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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

