	1
19	Brian Daniels	1
19	Steve Donegan	1

MILESTONE IN SINGLES

PALTEAUS REACHED IN 2020 IN SINGLES

Kevin Burke: Reached the 125 plateau in singles hit.

Dave Witkowski: Reached the 100 plateau in singles hit.

Zack Bullington:Reached the 50 plateau in singles hit

REACHABLE PLATEAUS IN SINGLES IN 2021

Sid: Needs ten singles to reach the 250 mark.

Jon Cacciatore: Needs 9 singkles to reach 175 mark.

Dave Witkowski needs 17 singles to reach the 125 mark.

Keith Dilly needs 8 singles to reach the 125 mark.

Tim Good: Needs 12 singles to reach the 100 mark.

Tim Lee: Needs 2 singles to reach the 75 mark.

Sal Percorac: Needs 8 singles to reach the 75 mark.

LAST CALL’S ALL-TIME SINGLES LIST

RANK	NAME	NUMBER
1.	SID	240
2.	BILL SCANLON	204
3.	JON CACCIATORE	166
4.	MIKE FLYNN	143
5.	JOHN SHANAHAN	139
6.	KEVIN BURKE	126
7.	BRIAN HUGHES	124
8.	KEITH DILLY	117
9.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	108
10.	GEOFF DECKER	106
10.	JAY ROY	106
11.	DON PARKER	100
12.	GREG SPATZ JR.	90
13.	TIM GOOD	88
14.	TOM MCDONALD	77
15.	TIM LEE	73
16.	SCOTT SKORA	69
17.	SAL PERCORAC	67
18.	ZACK BULLINTON	56
19.	NEAL JARRETT	55
20.	ANDY CODYMATE	46
20.	DAVE ZURELLA	46
21.	DAVE WAGNER	45
22.	JIM STROSS	44
23.	CHRIS RILEY	39
24.	MARK HILL	38
25.	SEAN YOUNG	37
26.	GREG SPATZ SR.	36
26.	ERIC KUNICH	36
27.	BRIAN FISHER	34
28.	JIM GORNEY	33
29.	KEN TALING	30
30.	BRIAN DANIELS	27
31.	ADAM MACFARLAND	25
32.	STEVE CONNOR	24
32.	TOM TRACEY	24
32.	STEVE MOODY	24
33.	DAN WENGERT	23
34.	MATT VOLKSTORF	20
35.	BRIAN THEILMAN	19
36.	TOM KILORAN	17
36.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
37.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
38.	MIKE IKE	15
39.	PATRICK GROGAN	14
39.	TONY SKORA	14
39.	JIMMY O’LEARY	14
40.	KEN KIRCHNER	13
40.	STEVE GREY	13
40.	JIM VOLKAKIS	13
41.	BRIAN EARNER	12
41.	MIKE CACCIATORE	12
42.	GREG TALLENT	10
42.	DAN VENUM	10
43.	MATT HEAVEY	9
43.	JOE WOODS	9
43.	TIM PRICE	9
43.	IAN STRONGMAN	9
44.	LAWBREAKER CHRIS	8
44.	BRIAN KNIGHT	8
44.	JAKE MILAZZO	8
45.	MATT SCOTT	7
45.	HOLLYWOOD	7
45.	RON GORNEY	7
46.	EZ RIDER	6
46.	SEX PISTOL PAUL	6
46.	WILLEY CUNNINGHAM	6
46.	GEORGE ROY	6
46.	JAMES MORRIS	6
46.	MIKE HENESSEE	6
46.	JASON HART	6
46.	STEVE DONEGEN	6
47	PAT GUILFOYE	5
47.	CHRIS JANES	5
47.	BERTO	5
47.	EDISON	5
47.	ROB MITROS	5
48.	ALEX BEER CAN	4
48.	BO	4
48.	TIM TALLANT	4
48.	MIKE CUDECKI	4
48.	JOHN MALONE	4
48.	RON FISHBACK	4
49.	COLIN FISHER	3
49.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	3
49.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
49.	ANDRE HANSEN	3
49.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3
49.	BILL RATTLER	3
49.	PIRATE	3
49.	PHIL ZACK	3
49.	BOY GEORGE	3
49.	TIM SHANAHAN	3
49.	DAN UETZ	3
49.	KENNY STROSS	3
50.	JAG BAG BRIAN	2
50.	SEX PISTOL ETHAN	2
50.	LOUEY DEPALMER	2
50.	PAUL MALL	2
50.	VICTOR JOHNSON	2
50.	SWEET LOU	2
50.	STEVE REAGAN	2
50.	STEVE TULASKI	2
50.	BILL SMITH	2
50.	MATT MUFFLER	2
50..	PONCH	1
50	TYLER STEVENS	1
50	NICK MOORE	1
50	MARK DMICO	1
50	DEAN MARTIN	1
50	BOB KABOB	1
50.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
50	ONLETT	1
50.	B.KINTAID	1
50	MIKE DVORAK	1
50	M&M CHRIS	1
50	BEN SEAVER	1
50.	BROTHER DILLY	1
50.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	1
50.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
50.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
50.	COLORADO DAVE	1
50.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM LAST CALL SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION

 

THE IRON MEN OF 2020

In 2020 there were more things in a player’s way than the standard family excuses or injuries making it to the games every week. Players had to deal with the pandemic. Players had to hope their families were safe as well. A Covid case within your own walls would likely sideline a player for at least two weeks. Any cold symptoms a player had, meant they were told to stay home instead of risking the health of the overall team. In 2020, Last Call had to deal with a few cases of Covid. It did not help, but the team had to deal with it. Last Call had to forfeit one week, a total of 2 games, for multiple reasons. Injuries being the main problem. In the final week of regular season, Scoops forfeited both games versus Last Call. Out of 14 games scheduled, Last Call played ten of them. The two Iron Men that made all ten were Tim Lee and Jon Cacciatore.

       

LAST CALL TOP 3 IN BATTING STATS IN 2020

In 2020, the Spring/Summer league was cancelled due to the Covid Virus. The Fall season was the only campaign played. The top three in each offensive category is only from ten total games.

TOP 3 BATTING AVERAGES

NAME	BATTING AVERAGE
EZ RIDER	.727
DAVE WITKOWSKI	.700
ZACK BULLINGTON	.562

At least ten AT-BATS to qualify for best three hitters in 2020.

TOP THREE IN HITS

NAME	HITS
DAVE WITKOWSKI	14
TIM LEE/ SAL PERCORAC	11
ZACK BULLINGTON	9

TOP THREE IN RBI’S

NAME	RBI’S
DAVE WITKOWSKI	8
SAL PERCORAC	7
CHRIS RILEY	4

TOP THREE IN RUNS SCORED

NAME	RUNS
4 TIED	4
KEVIN BURKE/SAL PERCORAC
DAVE WITKOWSKI/ZACK BULLINGTON

TOP THREE IN SINGLES

NAME	SINGLES
DAVE WITKOWSKI	14
TIM LEE	11
ZACK BULLINGTON/KEVIN BURKE	8

TOP THREE IN DOUBLES

NAME	DOUBLES
SAL PERCORAC	3
EZ RIDER	2
RILEY/S.PISTOL PAUL/Z.BULLINGTON	1

TOP THREE IN TRIPLES

This is the first ever year a Last Call player did not register at least one triple in the stat column.

TOP THREE IN HOME RUNS

NAME	HOME RUNS
SAL PERCORAC	1

HOME RUN KING (SAL PERCORAC)

TOP THREE IN WALKS

NAME	WALKS
JON CACCIATORE	2
SEX PISTOL PAUL/SID	1

TOP THREE IN SACRIFICES

NAME	SACRIFICES
DAVE WITKOWSKI/TIM GOOD	1

THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

We did not get a picture of newcomer, EZ Rider. Instead we took a photo from the spin off of Sons of Anarchy, called the Mayans. The Mayans EZ is a prospect of their biker gang. Our EZ is not a rookie playing his first ever softball game, this season with Last Call.  EZ is a wily veteran who has played for a few different teams and leagues. EZ has helped some of the teams he has been on win championships. The past Fall campaign in the Alsip Park District League, it was EZ’s first ride with Last Call and the Tuesday night 16″ softball league. Every year we get a few players that join Last Call and call them rookies, even though some have played the same amount or more softball than players on the team for years. EZ was the best rookie out of the group that participated this fall. EZ wins the 2020 Last Call rookie honors.

With the lumber, EZ Rider was and is a top of the order guy. EZ was a table setter & getting on base he did very well. In six games, EZ Rider batted .727 only making three outs with the bat in his hands. On the base paths, EZ was very agressive and at times when trying to get the extra base, he was caught like a deer in head lights. EZ in six games had 8 hits. The fall team was very bad at scoring runs. EZ drove in 2 and scored 2 runs in six games. EZ used his speed and legged out a few doubles in his first year in a Last Call uniform. The .727 average is by far the best on the team ,playing more than one game.

On defense, EZ Rider had a roller coaster type of season. In the outfield he looked like he was running on ice. EZ Rider by trade is an infielder. EZ is not scared to play whatever he’s needed. The Fall campagin the team had no short stop coming in as you could say that was a gaping hole on the left side of the field. EZ gave it his best and did his best. It did not look pretty. Sometimes it looked ugly. EZ did make some plays in a position that is toughest on the diamond. A position that EZ had hardly any experience at, but gave a whirl. EZ with that menatlity will be an asset for the future. A leader. A good teammate. A very good hitter. A top of the order type of guy. If Last Call finds him another infield position that EZ could excell at, this will be a gem of a find for the team in 2021. Obviously that is with finding a regular at the short stop position to put out that fire for good.

 

LAST CALL’S 2020 MVP          

 

Dave Witkowski is the MVP of Last Call for his fantastic fall campaign. The pandemic took out the Spring/Summer campaign, so Fall was the only games Last Call was able to play. The Fall league was seven weeks of doubleheaders which came out to 14 games total. With two forfeit weeks wiping out four games for Last Call, which resulted in 2 wins and 2 losses for the team.  Last Call actually played only ten games which seemed like a life time during a pandemic. Last Call’s history during the Fall season is just bad over the last few years. In 2020, history repeated itself but the team had to deal with more. Trying to get a full squad every week was very difficult. A lot more difficult than a normal Fall season. Dave Witkowski showed up 4 out of the 5 weeks the team actually played. Witkowski played in 8 out of the 10 total games played by Last Call.

Dave Witkowski brought his bat for those 8 games he played. Dave Witkowski on defense pitched most of those games, but you can not judge him on that. Statistically, Witkowski was a better pitcher than Tim Good this season.The defense for both pitchers in the Fall campaign was horrendeous. Missing guys. People playing out of position. People recruited from the streets. Not having enough players to man each position. Multiple reasons not to be able to take care of even the routine plays on defense that can cause the pitching stats to balloon.

Dave Witkowski was a very tough out, and he did not make many in 2020. Witkowski took home three game balls in the 8 games played. Witkowski had the highest batting average for any season he has ever played for Last Call. Witkowski hit a career high of .700. Witkowski led the team with hits and RBI’S. Witkowski drove in 8 which is good for at least one run per game. Witkowski had 14 hits in 8 games, which averages 1.7 hits per game. Witkowski came up big with runners on. Witkowski is a guy that can hit to all fields. He’s a single hitter that can spray hits to right field, as he bats from the right side. Witkowski usually batted 3rd, 4th, or 5th in the line up so opposing teams you could disguise his bat in the line up. By far, Dave Witkowski stood out from the pack to give him the team MVP for 2020 with his play.

ALSIP PARK DISTRICT 2020 FALL CAMPAIGN PLAYOFFS

The top 4 teams make the playoffs. This was in a Single game elimination bracket tournament.

SEEDING: #1.DOGGY #2.MUSH #3.FLAVOR OF THE DAY #4. CHEAP SHOTS

ROUND ONE:GAME 1

#1.DOGGY VERSUS #4.CHEAP SHOTS

DOGGY 11-10 CHEAP SHOTS FINAL

ROUND ONE: GAME TWO

#2.MUSH VERSUS #3. FLAVOR OF THE DAY

MUSH 17-2 FLAVOR OF THE DAY FINAL

THE 2020 ALSIP PARK DISTRICT FALL CHAMPIONSHIP

ROUND TWO: CHAMPIONSHIP

#1.DOGGY VERSUS #2. MUSH

The two best teams in the league face each other for all the marbles.

DOGGY 15-13 MUSH FINAL

Doggy has now won back to back fall championships in the Alsip Park District league.

THE ALSIP PARK DISTRICT FINAL 2020 FALL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

TEAM	WIN	LOSS	TIE	PCT
Doggy	11	3	0	0.786
Mush	10	3	1	0.750
Flavor of the Day	9	4	1	0.679
Cheap Shots	7	7	0	0.500
Jag Bags	6	8	0	0.429
Law Breakers	6	8	0	0.429
Scoops	4	10	0	0.286
Last Call	2	12	0	0.143

2020 ALSIP FALL LEAGUE BATTING STATS

NAME	GP	.BA	AB	HITS	RBI	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR	SAC	K’S	BB’S
JON CACCIATORE	10	.280	25	7	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
ZACK BULLINGTON	6	.562	16	9	1	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
JAY ROY	4	.625	8	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEX PISTOL PAUL	8	.368	19	7	3	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
SAL PERCORAC	8	.500	22	11	7	4	7	3	0	1	0	0	0
TIM LEE	10	.407	27	11	3	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	6	.333	12	4	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
SID	8	.250	16	4	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
SEX PISTOL ETHAN	2	.500	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN JAG BAG	2	.333	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHRIS RILEY	4	.363	11	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
DAVE WITKOWSKI	8	.700	20	14	8	4	14	0	0	0	1	1	0
CHILLY WILLY CUNNINGHAM	2	.000	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KEVIN BURKE	6	.500	16	8	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
EZ RIDER	6	.727	11	8	2	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
MARK HILL	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YAZ RIDER	2	.000	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN FISHER	4	.400	10	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOM KILLORAN	2	.750	4	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
COLIN FISHER	4	.333	9	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

FINAL 2020 FALL ALSIP PARK DISTRICT PITCHING STATS

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	BB	K’S	RPIP
WITKOWSKI	0	6	6	6	33	6	108	9	6	1	3.2
GOOD	0	4	4	4	19	4	87	7	2	1	4.5
FORFEIT	2	2	4	——	——–	——	——	——–	——	—–	—–

10-27-20 WEEK SEVEN

LAST CALL VERSUS SCOOPS

The Scoops and Last Call match up was originally scheduled for the third week of the season back in September. Last week on 10-20-20, the game was scheduled between these teams even with rain coming in on the radar. Right at game time the skies opened up as the game was postponed once again. What a shame becauseLast Call had their best roster of the year available for this contest. It seemed like it would be the match up that would never be played due to Mother Natures take on things.

On the 27th of October the last game of regular season was scheduled and for the third time in the Fall Campaign, Last Call and Scoops would not play. This time Mother Nature had no part in this. Even though it was a cold fall night. Scoops took the forfeit for whatever reason. The match up did not mean anything to the playoffs or either team. Last Call comes out with a double header sweep, a total gift by the ice cream people.

The way the season has gone for Last Call in the year of the pandemic, a forfeit by another team is gladly accepted. No one wants to win games by forefeit. The season has stretched on too long. Injuries have piled up like in some kind of World War MASH unit for Last Call. Every week, the team is missing someone like some horror movie where the serial killer is taking out one body at a time. Last Call forfeited during the middle of the season due to players that could not make it with injuries versus Mush. Last Call will break their 12 game regular season losing streak in 2020 with the two forfeited wins they took from Scoops. If you can call it a high note, Last Call finishes with a 2-12 record, ending their perfect losing record coming into week seven’s action.  

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

10-13-20 DOUBLE HEADER VERSUS THE JAG BAGS

BATTING STATS VERSUS JAG BAGS

JON CACCIATORE 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RUN

ZACK BULLINGTON 4-6, 3 SINGLES, DOUBLE, RBI

JAY ROY 2-4, 2 SINGLES,

SEX PISTOL PAUL 1-6, SINGLE

SAL PERCORAC 1-6, SINGLE

TIM LEE 5-6, 5 SINGLES, RUN

BRIAN (JAG BAG CAST OFF) 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RBI

TIM GOOD 2-5, 2 SINGLES, RBI

SID 1-3, SINGLE, WALK

SEX PISTOL ETHAN 2-4, 2 SINGLES, RUN

HITTING STREAK

SIX GAMES: ZACK BULLINGTON & EZ RIDER( EZ missed week six illness)

FOUR GAMES: TIM LEE

DOUBLE THEM UP

Last Call converted two double plays in week six versus the Jag Bags. In game one the first double play was the first converted of the fall season and in 2020.

OFFENSE AND DEFENSE

TEN GAMES (NOT COUNTING THE FORFEIT)

OFFENSE

RUNS SCORED 33 RUNS

AVERAGE RUNS SCORED PER GAME 3.3

Last Call bats were shut out twice in two games. Last Call scored double digits in runs  only in one game this fall season.

DEFENSE

RUNS GIVEN UP 195

AVERAGE RUNS GIVING UP PER GAME 19.5

Last Call has not held any team this Fall to single digits in runs.

 

10-13-20 WEEK SIX

LAST CALL VERSUS JAG BAGS

GAME 1

JAG BAGS OWN THE LAST CALL HOUR

Before the season started, the Jag Bag/Last Call match up was circled. The old rivalry between both teams goes back over ten years. When Jag Bags and Last Call match-ups occur, they are epic games that usually go down to the very end. Close games that can go either way. Last meeting was the fall of 2019 where Last Call swept the Jag Bags. Actually, that two game series in fall was the last time Last Call won a game. Which was about one year ago. In the summer of 2019, Jag Bags took the series versus Last Call as the rivalry goes back and forth. This match up was originally scheduled in early September, but a rain out put this game in back of the schedule. The original scheduled date would have been better for Last Call because of  players being MIA for this week’s six battle.

It was another week where Last Call only had nine players. With one Last Call player running late, the Jag Bags actually had to lend Last Call a player. The Jag Bag made nine players for Last Call to start the game on time. Last Call were able to keep the Jag Bag player named Brian, when the late player finally made it to the games to give the team 10 the full amount to cover each position.

It was a skeleton crew for Last Call as many were playing out of position and the great Jon Cacciatore was manning the short stop position. Jon Cacciatore had the first at-bat of the game and got things started off with the first hit of the game. Later in the top of the inning, Jon Cacciatore scores the first run of the game. Zack Bullington with an RBI single brought in Cacciatore. Like that, it was 1-0 with the Jag Bags coming up to bat.

Dave Witkowski was out for this series, so Tim Good was pitching both games versus the Jag Bags. Goody has missed a few weeks since last time he played in the fall campaign. The Jag Bags bats were unkind as Goody struggled in the very first inning. The Last Call defense was lined up in a Swiss cheese shift. Jag Bag hitters found the holes and made new ones. Jag Bags put up 13 runs in their first at-bats and this was not the start Last Call was looking for. Games like this missing many pieces on the roster, makes you wonder why Last Call even tried to come back for this fall league with the bad history they have at this time of the year. Plus in a year with a pandemic which would cripple the roster before and during the season with sickness in the air.

In the second inning, Sex Pistol’s son Ethan was called into duty. Ethan is a young kid who left his Call of Duty game on pause to come out because the team needed bodies. This is the third father and son combo of the year that Last Call has used. The Fishers. The Riders. Now the Sex Pistols. Ethan has blazing speed as he beat out a bunt like dribbler off his bat wearing jeans. Ethan was safe, even tripping over the bag at first. Sid walked moving Ethan to second. Then Brian the Jag Bag that was being borrowed for this double header, singles and drives in Ethan for the second run of the game. Last Call would only get one run in that inning. Jag Bags tighten up their defense and bring out more thunder in their bats in the bottom of the frame. Six more runs as Jag Bags demonstrate pure domination after two innings of play. Bad guys with  a 19-2 lead as the wind is completely knocked out of the sails for Last Call.

The first game only went five innings and was called for slaughter. Jag Bags would add one more run to make it 20 runs scored for their squad. Last Call were completely shut down after the second. Tim Good gave up three long balls in this one. It was a bad game for defense even though Last Call did turn a double play. A line drive snagged by Jon Cacciatore and the flip to Jay Roy to get the guy trying to get back to second base. Last Call’s losing streak now hits 11 games with only three left on the schedule. The team is looking to go perfect in the wrong direction.

GAME BALL: TIM LEE

Tim Lee was perfect on the day with the lumber. Lee’s 3 hit game was wasted. Three singles in 3 at-bats. Tim Lee played center field and had the most put outs of the game catching fly balls some that could have made this game even uglier.

LP:TIM GOOD (0-3)

JAG BAGS 20-2 LAST CALL FINAL

GAME TWO

JAG BAGS SWEEP LAST CALL UNDER THE RUG

MIA: Kevin Burke, Chris Riley, Brian Fisher, EZ Rider, Dave Witkowski

Key pieces of Last Call, listed above, were missing that did not make this series versus Jag Bags one to walk down memory lane on. Tim Good was on the mound again for game two. Jag Bags in their first at-bats in game two ,the team only scored 4 runs which was better then the 13 they scored right off the get go in game one. The problem is Last Call did not score a run until the 6th inning.

Tim Lee singles to lead off the 6th inning. Later in the inning, Tim Good drives in Tim Lee with a single off the Good bat. This is the only run of the game for Last Call. Jag Bags put up 16 runs through six innings of play to earn the sweep. Last Call falls to 0-12  for the fall campaign. Last call ends the year next week with a two game series versus Scoops. The last chance for the team to see if they can get a victory and end this horrible losing streak in 2020.

GAME BALL: TIM LEE

Tim Lee gets the sweep in game balls in week six. Tim Lee scored the only run of the game. Tim Lee added two more hits in game two. Lee went 2-3 with two singles and a run.

LP:TIM GOOD (0-4)

JAG BAGS 16-1 LAST CALL 1 FINAL

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

10-6-20 WEEK FIVE DOUBLE HEADER VERSUS CHEAP SHOTS

BATTING STATS IN DOUBLE HEADER VERSUS CHEAP SHOTS

ZACK BULLINGTON 3-5, 3 SINGLES, WALK, 3 RUNS

JON CACCIATORE 1-6, SINGLE

SAL PERCORAC 4-6, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, HOME RUN, 5 RBI’S, 3 RUNS

CHRIS RILEY 3-6, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, 2 RBI’S, 2 RUNS

TIM LEE 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RBI

DAVE WITKOWSKI 3-5, 3 SINGLES, RBI, RUN

SEX PISTOL PAUL 2-5, DOUBLE, SINGLE, 2 RBI’S

CHILLY WILLY CUNNINGHAM 0-5

SID 3-5, 3 SINGLES, 2 RUNS

HITTING STREAK

EZ RIDER (SIX GAMES)

EZ was out week five illness

THE RISE OF LAST CALL COBRA’S

ZACK BULLINGTON (4 GAMES)

SEX PISTOL PAUL (4 GAMES)

Dave Witkowski & Jon Cacciatore were able to extend their hitting streaks to 4 games in the first game of the double header. In the second game both failed to get a hit.

Chilly Willy Cunningham played in first action of the year. Chilly did not do much with the lumber but he was golden out in right field making a few web gem catches. Chilly made it to the bar afterwards and had one beer and left because he had early 9 am wake up call. It was a school night.

TIM LEE & JON CACCIATORE ONLY TWO PLAYERS THAT HAVE NOT CALLED OFF A GAME THIS FALL SEASON.

Both Tim and Jon would have been available for Week 4 if Last Call did play Mush that week. Intstead the team took the forfeit.

10-6-20 WEEK 5

LAST CALL VERSUS CHEAP SHOTS

GAME 1

CHEAPS SHOTS PREVAIL AT LAST CALL

Week five, Last Call was back on the field as the team was a no-show the week before. Injuries sidelined the team the previous week. Last Call was not fully healed, but they were able to get nine people; the bare minimum to actually play both games of the double header versus Cheap Shots. Last Call would play both games without a short center. Cheap Shots was the last of those all-star teams on the schedule for the fall campagin. Cheap Shots was another drinking team like Last Call, not a team that was looking to exchange blows in a dark alley.

In the very first inning, Last Call, in their first at-bats put a three spot on the board before any benches could crack a cold one. Zack Bullinton led off with a single. Jon Cacciatore followed that with a single to put speed on the bike paths. Sal Percorac singles, however Jon Cacciatore gets caught in a run down as he passed second base and was tagged out trying to get back to the bag. With ruuners on the corner, Chris Riley brings in Zack for the first run of the game with a single. Then Tim Lee delivers with a one out RBI single bringing in Sal Percorac to make it 2-0 Last Call. Dave Witkowski, who has been clutch so far this fall season, brings in the big man Chris Riley with an RBI single to make this 3-0. Cheap Shots get out of the inning with a double play off the bat of Sex Pistol Paul which earased Tim Lee trying to get into third. 

Tim Good still MIA in week five Dave Witkowski had the start on the mound and would have to pitch both games of the double header. Cheap Shots not known for their defense but have some offensive fire power with the bats. The Last Call 3-0 lead vanished quickly as Cheap Shots tied the game up  at three’s in their first at-bats of the game. Cheap Shots were not done as they scored five runs in the bottom of the first and took the lead after one inning of play, 5-3 bad guys.

Last Call strike back with a single off the bat of Sid’s bat, his first hit of the year. With one out in the top of the second inning, the top of the order was up already for Last Call. Zack Bullington picked up his second hit of the game with another single off his bat. Zack Attack 2-2 was looking good & feeling good as the beers give his game an edge. Then Sal Percorac who missed two weeks dealing with a leg injury, lights up the Cheap Shot pitcher with a solid shot off his bat that finds the gap. Sal is in at second with a stand up double that clears the bases and ties the game up at fives. Then the big man Chris Riley takes Sal’s spot at second with a double of his own a ball he crushed. Sal scores and Riley RBI double gives Last Call the lead 6-5.

Dave Witkowski and the defense do a better job in the second inning then they did in the first. Cheap Shots regained the lead with two runs in the bottom of the frame making it 7-6 after two innings of play. In the third inning another double play off the bat of Sex Pistol Paul erases the lead off single off Dave Witkowski’s bat. Chilly Willy Cunningham making his first appearance of the year ends the third with a ground out. Chilly Willy 0-2 in first game since 2019. Cheap Shots have a big bottom of the third and bat around scoring 7 runs increasing their lead 14-6 after three innings of play.

Last Call is not going away. Another leadoff single off Sid’s bat, his second hit of the game. Zack Bullington gets on for the third time of the game with a walk. Then Sal Pecorac clears the bases with a blast. Sal connects with one that clears the bases, a three run home run his first of the year and the team’s first of the year. It’s 14-9, but the Cheap Shots lead is decreasing. That’s Sal’s 5th RBI of the game. With one out, Chris Riley picks up his third hit of the game with a single. With two outs, Dave Witkowski picks up his third hit of the game. With runners on first and third with two outs, Sex Pistol Paul delivers and clears the bases with a double. It was a shot off Paul’s bat for his first hit of the game and now the Cheap Shots lead is only three runs. Will Cunningham ends the inning with his third ground out of the game. 

It’s 14-11 with the Cheap Shots coming up to bat in the bottom of the 4th. It feels like a game as Last Call is hanging in there against this Cheap Shot squad. Saying that Cheap Shots offense put up 5 more runs in the bottom of the 4th, to extend their lead 19-11. Cheap Shots then finally shut down the bats for Last Call and added six more runs off the long ball to finish Last Call in this wild game. Cheap Shots took game one with a 25-11 score. Last Call has lost every game this fall season as now they have dropped their first nine games as they gave the Cheap Shot a run for their money in the first game.

GAME BALL: SAL PERCORAC

With the lumber Sal had a monster game going 3-4. Sal missed the cycle by missing the triple. Sal had the Single, double and the monster 3 -run home run. Sal scored 3 runs driving in five out of 11 runs Last Call scored.

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-5)

CHEAP SHOTS 25-11 LAST CALL FINAL

GAME TWO

SHOTS WERE NOT VERY CHEAP AS LAST CALL PICKS UP THE TAB

In game two of the double header versus the Cheap Shots, Last Call came out flat. The wind was let out of Last Call sails late in game one. Last Call seemed like they waited their faith if this game was Mortal Kombat. It took Cheap Shots 4 innings to finish it as Last Call became a fatality called for slaughter.

It was the second game of the season Last Call has been shut out. Only 4 hits for Last Call bats as they were completely comatose. Four people out of the nine had a hit leaving 5 guys hitless in Alsip in game two. With only 9 people and no short center, Cheap Shots exploited the middle of the field. Cheap Shots scored in every inning and pretty much stymied Last Call offense pretty much in order. Last Call still without a win and has lost ten straight for the year. With two weeks left of the fall season and the year, at least they have four games with two teams. They have a chance to maybe salvage a few before this shit show in a pandemic year ends. 

GAME BALL SAL PERCORAC

Sal had a great night especially in the first game. In the second game, Sal had one hit in two at-bats. Sal had two great at-bats where he the ball hard each time. The one that got through the Cheap Shot defense was line shot single.

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-6)

CHEAP SHOTS 17-0 LAST CALL FINAL

9-29-20 WEEK 4

LAST CALL VERSUS MUSH

NO SHOW FOR LAST CALL

In week four of the Alsip Fall Soft ball season Last Call did not have enough players to field a team. Last Call players were dealing with multiple injuries up and down the roster.

Last Call had to forfeit both games versus Mush. Probably a good thing because Mush is a younger squad of players that can flat out mash the ball. In past meetings, Last Call has not faired well versus Mush. Last fall, Last Call missed two weeks due to not having enough players to field a team. Management thinks one week off to rest will help the team get back on the field versus Cheap Shots. We will wait and see.

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

9-22-20 WEEK THREE  DOUBLE HEADER VERSUS DOGGY

BATTING STATS IN DOUBLE HEADER VERSUS DOGGY

KEVIN BURKE 3-6, 3 SINGLES, 3 RUNS

EZ RIDER 5-6, 2 DOUBLES, 3 SINGLES, RUN, RBI,

DAVE WITKOWSKI 4-6, 4 SINGLES, 3 RBI’S, RUN

CHRIS RILEY 1-5 SINGLE, 2 RBI’S, RUN

TIM LEE 1-5, SINGLE, RBI,

YAZ RIDER 0-5

JON CACCIATORE 2-5, 2 SINGLES

SID 0-4

ZACK BULLINGTON 2-5 2 SINGLES, RUN

MARK HILL 0-1

JAY ROY 3-4  3 SINGLES

HITTING STREAK

EZ RIDER (REACHES SIX GAME)

Kevin Burke’s hitting streak ends at five games

ON THE RISE

Dave Witkowski/  Jon Cacciatore reaches 3 games

TWO GAME SERIES VERSUS DOGGY

DOGGY OUT SCORED LAST CALL 35-7

CROSSING THE PLATE

Last Call’s offense in 2020 has been like trying to get passed a rail road crossing. Perhaps by a freight train.

WEEK ONE: 2 GAMES (4 RUNS)

WEEK TWO: 2 GAMES (10 RUNS)

WEEK THREE: 2 GAMES (7 RUNS)

 

9-22-20 WEEK THREE

LAST CALL VERSUS DOGGY

DOGGY BITTEN RIGHT BEFORE LAST CALL

 Week three Last Call had some familiar faces back in the line up, and for the first time this season.

Chris Riley, Zack Bullinton and long time veteran, Jay Roy, who was on a one season hiatus in 2019 while trying to find his golf game. Last Call also added another father/son combo, the second of the year. The Fishers played in the first week and now the Riders added their family mix of EZ and the Yaz.  Maybe a game of Family Feud after the game between the Riders and the Fishers. Fishers were out for game three. Last Call has never been able to use the full roster they have in one week for years, as someone is always not making the game for whatever reason.

Last Call were up first and they struck first with a Kevin Burke single. EZ Rider moved Burke to second base on a ground out. Small ball was working in the first with an RBI single off of Dave Witkowski’s bat to bring in Burke for the first run of the game. Witkowski was still red hot with lumber with the carry over from last week. Doggy limited the damage to only one run.

Dave Witkowski pitched game one and had his work cut out for him against another all-star team in this fall league. Doggy won the league last fall. Dave Witkoswski was able to limit Doggy to only two runs and got one of those mutts swinging and striking out to get out of the inning to limit the damage.

The second inning was scoreless. In the third inning, Last Call struck back as their bats came to life. Zack Bullington’s first at bat of the year for him was a sharp single to left field. Kevin Burke connected with his second hit of the game with another single. EZ Rider has been a nice pick up as he brought in the speedster Zack with an RBI single to tie the game at 2. Dave Witkowski once again brings in Burke with his second RBI single of the contest. This RBI off Dave’s bat gave Last Call their second lead of the game. Chris Riley and Tim Lee also had RBI’S as Dave and Riley counted for the other two runs in 4 run inning that had Last Call up 5-2. In the bottom of the third, Doggy batted around with big inning with the lumber of their own and reagined the lead and put up a 5 spot. After three, 7-4 Doggy.

In the 4th inning Last Call hanging with Doggy and the bats come up with two runs to tie this game at seven. Kevin Burke picked up his third hit of the game. EZ Rider picked up his second hit of the game. Dave  Witkowski gets the hat trick of singles and RBI’S driving in Burke for the third time of the game. Welcome back Chris Riley as he drives in EZ Rider with bullet off his bat for an RBI single.

Doggy took the lead for good in the bottom of the 4th with three runs. Doggy used the long ball in the late innings with three bombs and tallied up seven more. Last Call bats went dormant and Doggy paddled away and fetched game one of the double header. By far it was the best game Last Call has played all year as they did hang with these guys most of the game.  Doggy has too much talent and can beat you a few different ways. It’s a matter of time. Last Call falls to 0-5 for the season.

GAME BALL: DAVE WITKOWSKI

Another game ball for Dave Witkowski. Dave’s third game ball in three games in a row. Witkowski with the bat was 3-4, three singles, 3 RBI’S and scored one run. Witkowski pitched a pretty good game as he kept Last Call in the game.

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-3)

DOGGY 17-7 LAST CALL FINAL

GAME TWO

LAST CALL DOGGY STYLED IN GAME TWO

Last Call was without Sal Percorac who had an injury from the previous week. Sal was on hand giving his team moral support and helping coaching a base. Tim Good was missing in week three so Dave Witkowski had to pitch both games. Last Call activated Mark Hill for game two, another familiar face who’s played for the team for years. Hill has only been able to make very few games over last few years due to his work bringing him out of state. Sex Pistol Paul was out with an injured foot his status will be week to week.

In the first inning Dave Witkowski and Last Call defense only gave up 1 as Doggy struck first. In the bottom of the frame, a Chris Riley double play wiped out anything Last Call had cooking. In the second, Doggy were like junk yard dogs as they put up 8 runs and had a big inning. In the bottom of the second, Jon Cacciatore did not have time to smoke a cigarette as Last Call went down in order and rather quickly. It was 9-0 after two, Doggy humping Last Call like a rag doll.

Game two went rather quickly as Last Call bats were silent. The game was called after 4 innings of play. The Mercy rule. Last Call only managed six hits in this contest and were shut out 18-0. Last Call had 11 in the line up card and only 5 managed a hit. Two in the line up only had one at-bat in the game. Doggy was not wasting time as they must have had drinks pouring at the bar it was that fast. Last Call has now lost six in a row in 2020. Last Call has lost every game of the fall campaign so far in three, their record stays perfect at (0-6). Meanwhile Doggy has two more notches on their collar with the sweep of Last Call.

GAME BALL: EZ RIDER

EZ was perfect with the bat with a Single and a double

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (O-4)

FINAL DOGGY 18-0 LAST CALL FINAL

 

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

9-15-20 DOUBLE HEADER VERSUS FLAVOR OF THE DAY

CURRENT HITTING STREAKS

4 GAMES (KEVIN BURKE & EZ RIDER

LAST CALL RUN SUPPORT

WEEK ONE: 4 RUNS 2 GAMES

WEEK TWO: 10 RUNS IN 2 GAMES

AFTER 2 WEEKS LAST CALL HAS BEEN OUTSCORED 82-14 IN 4 GAMES

BATTING STATS IN 2 GAME SERIES VERSUS FLAVOR OF THE DAY

TIM LEE 2-5, 2 SINGLES, RBI, RUN

KEVIN BURKE 2-4, 2 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

TIM GOOD 1-4, SINGLE, RUN

JON CACCIATORE 1-4, SINGLE, RUN, 2 WALKS

SAL PERCORAC 3-6, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, RUN

DAVE WITKOWSKI 5-5, 5 SINGLES,  4 RBI’S, 2 RUNS, SACRIFICE

BRIAN FISHER 1-6, SINGLE

TOM KILORAN 3-4, 3 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

EZ RIDER 3-5, 3 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

COLIN FISHER 1-5, SINGLE

SEX PISTOL PAUL 3-4, 3 SINGLES, RBI, RUN, WALK

THE CONE HEAD PLAY OF THE DAY

Jon Cacciatore believes the orange cone came to life on a ball he was pursuing near foul territory. Maybe it was a conehead that tripped him up . Cacciatore did trip over the orange cone and missed the ball falling to the ground.

9-15-20 WEEK TWO:

LAST CALL VERSUS THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY

GAME ONE

LAST CALL IS NOT THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY

In week two, Last Call was hoping they had knocked off the rust completely from their play in week one. With the cancellation of the Spring/Summer league due to the Covid, it might take the team a few weeks to get themselves to find their game. Some players for Last Call have played in other leagues over the Summer. Some players’ last action was the fall of 2019. In week one, Last Call had some guys MIA. Getting the full roster to the park has been the team’s biggest challenge over the last few years. In week two, more absent players were MIA for a variety of reasons.

Tim Good took the pitching rubber in game one. Tim was not good. The entire team was completely flat. The defense was sloppy. The bats were sleepy. The Flavor of the day got off to a quick start. Last Call had hopes that Flavor of the Day would tire themselves out as they went through their batting order multiple times. Innings were long for Last Call defense as Flavor of the Day piled it on, never stopping through 4 innings. Finally, the game was called in one of the usual Last Call fashions, slaughter rule.

In the third, Last Call did push across a run. A Dave Witkowski sacrifice fly  brought in Kevin Burke who got on base with a lead off single. The run prevented the Flavor of the Day shut out. Maybe the only bright side of the game. Last Call was pounded into smithereens in a 32-1 lopsided game. It was a game that brought Last Call to its knees in a must surrender like the French troops from the invasion of the Nazis

GAME BALL:DAVE WITKOWSKI

This type of game should not have a game ball awarded to anybody in a Last Call uniform. Witkowski, with the sacrifice fly ball, did erase the goose egg.

The Flavor of the Day is one of the four all-star teams that join the Alsip league every fall. All around the Chicagoland area, communities lack fall leagues in 16″ softball. Alsip’s league gets these teams that are stockpiled in talent.

LP:TIM GOOD (0-2)

THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY 32-1 LAST CALL FINAL

With the loss, Last Call has dropped to 0-3 for the season.

FLAVOR OF THE DAY DROPS LAST CALL OFF THE MENU

Game two of the double header was better than the first game for Last Call. It took the 4th game of the season for Last Call to finally have a lead in a game. The bats awakened in the top of the first inning as Last Call put six runs on the board. Last Call almost batted around. Hits were made by Jon Cacciatore, Sal Percorac, Dave Witkowski,  Tim Lee, Tom Kiloran, EZ Rider, Sex Pistol Paul and Kevin Burke. Sal Percorac and Kevin Burke were the only two that did not score. Witkowski, Lee, Kiloran, EZ, Paul and Burke drove in a run with their hit.

Last Call was looking for different results in game two, as Dave Witkowski took the mound. Flavor of the Day was not tired from all the batting practice they had in game one, putting up 32 runs on the board. Witkowski and the Last Call defense held Flavor of the Day to under 20 runs in game two. Last Call were able to go the distance in game two, playing the full game.

It took all the way to the 5th inning for Last Call to score again. A Tim Lee single got the job done, bringing in Dave Witkowski for Last Call’s seventh run of the game. In the sixth, Last Call added two more runs to give them nine for the game. Another hit by Witkowski drove in Tim Good and Sal Percorac. Flavor of the Day took the lead away from Last Call early in the game, and never gave it back as they scored 18. Last Call missed scoring in double digits and settled for 9. It was a better performance by the team, but they add another loss to their perfect record for this fall season at 0-4.

GAME BALL:DAVE WITKOWSKI

Dave Witkowski swept the series, in game balls he earned in each contest. His pitching helped the team play the full game, not leaving getting slaughtered twice in one night. With the bat, Dave was perfect through the double header. In game two, Dave finished 4-4 with 4 singles while driving in 3 runs and scoring two.

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-2)

FLAVOR OF THE DAY 18-9 LAST CALL FINAL

9-8-20 GAME POSTPONED

VERSUS  

9-1-20 GAME POSTPONED 

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BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

DOUBLE HEADER 8-25-20 VERSUS LAW BREAKERS

HITTING STREAK

2 GAMES

Starting from week one of the Fall season of 2020, which Last Call players are on a hitting streak? Only two games have been played and these guys have at least one hit in each game.

Kevin Burke, E.Z Rider, Dave Witkowski, Brian Fisher, and Sal Pecorac.

TEAM OFFENSE

               GAME ONE    GAME TWO   

RUNS                 1                  3

HITS                  7                 12

AT’BATS          25                23

AVERAGE     .280             .521

TEAM TOTALS AFTER 2 GAMES: .395, 4 RUNS, 19 HITS

Out of the 19 hits 18 of them singles. One double.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WITKOWSKI

PITCHING

                                 

Last Call’s defense was not very good in either game. Which did not help either of Last Call’s pitchers.  

DAVE WITKOWSKI: 6 IP, 13 RUNS, 2 LONG BALLS, 2 WALKS

TIM GOOD: 4 IP, 19 RUNS, 1 LONG BALL

HITTING STATS 8-25-20 OPENING NIGHT

2 GAME SERIES VERSUS LAW BREAKERS

KEVIN BURKE: 3-6, 3 SINGLES, 

TIM LEE: 1-5, SINGLE, RUN,

EZ RIDER: 3-6, 3 SINGLES, RUN

BRIAN FISHER: 3-4, 3 SINGLES

SAL PERCORAC: 3-4, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, 2 RBI’S

DAVE WITKOWSKI: 2-4, 2 SINGLES, STRIKE OUT,

JON CACCIATORE: 1-4, SINGLE, RUN,

SEX PISTOL PAUL: 1-4, SINGLE

COLIN FISHER: 2-4, 2 SINGLES, RUN,

TIM GOOD: 1-3, SINGLE, RBI,SACRIFICE,

SID:0-4, RBI,

WEB GEMS

Sex Pistol Paul is a skyscraper in height. Paul was playing short center and got a late jump on pop up in the infield, but caught up to it with a somersault style of a catch in the dirt of the diamond. When the dust cleared, he had coralled the ball for the out.

 

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

Sixteen-inch Chicago-style softball was back in action on the diamonds in Commissioners Park, last Tuesday night. It looked like it was going to be the year without a Santa Clause in the softball world. Covid-19 took out the Spring/Summer league, leaving the fields abandoned like some zombie apocalypse. With the state of Illinois in phase 4, the bars being open outside with partial seating inside, softball was back and sugar plums were dancing inside all the players’ heads. It was like running down stairs to open up gifts early in the morning to see what Santa brought you.

It has been almost one entire year since Last Call stepped on the field. Last fall’s season finale had Last Call as a no show, with not even enough players to get through the last double header of the year. This resulted in a two game forfeit. The roster last fall was doomed from the start. Riddled with injuries. Last Call always loses a few key players from the Spring/Summer season because they have other commitments in the job-world and family. Then Judas running to the arch rivals, put a hole on the left side of the field. The roster coming into this fall season looks way better. More available players which creates more depth. The return of some big guns. Some new faces sprinkled in as well makes this year’s team one to get very excited for. The fall season has the full monty of 8 teams. The usual suspects as well as some of those all-star squads mixed in. The season was delayed by a week as they added two more returning teams to give the league the maximum of eight teams.

TEAMS:

LAST CALL, LAW BREAKERS, JAG BAGS, SCOOPS, DOGGY, MUSH, CHEAP SHOTS, & FLAVOR OF THE DAY

With eight teams in the league, you play each team twice. Once a week you play the same team twice. Total is 7 weeks and 14 games.

WEEK/DATE	MATCHUP	FIELD
Week 2 – 9/1	Last Call vs. Jag Bags	D
Week 3 – 9/8	Last Call vs. Scoops	B
Week 4 – 9/15	Last Call vs. Flavor of the Day	C
Week 5 – 9/22	Last Call vs. Doggy	D
Week 6 – 9/29	Last Call vs. Mush	A
Week 7 – 10/6	Last Call vs. Cheap Shots	C

AUGUST 25, 2020 – OPENING NIGHT FALL SEASON

LAW BREAKERS ADD SOME VENOM FLAVORING TO THE RIVARY TO SPOIL THE OPENER

Do you remember the snakes of the league, called Venom? Ran by the pudgy Brian Schrader, a crafty GM who would recruit players from some of Chicago’s best tournaments. Then there’s John Shanahan, the former Last Call left fielder who has now found a home on Tuesday nights with the Law Breakers. Shanahan was like a hired hit man and would play with multiple teams in the league on Tuesday nights. Even formed his own team on Tuesday called Mayhem. He took Mike Flynn and that was the last time we saw him. Flynn, now a Carnie, got married months ago and is living in Indiana, whereabouts unknown. Law Breakers had some Venom players mixed in with the usual suspects. They had former left handed power hitting Dan The man, whose last name is just Venom on the stat sheets. He also played one fall season for Last Call.

 Game one was all about knocking off the rust. Last Call had first at bats and things started off well with a Kevin Burke base hit. Then the return of Tim Lee is one of the few pickups the team added to the mix. Tim Lee is one of those big guns; a solid left handed bat who can play multiple positions on the field. Tim Lee’s first at bat was a ground out for the first out of the fall and of the year.

Then a new guy, in his first at bat, made it look easy. His name is EZ, and he had a nice poke that brought Burke to third. However EZ was tagged out trying to get more than a single. Law Breakers got the ball in fast to tag out a sliding EZ for out number two of the inning. Last Call welcomes back the power hitting first basemen Brian Fisher in the clean-up spot. His first at-bat in a few seasons since last time he suited up for Last Call, which was brief due to a pulled hamstring at the time. Brian has his son playing for Last Call this season. This is the first father and son combo since the Spatz family. Greg Senior and Greg Junior Spatz who put in some great years for Last Call.

Fisher’s first at bat stranded Kevin Burke at third and Last Call came away with nothing. Dave Witkowski took the pitching rubber for the first game. Last Call was very rusty in the very first inning as Law Breakers put up a quick 5 spot and added another run in the second to make it 6-0 after two innings. Law Breaker piled on 4 more runs in the third inning to make it 10-0 after three innings of play.

Finally in the top of the 4^th inning Last Call finally get on the board. EZ rider second hit of the ball game in only two trips to the plate. Brian Fisher followed with a shot for his first hit of the year a single to left. Last fall saw the rise of Sal Percorac. His breakout season with the power numbers. Clutch hits after clutch hits for Sal. One of the few bright spots of last fall which mostly was dark skies. Sal delivers and drives in EZ Rider for the first run of the year and game for Last Call.  That’s the only run Last Call would get on this opening night versus their longtime rival. Dave Witkowski would pitch a few goose eggs the next few innings, but overall he was roughed up with a few long balls and gave up three more runs to end it 13-1. Errors on the field did not help the veteran pitcher as Law Breakers looked like they were in mid-season form. While Last Call looked like the old rusty tin man from The Wizard of Oz.

GAME BALL: SAL PECORAC 2-2, 2 SINGLES, RBI

LP: DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-1)

LAW BREAKERS 13-1 LAST CALL FINAL(GAME ONE)

GAME TWO

LAW BREAKERS’ OPENING NIGHT SWEEP OF LAST CALL

In game two, Last Call was still chiseling away rust as most of the players had not swung a bat since the 2019 fall season. Some of the guys had played with other teams in tournaments or other leagues that were able to play despite of Covid-19. In game two, Tim Good took the rubber and did not fare too well. Law Breakers quickly put four on the board in their very first at bats in game two. Then they added 4 more in the second and four more in the third. Like a blink of the eye Law Breakers had a commanding lead of 12-0.

Last Call finally get on the scoreboard in the bottom of third inning. Tim Lee with two outs gets on with a single. Brian Fisher tattoos another ball and Last Call has two on with two outs. Sal Percorac comes up clutch this time with a double. A shot to right center brings in Tim Lee and Last Call is on the board. Sal had driven in both runs so far of the entire double tilt. Tim Good surrenders up seven more runs in the top of the 4^th as Last Call always runs into the bad inning which so far has been piling up.

Last Call in the bottom of the 4^th are in survivor mode as they would need to get a half dozen runs just to extend the game. Brian Fisher’s son Colin Fisher’s first at-bat of game two, was his first officially hit ever in the game of softball. Which was his first hit ever for Last Call and he leads off the inning and gets his second hit of his career and second hit of game two. Jon Cacciatore finds his way on the base paths with a single. Then the man wearing the Sex Pistols shirt, Paul who is another new guy, loads the bases with an infield hit. Tim Good brings home Colin Fisher with a sacrifice fly. Sid brings in Jon Cacciatore with an RBI ground out. That was it. Last Call’s big inning with the lumber was just two measly runs and the game was over with the slaughter rule, down 15 runs or more after 4 innings of play.

GAME BALL: COLIN FISHER 2-2, 2 SINGLES, RUN

LP: TIM GOOD(0-1)

LAW BREAKERS 19-3 LAST CALL FINAL (GAME 2)

THE CORONAVIRUS PUTS THE KIBOSH ON THE SPRING/SUMMER  SEASON

         The Spring/Summer softball league was originally slated to start in the middle of May, 2020. The Coronavirus has invaded this country, ravaging through people and causing many deaths. The Virus has brought the sports world down to its knees with the economy and everyone’s whole world. The sports world has been in limbo ever since it arrived. Professional sports is teetering regarding either finding a way to complete their season, or just cancelling everything and start fresh next year in hopes of a vaccine to help slay the dragon which is Covid -19. Most of May we were in lock down, so the softball season was postponed until June. Then in June, the league said the state of Illinois had to be in Phase 4 of the program to reopen. Diamonds across the state have been abandoned and left unkept as if the world is in some kind of zombie apocalypse.

Eventually at the end of June, Illinois reopened more of people’s livliehoods as kids’ baseball teams were seen practicng on some of these baseball fields that have not seen action since last year. Last Call had hoped a Spring/Summer season could be salvageable. Alsip Park District, with many unanwered questions of their own, quickly cancelled the Spring/Summer league for the year, 2020. Instead they have their focus on the Fall softball league with hopes to launch the start in the middle of August. Last time Last Call took the field, it was in the fall of 2019. It’s a campaign the team easily wants to forget as the team forfeited the last week of that fall season.  Will Last Call be able to field a team in fall? Will Alsip Park District pull the trigger and do a league this fall? What about the second wave of this deadly virus? Other states that opened up too soon are closing down again with numbers on the rise. The whole country’s numbers are up. If Illinois can maintain the lower numbers and not be stupid, the fall season could happen. Maybe Last Call could get a few swings in after all. We will provide updates about the fall season when we get the word. Stay tuned and smoke them if you got them.

 

     DEFENSE STATS LAST CALL

Since most of the time Last Call only gets ten players per game, it is very hard to keep track of defensive stats besides double plays. Love to know who had the most put outs. In 2018, Last Call started to keep track of the double plays turned on the diamond each season. Last Call then kept track of who was involved with these defensive gems of the double play being turned. Whoever was involved to get the two outs on that particular double play, Last Call introduced the defensive assist. If it took 1-2 players or 1-3 players to turn the double play, each person that was involved in erasing the opposing team’s runners, would be awarded an assist. If a triple play does occur, we will definitely let you know. 

Total doubles plays turned since 2018 (13) 

YEAR/SEASON	DP’S TURNED
Spring/Summer 2019	6
Spring/Summer 2018	4
Fall 2019	2
Fall 2018	1

SECOND BOX ASSISTS

 

RANK	NAME	ASSISTS
1.	Ken Taling	7
2.	Don Parker	4
2.	Andy Codymate	4
3.	Sal Pecorac	3
4.	Dave Witkowski	2
4.	Keith Dilly	2
4.	Chris Riley	2
4.	Kevin Burke	2
4.	Matt Volkstorf	2
5.	Wags	1
5.	Jon Cacciatore	1
5.	Brian Fisher	1
5.	Scotty Skora	1

THE IRON MEN OF LAST CALL

Last Call players through the years that grinded out every game and season they have played. Through thick and thin giving it all. The next two lists has the Iron Men that have played in the most games and seasons all-time.

SEASONS PLAYED

RANKING	NAME	SEASONS	YEARS
1.	SID	32	16
2.	BILL SCANLON	29	14 ½
3.	JON CACCIATORE	25	12 ½
4.	BRIAN HUGHES	22	11
4.	TIM GOOD	22	11
5.	MIKE FLYNNN	21	10 ½
6.	GREG SPATZ JR.	20	10
6.	DON PARKER	20	10
7.	JOHN SHANAHAN	17	8 ½
8.	KEITH DILLY	16	8
8.	JAY ROY	16	8
9.	TOM MCDONALD	15	7 ½
10.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	13	6 ½
10.	KEVIN BURKE	13	6 ½
11.	GEOFF DECKER	12	6
11.	SCOTTY SKORA	12	6
12.	MARK HILL	10	5
13.	SEAN YOUNG	8	4
13.	TIM LEE	8	4
13.	SAL PERCORAC	8	4
13.	DAVE WAGNER	8	4
14.	TONY SKORA	7	3 ½
14.	BRIAN FISHER	7	3 ½
15.	BRIAN THEILMAN	6	3
15.	ANDY CODYMATE	6	3
15.	NEAL JARRETT	6	3
15.	GREG SPATZ SR.	6	3
16.	BRIAN DANIELS	5	2 ½
16.	STEVE MOODY	5	2 ½
16.	ADAM MACFARLAND	5	2 ½
16.	ZACK BULLINGTON	5	2 ½
17.	CHRIS RILEY	4	2
17.	JIM STROSS	4	2
17.	ERIC KUNICH	4	2
17.	DAVE ZURELLA	4	2
17.	JIM GORNEY	4	2
17.	JASON HART	4	2
17.	TOM TRACEY	4	2
18.	KEN TALING	3	1 ½
18	MATT HEAVEY	3	1 ½
18.	MATT VOLKSTORF	3	1 ½
18.	STEVE GREY	3	1 ½
18.	STEVE CONNOR	3	1 ½
18.	JIM VOLKAKIS	3	1 ½
18.	DAN WENGERT	3	1 ½
18.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	3	1 ½
18.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3	1 ½
19.	PATRICK GROGAN	2	1
19.	WILLY CUNNINGHAM	2	1
19.	MATT SCOTT	2	1
19.	PHIL ZACK	2	1
19.	TOM KILORAN	2	1
19.	MIKE CACCIATORE	2	1
19.	BRIAN EARNER	2	1
19.	JOE WOODS	2	1
19.	CHRIS JANES	2	1
19.	STEVE DONEGEN	2	1
19.	TIM PRICE	2	1
19.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	2	1
19.	MIKE DONNELLY	2	1
19.	KENNY STROSS	2	1
19.	DAN VENUM	2	1
19.	KEN KIRCHNER	2	1
19.	MIKE DVORAK	2	1

GAMES PLAYED

RANK	NAME
1.	SID	256
2.	BILL SCANLON	207
3.	JON CACCIATORE	180
4.	BRIAN HUGHES	139
5.	TIM GOOD	124
6.	JOHN SHANAHAN	115
7.	JAY ROY	114
8.	MIKE FLYNN	107
9.	KEITH DILLY	106
10.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	100
10.	GREG SPATZ JR.	100
11.	DON PARKER	98
12.	TOM MCDONALD	96
13.	KEVIN BURKE	90
14.	SCOTT SKORA	76
15.	GEOFF DECKER	72
16.	SAL PECORAC	68
17.	DAVE WAGNER	49
18.	NEAL JARRETT	45
19.	ZACK BULLINGTON	43
19.	MARK HILL	43
20.	TIM LEE	41
21.	SEAN YOUNG	40
22.	ANDY CODYMATE	36
23.	CHRIS RILEY	35
24.	JIM STROSS	34
25.	GREG SPATZ SR.	30
25.	BRIAN DANIELS	30
26.	BRIAN FISHER	27
26.	STEVE MOODY	27
26.	DAVE ZURELLA	27
27.	BRIAN THEILMAN	26
28.	KEN TALING	24
28.	JIM GORNEY	24
29.	ERIC KUNICH	23
29.	ADAM MACFARLAND	23
30.	DAN WENGERT	22
31.	TOM TRACEY	19
31.	STEVE CONNOR	19
32.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
33.	MATT VOLKSTORF	16
33.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
34.	PAT GROGAN	15
34.	BRIAN EARNER	15
35.	TONY SKORA	14
35.	STEVE GREY	14
36.	TOM KILORAN	13
37.	MIKE IKE	12
37.	JIMMY O’LEARY	12
38.	KEN KIRCHNER	11
38.	JOE WOODS	11
39.	GREG TALLENT	10
40.	WILLY CUNNINGHAM	9
40.	TIM PRICE	9
40.	JIM VOLKAKIS	9
40.	JAMES MORRIS	9
40.	CHRIS JANES	9
41.	MIKE CACCIATORE	8
41.	JASON HART	8
42.	MATT SCOTT	7
42.	MATT HEAVEY	7
42.	MIKE CUDECKI	7
42.	DAN VENUM	7
43.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	6
43.	HOLLYWOOD	6
43.	TIM TALLANT	6
43.	PIRATE	6
44.	ALEX BEER CAN	5
44.	BRIAN KNIGHT	5
44.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	5
44.	ROB MITROS	5
44.	TIM SHANAHAN	5
44.	RON GORNEY	5
44.	PHIL ZACK	5
44.	GEORGE ROY	5
45.	DICKIE CASILLAS	4
45.	IAN STRONGMAN	4
45.	MIKE HENNESSEE	4
45.	PAT GUILFOYE	4
45.	EDISON	4
46.	BO	3
46.	STEVE DONEGEN	3
46.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	3
46.	M&M CHRIS	3
46.	JOHN MALONE	3
46.	BOB KUCINSKI	3
46.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
46.	BERTO	3
47.	NICK MOORE	2
47.	TYLER STEVENS	2
47.	PAUL MALL	2
47.	VICTOR JOHNSON	2
47.	COLORADO DAVE	2
47.	JOE CACCIATORE	2
47.	MATT MUFFLER	2
47.	BILL SMITH	2
47.	KENNY STROSS	2
47.	ONLETT	2
47.	MIKE DVORAK	2
47.	B.MYRON	2
47.	B.KINTAID	2
47.	ROB ONE’NINER	2
47.	BEN SEAVER	2
47.	JESSEE JAMES	2
47.	BOB KABOB	2
47.	J.MAHL	2
47.	DAN UETZ	2
48.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	1
48.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
48.	LEFTY NICK	1
48.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1
48.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
48.	DANIELSON	1
48.	DAN FIELDING	1
48.	STEVE TULASKI	1
48.	SWEET LOU	1
48.	BOY GEORGE	1
48.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	1
48.	JUST BOB	1
48.	STEVE REAGAN	1
48.	BROTHER DILLY	1
48.	VIRGIL TIBBS	1
48.	BILL RATTLER	1
48.	COLIN DUNFORD	1
48.	KEVIN SELTZER	1
48.	RON FISHBACK	1
48.	GEORGE JUNGLE	1
48.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
48.	JOHN CONDON	1
48.	JOHN DENVER	1
48.	MIKE KEATON	1
48.	CHUCK FOSTER	1
48.	BRIAN MESSING	1
48.	SEAN NUTS	1
48.	MARCO’S POLO	1
48.	CHU MADINA	1
48.	LOUEY DEPLAMER	1
48.	BOB SALMON	1
48.	RALPH MALPH	1
48.	ANDRE HANSON	1
48.	PONCH	1
48.	MARK DAMICO	1

NUMBERS ON BACKS OF JERSEYS

 

Last Call for many years always had a sponsor from a bar on their back of their tee shirt instead of a number. Then Last Call went and got a black jersey with the white lettering which had numbers on the back. The black jersey had the Hamms beer logo on the sleeve. Later on, Last Call added the Wet logo on the other sleeve which was their old softball team before Last Call. Wet did resurface one year on a Sunday team league which was used for practice for Last Call players. It also was used for players who were unknown to see if they were talented enough to play on the Tuesday night team as well.  Last Call then added a gray jersey with the number on the back as an alternate. Especially for hotter summer days. The gray tee shirt also has the Hamms logo on one sleeve and the Wet logo on the other sleeve. Not all Last Call players in the history of the team got to wear a jersey or a shirt with a number. 

This is the list of every Last Call player who got to wear a number while they played for the team. You can see what people are still active on the roster and which ones have moved on from the team. 

