Corcoran Sunshine’s Division III softball team
By Omari Allen and Candace Taylor
From the July issue: It’s shaping up to be an intense summer for the city’s major residential real estate firms, not only at the closing table but on the playing field as well.
Several of the city’s major residential firms — the Corcoran Group, Prudential Douglas Elliman and Halstead Property — play against each other in the NYC Metro Sports League, which includes about 200 co-ed corporate softball teams from different industries.
The Douglas Elliman Rock Stars compete against the Halstead Homers and Corcoran Closers in the “serious and competitive” Division II, explained Mark Baum, an associate broker at Elliman and manager of Rock Stars.
Elliman also has another other team, the Greatest Hits, who play in the more-laid-back Division III, Baum said. Corcoran Sunshine’s team also plays in Division III.
Real estate brokers are naturally competitive, so for many of the players, the league is no laughing matter.
“We’re disciplined, and we’re serious about it,” said Baum, adding that “it’s more fun to win than lose.”
