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11 June, 2026

GREYBEARDS	16	RED FACES	5
GREYBEARDS	16	RED FACES	10
WHITE HAIRS	14	RUSTY ROYALS	1
WHITE HAIRS	6	RUSTY ROYALS	6

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GAME REPORTS - JUNE 4

Fine Wines vs Grey Beards

Fine Wines Report – Dan Sanscartier

Lou Gehrig, who was celebrated by MLB earlier this week, was known as the Quiet Hero. So it was only fitting that the Fine Wines' very own version of him stepped up and led the Fine Wines back onto the right track this week. Amid whispers of a potential management change - which was subsequently quelled once the salary and perks became public - one player stepped up and quietly, leading by example, got us back to our winning ways.

That player? None other than Steve (Brooks) Isaacs. First he drove home a run in the third inning, giving us a lead we would not relinquish, and then in the top of the 4th, with the bases loaded and nobody out he turned a nifty double play getting the second out at home plate. The Grey Beards came up empty that inning, Steve finished the game 4 for 4, and we coasted to a 17-10 win. Speaking of quiet leaders - Rob (Dr. Evil) Bentley also helped lead the way on the strength of a 7 for 8, 5 RBI and 4 runs scored performance in the two games.

The offence was definitely back this week as the Cabernaces banged out 7 doubles in the second game and held on to win 15-12 over the tenacious Grey Beards squad. Over the two games we amassed 56 hits including 11 doubles, 2 triples and 2 homers including lofty contributions from Jonathan Kamin with 6 hits, 7 RBI and a homerun, Jeff Palmer with a homer of his own amongst his 6 hits and 5 RBI, while Jeff Francis also had 6 hits including 4 doubles and a triple. Ben Roczniac added 5 hits and 4 RBI. Spot starter George Merrick pitched two fine games and chipped in with 5 hits of his own. Supersub Warren Pantrey, just called up from the Bisons for the day, had 5 hits and started the classic 10-9-6 putout at second base.

A tip of the cap to the Grey Beards and their coaching staff. They play the game the right way. Making it enjoyable for both teams regardless of the outcome.

Grey Beards Report – Bill Craig

They said it couldn't be done. All of the pundits. All of the so-called experts. They looked at this Grey Beards team with our 0-8 record and our -37 run differential and they said we would not break our season-long drought against the powerful Fine Wines. And then, on a beautiful Thursday morning, the Beards strode on to the field with our heads held high, despite being shorthanded and requiring the Wines to provide a catcher. And we showed everyone that the pundits were...um...right again...in dropping two games by scores of 17-10 and 15-12.

The Beards were down early in game one and then, in the third inning, down 4-1, we erupted for five (yes five) runs...all with nobody out. Top of the order...newly installed leadoff man Bill Manson (known on our team as "the Good Bill") singles. John Drewniak doubles. Dave Brinton singles in 2 runs. Bill Craig (somewhat harshly known as the not-so-good Bill) singles. Simon Everitt singles. And Brock Paterson ends the inning with a three-run double up the gap in right-centre. Five runs on 6 straight hits. If this had been the open inning we could have scored 235 runs. By the end of the game, we had written a poem and two songs about that inning.

But the Wines are tough...like a steak in a bad restaurant. They threw six at us in the next two innings to go up 10-6. Newly returned to the lineup, Jim Fenner, doubled to lead off the 5th inning and we scored 4 runs to tie it. It would appear that we found such an outburst tiring and failed to score again as the Wines added 7 more to their total.

The Wines thought they would step on our throats in the top of the first in game two. They plated three. But the inspired Beards responded with a 5-spot to show our mettle. Alas, we only scored one run in the next three innings to get down again. Trailing by 6 in the bottom of the seventh, we rallied and brought the tying run to the plate, but to no avail.

Of note...Steve Moses was brilliant on both sides of the ball with a 5 for 8 day at the plate. He also made (I'm gonna guess) 12 plays in the field at second base, the best of which was a run to his right into short center field to make a back-handed stab of a liner. Good Bill Manson liked batting leadoff as he was 7/8 with three runs scored. Dave Kozai went 5 for 5 in game two. Simon Everitt was 7 for 8 with 4 runs scored. John Kemp pitched very well for us in both games and had the hit of the day. Slow roller up the first base line...John's chugging down the line...first baseman is chugging in to field the ball...pitcher is chugging over to try and field the ball...for a moment, it looked like all three would collide, but John beat it out for a hit...how long did that play take you ask? Two guys celebrated birthdays while the ball was still rolling.