#	NAME	ACTIVE?	#	NAME	ACTIVE?
#03.	Zack Bullington	YES	#51.
#1 .	Jon Cacciatore	YES	#52.
#2.	Chris Janes	NO	#53.
#3.	Tim Good	YES	#54.	Derek Loftquist	No
#4.	Jim Gorney	No	#55.	Tom Kiloran	Yes
#5.	Andy Codymate	Yes	#56.
#6.	Bill Scanlon	Yes	#57.
#7.	Brian Daniels	No	#58.
#8.	Mark Hill	Yes	#59.
#9.	Geoff Decker	No	#60.	Brian Fisher	No
#10.	Patrick Grogan	No	#61.
#11.			#62
#12.	Ken Taling	Yes	#63.
#13.	Kevin Burke	Yes	#64.	Willy Cunningham	Yes
#14.	Keith Dilly	Yes	#65.
#15.			#66.	Andy Codymate	No
#16.	Sid	Yes	#67.
#17.	Mike Flynn	No	#68.
#17	Mike Ike	No	#69.	Brian Hughes	No
#18.	Jay Roy	Yes	#70.
#19	Jimmy O’Leary	No	#71.
#20.			#72.
#21.	Brian Theilman	Yes	#73.
#22.	Tom McDonald	No	#74.
#23.	Neal Jarrett	No	#75.
#24.	Greg Spatz Jr.	No	#76.
#24.	Adam Mcfarland	No	#77.	Sid	Yes
#24.	Ally	No	#78.
#24.	Dave Witkowski	Yes	#79.
#25.	Sid	Yes	#80.
#26.			#81.
#27.			#82.
#28.			#83.
#29.			#84.
#30.	Jimmy Volkakis	No	#85.
#31.			#86.
#32.	Sal Percorac	Yes	#87.
#33.	Brian Earner	No	#88.	Matt Scott	No
#34.	Don Parker	Yes	#89.
#35.	Scotty Skora	Yes	#90.
#36.			#91.
#37.	Meredith	RETIRED	#92.
#38.	Tim Lee	Yes	#93.
#39.	Matt Peavey	No	#94.
#40.	Ken Kirchner	No	#95.
#41.			#96
#42.	Chris Riley	Yes	#97.
#43.			#98.
#44.	Greg Spatz Jr.	No	#99.	Adam Macfarland	No
#45.	Dave Wagner(Wags)	Yes	#99.	Greg Spatz Jr.	No
#46.
#47.
#48.
#49.	Matt Volkstorf	No
#50.	Sean Young	No

2019 OFFENSIVE MILESTONES REACHED

Keith Dilly: Over 300 At-Bats, 20 Club in Doubles

Chris Riley: 100 At-Bats

Dave Witkowski: Over 100 hits, Over 50 RBI’S

Andy Codymate: Over 100 At-Bats, 20 Club in Doubles, Over 50 hits

Zack Bullington: Over 100 At-Bats, Over 50 hits

Dave Wagner (Wags): Over 50 hits

Jon Cacciatore: 20 Club in Doubles

Don Parker: 100 markin Singles, Tied Mike Flynn as leader in all-time Home Runs hit

Sal Percorac: First ever Home Run Hit, Over 50 singles hit, Over 50 hits

 LAST CALL ALL-TIME OFFENSIVE STATS

ALL-TIME BATTING AVERAGE LEADERS

(50 AT-BATS OR MORE)

RANKING	NAME	LIFETIME AVERAGE
1	JIM GORNEY	.678
2.	MIKE FLYNN	.637
3.	STEVE CONNOR	.606
4.	ERIC KUNICH	.605
4.	ANDY CODYMATE	.605
5.	GEOFF DECKER	.581
6.	DAVE ZURELLA	.555
7.	DON PARKER	.551
8.	TOM TRACEY	.532
9.	JIM STROSS	.525
10.	KEVIN BURKE	.519
10.	MATT VOLKSTORF	.519
11.	TIM LEE	.514
12.	JOHN SHANAHAN	.502
13.	KEN TALING	.487
14.	CHRIS RILEY	.480
15.	BRIAN FISHER	.476
16.	GREG SPATZ SR.	.465
17.	KEITH DILLY	.462
18.	ADAM MACFARLAND	.460
19.	SAL PERCORAC	.451
20.	BILL SCANLON	.446
21.	NEAL JARRETT	.445
22.	BRIAN HUGHES	.438
23.	SID	.431
24.	DAVE WAGNER	.425
25.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	.418
26.	ZACK BULLINGTON	.412
27.	GREG SPATZ JR.	.409
28.	JAY ROY	.404
29.	JON CACCIATORE	.398
30.	SEAN YOUNG	.396
31.	SCOTTY SKORA	.394
32.	DAN WENGERT	.383
33.	BRIAN DANIELS	.379
34.	MARK HILL	.375
35.	TOM MCDONALD	.364
36.	TIM GOOD	.328
37.	BRIAN THEILMAN	.322

ALL-TIME PLATE APPEARANCES

RANK	NAME	AT BATS
1.	BILL SCANLON	585
2.	SID	573
3.	JON CACCIATORE	459
4.	MIKE FLYNN	350
4.	JOHN SHANAHAN	350
5.	KEITH DILLY	309
6.	DON PARKER	299
7.	KEVIN BURKE	287
8.	BRIAN HUGHES	285
9.	TIM GOOD	271
9.	GREG SPATZ JR.	271
10.	JAY ROY	267
11.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	265
12.	TOM MCDONALD	244
13.	GEOFF DECKER	227
14.	SCOTTY SKORA	195
15.	SAL PECORAC	166
16.	NEAL JARRETT	137
17.	TIM LEE	136
18.	ZACK BULLINGTON	131
19.	DAVE WAGNER	127
20.	ANDY CODYMATE	119
21.	SEAN YOUNG	116
21.	JIMMY STROSS	116
22.	MARK HILL	113
23.	CHRIS RILEY	100
24.	DAVE ZURELLA	99
25.	GREG SPATZ SR.	88
26.	BRIAN FISHER	86
27.	JIM GORNEY	84
28.	BRIAN DANIELS	79
29.	KEN TALING	78
30.	ERIC KUNICH	71
31.	ADAM MACFARLAND	63
32.	BRIAN THEILMAN	62
32.	TOM TRACY	62
33	STEVE CONNOR	61
34.	DAN WENGERT	60
35.	MATT VOLKSTORF	52
36.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	49
37.	STEVE MOODY	48
37.	MIKE DONNELLY	48
38.	BRIAN EARNER	44
39.	PATRICK GROGAN	41
40.	MIKE IKE	34
41.	JIMMY O’LEARY	33
41.	STEVE GREY	33
42.	TONY SKORA	32
43.	KEN KIRCHNER	31
44.	GREG TALLENT	29
45.	MIKE CACCIATORE	27
45.	TOM KILORAN	27
46.	JAMES MORRIS	26
46.	DAN VENUM	26
47.	JIMMY VOLKAKIS	25
47.	JOE WOODS	25
48.	TIM PRICE	24
49.	MATT HEAVEY	23
50.	WILLEY CUNNINGHAM	20
51.	MATT SCOTT	19
52.	CHRIS JANES	17
52.	BRIAN KNIGHT	17
52.	MIKE CUDECKI	17
52.	JASON HART	17
52.	RON GORNEY	17
52.	PIRATE	17
53.	PAT GUILFOYE	16
53.	TIM SHANAHAN	16
54.	HOLLY WOOD	15
55.	ALEX BEER CAN	14
55.	EDISON	14
55.	IAN STRONGMAN	14
56.	ROB MITROS	13
56.	GEORGE ROY	13
56.	MIKE HENNESEE	13
56.	DICKIE CASILLAS	13
57.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	12
58.	TIM TALLANT	11
58.	JAKE MILAZZO	11
59.	PHIL ZACK	10
59.	JOHN MALONE	10
59.	STEVE DONEGAN	10
60.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	9
60.	BOB KUCINSKI	9
60.	CHARLIE BROPHY	9
61.	BO	8
61.	BERTO	8
62.	DAN UETZ	7
62.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	7
62.	M&M CHRIS	7
63.	PAUL MALL	6
63.	MIKE DVORAK	6
63.	KENNY STROSS	6
64	NICK MOORE	5
64.	BILLSMITH	5
64.	RON FISHBACK	5
65.	VICTOR JOHNSON	4
65.	JOE CACCIATORE	4
65.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	4
65.	MATT MUFFLER	4
65.	DAN FIELDING	4
65.	SWEET LOU	4
65.	B.MYRON	4
65.	ROB ONE’NINER	4
65.	BEN SEAVER	4
65.	BOB SALMON	4
65.	LOUIE DEPALMER	4
65.	VIRGIL TIBBS	4
65.	KEVIN SELTZER	4
65.	BILL RATTLER	4
65.	RALPH MALPH	4
66.	DANIELSON	3
66.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	3
66.	STEVE TULASKI	3
66.	ONLETT	3
66.	BOY GEORGE	3
66.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	3
66.	JUST BOB	3
66.	COLIN DUNFORD	3
66.	DEAN MARTIN	3
66.	JESSEE JAMES	3
66.	LEUTINANT DAN	3
66.	J.MAHL	3
66.	JOHN CONDON	3
66.	ANDRE HANSON	3
66.	PONCH	3
66.	MARK DAMICO	3
67.	CLIFF THE BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	2
67.	JIMMY XAVIER	2
67.	TYLER STEVENSON	2
67.	LEFTY NICK	2
67.	COLORADO DAVE	2
67.	STEVE REAGAN	2
67.	BROTHER DILLY	2
67.	BOB KABOB	2
67.	JOHN DENVER	2
67.	MIKE KEATON	2
67.	CHUCK FOSTER	2
67.	MARCO’S POLO	2
68.	BRIAN MESSING	1
68.	SEAN NUTS	1
68.	CHU MADINA	1

ALL-TIME HITS LIST

	Name	Hits
1	Bill Scanlon	261
2	Sid	247
3	Mike Flynn	233
4	Jon Cacciatore	183
5	John Shanahan	176
6	Don Parker	165
7	Kevin Burke	149
8	Keith Dilly	143
9	Geoff Decker	132
10	Brian Hughes	125
11	Dave Witkowski	111
11	Greg Spatz Jr.	111
12	Jay Roy	108
13	Tom McDonald	89
13	Tim Good	89
14	Scotty Skora	77
15	Sal Percorac	75
16	Andy Codymate	72
17	Tim Lee	70
18	Jim Stross	61
18	Neal Jarrett	61
19	Jim Gorney	57
20	Dave Zuella	55
21	Zack Bullington	54
21	Dave Wagner	54
22	Chris Riley	48
23	Sean Young	46
24	Erik Kunich	43
25	Mark Hill	42
26	Greg Spatz Sr.	41
26	Brian Fisher	41
27	Ken Taling	38
28	Steve Connor	37
29	Tom Tracey	33
30	Brian Daniels	30
31	Adam McFarland	29
32	Matt Volkstorf	27
33	Steve Moody	26
34	Derek Loftquist	24
35	Dan Wengert	23
36	Brian Theilman	20
37	Mike Ike	19
38	Mike Donnelly	17
38	Dan Venum	17
38	Ken Kirchner	17
39	Patrick Grogan	16
39	Jimmy O’Leary	16
39	Steve Grey	16
40	Tom Kiloran	15
40	Jim Volkakis	15
41	Brian Earner	14
41	Tony Skora	14
42	Brian Knight	13
42	James Morris	13
42	Mike Cacciatore	13
43	Matt Heavey	12
44	Greg Tallent	11
45	Tim Price	10
45	Joe Woods	10
46	Matt Scott	9
46	Ron Gorney	9
46	Ian Strongman	9
46	Mike Hennessee	9
47	Lawbreaker Chris	8
47	Hollywood	8
47	Jake Milazzo	8
48	Steve Donegan	7
48	Jason Hart	7
48	George Roy	7
48	Edison	7
49	Willy Cunningham	6
49	Rob Mitros	6
49	Pat Guilfoye	6
50	Dan Uetz	5
50	John Malone	5
50	Tim Tallant	5
50	Berto	5
50	Chris Janes	5
50	Pirate	5
51	Alex Beer can	4
51	BO	4
51	Bill Smith	4
51	Mike Cudecki	4
51	Phil Zack	4
51	Ron Fishback	4
52	Boy George	3
52	Kenny Stross	3
52	Dickie Casillas	3
52	Tim Shanahan	3
52	Bill Rattler	3
52	Andre Hanson	3
52	Israel Lopez	3
52	Bob Kucinski	3
52	Charlie Brophy	3
53	Paul Mall	2
53	Victor Johnson	2
53	Groundskeeper Jim	2
53	Sweet Lou	2
53	Matt Muffler	2
53	Steve Tulaski	2
53	Steve Reagan	2
53	Louey Depalmer	2
53	Mark Damico	2
54	Nick Moore	1
54	Tyler Stevens	1
54	Ponch	1
54	Jimmy Xavier	1
54	Brian Schwaider	1
54	Johnny McCarthy	1
54	Bob Salmon	1
54	Colorado Dave	1
54	Onlett	1
54	Mike Dvorak	1
54	Dan Fielding	1
54	B. Myron	1
54	M & M Chris	1
54	B. Kintaid	1
54	Ben Seaver	1
54	Brother Dilly	1
54	Colin Dunford	1
54	Dean Martin	1
54	Bob Kabob	1
54	Lieutenant Dan	1
54	Chuck Foster	1
54	Kevin Seltzer	1

ALL-TIME RBI LIST 

Rank	Name	# of RBI’s
1	Mike Flynn	175
2	Bill Scanlon	169
3	Don Parker	133
4	John Shanahan	97
5	Sid	84
6	Keith Dilly	78
7	Kevin Burke	67
8	Dave Witkowski	59
9	Jon Cacciatore	56
10	Tom McDonald	54
11	Jim Gorney	53
12	Geoff Decker	51
13	Greg Spatz Jr.	50
14	Brian Hughes	49
15	Tim Good	39
16	Andy Codymate	35
17	Jim Stross	34
18	Neal Jarrett	33
19	Sal Percorac	31
20	Steve Connor	30
21	Erik Kunich	28
21	Brian Fisher	28
22	Jay Roy	26
23	Tom Tracy	24
24	Chris Riley	23
24	Dave Wagner	23
25	Greg Spatz Sr.	22
26	Zack Bullington	21
27	Dave Zuella	20
28	Mark Hill	19
29	Tim Lee	18
30	Scott Skora	17
30	Sean Young	17
31	Derek Loftquist	16
32	Ken Taling	15
33	Adam McFarland	14
33	Brian Daniels	14
34	Ken Kirchner	13
35	Dan Wengert	12
36	Dan Venum	11
37	Mike Ike	10
37	Greg Tallent	10
38	Tom Kiloran	9
38	Brian Knight	9
38	Matt Volkstorf	9
39	Steve Moody	8
39	Patrick Grogan	8
40	Brian Earner	7
40	James Morris	7
40	Mike Hennessee	7
40	Pat Guilfoye	7
40	Tony Scora	7
40	Steve Grey	7
41	Matt Heavy	6
41	Jimmy O’Leary	6
41	BO	6
41	Dan Uetz	6
41	Pirate	6
41	George Roy	6
42	Bill Smith	5
42	Edison	5
43	Jake Milazzo	4
43	Brian Theilman	4
43	Matt Scott	4
43	Tim Price	4
43	Mike Donnelly	4
43	Mike Cacciatore	4
44	Tim Shanahan	3
44	Ron Gorney	3
44	Phil Zack	3
44	John Malone	3
45	Jim Volkakis	2
45	William Cunningham	2
45	Rob Mitros	2
45	Jason Hart	2
45	Steve Tulaski	2
45	Matt Muffler	2
45	B. Myron	2
45	Ian Strongman	2
45	Dickie Casillas	2
45	Berto	2
45	Chris Janes	2
45	Mark Dmico	2
46	Victor Johnson	1
46	Sweet Lou	1
46	B. Kintaid	1
46	Bill Rattler	1
46	Colin Dunford	1
46	Ron Fishback	1
46	J. Mahl	1
46	Tim Tallant	1
46	Chuck Foster	1
46	Israel Lopez	1
46	Bob Kucinski	1
46	Ricky Meeks	1
46	Joe Cacciatore	1
46	Groundskeeper Jim	1
46	Lawbreaker Chris	1
46	Johnny McCarthy	1
46	Brian Schrader	1
46	Hollywood	1
46	Mike Cudecki	1
46	Kenny Stross	1

ALL-TIME RUNS SCORED

Rank	Name	# of Runs Scored
1	Bill Scanlon	151
2	Mike Flynn	131
3	Don Parker	112
4	Sid	99
5	Geoff Decker	93
6	Kevin Burke	89
6	John Shanahan	89
7	Jon Cacciatore	88
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	65
9	Keith Dilly	61
10	Tim Good	47
11	Dave Witkowski	45
12	Jimmy Stross	44
13	Tom McDonald	41
14	Brian Hughes	40
15	Jay Roy	37
16	Jim Gorney	36
16	Zack Bullington	36
17	Neal Jarrett	35
18	Tim Lee	34
18	Scotty Skora	34
19	Dave Zurella	33
20	Andy Codymate	32
21	Sean Young	29
22	Sal Percorac	28
23	Steve Connor	26
24	Ken Taling	25
25	Dave Wagner	23
25	Tom Tracey	23
26	Brian Fisher	22
27	Mark Hill	21
27	Chris Riley	20
27	Adam McFarland	20
28	Greg Spatz Sr.	19
28	Erik Kunich	19
29	Derek Loftquist	17
30	Dan Wengert	14
31	Dan Venum	11
31	Matt Heavey	11
32	Brian Daniels	10
32	Mike Donnelly	10
33	Brian Earner	9
33	Matt Volkstorf	9
34	James Morris	8
34	Mike Cacciatore	8
35	Mike Ike	7
35	Brian Knight	7
36	Mike Hennessee	6
36	Dan Uetz	6
36	Steve Moody	6
37	Pat Grogan	5
37	Chris Riley	5
37	Edison	5
37	Ian Strongman	5
38	Jimmy O’Leary	4
38	Tim Price	4
38	Steve Donegan	4
38	Tony Skora	4
38	Hollywood	4
38	Ken Kirchner	4
38	Jake Milazzo	4
38	Berto	4
39	Matt Scott	3
39	Lawbreaker Chris	3
39	Steve Grey	3
39	Jim Volkakis	3
39	Greg Tallent	3
39	Jason Hart	3
39	Ron Gorney	3
39	Dickie Casillas	3
39	John Malone	3
39	Pat Guilfoye	3
39	Chris Janes	3
40	Willy Cunningham	2
40	Groundskeeper Jim	2
40	Bill Smith	2
40	Rob Mitros	2
40	Tim Shanahan	2
40	Sweet Lou	2
40	Phil Zack	2
40	Pirate	2
40	Chuck Foster	2
40	Israel Lopez	2
40	Bob Kucinski	2
40	Charlie Brophy	2
40	Louey Depalmer	2
40	Bob Salmon	2
40	Brian Thielman	2
41	Paul Mall	1
41	Tom Kiloran	1
41	Bo	1
41	Colorado Dave	1
41	Kenny Stross	1
41	Dan Fielding	1
41	Mike Cudecki	1
41	George Roy	1
41	Steve Tulaski	1
41	Mike Dvorak	1
41	B. Myron	1
41	Tim Tallant	1
41	B. Kintaid	1
41	Boy George	1
41	Steve Reagan	1
41	Joe Woods	1
41	Bill Rattler	1
41	Kevin Seltzer	1
41	Ron Fishback	1
41	Andre Hanson	1

ALL-TIME SINGLES LIST

RANK	NAME	NUMBER
1.	SID	236
2.	BILL SCANLON	204
3.	JON CACCIATORE	159
4.	MIKE FLYNN	143
5.	JOHN SHANAHAN	139
6.	BRIAN HUGHES	124
7.	KEVIN BURKE	118
8.	KEITH DILLY	117
9.	GEOFF DECKER	106
10.	JAY ROY	101
11.	DON PARKER	100
12.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	94
13.	GREG SPATZ JR.	90
14.	TIM GOOD	84
15.	TOM MCDONALD	77
16.	SCOTT SKORA	69
17.	TIM LEE	62
18.	SAL PERCORAC	60
19.	NEAL JARRETT	55
20.	ZACK BULLINTON	48
21.	ANDY CODYMATE	46
21.	DAVE ZURELLA	46
22.	DAVE WAGNER	45
23.	JIM STROSS	44
24.	MARK HILL	38
25.	SEAN YOUNG	37
26.	CHRIS RILEY	36
26.	GREG SPATZ SR.	36
26.	ERIC KUNICH	36
27.	JIM GORNEY	33
28.	BRIAN FISHER	30
28.	KEN TALING	30
29.	BRIAN DANIELS	27
30.	ADAM MACFARLAND	25
31.	STEVE CONNOR	24
31.	TOM TRACEY	24
31.	STEVE MOODY	24
32.	DAN WENGERT	23
33.	MATT VOLKSTORF	20
34.	BRIAN THEILMAN	19
35.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
36.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
37.	MIKE IKE	15
38.	TOM KILORAN	14
38.	PATRICK GROGAN	14
38.	TONY SKORA	14
38.	JIMMY O’LEARY	14
39.	KEN KIRCHNER	13
39.	STEVE GREY	13
39.	JIM VOLKAKIS	13
40.	BRIAN EARNER	12
40.	MIKE CACCIATORE	12
41.	GREG TALLENT	10
41.	DAN VENUM	10
42.	MATT HEAVEY	9
42.	JOE WOODS	9
42.	TIM PRICE	9
42.	IAN STRONGMAN	9
43.	LAWBREAKER CHRIS	8
43.	BRIAN KNIGHT	8
43.	JAKE MILAZZO	8
44.	MATT SCOTT	7
44.	HOLLYWOOD	7
44.	RON GORNEY	7
44.	WILLEY CUNNINGHAM	6
45.	GEORGE ROY	6
45.	JAMES MORRIS	6
45.	MIKE HENESSEE	6
45.	JASON HART	6
45.	STEVE DONEGEN	6
46.	PAT GUILFOYE	5
46.	CHRIS JANES	5
46.	BERTO	5
46.	EDISON	5
46.	ROB MITROS	5
47.	ALEX BEER CAN	4
47.	BO	4
47.	TIM TALLANT	4
47.	MIKE CUDECKI	4
47.	JOHN MALONE	4
47.	RON FISHBACK	4
48.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	3
48.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
48.	ANDRE HANSEN	3
48.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3
48.	BILL RATTLER	3
48.	PIRATE	3
48.	PHIL ZACK	3
48.	BOY GEORGE	3
48.	TIM SHANAHAN	3
48.	DAN UETZ	3
48.	KENNY STROSS	3
49.	LOUEY DEPALMER	2
49.	PAUL MALL	2
49.	VICTOR JOHNSON	2
48.	SWEET LOU	2
48.	STEVE REAGAN	2
48.	STEVE TULASKI	2
48.	BILL SMITH	2
48.	MATT MUFFLER	2
49.	PONCH	1
49.	TYLER STEVENS	1
49.	NICK MOORE	1
49.	MARK DMICO	1
49.	DEAN MARTIN	1
49.	BOB KABOB	1
49.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
49.	ONLETT	1
49.	B.KINTAID	1
49.	MIKE DVORAK	1
49.	M&M CHRIS	1
49.	BEN SEAVER	1
49.	BROTHER DILLY	1
49.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	1
49.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
49.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
49.	COLORADO DAVE	1
49.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1

ALL-TIME DOUBLE LIST

Rank	Name	Doubles
1	Mike Flynn	39
2	Don Parker	34
3	John Shanahan	30
4	Geoff Decker	24
5	Bill Scanlon	23
5	Keith Dilly	23
6	Andy Codymate	22
7	Kevin Burke	20
7	Jon Cacciatore	20
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	16
8	Jim Gorney	16
9	Dave Witkowski	13
10	Sid	11
10	Tom McDonald	11
11	Ken Taling	8
12	Erik Kunich	7
12	Matt Volkstorf	7
12	Scott Skora	7
12	Sal Percorac	7
12	Dave Wagner	7
13	Jim Stross	6
13	Steve Connor	6
13	Dan Venum	6
13	Tom Tracey	6
13	Jay Roy	6
13	Brian Fisher	6
13	Tim Lee	6
14	Zack Bullington	5
14	Sean Young	5
14	Neal Jarrett	5
14	Derek Loftquist	5
14	Dave Zurella	5
14	James Morris	5
15	Greg Spatz Sr.	4
15	Brian Knight	4
15	Adam McFarland	4
15	Tim Good	4
15	Chris Riley	4
16	Mark Hill	3
16	Ken Kirchner	3
16	Mike Ike	3
17	Matt Scott	2
17	Patrick Grogan	2
17	Steve Moody	2
17	Jim Volkakis	2
17	Jimmy O’Leary	2
17	Ron Gorney	2
17	Pirate	2
17	Edison	2
18	Tom Kiloran	1
18	Brian Theilman	1
18	Brian Hughes	1
18	Matt Heavy	1
18	Tim Price	1
18	Brian Earner	1
18	Groundskeeper JIm	1
18	Greg Tallent	1
18	Hollywood	1
18	Jason Hart	1
18	Phil Zack	1
18	B. Myron	1
18	Joe Woods	1
18	Mike Cacciatore	1
18	Mike Hennessee	1
18	George Roy	1
18	Tim Tallant	1
18	Pat Guilfoye	1
18	Bob Kucinski	1
18	Mark Damico	1
18	Brian Daniels	1
18	Steve Donegan	1

ALL-TIME TRIPLE LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF TRIPLES
1	Bill Scanlon	25
2	Mike Flynn	19
3	Don Parker	9
4	Sal Percorac	7
5	Chris Riley	6
5	Kevin Burke	6
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
6	Jimmy Stross	5
7	Andy Codymate	4
7	John Shanahan	4
7	Dave Witkowski	4
8	Sean Young	3
8	Jon Cacciatore	3
9	Dave Wagner	2
9	Brian Fisher	2
9	Dave Zuella	2
9	Steve Connor	2
9	Jim Gorney	2
9	Brian Daniels	2
9	Tim Lee	2
9	Derek Loftquist	2
10	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
10	Mike Ike	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Chris Riley	1
10	Scotty Skora	1
10	Chuck Foster	1
10	James Morris	1
10	Steve Grey	1
10	Geoff Decker	1
10	Tom McDonald	1
10	Ken Kirchner	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	Neal Jarrett	1
10	Tim Good	1
10	Keith Dilly	1
10	Mark Hill	1
10	Jay Roy	1
10	Tom Tracey	1
10	Brian Earner	1

ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF HOMERUNS
1	Don Parker	22
1	Mike Flynn	22
2	Jim Gorney	8
2	Bill Scanlon	8
3	Jim Stross	6
4	Steve Connor	5
4	Kevin Burke	5
5	John Shanahan	3
5	Brian Fisher	3
6	Keith Dilly	2
6	Matt Heavey	2
6	Bill Smith	2
6	Tom Tracy	2
6	Dave Zurella	2
6	Chris Riley	2
7	James Morris	1
7	Zack Bullinton	1
7	Sal Percorac	1
7	Greg Spatz Jr.	1
7	Jon Cacciatore	1
7	Sean Young	1
7	Dan Uetz	1
7	Brian Knight	1
7	Geoff Decker	1
7	Dan Venum	1
7	Mike Hennessee	1
7	John Malone	1
7	Bob Kucinski	1
7	Derek Loftquist	1

ALL-TIME SACRIFICES LIST

Rank	Name	Sacrifices
1	Bill Scanlon	15
2	John Shanahan	10
3	Keith Dilly	8
4	Don Parker	7
4	Mike Flynn	7
4	Tom McDonald	7
5	Jon Cacciatore	6
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
7	Chris Riley	4
7	Brian Fisher	4
7	Jim Gorney	4
7	Tom Tracey	4
8	Tim Good	3
8	Zack Bullinton	3
8	Sean Young	3
8	Geoff Decker	3
8	Eric Kunich	3
8	Steve Connor	3
8	Brian Daniels	3
8	Sid	3
9	Brian Hughes	2
9	Mike Ike	2
9	Andy Codymate	2
9	Jim Stross	2
9	Ken Kirchner	2
9	George Roy	2
9	Kevin Burke	2
10	Mark Hill	1
10	Jay Roy	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Scotty Skora	1
10	Ken The Budman Taling	1
10	Steve Moody	1
10	Steve Grey	1
10	Tony Skora	1
10	Jim Volkakis	1
10	Dave Zurella	1
10	Mike Donnelly	1
10	Greg Tallent	1
10	Mike Cudecki	1
10	Neal Jarrett	1
10	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
10	Brian Earner	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	J. Mahl	1
10	Edison	1

ALL-TIME WALK LIST

Rank	Name	Walks
1	Sid	31
2	Bill Scanlon	26
3	Don Parker	19
3	Greg Spatz Jr.	19
4	Dave Witkowski	17
5	Brian Hughes	14
6	Tom McDonald	12
7	John Shanahan	10
8	Jon Cacciatore	8
8	Tim Good	8
9	Neal Jarrett	7
10	Jim Stross	6
10	Kevin Burke	6
10	Keith Dilly	6
11	Sean Young	4
11	Scotty Skora	4
11	Geoff Decker	4
11	Greg Tallent	4
11	Dan Wengert	4
12	Mark Hill	3
12	Steve Moody	3
12	Jason Hart	3
12	Brian Earner	3
13	Brian Fisher	2
13	BO	2
13	Eric Kunich	2
13	Derek Loftquist	2
13	Greg Spatz Sr.	2
13	Phil Zack	2
13	Tim Lee	2
14	Brian Theilman	1
14	Andy Codymate	1
14	Mike Flynn	1
14	Rob Mitros	1
14	Mike Cudecki	1
14	Dan Venum	1
14	Adam McFarland	1
14	Tim Shanahan	1
14	Pirate	1
14	Kevin Seltzer	1
14	Jesse James	1
14	Edison	1
14	Israel Lopez	1
14	Berto	1
14	Zack Bullington	1
14	Jimmy O’Leary	1
15	James Morris	1

TOP THREE IN EACH OFFENSIVE CATEGORY 2019

GAMES

NAME	GP
ZACK BULLINTON	24
SAL PERCORAC	23
RILEY/WITKOWSKI	20

AT-BATS

NAME	AB’S
ZACK BULLINGTON	68
SALPERCORAC	59
CHRIS RILEY	54

BATTING AVERAGE

NAME	BA
ANDY CODYMATE	.613
TOM KILORAN	.565
MIKE IKE	.558

HITS

NAME	HITS
SAL PERCORAC	30
WITKOWSKI/RILEY	28
ANDY CODYMATE	27

RBI’S

NAME	RBI’S
DAVE WITKOWSKI	18
DILLY/RILEY	12
SAL PERCORAC	11

RUNS SCORED

NAME	RUNS
CHRIS RILEY	15
BULLINGTON/TALING	12
SAL PERCORAC	10

SINGLES

NAME	1B’S
SAL PERCORAC	25
DAVE WITKOWSKI	24
RILEY/BULLINGTON	19

DOUBLES

NAME	2B’S
ANDY CODYMATE	10
KEITH DILLY	5
TALING/BULLINGTON/WITKOWSKI	4

TRIPLES

NAME	3B’S
CHRIS RILEY	5
SAL PERCORAC	3
IKE,PARKER,CODYMATE	1

HOME RUNS

NAME	HR’S
DON PARKER	1
CHRIS RILEY	1
SAL PERCORAC	1

SACRIFICES

NAME	SAC
RILEY,IKE,BULLINTON	2
4 TIED	1

WALKS

NAME	BB’S
DAVE WITKOWSKI	5
5 TIED	1

2019 LAST CALL FINAL BATTING STATS

FINAL 2019 BATTING STATS (SPRING/SUMMER/FALL)
NAME	BA	GP	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR’S	SAC	K’S	BB’S
SAL PERCORAC	.508	23	59	30	11	10	25	1	3	1	0	1	0
JON CACCIATORE	.456	19	46	21	6	7	18	3	0	0	1	0	0
DAVE WITKOWSKI	.528	20	53	28	18	7	24	4	0	0	0	0	5
CHRIS RILEY	.518	20	54	28	12	15	19	3	5	1	2	0	0
ZACK BULLINGTON	.338	24	68	23	9	12	19	4	0	0	2	1	1
TIM GOOD	.321	12	28	9	4	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
ANDY CODYMATE	.613	14	44	27	7	8	16	10	1	0	1	0	0
KEVIN BURKE	.425	12	40	17	4	8	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
KEITH DILLY	.540	13	37	20	12	7	15	5	0	0	1	0	1
KEN TALING	.425	16	47	20	9	12	16	4	0	0	0	2	0
DON PARKER	.529	6	17	9	5	6	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
TIM LEE	.666	2	9	6	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
WAGS	.391	8	23	9	1	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
SID	.275	19	40	11	4	4	11	0	0	0	1	1	1
WILLY CUNNINGHAM	.300	9	20	6	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	3	0
TOM KILORAN	.565	10	23	13	7	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIKE	.558	12	34	19	10	7	15	3	1	0	2	1	0
JIMMY	.484	12	33	16	6	4	14	2	0	0	0	1	1
SCOTTY SKORA	.500	2	6	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIKE CACCIATORE	.333	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
NICK MOORE	.200	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TYLER STEVENS	.500	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
PAUL MALL	.333	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
VICTOR JOHNSON	.500	2	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

2019 FINAL PITCHING STATS

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	WALKS	K’S	RPIP
TIM GOOD	3	6	9	9	46	13	151	4	3	2	3.2
DAVE WITKOWSKI	4	11	15	15	85	34	164	6	12	10	1.9

2019 LAST CALL VERSUS THE ENEMY

RECORDS

SPRING /SUMMER ALSIP LEAGUE (5-9)

PLAYOFFS (0-1)

FALL SEASON (2-12)

2019 YEAR (7-22)

    DOGGY   (0-2)                                               FALCONS (0-2)                                      MUSH (0-2)

    SCOOPS   (0-2)                                       SOUTHSIDE EXPRESS (0-2)                RULERS   (2-3)

JAG BAGS (3-3)                                                       LAW BREAKERS (2-4)

 

FALL SEASON FINAL TEAM STATS

LONG BALL TALLIES HIT AS TEAM (FALL SEASON (2) )

DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED (2)

ASSISTS: Don Parker(2),Chris Riley(1) Sal Percorac(1)

 

PLAYERS OF THE GAME(FALL)

NAME	GAME BALLS
CHRIS RILEY	3
SAL PERCORAC	2
DAVE WITKOWSKI	1
TIM LEE	1
DON PARKER	1
KEN THE BUD MAN TALING	1
NICK MOORE	1
TOM KILORAN	1
WAGS	1

TOP FALL BATTING STATS

NAME	AVERAGE
SAL PERCORAC	.615
JON CACCIATORE	.583
TOM KILORAN	.565

NAME	HITS
SAL PERCORAC	16
JON CACCIATORE	14
TOM KILORAN	13

NAME	RBI’S
DAVE WITKOWSKI	8
SAL PERCORAC	8
TOM KILORAN	7

NAME	RUNS
CHRIS RILEY	9
SAL PERCORAC	5
JON CACCIATORE	5
WAGS	5

NAME	SINGLES
JON CACCIATORE	13
SAL PERCORAC	12
TOM KILORAN	12

NAME	DOUBLES
DAVE WITKOWSKI	2
CHRIS RILEY	2

NAME	TRIPLES
CHRIS RILEY	3
SAL PERCORAC	2
DON PARKER	1

NAME	HR’S
SAL PERCORAC	1
CHRIS RILEY	1

NAME	WALKS
ZACK BULLINGTON	2
DAVE WITKOWSKI	2

FALL SEASON 2019

Last Call was originally a question mark when it came to doing a fall season in 2019. Last Call historically has been very bad in fall. The team is not the same as the summer roster wise. Everyone can not play the fall season so right there you may lose a few people. You may lose some pretty good players as well. A vote was taken and it looked like Last Call was in pretty good shape to compete in the Fall season.

The Chicagoland area does not have many fall leagues going on like they do in Spring and Summer. In Alsip the league went from 4 teams to suddenly 8 teams. More teams is always good. However the competition level goes to an extreme high level. The Spring/Summer league was even competition, any team could beat any team on any given Tuesday night. Three out of the four teams from the Spring/Summer league were signed up and set to play for fall season. Five other teams would be either new teams or ones that have played in other leagues. Some teams would be familiar but only play in the Fall. Last Call, Jag Bags, and Law Breakers are from the Spring/Summer league. Scoops, Mush, and Falcons are teams that have played more than one year in the Alsip fall league.That leaves Doggy and South Side Express as new teams to Last Call and perhaps the rest of the league. Unless a team has seen them in action in other leagues. You will notice how the three teams from Spring and Summer do against these loaded all-star teams.

It’s a seven week season with double headers each Tuesday night. Top four teams make the playoffs.

FALL PLAYOFFS

SEEDING #1.DOGGY #2.MUSH #3.FALCONS #4. SCOOPS

FIRST ROUND

DOGGY 16-4 SCOOPS

 MUSH 14-2 FALCONS

CHAMPIONSHIP

DOGGY 11-1 MUSH

CHAMPIONS: DOGGY

Alsip Final Fall Standings

TEAM	WIN	LOSS	GB
Doggy	12	2	—
Falcons	12	2	—
Mush	11	3	1
Scoops	8	6	4
South Side Express	7	7	5
Law Breakers	3	11	9
Last Call	2	12	10
Jag Bags	1	13	11

LAST CALL 2019 FALL SEASON FINAL BATTING STATS

NAME	BA	GP	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR’S	SAC	K’S	BB’S
SAL PECORAC	.615	10	26	16	8	5	12	1	2	1	0	0	0
JON CACCIATORE	.583	10	24	14	3	5	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
DAVE WITKOWSKI	.476	8	21	10	8	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	2
CHRIS RILEY	.428	10	28	12	3	9	6	2	3	1	0	0	0
ZACK BULLINTIN	.240	10	25	6	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	2
TIM GOOD	.250	7	16	4	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
SID	.263	10	19	5	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOM KILORAN	.565	10	23	13	7	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0
TIM LEE	.666	2	9	6	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
KEN TALING	.294	6	17	5	4	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
DON PARKER	.750	2	8	6	3	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
WAGS	.529	6	17	9	1	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIKE CACCIATORE	.333	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
NICK MOORE	.200	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
ANDY CODYMATE	.200	2	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TYLER STEVENS	.500	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
WILL CUNNINGHAM	.400	2	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
PAUL MALL	.333	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
VICTOR JOHNSON	.500	2	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

FALL FINAL REGULAR SEASON PITCHING STATS

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	WALKS	K’S	RPIP
TIM GOOD	1	4	5	5	25	5	114	3	2	1	4.5
DAVE WITKOWSKI	1	4	5	5	25	6	87	4	5	1	3.4

WEEK 7: 10-1-19

LAST CALL AVOIDS LAST CALL IN SEASON FINALLY

Last Call has been around since 2003 and never forfeited a game in franchise history. Until this fall when they had to forfeit in week three. Nowadays the league plays double headers each week. In week 3 they forfeited two contests against their heated rival, the Law Breakers. The final week of the dreaded fall season Last Call forfeited again. This time they made out like a Southwest airline commercial and instead of needing to get away, they got the hell out of there and called it a year. This team will be criticized for forfeiting two out of seven weeks of regular season which is four games. Injuries piled up like a vampire strain for Last Call.

Another horrible fall season finally comes to an end for Last Call. As their record now ends 2-12 for the 2019 fall season. They won two games. But at the same time with the injuries. The no shows. The call offs. The Judas. The people off the streets filling in. They won two games. Most of the season was a walk of shame for the players that showed up every week to play.      

GAME ONE: SOUTH SIDE EXPRESS 7-0 LAST CALL 0 FORFEIT

GAME TWO: SOUTH SIDE EXPRESS 7-0 LAST CALL 0 FORFEIT

AROUND THE LEAGUE

JAG BAGS VS LAW BREAKERS

GAME ONE: LAW BREAKERS 11-4 JAG BAGS

GAME TWO: JAG BAGS 3-2 LAW BREAKERS

Law Breakers finally break through and win a game without the benefit of a forfeit being involved. They took game one.

In game two Jag Bags prevail. The Jag Bags finally get their first victory of the fall season.

All the Summer teams that played in Alsip did not do well in the fall league. Law Breakers, Jag Bags and Last Call were 0-24 versus the other competition. All three teams wins came from playing each other.  

 

WEEK 6  9-24-19

OUT SCOOPED

Week six had Last Call back to reality. Back to the fall season that has lingered too long. Best word that describes it is MISERY!!

Even with coming into week six winning two in a row when Last Call swept the Jag Bags just last week. It was back to reality bites with things that go down during the fall season. Injuries piling up. This week’s line up would not have Tim Lee or Don Parker who the team got last week to play. No Budman either. Another person off the streets inserted into the line up. Last Call did welcome back William Cunningham aka Chilly Willy. With another make shift line up versus one of the all-star teams in the leagues, you may think doom. You may have to pray as well.

It was a two game series versus a younger team called Scoops. This is a team that has only dabbled in the fall league and Last Call has faced them a few times over the years. They are a young group fundamentally strong and they hardly make mistakes. Defensively strong and can hold their own with the lumber. They look like they came from a Dairy Queen uniform-wise. Scoops is all about the ice cream cone logo, not a bunch of college Peter Parker’s looking for the story. Bright colored uniforms they wear in which they stand out.

GAME ONE

Scoops had first at-bats in game one. Last Call defense had many position players out of place. The outfield had a wounded Zack Bullinton still having leg issues. Sal Pecorac in center. A rusty William Cunningham in right. Scoops quickly put 4 runs on the board like a snap of the finger. At least it’s not a double figure amount of runs given up if you’re stuck watching this one. A lead off single by Jon Cacciatore goes to waste as Last Call quickly retired. The man from the streets strikes out in his first at-bat. Now you know it’s going to be a long night.

In the top of the second inning here it comes the avalanche of runs that suffocates Last Call mentally. Scoops score 12 runs. Bickering is heard in the outfield and it was not a pretty sight. Players telling them to shut up. Tim Good had the bump the first game and tried every trick in the book to limit Scoops from getting shots, lasers or deadly ropes. But Scoops had the Good figured out. Turned the Tim into the Goodbar ice cream delight as he looked frozen in time. Errors and bad judgement did not help Tim Good’s cause.

Last Call was in the hole down 16-0 and it was only the bottom of the second inning. Sal Pecorac leads off the inning. His bat tells Scoops take your weak cone shit and shove it. Sal Pecorac with a mammoth shot deep over the left fielder’s head. This time not a triple. This time nothing stops him from rounding all the bases, Sal’s first career home run and like that Last Call is back in the ball game 16-1. 

Later in the inning Zack Bullinton aka Zack Attack is driven in from second from a single from Sid in his first at-bat of the game. Zack had a single of his own. Another strikeout ends the inning. After two innings of play it is Scoops 16-2.

In the third inning Scoops put another three runs on the board to make it a 19-2 game. In the bottom of the inning Last Call strikes back. Chipping away the frost that Scoops laid down. Chris Riley with one out takes that soft serve crap and hit a rocket into the gap. Chris Riley thinks he might have his second home run of the fall season. Scoops are quick and get the ball in quick as Chris settles for a stand up triple. Then Sal Pecorac a line shot single that brings in Chris Riley from third. Sal’s second run driven today and it is a perfect 2-2 day. Tom Killoran’s hit streak continues from the week before. He singles and gets his second hit of the night. That’s his 8th hit in his last eight at-bats for Tom Killoran. The single gets Sal into third. The Zack Attack brings in Sal on an RBI ground out as Tom Killoran gets into second safely. Last Call get two runs which makes it 19-4 Scoops after three.

In the 4th Scoops put this game on ice. They score three more runs.Then their defense shuts down Last Call’s attack and ends this game in 4 innings with the slaughter rule. Last Call’s two game winning streak comes to an end.

 SCOOPS 22-4 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:TIM GOOD (1-4)

 GAME BALL:SAL PECORAC

First career home-run for Sal. Drove in half the runs Last Call had for the game. He was perfect 2-2 with the lumber. He played a position he has never played before. Center field he was able to catch some balls to get outs to end long innings.

GAME TWO

Last Call had first at-bats in game two. They strike first as the bats come to life. Jon Cacciatore singles to lead off things. Zack Bullinton gets one to fall in the outfield and he legs out a double. Dave Witkowski who has been quiet this week after a huge week versus the Jag Bags brings in Cacciatore for the very first run of the game. Chris Riley jacks one into the gap and legs out a double. That hit brings in the Zack Attack and it’s 2-0.Sal Pecorac continues with the hot bat as he singles. Tom Killoran with two men on with 8 straight hits dating back to last week picks up his ninth hit. This time he legs out a double right into center field which clears the bases. Last Call has a 4-0 lead. Dave Witkowski has the mound in game two. The Last Call defense holds the lead after one inning of play holding Scoops to only three runs. It’s 4-3 Last Call.

The one run lead did not last very long. It would be the only lead Last Call had in the two game series versus the ice cream people.

Just like the song plays on the Ice Cream trucks. Pop goes the weasel is what Scoops did with their bats in the bottom or the second. They scored 11. This after shutting down Last Call’s bats in the top of the inning. The lead drips away in the heat of the night as Scoops have a 14-4 lead after two.

In the top of the third inning, Last Call is not going away. Last Call get things going with a Dave Witkowski single. With one out Sal Pecorac loves the triple Scoops they’ve been serving and launches a rocket in the gap. Dave better get on his horse. Witkowski gallops in on Sal Pecorac’s RBI triple. Scoops can not get Sal out as he remains perfect throughout the double tilt. Tom Killoran’s hit streak comes to an end but he does get a ground out that brings Sal home for the second run of the inning. Tom’s third RBI of the game. Paul Mall the guy from the streets singles. Followed that by a Tim Good single. Then Sid brings in Paulie with a nice slap shot over the infielder’s head. Then Chilly Willy William Cunningham “Achoo Achoo” with a single that brings in the Goodbar. Jon Cacciatore singles to bring in Sid and that’s five Mister Misties Last Call puts up. They cut down the lead and make this a 14-9 game. Scoops knocks the wind out of Last Call’s sails as they unleash the buster bar. Scoops puts up a 7 run tally in the bottom of the third to extend their lead. 21-9.

In the top of the 4th, Last Call is not going away. Chris Riley is on with a fielders choice. That brings up Sal Pecorac who has the sizzling bat. Scoops has not been able to get him out. Sal goes perfect for the night with another triple which makes it back to back triples in his last two at-bats. He drives in Chris Riley for his second RBI of the second game. Four RBI’S total throughout the double tilt. Another Tom Killoran RBI ground out brings in Sal for the second run of the inning. That is Tom Killoran’s 4th RBI of the second game. Scoops have scored in every inning in the double tilt except one where Last Call gave them a goose egg. Scoops extends their lead to 24-11 after 4.

Last Call made it to the fifth inning. They even added another run. Jon Cacciatore knocking in Sid with an RBI single. Last Call needed more than one run to extend the game. Another slaughter rule for the fall season for Last Call as they have been swept by Baskin Robbins. 

SCOOPS 24-12 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-4)

Last Call came in with a two game winning streak and it was gone like a snap of a finger, poof. The two losses brings Last Call record to 2-10. No team likes losing and the record having double figure losses in any campaign. Just one week remaining and we will see if the team can go out on a high noteto end the season and year. 

GAME BALL:SAL PERCORAC

It was the night of Sal. Sal once again was perfect in game two & perfect for the night with the lumber. Game two he was 3-3, Two triples, one single and drove in two runs. He scored three runs as well. Played center field and gave that position his best. Did some good things out there.

AROUND THE LEAGUE

SOUTH SIDE EXPRESS SWEPT LAW BREAKERS

DOGGY DOGGIE STYLED THE JAG BAGS IN A TWO GAME SWEEP

RECORDS FROM THE SPRING SUMMER TEAMS IN THE FALL SEASON

Law breakers 2-10 (2 wins coming from Last Call forfeits)

Last Call 2-10 (Swept Jag Bags)

Jag Bags 0-12

combined record of all three teams from the Spring league 4-32

combined records with out playing each other 0-28

BATTING STATS WEEK SIX VERSUS SCOOPS

SAL PERCORAC 5-5, HOME RUN, 2 TRIPLES, 2 SINGLES, 5 RUNS, 4 RBI’S

JON CACCIATORE 6-7, 5 SINGLES, DOUBLE, 2 RBI’S.RUN

PAUL MALL 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RUN, K,

DAVE WITKOWSKI 1-4, SINGLE,WALK, RBI, RUN

CHRIS RILEY 2-5, TRIPLE, DOUBLE, RBI, 2 RUNS

ZACK BULLINTON 2-6, SINGLE,DOUBLE, 2 RUNS, RBI,

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM 2-5, 2 SINGLES, RBI, K,

TIM GOOD 2-5, 2 SINGLES, RUN,

SID 2-5, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS, 2 RBI’S

TOM KILORAN 3-5, 2 SINGLES,DOUBLE, 4 RBI’S

 

WEEK 5  9-17-19

JAG BAGS THROWN OUT AT LAST CALL

It has been a miserable fall season for our Last Call team. Injuries, lack of man power and playing all-star teams. Results were bad losses. Very bad. Week five reinforcements were called in. Week five had a familiar opponent. A team Last Call has faced this year. A team from the Spring/Summer league. A team Last Call has beaten this season. Long time rival, Jag Bags. 

With Kevin Burke done for the fall season with an ankle injury. With a few others not able to make it. Last Call welcomed Tim Lee’s first appearance of the year.

     

Last time he played was a few games in 2018 in the Spring/Summer league. Then a guy who is usually out for the fall seasons, Don Parker, made his first appearance in a fall season in several years. Don played in the Spring/Summer league this season.

 

Both players are on Last Call’s season rosters. Both can be active at any time. Both have jobs which prevent the two of them from making it every week. When they do make it, cherries on top of the sundae. Last Call has a line up card finally this fall that can do some Van Damage to another team.

Last Call were feeling the confidence early and struck first blood in the top of the first inning. Tim Lee with his first at bat and his first hit of the year. Wags then quickly erases Tim on the dreaded fielder’s choice. Don Parker lines a single through the middle as Last Call has two men on with no outs. With two outs Dave Witkowski brings in Wags with an opposite field base hit to make it 1-0 Last Call. Then Sal Percorac who has been having a pretty good fall campaign brings in Don Parker with a rocket single off his bat and Last Call is up 2-0. Jag Bags get one of their own in the bottom of the first to make this a 2-1 game after one. 

In the second inning Last Call bottom of the order does not respond. A quick 1-2-3 inning for the Jag Bags on defense. Jag Bags put up another run off Dave Witkowski who is on the bump for game one of the double tilt. It’s dead even at 2’s after two.

Last Call bats explode in the top of the third inning with three runs. By far the best inning offensively this whole fall season so far. Jon Cacciatore leads things off with a single. Tim Lee gets his second hit of the day another single and is perfect 2-2 for the day. Wags in the number two hole loads the bases with his first hit of the night. Don Parker then drives in Jon Cacciatore on a ground out which drives in a run and moves the runners at the same time. Then the Jag Bags get the second out of the inning as Chris Riley the clean up guy is 0-2 for the game. Dave Witkowski another single that clears the bases and Last Call is now up 5-2. They regained the lead as well. Jag Bags not going away as they push across another run across to make this a 5-3 lead for Last Call after three innings of play.

This is kind of like both these teams’ World Series as both teams come in not winning one game. It’s always been a great rivalry between Last Call and Jag Bags as the games are close and come down to the last inning. In the 4th Jag Bags shut down Last call’s bottom of the order once again. Then they add another run in the bottom of the frame as they inch closer. Last Call leads 5-4 after 4. In the fifth same thing goes down when Jag Bags shut down Last Call’s bats and add another run to tie things up after five at fives.

In the sixth Last Call regains their mojo. Sal Percorac gets his second hit of the game with a single to lead things off. Then Zack Bullinton who has been quiet gets his first hit of the night with a single. Then the Budman Ken Taling the first baseman lines one out to the gap. This is going to fall for extra bases as Sal Pecorac scores from second as Last Call regains the lead again now 6-5. Ken goes into second with a stand up double but the Jag Bags gunned down the Zack Attack around third heading for home as he was the first out of the inning. Tom Killoran drives in Ken with a ball tattooed off the bat right up the middle to make it a 7-5 game and a Last Call lead by two with a nice insurance run driven in off Tom’s bat.

Dave Witkowski and Last Call defense picked a good time finally to shut down the Jag Bags bats. Witkowski tossed two scoreless innings in the sixth and in the 7th to give Last Call their first victory of the fall season. Last Call did not get any runs in the top of the 7th so the score remained 7-5 and finally something to celebrate over in a long dreaded fall season.

LAST CALL 7-5 JAG BAGS FINAL

WP:DAVE WITKOWSKI  (1-3)

GAME BALL:DAVE WITKOWSKI

Dave kept Last Call in the game only allowing five runs in the game.Then he pitched two scoreless innings at the end to seal the deal. With the lumber it was a great day for Dave Witkowski. He drove in 3 out of the 7 runs the team scored. He finished game run 2-4, with the two singles that did the damage to help bring down the Jag Bags in game one.

GAME TWO

Tim Good took the bump in game two. Last Call has not swept a double header all year. Jag Bags swept Last Call in the very first week of the season in the Spring/Summer league which were two close games. Last Call blew a lead in one of them as the Jag Bags came back late to tie it. Then in extras put Last Call away.

Jag Bags erupted in the top of the first inning as their offense puts up six runs on the board off Tim Good. Good did not play at all in the first game and comes in very rusty. Like a snap of a finger it’s 6-0 bad guys. 

In the bottom of the first Tim Lee is having that kind of night with another single to lead off things. His first hit of the second game his third of the double tilt. With two outs Tim Lee on third and Don Parker on first, Dave Witkowski comes up in the clutch once more a RBI single which gets Last Call on the board in game two. Dave’s 4th RBI of the double tilt. 6-1 Jags after one.

In the second inning Tim Good settles down and gets his groove on as Jag Bags go quietly. A goose egg which will help Last Call get back into this one. The bottom of the order fails to get anything brewing in the second inning as the score stays the same 6-1 Jags after two.

In the third inning Tim Good and the defense are getting it done. Another goose egg put up as Last Call has quieted down the Jag Bags bats after they erupted in the very first inning of play. Last Call finally starts to swing their lumber. Once again Tim Lee leads things off with a single. Then Ken the Budman Taling gets his first hit of the second game with a sharp single. Last Call two on and no outs with one of their sluggers coming up. Don Parker’s home run versus the Rulers earlier in the season tied him up with Mike Flynn for all-time. This would be a good time for a tie breaker. Don Parker gets a hold of one and is off to the races right out of the box. Jag Bags get the ball in very quickly as the ball splits the gap. The speed of Don Parker gets into third standing up for a triple as he has cleared the bases as Tim Lee and Ken the Budman score as Last Call has cut down the Jag Bag lead in half 6-3.

Last Call is not done. The clean up man Chris Riley launches one deep over the outfielders head scoring Don with ease. Riley’s speed gets him into third and Last Call has back to back triples. Then with one out Sal Pecorac brings in Chris with an RBI single as we got a game. After three innings of play it’s now only a 6-5 lead Jag Bags.

In the 4th inning Jag Bags are shut down again by Tim Good and the defense. This time by a nice double play by Don Parker at short snagging a line drive tagging the runner leading off from second for a double play. The score remains 6-5 Jags with Last Call coming up to bat in the bottom of the inning.

 Bottom of the 4th Last Call has another big inning. Another 4 run inning which gives them back to back innings of damage done to Jag Bag pitching. The oldest guy on the roster. Looks like a pizza chef starts things off with a double as he still has his speed as the man named Wags gets his first hit of the second game. Tim Lee stays perfect for the second game with a single. Then runners on the corner, Ken the Budman Taling drives in Wags and this game is tied at six a piece. Don Parker loads up the bases with a single. Chris Riley then hits into a fielders choice as the bases remain loaded as they get Ken at second. Tim Lee was breaking for home but he gets back to third on the chopper hit by Chris. Then Dave Witkowski, an RBI machine, clears the bases with a stand up double which scores Tim Lee, Don Parker, and Chris Riley from first. Which caps off the 4 run inning and Last Call has 9-6 to lead. Meanwhile Dave Witkowski has driven in 4 runs in the game. Seven runs total driven in by Dave in the double tilt.

Jag Bags finally get their first run since the very first inning when they scored six and cut down Last Call’s lead to 9-7. Then the Jag Bags shut down Last Call’s bat in the bottom of the inning to keep this a tighter game at 9-7 Last Call after five.

In the sixth inning both teams exchange runs. A Sal Pecorac fielders choice brings in Chris Riley. Riley also got on base in the sixth with a fielders choice of his own. After six innings Last Call holding on to the lead as they dug themselves out of an early hole of 6-0. It’s 10-8 Last Call.

Then in the top of the sixth Jag Bags make their comeback. They score 4 runs in the inning off Tim Good and Last Call’s defense to make this a 12-10 game Jag Bags with their second lead of the game. Is this the back breaker for Last Call? Last Call in their last at bats need two runs to tie and send the game into extras. Three runs wins them the game and they get their first double header sweep of the whole year.

Tom Kiloran is kind of the unsung hero in this two game affair. He leads the inning off with his fourth single of the second game. He had two hits in the first game of the double header. He has gotten six hits in a row. Jon Cacciatore then singles and like that Last Call has two on no outs. Then Wags loads the bases with a single of his own. Zack Attack pinch runs for Wags. Now Last Call has one out and bases loaded with the top of the order coming up. Tim Lee with his third hit of the the second game gets a single and that drives in Tom Kiloran. Last Call still has bases loaded with only one out and are down by just one run. The Budman is coming to the plate. Ken Taling the first baseman has Bud Ice in the veins and he singles which brings in Jon Cacciatore to tie the game. It’s not over yet because the Zack Attack who jets around third is going to try to beat the throw home. Zack Attack a speedster. A speedster with a wounded leg that has affected his play since the ending of the Spring Summer league. He’s on base pinch running for Wags who had singled. He slides in to home and beats the throw and that is it LAST CALL WIN!!!!! LAST CALL WINS !!!!

Ken Taling brings in two and has the game winning hit and the hit that tied things up as well. Zack Attack with the hustle giving it all on the last play that would end the game.

LAST CALL 13-12 JAG BAGS FINAL

WP:TIM GOOD (1-3) 

Last Call ends an 8 game losing streak this fall season with the sweep of the Jag Bags. With the two wins Last Call improves their fall record to 2-8. Jag Bags remain winless for the season at 0-10. Last Call breaks a nine game losing streak since losing to the Law Breakers in the playoffs of the Spring/Summer league. They end a few season drought as well just in the fall season alone of losing every game when the leaves change colors. A rare fall win for Last Call. A rare two game winning streak as well for Last Call. 

GAME BALLS IN THIS ONE

TIM LEE: 4-5 day leading off. Four singles. Three runs. Drove in one run. Played center field as well.

DON PARKER:4-4 DAY. 3 singles, Triple, Two RBI. Two runs. Played the most important position on the diamond short stop.

Ken the Bud Man Taling: Driving in the tying run and the winning run. He was 3-5 with the lumber. The hat-trick of singles. The hat trick of RBI’S. Scored a run. Played his solid first base. He also drove in the winning run in the first game of the double header.

THE PLAY OF THE GAME 

ZACK ATTACK!!! Zack Bullington scoring the winning run from second base beating the throw to home plate. He pinched ran and did it on a wounded wheel that has bother him for some time. Still made it to every game.

    AROUND THE LEAGUE

DOGGY SWEEPS LAW BREAKERS IN THEIR DOUBLE TILT

Law breakers were shut out in both games as their record is also 2-8 with both wins coming from Last Call on forfeits.

WEEK 5 BATTING STATS VERSUS JAG BAGS

TIM LEE 6-9, SIX SINGLES, 4 RUNS, RBI

TIM GOOD 0-4,

KEN THE BUD MAN TALING 4-8, DOUBLE, 3 SINGLES, 2 RUNS, 4 RBI’S

DON PARKER 6-8, TRIPLE, 5 SINGLES, 3 RUNS, 3 RBI’S

CHRIS RILEY 1-8, TRIPLE,RBI, 3 RUNS

DAVE WITKOWSKI 5-8, 3 SINGLES,2 DOUBLES, 7 RBI’S,

SAL PERCORAC 4-7, 4 SINGLES, 3 RBI’S

ZACK BULLINTON 1-7, SINGLE, GAME WINNING RUN (PINCH RUNNING)

SID 2-4, 2 SINGLES

WAGS 4-6, 3 SINGLES, WALK, DOUBLE, 4 RUNS

TOM KILORAN 6-7,6 SINGLES, RBI, RUN

JON CACCIATORE 4-7, 4 SINGLES, 2 RUNS,

 

WEEK 4  9-10-19

MUSHED AND MASHED

GAME ONE

If Last Call was playing softball in a zombie apocalypse during the fall, this is how the team felt versus a team called Mush. Last Call players were like the Walking Dead zombies and just marched in some kind of junkyard scrap shredder and were made minced meat out of by a team that resembled the Milwaukee Brewers, uniform wise.

Week four Last Call showed up at least, not like last week when they were a no show. However more call offs and more injuries were piling up with this team. Last Call was just a skeleton of their former selves from the Spring Summer team. The first game they only had nine players. Yes they were able to play the game officially with nine having no short center. Last Call had to get the 9th player from the streets. You can say compared to last week, Last Call is at the bottom of the barrel with Charlie Sheen. 

Nobody was winning. Nobody on Last Call scored a run. Wags broke up the no hitter in the very first inning with a single. The game was called after 5 1/2 due to they felt sorry for Last Call. It was 16 to 0 which most of that damage was done early in the first two innings as Mush had a 13-0 lead after two innings of play. I guess you could say Last Call defense got a tad better as the game went on.

 MUSH 16-0 LAST CALL FINAL 

LP:TIM GOOD (0-2)

GAME BALL Nick Moore

Tom Kiloran’s neighbor Nick made it to the game and played. He was the 9th guy. Stopped that forfeit streak which ended at two. He even played short stop. He was 0-2 for the game, but who cares.

GAME TWO

How many Cacciatores have played for Last Call over the years? In game two Last Call brought in a familiar face from the 2007 team. Mike Cacciatore who is Jon Cacciatore’s younger brother. Last Call also had Jon Cacciatore’s older brother Joe Cacciatore play a few games over the years as well. Mike Cacciatore gave Last Call ten players instead of the nine they had in game one against Mush. Would Mike be the key in game two?

Mike Cacciatore made no difference. Mush jumped all over Last Call in the top of the first.They scored 15 runs before Last Call swung the bats. Last Call was blanked in the bottom of the inning. Then in the second, Last Call defense held Mush to only two runs. It was 17-0 after an inning and a half with Last Call coming up.

Bottom of the second Mike Cacciatore got things going with his first hit in a Last Call uniform since 2007. It was a single in his first at bat of the year. Then Nick Moore still looking for his first hit of the night, lines out hard to make it two outs. Things looking grim for Last Call. With two outs Jon Cacciatore singles and Last Call has two runners on but has two outs with runners on the corners. Tom Kiloran makes Mush pay with a sharp single that brings in Mike Cacciatore to break the shut out. To end six innings of two games combined of shut out softball by Mush. Now it’s 17-1 as the comeback is on its way.

Mush scored three in the top of the third inning to make this 20-0. Last Call was blanked in the bottom of the third. Last Call did get another run across the board in the bottom of the 4th. An RBI double off the bat of Sal Pecorac that brought in Wags who had singled ahead of Sal.

In the 5th inning Nick Moore got his first hit ever in a Last Call uniform. He was quickly erased with a fielders choice by Jon Cacciatore. Tom Killoran laced his second hit of the night, a single that moved Jon Cacciatore to second. Tim Good drove in Jon Cacciatore with a single of his own for the third and final run of the game for Last Call.  

MUSH 31-3 LAST CALL FINAL 

LP:TIM GOOD (0-3)

Last Call played better defense with nine players than ten players in the second game. The offense was better in the second game scoring the three runs off one of the Fall leagues all-star teams. Last Call in four weeks of play had dropped to 0-8 in the fall season. They have lost nine in a row since losing the playoff game to the Law Breakers during the Summer league.

GAME BALL TOM KILORAN

Tom Kiloran swung the bat well in game two versus Mush. He went a perfect 2-2, two singles and drove in a run.

AROUND THE LEAGUE

Andy Codymate first official game with the Law Breakers, as they played Scoops. Scoops dispatched the Law Breakers in both games.

Law Breakers are now 2-6. Both those wins from Last Call forfeiting last week.

Jag Bags were swept also in week four by South Side Express.They are 0-8.

The Spring/Summer teams  are now 2-22 versus the fall league

MIA

Last Call were playing without Dave Witkoswski, Ken Taling, and Kevin Burke’s ankle  injury looks like he may be done for the fall season. 

BATTING STATS VERSUS MUSH IN THE DOUBLE HEADER FOR WEEK 4

ZACK BULLINTON 0-4,WALK

WAGS 2-6, TWO SINGLES, RUN

SAL PECORAC 4-6, 3 SINGLES,DOUBLE, RBI,

CHRIS RILEY 3-5, 2 SINGLES,DOUBLE

MIKE CACCIATORE 1-3, SINGLE, RUN

NICK MOORE 1-5, SINGLE

SID 0-3, WALK

JON CACCIATORE 2-4, 2 SINGLES,RUN

TIM GOOD 1-4, SINGLE, RBI

TOM KILORAN 3-4, 3 SINGLES, RBI

 

WEEK THREE 9-3-19

LAST CALL NO SHOW VERSUS LAW BREAKERS

Fall leagues still a thorn in Last Call sides, continue in week three. For the first time in the history of Last Call dating back to 2003, Last Call had to forfeit a game. They have always had bodies out on the field no matter what. With double headers scheduled each week the team had to forfeit 2 games versus the arch enemy, the Law Breakers. This coming off two weeks of humiliation against two pretty much all-star squads that humiliated this Last Call.

GAME ONE: LAW BREAKERS 7-0 LAST CALL (FORFEIT)

GAME TWO:LAW BREAKERS 7-0  LAST CALL (FORFEIT)

Last Call falls to 0-6 this fall season.

Law Breakers improve to 2-4 on the season collecting two wins from the forfeit.

The 2019 series ends between these two rivals as Law Breakers win 5 out of 7 games versus Last Call, which include the one playoff game.

Three of the games between both teams this year were won by forfeit.

SUMMER’S TEAMS AFTER THREE WEEKS OF FALL

Law Breakers record 2-4,

Jag Bags 0-6

Last Call 0-6

All three teams that came from the summer league are combined 2-10 in Fall

As the two wins the Law Breakers collected from Last Call’s no show.

WHY THE FORFEIT FOR LAST CALL ?

Last Call injuries continue to grow. Plus a few people could not make it that night and called off with other things going on in their lives. Not enough bodies to put a complete team out on the diamond is what went down to cause this to occur.

OFF TO THE DARK SIDE

The bad news before Last Call even forfeited, was one of their star player walked off to the dark side. Andy Codymate heads to the rival Law Breakers, as he did not like how the team was competing so far in this ugly fall season. Before the game he signed his soul away to the devils in maroon. If Last Call did not forfeit those two games they would of seen their old buddy in the enemies colors. Andy Codymate played in only two games this fall.He was a no show in week two as called off for the night with other things going on.     

 

WEEK TWO 8-27-19

LAST CALL PECKED CLEAN BY THE FALCONS

GAME ONE

Falcons were not around last fall. Last Call did not miss them at all. Last Call and Falcons met up in week two. As they said hello to an old friend Bo. Since the Falcons did not play last fall, Bo played some first base for Last Call. It only lasted 3 games as Bo got the hell out of dodge, a wily veteran that does not like to lose. However will run for the hills first second third sign of trouble. Common theme that occurs in the fall season people quit on Last Call. Again It’s not the same team from Spring/Summer and the competition is not fair. Facing teams Murderers’ row week after week until you find the one or two teams like yourself.

Tim Good got the start on the bump. Last Call had only 9 guys in this double header. Falcons unleashed the big bats right from the first pitch. Sixteen runs. In the second inning another seven runs from the Falcons as they had a 23-0 lead after two innings of play. Last Call had only two hits and went through the order one time. Last Call since only having 9 guys were playing without a short center. Falcons are the oldest team in the league. They have played together since the Korean War. They exploited the vacant short center position. A team that can hit pretty much wherever they wanted to.

Falcons scored ten more runs in the next two innings. The game only went 4 innings. Last Call were able to get a run to cross the plate with their last at bats. Chris Riley hit a screamer that went over the outfielders and was good for a solo shot. His first home run of the year. Remember late in the Summer season he should have had a home run but came up gimpy after rounding second versus the Rulers. He settled for a triple and left the game with a hamstring injury. That broke the shut out at least.

FALCONS 33-1 LAST CALL FINAL

GAME BALL:CHRIS RILEY AGAIN. Third game ball in three games this fall season. He went 1-2 with the home run and drove in himself. He scored obviously the only run of the contest.

LP:TIM GOOD (0-1)

No Andy Codymate at short stop. Wags was at short stop. The defense had many holes as people were out of position. Tim Good still had to pitch under hand. It’s a big ball and people can hit it. Falcons are a very good hitting team. The vacant hole in the middle of the diamond did not help either. Seemed Bo hit it there every at bat.

GAME TWO

Last Call had ten players for game two versus the Falcons. Last Call struck first in game two. With one out Ken the Budman with a single. Dave Witkowski continues to swing a hot bat this fall and follows Ken’s single with one of his own. Then with two outs Wags come through with a single, driving home Ken for the first run of the game. Falcons quickly put up a six pack on Dave Witkowski in their first at bats as he was on the bump in game two.

In the second inning Last Call’s bottom of the order does some damage. Tim Good with a single. Then with two outs Sal Pecorac singles. Jon Cacciatore, a no show the first game, was the lead off man in the second game. He has a nice piece of hitting with two outs as he drives in the Goody for his first hit of the night and first RBI of the fall season. Tim Good picks up his first run of the fall. Last Call in the bottom inning hold Falcons to one. It’s 7-2 after two.

In the third inning Last Call score another run. A Sid single drives in the big man Chris Riley who got his first hit of the second game a few batters before Sid came up. That was three innings in a row Last Call scored a run. Go back to game one and it would be 4 innings they have gotten a little sumptin. They needed a Little Sumptin from Lagunitas with a high percentage of alcohol playing in this league. Falcons scored 8 in the bottom of the third. Chipping away at the Falcon lead was not working.

The streak of scoring the one run in consecutive innings was over in the 4th. In the fifth inning Last Call added one more run with all this happening with two outs. Chris Riley’s second hit of the game was a single. Follow that up with Wags’ second hit of the game. Zack Bullinton shoots one over the infield which is a single and scores the big guy from second. Chris Riley scores his second run of the game. Zack Attack with his first hit of the game and drives in the first run of the fall season. Falcons scored two more in the previous inning. The game was over with Falcons having last at bats.  Plus the Falcons being up by 12 runs after 5 innings of play. It was good enough to put it in the books a final.

FALCONS 16-4 LAST CALL FINAL

GAME BALL: WAGS, 2-3, 2 Singles, RBI. Wags played some pretty good defense at short stop. He did not make it look easy. But did enough to make this a better game then the beating to the pulp in game one.

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-3)

BLOODY STAT OF THE WEEK

Last Call has been out scored 91-9 in the first four games of the season. They have been shut out once. They have been held to one run twice. That is the bloody stat of the week.

   LAST CALL NOTE BOOK

Kevin Burke is still hampered by an ankle injury. Return is questionable.

HITTING STATS FROM WEEK TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER

JON CACCIATORE 1-3,SINGLE, RBI,

KEN THE BUD MAN TALING 1-5, SINGLE, RUN

ZACK BULLINTON 1-5, SINGLE, RBI,

DAVE WITKOWSKI 2-4, 2 SINGLES, WALK 

CHRIS RILEY 3-5 HOME RUN, 2 SINGLES, RBI, 2 RUNS

SAL PECORAC 2-4, 2 SINGLES

SID 1-4, SINGLE, RBI,

TOM KILORAN 0-3

WAGS 3-5 3 SINGLES, RBI

TIM GOOD 1-3 SINGLE, RUN      

WEEK ONE 8-20-19

IT’S A DOGGY EAT DOGGY WORLD OUT THERE AND LAST CALL WAS WEARING MILK BONE UNDERWEAR

GAME ONE

Last Call did not get off on the right foot or even left foot. They were shell-shocked right away from the start of the first inning. Last Call had missing people and had to hit the waiver wire for bodies. The waiver wire being finding them in the park so basically looking on the street. Hoping your life lines worked and you phone a friend who has a friend who can make it to the park.

Many people were out of position. The waiver wire was not friendly as maybe once in a great while you find a diamond in the ruff. Not tonight as Last Call’s softball game one was something out of the horror movie Nightmare on Elm Street. Doggy day care whatever you want to call them, score 12 in the first. Three in the second inning. Then continue to have their way with 8 in the third inning. This game was over after four innings as they put up another three in the 4th inning. 

FINAL  DOGGY 26-0 LAST CALL 

Last Call was shut out and Doggy who dressed in Dodger blue, gave up only three hits to inefficiant bats of Last Call. The two guys off the streets each had one hit.

GAME BALL: Chris Riley with a lead off triple in the second inning. However he did not score. He finished 1-2 with that triple.

LP: DAVE WITKOWSKI 0-1

Anybody on the mound could not do much with a swiss cheese defense.

GAME TWO

Game two was completely different. This time it went six innings. Really 5 1/2 because Doggy had last at bats. After the first inning nobody scored for either team. Perhaps a small victory for Last Call putting a halt to this high octane offense of the Doggie world. 

Last Call struck first blood in the second inning. Chris Riley picks up his second hit of the fall season with a single. Dave Witkowski picks up a single and Last Call has back to back hits. Then the guy off the streets, Victor Johnson who played football in high school, gets an infield delight as he loads the bases with no outs.  Sal Pecorac flys out no tag by Chris Riley. Then a familiar face who played some in the fall in 2017. Tom Kiloran brings in Chris Riley with a sharp single and drives in his first run of the year and the teams first run of the fall season. That was all Last Call could get in that inning, but they had their first lead of the year. Not for long because Doggy put three up in the bottom of the second. They put up another in the third to make 4-1 after three innings of play.

