If you were lucky enough to catch the late game Friday between Granny O'Shea's and Singletons, you saw one of the most exciting games played at Allen Park in years. O'Shea's built a 7-0 lead after three innings, but that's when H.R. Singleton's rallied for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth. Over the next two innings, "The Men in Black" forged five more runs, only to have Big Red counter with six of their own. After Granny O's tied the game at 14, Singleton's slammed eight more runs across the plate. Well, going away quietly into the night apparently was not on the minds of O'Shea's as they banged out eight runs in their half to tie the game at 22. But in the bottom of the inning, Big Red scored the winning run, ending a Friday night thriller 23-22, giving them a 3-2 record on the season. Leading the hit parade for Red was Paul Canalattos with four huge hits, contributing with three key hits were rookie Jim McQuade, Alan Rapfogel, Richie Smindak, Frank Gordon and a still red hot Gary Sacarro.

After scoring 22 runs in a win last week, Granny O'Shea's figured they would score 22 again Friday. And they did, but it wasn't enough to beat Singletons. Granny's jumped ahead thanks to a lead-off home run by Al Celeste and a three-run shot by Don Carlin. In the fourth, Grannys scored three more runs capped by a solo shot by Lenny Balestrieri to make it 7-0. The fifth inning found Mike Hadnagy, Mickey Newbeck and Bob Myers all hitting singles to load the bases. Mitch Maghakian then stroked a double to right center that bounded away for a bases-clearing celebration. In the eighth with Singletons leading 22-14, Grannys set the table again by loading the bases for the hot hitting Don Carlin. Don came through again as he cleared the bases for his stellar ninth RBI of the night and closed the Singletons' lead to four runs. The clutch hitting continued as Andy Cohen and Walter Hasemann singled and Brian Mulcahy crushed a three-run shot to deep center field to close the gap to 1. Mickey Newbeck then completed the comeback by hitting a game-tying RBI single. Singletons had one more chance to go ahead in the bottom of the eighth and added one last run to beat Grannys 23-22 in an exciting back and forth game. Tune in next week to see if Granny's can keep up this torrid pace against Hampton Air and try to pull out a win.

Barco continued its winning ways with a 17-14 victory over Built-More Builders to improve to 4-0-1. Barco opened the game up with six runs with the first six batters registering hits and scoring. Barco continued hitting and opened up what should have been a comfortable 15-5 lead until BMB scored eight in the seventh to cut the lead to 15-13. Barco responded with two more in the eighth, which turned out to be the last inning, on Kevin Moloney's HR to provide a little breathing room. It was a team effort for Barco as 11 players had RBIs with Kevin Moloney leading the way with four on a 4-4 night. Also coming up big for Barco were Dave Saur (3-3) Phil Tripoli (2-3) and Terry McPartland (3-4). Why is Barco's Dennis Ryan now known as "Green Light"? Just ask "Sponge-Bob" Bob Diamond. Bob was cruising (?) into third on his triple when "Green Light" sent him home. Unfortunately not only was Bob in need of oxygen, but the infield already had the ball. So to say Bob was out by a mile may be a bit understated.

For BMB the seventh inning was great, but not enough to hang with Barco. Kris Solberg, Tyrone Walker, Jerry Mazza, Pete Mendelson, Tom "T" Ball, Tommy Dittmeier, Marc Fischer, newlywed Bino Reverberi, Richie D'Amico and John Defalco all banged out hits in the inning to help BMB get back in the game. Joe Cipolla hit the ball hard all night with a homer and single and Jerry Mazza had four hits, but BMB fell to 1-4. Congratulations: Bino!

Just another great game by Moby, both on defense and at the plate on the way to a 12-8 win over Synergy. Moby banged out 21 hits, including two homeruns, back to back in the third inning, a three-run shot by John Gaffney followed by a solo homerun by Henry Hasemann.

Last week for Moby, Anthony Canavaciol hit a three-run homer over the fence on the 60-foot field, what a shot. Scott Entwistle, pitching for the first time ever, threw an incredible game.

Also last week, the early game between Singleton's and Built More Builders started out with an early advantage for BMB, but Big Red quickly took over, winning 29-10. Hot hitting by Benny Alberto, Alan Rapfogel, and Dennis Passarretti all with four hits each, (including Alan Rapfgels nine RBIs and H.R.) With three big hits each were Paul Canalattos, Larry Greishaber, and a white hot Gary Saccaro. (Paul and Tommy Sorrentino also with long homeruns) Frank Gordon pitched a solid five innings while also getting on base all five times and scoring four runs.

Finally, the entire league would like to express its condolences to several players and their families: to Pat Concessi, formerly of Bar Boy and his son Robert who plays for BPT on the passing of Anita Concessi, Pat's wife and Robert's mother; to Bill Sutherland from Mers on the passing of his dad and to Tom Giorelle of Hampton Air who also lost his father. Our prayers are with you.