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That's what the Inter- Congregational Men's Club Summer Softball League can boast this season. Two new teams have joined the weekly league, bumping the roster to 12 teams. Temple Israel of West Bloomfield has a third team and Congregation Shir Tikvah of Troy has been added to the 18-year-old league. Euchre, of all things, played a role in Shir Tikvah coming on board. "I was at a fundraising euchre tour- nament late last year and a mutual friend introduced me to a Shir Tikvah member who had heard about our league and wanted to know more about it:' said Chuck Freedman, part of a four- man group that runs the league. A couple months later, Shir Tikvah was a league member. Besides the three Temple Israel teams, two teams from Adat Shalom Synagogue of Farmington Hills and Shir Tikva, the other league teams are from Congregation Beth Ahm, Bais Chabad Torah Center and Temples Shir Shalom and Kol Ami, all of West Bloomfield, and Temple Beth El of Bloomfield Township and Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Southfield. Each team plays Sunday mornings at Keith Fields in West Bloomfield. All three diamonds are used. The games began June 2. After 10 weeks of regular-season play, everyone will move on to the two-week playoffs. Four teams will still be alive after the first week of playoffs Aug. 11. The final four will play semifinal games Aug. 18, with the winners playing for the league championship and the losers for third place. "We've never had a third-place game. That's new," Freedman said. For the second year, the league held a pre-season fundraiser for the West Bloomfield Relay for Life event. Freedman said about 30 to 40 play- ers each paid $5 to play in two pickup softball games May 19 and raised $230, a substantial increase from last year. "We pushed the fundraiser more this year:' Freedman said. "The guys like participating in it because the money goes to a good cause and they get a chance to play before the season:' The big question in the league this season is can anyone beat Shir Shalom? "They certainly have the history:' Freedman said. Shir Shalom has won four consecu- tive league championships, six in seven years, and 10 titles overall since the league began play in 1996. Those 10 championships are three more than every other team combined. Since losing 21-11 to Kol Ami in its only playoff game in 2008, Shir Shalom has been on a remarkable tear. It has won 45 of 46 regular-season games and all 11 of its playoff games. Its only loss was a 7-4 setback to Beth El during the 2010 regular season. Shir Shalom won all 12 of its regular- season games and three playoff games last season, including a 15-1 crushing of Beth Ahm in the championship game. Beth Ahm slipped past Adat Shalom No. 1 by a score of 3-1 and Temple Israel No. 1 fell to Shir Shalom 20-10 in the semifinals. The Jeff Fox sportsmanship award will be presented by the league for the second year. The award is named for a former Shir Shalom player who died before last season. Each manager will nominate a player for the award. The winner last year was Dennis Horwitz from Shaarey Zedek. Winning is important in the league, of course, Freedman said, but sports- manship and camaraderie are just as essential. "We're not as competitive as some leagues," he said. Players must be at least age 18 and a member of their temple or synagogue's men's club or brotherhood. While there are young players, Freedman said, many players are in their 50s and there are even players in their 70s. Freedman's colleagues running the league with him are Michael Betman and Brad Silber from Adat Shalom and Steve Achtman from Temple Israel. Freedman is from Kol Ami. The league's website is mensclubsoftball.org . ❑ Send news to sports@thejewishnews.com .