Brewskis Are the Queens of Women’s Softball, Dunne’s Quality Men’s Season
You have to give Michele Kilgallen credit. Kilgallen is the manager, coach and catcher for the newly sponsored Brewskis Softball Team in the White Plains Recreation Women’s Softball League.
Brewskis is the former Lazy Boy’s Saloon Women’s Softball team, who won the White Plains Recreation Women’s League Playoff Championship last season.
The Lazy Boy’s Saloon on Mamaroneck Avenue was sold after last year’s softball season. Consequentially, the new proprietor did not follow-up and sponsor the Women’s Softball team, which left Lazy Boy’s Championship team in jeopardy of not being able to defend their Title this season.
Furthermore, last year’s Lazy Boy’s Women’s team Manager and Head Coach stepped down, after having a baby during the offseason, which complicated the problem for the team to rejoin the White Plains Rec. League this year.
Nonetheless, Kilgallen, who is a die-hard softball competitor, took on the responsibility to find a sponsor and manage and coach the team. Through networking with her family and friends, Kilgallen found Brewskis Bar and Restaurant on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, willing to sponsor her Championship team.
“Brewskis is a great sponsor; they paid for our shirts, as well as when we go back to the bar after games they give us free food, a meal for the entire team, they have been really amazing,” acknowledged Kilgallen.
It is said that “one man’s loss is another man’s gain.” Well the same can be said for softball sponsors in the case of Lazy Boy’s transition to Brewskis. The Brewskis Women’s Softball Team did not only takeover from where Lazy Boy’s left off last season, they stepped it up a notch.
Kilgallen is smiling at this time. After all her work to secure a new sponsor, getting her players to return to the team, while also adding new players and managing the schedule; her newly sponsored Brewskis squad is in First Place in the White Plains Recreation Women’s Softball League with a 12-1 record.
In fact, Brewskis has won every game they played on the field of play this season. Their only loss came on a forfeit when a State of Emergency was issued due to a predicted rain storm, which never came to fruition. Under Kilgallen’s guidance, her players opted for safety and remained home.
“The one loss is a little regrettable for our record but when it comes to a human standing, I take the priority to make sure that everyone is home safe and take the forfeit,” said Kilgallen. “Whether the rains came or not, a State of Emergency is a State of Emergency and in my eyes people are more important then anything else,” emphasized Brewskis new Manager.
Brewskis success this season is more than remarkable, as they have risen to the top of the Women’s Softball League. After beating Specs Tators, 8-3, on Thursday, Aug. 6, Brewskis is 12-1 and lead the Women’s Softball League by at least seven games.
Kilgallen, who is Brewskis catcher, has kept her team focused on the field and her battery mate pitcher Ginny Lentino, has kept opposing hitters off-stride the entire season. Lentino is 12-0 on the mound this year.
Kilgallen, also has added leftfielder Barbara “St. Martin” DePesa, in leftfield, who is a righty batting pull-hitter, whose defense is as competent as her bat. DePesa’s nickname “St. Martin” is derived from her many vacation excursions to the Caribbean Island. “The girls are playing hard, we are playing tough ball and we are holding our own and we are excited about the upcoming playoffs,” stated DePesa, who is hitting about .500 this season.
Brewskis will not be caught this season, as the former Lazy Boy’s Women’s Softball team will certainly go into the playoffs as the White Plains Recreation Women’s League Regular Season Champions.
The only question that remains is whether Healy Electric, Vintage or Emmas will rise to the occasion and challenge Brewskis for that coveted White Plains Recreation Women’s Softball League Playoff Championship.
Dunne’s Pub Loses Manager and Pitcher Bill Davis, Jr.
Despite their loss to Riemans Auto Body, 12-5, on Thursday, Aug. 6, at Delfino Park; Dunnes Pub (9-3) is having a quality season in the White Plains Recreation Men’s Thursday Night Softball League.
Dunne’s missed an opportunity to secure second place when they lost to Riemans on Thursday. Riemans (9-3) is playing well and have been surging in the Men’s Thursday Night standings. After Thursday’s contest, Dunne’s Pub and Riemans remain tied for second place with Mansion on Broadway (10-2) staying in first place, after beating Plus 40, in a seventh inning Mercy Rule finish, 18-7.
However, it cannot be discounted that Dunne’s is missing a valuable member of their team and line-up. Dunnes Manager and Pitcher Bill Davis, Jr. missed the game against Riemans on Thursday and will be out for the remainder of the season with a torn labrum.
It will be up to longtime pitcher John Price, who started the Dunne’s Pub team with Bill Davis, Sr. over 15 years ago, to pitch Dunne’s into the playoffs and possibly win the Men’s Thursday Night Playoff Championship.
Bill Davis, Sr. who plays first base for Dunne’s, will take over as Manager. “We are having a great year but it is just with the rain make-ups that pushed back our season into September with vacations and a lot of our guys being football coaches, it hurts us a little towards the end of the year,” said Davis. “But we are ready to play anytime,” emphasized the Dunne’s leader.
