Swee Brand Works Makes winning Intergenerational 

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On Monday June 29, Swee Brand Works took to the upper field at Reis Park and a family feeling was in the air. Five sets of fathers and sons, the day began and mostly ended with the Sweeney clan. 

Eamon Sweeney doubled hard down the left field line to get Swee back into the game early, and four innings later, his father Bill also provided a boost by occupying the same real estate. Opening the rally that broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth, the younger didn’t mind laying the groundwork for his father.  “I think he copied me,” joked Eamon after the 13-3 win over Bull Trade Finder

Of course, Bull Trade crossed the plate first.  Joe Rossi singled, Luke Fedele singled, and after  Phil Foglia moved the runners up with a sacrifice fly to center, Luis Santos made the most of getting very little on the ball. His dribble down third base scored Rossi, and the visitors led 1-0.

Swee didn’t wait to get started either.  Johnny Kearney’s bloop to center was dropped, Stefan Swee and Steve Peters singled up the middle, and with one out, a tie loomed.  

Erik Swee’s grounder to short said as much, but the throw came home.  The force signaled, Vinny Costanzo’s fly to left center was a gimme, and the status quo was maintained.

Not for long, Nick Giannotti lined a single up the middle with one out, and Emilio Gonzales slapped an opposite field single to right.  An out later, Joe Rossi’s long fly to center was misjudged and both runs scored.

3-0, Bull Trade didn’t initially take advantage of prosperity on defense. A pair of errors put Chris Herzegovitch and Connor Fucci aboard.

First and second with no one out, the Bull trade defense switched gears.  A bloop to shallow left allowed Luis Rossi to get the force at third, and next the left fielder made a diving catch on Declan Talleur’s short drive into left.

 So a two out rally it was. After Eamon Sweeney’s single hit the left field line, Kearney was again the beneficiary of a drop.   All tied on the error, Kris Swee’s ground ball was too hot to handle at second, and Peters joined the brotherhood around a pair singles by Stefan Swee and Erik Swee.

Six in and up three, the Swee defense maintained the margin. With runners on first and second and two out, Marco Fedele’s sharp grounder to third looked like at least a run. Not quite, Costanzo made a diving stab and stepped on third to end the third inning threat.

The Swee guys weren’t the only ones to flash the leather, though. With runners on first and second in the bottom of the fourth, Eamon Sweeney’s dink into short center had Giannoti break in and makie a diving catch.

The margin remaining at three kept it a game, but by the fifth, Peters was done playing. He launched a bomb to deep center and touched ‘em all on an inside the park home run.

Then a little breathing room began with Anthony Costanzo hitting the left center field gap. Good for a stand up double, the blast was kind of a long time coming, according to the pinch hitter.  “Playing with my son, it’s great. That’s why I’ve held on to play so long,” said the 56 year old.

From there the singles wouldn’t stop. Six more runs came in, and Bull Trade went quietly in the seventh to end the afternoon.

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