In the the top of the 4th inning, Last Call gets something brewing. Again the clean up hitter Chris Riley leads off with a single. Dave Witkowski follows up with another single of his own. Sal pecroac loads the bases with a single. Then Victor Johnson gets Chris Riley home by hitting into a fielders choice. After that nothing. Doggy in the bottom of the 4th go Doggy style on Last Call and break open the game with six runs which hurts badly. It’s 10-2 after 4 innings of play.

In the fifth inning Last Call has their best inning of the fall with the bats. Jon Cacciatore at the bottom of the order gets a single to start things off. Zack Bullington, aka Zack Attack, draws a walk. Then Andy Codymate gets a hold of one and it finds a gap as he gallops into second with a double and drives in both runners. That would be the last at bat of the fall season for Andy Codymate in a Last Call uniform. Could be his last time he ever plays in a game for Last Call as well. More on that later. Andy is stranded at second. In the bottom of the fifth, Doggy adds another six to the score board. It’s 16-4 after five.

Last Call go in order in the sixth as Doggy opens up playing really well with a practice and sweeps Last Call in the two game doubleheader. 

DOGGY 16-4 LAST CALL FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-2)

Dave did his best to keep them in this game longer. The defense made some adjustments as well.

GAME BALL:CHRIS RILEY 2-3, 2 SINGLES, TWO RUNS.

INSIDE THE GAME

Tyler Stevens, another guy off the streets, left game two early because the babysitter had to leave.

Victor Johnson played center field and dropped multiple balls. In football he plays special teams as a punt returner. That strategy worked once or twice but then the ball just bounced off his chest and onto the grass. Can’t find good help these days.

Mike Ike, the centerfielder from the Spring and Summer, was going to play in the fall season but last minute decided not to. Kevin Burke did not play. He was out with an injury to his ankle and was in question of any kind of return for the fall season.

HITTING STATS FROM WEEK ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER

ZACK BULLINGTON 2-3, SINGLE, WALK, RUN,

ANDY CODYMATE 1-5, DOUBLE, 2 RBI’S

TYLER STEVENS 1-2, SINGLE

DAVE WITKOWSKI 2-5,2 SINGLES

CHRIS RILEY 3-5, TRIPLE, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS

SAL PECORAC 1-4, SINGLE

VICTOR JOHNSON 2-4, 2 SINGLES, 1 RBI

KEN THE BUDMAN TALING 0-4

SID 0-3

TOM KILORAN 1-4, SINGLE, RBI,

JON CACCIATORE 1-3, SINGLE, RUN     

SPRING/ SUMMER STATS

LONG BALLS HIT AS A TEAM (SPRING/SUMMER  1  )

DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED (6)

ASSISTS:Ken The Bud Man Taling (4) Don Parker (2) Andy Codymate (2) Sal Percorac (2) Keith Dilly (1) Dave Witkowski (1) Kevin Burke (1) Wags (1)

PLAYERS OF THE GAME (SPRING/SUMMER)

NAME	GAME BALLS
DAVE WITKOWSKI	2
KEITH DILLY	2
ANDY CODYMATE	2
KEN THE BUD MAN TALING	2
DON PARKER	1
CHRIS RILEY	1
WILLY CUNNINGHAM	1
JIMMY	1
TIM GOOD	1
ZACK BULLINGTON	1

TOP THREE LEADERS IN ALL SUMMER BATTING STATS 2019

 

TOP 3 GAMES PLAYED
NAMES	GP
ZACK ATTACK	14
PECORAC/DILLY	13
5 TIED	12

TOP 3 BATTING AVERAGE
NAMES	BA
ANDY CODYMATE	.666
CHRIS REILLY	.615
DAVE WITKOWSKI	.562

TOP 3 AT-BATS
NAMES	AB’S
ZACK ATTACK	43
KEVIN BURKE	40
ANDY CODYMATE	39

TOP 3 HITS
NAMES	HITS
ANDY CODYMATE	26
KEITH DILLY	20
MIKE	19

TOP 3 RBI’S
NAMES	RBI
KEITH DILLY	12
WITKOWSKI/MIKE	10
CHRIS REILLY	9

TOP 3 RUNS SCORED
NAMES	RUNS
ZACK/KEN	9
BURKE/CODYMATE	8
MIKE/DILLY	7

TOP 3 SINGLES
NAMES	1B’S
KEVIN BURKE	17
ANDY CODYMATE	16
DILLY/MIKE	15

TOP 3 DOUBLES
NAMES	2B’S
ANDY CODYMATE	9
KEITH DILLY	5
KEN/ZACK/MIKE	3

TOP 3 TRIPLES
NAMES	3B’S
CHRIS REILLY	2
CODYMATE	1
PECORAC/MIKE	1

TOP 3 HOME RUNS
NAMES	DINGERS
DON PARKER	1

TOP 3 SACRIFICES
NAMES	SAC
ZACK/CHRIS/MIKE	2
CODYMATE/SID	1
CACCIATORE/DILLY	1

TOP 3 K’S
NAMES	K’S
KEN/WILL THE THRILL	2
JIMMY/PECORAC/SID	1
ZACK/MIKE	1

TOP 3 WALKS
NAMES	BB’S
DAVE WITKOWSKI	3
KEITH DILLY	1
JIMMY/ZACK ATTACK	1

2019 ALSIP PARK DISTRICT SUMMER PLAYOFFS

FIRST ROUND RESULTS

#1.LAW BREAKERS KNOCK OFF NUMBER #4.LAST CALL

#3.RULERS UPSET #2 JAG BAGS

THE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP

#1 LAW BREAKERS VERSUS #3 RULERS

Law Breakers win their second straight Summer championship in the Alsip park district. 

LAW BREAKERS 11

RULERS 6 FINAL

SAME OLD STORY SAME OLE LAW BREAKERS DANCE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

The stage was set again for Last Call. A chance of redemption versus the long time rivalry that goes back since Last Call was printed on the tee shirts. Since Tail Gate Bills was the sponsor. It probably felt more like Chico Bail Bonds was the sponsor, as Last Call resembled the Bad News Bears. It was a playoff rematch from 2018. It was the third time Last Call and the Law Breakers squared off in post-season action. Besides back to back seasons, let’s not forget about these two teams meeting up in a championship that obviously did not go Last Call’s way.

Last Call and the Law Breakers play each other four times in regular season. Both teams split the series. One game coming through forfeit as Last Call was rewarded the victory. Last Call crushed the Law Breakers in the very first contest, 11-0. The losses from the Law Breakers were close affairs, but a loss later in the game from the one bad inning that haunts Last Call’s dreams. The winner out of this game would meet the winner out of the Rulers versus the Jag Bags, being played at the same time, just on a different field.    

Last Call as usual did not have all their weapons on thier roster for the most important game of the season. Injuries with the big slugger Chris Reilly weakens the line up. Don Parker could not make the game due to being out of town for work. Don is a very important cog, especially in the playoffs. Not having him is a big blow. A few others with injuries could have helped as well. The line up still looked good without these pieces.The line up is talented enough to win without those pieces.

Things started off well for Last Call as they struck the first blow of the game. Kevin Burke leading off with a sharp single. Then MVP of the team, Andy Codymate, shoots a single through the infield that gets Burke to third. No outs, ducks on the pond. The big keys of the game coming in for Last Call was to avoid the double plays. Try to avoid fielder’s choices as well, especially ones that are hit right to the base where the runner is going. Plus for christ sakes, avoid stupid base running. DID NOT HAPPEN !!!!

Keith Dilly drives in the first run of the game with ground out fielders choice that erases Andy Codymate at second base. However Kevin Burke scores from third and it’s 1-0 good guys. The inning continues with a Dave Witkowski single. However Keith Dilly was hustling and going for the extra base, and tried to get into third which was a close play. Law Breakers made a perfect throw and they nailed Keith sliding into third base for the second out of the inning. Next batter popped out and the end of the inning for Last Call. 

Dave Witkowski got the pitching nod for the start of this game. He has had the hot hand coming into the playoffs. Tim Good struggled the week before. It was a tough decision as we remembered Tim Good did shut out the Law Breakers earlier in the season. Again it is underhand pitching and you need to hit and make the routine plays to win with whoever is on the mound. Law Breakers in the bottom of the first quickly put three runs on the board to take the lead 3-1 after one inning of play. 

Dave Witkowski and the defense settled down in the second inning. However Last Call bats went quiet. A double play in the second inning ended what Last Call had cooking. In the third inning, Law Breakers tacked on another run. Last Call had some runners on base after two outs, but did nothing with them. It was 4-1 after three innings of play.

In the fourth inning, both teams were held scoreless. Former Last Call great, John Shanahan, is now Law Breaker who is always a thorn in the sides of his former team. He hit a ball that got through the infield into right field. Jimmy pounced on the ball like a cat and picked it up and gunned down Shanty at first base for one of the outs of that inning. Great heads up play by Jimmy.

Then in the top of the fifth inning, Ken the Budman gets things started with a single. That brought up Sal Pecorac. The left fielder was playing shallow. Sal crushed the ball over his head. Sal was thinking home run as he was flying around the bases. Ken got held up at third by the third base coach as Law Breakers got the ball in. Sal was around second by the time he saw what was going on. Law Breakers saw this, and Sal and them were in a run down. This run down did get Ken home for Last Call’s second run of the game. Sal eventually danced and darted away from the Law Breakers long enough for the run to score, but was tagged out for the first out of the inning. In the grand scheme of things this should have been a man at second and third, nobody out. I do think it could have been Sal at third with a triple if Ken did not get held up as well. Last Call did not muster up anything else that inning. It was 4-2 going into the bottom of the fifth.

This is picture of what it’s like for Last Call when the wheels on the bus fly off. Mix in the one bad inning and you’re looking at the wreck above. Law Breakers put the nails in the Last Call BAR FOR GOOD. They scored seven runs and boarded up Last Call’s windows for good in the 2019 summer season. Dave Witkowski could not pitch a strike to save his own hide. You could say the umpire was chintzy on the strike zone. Five walks for the game for Dave. As he walked two runs in this inning. 11-2 after five innings of play.

The Last Call bats went into deep sleep after the big inning took the life out of this team. Tim Good mopped up after that to keep the Law Breakers at 11. Law Breakers advance to who knows how many championships they have played in. Last Call headed to the bar to wash away the stench of their loss in a bucket of suds.

LAW BREAKERS 11

LAST CALL 2 FINAL

THE STATS OF THE GAME

BATTING

KEVIN BURKE 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RUN

ANDY CODYMATE 3-3, 2 SINGLES,DOUBLE

KEITH DILLY 0-3, RBI,

DAVE WITKOWSKI 1-3, SINGLE

JIMMY 1-3, SINGLE

MIKE 1-3, SINGLE

KEN THE BUD MAN 2-3, 2 SINGLES, RUN

SAL PECORAC 1-2, DOUBLE, RBI,

TIM GOOD 0-2

SID 0-2

THE ZACK ATTACK 0-2

PITCHING

DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-1) 5 IP, 11 RUNS, 5 WALKS, 3 SCORELESS IP

TIM GOOD 1 IP, NO RUNS,  

 

UP COMING SCHEDULE

PLAYOFFS JULY 30,2019

FIRST ROUND 7pm

#1.LAW BREAKERS VERSUS #4.LAST CALL

#2.JAG BAGS VERSUS #3. RULERS

WINNER OF EACH MATCH GO TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT 8PM

LOSERS GO HOME

The playoffs are the same exact match ups as last season except everyone has different seeds. Last Call was a number three seed and Law Breakers were number two seed.

SCORE BOARD

WEEK FIVE MAKE UP GAME

LAST CALL 7-0 LAW BREAKERS (IN FORFEIT)

JULY 23RD WEEK SEVEN

LAST CALL 5-3 RULERS  LAW BREAKERS 12-2 JAG BAGS

RULERS 15-2 LAST CALL LAW BREAKERS 11-2 JAG BAGS

JULY 16TH  RAIN OUT

JULY 9TH WEEK SIX SCORES

LAST CALL 9-8 RULERS  LAW BREAKERS 4-3 JAG BAGS

RULERS 8-5 LAST CALL   JAG BAGS 9-3 LAW BREAKERS

               

THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
TEAM	WIN	LOSS	GB
Law Breakers	11	3	—
Jag Bags	7	7	4
Rulers	5	9	6
Last Call	5	9	6

THE 2019 LAST CALL SOFTBALL SEASON

THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON 2019 SUMMER BATTING STATS
NAME	BA	GP	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR’S	SAC	K’S	BB’S
BURKE	.425	12	40	17	4	8	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
ANDY	.666	12	39	26	5	8	16	9	1	0	1	0	0
KEN	.500	10	30	15	5	9	12	3	0	0	0	2	0
DILLY	.540	13	37	20	12	7	15	5	0	0	1	0	1
JIMMY	.484	12	33	16	6	4	14	2	0	0	0	1	1
SAL	.424	13	33	14	3	5	13	0	1	0	0	1	0
ZACK	.395	14	43	17	7	9	14	3	0	0	2	1	1
DAVE	.562	12	32	18	10	6	16	2	0	0	0	0	3
CHRIS	.615	10	26	16	9	6	13	1	2	0	2	0	0
SID	.285	9	21	6	1	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	0
MIKE	.558	12	34	19	10	7	15	3	1	0	2	1	0
JON C	.318	9	22	7	3	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0
SCOTTY	.500	2	6	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
GOOD	.416	5	12	5	3	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
WAGS	.000	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WILL	.266	7	15	4	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
PARKER	.333	4	9	3	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
HILL	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

SPRING/SUMMER FINAL REGULAR SEASON PITCHING STATS

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	WALKS	K’S	RPIP
TIM GOOD	2	2	4	4	21	8	37	1	1	1	1.7
DAVE WITKOWSKI	3	7	10	10	60	28	77	2	7	9	1.2

THE MAKE UP GAME VERSUS THE LAW BREAKERS

In week five, the Law Breakers and Last Call squared off for the second time of the season. It was the second double header of the year between the two teams. In week two, Last Call took game one thrashing the Law Breakers, shutting them out 11-0 behind an excellent pitching performance by Tim Good. However the Evil Empire strikes back as the Law Breakers took game two of the first double header. Then in week five, they took game one of the series to go up two games to one, waiting on the 4th and final regular season game beteen the two teams.

THE SECOND GAME IN WEEK FIVE

LAW BREAKERS 1

LAST CALL 1              BOT OF 1ST RAIN DELAY

Tim Good took the mound in game two. Law Breakers quickly broke Tim Good’s scoreless streak of seven innings against them and finally got on the board with one run in the very first inning. 

In the bottom of the first, after one out, Andy Codymate got things started with a double in the gap. Then Ken the Budman with a sharp single. Keith Dilly brought in Andy Codymate with a single to tie things up at one. Then the skies open up as the rain came down leaving two men on with Don Parker coming up to the plate.

The game was quickly called off due to the pouring rain that would end up lingering in the skies for the next few hours. I did like Last Call’s chances to win game two from the Law Breakers in week five. First Don Parker was able to knock off the rust in his very first game of the season. Which was the very first game of the double header. I like Last Call having last at-bats, something you need and gives you an edge if you play a close game with your opponent. Then having Tim Good on the mound. Sometimes you get Tim Good. Sometimes you get Tim No-Good. Week five he had the eye of the tiger like he did when he faced them in week two. 

Law Breakers took the forfeit instead of playing this game versus Last Call. In the standings this game did not mean a thing. The playoff seeding was lined up no matter the outcome. Plus it was going to be the Law Breakers versus Last Call in the first round of the playoffs.  Law Breakers had the number one seed while Last Call had the number four seed. It would be a rematch of last year in the first round of the playoffs except with different seeds.

 LAST CALL 7

LAW BREAKERS 0 FORFEIT

Last Call wins this one in a forfeit. They improve and finish their regular season with a 5-9 record. This is the second straight year Last Call has won five games in the summer campaign. Last Year they finished 500 at 5-5 in ten games. It means nothing, but only in stats, Last Call split the regular season series taking 2 0ut of 4 against their arch rival.

Last Call has decided to count the stats for their players from the inning that was played. Tim Good will get the win even though it was a tie game. It ended up as a win and we all know Last Call would have won that game anyways. If John Shanahan did not make a deal with the devil who mugged mother nature, the outcome would have been Last Call knocks off the bad guys.               

WEEK SEVEN: RULED FINAL SPLIT AT LAST CALL 

DOUBLE TILT 7-23-19

THIRD DOUBLE HEADER OF THE SEASON VERSUS THE RULERS

RULERS LEAD THE SEASON SERIES VERSUS LAST CALL 3-1 IN FOUR GAMES

LAST MEETING, BOTH TEAMS SPLIT THE DOUBLE HEADER

Last time Rulers and Last Call met, it was just a short two weeks ago with a rain out, sandwiched in the middle. Last Call took the first game of the series and lost one of their big RBI producers in Chris Riley. The big man was trying to leg out a home run but rounding second base, he came up gimpy. He heard something snap crackle and pop and it was not the nutritious cereal of Rice Krispies. Chris Riley managed to limp into third with a triple. He was taken out of the game immediately. He did return in game two of the series as a pinch hitter. That did not go well. After two weeks of icing and putting a heating pad on the back of his leg, the results don’t look good.

 

As you can see, the Last Call medical staff never cures what they are supposed to. Injuries stay injuries, as Chris Reilly rehabs slowly and under house arrest.

When Andy Codymate went on the injured list from losing the tip of his finger, it was a bloody mess years ago. 

                       

Took a long time for the ladies to fix his finger and get him back on the field. The rehab at the watering holes, playing game after game of darts. Plus drinking bucket after bucket of beer. It suddenly grew back like a chia pet. 

This was the final week of regular season in the summer league. Unless Last Call and Law Breakers play that second game of the one double header that got rained out, as things were all knotted up at one at the time the skies opened up. This series would probably determine if that game would be played or not. We know Last Call needed the sweep to jump ahead of the Rulers and grab the number three seed. If Last Call managed the sweep, then perhaps the Law Breakers might want to play that game if they did not want to face the Rulers in the first round of the playoffs. If both teams split, then everyone would be at the same playoff positioning coming into this week seven.

GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER(12TH GAME OF THE SEASON)    

LAST CALL TAKES GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER

LAST CALL 5

RULERS 3 FINAL

Last Call wins another close one versus the Rulers as the defense and a nice pitching effort by Dave Witkowski. This is the second double header in a row that Last Call has taken game one. Dave Witkowski picks up his third win of the year in this summer season. 

Lots of great efforts in this contest. Last Call had a big three run third and held on to the lead the rest of the way.  It was the top of the order that fueled the win of this contest.

Kevin Burke, Andy Codymate, and Keith Dilly combined four runs, three RBI’S and five hits.

Mike the center-fielder and Jimmy the right fielder went perfect with the bat in game one.

Mike 2-2, sac, RBI, 2 singles

Jimmy 3-3 with the hat trick of singles.

MVP OF THE GAME ONE ARE TWO MVP’S:

KEITH DILLY AND ANDY CODYMATE.

The left side of the infield has been huge all year. Both of these guys have been a force with the bats as well. Both stymied the Rulers on defense in this contest. Keith Dilly was perfect with the bat. He was 2-2 with a sacrifice driving in two runs. He had two singles and scored a run. Andy Codymate was pure brilliance as well. He was 2-3 with a double and a triple. He drove in one run while scoring two runs.

  GAME TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER(13th GAMEOF THE SEASON)

Look away as this game was a clunker by Last Call. A real stinker as Rulers destroyed Last Call, quickly dispatching them in five innings. 

RULERS 15

LAST CALL 2 FINAL

Tim Good pitched in game two. Rulers knocked him around very quickly.

Tim Good was no good. Some teams have your number, and the Rulers have pinned two losses on Tim Good’s record this season.

The bats went very quiet in game two. Both runs came in the fourth inning, Jimmy driving in Andy Codymate. Mike then drove in Jimmy, but tried to stretch his hit out and he was nailed coming around third. Speed kills but sometimes it kills your own rallies as he was the last out of that inning. 

Sal Pecorac was perfect in game two with a 2-2 day, two singles. Three people in the line up were held hitless in Alsip in game two. Not enough hits to keep up with a streaky team that were hot with the bats. Too many mental mistakes in this contest. The wind of the Last Call sails were knocked out very early in this one. It was mentally tough to get back in this one, down 8-0 after two innings of play. Last Call settled for the split again as they have gone the whole season without sweeping a double header. Last Call will be the 4th seed in the playoffs even if they beat Law Breakers in the make up game. They lose the season series to the Rulers 4 -2. Rulers are now 5-9 and have the third seed in the playoffs locked up. Last Call right now is 4-9 and waiting on the make-up game result. 

 MVP OF THE GAME:

ANDY CODYMATE.

In games like this, it’s very hard to give a game ball. Andy Codymate had two hits in three at bats. Two singles while scoring one of the runs in the game. He led that inning off with a single and came around to score the first run for Last Call breaking the Ruler shutout.

WEEK SIX: LAST CALL RULES THE FIRST GAME AS RULERS AVOID THE SWEEP AT LAST CALL

DOUBLE TILT 7-9-19

REMATCH VERSUS THE RULERS

RULERS LEAD SERIES 2-0 IN 2019

LAST MEETING, RULERS PREVAILED WITH THE RULE NEVER ENFORCED

GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (10TH GAME OF REGULAR SEASON)

It was the second meeting of the year between the Rulers and Last Call. The second double header between the two teams. The last meeting was a very controversial game during which the league rule was not enforced, giving the Rulers the second game and the sweep of the double header. It also was the game the umpire did not count one of Last Call runs. It was the game a Ruler player was ejected and the game ended in a protest. Last Call lost the game and the protest. Will Last Call strike back with vengenance?

Revenge was on the mind of Last Call towards one of the most hated teams in the league, the Rulers. The next 4 out 5 games were against the Rulers. Against the team standing in the way of Last Call to try and grab the number three seed in the playoffs, instead of staying at number four. Lots to play for and it started off very well.

Dave Witkowski has pitched extremely well this year, as the record doesn’t reflect the effort. Dave was looking for his second win of the way since pitching that dandy shutout versus the Jag Bags. Last Call were looking to break a two game losing streak. Dave Witkowski and the defense shut down the Rulers in the first inning.

In the bottom of the inning, the bats came to life for Last Call. However this thunderstruck with the sticks, did come with a hefty price. Zack Attack started things off with a single. Kevin Burke was a late game scratch for this one. Andy Codymate singled as Last Call’s first two hitters are on no outs. Runners on first and third Keith Dilly hits into a fielders choice that brings in  Zack for the first run of the game. Andy Codymate is out at second. Last Call has the lead 1-0. Don Parker then rolls into a fielders choice to erase Keith Dilly at second. With two outs Ken the Budman hits one in the gap for a two out double that drives in Don Parker alll the way from first base to make this a 2-0 ball game. 

Then with Ken on at second, big Chris Reilly is swinging a very hot bat. He leads the team in RBI’S. He squares the bat and hits a blast over the center fielder’s head that easily drives in Ken the Budman to make it 3-0. This is for sure a home run with the speed for the big man. He’s around second before the outfielder gets the ball. Chris Reilly coming in has only hit one home run last season versus the Jag Bags. Unfortunately this is not number two as Chris Riley feels something in the back of his leg and he comes up gimpy to third.

         

Chris Reilly’s dog can’t watch. Chris Reilly is taken out of the game and does the return to the first game of the double header. The next batter is Mike the center fielder who’s having a quiet season but putting up numbers as he laces a single to score the pinch runner from third from Chris Reilly’s second triple of the season and ninth RBI. Then Dave Witkowski, another guy who is producing with the bat, very quietly smacks a double that brings in the speedster Mike already from first and like that it is 5-0at the end of one inning. 

Last Call and the defense come out in the second and close down the great hitting Rulers in the second. Rulers quickly dispatch the bottom of Last Call’s order to keep this a 5-0 game after two innings of play. 

Rulers then find a way to get on the board in the third with a run to make this a 5-1 game. Rulers are a dangerous hitting team because they can get all the runs back quickly or chip away at the lead. Last Call responds in the bottom of the third inning. This time Keith Dilly picks up his first hit of the game with a single. This is Don Parker’s second game and second bat of the game and he singles as two men on and no outs. Then with one out still, two base runner Chilly Willy Will filling in for Chris Reilly notches a bloop single to load the bases. Then Mike drives in his second run of the game with a fielders choice that erases Will at second but Keith Dilly Scores. Then Dave Witkowski helping  his own cause singles driving in Don Parker for his second RBI of the game. Don Parker scores his second run of the game and that is the second run of the inning. On the same play Mike tries to get slick and make it home all the way from first, but the Rulers quickly gun him down at home. Last Call leads 7-1 after three innings of play.

Everything is going well for Last Call as no one scores in the 4th inning. In the fifth Rulers get another goose egg as Last Call defense and Dave Witkowski are clicking on all cylinders. In the bottom of the fifth Last Call add two more runs. Keith Dilly is on first with a fielders choice. That brings up Don Parker. Don Parker has not hit a home run in years. In the all-time Home Run list for Last Call, he trails Mike Flynn by only one long ball for the most in Last Call history.

                      

Don Parker is now tied with Mike Flynn as he launched his first home run of the year. It’s Don Parker’s 22nd home run he has hit in a Last Call uniform. It’s the first home run hit by Last Call in 2019. Obviously Chris Reilly should have had the first. Don got it all for a two run dinger that went right over the center fielder as he jogged around the bases in his home run trot, which the fans have not seen in quite awhile. It was something special. Keith Dilly scores on the home run, his second run of the ball game. Last Call now lead 9-1 after five innings of play. 

 Last Call is well known for the one bad inning. The Rulers are a team that can pile up runs very quickly. The one bad inning did occur in the top of the sixth on this hot humid night.

The humidity and the Rulers are getting to Andy Codymate who wipes his face from the explosion of the opponents’ bats. The Rulers put up seven runs as you can see Jimmy the right fielder in disbelief.

 Dave Witkowski and the defense finally come up with the right recipe to stop the bleeding from the Rulers’ 7 run inning in the 6th. They preserved the lead in the bottom of the inning as it was now a 9-8 ball game. Rulers rule the entire sixth inning shutting down Last Call pretty much in order. Except for a Sid single.

In the 7th, Dave Witkowski and the defense quickly end the Rulers’ tyranny and take the first game of the double header.

LAST CALL 9

RULERS 8 FINAL

Last Call breaks its two game losing streak. They win their third game of the year. Now Last Call has beaten every team in the league at least one time. Dave Witkowski picks up his second win of the year as he improves his pitching record to 2-6 for the year. If Last Call could win the second game they could leap frog the Rulers in the standings which would be what the doctor ordered.

MVP OF THE GAME DON PARKER: It was Don Parker’s two run home run that was the deciding factor that made this a win for Last Call. Don Parker finished the day with the bat 2-3, a single and the two run Home run. He drove in two runs. He scored a hat trick of runs as well. The home run ties up Mike Flynn who has had the hold of that record by himself for over a decade. Don Parker also played short center and had some put outs to keep the defense in rhythm which the team was in until the one bad inning.       

GAME TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (11TH GAME OF THE SEASON)

In game two, Rulers took command of the very first inning. Last Call top of the order was dispatched rather quickly. Rulers contibued their hot bats from late in game one to have a big inning in the bottom of the frame. They scored 5 runs off Dave Witkowski and the Last Call defense. It was 5-0 after one inning of play.

In the top of the second, Last Call responded with two runs of their own. Three singles to start the inning. Small ball scored the first run for Last Call as Jimmy flew out deep as Ken the Bud man tagged from third to get Last Call on the board. Man at second and third, Chilly Willy with ground out brings in Mike for the second run of the inning. That’s Chilly Willy’s first RBI in a Last Call uniform. Last Call defense rose to the ocasion and shut down the Rulers in the second inning to make this a 5-2 game after two.

In the top of the third inning, Last Call edged closer to the Rulers lead.With two outs, Andy Codymate singled. Then it’s Dilly Dilly time as Keith Dilly hits a rocket shot right in the gap. Andy was running on cotact with two outs and he scored all the way from first base to make this a 5-3 game after three innings of play. 

Then in the top of the fifth, as the Last Call defense has shut down the Rulers since they scored five in the very first inning. Sal Pecorac hits a single. Followed by a Sid single. Runners at the corners and Zack Attack grounds out to erase Sid at second, but Sal Pecorac scored with ease to make this a one run game as Last Call is on the comeback. Andy Codymate moves Zack Attack with a sharp single. Then Keith Dilly playing small ball, grounds one to the oppsoite side of the field that moves Andy and brings home the Zack Attack. This game is tied at five.

In the bottom of the fifth, Rulers retake the lead with a run to make it 6-5. Last Call has nothing in the sixth. In the bottom of the Sixth, Rulers add two more insurance runs to make this a 8-5 game. Last Call could not muster up any more as they fail to get the sweep, losing a close game and spoiling another comeback that comes up short.

RULERS 8

LAST CALL 5 FINAL

Last Call remains in last place one game behind the thrid place Rulers. Both teams will meet again next week and that concludes regular season. Last Call will need the sweep to get the third seed for the playoffs. 

MVP OF THE GAME JIMMY: Jimmy the right fielder was perfect with the bat. He went 2-2 with two singles. He drove in one run with a sacrifice fly. He also played some inspirational right field, catching everything that was hit his way.

WEEK FIVE  THE RIVAL TAKES GAME ONE AS THE RAIN TAKES GAME TWO

DOUBLE TILT 7-2-19

REMATCH VERSUS THE LAW BREAKERS

SERIES NOTES

THE FIRST SERIES OF 2019 WAS SPLIT

Last Call had some very good news on the home front in week five. It was the return of Andy Codymate who had a serious knee injury playing in another league. Being taken out on purpose, as the base runner was clearly a dead duck as the ball got to Andy.  The pond scum decided to just take out someone on purpose. “Can’t miss playing against the rival,” were the words from Andy as he wrapped his knee three times before game time.

Then more good news, Don Parker made his season debut as he was quickly inserted into the starting line up. The team had a good feeling about their chances against the Law Breakers who they shut out in the very first game. However, the Law Breakers took the second game in a close one, at least until they broke open the game in the later innings. 

FIRST GAME OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (GAME 9 OF THE SEASON)

First inning, Last Call went quietly. Law Breakers quickly got on the score board with a run off Dave Witkowski who was pitching the first game. Tim Good was set to go in game two as he and his little dog Guinness arrived at the park. It was 1-0 bad guys after the first inning of play.

In the second inning Last Call came right back and tied this game 1-1. Don Parker in his first at bat had a single. He would be erased going to third base on a fielder’s choice. Big Chris Reilly drove in the center fielder Mike who had a single of his own. The ball was tattooed off the big man’s bat for his 7th RBI of the year. Dave Witkowski shut down the Law Breakers in the second inning.

Law Breakers added two more runs in the third to take the lead 3-1. Then they added another one in the bottom of the 4th to make it a 4-1 game after 4 innings of play. The bats went quiet. Too quiet.

In the top of the 5th, Ken the Bud Man hit a rope in the gap which is good for a two bagger stand up double with only one out. Big Chris Reilly who has been driving in big runs all year brings home Ken with another ball that was tattooed off his bat. Chris remains perfect at the plate driving in his second run of the game. He drove in all the runs of the game. The defense did it’s job in the bottom of inning retiring the Law Breakers in order as it was 4-2 after 5.

Last Call could not muster up any more offense the rest of the game. Last Call then had the one bad inning as the Law Breakers put up a five spot in the bottom of the 6th inning to put this victory on ice. Last Call now has dropped two games in a row since taking the first game of the double header versus the Jag Bags. Law Breakers now lead the season series 2 games to one with another game coming. Law Breakers’ only loss of the year has still come from Last Call as they lead the league with an 8-1 record. Last Call drops to 2-7 for the year.

LAW BREAKERS 9

LAST CALL 2 FINAL

MVP OF THE GAME CHRIS REILLY: What can you say? He drove in both runs on a perfect day with the lumber. He went 3-3 with a hat trick of singles. Most of the bats this night were dormant for Last Call while his bat he was swinging was sizzling.

Andy Codymate in his return went 1-3 with a double. He was not a 100 percent but he still was able to play the short stop position pretty well. 

Don Parker’s debut was quiet. He did go 1-3 with a single.

GAME TWO: RAINED OUT

       

WEEK FOUR: ONE JAG BAGGED & ONE THAT ESCAPES LAST CALL IN THE LAST MINUTES RIGHT BEFORE CLOSING TIME 

DOUBLE TILT 6-25-18

REMATCH VERSUS THE JAG BAGS

SERIES NOTES

LAST CALL 0-2 VERSUS THE JAG BAGS IN 2019

THE LAST TWO DOUBLE HEADERS BOTH THESE TEAMS HAVE PLAYED HAVE BEEN SWEPT BY EACH TEAM

THE OPEN WEEK IN 2019 JAG BAGS SWEPT LAST CALL

THE LAST WEEK OF REGULAR SEASON IN THE 2018 SUMMER CAMPAIGN, LAST CALL TOOK BOTH GAMES THAT NIGHT

The team lost to the Rulers last week in both games, with the second game being decided by a controversial call and an umpire not recording the right amount of runs.  Last Call in week four have a re-match versus the Jag Bags, who they lost two tough games to, in week one. One of them being an extra inning affair. That one, Last Call had multiple chances to ACE the Jag Bags, but the opportunities were denied. Last Call find themselves in the cellar and they need a win in week four to keep things from getting away from them in this season of heartbreak. If they can sweep, it will put a huge boost of confidence into the team down the stretch of the regular season with tough match ups on the horizon.

BEFORE THE GAME: News broke that Last Call was without their star short stop, Andy Codymate. Andy blew out his knee in a Sunday league game.The player maliciously wanted to take him out on purpose after being caught on the bat paths as a dead duck. He slid into Andy and upended him to try to knock the ball out of his hands. 

Last Call was missing Ken the Budman, Wags, and Scotty Skora who is also out with an injury. Plus they were missing Tim Good, who has the only win on the pitching rubber. Would Last Call overcome? 

GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (7TH GAME OF THE SEASON)

Dave Witkowski took the mound in this one as he made his 7th start of the season. Dave coming in was 0-2 versus the Jag Bags this season as he got the losses for both games in that opening week. Dave quickly shut down the Jag Bags very quickly in the first inning. Last Call struck first with a Kevin Burke lead off single. This was followed up by Mike the Center-fielder who also singled. Mike in seconds was erased with a pick off play by the Jag Bags as he was caught napping. Burke was still on second when Keith Dilly drove him in with a rocket single to make this a 1-0 game after the first frame.

Dave Witkowski was doing his best impression of Tim Good in his performance versus the Law Breakers. The defense in this one was amazing. Dave pitched the first four innings of shut-out ball. Keith Dilly played short and showed off his old moves snagging a line drive right out of the air. Then launched a perfect throw to catch a Jag Bag trying to get back to first base for the double play. Sal Pecorac was thrown into action at first and snagged the ball to complete the double play. 

In the bottom of the 4th inning, Zack was on base from a single. He got to second base on a fielders choice. Then Jimmy the right fielder came up big with his second hit of the night to score the blazing Zack Attack to make this a 2-0 game.

In the fifth with one out, the bottom of the order got things rolling for some insurance runs. Definitely Last Call has not had the one bad inning that haunts this team in their dreams. Will the Thrill, aka Chilly Willy, gets his first hit of the game.

           

Then Kevin Burke, who has found his swing again, gets his third hit of the night. Jon Cacciatore went in to pinch-run for the Chilly-miester. Last Call had first and third with only one out. Last Call played small ball with a fly ball sacrifice off the bat of Mike the Center fielder, which scored Jon Cacciatore. Then Keith Dilly with a two out double and Last Call has two on two out. Big Chris Reilly drives in Burke with his second hit of the night, a single. Then Dave Witkowski helps his own cause with an RBI single bringing in Keith Dilly. Zack Attack drives in big Chris Reilly with another hit of his own to cap off a 4 run fifth by Last Call to go up 6-0 after five frames.

Dave Witkowski went back to the rubber and breezed through the rest of the Jag Bag line up as he and the defense preserved the 6-0 shut out. This was the second shut-out pitched by Last Call pitching this season. Both victories Last Call has won have been in the shut-out fashion. Last Call improves 2-5 for the year. Meanwhile Jag Bags now are 3-4 for the year and are falling on hard times since they won 3 out of their first four games. Last Call meanwhile breaks a three game losing streak with the win.           

   LAST CALL 6

JAG BAGS  0 FINAL

PLAYER OF THE GAME DAVE WITKOWSKI: Dave Witkowski pitched a gem to get his first win of the season. With the win he picks up his tenth all-time win in his Last Call pitching career. Dave threw 7 innings of shut out ball stringing out one and only walking one. With the bat, Dave Witkowski helped his own cause with 2-3 day two singles and drove in one run.

GAME TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (8TH GAME OF REGULAR SEASON)

The second game of the double header, Last Call had to play this one without another one of their star infielders. Without one of the hottest bats on the team, as Keith Dilly had to be somewhere and could not play in game two. The infield consisted of Chris Reilly again filling in at third base. Kevin Burke now moved over to short. Jon Cacciatore took short center. Then Sid at second while Sal Pecorac played first base. Outfield stayed the same. Dave Witkowski took the rubber right after pitching a shut-out in game one of the double tilt.

This time, Last Call had first at bats and they started this game off with a bang. Kevin Burker with a single. Mike the center fielder has been doing well in the two hole as he singled. Chris Reilly is really starting to put it together with the lumber drives in the first run of this game. Instead of all the fly outs balls hit deep, Chris is getting rocket line drives which are finding a hole. Dave Witkowski drives in his first run of the game with his first hit. Then we have to talk about when Jimmy, who has been doing some nice hitting versus Jag Bag pitching in this double tilt, brings in Dave Witkowski for the third run of the inning with a single. Jimmy had multiple hits the first game. Last Call puts up three and Jag Bags finally get on the score board with 2 of their own. After 1, LastCall led 3-2.

The bats went quiet for Last Call in the second and third innings as the Jag Bags went through Last Call hitters with ease. Jag Bags took the lead with three in the bottom of the second. They added three more in the bottom of the third. They led 8-3 after three innings of play.

With two outs in the the top of the 4th, Last Call scrached and clawed out a run. Another RBI driven in by Big Chris Reilly from another hit off Kevin Burke whose average is on the rise. Jag Bags add another one in the bottom of the inning to make this  9-4. Last Call keeps giving Jag Bags more outs in the inning with mistakes in the infield. 

Then the game goes quiet in the 5th and sixth as Last Call defense rises up and stays in this game. Still 9-4 after sixinnings of play. LastCall would need a BIG Inning in the 7th to tie or take the lead. 

Last Call does have a big inning and they charge back into this one. Starts off with Mike the Centerfielder geting a nice poke for a two bagger. Chris Reilly moves Mike to third with a single. Dave Witkowski brings in Mike on fielders choice as Chris is erased at second base. Zack Attack quickly singles. Sal Pecorac loads the bases with a single of his own. Jimmy gets one past the bag and third basemen for a single that brings in Dave Witkowski.  Sid flies out with the bases loaded, not far enough for runners to advance. He is second out of the inning as he continues to struggle versus Jag Bag pitching this season. Then Jon Cacciatore with one of the biggest hits in his career racks a two bagger to bring in two runs. Then the man known as Chilly Willy. Will the thrill, the catcher for Last Call, with a big hit that brings in Jon Cacciatore. First RBI for Chilly Willy in a Last Call uniform. He comes in later in the inning for his first run of the game and Last Call puts up seven runs to take a 11-9 lead into the bottom of the 7th.

In the bottom of the 7th Last Call is immediately doomed from the one bad inning as they can’t hold that lead. The defense crumbles in the infield. Chris Reilly was able to get an out manning the hot corner with a clean pick-up throw to first. That was it, Jag Bags storm back with three runs and snake another one away from Last Call at the end.

Last Call and the Jag Bags split the double header. With the win, Jag Bags are back to .500 at 4-4. Meanwhile Last Call have failed again to win more than one in a row as they drop to 2-6 for the season. Still in last place looking for answers at the drawing board for how to put away the close games at the end of them because they keep piling up. 

JAG BAGS 12

LAST CALL 11 FINAL

MVP OF THE GAME CHILLY WILLY: Will the Thrill was only 1-3 for the second game. He was the last hitter in the line up and his hit was solid and it drove in the winning run at the time. Will eventually scored and obviously drove in his first RBI in a Last Call uniform.

 

WEEK THREE: OVER RULED

DOUBLE TILT 6-18-19

SERIES NOTES

Last Call was the first team to give the Rulers their first loss in regular season last season.

Rulers 2-1 versus Last Call in 2018

Rulers lost in last year’s Spring/Summer championship to the Law Breakers.

GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (GAME #5 OF THE SEASON) 

The Rulers are the oldest team in the league by far. They are a team that has played together forever. It’s a great hitting team where their offense can place the ball wherever they want. The Rulers defense is not once upon a time superior like it was back in the day. Rulers these days are a good team but are beatable. Last Call would have to bring their bats to this two game series because the Rulers can stroke with anyone.

In the very first game Last Call felt pretty good with Tim Good back on the mound. He came off pitching a gem versus the Law Breakers only a week before in game one. Tim Good brought his new little dog he named Guinness to the game. With Zack’s little dog and Tim’s little dog, Chris’s big dog could eat well tonight.

Rulers batted first in this very first meeting of the year between both teams. Tim Good’s streak of scoreless innings hit eight as he shut down the Rulers in the first frame. Last Call struck first with Andy Codymate’s single. With one out, the hot hitting Dilly Dilly it a gap shot for a double and Last Call had two ducks in scoring position. Big Chris Reilly drove in the first run of the day with a long fly ball for the sacrifice. Andy tagged up from third and it was 1-0 Last Call after one inning of play.

In the second, Rulers get on the scoreboard and ruin Tim Good’s scoreless inning streak. They put up two runs to take the lead 2-1. Last Call quickly responded as the bottom of the order got things going. With the bases loaded, Tim Good helps his own cause with a single that brings in two runs. Ken The Budman and Dave Witkowski come around second to score as Last Call takes the lead again. With now two outs, two runners on the top of the order comes up. Kevin Burke with a big sharp single that drives in Sal Pecorac for the third run of the inning and it’s not over. Andy Codymate picks up his second hit of the night to load the bases again. Then it’s DILLY DILLY time. Keith Dilly, a line shot single that drives in Tim Good and Kevin Burke as Last Call put up a five spot in the second to lead 6-2 after two.

Rulers add two runs in the third inning. They add another run in the fourth as they chip away at Last Call’s lead. The Last Call bats suddenly go quiet in those innings as they could not get anything going. It was the same thing in the fifth, the third consecutive inning Last Call bats were handcuffed. That was the inning the Rulers exploded with an eight run inning to make this a 13-6 game after five innings of play. Nothing went right. Great hitting display by the Rulers as well.

Rulers in the top of the sixth added 4 more runs to make it a 17-6 game. Last Call gets a run back when Jon Cacciatore hits a fly ball with the Zack Attack on second. Zack tags up and everyone knows speed kills as Zack came around from second to score to make this a 17-7 game after six innings of play. Zack led the inning off with a double. 

In the 7th inning Rulers put up four more runs to make this a 21-7 game. Last Call had the last at-bats and needed to score two touchdowns and two extra points to tie this one. Last Call did not go away quietly. With one out, Kevin Burke singled. That was followed by a double by Andy Codymate as his perfect night at the plate continued. Then Keith Dilly had another rocket off his bat. Which was another hit and another run driven in as Kevin Burke scored his second run of the night. Chris Reilly, who was battling a cold, roped a single as the inning continued. Then Mike the centerfielder got into action with a hard hit single that drove in two. And Codymate came around for his second run of the night. Keith Dilly followed Andy in for his first run of the game. With one out, Zack hits a fly ball and brings home Chris Reilly for the 4th run of the inning. Then the Rulers finally got the out they needed to end this game.

RULERS 21

LAST CALL 11 FINAL

Last Call now have dropped two in row. Rulers win their second game of the year as they were able to split last week’s double header. Tim Good takes the loss and his record now is even at (1-1) for the season. Last Call with the loss fall to 1-4 for the year.

Will the Thrill got his first ever hit in a Last Call uniform. He hit a looper that fell right over the short stop’s head that bounced on the grass in left field.

MVP OF THE GAME KEITH DILLY: Keith Dilly played a great game manning the hot corner. He has been hot with the lumber all season. Keith had 3 hits versus the Rulers in the first game. He went 3-4 with two singles and a double. He drove in three runs while scoring a run.

GAME TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (SIXTH GAME OF THE YEAR)

The second game versus the Rules, something had to have been in the air. Perhaps there was a full moon. Somebody left the door open from the asylum because the crazies were out and they were playing Last Call,  calling themselves Rulers. This game had lots of scoring. A big comeback. An ejection. Drama filled the field. Controversy would be the best word to describe this game. The Umpire was dishing it out. However he forgot to mark the card for the right amount of runs in the game. The game ended with a howling wolf in the back ground that echoed through Commisioners park. The protest by Last Call took place as the verdict of this contest was dragged to the kangaroo court of Alsip, as this game was decided in the office and on the field. Would Last Call be OVER RULED? Would justice be served with the rule in black and white written in the book for all to see? Oh the humanity!!!!

Last Call had first at-bats this time in game two of the double tilt. With one out, Andy Codymate got things started with a double. With two outs, Ken the Budman singled which brought in Andy Codymate for the first run of the game. Then Chris Reilly put the bat on the ball that finds a hole for a single and Last Call has two on, two outs. Zack loads the bases with a walk. Then Mike the Centerfielder comes up with a rocket which finds the gap for the two RBI double that brings in Chris Reilly and Ken The Budman to build up a 3-0 lead. Then Dave Witkowski smacks a line drive that falls in the outfield for a single and brings in Zack and Mike to build a 5-0 lead in the very first at-bats. Dave Witkowski took the mound and pitched a perfect first inning to keep the 5-0 lead intact.

In the top of the second, Last Call adds two more to the score board. A Jimmy Single got things started. This was followed by a Kevin Burke single. With one out Keith Dilly drives in his first run of the second game with a single that brought in Jimmy. Then Ken the Budman with a nice piece of hitting, drives in his second run of the game with another single that brought in Kevin Burke and Last Call has a 7-0 lead. In the bottom of the second Dave Witkowski and the Last Call defense give up four runs to a very good hitting Ruler team and like a blink of an eye they are back in this game. It’s 7-4 after two innings of play.

In the third with the bases loaded no outs, Last Call fail to score a single one. Rulers quickly add two more as the 7-0 lead is only a 7-6 lead after three innings of play. In the top of the fourth Last Call strike back with two of their own runs. Chris Reilly drives in Keith Dilly who singled earlier. Then Zack brought home Ken the Budman with a sacrifice fly to make this 9-6 ball game.The Rulers started bitching at the umpire saying Ken fromLast Call did not tag up. Dave Witkowski pitches a goose egg in the bottom of the inning to keep this a three run lead.

In the fifth, Last Call added another run. The run that did not count because the umpire was too busy mouthing off with the Rulers who were giving him crap almost the whole second game. Kevin Burke drove in Sid who singled earlier in the inning with his second single of the game. In the bottom of the inning, Rulers score three runs which would make this 10-9 ball game after five.

In the bottom of the 4th inning was when the umpire tossed a Ruler player. Kicked him out of the game. The Rulers had 11 players starting which included the extra hitter. The rule clearly states that if you start with 11 you have to end with 11. The challenge was denied, but an out would be called for the ejected player when he comes up to bat. They scored three runs in the fifth inning and that player was not charged with an out. Finally it was called an out, but the Rulers got all three of the runs counted.

In the 7th inning Last Call added another run which would have been their 11th run of the night. Dave Witkowski scored off a Jimmy fielders choice which should of made this 11-9 going into the bottom of the 7th inning. However the man in blue said the game was tied 10-10. Then another Ruler left the scene so they were down to nine players. Arguments were happening about the score. Plus about the rule of playing with less than 11 players after starting with 11 players. If Last Call would have protested right then and there. Walked away… they might have won this game with that rule. If the groundskeeper, the man who runs things at the ball park, would have known and found the right rule, perhaps this game is over with a Last Call win. The official protest was after the game because both teams decided to finish it out. If the umpire got the score right, this could of been different. Rulers pushed the winning run in on a walk off walk, pitched by Dave Witkowski after intentionally walking two of their guys to finally get the automatic out from the missing players in the line up card. Rulers won the game. Last Call did protest the game. Then on Friday it was decided just because the game continued during that stoppage is why the ruling went against Last Call. Even though the rule states it in black and white in the rule book.

RULERS 11 ******ASTRICKS

LAST CALL 10 FINAL 

Last Call loses a heart breaker. The second heart breaker of the year with the loss in game two of the double tilt versus the Jag Bags in extras. This is the second double tilt Last Call has been swept in, this season. Dave Witkowski’s pitching record falls to 0-4 for the year.Last Call now are by themselves in last place with 1-5 record at the almost half way point of the season. Rulers now are even at 3-3 and have jumped into a two way tie with the Jag Bags for second place. 

MVP OF THE GAME: KEN THE BUD MAN TALING 

WEEK TWO: LAW BREAKERS SPLIT TIME AT LAST CALL

DOUBLE TILT 6-11-19

SERIES NOTES

Longest and oldest rivalry between the two teams

Six players have walked on both sides of the tracks.

Last Call still have not beating former teammate John Shanahan on whatever team he plays on. This season, he is suiting up with the maroon team.

Last Call has not won a game since being knocked out of the playoffs in the spring summer league. Which was done by the Law Breakers.

GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (GAME THREE OF THE SEASON)

Last Call coming off a heart breaker in extras in week one game two, losing to Jag Bags by one run. The long losing streak continues into the 2019 campaign, being swept by the Jag Bags to find their record at 0-2 for the year. Now facing the rival Law Breakers who swept their opponent in week one, is a very tough challenge. The Law Breakers’ win streak versus Last Call has been way too long. In 2018 Last Call went 0-5 versus their long time hated rival. Will things change in game one? 

The first game on the docket for this Tuesday night goes down as a game to remember. It was one of the best games ever played by Last Call in their whole history. Last Call had won some big close games over the years like last year knocking off the undefeated Rulers. This game was executed to perfection by Last Call. The bats were alive. The defense hardly a blemish. The biggest key in this game was the pitching. Probably the best pitched game in Last Call history.  On his Birthday, Tim Good took the bump and he was more like Tim Excellent. The man stymied the Law Breakers’ bats for seven straight innings. Law Breakers had a few hits in this one. But a few double plays erased their base runners. Plus Tim left base runners right where they were and getting the next hitter to pop out. He handcuffed Law Breaker hitters all night long as he went the distance and put up a goose egg in each inning. Yes it was the day of reckoning with the Law Breakers. It was the day Last Call put a butt whipping on the guys in maroon. Tim Good shut down the Law Breakers with a shut out performance in 16″ softball. In under hand slow pitch softball. 

Last Call struck first in this contest in the first inning Zack led things off with a single. With one out on,  Keith Dilly’s hot bat he singled as Last Call had runners on first and third. Ken the Budman drove in Zack with a single to make it 1-0 game. That actually was the game winning RBI because again Law Breakers were shut down.

In the second inning, the bottom of the order responded with two outs. Tim Good helping his own cause with a single in his first at bat. Happy Birthday Tim Good, he had a whale of a day. Sid gets his first hit of the year with a line drive single. Zack Attack drives in Tim Good with his second hit of the game. Andy Codymate keeps things going and drives in Sid with a single of his own as this game is 3-0 and all of this done with 2 outs. Keith Dilly with his second hit of night scores Zack Attack his second run of the game. After two innings of play Last Call has the early 4-0 lead. 

In the fourth inning things even get better. With one out, Zack Attack collects his third hit of the game.  Then Andy Codymate having another great day with the bat, drives in Zack Attack with a double to make a 5-0 game. Keith Dilly gets a walk. Then Ken the Budman loads the bases with a sharp single, his second hit of the contest. Bases JUICED brings up Sal Pecorac. Sal surveys the defense and sees something he likes. He then crushes the ball over the left fielder’s head who was playing shallow on him and he cleared the bases with a three RBI triple to blow this game wide open at 8-0. That was Sal Pecorac’s 5th triple all-time in Last Call uniform. Scotty Skora playing his first game of the year drives in Sal to make this 9-0 after four innings of play. 

In the fifth, Last Call hits double digits in runs with a sacrifice fly RBI off the bat of Andy Codymate, driving in Tim Good. Tim Good’s second run of the game to go with his second hit. In the 7th inning Jon Cacciatore gets his first hit of the year. He came around and scored the 11th run of the game for Last Call being driven by you know who, Andy Codymate. Andy drove in four runs on this night with his three hit day.

This game had two double plays in which the defense was remarkable. Sal Pecorac snagged a line drive at second base and gunned down the Law Breaker trying to get back to first. As Ken the Budman was there at first with his foot on the bag as he snagged Sal’s throw.

Then WELCOME BACK WAGS… We still do not know where he went the last few years as he left the team without a note or a text. Aliens could have taken him again and poked and prodded him all these years. Whatever they did, Wags was playing short center, fielded a ground ball, hustled to the base and tagged the base for the force out then and gunned it to first to complete the double play.  Ken the Budman again snags the throw at first to complete the double play. Hope the league does not test for Alien DNA or substances. Wags could be suspended. Wags played a great game on defense even with his knee bleeding from his great defense and hustle.

Scotty Skora with a great diving catch in the outfield to rob a Law Breaker blooper trying to get down for a single. He went all out for this web gem as he snagged it right before it touched the blades of grass and tumbled over in somersault fashion.

Another key play in this huge win was Zack Attack sliding at home as the ball got there at the same time on a pretty good relay throw. Zack Attack was able to kick the ball out of the hands of the catcher at the precise moment.

LAST CALL 11 

LAW BREAKERS 0 FINAL

MVP OF THE GAME: THE BIRTHDAY BOY TIM GOOD

Tim Good went 2-4 with two singles and 2 runs scored with the bat. But the performance on the mound was the story of the night as Tim Good earns his first win of the year. He earns the first ever shut out pitched in Last Call history. He pitched 7 scoreless innings and now he officially ties Tom McDonald who had the most of those goose eggs in Last Call history before Tim put it to the Law Breakers. AGAIN HAPPY 39TH BIRTHDAY TO TIMMY!!!!

GAME TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER (GAME FOUR OF THE SEASON)

In the second game of the double tilt, everyone wanted the sweep. Believe me I thought you could taste it in the stands watching game two unfold. In Game two, things went differently for Last Call. Law Breakers turned their game around in game two. They struck first in their very first at bats. They swung the bat well versus second game starter Dave Witkowski. They quickly broke their seven inning drought and put a quick run on the board to make it 1-0 after the first.

Last Call went very quietly in the first five innings of the second game. It was the fielders choice that kept erasing the running at second after a hit that doomed Last Call. It was looking like the tables turned in the second game as Law Breakers built a 3-0 lead after three. Like the tale of two cities if each city represented each game. Law Breakers went up 5-0 in the top of the fifth.

It took until the bottom of the fifth finally for Last Call to break the shut out Law Breakers had going. Bottom of the order Scotty Skora got things started with a single. Scotty was able to get to second then third with two ground outs that moved the runner, not erase the runner which went far too many times in this game. Finally Kevin Burke brought in Scotty with a single to give Last Call its first run of the game. 

Dave Witkowski pitched a pretty good game through six innings to only give up five runs. He found himself in trouble with four walks but pitched around a few of them. He had four punch outs in this game. The very first game of the 2019 campaign he allowed three runs in seven innings. The bats only came up with one run. But in the top of the 7th, Law Breakers broke this game open with a four run inning. It was a bad inning with too many mistakes by the reliable Last Call defense. It opened up the flood gates for the Law Breakers to win this game.

Last Call did push another run across in their last at-bats. Ken the Budman led the inning off with a single. Then Sal Pecorac moved Ken to second with a single of his own. Then you know it, a fielders choice erased Sal but Ken got to third. Zack Attack then drove in Ken with a double to give Last Call two runs for the night.

Last Call and the Law Breakers split the double header.

LAW BREAKERS 9

LAST CALL 2 FINAL

Last Call gets on the board with their first win in game one. The loss in game two however brings their record to 1-3 in the first two weeks of the season. Law Breakers suffer their first defeat in 2019 but winning game two they upped their record to 3-1 and are in first place tied with the Jag Bags. Dave Witkowski falls to 0-3 for the year. The team will look to rebound next week with a double tilt with the almighty Rulers.

MVP OF THE GAME KEN THE BUDMAN: Ken played solid defense at first base throughout both games of the double header. He was 2-3 with the bat with two singles and he scored one of the two runs. 

6-11-19 performances with the bat

ZACK ATTACK 5-8, 4 SINGLES,DOUBLE, 2 RBI’S, 3 RUNS

ANDY CODYMATE 4-7, 3 SINGLES, DOUBLE, 4 RBI’S, RUN, SAC,

SAL PECORAC 4-7, 3 SINGLES, TRIPLE, 3 RBI’S RUN, 

KEN THE BUDMAN 4-7, 4 SINGLES, 2 RUNS, RBI, 

KEITH DILLY 3-7, 3 SINGLES, WALK, RBI, RUN,

SCOTTY SKORA 3-6, 2 SINGLES, DOUBLE, RBI, RUN,

KEVIN BURKE 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RBI,

JON CACCIATORE 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RUN,

TIM GOOD 2-4, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS

SID 1-2, SINGLE, RUN,

DAVE WITKOWSKI 0-2, WALK

JIMMY 0-3

WAGS 0-5

WEEK ONE: JAG BAGS SWEEP LAST CALL UNDER THE BAR MAT

Finally the softball season got under way. In the latest start ever, the season started Tuesday night, June 4th in Alsip, Illinois. The wait was finally over as weeks of bad weather have passed. Mothers Day, Memorial Day and still not one game. It’s another season of 4 teams in the Spring, what’s left of the Summer league. It’s the same usual suspects with Last Call playing the Rulers, Jag Bags, and long time rival Law Breakers. It’s a season of seven weeks. It’s a season where you play double headers every week. If you did not think you knew the teams we played a numerous amount of times last year.  This season we will know everything about them from their favorite restaurants to what their favorite color is.

DOUBLE TILT VERSUS THE JAG BAGS 6-4-19

SERIES NOTES

Last Season Last Call went 4-0 versus the Jag Bags

Last time Last Call won regular season was sweeping the bags in a double tilt.

Jag Bags are the second oldest rivalry versus Last Call

 

GAME ONE 6-4-19

The first game started at 7 PM, while the second game started at the usual time of 8 pm. It was a nice night out, not too hot nor cold. The outfields looked like they were cut from a sickle instead of a mower. They had high spots of lawn in patches of soggy grass that made it hard to move the way you are used to out there. Plus, you had to worry about sinking like you’re some kind of dinosaur going down in the tar pits. 

It was many of the usual suspects on the field for Last Call. The team, in the off season, definitely went Rody D Young in the outfield. The Zack Attack is the only hold over from last season as Mike and Jimmy held down center and right field. Much younger outfield. It was a very talented group as well. Last Call then brought Kevin Burke in from center field to play short center to really give the infield a stronger defensive presence. With Keith Dilly manning the hot corner and Andy Codymate at short, this team assembled a very talented team on the defensive side of things.

JAG BAGS 4

LAST CALL 1 FINAL

The first game was definitely knocking off the rust. The first scoring of the game started in the bottom of the second when the Jag Bags drew first blood scoring two runs. Last Call’s first hit of the year came off the bat from Andy Codymate in the top of the first inning. In both games, to sum things up, was the battle between both left fielders from both teams. Last Call Zack versus the Jag Bags left field was fun to watch. Both of them making defensive gems after gem out there in the marsh. I can tell you Chris Riley was robbed of home runs and Keith Dilly of extra bases with two shots that the Jag Bag defender got to in the nick of time. I felt like the ball did not bounce Last Call’s way in both these games. We know from many seasons of playing softball, the team will get those breaks at some point. 

In the third inning, Jag Bags increased their lead to 3-0 after three innings of play. Finally in the fourth inning, Last Call got on the board with newcomer, Jimmy the right fielder, starting things off with a single. Then RBI machine Keith Dilly, who had a monster year last year after finally recovering from his injuries, hit a rope in the gap for a double. Jimmy blazed all the way around the bases to score the very first run of the year for Last Call. These new young outfielders have blazing speed that will make things very interesting this upcoming season. Keith Dilly finished 2-3 with a single, double and the lone RBI of the game. 

The first game in the books the bats were very cold. It was a waste of great pitching performance in Dave Witkowski who falls to 0-1 for the year. He pitched four scoreless innings in this contest, had no walks and also not enough run support. The other outfielder, Mike, got his first hit in Last Call uniform with a single. Jimmy, who scored the lone run, got his first hit ever in his Last Call uniform.

MVP OF THE GAME: ZACK ATTACK

Zack was all over the field in both games. The Jag Bags left fielder stole lots of potential hits off the Last Call bats. Zack did the same thing to the Jag Bags and helped kill potential rallies. Kept the Jag Bags from extending their lead and kept the team in the game. It was a amazing display of defense for the Zack Attack.

GAME TWO 6-4-19  

Game two was another close game versus the Jag Bags. This contest actually went into extra innings. This one should have been a win in Last Call’s minds. If you could take a few plays back this contest it would have automatically been a different story. The bats for Last Call woke up in game two. A few miscues on the field and too many double plays doomed Last Call in game two.

In game two, Last Call had Ken the Budman at first as he could not make the first game. That was the only difference in the line up from game one to game two. Sal Pecorac at first base in the first game as he did get some experience there in the fall league. Did pretty well filling in. Sal moved to second base in the second game.

JAG BAGS 8

LAST CALL 7 FINAL

In game two, it was another scoreless first inning. In the second inning, Jag Bags put up a three spot on Dave Witkowkski. Things were suddenly looking pretty grim for Last Call. However Last Call responded and got their first lead of the year with a huge four run second inning. Keith Dilly carried his hot bat into game two with a rocket off his bat for a double. Then Newcomer, Mike the center fielder, brings in Keith with a line shot double of his own as he sped around first and was in at second with ease. Then big Chris Riley who was robbed in the first game of a home run, got ahold of one that brought in Mike to cut the Jag Bag lead in half 4-2. Then the Budman, Ken, who had a great year last year as he racked up a lot of hits from his bat. Knocked in Chris Riley in his first at bat of the season to make this a tied up ball game. Then a Dave Witkowski double which brought in Ken the Budman all the way around from first base to give Last Call a 4-3 lead. 

In the fifth inning, Jag Bags strike back with a three run bomb off the bat of a guy named Alex. First home run allowed by Dave Witkowski this season. This made it a 6-4 lead. Jag Bags then added another run in the 7th to make this a 7-4 lead with Last Call who were down to their final at bats.   

In the bottom of the 7th, Last Call was not going to go away without a fight. Chris Riley started things off with a single. He smoked the ball into left field as he collected his second hit of the game. Then Ken the Budman racked up his second hit of the game, a double with two men on, no outs. Then Dave Witkowski, trying to help his own cause, brought in Chris with a single of his own for his second RBI of the game that made this a 7-5 game. Then Sal Pecorac hits into a fielders choice that catches Ken trying to break for home. Heads up base running from the young speedster, Mike the center fielder, who is pinch running for Dave as he gets into third with one out. Then with one out ,Sid hits a high towering fly ball that just breaks over the infield that sent the short stop back into the edge of the grass and field for the catch. This simple pop out turns into a sacrifice as Mike breaks for home and the throw not in time, as Last Call puts up their second run of the inning to make this 7-6 game with two outs. That brings up the Zack Attack who is looking for his first RBI of the year. He gets it a two out RBI double that ties this game up at 7-7. Then the top of the order comes up with Kevin Burke who has a chance to win the game with a hit, as Jag Bags defense tightens up by bringing their outfielders in to cut down anything to prevent the game winning run as Zack is trying for the winning run at second. It does not happen, Kevin Burke grounds out as the game goes to extras. 

Jag Bags left fielder, a guy named Paul, who has been having a huge day versus Last Call, leads off with a triple that jumped off his bat. Last Call did a great job getting this ball. Then Jag Bags take the lead with a sacrifice fly off the bat from a guy named Kevin to take the lead as Paul tagged up. Last Call and Dave Witkowski then shut down the Jag Bags to minimize the damage to one run. However Last Call needed one run now to tie up the game again.

In the bottom of the eighth, Andy Codymate gets things started with a single as he is the first batter of the inning. Then the right fielder Jimmy grounded out, which the Jag Bags turn into two with a double play. This was his third double play Jimmy hit into in this game. Next batter, Keith Dilly who was hot both games, grounded out and ended the game as Jag Bags prevail 8-7 as they sweep the double header in week one of the regular season. Last Call goes to 0-2 after being swept. Jag Bags are in first place with 2-0 record. Dave Witkowski pitched a good game, but now sees his record drop to 0-2 for the year. Another key play in this contest was a ground out in the 5th inning by Kevin Burke. Last Call had runners on, but Kevin fell going down the line. If he had kept his balance it was a ball that he would have beaten out as it was bobbled by the Jag Bag defender. Then you had the one play Ken should have held up at third, instead of breaking for home that could have been another run. But these are the breaks of the game. As you read this summary of  game two, this could have easily been a win for Last Call. Lots of exciting things to get stoked about in both games that have you believing the team will clean up some of these mistakes and be able to turn these games into victories the rest of the way.

MVP OF THE GAME: DAVE WITKOWSKI

Dave pitched a good game and gave the team a chance to win this one. He pitched 4 scoreless innings in this contest. With the bat he had a perfect second game. He was 2-2 with a single and a double. He had a walk. He drove in two runs. Scored one run.     

    6-4-19 PERFORMANCES WITH THE LUMBER

KEVIN BURKE 2-7, 2 SINGLES

ANDY CODYMATE 4-7, 4 SINGLES

JIMMY 2-7, 2 SINGLES, RUN,

KEITH DILLY 4-7, 2 SINGLES, 2 DOUBLES, RBI, RUN

CHRIS RILEY 3-6, 2 SINGLES, TRIPLE, RBI, 2 RUNS,

MIKE 2-6, 2 SINGLES, RBI, RUN,

ZACK ATTACK 2-6, DOUBLE, SINGLE, RBI,

SAL PECORAC 1-5, SINGLE, RUN,

DAVE WITKOWSKI, 2-4, DOUBLE SINGLE, WALK, 2 RBI’S, RUN,

WILL THE THRILL 0-2

SID 0-4, RBI SAC,

KEN THE BUDMAN 2-3 DOUBLE, SINGLE, RBI, RUN

 

 

ALL TIME PITCHING STATS

 During 15 years in Last Call History only eight players have won a pitching decision on the bump. Six pitchers have done it more than once.