Thanks to Steve Isaacs of the Wines who made a fine play at the plate for us and to Andy Kozai, who finished sparing for the Rec Faces and then came on caught one inning for us and made two good plays for outs at the plate.

We're gonna start winning games soon. Maybe next week???

Red Faces vs Rusty Royals

Red Faces Report – Tom Hunter

A few short weeks ago it was brass monkey weather when the Red Faces dropped a doubleheader to the White Faces in a hypothermic war of attrition. Avid readers will recall this columnist’s theory that since the Red Faces are not a cold weather team they must be a warm weather team. Nope. The first hot day of the season saw the Red guys get mercilessly mercied in Game One in 5 short innings, followed by a more traditional loss in Game Two.

For the second week in a row 5 regular Faces were missing from the lineup. Thanks to Randy Dake who courageously played despite being injured. Spares Paul Pachenco (playing his first game in the OMMSPL) and OMMSPL alumni and speedster Andy Kozai bravely stepped into the breach. Andy made an impact early in Game One. Randy Heinbecker of the Royals, famous for his line drives, drilled one directly into right centre field where Andy eagerly awaited a chance to demonstrate his blazing speed. Which he did, running like a gazelle straight toward the oncoming missile. One wag later said that it brought to mind the famous line in John Candy and Steve Martin’s 1987 classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles …”YOU’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!!” Andy came to that realization about the same time as the ball sailed 10 feet over his head. After that unfortunate miscalculation the not-so-rusty Royals adopted a strategy of incessantly hitting the ball all over the field, thus tiring out the defenders and making them too tired to hit on those rare occasions they came up to bat. Game One set a new OMMSPL record for brevity, ending at 10:20 am. Someone suggested that we forfeit Game Two and go the pub for brunch.

Game Two was more respectable. The Royals were a little less superhuman and actually made some outs. In one particularly memorable inning they tried to pick on Kim Warren in left field but Kim sucked up three long fly balls like a vacuum cleaner. Paul Pachenco pitched well and might have earned a victory if only the Faces’ batters (including this columnist) could have made a few timely hits with runners in scoring position.

Bruce Best and manager Brian Mastervick led the offence (such as it was), each going 4-6. Vince Moffatt maintained his lofty OBP, going 2-4 with 2 walks. Leadoff Denis Bosc was 4-7. The rest of us sucked.

Rusty Royals Report – John Koopman

First there was Inchiro, then there was Okamoto and Murakami, now there is Dario Pretto. Pretto refined his skills in Japan throughout the month of May, and missed the season's first five games. He is now back. In game one he went 4 for 4, scored three times and drove in four. Sharing his oriental learning with his teammates, many others also excelled. Randy Heinbecker was also 4 for 4 and scored four runs too. Darrell Northcott had three hits and four RBIs, Geoff Coulson back from his holiday was 3 for 3, as was Richard Grudzinski. Mike Way, Don Brown, John Koopman, the ageless Barny Henderson and Tony Lima were all 2 for 3. Rob Cookish pitched a complete game and the Rusty Royals mercied the Red Faces 15-3 in game one.

The nefarious implications of trans-Atlantic travel began to show in game two as jet-lagged Pretto was "only" 1 for 2 (plus a walk). Others though picked up the slack. Don Brown's bat was back to his historic booming levels as he went 3-4, as did Grudzinski. Geoff Coulson was 4 for 4. Mike Way hit a round-tripper. The game's highlight might have been Barny Henderson's shoe-tip catch in RF in the bottom of the seventh when the Red Faces were clawing their way back and had the go-ahead run at the plate. The ever-modest Barny said he owed it all to lessons received from a former teammate in bantam ball, some dude named Ty Cobb. Final score was Rusty Royals 11, Red Faces 9.

Congratulations to the White Hairs - 2025 Season and Playoff Champions