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Manager Update

Just 1 more game before the all-star break...

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GAME 78 - JUNE 24 - RADIO BROADCAST

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Cannonball Redding with his 5 and 7 record
Will be facing A. J. Tucker

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Santop out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Cannonball rocks and fires
There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker
Hill sprints over, and makes the catch
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Here's Jeff Nights
We're in the top of the 1st
Redding has the sign from Santop
The pitch is on the way
Nights hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Brown dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Willard Brown!
Two down
Santop asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Santop and Redding

Making his way up is Pflaggstettler
Redding is slow to get ready

He has a 2.81 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Santop fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Pflaggstettler
Redding sets the All Stars down in order

FOFC has taken the field
In the home-half of the first inning

Let's take a moment
To line up the visitors' defense...
In leftfield for FOFC this
afternoon is Ton...
with Tucker in center and
Pflaggstettler in right
Around the diamond, from third to first
It's Palmer, Nights, Treacy and Potpie...

The battery consists of
Williams on the mound
and Bullock behind the plate...

First batter for the Twos
will be Spotswood Poles
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Poles looks to third for a sign
Spotswood is set for the pitch
Williams brings it to the plate
Stroked to short
Clean single for Poles
Spotswood Poles wastes no time
getting things going in the first inning

Poles inches away from the base
Williams steps off the rubber
Looks Poles back to the bag

Wright squares around
He lays a beauty down the first base line
Williams and Potpie collide
going for the ball
Williams recovers, picks it up
and fires to first
OUT!!
Credit Wild Bill Wright with a sacrifice
One out
Due up next is Willard Brown

Brown moseys up to the plate
Louis Santop is heading for
the on-deck circle
Brown is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Williams studies his sign
Williams brings it to the plate
Brown goes after Williams' fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Ton is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
Willard just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the Negro
League II shortstop
Two down

Santop is up now for Negro League II
A base hit should score Poles
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Williams fires
Santop tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Williams took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Santop way out in front
John Williams holds the Twos
scoreless in the first

Jeeberoni Potpie stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the top of the 2nd
We're scoreless
Potpie needs to get on...
He has a .375 on base percentage
Potpie waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The windup, the pitch
Hard slider...
Potpie swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Poles is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Jeeberoni

FOFC third baseman, Deacon
Palmer, is up next
Deacon Palmer is hitting .296 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Waiting for the pitch is Palmer
The righthander delivers
Palmer raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Marcelle just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
That's one away

One out, nobody on base
K. A. Ton is the batter
Ton is one of the most feared sluggers
The right-hander Redding is
set to deliver to Ton
Bankhead comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Redding
The delivery
Ton swings
It's a drooper into shallow left field
Brown is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
That's the second out of the inning

Billy Bullock will step in
to face Redding next
If he gets on, Sean Treacy will follow
Bullock is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a respectable .280 for FOFC

Bullock is set for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
And that retires the side

The first baseman Wilson
will lead off for the Twos
He'll be followed by Sam Bankhead
And then Oliver Marcelle
Wilson a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
Jud is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch
Williams kicks and fires
Hit right back to Williams
On to first and Wilson is gone
With one down, up next is Sam Bankhead
To be followed by Oliver Marcelle

Now batting will be Sam Bankhead
The second baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads Negro League II by 1 run
Williams is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch to Bankhead...
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Bankhead hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Bankhead moves away from first base...
He has 6 stolen bases on the season
Williams' move keeps Bankhead guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

And it brings up Oliver Marcelle
On deck is Pete Hill
Cannonball Redding in the hole
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Williams checks Bankhead on first...
The 2-1 delivery
Screaming liner towards second
Treacy grabs it for the out
He fires it to Potpie
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for the Twos
After 2 innings in Negro League
II this afternoon,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Here's the second baseman Treacy
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by John Williams
And then A. J. Tucker
So far this season
Treacy is hitting .291
when facing righthanded pitching
Treacy is waiting on the pitch
Here's the 3-2 pitch
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Treacy was frozen on that
fastball by Redding
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Williams finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Redding toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Santop
Redding winds and delivers
Right down the middle... strike three
Williams must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two up, two down

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Cannonball Redding steps off
the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 3-1 offering
Tucker swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Tucker will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 15 games!
1 for 2 on the afternoon

Jeff Nights will get a crack
at Redding next
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Nights goes through his routine
of settling in
Redding steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Redding goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Tucker
Fires to Wilson...
Tucker is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Redding comes home
Swung on and missed by Nights,
he's down on strikes
That ends the top of the 3rd
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

The Twos will send
Hill, Cannonball Redding,
and Spotswood Poles up
to the plate this inning
Williams steps on the rubber
The lefthander winds and delivers
Slider, inside corner of the plate...
Swung on...
Slashed over the infield...
Single for Hill...
He takes a big turn and holds up

Potpie and Hill are cracking up
Joe Carter must've told 'em a good joke
We'll have to ask what it
was after the game

Cannonball Redding squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer
Palmer looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Redding
But Hill moves up
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Spotswood Poles is up next
Hill, who can fly is at second
Williams and Bullock will be on their toes
FOFC is only ahead by 1
Poles has managed a .374 average
against lefthanders this year
Poles awaits the delivery
Nights trying to slip in behind Hill
Now he slips away
Here's the 1-1 offering
Poles hits a three hopper
towards John Williams
Williams scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's two away

Next up is Wild Bill Wright
Hill is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
Wright, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the
lefty John Williams
Wright awaits the delivery
Here comes the cripple pitch
Base hit to left for Wright
Willie Randolph is giving
the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Next up is Willard Brown, the
Negro League II shortstop
Brown is 0 for 1 today
Williams is happy with the sign
It's coming down the pike
A slider by Williams
Brown gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
The side is retired
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Santop fires the ball down to Brown
He starts it around the infield
To Bankhead, Wilson
And then to Marcelle walking
it over to Redding
Pflaggstettler steps in to
face the righthander
Here we go in the top of the 4th
Pflaggstettler has a .320 average against
righthanders this season
Three straight balls...
Now Pflaggstettler has to zone
in on this next offering
Will Dick Howser give him the hit sign?
He brings it home
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk
Redding isn't happy at all with that call

Potpie saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Redding steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Redding goes into his stretch...
Looks at Pflaggstettler...
He fires one to Wilson...
Pflaggstettler dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Wilson lobs it back
Now Redding comes home
Potpie watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Jeeberoni,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Redding just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
And there's one away

Palmer now at the plate
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Palmer can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Right-hander Redding eyes
the righty Palmer
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...

SAFE!
Wilson tosses it back to Redding
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to left for Palmer
Third base coach Dick Howser
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Pflaggstettler will stay at second

K. A. Ton is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
K. A. is hitting at .255 on the year
He has 25 hits in 98 at bats
This includes 4 doubles, 2 triples
7 home runs and 17 RBI's
Redding squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Redding checks the runners
Hard slider...
And Ton takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
The score is knotted at 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean with the lead over
Japanese League 3 to 0
Gonzalez has hit his 15th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 1 to 0
NL Post WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 4 to 2
AL Post WWII besting Left Outs 6 to 1
Negro League I winning over
Old Timers 7 to 1

FOFC sends the catcher,
Billy Bullock, up to the plate
Two men on, two men out
Redding eyes Bullock intently
Redding's righthanded delivery...
Strike Three!
Redding has now struck out 8
and we are only in fourth!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Shadowball Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
Negro League II has one run,
4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Negro League II has stranded 2

The catcher Santop will
start things off for the Twos
Santop is 0 for 1 today
Williams is ready quickly
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Santop!
One up, one down for Negro League II

Coming up for Negro League
II is Jud Wilson
Nobody on base, one out
Wilson is batting .271 with
9 HR's this year
Williams adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Nights
It's by him...
Ton comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Wilson to a single

Bankhead is up next
Negro League II has a runner
at first and one out
Bankhead grips the bat handle
Sam seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The lefty Williams delivers
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Ton reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
With two gone, The score is knotted
at 1 in the bottom of the 4th

Marcelle leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Oliver seems to always make contact
He rarely strikes out
A good man for the hit and run
Marcelle awaits the pitch
Williams' 2-2 pitch...
Base hit to right for Marcelle
Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign...
Wilson will stay at second

First base coach Joe Carter wants
a word with Marcelle...
Now we're all set to go...
Pete Hill steps in
Hill is at .288 on the season
Williams looks down at
Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
Williams brings it to the plate
Change up, belt high...
Hill drills a shot out into right
Pflaggstettler gloves it cleanly
on the first bounce
Wilson scores from second...
And into third goes Marcelle
As the throw comes into second
Hill comes through in the clutch!

Cannonball Redding is up next
Negro League II's pitcher
finds 2 on with 2 outs
Cannonball takes a couple of practice cuts
Redding is poised and ready for the pitch
The runners take their leads
The southpaw delivers
Redding swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
And that will do it for Negro League II

Sean Treacy to lead things off for FOFC
Negro League II with a 1 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Treacy will be batting
lefty versus Redding
The switch hitter is 0 for 1 today
.266 average on the year
Last time up Sean struck out
Treacy gets ready for Redding's pitch
His bat is cocked
Now Cannonball delivers
Treacy lifts a flyball towards
Spotswood Poles
Poles seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Poles stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Poles
One away...
Wilson is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Marcelle also...
Now they return to their positions

Up next for the visiting All Stars
John Williams, their pitcher
Williams scuffs up the
lines around the box
The bat is cocked
The windup, and the 0-1 pitch
It's a high fly to deep center
Wright is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Wild Bill jumps...
Leaping catch... No, it
pops out of his glove
Williams will get a two-base hit

That'll bring up All Stars' center
fielder A. J. Tucker...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Stepping out, Tucker looks into the dugout
Steps back in
He's waiting on the pitch
Still waiting...

Now he steps out of the box...
We have a game of cat and mouse going on
OK, now we're ready to go
as Tucker steps back in
The righthander Redding delivers
Fastball, belt high, away...
Tucker goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Poles
Poles is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
And there's two away

The shortstop, Jeff Nights
is up for the All Stars
We are in the top of the 5th
Nights steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeff is 0 for 2 today
Redding gets the sign, it's one he likes
Cannonball looks over his
shoulder at Williams
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Nights hits a high pop into
short left field
Marcelle and Brown sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Poles
Brown puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Poles!!
Nights chokes in the clutch!
That's all for FOFC
After 4 and a half innings in Negro
League II this afternoon,
Negro League II on top 2 to 1

Poles is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Poles steps out of the box...
Looks towards Willie Randolph for a sign
Poles waits
Here's his delivery
Hard ground ball to the mound
Fielded nicely by Williams
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One gone for Negro League II

Planting his right foot
Wright is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Wright
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The lefthander delivers
Hot shot grounded to first
Potpie to Williams covering first
Score It: 3-1
Two down
John Williams retires
the first two batters in a row

Brown coming up for Negro League II
Nobody on, two away
Brown is batting .243 with
7 HR's this year
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Williams is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Brown rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Palmer
Brown takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Ton to get
that ball in quickly

Brown watches Williams carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
From the lead looks like Brown may go...
Throw to first, back in time...
Close play...
Now he's staying closer to the bag

Louis Santop steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Brown is at first
We'll see how they pitch to Santop
Williams has the sign from Bullock
Williams brings it to the plate
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Ton
And he pulls it in
That's all for the Twos
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
After five complete...
Negro League II on top 2 to 1

Persimmon Pflaggstettler up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Persimmon is batting .313 with
12 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 1 today
Persimmon stands with bat ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Marcelle and skips out to Poles
Pflaggstettler rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Pflaggstettler returns to first
as Spotswood gets a nice
throw in to Bankhead

Potpie gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler takes his lead
Santop flashes the sign to Redding
Redding goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler
He lobs one to Wilson...
Pflaggstettler is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Redding comes home
Look out...
Down he goes!
It hit him!
Potpie will be awarded first
Doesn't appear to be hurt
Pflaggstettler will advance to second

Palmer departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
The outfield shades towards
left for Palmer
Palmer gets set for the pitch
A check on the runners... the pitch
Here's a slow curve...
Palmer slashes a shallow fly towards Poles
He's charging hard... dives...
Makes the catch!
With one gone
FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

With one out, and two men on
Ton strides purposefully to the plate
Ton is 0 for 2 today
K. A. struck out last time around
Ton concentrates...
The runners take their leads
He's holding the bat down on the end
And the delivery by Redding
Base hit to left for Ton
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Santop is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Good,)...
Pflaggstettler scores!

Billy Bullock is up next for FOFC
One out, top of the 6th
The score is tied at 2
Sean Treacy is on deck
Billy has 2 strike outs today
Not unusual for him, though
He has a nasty habit of doing that
Bullock, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Redding
The righthander Redding's delivery
Bullock takes inside, for a ball...
Bullock will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Potpie and Ton move up
Sean Treacy is up next for FOFC

Treacy saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Treacy is hitless today, 0 for 2
Sean flied out in his last at bat
Treacy is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Redding looks at all the runners
A 3-1 count
Here's the pitch
Treacy drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Ton and Potpie will score
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Treacy

John Williams, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Williams swinging from the right side
facing the righty Redding
Redding likes the sign
Redding looks over at Bullock, then Treacy
Now here's the 3-1 offering
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Marcelle
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is beating Japanese
League 4 to 0
AL Pre WWII slipping by Turn
of Century 2 to 0
NL Post WWII is edging
Dead Ball Era 4 to 3
AL Post WWII is comfortably
ahead of Left Outs 7 to 1
Negro League I is destroying
Old Timers 12 to 3
Leonard has hit his 15th homerun
for Negro League I

They are going to put Tucker on...
Santop reaches out to receive ball four
Well, all the ducks are on the pond
Let's see if that was the right call

So with 3 on and 2 outs
the All Stars send their shortstop,
Jeff Nights, up to face Redding
Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
The pressure is on Redding now
Redding brings it home
It is a high hard one...
Nights goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Nights couldn't hold back
And that retires the side

As we go into the last half of the 6th
Jud Wilson will be up to face Williams
Negro League II needs 2
to knot this one up
We have a 4-2 score here
at Shadowball Stadium
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Wilson is 1 for 2 today
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 3-1 pitch
Hanging curveball...
Wilson times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Tucker doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Wilson
That was way over the fence

That'll bring up second baseman
Sam Bankhead...
FOFC out in front by 1
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Bankhead is taking his practice swings
Sam is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Bankhead waits
The southpaw delivers
Bankhead slaps a hard grounder past short
Ton is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Bankhead will hold with a clean single

Marcelle up
The Twos have Bankhead on first
Oliver is 1 for 2 this summer afternoon
He singled in his last plate appearance
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
The pitch to Marcelle...
Marcelle drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
One gone for Negro League II

Bankhead moves away from first base...
He has 6 stolen bases on the season
From the lead looks like
Bankhead may go...
Throw to first, back in time...
Close play...
Now he's staying closer to the bag

Coming to the plate is Hill
Bankhead's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Williams
So far this year Hill is batting .290
He has 21 doubles, 7 triples
6 homeruns with 39 RBI's
and 3 stolen bases
Hill waits for the pitch
Here comes the cripple pitch
Hill laces a hit into the outfield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Hill holds with a single

And there's a bunt toward the mound
Williams pounces on it quickly...
Quickly checks third...
But the only play is to first
Redding is out but he advances the runners
Two down

Poles is up now for Negro League II
Poles, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the
lefty John Williams
The umpire says let's go
Poles is ready
The lefty Williams delivers
It's a high bouncer to short
Nights waits for it to come down
Snap throw to first...OUT!
Spotswood leaves the Negro League
II faithful disappointed
That's it for Negro League II
FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has 3 runs,
11 hits and no errors
Negro League II has now left
6 runners stranded

Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
Jeeberoni Potpie, and
Deacon Palmer are due up
Persimmon is hitting at .315 on the year
He has 82 hits in 260 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 5 triples
12 home runs and 48 RBI's
He's ready
With a 2-2 count, the pitch
Pflaggstettler fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of third
Marcelle is over quickly
Easy out
And there's one away

Nobody on base, one away
Potpie steps into the batter's box
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Redding has the sign he wants
Redding brings it home
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Cannonball
Redding here this afternoon
Negro League II gets the second
out of the inning

Palmer digs in at the plate
Ready now for Redding to come set
Palmer is one of the best hitters around
Redding is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this afternoon
He has the sign...
Redding kicks, delivers
Strike three called
A slider that broke over
Number 11 for Cannonball Redding today!
93 on the year
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in Negro
League II this afternoon,
FOFC leads 4 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 7th
Wright is talking to Bullock
Wright has hit 11 home runs this year
The right-hander Fozborg is
set to deliver to Wright
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Wild Bill Wright swings at the curve...
He hits a deep drive...
This one may be out of here...
Pflaggstettler racing back...
Back...
IT'S GONE!
A solo shot to tie the game
The score is knotted at 4

Brown gets set at the plate
Brown is at .246 on the season
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
Sirr winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Brown tries to hold up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
One down, nobody on
Game tied

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Louis Santop
Santop is batting .293 with
13 HR's this year
Fozborg rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Here's the 1-0 pitch
Santop connects
It's a deep fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is racing back
He's turned the wrong way
He leaps, twists...
What a recovery!
Santop is out!
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Jud Wilson
to get a new bat
Let's point out that Negro League II
is 3 and 7 in their last ten games

Now batting will be Jud Wilson
Wilson has a .259 average against
righthanders this season
After getting set, Wilson
waits on the pitch
Here's his delivery
Wilson swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That is the third out for
Negro League II here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45629

Here's Gerald Gazelle leading off
Billy Bullock is on deck
And Barrett Blade is in the hole
Before getting ready
Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment
He's in his crouch
Gazelle can really swing that wood
Redding brings it to the plate
Hit to third... and right at Marcelle
He juggled that ball a bit, but held on
Gerald takes his seat
With one gone
FOFC will have Billy Bullock coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Billy Bullock up
The score is tied
Bullock a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Redding
Bullock waiting on the delivery
Redding kicks and delivers
And Bullock is down on strikes...
Redding keeps mowing them down
That one gives him 12 this afternoon
Two down
Santop asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Santop and Redding

That'll bring up Barrett Blade
Dan Fouts will follow if Blade gets aboard
Santop is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Redding's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Blade steps into the box
Blade goes through his routine
of settling in
Redding is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 12 this afternoon
He has the sign...
He brings it home
It's grounded past the mound
Bankhead races to his right
Brown to his left
Bankhead scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Wilson...
Barrett beats it out!

Blade represents the go-ahead run
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th
Dan Fouts is walking toward home plate
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Fouts at the plate
Redding ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Hill one hands it...
OUT!
That'll do it for FOFC
So we're still tied
After 7 and a half innings
Negro League II has 4 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 4 runs,
8 hits and no errors

Sam Bankhead is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Negro
League II to get things going
Bankhead steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Sam is 2 for 3 today
Bankhead waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-1 offering
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Bankhead is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
One down for Negro League II
Oliver Marcelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League II

Oliver Marcelle, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Marcelle is 1 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Marcelle is set
Fozborg goes into his windup
And here's the 0-2 offering
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 40 on the season for Fozborg
We're all tied up at 4 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean clipping Japanese League 4 to 0
Cuellar comfortably ahead for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Turn of Century 3 to 0
Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII is on top of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 9 to 7
Negro League I is running roughshod
over Old Timers 16 to 3
I'd hate to be Cummings right now!

Facing Fozborg now is Hill
Cannonball Redding heads
to the on deck circle
Spotswood Poles waits in the hole
Pete steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hill is 3 for 3 today
He singled last time up
Fozborg gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Fozborg kicks and fires
Soft liner to first
Potpie makes a nice play on it
Score It: 3
We head to the 9th...
The scored is tied, 4-all

FOFC will send Tucker,
Jeff Nights, and Persimmon
Pflaggstettler to face
Cannonball Redding this inning
Tucker is 1 for 3 today
Redding is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The righthander delivers
Shallow fly ball
Hill charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
One up, one down

Now here's Nights
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 0 for 4 this afternoon
He's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Brown...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Redding retires two in a row

Pflaggstettler goes back to get a new bat
The game is tied here in
the top of the 9th
Now he jogs to the plate
Pflaggstettler is taking
his practice swings
Persimmon is 1 for 3 this afternoon
He lined out last time at bat
Cannonball looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Cannonball is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Ball four is the call
Redding can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Redding
Pflaggstettler takes first base

Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
Potpie is hitting .307 against righties
Potpie is set for the pitch
Redding brings it to the plate
Strike three!
Potpie goes down for the 3rd time
Redding gets the hat trick
on Jeeberoni today
The All Stars are gone in
the 9th... they get
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the bottom of the 9th...
We're all tied up at 4

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Buck O'Neil will bat for
Cannonball Redding
It will be the righthand hitting, O'Neil
against the righty Fozborg
O'Neil is hitting righties
for a .111 average

O'Neil saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bullock flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Sirr rocks and fires
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Nights races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Nights
Score It: 6
One down for Negro League II
Spotswood Poles is still
in the on-deck circle
and Wild Bill Wright is looking
for a bat in the dugout

And up steps left fielder Spotswood Poles
Any old kind of run will do...
Score is 4-4
Poles grips the bat handle
Poles waits for the delivery
And now the pitch...
Poles cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Poles was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Spotswood was a little overanxious

Wright is strolling to the plate
with the score tied at 4 apiece
Any ol' kind of run wins it...
Wright can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Fozborg looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Another hook for strike three!
Wright just stood there looking
And we go to extra innings!
Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming
on to pitch for Negro League II
Double-Duty has appeared in
39 games this season
He has a record of 3-3
in 62 innings
His ERA stands at 5.11

Gonzalez will come up to lead off
the top of the 10th for FOFC
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Radcliffe has the sign from Santop
Radcliffe rocks and fires
Fastball over the plate
Gonzalez swings and sends a
shot to deep right-center
Wright and Hill are converging
toward the fence
Wright has a chance...
He goes up for it...
Man alive! He pulls it down!
Fantastic play by Wild Bill
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Caribbean topped Japanese League 4 to 1
AL Pre WWII squeezed by Turn
of Century 3 to 1
Dead Ball Era edged out
NL Post WWII 6 to 5
Bender the winner, he's now 3-1
Spahn takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-5
Left Outs edged out AL Post WWII 11 to 10
Negro League I man-handled
Old Timers 16 to 3
Clarkson takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-7
Day the winner, he's now 5-2
And in our contest We're all tied up at 4

One away, nobody on base
Gazelle stands ready at the plate
Gazelle is at .259 on the season
Gerald waits...
He steps out as Radcliffe takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the 3-1 offering
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Radcliffe's obviously peeved at that call
But Gerald tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Gazelle watches Radcliffe carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Radcliffe continues to hold
the runner close

Bullock comes to the plate
One out, Gazelle at first
Bullock wiggles the bat above his head
Bullock is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Radcliffe
He's waiting for the pitch
And the delivery by Radcliffe
Slow curve, up high...
Bullock sends a hard grounder to first
Wilson takes it on one hop
Fires to Brown for one
Back to first...
The throw is wide, Billy is safe
That's two away

With a runner at first and two outs
Blade walks to the plate
Blade looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 1 on the day for Barrett
And Double-Duty studies the
sign from Santop...
Now he's got it
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Radcliffe needs to come in with this one
Base hit to left for Blade
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Bullock will stay at second

Cito Gaston is visiting the mound...
He's going to leave Radcliffe in the game
Fouts steps in
Two out, Blade at first, Bullock at second
Radcliffe is ready quickly
A check on the runners... the pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Bankhead
Over to Wilson
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 9 and a half innings
Negro League II has 4 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 4 runs,
9 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 11 stranded
Negro League II has failed to bring home 7

Willard Brown up first for Negro League II
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Against righthanders
Brown is hitting .259
Brown is set for the 2-0 pitch
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Brown pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gazelle will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Brown retreats to first
after a wide turn

Brown edges away from the bag
Santop takes the curve...
Now Brown extends his lead...
Kronside is not paying enough attention
The pitch...
And Brown breaks for second!
Bullock is up and firing...
Brown is in there under the tag
Not a strong throw by Bullock

Louis Santop steps into the box
Santop is hitting .289
against righthanders
Santop awaits the delivery
Jace looks over his shoulder at Brown
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
One away, two to go in the
bottom of the 10th

Wilson strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Wilson is batting .275 with
10 HR's this year
Bullock flashes the sign to Kronside
Here's the righthander's delivery
Wilson swings and misses, strike three!
Jud chased a curve ball in the dirt

Sam Bankhead is up next
The Twos' second baseman
finds 1 on with 2 outs
A base hit should score Brown
Both managers are at the top
of the dugout steps...
Kronside looks down at
Bullock for the sign
Now he's ready
The righthander Kronside delivers
There's a jam shot off the
hands of Bankhead
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Barrett Blade
And that will do it for Negro League II

FOFC will send Tucker,
Jeff Nights, and Persimmon
Pflaggstettler to face
Double-Duty Radcliffe this inning
Tucker looks down toward
the third base coach
Tucker waits anxiously for the delivery
Now Double-Duty delivers
It's a smash over first
Wilson leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Tucker makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Nights showing bunt...
He lays it down
Oliver Marcelle looks at second
But goes to first...
Out... Tucker advances to 2nd
A sacrifice for Jeff Nights
One down late in the game
Close ball game...
FOFC just needs one run to take the lead
Two more chances to get
Brown in from second

So that brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler
the FOFC right fielder
One out, man on second
Radcliffe steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Brown trying to slip in behind Tucker
Now he slips away
Here's the 3-1 offering
Grounded towards the bag
Marcelle grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3

Walking up to the plate now is Potpie
Jace Kronside waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Potpie
He's 1 for 4 today
Radcliffe looks down at
Santop for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander Radcliffe's delivery
Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Potpie
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
That retires the side...
Potpie fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Oliver Marcelle stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Marcelle gets set
He's 1 for 4 so far
Kronside is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Kronside gets the sign from Bullock
It's coming down the pike
Marcelle starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Kronside walks him

Making his way up is Hill
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Hill has hit 7 triples this year
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Pete gets the bat back...
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Negro League II tries the hit and run!
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Hill gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
To second for one
Over to first...
OUT!
Smooth "DP" by FOFC

Now batting for the Twos...
Dick Lundy...
He'll pinch hit for Double-Duty Radcliffe
Spotswood Poles is on-deck

Nobody on and The score is knotted at 4
bottom of the 11th
Dick Lundy will try to get something going
Right-hander Kronside prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Lundy
The righthander winds and delivers
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie to Kronside covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's it for Negro League II
Here at Shadowball Stadium,
After 11 innings,
Negro League II has 4 runs,
13 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 4 runs, 10
hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 7 on base
FOFC has stranded 12
Ray Brown will be coming on to
pitch for Negro League II
Ray has appeared in 21 games this season
with a record of 0-3
In 37 innings, he has an 6.27 ERA
Double-Duty Radcliffe has
finished his work
here this afternoon

Terp heads for the plate
leading off this inning for FOFC
Brown likes the sign
Windup by Brown
And the pitch
It's a routine fly into left
Poles ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
FOFC with one away
Brown steps off the mound as
he waits for Gerald Gazelle to
come to the plate

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
It's a tie ballgame
Gazelle has hit 10 home runs this year
Right-hander Brown eyes the righty Gazelle
With a 3-1 count... here's the pitch
Gazelle swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Marcelle
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Gazelle rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead

One on, one out
Bullock walks to the batter's box
Santop flashes the sign...
Brown waves it off...
Now he's happy
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Gazelle dives back in!...
SAFE!
Wilson tosses it back to Brown
Now here's the pitch
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Brown
Throw to second for one
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Gazelle, is out
Two gone for FOFC

Barrett Blade will face Brown
Righty against righty
Blade has hit 1 home run this year
Ray gets the sign from Santop
Brown looks at the runner
The pitch
Breaking ball, at the belt...
Swung on and clubbed to left-center
It's into the alley...
Poles and Wright after it...
Bullock will score
Wright has it against the fence...
Throws hard to third...
Blade slides spikes first...
The ball is there...
He's called safe, with a triple!
Brown may have been cut...
The trainer comes out...
Looks like Brown is OK
Tay Pemup returns to the dugout

Fouts, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 5 to 4
2 men away, Blade on third
Brown takes the first sign
Blade is dancing off third
Brown is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
He goes after the low and
outside slider...
Looped just beyond the infield dirt...
Wright is coming hard...
Stretches for it...
And can't get it...it drops in...
He blocks it with his chest...
After a huge turn, Fouts
hustles back to first
The run scores on the single

Cito Gaston is visiting the mound...
He decides to stick with Ray Brown
A. J. Tucker stands in for FOFC
We're in the top of the 12th
Brown is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Brown looks in...
Now he's ready
Now Ray delivers
Ground ball to first
Wilson flips to Brown covering
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores
These scores are final...
Caribbean cuffed Japanese League 4 to 1
Gonzalez has hit his 16th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII squeezed by Turn
of Century 3 to 1
Dead Ball Era edged out
NL Post WWII 6 to 5
Left Outs nipped AL Post WWII 11 to 10
Negro League I pulverized
Old Timers 16 to 3
Clarkson takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-7
Day the winner, he's now 5-2

Spotswood Poles will lead off for the Twos
The top of the line-up here
for Negro League II
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Knowles brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Poles swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So one up and one gone

Wild Bill Wright plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder for
Negro League II appears set
Wright wiggles the bat above his head
One strike on the batter, Wright...
Sammy winds his right arm
Lets it go
It's a high fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Knowles
Willard Brown will be next up...

Up now for Negro League II is Brown
Two away, nobody on
Knowles steps on the rubber
Knowles brings it home
There's a fly ball to Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler circles under it...
This one would end the inning...
He makes the play
And that will do it for Negro League II
FOFC wins 6 to 4
Kronside gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Brown takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Barrett Blade
He was 3 for 3
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League II.