MOST WINS (PITCHING)

RANK	NAME	WINS
1.	TOM MCDONALD	25
2.	TIM GOOD	11
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	9
3.	MIKE FLYNN	9
4.	STEVE MOODY	2
4.	BERTO	2
5.	BILL SCANLON	1
5.	PIRATE	1

ALL TIME INNINGS PITCHED

RANK	NAME	IP
1.	TOM MCDONALD	412
2.	TIM GOOD	366
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	258
4.	MIKE FLYNN	174
5.	STEVE MOODY	108
6.	BILL SCANLON	33
7.	PIRATE	28
8.	BERTO	17
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	14
10.	BOY GEORGE	7

ALL TIME MOST GAMES PITCHED

RANK	NAME	GP
1.	TOM MCDONALD	70
2.	TIM GOOD	64
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	43
4.	MIKE FLYNN	30
5.	STEVE MOODY	23
6.	BILLY SCANLON	9
7.	PIRATE	5
8.	BERTO	3
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
10.	BOY GEORGE	1

ALL TIME MOST GAMES STARTED

RANK	NAME	GS
1.	TOM MCDONALD	68
2.	TIM GOOD	58
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	42
4.	MIKE FLYNN	27
5.	STEVE MOODY	19
6.	BILL SCANLON	8
7.	PIRATE	5
8.	BERTO	3
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
10.	BOY GEORGE	1

ALL TIME MOST HOME RUNS ALLOWED

RANK	NAME	HR’S
1.	TIM GOOD	69
2.	TOM MCDONALD	56
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	38
4.	STEVE MOODY	28
5.	MIKE FLYNN	18
6.	BILL SCANLON	5
7.	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
8.	PIRATE	1
8.	BERTO	1

ALL TIME MOST RUNS ALLOWED

RANK	NAME	RUNS
1.	TOM MCDONALD	807
2.	TIM GOOD	727
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	553
4.	MIKE FLYNN	300
5.	STEVE MOODY	287
6.	BILL SCANLON	74
7.	PIRATE	52
8.	BRIAN THEILMAN	26
9.	BERTO	20
10.	BOY GEORGE	4

ALL TIME MOST WALKS ALLOWED

RANK	NAME	BB’S
1	TOM MCDONALD	61
2	DAVE WITKOWSKI	60
3	TIM GOOD	50
4	MIKE FLYNN	24
5	STEVE MOODY	14
6	BILL SCANLON	10
7	BRIAN THIELMAN	4
8	PIRATE	1
8	BERTO	1

ALL TIME MOST STRIKE OUTS

RANKING	NAME	K’S
1.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	15
2.	TIM GOOD	14
2.	MIKE FLYNN	10
2.	TOM MCDONALD	10
2.	STEVE MOODY	10
3.	BILL SCANLON	1
3.	PIRATE	1

ALL TIME SCORELESS INNINGS PITCHED

RANK	NAME	SIP’S
1.	TOM MCDONALD	122
2.	TIM GOOD	115
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	107
4.	MIKE FLYNN	57
5.	STEVE MOODY	27
6.	BILL SCANLON	10
7.	BERTO	8
8.	PIRATE	8
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	3
10.	BOY GEORGE	3

ALL TIME BEST ERA (RUNS PER INNING PITCHED)

RANK	NAME	RPIP (AVERAGE)
1.	BOY GEORGE	0.5
2.	BERTO	1.1
3.	MIKE FLYNN	1.7
4.	PIRATE	1.8
4.	BRIAN THEILMAN	1.8
5.	TOM MCDONALD	1.9
6.	TIM GOOD	2.0
6.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	2.0
7.	BILL SCANLON	2.2
8.	STEVE MOODY	2.6

CONGRATULATIONS DON PARKER !!!

Don Parker has played for Last Call for 9 years which equals out to 18 seasons in all. Don has been one of the best players in the history of Last Call. His lifetime batting average of .553 is 8th all-time. He is number six in all-time overall hits. He’s number three with runs driven in all-time with a 128. Number three in runs scored. He’s Number two in Home Runs as he trails only Mike Flynn, by one dinger. He is number two in doubles and is number three in triples hit all-time. On field he is a playmaker, making plays many people can not make. His presence and leadership are contagious and makes everyone around him better. Now you know his softball resume. Off the field his accomplishments are amazing. What he does for his community and how he runs his school, you’d think he is Superman or he has 48 hours compared to our 24 hours in day. Perhaps he is a vampire and does not sleep. The congratulations is for what Don Parker did off the diamond. What he did in his spare time. Don Parker wrote and published his first book. We know already it has to be a masterpiece because everything this man does is something extraordinary.

                                

 

Make sure you stop by and purchase a copy of his book. Make sure he signs it. If you’re not interested in reading it, stop by say hi anyways at his signing next Saturday. He’d love to see you.

ALL IN THE FAMILY

In Last Call history, the team has had three different combos of family playing together on the same field. The brother/brother combos have been done the most. The Uncle/Nephew combo has been done a few times. The team has had one father and son combo. It’s been a grand total of ten different families. Six of them brother and brother. Three of them Uncle and Nephew. The one father and son. Which combo has been the best? Stat wise does not tell you a very accurate story because we can’t go deep down and tell how many games each combo played together at the same time. Some of these combos have been only for a few games. Some have been for years. While some only lasted a season.

The father and son combo has played the most games together by far. The Spatz family, Greg Spatz Sr. and Greg Spatz Jr., have been Last Call’s version of the Ken Griffy, combo.  You could say both players go down as the best all-purpose utility men manning multiple positions over their time in a Last Call uniform. They have played together for at least 5 to six seasons which is by far the most out of any other family.

The brother and brother combo has been the most popular. Out of the six times this combo occurred, with one of them, both brothers did not play together actually on the same field. Keith Dilly could not make the game, but sent his own substitute that night, his own Brother Dilly. Brother Dilly only played that one game. This was years ago, so if it happened in present time, the great Bud Light slogan “Dilly Dilly” would have been used. Especially if they were following each other in the batting order.

Long time member of Last Call, John Shanahan who now is just a hired mercenary of the softball world, played a season with his brother. Tim Shanahan played in five games. He is remembered for his great defense at the short stop position during that one season. John Lasted 17 seasons playing for Last Call. As the years and seasons go on ,John Shanahan probably is coming close to logging the same amount of seasons for the hated Law Breakers.

The Gorney Brothers were like our version of the bash brothers in Oakland. Jim Gorney played 4 seasons with Last Call and he put up monster numbers. He still holds the best batting average of all-time. His brother Ron Gorney only played 5 games in one season and he had some pop in his bat as he hit over .500. If they both played longer, they would have definitely been the best family combo.

Another brother combo was Jimmy Stross and his brother Kenny Stross. This was the same way as the Gorney combo. Jimmy played for 4 seasons and he was one of the best lefties of all-time to put on the Last Call uniform. His brother Kenny was needed as we were probably short on players. He ended up playing two games that season and batted .500.

The Skora brothers is one of our most interesting brother and brother combos. Scotty Skora has played for 11 seasons. Tony Skora has played for seven seasons. Tony, during that seven year stretch, has only played in 14 games. Big Tony was in the stands and would be called into action, like on the game show The Price Is Right. Tony would come on down and join the action. Tony could hit the ball. Limited action but he did some damage. He drove in seven runs in 14 games. He was good for a hit a game as he racked up 14 hits. He has a few go ahead RBI’S on his resume as we called him Tony the Tiger.

The Cacciatore brothers… we had three of them. Jon Cacciatore who has been a main staple through out the years. Mike Cacciatore played one season which he batted .500. Joe Cacciatore has been the guy that got the call when the team needed a body or the team would of forfeited with not enough players on hand to field a team. All three of them never played on the field at the same time. Jon has played with them both. Just don’t talk politics with any of them. They have other brothers so you never know when you will see another Cacciatore brother take his turn with the swing of a bat.

The Uncle/Nephew family combo has been done three times. It originated back when Eric Kunich played the hot corner. Eric Kunich played in four seasons. Kunich knew how to swing the lumber back then as he was always getting on base. Driving in big runs along the way. His uncle, Mike Dvorak, played in two games. One game in two different seasons. Both Mike and Eric are good friends. This uncle and nephew are not far off by age. Only a few years separate the two of them, which makes it a very interesting family duo.

In 2017 we had Sid and his Nephew Patrick Grogan played together. This lasted two seasons. Patrick Grogan would probably still be playing on the team but a job out of state was too good to pass up. Patrick in 41 at bats knocked in eight runs with sixteen hits. He was developing into a good outfielder as the more games he played. He was streaky with the bat but he did get on some tares and was on base a lot. He could of been a contender.

 

The best Uncle and Nephew combo by far is Kevin Burke and Matt Volkstorf. Both of them have played with each other the last three seasons. We know how good Kevin has been with 12 seasons in a Last Call uniform. Matt Volkstorf, a football player at heart, came in unpolished. The more games he plays, the better he gets. Especially with the bat which has a lot of pop. Doubles are racking up for him as he is knocking the ball in the gaps. In three seasons, Matt Volkstorf is batting over .500. Just like his uncle’s life time batting average that is in the .5OO’s. Last Call is hoping this family combo will continue. If they do, they perhaps will be the best family combo in Last Call history.

HUGHES MAY BE READY TO HANG UP THE SPIKES

 

One of the longest tenured players on Last Call may call it a career. Brian Hughes has played 139 games in a Last Call uniform. He is number three in seasons played all-time with 22. Which equals 11 full years of softball for one team. He is known as the funny man of the team. He wears the number 69. He coined the line he made up as, “we are a roster filled with catchers and second basemen.”

The line was funny and some years, dead on. Brian Hughes, who goes by Hugo in most circles, is a huge part of Last Call. His comedy and remarkable storytelling are the glue to the team’s foundation. He is a big part of the team when playing the game and a big supporter of all the guys during the game and off the field as well. Hughes had your back. He was always big with driving in some big runs in key situations when he came up to bat. He was a guy that could work the count and find his way on base with a walk if he did not like what he was getting. On the field, he helped line people up. Except Jon Cacciatore, the team has not found anyone who can position him. Jon knows all.  He warned the defense where the batter was going to hit. Making nice to the umpire helps calls go Last Call’s way. He helped the pitching staff behind the plate if they were off target. He also made some plays to get the team out of bad innings and probably prevented some bad innings from occurring.

Brian Hughes has a life time batting average of .438 in his eleven years with the team. He had 125 hits which is  good for number 8 all-time for Last Call . He drove in 49 and scored 40 runs. He took 14 walks. He is sixth on the teams singles list. He is number 4 on the all time games played list because he always showed up. He would have had higher numbers throughout his career with the team, but he gave his playing time to other people. He wanted to see everyone play and he sat out if the team had the game in the bag. Besides a player as he was, he was also one of the coaches for all those 11 seasons.

He came from the End Zone tavern. The only good thing that came out of that one season when the Star Wars bar sponsored the team. Nagging injuries in 2018 haunted Hugo. His numbers dipped but he battled through the injuries and still showed up to root on the team. He still put the spikes on and played whatever position was asked. He gave his heart and soul for the game and the team on every Tuesday night. Win or lose he went out, gave it his best while making everyone laugh with a comment big or small, and it did not matter who it was, it was damn funny though. If he wants to play and changes his mind, he will have an open invite. He may just be the emergency guy if the team is in need. To prevent a forfeit he’ll be there on any given summer night on Tuesday. He’ll probably show up just to laugh and cheer on the team. No matter what, on or off the field he is a friend to all. Beers will be still had. Football games will be still watched with good ole number 69. The number where the neighbor girl asked him once, “Why 69?” Well, we will not go down that road. Perhaps only if there is a bucket or two on the table with ice cold beers. Perhaps a bud bottle in Hugo’s hand and he will tell all. For now we will wait and see if Hugo returns for his twelfth season.  If not, his legacy will always be with this team through thick and thin.

LIFE TIME BATTING AVERAGES

(50 OR MORE PLATE APPEARANCES)

RANKING	NAME	LIFETIME AVERAGE
1	JIM GORNEY	.678
2.	MIKE FLYNN	.637
3.	STEVE CONNOR	.606
4.	ERIC KUNICH	.605
5.	ANDY CODYMATE	.600
6.	GEOFF DECKER	.581
7.	DAVE ZURELLA	.555
8.	DON PARKER	.553
9.	KEVIN BURKE	.534
10.	TOM TRACEY	.532
11.	JIM STROSS	.525
12.	MATT VOLKSTORF	.519
13.	TIM LEE	.503
14.	JOHN SHANAHAN	.502
15.	ZACK	.492
16.	BRIAN FISHER	.476
17.	GREG SPATZ SR.	.465
18.	ADAM MACFARLAND	.460
19.	KEITH DILLY	.452
20.	BILL SCANLON	.446
21.	NEAL JARRETT	.445
22.	SID	.442
23.	BRIAN HUGHES	.438
24.	DAVE WAGNER	.432
25.	SAL PECORAC	.420
26.	GREG SPATZ JR.	.409
27.	JAY ROY	.404
28.	SEAN YOUNG	.396
29.	JON CACCIATORE	.392
30.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	.391
30.	SCOTT SKORA	.391
31.	DAN WENGERT	.383
32.	BRIAN DANIELS	.379
33.	MARK HILL	.375
34.	TOM MCDONALD	.364
35.	TIM GOOD	.329
36.	BRIAN THEILMAN	.322

ALL TIME PLATE APPEARANCES

RANK	NAME	AT BATS
1.	BILL SCANLON	585
2.	SID	533
3.	JON CACCIATORE	413
4.	MIKE FLYNN	350
4.	JOHN SHANAHAN	350
5.	BRIAN HUGHES	285
6.	DON PARKER	282
7.	KEITH DILLY	272
8.	GREG SPATZ JR.	271
9.	JAY ROY	267
10.	KEVIN BURKE	247
11.	TOM MCDONALD	244
12.	TIM GOOD	243
13.	GEOFF DECKER	227
14.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	212
15.	SCOTTY SKORA	189
16.	NEAL JARRETT	137
17.	TIM LEE	127
18.	SEAN YOUNG	116
18.	JIM STROSS	116
19.	MARK HILL	112
20.	SAL PECORAC	107
21	DAVE WAGNER	104
22	DAVE ZURELLA	99
23	GREG SPATZ SR.	88
24.	BRIAN FISHER	86
25.	JIM GORNEY	84
26	BRIAN DANIELS	79
27	ANDY CODYMATE	75
28	ERIC KUNICH	71
29.	ADAM MACFARLAND	63
29	ZACK	63
30.	BRIAN THEILMAN	62
30.	TOM TRACEY	62
31.	STEVE CONNOR	61
32.	DAN WENGERT	60
33	MATT VOLKSTORF	52
34.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	49
35.	STEVE MOODY	48
35.	MIKE DONNNELLY	48
36.	CHRIS RILEY	46
37.	BRIAN EARNER	44
38.	PATRICK GROGAN	41
39.	STEVE GREY	33
40.	TONY SKORA	32
41.	KEN KIRCHNER	31
41.	KEN THE BUD MAN	31
42.	GREG TALLENT	29
43.	JAMES MORRIS	26
43.	ANDY CODYMATE	26
43.	DAN VENUM	26
44.	JIM VOLKAKIS	25
44.	JOE WOODS	25
45.	TIM PRICE	24
45.	MIKE CACCIATORE	24
46.	MATT HEAVEY	23
47.	MATT SCOTT	19
48.	CHRIS JANES	17
48.	BRIAN KNIGHT	17
48.	MIKE CUDECKI	17
48.	JASON HART	17
48.	RON GORNEY	17
48.	PIRATE	17
49.	PAT GUILFOYE	16
49.	TIM SHANAHAN	16
50.	HOLLYWOOD	15
51.	ALEX BEER CAN	14
51.	EDISON	14
51.	IAN STRONGMAN	14
52.	ROB MITROS	13
52.	GEORGE ROY	13
52.	MIKE HENNESSEE	13
52.	DICKIE CASILLAS	13
53.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	12
54.	TIM TALLANT	11
54.	JAKE MILAZZO	11
55.	PHIL ZACK	10
55.	JOHN MALONE	10
55.	STEVE DONEGAN	10
56.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	9
56.	BOB KUCINSKI	9
56.	CHARLIE BROPHY	9
57.	BO	8
57.	BERTO	8
58.	DAN UETZ	7
58.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	7
58.	M&M CHRIS	7
59.	MIKE DVORAK	6
59.	KENNY STROSS	6
60.	BILL SMITH	5
60.	B.KINTAID	5
60.	RON FISHBACK	5
61.	TOM KILORAN	4
61.	JOE CACCIATORE	4
61.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	4
61.	MATT MUFFLER	4
61.	DAN FIELDING	4
61.	SWEET LOU	4
61.	B.MYRON	4
61.	ROB ONE’NINER	4
61.	BEN SEAVER	4
61.	BOB SALMON	4
61.	LOUEY DEPALMER	4
61.	VIRGIL TIBBS	4
61.	KEVIN SELTZER	4
61.	BILL RATTLER	4
61.	RALPH MALPH	4
62.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	3
62.	DANIELSON	3
62.	STEVE TULASKI	3
62.	ONLETT	3
62.	BOY GEORGE	3
62.	DAVY STILLIN THE NAVY	3
62.	JUST BOB	3
62.	COLIN DUNFORD	3
62.	DEAN MARTIN	3
62.	JESSEE JAMES	3
62.	LEUTINANT DAN	3
62.	J.MAHL	3
62.	JOHN CONDON	3
62.	ANDRE HANSON	3
62.	PONCH	3
62.	MARK DAMICO	3
63.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	2
63.	JIMMY XAVIER	2
63.	LEFTY NICK	2
63.	COLORADO DAVE	2
63.	STEVE REAGAN	2
63.	BROTHER DILLY	2
63.	BOB KABOB	2
63.	JOHN DENVER	2
63.	MIKE KEATON	2
63.	CHUCK FOSTER	2
63.	MARCO’S POLO	2
64.	BRIAN MESSING	1
64.	SEAN NUTS	1
64.	CHU MADINA	1

ALL TIME HITS

Rank	Name	Hits
1	Bill Scanlon	261
2	Sid	236
3	Mike Flynn	233
4	John Shanahan	176
5	Jon Cacciatore	162
6	Don Parker	156
7	Kevin Burke	132
7	Geoff Decker	132
8	Brian Hughes	125
9	Keith Dilly	123
10	Greg Spatz Jr.	111
11	Jay Roy	108
12	Tom McDonald	89
13	Dave Witkowski	83
14	Tim Good	80
15	Scotty Skora	74
16	Tim Lee	64
17	Jim Stross	61
17	Neal Jarrett	61
18	Jim Gorney	57
19	Dave Zuella	55
20	Sean Young	46
21	Dave Wagner	45
21	Andy Codymate	45
21	Sal Pecorac	45
22	Erik Kunich	43
23	Mark Hill	42
24	Greg Spatz Sr.	41
24	Brian Fisher	41
25	Steve Connor	37
26	Tom Tracey	33
27	Zack	31
28	Brian Daniels	30
29	Adam McFarland	29
30	Matt Volkstorf	27
31	Steve Moody	26
32	Derek Loftquist	24
33	Dan Wengert	23
34	Brian Theilman	20
34	Chris Riley	20
35	Ken the Budman	18
36	Mike Donnelly	17
36	Dan Venum	17
36	Ken Kirchner	17
37	Patrick Grogan	16
37	Steve Grey	16
38	Jim Volkakis	15
39	Brian Earner	14
39	Tony Skora	14
40	Brian Knight	13
40	James Morris	13
41	Matt Heavey	12
41	Mike Cacciatore	12
42	Greg Tallent	11
43	Tim Price	10
43	Joe Woods	10
44	Matt Scott	9
44	Ron Gorney	9
44	Ian Strongman	9
44	Mike Hennessee	9
45	Lawbreaker Chris	8
45	Hollywood	8
45	Jake Milazzo	8
46	Steve Donegan	7
46	Jason Hart	7
46	George Roy	7
46	Edison	7
47	Rob Mitros	6
47	Pat Guilfoye	6
48	Dan Uetz	5
48	John Malone	5
48	Tim Tallant	5
48	Berto	5
48	Chris Janes	5
48	Pirate	5
49	Alex Beer can	4
49	BO	4
49	Bill Smith	4
49	Mike Cudecki	4
49	Phil Zack	4
49	Ron Fishback	4
50	Boy George	3
50	Kenny Stross	3
50	Dickie Casillas	3
50	Tim Shanahan	3
50	Bill Rattler	3
50	Andre Hanson	3
50	Israel Lopez	3
50	Bob Kucinski	3
50	Charlie Brophy	3
51	Tom Killoran	2
51	Groundskeeper Jim	2
51	Sweet Lou	2
51	Matt Muffler	2
51	Steve Tulaski	2
51	Steve Reagan	2
51	Louey Depalmer	2
51	Mark Damico	2
52	Ponch	1
52	Jimmy Xavier	1
52	Brian Schwaider	1
52	Johnny McCarthy	1
52	Bob Salmon	1
52	Colorado Dave	1
52	Onlett	1
52	Mike Dvorak	1
52	Dan Fielding	1
52	B. Myron	1
52	M & M Chris	1
52	B. Kintaid	1
52	Ben Seaver	1
52	Brother Dilly	1
52	Colin Dunford	1
52	Dean Martin	1
52	Bob Kabob	1
52	Lieutenant Dan	1
52	Chuck Foster	1
52	Kevin Seltzer	1

ALL TIME RBI’S

Rank	Name	# of RBI’s
1	Mike Flynn	175
2	Bill Scanlon	169
3	Don Parker	128
4	John Shanahan	97
5	Sid	80
6	Keith Dilly	66
7	Kevin Burke	63
8	Tom McDonald	54
9	Jim Gorney	53
10	Geoff Decker	51
11	Greg Spatz Jr.	50
11	Jon Cacciatore	50
12	Brian Hughes	49
13	Dave Witkowski	41
14	Tim Good	35
15	Jim Stross	34
16	Neal Jarrett	33
17	Steve Connor	30
18	Erik Kunich	28
18	Brian Fisher	28
18	Andy Codymate	28
19	Jay Roy	26
20	Tom Tracy	24
21	Greg Spatz Sr.	22
21	Dave Wagner	22
22	Sal Pecorac	20
22	Dave Zuella	20
23	Mark Hill	19
24	Tim Lee	18
25	Sean Young	17
26	Derek Loftquist	16
26	Scott Skora	16
27	Adam McFarland	14
27	Brian Daniels	14
28	Ken Kirchner	13
29	Zack	12
29	Dan Wengert	12
30	Dan Venum	11
30	Chris Riley	11
31	Greg Tallent	10
32	Brian Knight	9
32	Matt Volkstorf	9
33	Steve Moody	8
33	Patrick Grogan	8
34	Brian Earner	7
34	James Morris	7
34	Mike Hennessee	7
34	Pat Guilfoye	7
34	Tony Scora	7
34	Steve Grey	7
35	Matt Heavy	6
35	Ken The Budman	6
35	BO	6
35	Dan Uetz	6
35	Pirate	6
35	George Roy	6
36	Bill Smith	5
36	Edison	5
37	Jake Milazzo	4
37	Brian Theilman	4
37	Matt Scott	4
37	Tim Price	4
37	Mike Donnelly	4
37	Mike Cacciatore	4
38	Tim Shanahan	3
38	Ron Gorney	3
38	Phil Zack	3
38	John Malone	3
39	Jim Volkakis	2
39	Rob Mitros	2
39	Jason Hart	2
39	Tom Kiloran	2
39	Steve Tulaski	2
39	Matt Muffler	2
39	B. Myron	2
39	Ian Strongman	2
39	Dickie Casillas	2
39	Berto	2
39	Chris Janes	2
39	Mark Dmico	2
40	Sweet Lou	1
40	B. Kintaid	1
40	Bill Rattler	1
40	Colin Dunford	1
40	Ron Fishback	1
40	J. Mahl	1
40	Tim Tallant	1
40	Chuck Foster	1
40	Israel Lopez	1
40	Bob Kucinski	1
40	Ricky Meeks	1
40	Joe Cacciatore	1
40	Groundskeeper Jim	1
40	Lawbreaker Chris	1
40	Johnny McCarthy	1
40	Brian Schrader	1
40	Hollywood	1
40	Mike Cudecki	1
40	Kenny Stross	1

ALL TIME RUNS SCORED

Rank	Name	# of Runs Scored
1	Bill Scanlon	151
2	Mike Flynn	131
3	Don Parker	106
4	Sid	95
5	Geoff Decker	93
6	John Shanahan	89
7	Jon Cacciatore	81
7	Kevin Burke	81
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	65
9	Keith Dilly	54
10	Jim Stross	44
11	Tim Good	42
12	Tom McDonald	41
13	Brian Hughes	40
14	Dave Witkowski	38
15	Jay Roy	37
16	Jim Gorney	36
17	Neal Jarrett	35
18	Dave Zurella	33
18	Scott Skora	33
19	Tim Lee	30
20	Sean Young	29
21	Steve Connor	26
22	Andy Codymate	24
22	Zack	24
23	Tom Tracey	23
24	Brian Fisher	22
25	Mark Hill	21
26	Adam McFarland	20
27	Greg Spatz Sr.	19
27	Erik Kunich	19
28	Dave Wagner	18
28	Sal Pecorac	18
29	Derek Loftquist	17
30	Dan Wengert	14
31	Ken The Bud man	13
32	Dan Venum	11
32	Matt Heavey	11
33	Brian Daniels	10
33	Mike Donnelly	10
34	Brian Earner	9
34	Matt Volkstorf	9
35	James Morris	8
36	Brian Knight	7
36	Mike Cacciatore	7
37	Mike Hennessee	6
37	Dan Uetz	6
37	Steve Moody	6
38	Pat Grogan	5
38	Chris Riley	5
38	Edison	5
38	Ian Strongman	5
39	Tim Price	4
39	Steve Donegan	4
39	Tony Skora	4
39	Hollywood	4
39	Ken Kirchner	4
39	Jake Milazzo	4
39	Berto	4
40	Matt Scott	3
40	Lawbreaker Chris	3
40	Steve Grey	3
40	Jim Volkakis	3
40	Greg Tallent	3
40	Jason Hart	3
40	Ron Gorney	3
40	Dickie Casillas	3
40	John Malone	3
40	Pat Guilfoye	3
40	Chris Janes	3
41	Groundskeeper Jim	2
41	Bill Smith	2
41	Rob Mitros	2
41	Tim Shanahan	2
41	Sweet Lou	2
41	Phil Zack	2
41	Pirate	2
41	Chuck Foster	2
41	Israel Lopez	2
41	Bob Kucinski	2
41	Charlie Brophy	2
41	Louey Depalmer	2
41	Bob Salmon	2
41	Brian Thielman	2
42	Bo	1
42	Colorado Dave	1
42	Kenny Stross	1
42	Dan Fielding	1
42	Mike Cudecki	1
42	George Roy	1
42	Steve Tulaski	1
42	Mike Dvorak	1
42	B. Myron	1
42	Tim Tallant	1
42	B. Kintaid	1
42	Boy George	1
42	Steve Reagan	1
42	Joe Woods	1
42	Bill Rattler	1
42	Kevin Seltzer	1
42	Ron Fishback	1
42	Andre Hanson	1

ALL TIME GAMES PLAYED

RANK	NAME
1.	SID	237
2.	BILL SCANLON	207
3.	JON CACCIATORE	161
4.	BRIAN HUGHES	139
5.	JOHN SHANAHAN	115
6.	JAY ROY	114
7	TIM GOOD	112
8.	MIKE FLYNN	107
9.	GREG SPATZ JR.	100
10.	TOM MCDONALD	96
11.	KEITH DILLY	93
12.	DON PARKER	92
13.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	80
14.	KEVIN BURKE	78
15.	SCOTT SKORA	74
16.	GEOFF DECKER	72
17.	SAL PECORAC	45
17.	NEAL JARRETT	45
18.	MARK HILL	43
19.	DAVE WAGNER	41
20.	SEAN YOUNG	40
21.	TIM LEE	39
22.	JIM STROSS	34
23.	GREG SPATZ SR.	30
23.	BRIAN DANIELS	30
24.	BRIAN FISHER	27
24.	STEVE MOODY	27
24.	DAVE ZURELLA	27
25.	BRIAN THEILMAN	26
26.	JIM GORNEY	24
27.	ERIC KUNICH	23
27.	ADAM MACFARLAND	23
28.	ANDY CODYMATE	22
28.	DAN WENGERT	22
29.	ZACK	19
29.	TOM TRACEY	19
29.	STEVE CONNOR	19
30.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
31.	MATT VOLKSTORF	16
31.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
32.	CHRIS RILEY	15
32.	PAT GROGAN	15
32	BRIAN EARNER	15
33.	TONY SKORA	14
33.	STEVE GREY	14
34.	KEN KIRCHNER	11
34.	JOE WOODS	11
35.	GREG TALLENT	10
36.	TIM PRICE	9
36.	JIM VOLKAKIS	9
36.	JAMES MORRIS	9
36.	CHRIS JANES	9
37.	KEN THE BUDMAN	8
37.	JASON HART	8
38.	MATT SCOTT	7
38.	MATT HEAVEY	7
38.	MIKE CUDECKI	7
38.	DAN VENUM	7
38.	MIKE CACCIATORE	7
39.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	6
39.	HOLLYWOOD	6
39.	TIM TALLANT	6
39.	PIRATE	6
40.	ALEX BEER CAN	5
40.	BRIAN KNIGHT	5
40.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	5
40.	ROB MITROS	5
40.	TIM SHANAHAN	5
40.	RON GORNEY	5
40.	PHIL ZACK	5
40.	GEORGE ROY	5
41.	DICKIE CASILLAS	4
41.	IAN STRONGMAN	4
41.	MIKE HENNESSEE	4
41.	PAT GUILFOYE	4
41.	EDISON	4
42	BO	3
42.	TOM KILORAN	3
42.	STEVE DONEGEN	3
42.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	3
42.	M&M CHRIS	3
42.	JOHN MALONE	3
42.	BOB KUCINSKI	3
42.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
42.	BERTO	3
43.	COLORADO DAVE	2
43.	JOE CACCIATORE	2
43.	MATT MUFFLER	2
43.	BILL SMITH	2
43.	KENNY STROSS	2
43.	ONLETT	2
43.	MIKE DVORAK	2
43.	B.MYRON	2
43.	B.KINTAID	2
43.	ROB ONE’NINER	2
43.	BEN SEAVER	2
43.	JESSEE JAMES	2
43.	BOB KABOB	2
43.	J.MAHL	2
43.	DAN UETZ	2
44.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	1
44.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
44.	LEFTY NICK	1
44.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1
44.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
44.	DANIELSON	1
44.	DAN FIELDING	1
44.	STEVE TULASKI	1
44.	SWEET LOU	1
44.	BOY GEORGE	1
44.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	1
44.	JUST BOB	1
44.	STEVE REAGAN	1
44.	BROTHER DILLY	1
44.	VIRGIL TIBBS	1
44.	BILL RATTLER	1
44.	COLIN DUNFORD	1
44.	KEVIN SELTZER	1
44.	RON FISHBACK	1
44.	GEORGE JUNGLE	1
44.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
44.	JOHN CONDON	1
44.	JOHN DENVER	1
44.	MIKE KEATON	1
44.	CHUCK FOSTER	1
44.	BRIAN MESSING	1
44.	SEAN NUTS	1
44.	MARCO’S POLO	1
44.	CHU MADINA	1
44.	LOUEY DEPLAMER	1
44.	BOB SALMON	1
44.	RALPH MALPH	1
44.	ANDRE HANSON	1
44.	PONCH	1
44.	MARK DAMICO	1

ALL TIME SEASONS PLAYED

RANKING	NAME	SEASONS	YEARS
1.	SID	30	15
2.	BILL SCANLON	29	14 ½
2.	JON CACCIATORE	23	11 ½
3.	BRIAN HUGHES	22	11
4.	MIKE FLYNNN	21	10 ½
5.	GREG SPATZ JR.	20	10
5.	TIM GOOD	20	10
6.	DON PARKER	18	9
7.	JOHN SHANAHAN	17	8 ½
8.	JAY ROY	16	8
9.	TOM MCDONALD	15	7 ½
9.	KEITH DILLY	15	7 ½
10.	KEVIN BURKE	12	6
10.	GEOFF DECKER	12	6
11.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	11	5 ½
11.	SCOTTY SKORA	11	5 ½
12.	MARK HILL	10	5
13.	SEAN YOUNG	8	4
14.	TIM LEE	7	3 ½
14.	TONY SKORA	7	3 ½
14.	BRIAN FISHER	7	3 ½
15.	BRIAN THEILMAN	6	3
15.	SAL PECORAC	6	3
15.	DAVE WAGNER	6	3
15.	NEAL JARRETT	6	3
15.	GREG SPATZ SR.	6	3
16.	BRIAN DANIELS	5	2 ½
16.	STEVE MOODY	5	2 ½
16.	ADAM MACFARLAND	5	2 ½
17.	ANDY CODYMATE	4	2
17.	JIM STROSS	4	2
17.	ERIC KUNICH	4	2
17.	DAVE ZURELLA	4	2
17.	JIM GORNEY	4	2
17.	JASON HART	4	2
17.	TOM TRACEY	4	2
18	MATT HEAVEY	3	1 ½
18.	MATT VOLKSTORF	3	1 ½
18.	ZACK	3	1 ½
18.	STEVE GREY	3	1 ½
18.	STEVE CONNOR	3	1 ½
18.	JIM VOLKAKIS	3	1 ½
18.	DAN WENGERT	3	1 ½
18.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	3	1 ½
18.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3	1 ½
19.	PATRICK GROGAN	2	1
19.	CHRIS RILEY	2	1
19.	MATT SCOTT	2	1
19.	PHIL ZACK	2	1
19.	BRIAN EARNER	2	1
19.	JOE WOODS	2	1
19.	CHRIS JANES	2	1
19.	STEVE DONEGEN	2	1
19.	TIM PRICE	2	1
19.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	2	1
19.	MIKE DONNELLY	2	1
19.	KENNY STROSS	2	1
19.	DAN VENUM	2	1
19.	KEN KIRCHNER	2	1
19.	MIKE DVORAK	2	1

ALL TIME SACRIFICES

Rank	Name	Sacrifices
1	Bill Scanlon	15
2	John Shanahan	10
3	Keith Dilly	7
3	Don Parker	7
3	Mike Flynn	7
3	Tom McDonald	7
4	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
4	Jon Cacciatore	5
5	Brian Fisher	4
5	Jim Gorney	4
5	Tom Tracey	4
6	Tim Good	3
6	Sean Young	3
6	Geoff Decker	3
6	Eric Kunich	3
6	Steve Connor	3
6	Brian Daniels	3
7	Brian Hughes	2
7	Chris Riley	2
7	Sid	2
7	Jim Stross	2
7	Ken Kirchner	2
7	George Roy	2
7	Kevin Burke	2
8	Mark Hill	1
8	Andy Codymate	1
8	Zack	1
8	Jay Roy	1
8	Dan Uetz	1
8	Scotty Skora	1
8	Ken The Budman	1
8	Steve Moody	1
8	Steve Grey	1
8	Tony Skora	1
8	Jim Volkakis	1
8	Dave Zurella	1
8	Mike Donnelly	1
8	Greg Tallent	1
8	Mike Cudecki	1
8	Neal Jarrett	1
8	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
8	Brian Earner	1
8	Mike Hennessee	1
8	J. Mahl	1
8	Edison	1

ALL TIME WALKS

Rank	Name	Walks
1	Sid	30
2	Bill Scanlon	26
3	Don Parker	19
3	Greg Spatz Jr.	19
4	Brian Hughes	14
5	Tom McDonald	12
5	Dave Witkowski	12
6	John Shanahan	10
7	Jon Cacciatore	8
7	Tim Good	8
8	Neal Jarrett	7
9	Jim Stross	6
9	Kevin Burke	6
10	Keith Dilly	5
11	Sean Young	4
11	Scotty Skora	4
11	Geoff Decker	4
11	Greg Tallent	4
11	Dan Wengert	4
12	Mark Hill	3
12	Steve Moody	3
12	Jason Hart	3
12	Brian Earner	3
13	Brian Fisher	2
13	BO	2
13	Eric Kunich	2
13	Derek Loftquist	2
13	Greg Spatz Sr.	2
13	Phil Zack	2
14	Tim Lee	1
14	Brian Theilman	1
14	Andy Codymate	1
14	Mike Flynn	1
14	Rob Mitros	1
14	Mike Cudecki	1
14	Dan Venum	1
14	Adam McFarland	1
14	Tim Shanahan	1
14	Pirate	1
14	Kevin Seltzer	1
14	Jesse James	1
14	Edison	1
14	Israel Lopez	1
14	Berto	1
15	James Morris	1

ALL TIME SINGLES LIST

RANK	NAME	NUMBER
1.	SID	225
2.	BILL SCANLON	204
3.	MIKE FLYNN	143
4.	JON CACCIATORE	141
5.	JOHN SHANAHAN	139
6.	BRIAN HUGHES	124
7.	GEOFF DECKER	106
8.	KEITH DILLY	102
9.	JAY ROY	101
9.	KEVIN BURKE	101
10.	DON PARKER	93
11.	GREG SPATZ JR.	90
12.	TOM MCDONALD	77
13.	TIM GOOD	75
14	DAVE WITKOWSKI	70
15.	SCOTT SKORA	67
16.	TIM LEE	56
17.	NEAL JARRETT	55
18.	DAVE ZURELLA	46
19.	JIM STROSS	44
20.	MARK HILL	38
21.	DAVE WAGNER	37
21.	SEAN YOUNG	37
22.	GREG SPATZ SR.	36
22.	ERIC KUNICH	36
23.	SAL PECORAC	35
24.	JIM GORNEY	33
25.	BRIAN FISHER	30
25.	ANDY CODYMATE	30
26.	ZACK	29
27.	BRIAN DANIELS	27
28.	ADAM MACFARLAND	25
29.	STEVE CONNOR	24
29.	TOM TRACEY	24
29.	STEVE MOODY	24
30.	DAN WENGERT	23
31.	MATT VOLKSTORF	20
32.	BRIAN THEILMAN	19
33.	CHRIS RILEY	17
33.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
34.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
35.	KEN THE BUDMAN	14
35.	PATRICK GROGAN	14
35.	TONY SKORA	14
36.	KEN KIRCHNER	13
36.	STEVE GREY	13
36.	JIM VOLKAKIS	13
37.	BRIAN EARNER	12
38.	MIKE CACCIATORE	11
39.	GREG TALLENT	10
39.	DAN VENUM	10
40.	MATT HEAVEY	9
40.	JOE WOODS	9
40.	TIM PRICE	9
40.	IAN STRONGMAN	9
41.	LAWBREAKER CHRIS	8
41.	BRIAN KNIGHT	8
41.	JAKE MILAZZO	8
42.	MATT SCOTT	7
42.	HOLLYWOOD	7
43.	RON GORNEY	7
44.	GEORGE ROY	6
44.	JAMES MORRIS	6
44.	MIKE HENESSEE	6
44.	JASON HART	6
44.	STEVE DONEGEN	6
45.	PAT GUILFOYE	5
45.	CHRIS JANES	5
45.	BERTO	5
45.	EDISON	5
45.	ROB MITROS	5
46.	ALEX BEER CAN	4
46.	BO	4
46.	TIM TALLANT	4
46.	MIKE CUDECKI	4
46.	JOHN MALONE	4
46.	RON FISHBACK	4
47.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	3
47.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
47.	ANDRE HANSEN	3
47.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3
47.	BILL RATTLER	3
47.	PIRATE	3
47.	PHIL ZACK	3
47.	BOY GEORGE	3
47.	TIM SHANAHAN	3
47.	DAN UETZ	3
47.	KENNY STROSS	3
48.	LOUEY DEPALMER	2
48.	SWEET LOU	2
48.	STEVE REAGAN	2
48.	STEVE TULASKI	2
48.	BILL SMITH	2
48.	MATT MUFFLER	2
48.	TOM KILLORAN	2
49.	PONCH	1
49.	MARK DMICO	1
49.	DEAN MARTIN	1
49.	BOB KABOB	1
49.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
49.	ONLETT	1
49.	B.KINTAID	1
49.	MIKE DVORAK	1
49.	M&M CHRIS	1
49.	BEN SEAVER	1
49.	BROTHER DILLY	1
49.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	1
49.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
49.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
49.	COLORADO DAVE	1
49.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1

LAST CALL 2018 END OF THE YEAR PARTY

Last Call finished the year strong with their third annual end of the year party. It’s been a three year tradition at B.J McMahons where the team rents out the party room and everyone gets together one last time for the year. It’s a night where present and former alumni players get together for plenty of drinks and food. One great night of partying, seeing each other around the Holidays, and reminiscing about ups and downs of the 2018 season. Talking about some of the  plans and what direction the team is going in next year.  It was not the biggest turn out the team had doing this party the last three years. However it was the most fun party we have had at BJ McMahons, as we had all trouble makers on hand in one building with alcohol.

From the Left front row: Chris Riley, Sid, Dave Witkowski, Sal Pecorac, Tom McDonald, Phil Zack, Brian Hughes and Gary. Top row: Brain Theilman in the middle and Jay Roy

 

THE 2018 LAST SUPPER                                                      GARY & DAVE WITKOWSKI

Sal Pecorac, Dave Witkowski, Mark Hill

Brian Hughes & The Phantom

THE LAST STANDING AFTER THE PARTY WAS OVER

Gary, Dave Witkowski,Jay Roy,Sid &Brian Theilman           (THE  THREE AMIGOS)

Tom McDonald & The running man                                                    Chris Riley & Sal Pecorac

BULLSEYE OR NOT A BULLSEYE THAT IS THE ?                  (THE LOVELY BAR KEEP)

ALL TIME HOME RUN LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF HOMERUNS
1	Mike Flynn	22
2	Don Parker	21
3	Jim Gorney	8
3	Bill Scanlon	8
4	Jim Stross	6
5	Steve Connor	5
5	Kevin Burke	5
6	John Shanahan	3
6	Brian Fisher	3
7	Keith Dilly	2
7	Matt Heavey	2
7	Bill Smith	2
7	Tom Tracy	2
7	Dave Zurella	2
8	James Morris	1
8	Chris Riley	1
8	Zack	1
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	1
8	Jon Cacciatore	1
8	Sean Young	1
8	Dan Uetz	1
8	Brian Knight	1
8	Geoff Decker	1
8	Dan Venum	1
8	Mike Hennessee	1
8	John Malone	1
8	Bob Kucinski	1
8	Derek Loftquist	1

ALL TIME TRIPLES LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF TRIPLES
1	Bill Scanlon	25
2	Mike Flynn	19
3	Don Parker	8
4	Kevin Burke	6
5	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
5	Jimmy Stross	5
6	John Shanahan	4
6	Sal Pecorac	4
6	Dave Witkowski	4
7	Andy Codymate	3
7	Sean Young	3
7	Jon Cacciatore	3
8	Dave Wagner	2
8	Brian Fisher	2
8	Dave Zurella	2
8	Steve Connor	2
8	Jim Gorney	2
8	Brian Daniels	2
8	Tim Lee	2
8	Derek Loftquist	2
9	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
9	Dan Uetz	1
9	Chris Riley	1
9	Scotty Skora	1
9	Chuck Foster	1
9	James Morris	1
9	Steve Grey	1
9	Geoff Decker	1
9	Tom McDonald	1
9	Ken Kirchner	1
9	Mike Hennessee	1
9	Neal Jarrett	1
9	Tim Good	1
9	Keith Dilly	1
9	Mark Hill	1
9	Jay Roy	1
9	Tom Tracey	1
9	Brian Earner	1

ALL TIME DOUBLES LIST

Rank	Name	# of Doubles
1	Mike Flynn	39
2	Don Parker	34
3	John Shanahan	30
4	Geoff Decker	24
5	Bill Scanlon	23
6	Kevin Burke	20
7	Keith Dilly	18
8	Jon Cacciatore	17
9	Greg Spatz Jr.	16
9	Jim Gorney	16
10	Andy Codymate	12
11	Sid	11
11	Tom McDonald	11
12	Dave Witkowski	9
13	Erik Kunich	7
13	Matt Volkstorf	7
14	Scott Skora	6
14	Jim Stross	6
14	Steve Connor	6
14	Dan Venum	6
14	Tom Tracey	6
14	Dave Wagner	6
14	Jay Roy	6
14	Brian Fisher	6
14	Sal Percorac	6
14	Tim Lee	6
15	Sean Young	5
15	Neal Jarrett	5
15	Derek Loftquist	5
15	Dave Zurella	5
15	James Morris	5
16	Greg Spatz Sr.	4
16	Brian Knight	4
16	Adam McFarland	4
16	Tim Good	4
16	Ken the Budman	4
17	Mark Hill	3
17	Ken Kirchner	3
18	Matt Scott	2
18	Patrick Grogan	2
18	Steve Moody	2
18	Jim Volkakis	2
18	Ron Gorney	2
18	Pirate	2
18	Edison	2
19	Zack	1
19	Chris Riley	1
19	Brian Theilman	1
19	Brian Hughes	1
19	Matt Heavy	1
19	Tim Price	1
19	Brian Earner	1
19	Groundskeeper JIm	1
19	Greg Tallent	1
19	Hollywood	1
19	Jason Hart	1
19	Phil Zack	1
19	B. Myron	1
19	Joe Woods	1
19	Mike Cacciatore	1
19	Mike Hennessee	1
19	George Roy	1
19	Tim Tallant	1
19	Pat Guilfoye	1
19	Bob Kucinski	1
19	Mark Damico	1
19	Brian Daniels	1
19	Steve Donegan	1

   HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM LAST CALL & DURBINS

Dear Santas,

Will you please bring us a few player other than catchers and second basemen? We already have enough toys from the Island of Misfits.

Love ,

All your friends from Last Call softball

P.S Don’t forget the buckets of beer, fat boy.

FINAL 2018 BATTING STATS

FINAL 2018 BATTING STATS
NAME	BA	GP	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR’S	SAC	K’S	BB’S
ZACK	.526	17	57	30	12	23	28	1	0	1	1	0	0
JAY ROY	.441	14	34	15	4	6	12	3	0	0	0	0	0
KEVIN BURKE	.515	10	33	17	9	9	12	5	0	0	0	0	1
DAVE WITKOWSKI	.414	16	41	17	8	5	15	1	1	0	0	1	1
CHRIS RILEY	.434	15	46	20	11	5	17	1	1	1	2	0	0
SAL PECORAC	.400	17	40	16	7	8	12	3	1	0	0	2	0
BRIAN HUGHES	.117	12	17	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
SID	.520	12	25	13	3	8	13	0	0	0	0	0	2
JON CACCIATORE	.44O	11	25	11	1	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	.444	11	18	8	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
ANDY CODYMATE	.632	14	49	31	18	18	19	9	3	0	0	0	1
ALEX BEER CAN	.285	5	14	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN THEILMAN	.181	5	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
MATT VOLKSTORF	.500	10	36	18	7	7	13	5	0	0	0	0	0
BO	.500	3	8	4	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
SCOTT SKORA	.538	6	13	7	1	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
BILL SCANLON	.444	3	9	4	6	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
BRIAN FISHER	.454	3	11	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0
KEN THE BUD MAN	.543	8	31	18	6	13	14	4	0	0	1	0	0
KEITH DILLY	.583	7	24	14	12	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0
TIM LEE	.500	3	10	5	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
DON PARKER	.500	3	10	5	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

FINAL PITCHING STATS 2018

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	WALKS	K’S	RPIP
TIM GOOD	1	3	7	5	26	7	65	3	2	1	2.5
DAVE WITKOWSKI	4	9	14	11	69	24	133	2	12	5	1.9

2018 BATTING STAT LEADERS

GAMES PLAYED
RANK	NAME	GAMES
1.	ZACK/SAL PECORAC	17
2.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	16
3.	CHRIS RILEY	15

BATTING AVERAGE
RANK	NAME	BA
1.	ANDY CODYMATE	.632
2.	KEITH DILLY	.583
3.	KEN THE BUD MAN	.543

AT-BATS
RANK	NAME	AB’S
1.	ZACK	57
2.	ANDY CODYMATE	49
3.	CHRIS RILEY	46

HITS
RANK	NAME	HITS
1.	ANDY CODYMATE	31
2.	ZACK	30
3.	CHRIS RILEY	20

RBI’S
RANK	NAME	RBI’S
1.	ANDY CODYMATE	18
2.	ZACK	12
3.	CHRIS RILEY	11

RUNS
RANK	NAME	RUNS
1.	ZACK	23
2.	ANDY CODYMATE	18
3.	KEN THE BUD MAN	13

SINGLES
RANK	NAME	1B’S
1.	ZACK	28
2.	ANDY CODYMATE	19
3.	CHRIS RILEY	20

DOUBLES
RANK	NAME	2B’S
1.	ANDY CODYMATE	9
2.	MATT VOLKSTORF/KEVIN BURKE	5
3.	SAL PECORAC/JAY ROY	3

TRIPLES
RANK	NAME	3B’S
1.	ANDY CODYMATE	3
2.	WITKOWSKI/PECORAC/RILEY	1

SACRIFICES
RANK	NAME	SAC’S
1.	CHRIS RILEY	2
2.	5 PLAYERS TIED	1

STRIKE OUTS
RANK	NAME	K’S
1.	SAL PECORAC	2
2.	WITKOWSKI/FISHER	1

WALKS
RANK	NAME	BB’S
1.	SID/BO	2
2.	6 PLAYERS TIED	1

2018 GAME BALLS

NAME	GAME BALL
ANDY CODYMATE	4
KEVIN BURKE	3
ZACK	3
SCOTTY SKORA	2
MATT VOLKSTORF	1
JON CACCIATORE	1
TIM GOOD	1
CHRIS RILEY	1

2018 ALSIP PARK DISTRICT SOFTBALL FALL STANDINGS

NAME	WINS	LOSSES	GB
MUSH	7	0	—
HIPPOS	6	1	1
GREAT WHITE	4	3	3
GRAMBLERS	4	3	3
FLAVOR OF THE DAY	3	4	4
LAWBREAKERS	1	6	6
LAST CALL	0	7	7

2018 FALL FINAL BATTING STATS

 

FINAL 2018 FALL STATS
NAME	BA	GP	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR’S	SAC	K’S	BB’S
ZACK	.450	7	20	9	1	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
JAY ROY	.437	7	16	7	1	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
KEVIN BURKE	.400	3	10	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
DAVE WITKOWSKI	.235	6	17	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHRIS RILEY	.583	5	12	7	3	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
SAL PECORAC	.411	7	17	7	2	2	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
BRIAN HUGHES	.000	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SID	.333	6	9	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
JON CACCCIATORE	.400	6	15	6	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	.375	5	8	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
ANDY CODYMATE	.571	5	14	8	2	6	3	4	1	0	0	0	1
ALEX BEER CAN	.285	5	14	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN THEILMAN	.125	4	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
MATT VOLKSTORF	.1000	1	3	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
BO	.500	3	8	4	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
SCOTTY SKORA	.1000	1	3	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

FALL BATTING LEADERS

STAT	NUMBER	NAME
BA	.583	CHRIS RILEY
AB’S	20	ZACK
HITS	9	ZACK
RBI’S	6	BO
RUNS	6	ZACK/CODYMATE
SINGLES	9	ZACK
DOUBLES	4	ANDY CODYMATE
TRIPLES	1	ANDY CODYMATE
WALKS	2	BO
SAC’S	1	CHRIS RILEY

FALL 2018 NO LONG BALLS

2018 FALL PITCHING STATS

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	WALKS	K’S	RPIP
TIM GOOD	0	3	4	3	15	1	58	3	2	1	3.8
DAVE WITKOWSKI	0	4	5	4	22	4	52	1	3	0	2.3

                 DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED IN FALL  2018 (1)

Assists Jon Cacciatore(1) Tim Good (1) Dave Witkowski (1)

DURBINS AFTER

THE BIG GUY AND ZACK ATTACK SAYING THEIR GOOD BYES..

UNTIL NEXT SEASON…..

Durbin’s, after Chris Riley treated the team and fans to a big feast. Perhaps the last game of the season is the last supper of the season. Almost everyone in Last Callville was there.  As Chris Riley carved the roast beast.

The team had a huge turn out for food and drinks. Lots of buckets were  had after a shortened double header as the team did not play two full games. A man still needs a beer after two crappy games. Plus to reflect on the highlights of the season. That night closed out another year at Durbin’s, who has been the proud sponsor of Last Call softball. Plus they have been patient and  are still waiting for a championship trophy or signed ball. At least we fill up their recycling dumpster on Tuesday nights.

            DOUBLE HEADER  ENDS THE FALL SEASON                                                    OCTOBER 2,2018

                      GAME # TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER

LAST CALL END YEAR ON CHEAP SHOTS

The second game of the double header ended the fall season. Most importantly, it ended the year. The season concludes on another downer. It concludes on another losing streak that we will have to wait until 2019 to break. Last Call was just a skeleton of themselves when finally all of this came to an end. The Spring/ Summer league was a magical season. The team went 5-5 and made the playoffs. They rebounded from a 2017 Spring/Summer season where the team mustered up one victory. Then suffered a 0-7 season in fall. In 2018,  winning five games and making the playoffs, then to be eliminated after one game. Last Call  followed that up losing seven straight games in fall. Including the playoff game that meant eight straight losses to end the year. The teams in the fall are stacked and loaded with lots of talent. Last Call were missing some big cogs from the Spring/Summer team that could not play in fall. Then during the fall season, the injury bug struck. That took out some more guys. It was too late. The team was just zombies going through the motions as Cheap Shots took them down with a single bullet to the head and that was the year’s final game.

Last Call ends the season being shut out by the Cheap Shots. This was the second meeting between the two teams as both teams played in one game last fall and we know the results of that one. Cheap Shots looked like a team that lost their main cogs, at least from last year’s team. However they still had enough pieces just to wipe out Last Call as they shut them out 20-0 in only four innings of play. Another game ruled slaughter rule which made it three games in a row to end the season for Last Call. The bright spot the whole year was that Last Call was never a victim of slaughter rule. They fought hard to stay in any game until the final three of the year. The defense was out of place against the Cheap shots. The bats went to sleep as the whole team only had three hits in the four innings of play. Ten guys in the line up, only three had one at-bat the whole game. It is hard to say this was a bright year just from these three games, but the team has a lot of good things going on for 2019. Last Call were the last of the Mohicans in this fall league that seems to haunt this team.

CHEAP SHOTS 20

LAST CALL 0 FINAL

THE PITCHING LINE

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-4)

MVP OF THE GAME: JON CACCIATORE

In a game like this, the other team most likely has numerous MVP’S.  I do not think we deserve an MVP in this type of game. However we pick our team MVP for every year of his services and that Johnny Drama, you know  him as Jon Cacciatore. It’s not what he did with the bat to give him this game’s MVP. He might be the first player to get MVP without getting a hit during this game. He went 0-2 with two ground outs. The one play of this game that stands out for Jon Cacciatore is the catch he made. He ran towards the right field line and snagged a ball that would have been fair right by the line. It would have been extra bases. This catch some players were in shock of the hustle. After the catch, Johnny Drama got the ball in quickly to the pitcher Dave Witkowski at the time. He then threw the ball to Tim Good who got the runner at home to complete the double play. First and only double play of the fall season. People were jumping up and down. The whole team mobbed Jon Cacciatore and paraded him on their shoulders after the play. Standing  ovation by the fan base. Even the other team’s fans. That was going on in Jon’s head. It was a very nice play. However he did make this incredible catch double play in a game that you want to forget about completely. The game you dread the day you stopped sniffing glue. Jon will always remember the play and keep this highlight fresh into the 2019 season.

 

                         GAME #1 OF DOUBLE HEADER

                DEVOURED BY HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS

Last Call met the Hippos in the first game of the double header, due to a rain out a week before. This is the sixth game of the season of the fall slate, as Last Call come in at a perfect 0-6. This is the first time Last Call has met the Hippos. The Hippos are hungry and they are heading in opposite direction of Last Call, playoff bound.

Last Call had first at-bats in this one. The Bermuda triangle continues as Last Call was missing their star short stop, Andy Codymate. Which is big blow to their offense and their defense. Then add the young kid who plays outfield, Alex who goes by Beer Can, is done for the regular season with personal issues. Last Call did have Dave Witkowski and Chris Riley back in the line up. Both missed last game due to injuries.

Last Call started off fast, before their two fans could get comfortable in the stands. Zack Attack gets things started with lead off single. Then Jay Roy pokes one in the gap for extra bases. With the speed of Zack, he scores from first as Jay Roy is in at second, with RBI double. It’s 1-0 Last Call. Hippos regained their composure and were able to get two quick outs. Then a very nice piece of hitting by Chris Riley, with two outs. He hits a rocket single that brings home Jay Roy and like that, it is 2-0 with Hippos coming up to bat in the bottom of the inning.  Tim Good was on the mound, with a defense you would not write home to mom about. Lots of people in different positions they would cringe about.  Tim Good is able to contain the Hippos to only two runs. It could of been worse.

It was 2-2 after 0ne inning of play. Then in second with one out, Sid gets a single to start things off. That followed by a Jon Cacciatore single, as the bottom of the order is moving things along. Then Tim Good delivers a single of his own and drives in Sid to make this a 3-2 ball game. Last Call had their second lead of the game and their final lead of the night. I will compare it to the game of hungry hungry hippos. You could say the marbles were the runs. Or you could say the marbles were Last Call players getting swallowed up whole, by the hippo beasts. They scored 12 runs in the second inning. This took the small breeze out of any of the sail action Last Call had. After two innings Last Call was in deep trouble, as it was 14-3.

Last Call only scratched off four hits the rest of the way. As the team suddenly went in a scoring drought the rest of the way.  Hippos scored three in the third. They added 2 more in the 4th. They did not have to bat in the 5th, as this game was officially called due to being slaughtered. It was 19 to 3 demolition, as the Hippos were the wrecking ball.  Last Call would be Gary’s old town tavern in pile of rubble. No Last Call player will want a Hippo for Christmas. None for their children either. This is the second game in a row the team suffered a slaughter role loss. Both games in a shorten affairs. The record stays perfect 0-6 for the fall season. Hippos are a team definitely heading to the playoffs. This game they were looking to get a higher seeding. Misson accomplished.  Both teams have one game remaining on their schedules for the year.

HIPPOS 19

LAST CALL 3 FINAL

THE PITCHING LINE

LP: TIM GOOD 0-3

MVP OF THE GAME: ZACK ATTACK

Zack Attack played a few games at the end of the 2017 fall season. He has played in every single game this season . He has been a valuable addition to the team. Speed kills, especially on the bases. The way he ran first to home on Jay Roy’s double in this contest. He was the spark plug as he went 2-3. He had two singles trying to set the table as a lead off hitter, as he did. In the outfield his blazing speed he catches up to almost everything. With an infield so bad in this contest the outfield had to get most of the put outs. Zack played a big part in that. It was a night the infield played musical chairs and had no answers.

OTHER PERFORMANCES

JAY ROY 1-3, DOUBLE, RBI, RUN

KEVIN BURKE 1-3, SINGLE

CHRIS RILEY 1-2, SINGLE, RBI,

SAL PECORAC 1-2, SINGLE

SID 1-2, SINGLE, RUN,

TIM GOOD 1-2, SINGLE, RBI

DAVE WITKOWSKI’S THIRD ANNUAL FOOTBALL PARTY

We were able to get our second Bears team party in on Sunday, September 23, 2018. It was the Bears versus the Cardinals and we voyaged out to Homer Glen and watched the game at Dave’s house.  Dave’s house is always a great time and he had a great turn out of people rooting on the Bears who traveled to Arizona for that late Sunday afternoon game. Plenty of beer and great food. Dave’s Firehouse Chili was fantastic. Plus, he plenty of other choices and lots of  snacks to crunch on. We even met Dave’s Bull dog. Looked like Hootch from the Tom Hanks movie, Turner and Hootch.

Witkowski and Hootch, the sequel of this movie, would be them fighting crime all over the State of Illinois. Bears went on and beat the Cardinals in a stressful match up that they had to make a comeback during. Yes, comeback on a team that had no business being ahead. I think Dave is undefeated in all three years he had the game over at his place. Book the basement for the playoffs.

GAME FIVE FALL:  SEASON 9-18-18

                                                        MUSHED

This game looked like the 2017 Last Call team that returned from the dead. It was the first ever meeting with a team called, Mush. Mush looked like the Milwaukee Brewers Triple AAA squad. Matching uniforms of the Brewers, with the logo of team on the back of their tee shirts. Mush is a team filled with young and very talented players. You kind of thought you really were playing against the future Brewers. Every Last Call player who showed up to this slaughter, their hair turned a little grayer, after each pitch. A tad colder, feeling the speed of each Mush player, blown by the position players on the base paths. The blur of speed the ole eye balls could not even see. It was that bad scene.

More disappearances to report on, in this contest. Kevin Burke, still dealing with his injured hand. Matt Volkstorf, who vanished into thin air. His friends said could be Aliens. Perhaps he might run into Wags. Dave Wagner, former Last Call player, who probably still being poked and prodded. Could be having an alien baby. Then an injury to Dave Witkowski. Playing first base the previous week, caught the ball, in the process damaging some fingers at the same time. Then losing Chris Riley, who split open the back of head like a melon. Could of been intoxicated. He was out yachting  with Margo and the Underhill’s. Slipped on the deck of a boat and hit the ground like a ton of bricks. His head took the blunt of the fall. He  should still have his home run swing.

With many bodies MIA. This game between MUSH and Last Call can’t go well. Or perhaps could it go well? Can’t write that with straight face. On defense everyone was practically out of position. Some were learning the position as the game went on. The offense had problems, could not generate much. On the Mush side of things were quite the opposite. Mush defense was excellent. They picked up everything clean and crisp. The Mush offense was quite awesome. They scored in every inning. They made things quick and painless, some would say. They scored 20 runs in four innings, getting Last Call to the bar early. After games like that ,you need a few to ease the pain. It was the first time Last Call was a victim of slaughter role this year. Last season it happened every other week.

Last Call did mustard up one run,in their very last at bats . Jay Roy, singled with one out. Then with two outs, Jon Cacciatore moved Jay to second with a single. The Mush pitcher, suddenly could not get the ball over the plate as he walked Brian Theilman. I guess they read the Theilman scouting report. Mush, must of gotten the wrong one and confused it with his volley ball scouting report. The Mush players switched positions in between innings, as they knew this game was in the bag. With the bases loaded, Tim Good, then drove in the only run of the game for Last Call.  Tim Good, was walked with the bases loaded and Jay Roy scored. That was it, Mush wins the game in four innings, 20-1. Mush, thanked Last Call for the practice as they continue to hold down one of top playoff spots, with two games left in the season. Meanwhile Last Call falls to 0-5, for the fall season. Last Call, has two games left to play. Will they keep their season perfect?  Winless…..

MUSH 20

LAST CALL 1 FINAL

THE PITCHING LINE

LP:TIM GOOD 0-2

MVP OF THE GAME: ZACK ATTACK

It was total bad night for the whole team, with a loss like that. Still some bright spots come out of this. Zack Attack, found himself going perfect with the lumber 2-2. He had  two singles, in the lead off role. On defense, Zack played his normal left field position. It’s one of the few lock down positions the team has. Zack, had the most put outs on defense, as he busted his butt to get to every ball, which stop a tad of the bleeding.

 

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF LOST LAST CALL PLAYERS

The Spring/ Summer season was the golden days of Last Call softball. Going 5-5 and making the playoffs. Then the upcoming dreaded Fall season is always kind of crazy. First, you get teams that resemble the ’27 Yankees in sixteen inch softball. That is due to not many leagues being offered around the Chicagoland area in the fall season. Then you get the list of people that played Spring and Summer and can not play the fall season. Sometimes it’s talent you can not replace.

Now at 0-3 to start the fall season, now you will see more player disappear into thin air and never return. Some players will be done due to injuries. Those players will return either at a later date or next season. It will be like a murder mystery as people will disappear from the Last Call roster, weekly. The losing never helps, especially with new players that are used to winning. Week four of Fall, the first disappearance is Bo. He goes by Jim Fiedler. The old wily veteran was a much needed help at first base. He was a guy that in three games played, put up some great numbers. VANISHED INTO THIN AIR….

FALL SEASON GAME FOUR 9-11-18

HONKEYS TONK LAST CALL

It was the first ever meeting between Last Call and Great White. Maybe Great White are a bunch of Honkeys wearing hoods. Perhaps the team likes Shark week on the discovery channel. We do know these Honkeys played very well as they came in at 2-1 in their first three games, the loss came from the team forfeiting. Of course Last Call at this point in the middle of the Fall campaign, would have cut the leg off Jon Cacciatore to get a win by forfeit as they are 0-3 for the year so far and not liking it.

Last call had first at-bats and they quietly went down in order. Since Bo was a no show,  Dave Witkowski stepped away from the mound and took over first. The whole game would be Tim Good’s game on the pitching rubber. In the first, Tim Good ran into problems immediately as Great White swung the bats and tallied up four runs to make 4-0 after one inning of play.

In the second inning, Last Call strike back. With two outs, Zack gets things started with a single. Then it was great to have Matt Volkstorf back in the action. Has not played since summer due to being sick. His very first at bat of the fall season, he drives in Zack with a double that shot right into the gap. Matt Volkstorf, who started his career last fall season, early on was very impressive with the aluminum. Then Sal Pecorac who has been taking the heat at the hot corner, very well thrown in that position, drove in Matt with a bullet off his bat as Last Call had back to back doubles. They cut the lead in half and it was 4-2. Great White got out of the inning stranding Sal at second. Then they piled up four more runs on LastCall’s defense to make it 8-2 game after only two innings of play.

In the top of the third inning, with one out, Tim Good gets things started with a single. Kevin Burke moves Goody to second on a ground out. Then Andy Codymate, who is big time clutch for this team, drives in Goody with a line drive double in the gap. Then Dave Witkowski with a nice poke single, brings in Andy Codymate from second as Last Call has cut down Great White’s lead in half. In the bottom of the third, Great White adds another run to make it 9-4 after three innings of play.

In the 4th inning, Beer Can aka Alex, starts things off with a single. Zack erases Beer Can with a ground out but prevents the double play beating the ball to first. Then Matt Volkstorf does it again. He hits another rocket, his double of the game that drives in the Zack attack. Then with a runner at second, Sal Pecorac grounds out. Matt Volkstorf breaks to third when he did not have to go, anyway was tagged for second out of inning while Sal was safe on first. Bad base running by most of the team has killed Last Call all year. Then Brian Theilman came into the game forJay Roy and he slapped a single into the outfield. With two men on two men out, it brought up Brian Hughes. Hughes knocks in Sal with a single of his own as now it was a 9-6 ball game. Last Call had made this a game. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Tim Good could not put up a goose egg like he normally did in the Spring Summer league. Great White put up 3 runs to make it 12-6 game after 4 innings of play.

Last Call’s top of the order went quietly in the fifth. Great White added three more runs to make it a 15 to 6 game after five. After splitting his head open on a boat to miss the week before, Chris Riley started the sixth inning off with a single. Then with two outs, Matt Volkstorf stayed perfect with the bat with a single as Last Call had two on with two outs. Then Sal Pecorac drove in his second run of the game with his second hit of the night as Chris Riley came in and scored. This made it a 15-7 game. Finally Tim Good and the Last Call defense put up a goose egg on Great White in the bottom of the inning.

With one out, Tim Good picked up his second hit of the night, a single in the top of the 7th. Last Call needed a touchdown and two point conversion to tie this game up. With one on, Kevin Burke ended the game as he hit into a double play. Great White improves to 3-1 for the year. Meanwhile Last Call drops their fourth in a row to make their record perfect, 0-4 for the fall season. That is now 0-11 for fall in the last two seasons with this team.

THE PITCHING LINE

LP: TIM GOOD 0-1

MVP OF THE GAME: MATT VOLKSTORF

He has not played in a few weeks. To come back and not have any rust with the bat was very impressive. Matt finished perfect for the day 3-3. He had two doubles with a single while driving in two runs. He also scored a run. He made a bad base running error, but who cares and overall he had an awesome day. He went perfect while his Uncle Kevin Burke went 0-4. You do not see Kevin without a hit very often. On this night the youngster prevails.

THE THIRD ANNUAL BEARS GAME IN THE BARAGE

Last Call loves to hang out when the team is not playing softball. Every year some of the team will gather to watch a few Bears games. Players on our team will switch off hosting a Bears game. Opening night for the Bears was on a Sunday Night on September 8th, where they played host to the cheese heads. Last Call players current and from the past gathered at the Barage to watch the exciting season opener. Also in attendance were some friends of the players. Plenty of beers were had. Plenty of food was devoured. As the Bears looked like world beaters then to give up a huge lead at the end of the game as they blew it. Sounds like some of Last Call’s games where the one bad inning occurs and at the end of the contest, the other team serves up a cold dish of loss. You leave the field like the Bears players, scratching your heads in disbelief and wonder how this all played out like that.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BARAGE…..

