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Fun
Wednesday
Evening Festivities
February
28
hosted by Adat Shalom Synagogue
5:30 pm - Family-Friendly Megillah Experience
Geared toward 1st grade and younger
6:00 pm - Free Carnival
with a Star Trax Dance Party
Dinner available for purchase
7:15 pm - Maariv Service & Megillah Reading
No 6:00 p.m. Mincha service this evening
Dessert reception following
the Megillah reading with live music
featuring Maggie McCabe
A Help Yad Ezra! Bring
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Thursday
March
1
Morning Minyan
& Megillah Reading
followed by Breakfast
7:00 am - hosted at B’nai Israel Synagogue
Purim Partners:
Questions? Contact one of
the partnering congregations
sports
Friends Spend A Week
At Tigers Fantasy Camp
STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
R
ick Sherline was still quite sore 90-foot bases. And to play double-
Sunday, a week after partici-
headers four straight days. That was
pating in a Detroit Tigers fan-
more than we planned for.”
tasy camp at Tiger Town,
Sherline also didn’t plan
the Tigers’ spring training
to face ex-Tigers pitcher Joel
ABOVE: Seven
base in Lakeland, Fla.
Zamaya in a game. Yes, the
friends who
attended a Detroit same Joel Zamaya who threw
But the West Bloomfield
Tigers fantasy
resident wasn’t complain-
fastballs at 100 miles per hour
camp take a seat during his Big League career.
ing. At least not too much.
with coaches Rod
He had a great time at the
“Zamaya threw balls in the
Allen and Dave
camp along with six friends.
mid-70s to me,” Sherline said.
Rozema.
“Here’s one of the cool
“They were fast. I can’t imag-
things about the camp,”
ine adding 30 miles per hour
Sherline said. “When you walk into
to that. I hadn’t played hardball for
the locker room for the first time,
50 years, so I’m proud to say I fouled
at your locker are home and away
off two of his pitches before I struck
Tigers uniforms for you with your
out.”
last name on the back.”
Schaefer hit an inside-the-park
Sherline’s uniform number was 64. grand slam homer during a game.
That’s because he’s 64 years old.
Sherline scored all the way from first
Because the camp commemorated base.
the 50th anniversary of the Tigers’
Sherline said ex-Tiger Jake Wood
1968 World Series champion team,
conducted an infield clinic for the
several players from that team,
campers at age 80, Craig Monroe and
including Al Kaline, Willie Horton
Johnny Grubb conducted an outfield
and Mickey Lolich were among
clinic, and pitchers including Mike
the 24 ex-Tigers who worked at the
Maroth and Rozema threw batting
camp.
practice.
In Sherline’s group of friends were
The campers faced the ex-Tigers in
Norm Cohen of Huntington Woods
a game at Joker Marchant Stadium,
and Lyle Schaefer of Southfield. They where the Tigers play their home
came up with the idea of doing the
exhibition games each spring.
camp for the first time.
Tiger Town recently underwent a
Howard Weingarten of West
$40 million facelift.
Bloomfield, his son Jordan
Weingarten of Royal Oak and Steve
PURIM TRADITION
Clarfelt of Waterford soon joined
Temple Israel Brotherhood and the
Sherline, Cohen and Schaefer. They
B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region will
did the camp in 2016. Then Jason
hold their third annual Shushan
Fantich of West Bloomfield became a (Texas) Hold’em Poker Tournament
first-time camper.
from 4-11 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at
The group ranges in age from the
Temple Israel.
30s to the 60s.
The fundraiser benefits the
The 100 or so campers at the Jan.
Brotherhood and Great Lakes
28-Feb. 4 camp were divided into
Region. For B’nai B’rith, that means
eight teams for games. The seven
its sports program and scholarship
friends were on the same team,
fund.
coached by ex-Tigers Dave Rozema
Cost to enter the tournament is
and Rod Allen, who also is a com-
$50 in advance (by Friday, Feb. 16)
mentator on telecasts of Tigers
or $60 at the door. A rebuy will be
games.
available for $25. A deli dinner will
“Rozema was the life of the party,”
be served from 4-4:45 p.m. for $10.
Sherline said. “He told so many funny The dinner must be purchased in
stories. Rod Allen was more serious,
advance.
which was fine, too.”
For reservations, contact Rick
The seven friends prepared for the
Sherline at (248) 613-5400 or
camp by practicing every Sunday for
rsherline@divbenefits.com or Steve
months, outdoors and indoors.
Achtman at (248) 505-3939 or
“But we worked on our baseball
sssbrum@Ameritech.net. •
skills, not conditioning,” Sherline
Send sports news to stevestein502004@
said. “We weren’t ready to play on
yahoo.com.
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February 15 • 2018
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