Chabad Shluggers -- Wellesley Weston Chabad

Congratulations to the Chabad Shluggers for going all the way to the championship game!!

Shluggers await word on playoffs.

After winning 3 straight games, the Shluggers lost a tough one on Wednesday night going 1-1 for the week with a 7-0 shutout on Monday. Mondays game Vs Beth El of Sudbury was as good a game anyone played this season both offensively & defensively. With all around brilliant fielding efforts from all Shluggers & everyone hitting. Special mention goes to Adam, Yitz & the Rabbi in the field & just about everyone at the plate. After several times pushing off the game Vs Temple Israel of Natick, we finally got the game off on Wednesday night, with the clouds threatening & Pedro stinking at Fenway. We started off with a double by the leadoff hitter (Rabbi) who got on 5 times going 2-2 with 3 walks. The inning looked like we were heading straight for our 4th consecutive win as we scored 4 first inning runs. Temple Israel starting chipping though and eventually grabbed the lead while cranking 2 three run homers one off the starter Brownie & one off relief pitcher Leib. While we had a good defensive effort all around, there were too many gappers in the outfield and all the batters we walked ending up scoring. Special mention goes to Jay Low, Yitz, Yaakov & Brownie in the outfield for each making nice catches and the Rabbi for a few nifty plays at short.

Playoff scenarios:
1) If Temple Emunah does not play their last game, we are in.
2) If Temple Emunah plays their last game and loses, we are in.
3) If Temple Emunah plays their last game & wins we would be out of the playoffs, unless..
4) We can get Ohr Atid to play us our last game & we win.
5) The commissioners award us a point since Ohr Atid is being unreasonable by not setting up a game with us.

reporting by zz top.

June 19, 2006
Shluggers continue surge as they move up to 5-3

For the second consecutive game, the Shluggers played without coach Brownie who is on the DL, but you would not know that watching the game, as the cohesiveness the game was played with. Once again, as has been the case of late, there was a well pitched game by Leib, who also helped his own cause with 3 hits, including a triple. The Shluggers, gave up 2 runs in the first inning, but came right back to take the lead and never looked back. The game was won with stellar defense. Perry played a great game at third & in general, the first basemen (David & Josh B.) were kept busy all day. Other than Beth Shalom's 3 run homer in the 6th inning, it was all Shluggers, all day.
The Shluggers are now tied for the last playoff spot.
Upcoming games are: June 25 there are major Playoff implications!! We need this game in a really bad way!!! Come out and cheer us on while we go visit Temple Ohr Atid, Wayland for game 9 at their home field, Claypit Hill School in Wayland @ 10:00 AM. Followed by June 26th for game # 10 vs Temple Beth El Sudbury on our home field on June 26 at 6:00 PM. Please e mail Steve, thesportswriter30@yahoo.com for more info.

June 11, 2006

Shluggers have best outing of the season as they go to 4-3

A short handed squad of Shluggers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as they trounced Beth El of Sudbury 20-10 on Sunday, June 11.
As has been the case of late, there was a well pitched game by Leib, who also helped his own cause with 3 hits, including a triple. Newly activated off the DL Ishay wasted no time getting back into "Ichiro mode" as he picked up 4 clean singles. The Rabbi turned a routine fly ball to right field into a homerun (with an error). Newly acquired Yakov has numerous catches in right center and 3 good hits, he also had an improbable assist when he gunned down a runner trying to stretch a double into a triple. Carl & Judah each win the bomb award for hitting the ball a mile deep and getting doubles. Other than that, each Shlugger did his job by playing stellar defense, David did quite a few stretches playing a Hasek/Broduer type first base, keeping everyone away from errors.

Next game up is on June 18 there are major Playoff implications!! We need this game in a really bad way!!! Come out and cheer us on while we go visit Beth Shalom, Framingham for game 8 at their home field, George P. King Building in Framingham @ 10:00 am. Please e mail Steve, thesportswriter30@yahoo.com for more info.

May 21, 2006

Wellesley-Weston Chabad Shluggers improve to 3-2

The Wellesley-Weston Chabad Shluggers improve their record to 3-2 after soundly defeating cross town rival, Beth Elokim last Sunday at Sprague Field by a score of 20-14.

The Shluggers looked impressive throughout the contest as took the lead early and never had to look back.