WELCOME TO THE BARAGE!!!!  HOME OF LAST CALL SOFTBALL…..

 

LEFT: BRIAN THEILMAN  & FRIEND’S OF THE TEAM: JOHNNY BRENDICH & JOEY JAREMA

LEFT ALUM TOM MCDONALD #57, BACK ROW DAVE WITKOWSKI,SID,KEN KIRCHNER, BRIAN HUGHES, MIDDLE ROW LEFT SAL PECORAC, BRIAN THEILMAN, COOL GUY CHUCK WHO WE WERE INTRODUCED FROM JOEY JAREMA WHO ARE GOOD BUDDIES. PHIL ZACK SMOKING ON THE BOTTLE OF HOT SAUCE

LEFT ALUM KEN KIRCHNER SAL PECORAC SMOKING ALUM PHIL ZACK

 

JAY ROY AT THE DOOR PLOTTING HIS IRISH GOOD BYE, BRIAN HUGHES IN THE BLUE HAT CROSS TALKING WITH BRIAN THEILMAN, DAVE WITKOWSKI IN ORANGE AT THE BAR. SAL PECORAC CHECKING IN ON SNAP CHAT.

TOM MCDONALD & BRIAN HUGHES DISCUSSING TRUBISKY VERSUS CUTLER

PIRATE SERVES THE RUM UP ON LAST CALL

GAME THREE: 9-4-2018 FALL SEASON

Another match up with the Law Breakers brings some familiar faces from the woodwork, friends turned foe. Law breakers have had their way with Last Call this year. Sweeping the three game regular season during Spring/Summer league. Then knocking them out of the playoffs in the first round. Plus the Law Breakers are the ones that have started the rut the team is in now with that win over our team in the playoffs. In the first and only meeting in Fall, Last Call had some ideas snapping some streaks with a win over their longest rival. First, the three game losing streak since losing to the people from the hills. Then breaking the long losing streak against the rival. Then the fall season losing streak that goes back to last year and has hung over the team like a dark cloud.

Law Breakers come into game with a very familiar face on the mound. Once played for Last Call a few fall seasons ago. Not that he is actually a buccaneer or has a peg leg. It’s the bandanna he wears on his head that gets him his name, Pirate. An old wily veteran pitcher who been around for a very long time. He has a lot left in the tank. He has a lot in his arsenal when he is on the mound. From fake pitches to throwing one by you if you’re not paying attention, he gets you with a quick pitch. From a guy that can rally the troops, he can get in rhythm and control the game very quickly. Pirate won one game that fall season when he pitched for Last Call and that was against the Law Breakers. Will the tables turn in this fall match up?

The problem against the Law breakers has been the first inning. Last Call has dug themselves a shallow grave right off the bat. That did not change as Law Breakers put up a seven spot in a blink of an eye off Dave Witkowski who got the starting nod. Some of the Law Breaker production came off a former Last Call player, the young phenom Matt Peavey. He played in three seasons with Last Call and put up great numbers with the bat. Played solid defense in the outfield. Things did not work out as he resurfaces in the Alsip league with the rival in the fall campaign. Then you still see John Shanahan and Law-breaker Chris, some known former Last Call guys that have done pretty well against their former team.

In the bottom of the first, Last Call fought back with two runs of their own. Kevin Burke, still trying to recover from the injury with his fingers, was able to lead things off with a single. Then Andy Codymate slashed one for extra bases and was in second with a stand up double. Two men on Last Call had something going. Then with one out, Dave Witkowski with an opposite field single, drove in Burke for the first run of the night for Last Call. Then the Zack Attack followed up with a sharp single of his own to drive in Andy Codymate for the second run of the inning. This made it 7-2 after one inning of play.

In the second, Last Call held the Law Breakers to only one run this time. Then the bottom of the order for Last Call in second had some men on. However a Brian Theilman double-play ball gets  the Law breakers out of the inning unscathed. Law Breakers lead is 8-2 after two innings of play.

In the third, Last Call gives up one more run to the Law Breakers to make it 9-2 lead bad guys. Last Call had the top of the order going and Kevin Burke led things off with a single. Follow that up with an Andy Codymate single. The top two batters for Last Call are both perfect 2-2 early in this contest. With two men on, the man they call Bo “The ole lefty” knocks in Kevin Burke with his first hit of the night. This made it 9-3. However it came to a screeching halt as a ball hit by the Zack Attack went for a double play to end the rally as it stayed 9-3 after three innings of play.

In the 4th inning finally Last Call forced a goose egg on defense and maybe had a sliver of hope to come back in this one. However things got strange. Sal Pecorac led off the inning with a single. Then Alex hit a ground ball as the Law Breaker quickly went to second to erase Sal running down the base line. Sal held up his hands like a basketball player, maybe looked like he waving his arms like a guy stranded on a desert island trying to get the airplane’s attention. Alex was able to beat out the throw to first. However the umpire called it a double play as you can not do that in the baselines attempt to block the ball. It was interference and the double play was the third one of the game for Last Call. It stayed 9-3.

In the 5th inning, Law Breakers added two more runs this time off Tim Good who stepped in for Dave Witkowski. Then in the bottom of the inning, Sid led things off with a single followed by a Jon Cacciatore single. With one out, Kevin Burke hit a rocket that hit the gap and everyone was off to the races. Law Breakers got it in quickly and gunned down Sal Pecorac at home who was pinch running for Sid. Then they went to second trying to get Kevin Burke at second which was unsuccessful. While that play was developing, Jon Cacciatore came around third to score Last Call’s 4th run of the game.  This made it an 11-4 game after 5 innings of play. Sal Pecorac was then taken out of the game due to a leg injury he suffered trying to score as he pinch ran for Sid. Dave Witkowski went in and played third.

In the sixth and in the seventh, Law Breakers added two runs in each of those innings to go 15-4. Last Call bats seem to have went in a deep freeze as they pretty much went in order. Law Breakers win this one 15-4 and grab their first win of the fall season. Last Call beaten by a Pirate, who’s beaten both sides of this rivery on the mound. Last Call fall to 0-3 in the fall season. Now they have officially lost five games in 2018 against the Law Breakers, one game was in the playoffs which ended a Last Call winning streak. Probably both teams will not make the playoffs this fall season due to the league being very stacked with great teams. Last Call’s redemption will have to wait until 2019.

THE FINAL

LAW BREAKERS 15

LAST CALL 4

THE PITCHING LINE

WP: PIRATE WP: 1-0

LP: DAVE WITKOWSKI 0-3

MVP OF THE GAME: KEVIN BURKE

Still playing with a nagging injury from the summer, Kevin Burke continues to be very productive. With the bat he went 3-3. Two singles and a double while driving in one run. He also scored half of the runs with two. In the outfield, even with hurt fingers ,he was able to fair catch a few fly balls for outs to help the team on defense.

OTHER PERFORMANCES

ANDY CODYMATE 2-3, Single, Double, run

BO (JIM FIEDLER) 1-2, Single, walk,

Dave Witkowski 1-3,Single, RBI,

The Zack Attack 1-3, Single, RBI,

Jon Cacciatore 2-3, 2 Singles, run

 

FLAVOR OF THE DAY NOT LAST CALL

GAME TWO: 2018 FALL SEASON 8-28-18

Last Call is still short-handed in game two of the fall season. Kevin Burke is still trying to get complete feeling back in the fingers on his one hand. Plus, still feeling pain. That is a big cog missing in the Last Call tapper. Last Call still had guys out there ready to break in the win column for the first time this fall season. It’s been a few seasons since Last Call took a game in the dreaded fall campaign. This was the first match up with a team called Flavor of the Day and they struck first with a run in the very first inning.

Down by one, Last Call rises up to the challenge. The Zack Attack leads off the inning with a single. Then Andy Codymate, who has been red hot in the second slot of the line up, continues to get on base. He hit a sharp single. Then Bo works a walk to load the bases. Then Dave Witkowski helping himself out, drives in two with opposite field smash for a single. That drove in the speedy Zack and Andy Codymate. With one out and Bo on third, big Chris Riley sent a ball deep into the outfield for a sacrifice fly that brought in Bo to make this 3-1 contest after one inning of play.

In the top of the second, Dave Witkowski found himself in trouble on the mound. Flavor of the day rallied for three runs and took the lead 4-3. In the bottom of the second Last Call fights back to tie the game at fours. Scotty Skora gets on with a slap single right over the short stop’s head. Andy Codymate drove him in with a single for his second hit of the day.

Last Call bats go silent in the next three innings as Flavor of the Day puts up three goose eggs. It was pretty easily as Last Call pretty much went in order in those three innings. Flavor of the Day continued to score in those three innings. They scored two in the third. One in the fourth and one in the fifth. Flavor of the day led 8-4 after five.

Dave Witkowski and the defense finally stop the bleeding as they retired Flavor of the Day pretty easily in the 6th and 7th innings. Bottom of the 7th inning Last Call still down 8-4. Do they go down like France in a surrender or do they fight back? Scott Skora unloads his third hit of the night, a bloop single to get things started. Then with one out the top of the order comes up. Zack Attack lines a dart single through the infield. With two men on with two outs. BO KNOWS HOW TO GET PEOPLE HOME. Bo with his first hit of the game drives in Scotty from third. Then the Zack Attack’s blazing speed came all the way around from third to score as everyone was running with two outs. This made it a 8-6 ball game. Bo has driven in 5 runs in his first two games in a Last Call uniform. Former Falcon wily veteran also 3 hits and walk in his first two games. Then Dave Witkowski came up to bat and the Flavor of the Day disposed of him quickly as Dave grounded out to end the inning and the game as Last Call loses a tough one, 8-6.

Flavor of the Day is off to a 2-0 start. Winning their first game from a forfeit in week one. Last Call now has dropped their second straight game this fall season. Now they are in the hole at 0-2 for the fall campaign. They have lost three in a row with that playoff loss from the archrivals, the Law Breakers. The Law Breakers are up next week as Last Call will be looking for pay back from four losses from the Spring/Summer league.

THE FINAL

THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY 8

LAST CALL  6

THE PITCHING LINE

LP: DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-2)

MVP OF THE GAME: SCOTT SKORA

Scotty played right field and did another fine job out there as he handled everything that came out his way. The bottom of the order was struggling to get the order rolled over to the top. Scotty was perfect with the bat going 3-3 with a hat trick of singles. Two runs scored.

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

THE ZACK ATTACK 2-4, 2 SINGLES, 2 RUNS,

ANDY CODYMATE 2-4, 2 SINGLES, RUN, RBI

BO 1-3, WALK, SINGLE, RUN,2 RBI’S

DAVE WITKOWSKI 1-4, SINGLE 2 RBI’S

ALEX BEER CAN 1-3, SINGLE  HE PICKED UP HIS FIRST HIT IN LAST CALL UNIFORM

CHRIS RILEY 0-2, SAC, RBI,

SAL PECORAC 2-3, DOUBLE, SINGLE,

SID, WALK

JAY ROY 1-3, SINGLE

JONNY DRAMA CACCIATORE  1-3 SINGLE

2018 ALSIP PARK DISTRICT FALL SEASON

The 2018 Spring/Summer season, Last Call finally made the playoffs in quite a few years. A wonderful regular season of going 5-5, the team’s best regular season record in quite awhile. In the playoffs, they were knocked out by long time rival the Law Breakers. That was the same result as when Last Call faced them in the championship years ago when they made the playoffs back then. The Fall season has the full 8 teams instead of the 4 teams that played in the Spring/Summer league. Lots of new teams and lots of teams that are very stacked since Alsip is one of the few cities that have a fall league established at this time of the year. The margin of error is minisculer in trying to take down some of these stacked teams. Only team returning from the Spring Summer league is the old rival the Law Breakers.

You wish you can get the complete roster coming back for the fall league. However it’s never the case when people can’t play due to their schedule. Or even guys that sustain an injury from the season before. Last Call will not have Keith Dilly who the whole year has fought ankle injuries. Keith Dill came back from a knee injury the previous year when he only played in 4 games. This year he came back and had the ankle issues, but played in 7 games including the play off game in the Spring/Summer league. He had a big season with the lumber hitting .583 in regular season with 14 hits driving in 12 RBI’S and scoring 5 runs. He manned the hot corner and was sensational on the defensive side.

Then one of the new guys on the team, Ken the Bud Man. He filled in at first base, played second base and was a nice piece to have as he played solidly. However, with the bat he was dangerous. Not Jon Cacciatore dangerous. Ken played in 8 games plus the playoff game. He batted .543 in regular season. He had 18 hits driving in six while scoring 13 runs.

Then you miss out on Don Parker in the fall season with his busy job. Don Parker can only play a certain amount of games in the Spring/Summer league with his commitments. His name will be on the roster, but he probably will be unavailable for the fall season.

Plus Billy Scanlon has been inactive all the way back to the first few games of the regular season of Spring and Summer. His work has him working the late shift and could miss the whole fall season as no word on when his schedule will change.

Then you have your superstar center fielder, Kevin Burke, who missed 4 regular season games due to tournament play on other teams he plays for. He did return to the playoffs, but he might be out a few weeks in the start of this fall season. Then the youngster, Matt Volkstorf, who is fighting an illness, is questionable for a few weeks.

Last Call will make moves during this time to try to get players to help fill the open gaps they have on the roster. The first signing was a huge addition from the Falcons, his name is Bo. Falcons usually play in the Fall league and are a very good squad. Bo, who had played along side of funnyman Brian Hughes in softball for years, back in the beverly days. Bo is a left handed hitter that has a lot of pop in his back. He is a wily veteran that plays first base and is a leader on the field, which Last Call needs.

Then they signed a young guy named Alex who played with the Rulers in the Spring/ Summer league. You might remember him wearing the Indiana Jones hat while he played right field for the Rulers. The instant nickname given to him is Beer Can.

Of course Beer Can the nick name was given to him by Jay Roy. It could be from all the empties in the dug out during the game. Instant ashtrays for Jon Cacciatore and his full pack of smokes in less than the hour he has when he is in the dug out.

In case you’ve forgotten, here’s a picture of Beer Can.

GAME NUMBER ONE 8-21-18

GRAMBLERS SCAMBLE PASS LAST CALL IN THE OPENER

Gramblers were a team Last Call has never faced. About five of their players arrived in the parking lot from a bigger size pick up truck. Maybe they have some of that team unity like those Law Breakers coming out of the hills before game time. Gramblers took the field as Last Call had first at bats for the fall season.

Last Call started off quickly as the Zack Attack got things rolling with a single. Then the MVP of the Spring/Summer league, Andy Codymate, in the second slot lined up a double in the gap and Last Call was in business two on nobody out. Then in his first at bat in Last Call uniform, Bo Knows how to bring the runners in as he got one right through the middle of the infield for a single that drove in a pair of runs to make it 2-0 ball game. Dave Witkowski was pitching and Gramblers came back and quickly with four runs of their own. Some solid hits by the Gramblers, but some mental mistakes by Last Call prolonged the inning. It was 4-2 after one.

After a scoreless second inning, Last Call in the third got things going again This time Andy Codymate, with one out, hit another double, his second of the game. Bo moved him to third with a fly out. Then the big guy Chris Riley hit a sharp single to drive in his first run of fall and to make this a 4-3 ball game. Gramblers in the bottom of the frame scored 2 more runs to increase their lead to 6-3 after three innings.

In the fourth inning, Sal Pecorac who took over third base for Keith Dilly, hit a line drive single, his first hit of the Fall season. Jay Roy followed that up with a single and Last Call had runners on first and third with one out. Then Brian Theilman, who was able to play this week as the coed Volleyball league was scheduled for later in the night. He drove in Sal with a fielders choice to drive in his first run of Fall. So now Last Call is down 6-4. Then Dave Witkowski could not work his magic in the bottom of the frame to get out of the inning. Jon Cacciatore was blinded by the lights out in right as Gramblers scored two more to make it an 8-4 game.

In the fifth inning with two outs, Andy Codymate picks up his third hit of the game, this time a triple to go along with his double. Andy hit a rope and was able to get to third on a headfirst slide into the base as their was a play on him and he was safe. Bo does it again with a single that scored Andy to make it 8-5. Gramblers came back with another pair in the bottom of the frame to make it a 10-5 ballgame after five.

After that Last Call was pretty much shut down. Two one two three innings in a row while Gramblers added three runs in the sixth to take down Last Call in the very first game of fall, 13-5. Plus it was the very first meeting of both these two teams. The loss snaps the Last Call regular season winning streak of two games from the Spring/Summer league. Last Call has now lost two games in a row counting the playoff game that ended their magical season a few weeks ago. The long streak of not winning in the fall continues as now it’s been two seasons and a half since last time Last Call has gotten a victory in the fall campaign.

THE FINAL

GRAMBLERS 13

LAST CALL      5

THE PITCHING LINE

LP: Dave Witkowski (0-1)

MVP OF THE GAME: ANDY CODYMATE

Andy was perfect with the aluminum a 3-3 day with two doubles and triple. He scored three out of the five runs. Plus at short stop he did not miss a beat as he scooped up everything as usual night at the office for him.

SPECIAL MENTION: JON CACCIATORE NEEDED JUST TWO AT BATS IN THIS GAME TO REACH 400 PLATE APPEARANCES. HE HAD THREE SO NOW HAS 401. DURING THAT STRETCH THE ESTIMATE IS UNKNOWN FOR HOW MANY SMOKES IN THE DUG OUT HE HAD.

2018 ALSIP PARK DISTRICT PLAYOFFS

FIRST ROUND MATCH UP’S

#1. RULERS VERSUS #4. JAG BAGS

#3.LAW BREAKERS VERSUS # 3. LAST CALL

LAW BREAKERS END LAST CALL

Everyone thought “third time the charm” when Last Call and Law Breakers met about a month ago, that the tide would turn. However Last Call was swept under the rug by the Law Breakers like an Irish Mum hiding their own kids’ bad habits. The playoffs would be the right time to strike back at the men that wear maroon. It seems forever since the last time Last Call got in the playoffs. The last time they were ousted by their nemesis . Those same guys who come over the hill as team unity like Colin Kapernick and his kneelers. Last Call beat the Boogiemen in a thriller back then. Then went on to face the Law Breakers in the championship to then see their hopes crushed in the championship by the men that have no sleeves. Could things change this go around? Could the fourth game they face each other in this year be the one that would turn the tables in this long rivalry?

It started off very well for Last Call as the bats were hot very early on. Kevin Burke, back from his injury that he missed four games over, seemed like he did not miss a beat with a lead off single. Then with one out, Don Parker hit a lazer that scorched over the infield for a single. With two outs, Keith Dilly who is always a friend of the crown, hit a shot in the gap and Burke came in to score along with Don.  Dilly cruised in to third with a triple and Last Call grabbed the early lead 2-0.

Tim Good got the start for Last Call. Tim Good finished with a 1-0 record for the season. However he had some saves. He had some streaks of scoreless innings piled up this year as well. Coming off one of his best regular seasons pitching in a few seasons. It gave the Law Breakers a different look as they mostly faced Dave Witkowski in those three regular season games. Tim Good and the defense did surrender 2 runs in the first as former Last Call John Shanahan drove in one and this game was tied at 2 after one.

Law breakers pitcher Nate Kulleck does not really do anything special on the mound. Looks like a batting cage pitching machine as he just flips the ball up to the plate. He has pitched some masterpieces against Last Call over the years. This game he settled down after the first and put up four goose eggs as Last Call only managed three hits in those four innings. Meanwhile Tim Good was also pitching a whale of a ball game, but he allowed two more runs to Law Breakers in the third to make 4-2 bad guys.

It stayed 4-2 until the sixth when Last Call finally got something brewing once again. This time another led off single from Kevin Burke. Followed that by a single from Ken the Bud man that moved Kevin into third. That was Ken’s first hit of the night. Then Don Parker drove in Kevin Burker on  a fielders choice that erased Ken trying to get into second.  That made it 4-3, but Law Breakers still had the lead though. In the bottom of sixth Law Breakers strike again with another John Shanahan hit that drove in another one from his bat. They scored two runs in the bottom of sixth to make it a 6-3 ball game going into the 7th.

With one out, Matt Volkstorf singled. Then Jon Cacciatore singled as Last Call had two on with only one out. Law Breakers managed to get Tim Good to fly out for the second out. Then they got Scott Skora to pop up for the final out as the Law Breakers moved on to another championship as they continue their mastery over Last Call.

Coming in Last Call has won 4 out of their last five games. They finished 5-5 for the regular season. They came in hot winning their last two games as their bats were on fire. The Law Breakers lost their last two games and then come in and take care of business against Last Call. Law Breakers end Last Call’s season and won all four games they have faced each other. The rivalry is like the Packers and the Bears in the NFL.  Last Call do not play like monsters of the midway. Neither do the Bears. When they face these cheesy Law Breakers it feels like they are the Packers and Last Call loses the game before the first pitch is even thrown.  Last Call will need to get a bigger boat or bigger slingshot to knock these guys off the mountain in the future. Future will be coming up soon this fall.

LAW BREAKER 6

LAST CALL    3    FINAL

THE PITCHING LINE

LP: TIM GOOD (0-1)

WP:NATE KULLECK (1-0)

LAST CALL PLAY OFF BATTING STATS

KEVIN BURKE 2-3, 2-SINGLES, 2 RUNS

KEN THE BUD MAN 1-3, SINGLE,

DON PARKER 1-3, SINGLE, RUN, RBI,

ANDY CODYMATE 1-3, SINGLE

KEITH DILLY 1-3, TRIPLE, 2 RBI’S,

ZACK ATTACK 0-3

CHRIS RILEY 1-3,SINGLE

MATT VOLSTORF 2-3, 2 SINGLES,

SAL PECORAC 1-2, SINGLE

JON CACCIATORE 1-1, SINGLE

TIM GOOD 0-3

SCOTTY SKORA 1-3, SINGLE

THE OTHER GAME FIRST ROUND

JAG BAGS UPSET RULERS

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

LAW BREAKER VERSUS JAG BAGS

CHAMPIONS

LAW BREAKERS

 

2018 THE ALSIP PARK DISTRICT STANDINGS(FINAL STANDINGS)

TEAM	WIN	LOSS	GB
RULERS	9	1	—
LAW BREAKERS	5	5	4
LAST CALL	5	5	4
JAG BAGS	1	9	8

Week One 5-29-18 SCORES:    Law breakers 8-2 Last Call  Final

RULERS 12-11 jag bags Final

Week Two  6-5-18 SCORES:    RULERS 13-12 Last Call   Final

Jag Bags 10-9 Law Breakers Final

WEEK THREE 6-12-18 SCORES: Last Call 11-4 Jag bags    Final

RULERS 14-5 Law breakers Final

WEEK FOUR 6-19-18 SCORES: Law Breakers 15-10 Last Call

RULERS 18-15 JAG BAGS

WEEK FIVE : 6-26-18  RAIN OUT

7-3-18 NO GAMES (INDEPENDENCE DAY)

WEEK SIX: 7-10-18 Scores Law Breakers 5-3 Last Call

RULERS 14-1 JAG BAGS

WEEK SEVEN: 7-17-18 SCORES  LAST CALL 7-6 RULERS

LAW BREAKERS WIN IN FORFEIT FROM THE JAG BAGS

WEEK EIGHT: 7-24-18  (DOUBLE HEADERS)

FIRST GAMES

LAST CALL 12-8 JAG BAGS

RULERS 8-2 LAW BREAKERS

SECOND GAMES

RULERS 16-2 LAST CALL

LAW BREAKERS WIN IN FORFEIT AGAINST THE JAG BAGS

7-31-18 (DOUBLE HEADERS)

FIRST GAMES

LAST CALL 21-9 JAG BAGS

RULERS DEFEATED LAW BREAKERS

SECOND GAMES

LAST CALL 16-11 JAG BAGS

RULERS DEFEATED LAW BREAKERS

POWER NUMBERS: 2018 HOME RUNS HIT BY THE TEAM

TOTAL: 2

CHRIS RILEY (1) ZACK ATTACK (1)

DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED

4 TURNED

ASSISTS: KEN(3) ANDY CODYMATE (2) MATT VOLKSTORF (2)  KEVIN BURKE (1) CHRIS RILEY (1)  BRIAN FISHER(1) SCOTT SKORA (1)

2018 SPRING/SUMMER BATTING STATS

Name	GP	BA	AB	HITS	RBI	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR	SAC	K’S	BB’S
Zack	10	.567	37	21	11	17	19	1	0	1	1	0	0
Andy	9	.657	35	23	16	12	16	5	2	0	0	0	0
Bill	3	.444	9	4	6	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
Burke	6	.619	21	13	8	7	9	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fisher	3	.454	11	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dave	10	.541	24	13	4	5	11	1	1	0	0	1	1
Jay	7	.444	18	8	3	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0
Sal	10	.391	23	9	5	6	7	1	1	0	1	1	0
Sid	6	.625	16	10	3	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
Good	6	.500	10	5	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jon	5	.500	10	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris	10	.382	34	13	8	4	10	1	1	1	1	0	0
Hugo	3	.333	6	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken	8	.543	31	18	6	13	14	4	0	0	1	0	0
Matt	9	.454	33	15	5	6	12	3	0	0	0	0	0
Keith	7	.583	24	14	12	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don	3	.500	10	5	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian	1	.333	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim	3	.500	10	5	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott	5	.400	10	4	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0

2018 SPRING/SUMMER PITCHING STATS

NAME	WINS	LOST	GP	GS	IP	SIP	RUNS	HR’S	WALKS	K’S	RPIP
TIM GOOD	1	0	3	2	11	6	7	0	0	0	0.6
DAVE WITKOWSKI	4	5	9	7	47	20	81	1	9	5	1.7

SPRING/SUMMER BATTING LEADERS

STAT	NUMBER	NAME
BA	.657	ANDY CODYMATE
AB’S	37	ZACK
HITS	23	ANDY CODYMATE
RBI’S	16	ANDY CODYMATE
RUNS	17	ZACK
SINGLES	19	ZACK
DOUBLES	5	ANDY CODYMATE
TRIPLES	2	ANDY CODYMATE
WALKS	1	4 TIED WITH ONE
SAC’S	1	SIX TIED WITH ONE

7-31-18 GAMES 9 & 10 DOUBLE HEADER

GAME TWO OF THE DOUBLE FEATURE (FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME)

LAST CALL REACH .500 WITH SWEEP OVER JAG BAGS

Game two of the double header did not mean anything to either team when it came down to playoff positioning. However it did mean something to Last Call as they had a chance to even their record for the year. It gave them a chance not to have a losing record which seems to have been the case for many many years. To come away 5-5 after going 1-9 last year at this time is something amazing. It was the fourth and final meeting between the Jag Bags and Last Call for the season unless they met up in the championship. Last Call have won all the meetings between the two teams so Jag Bags were looking to win just for pride sake as they came in dead last 1-8 for a team that does have some talent.

Last Call struck first in the first as red hot Zack Attack continued to feast all over Jag Bag pitching. Zack had a big game in game one of the double feature with six RBI’s. He was driven in by the friend of the crown, Keith Dilly, to make it a 1-0 game. Jag Bags immediately came back with a big first inning scoring three runs to take a 3-1 lead after one inning.

Last Call bats come alive like in game one with a big inning in the second. The bottom of the order like in game one comes through. Sal Pecorac is on with a fielders choice as Matt Volkstorf was erased on his hit. Then Jay Roy with a single. With that hit he reaches the 100 mark for hits in Last Call uniform.

Jay Roy is the 12th guy to reach the 100 mark in hits. Then Sid works the walk to load the bases. Then the Zack Attack shoots one into outfield to drive in Sal and keeps the bases loaded. Then Ken the Bud man drives in Jay Roy with a single. Andy Codymate who has been having an awesome season clears the bases with a double. Then Keith Dilly drives in Andy to complete the six run inng as Last call pull ahead 7-3.

Jag Bags put up two in the bottom of the inning to make things closer, 7-5 . In the third inning was a shocker as both teams were held scorless. In the top of the fourth inning, with Zack Attack and Ken the Bud man on the base paths with hits, Andy Codymate cleans up with a blast a double  to score the two of them to make this a 9 to 5 game. In the bottom of the inning Jag Bags show some fight with a big inning scoring 4 as one Jag bag went yard with a big home run. After four we have ourselves a tie ball game.

In the fifth, Last Call regains the lead with a big inning of their own. Dave Witkowski and Sal Pecorac on base with singles. Sid who has not made an out to this point hits a single to drive in Dave for his first RBI of the night. Then the Zack Attack drives in Sal with another single. Then with two outs Ken the Bud man who has been on base a lot during this double header got on with a single. Then Andy Codymate cleans up things again, this time his blast goes for triple scoring Zack and Ken to complete the 4-1 inning. Now Last Call was in front 13 to 9.

In the bottom of the inning, Jag Bags were not done yet as they score two runs to make this a 13 to 11 ball game. Then in the top of the 6th Matt Volsstorf laced a single followed up by a Dave Witkowski single. Then with two outs Sid came up with his third hit of the ball game and drove in Matt Volkstorf to make it a 14-11 game. Sid stayed perfect through the double header going 7-7 with a walk.

Then Dave and the defense took over shutting down the Jag bags in the bottom of the inning. One out was a very nice play from Sal Pecorac as he snagged one right before the ball touched the tips of the grass blades to rob a Jag from a hit. For not playing right field in a very long time, Sal made some nice plays out there.

In the 7th Last Call padded their lead with insurance runs as Ken the Budman was on with a single and Andy Codymate again with a shot that went for triple. His second of the game brought in Ken. Then another DILLY DILLY. The friend of the crown, Keith Dilly, brought in Andy Codynmate to make this a 16 to 11 affair with only three outs to get to complete the double header sweep.

Jag Bags went down easily in the bottom of the 7th as Dave Witkowski knuckled down and was able to put up another goose egg on the board that ended the Jag Bags and completed the double header sweep. It also gave Last Call the season sweep over the Jag Bags and it improved the team’s record to 5-5 for the year. The 5-5 regular season mark has been the best record in a very long time. Maybe since Haley’s comet or the last cicada infestation. Dave Witkoswski gets the win and improves his pitching record to 4-5 for the year. It is the most wins he has had in one season pitching in a Last Call uniform. It’s his ninth career win tieing him with Mike Flynn for third overall. Now Dave is one away from double digits and two away from catching Tim Good. Meanwhile the Jag bags drop to 1-9 for the year and next week have a meeting with the Rulers in the playoffs. Last Call finds themselves another match up with their arch nemesis, the Law Breakers.

MVP OF THE GAME: ANDY CODYMATE

Andy Codymate is probably the MVP of this team for the whole year. He was again brilliant at short stop making it look easy. Then with the bat in hands he drove in six runs matching Zack Attack’s RBI total in the first game. He was 4-5 with two doubles and two triples. Plus he scored two runs. Not too shabby. Now he has 16 runs driven in for the season and up to a total of 23 hits for the season. Very impressive…

THE PITCHING LINE

WP: Dave Witkowski (4-5)

GAME ONE OF THE DOUBLE FEATURE

THE BAGS CANT HANDLE THE ZACK ATTACK

It was the last two games of regular season for Last Call and they were playing both against the Jag Bags. Last Call won the first two against the Jag Bags coming into tonight. Both teams coming off a loss in last week’s second game of the double header. Both these games meant playoff positioning for each team. Jag Bags came in 1-7 and with two head to head wins they would be able to be tied with Last Call for the same record, and a split in the season series of four games. Meanwhile Last Call needed one of the two games to keep them in the third seed which would avoid the Rulers in the first game of the playoffs. If Last Call won both games, and the Law Breakers lost both games in their double header, then they would be tied with the same record. However Law Breakers swept the season series against last Call.

This did not look good for Last Call as they have a deep roster and only had ten players. Ten players covers all the positions but Last Call only had one of their regular outfielders. Some players would be playing out of position in both contests. Some big names were missing and missing without a trace.

Brian Fisher, Don Parker, Tim Good, Tim Lee, Bill Scanlon, Kevin Burke, Scott Skora and “Johnny Danger “Jon Cacciatore

That’s a lot of talent missing on the roster.

Brian Hughes was hung over watching Red Dawn

Brian Hughes and Red Dawn are cult favorites.

MEANWHILE BRIAN THEILMAN IS HELPING OUT AT VOLLEYBALL

The rest of the players could of been taken by the clown who lives in the sewers.

Figures those Clowns from the Law Breakers have to be involved.

However the show must go on and in game one Matt Volkstorf was asked to play center field. While Sal Pecorac, who is like the sixth string outfielder, had to head to right where he started when he first came to the team a few seasons ago. Sid took second base as he had to leave the bench and play the field as he usually is the DH. Now you’re thinking the team is doomed the picture I’m painting.

Jag Bags struck first in the very first inning, scoring two quick runs to grab the early 2-0 lead. Last Call came back in the bottom of the first inning with a run of their own to cut the Jag Bag lead to 2-1 after one. Zack led things off with a single. He scored on Keith Dilly fielders choice as there was no way to nail down the blazing speed of Zack so they went with another option.

Jag Bags were not done as they put another three on the board in the second to increase their lead to 5-1. Then the Last Call bats came to life. Matt Volkstorf with a single followed by a Sal Pecorac single. With one out, Jay Roy knocked in Matt Volkstorf with a single. Then Sid loaded the bases with a single of his own. Then Zack Attack drives in a pair with his second hit of the game as Sal and Jay scored on  a line drive single over the infield. Zack Attack is just starting to heat up. Ken the Bud Man drove in Sid with a single, his first hit of the game and that’s the fourth run of the inning for Last Call. Then Andy Codymate drove in his first run of the game his 8th RBI of the year as Zack scored his second run in only two innings of play. Then Chris Riley finished the inning coming out of a mid-season slump with a knock to bring home Ken and Last Call had the lead 7-5 after two.

Dave Witkowski finally was able to put a goose egg on the board shutting down the Jag Bags with ease in the third. Then in the the third, Last Call bats stayed red hot. Dave Witkowski led off with a double. Then Sal Pecorac with his second hit of the night. Jay Roy with a sacrifice fly which brought in Dave Witkowski for his first run of the day. Dave finished 1-4 with a double and that run. Then Sid collected another single for his second hit of the game. Then they say speed kills. With two men on, Zack Attack gets a a knock in the gap and he is off to the races. In seconds he was on the heels of Sid as it seemed the bench was screaming “run Forest run” as Sid is not the fastest guy on the team. Sal Pecorac scored with ease for his second run of the game. Sid could feel the Zack Attack speed on his back like a breeze on hot summer night as they waved him around third. You know he was thinking, “What the hell man are you insane in the brain?” But he rounded third feeling like he was dragging a bus in some strong man competition, however the bus is still in park not neutral. Meanwhile the Jag Bags have gotten the ball and now are throwing it home. Definitely was going to be a play at the plate. This play reminded me of Carlton Fisk getting the ball at home plate when he was on the White Sox. How Fisk tagged the lead runner sliding in then tagged the trailer following the lead runner.

However this did not go the Jag Bags’ way as Sid stepped on the plate right when the catcher got the ball. Then the catcher lost control of the ball and Zack, milliseconds later stepped on the plate for a three run home run. His first ever in a Last Call uniform. After that, the inning continued and Ken “The Bud man” got his second hit of the game. Followed that by a single from Andy Codymate, his third hit of the night. Then

 

Keith Dilly, a friend of the crown, with a double to score Ken and Andy Codymate. Chris Riley added an RBI single to complete the 7 run inning and now Last Call led 14-5 after three innings of play.

In the fourth, Jag Bags get a pretty big inning with a four run inning of their own to cut into Last Call’s lead and now it’s 14 to 9. With two quick outs in the fourth, Last Call got things going with a lead off single from Jay Roy, his second hit of the night. Then Sid got his third hit as he slapped the ball to left field. Zack Attack drives in his sixth run of the game with single scoring Jay Roy. Ken the Budman got his third hit of the game as he drove in Sid who had his third run of the game. Then Andy Codymate drove in Zack who scored his 4th run of the game. Then Keith Dilly drove in this third run of the game bringing in Ken the Bud man to complete a 4 run inning of their own for Last Call. After 4 Last Call led 18-9.

In the fifth inning both teams scored nothing. The only scoreless inning of the game. Then in the sixth, Dave Witkowski took care of business and the defense shut down the Jag Bag offense for another inning. In the bottom of the frame, Sid collected his 4th hit of the night with another single to lead off things. Then with two outs Andy Codymate singled his 5th hit of the game. Dilly with another single to bring in Sid who was perfect with four hits and 4 runs. Then Chris Riley got his third hit of the game a single that brought home two runs as Dilly and Codymate scored sealing the game for Last Call as they would win in slaughter after six 21-9.

Last Call improves to 4-5 for the year. Meanwhile Jag Bags fall to 1-8 for the year. This win also seals the deal on the number three seed for the playoffs, avoiding the Rulers in the first round of the playoffs. This was Last Call third straight win over the Jag Bags. This also snapped a one game loss from the second game of last week’s double header. Last Call has now won three out of their last four games.

THE PITCHING LINE

WP:Dave Witkowski (3-5)

MVP OF THE GAME: THE ZACK ATTACK

You could say many game balls should be given out in this contest. I like the Zack Attack in this one. He took care of business out in left field on defense. The offensive numbers were incredible. He went 4-5 with three singles and his first home run in a Last Call uniform. He scored 4 runs and drove in six runs. Those numbers are like video game baseball.

7-24-18 GAMES 7 & 8 DOUBLE HEADER

GAME NUMBER TWO OF THE DOUBLE HEADER

RULERS SEND LAST CALL TO THE PIT OF MISERY

In game two of the double header, Last Call met the Rulers for the third time this season. As you remember, last time Last Call were able to beat the Rulers 7-6 just last week. Giving them their only loss of the year. The first game was taken by the Rulers in a slug fest earlier in the year 13-12. This was the final game between the two teams in regular season unless they meet up in the playoffs in a few weeks. Rulers took down the Law Breakers in game one of their double header to snap the one loss handed down last week by Last Call. Last Call took care of business against the Jag Bags in the first game of this double header now coming in having won two in a row.

It was a hot humid night and both teams were tired from game one. Out of the gate the Rulers looked like they had spiked their Metamucil as they struck first with two runs in their first at-bats. Rulers easily retired Last Call’s first three batters to keep it 2-0. In the second, Rulers added two more runs and now had a four run lead. In the second inning Last Call bats were quiet as they had nothing brewing except a Dave Witkowski single. After two, 4-0 the Rulers.

Dave Witkowski got the starting nod in this one and was able to hold the Rulers to only one run in the third. Rulers increase their lead to 5-0. Finally in the bottom of the third, Last Call was able to muster up one run to finally get on the board. A lead off single by Matt Volkstorf. Then Jay Roy moved Matt along with a single of his own. Jay Roy finished perfect 2-2 with two singles in this contest. Then small ball brought in Matt Volkstorf from third with a Scott Skora sacrifice fly. That’s Scotty’s first RBI of the year.

In the fourth, both teams got out of the inning damage free so it remained 5-1 after four. Rulers managed one right away off Tim Good who took the mound in the 5th. Tim Good at times this season has look unhittable. In the bottom half of the fifth Zack Attack lead the inning off with a quick single. Eventually Jay Roy got him to third on another single. Then Sal Pecorac slapped a single to get Zack home for Last Call’s 2nd run of the game. Sal’s fifth RBI of the year. His second RBI of the double tilt.

Then things went sour for Last Call in the six and 7th as old time Last Call softball came into play. Errors followed by more hits. Followed by bad throws that led to base runners rounding bases as it looked like something from Keystone Kapers, however baseball wise.  Rulers scored 3 in the sixth. Then added 7 in the 7th to get their revenge from the only blemish they got last week from Last Call. Last Call base running was not good as they had a few guys tagged out on close plays. Some would say the the man in Blue had to be home to wash his dentures in the glass next to his bed before the clock hit 10:30 pm for the evening news.

They even allowed a drunken cowboy Indiana Jones look alike to get a few hits and celebrate with a silver bullet beer in the field in the dugout. I’m surprised he did not have it rounding the bases. Last Call had no Dilly Dilly in this one as the Rulers send Last Call to the Pit of misery. Rulers record rule the league at 7-1. Meanwhile Last Call 2 game winning streak has come to a end. They are now 3-5 for the season.

Last Call’s own mascot could not even watch this clunker.

THE PITCHING LINE

LP:Dave Witkowski 2-5

HIGHLIGHTS

Don Parker taking some ground balls at third as he makes a perfect throw across the diamond to Ken the first baseman.

GAME NUMBER ONE OF DOUBLE HEADER

AT LAST CALL ALL THE JAG BAGS CLEARED OUT

It was the second meeting of the year between the Jag Bags and Last Call. Game one seemed like a long time ago since the two teams have met. In that contest, Tim Good razzled and dazzled the Jag Bag with four innings of stellar pitching. It was the game that broke the long drought dating back to last year in finding the win column for Last Call. Last Call needed something good to break that ugly streak. They prevailed. The week before, Last Call earned their second victory with a huge upset against the undefeated Rulers. Could they win two in a row?. When the hell was the last time Last Call has won two in a row? It has to go back when John Shanahan and Mike Flynn played on the team before they left to join Mayhem, a team filled with softball mercenaries.

      MAYHEM TEAM PHOTO

Meanwhile the Jag Bags forfeited against the Law Breakers last week, so they are plenty rested. In the second meeting between the two teams, Last Call struck first blood. Great to see Tim Lee back for his second game of the year. He was BIG GAME Tim Lee in this contest. He led off with an opposite field single. Then Don Parker, always great to see, playing in his second game of the year, moved Tim into third with a single. With one out, Andy Codymate who has ice water in his veins in these kinds of situations, brought in Tim Lee with a single and like that Last Call led 1-0. With two outs.

Yes, Keith Dilly is always a friend of the crown and cleared the bases with a single that brought in Don Parker and Andy Codymate to make it 3-0. Jag Bags managed one off starter Dave Witkowski in the bottom of the inning to make it 3-1 after one.

In the second, Last Call put up a goose egg. Jag Bags quickly tied the game with two of their own to make it 3-3 as one Jag Bag hit a mammoth home run off Dave.

In the third inning, Last Call had a big inning all happening with two outs. Andy Codymate on with a single along with Keith Dilly on with fielders choice, the Zack Attack drives in his first run of the day. Zack had a big day with the bat. After playing knock the pitcher off the rubber with a line drive shot right in the gut of the Jag Bag pitcher in first. Mat Volksstorf was out on that play, but he hit the day lights out of that ball. He came up with his first hit of the day in the third to load the bases. Then Dave Witkowski helping his own cause nailed a ball down the right field line to clear the bases after the Jag Bag tripped over his own feet trying to get to Dave’s shot. It cleared the bases and Dave lumbered into third with a triple. That was Dave’s fourth career triple in a Last Call uniform. Dave finished 1-2 at the plate with 3 driven in and scored on the next play. Sid with an opposite field base hit to drive in Dave and now it was 8-3 ball game. In the bottom of the third, Jag Bags struck back with three of their own to keep this game close, 8-6 after three innings of play.

In the fourth inning, Jag Bags shut down the Last Call bats and scored another one in the bottom of the frame. This made it 8-7 after four innings played.

In the top of the fifth, Last Call added to their lead. Keith Dilly and Zack were on with singles. Tim Good entered the game and he came up with another one of his big hits, a single to drive in Dilly to make this 9-7. Then Sal Pecorac in the DH slot drove in the speedy Zack with a fielders choice to make this 10-7 ball game. That was Sal’s 4th RBI of the year.

Tim Good was mowing down Jag Bags left and right as he looked unhitable. Throwing two perfect innings in the 5th and sixth. Last Call were out in order in the sixth inning. It remained 10-7 after six.

In the 7th, Last Call added more insurance to their policy. They scored another two runs. Andy Codymate with a single. With one out, Keth Dilly came up with a single to move Andy into third. Zack then with a fielders choice moved Andy to third but erasing Dilly at second. Then Matt Volstorf, who been hitting the ball hard every bat all game, tattooed one out to left center driving in Andy Codymate and was in at second with a double. Matt finished the game 2-4, single, double, RBI and one run. Then Tim Good with another single and driving in another one to make this 12-7. Zack scored his third run of the game. While Tim Good drove in second. Both pitchers in this game drove in 5 runs total. In the bottom of the 7th, Tim Good ran into some problems. Jag Bags got a quick run to make it 12-8 with runners still on. Then the next Jag Bag hit a line drive that Andy Codymate snagged and Ken at first clapped his hands and Andy threw to first for the double play and that ended the game. Last Call wins two in a row, now improving their record  3-4 and now have won two over the Jag Bags who now sink to 1-6 for the year.

MVP OF THE GAME: ANDY CODYMATE

Andy continues to make everything look easy on defense. Definitely the captain of the infield making huge plays at short stop every night. He also went perfect with the bat 4-4. Scoring three runs driving in one and ended up with 4 singles.

THE PITCHING LINE

WP:Dave Witkowski 2-4

Save Tim Good (1)

MEDICAL REPORT

Kevin Burke had an injury to his fingers playing in tournament play. He will be a week to week decision. Last Call medical staff is working around the clock to get him back on the field.

Candi with an I, only the professionals work for the Last Call organization.

OTHER NOTABLE PLAYS IN THIS CONTEST

Tim Lee was in Center field for Kevin Burke in this game. Tim had an awesome day out in center grabbing everything that was hit out to him. Three web gems of him diving and rolling and still in control of the ball as somersaulted back to his feet.

OLD FRIENDS

Former Last Call first basemen Brian Knight was playing for the Jag Bags. Brian had only played in a few games for Last Call a few seasons ago. The tall big man made a huge impact with his bat as he could crush the ball every time he came up to bat. Brian then joined the Fire Department in which he is a fire fighter out there helping others. Last Call wishes him the best as he was a great person to have on the team. Last Call pitching did well in containing him in this contest.

THE ANNUAL OAK LAWN PUB CRAWL

Some of the players from Last Call do a pub Crawl in Oak Lawn, Illinois on 95th street. Besides the players, it has friends of the players and always people that come out of the wood work to attend. It started at BJ McMahons for dinner. Then the staging area was set at the Goal Post. Tim Lee and said to battle it out there in a few games of shuffle board. Then the walk (in some cases the drive) began. After the Goal Post everyone hit the Whistle. Then went next door to the Hot Corner. Then the walk on the opposite side of the street features the Gaslite Krauses. Then the final bar on the list was Deja Brew. Not a bad night at the office for the guys who attended as they hit a total of six establishments.

Jay Roy to the left Tim Lee in the middle and Sid to the right

Taken at the Hot Corner

This one is the failed attempt of the selfie at the Hot Corner.

Then we have a group picture with present Last Call players Sid & Jay Roy in it. Alum Phil Zack in back of the group photo. His head is between Fuzzy and Uncle Fester.

GAME SIX 7-17-18

RULERS UNABLE TO MAKE LAST CALL

The Rulers have been ruling the league like a King eating a drumstick while watching the gladiator fights. It’s a team that has looked unstoppable. Like Drago from the Rock movie. Anybody who stepped in the way would crumble and die. On Tuesday. July 17th, 2018, the unthinkable occurred. It was the night Krusty Clown could of won betting on the Generals thinking they were due against the Harlem Globetrotters. This was the second meeting this year between Last Call and the Rulers. Rulers walked out of that contest barely winning a 13-12 slug fest. Maybe this would be the night the biggest upset in franchise history happens or is it?

BACK UP THE MYSTERY VAN

Before the Rulers Last Call has beaten two undefeated teams late in the season.

The Cruisers were trying to finish the season perfect until Last Call gave them their first loss in 2003.

In 2005, Harry’s Long Bar was trying to be 9-0 and Last Call gave them their first defeat.

Rulers were trying to win their sixth game in a row for the year and keep their perfect season intact when they showed up. Last Call have never beaten the Rulers. They have probably have played about 5 games total over the last few years.

Last Call struck first blood in the very first inning. This you can say when Rocky landed that first punch to make Drago bleed, you kind of felt something special was going to happen.

With two outs. Andy Codymate got things started with a single. Follow that by Brian Fisher’s tomahawk missile single. Then the other big man, Chris Riley, came up and drove in Andy with a single of his own. Chris Riley’s dog was ailing and not at the game so this was for the three legged dog in his mind. In the bottom of the inning, Tim Good got the nod as starter as he pitched a quick inning only giving up one run. Last Call needed an easier first inning after giving so many first inning runs to the maroon team.

In the second, Last Call struck again. This time with two runs. Jay Roy was at first from a fielders choice that erased Zack at second in which the Rulers just got him. Tim Good trying to help his own cause hit a sharp single. Then with two men on, Brian Hughes hits a dribbler in the infield. Which is a fielders choice erasing Jay Roy at third. Then Scotty S kora, who had a big game, loaded the bases with a single of his own. Then the top of the order, Kevin Burke hit a rocket in the gap that drove in the the Good bar and the piano man Brian Hughes who came lumbering around second carrying the big music key board on his back.  Last Call now had a 3-1 lead. But the Rulers struck back quickly off the Good with a four run explosion of their own. After two, Rulers marching to 5 to 3 lead.

In the third, the Last Call bats are heating up as they come back to tie the game at 5. Andy Codymate once again led off with a single. Brian Fisher got his second hit, this time a double, his first of the year. Then Chris Riley getting the job done. Big sacrifice fly for his second RBI of the game that drove in Andy, his second run he has scored in this contest. Then Keith Dilly kept things moving along and he had a nice line drive single. Dilly finished the night with 2-3 day with two singles. The Zack Attack playing small ball brought in Fisher with a sacrifice. Zack’s second RBI of the year. Then Tim Good does what he has been doing putting up lots of goose eggs as shut down the Rulers in the third and 4th inning and left the game only giving up 5 runs in 4 innings pitched. Another great performance as he kept the team in the game once again.

Things stayed pretty quiet for both teams during the 4th, 5th, and 6th… no one scored a run. Dave Witkowski came in and he was putting up goose eggs as well. The defense stepped up as well. Scott Skora was playing right field and having the game of his life out there. One play he robbed one of the Rulers with a diving snag catching the ball just before it touched the blades of the grass. Then he got up like a catapult and launched the ball to Brian Fisher at first base. The base runner thought the ball was going to drop in for a hit as he was racing for second. Brian Fisher caught the ball and his foot was on the bag as the Ruler base runner was a dead duck. During this game Scotty Skora came up with three diving plays that saved the team and helped stopped crucial rallies by the Rulers.

This game was decided in the 7th inning. Sid led the inning off with single. Yes, Sid is still on the team. Have not heard from him all year. Then Scotty Skora with the bat was doing things with the lumber as he had a sharply hit single. Then Kevin Burke drove in Sid with his second hit of the night, a single. Kevin Burke finished the night with 3 RBI’S as he went 2-4 with the double and that big single that made it a 6 to 5 game. Then Last Call added a big insurance run with a Sacrifice fly by Ken The Bud Man that scored Scotty from third and just like that Last Call had the lead and were up by two needing three outs to win the game.

THE DREADED LAST INNING

Last Call highlights of the last inning. You might not want to see these highlights. Cover your eyes if you can not stomach it.

It was up to this man to help save the day for Last Call.

DAVE WITKOWSKI

Dave Witkowski and company needed three outs and they would pull off the biggest upset this year. Dave does sweat like Ted Striker from Airplane when he pitches. Dave came in blanking the Rulers. Rulers were not going to go down easily as they quickly put one run on the board in a blink of an eye to make it 7 to 6 with only one out and base runners on. This was looking like another late inning collapse for Last Call. You could feel the wheels on the bus flying off. However Dave Witkowski got out number two. The Ruler cue balled it off the bat and Ken the Bud man playing second base caught the shifty pop up. Corralling it with two hands like a punt returner. People were on the edges of their seats. I think one Last Call player chewed all his nails off waiting for this one to end. Dave was facing a tough out. One of the Mexican players the Rulers have. He can hit the ball hard. Racks up many hits at least against Last Call he does so he is very dangerous. Dave wipes the Sweat off his forehead. His shirt is drenched as he makes the next pitch. Everything seem like it was in slow motion. The Ruler swung and hit the ball on the ground hard. No worries the pain is over. Andy Codymate picks up the ball cleanly and throws it perfect to Brian Fisher standing on first and that is it Last Call does the impossible. It was like USA taking down the Russians as Last Call upset the Rulers. Rulers first blemish of the year as they are now 5-1.Meanwhile Dave Witkowski and Last Call improve to 2-4 for the season. Dave Witkowski landed the plane and he did it for George Zip. He won one for the Zipper. This game will go down as one the best wins in franchise history.

The Pitching Line

WP: Dave Witkowski (1-4)

MVP OF THE GAME: SCOTT SKORA

Scotty is well known for defensive skills on the diamond. You could even say he is specialist when it comes to his defensive skills. The biggest part he played in this game was all his clutch catches in this contest. He prevented a lot of runs with his multiple diving gems out in right field. His played killed potential Ruler rallies with his double play he made catching the ball then gunning it to first to get the Ruler base runner running for his life trying to get back. With the stick he was in the 11th hole. However, not too shabby. Kept the bottom of the order rolling over to the top. He had two hits. Finished 2-3 for the day with two singles and scored a run.

DURBIN’S AFTER HOURS

Some of the team went out to Durbins to celebrate the huge win. When the clock hit Midnight the team celebrated Sid’s birthday and the big game with a few shots and of course another bucket.

In the back: Chris Riley

In the front going left to right: Brian Theilman, Sid, Sal Pecorac, and The girl that likes to talk about Trump

GAME FIVE 7-10-18

THE UMPIRES ARE A NO SHOW IN WEEK SIX

Last week the Alsip league had a double header scheduled for the four team league. Mr. Cub, the great Ernie Banks, loved to say “let’s play two.”

You always get a team that can not get all their guys there. If they can not corall some bystanders to fill in, it becomes a forfeit. Last week was the first time the Umpires did not show up. Occasionally you get one that does not show up for whatever reason. However you never get a week where they all are MIA. Obviously the league and the umpires had some kind of miscommunication that caused this. The games must go on. One guy from the Rulers came over and took the game between Last Call and the Law Breakers. While Last Call funny man, Brian Hughes, went and did the Jag Bags and the Rulers.

This took some time to get both these players to get situated for their debuts behind the catcher, calling balls and strikes. It was agreed from all four teams that we only play one game instead of playing two that night.

BRIAN HUGHES HIGH LIGHTS

LAST CALL BATS GO COLD AS LAW BREAKERS SWEEP THE  3 GAMES SERIES

So much for third time is the charm. It was the third and final regular season game between the two teams. Law Breakers scored quickly as they did in all three games. This time the Law Breakers only put up a three spot rather than the usual six spot. Law Breakers racked up 15 of their 28 runs in the first inning in the three game series. Last Call scored a total of 15 runs in the three game series. However only one run in the first inning against the Law Breakers.  The rest of the innings Last Call edged Law Breakers 14-13. That edge does nothing for the win column.

Last Call welcomed two of their star players who made their season debut against the arch rivals. Tim Lee and Don Parker added to the regular mix, you’re thinking a sure recipe to find a way to beat the maroon team. The team that has haunted the good guys in black for too long now.

After the three in the first, Dave Witkowski and defense put up a zero in the second inning. Last Call got a lead off triple by Chris Riley, his first in Last Call uniform. He hit a towering rocket out to left which the left fielder could not handle as he chased it down and got the ball into third. It was too late… Chris Riley was in standing up. Then Keith Dilly drove in Chris Riley with a rocket in the gap for a double to make things 3-1.

That’s Keith Dilly 2nd RBI of the year. Now he has back to back games with an RBI.

In the top of the third, Law Breakers strike back with two runs of their own. A John Shanahan double down the right field line drove in two which made 5-1. The Alsip Mercenary of the league, John Shanahan, still has not lost to his former team Last Call as he almost played for everyone on the South side at least one season. Dave Witkowski and the defense put up another zero in the fourth inning. The defense came up with a great double play to escape a Law Breaker threat and a much needed play to keep the team in the game. Andy Codymate fielded the ball at short, looked at the runner and Dilly at third. Then made the throw across the diamond to get the runner at first while the runner at third broke for home. Ken the Bud Man step on base for the first out then chucked the ball home. The throw was perfect as Chris Riley snagged it and tagged the runner at the same time to complete the double play.

It stayed 5-1 until the sixth. Ken the Bud Man got things started with a lead off single. Then Kevin Burke followed up with a double and things were happening, two men on no outs. Andy Codymate then placed the ball perfectly in the outfield for a single to score Ken and make it a 5-2 ball game. That’s Andy’s sixth RBI of the year. Then Don Parker drove in Burke with a fielders choice erasing Andy at second as now it was a 5-3 ball game. Tim Good put up three zeros in three innings pitched coming into the game in the fifth. In the last at bats, Last Call went down in order as Law Breakers finished the sweep and improved their record to 3-2 all three wins against Last Call. Last Call has now lost two in a row and now fall to 1-4 for the year.

The Pitching Line

LP: Dave Witkowski (0-4)

MVP OF THE GAME: TIM GOOD

I like how Tim Good came off the bench and pitched in a very close game. He shut down the Law Breaker offense for three innings giving them nothing. Three scoreless innings. It kept Last Call in the game. As a team Last Call bats were ice cold. If the bats would of awakened Tim Good could of collected a victory with his performance. Tim Good was not bad at the plate in this contest.  He  went 1-2 with the stick, hitting a sharp single right on the screws.

PLAY OF THE GAME: Don Parker was at second base in this contest. Don Parker robbed a Law Breaker of bloop single. Hawk Harrelson would said a Kansas City special. Don ran out to right field as none of the out fielders were even close to this bloop. He got there in time and made a nice over the shoulder catch that looked like Jerry Rice catching one in the end zone.

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:  Tim Lee was 2-3 with two singles.

Kevin Burke had the best day at the plate going 2-3 with a single, double and he scored a run.

Sal Pecorac 1-1 with a single

Dave Witkowski keeps his hitting streak going as he went 1-1 with a single. That’s six straight games with a hit for the SWAT Commander.

GAME FOUR 6-19-18

DOES THE HILL HAVE EYES AT COMMISIONERS PARK ?

Does the hill have savages hanging out on the hill? A group of riff raff wearing maroon shirts no sleeves like a band of hooligans looking for trouble. Maybe the hills do have eyes. Do they ever leave the hill and come out of the dark to play? Once the lights go on every Tuesday night, this group emerges over the hill united as one group. They look like their pupils are dialated as if some kind of song is playing inside their heads. Maybe it’s “Hey hey we’re the Monkeys.” Maybe they think they are the reservoir dogs walking with their bats and cleats. Showing off their tats revealing their arms like they are the Warriors going out to rumble instead of play softball.

THE LAWBREAKERS HAVE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE FOR PART TWO AGAINST LAST CALL. AS THE TWO OLDEST RIVALS IN THE LEAGUE MEET AGAIN

GIVE IT AWAY THEN TAKE IT AWAY TO GIVE IT BACK AS LAST CALL FALL ON THEIR BACKS

This was the game that has left a bad taste in your mouth. The season opener losing to Law Breakers 8-2 as the team gave them many of the runs with the one bad inning. Would this happen again in the second meeting? It’s as if Last Call has to spot the Law Breakers 6 runs in the first because the bad inning came again and like a blink of an eye. Chasing and bobbling the ball around the field, Last Call was down 6-0.

Last Call was able to get one on the board in the bottom of the first. Kevin Burke drove in the Zack attack on Fielders choice. Zack used his speed as he burned around the bases to score to get the team on the board first. After Zack’s bad pep talk before the game, the team was in a deep hole treading water. Zack needed to do something as speed always kills.

In the second, Dave Witkowski made some great pitches and the defense came to life. Last Call shut down the Law Breaker offense for the next four innings. Sounds like the same plot as the last game. However this time around, the bats have been wrapped with barbed wire and very bloody. In the bottom of the second this time the bottom of the order struck as Dave Witkowski with big bases loaded singled to bring in the big guy, Chris Riley.  Can we call Chris Riley, “Big Guy” even though his dog is named Big Guy? Lets go to the Jay Roy handbook. Timeberland scored. Then Sal Pecorac drove in Keith Dilly with a sac fly. Keith Dilly making his first appearance since he left the opening game during the very first inning with a bad ankle. He made his presence known quickly as he got his first hit dating back to last year in the Spring/Summer league. He was hampered with a bad knee injury last year and missed most of the year. Good to have him back as he had the hot corner. Now Last Call was down 6-3 after two.

In the third, Last Call came up with two more runs. Andy Codymate in clean up position bringing home Burke on a well hit ball for a double. Then the big man at first base, Brian Fisher, knocked in Andy from second with a tomahawk chop that sent a screamer to left for a RBI single. After three innings of play, 6-5, Lawbreakers holding on.

With the bases loaded, who do you want up at that time? You want a guy that will at least get one in. However he is an RBI machine and he has cleared the bases many times over his long career with the team. Bill Scanlon with a sacrifice fly to bring in Dave Witkowski who had singled. That is Billy’s 6th RBI of the year and he has done that damage in three games. Then Kevin Burke drove Sal Pecorac and guess what ladies and gentleman… after 4 innings of play Last Call has the lead 7-6.

In the fifth, Last Call continues their rampage with the bats.

Keith Dilly’s rocket line drive brings in the big man Brian Fisher. Dilly finished 2-4 with 2 singles, an RBI and run scored. Pretty damn good for being out a long time. Then Jon Cacciatore coming into this contest 4-5 for the year. Not kidding swear on stack of bibles the Marlboro man was clutch with an RBI double to bring in Matt Volkstorf. This inning should have had more runs. Former Last Call player, Lawbreaker Chris, was on the ropes. Another hit he would of fallen to the ground like Joe Frazier. He was able to get two big outs to get out of the inning by getting Dave Witkowski and Sal Pecorac to foul out in which are K’S in softball. Runners were stranded however Last Call led 9-6 after five.

If feels like you can smell doom. Maybe it is just a feeling in the air. This game could of been rained out as dark clouds hung the field ready to explode at any moment. Things were looking good with two outs with Law Breakers occupying a couple of the bases. The bad inning struck again as the wheels fell off the bus. Law Breakers put up a five spot and took the lead 11-9. It took all the fight Last Call had to get the lead, then to see the team go up in smoke like a snap of the fingers. It let air out of the sails. In the bottom of the sixth, Andy Codymate brought in Burke who had just doubled before him. This made it 11-10 going into the 7th inning.

In the 7th it just got uglier. Law Breakers add 4 more runs to make it a 15 to 10 game. The nails in the coffin. In the bottom of the 7th, Matt Volkstorf led off with a single. Then three fielder’s choices erased men at second each time which ended the game and ended Last Call. That was the only inning Last Call did not score a run that evening. Meanwhile Law Breakers escape and now are 2-2 for the year. Both wins against Last Call. After winning their first game the week prior, Last Call quickly back in the loss column to make their record 1-3 for the year. One game remains between both these teams unless they meet in the playoffs. If Last Call wants to have a winning season, they have to learn how to beat their arch rival first. It seems Last Call musters up a win against their rivals once out of every ten contests. Back to the drawing board or the local tavern and draw it up differently.

The Pitching Line

LP: Dave Witkowski (0-3)

MVP OF THE GAME: KEVIN BURKE

The reining MVP for Last Call the last two years had another big day trying to upend the rival, the hated Law Breakers. His efforts on defense were awesome. Burke took care of the routine plays and took a few hits away from the rival as well. At the plate he went 3-4, with two singles and a double. In the number three hole he managed to score two runs while driving in 2 runs. It was rough ending as Burke’s words at the end of the game were ” this one was hard to swallow.”

Referring to the Law Breaker come back and the teams collapse at the end of this contest.

 

WEEK THREE: 6-12-18 LAST CALL BAGS THE JAGS

Week three of the 2017 Spring Summer league was when Last Call won their last game against Dublin Up. It’s been over a year since Last Call has won a game. This season has been delayed by a rain out and the season being pushed back a week.   Week three must be the only lucky week when the team can win because it is FINALLY OVER. Last Call has ended a 16 game losing streak going back to last May. Finally they beat a team they had on the ropes a few times during that losing streak, the Jag Bags. It was not Last Call’s regular recipe for winning a game either. It was not “get a big lead then watch as the other team storm back and hope and pray they don’t take the lead.”  This recipe saw the hot bats continue with great defense as they blew the Jag Bags up 11-4.

This was the first game that Last Call did not have Sid or Bill Scanlon to run things at the game. Either one or the other has always been there to runs things since the team started in 2003. Who ran things when both of them were gone?

JAY ROY

       HE HAILS FROM FLORIDA. FORMER GATOR AND ALUMNI. 8TH YEAR ON THE TEAM. IN HIS 15TH SEASON WITH THE TEAM. PLAYED IN 103 GAMES. LIKES LONG WALKS ON THE BEACHES. HOWEVER HE DRINKS MILLER LITE. (No one is perfect)

               KNOWN FOR HIS GREAT NICK NAMES OF TEAM MATES OR JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL. NEVER GUN SHY ABOUT SAYING WHAT’S ON HIS MIND AS YOU CAN SEE THE ULTIMATE LINE UP HE PUT TOGETHER.

                                            THE LINE UP THAT ENDED THE 16 GAME LOSING STREAK

                                                        

You can see the nick names for some of the guys who he might not know their name yet. But to him they now go by his name for them.

Jay Roy did not have the full roster as we had some injuries and some people could not make it to this game. His starting pitcher was running late on this night. No worries, Jay Roy gave the ball to old reliable, who has 64 games in a Last uniform. Is second in wins only trailing Tom McDonald. Tim Good was not good, he was awesome. He went 4 innings – pitched three of them shut out innings only allowing two runs. He also went 1-2 and drove in a run. He earned his 11th career win as he left the game with 9-2 lead. Dave Witkowski worked the last three innings in a mop up role. Tim Good in 2018 gets the win as he is 1-0 for the year.

Another player made his return to the team in this contest and that is Scott Skora. Known for his defense and he did not disappoint as he made a diving catch out in right field robbing a Jag Bag of a hit.

BETTER CALL SAL… Sal Pecorac found himself in unfamiliar territories manning the hot corner. He too also provided some defensive gems as he had a few put outs to keep the Jag Bags off the bases. He also hit his 4th career triple as he cleared the bases and brought in two.

ZZ-TOP aka the other Bud-man:  His family calls him Ken. He had another great day with the bat. He finished 3-4 with two doubles a single and scored three while driving in one.

He was missing last week due to a finger injury from softball as we do not use mitts. We play the game the real way, not like these million dollar pansies in the Majors.

Andy Codymate was back at short and was not missing a beat. With the bat he had a 3 RBI day game as he finished 2-4 with the bat. On the field he took a grounder at short, faked the throw to first as the Jag Bag on second fell for it and started for third, and was quickly tagged. Not the first time we’ve seen that or the last time.

Big day for Matt Volkstorf who continues to improve since he started last fall. He went 3-4  with a hat trick of singles and scoring 1 while driving in 1.

The Pitching line

WP: Tim Good (1-0)

Save: Dave Witkowski (1)

MVP OF THE GAME: CHRIS RILEY

Left last week’s game with an injury to his leg. Then fell off 10 foot ladder in attempt to save his friend’s dog on a yacht. as he suffered a bruise on his mid section. The dog was caught and is very happy at home chewing on it’s squeaky toy.

He ended up playing and he connected with a monster solo home run from which the ball is still in orbit. He went 3-4 with the home run, single and a double as he drove in two while scoring two runs. This is his first year with the team. He is a guy that comes with some experience as he played for the brotherhood league.

He was the only Irish guy on the Fighting Camels.