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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League II Twos 6/24/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Twos AB R H RBI AVG
A.Tucker CF 6 0 2 0 .302 S.Poles LF 6 0 1 0 .307
J.Nights SS 5 0 0 0 .280 W.Wright CF 5 1 2 2 .318
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 1 0 .313 W.Brown SS 6 0 2 0 .247
J.Potpie 1B 5 2 1 1 .286 L.Santop C 5 0 0 0 .291
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 1 0 .310 J.Wilson 1B 5 2 2 1 .274
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Bankhead 2B 5 0 2 0 .295
E-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .288 O.Marcelle 3B 4 0 1 0 .167
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Hill RF 5 1 3 1 .291
G-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .143 C.Redding P 1 0 0 0 .222
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-B.O'Neil PH 1 0 0 0 .150
K.Ton LF 3 1 1 1 .260 D.Radcliffe P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-G.Gazelle LF 2 0 1 0 .267 F-D.Lundy PH 1 0 0 0 .219
B.Bullock C 5 1 0 0 .271 R.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .000
S.Treacy 2B 3 0 1 2 .270
A-B.Blade 2B 3 1 3 1 .252
J.Williams P 3 0 1 0 .107
C-D.Fouts 3B 3 0 1 1 .246
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 48 6 13 6 Totals 44 4 13 4

A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Treacy In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Williams In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Redding In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Radcliffe In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 12th Inning

All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 13 0
Twos............ 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Williams 6 11 3 3 0 2 1 103 3.66 A1 D1
S.Fozborg BS(1st) 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 33 2.58 D2 E2
J.Kronside WIN(6-1) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 26 1.58 E3 E9
S.Knowles SAVE(14th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.59 F1
Totals 12 13 4 4 1 8 2

Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Redding 9 8 4 4 4 13 1 159 2.91 A1 E4
D.Radcliffe 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 33 4.95 E5 F4
R.Brown LOSS(0-4) 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 20 6.57 F5
Totals 12 13 6 6 5 14 1

ATTENDANCE- 45,629 DATE- Sunday, June 24th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 4:07
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:13 Twos: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Twos: 0
DOUBLES- S.Treacy(8th), J.Williams
TRIPLES- B.Blade(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(20th), W.Wright(12th), J.Wilson(10th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Brown(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Nights, W.Wright, C.Redding-2
WALKS- A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler-2, G.Gazelle, B.Bullock, O.Marcelle
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie
STRIKE OUTS- J.Nights-2, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie-4, D.Palmer, K.Ton,
B.Bullock-3, S.Treacy, J.Williams, S.Poles, W.Wright, W.Brown,
L.Santop-3, J.Wilson, O.Marcelle
GIDP- P.Hill

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STANDINGS AT THE BREAK


American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Old Timers OTH 47 33 .588 ---- 74
2001 Negro League I NLO 47 34 .580 .5
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 44 35 .557 2.5
2001 Late 20th L20 41 39 .513 6.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 39 42 .481 8.5
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 36 43 .456 10.5
2002 Japanese League JLP 21 59 .263 26.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 52 27 .658 ---- 71
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 51 32 .614 3.0
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 42 38 .525 10.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 40 42 .488 13.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 37 44 .457 16.0
2001 Left Outs LOH 35 44 .443 17.0
2001 Negro League II NLT 30 50 .375 22.5

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PLAYER STATS AT THE BREAK

Primary Player Statistics For 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans Totals After 79 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
R.Carew .369 59 244 40 90 6 4 2 14 23 32 2 4 2 3 3 11
G.Kell .333 13 15 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
C.Yastrzemski .324 53 74 14 24 5 1 3 9 14 13 1 0 2 0 1 1
B.Robinson .308 16 52 9 16 3 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0
R.Yount .307 76 283 36 87 13 5 3 31 26 38 5 6 5 4 1 8
T.Williams .291 74 254 48 74 13 1 18 49 64 42 2 0 7 0 0 3
C.Fisk .287 29 94 13 27 6 0 5 14 12 15 0 0 3 0 0 0
L.Aparicio .286 10 14 6 4 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
M.Mantle .278 74 273 59 76 9 4 25 71 43 78 0 0 6 2 1 2
Y.Berra .274 60 197 20 54 11 2 8 33 15 20 4 0 5 0 0 2
A.Kaline .274 54 106 16 29 3 2 6 21 11 13 1 0 4 0 1 2
R.Jackson .271 63 218 37 59 8 1 17 42 31 61 3 0 5 3 1 3
N.Fox .260 27 104 13 27 3 0 0 7 1 14 2 1 2 0 0 1
G.Brett .246 71 280 48 69 14 2 10 38 25 31 0 2 12 1 0 13
H.Killebrew .231 77 294 41 68 13 1 13 47 31 65 6 0 18 0 0 4
L.Doby .200 30 55 11 11 1 0 3 9 11 13 1 0 0 0 1 0
P.Rizzuto .000 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .133 79 150 7 20 3 0 0 8 2 56 0 36 1 0 0 2
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .273 2711 740 23 404 498 49 17 52
79 420 112 115 311 29 74 10


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
H.Newhouser 5.12 3 4 .429 20 16 3 0 0 109.0 139 74 62 9 49 69
B.Feller 5.25 7 10 .412 25 21 3 2 1 140.2 144 94 82 20 73 112
C.Hunter 5.49 5 8 .385 22 15 0 0 0 101.2 119 71 62 19 40 41
R.Fingers 5.52 3 3 .500 30 0 0 0 11 31.0 49 23 19 7 5 28
W.Ford 5.61 3 3 .500 38 0 0 0 1 59.1 71 40 37 8 32 34
N.Ryan 6.02 5 6 .455 20 18 0 0 0 113.2 108 84 76 21 74 111
H.Wilhelm 6.15 4 2 .667 45 0 0 0 3 74.2 94 52 51 16 35 53
J.Palmer 7.04 6 7 .462 25 9 1 1 0 70.1 86 57 55 19 31 44
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.71 43 79 7 16 810 444 339
36 .456 79 3 700.1 495 119 492
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans Totals After 79 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
S.Rice .500 21 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
E.Combs .429 13 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Ruth .337 75 288 60 97 22 2 25 60 41 54 1 0 9 2 2 7
H.Greenberg .333 16 45 5 15 2 0 3 8 3 10 0 0 1 0 0 1
L.Gehrig .322 79 292 56 94 21 5 20 51 62 50 2 0 5 1 1 8
A.Simmons .315 69 305 36 96 21 5 12 42 12 46 1 1 11 0 1 2
B.Dickey .308 65 250 25 77 15 0 13 39 17 30 0 0 5 0 0 3
E.Averill .305 46 164 24 50 13 2 8 34 19 18 6 1 6 0 0 1
H.Manush .297 19 37 3 11 0 0 2 9 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0
C.Gehringer .293 73 314 48 92 22 4 6 39 33 30 2 0 3 1 0 2
J.Cronin .263 77 278 34 73 12 3 5 31 30 49 1 13 9 4 0 7
J.Sewell .245 65 216 19 53 16 1 0 14 24 16 3 0 9 0 1 6
L.Appling .243 27 37 4 9 3 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2
J.Dimaggio .227 43 163 18 37 8 1 5 22 11 20 1 0 4 0 0 0
R.Ferrell .226 20 62 6 14 2 1 0 4 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 1
T.Lazzeri .195 27 87 10 17 5 3 1 5 16 23 1 1 4 0 1 3
B.Doerr .111 5 9 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
ALL PITCHERS .150 79 206 13 31 5 0 0 6 10 71 0 35 7 0 0 4
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .279 2762 771 29 366 435 54 9 48
79 376 167 101 294 18 78 7


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
R.Ruffing 2.48 2 1 .667 10 3 1 1 1 29.0 20 8 8 2 6 11
L.Grove 3.02 9 5 .643 17 17 8 5 0 134.0 99 49 45 10 52 82
T.Lyons 4.09 10 1 .909 23 12 6 0 0 116.2 122 60 53 13 37 19
R.Faber 4.17 4 6 .400 22 13 5 0 0 116.2 126 63 54 12 47 46
L.Gomez 4.26 3 8 .273 17 17 4 0 0 118.1 108 62 56 9 59 67
W.Hoyt 4.26 2 4 .333 24 0 0 0 1 44.1 41 22 21 5 15 21
C.Mays 4.42 8 6 .571 19 17 6 2 0 130.1 129 70 64 10 49 32
S.Coveleski 6.92 6 4 .600 17 0 0 0 3 26.0 30 20 20 4 21 6
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 -1
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.03 35 79 30 5 675 320 286
44 .557 79 8 715.1 354 65 284
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Caribbean Estrellas Totals After 81 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
A.Ohms .300 46 60 9 18 6 1 0 5 5 4 0 0 2 6 1 1
P.Coimbre .295 76 308 38 91 16 3 11 36 17 55 4 1 7 1 0 3
A.Pacheco .288 76 309 37 89 20 6 7 33 25 39 5 5 4 11 3 14
M.Gonzalez .281 76 285 36 80 11 1 16 46 20 35 0 0 6 1 1 3
D.Concepcion .277 69 260 25 72 12 2 3 26 7 20 1 1 7 4 6 10
H.Espino .275 39 91 13 25 7 0 5 12 20 14 2 0 2 0 0 0
T.Oliva .275 68 244 40 67 16 5 9 29 11 35 8 1 3 4 1 2
M.Minoso .275 46 102 16 28 3 2 2 15 3 16 1 0 0 8 2 1
O.Linares .260 65 262 31 68 21 0 10 34 15 45 3 0 10 6 2 3
P.Cepeda .253 62 221 34 56 14 0 13 47 20 32 4 0 2 4 1 4
A.Lopez .240 12 25 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Puente .233 44 73 10 17 2 0 0 6 8 7 1 1 2 1 0 0
R.Avila .231 11 26 6 6 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
P.Mesa .221 75 317 34 70 14 3 1 16 29 32 0 6 3 18 9 0
K.Hernandez .206 45 102 8 21 8 2 1 8 7 17 1 0 4 0 0 1
ALL PITCHERS .183 81 164 6 30 1 0 1 7 4 53 0 21 2 0 1 6
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .261 2849 744 25 322 409 38 64 49
81 343 153 79 194 30 54 27


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
M.Garcia 2.78 2 3 .400 29 1 0 0 2 45.1 44 14 14 6 15 18
J.Mendez 3.46 6 8 .429 19 19 6 2 0 132.2 110 53 51 16 31 91
J.Molina 4.05 2 0 1.000 9 1 0 0 0 20.0 21 10 9 2 9 9
L.Tiant Jr. 4.15 3 2 .600 13 13 1 1 0 84.2 95 40 39 5 33 66
M.Cuellar 4.53 4 10 .286 20 20 2 1 0 129.0 130 72 65 15 57 87
D.Martinez 4.86 2 2 .500 29 0 0 0 2 53.2 57 30 29 6 17 32
L.Tiant Sr. 5.01 6 7 .462 20 20 2 1 0 125.2 131 75 70 19 49 105
A.Luque 5.61 5 5 .500 39 1 0 0 2 59.1 81 39 37 8 23 21
F.Valenzuela 6.08 4 5 .444 32 6 0 0 0 74.0 87 53 50 11 40 60
L.Salazar 8.10 3 2 .600 14 0 0 0 6 13.1 19 12 12 4 5 8
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.59 44 81 11 12 775 376 279
37 .457 81 5 737.2 398 92 497
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts Totals After 81 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Cobb .397 79 302 66 120 22 8 4 62 43 27 2 0 6 26 8 10
J.Jackson .355 78 299 49 106 20 11 2 52 30 32 3 0 4 21 2 6
G.Sisler .335 48 188 30 63 12 3 1 19 7 12 1 1 4 6 9 1
E.Collins .334 75 287 67 96 14 4 6 33 47 31 4 5 2 19 16 7
H.Baker .307 66 251 27 77 13 6 7 53 20 34 4 4 8 7 4 5
T.Speaker .301 74 272 64 82 20 5 11 58 40 41 1 0 3 16 3 1
E.Roush .275 13 51 9 14 3 1 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 1
J.Tinker .266 23 79 2 21 1 1 1 15 2 7 0 2 5 3 1 5
F.Chance .259 56 201 33 52 7 6 1 27 16 18 7 9 2 15 7 6
B.Mazeroski .250 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Schalk .248 65 222 21 55 3 1 1 22 27 29 3 0 1 3 1 3
B.Wallace .238 80 303 29 72 16 3 2 39 22 37 1 6 3 4 2 11
Z.Wheat .227 24 44 5 10 1 0 1 7 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 1
J.Evers .179 15 39 5 7 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
H.Hooper .158 20 19 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
M.Carey .077 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .172 81 221 15 38 6 0 0 9 13 67 0 25 6 0 0 5
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .293 2795 818 50 403 349 53 128 62
81 425 141 37 279 27 46 55


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
T.Brown 2.83 2 5 .286 25 0 0 0 4 35.0 37 14 11 2 15 15
W.Johnson 3.31 10 5 .667 17 17 11 1 0 141.1 110 54 52 14 40 96
E.Cicotte 3.46 0 0 ---- 11 0 0 0 0 26.0 31 11 10 1 9 12
E.Walsh 3.97 7 9 .438 18 18 11 2 0 138.1 147 74 61 15 40 82
J.Chesbro 4.29 7 5 .583 16 15 6 1 0 109.0 110 61 52 9 30 45
E.Plank 5.14 3 10 .231 16 16 6 0 0 117.1 121 77 67 7 54 72
J.McGinnity 5.31 7 7 .500 20 15 6 1 0 118.2 130 76 70 10 55 33
C.Bender 6.34 3 1 .750 17 0 0 0 0 32.2 42 23 23 5 15 19
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.34 42 81 40 4 728 346 258
39 .481 81 5 718.1 390 63 374
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 1000 FOFC All Stars Totals After 79 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
H.Hays .319 44 160 18 51 2 1 6 21 6 29 1 2 5 0 0 2
P.Pflaggstettler .313 73 262 49 82 14 5 12 48 46 52 0 3 11 5 0 1
D.Palmer .310 57 197 22 61 9 2 4 23 18 35 1 1 6 0 1 8
A.Tucker .302 77 325 52 98 9 6 2 30 28 54 0 4 1 14 3 3
S.Gunner .288 54 156 23 45 16 1 10 28 16 21 6 0 1 0 0 1
D.Gonzalez .288 45 80 5 23 3 0 2 10 12 10 1 0 5 0 0 1
J.Potpie .286 72 245 50 70 11 0 20 52 24 60 12 0 2 1 0 1
J.Nights .280 68 282 43 79 21 1 7 36 19 40 0 6 4 1 1 8
B.Bullock .271 47 155 21 42 7 0 11 32 12 36 0 0 6 0 1 2
S.Treacy .270 52 141 15 38 8 1 0 9 17 30 2 2 3 0 1 5
G.Gazelle .267 41 86 19 23 2 1 10 20 19 25 0 1 2 1 0 1
K.Ton .260 39 100 19 26 4 2 7 18 16 18 0 0 5 0 0 2
B.Blade .252 59 159 17 40 8 3 1 9 18 24 7 1 5 2 0 0
D.Fouts .246 46 122 17 30 5 0 9 18 6 23 2 1 3 0 0 6
K.Terp .143 32 63 5 9 5 0 0 2 4 5 0 3 2 0 1 1
ALL PITCHERS .101 79 169 6 17 4 0 0 5 7 78 0 26 1 0 0 6
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .272 2702 734 23 361 540 50 24 48
79 381 128 101 268 32 62 8


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
J.Kronside 1.58 6 1 .857 36 0 0 0 7 45.2 34 11 8 1 20 43
S.Knowles 1.59 0 0 ---- 25 0 0 0 14 22.2 18 4 4 0 7 22
S.Fozborg 2.58 2 0 1.000 24 2 1 0 1 52.1 50 20 15 4 22 42
A.Mighty 3.18 6 5 .545 17 17 1 0 0 121.2 104 50 43 10 40 101
B.Babson 3.27 6 7 .462 17 17 3 0 0 113.0 95 44 41 13 26 96
J.Rodney 3.29 5 2 .714 28 0 0 0 1 41.0 28 16 15 3 19 44
R.Nielsen 3.38 10 4 .714 18 17 4 4 0 125.0 105 47 47 15 52 125
J.Williams 3.66 7 1 .875 12 12 0 0 0 76.1 85 33 31 7 24 35
B.Knowles 4.73 5 3 .625 29 0 0 0 3 32.1 37 18 17 2 10 25
O.Hunter 4.94 5 4 .556 15 14 0 0 0 85.2 91 50 47 11 36 54
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 3.37 27 79 9 26 647 268 256
52 .658 79 6 715.2 293 66 587
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2002 Japanese League HOF Players Totals After 80 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
I.Suzuki .274 76 329 41 90 8 3 3 22 10 34 1 3 2 12 6 1
T.Wakamatsu .253 66 229 30 58 16 1 6 22 26 44 3 9 3 2 1 4
T.Kawakami .251 61 215 21 54 11 1 3 16 21 25 0 2 3 3 2 2
Y.Fukumoto .250 17 16 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 4 1 1
S.Oh .241 79 278 44 67 5 0 26 58 35 55 3 0 3 0 2 8
S.Kinugasa .232 41 142 9 33 3 2 3 17 3 34 0 0 3 0 0 2
K.Nomura .230 73 269 38 62 15 0 10 42 43 45 2 0 8 4 1 2
S.Nagashima .225 63 222 30 50 10 3 9 28 28 50 2 1 7 3 2 3
I.Harimoto .221 78 285 37 63 8 2 8 33 29 51 3 2 6 2 1 5
M.Matsubara .217 79 295 19 64 8 1 4 31 10 32 1 2 11 3 2 10
H.Kato .190 33 42 7 8 1 0 1 3 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
H.Ochiai .158 39 38 2 6 1 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
K.Yazawa .154 27 26 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Tabuchi .133 11 30 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
K.Yamamoto .107 34 103 6 11 0 0 3 7 12 23 0 1 2 0 1 1
ALL PITCHERS .113 80 159 8 18 3 0 1 9 6 52 0 16 2 0 0 5
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .223 2678 596 13 292 471 36 33 44
80 299 91 78 241 16 53 19


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
E.Sawamura 2.16 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 6 16.2 12 5 4 2 7 12
K.Inao 2.45 4 7 .364 15 15 3 1 0 110.0 103 34 30 11 35 62
S.Sugishita 3.83 2 6 .250 16 16 2 0 0 98.2 103 45 42 9 29 57
M.Kaneda 4.56 4 7 .364 20 20 1 0 0 136.1 157 72 69 15 52 102
K.Suzuki 4.74 1 4 .200 28 0 0 0 1 38.0 54 21 20 2 9 27
T.Bessho 4.95 3 11 .214 16 16 4 0 0 107.1 118 62 59 18 25 69
V.Starffin 5.25 2 5 .286 32 1 0 0 0 70.1 75 43 41 11 37 32
H.Nomo 7.52 1 10 .091 15 12 0 0 0 79.0 89 68 66 19 44 54
T.Yoneda 9.00 1 1 .500 13 0 0 0 0 20.0 32 21 20 4 10 10
H.Fujimoto 11.03 1 7 .125 30 0 0 0 1 40.0 67 51 49 8 28 26
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.03 59 80 10 8 810 400 276
21 .263 80 1 716.1 422 99 451
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars Totals After 80 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Gwynn .332 45 187 26 62 21 1 0 19 12 15 0 1 10 2 0 2
K.Puckett .321 71 265 34 85 18 5 12 30 13 44 4 0 4 0 1 2
P.Molitor .316 18 38 7 12 2 2 2 6 2 3 0 2 3 0 1 2
O.Smith .308 33 26 9 8 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 0
C.Ripken .301 76 266 43 80 24 3 9 36 32 36 0 0 3 0 0 6
M.Piazza .291 46 158 24 46 10 1 9 31 20 31 0 0 6 1 1 3
R.Sandberg .270 51 189 25 51 6 0 6 28 19 33 0 2 4 1 0 2
W.Boggs .261 74 268 31 70 13 2 2 26 48 32 3 4 9 1 1 8
G.Carter .256 53 156 19 40 5 2 7 20 12 15 0 0 6 2 0 2
R.Henderson .242 63 223 30 54 8 3 1 21 32 40 5 0 7 17 7 1
D.Winfield .231 43 160 18 37 3 3 5 19 6 31 2 2 2 3 3 0
C.Biggio .228 63 136 20 31 2 2 1 8 16 29 4 1 1 10 3 1
E.Murray .221 64 222 27 49 5 1 8 30 30 21 1 0 13 3 1 0
J.Rice .211 42 142 10 30 3 1 3 13 5 27 1 0 4 0 0 3
M.McGwire .210 43 100 10 21 4 0 6 18 12 19 3 0 5 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .140 80 171 10 24 3 0 0 17 8 69 0 27 1 1 0 6
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .259 2707 700 27 325 448 39 47 38
80 343 127 71 270 23 78 18


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
T.Glavine 2.83 8 3 .727 16 13 0 0 0 89.0 75 28 28 5 28 33
R.Clemens 2.90 9 5 .643 18 18 7 4 0 130.1 109 44 42 6 47 135
R.Johnson 3.05 7 9 .438 17 17 3 1 0 127.0 112 48 43 12 49 130
B.Sutter 3.14 1 2 .333 36 0 0 0 10 63.0 46 24 22 6 25 53
G.Maddux 3.36 7 5 .583 16 16 2 2 0 109.2 105 45 41 12 23 72
P.Martinez 3.95 3 4 .429 12 12 0 0 0 70.2 68 35 31 12 15 89
G.Gossage 4.05 0 2 .000 16 0 0 0 8 13.1 12 8 6 4 5 14
J.Smoltz 4.63 3 3 .500 23 2 0 0 1 56.1 59 30 29 8 19 39
D.Eckersley 6.56 2 1 .667 12 2 0 0 1 23.1 32 17 17 4 4 13
J.Franco 7.43 1 5 .167 25 0 0 0 1 40.0 58 33 33 4 21 32
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 3.64 39 80 12 21 676 292 236
41 .513 80 9 722.2 312 73 610
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Left Outs Leftovers Totals After 79 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
C.Hafey .333 12 12 3 4 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
W.Stargell .318 48 66 15 21 4 0 6 20 15 21 0 0 2 0 0 0
A.Vaughan .314 78 258 46 81 10 4 7 35 44 23 3 3 7 2 0 8
J.Foxx .303 76 304 65 92 17 3 19 61 42 73 0 0 8 1 1 4
G.Goslin .300 78 287 56 86 12 6 13 43 31 51 6 0 6 4 1 7
E.Slaughter .294 24 17 3 5 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
H.Heilmann .293 74 280 53 82 20 5 15 46 36 27 1 0 11 0 1 3
B.Herman .291 32 134 23 39 4 0 3 18 12 21 1 1 4 1 0 1
J.Robinson .288 72 288 44 83 14 4 3 41 36 30 6 0 4 7 2 9
H.Wilson .282 42 103 21 29 9 1 7 21 14 25 1 0 3 0 0 1
M.Cochrane .275 62 255 41 70 10 1 7 33 34 28 0 8 8 2 0 3
D.Snider .263 62 243 49 64 9 1 20 53 34 50 0 0 4 1 1 1
W.McCovey .255 51 192 32 49 12 1 13 45 23 35 4 0 3 0 1 2
F.Robinson .250 55 160 21 40 10 1 7 29 15 21 2 0 7 0 0 7
L.Boudreau .222 27 36 2 8 3 0 0 3 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
R.Kiner .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Irvin ---- 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .208 79 159 12 33 3 0 1 13 13 56 0 37 2 0 0 2
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .281 2795 786 27 466 471 49 18 48
79 487 138 123 358 25 71 7


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
E.Wynn 4.90 1 7 .125 43 2 0 0 0 86.1 76 56 47 8 48 40
F.Jenkins 5.03 7 4 .636 20 17 2 1 1 127.0 163 79 71 19 39 86
S.Carlton 5.43 4 4 .500 20 16 1 0 0 106.0 124 66 64 17 32 83
R.Roberts 6.19 4 11 .267 24 22 3 0 0 133.2 182 101 92 33 37 60
H.Pennock 6.61 8 6 .571 38 3 0 0 1 79.0 119 62 58 12 31 35
D.Sutton 7.06 4 4 .500 20 15 0 0 1 95.2 130 75 75 16 34 57
D.Drysdale 7.53 5 3 .625 33 0 0 0 5 43.0 58 39 36 9 22 28
B.Lemon 9.13 2 5 .286 28 4 0 0 1 45.1 65 46 46 7 33 17
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 6.15 44 79 6 9 917 489 276
35 .443 79 1 716.0 524 121 406
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals Totals After 83 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
S.Musial .351 70 205 44 72 13 5 18 46 29 24 1 0 6 0 0 2
P.Rose .333 34 84 8 28 6 0 2 11 9 10 2 2 2 2 1 0
T.Perez .333 15 12 3 4 1 0 2 7 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
R.Clemente .331 73 302 47 100 17 7 13 44 18 56 1 0 10 2 1 2
R.Schoendienst .318 14 44 9 14 4 0 1 3 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 2
W.Mays .312 67 266 51 83 13 3 21 53 31 45 1 1 9 0 2 1
O.Cepeda .287 37 129 14 37 8 0 4 11 6 23 1 0 4 0 0 3
E.Mathews .286 65 213 46 61 7 0 26 50 33 40 2 0 4 2 0 5
E.Banks .282 81 305 53 86 16 1 27 59 28 47 4 0 11 2 2 3
H.Aaron .270 68 263 51 71 15 0 20 50 28 37 3 0 13 3 0 0
J.Morgan .264 75 284 67 75 12 3 14 31 50 36 7 3 2 27 7 6
M.Schmidt .247 47 93 24 23 4 1 10 22 16 16 1 0 2 0 0 2
J.Bench .234 69 252 28 59 10 0 10 34 28 48 2 0 7 1 1 3
R.Campanella .196 16 56 8 11 1 0 4 8 10 14 0 0 3 0 0 1
B.Williams .192 46 120 9 23 7 0 3 16 10 17 1 0 3 0 1 0
R.Ashburn .188 16 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Reese .167 8 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
L.Brock .000 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
ALL PITCHERS .128 83 196 12 25 4 0 6 18 4 66 0 20 3 0 0 4
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .272 2853 777 20 464 490 26 40 35
83 479 138 181 309 27 81 16


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
T.Seaver 3.44 8 1 .889 15 15 7 0 0 107.1 123 43 41 14 31 81
S.Koufax 3.50 8 2 .800 19 17 6 1 0 121.0 105 51 47 15 27 120
J.Bunning 4.26 3 9 .250 33 2 1 1 12 57.0 64 28 27 4 30 34
P.Niekro 4.28 5 3 .625 36 0 0 0 0 54.2 59 28 26 6 22 36
G.Perry 4.64 7 4 .636 28 4 0 0 1 73.2 79 38 38 14 35 37
J.Marichal 4.98 10 6 .625 23 21 2 1 0 137.1 155 81 76 18 41 93
B.Gibson 4.99 7 2 .778 19 16 3 1 0 113.2 111 63 63 20 39 83
W.Spahn 5.02 3 5 .375 32 8 2 1 4 84.1 85 48 47 13 31 37
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.39 32 83 21 17 781 365 256
51 .614 83 6 749.0 380 104 521
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals Totals After 80 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
L.Waner .500 12 14 3 7 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
J.Medwick .380 22 92 12 35 12 1 0 11 1 16 0 0 4 0 0 0
J.Bottomley .375 11 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
C.Klein .360 45 189 28 68 17 0 7 34 9 29 0 0 3 0 2 2
J.Mize .336 41 146 32 49 10 2 9 27 19 16 0 0 2 0 0 2
T.Jackson .324 17 71 7 23 4 0 2 11 5 9 0 4 2 0 0 1
E.Lombardi .320 38 122 20 39 6 0 4 15 11 9 4 0 6 0 0 2
P.Waner .309 67 249 50 77 11 7 7 33 19 28 2 7 3 1 0 1
M.Ott .294 78 293 60 86 9 1 24 56 43 42 1 0 3 1 2 3
K.Cuyler .289 41 135 23 39 7 2 2 19 13 19 3 0 3 6 2 0
G.Hartnett .287 49 181 29 52 11 0 8 25 20 32 0 2 7 1 0 1
P.Traynor .287 76 303 39 87 7 5 7 47 17 41 4 0 9 1 3 9
R.Youngs .286 28 28 4 8 0 3 0 4 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
R.Hornsby .285 76 298 47 85 19 5 8 47 36 51 1 0 9 2 2 6
B.Terry .281 46 160 15 45 9 2 2 32 15 21 0 0 6 0 0 3
F.Frisch .272 72 316 58 86 15 6 3 33 24 26 0 3 5 6 0 10
F.Lindstrom .167 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
D.Bancroft ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .151 80 219 11 33 4 0 0 16 12 82 0 22 5 1 0 3
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .291 2830 823 34 415 429 39 20 43
80 439 142 83 251 16 68 12


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
D.Vance 3.12 4 3 .571 31 0 0 0 1 52.0 54 18 18 4 13 45
D.Dean 3.18 3 2 .600 19 2 1 0 7 34.0 29 17 12 1 20 21
P.Alexander 4.16 10 5 .667 20 19 7 2 1 140.2 140 73 65 20 51 83
E.Rixey 4.19 6 8 .429 16 16 7 1 0 124.2 133 64 58 14 30 51
B.Grimes 4.47 7 4 .636 26 9 5 0 0 106.2 113 55 53 11 40 45
C.Hubbell 5.32 7 8 .467 16 16 7 0 0 111.2 144 71 66 21 32 52
R.Marquard 5.94 4 8 .333 15 14 5 0 0 97.0 128 70 64 12 35 58
J.Haines 6.02 1 0 1.000 17 4 1 0 2 43.1 52 29 29 11 20 25
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.63 38 80 33 11 793 365 241
42 .525 80 3 710.0 397 94 380
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Negro League I Ones Totals After 81 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
J.Gardner .386 48 57 15 22 2 0 1 10 4 10 0 2 1 1 0 1
C.Bell .349 78 315 48 110 15 7 4 39 31 25 4 3 5 44 23 6
W.Wells .317 79 268 45 85 15 8 7 43 32 33 15 4 7 7 9 4
B.Mackey .317 17 41 4 13 1 2 1 4 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 1
J.Gibson .315 74 276 54 87 13 3 14 44 39 44 9 0 5 0 0 6
R.Dandridge .311 39 135 19 42 8 1 1 21 8 10 3 2 3 2 0 2
B.Leonard .298 76 255 42 76 14 1 15 46 32 33 1 1 4 1 0 4
T.Stearnes .276 59 228 28 63 14 1 13 41 19 34 4 1 8 2 1 4
P.Lloyd .267 65 262 38 70 11 5 5 37 29 43 0 3 3 16 2 7
O.Charleston .266 71 248 37 66 7 1 15 36 27 46 1 0 7 3 3 3
C.Torriente .265 55 185 20 49 7 0 9 23 13 36 1 0 2 7 1 0
M.Dihigo .264 66 239 36 63 14 10 6 23 24 41 0 4 6 5 2 2
M.Suttles .179 39 95 11 17 2 0 3 8 12 24 0 0 2 0 0 2
J.Johnson .143 11 21 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
F.Walker .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .177 81 181 9 32 5 1 0 13 13 50 0 28 6 1 1 0
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .284 2807 798 41 389 438 48 91 42
81 408 128 94 290 39 59 42


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
B.Foster 2.17 3 2 .600 29 1 0 0 5 45.2 41 13 11 1 16 21
L.Day 2.91 5 2 .714 11 10 2 1 1 68.0 56 28 22 6 27 32
S.Paige 3.27 7 7 .500 19 18 8 1 0 137.2 138 56 50 13 49 108
H.Smith 3.38 9 3 .750 16 15 5 0 1 114.1 114 46 43 10 36 47
W.McDonald 3.86 2 1 .667 22 1 0 0 12 25.2 28 13 11 3 12 4
B.Rogan 4.27 9 5 .643 18 17 5 2 0 126.1 124 65 60 11 58 106
R.Foster 5.13 0 2 .000 30 1 0 0 0 54.1 70 35 31 7 12 25
D.Barnhill 5.66 3 5 .375 31 0 0 0 3 41.1 46 27 26 5 27 28
S.Williams 5.98 9 7 .563 19 18 1 0 0 114.1 149 81 76 19 43 78
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.08 34 81 21 22 766 330 280
47 .580 81 4 727.2 364 75 449
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Negro League II Twos Totals After 80 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
B.Taylor 1.000 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
W.Wright .318 76 321 47 102 16 5 12 51 12 51 1 2 1 12 5 10
S.Poles .307 78 336 57 103 17 8 6 44 21 36 0 2 3 36 14 4
S.Bankhead .295 80 285 32 84 18 7 3 29 28 31 1 4 5 6 7 7
L.Santop .291 65 227 36 66 6 0 13 30 30 48 3 1 7 0 0 4
P.Hill .291 80 296 40 86 21 7 6 39 17 35 7 3 9 3 3 2
N.Allen .284 31 74 9 21 7 0 0 6 14 3 3 1 1 3 2 3
J.Beckwith .276 69 272 34 75 14 4 16 42 19 56 0 0 5 3 0 6
J.Wilson .274 80 325 38 89 32 0 10 42 18 37 0 0 11 0 0 7
P.Davis .250 4 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
W.Brown .247 66 263 38 65 12 3 7 31 23 21 2 0 6 9 3 15
D.Lundy .219 52 64 7 14 1 0 0 2 10 9 0 2 1 0 2 0
D.Malarcher .176 11 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
B.Demoss .167 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
O.Marcelle .167 23 36 2 6 0 1 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
B.O'Neil .150 45 40 4 6 2 1 0 6 5 8 1 1 0 1 0 0
D.Radcliffe .067 15 15 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1
L.Easter .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q.Trouppe .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Crutchfield .000 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
S.Hughes ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .171 80 164 8 28 4 1 0 15 4 51 0 22 1 2 0 7
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .273 2764 754 37 344 401 40 79 67
80 359 152 73 206 18 51 39


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
D.Dismukes 2.81 2 3 .400 20 0 0 0 9 25.2 25 13 8 2 11 6
C.Redding 2.91 5 7 .417 17 17 4 0 0 127.0 117 48 41 9 60 95
V.Mathis 4.04 4 6 .400 18 18 2 1 0 120.1 117 58 54 11 53 62
B.Holland 4.61 1 2 .333 15 7 0 0 0 52.2 61 33 27 5 20 31
D.Radcliffe 4.95 3 3 .500 40 0 0 0 1 63.2 72 35 35 8 21 38
M.Manning 5.49 8 6 .571 40 1 0 0 0 83.2 99 56 51 12 33 44
R.Brown 6.57 0 4 .000 22 1 0 0 0 38.1 51 28 28 3 14 20
C.Brewer 7.13 4 8 .333 16 15 2 0 0 88.1 102 74 70 11 51 73
F.Wickware 8.25 3 11 .214 21 21 1 0 0 116.2 163 111 107 23 73 93
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.29 50 80 9 10 807 421 336
30 .375 80 1 716.1 456 84 462
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Old Timers Ancients Totals After 80 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
C.Comiskey .432 13 37 8 16 3 0 0 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
D.Brouthers .405 65 227 38 92 14 5 4 42 27 17 4 0 4 9 2 3
R.Connor .387 31 31 3 12 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
E.Delahanty .338 75 281 57 95 28 2 8 61 37 39 2 1 6 6 4 1
S.Thompson .324 68 284 52 92 21 7 11 53 20 45 5 1 4 5 4 2
T.McCarthy .323 54 198 24 64 7 1 2 29 19 20 1 2 2 10 7 1
B.Hamilton .320 71 266 57 85 9 3 1 25 51 27 4 4 0 27 15 5
K.Kelly .312 61 234 45 73 15 2 3 27 16 24 0 13 6 17 5 2
B.Ewing .303 61 228 34 69 12 10 4 37 20 17 0 1 5 12 4 1
G.Kelly .283 60 223 27 63 10 1 10 42 20 32 2 1 3 0 1 6
C.Anson .269 47 156 12 42 5 4 3 23 25 12 0 1 2 4 2 12
G.Davis .254 59 224 33 57 11 5 4 28 15 27 2 2 5 14 6 8
J.Ward .219 42 137 14 30 1 0 0 8 7 12 1 3 2 12 5 3
B.McPhee .138 21 29 2 4 1 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL PITCHERS .143 80 224 16 32 3 2 1 18 6 86 0 34 2 3 0 3
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .297 2779 826 44 407 369 64 121 49
80 422 141 51 270 22 42 58


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
A.Spalding 2.20 2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 7 16.1 16 4 4 2 3 4
O.Radbourn 2.97 7 5 .583 15 15 8 1 0 130.1 123 49 43 7 28 62
P.Galvin 3.19 12 3 .800 26 10 7 0 2 127.0 133 49 45 14 23 33
M.Welch 4.00 8 5 .615 17 17 5 0 0 128.1 128 60 57 13 48 44
J.Clarkson 5.15 7 7 .500 18 17 8 0 0 127.2 152 76 73 20 41 61
T.Keefe 5.39 5 9 .357 18 18 6 0 0 123.2 123 85 74 17 49 81
T.Bond 5.97 4 1 .800 21 2 1 0 2 37.2 44 28 25 7 12 11
C.Cummings 6.21 2 3 .400 22 1 0 0 1 29.0 42 21 20 2 10 3
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.26 33 80 35 12 761 341 214
47 .588 80 3 720.0 372 82 299
[2]
Primary Player Statistics For 2001 Turn of Century Centurions Totals After 82 Games


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
N.Lajoie .389 76 285 38 111 17 4 8 58 15 26 6 0 6 10 7 4
H.Jennings .348 50 132 19 46 8 1 1 15 6 15 11 4 2 10 6 6
W.Keeler .340 71 253 44 86 8 4 2 16 19 19 0 5 5 20 16 1
J.Kelley .337 73 273 46 92 20 4 6 36 31 42 5 1 7 16 6 3
R.Maranville .333 7 18 2 6 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
H.Wagner .325 63 243 29 79 12 7 8 42 26 35 2 0 2 20 10 12
J.Burkett .312 74 327 50 102 7 1 4 30 25 43 1 2 4 10 8 1
F.Clarke .300 24 20 2 6 0 1 0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1 2 0
S.Crawford .286 33 98 12 28 4 2 3 15 11 11 0 1 0 5 3 0
R.Bresnahan .275 63 200 23 55 7 3 3 19 29 27 5 3 4 4 2 2
H.Duffy .265 78 317 43 84 10 0 4 33 27 37 3 4 7 23 7 2
J.Collins .265 44 136 13 36 5 0 4 19 13 13 3 2 3 3 0 4
J.O'Rourke .263 33 118 15 31 5 1 3 18 9 15 0 0 2 2 6 1
J.Beckley .257 69 269 24 69 15 7 4 39 14 39 6 2 5 7 5 0
E.Flick .250 21 12 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 0
ALL PITCHERS .170 82 230 10 39 6 0 0 14 10 81 0 20 3 3 1 6
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .298 2931 873 36 363 413 45 137 43
82 376 127 50 243 44 51 80


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
A.Rusie 3.52 6 2 .750 18 13 5 0 0 99.2 89 43 39 10 49 58
C.Mathewson 3.65 7 7 .500 23 19 7 1 0 140.2 142 69 57 16 32 76
V.Willis 3.67 6 6 .500 24 0 0 0 5 34.1 31 15 14 5 10 10
C.Young 4.37 7 8 .467 23 18 8 2 2 138.0 152 75 67 17 45 56
A.Joss 4.54 3 5 .375 14 13 3 1 0 101.0 105 55 51 21 27 25
S.Wood 5.14 2 4 .333 26 2 2 0 2 63.0 90 36 36 8 17 20
R.Waddell 5.43 6 7 .462 17 17 2 0 0 109.1 116 67 66 17 37 85
K.Nichols 5.81 3 3 .500 30 0 0 0 1 57.1 69 40 37 6 34 19
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.44 42 82 27 10 794 367 251
40 .488 82 5 743.1 400 100 349

[thealmighty]

A.Mighty 3.18 6 5 .545 17 17 1 0 0 121.2 104 50 43 10 40 101

Even though I have a crappy record compared to my starter best ERA, all you have to do is look at the 144 baserunners in 121 innings to see I really can't blame anyone but myself.

