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Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
atter up!
The Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation is stepping up to
the plate and taking a swing at a new
fundraiser.
It's a fantasy batting practice day
Sunday, Aug. 2, at Comerica Park, home
of the Detroit Tigers. Participants will
get their cuts at home plate from inside a
batting cage against an ex-Tigers pitcher,
either Dan Petry or Dave Rozema.
There also will be an opportunity to
shag fly balls and scoop up grounders
in the outfield, and get batting tips from
another ex-Tiger.
Money raised from the event will
go to the foundation's new Stars of
Tomorrow scholarship program that
will help young athletes pay for summer
camps and participation on travel teams,
and cover college tuition.
Foundation board members Frank
Reinstein, Justin Jacobs and Dani Wohl
are organizing the event. Jacobs is the
founder of ComePlayDetroit, which
sponsors recreational sports leagues.
Wohl is a former University of Michigan
basketball player.
Reinstein, a certified public account
and the board treasurer, said the event
has a deeper purpose. It's an effort by
the three of the younger board members
to reach out to young Jewish adults and
expand the awareness of the foundation
in the Jewish community.
"We feel the fantasy batting practice
has an affordable price point for every-
body:' he said. "The foundation is a
first-class organization, but if it's going
to survive, we need to get future genera-
tions invested.
"Our Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of
Fame induction banquet and the Hank
Greenberg Memorial Golf Invitational
are wonderful events, but the foundation
needs to be known for more than that:'
For those who can't afford the golf
outing, Reinstein said, the fantasy bat-
ting practice gives them to an opportu-
nity to support the foundation.
Only 200 spots are available in the
fantasy batting practice, and Reinstein is
confident the event will sell out.
The price includes parking and a bat
will be provided if participants don't
have one. Participants can bring their
own wood or aluminum bat. They must
bring a mitt if they want to field in the
outfield.
There are no age limits for partici-
pants. Cost for a batter age 18 and older
is $175 until June 1 and $200 afterwards.
Cost for a batter age 18 and younger is
$125 until June 1 and $150 afterwards.
Participants age 18 and under must
be accompanied on the field by a paying
adult.
Friends and family members are
welcome to sit in the stands at no cost.
Concession stands won't be open.
Two sessions are offered: 9 a.m.-noon
and noon-3 p.m. Each session will have
about 100 participants.
"We're hoping to raise $10,000 or
more Reinstein said.
For reservations, sponsorships and
information, go to www.
michiganjewishsports.org , call (248)
592-9323 or send an email to foundation
executive director David Blatt at dblatt@
michiganjewishsports.org .
Spots for batters are included with
sponsorships.
The 25th annual Greenberg
Invitational is Monday, June 1 at
Franklin Hills Country Club in
Farmington Hills. Use the same website,
phone number and email address for
reservations, sponsorships and informa-
tion.
Busy Ian
Kalamazoo College sophomore out-
fielder Ian Kobernick from Huntington
Woods had an interesting day April
25 during a Michigan Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference baseball double-
header at Adrian College.
After losing the opener 5-3,
Kalamazoo won the nightcap 3-0.
According to the Adrian Daily
Telegram, Kobernick scored the open-
ing game's first run when he walked
and eventually came home on a single.
The Berkley High School grad stole
home in the fifth while a teammate was
caught in a rundown between first and
second.
But Adrian then scored three runs
when Kobernick couldn't catch up to
a ball hit to deep centerfield, tying the
game at 3-3.
In the nightcap, however, Kobernick
smacked an RBI double to the gap in
left-center in the fifth to put Kalamazoo
in front 2-0.
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