WEEK TWO: 6-5-18 LAST CALL UNABLE TO CLOSE DOWN THE BAR AT THE END

In game 2, Last Call marched out a different line up. With a few guys banged up and unable to play, others had to step up. In a game delayed by the other team not getting their guys there on time, you would expect a let down. Like throwing in the towel to prevent Drago killing Apollo Crede in the ring. However, unlike last week, Last Call held a team called Shermulis, AKA the Rulers, to NO runs. Instead of that disaster of an inning in game one. Do you think Last Call escaped the one very bad inning they always have? Could it have come this time to haunt them another inning?

Bottom of the first, Last Call brought the lumber. The speedster, Zack, was on base with a fielder’s choice, erasing Kevin Burke’s first hit of the year. Bill Scanlon crushed one in the right field gap, for a double, scoring the Zack Attack. With 2 outs, former Binny’s liquor and now another Bud Man, added to the squad and Ken gets his first hit in a Last Call uniform in his AB. It  took Chris Riley his 4th try this season to get his first hit with Last Call. Bases loaded… Matt Vokstorf finds his stroke for the first hit of the year which drives in 2. 3-0 Last Call with the first lead of the year.

The Shermulis squad manages one in the 2nd. Last Call strikes back. Lead by Darth Hugo slicing a a single with 2 outs. Then Burke’s second single with a Zack Attack single to lead the bases again. No worries, Bill Scanlon cleans up with his second double of the game, which clears the bases. Gives Billy a 4 RBI day as he finishes 2-4 for the evening. It extends the lid to 6-1 as it is still hours away from calling Last Call.

In the 3rd, Shermulis rulers make this a game and cut into Last Call’s lead to make it 6-4. Another bad umpire had Dave trying to find this guy’s strike zone as he walked one of those runs in, in the 4th. Both teams were held scoreless, 6-4 after 4.

Jake the snake can escape New York. He even can escape LA. Last Call, haunted by the Big Bad scary one bad inning. Shermulis and his drug cartel of banditos unleash 5 runs to take their first lead of the game. They lead 9-6, bottom of the 5th. Last Call shows some grit and fights back this time. Dave “who’s still in the Navy” Witkowski gets things started with a one out sharply hit single. Then Bud’s new latex salesperson Ken, puts up his second hit of the game with a double. Then Brian Thielman is called into action for the injured Chris Riley who left the game after the first with a leg issue. He is day-to-day. Hope it does not come down to the  same path as his 3-legged dog, Lucky. AKA Big Guy and not the guy on WKRP in Cincinatti. More on the big guy in the upcoming weeks who was hanging out on Last Call’s bench. Thielman hit a slow roller to drive in Dave Witkowski for his first RBI of the year. The rally was then shut down, but Last Call inched closer, down 9-7 after the 5th.

Shermulis continued to put runs on the board with 2 more runs, to make it an 11-7 game. In the bottom of the 6th,  the bottom of the order wrecked havoc on Shermulis and the Rulers. Sal Pecorac’s first hit of the year. Sal was playing second base and had a put out in this contest. Then Sid with an infield single. Then Jay Roy with an RBI double scores Sal from second. Then Kevin Burke drove in 2 with his perfect 4-4 day. He finished with 2 RBIs and 2 runs. Then Zack Attack drove in Burke with a solid shot to the outfield. Zack tried to get extra bases as he raced towards 2nd as the ball got there at the same time.  Zack slid perfectly under the tag, but Mr. Belding, the umpire, called him out. Another terrible ump as he did not leave Home Plate to get a closer view. Obviously Zack was safe. However, game tied 11-11 with one inning left.

Shermulis broke the tie quickly with 2 runs. With one out, Ken blasted a single. Then Brian Theilman followed that up with a single. Then a clutch hit by Matt Volkstorf drove in Ken. Matt had quite a day going 3-4, three singles and 3 big runs driven in. Plus had a great day on defense as he was part of another double play, the second in only two weeks.  Then Sal picked up his second hit of the game as he had a collision with the first basemen and was called safe. However Sid could not get the hit to drive in the tying run as Thielman was also a put out on the play, he grounded out to end the game. Meanwhile Last Call fall to 0-2 and still are on one of the nastiest losing streaks in their history.

PITCHING ANALYSIS: Besides walking two runs in, Dave Witkowski pitched a pretty good game. He only gave up 12 runs. Had three strikeouts and two scoreless innings. Bad umping did not help. However, those are the cards you’re dealt. The big bad inning is the kryptonite of this team. The defense at times can be a let down. However Dave is making the right pitches. It’s underhand pitch and the ball can be hit by good batters. Shermulis has a very good hitting team. Older guys that can place the ball any where. Dave is very close where this thing can turn around and Last Call will be able to get the outs instead of giving up the hits and watching the other team score more.

The Pitching Line

LP: Dave Witkowski (0-2)

MVP OF THE GAME: KEVIN BURKE

This week it could have been Bill Scanlon. It could have been Matt Volkstorf. After going hitless in week one, Burke was perfect with a 4-4 day. Drove home two. Scored two. He did well out in center, his usual performance.

OPENING NIGHT  5-29-18

LAST CALL MISHANDLES FIRST ROUND

The 2018 opening night for Last Call had the usual suspects. It had some old faces. It had some new faces.The oldest rivalry on Tuesday night continues as it was the same old foes. They say break a leg on opening night at the theatre. That’s usually a good thing. For Last Call, it’s sprained ankle. Can you blame it on the Umpire? He was AWFUL. When you break down this night for Last Call, you still see the one bad inning. You see the sleepy bats still slumbering away. Not able to get the big hit to drive in runners. Runners stranded on bases like the Cast of Gilligan’s Island. However some good things were happening as well, which the team can build on and get very excited for.

It was A hot humid day. However by game time the temps cooled off. It was still a sticky night under the lights with active biting skeeters to deal with along with those pesky  Law Breakers with their maroon attire. Law Breakers last year swept Last Call in Spring/Summer and the Fall league. Last Call welcomed back Andy Codymate who was playing short stop as he had the first hit of the game and year for the team. He was left stranded as Last Call faced a former teammate, Law Breaker Chris, on the bump. The first at bats the very first inning doomed Last Call as they played hot potato with the ball in the infield. This led to a six run inning for the Law Breakers. Keith Dilly back from being injured most of the year with a bad knee was playing the hot corner. It did not take very long for him to injure an ankle which he has been hampered with recently. He was taken out of the game and replaced by Jay Roy. Jay finished the day 1-3 with a single. Keith will be a week to week and is unknown if he’ll return anytime soon.

After one inning of play it was 6-0 bad guys. Dave Witkowski pitched well in first but the mistakes behind him added up and cost the team. But everyone calmed down and Dave pitched well even though being handicapped by the umpire in his lack of strike zone. Last Call shut down the Law Breakers for the next four frames. Great defense suddenly happened and Law breakers were retired in order a few times. Kevin Burke ran a ball down in the gap and caught up to it. He made the catch and threw it back to second to Matt Volkstorf who was playing short center. That completed the double play on a Law Breaker base runner who thought the ball would get down for a hit. Matt tagged the runner before he could get his foot on the base. Andy Codymate made short stop look easy as he fielded everything clean and threw out multiple runners. Plus Jay Roy started off bad replacing Dilly, but he showed some great defensive skills manning the hot corner flashing some nifty moves scooping up everything.

Last Call finally got on board in the top of the fourth playing small ball. With one out ,Zack Attack was on first with an infield hit. Andy Codymate moved the runner to second on a ground ball. . Then Last Call welcomed back the big first basemen, Brian Fisher, who drove in Zack on a ground out. Speed Kills as Zack sped around third and the play at the plate. Zack beat it as the catcher could not hold on to the ball. Finally Last Call gets on the board.

It was 6-1 in the sixth as Last Call looks like they escaped a bases load jam. The umpire lost track of the count and the base runner went home thinking it was a walk. The count was 3 balls two strikes. Plus you can’t steal home. With all the base runners moving away from their base and advancing thinking it’s a walk, Last Call tagged two of them out which would have gotten them out of the inning. The Umpire already screwed the team calling outs on  a few guys, beating out throws which could of been hits which could of started rallies. The Umpire sent everyone back to the bases. The count remained 3-2. Then Last Call gave up two more runs in the frame to make it 8-1 Law Breakers going in the last inning of play when it should of been only 6-1.

In the seventh, Last Call did not go down without a fight. Andy Codymate started things off with a sharp single. Brian Fisher followed that with a single of his own. Then Bill Scanlon, last year’s RBI leader for the team, drove in Andy with his first hit of the year. However that was all Last Call could muster up as Law Breakers got the remaining three outs to seal the deal. They are now 1-0 while Last Call falls to 0-1 in the young season.

MAY DAY MALONE PITCHING ANALYSIS                                   

To give up less than tens runs in a Sixteen inch softball game is an awesome performance. Dave Witkowski should have been out of that first inning unscathed. The defense could not make the routine plays. Dave kept fighting and went back out and made his pitches. The defense settled down. He pitched 4 scorless innings in a row to keep his team in it. He made the right pitches to get himself out of jams. He had to deal with the bad umpire with a tea cup strike zone. He only walked two under those circumstances. He had a strike out and did not give up any long balls. If he can hold teams under ten, the offense needs to give the man some run support.

The Pitching line

LP: Dave Witkowski (0-1)

WELCOME BACK KOTTER!!

Last year after the Dilly injury, it was a revolving door at the short stop position. Welcome back Andy Codymate. He looked like he did not miss a beat as he made it look easy. Andy played two seasons both in 2016. He was very good with the bat as well. He finished  2-3, two singles. Scored one run. He was also involved in the small ball to get the first run moving Zack on the bases, as he was driven by the next hitter. Andy gets the MVP of the game.

SHANTY BACK WITH THE LAW BREAKERS

Former Last Call left fielder, John Shanahan, has returned for his 15th stint with the Law Breakers. Last time we saw Shanahn, his services were purchased by the Falcons in last year’s fall league.

Shanahan has become the Tuesday night mercenary of Alsip softball. Law Breakers must have raised their amount of tacos to seal the deal for Mr. Shanahan’s services. A man that can stretch ten dollars into a feast of tacos and beer. The Law Breakers had him at short stop and a ball went right through his wickets during the game.

Tim Good was on first from fielders choice. Jon Cacciatore came up and nailed the ball and it got through the infield. Tim Goody was off to the races. He rounded second and headed for third. Good is not the fastest piano hauler we have. The ball was picked up and fired to third. It was a perfect throw in which Good used some tight rope foot work to miss the tag. It has to be from those days when he was a college cheerleader guy who threw the girls up in the air and may have not caught them all. It all looked Goody for Good but he could not stay on the bag as his foot came off, then the tag was put on him for the out. SO CLOSE.

SOME OTHER STATS OF THE DAY

JON CACCIATORE 2-2, DOUBLE AND SINGLE,

KEVIN BURKER 0-2, WALK

DAVE WITKOWSKI 1-2, SINGLE

ZACK ATTACK 1-3, SINGLE, RUN

BILL SCANLON 1-3, SINGLE, RBI,

MAY 22ND  RAIN OUT

OPENING DAY OF 2018 SEASON: TUESDAY, MAY 22nd

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

His name is Dave Wagner, but he goes by WAGS. He played six seasons with Last Call which comes out to three years of softball. Where are they now usually means we have a clue where and what the person is up to nowadays. However Dave Wagner simply disappeared off the map. Left the grid and went silent…his whereabouts to this day are unknown.

Dave Wagner came from former Last Call player, Chris, who played for the Law Breakers when he crossed over to Last Call. Chris went back to the Law Breakers for personal reasons after his best friend on the Law Breakers had passed away. Wags remained with Last Call. He came in looking like he was a pizza chef just getting off work as he played in jeans. He had the mustache supporting the beer belly that covered up the Lone Ranger belt buckle. After a few games he went to jean shorts,,,Daisy Duke style, but in men’s. However it is softball and it does not matter how you look. Anybody, any size and shape, can play this game. He was the oldest player on the roster but he had game in him.

He played in 41 regular season games for Last Call. During that stretch he had 45 hits wearing number 45 on his back. Hawk Harrelson would always talk about Joe Crede for the White Sox late in games. Wags was not a Joe Crede however he did play most of those 41 games at the hot corner. Wags was clutch – when men were in scoring position he always came up with a big hit. He drove in 22 scoring 18 in those three years in a Last Call uniform. I would swear 16 of those RBI’S either tied the game or put the team in front. For an older guy, with a belly bouncing around as he ran, he was able to leg out a few doubles in which he had six. This will also blow your mind away he even had two triples. Not bad for a pizza chef waddling around the bases. On the field he had some giddy up as he was able to scoop up balls and had a pretty good arm to throw out runners from third. At times the belly got in the way as balls would cruise through the wickets on him. These things happen.

So where did WAGS go? You can say injuries. He did miss games from a shoulder injury. He did miss the fall season one year from lifting weights, he claimed. Some say it could have been too many meatza meatza pizzas. Wags was known as a guy who rolled his own cigarettes which he carried around in a fancy cigarette metal case. He was the team celebrity as well. He appeared on Chicago’s Best when they did a show about Janson’s on 99th and Western ave.

He was all about the hot dog and banana shakes to keep that belly jelly. But a few shakes and a few dogs does not explain his disappearance from the team in 2017. He was all in. Then he called off the first few games and then never heard from again. Chicago’s Best was not his first rodeo of fame.When he was in high school, him and his buddies were on a show about chasing aliens.

                      

Has the mother ship called for Wags? Did chasing aliens come back and haunt the former Last Call player?

Is Wags in an alien zoo? Do aliens throw hot dogs in his cage as he feasts on sausages like animals feed on oats and trail mixes? Or has Wags become alien cattle?

Nobody wants a Wags burger? Dave Wagner has disappeared from the map like the chain of Wags restaurants . We do hope Wags was at least able to phone home when the green men took him away to a galaxy far far away.

2018 BATTING MILESTONES

HOME RUNS

Don Parker needs 1 Home Run to tie Mike Flynn for number 1 all-time.

Don Parker needs 2 Home runs to be number one all-time.

Bill Scanlon needs 1 Home Run to break a third place tie with Jim Gorney.

Bill Scanlon needs 2 Home Runs to get into the double digits, which only two guys have done that.

TRIPLES

Bill Scanlon needs 5 triples to hit the 30 club.

DOUBLES

Don Parker needs 5 doubles to tie Mike Flynn for the number one all-time.

Don Parker needs 6 doubles to be number one all-time in doubles.

Keith Dilly needs 4 doubles to join the 20 club.

Jon Cacciatore/Kevin Burke are 5 doubles away from the 20 club.

SINGLES

Keith Dilly only 10 singles away from the 100 mark.

Kevin Burke/Jay Roy only 11 singles away from the 100 mark.

RBI’S

Bill Scanlon needs only 12 RBI’S to tie Mike Flynn for number 1 all-time

Bill Scanlon needs 13 RBI’S to pass Mike Flynn to be number one all-time.

Brian Hughes/Jon Cacciatore need 1 RBI to join the 50 club

RUNS

Keith Dilly needs to score one run to reach the 50 club in runs scored.

HITS

Jay Roy needs only 7 hits to hit the 100 mark.

Sid needs 10 hits to tie Mike Flynn at number two for all-time hits

Sid needs 11 hits to pass up Mike Flynn, who has the number two spot in all-time hits.

WALKS

Sid needs 2 walks to join the 30 club

Bill Scanlon needs 5 walks to join the 30 club

Greg Spatz Jr. /Don Parker need only 1 walk to reach the 20 club.

SACRIFICES

Keith Dilly/Don Parker need 3 sacrifices to reach double digits.

AT BAT’S

Jon Cacciatore needs 12 plate appearances to reach 400.

Bill Scanlon needs 24 plate appearances to reach 600

GAMES PLAYED

Don Parker is only 11 games away from 100.

Keith Dilly is only 14 games away from 100.

YEARS PLAYED

Tim Good is two seasons away from reaching 10 year mark.

Sid/Bill Scanlon is two seasons away from reaching the 15 year mark.

ALL TIME PITCHING STATS

Only ten guys have step on the bump to pitch in a game for Last Call Softball. In 28 seasons over a 14 year span 8 of them have at least gotten a win on their record.

ALL-TIME WINS (PITCHING)

RANK	NAME	WINS
1.	TOM MCDONALD	25
2.	TIM GOOD	10
3.	MIKE FLYNN	9
4.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	5
5.	STEVE MOODY	2
5.	BERTO	2
6.	BILL SCANLON	1
6.	PIRATE	1

GAMES PITCHED

RANK	NAME	GP
1.	TOM MCDONALD	70
2.	TIM GOOD	64
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	43
4.	MIKE FLYNN	30
5.	STEVE MOODY	23
6.	BILLY SCANLON	9
7.	PIRATE	5
8.	BERTO	3
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
10.	BOY GEORGE	1

GAMES STARTED

RANK	NAME	GS
1.	TOM MCDONALD	68
2.	TIM GOOD	58
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	42
4.	MIKE FLYNN	27
5.	STEVE MOODY	19
6.	BILL SCANLON	8
7.	PIRATE	5
8.	BERTO	3
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
10.	BOY GEORGE	1

INNINGS PITCHED

RANK	NAME	IP
1.	TOM MCDONALD	412
2.	TIM GOOD	366
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	258
4.	MIKE FLYNN	174
5.	STEVE MOODY	108
6.	BILL SCANLON	33
7.	PIRATE	28
8.	BERTO	17
9.	BRIAN THEILMAN	14
10.	BOY GEORGE	7

LOWEST RUNS PER INNING PITCHED

Baseball has ERA. Last Call is a softball team. In the game of softball, errors can occur a lot. This stat is how many runs are given up by the pitcher. The amount of runs he averages each inning pitched. The lower the numbers, the better. Remember it is under hand pitch. It is a 16″ rawhide ball.  Plus some pitchers had better defenses surrounding them than others. Now, you can see Boy George only pitched one game. Berto only pitched 3 games.

RANK	NAME	RPIP (AVERAGE)
1.	BOY GEORGE	0.5
2.	BERTO	1.1
3.	MIKE FLYNN	1.7
4.	PIRATE	1.8
4.	BRIAN THEILMAN	1.8
5.	TOM MCDONALD	1.9
5.	TIM GOOD	1.9
6.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	2.1
7.	BILL SCANLON	2.2
8.	STEVE MOODY	2.6

SCORELESS INNINGS PITCHED

RANK	NAME	SIP
1	TOM MCDONALD	122
2	TIM GOOD	108
3	DAVE WITKOWSKI	83
4	MIKE FLYNN	57
5	STEVE MOODY	27
6	BILL SCANLON	10
7	BERTO	8
7	PIRATE	8
8	BRIAN THIELMAN	3
8	BOY GEORGE	3

STRIKE OUTS

RANKING	NAME	K’S
1.	TIM GOOD	13
2.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	10
2.	MIKE FLYNN	10
2.	TOM MCDONALD	10
2.	STEVE MOODY	10
3.	BILL SCANLON	1
3.	PIRATE	1

WALKS

RANK	NAME	BB’S
1	TOM MCDONALD	61
2	TIM GOOD	48
3	DAVE WITKOWSKI	42
4	MIKE FLYNN	24
5	STEVE MOODY	14
6	BILL SCANLON	10
7	BRIAN THIELMAN	4
8	PIRATE	1
8	BERTO	1

RUNS ALLOWED

RANK	NAME	RUNS
1.	TOM MCDONALD	807
2.	TIM GOOD	727
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	553
4.	MIKE FLYNN	300
5.	STEVE MOODY	287
6.	BILL SCANLON	74
7.	PIRATE	52
8.	BRIAN THEILMAN	26
9.	BERTO	20
10.	BOY GEORGE	4

HOMERUNS ALLOWED

RANK	NAME	HR’S
1.	TIM GOOD	69
2.	TOM MCDONALD	56
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	38
4.	STEVE MOODY	28
5.	MIKE FLYNN	18
6.	BILL SCANLON	5
7.	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
8.	PIRATE	1
8.	BERTO	1

2017 CO-MVP’S

Last year, we all want to forget the miserable seasons that took place. When you mustered up only one win the whole year, chances are you could get kicked out of the league. As Last Call was nick named Last Place and seemed like everybody’s door mats in the league. The team hit rock bottom so now the only direction is up. Last Call will forget about the dismal season and move on into 2018 with new hopes and a clean slate.

However Last Call did have some bright spots. Last Call honors two people that played very well. Both players will be the team’s MVP’s for the 2017 year. Both of them play most of the time in the outfield. Both of them top of the order guys. Both have put up some very productive numbers over the last two years. In the 2017 season, which LACKED offensive numbers, these guys provided the most for the team. Both of them combined scoring 23 runs while driving in 16. Both of these guys were like a wrecking crew, a 1-2 solid punch. They waved their bat like a swordsman. While both of them blazed around the base paths. On the defensive both of them stop the bleeding in some of those awful innings. They helped the team stay in games and helped the team win. Pitchers relied on them for big plays when the ball was hit to them. As they became the pitchers bread butter to get outs.

KEVIN BURKE

Last year’s MVP. Played Center Field as he was the captain of the outfield. He ran perfect routes to balls to track them down before they hit the ground. He had some very nice catches where he’d slide to snag a few off his shoe strings to steal a hit from the opposing batters. A cannon for an arm as well. He was the one that got things started as he was mostly the lead off guy. He was also productive in a few games in the clean up position.

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

YEAR        AVERAGE      HITS  RBI’S  RUNS  1B, 2B, 3B, HR

2017            .560                28        8        11      22    3    2    1

2016            .580                29        8        18      22   6     1    0

In the last two years, Kevin’s numbers are pretty close to the same. His average dropped 20 points from .580 in 2016 to .560 in 2017. You can see he scored 7 fewer runs in ’17 than his ’16 season. In 2016 the offense as a team was much better. Plus lots of injuries plagued the team in 2017. Overall he continues to thrive and still is one of the best players on the team and one of the best players in the entire league.

TIM LEE

When it came to defense Tim Lee was jack of all trades. Mostly he played left field as he had some great catches. He had a few where he fully extended himself out to get the ball. Made some nice Jerry Rice snags to steal home runs away from the opposing hitters.  He was also used at first base.Then he did get a game in short stop due to many injuries and did a fine job.

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS

SEASON      AVERAGE           HITS  RBI’S  RUNS   1B, 2B, 3B, HR,

2017                .521                   24        8          12       20   2    2     0

2016                .466                   21        7          10        19   2   0     0

As you can see Tim Lee is on the rise with the bat as his batting average has gone from .466 in 2016 to .521 in 2017. 55 points improvement. All his numbers went up in 2017 compared to 2016. Plus he added two triples to his stat line. Tim is a left handed hitter which are very rare and much needed in line ups. He is a top order type of guy. Can lead off. He was a very successful part of the one two punch with Burke batting first and Tim Lee in the second spot. Tim was valuable behind the clean up person when the team was at full strength. Mostly he batted from 1-2-3 in the line up. A new job at the end of the season, he missed a few games. During which he was dearly missed on defense and on offense. He too is one of the top players on the team and in the league.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

TOM MCDONALD

Everyone always asks about certain players. How come they do not play on the team anymore? Other questions include what have they been up to? Where are they now gives you updates on former players, what they have been doing since their playing days in a Last Call uniform. Time to time this blog will tell you about some of your old favorite players. Maybe some you might not like, but we try to pick your favorites. This month we unfortunately totally accidentally picked former pitcher for Last Call, Thomas McDonald.

Linus from the peanuts had his security blanket which actually was a blanket. Tom McDonald had his baseball cap backwards as his security blanket. He’s a guy many people have known since day one. He even actually looked like a normal kid when he was younger. Times change though.

However indeed times do change and Tom McDonald turned into an alpha male. He never was a 5 tool player or even the sharpest tool in the shed, but he had grit and determination. He was a feisty dog chirping at everyone as he used the mound as his soap box. But he had the talent of Charlie Brown.  Talents he did have did not go unnoticed.  Bouncing quarters in a shot glass. The man did pretty well at the dart boards at the bar. But his skills in bean bags is probably a reason we put him on the pitching rubber. Plus maybe we had nowhere else to put him.

The first team we started was called Wet. This is the team where many people we had went through growing pains. Just like Tom McDonald throwing the ball over the back stop trying his hardest to gun down a runner at home. JUST A BIT OUTSIDE MOST WOULD THINK. It was from those times playing for Wet that this guy made himself into a pretty damn good pitcher. He even made himself his own glass like World’s Greatest Boss or Dad which he probably has these days. He probably buys his own.

Actually the glass is part of the Wet hall of fame and he was one of the founding members enshrined. You’re thinking maybe everyone gets a glass. Buy me a beer and I tell you how. Two beers I get anybody into the Wet hall of fame. He of course did not buy me a beer.

After WET we started a new team called Last Call. Tom McDonald played in 15 seasons for Last Call. He played in 96 games and pitched in 70 of those 96 games. Coming into today, Tom McDonald ranked number six in RBI’S all time. Number 11 in singles all time. Number five in walks all-time. Number three in sacrifices. He had 11 doubles as well. But a Tommy Double is different than a regular double. Overthrows or a infielder picked off by a sniper. So we gave him credit for these hits and counted them as doubles. He was a bottom of the order guy with world class Paul Konerko, no legs carrying a piano on back speed. He was not the best with a bat in his hands. He was your typical American  league style pitcher batting. However he came up with some big RBI’S in crunch time. His hits were usually big, especially getting the bottom of the order rolling back to the top..

Tom McDonald is probably one of the best pitchers in history of the squad. Stats wise he has the most wins in the organization with 25. He has the most innings pitched with 412. Out of those 412, 122 of them were scoreless. I know it is under hand pitch. But he  worked the counts. He made opposing players swing at bad pitches. He was the best at directing the defense as he was a maestro on the mound throwing with heart and guts. Nothing would faze him as people chirped at him for a tad too many walks. But he fought each hitter tooth and nails and got better as time went on. He was a guy that has thrown in the most of the playoff games the team made and that’s not much. But the key is he was pitching those seasons back in the hey where the team did make it to the playoffs every year. He was a big part of the team as he was able to coach other players while he coached himself or listened to reason. He was able to bark cheers from the bench to support all his friends which were his teammates.

This guy showed toughness battling injuries throughout thick and thin.

As you can see above walking off the injury. He broke a few fingers during the process. It was true we did beat the undefeated team one year as he was resting comfortably in a hospital room. But the point is he was able to point fingers eventually. He always found his way back on the rubber in pain but ready to fight another batter.

Tom McDonald eventually had to hang up the spikes. With a new career with different and longer hours, it put an end to his softball days. Some attempts to come back and play failed as the career is very demanding. He runs Taco Bells like the softball as he has fallen and gotten back up and has moved up to ranks. He found himself an awesome wife named Jaime. They have a son named Brady who is all ready better than his old man in sports. They live in the burbs and love to BBQ and have pool parties.

Now the Alpha Male yells at his new infield around the taco cart. His barks where people should play or shift are still heard in the fields of Alsip today. His blazing speed on base paths where he was like the little train that I think I could I think I could as everyone would root for him to beat out a play or take another base. Then they would scratch their heads.  Now it’s blazing red hot Nacho french fries in Taco Bell world or lighting up too many smoke on how to save money by reducing the ground beef per taco. Number 21, which he wore because of Scotty Pods stealing bases for the Sox in 2005. The only stealing now is a few sauce packets. He might fill your head these days with taco stories. After a few whiskeys at the old Krause’s Tavern, Oak Lawn, he’ll start chirping how he was one of the greats. This is after a bottle of Jameson of course.

SOME ALL-TIME STATS

BATTING AVERAGE – MINIMUM OF 50 AT BATS

RANKING	NAME	LIFETIME AVERAGE
1	JIM GORNEY	.678
2.	MIKE FLYNN	.637
3.	STEVE CONNOR	.606
4.	ERIC KUNICH	.605
5.	GEOFF DECKER	.581
6.	DON PARKER	.555
6.	DAVE ZURELLA	.555
7.	KEVIN BURKE	.537
8.	TOM TRACEY	.532
9.	JIM STROSS	.525
10.	TIM LEE	.504
11.	JOHN SHANAHAN	.502
12.	BRIAN FISHER	.490
13.	GREG SPATZ SR.	.465
14.	ADAM MACFARLAND	.460
15.	BRIAN HUGHES	.458
16	BILL SCANLON	.446
17.	NEAL JARRETT	.445
18.	KEITH DILLY	.439
19.	SID	.438
20.	SAL PECORAC	.432
20.	DAVE WAGNER	.432
21.	GREG SPATZ JR.	.409
22.	JAY ROY	.399
23.	SEAN YOUNG	.396
24.	JON CACCIATORE	.389
25.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	.385
26.	DAN WENGERT	.383
27.	SCOTT SKORA	.380
28.	BRIAN DANIELS	.379
29.	MARK HILL	.375
30.	TOM MCDONALD	.364
31.	BRIAN THEILMAN	.353
32.	TIM GOOD	.320

HITS

Rank	Name	Hits
1	Bill Scanlon	257
2	Mike Flynn	233
3	Sid	223
4	John Shanahan	176
5	Don Parker	151
5	Jon Cacciatore	151
6	Geoff Decker	132
7	Brian Hughes	123
8	Kevin Burke	115
9	Greg Spatz Jr.	111
10	Keith Dilly	109
11	Jay Roy	93
12	Tom McDonald	89
13	Tim Good	72
14	Scott Skora	67
15	Dave Witkowski	66
16	Neal Jarrett	61
16	Jim Stross	61
17	Tim Lee	59
18	Jim Gorney	57
19	Dave Zuella	55
20	Sean Young	46
21	Dave Wagner	45
22	Erik Kunich	43
23	Mark Hill	42
24	Greg Spatz Sr.	41
25	Steve Connor	37
26	Brian Fisher	36
27	Tom Tracey	33
28	Brian Daniels	30
29	Adam McFarland	29
29	Sal Pecorac	29
30	Steve Moody	26
31	Derek Loftquist	24
32	Dan Wengert	23
33	Brian Theilman	18
34	Mike Donnelly	17
34	Dan Venum	17
34	Ken Kirchner	17
35	Patrick Grogan	16
35	Steve Grey	16
36	Jim Volkakis	15
37	Andy Codymate	14
37	Brian Earner	14
37	Tony Skora	14
38	Brian Knight	13
38	James Morris	13
39	Matt Heavey	12
39	Mike Cacciatore	12
40	Greg Tallent	11
41	Tim Price	10
41	Joe Woods	10
42	Matt Scott	9
42	Matt Volksporf	9
42	Ron Gorney	9
42	Ian Strongman	9
42	Mike Hennessee	9
43	Lawbreaker Chris	8
43	Hollywood	8
43	Jake Milazzo	8
44	Steve Donegan	7
44	Jason Hart	7
44	George Roy	7
44	Edison	7
45	Rob Mitros	6
45	Pat Guilfoye	6
46	Dan Uetz	5
46	John Malone	5
46	Tim Tallant	5
46	Berto	5
46	Chris Janes	5
46	Pirate	5
47	Bill Smith	4
47	Mike Cudecki	4
47	Phil Zack	4
47	Ron Fishback	4
48	Boy George	3
48	Kenny Stross	3
48	Dickie Casillas	3
48	Tim Shanahan	3
48	Bill Rattler	3
48	Andre Hanson	3
48	Israel Lopez	3
48	Bob Kucinski	3
48	Charlie Brophy	3
49	Tom Killoran	2
49	Groundskeeper Jim	2
49	Sweet Lou	2
49	Matt Muffler	2
49	Steve Tulaski	2
49	Steve Reagan	2
49	Louey Depalmer	2
49	Mark Damico	2
50	Zack	1
50	Ponch	1
50	Jimmy Xavier	1
50	Brian Schwaider	1
50	Johnny McCarthy	1
50	Bob Salmon	1
50	Colorado Dave	1
50	Onlett	1
50	Mike Dvorak	1
50	Dan Fielding	1
50	B. Myron	1
50	M & M Chris	1
50	B. Kintaid	1
50	Ben Seaver	1
50	Brother Dilly	1
50	Colin Dunford	1
50	Dean Martin	1
50	Bob Kabob	1
50	Lieutenant Dan	1
50	Chuck Foster	1
50	Kevin Seltzer	1

RBI’S

Rank	Name	# of RBI’s
1	Mike Flynn	175
2	Bill Scanlon	163
3	Don Parker	127
4	John Shanahan	97
5	Sid	77
6	Tom McDonald	54
6	Kevin Burke	54
6	Keith Dilly	54
7	Jim Gorney	53
8	Geoff Decker	51
9	Greg Spatz Jr.	50
10	Brian Hughes	49
10	Jon Cacciatore	49
11	Jim Stross	34
12	Neal Jarrett	33
12	Dave Witkowski	33
13	Steve Connor	30
13	Tim Good	30
14	Erik Kunich	28
15	Brian Fisher	26
16	Tom Tracey	24
17	Jay Roy	22
17	Greg Spatz Sr.	22
17	Dave Wagner	22
18	Dave Zuella	20
19	Mark Hill	19
20	Tim Lee	18
21	Sean Young	17
22	Derek Loftquist	16
23	Scott Skora	15
24	Adam McFarland	14
24	Brian Daniels	14
25	Ken Kirchner	13
25	Sal Pecorac	13
26	Dan Wengert	12
27	Dan Venum	11
28	Andy Codymate	10
28	Greg Tallent	10
29	Brian Knight	9
30	Steve Moody	8
30	Patrick Grogan	8
31	Brian Earner	7
31	James Morris	7
31	Mike Hennessee	7
32	Pat Guilfoye	7
32	Tony Scora	7
32	Steve Grey	7
33	Matt Heavy	6
33	Dan Uetz	6
33	Pirate	6
33	George Roy	6
34	Bill Smith	5
34	Edison	5
35	Jake Milazzo	4
35	Matt Scott	4
35	Tim Price	4
35	Mike Donnelly	4
35	Mike Cacciatore	4
36	Tim Shanahan	3
36	Ron Gorney	3
36	Phil Zack	3
36	John Malone	3
37	Jim Volkakis	2
37	Matt Volkstorf	2
37	Rob Mitros	2
37	Brian Theilman	2
37	Jason Hart	2
37	Tom Kiloran	2
37	Steve Tulaski	2
37	Matt Muffler	2
37	B. Myron	2
37	Ian Strongman	2
37	Dickie Casillas	2
37	Berto	2
37	Chris Janes	2
37	Mark Dmico	2
38	Sweet Lou	1
38	B. Kintaid	1
38	Bill Rattler	1
38	Colin Dunford	1
38	Ron Fishback	1
38	J. Mahl	1
38	Tim Tallant	1
38	Chuck Foster	1
38	Israel Lopez	1
38	Bob Kucinski	1
38	Ricky Meeks	1
38	Joe Cacciatore	1
38	Groundskeeper Jim	1
38	Lawbreaker Chris	1
38	Johnny McCarthy	1
38	Brian Schrader	1
38	Hollywood	1
38	Mike Cudecki	1
38	Kenny Stross	1

RUNS

Rank	Name	# of Runs Scored
1	Bill Scanlon	150
2	Mike Flynn	131
3	Don Parker	105
4	Geoff Decker	93
5	John Shanahan	89
6	Sid	87
7	Jon Cacciatore	79
8	Kevin Burke	72
9	Greg Spatz Jr.	65
10	Keith Dilly	49
11	Jim Stross	44
12	Tom McDonald	41
13	Tim Good	40
14	Brian Hughes	38
15	Jim Gorney	36
16	Neal Jarrett	35
17	Dave Zurella	33
17	Dave Witkowski	33
18	Jay Roy	31
19	Scott Skora	30
20	Tim Lee	29
20	Sean Young	29
21	Steve Connor	26
22	Tom Tracey	23
23	Mark Hill	21
24	Brian Fisher	20
24	Adam McFarland	20
25	Greg Spatz Sr.	19
25	Erik Kunich	19
26	Dave Wagner	18
27	Derek Loftquist	17
28	Dan Wengert	14
29	Dan Venum	11
29	Matt Heavey	11
30	Brian Daniels	10
30	Sal Pecorac	10
30	Mike Donnelly	10
31	Brian Earner	9
32	James Morris	8
33	Brian Knight	7
33	Mike Cacciatore	7
34	Andy Codymate	6
34	Mike Hennessee	6
34	Dan Uetz	6
34	Steve Moody	6
35	Pat Grogan	5
35	Edison	5
35	Ian Strongman	5
36	Tim Price	4
36	Steve Donegan	4
36	Tony Skora	4
36	Hollywood	4
36	Ken Kirchner	4
36	Jake Milazzo	4
36	Berto	4
37	Matt Scott	3
37	Lawbreaker Chris	3
37	Steve Grey	3
37	Jim Volkakis	3
37	Greg Tallent	3
37	Jason Hart	3
37	Ron Gorney	3
37	Dickie Casillas	3
37	John Malone	3
37	Pat Guilfoye	3
37	Chris Janes	3
38	Groundskeeper Jim	2
38	Matt Volkstorf	2
38	Bill Smith	2
38	Rob Mitros	2
38	Tim Shanahan	2
38	Sweet Lou	2
38	Phil Zack	2
38	Pirate	2
38	Chuck Foster	2
38	Israel Lopez	2
38	Bob Kucinski	2
38	Charlie Brophy	2
38	Louey Depalmer	2
38	Bob Salmon	2
38	Brian Thielman	2
39	Colorado Dave	1
39	Kenny Stross	1
39	Zack	1
39	Dan Fielding	1
39	Mike Cudecki	1
39	George Roy	1
39	Steve Tulaski	1
39	Mike Dvorak	1
39	B. Myron	1
36	Tim Tallant	1
36	B. Kintaid	1
36	Boy George	1
36	Steve Reagan	1
36	Joe Woods	1
36	Bill Rattler	1
36	Kevin Seltzer	1
36	Ron Fishback	1
36	Andre Hanson	1

HOME RUNS

RANK	NAME	# OF HOME RUNS
1	Mike Flynn	22
2	Don Parker	21
3	Jim Gorney	8
3	Bill Scanlon	8
4	Jim Stross	6
5	Steve Connor	5
5	Kevin Burke	5
6	John Shanahan	3
6	Brian Fisher	3
7	Keith Dilly	2
7	Matt Heavey	2
7	Bill Smith	2
7	Tom Tracy	2
7	Dave Zurella	2
8	James Morris	1
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	1
8	Jon Cacciatore	1
8	Sean Young	1
8	Dan Uetz	1
8	Brian Knight	1
8	Geoff Decker	1
8	Dan Venum	1
8	Mike Hennessee	1
8	John Malone	1
8	Bob Kucinski	1
8	Derek Loftquist	1

TRIPLES

RANK	NAME	# OF TRIPLES
1	Bill Scanlon	25
2	Mike Flynn	19
3	Don Parker	8
4	Kevin Burke	6
5	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
5	Jimmy Stross	5
6	John Shanahan	4
7	Jon Cacciatore	3
7	Dave Witkowski	3
7	Sean Young	3
7	Sal Pecorac	3
8	Dave Wagner	2
8	Brian Fisher	2
8	Dave Zuella	2
8	Steve Connor	2
8	Jim Gorney	2
8	Brian Daniels	2
8	Tim Lee	2
8	Derek Loftquist	2
9	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
9	Dan Uetz	1
9	Scotty Skora	1
9	Chuck Foster	1
9	James Morris	1
9	Steve Grey	1
9	Geoff Decker	1
9	Tom McDonald	1
9	Ken Kirchner	1
9	Mike Hennessee	1
9	Neal Jarrett	1
9	Tim Good	1
9	Keith Dilly	1
9	Mark Hill	1
9	Jay Roy	1
9	Tom Tracey	1
9	Brian Earner	1

DOUBLES

Rank	Name	# of Doubles
1	Mike Flynn	39
2	Don Parker	34
3	John Shanahan	30
4	Geoff Decker	24
5	Bill Scanlon	21
6	Keith Dilly	16
6	Jim Gorney	16
6	Greg Spatz Jr.	16
7	Jon Cacciatore	15
7	Kevin Burke	15
8	Sid	11
8	Tom McDonald	11
9	Dave Witkowski	8
10	Erik Kunich	7
11	Scott Skora	6
11	Jim Stross	6
11	Steve Connor	6
11	Dan Venum	6
11	Tom Tracey	6
11	Dave Wagner	6
12	James Morris	5
12	Brian Fisher	5
12	Sean Young	5
12	Neal Jarrett	5
12	Derek Loftquist	5
12	Dave Zurella	5
12	Tim Lee	5
13	Greg Spatz Sr.	4
13	Brian Knight	4
13	Adam McFarland	4
13	Tim Good	4
14	Mark Hill	3
14	Jay Roy	3
14	Andy Codymate	3
14	Ken Kirchner	3
14	Sal Pecorac	3
15	Steve Moody	2
15	Jim Volkakis	2
15	Ron Gorney	2
15	Pirate	2
15	Edison	2
15	Patrick Grogan	2
15	Matt Scott	2
15	Matt Volkstorf	2
16	Brian Hughes	1
16	Matt Heavy	1
16	Tim Price	1
16	Brian Earner	1
16	Groundskeeper JIm	1
16	Greg Tallent	1
16	Hollywood	1
16	Jason Hart	1
16	Phil Zack	1
16	B. Myron	1
16	Joe Woods	1
16	Mike Cacciatore	1
16	Mike Hennessee	1
16	George Roy	1
16	Tim Tallant	1
16	Pat Guilfoye	1
16	Bob Kucinski	1
16	Mark Damico	1
16	Brian Daniels	1
16	Steve Donegan	1

Singles

RANK	NAME	NUMBER
1.	SID	212
2.	BILL SCANLON	202
3.	MIKE FLYNN	143
4.	JOHN SHANAHAN	139
5.	JON CACCIATORE	132
6.	BRIAN HUGHES	122
7.	GEOFF DECKER	106
8.	GREG SPATZ JR.	90
8.	KEITH DILLY	90
9.	KEVIN BURKE	89
9.	JAY ROY	89
10.	DON PARKER	88
11.	TOM MCDONALD	77
12.	TIM GOOD	67
13.	SCOTT SKORA	60
14.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	55
14.	NEAL JARRETT	55
15.	TIM LEE	52
16.	DAVE ZURELLA	46
17.	JIM STROSS	44
18.	MARK HILL	38
19.	DAVE WAGNER	37
19.	SEAN YOUNG	37
20.	GREG SPATZ SR.	36
20.	ERIC KUNICH	36
21.	JIM GORNEY	33
22.	BRIAN DANIELS	27
23.	BRIAN FISHER	26
24.	ADAM MACFARLAND	25
25.	TOM TRACEY	24
25.	STEVE MOODY	24
25.	STEVE CONNOR	24
26.	SALPECORAC	23
26.	DAN WENGERT	23
27.	BRIAN THEILMAN	18
28.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
29.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
30.	PATRICK GROGAN	14
30.	TONY SKORA	14
31.	KEN KIRCHNER	13
31.	STEVE GREY	13
31.	JIM VOLKAKIS	13
32.	BRIAN EARNER	12
33.	ANDY CODYMATE	11
33.	MIKE CACCIATORE	11
34.	GREG TALLENT	10
34.	DAN VENUM	10
35.	MATT HEAVEY	9
35.	JOE WOODS	9
35.	TIM PRICE	9
35.	IAN STRONGMAN	9
36.	LAWBREAKER CHRIS	8
36.	BRIAN KNIGHT	8
36.	JAKE MILAZZO	8
37.	MATT VOLKSTORF	7
37.	MATT SCOTT	7
37.	HOLLYWOOD	7
37.	RON GORNEY	7
38.	GEORGE ROY	6
38	JAMES MORRIS	6
38.	MIKE HENESSEE	6
38.	JASON HART	6
38	STEVE DONEGEN	6
39.	PAT GUILFOYE	5
39.	CHRIS JANES	5
39.	BERTO	5
39.	EDISON	5
39.	ROB MITROS	5
40.	TIM TALLANT	4
40.	MIKE CUDECKI	4
40.	JOHN MALONE	4
40.	RON FISHBACK	4
41.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	3
41.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
41.	ANDRE HANSEN	3
41.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3
41.	BILL RATTLER	3
41.	PIRATE	3
41.	PHIL ZACK	3
41.	BOY GEORGE	3
41.	TIM SHANAHAN	3
41.	DAN UETZ	3
41.	KENNY STROSS	3
42.	LOUEY DEPALMER	2
42.	SWEET LOU	2
42.	STEVE REAGAN	2
42.	STEVE TULASKI	2
42.	BILL SMITH	2
42.	MATT MUFFLER	2
42.	TOM KILLORAN	2
43.	PONCH	1
43.	MARK DMICO	1
43.	DEAN MARTIN	1
43.	BOB KABOB	1
43.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
43.	ONLETT	1
43.	B.KINTAID	1
43.	MIKE DVORAK	1
43.	M&M CHRIS	1
43.	BEN SEAVER	1
43.	BROTHER DILLY	1
43.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	1
43.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
43.	ZACK	1
43.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
43.	COLORADO DAVE	1
43	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1

WALKS

Rank	Name	Walks
1	Sid	28
2	Bill Scanlon	25
3	Don Parker	19
3	Greg Spatz Jr.	19
4	Brian Hughes	14
5	Tom McDonald	12
6	Dave Witkowski	11
7	John Shanahan	10
8	Jon Cacciatore	8
9	Tim Good	7
9	Neal Jarrett	7
10	Jim Stross	6
11	Kevin Burke	5
11	Keith Dilly	5
12	Sean Young	4
12	Scotty Skora	4
12	Geoff Decker	4
12	Greg Tallent	4
12	Dan Wengert	4
13	Mark Hill	3
13	Steve Moody	3
13	Jason Hart	3
13	Brian Earner	3
14	Brian Fisher	2
14	Eric Kunich	2
14	Derek Loftquist	2
14	Greg Spatz Sr.	2
14	Phil Zack	2
15	Tim Lee	1
15	Mike Flynn	1
15	Rob Mitros	1
15	Mike Cudecki	1
15	Dan Venum	1
15	Adam McFarland	1
15	Tim Shanahan	1
15	Pirate	1
15	Kevin Seltzer	1
15	Jesse James	1
15	Edison	1
15	Israel Lopez	1
15	Berto	1
15	James Morris	1

SACRIFICES

Rank	Name	Sacrifices
1	Bill Scanlon	14
2	John Shanahan	10
3	Keith Dilly	7
3	Don Parker	7
3	Mike Flynn	7
3	Tom McDonald	7
4	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
4	Jon Cacciatore	5
5	Brian Fisher	4
5	Jim Gorney	4
5	Tom Tracey	4
6	Tim Good	3
6	Sean Young	3
6	Geoff Decker	3
6	Eric Kunich	3
6	Steve Connor	3
6	Brian Daniels	3
7	Brian Hughes	2
7	Sid	2
7	Jim Stross	2
7	Ken Kirchner	2
7	George Roy	2
7	Kevin Burke	2
8	Mark Hill	1
8	Andy Codymate	1
8	Dan Uetz	1
8	Steve Moody	1
8	Steve Grey	1
8	Tony Skora	1
8	Jim Volkakis	1
8	Dave Zurella	1
8	Mike Donnelly	1
8	Greg Tallent	1
8	Mike Cudecki	1
8	Neal Jarrett	1
8	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
8	Brian Earner	1
8	Mike Hennessee	1
8	J. Mahl	1
8	Edison	1

All Time Plate Appearances

RANK	NAME	AT BATS
1.	BILL SCANLON	576
2.	SID	508
3.	JON CACCIATORE	388
4.	MIKE FLYNN	350
4.	JOHN SHANAHAN	350
5.	DON PARKER	272
6.	GREG SPATZ JR.	271
7.	BRIAN HUGHES	268
8.	KEITH DILLY	248
9.	TOM MCDONALD	244
10.	JAY ROY	233
11.	GEOFF DECKER	227
12.	TIM GOOD	225
13.	KEVIN BURKE	214
14.	SCOTTY SKORA	176
15.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	171
16.	NEAL JARRETT	137
17.	TIM LEE	117
18.	SEAN YOUNG	116
18.	JIM STROSS	116
19.	MARK HILL	112
20.	DAVE WAGNER	104
21.	DAVE ZURELLA	99
22.	GREG SPATZ SR.	88
23	JIM GORNEY	84
24.	BRIAN DANIELS	79
25.	BRIAN FISHER	75
26.	ERIC KUNICH	71
27.	SAL PECORAC	67
28.	ADAM MACFARLAND	63
29.	TOM TRACEY	62
30.	STEVE CONNOR	61
31.	DAN WENGERT	60
32.	BRIAN THEILMAN	51
33.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	49
34.	STEVE MOODY	48
34.	MIKE DONNNELLY	48
35.	BRIAN EARNER	44
36.	PATRICK GROGAN	41
37.	STEVE GREY	33
38.	TONY SKORA	32
39.	KEN KIRCHNER	31
40.	GREG TALLENT	29
41.	JAMES MORRIS	26
41.	ANDY CODYMATE	26
41.	DAN VENUM	26
42.	JIM VOLKAKIS	25
42	JOE WOODS	25
43.	TIM PRICE	24
43.	MIKE CACCIATORE	24
44.	MATT HEAVEY	23
45.	MATT SCOTT	19
46.	CHRIS JANES	17
46.	BRIAN KNIGHT	17
46.	MIKE CUDECKI	17
46.	JASON HART	17
46.	RON GORNEY	17
46.	PIRATE	17
47.	PAT GUILFOYE	16
47.	MATT VOLKSTORF	16
47.	TIM SHANAHAN	16
48.	HOLLYWOOD	15
49.	EDISON	14
49.	IAN STRONGMAN	14
50.	ROB MITROS	13
50.	GEORGE ROY	13
50.	MIKE HENNESSEE	13
50.	DICKIE CASILLAS	13
51.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	12
52.	TIM TALLANT	11
52.	JAKE MILAZZO	11
53.	PHIL ZACK	10
53.	JOHN MALONE	10
53.	STEVE DONEGAN	10
54.	ISRAEL LOPEZ	9
54.	BOB KUCINSKI	9
54.	CHARLIE BROPHY	9
55.	BERTO	8
56.	DAN UETZ	7
56.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	7
56.	M&M CHRIS	7
57.	MIKE DVORAK	6
57.	ZACK	6
57.	KENNY STROSS	6
58.	BILL SMITH	5
58.	B.KINTAID	5
58.	RON FISHBACK	5
59.	TOM KILORAN	4
59.	JOE CACCIATORE	4
59.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	4
59.	MATT MUFFLER	4
59.	DAN FIELDING	4
59.	SWEET LOU	4
59.	B.MYRON	4
59.	ROB ONE’NINER	4
59.	BEN SEAVER	4
59.	BOB SALMON	4
59.	LOUEY DEPALMER	4
59.	VIRGIL TIBBS	4
59.	KEVIN SELTZER	4
59.	BILL RATTLER	4
59.	RALPH MALPH	4
60.	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	3
60.	DANIELSON	3
60.	STEVE TULASKI	3
60.	ONLETT	3
60.	BOY GEORGE	3
60.	DAVY STILLIN THE NAVY	3
60.	JUST BOB	3
60.	COLIN DUNFORD	3
60.	DEAN MARTIN	3
60.	JESSEE JAMES	3
60.	LEUTINANT DAN	3
60.	J.MAHL	3
60.	JOHN CONDON	3
60.	ANDRE HANSON	3
60.	PONCH	3
60.	MARK DAMICO	3
61.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	2
61.	JIMMY XAVIER	2
61.	LEFTY NICK	2
61.	COLORADO DAVE	2
61.	STEVE REAGAN	2
61.	BROTHER DILLY	2
61.	BOB KABOB	2
61.	JOHN DENVER	2
61.	MIKE KEATON	2
61.	CHUCK FOSTER	2
61.	MARCO’S POLO	2
62.	BRIAN MESSING	1
62.	SEAN NUTS	1
62.	CHU MADINA	1

ALL TIME GAMES PLAYED

RANK	NAME
1.	SID	225
2.	BILL SCANLON	204
3.	JON CACCIATORE	150
4.	BRIAN HUGHES	127
5.	JOHN SHANAHAN	115
6.	MIKE FLYNN	107
7.	TIM GOOD	101
8.	JAY ROY	100
8.	GREG SPATZ JR.	100
9.	TOM MCDONALD	96
10.	DON PARKER	89
11.	KEITH DILLY	86
12.	GEOFF DECKER	72
13.	KEVIN BURKE	68
13.	SCOTT SKORA	68
14.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	64
15.	NEAL JARRETT	45
16.	MARK HILL	43
17.	DAVE WAGNER	41
18.	SEAN YOUNG	40
19.	TIM LEE	36
20.	JIM STROSS	34
21.	GREG SPATZ SR.	30
21.	BRIAN DANIELS	30
22.	SAL PECORAC	28
23.	STEVE MOODY	27
23.	DAVE ZURELLA	27
24.	BRIAN FISHER	24
24.	JIM GORNEY	24
25.	ERIC KUNICH	23
25.	ADAM MACFARLAND	23
26.	DAN WENGERT	22
27.	BRIN THEILMAN	21
28.	TOM TRACEY	19
28.	STEVE CONNOR	19
29.	MIKE DONNELLY	17
30.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	16
31.	PAT GROGAN	15
31.	BRIAN EARNER	15
32.	TONY SKORA	14
32.	STEVE GREY	14
33.	KEN KIRCHNER	11
33.	JOE WOODS	11
34.	GREG TALLENT	10
35.	TIM PRICE	9
35.	JIM VOLKAKIS	9
35.	JAMES MORRIS	9
35.	CHRIS JANES	9
36.	ANDY CODYMATE	8
36.	JASON HART	8
37.	MATT SCOTT	7
37.	MATT HEAVEY	7
37.	MIKE CUDECKI	7
37.	DAN VENUM	7
37.	MIKE CACCIATORE	7
38.	MATT VOLKSTORF	6
38.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	6
38.	HOLLYWOOD	6
38.	TIM TALLANT	6
38.	PIRATE	6
39.	BRIAN KNIGHT	5
39	ISRAEL LOPEZ	5
39.	ROB MITROS	5
39.	TIM SHANAHAN	5
39.	RON GORNEY	5
39.	PHIL ZACK	5
39.	GEORGE ROY	5
40.	DICKIE CASILLAS	4
40.	IAN STRONGMAN	4
40.	MIKE HENNESSEE	4
40.	PAT GUILFOYE	4
40.	EDISON	4
41.	TOM KILORAN	3
41.	STEVE DONEGEN	3
41.	BRIAN SCHWAIDER	3
41.	M&M CHRIS	3
41.	JOHN MALONE	3
41.	BOB KUCINSKI	3
41.	CHARLIE BROPHY	3
41.	BERTO	3
42.	ZACK	2
42.	COLORADO DAVE	2
42.	JOE CACCIATORE	2
42	MATT MUFFLER	2
42.	BILL SMITH	2
42.	KENNY STROSS	2
42.	ONLETT	2
42.	MIKE DVORAK	2
42.	B.MYRON	2
42.	B.KINTAID	2
42.	ROB ONE’NINER	2
42.	BEN SEAVER	2
42.	JESSEE JAMES	2
42.	BOB KABOB	2
42.	J.MAHL	2
42.	DAN UETZ	2
43.	CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	1
43.	JIMMY XAVIER	1
43.	LEFTY NICK	1
43	GROUNDS KEEPER JIM	1
43.	JOHNNY MCCARTHY	1
43.	DANIELSON	1
43.	DAN FIELDING	1
43.	STEVE TULASKI	1
43.	SWEET LOU	1
43.	BOY GEORGE	1
43.	DAVEY STILL IN THE NAVY	1
43.	JUST BOB	1
43.	STEVE REAGAN	1
43.	BROTHER DILLY	1
43.	VIRGIL TIBBS	1
43.	BILL RATTLER	1
43.	COLIN DUNFORD	1
43.	KEVIN SELTZER	1
43.	RON FISHBACK	1
43.	GEORGE JUNGLE	1
43.	LEUTINANT DAN	1
43.	JOHN CONDON	1
43.	JOHN DENVER	1
43.	MIKE KEATON	1
43.	CHUCK FOSTER	1
43.	BRIAN MESSING	1
43.	SEAN NUTS	1
43.	MARCO’S POLO	1
43.	CHU MADINA	1
43.	LOUEY DEPLAMER	1
43.	BOB SALMON	1
43.	RALPH MALPH	1
43.	ANDRE HANSON	1
43.	PONCH	1
43.	MARK DAMICO	1

SEASONS PLAYED

THERE’S USUALLY 2 SEASONS IN A YEAR.

NOT INCLUDED WERE PEOPLE WHO ONLY PARTICIPATED IN ONE SEASON, ON THIS LIST.

RANKING	NAME	SEASONS	YEARS
1.	BILL SCANLON	28	14
1.	SID	28	14
2.	JON CACCIATORE	21	10 ½
2.	MIKE FLYNNN	21	10 ½
3.	GREG SPATZ JR.	20	10
3.	BRIAN HUGHES	20	10
4.	TIM GOOD	18	9
5	JOHN SHANAHAN	17	8 ½
5.	DON PARKER	17	8 ½
6.	TOM MCDONALD	15	7 ½
7.	JAY ROY	14	7
7.	KEITH DILLY	14	7
8	GEOFF DECKER	12	6
9.	MARK HILL	10	5
9.	KEVIN BURKE	10	5
10.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	9	4 ½
10.	SCOTTY SKORA	9	4 ½
11.	SEAN YOUNG	8	4
12.	TONY SKORA	7	3 ½
13.	TIM LEE	6	3
13.	DAVE WAGNER	6	3
13.	BRIAN FISHER	6	3
13.	NEAL JARRETT	6	3
13.	GREG SPATZ SR.	6	3
14.	BRIAN DANIELS	5	2 ½
14.	STEVE MOODY	5	2 ½
14.	ADAM MACFARLAND	5	2 ½
15.	SAL PECORAC	4	2
15.	BRIAN THEILMAN	4	2
15.	JIM STROSS	4	2
15.	ERIC KUNICH	4	2
15	DAVE ZURELLA	4	2
15.	JIM GORNEY	4	2
15.	JASON HART	4	2
15.	TOM TRACEY	4	2
16.	MATT HEAVEY	3	1 ½
16.	STEVE GREY	3	1 ½
16.	STEVE CONNOR	3	1 ½
16.	JIM VOLKAKIS	3	1 ½
16.	DAN WENGERT	3	1 ½
16.	DEREK LOFTQUIST	3	1 ½
16.	DICKIE CASILLAS	3	1 ½
17.	PATRICK GROGAN	2	1
17.	MATT SCOTT	2	1
17.	PHIL ZACK	2	1
17.	BRIAN EARNER	2	1
17.	JOE WOODS	2	1
17.	CHRIS JANES	2	1
17.	ANDY CODYMATE	2	1
17.	STEVE DONEGEN	2	1
17.	TIM PRICE	2	1
17.	LAW BREAKER CHRIS	2	1
17.	MIKE DONNELLY	2	1
17.	KENNY STROSS	2	1
17.	DAN VENUM	2	1
17.	KEN KIRCHNER	2	1
17	MIKE DVORAK	2	1

THE PIT OF MISERY

LAST CALL RECORD IN 2017 BOTH CAMPAIGNS (1-16)

2017 LAST CALL STOOD AGAINST ALL THE OPPONENTS

THE FALL CAMPAIGN

FINISHED 0-7 (LAST PLACE)

LOST TO: TABU, LAW BREAKERS, SCOOPS, FALCONS, BURNERS, CHEAP SHOTS, COUSINS

THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN

FINISHED 1-9  (LAST PLACE)

WENT 1-1 VERSUS DUBLIN UP, 0-2 VERSUS LAW BREAKERS, 0-2 VERSUS RULERS, 0-2 VERSUS JAG BAGS, VERSUS TURTLES 0-2

YOUTH MOVEMENT

In 2017 Last Call did add some nice pieces to the roster. With an older team throughout the roster, it is time to bring in some youth. Over the last few seasons the team has gone through a list of injuries a mile long. It has been some of the bigger contributors that have gotten the injury bug. Sometimes it hits key positions that are very hard to fill. Like the short stop position.Keith Dilly’s knee injury was hard to overcome. It was close to impossible to overcome as some of the nights the team had people out there that were out of position. Short stop is a lock down position and you need somebody there that is really good.

In 2016 the team saw Matt Heavey do things that turned everyone’s heads. The ball rocketed off his bat. The swing was very easy as he launched two home runs that were just left in a hurry. His outfield play was just breathtaking. Watching him just get to every ball that was hit in his neighborhood, he got to them. He was like Kelly from the Bad News Bears who probably could have played the whole outfield. In 2016 he played 5 games hitting .588 with ten hits, 6 RBI, scoring ten runs. His hits were 7 singles, 1 double, and those two home runs. In 2017 he only played in two games. Only had two hits in six at bats. However he was present for the only game the team won all season. Matt Heavey  is a solid piece you would like every game of the season. Those circumstances  just did not work out. Hopefully in 2018 he will appear in more games than he did last year.

But three main staples of youth that did make a difference were Patrick Grogan, Matt Scott and Matt Volkstorf. Patrick Grogan started in right and took over the right field position. As the season went along Patrick improved his defense prowess out there. He hustled for everything that was hit out there. He’d go all out diving for some balls. Then Matt Scott was awesome on defense. Soft hands for a big guy which allowed him to scoop up anything that was hit to him at the hot corner. Last Call even threw him at first and he was able to do well there as well. Then Matt Volkstorf came in during the fall season. He was put at the short center position. He’s still a work in progress on defense. However line drives he snared without fear. Grounders he had some problems but he is the type that can work out the kinks and improve the more games he plays.

Hitting, all three of them came up big in all sorts of situations. Patrick Grogan was a streaky player with the bat. Right off the get go Patrick started off slow. But then he got hot. In fall he hit a rough spot. But then at the end of fall got hot again. He had 16 hits in 15 games played. However he had 8 RBI’S. When he comes up with runners in scoring position, he is bringing them in. That was hard overall for the whole team in 2017.

Matt Scott is going to be a hitting machine. This guy will have some big power numbers if he continues to play.  In 7 games he had 9 hits. Drove in 4 big runs. He can bring them in too, with runners on base. He had two doubles. Plus he crushes the ball. Every single hit is crushed. He’s a guy in your line up that can hit in all situations. He can get the outfielders to play back as he can hit the ball far. Good to have in a line up with a lot of singles hitters to keep that outfield from playing too shallow. Home runs will come for him I predict.

Matt Volkstorf’s defense needs some tweaking but this guy can hit the ball too. Every time up, he wants to hurt the ball like it did something to his family. He will learn a few swings to take an easier swipe at the ball on certain pitch placement. He will learn to hit it anywhere he wants with slowing down his bat speed at certain times. He played six games and he had 9 hits. He had 2 driven in. He also had two doubles. He looks like a football player. He will be a wrecking machine with the bat next season.

Another guy who played at the tale end of the season is worth mentioning. His name is Zack. He only played in two games. But this guy will be a top of the order type of guy. He only had one hit. However he was unlucky that he hit right on the screws right at someone. His big asset is speed. The way he runs around the bases. He will force teams to make a perfect throw while he’s on the bath paths. Which will lead to errors by the fielders. Which will lead to extra bases for Zack and other players. He will rack up a lot of infield hits by beating them out. However he is a guy who can flat out hit the ball. This guy can poke it in the gaps that will lead to many extra bases and possible home runs from outfielders not getting the ball in fast enough. On defense he can flat out go get stuff that many players can not get to. One game, someone from the other team hit a mammoth shot and you thought it was an easy home run over Zack’s head. However he raced for it, caught up to it and made a fine Jerry Rice grab on it.

It would be nice to get all these pieces back for next year. It never works out that way. People have other stuff that takes over their schedule and can not play on the certain night the team plays on. Last Call hopefully can get a few of them back. The team will be looking to add more youth and hopefully they can land some talented individuals to help this team get over the hump. With a core of good players they have now, and some youth added to this older roster, Last Call could turn this around next year. Having the youth take over some of the harder and busier positions. It can help prevent injuries from some of the older guys that you need for the long haul of a season.

LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS

BREAKING DOWN THE TEAM BATTING STATS FOR 2016 & 2017

In 2016, Last Call was 4-6 in the Spring/Summer league. The team finished 1-6, in the Fall league. In 2016, in 17 games played throughout the year, Last Call finished 5-12.

In 2017, Last Call had high hopes of improving their record from the previous year. They even thought they could make it to the playoffs. Why did Last Call finish with only one win in 2017 ? The team was 1-9 in the Spring / Summer league. The team did not win one game in fall, as they were 0-7. For the year the team went 1-16.

We compared the team batting stats for both years.

THE SPRING/SUMMER LEAGUE

YEAR                       TOTAL TEAM AT- BATS       TOTAL TEAM HITS

2016                                      312                                        161

2017                                      341                                         147

What stands out is in 2016 more hits in less at bats.

FALL LEAGUE

YEAR                         TOTAL TEAM AT-BATS           TOTAL TEAM HITS

2016                                       185                                           75

2017                                       178                                           68

In Fall this year the team had less at bats and hits, compared to 2016

TEAM BATTING AVERAGES

YEAR/LEAGUE                         AVERAGE

2016/SPRING/ SUMMER              .516

2017/SPRING/SUMMER               .431

2016/ FALL                                     .405

2017/FALL                                      .382

The team batting average falls 85 points from Last years Spring/ Summer league.

It also falls 23 points in the fall league from last years team.

The most important stat of them all, runs scored.

RUNS

2016 SPRING/SUMMER       85 TO 58  2017 SPRING/SUMMER

2016 AVERAGED 8.6 RUNS PER GAME    2017 AVERAGED 5.8 RUNS PER GAME

2016/ FALL  29- 23 2017/FALL

IN 2016 AVERAGED 4.1 RUNS PER GAME    IN 2017 AVERAGED RUNS PER GAME 3.2

In 2017, Last Call scored 2.8 less runs per game in the Spring /Summer league.

In 2017, Last Call scored 0.9 less runs per game in fall.

THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR

YEAR         AVERAGE   AT- BATS   HITS   RUNS

2016                .474            497           236     115

2017                .414             519           215      81

60 points different in batting average. 34 less runs scored. 21 less hits

THE SECOND ANNUAL END OF SEASON PARTY AT B.J. MC MAHONS – 2017

THE GROUP PICTURE

Top row left hand corner Bill Scanlon, Brian Earner, Senior & Junior Spatz

Dave Witkowski, Sid and Matt Scott at the end

The next row starting from the left Cara Scanlon, Brian Hughes, Sal Percorac, Lenard, Matt Scott’s girlfriend and Rachel Szydlo

The row kneeling Chris Zack, Guy from New York, Patrick Grogan

Then Phil Zack embracing everyone seated in front.

Junior Spatz and Brian Theilman                    Kenny Kirchner

 Matt Scott, Patrick Grogan and Friends

PICTURE TO THE LEFT:

JUNIOR SPATZ, MCDONALD,EARNER, SENIOR,ZACK,

GROUP PICTURE: SENIOR CROUCHING, FIRST ROW: JAY ROY HOLDING A BEER, BRIAN HUGHES IN HIS CHURCH CLOTHES, JUNIOR SPATZ IN HAT, TIM GOOD AND PATRICK GROGAN RIGHT HAND CORNER, SECOND ROW: TOP LEFT CORNER BILL SCANLON, MARK HILL, SID IN BETWEEN JUNIOR AND TIM GOOD, THEN SAL PECORAC, WAY UP IN RIGHT CORNER BRIAN THEILMAN, THEN MATT SCOTT BLOCKING HALF OF THEILMAN’S HEAD.