Need to pick it up after two subpar performances ("Left in too long or not in that game, it's not your job to get outs for me, skip.")

[Breeze]

A.Mighty 3.18 6 5 .545 17 17 1 0 0 121.2 104 50 43 10 40 101

Even though I have a crappy record compared to my starter best ERA, all you have to do is look at the 144 baserunners in 121 innings to see I really can't blame anyone but myself.

Need to pick it up after two subpar performances ("Left in too long or not in that game, it's not your job to get outs for me, skip.")

Actually, your WHIP rating isn't too bad at 1.19

In fact, here are the WHIP ratings for the whole team...

Kronside - 1.19
S. Knowles - 1.13
Fozborg - 1.38
Mighty - 1.19
Babson - 1.07
Rodney - 1.15
Nielsen - 1.26
Williams - 1.43
B Knowles - 1.46
Hunter - 1.49


And here is how we compair to some of the greatest ever...

Grove - 1.13
W. Johnson - 1.06
Clemens - 1.20
R. Johnson - 1.27
Seaver - 1.44
Koufax - 1.09
Alexander - 1.36
Mathewson - 1.24


Believe me...I have no problem with our pitching. The All-Star tabulations are not quite finished, but we might end up with 6 pitchers on the team...:D

[Breeze]

Dynasty Update

The All-Star Series will be played soon (I actually have to create a new league for the teams, which will take me a little while). In my world, the All-Star game is a big deal and will be a 2 out of 3 series (that way I can utilize more pitchers). Hopefully, I'll have time to announce the teams tonight...

[Breeze]

Dynasty Update

I started putting the league together for the All-Star game last night, but I didn't get finsihed.

Both of my boys have baseball games tonight (at different parks no-less), and they have basketball tryouts (interesting considering my recently turned 7 year old just learned to dribble and my 5 year old isn't much bigger than a regulation ball), but regardless, I'm going to be a bit busy tonight.

I'll try to get the All-Star information posted Friday (assuming I don't drink too many Black and Tans or Half and Halfs to type coherently :D)

[Breeze]

Dynasty League All Star Rosters

American League

3B - Home Run Baker (DBH)
SP - Roger Clemens (L20)
OF - Ty Cobb (DBH)
2B - Eddie Collins (DBH)
OF - Ed Delehante (OTH)
Ca - Bill Dickey (A1H)
SP - Pud Galvin (OTH)
1B - Lou Gehrig (A1H)
2B - Charlie Gehringer (A1H)
Ca - Josh Gibson (NL1)
SP - Tom Glavine (L20)
SP - Lefty Grove (A1H)
SP - Randy Johnson (L20)
SP - Walter Johnson (DBH)
3B - Harmon Killebrew (A2H)
RP - Ted Lyons (A1H)
OF - Mickey Mantle (A2H)
1B - Saduharu Oh (JLP)
SP - Old Hoss Radbourn (OTH)
SS - Cal Ripken (L20)
SP - Bullett Joe Rogan (NL1)
OF - Babe Ruth (A1H)
SP - Hilton Smith (NL1)
RP - Bruce Sutter (L20)
OF - Sam Thompson (OTH)
UTL - Willie Wells (NL1)
OF - Ted Williams (A2H)
SS - Robin Yount (A2H)


National League

SP - Pete Alexander (N1H)
SP - Brian Babson (FAS)
SS - Ernie Banks (N2H)
OF - Roberto Clemente (N2H)
1B - Jimmie Foxx (LOH)
SP - Bob Gibson (N2H)
Ca - Miguel Gonzalez (CAP)
OF - Goose Goslin (LOH)
OF - Joe Kelley (TCH)
RP - Sammy Knowles (FAS)
SP - Sandy Koufax (N2H)
RP - Jace Kronside (FAS)
2B - Nap Lajoie (TCH)
OF - Juan Marichal (N2H)
OF - Willie Mays (N2H)
SP - Jose Mendez (CAP)
SP - Al Mighty (FAS)
2B - Joe Morgan (N2H)
SP - Rob Nielsen (FAS)
OF - Mel Ott (N1H)
OF - Persimmon Pflaggstettler (FAS)
1B - Jeeberoni Potpie (FAS)
Ca - Louis Santop (NL2)
SP - Tom Seaver (N2H)
3B - Pie Traynor (N1H)
SS - Honus Wagner (TCH)
3B - Jud Wilson (NL2)
OF - Wild Bill Wright (NL2)

[JeeberD]

w00t!!!!!!!

[Breeze]

ALL STAR GAME 1 - STARTERS ANNOUNCED

The American League will go with:

<b>W.Johnson 3.31 10 5 .667 17 17 11 1 0 141.1 110 54 52 14 40 96</b>


The National League will counter with:

<b>R.Nielsen 3.38 10 4 .714 18 17 4 4 0 125.0 105 47 47 15 52 125</b>

[Breeze]

Dynasty Update

In case you are wondering, I didn't select the All-Star teams. I did make one adjustment, however. I felt there was no need to have 12 pitchers, so on both teams, I reduced that number by 1 and added in an extra player.

[Breeze]

The National Herald

SPORTS


All Star Selections are Head Scratchers
By Stan Hack

As is the case each year with the All-Star game, there players that you feel should be on the team and aren’t and players that make the team and don’t think they should…and not only is this year no exception – it might just be one of the epitome of head stratching.

Let’s start by taking a look at the American League. The most disturbing selection for the team in my opinion is <b>Harmon Killebrew</b>. The “Killer” is hitting a robust .231, and even though he is known for his power; he only has 13 homers for the season. That puts him in 3 way tie for second on his own team, and it's only half of the number the league leaders have.

What is also extremely disturbing is the fact that Harmon’s been playing first base much more often for the Post Americans than third. Third has been manned by <b>George Brett</b>, who hasn’t been overly affective either; hitting just .246 with 10 home runs. But I would argue that .246 with 10 home runs and good glove trumps .231 with 13 home runs and a terrible glove any day.

The truth of the matter is that the Thirdbase position isn’t a strong one in the American League. The other selection at this position, <b>“Home Run” Baker </b>, isn’t exactly tearing the cover off of the ball at: .307 7 53, but because it’s such a weak position, I can’t argue with this selection. <b>Willie Wells</b>, who made the team as a Utility player and in essence a backup SS, is the starting 3b for the Negro League Ones and is probably the best player at third in the league at .317 7 43. Wells should have been selected as a third baseman, which would have allowed the team to get another SS…

Which leads us to <b>Robin Yount</b>, .307 3 31. Not terrible numbers, especially for a guy who bats leadoff, but not overwhelming either. The biggest issue is that the other main options <b>Pops Lloyd</b> and <b>Joe Cronin</b> are very similar in production. I’m not sure the Old Timers SS might not have been the choice, but there isn’t enough production at that position on that team either to get worked up over. In fact, I think Yount was selected because he can also give you good defense in Centerfield.

Honestly, the best solution for this line of reasoning in my opinion would have been to remove Killebrew from the team, keep Wells as a Utility player giving innings at both SS and 3b as needed, still have another SS, Yount, Cronin, Lloyd, etc. (your choice – I really don’t care enough to argue) and I would probably add <b>Rod Carew</b>.

Rod Carew is one player that really did deserve to be on the team. They guy is hitting .369. His homerun numbers (2) and RBI (14) are a bit misleading, because he bats leadoff and he missed about 15 games with an injury. He has scored 40 runs in 59 games, and that is a better indication of how good he’s been for the Post- Americans. Oh, and did I mention he’s on the same team as Killebrew?

Another example very similar to Killebrew is <b>Saduharu Oh</b>. Oh is batting only .241, but he at least is delivering in the power department, with 26 home runs. That power total, combined with the fact, that most of the American League first baseman are terrible (with the exception of <b>Lou Gehrig</b>), and the fact he is the only representative from the woeful Japanese team, probably justify his selection. Of course it could be argued that <b>Ed Delehante</b> should be considered a first baseman, which would open an outfield spot for one of numerous deserving players, including:

<b> Al Simmons</b> - .315 12 42
<b> “Shoeless” Joe Jackson</b> - .355 2 52 and 21 stolen bases
<b> Kirby Puckett</b> - .321 12 30

and in my opinion, the most glaring oversight…

<b>”Cool Papa” Bell</B> - .349 4 39 and 44 stolen bases

As I mentioned above Saduharu Oh is the only Japanese player on the roster. Someone please explain to me how <b>Kaz Inao</b> isn’t on the roster. Sure the guy has a losing record at 4 and 7, but his ERA is only 2.45, which is better than EVERY pitcher on the AL team. In addition, his 4 and 7 record is a win percentage of .364, not great, until you consider the team he plays for his barely above a .250 win percentage – when that’s taken into account his season looks award winning.

Other players that could have been on this team but didn’t make it, include:

<b>Mike Piazza</b> - .291 9 31 – might have made it if he hadn’t split time with <b>Gary Carter</b> earlier in the season.
<b>Satch Paige</b> 7 – 7 3.27
<b>King Kelly</b> - .312 3 27 and 17 stolen bases from a Catcher/ Utility Man
<b> Mickey Welch</b> - 8 – 5 4.00

I’ll go over the National League in Part 2.

[Breeze]

All Star Selections are Head Scratchers – Part 2
By Stan Hack

The National League, just like the American League has some issues with their roster. While there are some glaring issues, I don’t feel the problems are quite as bad, mostly because the NL team doesn’t have anyone hitting below .245.

In fact, my biggest issue with the National League is the pitching staff. 9 of the 11 pitchers on the staff come off of 2 teams. Of course they are the best two teams in the league, but regardless, there is no way 9 of 11 all star pitchers in a 7 team league should come from just 2 teams.

Ironically, I’m going to also admit that every pitcher selected for the team from the FOFCers deserves to be there. This is not an attempt to cozy up to the manager of the National League Squad Benton Breeze, it’s an affirmation that the pitching on that team has been phenomenal and compared to the rest of the league, dominating. The group of <b>Nielsen, Mighty</b> and <b>Babson</b> have been a force at the top of the rotation, and <b>Kronside</b> and <b>Sammy Knowles</b> have slammed the door on a regular basis. All 5 of the FOFCers are in the top of the league for ERA (of course the relievers don’t have enough innings pitched to qualify, but their ERAs are around 1.60).

If I’m ok with the 5 pitchers from the FOFC team, then clearly it’s the Post Nationals I have a problem with, and that problem doesn’t lie with <b>Tom Seaver</b> 8 and 1 3.44 or <b>Sandy Koufax</b> 8 and 2 3.50. The problem is that <b>Juan Marichal</b> and <b>Bob Gibson</b> are on the team. Yes, both have impressive records 10 and 6 and 7 and 2 respectively, but that is more to do with the explosive offensive team they play for than it is an indication of how well they have pitched. The ERA for both is almost exactly 5.00. Now I realize their workloads increased when Seaver was down for awhile with a sore shoulder, but that isn’t enough in my opinion to get them on the team. Those two spots should probably go to 2 of:

<b>Christy Matthewson</b> - 7 and 7 3.65
<b>Amos Rusie</b> - 6 and 2 3.52
<b>Dizzy Dismukes</b> 2 and 3 2.81 and 9 saves
<b>Jimmy Williams</b> 7 and 1 3.66 (and yes I know this would be another FOFCer on the roster, but for crying out loud he deserves it more than the guys that are on the team.)

On the hitting side, there really aren’t as many complaints. The only spots where I see arguments can be made are with <b>Goose Goslin</b> .300 13 43, <b>Joe Morgan</b> .264 14 31 and 27 stolen bases, and <b>Pie Traynor</b> .287 7 47.

All 3 are playing well, but arguments could be made for others at the same position. For Morgan and second base, any one could argue the virtues of <b>Antonio Pacheco, Frankie Frisch, Martin DiHigo,</b> or <B>Sam Bankhead</b>, but I believe the power and speed get Morgan the nod here, and the batting averages of the other players aren’t appreciably better than Morgans.

In the Outfield, Goslin is playing well, but what about <b>Stan Musial</b> .351 18 46? I believe Musial was penalized because he has spent most of the season at first base, but his ability to play outfield should have been considered and he should have been on this roster.

The biggest offensive oversight in my opinion comes at Thirdbase. Traynor is playing well, but <b>Eddie Matthews</b> is destroying the ball at a .286 26 50 clip. This is the one that really makes me scratch my head…not only are these numbers better than Traynor, they are also better than the other 3Bman <b>Jud Wilson</b> .274 10 42. Matthews is clearly the best at this position and yet he’ll be watching 2 others play in the All-Star game..

[Breeze]

ALL STAR GAME 1 - AL Lineup

CF - Ty Cobb
3b - Willie Wells
RF - Babe Ruth
1b - Lou Gehrig
Ca - Josh Gibson
LF - Ted Williams
SS - Cal Ripken
2b - Eddie Collins
Pi - Walter Johnson

[Breeze]

ALL STAR GAME 1 - NL Line Up

SS - Honus Wagner
2b - Nap Lajoie
LF - Mel Ott
1b - Jimmie Foxx
CF - Willie Mays
3b - Jud Wilson
RF - Roberto Clemente
Ca - Louis Santop
Pi - Rob Nielsen

[Johnny93g]

ALL STAR GAME 1 - AL Lineup

CF - Ty Cobb
3b - Willie Wells
RF - Babe Ruth
1b - Lou Gehrig
Ca - Josh Gibson
LF - Ted Williams
SS - Cal Ripken
2b - Eddie Collins
Pi - Walter Johnson


Good Luck Mr. Nielson!!!!

[Breeze]

AL All Star Manager Press Conference

MC: Everyone…As you know, the Old Timers lead the American League by half a game over the Negro League Ones, and by virtue of that fact, Manager Billie Barnie will be coaching the 3 game series. Mr. Barnie is now available to field your questions.

David Duntz: Coach Barnie, What made you decide to go with Walter Johnson to start the first game?

Barnie: Are you kidding? Have you seen him pitch? Look it’s pretty simple, he’s the best there is.

Stan Hack: Did the fact the National League is right handed hitting heavy factor into the decision?

Barnie: Not really. It didn’t hurt things, but Walter gets everyone out, lefties, righties….EVERYONE! And I expect he’ll get the Nationals lineup out too.

John Bland: You seem pretty confident in Johnson’s ability, is there anyone in the National League lineup that scares you?

Barnie: Foxx is always a concern, but even as good as he is, he wouldn’t be able to crack our starting lineup, unless I put him butcher things at third so I could get his bat in the order. Other than that…let me think…the top 2 guys in the order are dangerous, especially Wagner, who can do so much if he gets on base. The rest are nice players, some have some power, but they don’t overly concern me.

Stan Hack: You mentioned the National League being right handed hitting heavy didn’t factor into your decision to pitch Johnson, on the flip side, your team is very left handed hitting heavy and you are going against a good lefty in Rob Nielsen, was there any concern about using all those left handed batters or consideration into using different players to get more righties in the lineup?

Barnie: Nope, no concern at all. The lefties we have in the lineup aren’t your typical lefties. I mean, come on, we are talking Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, and Collins. They don’t just hit right handed pitchers, they hit everything thrown up to plate, and they hit it hard. I expect they will do the same tonight. As for Nielsen, he started the season off extremely fast, but he hasn’t pitched particularly well lately, so I feel pretty comfortable in predicting we are going to hammer him pretty good tonight. Also, it’s not like we don’t have any right handed hitters in the lineup. Gibson is as powerful as anyone, and Ripkin is playing well and Wells is a nice player….

Now that I think about it, I will admit I did make 1 change to address the left handed opposing pitcher, I not only started Wells at 3b over Baker, I put him second in the lineup ahead of Collins so I wouldn’t start the game with 4 left handed batters. But that was the only change.

Stan Hack: So there were no other considerations to work in more righties?

Barnie: I took a look at Delehante, but who am I going to sit down, Cobb who’s hitting almost .400? Ruth hitting in the .330s with 20 plus homers, Williams who’s hitting about as good as Ed but with more power, or Gehrig who is playing better than Williams? No, I didn’t have much to consider.

Paul Pride: Any concern with Williams’ indifferent play in the field costing you runs?

Barnie: None. He’ll out produce what he costs us by his poor defensive play.

David Duntz: So no plans for defensive substitutions?

Barnie: I’ll have to see how the game unfolds. I’m not going into the game planning to pull Ted, or anyone else for that matter, if we have a lead after a certain number of innings.

Paul Pride: Any idea who your main pinch hitters will be?

Barnie: I don’t expect we’ll need any. I might use some late in the game if I’m going to pull my pitcher, but I don’t expect to NEED to use a pinch hitter.

John Bland: Have you decided on a starter for Games 2 and 3?

Barnie: I’ll use Grove in game 2 and I’d be surprised if there was a game 3, so I haven’t thought about who might get that start.


***things go quite for a while***

MC: Any more questions?

***no response****

MC: Ok. Thank you, Mr. Barnie. I have been told that Benton is on his way down and should be here shortly to answer your questions.

[Breeze]

ALL STAR GAME – NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER PRESS CONFERENCE

MC: Everyone…If I can have your attention please. Coach Breeze is now available to answer questions.

Stan Hack: Coach, when the season started did you expect to be here today?

Benton: No, I didn’t expect to be here. I felt like we had a pretty good team, but I certainly didn’t think we’d have the best record in the National League…or really, the best record in baseball at the break. It’s a great honor and a testament to our players and how hard they have worked.

Ken Simpleton: You didn’t think about being able to manage the All-Star game, even after the fantastic start you got off to?

Benton: Nope. The teams in this league are too good to think you are going to run away and hide. It didn’t take too long for Posters to run us down.

John Bland: Benton, Coach Barnie said that he was pretty confident that Walter Johnson would be able to shut down your lineup.

Benton: I would be too..

*audience laughs*

Really, Walter is a dominating pitcher, and we aren’t helped by the absence of some lefties having good years. I could really use Musial and Matthews tonight.

David Duntz: So you are concerned about the lack of left handed bats?

Benton: I like the guys I’ve got in the lineup…don’t misunderstand or misinterpret what I’m saying…but it would be nice to have two accomplished players like Musial and Matthews for a game against a right handed pitcher who’s as good as Johnson is.

Stan Hack: Why Nielsen in the first game?

Benton: You guys know Rob right?

*nods*

Well, if I hadn’t started him in the first game, he would have given me hell the rest of the year…

*more laughs*

But seriously, look at the numbers. Nielsen’s what…10 and 4, who else was I going to start. I have my other 2 starters and 4 guys from the Posters, Pete Alexander, and Mendez. There lineup is predominately left handed hitters so if you figure I want to go with a lefty that leaves me Nielsen, Mighty and Koufax. Nielsen has the best record of those 3 and his ERA is lower than Koufax’s. I think he’s earned the start.

Paul Pride: Barnie said Nielsen hasn’t been pitching well lately, does that concern you and did you consider that when you made your decision on who will start tonight?

Benton: I thought about it a little, and you’re right, Rob hasn’t pitched as well lately as he did early in the season, but I think his numbers are just about the same as Johnson’s if not slightly better. So if he isn’t pitching well, I guess Johnson’s not pitching well either.

Stan Hack: Tell us about the lineup…

Benton: Well we start off with Wagner, and I just decided he was a better fit for what we needed in this game than Banks was. Wagner is a table setter and he has the ability to create runs, so I liked him in the leadoff spot. Plus I felt Banks would serve better as a right handed hitting pinch hitter. LaJoie is second. He’s just hitting too good. Morgan would give me a left handed bat, and some explosiveness, but he isn’t as consistent, but don’t count him out, he might end up with plenty of playing time before this game is over. Ott’s third. I need a left handed bat in the middle of the order and Ott is playing great ball this season. Foxx is cleanup, and why not, he’s as good as anyone. Mays plays center and bats fifth. Jud Wilson is sixth at third. I honestly thought about putting Ott at third, but I don’t really have another lefty to put in the outfield so this way I get two left handed bats in the lineup. I would expect if we get a lead that Wilson will be pulled for a defensive replacement. Clemente gives me a cannon in right and a good contact guy, and Santop is my left handed hitting platoon at the catcher spot.

Paul Pride: So no left handed hitting outfielders?

Benton: I have Goslin, but I didn’t think that was much of an upgrade. Plus I really need another left handed bat off the bench. If worse comes to worse I’ll use Pflaggsettler like a left handed batter. He really hits righties more like a lefty anyway.

Stan Hack: On paper it looks like the American League is much better than your team, do you feel you have an advantage, “on paper” anywhere?

Benton: (scratching his chin): Interesting question. I think in general our pitching is on par with there’s, but an actual advantage on paper….hmmm….

*pause*

Oh, sure…the bullpen. Kronside and Knowles are as good as anyone and are actual closers. I don’t know that they have a true closer on the back end.

[Breeze]

ALL STAR - GAME 1 - RADIO BROADCAST


Welcome to the ballpark!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
National League and American League
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in National League
Ty Cobb to lead it off for American League
He rocks and fires
Grounded to second
Lajoie comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3

Willie Wells coming up
Wells asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Nielsen has the sign
Here it comes
Hard ground ball into left field
Wells rounds first
And holds with a single

Now batting will be Babe Ruth
Ruth digs in
Nielsen toes the rubber
Here comes the pitch
Did he hold up his swing?
NO! He went too far,
Strikeout!

Wells inches away from the base . . .
Nielsen throws trying to pick Wells!
Wells is back to the bag easily

Lou Gehrig steps up to the plate
Nielsen looks in
Here's the 3-1 offering
Inside
That's ball four

That will bring up Josh Gibson
A long look in for the sign
Nielsen has it
Here's the pitch
Swung on and missed
STRIKE THREE!
And that retires the side

Honus Wagner to lead it off
for National League
The "Big Train" shakes off the sign...
Now Walter has the pitch he wants...
He winds and deals
Struck him out!

Up next is Nap Lajoie
the ex-Providence hack driver
Lajoie digs into the box
The Idahoan shakes off the sign...
Now Johnson brushes off another one...
Johnson has unreal speed
and a wonderful curveball
The "Big Train" comes in
with the 2-1 pitch...
Liner drilled to third
Wells snares it for the out!
Score It: 5

The New Orleans native, the
mild mannered, Mel Ott,
is approaching the plate
"Master Melvin" started his career
as a catcher!
Ott digs in
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now he brushes off another one...
Johnson throws his "hummer" sidearm
and he throws strikes
He goes into the windup
Strike out!
Gibson framed it nicely for the ump.

Ted Williams leads off the inning
Williams takes a couple of practice cuts
Williams is waiting for the pitch
He delivers
Swung on and missed
STRIKE THREE!

Now batting will be Cal Ripken
Nielsen toes the rubber
He rocks and fires
Extra base hit to center for Ripken
Willie Mays is trying to get to it
This one is rolling to the wall...
This might be stretched into an
inside the park homerun!
No... he decides to hold up

Here comes the American League second
baseman, Eddie Collins
Most believe he has quite a future
We're scoreless
Nielsen grips the ball
The 2 strike pitch
Smashed into right field
Base hit for Collins
Ripken scores from third!

Johnson looks to lay one down
He bunts at it . . .
Fielded by J.Wilson
the throw to first...
Out
Johnson gets the job done.

Ty Cobb steps up to the plate
Cobb digs into the box
Nielsen shakes off his sign
Now he's set
He delivers
Base hit to center for Cobb
The 3rd base coach gives
the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Collins is out!

Jimmie Foxx to lead it off
for National League
Foxx asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Foxx is waiting for the pitch
Here it comes
Grounded towards the bag
Wells grabs it
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 5-3

Now batting #24, Willie Mays...
center fielder
Johnson gets the sign
"Barney" fires it home...
In the dirt
That's ball four

Jud "Boojum" Wilson,
the hard nosed third baseman with extra
base power, is approaching the plate
Wilson stares out at the mound
Wilson is ready for the pitch
Here's the pitch
Grounded towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Collins
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
And that retires the side

Willie Wells will start things off
Nielsen looking in
He's into his windup
Ground ball to short
Wagner grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3

That will bring up Babe Ruth
Ruth digs in
Ruth is waiting for the pitch
Here's the 3-1 delivery
Drilled deep to right
Clemente takes off after it
This one is deep!
IT MIGHT BE . . .
IT IS! A HOMERUN!
That is Babe Ruth's 1st
home run of the year.

The handsome Lou Gehrig
is coming to bat
The native New Yorker attended Columbia U
Nielsen stares in
Here's the pitch
It's hit high and deep
Roberto Clemente is running hard
He's at the fence
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
IT'S GONE!
That is Lou Gehrig's 1st
home run of the year.

Here's Josh Gibson
Nielsen has the sign
He's into his windup
Low and outside
Ball four

That will bring up Ted Williams
Nielsen shakes off his sign
Now he's set
He deals
Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Wagner
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
After 2 and a half innings
American League leads 3 to 0

Roberto Clemente to lead it
off for National League
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
A long look in for the sign
Johnson has it
Here comes the pitch
Liner drilled to second
It's into the outfield for a base hit!

Louis Santop stands in for National League
Santop looks towards the coach
Johnson stares in
Here's the 1-1 offering
Half swing
Chopper to second
Taken by Collins
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3

Here's Rob Nielsen
Johnson toes the rubber
Here's the 0-2 pitch
He rips a grounder to third
Wells grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3

Up next is the modest, good natured
Hans Wagner
He has hands that could
palm a beachball!
A base hit should score Clemente
Johnson stares in
Here comes the pitch
Swung on and missed
STRIKE THREE!
Wagner didn't have a good swing at it.
And that will do it for National League

Cal Ripken will start things off
Nielsen looks in
He takes his windup
Grounded to short
Wagner grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3

"Cocky" is coming to the plate
Collins asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
O.K. Collins is ready
He winds and deals
There's a drive down the line
Clemente has got a long run
TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH!
Nielsen owes Clemente a dinner!
Score It: 9

That will bring up Walter Johnson
He's o.k. with the bat
Johnson digs into the box
Nielsen looking in
He kicks and fires
Struck him out!
Nice pitch by Nielsen!
And that retires the side

Nap Lajoie will start things off
Johnson goes to the resin bag
Now he's ready
He delivers
Drilled on the ground to short
Ripken grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3

Master Melvin is coming to the plate
Ott is 0 for 1 today
Johnson toes the rubber
Here's the 3-1 delivery
Bouncer to second
Collins comes up with it
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 4-3

Here comes the National League
first baseman, Jimmie Foxx
Most believe he has quite
a future here in the ballpark
Foxx asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Foxx is ready for the pitch
He rocks and fires
Fastball
STRIKE THREE!
And that will do it for National League

Ty Cobb leads off the inning
Cobb digs in
Cobb cocks the bat
Here it comes
Bouncer to second
Lajoie comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3

The smooth fielding, line drive hitting
third baseman.... Willie "The Devil" Wells
is approaching the plate
Wells stares out at the mound
Wells is waiting for the pitch
He kicks and fires
Just off the plate
Ball four

Babe Ruth is at the plate
Nielsen looking in
The 3-1 pitch
Grounded towards the bag
Foxx takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3

Lou Gehrig stands in for American League
Gehrig digs into the box
O.K. Gehrig is ready
He deals
STRIKE THREE!
That's three outs, side retired

Willie Mays will start things off
Mays takes a couple of practice cuts
Johnson gets the sign
Here comes the pitch
Swung on and missed
STRIKE THREE!

Jud Wilson steps in
Wilson is 0 for 1 today
Johnson looks in
The 3-2 pitch
High and tight
He takes it for a walk

The bad-ball hitting right fielder,
Roberto Clemente, is now batting
Clemente stares out at the mound
Johnson stares in
Here's the 3-0 pitch
The hit and run is on!
Broken bat ground ball to second
Collins grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3

Louis Santop is at the plate
Santop is 0 for 1 today
A long look in for the sign
Johnson has it
Here it comes
WHIFFFFF!
Nice pitch by Johnson!
And that will do it for National League

Josh Gibson leads it off
Gibson taps the bat on home
Gibson is waiting for the pitch
He rocks and fires
Smashed on the ground
into left field
Josh Gibson has a base hit

The natural hitting
left fielder, Ted Williams,
is coming up to bat
Ted is a San Diego native
Williams is 0 for 2 today
Nielsen wants another ball
Now he's ready
The 2 strike pitch
Struck him out!

Cal Ripken stands in for American League
Ripken digs in
Nielsen looking in
Here's the pitch
Did he check his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

Now batting will be Eddie Collins
Collins stares out at the mound
O.K. Collins is ready
Here's the 3-0 offering
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

That will bring up Walter Johnson
He's o.k. with the bat
We're in the top of the 6th
The bases are loaded
Santop flashes the sign
Nielsen has it
He delivers
High and away
Ball four

Ty Cobb stands in for American League
Cobb digs in
Cobb cocks the bat
The 0-1 pitch
Swung on and hit to shallow left
Ott is on his horse
HE DIVES
HE'S GOT IT!
TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH!
Nielsen owes Ott a dinner!
Score It: 7

Willie Wells coming up
Nielsen shakes off his sign
Now he's set
Here's the pitch
WATCH OUT!
Nielsen has hit Wells!

Babe Ruth now up
Nielsen looks in
Here comes the pitch
STRIKE THREE!
After 5 and a half innings
American League on top 5 to 0

Joe Morgan leads off the inning
Johnson stares in
He rocks and fires
Just off the plate
Ball four

Up next is the modest, good natured
Hans Wagner
Wagner looks towards the coach
Johnson looking in
Here it comes
Pops one up to center field
Ty Cobb says it's his
He makes the catch
Score It: 8

Johnson better keep an eye on Morgan . . .
Johnson looks him back to the bag
Morgan takes a shorter lead

Larry is now coming to bat
Lajoie is 0 for 2 today, with no walks
Johnson looks in
The 2-1 pitch
Screaming liner towards short
Ripken jumps
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 6

The dangerous hitter, 5'9", Mel Ott,
is coming to the plate
Ott asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Ott is waiting for the pitch
Here's the pitch
It's a BULLET, hit towards second
Tough chance for Collins
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
And that will do it for National League

Lou Gehrig leads it off
Gehrig taps the bat on home
Alexander goes to the resin bag
Now he's ready
Here it comes
Hot shot grounded to the mound
Alexander comes up with it
Over to Foxx
Got him!
Score It: 1-3

Josh Gibson steps in
Gibson asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
O.K. Gibson is ready
He delivers
Drilled deep to center field
Mays is on his horse
It's out of his reach
Gibson running hard out of the box
Mays corrals the ball
Gibson motors into second
Two-bagger!

Ted Williams steps into the box
Alexander nods, he's ready
Here's the 3-0 delivery
He misses outside
Ball four

Cal Ripken coming up
1st and 2nd, one man down
Alexander gets the sign
The 3-2 pitch
Fastball
Ball four

The 1907 Columbia U graduate,
"Cocky" Collins, is approaching the plate
Collins takes a couple of practice cuts
Collins cocks the bat
The bases are loaded
Here it comes
Collins flies out to right
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Runners hold.

That will bring up Walter Johnson
Johnson asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
O.K. Johnson is ready
Here's the pitch
Smashed to short
Taken by Wagner
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for American League

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Jimmie Foxx to lead it off
for National League
Johnson gets the sign
Here's the pitch
A drive to left
Williams doesn't have to move
He records the out
Score It: 7

Here comes the National League
center fielder, Willie Mays
Most believe he has quite
a future here in the ballpark
Mays takes a couple of practice cuts
Mays is ready for the pitch
He goes into the windup
Drilled deep to right field
This one is deep!
GOOD-BYE MR. SPALDING!
That is Willie Mays' 1st
home run of the year.

Now batting will be Jud Wilson
Johnson shakes off his sign
Now he's set
He winds and deals
Slow ground ball to the mound
Taken by Johnson
Over to Gehrig
HE BEATS THE THROW!
That's an infield hit for Wilson!

Roberto Clemente is next
Clemente asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Clemente cocks the bat
Here comes the pitch
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Gibson races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Clemente back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Swung on and hit to shallow right
Babe Ruth trying to get to it
HE DIVES
HE'S GOT IT!
WAIT
THEY'RE SAYING HE TRAPPED IT!
Base hit for Clemente
They'll argue, but to no avail.
Wilson takes third

Louis Santop stands in for National League
Santop digs into the box
Santop is waiting for the pitch
He rocks and fires
Routine grounder to short
Ripken grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
And that retires the side

Ty Cobb leads off the inning
Alexander has the sign
Here's the pitch
Grounded down the line
Alexander takes the flip from Foxx
Score It: 3-1

Willie Wells coming up
Alexander shakes off his sign
Now he's set
He deals
WATCH OUT!
Alexander has hit Wells!
Now Wells gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not a big fan of "chin music"
and he's letting Alexander know about it!
The ump tells Wells to take his base

Babe Ruth is next
Ruth takes a couple of practice cuts
Ruth is waiting for the pitch
Here's the 3-0 delivery
High and tight
He takes it for a walk

Lou Gehrig is at the plate
Gehrig digs into the box
Gehrig is ready for the pitch
He delivers
Hard ground ball to second
Morgan comes up with it
Over to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
And that retires the side

Joe Morgan to lead it off
for National League
Morgan digs in
Morgan cocks the bat
And Barney lets it fly...
Bouncer to second
Taken by Collins
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3

"The Flying Dutchman" will be up next
Wagner is 0 for 3 today, with no walks
Johnson looking in
He's into his windup
Swung on and missed
STRIKE THREE!

