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Storm Kirschenbaum are utility 
players.
Seth and Jared Gorback are a 
brother pitcher-catcher battery. 
Jared was new to Temple Beth 
El No. 1 this season, but he has 
played with several Temple Beth 
El No. 1 players in other softball 
leagues.
Sean and Brad Seid also are 
brothers. They patrol the middle 
of the diamond for Temple Beth 
El No. 1. 
Wiseman said it’s a blessing to 
have Prince, who is in his 80s, on 
the bench. 
“We all lean on Julian, and 
I appreciate him keeping the 
scorebook. He’s my right-hand 
man,” Wiseman said. “He’s always 
saying ‘hit it down and hard’ when 
we come up to the plate.”
Congregation Shir Tikvah went 
4-0 in the league’s Koufax Division 
playoffs in August and won the 
championship of the seven-team 
division.
The recipients of the league’s 
Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award, 
nominated by managers and 
selected by league directors 
Matt Bassin, Michael Betman 
and Mitch Kline, were Adam 
Weiner of Temple Israel No. 1 in 
the Greenberg Division and Joe 
Lipman of Shir Shalom No. 3 in 
the Koufax Division.
Michael Yendick Pure Heart 
Award winners, selected by the 
league’s umpires, were Sean Seid in 
the Greenberg Division and Roger 
Lewis in the Koufax Division.
Bassin received the Steve 
LeVine Step Up to the Plate Award 
for becoming a league director 
this year and doing the league 
scheduling. He was chosen for the 
award by Betman and Kline, the 
other league directors.
“We want to make sure the 
league continues well in the future. 
It’s important to have new leaders 
like Matt,” Kline said. 

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