30 | JUNE 18 • 2020 sports HIGHlights NMLS#2289 brought to you in partnership with Tickets remain in the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation’ s raffle for a 2021 Masters tourna- ment prize package that includes two tickets for a round at Augusta National Golf Club. Each raffle ticket is $100. No more than 200 will be sold. Tickets can be purchased at www. michiganjewishsports.org. The Masters prize package, val- ued at $6,500, includes tickets for the third or fourth round of the 2021 tournament (April 10 or April 11), lodging for one night, valet parking and complimentary shuttle service. Transportation to and from Georgia is not included. The raffle winner must be at least age 21. The drawing for the Masters prize package will be Sept. 14 on Facebook Live on the foundation’ s website. Jeff Riger has joined Bob Wojnowski as co-host of 97.1 The Ticket’ s weekday evening sports talk show. Riger, 44, has been with the radio station since 2002, but this is his first permanent gig there. “I’ ve done pretty much everything at the station, from running a board to getting kicked out of (former Detroit Tigers manager) Jim Leyland’ s office several times, so it’ s exciting to take on this new role,” Riger told the Detroit News. “Wojo’ s the best. He’ s a staple in Detroit sports radio. It’ s awesome get- ting a chance to work with him every day,” Riger said. The show with Riger and Wojnowski airs from 6-8 p.m. Monday through Friday. It’ s shorter when there’ s a Tigers, Detroit Pistons or Detroit Red Wings game on the station. Riger, a Canton resident, replaced Kyle Bogenschutz on the show with Wojnowski. Bogenschutz’ s contract wasn’ t renewed after three years of working with Wojnowski. Riger has spoken at Congregation B’ nai Moshe as part of the West Bloomfield syna- gogue’ s Spectacular Speaker Series. quick hits BY STEVE STEIN There may be a Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction ban- quet this year. Then again, there may not. Everything depends upon when gathering restrictions are lifted by the state as Michigan slowly recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hall of Fame banquet is normally held in the fall at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield. From 250 to 280 peo- ple usually attend the event. “We’ re a ways off on making a decision whether or not to hold the banquet,” said Sari Cicurel, executive director of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation. “It could be held in October or maybe in November or later. We’ re just not sure right now,” Cicurel said. This year’ s Hall of Fame inductees have not been selected, but that process is expected to begin soon. ‘There’s Only So Much You Can Do’ St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguer David Vinsky keeping busy during lost season. STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T his was supposed to be David Vinsky’ s first full season as a profes- sional baseball player. Instead, the 21-year-old St. Louis Cardinals outfield prospect has been home in Northville staying in shape, hitting in an indoor batting cage and working on his defense on outdoor diamonds with other grounded baseball players. “There’ s only so much you can do, ” Vinsky said. What Vinsky should be doing this sum- mer is playing for the Cardinals’ low-Class A Midwest League team in Peoria, Illinois. Vinsky was selected by the Cardinals in June 2019 in the 15th round of the Major League Baseball draft after outstanding careers at Farmington Hills Harrison High School and Northwood University. After signing a minor-league contract and receiving a $100,000 signing bonus from the Cardinals shortly after he was drafted, Vinsky played for the Johnson City (Tenn.) Cardinals in the Rookie Appalachian League and State College (Pa.) Spikes in the short-season Class A New York-Penn League. He hit a combined .284 in 56 games. Vinsky was on the Peoria Chiefs roster in mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the Cardinals’ spring training facility in Jupiter, Florida. “I was at spring training for one day. They sent us (the minor leaguers) home quickly, ” Vinsky said. “We didn’ t do any baseball activities before we left. I had two plane flights in 24 hours. ” For the first time since he started playing travel baseball when he was 7, there isn’ t a baseball season for Vinsky. And for the first time since he left for Northwood, he’ s home during the baseball season. Those anomalies don’ t look like they’ re going to rectify themselves. Vinsky doubts there will be a 2020 season ST. LOUIS CARDINALS David Vinsky MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS FOUNDATION Sari Cicurel Jeff Riger 97.1 THE TICKET