Pete Alexander is due up, but Benton is sending in Pflaggstettler...

Persimmon Pflaggstettler now up
Johnson has the sign
He rocks and fires
Bounding ball to third
Taken by Wells
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
After 8 innings
American League ahead 5 to 1

Josh Gibson leads it off
We're in the top of the 9th
Gonzalez flashes the sign
Babson has it
He's into his windup
WHIFFFFF!
Nice pitch by Babson!

Ted Williams steps up to the plate
A long look in for the sign
Babson has it
He deals
Fastball
Ball four

Cal Ripken coming up
National League is set up for two
Babson has the sign
Here's the 3-2 offering
Driven to center
Tough chance for Mays
He gloves it
Score It: 8

The ex-Columbia U star,
Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate
Babson nods, he's ready
Here comes the pitch
Base hit to right for Collins
Williams is being held at second

Frank Selee will send up a pinch
hitter for Walter Johnson
Yes, Ed Delahanty steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Babson

That will bring up Ed Delahanty
Two men on, two men out
Babson goes to the resin bag
Now he's ready
He rocks and fires
Base hit to center for Delahanty
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Runners hold.

Ty Cobb steps up to the plate
Cobb stares out at the mound
Cobb cocks the bat
The bases are loaded
He deals
Shallow fly ball to center
Mays is on his horse
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 8
And that retires the side
Frank Selee will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Bruce Sutter has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Mel Ott to lead it off for National League
Ott takes a couple of practice cuts
Ott is waiting for the pitch
He rocks and fires
WHIFFFFF!

The muscular Jimmie Foxx is up next
"Double X" stands deep in the box
has a wide stance and full stride
no doubt an intimidating
sight for any pitcher
Foxx digs into the box
Sutter shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Bruce has a many pitches to use
but his best is a split-finger fastball!
He deals
He rips a grounder to second
Collins grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3

Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound
Willie Mays coming to the plate
Sutter nods, he's ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
Screaming liner towards left
Tough chance for Williams
He can't get to it!
Base hit for Mays

Jud Wilson steps into the box
Wilson digs in
Sutter looks in
Here's the 0-2 delivery
Hot line drive to second
Collins tries it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
And that will do it for National League
American League wins 5 to 1
Johnson gets credit for the win
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for American League
was Babe Ruth
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from National League.

[Breeze]

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Super Star AB R H RBI AVG
T.Cobb CF 6 0 1 0 .167 H.Wagner SS 4 0 0 0 .000
W.Wells 3B 2 0 1 1 .500 N.Lajoie 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
B.Ruth RF 4 1 1 1 .250 P.Alexander P 0 0 0 0 ----
L.Gehrig 1B 4 1 1 1 .250 C-P.Pflaggstettler PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Gibson C 4 1 2 0 .500 B.Babson P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Williams LF 3 0 0 0 .000 M.Ott LF 4 0 0 0 .000
C.Ripken SS 3 2 1 0 .333 J.Foxx 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
E.Collins 2B 4 0 2 1 .500 W.Mays CF 3 1 2 1 .667
W.Johnson P 2 0 0 1 .000 J.Wilson 3B 3 0 1 0 .333
D-E.Delahanty PH 1 0 1 01.000 R.Clemente RF 3 0 2 0 .667
B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Santop C 3 0 0 0 .000
B-M.Gonzalez C 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Nielsen P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-J.Morgan PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 5 10 5 Totals 30 1 5 1

A-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Santop In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Alexander In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning

INJURY: Louis Santop INJURED (for 1 more game) in 7th inning

All Stars....... 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 10 0
Super Star...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Johnson WIN(1-0) 8 4 1 1 3 7 1 106 1.13 A1 D2
B.Sutter 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00 D3
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 8 1

Super Star IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Nielsen LOSS(0-1) 6 7 5 5 6 7 2 111 7.50 A1 D3
P.Alexander 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 43 0.00 D4 E4
B.Babson 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 0.00 E5
Totals 9 10 5 5 10 8 2

ATTENDANCE- 27,681 DATE- Monday, April 2nd 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:51
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:14 Super Star: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Super Star: 2
DOUBLES- J.Gibson(1st)
TRIPLES- C.Ripken(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Ruth(1st), L.Gehrig(1st), W.Mays(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Johnson
WALKS- W.Wells, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig, J.Gibson, T.Williams-2, C.Ripken-2, E.Collins,
W.Johnson, W.Mays, J.Wilson, J.Morgan
HIT BY PITCH- W.Wells-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Ruth-2, L.Gehrig, J.Gibson-2, T.Williams-2, W.Johnson,
H.Wagner-3, M.Ott-2, J.Foxx, W.Mays, L.Santop
GIDP- L.Gehrig, T.Williams, J.Wilson, L.Santop
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Roberto Clemente robbed Eddie Collins of an extra base hit.

[Breeze]

AL ALL STAR PRESS CONFERENCE

MC: Mr Barnie is available to answer questions.

Stan Hack: With a lead in the series will anything change in your strategy in game 2?

Barnie: Why should it, we dominated the game last night and we'll do it again tonight.

David Duntz: Was there any point during the game where you were concerned that the NLers would make a move?

Barnie: I had complete confidence in Johnson, so No, I was not concerned.

Paul Pride: So it will be Grove tonight?

Barnie: Yes. And the rest of the lineup will remain the same.

Paul Pride: Being left handed do you think he'll have more trouble with the RH hitting Nationals?

Barnie: No. I think he'll dominate as well.

*pause*

Ok, he might struggle a bit more...he may end up giving up 2 runs.

*things go quiet*

Barnie, not waiting on the MC: Any more questions?

*silence*

Barnie walks out of the room.

[Breeze]

NL ALL STAR PRESS CONFERENCE

MC: Coach Benton Breeze is now ready to field questions

Benton quips: Fielding...that's one thing we did well last night.

Paul Pride: Coach, you felt pretty good Nielsen would pitch well last night, but he didn't, why?

Benton: You know what...I though he pitched pretty good until the what...6th inning, when he got upset with the umps call on a pitch and sort of lost his mind.

Stan Hack: So Nielsen got upset with the umpire?

Benton: You couldn't tell?

*Hack shakes his head no*

Benton: Yeah, he felt his strike zone was being squeezed.

John Bland: Did you think he was being squeezed?

Benton: I'm not going to get into officiating issues...but look at the box score and you tell me what you think.

David Duntz: When Nielsen got upset should you have pulled him?

Benton: Yes...I visited the mound to try and calm him down, but he isn't the easiest person to reach when he gets hot. I though he had it under control, but obviously he didn't. As it turns out, the 2 runs he gave up in that inning wouldn't have affected the outcome of the game, because we never over came the 3 he gave up early.

Stan Hack: Who's going to the hill tonight?

Benton: Koufax...I'm going to try the lefty thing again.

Hack: Does that mean Mighty will go in game 3 if there is a game 3?

Benton: No, I need him to have a lefty in the pen. If we get to a game 3 it will probably be Seaver's ball.

Duntz: What will you have to do to force a game 3?

Benton: A good start would be to hold them to less than 2+ baserunners an inning, and the best to keep that from happening is not to issue so many free passes. In all actuality we did great to hold them to 5 runs. Did you see how many baserunners they had...and they ended up leaving what 13 or 14on base?

Hack: 14

Benton: Ok, 14 - so we could have easily given up double diget runs if we hadn't made good pitches at crucial times.


Stan Hack: Any changes in your lineup with Grove starting for the AL?

Benton: Sure...we will probably go with the same two at the top of the order, but I'm probably going to use Foxx at 3b and put Potpie at first, and I'll probably use Joe Kelley in Left, but I'm not completely sure...and of course Gonzalez will start behind the plate with Santop injured.

Pride: How badly hurt is Santop?

Benton: Not bad. In fact, if this were a divisional game and his team was fighting for the playoffs, he'd gut it out, but no reason to here. He'll be ready to roll when the season starts up again. In fact, if we push a game 3 he might even be ok for that.

Guys, I don't want to be rude, but I really need to get to the locker room to discuss our lineup with the other coaches. As I mentioned above, I haven't finalized my plans yet and I want their opinions.

*Benton exits the room*

[Breeze]

ALL STAR - GAME 2 - RADIO BROADCAST

Welcome everyone to the ballpark
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Honus Wagner prepares to face Grove
let's check out the American
League defense
At first base is Gehrig
Wells is down at the hot corner
Collins and Ripken
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Williams,
Cobb and Ruth
and now Gibson is just
settling in behind the plate
The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers
A hanging curve...
Wagner laces it hard just
to the right of Wells
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Honus...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Lefty Grove watches Wagner
As he moves away from the bag
Grove steps away from the mound...
Now Wagner moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

Settling in at the plate is Kelley
Grove tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Kelley swings and lifts one toward left
Williams drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
One away in the top of the
1st for National League

National League second baseman,
Nap Lajoie, is up next
Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head
Lajoie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Grove
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch to Lajoie...
Base hit to right for Lajoie
Wagner is being waved to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Lajoie at first

Jimmie Foxx steps into the box
Grove wastes no time
He has the sign from Gibson
And the delivery by Grove
The pitch is off the glove of Gibson
He's after it
He's up with it...
Wagner with the hook slide
Safe at home!
Gibson is charged with a passed ball
Tough break for Lefty Grove

Jimmie Foxx steps into the box
Foxx digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Grove
Grove steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Collins comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Grove
The delivery
Foxx rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Ripken
Cal fields it cleanly
Looks Lajoie back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
And there's two away

Making his way up is Mays
A base hit should score Lajoie
Grove looks down at Gibson for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
That one is a grass cutter towards short
Ripken fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
Cal manages to come up with it
on the heel of his glove
Rolls the ball into his free hand
On to first
It is off target...
Gehrig one hops it into his glove
Out!
Gehrig can't get out of the way
and Willie runs right into him
Nice play as that ball was thrown
on the rightfield side of the bag
Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone
After one-half inning
It's National League 1, All
Stars coming to bat

Here we go in the bottom half
of the first inning...

Setting up the defense for National League
Kelley will start in left
Mays gets the nod in center
The rightfielder is Clemente...
Around the infield
Foxx will start at third base
Wagner is at shortstop
Lajoie at the keystone
And over at first, Potpie...
Sandy Koufax is out on the mound
and Gonzalez is behind home plate

Up first for the All Stars
will be Ty Cobb
We'll see how they pitch to Cobb
Koufax eyes Cobb intently
The southpaw Koufax's delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Sinking fastball...
Cobb swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
And there's one away

Walking up now to the plate is Wells
Wells can't seem to get
settled at the plate
He's ready
Here's his delivery
Wells chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Wells!

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth needs to get on...
He has a .400 on base percentage
Koufax has the sign from Gonzalez
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball...
Ruth jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Clemente after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Roberto Clemente!
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Koufax
Lou Gehrig will be next up...

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Gehrig swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Koufax
Koufax shakes off the sign by Gonzalez
We have Sandy Koufax and Lefty Grove
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
The southpaw's 3-0 delivery
Gehrig starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Koufax walks him

Gibson gets set at the plate
Koufax looks down at Gonzalez for the sign

Now he's ready...
Koufax quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That does it in the bottom of the 1st
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After 1 inning, The score is tied at 1

Jeeberoni Potpie, Roberto Clemente, and
Miguel Gonzalez are due up
Lefty Grove steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 0-2 offering
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Wells
It's by him...
Williams comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Potpie to a single

Clemente leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Roberto checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Lefty looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The stretch... the 2-1 delivery
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Wells and Ripken are chasing
it down the line
Cal dives, and makes the play!
With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez
To be followed by Sandy Koufax

The catcher, Miguel Gonzalez
will be up next for National League
Gonzalez is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
The umpire says let's go
Gonzalez is ready
Grove brings it to the plate
Gonzalez sends a scorcher to short
Ripken takes it on one hop
Fires to Collins for one
Back to Gehrig for the double play!
And that retires the side

Here's the left fielder Williams
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Cal Ripken
And then Eddie Collins
Williams digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Koufax
Left-hander Sandy Koufax
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Williams
Sandy winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Right down the middle... strike three
Williams must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

The shortstop, Cal Ripken, is up next
Koufax squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Changeup down low...
Ripken makes contact and
hits one out to left
Joe Kelley is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Koufax
Two up, two down

Eddie Collins will step in
to face Koufax next
If he gets on, Lefty Grove will follow
Watching Koufax, Collins wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Collins in the hole, 0-2
Koufax brings it home
Collins hits a hot shot on the ground
Wagner, a diving stop
Long throw...
He's out!
OH! A sensational play!
That brings this crowd roaring to its feet
Honus Wagner made a diving
stop to his right
followed by a perfect throw
to get the speedy Collins
And Eddie Collins has been
robbed of a base hit
What a remarkable effort by Wagner
No runs for American League
in the bottom of the 2nd
The score is knotted at 1
We'll be right back

Koufax is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Koufax swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Grove
After getting set, Koufax
waits on the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Wells plays it on one hop
Over to Gehrig...
Out of there!
National League with one away
Grove steps off the mound as
he waits for Honus Wagner to
come to the plate

National League sends the shortstop,
Honus Wagner, up to the plate
Wagner taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
The umpire says let's go
The lefthander Grove comes home with it
Ball four is the call
Grove can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Grove
Wagner takes first base

Wagner sneaks away from the base
Wagner takes his lead...
Throw to first... SAFE!
Another throw... easily back
Wagner extends his lead
Grove comes home with a slider
Kelley takes it...
Wagner is off on the pitch
The peg down...
It's a wild throw by Gibson...
To the right of second...
Into right center...
Up and moving to third is Wagner...
Score that a stolen base and an error

Joe Kelley steps into the box
Kelley is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the American
League infield
Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first
Wells is even with the bag at third
Collins and Ripken are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
He's ready for the delivery
Now to the belt, here it is...
Broken bat ground ball to short
Wagner breaks for home
It's off Ripken's glove!
Score It: E6
Wagner scores from third!
Kelley to first

With Jimmie Foxx on deck
Batting now for National League is Lajoie
Lajoie is 1 for 1 today
Nap singled last time around
Lajoie tells the umpire he's ready
Grove goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Kelley
Fires to Gehrig...
Kelley is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Grove comes home
The runner goes
Lajoie likes the hit and run...
Lajoie misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Gibson takes the pitch...
The throw...
Kelley is in there under the tag
Not a strong throw by Gibson

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Lajoie is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Nap certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Grove earn his salary
Lajoie waits on Grove
Grove brings it to the plate
It's a shallow fly by Lajoie
Williams runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Lajoie is out
That's two away

Foxx pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Grove
Foxx looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Jimmie
Grove adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch
Foxx rips a sharp grounder to Lou Gehrig
It rolls up his arm
Gehrig can't find the handle
Foxx is safe on the error by Gehrig

Mays is up now for National League
Mays steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Willie is 0 for 1 today
Mays is waiting on the pitch
The southpaw Grove delivers the 1-2 pitch
Swung on and popped up back of first
Collins is running after it...
Gehrig is backpedaling...
Watch out!...
They almost collided!
And the ball drops free just
beyond the dugout
A lack of communication cost
American League there
. . . Mays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Popped up into shallow left
Williams has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 7
That's it for National League
National League has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
While American League has one
run, one hit and 3 errors
National League has now left
3 runners stranded

Grove will come up to lead off
the bottom of the 3rd
American League's fans are looking
for some runs from their team
Grove scuffs up the lines around the box
Koufax gets the sign, it's one he likes
Koufax's into the windup... the delivery
There's a fly ball to Willie Mays
Mays circles under it...
He makes the play
One down for American League
Ty Cobb is still in the on-deck circle
and Willie Wells is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Cobb scuffs up the lines in the box
Now he is ready
Ty is 0 for 1 this spring evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Koufax ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Sandy rocks and fires
It's a sinker that's up in the strike zone
Cobb hits it deep towards the gap
Mays is back to the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps against the wall...
CAN'T QUITE GET IT!!!...
Cobb is not stopping at second
Steams for third...
Here's the throw to the cutoff man
There will be no play at third
They score it a triple
Number 1 of the season for Cobb

Wells now at the plate
Babe Ruth waits on deck
Wells steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
He's ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
Slider breaking in...
Wells turns on it...
Hits a drive down the line
Foxx dives for it, but can't make the play
Kelley over to cut it off
keeping it out of the corner
He throws...
Wagner cuts it off
Wells coasts into second
base with a double
Almost a great snag by Foxx

That'll bring up All Stars' right
fielder Babe Ruth...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Ruth a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Koufax
A battle of lefties...
Ruth is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Koufax
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Big motion...
Ruth is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Koufax pulled the string on him
Two down
Gonzalez asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gonzalez and Koufax

All Stars' first baseman Gehrig
is up next
Koufax is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Koufax looks in...
Now he's ready
Koufax looks back towards second...

The pitch
Gehrig swings and misses, strike three!
Lou chased a curve ball in the dirt
That's all for the All Stars
After 3 innings in American
League this evening,
The score is tied at 2

Potpie heads for the plate
leading off this inning
for National League
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Potpie looks to third for a sign
The left-hander Grove is now ready
Grove will try to get Potpie to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Base hit to center for Potpie
Ty Cobb is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Now here's Clemente
Grove has the sign he wants
Now Lefty delivers
The Super Star try the hit and run!
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Williams reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One down for National League
Miguel Gonzalez is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for National League

Facing Grove now is Gonzalez
Sandy Koufax heads to the on deck circle
Honus Wagner waits in the hole
And Lefty studies the sign from Gibson...
Now he's got it
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Grove needs to come in with this one
That's ball four
Gonzalez trots down to first
Potpie is already down on second

Koufax fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Koufax looks to lay one down
Koufax lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Koufax might beat it out...
Fielded by W.Wells
the throw to first...
Out
Koufax gets the job done.
That's the second out of the inning

Gibson heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Wagner.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Wagner on
Gibson holds out his glove
That's ball four

Two on, two outs...
Kelley steps to the plate
Grove wastes no time
He has the sign from Gibson
Grove checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Base hit to center for Kelley
Potpie scores
The 3rd base coach gives
the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Gonzalez scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Gibson heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Lajoie.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are issuing a free pass to Lajoie
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Lajoie takes his base

With two out
Batting for National League now is Foxx
Grove takes the first sign
The southpaw Grove's delivery
Pounded on the ground to short
Ripken comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for National League
After 3 and a half innings, National
League ahead 4 to 2

Josh Gibson will step into the
box to start the inning
American League would like to
get some runners on board
Left-hander Sandy Koufax
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Gibson
Koufax brings it to the plate
Gibson hits a screamer at Sandy Koufax
Koufax picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Gibson is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That's one away

"The Thumper" is now coming to bat
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Williams at the plate
Williams waits
Now Sandy delivers
Swung on and hammered into right-center
It's in the gap...
Clemente will track it down...
But Williams is into second standing up
Koufax threw a high change-up
Ted Williams timed it perfectly

Cal Ripken is coming to the plate
National League leads by 2
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Ripken is 0 for 1 today
Cal flied out last time up
Ripken waits patiently
The lefty Koufax delivers
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Wagner
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
Two away

They are issuing a free pass to Collins
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Collins takes his base

Lefty Grove, the American League pitcher,
steps into the batter's box
National League on top 4 to 2
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Koufax is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Sandy checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
Grove takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He punches Grove out
That's it for American League
Here at the ballpark, After 4 innings,
National League has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While American League has 2
runs, 4 hits and 3 errors
American League has left 3 on base
National League has stranded 6

Willie Mays up first for National League
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Gibson flashes the sign...
Grove waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw delivers
Mays pops one straight up
And it will be Ripken making the play
One away...
Gehrig is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Wells also...
Now they return to their positions

One away, nobody on base
Potpie stands ready at the plate
Potpie looks down toward
the third base coach
Lefty gets the sign from Gibson
Grove winds and delivers
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 1st
home run of the year.

Clemente, National League's right fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Miguel Gonzalez waits on deck
Roberto steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Clemente is 0 for 2 today
He flied out last time up
Clemente awaits the delivery
Grove's 1-0 pitch...
A slider by Grove
Clemente gets good wood on it...
Cobb back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!

Gonzalez leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Gonzalez
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Miguel brings the bat back...
It's coming down the pike
Hard ground ball to third
Wells grabs it
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
We're halfway through here at the ballpark
After 4 and a half innings National
League ahead 5 to 2
We'll be right back...

Ty Cobb leading off here in
the bottom of the 5th
The All Stars will try to chip away
At National League's 3 run lead
Koufax steps on the rubber
Here's the 2 strike pitch
It's a high fly into center
Mays ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One out
Willie Wells is due up next

And it brings up Willie Wells
On deck is Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig in the hole
Wells is taking his practice swings
Willie is 2 for 2 this evening
He doubled last time at bat
Wells readies himself for the pitch
Sandy is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Wagner takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Wells is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Honus is very fine fielder!
Two down
Sandy Koufax retires
the first two batters in a row

Up now for American League is Ruth
Two away, nobody on
National League has the outfield
shaded towards right
Ruth is 0 for 2 today
All set, Ruth is ready for the pitch
The lefthander Koufax delivers
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Lajoie for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That wraps up the inning
for American League
So After 5 innings
National League has 5 runs,
6 hits and no errors
While American League has 2
runs, 4 hits and 3 errors
American League has left 2 stranded
National League has failed to bring home 6

Sandy Koufax, Honus Wagner,
and Joe Kelley are due up
for the Super Star
National League leads, 5-2
Koufax grips the bat handle
The count is nothing and 2
Koufax has to protect the plate
Grove fires
Curve ball...
Koufax swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!

One out, nobody on base
Honus Wagner is the batter
Grove adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gibson
The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander
It's a smash over third
Wells leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Wagner makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Taking his lead is Wagner
Wagner is off on the pitch!
Gibson takes it
He double clutches...
But then fires a missile...
Too much speed on the bases
Wagner is in there ahead of the throw!
That's number 2 this year for Wagner

Joe Kelley steps into the box
With 3 RBI's in the game
Kelley has 3 on the season
Grove has the sign from Gibson
Now ready, here it is...
Flyball to right
it's caught
Wagner might have a chance to move up...
Ruth makes the catch...
Wagner is tagging up at second...
Here's the play at third...
SAFE!

Walking up to the plate now is Lajoie
Jimmie Foxx waits on deck
Grove steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The lefthander delivers
A high fastball...
Lajoie swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Ripken
Cal is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Lajoie was looking for the breaking ball
That retires the side
National League threatens
but fails to score
Here in the top of the 6th

Gehrig saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Koufax likes the sign
Here's the 1-1 offering
Gehrig swings and sends
a high fly to right
It is hugging the line...
Clemente is over at the fence...
It's going to be close...
It's just foul!
Gehrig just missed on that one
. . . Gehrig back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It's hit high and deep
Clemente takes off after it
He's at the fence
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
CAUGHT!
Score It: 9
One up, one down for American League

Pounding the plate with his bat
Gibson awaits the pitch
Koufax looks down at Gonzalez for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to center
Mays is under it
He makes the grab
That's the second out of the inning

Williams finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Williams steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Ted is 1 for 2 today
All set, Williams is ready for the pitch
Koufax is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Potpie...
Lajoie chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

Two outs, with a man at first
Ripken is the next batter
Ripken is 0 for 2 today
Koufax tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
We've got a full count...
Koufax winds and fires...
Bounding ball to the mound
Koufax comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That's it for American League
Here at the ballpark, After 6 innings,
National League has 5 runs,
7 hits and no errors
While American League has 2
runs, 5 hits and 3 errors
American League has left 5 on base
National League has stranded 7

National League will send Foxx,
Willie Mays, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face
Lefty Grove this inning
Foxx grips the bat handle
Foxx tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Ground ball to the left side...
Wells scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
So one up and one gone

Mays gets set at the plate
Grove toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gibson
The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Mays gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Gehrig grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Mays for the out
Two down
Grove gets the first two batters
here in the top of the 7th

Now up in the National League seventh
will be Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeeberoni is 3 for 3 this evening
Potpie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Grove
He's waiting for the pitch
And now the pitch...
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Cobb after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Potpie around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

Roberto Clemente will get
a crack at Grove next
Miguel Gonzalez would be up next...
But only if Clemente can reach safely
Clemente is taking his practice swings
Roberto is 0 for 3 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Gibson flashes the sign to Grove
The southpaw Grove's delivery
Clemente hits a three hopper
towards Eddie Collins
Collins scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's three outs, side retired

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Eddie Collins up first for American League
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Collins is 0 for 1 today
Eddie was intentionally
walked last time up
Sandy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The windup, and the 3-1 pitch
A high fastball...
Collins swings late...
He hits a routine pop just
left of Gonzalez
Miguel is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Collins was looking for the breaking ball
One down for American League
Lefty Grove is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for American League

Mickey Mantle is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Lefty Grove

Mantle walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ty Cobb moves into the on deck circle
American League needs some runs
Left-hander Sandy Koufax
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Mantle
Here's his delivery
Inside fastball, he turns on it...
Mantle rocks one deep...
This is really hit
It's going... going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
That one traveled an easy 445 feet

Now batting will be Ty Cobb
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
National League leads American
League by 2 runs
Ty is 1 for 3 this spring evening
He flied out in his last plate appearance
Cobb waiting on the delivery
Koufax brings it to the plate
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Wagner plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!

Wells walks up to the plate
Willie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Willie is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run
Koufax adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Koufax brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Wells swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Foxx...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Three away here in the bottom of the 7th
After 7 innings National
League ahead 5 to 3
The official attendance has
just been announced
46792 fans here at the ballpark
this evening
Frank Selee will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Bullet Joe Rogan has been
called from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Miguel Gonzalez, Sandy Koufax,
and Honus Wagner are due
up for the Super Star
National League leads, 5-3
The right-hander Rogan is set
to deliver to Gonzalez
Here's the 3-1 offering
Gonzalez laces a hit into the outfield
Ted Williams picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Gonzalez holds with a single

Koufax fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Sandy Koufax shows bunt
And lays it down right to Willie Wells
Wells looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Koufax
But Gonzalez moves up
National League was in luck that time...
Credit Sandy Koufax with a sacrifice
With one down

Gehrig yells something out to Rogan
Bullet Joe nods his head

Honus Wagner steps into the box
One out, man on second
Rogan shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Rogan brings it to the plate
It almost hits Honus Wagner
It goes all the way back to the screen
Gonzalez takes third on the wild pitch

Honus Wagner steps into the box
Right-hander Rogan eyes the righty Wagner
The pitch is on the way
Groundball to short
The 3rd base coach gives
the green light...
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Here's the play at home...
Runner scores!

Kelley comes to the plate
One out, Wagner at first
American League is set up for two
Gibson flashes the sign...
Rogan shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Rogan goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Wagner
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Wagner is back easily
We're ready again
Now Rogan comes home
Here's a high fastball, at the letters...
Kelley raps a hard grounder toward third
Wells takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up...
Flips over to second for one...
The throw to first...
Not in time!
Score it a force play
Speed on the bases helped
National League there
National League leads 6 to 3
with two away this inning

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Lajoie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Bullet Joe Rogan on in relief
for the All Stars
We're in the top of the 8th
Now Bullet Joe delivers
Gibson reaches in the dirt
It's off his glove
He tosses away his mask
Bounces out of his crouch
Rifles it to second...
Too late
Surprisingly, they give
Gibson a passed ball

They're not going to pitch to Lajoie
They'll give him an intentional pass
Oh! Rogan nearly threw ball
four to the backstop
Kelley bluffed a move toward third

Up next for the visiting Super Star
Jimmie Foxx, their third baseman
Two men on, two men out
Rogan is slow to get ready

He has a 13.50 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Rogan looks over at Lajoie
Now back at Kelley
He's coming home with it
Foxx drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Kelley scores
The 3rd base coach gives
the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Foxx

Mays is ready to face Rogan
Bullet Joe Rogan on in relief
of Lefty Grove
Rogan rocks and fires
Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Mays
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!
That wraps up the inning
for National League
So After 7 and a half innings
National League has 8 runs,
10 hits and no errors
While American League has 3
runs, 6 hits and 3 errors
National League has left 9 stranded
American League has failed to bring home 5

The right fielder Ruth
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig
And then Josh Gibson
Koufax will improve his record
to 1-0 with a victory here
in American League
Koufax kicks and fires
Outside fastball... lashed at by Ruth...
Pop fly...Shallow center...
Dropping quickly...
Mays pulls up, doesn't want
it to get by him
Base hit for Ruth...
As Mays fields it on one bounce

Gehrig moseys up to the plate
Josh Gibson is heading for
the on-deck circle
Koufax adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Koufax brings it to the plate
Gehrig drives one into right
Roberto Clemente sprints
over to make the play
And there's one away

One away, Ruth at first
Gibson is coming to the plate
Josh steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gibson is 0 for 3 today
He flied out last time up
Sandy Koufax still on the mound
for the Super Star...
Koufax has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits in 7 1/3 innings
Koufax looks at the runner
The pitch
Grounded towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Lajoie
Over to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 4-6
The runner on first, Ruth, is out

Koufax glares in at Williams
as he steps in
Ted just glares back
Williams is taking his practice swings
Ted is 2 for 3 this evening
After getting set, Williams
waits on the pitch
The southpaw Koufax's delivery
on the 2 strike pitch
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Lajoie for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
So ends the bottom of the 8th
For American League
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 8 innings, National
League leads 8 to 3

Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off
Rogan has no record
This is his first appearance of the season
Righthander Rogan's delivery
Sinking fastball...
Tailing away...
Swung on...
Potpie hits a deep fly to left-center
Back to the fence
Cobb is at the warning track
He's a little out of control...
Rights himself
Can't get it...
It bounces off the fence...
Potpie around first...
Here's the throw...
It's a rope...
The slide...
SAFE!!
Two-base hit for Potpie

That'll bring up Super Star' right
fielder Roberto Clemente...
National League with a man in
scoring position at second
Potpie is on second, nobody out
Rogan is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Rogan gets the sign from Gibson
And the delivery by Rogan
Base hit to left for Clemente
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Gonzalez is up now for National League
Before getting ready
Gonzalez checks out the
defensive alignment
Gonzalez awaits the pitch
Rogan looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Fastball in on the hands
Gonzalez tries to hold up, but can't
He hits a blooper to left
Williams is coming in fast
Now he has it in his sights...
Easy out
Ted rifles it back in to Collins
He walks it on over to Rogan
One gone for National League

Walking up to the plate now is Ott
Honus Wagner waits on deck
Ott goes through his routine
of settling in
Rogan wastes no time
He has the sign from Gibson
The righthander Rogan delivers
Sinker over the inside corner
Ripped at...
Ott manages a grounder to Collins...
No problem with the hop...
The throw...
Wide of the bag at first
The ball caroms into right field
Ruth runs it down
Ott jogs into second
Give Collins a a two base throwing error
Score It: E4
Potpie scores from third!
Clemente takes third
Ott to second

"The Flying Dutchman" will be up next
Wagner can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Wagner waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Rogan needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Base hit to left for Wagner
Clemente scores
The 3rd base coach gives
the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by
National League...
Not cut-off...
Ott scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Frank Selee is visiting the mound...
He's going to leave Rogan in the game
Joe Kelley is up next
National League's left fielder
finds 1 on with 1 out
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Kelley looks to third for a sign
Rogan is happy with the sign
Rogan brings it to the plate
Flyball to right
it's caught
Wagner might have a chance to move up...
Ruth makes the catch...
Wagner is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily

Here's Nap Lajoie
Lajoie is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Nap certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Rogan earn his salary
Bullet Joe gets the sign from Gibson
Rogan will try to get Lajoie to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Lajoie pulls it hard over third...
And it's snared by Wells!
Wells half fell and half dove
to grab that ball before it hit the ground
That's it in the top of the 9th
After 8 and a half innings
in American League,
National League leads 11 to 3

The shortstop Ripken will
start things off for the All Stars
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Kronside waves it off...
Now he's happy
Kronside kicks and fires
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Ripken checks his swing
Gonzalez appeals to the first base umpire
He held up, ball four
Never a good time for a lead-off walk
But especially not late in the game

Collins up
The All Stars have Ripken on first
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Collins at the plate
Collins waits
Here's the righthander's delivery
Collins chases the sinker...
Lines a hit into center...
Ripken's not slowing at all
Rounds second heading to third...
Mays throws in to Lajoie
covering second...
Ripken is in at third without a play

Up for the All Stars will
be Ed Delahanty...
He'll pinch hit for Bullet Joe Rogan
Ty Cobb is due to follow

Ed Delahanty will face Kronside
Righty against righty
Right-hander Kronside prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Delahanty
Jace rocks and fires
Delahanty flies out to right
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Ty Cobb steps into the box
Kronside has the sign from Gonzalez
A check on the runners... the pitch
The pitch is way inside
It gets away from Gonzalez
Ripken is coming hard
Gonzalez fires to Kronside
And Ripken barrels Jace over
He dropped the ball!
Both runners advanced on that wild pitch
Now, National League leads 11 to 4

Ty Cobb steps into the box
Kronside looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander delivers
Curveball, in and low
Cobb hits it to Potpie at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Collins is now perched over at third
Two gone for American League
Time is running out for them

Kronside looks down at
Wells as he steps in
Willie is ready to go
Wells is 2 for 4 today
Willie grounded out last time around
Jace is ready
Kronside fires
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on and clubbed to left-center...
Kelley backing up quickly...
Not quick enough, it's over his head!
He's got to chase it down...
Wells is heading for third...
Kelley has it and wings
it back in to Traynor
Wells hits the deck, a good slide...
Wells is in there
Traynor can't make the tag...
Collins scored easily on the hit

The All Stars' right fielder is up next
American League has 1 on board with 2 outs
We'll see how they pitch to Ruth
Kronside steps on the rubber
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Grounded towards the hole
Outstanding play by Lajoie!
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for American League
National League wins 11 to 5
Koufax gets credit for the win
Grove takes the loss
The hitting star for National League
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 5 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from American League.