Brownie, who started in left field again, got things going in the second with a 2 run RBI triple. Followed by an impressive performances put on by Big Red, David, Perry and the Rabbi.

Leib "The Rifleman" Shaffer" was not only impressive on the mound again, but he lived up to the team name as he nearly knocked the stitching off the ball several in-route to his multiple base hits.

This week's Golden Glove Award goes out to Steve Black who made an unbelievable diving catch in center field to end a fourth inning threat.

However, as impressive as that never to be duplicated again catch was, most distinguishable honor goes out to Big Red as he made two fantastic catches in left/center field.

A post game interview revealed that David has been working with Big Red, helping his young protege harness his raw skills.

Next up for the Shluggers: Come out and cheer us on while we host Temple Emunah on May 29th for game 6 at our home field, Sprague field in Wellesley @ 10:00 am. Please e mail Steve, thesportswriter30@yahoo.com for more info

Also, on May 30, we will have the first in a set of 3 (non league) games Vs the Shechter school in Newton. Come out and cheer us on @ 6:30 PM at the Shechter field in Newton. Please e mail Steve, thesportswriter30@yahoo.com for more info

May 6, 2006

Shluggers drop to 2-2

The Shluggers suffer their second loss of the season in disappointing fashion as they blew a seven run lead late in the game and lost to Team Mishkan 19-18.
Offense wasn't an issue for the Chabad Homeboys as they lit up the scoreboard early and often, scoring 2 runs in the second, 8 in the third, 1 in the fourth, 4 in the fifth and 3 in the sixth inning.
What was at issue was the team's defense. With a slopping and expansive outfield to contend with Shluggers players had a fair amount of difficulty fielding what would have otherwise been routine pop flies. Instead they were busy chasing down base-clearing dingers that were running up the hills in all different directions.
Overthrows and the absence of discipline to limit errors were also an issue for the team, as was poor officiating.
Leib "The Rifleman" Shaffer was doing a masterful job on the mound, pitching in place of Brownie, until he was inexplicably pulled after the third inning to cover center field. He was later reinstalled back on the mound in an effort to help the team regain control of the game which by then was quickly slipping away from them.
Brownie, who started the game in the outfield in absence of the team's regular center fielder, took the mound for the fourth, fifth and sixth inning, but had tremendous difficulty locating his pitches and thus dispatched Leib back to the mound for the salvage.
Several batting awards could be handed out for the game, beginning with Black (4-5), Lowenthal (3-5 with one homerun) and Yitz (3-5), but sadly this week's Golden Glove award will remain on the shelf.
Shluggers will be taking on Schechter in a best of three non-league series beginning this Thursday, May 11, 2006, at 6:30pm.

April 30, 2006
The World Famous Wellesley Weston Chabad Shluggers resumed their winning ways this past Sunday as they beat neighboring Shir Tikvah 33-10 in front of large fan Shlugger base. The game was cut short by an inning as the umpire imposed a seldom used "slaughter rule" in the 7th.

The Shluggers are now 2-1 on the season.

Throughout the game the Shluggers bats were explosive having scored 5 runs in both the 1st and 2nd inning, 3 in the 3rd, 11 in the 4th and 9 in the 6th.

Dovid "Pops/Zaidy" K. remained the teams most consistent player having done considerable damage to the opposition with a battery of RBI doubles and singles.

The Rabbi also cranked it up at the plate having gone a legitimate 6 for 6, including one triple and a HR.

Honorable mention goes out to both Yitz Ortiz and Perry Ramirez for their back to back home runs in the 6th and to fans from NJ who came out to cheer the team on.

Brownie suffered a hyper extended pull in his left thigh yesterday while crossing home plate for the third time during the game and he also suffered a pair of bruised knuckles in his pitching hand as he heroically tried to field a screaming line drive with his bare hand.

Our next game coming up is on the road at Mishkan Tefillah. It promises to be lots of fun. Please come on out and cheer us on as we visit M.T Ward School in Newton @ 10:00 am. We would love to see you there! Please e mail Steve at, thebostonsportswriter@yahoo.com for more info.

April 23, 2006
Shluggers fall to 1-1
The World Famous Wellesley Weston Chabad Shluggers took one on the chin yesterday morning at Sprague field as their opponent, Temple Isaiah (1) of Lexington got off to an early 8-1 lead and never looked back, despite the strong pitching performance of Stephen Brown.

