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ordan Anstandig was a busy
guy at Walled Lake Northern
High School.
He earned nine varsity letters, three
each in football, snowboarding and base-
ball, before graduating this spring.
His sports career is far from over. He's
decided to play baseball at Saginaw Valley
State University, where it appears he'll be
a second baseman after being a catcher
and mainly a third baseman at WL
Northern.
"Second base is fine. I've played there,"
he said. "You need taller guys playing the
corner infield positions in college base-
ball"
Anstandig is 5-foot-7, but he's never let
his height — or, more appropriately, his
lack of height — get in the way of being a
successful athlete.
He played linebacker in football in
high school. He said he studied game film
extensively to learn what opponents like
to do. On the field, he used his speed and
size to his advantage.
"I was able to squeeze into crevices and
dive at guys' ankles to bring them down,"
he said.
Anstandig throws right-handed and
bats left-handed in baseball. That's not
unusual, but it's uncommon.
"I was a switch-hitter when I was
younger, but eventually I stopped batting
right-handed" he said. "I also play hockey
and golf left-handed. Anything that
involves a swing is more comfortable for
me left-handed"
Saginaw Valley State is a good spot for
Anstandig athletically and academically.
He said he likes baseball coach Chris
Ebright and the college offers courses
he needs to begin pursuing a career as a
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The InterCongregational Men's Club
Summer Softball League took time out
from weekly league play on a holiday
weekend for a third straight year to raise
money for West Bloomfield Relay for Life.
About 30 league players and fam-
ily members — including children
— played a pickup softball game July
5 at Community Sports Park in West
Bloomfield and raised more than $200.
Each player was asked to donate a mini-
mum $5 to the American Cancer Society's
fundraiser.
"That was a nice turnout considering
a lot of league families were out of town"
said league spokesman Chuck Freedman.
There's a strong connection between
the league and West Bloomfield Relay for
Life.
Michelle Silber is the West Bloomfield
Jordan Anstandig
Relay for Life event chair. Her husband,
Brad Silber, a two-time cancer survivor,
plays for a Congregation Adat Shalom
team in the league. Several league players
are on event relay teams.
"I'm so appreciative of the league for
doing something for charity" Michelle
said.
Michelle has been event chair for three
years and she says she'll be back for a
fourth year. This year's 24-hour event
was held June 7 at West Bloomfield High
School, with fundraising continuing until
Aug. 31.
"We close the books at the end of
August each year and start over Sept 1"
she said.
West Bloomfield Relay for Life has
raised $3.7 million in 17 years. Under
Michelle's leadership, the annual total has
risen from about $180,000 in 2012 — the
year before she took over — to what
could be as much as $250,000 this year.
For information, go to www.
relayforlife.org/westbloomfieldmi.
Freedman said there was talk of can-
celing the league's fundraiser this year
because two Sundays of league games
were rained out and July 5 was considered
as a makeup date.
"But we figured there probably
wouldn't be enough people around to play
league games that day and we wanted to
continue the tradition of holding the fun-
draiser," he said.
Some of the rained-out games have
been made up, Freedman said, but it
appears teams will end up playing 15
instead of 16 regular-season games this
summer.
Freedman said this was the first time in
nearly 10 years league games were rained
out
"When we were rained out several
years ago, we didrit lose all the games that
day. Just some of them" he said.
All-American Again
Western Michigan University junior
pitcher Gabe Berman from Bloomfield
Hills Andover High School was named
to the Jewish Sports Review's Division I
All-American Baseball Team for the third
straight year.
Berman was 5-3 with a 2.68 ERA in 25
games for the Broncos this season and he
recorded seven of the team's 10 saves. He
struck out 41 and walked only 17 in 37
innings. Opposing batters hit .266 against
him and he gave up only six extra-base
hits. He's the team's all-time leader in
saves with 21.
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