[Breeze]

Super Star AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
H.Wagner SS 4 2 3 3 .375 T.Cobb CF 5 1 1 0 .182
J.Kelley LF 6 1 1 3 .167 W.Wells 3B 5 1 3 3 .571
N.Lajoie 2B 4 1 1 0 .143 B.Ruth RF 5 0 1 0 .222
J.Foxx 3B 5 0 1 2 .111 L.Gehrig 1B 3 0 0 0 .143
B-P.Traynor 3B 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Gibson C 4 0 0 0 .250
W.Mays CF 5 0 0 0 .250 T.Williams LF 4 0 2 0 .286
J.Potpie 1B 5 3 5 11.000 C.Ripken SS 3 1 0 0 .167
R.Clemente RF 5 1 1 0 .375 E.Collins 2B 3 1 1 0 .429
M.Gonzalez C 4 2 1 0 .250 L.Grove P 2 0 0 0 .000
S.Koufax P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-M.Mantle PH 1 1 1 11.000
C-M.Ott PH 1 1 0 1 .000 B.Rogan P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-E.Delahanty PH 1 0 0 0 .500
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 11 13 10 Totals 36 5 9 4

A-Pinch Hit For Grove In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Foxx In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rogan In 9th Inning

Super Star...... 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 - 11 13 0
All Stars....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 9 4

Super Star IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Koufax WIN(1-0) 8 7 3 3 2 5 2 105 3.38 A1 D6
J.Kronside 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 25 18.00 D7
Totals 9 9 5 5 3 5 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Grove LOSS(0-1) 7 8 5 3 4 1 1 122 3.86 A1 D7
B.Rogan 2 5 6 5 1 1 0 46 22.50 D8
Totals 9 13 11 8 5 2 1

ATTENDANCE- 46,792 DATE- Tuesday, April 3rd 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Super Star:10 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Super Star: 0 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- L.Gehrig, J.Gibson, C.Ripken, E.Collins
DOUBLES- J.Foxx(1st), J.Potpie-2(2nd), W.Wells(1st), T.Williams(1st)
TRIPLES- T.Cobb(1st), W.Wells(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(1st), W.Wells(1st), M.Mantle(1st)
STOLEN BASES- H.Wagner-2(2nd), J.Kelley(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Koufax-2
WALKS- H.Wagner-2, N.Lajoie-2, M.Gonzalez, L.Gehrig, C.Ripken, E.Collins
STRIKE OUTS- W.Mays, S.Koufax, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig, J.Gibson, T.Williams, L.Grove
GIDP- M.Gonzalez
WILD PITCHES- J.Kronside, B.Rogan
PASSED BALLS- J.Gibson-2

[Breeze]

AL All Star Manager Press Conference


MC: Everyone, we have just gotten work that Mr. Barnie will not be taking part in this press conference. He has instead sent the following announcement...

We are very disappointed in our play last night and we are taking steps to improve our effort and hopefully results. I haven't determined what, if any changes will be made to our lineup, and I haven't determined who my starter is going to be. With that in mind, I felt there was no need for me to attend the press conference, because I woudln't have any answers for you.

[Breeze]

NL All Star Manager Press Conference

MC: Coach Breeze is here...

Paul Pride: Were you surprised by how well your guys played last night?

Benton: I don't know if surprised is the word. I was certainly pleased.

Stan Hack: Coach, yesterday, you mentioned you would probably use Seaver in this start if it got to a game 3, because you would need Mighty to give you a lefty out of the pen. You haven't used Mighty yet and it's the last game. You still planning to start Seaver?

Benton: No, I will start Mighty. I've already informed Barnie of the change.

David Duntz: You could get critisized if he doesn't perform, because he's on your team and Seaver is 8 and 1 on the season.

Benton: I know that, but I like our chances better is we throw a lefty against that lineup. Mighty will be on a short leash. No reason to wear him out or make him overwork. It's the last game of the series. So Seaver could be in early.

Stan Hack: Is Mighy ok, with the short leash thing?

Benton: I think he was ok with it. I let him know, but you'd really need to ask him.

Paul Pride: What about your lineup?

Benton: I'm not sure who he's starting, but I can tell you that Foxx will be at 3b and Potpie will be at first. Jeebs went 5 for 5 for cryiing out loud. If he can continue to play well and Wagner can do like he did last game...we've got a shot to win this thing...

[Breeze]

ALL STAR - GAME 3 - RADIO BROADCAST

Welcome to the ballpark!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
National League and American League
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in National League
Ty Cobb to lead it off for American League
The lefthander delivers
Cobb pops one straight up
And it will be Lajoie making the play
One up, one down here in
the top of the 1st

Wells leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Wells swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
The bat is cocked
Mighty brings it home
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
That's the second out of the inning

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth needs to get on...
He has a .300 on base percentage
Mighty is happy with the sign
Now the delivery, here is is...
Ruth gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward left
Ott is heading back...
At the fence
And he makes the catch for the out!
Mighty breathes a sigh of relief
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for American League
No runs, no hits and no errors
National League is coming to bat

As we go to the bottom of the first
let's set the defensive alignment
for American League
Clemens and Gibson are the battery mates
Gehrig will man first base
Wells is at the hot corner
Ripken and Collins form the
keystone combination
From left to right it is
Williams, Cobb and Ruth
Now Honus Wagner steps in
Wagner is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Wagner gets set for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
Wagner swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wells...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's one away

Facing Clemens now is Lajoie
Mel Ott heads to the on deck circle
Jimmie Foxx waits in the hole
Roger gets the sign from Gibson
The righthander Clemens' delivery
High and tight
He takes it for a walk

Ott steps in
Lajoie's trying to rattle Roger Clemens
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
We'll see how they pitch to Ott
Clemens studies his sign
It's coming down the pike
Grounded through the infield
into left field
Base hit for Ott
Lajoie takes third

The Super Star will send
Jimmie Foxx up to the plate
The American League outfield is playing
Foxx almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Clemens on the mound
it is understandable
Clemens looks down at Gibson for the sign
Now he's ready
Clemens rocks and fires
Foxx swings awkwardly... strike three
Clemens took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Foxx way out in front
One more chance for National
League this inning

Making his way up is Mays
Mays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Clemens
Mays is poised and ready for the pitch
Now Roger delivers
Base hit to right for Mays
Lajoie scores
Ott is being held at second

The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
will be up next for National League
Clemens eyes Potpie intently
The pitch to Potpie...
Grounded towards the bag
Wells grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That's all for the Super Star...
As we head to the top of
the second inning...
National League leads 1 to 0

American League will send Gehrig,
Josh Gibson, and Ted Williams to face
Al Mighty this inning
Gehrig swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Mighty
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to right
Clemente is under it
He grabs it for the out
With one down, up next is Josh Gibson
To be followed by Ted Williams

That'll bring up catcher
Josh Gibson...
National League out in front by 1
We're in the top of the 2nd
Gibson grips the bat handle
Josh is set for the pitch
Mighty is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gibson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Lajoie grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two gone for American League

"The Thumper" is now coming to bat
Williams a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Mighty
A battle of lefties...
Mighty is making his 1st
start of the season
The southpaw delivers
Lifted in the air, back this way
The catcher, Santop, will
take it for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

Clemente up now to lead off
Clemente is at .375 on the season
Clemente gets ready for Clemens' pitch
His bat is cocked
Clemens brings it to the plate
He hits a tough grounder to short
Ripken grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
One down for National League
Louis Santop is still in
the on-deck circle
and Al Mighty is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Louis Santop makes his way to home plate
Clemens has the sign from Gibson
Clemens will try to get
Santop to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Hard ground ball to short
Ripken comes up with it
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 6-3

Coming up for National League is Mighty
Honus Wagner waits on deck
The Super Star leading by 1
Before getting ready
Mighty checks out the defensive alignment
Mighty is waiting on the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Mighty swung, that's strike three
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call
That's three outs, side retired

Ripken is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
The outfield shades towards
left for Ripken
Mighty is ready quickly
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Ripken swings and misses
Strike three
Ripken didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
National League gets the first
out of the inning

Here comes the American League second
baseman, Eddie Collins
Most believe he has quite a future
Collins scuffs up the lines around the box
Eddie steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
There's a routine pop by Collins
Lajoie moves under it and makes the catch
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 3rd

Up now for American League is Clemens
Two away, nobody on
Al looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now to the belt, here it is...
Clemens swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty strikes out Roger Clemens
That's all for American League
After 2 and a half innings in National
League this evening,
National League leads 1 to 0

Honus Wagner will lead off
for the Super Star
The top of the line-up here
for National League
Wagner is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Honus certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Clemens earn his salary
The count two balls,
two strikes on Wagner
Collins comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Clemens
The delivery
Wagner hits a screamer at Cal Ripken
Ripken picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Gehrig off the bag
Gehrig swipes with the glove

Wagner is out!
Nice play by Gehrig
One out
Due up next is Nap Lajoie

Now here's Lajoie
Gibson flashes the sign...
Clemens waves it off...
Now he's happy
Clemens' into the windup... the delivery
Lajoie hits one on the ground
to the left side
Nap, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Ripken wings it quickly to Gehrig...
OUT by a step
That's two away
Ripken comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Clemens
Mel Ott will be next up...

Next up is Mel Ott, the National
League left fielder...
If he gets on, Jimmie Foxx would bat next
Ott is taking his practice swings
Mel is 1 for 1 this evening
Clemens has the sign he wants
He brings it home
Ground ball through the middle
Collins ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
And that will do it for National League

Ty Cobb stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Ty is hitting at .167 on the year
He has 2 hits in 12 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Cobb popped out his last time up
Al peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Now ready, here it is...
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Wagner before
it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Cobb has the infield single

Cobb inches away from first base
Wells takes the low fastball
Cobb breaks for second!
The peg down...
Cobb is safe!...
As Lajoie slaps a high tag on him

Willie Wells steps into the box
Wells is at .556 on the season
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Base hit to left for Wells
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Ruth gets set at the plate
Runners at the corners
Mighty is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Mighty gets the sign from Santop
Mighty looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Babe Ruth hits a medium deep fly ball
Willie Mays lines up his
throw to the plate
He makes the catch, and here's the throw
SAFE!
As the ball trickles away from the catcher
One gone in the top of the 4th
American League does tie
the game on the play

Al Mighty watches Wells
As he moves away from the bag
Fastball in on the fists...
And there goes Wells on the steal!
Here's the peg down...
Wells is in there under the tag
Not a strong throw by Santop

Lou Gehrig steps into the box
Gehrig is 0 for 2 today
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mighty looks in...
Now he's ready
Mighty looks back towards second...

The pitch
Gehrig pops it up
Nap Lajoie is jogging under it...
And it will be Lajoie making the play

The catcher, Josh Gibson, is up next
Looking for his first hit today
Gibson is 0 for 1
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
A slider by Mighty
Gibson gets good wood on it...
Ott back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's it for American League
Here at the ballpark, After
3 and a half innings,
National League has one run,
2 hits and no errors
While American League has one
run, 2 hits and no errors
American League has left 1 on base
National League has stranded 2

The third baseman Foxx will
start things off for the Super Star
Foxx is 0 for 1 today
Clemens steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Hard slider...
And Foxx takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Nobody on, one away for National League
Up now is Mays
Mays wiggles the bat above his head
The umpire says let's go
Mays is ready
And the delivery by Clemens
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Collins plays it on one hop
Over to Gehrig...
Out of there!
That's two away

That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie,
the first baseman
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Clemens
Clemens is slow to get ready

He has a 2.45 ERA this year
Now he's ready
With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch
Potpie cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Gibson
Potpie was badly fooled by Clemens'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Jeeberoni was a little overanxious
That's three outs, side retired

First up for American League
in the top of the 5th
is Williams against Mighty
The American League left fielder will be
followed by Cal Ripken and Eddie Collins
We're all tied up at 1
Mighty steps on the rubber
The lefthander delivers
Williams swings...
Hits the fastball on the ground...
Down the line at first...
Potpie trying to backhand it...
Can't get a glove on it
It's into right field for a hit

And it brings up Cal Ripken
On deck is Eddie Collins
Roger Clemens in the hole
Ripken steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Cal is 0 for 1 today
He's ready for the delivery
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Williams
He lobs one to Potpie...
Williams is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
Ripken drives the ball to
left for extra bases
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Double for Ripken

Collins squares to bunt
He bunts the ball . . .
Fielded by J.Foxx
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Fielders Choice To 3rd Baseman
Score It: 5-2
The runner on third, Williams, is out
Ripken takes third
One down...
Roger Clemens is due up next
Let's see what happens now

Clemens looks to lay one down
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by J.Potpie
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman
Score It: 3-2
The runner on third, Ripken, is out
Collins takes second
One more chance for American
League this inning

Ty Cobb plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder for
American League appears set
Cobb is 1 for 2 today
Ty singled last time up
Cobb is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
Lazy fly ball to center
Mays settles under it
He records the out
Score It: 8
That retires the side...
Ty Cobb fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

The Super Star will send
up Roberto Clemente
The bottom of their line-up is due up
Clemente will be followed by Louis
Santop and then Al Mighty
The score is knotted at 1
Clemente swinging from the right side
facing the righty Clemens
Clemente, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Clemens
Righthander Clemens' delivery
Looped to left...and it
will drop for a hit

The Super Star' catcher is up next
National League has 1 on
board with no outs
Louis checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Santop waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Clemens goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Clemente
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Clemente is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Clemens comes home
Santop sends a scorcher to short
Ripken takes it on one hop
Fires to Collins for one
Back to Gehrig for the double play!
And there's two away

Mighty is up now for National League
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Mighty at the plate
He's ready
Here's his delivery
Routine grounder to second
Collins scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That does it for the Super Star
So at the end of five complete
it is all knotted up at 1

Wells saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Wells looks down toward
the third base coach
Wells tells the umpire he's ready
Al winds
Kicks... and delivers
And Wells will sit down...
strike three called
So one up and one gone

Walking up to the plate now is Ruth
Lou Gehrig waits on deck
Ruth gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Ruth waiting on the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a routine pop by Ruth
Wagner moves under it and makes the catch
Two down

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Gehrig is 0 for 2 today
He is currently batting .111
Ott, Mays and Clemente
are playing him deep
Lou seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Here's the 0-1 offering
Slow ground ball
Lajoie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 5 and a half innings,

We're all tied up at 1

Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, and
Mel Ott are due up
#22 shakes off the sign...
Now "The Rocket" shakes off another one
The book on Clemens
2 and 4 seam fastball, splitter
and great curve
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Wagner holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Gibson asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Wagner went around
Strike three, swinging
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Making his way up is Lajoie
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Lajoie goes through his routine
of settling in
Lajoie is ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Fly ball to right
Ruth is under it
He makes the grab
Two up, two down for the Super Star

Mel Ott will get a crack at Clemens next
Jimmie Foxx would be up next...
But only if Ott can reach safely
Ott is 1 for 2 today
Clemens adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The windup, and the 3-0 pitch
Ott swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
Ruth plays it off the wall on a hop
Ott is heading for second
Ruth turns and fires
Ott slides head first...
and beats the throw
A whistling two-bagger for Mel Ott

Gibson heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Foxx.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Foxx on
Foxx watches ball four
He takes his base

Willie Mays, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Mays is 1 for 2 today
Willie grounded out last time around
Clemens looks down at Gibson for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander Clemens delivers
Mays drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Ott scores
The 3rd base coach gives
the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Foxx scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Mays

The Super Star have Mays on third
Potpie steps in
Clemens has the sign from Gibson
Mays is dancing off third
Clemens is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Hit in the air to center
Cobb doesn't have to move
He's got it
Score It: 8
That retires the side
The Super Star score 2 runs in the inning
After 6 innings, National
League leads 3 to 1

Gibson is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Gibson is 0 for 2 today
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Gibson
Mighty kicks and fires
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gibson held up, and draws a walk
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call

Settling in at the plate is Williams
Ted glances towards third for the sign
He is 1 for 2 today
Williams readies himself for the pitch
Gibson takes a walking lead
And here is the 1-2 delivery
And Williams will sit down...
strike three called
One away, two to go in the top of the 7th

Ripken finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Ripken is 1 for 2 today
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
Mighty's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Gibson dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Mighty
Now here's the pitch
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Ripken reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Wagner making the play
Two gone for American League
Time is running out for them

Collins digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
Collins is batting .333 with
no HR's this year
Mighty looks down at Santop
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Mighty looks at the runner
The pitch
Routine grounder to first
Potpie to Mighty covering first
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning
for American League
So After 6 and a half innings
National League has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While American League has one
run, 4 hits and no errors
American League has left 4 stranded
National League has failed to bring home 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Bottom of the Super Star'
order coming to bat
Roberto Clemente will lead it off
Clemente is taking his practice swings
Roberto is 1 for 2 this evening
He singled last time at bat
Clemente, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Clemens
Clemens' righthanded delivery...
The pitch is just inside
and Clemente holds up
Gibson points down at the
first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
One down for National League
Louis Santop is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for National League

Nobody on base, one away
Santop steps into the batter's box
Clemens is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Slow ground ball
Wells is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
National League ahead 3 to 1
with two away this inning

Walking up to the plate now is Mighty
Honus Wagner waits on deck
Mighty digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Clemens
Mighty readies himself for the pitch
Clemens rocks and fires
And Mighty will sit down...
strike three called
That is the third out for
National League here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 42989

Frank Selee has called for Mickey Mantle
Mickey will come up now to bat for
Roger Clemens against Mighty
Mantle is batting 1.000 as a pinch hitter
He has 1 pinch home run

Mickey Mantle stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Mighty toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Santop
With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch
Swung on, sharply hit down
the third base line
It's past Foxx and into the corner...
Ott is over, plays the carom
Mantle is on his way to second...
Here's the throw
He slides...
The throw is toward the third base side
Mantle is in with an extra base hit

That'll bring up center fielder
Ty Cobb...
National League out in front by 2
We're in the top of the 8th
Ty is hitting at .214 on the year
He has 3 hits in 14 at bats
American League's leadoff hitter
has scored 2 runs this year
Cobb is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The lefty Mighty delivers
Base hit to right for Cobb
The 3rd base coach puts
up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Wells finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Wells is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Wells awaits the delivery
Al rocks and fires
Bouncer to short...made to
order doubleplay ball
Wagner has it on two hops...wrists
it to Lajoie
He evades the slide of Cobb
And completes the doubleplay
Mantle comes in to score, however

Ruth moseys up to the plate
Lou Gehrig is heading for
the on-deck circle
Ruth is batting .182 with 1 HR this year
Mighty looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Santop
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Mighty
Now he is ready...
Mighty brings it to the plate
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
And that retires the side

We're back at the top of the
order for National League
Honus Wagner coming up
Wonder if Wagner will try
to bunt for a hit
Honus is set for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Wagner pounds a grounder toward
Collins at second
Eddie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Collins stayed with it
Over to first and Wagner is retired
Nice play by the American
League second baseman
With one down

Gehrig yells something out to Lyons
Ted nods his head

Lajoie pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Lyons
Lajoie is at .111 on the season
Lyons looks down at Gibson for the sign

Now he's ready...
Now Ted delivers
Ground ball to the left side...
Wells scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Ott coming up for National League
Nobody on, two away
We'll see how they pitch to Ott
Mel steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Lyons' pitch
Now Ted delivers
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Lyons grabs it
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
That does it for National League
in the bottom of the 8th

Lou Gehrig leading off for American League
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Watching Mighty, Gehrig wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Lou steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
The windup, the pitch
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Gehrig gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Gehrig for the out
And there's one away

Gibson gets set at the plate
Gibson is 0 for 2 today,
with no strike outs
Al Mighty is shooting
for victory number 1
Mighty kicks and fires
Gibson rips one to left
He hit it right on the nose...
Ott is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Mel Ott
Two up, two down

Ted Williams steps in against Mighty
Left-hander against left-hander
Mighty looks down at Santop
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-2 offering
Fly ball to center
Mays is under it
He makes the grab
And that will do it for American League
National League wins 3 to 2
Mighty gets credit for the win
Clemens takes the loss
The hitting star for National League
was Willie Mays
He was 2 for 3
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from National League.

[Breeze]

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Super Star AB R H RBI AVG
T.Cobb CF,RF 4 1 2 0 .267 H.Wagner SS 4 0 0 0 .250
W.Wells 3B 4 0 1 0 .455 N.Lajoie 2B 3 1 0 0 .100
B.Ruth RF 3 0 0 1 .167 M.Ott LF 4 1 2 0 .222
T.Lyons P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Foxx 3B 2 1 0 0 .091
L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 0 0 .091 W.Mays CF 3 0 2 3 .364
J.Gibson C 3 0 0 0 .182 J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .625
T.Williams LF 4 0 1 0 .273 R.Clemente RF 3 0 1 0 .364
C.Ripken SS 3 0 1 0 .222 L.Santop C 3 0 0 0 .000
E.Collins 2B 3 0 0 0 .300 A.Mighty P 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Clemens P 2 0 0 0 .000
A-M.Mantle PH,CF 1 1 1 01.000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 2 6 1 Totals 28 3 5 3

A-Pinch Hit For Clemens In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0
Super Star...... 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 5 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Clemens LOSS(0-1) 7 5 3 3 2 7 0 97 3.86 A1 C9
T.Lyons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00 D1
Totals 8 5 3 3 2 7 0

Super Star IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Mighty WIN(1-0) 9 6 2 2 1 6 0 103 2.00 A1
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 42,989 DATE- Wednesday, April 4th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:41
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 4 Super Star: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Super Star: 1
DOUBLES- C.Ripken(1st), M.Mantle(1st), M.Ott(1st), W.Mays(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Cobb(1st), W.Wells(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Ruth
WALKS- J.Gibson, N.Lajoie, J.Foxx
STRIKE OUTS- W.Wells-2, B.Ruth, T.Williams, C.Ripken, R.Clemens, H.Wagner,
J.Foxx-2, J.Potpie, R.Clemente, A.Mighty-2
GIDP- W.Wells, L.Santop

[Breeze]

What? No comments on the All-Star game?

Actually, just wanted to let you know, I'm going to be out of town for a while, so this dynasty will be on hold until I return next week.

[Travis]

Looking forward to this getting rolling again. Nice job on the comeback, always nice to stick it to them ;)

[Breeze]

GAME 79 - June 25th - Radio Broadcast


Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and NL Pre WWII
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Frankie Frisch to lead it
off for NL Pre WWII
The southpaw's 3-0 delivery
Frisch starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Nielsen walks him

The headsy and classy third baseman,
Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat
Frisch takes his lead
Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Traynor swings
It is popped down the line
Fouts is giving chase
The ball is drifting foul
Fouts dives
Got it!

Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII
FOFC is set up for two
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Nielsen fires
Hornsby rips a line shot
to the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
One blink and that would have
been past him!
Frisch stays put
That's two away

Ott leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Ott
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Hays...and he's got it
So that's it for NL Pre WWII
They fail to score against Nielsen
In the top of the 1st for NL Pre WWII
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

NL Pre WWII has taken the field
in the bottom of the first inning...

Here's how they look, defensively
In the outfield
Medwick will play left
Cuyler in center
Ott in right...
Around the diamond
Traynor will play the hot corner
Frisch and Hornsby
Make up the doubleplay combination...
Over at first Terry
And a battery of Carl Hubbell
and Hartnett behind the plate
First batter for the All Stars
A. J. Tucker steps in
A. J. tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt
Now checks with the coach at third
Tucker waits for the delivery
The lefthander delivers
Screaming liner towards short
Frisch makes a great catch!
Score It: 6
One up, one down

And it brings up Jeff Nights
On deck is Gerald Gazelle
Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Nights looks to third for a sign
Hubbell steps on the rubber
The southpaw's 2-1 delivery
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Frisch...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Hartnett asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hartnett and Hubbell

Gazelle coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Gazelle has managed a .291 average
against lefthanders this year
Hubbell adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The southpaw Hubbell's delivery
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Frisch
It's by him...
Medwick comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Gazelle to a single

Two out, Gazelle at first
Coming up is Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie has a .234 average
against lefthanders
He is .286 overall
Set now is Potpie
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Potpie drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Kiki Cuyler throws the ball
away for an error!
Double for Potpie

The third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next
Fouts can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The bat is cocked
Hubbell brings it to the plate
There's a jam shot off the hands of Fouts
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Rogers Hornsby
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning,
FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
no hits and one error
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Pre WWII has stranded 1

Kiki Cuyler, Joe Medwick, and
Gabby Hartnett are due up
Cuyler digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Cuyler cocks his bat
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Planting his right foot
Medwick is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Medwick
Joe checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings...

Now he steps into the box
Medwick awaits the delivery
The pitch is on the way
There's a hard grounder down at Nights
He's in front of it...
But he muffs it!
Error on Jeff Nights
as that ball just ate him up!
It crawled right up his arms
and clipped him in the chin

Hartnett squares
He bunts the ball . . .
Fielded by D.Fouts
the throw to first...
Out
Hartnett gets the job done.
That's one away

While Carl Hubbell heads
for the on deck circle
Bill Terry makes his way to the plate
Terry a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Nielsen
A battle of lefties...
Terry in the hole, 0-2
Nielsen kicks and fires
Terry is waiting
Bill need wait no more... he's outta here
Just another victim of Nielsen's
breaking ball
That's out number two
All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie,
is out to talk with Nielsen

Carl Hubbell, the NL Pre WWII pitcher,
steps into the batter's box
FOFC ahead 1 to 0
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
A single could plate two runs
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 10 victories make him
2nd in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Nielsen checks the runners
Here's the 0-2 offering
Grounded to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Hubbell fails to come through
in the clutch
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit,
one error and 2 men left on base

Hays saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays is batting .319 with
6 round trippers in 1900
Hubbell eyes Hays intently
Now Carl delivers
It's a Texas Leaguer to right
Here comes Ott...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Hays is on with a bloop single to right

FOFC left fielder, Sean Treacy,
will be up next
He will be followed by Barrett Blade
One on... no one out
FOFC up by 1
Treacy taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Hubbell has the sign from Hartnett
Hubbell rocks and fires
Treacy swings...
Bounced to the right side of first...
It's by Terry and through...
For a single...
Ott charging fast...
Fields it smoothly...throws to third...
Cut off by Frisch...
Hays slides safely into third

Barrett Blade steps in
Treacy at first, Hays at third, no one out
Blade is at .252 on the season
Hubbell looks down at Hartnett
for the sign
Now he's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Blade drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Hays scores
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Blade

Nielsen looks to lay one down
Nielsen lays down a great bunt!
He might beat it out...
Fielded by G.Hartnett
the throw to first...
close play...
SAFE, Nielsen beat it out!
Treacy scores from third!
Blade takes third

Tucker saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the
lefty Carl Hubbell
Tucker gets set for the pitch
Hubbell checks the runners
The Whiff!
Swung on the HIGH CHEESE!
One down for FOFC...
Traynor calls time as he
comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

I'm sure he wants Hubbell to bear down
And not worry about the runners

Jeff Nights moves in to face Hubbell
2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd
Men on 1st and 3rd
Hubbell tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
It's coming down the pike
Long fly ball to left field
Joe Medwick giving chase
This one is deep!
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
CAUGHT!
Score It: 7
Two gone for FOFC

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Gazelle
Gazelle is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .276 on the year
Gazelle waits for the pitch
Hubbell goes into his stretch...
Looks at Nielsen...
He fires one to Terry...
Nielsen dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Terry lobs it back
Now Hubbell comes home
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Medwick reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That retires the side... but not before
3 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 2 innings, FOFC ahead 4 to 0

Frankie Frisch stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Frankie will be facing the
left-handed Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
The Pre-Nationals' switch
hitting shortstop
is batting a .278 versus southpaws
Frisch is poised and ready for the pitch
Nielsen brings it to the plate
There's a liner over short
Solidly stroked by Frisch...
Would you look at that!
Nights leaped two stories into the air
and robbed Frisch of a sure base hit
Frankie is disgusted...
but tips his hat to Nights just the same
That ball had base hit written all over it
And there's one away

Traynor is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Looking to Casey Stingle for a sign
He's ready for the delivery
Here's his delivery
Traynor drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
That's the second out of the inning

Making his way up is Hornsby
Hornsby is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Rogers certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Nielsen earn his salary
Nielsen is happy with the sign
Nielsen is into his rocking motion
Now his left arm comes around
Hornsby bounces one high toward the mound
Nielsen leaps up but can't reach it
Nights is over quickly...
Reaches down and scoops it
up on the short hop
Underhands it to Potpie...
OUT
Pretty play by Jeff Nights to
retire Hornsby by a whisker
The crowd appreciated that play
That's three up, three down
FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and one error

The All Stars will send
Potpie, Dan Fouts, and Harry Hays up
to the plate this inning
Potpie has 12 doubles this year
He's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Drilled on the ground to short
Frisch grabs it
Over to Terry
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Now here's Fouts
Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box
Fouts is waiting on the pitch
Here's the pitch
Fouts hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch
Frisch takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Terry scoops it on one hop

Fouts is out!
Nice play by Terry
FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with
two away this inning

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
Sean Treacy waits on deck
Watching Hubbell, Hays wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Hays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Hubbell brings it to the plate
Hays slaps a hard grounder past short
Medwick is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Hays will hold with a clean single

Stepping in the batter's box, Treacy
Hays at first, two away
Treacy wiggles the bat above his head
Treacy readies himself for the pitch
Hays takes a walking lead
The lefthander Hubbell delivers
There's a quail shot in
front of Joe Medwick
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
That does it for FOFC in
the bottom of the 3rd

NL Pre WWII will send Ott,
Kiki Cuyler, and Joe Medwick to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Ott is batting .293 with
24 homers this year
Ott is set for the 0-2 pitch
Rob rocks and fires
Another hook for strike three!
Ott just stood there looking
One up, one down for NL Pre WWII

Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Kiki Cuyler
Nobody on base, one out
Cuyler is 1 for 1 today
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Cuyler...
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Cuyler
No chance for either Nights or Treacy
That one had base hit written all over it

Joe Medwick steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Cuyler is at first
Joe takes a couple of practice cuts
The umpire says let's go
Medwick is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Joe Medwick hits a drive to left-center
A. J. Tucker is at the warning track
Reaches up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
Two down

Two outs, with a man at first
Hartnett is the next batter
Hartnett swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
Hartnett awaits the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
A. J. Tucker is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Tucker!

Leading off for the All Stars
is the second baseman Blade
He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen
And then A. J. Tucker
The righthander, Blade has
an average of .256
His success against lefties, like Hubbell
is better, however, at .297
Barrett steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Hubbell's pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Blade tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short right
Ott is coming in hard...
Hornsby is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Blade is on with the "excuse me" single!

Nielsen squares around
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by P.Traynor
the throw to first...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
Hubbell has the first out in
the bottom of the 4th
Hartnett trots out to the mound
Says a few words to Carl...
With the runner on second...
Probably making sure of the signs

A. J. Tucker is up next
FOFC's center fielder finds
1 on with 1 out
Tucker looks down toward
the third base coach
The count two balls,
two strikes on Tucker
Hornsby comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Hubbell
The delivery
Tucker watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights grips the bat handle
Nights chokes up on the bat a little
The lefthander Hubbell comes home with it
Looping fly to center
Kiki Cuyler charges the ball
It falls in front of him
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC on top 5 to 0

Gerald Gazelle, will be up next
Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
FOFC up by 5
Gerald is batting .273 with
10 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
The count even at 2-2
Hubbell goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Nights
He lobs one to Terry...
Nights is back easily
We're ready again
Now Hubbell comes home
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Gerald looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
2 hits and one error
FOFC has left 3 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 4

Bill Terry leading off for NL Pre WWII
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
We'll see how they pitch to Terry
Terry awaits the delivery
And here's the pay-off pitch...
Routine grounder to second
Blade scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One down for NL Pre WWII
Carl Hubbell is still in
the on-deck circle
and Frankie Frisch is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now batting for NL Pre WWII...
Paul Waner...
He'll pinch hit for Carl Hubbell
Waner with a .309 average on the season

Next up for NL Pre WWII is Paul Waner
Waner steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
The umpire says let's go
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Waner lifts a flyball towards Sean Treacy
Treacy seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Treacy stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Treacy
One more chance for NL
Pre WWII this inning

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Frisch
Frisch is batting .271 with
3 HR's this year
Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Rob has a 10 and 4 record
with 4 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
He brings it home
Frisch gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Frisch

Traynor now at the plate
Rogers Hornsby waits on deck
Traynor is at .285 on the season
Nielsen is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Nielsen looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Traynor goes down on strikes
Three away in the top of the 5th
FOFC leads 5 to 0
Let's see how NL Pre WWII
is doing of late...
Well, NL Pre WWII is 2 and 8
in their last ten games
Burleigh Grimes will be coming
on to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Burleigh has appeared in
26 games this season
with a record of 7-4
In 107 innings, he has an 4.47 ERA
Carl Hubbell has finished his work
here this evening

Jeeberoni Potpie, Dan Fouts,
and Harry Hays are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 5-0
Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting
.304 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign

Now he's ready...
Grimes' 2-2 pitch...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hartnett fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
With one down, up next is Dan Fouts
To be followed by Harry Hays

Now batting will be Dan Fouts
The third baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 5
Fouts is 0 for 2 today
Dan grounded out last time up
Burleigh Grimes steps off
the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The 0-2 pitch...
Grimes lets it fly...
Fouts cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hartnett
Fouts was badly fooled by Grimes'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Dan was a little overanxious
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 5

All Stars' catcher Hays
is up next
Grimes ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The righthander Grimes' delivery
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Terry at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Hays gets a base hit

Treacy up
The All Stars have Hays on first
Treacy is hitting .292 against righties
Now set, Treacy waits for the pitch
Grimes checks Hays on first...
The 1-2 delivery
Bouncer to second
Taken by Hornsby
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That does it for FOFC in the 5th
They leave 1 on base
4 stranded so far today

NL Pre WWII will send up Rogers Hornsby,
Mel Ott and Kiki Cuyler
to face Nielsen
They'll try to get something going
here in the top of the 6th
Hornsby is 0 for 2 today
Nielsen studies his sign
Nielsen leans back and fires
Slider, down and away...
Hornsby reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Fouts is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Treacy is hustling after it...
Hornsby with the big turn...
The throw from Treacy goes into second
And Hornsby holds at first

That will bring up right fielder, Mel Ott
Mel is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .292 on the season
Ott is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Hornsby is dancing off first
Here's the 3-0 offering
Nielsen loses him
Ott heads down to first

Cuyler walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Joe Medwick moves into the on deck circle
NL Pre WWII needs some runs
Cuyler is taking his practice swings
Kiki is 2 for 2 this evening
Kiki steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
A check on the runners... the pitch
Curve, up high...
Cuyler rips it to left...
Nielsen hung that breaking ball
However, Kiki got under it just a bit
Treacy started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
So we have one out now for NL Pre WWII
2 runners on board
as Joe Medwick rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

Joe Medwick, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Medwick is 0 for 2 today
Rob Nielsen on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 4 hits and 0 runs
Nielsen checks the runners
It's popped up into foul territory
Harry Hays is under it
He puts it away
Score It: 2
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
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your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Two on, two outs...
Hartnett steps to the plate
Hartnett is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gabby seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The southpaw delivers
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Gazelle
And he pulls it in
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
4 hits and one error
NL Pre WWII has left 7 men on base today

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Japanese League leads Negro
League II 3 to 2
Inao battling Wickware
Caribbean leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1
Oliva has hit his 10th homerun
for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII winning over
Negro League I 8 to 2
Simmons has hit his 13th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII slipping by Old Timers 3 to 1
Morgan has hit his 15th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Left Outs is giving it to
Turn of Century 8 to 3
Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead
Dead Ball Era and Late 20th are tied at 1
And right here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 0
Burleigh is ready
Now Burleigh delivers
Smashed to third
Traynor grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3

Nielsen finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Nielsen at the plate
Nielsen is ready
The righthander Grimes delivers
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Nielsen swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hartnett loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Rob as he was heading for the dugout
Two up, two down

Walking up now to the plate is Tucker
Grimes has the sign from Hartnett
Grimes brings it home
Tucker hits a three hopper
towards Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Grimes retires three in a row
Here in the bottom of the 6th

Terry is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Terry has hit 2 home runs this year
Nielsen appears to be throwing
just as hard now as when the game began
And, even more importantly...
just as effectively!
Into the windup... here's the pitch
It's a high fly into right
Gazelle ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out

Leo Durochure will send up a pinch
hitter for Burleigh Grimes
Yes, Freddy Lindstrom steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Nielsen

Lindstrom departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Stepping out, Lindstrom
looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 3-2 delivery
There's a drive to left by Lindstrom
Pflaggstettler picks the
ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Lindstrom turns back and
settles for a single
Terrific play by Pflaggstettler

One away, Lindstrom at first
Frisch is coming to the plate
Frisch wiggles the bat above his head
Frisch is ready
The stretch... the delivery
Frisch just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...

