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sports HIGHlights
The other playoff champions this
year in the weekly league were Temple
Israel No. 2 in the Greenberg Division
and Congregation Shir Tikvah in the
Rosen Division.
Temple Israel No. 2 and Shir Tikvah
each also won its division’s regular-sea-
son title.
Like the Koufax Division, the
Greenberg and Rosen divisions also
had five teams.
This was the second Greenberg
Division playoff championship in three
years for Temple Israel No. 2.
This season didn’t start well for
Temple Israel No. 2. Through 10 games,
the team was 6-4 and in fourth place.
Temple Israel No. 2 never lost again.
It reeled off 10 straight victories to
finish the regular season at 16-4 and in
first place in the division.
Then it won all three of its playoff
games, including a 15-14 eight-inning
victory over Temple Israel No. 5 in the
championship game on a walk-off sac-
rifice fly by Jeff Katzen that scored Jeff
Kaplan.
“We were clicking. Everyone was
hitting. Everyone was playing well,”
Temple Israel No. 2 manager Victor
Uzansky said about his team’s 13-game
winning streak.
The team had three father/son duos
on its roster: Victor and Benjamin
Uzansky, Ryan and Andrew Schneider
and Jeff and Jared Katzen.
Also on the team were Ben Watson,
Marc Weiss, Dave Banooni, Brad
Goldman and Eric Wolfe.
Despite rainouts and makeups, each
team played the scheduled 20 games.
The list to the right shows the
league’s final regular-season stand-
ings.
GREENBERG DIVISION
1. Temple Israel No. 2 16-4.
2. Temple Israel No. 5 14-5-1.
3. Temple Israel No. 6 14-5-1.
4. Temple Shir Shalom No. 2 14-5-1.
5. Temple Israel No. 4 4-16-0.
KOUFAX DIVISION
1. Temple Beth El 15-5-0.
2. Temple Israel No. 3 12-8-0.
3. Congregation Shaarey Zedek 8-11-1.
4. Temple Israel No. 1 8-12-0.
5. Adat Shalom Synagogue No. 1 7-12-1.
ROSEN DIVISION
1. Congregation Shir Tikvah 13-7-0.
2. Congregation Beth Ahm 10-10-0.
3. Adat Shalom Synagogue No. 2 6-13-1.
4. Temple Shir Shalom No. 3 4-16-0.
5. Bais Chabad Torah Center 2-18-0.
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3. Mike Klinger/Kerry Chaben 170.
4. Larry Shapiro/Bob Shapiro-Chuck
Houmaian 168.
5. Rich Luger/Richard Spalter 164.
6. Ryan Vieder/Adam Vieder 161.
7. Mitch Lefton/Stu Zorn 159.
8. David Swimmer/Jody Mendelson 158.
9. Marc Ruskin/Jeff Novick 156.
10. Josh Baker/Josh Harvith 151.
11. Lyle Schaefer/Ryan Stone 137.
12. Jeff Vieder/Mitch Cohen 131.
HERE ARE THIS YEAR’S LEAGUE
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS:
1. Dale Taub 93 points; 2. Aaron Herskovic
88 1/2; 3. Mitch Lefton 88; 4. Gary Klinger
87; 5. Mike Klinger 86; 6. Richard Spalter
85 1/2; 7. Larry Shapiro 84; 8. Kerry Chaben
83; 9. Jody Mendelson 82; 10 (tie). David
Swimmer and Ryan Vieder 80; 12. Marc
Ruskin 79 1/2; 13. Jeff Novick 78; 14. Bob
Shapiro-Chuck Houmaian 77 1/2; 15. Josh
Baker 76 1/2; 16 (tie). Adam Vieder and
Lyle Schaefer 75; 18. Stu Zorn 74; 19. Josh
Harvith 73; 20. Brad Friedman 72 1/2; 21.
Rich Luger 72; 22. Jeff Vieder 71 1/2; 23.
Ryan Stone 69 1/2; 24. Mitch Cohen 68.
After a year in which it was held virtually,
the Howard Weingarten Memorial Baseball
Outing is returning this month to The Corner
Ballpark, former home of Tiger Stadium.
The third annual fundraiser for Detroit
PAL’s Diamond Sports Program, named for a
passionate and loyal Detroit Tigers fan, will
be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 26.
Lunch, a baseball game on the Willie
Horton Field of Dreams and the presentation
of Howard Weingarten Memorial Awards to
PAL Tiny Tigers (ages 4-8) baseball players
for leadership, teamwork and responsibility
are included in the outing’s festivities.
“People who come to the outing should
feel safe. It will be held outdoors in a large
venue. Masks will be available,” said Deby
Lebow, Weingarten’s longtime significant
other, who founded and organizes the outing
each year.
The awards were presented for the first
time last year (on Zoom) and there was a
video made by PAL of the Tiny Tigers pro-
gram. The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the
outing’s meal and baseball game.
“We needed to do something meaningful
for the outing last year, so we came up with
the idea for the awards,” Lebow said.
“People told me they loved the video of
the awards being presented because the kids
were so excited.”
Weingarten, a West Bloomfield resident,
died in a car accident in 2018 at age 65.
Donation for the outing is $125 ($36 for
youths 16 and under).
To sign up, contact Lebow at (248) 505-
0199 or dlda@hotmail.com.
Play Ball! The Howard Weingarten Memorial
Baseball Outing Returns to The Corner Ballpark
Howard Weingarten gets ready to swing at a
pitch during a Tigers fantasy camp in Lakeland,
Fla. He died in an auto accident at age 65 in 2018.
DEBY LEBOW