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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 j chiropractor. THE BOARDWALK, WEST BLOOMFIELD facebook.com/margueriteboutique I 248.932.5253 Softball for Charity (New Merchandise arriving daily) NOW OPEN! 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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. ❑ Please send sports news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com.