Pie Traynor, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Traynor has hit 7 home runs this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
There's a drive down the line
Pflaggstettler takes off after it
It's out of his reach
Traynor running hard out of the box
Pflaggstettler corrals the ball
Traynor motors into second
Two-bagger!
Lindstrom scores from second!

Slowly coming up is Hornsby
for NL Pre WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 5 to 1
We'll see how they pitch to Hornsby
Hornsby is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch to Hornsby...
Hornsby goes after the fastball...
It's a base hit by Nights...
Traynor only moves down to third
and that's where he'll hold
as the ball was hit very sharply
making it impossible for him to score

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Mel Ott
Mel comes to the plate batting .292
with 24 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Nielsen takes the first sign
Rob rocks and fires
Base hit to right for Ott
Traynor scores
Third base coach Casey Stingle
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Hornsby will stay at second

That'll bring up center fielder
Kiki Cuyler...
FOFC out in front by 3
We're in the top of the 7th
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Cuyler
He's 2 for 3 today
Nielsen is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Around comes the arm
In comes the pitch
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Cuyler watches it go by
for the third strike
That's all she wrote for this inning
FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
8 hits and one error
NL Pre WWII has left 9 baserunners
stranded today

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Dazzy Vance will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dazzy has appeared in 31 games this season
with a record of 4-3
In 52 innings, he has an 3.12 ERA
Burleigh Grimes has finished his work
here this evening

Here's Jeff Nights leading off
Gerald Gazelle is on deck
And Jeeberoni Potpie is in the hole
Nights is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .282 on the year
Vance toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hartnett
Vance brings it to the plate
It's a smash over first
Terry leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Nights makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

FOFC right fielder, Gerald
Gazelle, is up next
Gazelle can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Vance has the sign he wants
Here's his delivery
Gazelle sends a scorcher to short
Frisch takes it on one hop
Fires to Hornsby for one
Back to Terry for the double play!
And there's two away

The All Stars will send
Jeeberoni Potpie up to the plate
Potpie adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this evening
Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Vance rocks and fires
Dribbler in front of home
Hartnett comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 2-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45201

The scheduled hitters are Joe Medwick,
Gabby Hartnett, and Bill Terry
It's the top of the 8th...
All Stars lead the Pre-Nationals, 5-2
Right-hander Fozborg eyes
the righty Medwick
The 0-2 pitch...
Fozborg lets it fly...
Medwick is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II clipping
Japanese League 7 to 3
AL Post WWII is giving it
to Caribbean 7 to 2
AL Pre WWII besting Negro League I 12 to 7
NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 3 to 2
Left Outs is giving it to
Turn of Century 8 to 3
Late 20th is on top of
Dead Ball Era 3 to 1
And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 2

Settling in at the plate is Hartnett
Hartnett has hit 8 home runs this year
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's the 1-2 pitch
Extra base hit to center for Hartnett
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Terry finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Terry, a lefthand hitter stands ready
He's hitting .276 currently
He was practicing hitting to leftfield
earlier today in batting practice
Terry readies himself for the pitch
Fozborg fires
A slider by Fozborg
Terry gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's two away

Dazzy Vance is scheduled
to bat next, but...
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yes Ross Youngs is stepping
out to the on-deck circle
Leo Durochure will send Ross
up to face Fozborg
Youngs has a knack for getting on base
His .382 OBP proves that
He is hitting righties at a .286 pace

Two gone, Hartnett at third
Batting now is Ross Youngs
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Here's the 0-1 offering
Youngs swings and lifts one toward right
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Three down in the 8th for NL Pre WWII
They trail by 3
It's always a bad sign when you are down
by as many runs as you have
outs to score them in
Dizzy Dean will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dizzy has appeared in 19 games this season
He has a record of 3-2
with 7 saves
His ERA stands at 3.18

The third baseman Fouts
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
NL Pre WWII has the outfield
shaded towards right
Fouts is 0 for 3 today
Dean gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Dean's 1-0 pitch...
Fouts pounds a grounder toward
Frisch at short
Frankie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Frisch stayed with it
Over to first and Fouts is retired
Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop
One out
Due up next is Harry Hays

Hays walks to the plate
Hays steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 3 for 3 today
Dean wastes no time
He has the sign from Hartnett
Dean brings it to the plate
Hays starts... but lays off
the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Dean walks him

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
moves in to face Dean
1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 8th
Dean looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hartnett
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Dean
Now he is ready...
Dean goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hays
He lobs one to Terry...
Hays is back easily
We're ready again
Now Dean comes home
Dean's fastball is ripped toward first
Terry can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Hays was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Pflaggstettler
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Barrett Blade

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 on board with 1 out
Blade has hit 1 home run this year
Dean rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Hartnett
Pflaggstettler dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Pflaggstettler
made it back
Two gone for FOFC

Gonzalez stands ready at the plate
Two outs, Pflaggstettler at
first, Hays at third
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
And Dizzy studies the sign
from Hartnett...
Now he's got it
Now Dizzy delivers
Base hit to right for Gonzalez
Hays scores
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Gonzalez at first

Tucker is ready to face Dean
Tucker has hit 6 triples this year
Tucker is set for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Bounced towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Hornsby
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 8 innings, FOFC leads 6 to 2

Frankie Frisch stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Frisch is batting .273 with
3 HR's this year
Sammy Knowles steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Knowles kicks and fires
Frisch hits one on the ground
to the left side
Frankie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
And there's one away

One away, nobody on base
Traynor stands ready at the plate
Traynor is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900
He's 0-0 in 25 appearances so far
Knowles is into his windup
Here's the pitch
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two down

Rogers Hornsby will get a
crack at Knowles next
Mel Ott would be up next...
But only if Hornsby can reach safely
We're in the top of the 9th
Knowles steps on the rubber
Righthander Knowles' delivery
Hornsby drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 6 to 2
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Hubbell takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 2 for 3
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/25/1900

Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
F.Frisch SS 4 0 1 0 .272 A.Tucker CF 5 0 0 0 .297
P.Traynor 3B 5 1 1 1 .286 J.Nights SS 3 0 2 2 .284
R.Hornsby 2B 5 0 2 0 .287 G.Gazelle RF 4 1 1 0 .267
M.Ott RF 3 0 1 1 .294 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 1 .285
K.Cuyler CF 4 0 2 0 .295 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 0 0 .238
J.Medwick LF 4 0 0 0 .365 H.Hays C 3 2 3 0 .331
G.Hartnett C 3 0 1 0 .288 S.Treacy LF 3 1 1 0 .271
B.Terry 1B 4 0 0 0 .274 B-P.Pflaggstettler LF 1 0 1 0 .316
C.Hubbell P 1 0 0 0 .098 B.Blade 2B 4 2 2 1 .258
A-P.Waner PH 1 0 0 0 .308 R.Nielsen P 2 0 1 1 .143
B.Grimes P 0 0 0 0 .242 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-F.Lindstrom PH 1 1 1 0 .286 E-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 1 .296
D.Vance P 0 0 0 0 .250 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-R.Youngs PH 1 0 0 0 .276
D.Dean P 0 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 34 6 13 6

A-Pinch Hit For Hubbell In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Treacy In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Grimes In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Vance In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 8th Inning

Pre-Nationals... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 9 1
All Stars....... 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 13 1

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Hubbell LOSS(7-9) 4 9 5 4 0 3 0 78 5.45 A1 C3
B.Grimes 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 26 4.39 C4 D1
D.Vance 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.06 D2 D4
D.Dean 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 23 3.34 D5
Totals 8 13 6 5 1 7 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Nielsen WIN(11-4) 7 8 2 2 2 4 0 122 3.34 A1 D5
S.Fozborg HOLD(4th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.53 D6 D9
S.Knowles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.52 E1
Totals 9 9 2 2 2 5 0

ATTENDANCE- 45,201 DATE- Monday, June 25th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Pre-Nationals:10 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pre-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- K.Cuyler, J.Nights
DOUBLES- P.Traynor(8th), G.Hartnett(12th), J.Potpie(12th), B.Blade(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Hartnett, R.Nielsen
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Nights
WALKS- F.Frisch, M.Ott, H.Hays
STRIKE OUTS- P.Traynor, M.Ott, K.Cuyler, J.Medwick, B.Terry, A.Tucker-2,
G.Gazelle, J.Potpie, D.Fouts, B.Blade, R.Nielsen
GIDP- G.Gazelle
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: A. J. Tucker robbed Gabby Hartnett of a Homerun!

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GAME 80 - June 27 - RADIO BROADCAST


Good afternoon and welcome to
our baseball broadcast at FOFC Stadium
NL Pre WWII will take on
the hometown All Stars
The visitors hope to stop their current
5 game losing streak
Al Mighty, will see
if he can keep it going
He'll be looking for win number 7
here in 1900
NL Pre WWII will send Pete Alexander
out to the mound in the bottom of the 1st
He has a record of 10-5
with a 4.16 ERA
It won't be long now...
Mighty brings it home
Frisch hits a fly ball to left
K. A. Ton camps under it
He's got it
And there's one away

Now here's Traynor
We'll see how they pitch to Traynor
Mighty gets the sign from Bullock
He is 11th in the league in strike outs
He has 101 on the season
Al is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Traynor swings
He sends one to the deepest
part of right-center
That's going to get through to the fence
Traynor rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple
Pie Traynor now has 6 three-baggers
this season

Hornsby digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
Hornsby is one of the best hitters around
Al looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
And the delivery by Mighty
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
That's two away

Mel Ott will get a crack at Mighty next
Kiki Cuyler would be up next...
But only if Ott can reach safely
Mel is 6th in the league in home runs
with a 24 so far in 1900
Mel steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
Now Al delivers
Mighty comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Ott
As Mel swings right through
it for strike three
That retires the side...
Mel Ott fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

As A. J. Tucker steps in to lead off
FOFC's half of the first
Let me set up the defense for NL Pre WWII
Alexander's battery mate is Lombardi
Around the horn from first to third
Terry at first, Hornsby at second,
Traynor the third sacker
Frisch will be playing short
Medwick, Cuyler and Ott will
patrol the outfield
from left to right

Tucker, FOFC's center fielder, steps in
Tucker is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Tucker waits on Alexander
Pete rocks and fires
Tucker rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Terry spears it!
A shot hit right on the screws
but right at the NL Pre WWII first baseman
One gone for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Alexander studies his sign
He brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Frisch...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Pflaggstettler
Alexander is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Alexander looks in...
Now he's ready
Pete winds
Kicks... and delivers
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Lombardi asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Pflaggstettler went around
Strike three, swinging
Pete Alexander holds the All Stars
scoreless in the first

NL Pre WWII will send Cuyler,
Joe Medwick, and Ernie Lombardi to face
Al Mighty this inning
Kiki is hitting at .295 on the year
He has 41 hits in 139 at bats
This includes 7 doubles, 2 triples
2 home runs and 19 RBI's
He's ready for the delivery
Mighty brings it to the plate
Cuyler swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty strikes out Kiki Cuyler
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League is giving it
to Negro League II 6 to 1
Kaneda enjoying the big
Japanese League lead
Caribbean with the lead over
AL Post WWII 3 to 0
AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Negro League I 3 to 0
Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII clipping Old Timers 4 to 0
Koufax comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII
Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 1 to 0
Late 20th is beating Dead Ball Era 4 to 0
Johnson comfortably ahead for Late 20th
And right here in FOFC We're scoreless

The left fielder, Joe Medwick, is up next
Medwick goes through his
routine of settling in
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
The lefty Mighty delivers
Medwick swings
It's a Texas Leaguer into
shallow left field
Nights is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
That's the second out of the inning

"Schnozz" is making his way to the plate
Lombardi is at .320 on the season
Mighty shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Way ahead in the count
Mighty turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Lombardi rarely ever strikes out
But Mighty got him that time!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Potpie saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Alexander is ready quickly
Now to the belt, here it is...
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

Palmer settles in at the plate
Palmer is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Deacon certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Alexander earn his salary
Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Here's the change up...
Waiting on it...
Palmer drives one over Cuyler's head...
Cuyler backing up quickly...
He's got his legs twisted...
But he rights himself in time
Cuyler recovers and makes the grab
With one down, up next is K. A. Ton
To be followed by Billy Bullock

One on, one out
Ton walks to the batter's box
Ton is at .260 on the season
He is hitting .243 against righties
Ton tells the umpire he's ready
Alexander kicks and fires
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Medwick one hands it...
OUT!

Bullock is up now for FOFC
Bullock digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Alexander
Alexander looks down at
Lombardi for the sign
Now he's ready
Alexander brings it to the plate
Bullock watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Billy,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Alexander just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Alexander
In the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

Here's the first baseman Terry
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Pete Alexander
And then Frankie Frisch
Terry is batting .274 with
2 HR's this year
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Terry
Here's the pitch
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
And there's one away

Alexander gets set at the plate
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Alexander sends a routine
ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Mighty
Easy out
One more chance for NL
Pre WWII this inning

Next up is Frankie Frisch, the
NL Pre WWII shortstop...
If he gets on, Pie Traynor would bat next
Looking for his first hit today
Frisch is 0 for 1
Frisch chokes up on the bat a little
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He grabs it for the out
That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII
By the way, NL Pre WWII is 2 and
8 in their last ten games

Blade saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade is batting .258 with 1 HR this year
Alexander adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
Alexander brings it to the plate
Blade is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One out
Due up next is Al Mighty

FOFC pitcher, Al Mighty, is up next
Mighty grips the bat handle
The bat is cocked
Here's the 2 strike offering
A high hopper to first
Terry flips to Alexander covering
Score It: 3-1
That's two away
Frisch comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Alexander
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

A. J. Tucker will step in
to face Alexander next
If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow
Before getting ready
Tucker checks out the defensive alignment
All set, Tucker is ready for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Sinking line drive
Caught by Rogers Hornsby
That does it in the bottom of the 3rd
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After 3 innings, No score

Here's Pie Traynor leading off
Rogers Hornsby is on deck
And Mel Ott is in the hole
Pie will be facing the left-handed Mighty
from the right side of the plate
He has a .288 average overall
But southpaws are his nemesis...
He has only a .250 average
against lefty hurlers
Traynor awaits the delivery
Mighty's 0-1 pitch...
Traynor rips the curve to left-center...
Tucker racing back to the fence...
He leaps up for the drive...
Can't quite get it!!...
Traynor around first...
Tucker quickly runs it down
Fires a strong throw...
Off the mark..
Traynor makes it easily into second
That's a double for Traynor

No outs, Traynor at second
Hornsby is at the plate for NL Pre WWII
Mighty eyes Hornsby intently
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-1 pitch
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One down for NL Pre WWII
Mel Ott is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Pre WWII

Ott strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Ott is hitless today, 0 for 1
Mel struck out in his last at bat
Mighty adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch to Ott...
Ott swings late and slices one to left
It's curving toward the foul line...
Ton won't get there in time
It's a fair ball as it
hits right on the line!
It takes two bounces...
Now a fan reaches over the railing
and gloves it!
Well, that stops that play right there!
Ott will get a ground rule double on it...
And the fan will be escorted out
of the ball park...
You can't do that folks
That ball was still in play
Of course, Traynor scores on the play

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Pre-Nationals send their
center fielder,
Kiki Cuyler, up to face Mighty
Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting
in the on-deck circle
NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0
Bullock flashes the sign to Mighty
Mighty's behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
A slider by Mighty
Cuyler gets good wood on it...
Ton back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Two outs, Ott at second
Medwick is ready
Medwick can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Mighty is slow to get ready

He has a 3.16 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Medwick swings...
And hits nothing but air!
Strike three!
Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball!
6 on the evening for Mighty
That's it for NL Pre WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
NL Pre WWII has one run,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors
NL Pre WWII has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Jeff Nights, the All Stars' shortstop,
is ready to lead off the bottom of the 4th
He can be a nightmare for pitchers
when he gets on
He's one of the league's
better base stealers
Nights steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Alexander looks down at
Lombardi for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Windup by Alexander
And the pitch
Grounded towards third
Traynor scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S SAFE!

Pflaggstettler now at the plate
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Pflaggstettler is at .314 on the season
Alexander has the sign he wants
Alexander's righthanded delivery...
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE!
And Pflaggstettler is punched out
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Deacon Palmer is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box
Jeeberoni is ready for the delivery
Alexander's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Nights dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Terry tosses it back to Alexander
Now here's the pitch
Potpie sends a hot smash to first
Terry takes it on one hop
Fires to Frisch for one
Back to Bill Terry...
Jeeberoni beats the relay
NL Pre WWII on top 1 to 0 with
two away this inning

With a runner at first and two outs
Palmer walks to the plate
Palmer is at .308 on the season
Alexander steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Grounded to third
Taken by Traynor
Over to Terry
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That ends the inning
After 4 innings, NL Pre WWII leads by 1

Ernie Lombardi will get things
started for NL Pre WWII
He'll be followed by Bill Terry
and Pete Alexander
If any of them get on,
lead-off hitter, Frankie
Frisch, will step in
Now Lombardi approaches home plate
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Mighty brings it home
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Potpie snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Potpie
That's one away

Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Bill Terry
Nobody on base, one out
Terry wiggles the bat above his head
Bill steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
The lefthander delivers
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Terry hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Alexander fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Alexander squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Palmer bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first
Just in time!
Nice play
Credit Pete Alexander with a sacrifice
Two down

We are in the top of the 5th
NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0
Now batting is Frankie Frisch
Frisch has hit 6 triples this year
Al is ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Slider from Mighty...
Swung on and just squibbed to
the right of the mound
Mighty jumps on it with his bare hand
Fires underhanded in one
motion to Potpie...

Frankie beats it out by a step!
Terry moves over to third
Frisch can sure fly down that line
Most batters would have been out
on the great play by Mighty

That brings up Pie Traynor,
the third baseman
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Mighty brings it to the plate
Bounced towards the hole
Tremendous diving grab by Blade!
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 4-6
The runner on first, Frisch, is out
That retires the side...
Traynor fails to come through
in the clutch
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, 2 hits, no
errors and 2 men left on base

Ton is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
K. A. is hitting at .257 on the year
He has 26 hits in 101 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Ton flied out his last time up
Alexander has the sign from Lombardi
Here's the windup and the 3-2 delivery
Ton hits a screamer at Pie Traynor
Traynor picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Terry off the bag
Terry swipes with the glove

Ton is out!
Nice play by Terry
One up, one down

Now batting will be Billy Bullock
The catcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run
Alexander wastes no time
He has the sign from Lombardi
The righthander Alexander's delivery
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Bullock was frozen on that
fastball by Alexander
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
Two down
Lombardi asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Lombardi and Alexander

FOFC will send the second baseman
Barrett Blade up to the plate
If he gets on, Al Mighty would bat next
Alexander looks down at
Lombardi for the sign

Now he's ready...
Now ready, here it is...
Blade rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Cuyler is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Kiki Cuyler
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 5 innings
NL Pre WWII on top, 1-0

Heavy hitters due up for NL Pre WWII
Hornsby will lead it off
He will be followed by Mel
Ott and Kiki Cuyler
The outfield shades towards
left for Hornsby
Set now is Hornsby
The windup, the pitch
There's a liner over short
Solidly stroked by Hornsby...
Would you look at that!
Nights leaped two stories into the air
and robbed Hornsby of a sure base hit
Rogers is disgusted...
but tips his hat to Nights just the same
That ball had base hit written all over it
NL Pre WWII with one away
Mighty steps off the mound as
he waits for Mel Ott to
come to the plate

Mel Ott, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Ott has managed a .280 average
against lefthanders this year
Ott waits for the delivery
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Low and outside
Ball four

Ott at first, one away
Cuyler is ready for the pitch
Cuyler is taking his practice swings
Kiki is 0 for 2 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Two balls, two strikes on Cuyler
Mighty rocks and fires
It is a high hard one...
Cuyler goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Cuyler couldn't hold back
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

The left fielder, Joe Medwick
will be up next for NL Pre WWII
Joe steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Casey Stingle relays the sign
from Leo Durochure
Medwick struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 2
Medwick readies himself for the pitch
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Ott
Fires to Potpie...
Ott is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
No runs for NL Pre WWII
in the top of the 6th
NL Pre WWII leads 1 to 0
We'll be right back

The FOFC crowd has been pretty quiet
Here is Treacy to lead off
He will try to liven things up for them
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Treacy at the plate
Treacy awaits the delivery
Here's his delivery
Treacy slaps a hard grounder past second
Ott is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Treacy will hold with a clean single

Tucker fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

FOFC center fielder, A. J.
Tucker, will be up next
He will be followed by Jeff Nights
One on... no one out
NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run
Alexander steps on the rubber
Hornsby comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Alexander
The delivery
Tucker raps a hard grass-cutter
toward third
Traynor takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up...
Over to second for one
Back to first...
Not in time!
Speed on the bases helped FOFC there
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

One away, Tucker at first
Nights is coming to the plate
NL Pre WWII is set up for two
Alexander's is working on a shutout
here at FOFC Stadium this evening
He is throwing as hard now
as when the game started

Now Pete delivers
Nights chases the low slider...
Just gets a piece of it
Hitting a slow grounder to the left side
Frisch charges in, scoops it up
Wings a strong throw to first
Nights is out by two steps
Now that was a major league
play by Frisch!
Tucker is now down at second
NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League is in front
of Negro League II 7 to 4
Yamamoto has hit his 4th homerun
for Japanese League
Caribbean besting AL Post WWII 6 to 1
Mendez enjoying the big Caribbean lead
AL Pre WWII is pounding
Negro League I 8 to 1
NL Post WWII is comfortably ahead
of Old Timers 7 to 1
Turn of Century is on top
of Left Outs 4 to 2
Joss and Sutton currently dueling
Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 8 to 7

Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps
in now for the All Stars
The Pre-Nationals lead in this one, 1-zip
Alexander gets the sign, it's one he likes
Alexander looks back towards second...

The pitch
Line drive to short
CAUGHT by a diving Frisch!
A cross-over step, then he lunged for it
Impressive play by the NL
Pre WWII short stop!
And that will do it for FOFC

Lombardi will come up to lead off the
top of the 7th for NL Pre WWII
Lombardi has a .329 average against
righthanders this season
Rodney adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Righthander Rodney's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Lombardi goes down swinging
One out
Bill Terry is due up next

Bill Terry, who has extra base power
and a good glove
is approaching the plate
Terry is hitting .320
against righthanders
The umpire says let's go
Rodney winds and delivers
The 3-1 pitch
Grounded towards first
Potpie grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
Two men gone, nobody on
NL Pre WWII leads by 1

Pete Alexander will make
his way to home plate
He's the pitcher for NL Pre WWII
Watching Rodney, Alexander wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Pete waits...
He steps out as Rodney takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The 2-2 offering...
Rodney comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Alexander
As he swings right through
it for strike three
That's all for NL Pre WWII
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
NL Pre WWII on top 1 to 0

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Potpie looks to third for a sign
Potpie is ready
Alexander throws the 3-2 pitch
Fastball, down and in...
Potpie laces a hit into the outfield...
Medwick picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Potpie holds with a single
Good start to the inning for FOFC

And it brings up Deacon Palmer
On deck is K. A. Ton
Billy Bullock in the hole
Deacon looks down at the third base coach
He gets the sign from Dick Howser
Potpie takes his lead
Palmer waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
It's coming down the pike
Palmer drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Palmer

The All Stars' left fielder is up next
FOFC has 2 on board with no outs
K. A. Ton is hitting .237 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Ton cocks his bat
And the delivery by Alexander
Curve ball, hanging up in the wheelhouse
Swung on...
Line drive single by Ton to left!
Potpie scores and here comes Palmer...
He scores also...
The throw goes into second base
Through the drawn in infield!

Nobody out, Ton at first
Now up is Bullock
Bullock is 0 for 2 today
Billy struck out last time up
Bullock, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Alexander
Here's the righthander's delivery
Topped in front of home
Lombardi grabs it
Over to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 2-6
The runner on first, Ton, is out
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Blade is up now for FOFC
Blade is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Alexander
Alexander goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Bullock
He lobs one to Terry...
Bullock is back easily
We're ready again
Now Alexander comes home
Base hit to left for Blade
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Bullock will stay at second

Gonzalez gets set at the plate
Gonzalez grips the bat handle
Alexander adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The righthander Alexander's delivery
Base hit to center for Gonzalez
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Tucker, the center fielder, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 2 to 1
Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year
Alexander finds himself in quite a jam
He has to be careful with Tucker
But he needs to throw strikes
Alexander rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Pete rocks and fires
Base hit to left for Tucker
Bullock scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Facing Alexander now is Nights
Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads
to the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole
Nights is hitting .284
against righthanders
Alexander has not been very
effective this inning
4 runs have crossed the plate for FOFC
Alexander looks over at Tucker...
Now back at Gonzalez...

He's coming home with it
Nubber to short
Taken by Frisch
Over to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Gonzalez takes third
The runner on first, Tucker, is out
And there's two away

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next
The All Stars' right fielder
finds 2 on with 2 outs
Pflaggstettler looks down toward the
third base coach, Dick Howser
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
The pitch is on the way
The pitch is way inside at the knees
Pflaggstettler hits the dirt...
It is a bad time for Pete Alexander
to be getting so wild
That loads them up for FOFC

Potpie walks to the plate
Jeeberoni is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words
to Jeeberoni...
Now we're set to go
Potpie waits
FOFC has "batted around"
They have scored 4 runs
already this inning
Bases still full of All Stars
Potpie singled to start this inning
He is 1 for 2 on the evening
The 0-2 pitch...
Alexander lets it fly...
Potpie goes after Alexander's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Medwick is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
Jeeberoni just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the FOFC first baseman
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49054

Here's Frisch to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Japanese League is edging
Negro League II 7 to 6
Caribbean is giving it to
AL Post WWII 6 to 1
AL Pre WWII is crushing Negro
League I 11 to 1
NL Post WWII bombing Old Timers 9 to 1
Koufax enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead
Left Outs with the lead over
Turn of Century 7 to 4
Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 8 to 7
And in our contest FOFC on top 4 to 1
Jace looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Kronside's into the windup... the delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 44 on the season for Kronside
And there's one away

That'll bring up third baseman
Pie Traynor...
FOFC out in front by 3
We're in the top of the 8th
Traynor wiggles the bat above his head
Right-hander Kronside prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Traynor
Now Jace delivers
Traynor cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Traynor was badly fooled by Kronside's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Pie was a little overanxious
Two down

Two away, nobody on
Hornsby comes to the plate for NL Pre WWII
Before getting ready
Hornsby checks out the defensive alignment
Hornsby waits patiently
He brings it home
Hornsby pounds a grounder
toward Palmer at third
Deacon moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Palmer stayed with it
Over to first and Hornsby is retired
Nice play by the FOFC third baseman
FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th
with a 3 run lead
While they have scored 4 runs...
the visitors from NL Pre
WWII have countered
with only 1
It looks like FOFC may add
to their impressive 6 game winning streak

Here is Deacon Palmer to
start it off for FOFC
Palmer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Deacon is 1 for 3 this evening
Deacon is set for the pitch
Alexander leans back and fires
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Frisch...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
NL Pre WWII gets the first out
here late in this contest

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
Billy Bullock waits on deck
Gazelle goes through his
routine of settling in
Gazelle awaits the delivery
Alexander brings it to the plate
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Pete Alexander watches Gazelle
As he moves away from the bag
Alexander holds the runner

Gazelle at first, one out
Billy Bullock is ready at the plate
Bullock is batting .266 with
11 round trippers in 1900
Billy seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Here's the 2 strike offering
Bullock hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch
Frisch picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 8 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 5

Leading off now for NL Pre WWII is Ott
Kronside is happy with the sign
Now the delivery, here is is...
Ott starts... but lays off
the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Kronside walks him

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Cuyler...
It gets past Hays!
It's scored a passed ball.
The pitch didn't look that bad
Knowles must have crossed him up!
Ott takes second

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Cuyler has had trouble making contact
He has 2 strike outs this evening
Cuyler waits for the delivery
Knowles brings it home
Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Cuyler
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!
One away in the top of the 9th

That'll bring up Pre-Nationals'
left fielder Joe Medwick...
NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
Knowles steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Knowles brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That bounced in front of the plate!
and Medwick couldn't hold up his swing!
Almost broke his back trying though...

Ernie Lombardi is up for NL Pre WWII
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Bill Terry
Benton Breeze is walking down
to the water cooler
Lombardi has a .325 average against
righthanders this season
Lombardi waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles rocks and fires
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 4 to 1
Rodney gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Alexander takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was A. J. Tucker
He was 1 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/26/1900

Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
F.Frisch SS 4 0 1 0 .272 A.Tucker CF 4 0 1 2 .296
P.Traynor 3B 4 1 2 0 .288 J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .284
R.Hornsby 2B 4 0 0 0 .283 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .312
M.Ott RF 2 0 1 1 .295 J.Potpie 1B 3 1 1 0 .286
K.Cuyler CF 4 0 0 0 .287 D.Palmer 3B 4 1 1 0 .308
J.Medwick LF 4 0 0 0 .350 K.Ton LF 3 0 1 2 .262
E.Lombardi C 4 0 0 0 .310 C-G.Gazelle LF 1 0 1 0 .275
B.Terry 1B 3 0 1 0 .275 B.Bullock C 4 1 0 0 .264
P.Alexander P 2 0 0 0 .100 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 0 .259
A.Mighty P 1 0 0 0 .095
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 1 0 .276
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 0 .305
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-H.Hays C 0 0 0 0 .331
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 32 4 9 4

A-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Kronside In 9th Inning

Pre-Nationals... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 9 0

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
P.Alexander LOSS(10-6) 8 9 4 4 2 5 0 129 4.18 A1
Totals 8 9 4 4 2 5 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Mighty 6 5 1 1 1 7 0 73 3.10 A1 C6
J.Rodney WIN(6-2) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.21 C7 C9
J.Kronside HOLD(5th) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 13 1.54 D1 D4
S.Knowles SAVE(15th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 1.46 D5
Totals 9 5 1 1 2 13 0

ATTENDANCE- 49,054 DATE- Tuesday, June 26th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:35
LEFT ON BASE- Pre-Nationals: 6 All Stars: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pre-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 0
DOUBLES- P.Traynor(9th), M.Ott(10th), D.Palmer(10th)
TRIPLES- P.Traynor(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Alexander
WALKS- M.Ott-2, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie
STRIKE OUTS- F.Frisch, P.Traynor, R.Hornsby, M.Ott, K.Cuyler-3, J.Medwick-2,
E.Lombardi-2, B.Terry, P.Alexander, P.Pflaggstettler-2,
B.Bullock-2, B.Blade
GIDP- B.Bullock
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Barrett Blade robbed Pie Traynor of a base hit.

The red-hot FOFC All Stars registered 4 runs in the 7th inning and defeated
the ice-cold NL Pre WWII ballclub by a score of 4 to 1 at FOFC Stadium.

FOFC did all of it's offensive work in the 7th inning as they scored 4 runs on
6 base hits. The big moment was provided by K. A. Ton who elicited a roar
from the hometown fans when he delivered a one-base hit scoring two
baserunners. NL Pre WWII was out-hit by FOFC, 9 hits to 5.

The victory was credited to James Rodney(6-2) who went 1 inning, allowing no
runs. Sammy Knowles recorded his 15th save. Pete Alexander(10-6) was hit
with the loss. He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings.

[Coffee Warlord]

The All Star game was rigged, I tell you.

Damn umps were BOUGHT!

