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An important note to managers and players. In the event of rainy conditions, please do not leave the field before the scheduled game time unless absolutely certain the game can not be played, as umpires will not be calling games off prior to game time. The County diamonds are built with "red" clay/sand mix. It is designed to drain off and be broomed in the event of heavy rains. It by design does not allow most of the rain to soak in, instead, the water flows off when the rain stops. So, when raining, the fields puddle up and look horrible. However, if the rains stop, the fields drain relatively quickly. At (before) game time, if the weather has cleared after raining, test the baselines. If they are firm, attempt to broom off the field, as it is not saturated (after brooming off water, you will need to use metal rakes to rake out the low lying spots, and rake back in dryer material from a nearby higher graded spot, i.e. the low spot by each base from the area behind the base, or the batter's boxes from the area next to and behind the batter's boxes. If the baselines are mushy, then the field is saturated and you will not be able to play that day. Managers, you and/or some players on your team should have a few push brooms and a couple metal rakes when the weather makes playing conditions questionable. This weekend, both Harden and Simmons were broomed off and games were played after 40 minute delays (maximum allowed).

Check this website on days that weather makes game conditions questionable. We will post if games have been canceled 2 full hours before games are to be played. If there is no cancellation noted on this site 2 full hours before game time, please go to the field in anticipation of getting your games in.

Games of June 2 & 3

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 11 Johnny V's 10
Supreme Builders Finally found their winning ways in a nail bitter against Johnny Vs. The Builder's bats churned out 8 runs on 8 of their 18 hits in the first inning. Starter Brian Rennicke started the seventh inning with a 11-5 lead. However, opportunistic play by Johnny V's and defensive lapses lead to 4 unearned runs which narrowed the lead to one run. Chad Olson relieved Rennicke for the final out of the game to earn the save. Every batter in Supreme's lineup got a hit with Olson and Tommy Rapp having three each. Bry Rapp, Belter, Yach, and Baierl also had multi-hit games for the Builders. Johnny V's offense was led by leadoff hitter Dan Marx (3 hits, 3 runs) and Tony Jones (2 hits).

Franklin Barber Plumbing 3 O'Brien's / Milwaukee Harley Davidson 2
On a rain soaked Simmoms field at noon, O'Briens scored twice in the 4th on two throwing errors by Barber Plumbing after a great pitching duel between O'Brien's Dan Wilfrath and Franklin's Mike Slama. Barber Plumbing countered with three runs in the bottom of the 4th on 4hits. The teams finished a scoreless frame, and ended when rains came in caused the game to be shortened.

Long Wongs 5 PJ's Royals 1
Long Wongs' starting pitcher Josh Sopczak was chomping at the bit to get this game in after feeling slighted last year by an errant Royal comment, and with some help, raked and broomed Simmon's Field off to make it playable after an hour delay. Long Wong's gave Sopczak the lead he would need in the first, scoring two runs after leadoff hitter Aaron Krueger walked. Sopczak allowed one run in the first on three hits, but got out of the inning when right fielder Adam Graves made a perfect laser throw to cut-off man Krueger who wheeled and threw to catcher Evan Paydon who blocked the plate and put the tag on a Royal attempting to score. Sopczak then settled in and didn't allow another Royal threat in the complete game victory, with no more than one Royal reaching base in any other inning. Sopczak struck out three, popped up nine batters and induced eight ground outs- including four to third baseman Brian Jaeger who stamped 5-3 in the book flawlessly on the day. Wongs' outfielder John Wade put in his claim for toughest man in the league by staying in the game after taking a fastball to his equipment while squaring to bunt. Afterward at Long Wongs, Wade was heard saying, "man, it hurt...a lot."

Magoo's Indians 6 Colonel Hart's 5
Both teams worked hard to get the field in playing shape after rain came through before the start of the game. The Indians were in control early behind Justin Karpinski's pitching taking a 5-2 lead through 5 innings. Colonel Harts fought to tie things up in the in the 6th at 5-5. Doug Fremut held Colonel Hart's in check the rest of the way to get the save. In the 7th, Matt Imler sparked the Indians with a leadoff single, and the bases loaded and one out cacther Joe Oberlander scored the winning run on a wild pitch.

Milwaukee Police Department 13 Tracks 6
MPD took out some early frustration on the building Tracks squad scoring 13 runs in their first victory of the young season.

Varsity Club 5 Kasper's 4
Varsity Club knocked off Kasper's in another close game for the 2006 Champs.

South Milwaukee Arcade 17 Club Paragon / Milwaukee Sporting Goods 3
South Milwaukee brought their whoopin' sticks and sent the Phillies back to the bar to drown their sorrows in the every Sunday Bloody Mary Bar and have a great Club Paragon sandwhich from the full service kitchen.

Leff's / Spancrete 15 Treat's Blue Jays 6
Leff's cruised to the win against the regrouping Blue Jays. Leff's / Spancrete improved to 5-0 behind Jim Plaistad's solid pitching performance.