health & fitness >> sports
-099 ORIAPIMI1 "MM. 4".1111111.11.P'
Contacting HealthCall is the
First Step to Maintaining
Quality Life at Home
Call 1-800-991-9933
Home Health Care, Private Duty Nursing Services,
and Veterans Aid & Attendant Care
At HealthCall, we provide a wide range of home care and private duty services
to patients throughout Michigan, including:
•
Skilled Nursing Care
•
Post Surgical Care
•
Physical Therapy
•
•
Occupational Therapy
Diabetic Teaching
Stroke Rehabilitation
•
Speech Therapy
•
•
Medical Social Work
Accepted payment includes private pay, long term care policies, private insurance plans,
no fault auto insurance, workman's compensation, Vet Aid and Attendance, Medicare, and
Medicaid.
Every HealthCall employee must pass pre-employment skill level assessments
as well as thorough background and reference checks.
HealthCall
THE M
iamon
Tale
HOME CARE
wiArw-healthcallhomecare.corn
CHRP
Toll Free: 800.991.9933
A CHAP
Accredited
Agency
Club team takes
Ehrmann to new
baseball heights.
Baca Pain?
Neck Pain?
Steve Stein
Specializec Vanual Physical
Theraoy Can Help.
Special to the Jewish News
Z
For more information visit our website:
0 1\./1 PT
www.myompt.com
or call: 248-353-1234 — Southfield office
or call: 248-743-1234 — Troy office
SPECIALISTS
ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL PHYSICALTHERAPY
A irk,! Ithel cf ther;rf
issuits
1678120
an in-home care provider
Specializing in services
for daily living such as:
• Bathing • Dressing • Meal prep
• Assistance with transportation,
paying bills, making appts
• Companionship and emotional support
Available 24 his 7 days per week.
For more information or to set
up an appointment, please call:
586 806 4822
SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY,
SHOP WITH OUR ADVERTISERS!
Mention that you saw them in the JN!
Visit SNonline.us
24 June 9 2011
JN
ack Ehrmann thought his
baseball career was over
when he became a student at
the University of Michigan.
After nine years on North
Farmington/West Bloomfield travel
teams and two seasons on the West
Bloomfield High School team, he
had come to grips with the fact that
baseball needed to take a back seat to
academics.
"I could have continued playing
ball at a small college, but I had my
heart set on going to Michigan:' he
said.
Little did he know that an oppor-
tunity of a lifetime was awaiting him
on the baseball diamond.
Ehrmann found out in the fall of
his freshman year at U-M that the
school had a student-run club base-
ball team. He tried out for it, earned a
spot on the roster, and never left.
He was the club president and
coach of the 28-man team this sea-
son.
The senior first baseman led the
Wolverines (15-10) to their first-
ever regional championship and a
berth in the National Club Baseball
Association World Series at Golden
Park in Columbus, Ga.
The U-M team has been in exis-
tence since 2004.
"It's sad that I won't be playing
baseball at a competitive level any-
more, but I take solice in knowing
that I was president and coach dur-
ing the club team's best season ever:'
Ehrmann said.
The team receives little funding
from the university. Fundraisers and
dues, which range from $350 to $450
per player per season, pay the bills.
Winter practice sessions are some-
times held from 12:30 to 2:30 a.m. in
Oosterbaan Field House, and home
games are played at Dexter High
School.
But nobody complains, at least not
publicly.
"Some of my best friends are on
the team:' Ehrmann said. Of the
seven seniors on this year's roster,
six stuck around for four years. The
other senior jumped on board when
he was a sophomore.
Most collegiate club baseball teams
have a player-coach. The personnel
decisions they make aren't easy.
"I love baseball and baseball strat-
egy, which made that part of the job
fun, but it was tough deciding who
played:' Ehrmann said. "The guys
understood. They knew my decisions
weren't personal, that I had a respon-
sibility to the entire team."
Ehrmann started occasionally as
a freshman and sophomore, and
more often as a junior. The 5-foot-11,
165-pounder was a full-time starter
this season. He was batting .375
heading into the World Series.
U-M won the Great Lakes
Conference-North championship
to earn a berth in the Great Lakes
Regional in Huntingburg, Ind.