[Breeze]

GAME 81 - June 27th - Radio Broadcast (I know I'm off on my dates again)

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and NL Pre WWII
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Frankie Frisch to lead it
off for NL Pre WWII
The lefty Williams delivers
Sinking fastball...
Frisch swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One out
Due up next is Pie Traynor

The intelligent and classy third baseman,
Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat
Traynor can't seem to get
settled at the plate
John Williams steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fly ball to right
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away

NL Pre WWII second baseman, Rogers
Hornsby, is up next
Williams adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
He brings it home
Rogers pops it up
And Fouts makes the play
Williams sets them down in order
Here in the top of the 1st

A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Tucker has hit 6 triples this year
The bat is cocked
The southpaw delivers
Sinking line drive
Caught by Frankie Frisch
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
Nights is poised and ready for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Sharp breaking curve...
Nights chases it...
There's a ground ball up the middle
Past the leaping Marquard on the mound
Frisch cuts the ball off behind second...
He throws off balance to first...
SAFE! The ball is up the line
Terry can't get to it
It rolls to the seats
Nights will coasts into second
Score that a hit, and an error on Frisch
That's error number 1 of the
game for NL Pre WWII

Jeeberoni Potpie is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big
bopper, Gerald Gazelle,
waiting in the on-deck circle
The right-handed Potpie will
be facing the southpaw
5 of his 20 home runs come via this route
Marquard adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
Now the delivery, here is is...
Base hit to left for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

And the batter is Gerald Gazelle
K. A. Ton is on-deck
Gazelle is batting .275 with
10 round trippers in 1900
Gazelle tells the umpire he's ready
The lefthander delivers
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Cuyler reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch

K. A. Ton is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs
Marquard squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The stretch... the delivery
Fastball, paints the outside corner
Swung on by Ton
Grounded hard at Traynor...
Scooped up, fired to first...
OVER THE HEAD OF Terry...
Bounces into the dugout
Ton scampers into second
That'll be a two base error
Score It: E5
Potpie takes third
Ton to second

The All Stars will send
Harry Hays up to the plate
Hays has a .400 average
against lefthanders
He is .331 overall
Hays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefty Marquard delivers
Hays swings and lifts one toward right
Ott drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1
in their last ten games

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Ott is talking to Hays
We'll see how they pitch to Ott
Mel waits...
He steps out as Williams takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Ott lifts a flyball towards A. J. Tucker
Tucker seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Tucker stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Tucker
NL Pre WWII with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Kiki Cuyler to
come to the plate

And it brings up Kiki Cuyler
On deck is Joe Medwick
Ernie Lombardi in the hole
Cuyler goes through his routine
of settling in
Williams has the sign from Hays
Here's the pitch
It's a pop-up in back of third
Fouts is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Pounding the plate with his bat
Medwick awaits the pitch
Medwick digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Williams
Medwick waits on Williams
Now ready, here it is...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Medwick gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That ends the inning
After 1 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Here's the third baseman Fouts
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then John Williams
Dan is taking his sweet time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Dan...
Now we're set to go
And Rube studies the sign from Lombardi...
Now he's got it
It's coming down the pike
It's a routine fly into center
Cuyler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One up, one down for FOFC

Marquard glares in at Blade
Barrett Blade just calmly
stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Marquard toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Lombardi
Rube rocks and fires
Blade swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Marquard strikes out Barrett Blade
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Williams departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Hitching up his pants...

Williams gazes out to the mound
Marquard is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Marquard gets the sign from Lombardi
The southpaw winds and delivers
Williams hits a screamer at Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Terry off the bag
Terry swipes with the glove

Williams is out!
Nice play by Terry
The side is retired
No runs, no hits and no errors
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Ernie Lombardi will get things
started for NL Pre WWII
He'll be followed by Bill
Terry and Rube Marquard
If any of them get on,
lead-off hitter, Frankie
Frisch, will step in
Now Lombardi approaches home plate
Lombardi calls time, and steps
out of the batter's box
The Pre-Nationals are going
through a "June swoon"
They've dropped their last
6 games in a row
Now Lombardi's back in...
One ball, one strike on Lombardi
Williams brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Lombardi swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One gone for NL Pre WWII

Nobody on base, one away
Terry steps into the batter's box
Bill takes a couple of practice cuts
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Way ahead in the count
Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Hot shot grounded to first
It's off Potpie's glove!
Score It: E3
Terry to first

Marquard fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Marquard squares
Marquard bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!

Frisch finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Frisch has hit 3 home runs this year
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Frisch sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker
Tucker gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
NL Pre WWII comes up empty here
in the top of the 3rd
No runs, no hits, one error
and one man left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC still out in front, 1-0

A. J. Tucker, Jeff Nights, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 0 for 1 this evening
Tucker is waiting on the pitch
The lefthander Marquard delivers
Fastball...
Tucker jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Cuyler after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Kiki Cuyler!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Nights, the shortstop, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 1 to 0
Watching Marquard, Nights wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Jeff steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Marquard's pitch
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
1 Base Error By E.Lombardi
Score It: E2
Nights to first

Nights sneaks away from the base
Another throw...
Marquard's five throws over
have been effective
Nights has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Jeeberoni Potpie is coming to the plate
Potpie is 1 for 1 today
He is currently batting .289
Medwick, Cuyler and Ott
are playing him deep
Potpie is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Nights is dancing off first
Marquard's 3-0 pitch...
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Potpie rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Marquard looks dejected on the mound

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Gazelle
Marquard is ready quickly
The lefthander Marquard comes home with it
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Cuyler after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Gazelle around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

Here's K. A. Ton
Marquard toes the rubber
Here's the 2-0 offering
IT HITS Ton!
Now Ton gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Ton to take his base

Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
Two on... one out
FOFC up by 3
Time is called...
Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Marquard adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
Marquard brings it to the plate
Hays reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to right
Base hit for Hays
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC on top 4 to 0

Here's Dan Fouts
NL Pre WWII looking for two
Fouts is 0 for 1 today
Rube looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Marquard rocks and fires
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Fouts is outta there
That's out number two
Pre-Nationals' pitching
coach, Johnny Allen,
is out to talk with Marquard
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Blade now at the plate
John Williams waits on deck
Blade is batting .257 with 1 HR this year
Marquard steps on the rubber
Marquard looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Base hit to right for Blade
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving Hays to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Blade at first

Williams walks to the plate
Williams looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Williams gets ready for Marquard's pitch
His bat is cocked
Hays is yelling some encouragement
Blade, at first, inches off the bag
He's into the stretch
Checks Blade at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Terry tosses it back to Marquard
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Williams
Hays scores
Blade is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Williams at first

Here comes Leo Durochure to the mound
He's waving for Burleigh Grimes
to make his way from the
NL Pre WWII bullpen
Grimes has 27 appearances so far this year
Rube Marquard will head
for the locker room
Earlier than he had hoped
He gets polite applause
from the FOFC crowd

That will bring Tucker up again
as FOFC has "batted around"
They have scored 5 runs
already this inning
Two men still on
A. J. flied out to start this inning
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Grimes looks down at Lombardi
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
Bounding ball to first
Terry trots to the bag
Score It: 3
That retires the side... but not before
5 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 3 innings, FOFC on top 6 to 0

Traynor steps up to the
plate for NL Pre WWII
It's the top of the 4th at FOFC Stadium
Pie steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Casey Stingle relays the sign
from Leo Durochure
Traynor flied out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Traynor waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now John delivers
Traynor rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Traynor is around first,
heading for two...
Pflaggstettler is up with it
and fires it in quickly
Pie pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the NL
Pre WWII third baseman
Pie also ups his hitting
streak to 6 games!
That is Traynor's 1st hit today

Rogers Hornsby makes his way to home plate
Rogers is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
He's ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
It's in on the wrists
Rogers tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Williams walks him

That'll bring up right fielder
Mel Ott...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC on top 6 to 0

Runners first and second
John is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
He is facing a power hitter in Ott
Williams has allowed 2 home
runs to lefties so far
5 to right-handers
Williams checks the runners
Curve, up high...
Ott rips it to center...
Williams hung that breaking ball
However, Mel got under it just a bit
Tucker started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
That's one away

So with 2 on and 1 out
the Pre-Nationals send their
center fielder,
Kiki Cuyler, up to face Williams
Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting
in the on-deck circle
The outfield shades towards
left for Cuyler
Cuyler awaits the delivery
Williams brings it to the plate
Flyball to left
it's caught
Traynor has a chance to move up...
Traynor is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's SAFE!

Ducky is now coming to bat
Medwick is at .347 on the season
Medwick awaits the pitch
Now John delivers
Slow curve...
And he chased it! STRIKE THREE!
Medwick just couldn't hold up
That pitch was a real tantalizer
But Medwick fails in the clutch this time
We head to the bottom of the 4th
here in FOFC...
Still 6-0, FOFC

Here's Nights to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Japanese League is edging
Negro League II 2 to 1
Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Tiant Sr. battling Ryan
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Old Timers is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Turn of Century is beating
Left Outs 8 to 4
Dead Ball Era and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 2
McGwire has hit his 7th
homerun for Late 20th
Nights gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Grimes steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander Grimes' delivery
Nights fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of short
Frisch is over quickly
Easy out
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Making his way up is Potpie
FOFC ahead 6 to 0
Lombardi flashes the sign to Grimes
Windup by Grimes
And the pitch
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
Two down
Burleigh Grimes retires
the first two batters in a row

Gazelle gets set at the plate
Grimes peers in for the sign
Gazelle is a formidable opponent
Burleigh has allowed 5 home runs
versus righties this year
And Gerald is no ordinary hitter
The pitch is on the way
Gazelle lofts a fly to deep right
Ott trots slowly under it...
He makes the catch
FOFC is out of here in the
bottom of the 4th
This game is coming to you from
FOFC Stadium in FOFC
After 4 innings
FOFC has 6 runs, 7 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and 3 errors

Ernie Lombardi stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Williams is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Williams kicks and fires
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Williams
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
One away...
Potpie is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Fouts also...
Now they return to their positions

One out, nobody on base
Bill Terry is the batter
Terry is batting .274 with
2 HR's this year
Williams likes the sign
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-0 pitch
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Pre-Nationals pitcher Burleigh
Grimes is up, now
They'll be looking
for him to lay one down
FOFC is set up for two
Williams is happy with the sign
The pitch to Grimes...
Grimes just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Williams

While Pie Traynor heads for
the on deck circle
Frankie Frisch makes his way to the plate
Frankie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Frisch is 0 for 2 today
He flied out last time up
Frankie stands with bat ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Frisch fails to come through in the clutch
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Harry Hays, and
Dan Fouts are due up
Grimes has the sign from Lombardi
The righthander Grimes delivers
Pflaggstettler swings and
hits a high fly to left
It is right along the line...
Medwick is over at the fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Medwick
And in the seats for a home run!

Next up is Harry Hays,
the FOFC catcher...
FOFC out in front by 7
It's the bottom of the 5th
Harry is batting at .333 with 6 home runs
He is 1 for 2 so far today
Hays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Grimes goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Harry Hays hits a high pop
fly on the infield
Frankie Frisch calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Frisch is there to make the play
And there's one away

Walking up now to the plate is Fouts
Fouts is hitting .205 against righties
Grimes is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Grimes looks in...
Now he's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Fouts hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

One on, one out
Blade walks to the batter's box
Barrett is batting .262
in 168 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by John Williams
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Grimes
He's waiting for the pitch
Grimes' righthanded delivery...
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Lombardi
Fouts dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Fouts made it back
FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with
two away this inning

All Stars' pitcher Williams
is up next
Williams wiggles the bat above his head
Williams readies himself for the pitch
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Fouts dives back in!...
SAFE!
Terry tosses it back to Grimes
Now here's the pitch
Williams raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Ott is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Frisch
No chance to get Fouts at third

Two on, two outs...
Tucker steps to the plate
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Burleigh Grimes
Tucker cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Grimes checks the runners
Popped up into shallow center
Cuyler has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 8
That ends the inning for FOFC
FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
2 hits and 3 errors
They have now stranded 6 baserunners

Pie Traynor leading off for NL Pre WWII
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Traynor is 1 for 2 today
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Williams winds his left arm
Lets it go
Ground ball to the left side...
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
So one up and one gone

Coming up for NL Pre WWII
is Rogers Hornsby
Nobody on base, one out
Hornsby is at .282 on the season
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's his delivery
Oh Oh, hanging curve...
Swung on...
There's a hard line drive in the gap
That looks like an easy two-bagger
A. J. Tucker dives...
knocks it down...
Picks it up...
Hornsby digging hard for second...
The ball is fired in to Blade
Not in time...
Rogers slides in under the tag...
Hornsby has himself a double
Williams has to get that curve down
NL Pre WWII will eat that pitch up
if he doesn't
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach
has been working with him on that pitch

That'll bring up Pre-Nationals'
right fielder Mel Ott...
NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
One out, man on second
Williams eyes Ott intently
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 3 on the evening for Williams
FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Negro League II leads Japanese
League 4 to 3
Holland battling Bessho
Caribbean is giving it to
AL Post WWII 5 to 0
AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 5 to 4
Simmons has hit his 15th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 4 to 3
Turn of Century toppling Left Outs 11 to 4
Rusie enjoying the big
Turn of Century lead
Late 20th is edging Dead Ball Era 3 to 2

Cuyler settles in at the plate
Cuyler swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
The left-hander Williams is now ready
And the delivery by Williams
Inside for ball four
And Cuyler walks
That's 2 walks given up by Williams today

Next up for NL Pre WWII is Joe Medwick
Medwick is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
He's ready
Williams looks over at Cuyler
Now back at Hornsby
He's coming home with it
It's right down the pike!
Strike three looking!
Williams crossed Medwick up that time
We're in the middle of the 6th
FOFC still leads 7-0

Kris Terp is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Grimes is saying a few words to Hornsby...
So far in 1900,
Burleigh has a 7 and 4 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The kick and the pitch
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
That's one away

Potpie digs in at the plate
Ready now for Grimes to come set
Potpie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Jeeberoni is set for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 52 on the season for Grimes
Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th
FOFC on top 7 to 0

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle is 1 for 3 today
He is currently batting .277
Medwick, Cuyler and Ott
are playing him deep
Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle
Grimes brings it home
Change up...
Gazelle hits a fly ball to right
Ott is under it...
He's got it
And that will do it for FOFC

Ernie Lombardi, Bill Terry, and
Burleigh Grimes are due up
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The lefty Williams delivers
Ground ball to short
Terp ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Bill Terry, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Terry looks to Casey Stingle for the sign
Bill seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Lombardi
He lobs one to Potpie...
Lombardi is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into right...
Gazelle coming on fast...
He can't get it...
has to take it on one hop...
Throws it in to second
Score that a single for Terry
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

Paul Waner is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Burleigh Grimes

That'll bring up Paul Waner
Things haven't gone well for NL Pre WWII
They trail FOFC by 7 runs
FOFC on top 7 to 0
Waner grips the bat handle
Paul steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Williams' pitch
John comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
The HIGH CHEESE.........
STRIKE THREE SWINGING!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Frisch is ready to face Williams
1st and 2nd, one man down
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Lined to second
Blade tries it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
Two gone for NL Pre WWII
Time is running out for them
They need a touchdown!
FOFC is certainly in the catbird seat

Pie Traynor coming up now
for the Pre-Nationals
The All Stars lead 7-nothing
We're in the top of the 7th
Traynor is at .289 on the season
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Williams brings it to the plate
Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Terp
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
Another scoreless inning for Williams
What a beautiful game he is pitching
here at FOFC Stadium
He is getting NL Pre WWII's
batters to hit his pitch

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Jesse Haines will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Jesse has appeared in 17 games this season
He has a record of 1-0
in 43 innings
His ERA stands at 6.02

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Pflaggstettler has a .322 average against
righthanders this season
Persimmon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Haines' pitch
The righthander Haines' delivery
Pflaggstettler swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep right
Ott is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by Pflaggstettler
Traveling about 405 feet
That's home run number 14 for him
He also has 50 RBI's now

Harry Hays will come up next
This game is a laugher for FOFC
They're up by 8 runs
FOFC ahead 8 to 0
Haines adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Here's the 3-2 offering
A hanging curve...
Hays laces it hard just
to the right of Terry
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Harry...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

FOFC sends the third baseman,
Dan Fouts, up to the plate
Jesse gets the sign from Lombardi
Haines goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hays
He lobs one to Terry...
Hays is back easily
We're ready again
Now Haines comes home
Fastball down low...
Fouts swings and hits one out to center
Kiki Cuyler is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Haines
Hays trots back to first
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is still in
the on-deck circle
and John Williams is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Settling in at the plate is Blade
Barrett has 2 strike outs so far today
He'll be looking to get
a piece of this one
Blade waits on Haines
Haines' 3-0 pitch...
Haines loses him
Blade heads down to first

Williams is up now for FOFC
Haines is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Now Jesse delivers
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
Two down
Lombardi asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Lombardi and Haines

A. J. Tucker will get a
crack at Haines next
Kris Terp would be up next...
But only if Tucker can reach safely
Right-hander Haines eyes the lefty Tucker
Here's his delivery
Routine grounder to second
Hornsby grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 40330

Although behind by 8
NL Pre WWII does have the
heart of their line-up
coming up to face John Williams
Williams' been tough on
NL Pre WWII all day
Hornsby adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Rogers is 1 for 2 this evening
Williams has the sign from Hays
He brings it home
Curve, paints the corner...
Hornsby swings...
Grounder down the left field line
It's past Fouts
rolling all the way to the corner
Hornsby rounds first...
Heads for second
Pflaggstettler plays it off the wall
Here's the throw...
Not in time!
Hornsby slides in with a double

Master Melvin is coming to the plate
Ott a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
He's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
Groundball to short
Hornsby will hold at second base
Ott is retired on the groundout

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Kiki steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Casey Stingle relays the sign
from Leo Durochure
Cuyler drew a walk last time up
and now is 0 for 2
Cuyler waiting on the delivery
Williams brings it to the plate
Wait a minute ... What's going on?
A balk has been called!
Williams must have done something wrong
The ump caught him in the act!

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Cuyler is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Terp are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Cuyler cocks his bat
Now to the belt, here it is...
Lunging after the change-up
Cuyler hits a grounder through to left...
Scoring from third is Hornsby
Credit Cuyler with a single and an RBI

Joe Medwick steps into the box
Joe steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Medwick is 0 for 3 today
He struck out last time up
Medwick waits patiently
Williams' into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Cuyler dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Cuyler moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

Joe Medwick steps into the box
Medwick wiggles the bat above his head
Medwick waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Fozborg rocks and fires
Medwick hits a three hopper
towards Dan Fouts
Fouts scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two gone for NL Pre WWII
Time is running out for them

Now here's Lombardi
Before getting ready
Lombardi checks out the
defensive alignment
All set, Lombardi is ready for the pitch
Sirr rocks and fires
Fastball... just outside
And Lombardi will take first on the walk

The first baseman, Terry, is ready to bat
FOFC leads 8 to 1 in the top of the 8th
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Sirr checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Smashed to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII
FOFC has 8 runs, 12 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has one run,
7 hits and 3 errors
They have now stranded 10 baserunners

Here's Kris Terp leading off
Jeeberoni Potpie is on deck
And Gerald Gazelle is in the hole
Terp swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Haines
Terp looks very intent...
He stares down at Haines...
Cocks his bat
Righthander Haines' delivery
Comebacker, right to Haines
Over to Terry for the easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II is in front
of Japanese League 6 to 3
Caribbean clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1
Negro League I is edging
AL Pre WWII 6 to 5
NL Post WWII winning over
Old Timers 9 to 3
Bench has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Turn of Century is pounding
Left Outs 11 to 4
Lajoie has hit his 9th homerun
for Turn of Century
Late 20th is on top of
Dead Ball Era 4 to 2
Clemens and Brown currently dueling

Potpie is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Potpie is looking for lightning
to strike again
He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today
Jeeberoni is 2 for 4...
Batting .289 on the season
Potpie waits
And the delivery by Haines
Another hook for strike three!
Potpie just stood there looking
Two down
Haines retires the first two FOFC batters

Gerald Gazelle will make
his way to home plate
He's the right fielder for FOFC
We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle
Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch
Haines kicks and fires
Gazelle pounds a grounder
toward Frisch at short
Frankie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Frisch stayed with it
Over to first and Gazelle is retired
Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop
So that will be all for FOFC
here in the last of the 8th
The All Stars will be adding to their
7 game win streak
if Fozborg can close this game out
We now head into the 9th

Ross Youngs is going to
bat for Jesse Haines
NL Pre WWII needs baserunners desperately
Youngs knows how to get on base
He has a .371 OBP
He hits right handers at a .276 clip
He steps out of the dugout
and makes his way to the plate

Ross Youngs to lead it off for NL Pre WWII
Sirr Fozborg steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Fozborg is into his wind-up
And the pay-off pitch
There's a fly ball to Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle circles under it...
He makes the play
With one down, up next is Frankie Frisch
To be followed by Pie Traynor

Frankie Frisch plants his left foot
The lefthanded shortstop for
NL Pre WWII appears set
Frankie is batting .268 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 4 today
Right-hander Fozborg prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Frisch
Fozborg is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Ball four is the call
Fozborg can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Fozborg
Frisch takes first base

One on, one out
Traynor walks to the batter's box
Pie is 1 for 4 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
The bat is cocked
Fozborg fires
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One more chance for NL
Pre WWII this inning

So with 1 on and 2 outs
NL Pre WWII sends their second baseman,
Rogers Hornsby, up to face Fozborg
Hard-hitting Mel Ott is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Rogers is hitting at .287 on the year
He has 89 hits in 310 at bats
This includes 21 doubles, 5 triples
8 home runs and 47 RBI's
Hornsby is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Frisch is dancing off first
It's coming down the pike
He chases the fastball...
Base Hit!...A line drive over third...
Rolling along the foul line...
Frisch around second, heading for third...
Fouts throws into second...
Holding is Hornsby at first
but allowing Frisch to safely reach third

Ott finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Ott is hitting .300 against righties
Mel is ready for the delivery
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Terp
He throws
and gets the force at second
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Hornsby, is out
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 8 to 1
Williams gets credit for the win
Marquard takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 2 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/27/1900

Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
F.Frisch SS 4 0 0 0 .268 A.Tucker CF 5 0 0 0 .292
P.Traynor 3B 5 0 1 0 .287 J.Nights SS 3 2 1 0 .284
R.Hornsby 2B 4 1 3 0 .289 B-K.Terp PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .138
M.Ott RF 5 0 0 0 .290 J.Potpie 1B 5 1 2 3 .288
K.Cuyler CF 3 0 1 1 .288 G.Gazelle RF 5 1 1 0 .271
J.Medwick LF 4 0 0 0 .337 K.Ton LF 1 0 0 0 .260
E.Lombardi C 3 0 1 0 .310 A-P.Pflaggstettler PR 2 3 2 2 .317
B.Terry 1B 4 0 2 0 .281 H.Hays C 4 1 2 1 .335
R.Marquard P 1 0 0 0 .094 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 1 0 .238
B.Grimes P 1 0 0 0 .235 B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 1 .260
C-P.Waner PH 1 0 0 0 .307 J.Williams P 4 0 2 1 .156
J.Haines P 0 0 0 0 .375 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-R.Youngs PH 1 0 0 0 .267
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 1 8 1 Totals 38 8 12 8

A-Pinch Ran For Ton In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nights In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Grimes In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Haines In 9th Inning

INJURY: K. A. Ton INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning

Pre-Nationals... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 3
All Stars....... 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 - 8 12 1

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Marquard LOSS(4-9) 2 2/3 7 6 2 0 2 1 62 5.96 A1 B9
B.Grimes 3 1/3 3 1 1 0 4 1 44 4.34 C1 D4
J.Haines 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 33 5.96 D5
Totals 8 12 8 4 1 8 3

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Williams WIN(8-1) 7 1/3 7 1 1 2 5 0 107 3.44 A1 D5
S.Fozborg 1 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 29 2.45 D6
Totals 9 8 1 1 4 5 0

[Johnny93g]

7+ innings, 1 run allowed, 2 hits, an rbi, i'd say thats a pretty good outing for Williams:)

[Breeze]

guys I'm still playing games, but I'm having a hard time posting results from home. The site either won't completely load the thread so I can get to the point where I can add my reply or it loses my login information and I have to start over. Hopefully tonight will be better.

[Breeze]

June 28th - Game 82 - Radio Broadcast

Howdy Folks, and welcome to our
Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast
at Paradise Park
FOFC will take on the hometown Estrellas
The visitors hope to add to their current
8 game winning streak
Mike Cuellar, will see if he can stop them
He'll be looking for win number 5
here in 1900
FOFC will send Owen Hunter
out to the mound
in the bottom of the first
He has a record of 5-4
with a 4.94 ERA
It won't be long now...
The windup, the pitch
Tucker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Cuellar strikes out A. J. Tucker
One up, one down here in
the top of the 1st

One away, nobody on base
Nights stands ready at the plate
Nights has hit 7 home runs this year
Cuellar toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gonzalez
Cuellar is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
Ripped to third, but right
at Linares...easy out
Two down

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Cuellar next
If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow
Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter,
will face the lefty Cuellar
Of his 21 home runs, 6 are
against southpaws
Potpie waiting on the delivery
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Well hit by Potpie
Minoso moves back...
Still going back...
He makes the catch up against the fence
Mike Cuellar holds FOFC scoreless
in the first inning

As we go to the bottom of the first
let's set the defensive alignment for FOFC
Hunter and Hays are the battery mates
Potpie will man first base
Fouts is at the hot corner
Nights and Blade form the
keystone combination
From left to right it is
Ton, Tucker and Gazelle
Now Minnie Minoso steps in
Minoso scuffs up the lines around the box
Hunter steps on the rubber
Here comes the cripple pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Minoso is out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Coming up for Caribbean is Antonio Pacheco
Nobody on base, one out
Hunter squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The pitch is on the way
A slider by Hunter
Pacheco gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hunter retires the first
two Caribbean batters

The center fielder, Pancho
Coimbre, is up next
Coimbre is hitting .297 against righties
The umpire says let's go
Coimbre is ready
Hunter is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Coimbre tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That's three up, three down
Caribbean has no runs, no
hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors

The FOFC right fielder, Gazelle,
will lead off
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Against lefthanders
Gazelle is hitting .300 this season
Gazelle gets set for the pitch
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Fastball, right down the pipe
Gerald Gazelle swings...
Wow, this one is pounded!
It's going, going, GONE!
A tremendous solo home run
to put FOFC out in front
FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Next up for FOFC is K. A. Ton
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Cuellar brings it to the plate
It's a routine fly into left
Minoso ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One away in the top of the 2nd for FOFC

Hays gets set at the plate
Time is called...
Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Hays, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Cuellar
Cuellar goes into his windup
And here's the 0-2 offering
Grounded towards third
Linares scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S SAFE!

Fouts digs in at the plate
Ready now for Cuellar to come set
We'll see how they pitch to Fouts
Fouts tells the umpire he's ready
Cuellar goes into his stretch...
Looks at Hays...
He fires one to Cepeda...
Hays dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Cepeda lobs it back
Now Cuellar comes home
Fouts gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to short
Concepcion is waving everybody off
Fouts is retired
That's the second out of the inning

FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, is up next
Blade is at .260 on the season
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw Cuellar delivers
the 3-0 pitch
Low, ball four...
Blade takes first

Stepping in for FOFC, is Hunter
Blade at first, Hays at second, two away
Cuellar has the sign from Gonzalez
Mike checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Hunter was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1
in their last ten games

Cepeda saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cepeda is batting .249 with
13 HR's this year
And Owen studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The righthander winds and delivers
Cepeda starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Hunter walks him

And it brings up Tony Oliva
On deck is Omar Linares
Miguel Gonzalez in the hole
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Oliva looks to third for a sign
Hunter is slow to get ready

He has a 4.88 ERA this year
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Cepeda dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Swung on and missed by Oliva,
he's down on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League with the lead
over Negro League I 3 to 0
Old Timers and Negro League
II are scoreless
NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Left Outs with the lead over
NL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Robinson has hit his 8th
homerun for Left Outs
Turn of Century is on top
of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Young and McGinnity currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
have yet to score
And here in Caribbean FOFC ahead 1 to 0

And the batter is Omar Linares
Miguel Gonzalez is on-deck
Omar Linares is hitting .287 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Hunter likes the sign
Hunter fires
Linares hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
Jeff Nights dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
That's two away

Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez is at .275 on the season
He is hitting .307 against righties
Hays flashes the sign...
Hunter waves it off...
Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Cepeda moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gonzalez waits for the delivery
Owen rocks and fires
There's a routine pop by Gonzalez
Nights moves under it and
makes the routine catch
That retires the side...
Miguel Gonzalez fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Tucker is batting .291 with
2 HR's this year
Cuellar wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
One up, one down here in
the top of the 3rd

Nights saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cuellar is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Cuellar brings it to the plate
Nights hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion
Concepcion picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Cepeda off the bag
Cepeda swipes with the glove

Nights is out!
Nice play by Cepeda
Two down
Mike Cuellar retires
the first two batters in order

Up now for FOFC is Potpie
Two away, nobody on
Potpie is at .287 on the season
2 down, Cuellar ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
The southpaw Cuellar's delivery
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into right
It's in for a base hit...
Oliva quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Potpie dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Potpie with a single

Potpie inches away from the base
Potpie takes his lead...

Cuellar is not paying enough attention
Potpie extends his lead... the pitch
It's a slow curve...
He breaks for second!
Up and firing is Gonzalez...
OUT!!...
As Pacheco slaps the tag
on the sliding Potpie

Dave Concepcion, Mike Cuellar, and
Minnie Minoso are due up
Dave is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Dave...
Now we're set to go
Concepcion is set for the pitch
Hunter's into the windup... the delivery
Concepcion lifts a flyball
towards Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Gazelle stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Gazelle
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Nobody on, one away for Caribbean
Up now is Cuellar
Cuellar swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Hunter
Mike takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Sinking fastball...
Cuellar swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step

Minoso departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Minnie is hitting at .269 on the year
He has 29 hits in 108 at bats
Caribbean's leadoff hitter has
scored 16 runs this year
Waiting for the pitch is Minoso
Hunter winds and delivers
Sharp breaking curveball...
Minoso reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Nights...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Minoso is out easily
That ends the inning
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 1

Gazelle up now to lead off
Mike Cuellar steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the delivery by Cuellar
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Gazelle rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Cuellar looks dejected on the mound

FOFC left fielder, K. A.
Ton, will be up next
He will be followed by Harry Hays
Bases empty... no one out
FOFC up by 2
Ton is batting .257 with
7 round trippers in 1900
He's ready for the delivery
The Estrellas' southpaw winds and delivers
There's a hard bouncer to Linares' left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Cepeda...
Ton is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Omar Linares!
One gone for FOFC

Hays moseys up to the plate
Dan Fouts is heading for
the on-deck circle
Hays swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Cuellar
Hays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's his delivery
Hays is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 2

Fouts, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 2 to 0
Left-hander Mike Cuellar
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Fouts
The lefty Cuellar delivers
Hit hard to the right of Concepcion...
And it's caught in the air
by a diving Linares!
That ends the top of the 4th
One run, one hit and no errors
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 2

Antonio Pacheco is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Caribbean
to get things going
Hunter adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Big breaking ball...
Pacheco swings and lifts one deep to right
This one has a chance...
Gazelle is at the warning track...
He waits...
Gerald you can tell that one Goodbye!
Number 8 on the year for Antonio Pacheco

Walking up to the plate now is Coimbre
Perucho Cepeda waits on deck
Against righthanders
Coimbre is hitting .295
Hunter wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
He brings it home
A hanging curve...
Coimbre laces it hard just
to the right of Nights
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Pancho...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Coimbre at first, nobody out
Cepeda comes to the plate
Coimbre takes his lead
Hunter adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Cepeda drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Matty Alou will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by Caribbean...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!
Double for Cepeda

Oliva, Caribbean's right fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Omar Linares waits on deck
Oliva steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Tony is 0 for 1 today
Oliva awaits the delivery
Hunter's 3-2 pitch...
It is a slow change...
Oliva's not at all fooled
He hits it squarely...
It's heading out to right-center
almost on a line...
Very well hit ball by Tony
Tucker is running after it...
He hopes to play it off the fence
He picks it up on the second bounce
He turns and gets it back into the infield
Oliva slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the Caribbean right fielder
Cepeda scores from third!

Omar Linares, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Linares can't seem to get
settled at the plate
He's ready
The home town crowd is
yelling out to Oliva
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Hunter delivers the 3-1 offering
Hanging curveball...
Linares times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Gazelle doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Linares
That was way over the fence

Making his way up is Gonzalez
Miguel is hitting at .274 on the year
He has 80 hits in 292 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Gonzalez popped out his last time up
All set, Gonzalez is ready for the pitch
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Shallow fly ball
Ton charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Gonzalez stops at first
That's a single

Caribbean shortstop, Dave Concepcion,
will be up next
He will be followed by Mike Cuellar
One on... no one out
Caribbean up by 3
Concepcion is taking his practice swings
Dave is 0 for 1 this evening
Hunter studies his sign
The stretch... the 3-1 delivery
Concepcion drives the ball
to left for extra bases
Matty Alou plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Double for Concepcion

Stepping in is Mike Cuellar
Estrellas with runners on second and third
Mike takes a couple of practice cuts
Mike steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Hunter's pitch
A check on the runners... the pitch
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One down for Caribbean
Minnie Minoso is still in
the on-deck circle
and Antonio Pacheco is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Minoso is up now for Caribbean
Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Minoso
The righthander delivers
Rodney loses him
Minoso heads down to first
No more room on the bases now
Rodney has to bear down now

Settling in at the plate is Pacheco
Pacheco goes through his
routine of settling in
Pacheco, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Rodney
Rodney checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Grounder topped to the mound
Taken by Rodney
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 1-6
Gonzalez scores from third!
Concepcion takes third
The runner on first, Minoso, is out
Two down, now...
Pancho Coimbre is due up next
Big inning for Caribbean...
They've put 6 runs on the board

Pancho Coimbre is up next
The Estrellas' center fielder
finds 2 on with 2 outs
Coimbre gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Coimbre is set
Now to the belt, here it is...
Stroked to third
Clean single for Coimbre
Caribbean adds to their lead
Caribbean leads 7 to 2

Cepeda comes to the plate
Estrellas with runners on first and third
Cepeda has a .238 average against
righthanders this season
James looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Rodney checks the runners
at first and third
Pacheco bluffs a move toward home
Rodney doesn't flinch
Here's the 2 strike offering
Grounded down the line
Rodney takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
Caribbean is finally retired in
the bottom of the 4th...
After a 7 run outburst,
they lead FOFC by 5

FOFC will send Blade,
Deacon Palmer, and A. J. Tucker to face
Mike Cuellar this inning
The righthander, Blade has
an average of .260
His success against lefties, like Cuellar
is better, however, at .325
Blade waits patiently
The southpaw delivers
Blade hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion
Concepcion takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Cepeda scoops it on one hop

Blade is out!
Nice play by Cepeda
Cuellar gets the first out in the inning

Palmer departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Deacon looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Palmer taps the bat on home plate
Palmer waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Cuellar rocks and fires
Palmer takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Palmer is out on strikes
That's two away
Concepcion comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Cuellar
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

A. J. Tucker is coming to the plate
Tucker has 9 doubles this year
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Cuellar leans back and fires
Sinking line drive
Caught by Dave Concepcion
1-2-3, nothing across...