HERE ARE SOME GREATS FROM LAST YEAR:

TIM GOOD’S GOOD GAL                               LAST CALL ALUMNI

SENIOR,ZACK,EARNER,MCDONALD

B.J. MC MAHONS BARTENDER               SOME 2016 LAST CALL MEMBERS

2016 LAST CALL MEMBERS: JAY ROY FLEXING,TIM LEE IN LAST CALL SHIRT, TIM GOOD

THEN DAVE WITKOWSKI, BRIAN HUGHES. IN BACK ROW JUNIOR SPATZ IN RED, SID, THEN MARK HILL

GROUP PICTURE OF ALL ATTENDEES

2017 YEAR END STATS

NAME	GP	BA	AB’S	HITS	RBI	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR	SAC	K’S	BB’S
TIM LEE	14	.521	46	24	8	12	20	2	2	0	0	0	0
PAT GROGAN	15	.390	41	16	8	5	14	2	0	0	0	0	0
BILL SCANLON	16	.500	46	23	10	8	17	3	2	1	0	0	3
KEVIN BURKE	16	.560	50	28	8	11	22	3	2	1	1	0	1
MARK HILL	12	.225	31	7	4	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
DAVE WITKOWSKI	16	.372	43	16	6	7	15	1	0	0	0	1	6
JAY ROY	13	.387	31	12	2	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAL PERCORAC	13	.296	27	8	2	4	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
SID	15	.464	28	13	6	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	12	.260	23	6	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
JON CACCIATORE	14	.393	33	13	2	6	12	1	0	0	0	0	0
MATT SCOTT	7	.473	19	9	4	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN HUGHES	8	.461	13	6	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
JUNIOR SPATZ	5	.400	15	6	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	2
MATT VOLKSTORF	6	.562	16	9	2	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
KEITH DILLY	4	.400	10	6	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
MATT HEAVEY	2	.333	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
DON PARKER	5	.526	19	10	8	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN THEILMAN	4	.500	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOM KILORAN	3	.500	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
ZACK	2	.166	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
JIMMY XAVIER	1	.500	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
LEFTY NICK	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLIFF BALL OFF THE NOGGIN	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOP 3 FOR 2017

BATTING AVERAGES
1.	MATT VOLKSTORF	.562
2.	KEVIN BURKE	.560
3.	DON PARKER	.526

HITS
1.	KEVIN BURKE	28
2.	TIM LEE	24
3.	BILL SCANLON	23

RBI’S
1.	BILL SCANLON	10
2.	TIM LEE	8
2.	PAT GROGAN	8
2.	KEVIN BURKE	8
2.	DON PARKER	8
3.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	6
3.	SID	6

RUNS
1.	TIM LEE	12
2.	KEVIN BURKE	11
3.	BILL SCANLON	8

SAC’S
1.	KEVIN BURKE	1

SINGLES
1.	KEVIN BURKE	22
2.	TIM LEE	20
3.	BILL SCANLON	17

DOUBLES
1.	BILL SCANLON	3
1.	KEVIN BURKE	3
2.	TIM LEE	2
2.	PAT GROGAN	2
2.	MATT SCOTT	2
2.	JUNIOR SPATZ	2
2.	MATT VOLKSTORF	2
2.	DON PARKER	2

TRIPLES
1.	TIM LEE	2
1.	BILL SCANLON	2
1.	KEVIN BURKE	2
1.	SAL PECORAC	2

HOMERUNS
1.	BILL SCANLON	1
1.	KEVIN BURKE	1

WALKS
1.	DAVE WITKOWSKI	6
2.	BILL SCANLON	3
3.	JUNIOR SPATZ	2

GAME MVP’S FOR 2017
NAME	MVP
KEVIN BURKE	3
BILL SCANLON	2
TIM LEE	2
PAT GROGAN	2
MATT SCOTT	2
DON PARKER	1
SAL PERCORAC	1
JAY ROY	1
BRIAN THEILMAN	1
DAVE WITKOWSKI	1
JON CACCIATORE	1

THE BAR REPORT – 2017
NAME	VISITS
DAVE WITKOWSKI	16
SID	15
TIM LEE	14
JAY ROY	14
SAL PECORAC	13
MARK HILL	12
TIM GOOD	4
BRIAN HUGHES	4
BRIAN THEILMAN	3
TOM KILORAN	2
PAT GROGAN	1
KEVIN BURKE	1
JON CACCIATORE	1

FALL – THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN FOR THE BATTING AVERAGE RANKINGS (TOP TO LAST)

RANKING	NAME	AVERAGE
1	Jay Roy	.625
2	Sid	.600
3	Matt Volkstorf	.562
4	Kevin Burke	.529
5	Bill Scanlon	.500
5	Brian Thielmann	.500
5	Jimmy	.500
5	Tom Kiloran	.500
6	Matt Scott	.461
7	Tim Lee	.444
8	Dave Witkowski	.416
9	Patrick Grogan	.222
10	Jon Cacciatore	.214
11	Sal Pecorac	.200
12	Zack	.166
13	Mark Hill	.000
13	Tim Good	.000
13	Brian Hughes	.000

FINAL 2017 FALL STATS – UPDATED 10/17/17
NAME	BA	GP	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR’S	SAC	K’S	BB’S
TIM LEE	.444	4	9	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
PAT GROGAN	.222	7	18	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
SCANLON	.500	7	16	8	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	2
BURKE	.529	7	17	9	1	5	7	0	1	1	0	0	1
JIMMY	.500	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MARK HILL	.000	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
WITKOWSKI	.416	6	12	5	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	4
JAY ROY	.625	5	8	5	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAL PECORAC	.200	6	10	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
SID	.600	7	10	6	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	.000	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JON CACCIATORE	.214	7	14	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
MATT SCOTT	.461	5	13	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
MATT VOLKSTORF	.562	6	16	9	2	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN THEILMAN	.500	4	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOM KILORAN	.500	3	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
ZACK	.166	2	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN HUGHES	.000	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

FALL – MVP OF EACH GAME
GAME 1	TIM LEE
GAME 2	JAY ROY
GAME 3	DAVE WITKOWSKI
GAME 4	BRIAN THEILMAN
GAME 5	JON CACCIATORE
GAME 6	PATRICK GROGAN
GAME 7	MATT SCOTT

FALL – KING OF THE BAR
PLAYER	APPEARANCES
SID	7
DAVE WITKOWSKI	6
SAL PECORAC	6
TIM LEE	5
JAY ROY	5
MARK HILL	4
BRIAN THEILMAN	3
TOM KILORAN	2
TIM GOOD	1
JON CACCIATORE	1

THE TOP 3 (OF EVERYTHING)

BATTING AVERAGES
1	JAY ROY	.625
2	SID	.600
3	MATT VOLKSTORF	.562

RBI’S
1	MATT SCOTT	4
2	PATRICK GROGAN	3
2	SID	3
3	TOM KILORAN	2
3	TIM LEE	2
3	DAVE WITKOWSKI	2
3	BRIAN THEILMAN	2
3	MATT VOLKSTORF	2

HITS
1	KEVIN BURKE	9
1	MATT VOLKSTORF	9
2	BILL SCANLON	8
3	SID	6
3	MATT SCOTT	6

RUNS
1	KEVIN BURKE	5
1	DAVE WITKOWSKI	5
2	BILL SCANLON	3
3	MATT VOLKSTORF	2
3	MATT SCOTT	2

SINGLES
1	BILL SCANLON	7
1	KEVIN BURKE	7
1	MATT VOLKSTORF	7
2	SID	6
3	DAVE WITKOWSKI	5
3	JAY ROY	5

DOUBLES
1	MATT SCOTT	2
1	MATT VOLKSTORF	2
2	PATRICK GROGAN	1
2	JON CACCIATORE	1
2	BILL SCANLON	1

TRIPLES
1	KEVIN BURKE	1
1	SAL PECORAC	1

HR – KING
1	KEVIN BURKE	1

BB’S
1	DAVE WITKOWSKI	4
2	BILL SCANLON	2
3	KEVIN BURKE	1
4	MARK HILL	1

THE FINAL ALSIP PARK DISTRICT FALL SOFTBALL STANDINGS

TEAM               WINS   LOST   GB

TABU*                    7          0      —-

FALCONS*             6          1        1

SCOOPS *             4          3        3

CHEAP SHOTS *    4          3        3

COUSINS                 3           4       4

BURNERS                 2           5       5

LAW BREAKERS      2           5       5

LAST CALL                0           7       7

THE STAR MEANS THE TEAM MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS

WEEK SEVEN AROUND THE LEAGUE SCORE BOARD

FALCONS 18-1 SCOOPS

LAW BREAKERS 7-4 LAST CALL

COUSINS 16-5 BURNERS

TABU 7-0 CHEAP SHOTS IN FORFEIT

10-3-17 THE SEASON FINALLY & 2017

LAW BREAKERS WINE, DINE, & DASH LAST CALL

The final game of the fall season was also the final game of the year for Last Call softball. It’s been a horrific year for the team as losses have been piling up. A losing streak that has not ended. Haunted by the one bad inning. Can’t wake up the sleepy bats who have been in deep slumber all year. The ball is not my friend kind of defense. Injuries and no shows have been the highest number in years. In the finale of the year, it’s Last Call versus arch rival, the Law Breakers. With a simple win Last Call would climb it’s  sorry butt out of Last Place, a new nickname for the team in this one messed up year. Lawbreakers came in winning only one game this season. With a Last Call win, both teams would have the same record but head to head in fall, Last Call would be out of the cellar.

In the first inning Last Call came out swinging. Kevin Burke with a single. Then the new kid the previous week Zack got his first hit in a Last Call uniform. Then Matt Scott who was taking over first base for the missing Mark Hill walloped a double that scored Burke with ease and Zack followed behind him with his blazing speed that went through the stop sign at third and scored. Law breakers made a play at the plate but his speed again amazing, he beat the ball with ease. That was RBI’S 3 & 4 for Matt Scott. This kid impresses me every time he comes up. He finished 1-3 with that double and Two RBI’S. Then with one out Dave Witkowski with a nice poke to the opposite field scores Matt Scott to make this 3-0 lead. Things are going well. Then another youngster Matt Volkstorf who can scorch the ball with his swings gets on with a single. Followed that by a Jay Roy single. Then Patrick Grogan drives home Dave Witkowski with a single and now it’s 4-0. Bases still loaded. Sid takes a bad swing to pop up the ball then Matt Volkstorf did not know how many outs, ran home from third and he was tagged for out number three. It could of been a bigger inning. But 4 runs were put on the board so that was the silver lining for now.

In bottom of the frame the one bad inning occurred again. Lawbreakers came away with six runs as routine plays became an adventure. Extra outs prolonged the inning as the Last Call lead evaporated into thin air. It was 6-4 after one inning of play.

The rest of the game only had one other run that scored. It was of course the Law breakers to make it 7-4 after three innings of play. Dave Witkowski pitched a nice game. The defense came up with enough plays to put goose eggs up for the rest of the innings. However the Last Call bats went into early hibernation. Last Call went 1-2-3 in the 5th and in the 7th. In the second and third, Last Call did get one base runner on to leave them stranded. In the 4th they had a mild threat but came away with nothing. The lone bright spot after scoring the 4 runs in the first, came from Sal Pecorac. He was behind the plate and thew a perfect throw to Matt Scott who then tagged a Law breaker leading off to end one of the innings.

It was great seeing Brian Hughes back in the line up. He has not played in any games since the final game of the spring summer campaign. He went 0-2 but was robbed on one of those, he hit hard and should of fell. Law breakers did end up robbing a few balls that should of fallen in for hits. It was that kind of night to end that kind of year. Last Call stay perfect at 0-7 for the fall league. While a Law Breaker team in kind disarray will have some off season questions of their own, go 2-5 for the fall campaign. Law Breakers also sweep the season series with Last Call.

MVP OF THE GAME: MATT SCOTT

He finished 1-3, with a double, run, and those two RBI’S. However he also played a decent first base being thrown there without any practice. Matt usually mans the hot corner as he has those soft hands to pick up balls cleanly with a good accurate throw to first. He also put a nice tag on that throw from Sal Pecorac behind the plate. Both of them were thinking on the same wave length and mad a nice pick off.

Other notable performances:

Burke 2-3, 2 singles and a run

Zack finished 1-3 single, run, and first hit in a Last Call uniform.

Jay Roy a very nice day 3-3 3 singles,

Patrick Grogan 1-3 single, RBI

Dave Witkowski 1-3 single, run, RBI

LAW BREAKERS 7

LAST CALL 4 FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI 0-6

MIA REPORT: MARK HILL, TIM LEE

THE FINAL BAR REPORT OF THE YEAR:

In attendance: Dave Witkowski, Sid, Jay Roy, Sal Pecorac, Jon Cacciatore, Tom Kiloran,

Jon Cacciatore finally made his first bar appearance of the year. Tom Kiloran batting .500 in his bar appearances 2-4 for the year.

No waitress at Durbins on our last night. The bartender took care of all the buckets. The crowd was not there. Tumble weeds went through the bar as it was not very exciting for the last night of regular season. Usually you get almost the whole team present for the last night of the season. I think most people were just happy this year is finally over.

ALSIP PARK DISTRICT SOFTBALL STANDINGS AFTER SIX WEEKS

TEAM         WINS   LOST   GB

TABU                 6         0       —-

FALCONS          5         1       1

CHEAP SHOTS  4        2        2

SCOOPS              4        2        2

BURNERS           2         4       4

COUSINS            2         4        4

LAW BREAKERS 1        5        5

LAST CALL           0        6        6

WEEK SIX SCORE BOARD AROUND THE LEAGUE

SCOOPS 7-3 LAW BREAKERS

CHEAP SHOTS 18-7 BURNERS

TABU 10-4 LAST CALL

FALCONS 11-4 COUSINS

CAN’T EXERCISE THE DEMONS OF TABU AT LAST CALL 9-26-17

There were the best of times and there was the worst of times. Tabu came in at their best of times 5-0, and were playing Last Call at their worst of times. This contest you would think would be a blood bath being number one at last on the totem pole in Last Call. New team name – Last Place.

Before the game, Last Call found out they were going to be playing without one of their star players, Tim Lee. Tim is  a top of the order guy. He played short stop last week and did a great job as he nailed down the position that been hurting the team this fall with the musical chairs of players out of position filling in over on the left side of the infield. Tim will be missing the final two games of the season with a new job opportunity. He is expected to be back next year.

Meanwhile the show must go on. Last Call continues their youth movement in signing a kid from the team Dublin Up who Last Call played against in the summer. That was the only team Last Call beat in this miserable year of 2017. Zack is a young kid with speed who plays the outfield. He can track down balls in the gaps. He flies around the bases. He can hit very well as he can hit rockets and uses his speed to beat out balls hit in the infield. You know what they say about speed, it kills.

Other good news is Brian Hughes was back in uniform taking some BP. He injured himself at the Hill estates wrestling with a chain saw. Hughes had not played in any games in the fall. The laceration on his finger healed up earlier than he thought. After BP, the finger responded nicely. No pain as he was able to swing the bat with all his might.

Tabu is by far the best team in the league. They had a line up like a murders row of talent. This contest could get ugly very quickly. Last Call would have to keep it clean and crisp in the field and come up with a string of clean hitting and produce some runs. In the first, Kevin Burke started off with a single. He was quickly doubled up off a rocket shot hit by Zack however right at the first baseman on line drive as he stepped on the bag to complete the double play. Then Matt Scott came up with noone on and singled. He was left stranded. In the bottom of the frame, Tabu managed to score the first run of the game as they led 1-0 after one.

Nothing brewing in the second for Last Call as they went down in order. In the second Tabu came to life and their line up put six big runs on the board as Last Call’s one bad inning is happening early in this contest. The one bright spot of this inning was the play from the new guy Zack. The Tabu hitter got a hold of one of Dave Witkowski’s pitches and sent the ball into orbit. It looked to be a late jump by Zack and looked like he was going to get beat from playing shallow. However his blazing speed caught up to the ball and he put his hands out like Jerry Rice catching a touchdown to snare the ball for the out to stop the bleeding.

Quote of the game from a Tabu player: “Ok guys we know the left fielder can catch. Let’s stop hitting it to him”.

In the third, Tabu added another two runs to make 9-0 after three. In the fourth, Dave Witkowski and company were able to shut down Tabu’s hitting attack giving them their first goose egg of the game. However they did the same to Last Call in the fourth,. It was the same thing that happened in the the first to Last Call. Burke was on with a single. Zack hit into a double play while Matt Scott singled again with the bases empty. Matt Scott finished 2-3 with two singles.

Then finally Last Call’s offense had some life. Patrick Grogan ended a fall slump where his batting average dipped below a 100. After a great summer season, Patrick’s bat went cold but he finally got himself going with a lead off single. Then Sal Pecorac moved Patrick with a single of his own. Sal has been in a slump this fall as well. Then Tim Good, another guy who’s been in a slump, hit into fielders choice erasing Sal at second but moved Patrick into third. Then Tom Kiloran, who was needed in the one game we only had 8 people show up. He was the ninth player which prevented the team from forfeiting. He went 1-2 in that previous game. He hit a rocket right at the third baseman in which the ball ricocheted off his fingers for a Kiloran single. That drove in Patrick for the first run of the game for Last Call. That was his second RBI of the season for Tom Kiloran in only 3 at bats in two games. Tabu scored another run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 10-1 after six.

Many thought this game would be done in the 4th or the 5th. No way Last Call would go the distance with this team they called Tabu. In the seventh, Last Call was not going away quietly. Billy Scanlon led things off with a double. followed by a Dave Witkowski walk. Then Matt Volkstorf got his first hit of the night. The big man doubled to score Billy as Dave Witkowski stopped at third. With two runners in scoring position and one out, Mark Hill lined out hard for the second out of the inning. Mark finished the day 0-3. All three plate appearances he hit the ball hard. He was robbed twice of hits as one outfielder made a shoe string catch on one of his balls and snagged it right before it touched a blade of grass. Then Patrick Grogan came up as he ended his fall season slump earlier in this contest. Patrick Grogan delivers a single that scored a pair of runs to make it a 10-4 ball game as the rally is on. Then Sal Pecorac comes up and flies out to end the game as the rally is done and the game is over and the losing streak continues. Tabu continues their perfect record at 6-0. While Last Call continues theirs in the wrong direction at 0-6 for fall.

TABU 10

LAST CALL 4 FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI  (0-5)

PLAYER OF THE GAME: PATRICK GROGAN

He broke himself out of a season slump with a 2-3 day at the plate.  Two singles, two RBI’S with a run scored against a tough opponent. Patrick is part of the youth movement and he has done really well in his first year of softball. Looks to be one of those set pieces in the line up for next season.

MIA REPORT: BRIAN THEILMAN,TIM LEE,

THE BAR REPORT

The bar attendance this fall has been dwindling. It seems like Durbins’ overall crowd has been dwindling as well. Tumble weed has been rolling through the inside as people are maybe getting ready to hibernate for the winter.

Brian Theilman did not make the game but he did come up to the bar. Dave Witkowski, Jay Roy, Sid, Mark Hill, and Sal Pecorac were present for buckets of beer.

THE ALSIP PARK DISTRICT SOFTBALL FALL LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER 5 WEEKS

TEAM                                  WINS           LOST      GB

TABU                                       5                     0        —-

FALCONS                                 4                     1          1

CHEAP SHOTS                        3                      2          2

SCOOPS                                    3                      2           2

BURNERS                                 2                      3           3

COUSINS                                  2                       3           3

LAW BREAKERS                     1                       4           4

LAST CALL                               0                       5           5

WEEK FIVE SCORE BOARD:

TABU 17-1 BURNERS

FALCONS 10-2 CHEAP SHOTS

COUSINS 10-1 LAW BREAKERS

SCOOPS 8-4 LAST CALL

SCOOPS SERVES UP LAST CALL 9-19-17

It was the best game Last Call has played all fall. It was game they played the full seven innings. Not like the usual 4 or 5 they’ve been getting used to this whole fall campaign. Last Call met Scoops for the second time in team history. They are a very young team. Their uniforms are multiple colors. Very bright colors. They have a ice cream cone logo on their uniform. Maybe they are ice cream truck drivers getting together after shift to talk about shop and let off some stress from driving the truck around to town to town. They are a young team so they might all be working at the local 33 flavors scooping out cones. However they were young and play flawless defense and they can hit too. Last time Last Call and Scoops met, it was a low scoring affair with Scoops winning by two runs.

Last Call made some changes as they brought Tim Lee into short stop from the outfield. Billy Scanlon went behind the plate. Theilman took over second. Jon Cacciatore played left. The rest of the defense was set in their usual positions. The defense was very solid for the first two innings. Dave Witkowski was pitching a gem and the defense was making plays. Tim Lee first started at short and sucked up a liner with ease. Jon Cacciatore ran one down in the gap. Jon had a great night as he caught everything that was hit out his way.

Quote of the game: “Must be the humidity in the air because the ball is just sticking to my hands”. That was the gospel according to Jon.

Last Call went in order in the first inning. Billy Scanlon got things started off in the bottom of the second with his first hit of the night. However nothing was brewing for Last Call as both teams remained scoreless after two innings of play.

In the third Dave Witkowski’s no hitter was broken up with a Scoops single. With one out already, Scoops’ bats came alive and put four big runs on the board to make it 4-0. Then in the bottom of the inning, Scoops was able to kill Last Call’s rally with a Sid single and a Tim Lee single and came away with nothing. 4-0 after three as Ice cream is winning.

Then finally Last Call put together a string of hits after shutting down the soft serve part of the line up in the top of the 4th. Scanlon led off with a single for his second hit of the night. Then Matt Volkstorf had a nice solid single. Then Dave Witkowski loaded the bases with a walk. Matt Scott hits a rocket into outfield and Last Call is on the board with two runs as Dave moves into third. Matt Scott’s double drives in two runs. His first and second RBI so far for the fall season. Then Mark Hill gets the job done driving home Dave with an RBI ground out. Three big runs in the inning and now this was back to being a game. After four Scoops up by one run 4-3.

Last Call defense continued to play well as they shut down the soft serve attack in the 5th and in the sixth. Jon Cacciatore continued snagging everything that was hit out to him in left. The infield was playing solid. Dave Witkowski was pitching well. In the bottom of the sixth Kevin Burke leads off the inning. Down by one run he hits a shot right over the left fielder’s head and Burke was off to the races. Scoops had no chance to get the ball in and make a play at the plate to even come close to the speedster Burke. It was Burke’s first home run of the year and this tied the game 4-4. That was Burke’s fifth career home run in a Last Call uniform. Now he’s tied with former great, Steve Connor, at number 5 on Last Call’s all-time home run hitting list

ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST

NAME                           HOMERS

#1.MIKE FLYNN                    22

#2. DON PARKER                   21

#3.BILL SCANLON                8

#3.JIM GORNEY                      8

#4.JIM STROSS                        6

#5.KEVIN BURKE                    5

#5.STEVE CONNOR                 5

The inning continued when Billy Scanlon hit a smash to right but the right fielder snared it by jumping to rob Billy of extra bases or even a home run. With one out Matt Scott came up and he hit a sharp single. Dave Good eye Witkowski got on base with a walk. Two men on with only one out tied game brings up Mark Hill. Mark is due. No hits this fall at all. He hits a ground ball to the short stop. The Scoops short stop flipped the ball to second to get Dave. Then threw to first to get Mark Hill for the double play. Mark probably would of made it to first safely but he was frustrated at the ground ball right to the short stop which he did not want to do.

Then in the top of the seventh, the Ice Cream cones break the tie and break open the game. The one bad inning for Last Call did not happen yet however in the top of the 7th it did happen. Scoops put 4 runs on the score board. Three of the runs came from a three run home run that went over the head of Jon Cacciatore by a mile. A few errors in the infield extended life for Scoops. Last Call had nothing in the bottom of the 7th as they quietly went down in order to end the game 8-4. With the victory, Scoops is now in the play off picture while Last Call’s losing streak continues. Last Call falls to 0-5 in the fall campaign. while Scoops improves to 3-2 for the fall season.

Last Call played well in this one. They just left too many runners on base. They just needed another clutch hit or two and it could have turned out differently. They did fight back and tied this game late. But a few blunders and they can’t escape the bad inning once again.

Top performers of the game:

Matt Scott 2-3, double, single, run 2 RBI’S

Billy Scanlon 2-3 2 singles, run

Dave Witkowski 0-1, 2 walks, run

Sid 1-1 single

Kevin Burke 1-3, HR, run, RBI

Tim Lee 1-3 with a single

five people were hit less in this contest

Brian Theilman’s RBI streak ends with two games as he was 0-2 in this contest

Sal Pecorac 0-2

Tim Good 0-1

Patrick Grogan 0-3

Mark Hill 0-3

M.V.P OF THE GAME: Jon Cacciatore

He was only 1-3 with a single in his offensive numbers. However the way he played left field he kept the team in this game with the Charlie hustle he had on that humid night. Maybe he needs the sticky weather so he has dampness on his fingers. However he did it, he made all the plays not look easy but he made them. It’s always good to lock down a tough outfield position like left which then we were able to help the infield by moving Tim Lee to short. The defense is what kept Last Call in the game.

SCOOPS 8

LAST CALL 4 FINAL

LP: DAVE WITKOWSKI 0-4

MIA REPORT: BRIAN HUGHES & JAY ROY

THE BAR REPORT:

FIVE PEOPLE REPORTED TO DIRTY DURBINS

Tim Lee, Mark Hill, Dave Witkowski, Sid, Sal Pecorac

The hightlight watching Sal try to choke down a Chicken Taco on Taco Tuesday.

Maybe the cooks had a bad night at the office as the tacos were not edible.

THE MERCENARY OF TUESDAY NIGHT SOFTBALL

At one point the Mercenary of Tuesday night softball played for Last Call. He was playing during Last Call’s hey days where the team had a winning record and made the playoffs. He was on the team that made it to the championship against the Law Breakers years ago. He played on a lot of crappy teams as well for Last Call. He had like three stints with the team as well.

If the Empire needed a dirty job done he would call Boba Fett to track down Han Solo. Tuesday night teams that want to get to the next level, they call John Shanahan. The former left fielder who has the hunger the desire and just rage against poor Jon Cacciatore. The two Johns would never be seen riding a tandem bike around the ballpark. He was not scared to yell his opinions to anyone on or off the team. He probably leads Last Call in ejections from umpires as they were not on his Christmas card list. The best comparison you can make is to compare Shanahan to A.J Pierzynski. A stickler for the rules of the game. The type that knows the rules of the game from cover to cover. He always played hard and he knew every situation of the game. He would make sure to get the runner home from third or even get them over to the next base. He had that mindset. Half the people love him and the other half probably hate his guts. Shanahan was never shy to say you suck.

During this fall season we’ve seen him with the Falcons. In the spring/ summer league he played for the Law Breakers. He has done three stints with the rival Law Breakers. He has helped the snakes win a championship, Venom. He then constructed a team of all stars to beat Venom. His team called Mayhem did win the league and he destroyed Venom while doing it.  The Falcons are team that are loaded with all kinds of talent. I can see him helping them win another championship.

John Shanahan can play many positions besides outfield. Even though he played left field, for a big guy he got to the ball just as quick as fast guys. He took the best routes to the ball as he read the ball coming off the bat. He snagged many gappers that should of been extra bases for many hitters. This year we saw him play the hot corner with the Falcons. Then Short stop with the Lawbreakers. You can pretty much put him anywhere on the field for defense.

He can hit the ball anywhere he wants. He can hit for power but he always hit for whatever situation came up when he was up at bat. He came into the season 4th on Last Call’s all time hit list with 176. He drove in 97 runs which was good for 4th all time for Last Call.  He scored another 89 runs. He’s number three on Last Call’s all time double list with 30. He has 4 triples along with 3 home runs for Last Call as well.

Maybe some day Lebron Shanahan will return to Last Call to help them win a championship. Nobody circles the wagons like John Shanahan so you never know. I can see him on another squad next year. Like the A-team, if you can find them you can hire them. Shanty will be found by another all star squad and he’ll do the same thing. Do what ever it takes to win.

ALSIP FALL LEAGUE 16″ SOFTBALL STANDINGS

AFTER FOUR WEEKS

TEAM                             WINS          LOST        GB

TABU                                  4                   0            —–

CHEAP SHOTS                   3                   1              1

FALCONS                            3                   1              1

BURNERS                           2                    2               2

SCOOPS                              2                     2               2

LAW BREAKERS               1                      3               3

COUSINS                             1                      3               3

LAST CALL                         0                      4                4

WEEK 4 AROUND THE LEAGUE SCORE BOARD

CHEAP SHOTS 7-6 COUSINS

FALCONS 21-6 LAST CALL

TABU 16-1 LAW BREAKERS

BURNERS 10-6 SCOOPS

FALCONS FLY THROUGH LAST CALL UNFEATHERED

Was it the Irish flu that had ravaged it’s way through the Last Call roster? It could of been a plague from South America that sidelined so many. From having 14 players a week ago at the game to only 8. Eight men out. Eight men that made it out to play. Some were not affected as things do come up and it’s always on Tuesdays.

TUESDAY’S LIST OF INACTIVES:

Mark Hill, Tim Lee, Jay Roy, Matt Scott, Tim Good, and Sal Pecorac

Some of them were affected with the Mongolian virus. As they laid in bed in cold sweats half zombie like.

Then you had your MASH ward.

The rookie shortstop Jimmy. Third game in a row he has missed. Most likely done for the season. We did not even get a chance to learn the guy’s last name.

Brian Hughes who lacerated his finger when the power tool came alive on him at the Hill estates.

Hughes will be out the remainder of the season. The second veteran this year to leave with a injury that has ended their softball season.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!!

One thing we can say about the Last Call organization is they have always had soldiers on the front line. They always showed up. Sure they got knocked down but they still fought to get up over and over. They have never took the easy way out and just forfeited the game. Some say who would blame them. But the players that showed up gave it their all.

With only eight players the team needed one more player so they can actually play the game. When bag lady Alice turned them down, they had to dig very deep off the Cacciatore family tree. Nothing was shaking there. However an old friend showed up. He was thrown right into the pit of snakes. His name is Tom Kiloran. His last time he played baseball was back in grammar school over 25 years ago. However he said he missed the game. Lets give it a whirl and see what happens. More on Tom Later in this recap.

Falcons is a team that has been around for decades. They have been a team that has only played in the Alsip fall league. They play somewhere else during the summer. Another all star team of older guys now mixing some youth on the team. But it’s a team that does very well and they showed it by putting 16 on the board in the first inning of play against Last Call.

The ship was sinking before Last Call had a chance to bat. The ship had a gigantic hole in it while Last Call players were abandoning the boat. In the bottom of the first, Last Call went down in order. After one frame 16 to nill. Last Call was not on the bench long enough for Jon Cacciatore to finish his third cigarette.

With so many guys missing lots of players were out of position. Brian Theilman was at first base. Sid was at second. Bill Scanlon is still learning short stop on the job. Rookie Matt Volkstorf was manning the hot corner. The only infielder that was playing his regular position was Dave Witkowski who was pitching. The outfield was intact. All three of them have played out there all year. However even if we did have everybody the Falcons are very good hitting squad. They can place the ball anywhere. The second was much better as Last Call held the Falcons to only three runs.

In the bottom of the inning Billy Scanlon got things started with a single. That was followed up by Dave Witkowski’s good eye taking a walk. We need base runners at this point and lots of them. Then the rookie Matt Volksstorf who has been very impressive with the bat, singled sharply. Then Brian Theilman hit a nice poke to bring in Billy Scanlon for the first run of the game. He had went his first 18 games never driving in a run. Now Brian has driven in a run in back to back games. Then Sid drove in Dave Witkowski with a single to make a 19-2 ball game.

In the third Last Call held the Falcons to only two runs. Then Kevin Burke got things started with a single. That was followed up with a Bill Scanlon single as the speedy Burke got to third base on. Then Dave Witkowski rolled in to double play but that allowed Burke to score. With two outs Last Call was not done. Matt Volkstorf with a wicked smash off his bat was on with a single. That was followed by a Brian Theilman single which was his second hit of the game. Then Sid drove in Matt with another single, his second hit of the night along with a second RBI. Then the guy that showed up to make it nine players, Tom Kiloran, hit a shot over the left fielder who was playing shallow to drive in Theilman. His first career hit in a Last Call uniform with his first career RBI. It was a long single but it still did the job. Then Jon Cacciatore breaks out of his fall slump with a single to score Sid. Jon got his first hit of fall. It was his first hit since game 9 of summer where he went 4-4. It was a four run inning that made it 21-6 after three.

Finally Last Call gave the Falcons a goose egg as they shut them down without the Falcons scoring a run. Then in the bottom of the inning Kevin Burke led off with a single. Billy Scanlon completed his perfect day 3-3 with a single. Then Dave Witkowski singled and then in the next few seconds you would not believe what happened. First mistake – no base coaches. Kevin Burke could of scored rounding third, but stopped and went back to third. The ball was heading to the infield but Billy was already there at third. Burke was caught in a run down between home and third. The Falcons quickly erased him. Then Dave was doing the tube snake boogie in between first and second and was caught in no man’s land. He tried to get back to first but with another precise throw he was out for the double play leaving Billy at third. Last Call leads the league in base blunders. With a big inning on the horizon. With a run to extend the game longer. The next batter flied out and that was the ball game. Slaughtered after four. Last Call falls to 0-4 for the year. The Falcons improve to 3-1 for the year.It was the fourth game in a row that Last Call has been the victim of being slaughter gutted like a fish and thrown to the pack of wild dogs. Even though it was Last Call’s best day on the offensive side as they scored a season high of six runs. They still only have scored in double digits once this year in the summer against the rival Law Breakers.

FALCONS 21

LAST CALL 6 FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI(0-3)

MVP OF THE GAME:BRIAN THEILMAN

He was asked to play a position he never plays. He was asked to corall balls from infielder’s that were also out of position. He was perfect 2-2 for the day with two singles, run, and an RBI. It’s the second game in a row he has driven in a run. In the last two games he is 3-3 with 3 singles, run, and two RBI’S.

THE BAR REPORT

It was the worst turn out of the year for the bar. It consisted of three players from the game. Tim Lee joined those three players as he came from work to make it four. It was Dave Witkowski Sid, and Tom Killoran the ninth body.

Just that one appearance at the bar by Tom Killoran in his first game has been more than Jon Cacciatore in the last two years. That is the stat of the day.

ALSIP PARK FALL STANDINGS

TEAM                      WINS  LOST    GB

TABU                            3          0        —

CHEAP SHOTS            2          1         1

FALCONS                     2          1          1

SCOOPS                         2          1          1

BURNERS                      1           2          2

COUSINS                        1           2          2

LAW BREAKERS            1           2          2

LAST CALL                      0           3          3

WEEK THREE AROUND THE LEAGUE SCORE BOARD

BURNERS 21-2 LAST CALL

SCOOPS 12-7 CHEAP SHOTS

TABU 20-6 COUSINS

FALCONS 14-11 LAW BREAKERS

BURN BABY BURN

Last Call hits rock bottom in this contest. The fall league has not been kind at all. The team has fallen to 0-3 for the fall league. This is the third game in a row they were whacked. Completely destroyed. This is the third game they’ve been slaughtered and sent home early. Nothing is going right on offense or defense. Routine plays have been a nightmare. The team is unable to get through the line up more than twice a game. They’ve been averaging a meager two runs a game.

This one started when Dave Witkowski faced the first batter and the guy got all of it as he streaked around the bases for a lead off home run.

THE QUOTE OF THE GAME: Brian Theilman “I know these guys” as he was talking about the opponent, “they recently won the Mt. Greenwood league.”

They call themselves the Burners. A very young team that can blaze around the base paths. It’s a team with lots of talent and they came in only scoring two runs per contest as well. They came in at 0-2. Thoughts were we might be able to win this game. Worst case scenario play a very well balanced game. Give them a fight to the end and actually not get slaughtered and be sent to the bar early. Well you do get a better table when you do arrive early.

Burners scored six runs in the first inning. They held Last Call scoreless until the fourth inning. You know it’s a bad day of offense when you score your first run in the fourth. Plus a pitcher who was pitching it over the plate like it was batting practice. He looked like a machine just flipping the ball on each pitch. Kevin Burke showed off his flashing speed as he knocked one into the gap. Then the race was on as he glided around the bases, side stepped a tag and was safe at third with a lead off triple. Tim Lee knocked him in with a single to finally get Last Call on the board. Tim Lee and Kevin Burke have been lean mean fighting machines at the plate. Two huge bright spots on a struggling offensive team the whole year. They continue to wreck havoc on opposing pictures as they spark the line up and get things done.

Burners continued to put runs on the board. Last Call defense did shut down the Burner offense for one inning in this contest. Then in the bottom of the 5th, Last Call needed multiple runs to keep playing. Dave Witkowski started things off with a single. His second hit of the game. Then the rookie Matt Volkstorf who’s been hitting the ball hard hit a rocket single which moved Dave into scoring position. Then a Jon Cacciatore fielder’s choice erased Matt at second but moved Dave into third. Then in his fourth season with the team. In his 19th game in a Last Call uniform. In his 47th plate appearance… Brian Theilman drives in his first run in a Last Call uniform as Dave scored off a single. Tim Good could not keep the inning alive as they robbed him of hit on a shoe lace catch in the outfield.

A lot of people were hittless for the night.

Patrick Grogan 0-2

Matt Scott 0-2

Mark Hill 0-1 with a walk

Sal Pecorac 0-1

Tim Good 0-1

Sid 0-1

Jon Cacciatore 0-1

BURNERS 21

LAST CALL 2 FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI 0-2

MVP OF THE GAME: DAVE WITKOWSKI

This game was over after the first pitch. Dave pitched well but the defense let him down behind him. He had to make a lot of extra pitches. He was locating his pitches in spots where it was hard to get a hit. However the Burners were overall a good hitting team at least in this game. Dave was perfect 2-2 with 2 singles and a run scored.

MIA

Brian Hughes: was working at the Hill manor when he sliced his finger on a power tool. He will be week to week at this point.

The rookie Jimmy(2) showed some flash at the short stop position. Back stiffness.

THE BAR REPORT

AFTER ALI

It was the first week at Durbins without our all star waitress. Sure she missed some weeks at times but this was the first week you knew she was not going to be there.

However buckets still need to be drank. That’s the one thing the team has been doing right all year.

In attendance were Tim Lee, Dave Witkowski, Mark Hill, Sal Pecorac, Jay Roy, and Sid.

BAR REPORT WEEK TWO AUGUST 31,2017

HAPPY TRAILS TO ALI

No one likes change. Especially if things were working well. You get used to going to a place where everyone knows your name. That they are always glad you came. It’s a watering hole of some sort so I’m using the Cheers theme song. One of our favorite  workers at Durbins is leaving the job. She’s been the longest tenured waitress we ever had there. Durbins has been our sponsor for many years and the team will miss Ali.

Some people work at a bar to make a living. Some people do it as a part time job. They are in school of some kind, to make ends meet, or have some cash for walking around money. Ali has been working two jobs for years. She has a career and has been working as a waitress as her side hustle. Two jobs you can pay off a lot things in your life. You can save a lot of money as well. It gets tiring as the long days continue to add up.  It was her time to move on from taking on nights at the bar.

Ali was more than a waitress as she became a friend to all. She was friendly. She did not take crap. She was not afraid to make fun of Sal or tell Jay Roy to shut up. Always have great conversations with her as she makes time. She knew what we wanted before we even had to say anything. We are not that hard to figure out as we like three to four different beers in buckets of ice. Others could not quite figure out that, as it seemed like rocket science to them.  She even had time to hang out and enjoy a Tuesday night out in the beer garden or at the dart board with the Last Call squad. Its was all good times at Ridgemont High we had, and great memories were had. But we understand as life will take us down a different road at Durbins with someone new. While Ali can now have some time for herself, we will see her again at some of our functions down the road.  Good times will be had again.

From left to right standing:

Sal Pecorac, Ali, Sid, Tim Lee, Jay Roy

Sitting: Brian Theilman

Pictures taken by Joe Cacciatore

THE SECOND TAKE

AROUND THE LEAGUE SCORE BOARD FROM LAST WEEK

WEEK TWO

CHEAP SHOTS 16-2 LAST CALL

LAW BREAKERS 10-2 BURNERS

SCOOPS 12-4 COUSINS

TABU 22-11 FALCONS

ALSIP FALL LEAGUE STANDINGS

TEAM                WINS      LOST        GB

CHEAP SHOTS       2            0            —-

TABU                       2            0             —-

SCOOPS                   1            1              1

FALCONS                1             1              1

LAW BREAKERS     1             1              1

COUSINS                   1             1              1

LAST CALL                0             2              2

BURNERS                   0             2              2

NOTHING CHEAP IN THEIR SHOTS

Last Tuesday, if there was such a thing, Last Call met a team that was built in a factory. I believe they had an assembly line creating softball players.

In the fall due to less leagues to play in around town, you get top teams that join the Alsip league. This team called themselves the Cheap Shots. Nothing cheap about them as they reminded me of the ’27 Yankees if they had played 16″ softball.

QUOTE OF THE GAME: JAY ROY “They have five lefties in their line up. I did not think they had 5 left handed hitters in the whole entire league.”

The Cheap Shots were a well balanced line up that could hit anywhere they wanted. Dave Witkowski, the usual starting pitcher, could not make the game. His first game missed all year. Tim Good was called in the line of duty for this contest. During the day he was rubbing elbows with the prestige richy riches. Drinking highballs on the golf course making deals that were bigger than any of the money we earn in a lifetime. Last year Tim came in and pitched well against the Double Play Saloon. Tim brought his 10-44 pitching record in hopes of pitching a gem.

In the first, Last Call went down in order 1-2-3. Then Tim Good made his mound presence as he came out and pitched 1-2-3 inning. Things were looking Good for the realtor. The golf course buzz was working wonders.

In the second, Last Call struck first. Finally good ole Matt Scott was back playing the hot corner. He played two games in the summer and was MVP of the game in one of those contests. He got the first hit of the game for Last Call. Then he moved to second on a ground out. Then the second base man Jay Roy drove in Matt Scott for the first run of the game. Jay finished 1-1 with the RBI single. In the bottom of the frame Cheap Shots’ bats woke up and with ease they had a 4 run inning to take the lead 4-1 after two innings of play.

In the third the Cheap Shots quickly took care of business just allowing one hit. Then the wheels on the bus and Tim Good’s buzz came off as the Cheap Shots went to work. Right handed hitters were hitting little flares to the opposite field. Then the lefties were teeing off the Good bar as shots were screaming in the gaps of the outfield. The factory robots were running around the bases without even working up a sweat. The inning seemed like an eternity. They scored 12 runs and now this game had turned into a blood bath as it was 16-1 after three innings of play.

In the fourth, Last Call came back with one run of their own to cut the Cheap Shot lead to 14 runs. Kevin Burke got his first hit of the fall campaign. A line drive single that the ball left his bat in warp speed. Bill Scanlon followed that up with a single of his own. Then with two outs some new blood and more youth on the Last Call squad came up. He’s another Matt. Matt Volksstorf. He hit a shot that found its way through the infield to score his Uncle Kevin Burke to give Last Call it’s second run of the game. It was Matt’s first hit in a Last Call uniform and he drove in his very first run with that hit

The Cheap shots added to their totals in the bottom of the frame. Last Call needed a few runs just to stay in the game but they came away with a quiet 1-2-3 inning in the fifth and they were at the bar early. Meanwhile Last Call has fallen to 0-2 for the year. While Cheap Shots and their factory of softball players are off to quick 2-0 for the year. This game was like the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals. Only Krusty the Clown would bet on Last Call thinking they were due.

The sleepy bats had continued in the fall season as the team is only managing two runs a game. Six people in this game did not get a hit off Cheap Shot pitching. Last Call only mustered up six hits in five innings. That explains not even getting through the entire batting order twice.

CHEAP SHOTS 16

LAST CALL        2  FINAL

LP:TIM GOOD (0-1)

THE MVP OF THE GAME: JAY ROY

This is one of those games it was very hard to determine who had the best game. However Jay Roy was perfect 1-1 with a RBI single. He drove in half the runs for Last Call. He played second base and did not let anything get by him.

MIA

Dave Witkowski (1) first game he has missed all year.

Jimmy (1) the young short stop tweaked his back he is day to day at this point

Mark Hill (1)  Job interview

Brian Hughes was present. But he did not play.

ALSIP FALL 16″ SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS

NAME                     WINS      LOST      GB

COUSINS                      1            0            —

TABU                             1           0            —

FALCONS                      1           0            —

CHEAP SHOTS             1            0           —

LAST CALL                   0             1            1

SCOOPS                         0             1            1

BURNERS                      0              1            1

LAW BREAKERS           0              1            1

AROUND THE LEAGUE (LAST WEEK’S SCORES)

LAST CALL 2- 18 COUSINS

SCOOPS 2-19 TABU

BURNERS 2-18 FALCONS

LAW BREAKERS 2-15 CHEAP SHOTS

All the losers last week only scored two runs.

THE COUSINS ARE IN AND OUT BEFORE LAST CALL EVEN HAPPENS

Fall softball started with a BANG. Too bad it was not the explosions you were looking for. The Cousins came in and put on a hitting clinic against the hapless Last Call. Mistakes in the field prolong the innings as the Cousins tired themselves hitting through their order twice in two innings. The lay off in between Summer and fall ball made the defense look rusty like they were a bunch of tin men from The Wizard of Oz in dire need of oil. They could not bend down far enough to snag the grounders as some ricocheted off the Last Call finger tips and headed towards the outfield while the Cousins cruised around the base paths. This occurred a few times.

Cousins batted first and put up a quick seven with ease.Last Call had forgotten the simple baseball fundamentals. The Last Call defense tried throwing people out at home or third while letting runners move up to second. Many of the throws were not even close. Probably totally impossible to get the speedy Cousins from very deep in the outfield. Last Call came to bat and started off well getting the first two aboard. Maybe one bad inning, shake it off, get some runs and make this into a game. With one out, Tim Lee on third, Pat Grogan at second, and Kevin Burke at bat, you’re thinking we are guaranteed one, but Burke grounds out in the infield. Tim Lee makes a break for home just trying to make something happen and Cousins make a play at home to get the speedster. Last Call comes away with nothing as they retired the next batter and get out of the inning unscathed.

In the second, The Cousins continue to pile it on as they break the Last Call spirits as they scored six. They were hitting the ball well. Last Call still struggled to make the routine play as follies continue on defense. The ball seem to be a hog in mud as the hands kept slipping off the clincher cow hide ball as bobbles were coming at a high rate. In this inning, Last Call went in order in the second. 13-0 after two innings of play.

Finally in the third, Cousins only scored one run. Finally Last Call got themselves on the board. Sal Pecorac came up and hit a shot into the gap of left center. The Cousin tried to catch the ball on the fly, but it bounced right before he could get his hands on it. He tried to kick at it to stop it, but it bounced over the sliding outfielder and Sal was off to the races. He looked like he probably could of went the distance but was held up at third with a lead off triple. His second triple this year. Sal was hitting everything at that point as he knocked down Mark Hill’s mystery drink on the bench before hitting the triple. Mark turns very grumpy without his Long Island Iced Tea cooling off his veins.

Then the DH Sid came to plate. He was able to hit the ball to the right side and right over the second baseman for his first hit of the fall campaign, an RBI single that scored Sal for Last Call’s first run of the game and of the fall season. Sid finished 1-1 for the day with the RBI single.  After coming off a 4-4 game, Jon Cacciatore came up looking to do some more damage. Johnny Dangerously grounded out to erase Sid on a fielder’s choice. Then Tim Lee came up with a sharp single, but as he tried to stretch the bases the Cousins made a play on him.But, “Willie Mays Hays” Jon Cacciatore cruised around the bases and scored as they made a play at the plate after Tim was caught in a run down.  Johnny Dangerously finished 0-2 in the game with a run scored. That was the big inning for Last Call scoring wise. They could not muster up another run the rest of the night. Meanwhile the Cousins scored in each frame.This game was over early as Last Call was slaughtered and I mean taken out back of the wood shed and thrown into a wood chipper type of slaughtered.

BRIGHT SPOTS

The new short stop, a youngster named Jimmy, showed some promise at short stop. The rookie collected his first hit in a Last Call uniform. He finished 1-2 with a single for the game. The kid showed some range manning the short stop position and making flips to bases like Magic Johnson. Reminded me of last year and Andy Codymate, the way he played that position. He also had some put outs on grounders he threw to first. He bobbled a few but stuck with it. The kid is a pure athlete as he plays Basketball for St. Xavier in his spare time. Last Call is trying to get younger and faster. Management is hoping the youth can provide a spark. Mix them in with the veterans and this could be our recipe for success.

MVP OF THE GAME: TIM LEE

This game was very ugly. Tim Lee had a outstanding night in field chasing down a few in the gaps to eventually stop the madness. He caught everything. The game would of gotten uglier, as if that was even possible, if he had a bad night in the field. He also was perfect 2-2 batting with two singles and RBI.

Last Call’s losing streak continues from the Spring/Summer campaign as they fall to 0-1 for the year. Meanwhile Cousins who jump in the Alsip leagues in fall, start off 1-0 for the year.

THE FINAL

COUSINS  18   WP:MY COUSIN VINNY (1-0)

LAST CALL 2   LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-1)

MIA REPORT

Brian Hughes (1)

THE BAR REPORT

Durbins continues to be the sponsor. Week one had the usual suspects and Jay Roy’s bingo gals.

Tim Lee, Mark Hill, Dave Witkowski, Tim Good, Sal Pecorac, Jay Roy, and Sid.

Next week Ally returns!!! Could be her final time working at Durbins. She is moving on from her side gig.  Jay Roy is heading the interviews for replacements as we speak.

MEDICAL REPORT:    

Keith Dilly’s season has come to an end. He’s been fighting a knee injury all year. The pain continues to increase. He’s unable to move the way he liked to, especially at the short stop position.

Keith will be missed. He’s been the main staple at the short stop position for numerous years. The way he plays, he throws his body in all kinds of directions to get the ball or even knock it down. He recovered from the first knee injury earlier in the year when they had to drain it. But he gives it all on the field as he skinned it during a game back and reinjured the same knee. His bat in the line up is also going to be missed. He was batting .600 this year with 4 RBI’S and two runs scored in only four games played. He drives in a lot big runs for the team over the years. Plus Keith as a person is a great teammate and is very valuable in the dug out.

Last Call’s medical staff are working on ways to fix Keith’s knee and have him ready for next year.

Hopefully rehab will work for Keith. If the knee does not respond the way our team Doctor likes he has knee replacement surgery scheduled for Keith Dilly.

Some of Last Call’s recent replacement knee surgeries.

LAST CALL SOFTBALL RESUMES TONIGHT

AUGUST 22ND – 1ST GAME OF FALL LEAGUE

THE BREAK DOWN OF THE PLAYOFFS

SEEDS

#1.RULERS

#2.LAW BREAKERS

#3.TURTLES

#4.DUBLIN UP

FIRST ROUND

          VERSUS       

VERSUS  

RULERS ADVANCED TO CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND BEATING DUBLIN UP 5-4

TURTLES TOOK DOWN LAWBREAKERS BY 5 RUNS

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

                     VERSUS             

3                                                                                                          10

FINAL

TURTLES ARE THE 2017 SPRING/SUMMER ALSIP CHAMPIONS

FINAL ALSIP LEAGUE 2017 SPRING/SUMMER STANDINGS

TEAM               WINS     LOST    TIES    GB’S

RULERS                 8             2         0        —–

LAW BREAKERS  6             4         0          2

TURTLES                6            4         0          2

DUBLIN UP            5             4         1         3

JAG BAGS               3              6         1        5

LAST CALL             1              9         0        7

SUMMER STATS – 2017

MVP OF EACH GAME
GAME 1	KEVIN BURKE
GAME 2	TIM LEE
GAME 3	MATT SCOTT
GAME 4	BILL SCANLON
GAME 5	SAL PECORAC
GAME 6	BILL SCANLON
GAME 7	PAT GROGAN
GAME 8	KEVIN BURKE
GAME 9	DON PARKER
GAME 10	KEVIN BURKE

KING OF THE BAR
RANKING	NAME	APPEARANCES
1	DAVE WITKOWSKI	10
2	JAY ROY	9
2	TIM LEE	9
3	SID	8
3	MARK HILL	8
4	SAL PECORAC	7
5	BRIAN HUGHES	4
6	TIM GOOD	3
7	PATRICK GROGAN	1
7	KEVIN BURKE	1

DILLY, SPATZ, SCANLON, PARKER, SCOTT AND HEAVEY

FINAL BATTING STATS FOR 2017 SPRING/SUMMER

NAME	GP	BA	AB	HITS	RBI	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR	SAC	K’S	BB’S
BURKE	9	.575	33	19	7	6	15	3	1	0	1	0	0
JUNIOR	5	.400	15	6	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	2
TIM LEE	10	.540	37	20	6	12	16	2	2	0	0	0	0
WITKOWSKI	10	.354	31	11	4	2	10	1	0	0	0	1	2
HILL	8	.318	22	7	3	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
HUGHES	7	.545	11	6	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	7	.352	17	6	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
SID	8	.388	18	7	3	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
GROGAN	8	.521	23	12	5	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
MATT HEAVEY	2	.333	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
BILL SCANLON	9	.500	30	15	10	5	10	2	2	1	0	0	1
KEITH DILLY	4	.600	10	6	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
JAY ROY	8	.304	23	7	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLIFF	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SAL PECORAC	7	.352	17	6	2	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
DON PARKER	5	.526	19	10	8	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
MATT SCOTT	2	.500	6	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
NICK	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JON CACCIATORE	7	.526	19	10	1	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN FOR THE BATTING AVERAGE RANKINGS (TOP TO LAST)

RANKING	NAME	AVERAGE	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1	Dilly	.600	Only 10 at bats
2	Burke	.575
3	Hughes	.545
4	Tim Lee	.540
5	Don Parker	.526
5	Jon Cacciatore	.526
6	Patrick Grogan	.500
6	Bill Scanlon	.500
6	Matt Scott	.500	Only 6 at bats
7	Junior Spatz	.400
8	Sid	.388
9	Witkowski	.354
10	Sal Pecorac	.352
10	Tim Good	.352
11	Matt Heavy	.333	Only 6 at bats
12	Mark Hill	.318
13	Jay Roy	.304
14	Nick	.000	Only played 1 game
14	Cliff	.000	Only played 1 game

THE TOP 3 (OF EVERYTHING)

BATTING AVERAGE     MINIMUM OF 11 AB’S
1	KEVIN BURKE	.575
2	BRIAN HUGHES	.545
3	TIM LEE	.540

RBI
1	BILL SCANLON	10
2	KEVIN BURKE	7
3	TIM LEE	6

HITS
1	TIM LEE	20
2	KEVIN BURKE	19
3	BILL SCANLON	15

RUNS SCORED
1	TIM LEE	12
2	KEVIN BURKE	6
3	TIM GOOD	5
3	BILL SCANLON	5
3	DON PARKER	5
3	JON CACCIATORE	5

DOUBLES
1	KEVIN BURKE	3
2	JUNIOR	2
2	BILL SCANLON	2
2	TIM LEE	2
2	DON PARKER	2

SINGLES
1	TIM LEE	16
2	KEVIN BURKE	15
3	PATRICK GROGAN	11

TRIPLES
1	BILL SCANLON	2
1	TIM LEE	2
2	SAL PECORAC	1
2	KEVIN BURKE	1

WALKS
1	JUNIOR	2
1	WITKOWSKI	2
2	DILLY	1
2	SCANLON	1

HOME RUN KING
1	BILL SCANLON	1

SAC’S
1	KEVIN BURKE	1

BATTING STATS UPDATED 8-8-17

CANT BAG A JAG

THE SEASON FINALE

August 1,2017  Jag Bags 5-4 Last Call

Bases loaded two outs. Last Call had already gotten one run in and were looking for a much bigger inning. Last Call down by one in their last at bats of the game. Brian Hughes comes up to bat. Came in hitting .714 in a limited amount of at bats for the year. But he’s a man you do want up in this situation. He has over twenty years of softball experience playing softball on the Southside of Chicago. He had played with the guys from the Rulers in their prime. Yes indeed if you went to Vegas you bet Hugo on this situation and come up big. However the way things have occurred this season, Hugo gave it his best but grounded out to the third baseman who stepped on the bag and that ends Last Call’s miserable season.

Only nine guys made it. Last Call had to play without a short center. This has been a major problem with this team, attendance. Everything before the season looks very good on paper, but you name it, all sorts of things happen and we can never get the full squad out on the field at the same time. The last game of the spring/summer league and the team had to play with nine guys. To lose only by one run and have that gaping hole in the middle of the field tells you two things. Either the Jag Bags could not exploit Last Call’s major weakness, or we played some great defense. I believe it was both things in this contest. Last Call defense was crisp and made all the routine plays behind Dave Witkowski who pitched a whale of a ball game.

This is the second time this year Last Call has played the Jag Bags. History of these two teams is they are usually close games. This was the third game Last Call has dropped to the Jag Bags dating back to last year. The one thing that sticks out to me like a sore thumb to explain how the train derailed, is the sleepy bats. The problems with attendance have gone back for years and is very disappointing but the way the offense swung the bats this season has to be one of our worst years, in team history. Only one game with double digit runs scored sticks out like a hooker from Robbins. Too many one, two, three innings. The big thing is too many runners stranded on bases. Not coming up with the big hit to drive them in. That dampens the spirit of the team while lifting the confidence of the opponent as they know we can get out of this inning unscathed. Plus I noticed batting averages across the board have dropped steady like the great stock market crash back in the day. To only muster up four runs, it’s hard to win.

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-9)

HOW EVERYONE PERFORMED:

TIM LEE 2-4, SINGLE, DOUBLE, RUN

JAY ROY 2-4, 2 SINGLES, RBI

MARK HILL 2-4, 2 SINGLES, RBI

DAVE WITKOWSKI 1-3, DOUBLE, RBI, WALK

THE GOOD

TIM GOOD 1-4, DOUBLE, RUN

BRIAN HUGHES 1-4, SINGLE

SAL PECORAC 1-3, SINGLE, RBI,

BILL SCANLON 1-3, SINGLE, RUN

MVP OF THE GAME: KEVIN BURKE 3-4, 2 SINGLES,DOUBLE, RUN

MIA REPORT: TOO MANY MISSING IN ACTION

THE BAR REPORT: GREAT TURN OUT AT THE OLD DURBIN’S.

Tim Lee, Jay Roy, Mark Hill, Kevin Burke, Dave Witkowski, Tim Good, Brian Hughes, and Sal Pecorac

We did way better at the bar last year. However we still had a good year for our sponsor as we get the regular staples and some pop up guests time to time.

LAST CALL UNABLE TO CONTAIN THE LAWBREAKERS

All photographs taken by Claudia Parker.

On a night Last Call finally get double digit runs for the first time this year. On a night where Jon Cacciatore goes 4-4 at the bottom of the line up. On a night when only ten players show up as the MIA’s is a common theme in Last Call world. Two heated rivals met to square off last Tuesday. Yes the oldest rival, it was Last Call versus the Law Breakers. It seems like this rivalry is one sided like the Bears and the Packers. Packers and the Law Breakers winning almost every game when these two square off on the schedule. Maybe sometimes the softball gods will help you prevail against your hated enemy. On this night get yourself a cooler and lay yourself low because it was the same old song and dance my friends.

With a different line up Last Call was able to get a quick lead in top of the first. The rookie Patrick Grogan who has been a big bright spot this year for the team was in the two spot. He got things started with a single. Then Don Parker drove Patrick in with a double to make it 1-0. Don looked very healthy for the first time this year as he suffered some upper body injuries that have sidelined him for a few games. He was at short stop on defense for the injured Keith Dilly who hurt his knee again. Overall Don Parker had himself a Don Parker performance in this contest.

Then Kevin Burke came up in the number four spot, the clean up guy. He needed only one hit to reach his 100th hit in a Last Call uniform. As always he did not disappoint as he hit a rocket RBI single to get his 100th hit and Don Parker came around and scored to make 2-0 good guys.

Historically the Law Breakers always had a high octane offense. Being down 2-0 is no skin off their breasts. They came back with three runs of their own to take a 3-2 lead after one inning of play.

In the second inning the bottom of the order shined and came through. Was that Tim Good who got things kicked started in the second? Must of not had any booze cruises scheduled on the lake that afternoon. The Goodbar is moving on up from Archie Bunker land in Worth to the Jefferson’s deluxe mansion in the heights… Palos Heights.

Billy Scanlon said only rich people live there. Feeling good about himself he got on with a single. That was followed up by a Jon Cacciatore single. Then Tim Lee moved the runners over with a ground out. Oh boy two outs ducks on the pond and in scoring position what do you think is going to happen? This year has been all about leaving the runners stranded. But Patrick Grogan had other ideas as he drove in both Good and Cacciatore with a single to give Last Call the lead 4-3. It was a nice piece of hitting especially with two outs. Then Don Parker drove in Patrick with a single as it was two outs and Patrick was running on contact. He flew around the bases to score the third run of the inning and to make it a 5-3 Last Call lead. Dave Witkowski and the defense then shut down the Lawbreaker attack in the bottom of the inning as it remained 5-3 after two innings of play.

In the third, Law Breakers finally shut down the Last Call attack. Then in the bottom of the third Lawbreakers exploded with a seven run inning. Last Call can never escape the bad inning. It’s like the big bad wolf and you know he’s coming. You know he’s going to eat one of your sheep. But you can not stop it as the defense was not as crisp in the field. Which led to more at bats and what it comes down to is spotting your opponent extra runs which knocks the sails off your boat as your now stranded in middle no man’s land being pursued by sharks. It’s time to get a bigger boat. Lawbreakers lead 10-5 after three innings of play.

In the fourth Last Call still had some fight in them.Jon Cacciatore picked up his second hit of the game only to be erased by a Tim Lee’s fielders choice. With two outs Last Call did a nice job with its two out hitting. Don Parker then singled. Then Kevin Burke singled to bring in Tim Lee. Then Bill Scanlon drove in Don Parker for the second run of the inning. This made it 10-7 which meant we weren’t out of it and in striking distance. The Law breakers came back in the bottom of the frame with two of their own to make it 12-7 contest after four innings of play.

In the fifth inning Last Call bottom of the order was not going away. Tim Good and Jon Cacciatore reached with singles. Then Tim Lee delivered a sharp single to score both Tiimmy Good and Mr. Cacciatore to make this 12-9 ball game. Then the wheels of the bus came off as another big bad inning came upon Last Call. All the sheep were slaughtered as Lawbreakers put up 8 runs to make 20-9 after five innings of play.

In the sixth Don Parker collected his fourth hit of the game. With that hit Don was able to reach his own milestone and get his 150th hit in a Last Call uniform.

Then Kevin Burke singled. Then of a fielders choice from Bill Scanlon drove in Don but erased Kevin on the play. Then Dave Witkowski broke a slump he been in the last few games with a single. Then Jay Roy hit into a fielders choice that erased Bill Scanlon who was trying to get to third. Then Sid finally got his first hit of the game as he drove in Dave on a single that fell in right between the left fielder and the short stop and that made it 20-11. Then the defense stopped the Lawbreakers in the sixth as the score remained 20-11 after six.

In the seventh Last Call was down by nine. Jon Cacciatore only had a half pack of cigarettes. The team was running on fumes. Nobody was wearing dark glasses. Jon Cacciatore lead off the inning with his fourth hit of the game, a single. Tim Lee followed that up with a single for his second hit of the game. Patrick Grogan then hit a fielders choice that erased Tim Lee and left Jon at third with Patrick on first. Lots of fielders choices in this contest hit by Last Call. Then Don Parker popped up to ruin his perfect day at the plate. Kevin Burke drove in Jon Cacciatore for his second RBI of the game while Jon scored his third run of the game.

Last Call was not quite done as Billy Scanlon drove in his third run of the game with a single to score Patrick. Then after Dave got on, a Jay Roy fly out ended the game.

Jay finished the day 1-4 with a single.

In the agony of defeat Last Call has now dropped six in a row.

Last Call record now has plummeted to 1-8 for the season. Meanwhile Lawbreakers improve to 6-3. The offense came up big in this game as the bats were lively. The defense had some flashes but with guys not making it players were out of position. That has been hurting Last Call for years as the roster has some talent on the team but they can not put all their talents on the field at the same time. Too many missed games. I did like the way Don Parker played short stop in this game. I think Jon Cacciatore had a whale of a ball game out in left. But the defense had some flashes but gave extra outs to a great hitting team.

Quotes of the game:

Dave Witkowski “We should change our name from Last Call to Last Place”.

Kevin Burke “We are just two solid players away”

Is help on the way for the fall season? I do agree with Kevin Burke that this is a team that is just missing a few pieces. Those pieces could of been the young phenom Matt Heavy in the outfield who only played two games this year, but his defensive skills and his bat are missed in the line up. Matt Scott a youngster who played the hot corner for two games this year had two impressive games on defense and showed some power with the lumber. The not showing up has to stop. If the team could get two guys that can put a spark into this line up or even hopefully a jolt it would turn things around. Last Call has a lot of talent now. I think changes will raise their level of play. Things could get interesting in the fall. So stay tuned.

More highlights:

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

1 2 3  4 5 6  7    TOTAL

LAST CALL             2 3 0    2 2 2 2       13     FINAL

LAW BREAKER      3 0 7     2 8 0 —      20

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI 1-8

MVP OF THE GAME: DON PARKER 4-5, 3 SINGLES, 1 DOUBLE, 3 RUNS, 2 RBI

MIA REPORT

MATT SCOTT (7) MATT HEAVY (7) NICK (6) GREG SPATZ JR.(4) BRIAN HUGHES (2)

MARK HILL (2) SAL PECORAC (3) KEITH DILLY (5)

THE BAR REPORT: PRESENT: DAVE WITKOWSKI, TIM LEE, SID, JAY ROY, TIM GOOD,

Ally the waitress was missing. She and Sal were vacationing in Ireland. Ally replacement was Melissa who is one of the main weekend bartenders at the Durbin establishment.

The team racked up another $60.00 in buckets.

 

7-25-17 UPDATED ALSIP STANDINGS

NAME            WIN’S   LOST   TIES GB

RULERS                                             6                          2                     0                —-

TURTLES                                           6                          2                     0                —-

LAW BREAKERS                              5                           3                    0                  1

DUBLIN UP                                       3                            4                   1                  3

JAG BAGS                                           2                            5                   1                 4

LAST CALL                                        1                              7                  0                5

LAST WEEK’S SCORE BOARD

RULERS 13-1 JAG BAGS

LAW BREAKERS 7-5 TURTLES

DUBLIN UP 16 -5 LASTCALL

MILE STONES

KEVIN BURKE JUST NEEDS 1 HIT TO REACH THE 100 MARK IN A LAST CALL UNIFORM

DON PARKER JUST NEEDS 4 HITS TO REACH 150 MARK FOR HIS CAREER IN A LAST CALL UNIFORM

BILLY SCANLON NEEDS TO SCORE 4 MORE RUNS TO REACH 150 RUNS SCORED IN A LAST CALL UNIFORM

KEITH DILLY IS ONE RUN AWAY FROM THE 50 MILESTONE IN A LAST CALL UNIFORM

JAY ROY NEEDS 15 HITS TO REACH THE 100 MARK IN HITS IN A LAST CALL UNIFORM

DON PARKER NEEDS ONE HOME RUN TO TIE MIKE FLYNN FOR LAST CALL’S ALL TIME HOME RUN LEADER. TWO HOME RUNS HE WILL BE FIRST IN THE RECORD BOOK FOR HOME RUNS.

BILLY SCANLON NEEDS ONE HOME RUN TO TAKE SOLE POSSESSION OF THIRD PLACE AS HE IS NOW TIED WITH JIM GORNEY WITH EIGHT.

CONGRATS TO TIM LEE HE HAS REACHED THE 50 MARK IN HITS LAST WEEK IN A LAST CALL UNIFORM  NOW HE NEEDS 49 TO GET TO THE 100 MARK.

