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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, AUGUST 11, 2019
BY CHANDLER KIDD
The game must go on.
Brighton Beach ball
players hit the fi eld last
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 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 welldefi
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 (right) 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
Memorial softball game is a home run!
LOST
CAT
Named Rosie,
knows her name,
3 years old,
no micro chip,
no collar,
spayed
Last seen East 64th
Street in Mill Basin
on Tuesday 8/6.
If you see her or have
any information
please call Natalya
917-808-7097
GENEROUS REWARD!