Defense was to blame in the Shluggers attempts to stifle Isaiah's battery of short pops flys which were occasionally mixed in with some dingers to center and left. That couple with the Shluggers stranding numerous players on bases all contributed to an unnecessary 19-11 loss.

Offensive player(s) of the game goes out to Dovid and Carl who tried to get things going in different innings with their explosive bats.

The Golden Glove will remain on the shelf this week as there were really no Defensive players of the game. Honorable mention, however, goes out to J Low who caught an over-the-shoulder pop fly in the third. <golf clap>

Both The Rabbi and Chris win the Planes, Trains and Automobile award -- which is really a meaningless award since none of these modes of transportation were able to get them to the game on time.

Shluggers take opener vs cross town rivals!!

The Chabad Shluggers came out victorious in their season opener against Beth Elohim, beating their cross town rival 8-5.

Despite the close score, the Shluggers dominated their opponent throughout the game with sound fundamental softball. But where the team really shined was outfield, lead by the outstanding golden glove performance of Chris O, Steve B., Yitz K and Adam L.

At the plate, returning veteran Shlugger Jason Lowenthal and rookie Dovid Kashnow got things going on offense. Lowenthal hit the game's only home run while Dovid hit a screamer to deep outfield for what can be best described as one of the most impressive doubles ever hit in the MSSL.

While the Shluggers took an early lead and never looked back, it got a little dicey for the team in the fourth as Beth Elohim managed to score 4 runs in the fourth, but the Shluggers regrouped themselves and quickly killed their opponent's rally. The only additional Beth Elohim run came in the 7th inning on tag up.

Next up for the Shluggers are Temple Isaiah of Lexington. The game will be at 10:00 AM on April 23d at our home field. Please come and enjoy the event.

(June 20th) On Sunday, Wellesley's Chabad Shluggers (4-4) smoked the Red Lox of Lexington's Temple Isaiah (4-4) by a margin of 23-9.

Shlugger Adam Pokey Levine completed a cycle (a single, a double, a triple, and a home run) while team captain, Rabbi Moshe Bleich, was just a single short of completing his own cycle. In the third inning, outfielder Ishay Grinberg hit his first homerun of the season and the Shluggers cycled through the entire batting order. Throughout the game, outfielder Chris Menachem Mendel O'Brien successfully fielded numerous seemingly-impossible-to-catch line drives.

The Shluggers were one of the original eight teams in the Men's Shul (Synagogue) Softball League which is comprised of Jewish men in the Greater Boston region. There are currently 18 teams. The Shluggers have a revamped team this year with new players filling almost half of the positions and they're looking forward to a successful season. This coming Sunday, the Shluggers will face off against first place Temple Beth El North at the Cabot School in Newtonville. A win would guarantee a playoff berth for the Shluggers.

On Sunday, Wellesley's Chabad Shluggers came out of their two-game funk by winning their third game of the season in a 17-7 blowout against Lexington's Temple Emunah. Three weeks ago, the Shluggers beat Wayland's Temple Or Atid by the same margin.

Due to heavy rains over the weekend which left the infield a veritable mud pit, the Shluggers were forced to play on a makeshift field on the outfield grass. Team captain, Rabbi Moshe Bleich opened the game strong with a triple and then proceeded to earn four hits in four at-bats. The game's MVP was Yitz Kashnow, who hit the game's only out-of-the-park home run and made several outstanding plays.

The Shluggers were one of the original eight teams in the Men's Shul (Synagogue) Softball League which is comprised of Jewish men in the Greater Boston region. There are currently 18 teams. The Shluggers have a revamped team this year with new players filling almost half of the positions and they're looking forward to a successful season. This coming Sunday, the Shluggers will face off against their cross-town rivals, Temple Beth Elohim at the Fiske field at 10:00 AM.

May 17, 2005
This Sunday, May 22 we hope to bounce back from our 5-6 defeat at the hands of Temple Israel. We will be facing Temple Beth El Sudbury (2-1). TBE is coming off a victory over Temple Mishkan Tefillah. Please come out to Sudbury & show your support as the Shluggers look to bounce back to their winning ways. Please click below for our full schedule, directione to games etc.