7-18-17 GAME

THE RISE OF DUBLIN UP AND THE FALL OF LAST CALL

The losing streak now is at five games as Last Call has now sank deeper into the abyss of the 2017 softball campaign. Playing the Rulers tough last week people on the team were feeling positive as they welcomed Dublin Up to the ball park. Dublin Up, the only team so far Last Call has beating. However Dublin Up has risen from the dead and have been red hot. They tied the Jag Bags and then dismantled the Rulers off their throne. Now they wanted to continue their winning streak and seek revenge over Last Call who had beaten them very early in the season and continue their rise in the standings.

Last Call were hoping Keith Dilly and Don Parker off the disabled list would help spark the team. It started off very bad. In the Last Call world, you hope your bad inning comes quick and you hope you can overcome it and play a tight game. In the first, no crisp defense as Last Call gave Dublin Up extra outs on routine easy plays.  Dublin Up capitalize  on the early errors and put two quick runs on the board. Last Call came back in the bottom of the frame with one run that started off with a Tim Lee single. That was followed by a Don Parker single that Tim Lee ran the bases like flash as he scored all the way from first. There was a play at the plate but no sweat Tim Lee beat the throw home by a full stride.

Scoreless in the second. Then Dublin Up put up two more runs in the third. Last Call fights back with a run of their own. With two outs a Kevin Burke double got things going. Then Tim Lee hits a sharp single to score Kevin to make a 4-2 game after three with Last Call only down by 2. With two quick outs in the fourth, Last Call looking to shut down the Dublin attack but the inning continues. Then Dublin up went yard on Dave as the ball sailed into orbit and probably landed somewhere around Jupiter or Saturn. Dublin Up cracked four home runs off Dave Witkowski that night. With the two run home run and Dublin Up shutting down the Last Call sleepy bats, after 4 innings of play 6-2 Dublin Up.

In the fifth both teams were able to get one run across the plate. Sid got on base with a single. With two outs Kevin Burke came up and hit a rocket in the gap. Sid lumbered around all the bases to score as Burke had his second double of the game. Now it was 7-3 after five innings which Last Call was still in this one down by four.

In the sixth both teams were held to goose eggs. Then in the seventh the softball Gods were frowning on Last Call. It seems like that is a common thing. The bad inning came and it stung. Dublin Up scored nine runs. The defense just fell apart as every ball was contagious with the clap or the gonorrhea errors occurred in bundles. The score keepers’ pens ran out of ink as they could not keep track. It was one of the longest worst innings in Last Call history as the clock struck doomsday as Dublin Up added another two home runs in that nine inning beating Last Call to a bloody pulp.

Last Call had last at bats and they showed some fight. With one out, Mark Hill singled for his first hit of the night. He finished 1-3. He did come around to score when Sal Pecorac launched a tomahawk missile in the gap for his first triple of the year along with his first RBI of the year. Sal, who put up some big numbers in his first year, has been struggling this year but in the last few games he has got his stroke down. Even though he ran like a woman ostrich with his arms flapping around the bases. Then Sal came around to score off a rare Jon Cacciatore single for his first RBI of the season. Last Call only mustered up two runs in their last at bats as it was a total of five for the whole game. Its been eight straight games now Last Call has been held in single digit runs. Last Call now has fallen to 1-7 record with two games remaining for the year.

THE GOOD

Tim Lee 3-4, 3 singles, run, RBI (has raised is batting average to .571)

Keith Dilly 2-3, 2 singles, (coming off a knee injury he had two hits but was not very mobile in the field.)

NOT TOO SHABBY

Don Parker 1-3, single, RBI

Bill Scanlon 1-3, single

Patrick Grogan 1-3, single (he got his tenth hit of the season)

Sal Pecorac 1-2, triple, run RBI

Sid 1-3 single, run,

Jon Cacciatore 1-3, single , RBI

HITLESS

Dave Witkowski 0-3

Jay Roy 0-1

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

1 2 3   4 5 6  7    TOTALS

DUBLIN UP        2 0 2   2 1 0 9        16

Last Call              1 0 1  0  1 0 2         5  final

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-7)

MVP OF THE GAME: KEVIN BURKE 3-4, 2 DOUBLES, SINGLE, RBI, RUN

MIA

MATT SCOTT (6) MATT HEAVY (6) NICK (5) TIM GOOD (2) GREG SPATZ JR.(3)

BRIAN HUGHES (1)

THE BAR REPORT

THE USUAL SUSPECTS SHOWED UP: Tim Lee, Mark Hill, Sal Pecorac, Dave Witkowski, Jay Roy, Sid,

$65.00 RACKED UP IN BUCKETS

RULERS OUT LAST LAST CALL

This is the second meeting of the year between the Rulers and Last Call. The last time these two teams had met was week two when the Rulers gamed of thrones Last Call 18-2. Both teams coming off bad losses the week before. Last Call was looking to get themselves out of the cellar while the Rulers wanted to Rule first place again. This game did not disappoint as it had a little of everything go down. This game was very exciting from the start to the finish.

Before the game Bill Scanlon was supporting his old school Last Call shirt with his youngest daughter Briley wearing his jersey.

Notice the number .8 he has on the shirt. At the time that was the legal limit of alcohol while driving. The back of the shirt has one of our oldest sponsors Tail Gate Bills which was brought out by Durbins who is currently the sponsor of Last Call. Meanwhile Briley Scanlon has agreed to terms being the team’s mascot. To make room on the payroll Last Call has designated Wags for assignment.

Also before the game the captains of each team go meet the umpire at home plate to go over the rules of the game. Brian Hughes’ son Leo was honorary captain and went out with Sid to represent Last Call.

Leo Hughes/Sid/ the umpire/ Ruler captain

Rulers batted first and they came away with a quick run in the top of the first inning to make it 1-0. Last Call came out swinging in their bottom half of the inning. Kevin Burke led off with single. Followed by a double from Junior Spatz. Then Tim Lee who is having one hell of a season so far with the bat drove in Burke with a rope single to even things up at one. However bad third base coaching sent Junior home and he was tagged out at home for the first out of the inning.

Tim Lee

No problem Billy Scanlon cleans things up with a double of his own to score speedy Tim Lee who was in turbo around the bases to take the 2-1 lead. The next play is where the game gets interesting. Dave hit a routine ground ball in the infield which was fielded clean and the Ruler infielder threw the ball to first. It looked like they had Dave at first but the first baseman was off the base and it looked like he put a tag on Dave before Dave touched first base. The umpire called Dave safe and the first baseman who is probably the Rulers’ best player started yelling at the umpire. The ump gave him the quick heave ho which then the Ruler continued to argue as he threw the ball at the Umpire’s feet. The ejected player had to leave the park so things were looking pretty good right now for Last Call. However it is still early in this contest to declare a winner winner chicken dinner. Meanwhile Dave on first, Billy on third, a fielders choice by Mark Hill drove in Billy Scanlon as Dave was out at second. Then Jay Roy singled moving Hill to second. Then Brian Hughes who had the start at Catcher got a hold of one.

              

                                                         Brian Hughes

A Hughes single loaded the bases. Then Patrick Grogan stepped up to plate. The rookie delivered in crunch time as he put the ball into the outfield right over the third baseman that brought in Mark Hill to make it 4-1 after one inning of play. That was Patrick’s first RBI in a Last Call uniform. More about him later on.

In the second Rulers added two runs as they were down 4-3 after two innings of play.  Junior Spatz was left stranded in the second.

                                           Greg Spatz Jr.

That was the fourth runner of the game Last Call has left on base in two innings of play. In the third Rulers added another run to tie the game at 4-4. Last Call stranded two more runners to make it six for the game. Dave Witkowski and a Mark Hill single go to waste.

                                       Mark Hill

In the fourth the Rulers had a big inning as they scored four runs to make it 8-4. Then Last Call came up to bat with a single by Patrick Grogan, his second hit of the game. Then Jon Cacciatore kept the bottom of the order moving like a chain gang as he got on with a single. Then Sid hit a shot for his first hit of the game. However there was a play at the plate. Patrick hesitated around third and stopped, then tried to go home. Bad third base coaching is another theme for Last Call this year. The ball beat Patrick as he tried to avoid the tag but he was a dead duck. This was the second runner the Rulers have gunned down at home. So now with one out, runners on the corner, Kevin Burke came up to the plate. He gave the ball a ride into the gap but the outfielder took a great route to the ball and stole a double from Burke who settled for the sacrifice as Jon Cacciatore dashed home to make it 8-5 Rulers still with the lead.

Jon Cacciatore celebrates with a smoke after he scored

Then the lights in the whole park went out. The game was delayed. After the grounds keeper got a fuse from the old Handy Andy and some of the players pulled up their cars with their head lights on. While some people turned on their phone lights as if the game was a concert, someone yelled game on. It was about a twenty minute delay as the lights finally went on which took time because the bulbs have to heat up. No flip of switches at this park. With Sid on first the game resumed with two outs. Junior Spatz walked to put runners at first and second. Junior Spatz finished 2-3 with single, double, RBI, and a walk. However they were left stranded as that made 8 men left on base after four as you may be seeing a common theme.

In the fifth Kevin Burke made one of the best catches of the year. While running to track down a fly ball he was able to get it into his hands. However the ball bounced out. He then used one hand to volley it up in the air. While running he continued to juggle it. Then finally corralling the ball in mid juggle to secure the catch. It was a well fought game on the defensive side as Last Call made the Rulers earn each run. Rulers manged to put up another four runs in the fifth to make it 12-5. It was an inning of Kansas City chops that hit the right places for the Rulers in between Last Call players. However Last Call was not done as Billy Scanlon went yard as he led the bottom of the inning off with a solo home run that cut the Ruler lead in half 12-6. After two quick outs, Jay Roy got things going again with a single which was followed by a Salisbury line drive as Sal Pecorac got his first hit of the game coming in for Brian Hughes. Then Patrick Grogan another base hit to left field drove in Jay Roy for second RBI of the night which made it 12-7. Jay Roy finished the game 2-4, 2 singles and a run scored. Last Call stranded two more runners which made it ten for the night.

Finally Dave Witkowski pitched a scoreless inning in the sixth inning.

The defense was making some good plays out there as Billy Scanlon took a grounder, tagged the runner trying to go to second and flipped over to Mark for the double play.

defensive high lights

Jay Roy                            Billy Scanlon                   Mark Hill

In the sixth Sid led the inning off with a single. After two quick outs Tim Lee drives in Sid with his second triple of the year and his second RBI of the game to make it a 12-8 ball game.

Sid                                               Tim Lee

Then they left Tim stranded at third. That was the 11th runner left on base by Last Call.

Rulers came storming back with three more runs to make it 15-8 which could be the final nails in the coffin for a team that has not scored double figure runs in any game this season. During that inning another Ruler player got into it with the umpire. However he was not ejected.

Jay Roy had some words for that player as he had the quote of the game.

“DID YOU WANT A BALL SO YOU CAN THROW IT AT THE UMPIRE?”

That’s a very good question.

Dave Witkowski took a walk to lead things off. Then after two quick outs Sal Pecorac has his second hit of the ball game that moved Dave into scoring position. Then the youngster from Palos Heights, Patrick Grogan, got the hat trick in singles and RBI’S as he drove in Dave to make it 15-9. Two more were stranded to make it 13 for the night and two people tagged out at home as Last Call fall to the Rulers 15-9. Now their record has plummeted to 1-6 for the year. Meanwhile the Rulers improve to 5-2 and sweep the summer series with Last Call. Last Call again fails to score in the double figures as they had the base runners on all night long but the rally was always cut down short. They could not get the timely hitting in this one but the bats were very lively. The fielding was crisp and clean for the most part. This was a fun one to watch as lots of big plays occurred. It’s just Last Call is on the losing side of this one.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK ALL THESE AWESOME PICTURES (KELLY SCANLON)

MORE HIGH LIGHTS:

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

1 2 3  4 5 6 7

RULERS              1 2 1 4 4 0 3    15

LAST CALL        4 0 0 1 2 1 1     9 FINAL

LP: DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-6)

MVP OF THE GAME: PATRICK GROGAN, he was perfect at the plate going 4-4, 3 singles, 1 double, 3 RBI’S and he played well in right field.

Tim Good was present at the game but did not play.

MIA REPORT

MATT HEAVEY (5) MATT SCOTT (5) KEITH DILLY (3) DON PARKER (4) NICK (4)

THE BAR REPORT

Tim Lee, Dave Witkowski, Mark Hill, Jay Roy, Sal Pecorac, Sid,

The team racked up $60.00 in buckets.

THE TURTLES CALL THE SHOTS AT LAST CALL

Both these teams met in week one and it was a close contest. Some say Last Call should of won that game. Last Call stranded base runners and could not get the timely hit to bring them in. Indeed a common theme in the 2017 Spring Summer league. The Turtles, who have been at the top of the standings all year, must of been rusty week one because they gave Last call an old fashioned butt whipping.

Last Call looked beaten before they even got on the field. This was one of the worst games they have played all year as the fielding was not crisp and clean. The sleepy bats were in a deep slumber. It seemed like the Turtles were able to hit the ball anywhere they wanted to as they brought the lumber to the game scoring 11 runs with 7 of them coming in one inning. Last Call always is prone to have a bad inning that looks like a bad car wreck with lots of carnage left on the road. The weather was cool but Last Call remained cold only mustering up one run. This came in the top of the fourth. After two quick outs Tim Lee hit a single that launched out of the infield. Then Bill Scanlon, the RBI machine, got a hold of one that sent Tim Lee home for the first run of the game for the struggling Last Call offense. Meanwhile Bill Scanlon cruised around the bases and was in at third with a stand up triple. That made it 9-1 game at the time.

Eventually the Turtles scored two more and were able to shut down Last Call’s non existent offense. The Turtles only gave up seven hits. In softball that is horrible. Only Tim Lee got more than one hit.  The bottom of the order the last three guys were hitless going 0-6. Five guys total had laid goose eggs, not registering one hit. It took four innings for Last Call to make it through the order once. Last Call still has not gotten double figure runs in one game yet this season.

One week before this bad night at the office, Last Call was looking to jump the Jag Bags in the standings and be in the playoff hunt. Now this loss and Dublin Up with a big upset against the Rulers and they tied the Jag Bags a few weeks ago. Last Call has fallen down the slides in the game of Chutes and ladders all the way to the bottom of the standings. Last Call is now 1-6 while the Turtles improve to 5-1 for the season.

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

1 2 3  4 5 6  7     TOTAL

LAST CALL                                      0 0 0  1 0 0 0          1

TURTLES                                          2 0 7  2 0 0 –           11 FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-6)

MVP OF THE GAME: BILL SCANLON 1-3, Triple, RBI,

MIA REPORT

Last Call had some injuries that had a few key pieces missing,

Don Parker upper body injury(3)

Keith Dilly knee(2)

Tim Good(1) Sal Pecorac (2) Matt Scott (4) Matt Heavey (4) Nick(3)

THE BAR REPORT:

Had the usual suspects: Dave Witkowski, Sid, Mark Hill, Jay Roy, Tim Lee, and Brian Hughes.

$70.00 IN BUCKETS

ALSIP SOFTBALL STANDINGS

(After six weeks)

TEAM                          WINS           LOST       TIES        GB

TURTLES                        5                    1             0            —

LAW BREAKERS           4                    2             0             1

RULERS                          4                    2             0              1

JAG BAGS                        2                   3              1             3

DUBLIN UP                     1                   4               1            4

LAST CALL                      1                    5              0            4

SCORE BOARD (TWO WEEKS AGO)

LAWBREAKERS 18-5 JAG BAGS

DUBLIN UP 21-11 RULERS (BIG UPSET)

TURTLES 11-1 LAST CALL (THE GAME SUMMARY FOR THIS GAME WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK)

LAST CALL ALL-TIME WALKS

Rank	Name	Walks
1	Sid	28
2	Bill Scanlon	22
3	Don Parker	19
4	Greg Spatz Jr.	17
5	Brian Hughes	14
6	Tom McDonald	12
7	John Shanahan	10
8	Jon Cacciatore	8
9	Tim Good	7
9	Neal Jarrett	7
10	Jim Stross	6
11	Dave Witkowski	5
12	Kevin Burke	4
12	Keith Dilly	4
12	Sean Young	4
12	Scotty Skora	4
12	Geoff Decker	4
12	Greg Tallent	4
12	Dan Wengert	4
13	Mark Hill	3
13	Steve Moody	3
13	Jason Hart	3
13	Brian Earner	3
14	Brian Fisher	2
14	Eric Kunich	2
14	Derek Loftquist	2
14	Greg Spatz Sr.	2
14	Phil Zack	2
15	Tim Lee	1
15	Mike Flynn	1
15	Rob Mitros	1
15	Mike Cudecki	1
15	Dan Venum	1
15	Adam McFarland	1
15	Tim Shanahan	1
15	Pirate	1
15	Kevin Seltzer	1
15	Jesse James	1
15	Edison	1
15	Israel Lopez	1
15	Berto	1
15	James Morris	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME SACRIFICES

Rank	Name	Sacrifices
1	Bill Scanlon	14
2	John Shanahan	10
3	Keith Dilly	7
3	Don Parker	7
3	Mike Flynn	7
3	Tom McDonald	7
4	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
4	Jon Cacciatore	5
5	Brian Fisher	4
5	Jim Gorney	4
5	Tom Tracey	4
6	Tim Good	3
6	Sean Young	3
6	Geoff Decker	3
6	Eric Kunich	3
6	Steve Connor	3
6	Brian Daniels	3
7	Brian Hughes	2
7	Sid	2
7	Jim Stross	2
7	Ken Kirchner	2
7	George Roy	2
8	Kevin Burke	1
8	Mark Hill	1
8	Andy Codymate	1
8	Dan Uetz	1
8	Steve Moody	1
8	Steve Grey	1
8	Tony Skora	1
8	Jim Volkakis	1
8	Dave Zurella	1
8	Mike Donnelly	1
8	Greg Tallent	1
8	Mike Cudecki	1
8	Neal Jarrett	1
8	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
8	Brian Earner	1
8	Mike Hennessee	1
8	J. Mahl	1
8	Edison	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME HITS

Rank	Name	Hits
1	Bill Scanlon	234
2	Mike Flynn	223
3	Sid	210
4	John Shanahan	176
5	Don Parker	141
6	Jon Cacciatore	138
7	Geoff Decker	132
8	Brian Hughes	117
9	Greg Spatz Jr.	105
10	Keith Dilly	103
11	Tom McDonald	89
12	Kevin Burke	87
13	Jay Roy	81
14	Scott Skora	67
15	Tim Good	66
16	Neal Jarrett	61
16	Jim Stross	61
17	Jim Gorney	57
18	Dave Zuella	55
19	Dave Witkowski	50
20	Sean Young	46
21	Dave Wagner	45
22	Erik Kunich	43
23	Greg Spatz Sr.	41
24	Steve Connor	37
25	Brian Fisher	36
26	Mark Hill	35
26	Tim Lee	35
27	Tom Tracey	33
28	Brian Daniels	30
29	Adam McFarland	29
30	Steve Moody	26
31	Derek Loftquist	24
32	Dan Wengert	23
33	Sal Pecorac	21
34	Mike Donnelly	17
34	Dan Venum	17
34	Ken Kirchner	17
35	Steve Grey	16
36	Brian Thielman	15
36	Jim Volkakis	15
37	Andy Codymate	14
37	Brian Earner	14
37	Tony Skora	14
38	Brian Knight	13
38	James Morris	13
39	Mike Cacciatore	12
40	Greg Tallent	11
41	Matt Heavey	10
41	Tim Price	10
41	Joe Woods	10
42	Ron Gorney	9
42	Ian Strongman	9
42	Mike Hennessee	9
43	Lawbreaker Chris	8
43	Hollywood	8
43	Jake Milazzo	8
44	Steve Donegan	7
44	Jason Hart	7
44	George Roy	7
44	Edison	7
45	Rob Mitros	6
45	Pat Guilfoye	6
46	Dan Uetz	5
46	John Malone	5
46	Tim Tallant	5
46	Berto	5
46	Chris Janes	5
46	Pirate	5
47	Bill Smith	4
47	Mike Cudecki	4
47	Phil Zack	4
47	Ron Fishback	4
48	Boy George	3
48	Kenny Stross	3
48	Dickie Casillas	3
48	Tim Shanahan	3
48	Bill Rattler	3
48	Andre Hanson	3
48	Israel Lopez	3
48	Bob Kucinski	3
48	Charlie Brophy	3
49	Groundskeeper Jim	2
49	Sweet Lou	2
49	Matt Muffler	2
49	Steve Tulaski	2
49	Steve Reagan	2
49	Louey Depalmer	2
49	Mark Damico	2
50	Ponch	1
50	Brian Schwaider	1
50	Johnny McCarthy	1
50	Bob Salmon	1
50	Colorado Dave	1
50	Onlett	1
50	Mike Dvorak	1
50	Dan Fielding	1
50	B. Myron	1
50	M & M Chris	1
50	B. Kintaid	1
50	Ben Seaver	1
50	Brother Dilly	1
50	Colin Dunford	1
50	Dean Martin	1
50	Bob Kabob	1
50	Lieutenant Dan	1
50	Chuck Foster	1
50	Kevin Seltzer	1

ALSIP SOFTBALL STANDINGS

( AFTER FIVE WEEKS)

TEAM                      WINS   LOST   TIES    GB

RULERS                         4          1         0        —-

TURTLES                       4          1         0        —-

LAWBREAKERS           3           2         1         1

JAG BAGS                      2            2         1         2

LAST CALL                   1             4         0        3

DUBLIN UP                   0             4         1        4

LAST WEEKS SCORE BOARD

RULERS 7-6 LAWBREAKERS

TURTLES 9-0 DUBLIN UP

JAG BAGS 13-7 LAST CALL

YOU SIR ARE A JAG BAG

It looked like this game was going to be cancelled from the early thunderstorms that came down late afternoon. In Alsip the softball gods were working against Last Call as the storms did nothing to make the league cancel the game. Last Call met another team they were familiar with as they have probably played  them the second most times in team history. The first being the Lawbreakers, they already have met once this season and that was the clunker they played last week. The pesky Jag bags stole a game from Last Call, the last game of the 2016 fall season. Last Call were up by two and the bad inning happened in the last at bats for the Jag Bags. It happened so fast the Jag bags left the field with a victory while Last Call looked like a deer in headlights.

It’s a new season so would there be a different outcome? Would Last Call’s offense rise up to the occasion? Will the defense make the routine plays? Last Call came in 1-3 while the Jag Bags came in 1-2-1. This was a big game in the standings. A Last Call victory would leap frog the team past the Jag Bags into the fourth play off spot. Last Call had a chance to avenge the game they gave away late last season. Plus after five games which is half way through the season, they would be in the driver’s seat for the playoff hunt.

It always looks easy on paper. However this is why we play the game. Last Call struck first blood in this contest. Little small ball had Don Parker moving Tim Lee into scoring position after he got on base with a single. Then Bill Scanlon sliced one into the outfield as speed demon Tim Lee came around to score to make it 1-0. Dave Witkowski and the defense had all sorts of problems on defense against the Lawbreakers. This game was the same old song and dance as the Jag Bags were able to score in almost every inning. Like last Week, Lawbreakers scored in every inning that was played. The defense made mental mistakes that gave the Jag Bags extra at bats and led to more runs. Jag Bags had the lead 2-1 after one.

Last Call has not scored in double figure in runs all year. However they have scored 4 runs in two innings against the Lawbreakers last week. Then this week in the second inning they put up a four spot to regain the lead. Most of this came from the bottom of the order as well. Dave Witkowski started the inning off with a solid single. Then finally Sal Pecorac’s bat came to life as he hit a double in the gap for his first hit of the year. Sal had a marathon of Benny Hill the night before so he was relaxed, lubed up and ready to have a big night. Then the Mr. Good bar Tim Good came up and hit a bouncing ball in the infield. Dave was caught in no man’s land as he was involved in a run down from third to home and was easily put down as it was out number one. But Tim got to second and Sal took third. Then Sid hit a hopper that the short center could not corall it as that lead to two runs as both Sal and Timmy Good scored. Then Patrick Grogan came up and hit a shot right through the infield for a single. Jon Cacciatore moved the runners along to set up two outs, man on third and man on second. No worries top of the order and Kevin Burke came to plate and he hit a line drive shot that hit the outfield blades of grass like a rocket and this scored Sid and Patrick Grogan to give Last Call 5-2 lead.

In the bottom of the inning the Jag bags loaded up the bases with no outs. Then Last Call were able to get two quick outs. One out came from Don Parker at third throwing home which Sal reached up high and had his foot on the plate and made the catch before the runner could get there. Thank God for Vaseline. But then the next Jag Bag hit a towering home run over the right fielder’s head and that cleared the bases for a Jag Bag grand slam. They regained the lead 6-5.

The next two innings the bats went cold for Last Call. The Jag Bags continued to score as they put up three in the third and another two in the fourth. In the top of the fifth, Tim Lee led the inning off with a single. Don Parker came to the plate. He strained something in his upper body but played through as he gave the ball a ride as the ball went into the gap. Don had a hard time running so he only managed a single. However speed kills as Tim Lee hustled around all the bases and scored. Finally in the bottom of the inning Last Call defense held the Jag Bags to a goose egg. Their only inning they did not score a run. After five, Last Call was down by 11-6.

In the sixth Last Call scored again. This time Brian Hughes with a single bringing home the minute man, Sal Pecorac, to make it 11-7. In the bottom of the sixth Jag Bags put the nail in the coffin and put two more on the board to make 13-7. One other bright spot – Dave Witkowski got a Jag Bag to swing and miss to end the Jag Bags in the sixth. That was his first strike out of the year. In the seventh the top of order went down without a fight and Last Call fall to 13-7. Their record at the half way point is 1-4 with five games remaining.

THE GOOD

Kevin Burke 2-4, 2 singles 2 RBI,

Tim Lee 2-4, 2 singles, 2 runs

Don Parker 2-4, 2 singles, RBI,

Bill Scanlon 2-4, 2 singles,RBI

Sid 2-2, 2 singles, run, 2 RBI

Brian Hughes 1-1, single, RBI

OTHERS

Dave Witkowski 1-3, single

Patrick Grogan 1-3, single, run,

Jon Cacciatore 1-3, single

Tim Good 1-3. single, run

THE BENNY HILL SHOW MVP OF THE GAME

SAL PECORAC: The Catcher  went 2-3, double, single, 2 runs,

Only one who had something higher than a single.

Made a nice catch at home to force out a runner.

Inning one he received the throw and it looked like he put the tag on him, but the Umpire called him safe.

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7    TOTAL

LAST CALL         1 4 0 0 1 1 0          7

JAG BAGS            2 4 3 2 0 2 —       13  FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-4)

MIA

Matt Scott (3) Matt Heavey (3) Nick (2) Mark Hill (1) Jay Roy (1)

THE BAR REPORT THE LAST TWO WEEKS

Last week we racked up $60.00 in buckets. In attendance Dave Witkowski, Sid, Sal Pecorac, Tim Lee, and Patrick Grogan

The week before that they racked up $60.00 in buckets. In attendance Dave Witkowski, Sal Pecorac, Mark Hill, Jay Roy,

ALSIP SOFTBALL STANDINGS AFTER WEEK FOUR

TEAM                WINS    LOST    TIES       GB

TURTLES               3            1          0           —-

RULERS                 3            1          0           —-

LAWBREAKERS   3            1          0           —-

JAG BAGS              1             2          1           2

LAST CALL            1            3           0          2

DUBLIN UP            0            3           1          3

WEEK FOUR SCOREBOARD

LAW BREAKERS 16-8 LAST CALL

TURTLES 14-4 RULERS

JAG BAGS 11-11 DUBLIN UP

SLOPPY LAST CALL ALLOW LAWBREAKERS WITH ESCAPE

LAW BREAKERS VERSUS LAST CALL: THE OLDEST RIVALRY IN THE LEAGUE. On a hot humid night in Alsip, these two teams have met for the 13th year. By far both teams had played each other more than any other team in their respective history. It’s a rivalry but sometimes it does not seem that way as it can lean one sided in the Lawbreaker’s favor. It seems like Last Call turns into the Bears as if they were playing the Green Bay Packers. I don’t know if it’s the Lawbreakers and their no sleeve shirts. Or if it’s the way they march out of their own parking lot over the hill as a team when they arrive at the park. Some faces have changed, but a lot of the names on both teams have stayed the same. You always have those guys that have played in a Last Call uniform and now play for the Lawbreakers. It’s the Lawbreakers that have knocked Last Call out of it’s only championship they have gotten to. Last year in the first meeting, Last Call escaped with the victory. Then Lawbreakers prevailed the next two times during the summer and fall campaigns.

After coming off a victory from the week before, Last Call was feeling pretty good as they drew first blood in the top of the first inning. Kevin Burke back in the line up after missing the week before from his Ireland trip. He got things started with a single. Followed that up with a double by Tim Lee so things were looking well. Then Don Parker grounded out with a ball he hit off the end of the bat drove in Burke to make 1-0. Then Bill Scanlon drilled a ball to rightfield that took a high bounce over the charging Lawbreaker outfielder. Scanlon galloped all the way to third with a triple as he drove in Tim Lee to make 2-0. Keith Dilly followed that with a base hit to score Scanlon. Later in the inning Junior Spatz drove in Dilly on fielders choice to make 4-0.

In the bottom of the frame, Lawbreakers quickly added two runs to make it 4-2. In the second, Last Call went 1-2-3. Then Lawbreakers took the lead with another quick three spot to make it 5-4 after two innings of play. This is how it went the rest of the way. The defense was very sloppy and kept innings alive for the Lawbreakers as they scored in every inning they batted. Last Call could not make the routine play then the next batter would make them pay with a good solid hit to drive in their no sleeve comrade.

Former Last Call player John Shanahan was playing short stop and he made it look easy as if he had played the position for years as he had many putouts in this game. Lawbreakers shut down the Last Call offense for the next three innings. Finally in the top of the fifth, the bats came to life again for Last Call as they put up another 4 run inning. Jay Roy got the bottom of the order started with a sharp single. Then Jon Cacciatore followed the French Canadian with a single.

THE QUOTE OF THE GAME: JON CACCIATORE “I would of made that play out in the out field, put me in coach. I’m sick of watching this” as he was referring to all the drops out in the field.

Jon Cacciatore did go in and the first one that came to him, he dropped it. Meanwhile Burke then drove in Jay Roy with a nice line shot to the outfield. Then Don Parker drove in Cacciatore with his first hit of the game. Then Bill Scanlon, Mr.RBI, hit a double to drive in a pair of runs to give Last Call the second inning of the game. They had scored 4 runs and now they were back in the game as well. Down 11-8. But Dave Witkowski had to throw extra pitches the rest of the way as he was doing the whole game as the defense did not show up to this one. Lawbreakers scored five more runs the rest of the way to end Last Call’s winning streak of only one game. Last Call went pretty much in order the rest of the way. Except Jon Cacciatore hit a grounder to Jon Shanahan and Shanty bobbled it and fired the ball but Jon Cacciatore beat it out for his second hit of the game. Both Shanty and Jonny Dangerously were not two that would ride a tandem bike singing “my buddy.” That will probably sting a bit for Shanty which a sip of beer will cure. Meanwhile despite that great outfielder play Jonny promised and did not deliver, he did go 2-2 with two singles and one run scored. Last Call dropped to 1-3 for the year on their second clunker of the year.

NOT TOO SHABBY

Kevin Burke 2-4, 2 singles, 2 runs, RBI

Keith Dilly 2-3, 2 singles 1 run, RBI

Tim Lee 2-3, single, double, run

Don Parker 1-3, single, run, 2 RBI

  DOH

Junior Spatz 0-3 RBI

Mark Hill 0-3

Sid 0-1

Tim Good 0-1

Patrick Grogan 0-1

Sal Pecorac 0-1

Brian Hughes was a scratch and did not play, but was present

MVP OF THE GAME

BILL SCANLON: Even with a hurt shoulder he went 2-2 in the clean up spot with a walk as well and drove in three while scoring one and had a double and a triple. That is a dandy of a day he had at the plate.

THE TALE OF THE TAPE:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7      TOTAL

LAST CALL                 4 0 0 0 4 0 0           8

LAWBREAKERS         2 3 4 2 1 4 —          16 FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-3)

MIA REPORT

BOTH MATTS: MATT SCOTT (2) MATT HEAVY (2) NICK (1)

STILL MISSING WAGS (4)

Was he the one that shot up the congress baseball field?

DUBLIN NOT UP FOR LAST CALL

On another beautiful night in Alsip, the skies were clear as it was not too hot and not too cold. Last Call has found themselves in another battle with a team to make their way out of the cellar. If only in the future they could make this into games that will cement them in the playoffs. Dublin Up and Last Call came in the only two teams not having a victory as they were both 0-2 for the season. After losing a tough one in game one against the Teenage Turtles and then followed that by the best team in the league with a clunker would Last Call be up for the challenge?

Last Call responded but it looked very very bad in the first inning. Errors that had plagued the team the whole year so far especially at crucial parts of the games. Dublin Up scored three runs in their first at bats. Last Call gave them more chances and extended the inning for Dublin Up. Maybe it was just butterflies or even knocking off more rust, but Last Call came storming back in the bottom of the frame. Tim Lee lead off with a single to get things started. Matt Heavy followed that up with his first hit of the game. Then Welcome Back Kotter! Don Parker in his first game of the season drove in two runs with a double and Last Call was on the board with two quick runs. The inning continued when Keith Dilly, coming off a two RBI game last week, drove in Don Parker with a single to tie everything at three. With a loaded and deadly line up this week, Junior Spatz was down low in the order and he hit a rocket double in the gap that scored Dilly for the lead after one inning of play. 4-3 good guys.

In the second inning Last Call flashed the leather. Since we do not play with mitts we used the soft hands or some use their hard calloused dry hands. Sal, he always lubricated. Dave, after surrendering a few walks, knuckled down and the defense rose up for this inning and the game. Last Call the rest of the way, found themselves with lots of opportunities but left too many stranded base runners. In the bottom of the second, Mark Hill and Patrick Grogan had started the inning off with singles. Then the top of the order went down in order to end the inning. Patrick Grogan’s second game of the year was perfect 2-2 for the game. He had a nice rope down the line for his second single of the game. The jury is still out on his outfield play as nothing came his way.

In the third inning Last Call extends their lead with two runs. Billy Scanlon and Matt Scott got things going with singles. Then small ball Keith Dilly moved the runners along with a single. This set up Dave Witkowski with a chance to help his own cause on the mound. He singled sharply to drive in both Matt Scott and Scanlon to increase the lead to 6-4 after three innings of play.

The rest of the game was basically great defense shutting down Dublin Up with ease. On offense people were getting on but we could not get the big hit to bring them in. We had bases loaded, no outs and scored nothing. The offense will have to get better than this, especially against better teams. Last Call stranded 14 base runners in this contest. Thank God for the defense. Matt Scott playing his second game at the hot corner was amazing. He had at least nine put outs as he picked everything up like a human vacuum. Keith Dilly bounced back from a bad day of defense with one of his regular gems. Keith made a nice flip from his position at short stop to the short center, Don Parker, who made a perfect throw to set up the double play. Tim Lee and Junior Spatz had a great day shagging fly balls that were hit to them. Dave had Dublin Up basically hitting a lot of ground balls or easy pop ups in the infield. Even Bill Scanlon with his hurt arm was able to corral a few balls and get them over from second base in a Chuck Knoblauch way.

THE QUOTE OF THE GAME: “Don’t waste my talents at Catcher”.

Jon “Johnny Dangerously” Cacciatore made his first game of the year. He came off the bench though. Always letting you know his greatness. This game the team had a deep bench. With the score being close not everyone played. But for you Jon Cacciatore fans out there, he went 1-1 with an infield hit. Nothing came out to him in right field as the team had probably read his scouting report.

In the seventh, Last Call usually imploded as they got the first out very quickly. I don’t know if Dave runs out of gas in the last inning or what, but he surrendered a well hit solo Home run to inch Dublin up closer to 6-4 game. Dublin Up then followed that with a single as you felt the wheels on the bus falling off. Another key double play with Don Parker tagging second and throwing a lazer to Mark Hill at first to complete the double play and the game and the victory. Last Call improved to 1-2 for the year while vacating last place as well.

LAST CALL FINALLY PUT THEIR OPPONENT OUT OF IT’S MISERY BEFORE THEY RESURRECTED THEMSELVES LIKE IN SOME HORROR MOVIE.

GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE

Don Parker 2-4, double,single, 2 RBI, run

Matt Heavey 2-4, 2 singles, run

Dave Witkowski 2-3, 2 singles, 2 RBI’S

Junior Spatz 2-2,bb, double, single, RBI

Brian Hughes in limited opportunities always has something good happen. 1-1 with a single

CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR

Tim Good with a rope line drive but caught 0-1 fro the game.

The new guy

Nick 0-2 but two well hit balls. He’s another lefty in the line up. Good things this kid will bring to the Last Call bar top.

Sid & Jay Roy did not play but were present.

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

TEAMS            1 2 3 4 5 6 7   TOTAL

DUBLIN UP    3 0 0 0 0 0 1         4

LAST CALL    4 0 2 0 0 0 0         6 FINAL

WP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (1-2)

Dave notches his fifth victory in his career in a Last Call uniform.

MVP OF THE GAME: MATT SCOTT.

Matt went 1-3 in the game with a run scored. But the way he played

defense he was a huge part in securing this victory.He had nine put out manning the hot corner.

THE MIA REPORT

Sal Pecorac (1) Kevin Burke (1)

Where abouts unknown

Wags (3)

THE BAR REPORT

Victory Tuesday brought out Tim Good for the first time. Mark Hill, Sid, Jay Roy, Tim Lee, and Dave Witkowski made their usual appearances. The team was able to rack up $72.00 in damage.

Dr.Phil, Tim Lee, asked the waitress some intriguing questions about her upcoming vacation trip.

Jay Roy’s drunken Bingo groupie left her calling card.

You do not want to know where her digits were at on the doll.

But the man, Sal Pecorac, stole the show. He only had two beers but he was filled with spirits from a work party. He did not make the game due to the work party, but he was very excited to make an appearance and very happy to hear about the team’s first victory. We had him convinced that he was being designated for assignment. Sal will be back on the field in week four.

THE STANDINGS AFTER TWO WEEKS

TEAM                    WINS       LOST     GB

RULERS                      2              0         —-

TURTLES                    2               0         —-

LAW BREAKERS        1               1          1

JAG BAGS                     1               1          1

LAST CALL                   0               2          2

DUBLIN UP                   0               2          2

WEEK TWO SCORE BOARD

TURTLES 10-6 JAG BAGS

LAW BREAKERS 13-8 DUBLIN UP

RULERS 18-2 YOUR LAST CALL

RULERS BRING THE BOMBS TO LAST CALL

It could of been Jager bombs or maybe even car bombs as the Rulers put on a hitting clinic last Tuesday. Rulers scored runs in each frame and scored 18 runs in five innings of play to keep their record perfect at 2-0. It also kept Last Call’s record perfect at 0-2. Rulers have been around a very long time and they are capable of hitting the ball any where they want to which is mostly in spots not defended. The defense did not help things for Last Call as they gave the Rulers extra chances and could of stopped the bleeding but routine plays were not happening. Four errors alone in the first two innings kept the Rulers running around the bases.

THE QUOTE OF THE GAME CAME FROM THE MAN IN BLUE

” I apologize I had a really bad day behind the plate”

This was the umpire saying this to Last Call’s pitcher Dave Witkowski after the ball game. Hawk Harrleson would of had a field day yelling bleeping this bleeping that on this new umpire. He had a different version of the strike zone. This is the second game in a row Last Call has seen a new umpire in the league. Even if Dave received some better calls on his pitches, Last Call defense would of still struggled. Even everyone’s bats on team were sleepy and dormant for the game as they only scraped up two runs which one was given to us by a bad call the umpire made. This happened in the bottom of the first when Keith Dilly hit a dribbler in the infield and the throw from the Ruler infielder was a little off making the first basemen jump. He came down and looked to clearly of tagged Dilly before he hit the base. Since he was called safe that brought home Tim Lee to make 2-1 after one inning.

Last Call had some of it’s thunder back in the lineup but the Rulers were playing solid defense the whole game. The Ruler pitcher kept Last Call hitters off balance the whole night. Last Call offense had five fly outs and two pop outs which made it easier on the Ruler defense.The other lone run came again from the Tim Lee and Keith Dilly combo in the fourth. Tim Lee launched a ball over the right field’s heads and he was off to the races. He ended up with a triple as he was held up by Tim Good who had the stop sign up. If Tim Good waved him in Tim Lee would of most likely have gotten his first homerun in a Last Call uniform but he ended up getting his first triple in a Last Call uniform. Tim Lee ended up scoring on a RBI ground out off Keith Dilly’s bat to give Last Call two runs for the game. Dilly finished up 1-2 with two RBI’S and infield hit. After five the game was called for slaughter role. Last Call could not even make it through their line up twice.

Last Call’s outfield got a lot of work out there. Dave surrendered three long balls throughout the game. But Rulers were jacking the balls all over the field. The young phenom Matt Heavy was following Tim Lee’s defense the following week as he caught everything that was hit out his way. Tracking each ball down like a patriot missile destroying the scud missiles. One catch he snagged it right before it touched the grass blades which is a shoe string catch. In right field Last Call in two weeks have had two different guys and both of them new guys. The new guy Cliff pulled a Cliff Clavin out in the field. He centered himself perfect for a routine fly ball. The ball went through his fingers and it hit him in the head as the ball skidded away. Maybe a Jose Canseco you ask

But the guy who hit this one did not get a home run out of the deal. Cliff is doing ok. He might not remember what his phone number is. Or even where he lives but he will be ok. It was that kind of night as the softball Gods were not smiling on us. Last Call does have a few clunkers each year and it’s better to get it out of the way early in the season.

HITLESS IN SEATTLE

Kevin Burke 0-2, Matt Heavy 0-2, Cliff 0-2, Sid, Tim Good, Sal Pecorac, Brian Hughes and Mark Hill were 0-1

Jay Roy broke out of his season slump with his first hit of the year.

Dave Witkowski has a two game hitting streak going on. 1-2 with a single.

Bill Scanlon made his first game of the year. Had to play second due to an upper body injury he had in a roofing accident. You think it would be safe to take down the Christmas lights down in late May. He finished 1-2 with a single.

MVP   Should go to Billy Scanlon’s parents for watching that game. Watching a car wreck gone really really bad. Tim Lee earns his first MVP of the game for the year. 2-2, two runs, a single, and his first triple of his Last Call career. He played some solid first base as well.

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

1  2  3    4  5     6 7     TOTAL

RULERS                      2  4 3     3  6     —  —        18

LAST CALL                1  0  0     1  0    —   —          2  FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-2)

MIA

Junior Spatz (1) Jon Cacciatore (2) Don Parker (2) Patrick Grogan (1) Matt Scott (1) Dave Wagner(2)

The number after the name is how many games missed so far.

THE BAR REPORT

THE USUAL SUSPECTS MINUS TIM GOOD

Dave Witkowski, Jay Roy, Brian Hughes, Sid, Sal Pecorac, Mark Hill, and Tim Lee,

The group tallied up $91.00

The conversation was mainly about Benny Hill reruns.

LAST CALL ALL-TIME RUNS SCORED

Rank	Name	# of Runs Scored
1	Bill Scanlon	142
2	Mike Flynn	131
3	Don Parker	100
4	Geoff Decker	93
5	John Shanahan	89
6	Sid	84
7	Jon Cacciatore	73
8	Greg Spatz Jr.	64
9	Kevin Burke	61
10	Keith Dilly	47
11	Jim Stross	44
12	Tom McDonald	41
13	Brian Hughes	37
14	Jim Gorney	36
15	Tim Good	35
15	Neal Jarrett	35
16	Dave Zurella	33
17	Scott Skora	30
18	Jay Roy	29
18	Sean Young	29
19	Dave Witkowski	26
19	Steve Connor	26
20	Tom Tracey	23
21	Brian Fisher	20
21	Adam McFarland	20
22	Mark Hill	19
22	Erik Kunich	19
22	Greg Spatz Sr.	19
23	Dave Wagner	18
24	Tim Lee	17
24	Derek Loftquist	17
25	Dan Wengert	14
26	Dan Venum	11
27	Matt Heavey	10
27	Brian Daniels	10
27	Mike Donnelly	10
28	Brian Earner	9
29	James Morris	8
30	Brian Knight	7
30	Mike Cacciatore	7
31	Andy Codymate	6
31	Sal Pecorac	6
31	Dan Uetz	6
31	Steve Moody	6
31	Mike Hennessee	6
32	Edison	5
32	Ian Strongman	5
33	Tim Price	4
33	Steve Donegan	4
33	Tony Skora	4
33	Hollywood	4
33	Ken Kirchner	4
33	Jake Milazzo	4
33	Berto	4
34	Lawbreaker Chris	3
34	Steve Grey	3
34	Jim Volkakis	3
34	Greg Tallent	3
34	Jason Hart	3
34	Ron Gorney	3
34	Dickie Casillas	3
34	John Malone	3
34	Pat Guilfoye	3
34	Chris Janes	3
35	Groundskeeper Jim	2
35	Bill Smith	2
35	Rob Mitros	2
35	Tim Shanahan	2
35	Sweet Lou	2
35	Phil Zack	2
35	Pirate	2
35	Chuck Foster	2
35	Israel Lopez	2
35	Bob Kucinski	2
35	Charlie Brophy	2
35	Louey Depalmer	2
35	Bob Salmon	2
36	Brian Thielman	1
36	Colorado Dave	1
36	Kenny Stross	1
36	Dan Fielding	1
36	Mike Cudecki	1
36	George Roy	1
36	Steve Tulaski	1
36	Mike Dvorak	1
36	B. Myron	1
36	Tim Tallant	1
36	B. Kintaid	1
36	Boy George	1
36	Steve Reagan	1
36	Joe Woods	1
36	Bill Rattler	1
36	Kevin Seltzer	1
36	Ron Fishback	1
36	Andre Hanson	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME DOUBLES LIST

Rank	Name	# of Doubles
1	Mike Flynn	39
2	Don Parker	32
3	John Shanahan	30
4	Geoff Decker	24
5	Bill Scanlon	18
6	Keith Dilly	16
6	Jim Gorney	16
7	Greg Spatz Jr.	14
7	Jon Cacciatore	14
8	Kevin Burke	12
9	Sid	11
9	Tom McDonald	11
10	Dave Witkowski	7
10	Erik Kunich	7
11	Scott Skora	6
11	Jim Stross	6
11	Steve Connor	6
11	Dan Venum	6
11	Tom Tracey	6
11	Dave Wagner	6
12	James Morris	5
12	Brian Fisher	5
12	Sean Young	5
12	Neal Jarrett	5
12	Derek Loftquist	5
12	Dave Zurella	5
13	Adam McFarland	4
13	Greg Spatz Sr.	4
13	Brian Knight	4
14	Tim Lee	3
14	Tim Good	3
14	Mark Hill	3
14	Jay Roy	3
14	Andy Codymate	3
14	Ken Kirchner	3
15	Sal Pecorac	2
15	Steve Moody	2
15	Jim Volkakis	2
15	Ron Gorney	2
15	Pirate	2
15	Edison	2
16	Brian Hughes	1
16	Brian Daniels	1
16	Steve Donegan	1
16	Matt Heavy	1
16	Tim Price	1
16	Brian Earner	1
16	Groundskeeper JIm	1
16	Greg Tallent	1
16	Hollywood	1
16	Jason Hart	1
16	Phil Zack	1
16	B. Myron	1
16	Joe Woods	1
16	Mike Cacciatore	1
16	Mike Hennessee	1
16	George Roy	1
16	Tim Tallant	1
16	Pat Guilfoye	1
16	Bob Kucinski	1
16	Mark Damico	1

WEEK TWO GAME RAINED OUT

MAY 23,2017

 

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK ONE

TEAM                       WINS              LOST       GB

TURTLES                        1                       0           —-

RULERS                          1                        0           —-

JAG BAGS                        1                         0          —-

LAST CALL                       0                         1            1

LAW BREAKERS               0                         1            1

DUBLIN UP                      0                          1           1

WEEK ONE’S SCORE BOARD

TURTLES 6-5 YOUR LAST CALL

RULERS 22-9 DUBLIN UP

JAG BAGS 18-14 LAWBREAKERS

OPENING NIGHT

TURTLE WALK OFF SINGLE ENDS LAST CALL

Last Call had the lead going into the bottom of seventh as the wheels fell off quickly during the Turtles last at bats for the game. It was a well fought game that had numerous lead changes as it all unfolded. Last Call needed three outs and were up by one run.

FLASH BACK: The very last game of fall, Last Call was up two over the Jag Bags. Same thing trying to close it out and Last Call imploded as the Jag Bags had a big inning to steal the game.  Since last year two games in a row Last Call gave it up like some cheap tramp.

It was a beautiful night to play softball. It was windy so the high pop ups were a challenge. But it cooled off from the day time scorcher. In opening nights lots of times you can steal one from the opponent because everyone is rusty and has not played since last year. Last Call came in rusty and they looked sharp in this contest. They were trying to steal one from the Turtles and avenge two losses last year that set back Last Call and cost them a play off appearance.

Last Call struck first. The MAN FROM MICHIGAN. Swing your bat round and round kicked them in the butt and knocked them down. That’s what hillbilly Mark Hill did with a single scoring Tim Lee to make it 1-0. However the Turtles came up with two of their own in the bottom of the frame to make 2-1 Turtles after one inning of play.

Behind a strong performance was Dave Witkowski who pitched a whale of a ball game. He made Turtle soup out of the batters in the second. Even Timmy Good made a nice grab on a high pop up running from the infield into the out field securing with the over shoulder grab. He was not there in right field but if Jon Cacciatore saw Tim catch the ball, you know his thoughts would be phew not my ball. More on the Jekyll and Hyde of Mr. Good later in this recap. Nobody scored in the second inning.

In the third, Last Call tied up the game with a single from Junior Spatz that brought home last year’s MVP Kevin Burke. Burke was able to get extra bases because there was a play at the plate on his hit. He is not faster than a herd of snails. But a waving Hugo sent Sid from third to home. The catcher had a sandwich when he received the ball as Sid was a dead duck. He tried to avoid the tag with a side step but the man has no moves. That was a wasted opportunity. Turtles scored in bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 lead after three.

In the 4th inning the Turtles added their fourth run of the game to make it 4-2 turtles. Then Last Call came storming back with two runs in fifth. Tim Lee driving in his first RBI of the year as the other baldy, Tim Good scored. Lee finished 2-4  two singles a run scored and a RBI. Then Dave Witkowski trying to help his cause drove in Junior Spatz and this game was tied at four. Then Last Call made some great plays on defensive to keep this game tied. One of the new comers Matt Scott was playing the hot corner and took a bouncer, tagged a runner and threw to second for the double play. Matt also sucked in two well hit line drives and threw a runner out on a play he made routine. He also nailed a Turtle runner in the side of the head with the ball, on a play. “Just a bit outside.” No worries the Turtle player was shell shocked but he finished the game. Burke and Lee had all the action out in the outfield as they put on clinic catching balls drifting in the gap. The other newcomer Patrick Grogan was maintaining right field and nothing was hit his way. The newcomers did get their first hits in a Last Call uniform in their first game they played.

In the top of the seventh, number 69 entered the ball game. Brian Hughes made his first at bat of the year and he was on base with a single. Then the Bud man Kevin Burke got a ball in the jet stream and he was off to the races with a triple RBI that scored Hugo for the go ahead run and the lead. However they left Burke Standing on third. Another wasted opportunity  as Last Call had no outs and left a big duck on the pond.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Turtles’ first batter bounced one to Timmy Good at second base and he bobbled it as the runner beat out his throw. Then the next batter hit one over Tim Lee’s head in left field. It was looking like at first a walk off two run homer. But the relay throw was perfect and the runner stumbled around third but he was held up leaving the game tied. Next batter hit a lazy fly ball shallow left as Last Call got the first out as they were hoping for extra innings. The next batter hit a base hit and that was the ball game. Turtles prevail 6-5 in the opener.

TALE OF THE TAPE

1  2  3    4  5  6   7     TOTAL

LAST CALL          1  0  1    0  2  0   1          5

TURTLES              2  0  1    1  0  0   2          6   FINAL

LP:DAVE WITKOWSKI (0-1)

MVP OF THE GAME: KEVIN BURKE 3-4 2 SINGLES,TRIPLE,RUN,RBI

OTHERS:

TIM GOOD 2-3 TWO SINGLES, RUN,

MATT SCOTT 2-3 TWO SINGLES

DAVE WITKOWSKI 2-3 TWO SINGLES,RBI

THE QUOTE OF THE GAME:KEVIN BURKE

“If we were in mid season form we would of beat these guys with ease”.

THE SAME OLD STORY SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE

MIA LIST

Some key players were missing for game one of the season.

Don Parker,Bill Scanlon, Keith Dilly, Matt Heavey,

That’s a list of thunder we did not have in the line up.

Others who were missing:  Jon Cacciatore (out of cigarettes)                                                                    Dave Wagner (Itchy bum)

One of Tim Good’s guys who helped him close the deal with the Elrukin’s summer home. (He was on baby duty)

THE BAR AFTER

We have the same sponsor as last year in Durbins in Evergreen Park. We have been with them for years as we continue our partnership with them.

The first turn out was the regulars. Dave Witkowski, the bar king of last year. Jay Roy, Sal Pecorac, Sid, Tim Lee, Mark Hill, and Brian Hughes. We had 8 guys. We did $84.00 worth of damage on buckets of beer. We even saw something happen we never seen before as Brian Hughes had one beer and left.

THE HIGHLIGHT FROM THE BAR WAS #18 YOU SEXY BEAST

That crazy Jay Roy always has the same girl that approaches him up at Durbins. She is one those Bingo girls. They do free bingo earlier in the night before we arrive. This girl was showing all of her lucky troll dolls to Jay Roy. The bingo cougars love the Jay Roy. She even announced to the whole beer garden and said number 18 is a SEXY BEAST. I believe some of the traffic even stopped to see what the bingo girl was all excited about.

“DID YOU KNOW NUMBER 18 IS A SEXY BEAST”

SUMMER SCHEDULE – ALSIP LEAGUE

Date	Time	Home Team	Visiting Team	Field
5/16/17	8:00 PM	Team 5: Turtles	Team 4: Last Call	Commissioners A
5/16/17	8:00 PM	Team 6: Dublin Up	Team 3: Rulers	C
5/16/17	8:00 PM	Team 1: Law Breakers	Team 2:Jagbags	D
5/23/17	8:00 PM	Turtles	Jagbags	A
5/23/17	8:00 PM	Law Breakers	Dublin Up	C
5/23/17	8:00 PM	Last Call	Rulers	D
6/6/17	8:00 PM	Law Breakers	Turtles	A
6/6/17	8:00 PM	Last Call	Dublin Up	C
6/6/17	8:00 PM	Rulers	Jagbags	D
6/13/17	8:00 PM	Law Breakers	Last Call	A
6/13/17	8:00 PM	Rulers	Turtles	C
6/13/17	8:00 PM	Jagbags	Dublin Up	D
6/20/17	8:00 PM	Rulers	Law Breakers	A
6/20/17	8:00 PM	Dublin Up	Turtles	C
6/20/17	8:00 PM	Jagbags	Last Call	D
6/27/17	8:00 PM	Turtles	Last Call	A
6/27/17	8:00 PM	Jagbags	Law Breakers	C
6/27/17	8:00 PM	Dublin Up	Rulers	D
7/11/17	8:00 PM	Dublin Up	Law Breakers	A
7/11/17	8:00 PM	Turtles	Jagbags	C
7/11/17	8:00 PM	Last Call	Rulers	D
7/18/17	8:00 PM	Turtles	Law Breakers	A
7/18/17	8:00 PM	Rulers	Jagbags	C
7/18/17	8:00 PM	Last Call	Dublin Up	D
7/25/17	8:00 PM	Law Breakers	Last Call	A
7/25/17	8:00 PM	Jagbags	Dublin Up	C
7/25/17	8:00 PM	Rulers	Turtles	D
8/1/17	8:00 PM	Dublin Up	Turtles	A
8/1/17	8:00 PM	Jagbags	Last Call	C
8/1/17	8:00 PM	Law Breakers	Rulers	D

LAST CALL ALL-TIME TRIPLES LIST

RANK	NAME	# OF TRIPLES
1	Bill Scanlon	23
2	Mike Flynn	19
3	Don Parker	8
4	Jimmy Stross	5
4	Greg Spatz Jr.	5
5	Kevin Burke	4
5	John Shanahan	4
6	Jon Cacciatore	3
6	Dave Witkowski	3
6	Sean Young	3
7	Derek Loftquist	2
7	Dave Wagner	2
7	Brian Fisher	2
7	Dave Zuella	2
7	Steve Connor	2
7	Jim Gorney	2
7	Brian Daniels	2
8	Brian Earner	1
8	Greg Spatz Sr.	1
8	Dan Uetz	1
8	Scotty Skora	1
8	Chuck Foster	1
8	James Morris	1
8	Steve Grey	1
8	Geoff Decker	1
8	Tom McDonald	1
8	Ken Kirchner	1
8	Mike Hennessee	1
8	Sal Pecorarc	1
8	Tim Good	1
8	Keith Dilly	1
8	Mark Hill	1
8	Jay Roy	1
8	Tom Tracey	1
8	Neal Jarrett	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME RBI’S LIST

Rank	Name	# of RBI’s
1	Mike Flynn	175
2	Bill Scanlon	153
3	Don Parker	119
4	John Shanahan	97
5	Sid	71
6	Tom McDonald	54
7	Jim Gorney	53
8	Geoff Decker	51
9	Keith Dilly	50
10	Brian Hughes	48
11	Greg Spatz Jr.	47
11	Jon Cacciatore	47
12	Kevin Burke	46
13	Jim Stross	34
14	Neal Jarrett	33
15	Steve Connor	30
15	Tim Good	30
16	Erik Kunich	28
17	Dave Witkowski	27
18	Brian Fisher	26
19	Tom Tracey	24
20	Greg Spatz Sr.	22
21	Dan Wagner	22
22	Dave Zuella	20
22	Jay Roy	20
23	Sean Young	17
24	Derek Loftquist	16
25	Mark Hill	15
25	Scott Skora	15
26	Adam McFarland	14
26	Brian Daniels	14
27	Ken Kirchner	13
28	Dan Wenger	12
29	Sal Pecorac	11
29	Dan Venum	11
30	Tim Lee	10
30	Andy Codymate	10
30	Greg Tallent	10
31	Brian Knight	9
32	Steve Moody	8
33	Brian Earner	7
33	James Morris	7
33	Mike Hennessee	7
33	Pat Guilfoye	7
33	Tony Scora	7
33	Steve Grey	7
34	Matt Heavy	6
34	Dan Uetz	6
34	Pirate	6
34	George Roy	6
35	Bill Smith	5
35	Edison	5
36	Jake Milazzo	4
36	Tim Price	4
36	Mike Donnelly	4
36	Mike Cacciatore	4
37	Tim Shanahan	3
37	Ron Gorney	3
37	Phil Zack	3
37	John Malone	3
38	Jim Volkakis	2
38	Rob Mitros	2
38	Jason Hart	2
38	Steve Tulaski	2
38	Matt Muffler	2
38	B. Myron	2
38	Ian Strongman	2
38	Dickie Casillas	2
38	Berto	2
38	Chris Janes	2
38	Mark Damico	2
39	Sweet Lou	1
39	B. Kintaid	1
39	Bill Rattler	1
39	Colin Dunford	1
39	Ron Fishback	1
39	J. Mahl	1
39	Tim Tallant	1
39	Chuck Foster	1
39	Israel Lopez	1
39	Bob Kucinski	1
39	Ricky Meeks	1
39	Joe Cacciatore	1
39	Groundskeeper Jim	1
39	Lawbreaker Chris	1
39	Johnny McCarthy	1
39	Brian Schrader	1
39	Hollywood	1
39	Mike Cudecki	1
39	Kenny Stross	1

LAST CALL ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST

In 26 seasons of Last Call Softball which is 13 years, 26 players have hit at least one home run. In 26 seasons, Last Call has hit a total of 101 home runs.

RANK	NAME	# OF HOME RUNS
1	Mike Flynn	22
2	Don Parker	21
3	Jim Gorney	8
4	Bill Scanlon	7
5	Jim Stross	6
6	Steve Connor	5
7	Kevin Burke	4
8	John Shanahan	3
8	Brian Fisher	3
9	Keith Dilly	2
9	Matt Heavey	2
9	Bill Smith	2
9	Tom Tracy	2
9	Dave Zurella	2
10	James Morris	1
10	Greg Spatz Jr.	1
10	Jon Cacciatore	1
10	Sean Young	1
10	Dan Uetz	1
10	Brian Knight	1
10	Geoff Decker	1
10	Dan Venum	1
10	Mike Hennessee	1
10	John Malone	1
10	Bob Kucinski	1
10	Derek Loftquist	1

 

 

IT ALL STARTS WITH THE BUD MAN

Kevin Burke has played for Last Call for eight seasons. Each year has two seasons of softball so he has been playing for the team for the last four years. In 2016 Kevin Burke probably had his best year in a Last Call uniform. In 15 games he batted .580 for the season. That’s 29 hits in 50 at bats. He is the team’s lead off hitter so his job is to get things started and set the table as he scored 18 runs and even drove in eight in 15 games.

Before playing on Tuesday nights Kevin works for Budweiser. He wheels and deals for them like he runs the bases. His speed around the bags probably equals hundreds of cases sold to different places around the Chicagoland area. When he goes out to bars, he tows the company line and drinks Budweiser and Budweiser accessories. Budweiser has purchased a lot of companies so it does give Kevin an extended menu to drink from.

Besides his offense he has been the man in charge out in the outfield as he patrols center field. He is very quick and makes a lot of great catches in the gap to prevent extra bases or extra runs and most importantly, stop the other team’s rally. It’s a hard job dealing with the likes of John Shanahan who likes to run his mouth on every call made by the umpire. Or hear every complaint about the great Jon Cacciatore. Then he has to deal with Jon Cacciatore who only likes to play way too deep. He’s deeper then Bob Uecker sitting in the nose bleed seats yelling out “you missed the call”. The Bud man makes the adjustments and runs a fine outfield.

Kevin Burke is probably is the best lead off hitter in Last Call history. In 52 games he has a life time average of .530 with 87 hits in 164 at bats which is very impressive. He had driven in 46 RBI’S and scored 61 runs and that is video baseball game numbers. He has legged out 12 doubles. His speed helped him get 4 triples and 4 home runs. All of that in only 52 games.

KEVIN BURKE EARNS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD OF ALL. Yes it is better then the participation trophies the kids are getting now a days. However it is tied with the one that says I had the biggest steak or I drank all beers in one sitting and got this stinking tee shirt.

KEVIN BURKE IS THE 2016 MVP FOR LAST CALL SOFTBALL

Photo Credit to Claudia Parker

TUESDAY MAY 16TH, 2017 OPENING NIGHT!!!

 

MEREDITH

In life you run across many people. Some people are in and out of your lives, some remain pillars for the long haul. Last Call is sponsored by a pub called Durbin’s in Evergreen Park. After each game we head up to the bar to drown our sorrows from a loss or celebrate a win. Playing the game to get away from work is a release of the every day stress of your life. As a group going up to the bar every Tuesday you meet other people. It becomes one of your watering holes and it becomes a place where everyone knows your name.

We continue to have Durbins sponsor us for variety of reasons. But one of the main reasons is how they take care of you and make you feel like you’re at home. For years we have had two great waitresses that take care of us and we consider them a part of the Last Call family. After their shift they hang out with us and everyone enjoys each other’s company. It’s good times at Ridgemont High. They become part of the team. They can sense the emotions of a win, lost or just plain ugly game. They never came out to see a game. However they are part of the team’s most important thing… team chemistry. The bar is where a team bonds and get to know each other as a teammate and as a man. Both these waitresses want the team to do well. They are never afraid to express their opinion or give Jay Roy a look thinking,, “What you talking about Willis”.

We found out that one of waitresses passed away a few weeks ago. In the off season we do not get up to Durbins that much so we found out too late. Her name was Meredith and she was only 38 years old. The other waitress her name is Ally and we gave her a jersey because we knew her and she wanted one and she wears it with pride. Meredith then asked us where hers was, as she saw Ally wearing hers. She asked more than once which is not a problem. You will never get anything if you do not ask. Finally we gave her a shirt with the number 37. She loved it. But she said “Oh I have to be one number lower than him,” pointing to Tim Lee who is number 38.

Like Billy Joel says, only the good die young. It’s a shame we did not know her last name but we probably will find out in weeks to come. I’m sure everyone has people they know from work or school or places they go they can call someone their friend and build a relationship with, but might not know some key information about them. However we know and I will take this line from the Piano Man she was quick with joke and to light up your smoke. She knew what you wanted to drink. She was a fan of the team. She was good company. She was a good friend. We helped her collect bottle caps as she had a friend that used them for tops of tables. She will be missed.

                        

           RIP MEREDITH WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES

                   #37 WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS

2016 BATTING LAST CALL STATS

NAME	GP	BA	AB’S	HITS	RBI’S	RUNS	1B	2B	3B	HR	SAC	K’S	BB’S
KEVIN BURKE	15	.580	50	29	8	18	22	6	1	0	0	0	0
TIM LEE	15	.466	45	21	7	10	19	2	0	0	0	0	1
BILL SCANLON	11	.413	29	12	17	9	8	1	3	0	3	0	0
WITKOWSKI	16	.333	42	14	10	11	11	2	1	0	0	0	2
GREG SPATZ JR.	10	.357	28	10	7	5	7	2	1	0	1	0	0
SAL PECORARC	15	.525	40	21	11	6	18	2	1	0	0	0	0
BRIAN HUGHES	12	.590	22	13	5	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	1
SID	15	.500	32	16	6	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
TIM GOOD	13	.275	29	8	2	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
KEITH DILLY	9	.320	25	8	4	3	5	3	0	0	2	1	0
MARK HILL	7	.400	20	8	3	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
JAY ROY	14	.608	23	14	4	6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
DON PARKER	3	.400	10	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
DAVE WAGNER	6	.466	15	7	4	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
JON CACCIATORE	12	.454	22	10	4	6	8	2	0	0	1	0	0
MATT HEAVEY	5	.588	17	10	6	10	7	1	0	2	0	0	0
ANDY CODYMATE	8	.538	26	14	10	6	11	3	0	0	1	0	0
BRIAN THEILMAN	8	.411	17	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIAN FISHER	1	.500	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
STEVE DONEGEN	2	.666	6	4	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
COLORADO DAVE	2	.500	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
GROUNDSKEEPER JIM	1	.666	3	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
JOE CACCIATORE	1	.000	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PITCHING

NAME	GP	WINS	LOST	IP	RUNS	HR’S	BB’S	K’S	SCORELESS IP	RUNS PER IP
WITKOWSKI	16	4	12	93	208	12	16	4	33	2.2
GOOD	1	1	0	7	8	0	0	1	3	1.1
TOTAL	17	5	12	100	216	12	16	5	36	2.1

2016 LAST CALL FOOTBALL PARTY AT THE BARAGE

HUGHES, JAY ROY, SENIOR, JUNIOR, SID, TIM LEE, SAL AND DAVE

Last Call is the name of the softball team I play for. This section of the blog will give the latest updates on Last Call softball. I will have recaps of each game. I will provide stats for each game and the overall yearly stats. I will throw in some history of the team as well as some player profiles. We will always have some pictures to provide as well.

The Last Call team is made up of a ragtag group. The best comparison to this group would be the Dirty Dozen. It’s a group that plays very hard, but does not always get the results you want. They play to have fun, compete and drink beer after the game at the local tavern. This blog will have many stories as well included with the games.