BY CHANDLER KIDD
The game must go on.
Brighton Beach ball players
hit the fi eld on Sunday to honor
a slain friend at the 12th annual
Anthony Senisi Memorial Softball
Game — a tradition one local
hopes will outlive them all.
“Even if we can’t run, this
game is going to go on forever,
or until all of us die,” said Howard
Sosner, a pal of the late
Brighton Beacher. Senisi, a
family man and local plumber,
was stabbed in the back amid a
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tragic case of mistaken identity
on Aug. 4, 2007.
Every year since, locals
have stepped up to the place
for the memorial softball game
held on the fi rst weekend of
August, where his friends and
family take a swing at keeping
memory alive in the spirit
of fun, camaraderie, and good
sportsmanship.
And without any well-defi
ned teams, or scoreboard,
there are no losers at the Anthony
Senisi Memorial Softball
Game — only winners.
This year’s game featured
a new banner baring
Senisi’s moniker, and the
old sign was given to Sensi’s
son, James, who was only 11
when his father died.
Sadly, an early organizer
of the game, Bill Fallon, died
earlier this year, leaving it
up to Sosner to carry on the
tradition.
“I am picking up the torch
and not letting this game die,”
Sosner said.
The hometown sluggers (left) who played in the Anthony Senisi memorial
softball game pose for a photo. James Senisi (above) signs the old banner
honoring his late father, Anthony Senisi. Photos by Steve Solomonson
Annual memorial softball
game is a home run!
Parties welcome for all occasions
Special 3 Course Dinner Menu
$2995 pp
Music: Thurs. - Sun.
1464 86th Street (between 14th & 15th Ave.)
718-236-9883
Established 1971
GERRITSEN BEACH
FLAG FOOTBALL
AGES: 6-16
4 DIVISIONS – 60 PLAYERS PER DIVISION
DIVISION DETERMINATION IS BASED ON DOB (SEPTEMBER 1ST 2019)
AND PLAYER SKILL LEVEL.
PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR CHILDS BIRTH CERTIFICATE
TO REGISTRATION.
REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE $175.00. WE ANTICIPATE TEAMS TO FILL UP
QUICKLY, SO PLEASE DO NOT WAIT TO REGISTER.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS 8/31/19 NO EXCEPTIONS.
REGISTRATION DATES
SUNDAY JULY 21ST
SUNDAY JULY 28TH
SUNDAY AUGUST 4TH
SUNDAY AUGUST 11TH
SATURDAY AUGUST 24TH
SUNDAY AUGUST 25TH
SATURDAY AUGUST 31ST
10AM-12PM
10AM-12PM
10AM-12PM
10AM-12PM
10AM-12PM
10AM-12PM
10AM-12PM
LOCATION: THE COURT CLUB @ 2648 GERRITSEN AVENUE.
SEASON BEGINS SEPTEMBER 15TH 2019
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT
DAVE DRESSMAN (347)-409-8090 OR (347)-444-3019