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Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
W
inning isn't everything in
the InterCongregational
Men's Club Summer
Softball League.
Sportsmanship and team spirit are
equally as important. Nobody exem-
plified those qualities better than Jeff
Fox, which is why the league's Jeff Fox
Sportsmanship Award is named in his
honor.
Fox, who played for Temple Shir
Shalom, died Dec. 22, 2011. The
Sportsmanship Award has been present-
ed annually since 2012 on the final day
of the league's regular season.
Each team submits a nominee for the
award. The winner is selected at random
because each team representative is wor-
thy of the honor.
Mitch Kline from Congregation Shir
Tikvah No. 2 is the 2015 award winner.
His name was announced Aug. 16 and
he was presented a trophy. Each award
nominee received a certificate.
Howard Fershtman, Kline's manager
"and a fellow Spartan:' spoke about Kline
at the trophy presentation.
Shir Tikvah No. 2 is a new team this
year and not much was known about
the players before the season, Fershtman
said. Kline turned out to be "Mr.
Dependable" and more.
"Mitch has checked in on a regular
basis to make sure we've had enough
guys to play each week, which has
been an ongoing issue for our team:'
Fershtman said. "He's diligently tried to
locate subs or come up with defensive
strategies when needed:'
Fershtman described Kline as "appro-
priately competitive and guided by
rachmones [compassion]:' He said Kline
injured his knee early in the season and
couldn't play, but he was at each game
cheering on his teammates.
Here are other Sportsmanship Award
nominees:
Herschal Taylor (Bais Chadad Torah
Center); Steve Herty (Congregation
Shaarey Zedek); Michael Rubin (Temple
Beth El); Roger Lewis (Adat Shalom
Synagogue No. 2); Ben Kaplan (Adat
Shalom No. 1); Mark Small (Shir Tikvah
No. 1); Evan Weber (Temple Israel No.
3); Victor Uzansky (Temple Israel No.
2); Jonathan Fellows (Temple Israel No.
1); Michael Bloch (Shir Shalom); Joe
Freedman (Temple Kol Ami); Doug
Kahan (Congregation Beth Ahm); Mike
Ross (Congregation B'nai Moshe); John
Marcotte (Congregation B'nai Israel);
and Yoni Miodownik (Young Israel of
Southfield).
The end of the league's regular season
means more than the Sportsmanship
Award presentation and the final games
before the playoffs. A league brunch
is held with players and their families
enjoying treats like bagels, lox, orange
juice and whitefish spread.
All 16 teams — the most in league
history, by the way — began the playoffs
Sunday, Aug. 23. After two rounds, a
Final Four was determined. Semifinals
and championship games will be played
Sunday, Aug. 30, at Community Sports
Park in West Bloomfield.
There will be more league softball
after that. The fall pickup league will
begin in September and continue into
October. Teams are chosen at random
to promote camaraderie between play-
ers from different temples and syna-
gogues.
More On Denny
Here's an addition and a correction to
the Aug. 13 sports column about the
InterCongregational Men's Club Summer
League honoring former umpire Denny
Brenner on Aug. 2 at Drake Sports Park
and Community Sports Park in West
Bloomfield. Brenner died July 24 at age
82.
Rob Landaw, who inherited Brenner's
chief umpire role for the league after
Brenner retired from the league in 2011,
spoke about Brenner at Drake Park
along with Steve Achtman from Temple
Israel. Landaw's talk wasn't noted in the
column.
Achtmaris parents, the late Jack and
Esther Achtman. were close friends
with Brenner and his first wife, Sharon
Brenner. Sharon was misidentified in the
column.
Maccabi Games
Our coverage of Detroit athletes and
coaches at the 2015 JCC Maccabi Games
in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Milwaukee
this month will begin next week.
Each Detroit coach has been sent a
questionnaire via email. The deadline
for submitting information and photos is
Sunday, Aug. 30.
If you're a coach and haven't received
the questionnaire, please send an email
to the address listed at the end of the
column.
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