sports Real Fantasy Baseball I 7350 Highland Road (M-59) • Waterford www.PalmBeachPatio.com HOURS: M-Th 10-7- • T-W-F-S 10-6 • Sun 12-4 SPREAD THE NAI441 RD. AVOID SUMMER SLIDE. One-on-One Tutoring Customized for Each Student. Available in All Subject Areas. Assisting Students from the Jewish Community for Over 20 Years. giR LAC WWW.RLAC.COM 800-732-3211 Tutoring Centers located throughout the Metro-Detroit area, including West Bloomfield and Bloomfield Hills. 2003450 50 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. ❑ Please send sports news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com .