Tony Oliva, Omar Linares,
and Miguel Gonzalez are the first three
Estrellas batters due up
Caribbean leads, 7-2
Oliva is hitting .279
against righthanders
The bat is cocked
The windup, the pitch
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Nights
It's by him...
Ton comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Oliva to a single

Pounding the plate with his bat
Linares awaits the pitch
Linares checks with the coach, Matty Alou
Omar is ready for the delivery
Now James delivers
It is a high hard one...
Linares goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Linares couldn't hold back
With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez
To be followed by Dave Concepcion

While Dave Concepcion heads
for the on deck circle
Miguel Gonzalez makes his way to the plate
James Rodney on in relief of Owen Hunter
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Rodney
The delivery
Bounced past the mound
Smooth pickup by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
So it is nothing across for the Estrellas
in the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings
Caribbean has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors

Here's Nights to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Negro League I besting Japanese
League 9 to 4
Old Timers is edging Negro
League II 2 to 1
Delahanty has hit his 9th
homerun for Old Timers
AL Pre WWII clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0
Gomez comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3
Hubbell enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
Turn of Century is in front
of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 3
And here in Caribbean Caribbean
ahead 7 to 2
Nights is 0 for 2 today
Cuellar ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The pitch to Nights...
Slider, down at the knees...
Nights swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Minoso is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 8 on the year for Jeff Nights

Cuellar glares in at Potpie as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Cuellar steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Cuellar delivers
Potpie hits a pop into short right field
Pacheco sprints out
Oliva and Coimbre sprint
towards the infield
Tony Oliva sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Gazelle heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie takes his lead
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Mike has got to be a little concerned
with Gazelle up there as the
FOFC right fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Cuellar quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Gazelle is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
With one gone
FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

K. A. Ton is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 1 out
Ton is 0 for 2 today
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The lefthander Cuellar comes home with it
It is a high hard one...
Ton goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Ton couldn't hold back
Two gone for FOFC

Facing Cuellar now is Hays
James Rodney heads to the on deck circle
Barrett Blade waits in the hole
Potpie will be running if it's hit
Cuellar gets the sign, it's one he likes
Now the delivery, here is is...
Base hit to center for Hays
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

Billy Bullock is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Before getting ready
Bullock checks out the defensive alignment
Bullock cocks his bat
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
That's it in the top of the 6th
After 5 and a half innings in Caribbean,
Caribbean on top 7 to 3

Concepcion is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Concepcion adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Dave is 1 for 2 this evening
Fozborg has the sign he wants
The pitch is on the way
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Concepcion hits it into the
hole on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Concepcion is out by a step at first
One up, one down

Cuellar finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Cuellar taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
The umpire says let's go
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
Two down

That brings up Minnie Minoso,
the left fielder
Minoso is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Minoso waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here comes the cripple pitch
Minoso slaps a hard grounder past short
Ton is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Minoso will hold with a clean single

Here's Antonio Pacheco
Antonio is hitting at .291 on the year
He has 93 hits in 320 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 11 stolen bases
After getting set, Pacheco
waits on the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 6 innings
Caribbean has 7 runs, 10
hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
7 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Barrett Blade stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the top of the 7th
Caribbean leads 7 to 3
Barrett is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign

Now he's ready...
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Extra base hit to center for Blade
Pancho Coimbre is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Palmer saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Palmer has a .375 average against lefties
Cuellar is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
LINE DRIVE
It's over Linares' head for a single!
Blade scores from second!

Planting his right foot
Tucker is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Tucker
A. J. is hitting at .289 on the year
He has 99 hits in 342 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 3
Tucker lined out his last time up
Tucker gets set for the pitch
Cuellar goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Palmer
He lobs one to Cepeda...
Palmer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Cuellar comes home
Base hit to left for Tucker
Palmer is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Palmer will stay at second

Nights squares
He bunts the ball . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by M.Cuellar
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Force Play To Pitcher
Score It: 1-5
The runner on second, Palmer, is out
Tucker takes second
That's one away

Potpie walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gerald Gazelle moves into
the on deck circle
FOFC needs some runs
We'll see how they pitch to Potpie
Potpie is waiting on the pitch
Here's the 0-1 offering
Base hit to center for Potpie
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle
Gerald Gazelle will step
in to face Cuellar
He is 2 for 3 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 2 RBI's
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Mike has got to be a little concerned
with Gazelle up there as the
FOFC right fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Cuellar stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Fastball up in the strike zone
Strike three looking!
That ball was right in
Gazelle's wheelhouse
But he was obviously fooled on it
That's out number two
The All Stars have chipped away
at the Estrellas' lead
They've scored 2 runs in the inning
Caribbean ahead 7 to 5

Ton saunters up to the batter's box
Estrellas have runners at first and second
Potpie on first represents the tying run
Two men on, two men out
Gonzalez flashes the sign to Cuellar
Cuellar rocks and fires
A slider by Cuellar
Ton gets good wood on it...
Coimbre back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Paradise Park, After
6 and a half innings,
Caribbean has 7 runs, 10
hits and no errors
While FOFC has 5 runs, 11
hits and no errors
FOFC has left 6 on base
Caribbean has stranded 4

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Estrellas will get their licks
here in the bottom of the 7th
Pancho Coimbre, Perucho Cepeda,
and Tony Oliva
are scheduled to face FOFC
righthander Sirr Fozborg
Here's Coimbre stepping in...
Coimbre a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Fozborg
Fozborg steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Palmer and Nights are chasing
it down the line
Nights makes the catch
over his shoulder going away
One down for Caribbean
Perucho Cepeda is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

One out, nobody on base
Perucho Cepeda is the batter
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Cepeda...
Cepeda cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Cepeda was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Perucho was a little overanxious
That's the second out of the inning

Slowly coming up is Oliva for Caribbean
He is finally in the batter's box
Caribbean leads 7 to 5
Sirr gets the sign from Hays
Fozborg brings it home
It's a routine fly into left
Ton ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Ton grabs it for the out
That is the third out for Caribbean here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 34453

Hays saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Cuellar is happy with the sign
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
Hays chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Hays!

Now here's Treacy
Cuellar looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Gonzalez
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Cuellar
Now he is ready...
Mike winds
Kicks... and delivers
Treacy pounds a grounder toward
Linares at third
Omar moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Linares stayed with it
Over to first and Treacy is retired
Nice play by the Caribbean third baseman
With one down

Cepeda yells something out to Cuellar
Mike nods his head

Coming up for FOFC is Barrett Blade
Nobody on base, one out
Blade is at .263 on the season
Mike Cuellar on the mound
for the Estrellas...
Cuellar has gone the distance so far
He's given up 12 hits and 6 runs
The lefthander delivers
High hard fastball, swung on...
It's a grounder hammered at second...
Pacheco is there...
IT'S INTO RIGHT!!...
It took a HIGH hop right over him!
That's a single for Blade

Coming to the plate is Palmer
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Cuellar
Watching Cuellar, Palmer wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign
Now he's ready
Cuellar goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Cepeda...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Cuellar comes home
Palmer laces a hit into the outfield
Minnie Minoso picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Palmer holds with a single

That'll be all for Mike Cuellar
Felipe Alou has given the sign
Adolfo Luque will be coming on
in relief for the Estrellas
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We're back here at Paradise
Park in Caribbean...
Adolfo Luque has just about
finished his warm-up tosses
Luque has appeared in 41 games this season
A record of 5-6 with 2 saves
He's blown 7 save chances so far this year
His ERA stands at 5.82

One away, Palmer at first, Blade at second
Tucker steps into the batter's box
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Adolfo Luque
Luque has the sign from Gonzalez
Adolfo checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
There's a weak fly ball in
front of Minnie Minoso
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
Caribbean leads 7 to 6 with
two away this inning

Jeff Nights is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
We're in the top of the 8th
Luque eyes Nights intently
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Nights rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Luque looks dejected on the mound

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Luque next
If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow
Potpie is 3 for 4 today
Jeeberoni singled last time around
He's ready
Luque fires
Sinking fastball...
Potpie swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Linares...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
The Estrellas finally retire the side
but not until FOFC scores 4 runs
The All Stars now take over the lead by 2
It's FOFC 9, Caribbean 7

Omar Linares up first for Caribbean
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Linares is hitting .288
against righthanders
Omar is set for the pitch
Kronside brings it to the plate
Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I besting Japanese
League 9 to 4
Old Timers and Negro League
II are all knotted at 2
NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 5
NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3
Turn of Century besting
Dead Ball Era 5 to 0
Young enjoying the big
Turn of Century lead
Late 20th is on top of AL Post WWII 5 to 3
Franco and Hunter currently dueling
And in our matchup FOFC on top 9 to 7

Now batting for Caribbean will be
their catcher, Miguel Gonzalez
The Estrellas are behind by 2
We are in the bottom of the 8th
Only 5 more outs to make
up the deficit
Kronside tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander Kronside delivers
Gonzalez gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to third
Palmer is waving everybody off
He drops it!
Gonzalez only makes it to first
Miguel was not legging that one out

Gonzalez at first, one away
Concepcion is ready for the pitch
Concepcion gets set
He's 1 for 3 so far
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Pflaggstettler reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That's the second out of the inning

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Rodolfo Puente will bat for Adolfo Luque
It will be the righthand hitting, Puente
against the righty Kronside
Puente is hitting righties
for a .213 average

Puente makes his way to home plate
Caribbean down by 2 runs
We're in the bottom of the 8th
Right-hander Kronside prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Puente
Here's his delivery
Drilled on the ground to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Caribbean
Lazaro Salazar will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Lazaro has appeared in
15 games this season
He has a record of 3-2
in 14 innings
His ERA stands at 7.71

Power hitting Gerald Gazelle will lead off
FOFC's clean-up hitter will
see what he can do
against Caribbean's Lazaro Salazar
Gerald Gazelle will be up next...
He is 2 for 4 on the evening
Gazelle has also smacked out 2 home runs!
This impressive display of power
has been good for 2 RBI's
Gazelle concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Salazar kicks and fires
Drilled on the ground to third
Linares comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
And there's one away

Now batting will be Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
Pflaggstettler goes through his
routine of settling in
Pflaggstettler waits on Salazar
Salazar brings it to the plate
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Pflaggstettler hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
One on... one out
FOFC up by 2
The right-handed Hays will
be facing the southpaw
5 of his 7 home runs come via this route
Salazar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The stretch... the delivery
Base hit to right for Hays
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Hays at first

Terp is ready to face Salazar
Kris Terp hasn't had a very
good year so far
He is struggling to get
over the Mendoza line
Currently his average is
an uninspiring .138
He has had some trouble with
illness this year
He's been fighting the flu
in recent weeks
Lazaro Salazar is now discussing
something with Felipe Alou..
Felipe Alou was quick to point out to me
in our pre-game show
just how important Salazar
has been to their team
His 7 saves is good for 8th in the league
He's got a tough spot here however
He brings it home
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Gonzalez
Hays dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Hays made it back
Two down
Due up next is Barrett Blade
Let's see what happens now

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
Blade is 2 for 3 today
Barrett singled last time up
Salazar is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Salazar looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Barrett Blade offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Blade couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Linares for the out
Blade never even left the batter's box
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 9th

The left fielder Minoso
will lead off for the Estrellas
He'll be followed by Antonio Pacheco
And then Pancho Coimbre
Minoso is at .273 on the season
He is hitting .244 against righties
Minoso chokes up on the bat a little
The kick and the pitch
Fastball, low and inside...
Minoso goes down after it...
He lines one deep to right...
Gazelle is back at the fence...
Waits...

CAN'T GET IT!... It's a homer for Minoso!
Minnie comes through for Caribbean
That's number 3 for him

Antonio Pacheco, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Pacheco digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Knowles
Pacheco awaits the delivery
Sammy rocks and fires
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Pacheco gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Caribbean
Pancho Coimbre is still
in the on-deck circle
and Perucho Cepeda is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Pancho Coimbre will face Knowles
Righty against righty
Pancho Coimbre is hitting .300 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Sammy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the righthander's delivery
Coimbre swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Palmer
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Coimbre rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Pflaggstettler gets a
nice throw in to Blade

One on, one out
Cepeda walks to the batter's box
Knowles is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Cepeda goes down on strikes
Two down, last of the 9th...
The Estrellas are down to their final out

Coimbre slowly moves away from the base
Knowles rifles one to first...
Coimbre scrambles back quickly...
He just avoids the tag!
He should have dove back
Almost got caught

Oliva now at the plate
Omar Linares waits on deck
Coimbre will be running if it's hit
Hays flashes the sign...
Knowles shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Knowles goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Coimbre
Fires to Potpie...
Coimbre is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Knowles comes home
Oliva sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker
Tucker gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 9 to 8
Fozborg gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Cuellar takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Caribbean.

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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Caribbean Estrellas 6/28/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG
A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 0 .291 M.Minoso LF 4 1 2 1 .279
J.Nights SS 5 2 2 4 .286 A.Pacheco 2B 5 1 1 2 .289
J.Potpie 1B 5 0 3 1 .294 P.Coimbre CF 5 1 3 1 .296
G.Gazelle RF 5 2 2 2 .277 P.Cepeda 1B 4 1 1 1 .249
K.Ton LF 4 0 0 0 .250 T.Oliva RF 5 1 2 1 .283
D-P.Pflaggstettler LF 1 0 1 0 .320 O.Linares 3B 4 1 1 2 .257
H.Hays C 5 1 4 1 .349 M.Gonzalez C 4 1 1 0 .275
D.Fouts 3B 2 0 0 0 .235 D.Concepcion SS 4 1 1 0 .275
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Cuellar P 3 0 0 0 .146
B-B.Bullock PH 1 0 0 0 .263 A.Luque P 0 0 0 0 .250
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 E-R.Puente PH 1 0 0 0 .227
C-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .274 L.Salazar P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
F-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .136
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Blade 2B 4 2 2 0 .266
O.Hunter P 1 0 0 0 .045
A-D.Palmer 3B 3 1 2 1 .314
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 43 9 17 9 Totals 39 8 12 8

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Hunter In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Luque In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 - 9 17 1
Estrellas....... 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
O.Hunter 3 1/3 7 7 7 1 2 2 76 5.46 A1 B9
J.Rodney 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 19 3.09 C1 C7
S.Fozborg WIN(3-0) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 32 2.37 C8 D5
J.Kronside HOLD(6th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1.51 D6 D9
S.Knowles SAVE(16th) 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 21 1.75 E1
Totals 9 12 8 8 2 6 3

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Cuellar LOSS(4-11) 7 1/3 14 8 8 1 9 4 136 4.80 A1 D9
A.Luque BS(8th) 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 5.90 E1 E3
L.Salazar 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 7.20 E4
Totals 9 17 9 9 1 10 5

ATTENDANCE- 34,453 DATE- Thursday, June 28th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 8 Estrellas: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Estrellas: 0
ERRORS- D.Palmer
DOUBLES- B.Blade(10th), P.Cepeda(15th), T.Oliva(18th), D.Concepcion(13th)
HOME RUNS- J.Nights-2(9th), G.Gazelle-2(12th), H.Hays(7th), M.Minoso(3rd),
A.Pacheco(8th), O.Linares(12th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Potpie
WALKS- B.Blade, M.Minoso, P.Cepeda
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker-2, G.Gazelle-2, K.Ton, H.Hays, B.Bullock, K.Terp,
O.Hunter, D.Palmer, P.Coimbre, P.Cepeda-2, T.Oliva, O.Linares,
M.Cuellar
GIDP- M.Gonzalez
WILD PITCHES- O.Hunter

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The National Herald - American League


NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1900 American League Date: 6/29/1900

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
2001 NLO 49 36 D.Brouthe OTH .413 S.Oh JLP 28 M.Mantle A2H 73
2001 A1H 47 36 T.Cobb DBH .393 B.Ruth A1H 27 T.Cobb DBH 65
2001 OTH 47 37 R.Carew A2H .360 M.Mantle A2H 26 S.Oh JLP 64
2001 L20 44 40 E.Delahan OTH .357 L.Gehrig A1H 21 B.Ruth A1H 64
2001 DBH 40 45 C.Bell NLO .356 T.William A2H 19 E.Delahan OTH 64
2001 A2H 37 46
2002 JLP 21 63 WINS SAVES ERA
P.Galvin OTH 12 W.McDonal NLO 12 K.Inao JLP 2.55
OTHERS TIED W 10 R.Fingers A2H 11 T.Glavine L20 2.83
B.Sutter L20 10 R.Clemens L20 2.86
G.Gossage L20 10 O.Radbour OTH 2.92
A.Spaldin OTH 7 L.Grove A1H 2.96

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
L.Gehrig A1H 10 C.Bell NLO 48 R.Clemens L20 140
H.Baker DBH 10 T.Cobb DBH 27 R.Johnson L20 134
C.Comiske OTH 10 B.Hamilto OTH 27 B.Feller A2H 118
C.Fisk A2H 9 J.Jackson DBH 24 N.Ryan A2H 115
OTHERS TIED W 8 E.Collins DBH 19 S.Paige NLO 111

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
A2H 3 at L20 5 A2H-Newhous(4-4, 5.01) at L20-Maddux(8-5, 3.24)
DBH 1 at TCH 5 DBH-Walsh(7-10, 3.90) at TCH-Mathews(7-7, 3.65)
JLP 4 at NLO 9 JLP-Inao(4-7, 2.55) at NLO-Rogan(9-6, 4.65)
N2H 5 at A1H 6 N2H-Seaver(9-1, 3.40) at A1H-Lyons(10-1, 4.09)
OTH 2 at NLT 3 OTH-Clarkso(7-8, 5.08) at NLT-Wickwar(3-11, 8.07)

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
W.Boggs L20 A2H 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
E.Delahanty OTH NLT 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0
K.Nomura JLP NLO 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
S.Oh JLP NLO 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0
B.Dickey A1H N2H 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0

PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
W.Hoyt A1H N2H 3.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 W
G.Gossage L20 A2H 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 S
J.Franco L20 A2H 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
K.Suzuki JLP NLO 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0

INJURY REPORT
V.Starffin, Japanese League - 1 more games
S.Sugishita, Japanese League - 1 more games
P.Lloyd, Negro League I - 8 more games
B.Foster, Negro League I - 7 more games
O.Radbourn, Old Timers - 14 more games

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The National Herald - National League

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1900 National League Date: 6/29/1900

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1000 FAS 56 27 N.Lajoie TCH .379 E.Mathews N2H 28 J.Foxx LOH 64
2001 N2H 54 33 J.Kelley TCH .330 E.Banks N2H 27 E.Banks N2H 64
2001 N1H 43 41 W.Keeler TCH .328 M.Ott N1H 24 N.Lajoie TCH 61
2001 TCH 42 44 R.Clement N2H .325 H.Aaron N2H 22 M.Ott N1H 59
2001 CAP 39 46 J.Burkett TCH .324 OTHERS TIED W 21 OTHERS TIED W 57
2001 LOH 37 46
2001 NLT 34 50 WINS SAVES ERA
R.Nielsen FAS 11 S.Knowles FAS 16 C.Redding NLT 2.98
M.Manning NLT 10 J.Bunning N2H 13 A.Mighty FAS 3.10
J.Maricha N2H 10 D.Dismuke NLT 10 B.Babson FAS 3.27
P.Alexand N1H 10 OTHERS TIED W 7 S.Koufax N2H 3.32
OTHERS TIED W 9 R.Nielsen FAS 3.34

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
E.Mathews N2H 10 S.Poles NLT 36 S.Koufax N2H 130
R.Schoend N2H 10 J.Morgan N2H 27 R.Nielsen FAS 129
J.Potpie FAS 9 H.Duffy TCH 27 L.Tiant S CAP 114
C.Klein N1H 9 H.Wagner TCH 22 A.Mighty FAS 108
OTHERS TIED W 8 W.Keeler TCH 20 C.Redding NLT 99

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
DBH 1 at TCH 5 DBH-Walsh(7-10, 3.90) at TCH-Mathews(7-7, 3.65)
N2H 5 at A1H 6 N2H-Seaver(9-1, 3.40) at A1H-Lyons(10-1, 4.09)
OTH 2 at NLT 3 OTH-Clarkso(7-8, 5.08) at NLT-Wickwar(3-11, 8.07)
FAS 9 at CAP 8 FAS-Nielsen(11-4, 3.34) at CAP-Tiant J(3-2, 4.15)
N1H 10 at LOH 3 N1H-Marquar(4-9, 5.96) at LOH-Carlton(4-4, 5.43)

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
J.Nights FAS CAP 5 2 2 4 0 0 2 0
G.Gazelle FAS CAP 5 2 2 2 0 2 2 0
C.Klein N1H LOH 5 2 2 4 0 0 1 0
H.Hays FAS CAP 5 1 4 1 0 1 1 0
J.Bench N2H A1H 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0

PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Young TCH DBH 9.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 W
S.Fozborg FAS CAP 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 W
C.Hubbell N1H LOH 9.0 6 3 3 0 4 1 W
M.Manning NLT OTH 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 W
J.Kronside FAS CAP 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INJURY REPORT
J.Beckwith, Negro League II - 5 more games
S.Poles, Negro League II - 12 more games
S.Gunner, FOFC - 4 more games
B.Babson, FOFC - 1 more games
B.Lemon, Left Outs - 14 more games
R.Roberts, Left Outs - 12 more games

[Breeze]

Hmmm...wondering if anyone that was a part of this originally is still around and interested in me dusting this thing off for the second have of the season?

Actually, I really wonder if they even remember this ever existed...

[ntndeacon]

Deacon Palmer should play 3rd all the time!

[Breeze]

Deacon Palmer should play 3rd all the time!

wow...after all this time you still even remember your players' position. Impressive...

[Travis]

I'd be quite happy to see this going again.

[ntndeacon]

wow...after all this time you still even remember your players' position. Impressive...

Well I did go back and maybe read a bit. But i do know who he was based on still.

[Breeze]

Well I did go back and maybe read a bit. But i do know who he was based on still.

I don't remember that...and I don't think I want to know. It may eliminate some of the prejudices that I may have had...

I found the old game files on a computer in storage and have copied them to another computer. If the interest is there, I'll start it back up.

Thanks for checking in Deacon and Travis...

[JeeberD]

I'm not around nearly as much as I used to be, but I would love to see Jeeberoni continue his hit streak...

[Breeze]

I'm not around nearly as much as I used to be, but I would love to see Jeeberoni continue his hit streak...

Hey Jeebs...you're the 3rd to check in. I'm probably going to tackle this after I finish my other dynasty...

[bbgunn]

Sweet dynasty here.

[Breeze]

Manager Update

There is a very strange beeping noise in my ears, and it takes me quite a while to determine that it is the alarm clock. It has been so long since I slept to the point the alarm actually went off that I forgot what it sounded like. I slowly rollover and turn it off. As I lay in the bed I take a quick inventory on how I feel. My head aches, my mouth is dry, I'm sore and really, really cloudy headed. I feel like I've been asleep for about 5 years.

I rub my face as I'm getting up and am surprised to find a full beard. As I get to the mirror I notice my hair is much longer and it has gotten gray. I am completely flabbergasted. How long had I been asleep? I feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle. I've heard stress can do strange things to a person, I guess I'm living proof.

I get cleaned up, climb in the car and head out to the ballpark, hoping I haven't slept through 5 years of games...

[Breeze]

Manager Update

I arrived at the ballpark still in a daze...my head still cloudy and feeling confused like I was out of my own time period. People looked at me funny...like they hadn't seen me in 5 years...

The clearing of my head and that peculiar feeling never went away. I made it through the game, though my memory of it isn't really clear...

[Breeze]

Radio Broadcast - 6/29 - Game 83

Welcome to Paradise Park!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Caribbean and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Caribbean
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Tiant Jr.'s into the windup...
the delivery
Blade tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short center
Mesa is coming in hard...
Pacheco is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Blade is on with the "excuse me" single!

Now up for FOFC, Nights
A real speedster Blade is on first
They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him
Tiant Jr. is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Now to the belt, here it is...
The runner goes
Nights loves to hit and run...
Outside slider...
He reaches for it...
Hits a deep fly to left-center
It's in there...
Blade running on the pitch
will score from first
Nights slides into second...
Score it a double
Great call by manager Benton Breeze!
And Nights was able to carry it out

Making his way up is Tucker
Tucker is hitting .277 against righties
He's ready
Here's the 0-2 offering
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Caught by a leaping Pacheco for the out!
Outstanding range shown on that play!
Tiant Jr. has the first out
in the top of the 1st
Gonzalez trots out to the mound
Says a few words to Luis...
With the runner on second...
Probably making sure of the signs

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Potpie swinging from the right side
facing the righty Tiant Jr.
Jeeberoni steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Tiant Jr.'s pitch
Luis rocks and fires
Curveball, breaking away
Potpie swings...
Hits a slow grounder to short
Concepcion is charging...
Picks up the ball barehanded
Then throws wildly over Espino's head
It's into rightfield
There will be no play on Potpie
He's into second easily on the error
Score It: E6
Nights scores from second!
Potpie to second

FOFC left fielder, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler, is up next
Pflaggstettler wiggles the
bat above his head
Persimmon is eagerly awaiting
Tiant Jr.'s pitch
Potpie seems to be looking
down at Gonzalez
Maybe hopes to pick up a sign
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Pflaggstettler swung right
over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Tiant Jr.!
That's two away

That'll bring up All Stars' third
baseman Deacon Palmer...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
A base hit should score Potpie
Luis looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Tiant Jr. brings it to the plate
Grounded down the line
Linares comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That will do it for FOFC
But they do get 2 runs
right out of the barrel
So FOFC leads 2 to zip as
Caribbean comes to bat

Rob Nielsen is walking slowly to the mound
Pablo Mesa is still taking
some practice cuts...
Nielsen finishes his warm-up tosses
Hays fires one down to Blade
Mesa steps in...
Caribbean will get their
first shot against Rob
Mesa digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen
Nielsen is happy with the sign
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 2 strike pitch
Sinking fastball...
Mesa swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
With one down, up next is Antonio Pacheco
To be followed by Pancho Coimbre

That'll bring up second baseman
Antonio Pacheco...
FOFC drew first blood
in their half of the first
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Slow ground ball
Potpie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in a row

Coimbre coming up for Caribbean
Nobody on, two away
Nielsen eyes Coimbre intently
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Coimbre chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Nielsen
Blade snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
That ends the inning
After 1 inning, FOFC leads by 2

Hays is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Tiant Jr.
Tiant Jr. has the sign from Gonzalez
Tiant Jr. brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the sack
Linares comes up with it
Over to Espino
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That's one away

Gazelle is up next
One gone, top of the 2nd
Rob Nielsen moves out on deck
Gazelle is batting .277 with
12 round trippers in 1900
Tiant Jr. gets the sign, it's one he likes
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Gonzalez asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Gazelle went around
Strike three, swinging
Two down
Luis Tiant Jr. retires
the first two batters in order

Rob Nielsen is up to face Luis Tiant Jr.
Nielsen taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Nielsen cocks his bat
Here's the 2 strike offering
Nielsen swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Tiant Jr. strikes out Rob Nielsen
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 1 and a half innings,

FOFC on top 2 to 0

Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off
Caribbean's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's Rob Nielsen
Cepeda is at .249 on the season
Nielsen is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Nielsen looks in...
Now he's ready
Nielsen goes into his windup
And here's the 1-0 offering
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Cepeda hits it into the hole
on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Cepeda is out by a step at first
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Linares walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Linares is at .257 on the season
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Linares drives one into right
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
Two down

Gonzalez gets set at the plate
Gonzalez can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
The lefthander winds and delivers
Gonzalez pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Pflaggstettler
Persimmon is there
This one would end the inning...
He's got it for the out
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still FOFC 2, Estrellas 0

FOFC will send Blade,
Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face
Luis Tiant Jr. this inning
Blade digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Tiant Jr.
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Tiant Jr. fires
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Blade is outta there
One up, one down

Nights pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Tiant Jr.
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
The bat is cocked
He brings it home
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Nights watches it go by
for the third strike
With two gone, FOFC ahead 2 to
0 in the top of the 3rd

Up next for the visiting All Stars
A. J. Tucker, their center fielder
Tiant Jr. adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Tiant Jr. rocks and fires
Shallow fly ball
Coimbre charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 2-0, FOFC

Hector Espino, batting seventh
will lead off for Caribbean
He will be followed by Dave Concepcion
and Luis Tiant Jr.
Espino looks down toward
the third base coach
Espino, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Nielsen
Nielsen goes into his windup
Kicks his right leg high...
And Espino will sit down...
strike three called
One out
Due up next is Dave Concepcion

Now batting will be Dave Concepcion
The shortstop is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads Caribbean by 2 runs
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Concepcion
No chance for either Nights
or Pflaggstettler
That one had base hit written all over it

Tiant Jr. squares to bunt
He bunts at it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Tiant Jr. gets the job done.
FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with
two away this inning

That will bring up center
fielder, Pablo Mesa
A base hit should score Concepcion
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Mesa takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Mesa's outta there
We head to the 4th...
The score is still FOFC 2, Estrellas 0

Here's Jeeberoni Potpie leading off
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck
And Deacon Palmer is in the hole
Potpie grips the bat handle
Jeeberoni stands with bat ready
The righthander Tiant Jr. delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Gonzalez fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
One gone for FOFC in the top of the 4th

Now here's Pflaggstettler
Persimmon looks at the sign
from the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Pflaggstettler taps
the bat on home plate
Tiant Jr. steps on the rubber
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Slow ground ball
Pacheco is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League I leads Japanese
League 1 to 0
Torriente has hit his 10th homerun
for Negro League I
Negro League II is beating
Old Timers 5 to 1
Wickware comfortably ahead
for Negro League II
NL Post WWII is in front
of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 2 to 1
Marquard and Carlton currently dueling
Turn of Century leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2
AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 1 to 0

Next up is Deacon Palmer, the
FOFC third baseman...
If he gets on, Harry Hays would bat next
Palmer is at .312 on the season
He is hitting .292 against righties
Set now is Palmer
Pacheco comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Tiant Jr.
The delivery
Palmer hits one toward third
Linares fronts it...
Oops, he bobbles it...
Now he has the handle...
Long throw to first
Got Palmer by three steps!
Man, that is one slow truck horse
on the base paths!
That's three outs, side retired

Antonio Pacheco will step into
the box to start the inning
Caribbean would like to get
some runners on board
Pacheco swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
The umpire says let's go
Pacheco is ready
Nielsen brings it home
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for Rob Nielsen today
132 on the year
One out
Pancho Coimbre is due up next

One away, nobody on base
Coimbre stands ready at the plate
Coimbre is at .295 on the season
Nielsen likes the sign
The 0-2 pitch...
Nielsen lets it fly...
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
Two gone for Caribbean

Up now for Caribbean is Cepeda
Two away, nobody on
Cepeda goes through his routine
of settling in
Cepeda readies himself for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Cepeda!

Linares is up now for Caribbean
Linares is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Nielsen checks Cepeda on first
Now the 3-2 pitch
Just off the plate
Ball four

Walking up now to the plate is Gonzalez
Gonzalez has a .188 average
against lefties
Gonzalez is set
It's coming down the pike
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
And that retires the side

Bottom of the order for FOFC coming to bat
The catcher, Harry Hays will lead off
Harry is hitting at .347 on the year
He has 60 hits in 173 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Hays grounded out his last time up
Tiant Jr. looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander delivers
Grounded down the line
Espino flips to Tiant Jr. covering
Score It: 3-1
Tiant Jr. gets the first out in the inning

Nobody on base, one away
Gazelle steps into the batter's box
Luis Tiant Jr. steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here comes the cripple pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gazelle held up, and draws a walk
Tiant Jr. isn't happy at
all with that call

Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Nielsen looks to lay one down
Nielsen bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!

Barrett Blade is up next
FOFC's second baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Against righthanders
Blade is hitting .244
All set, Blade is ready for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
Bounding ball to the mound
Taken by Tiant Jr.
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That's it in the top of the 5th
After 4 and a half innings in Caribbean,
FOFC leads 2 to 0

Here's Hector Espino to lead it off
Espino is at .263 on the season
Time is called
Tay Pemup for FOFC is coming to the mound
The All Stars trainer is flushing some
fluid into Nielsen's right eye
Rob says he's OK
It's a full count...
Nielsen winds and fires...
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Hays...and he's got it
One down for Caribbean
Dave Concepcion is still
in the on-deck circle
and Luis Tiant Jr. is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Dave Concepcion, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Nielsen is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch to Concepcion...
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two up, two down for Caribbean

Tiant Jr. heads to the plate for Caribbean
The infield is at regular depth
Tiant Jr. is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Tiant Jr. waits for the delivery
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Pablo Mesa
Estrellas with 1 runner on base
The All Stars lead, 2-0
Pablo steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Pablo is 0 for 2 today...

Tiant Jr. kicks the dirt at first
Jesus Alou says something to him
He cocks his bat
Mesa has choked up, just
trying to make contact
He has 2 strikes on him
The southpaw delivers
Bounding ball to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
That's it for Caribbean
Here at Paradise Park, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has no runs,
2 hits and one error
Caribbean has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 2

[Breeze]

Radio Broadcast - 6/29 - Game 83 continued

FOFC will send Nights,
A. J. Tucker, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face
Luis Tiant Jr. this inning
FOFC ahead 2 to 0
Tiant Jr. has the sign he wants
Tiant Jr. brings it to the plate
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Tiant Jr. punches him out!
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

That will bring up A. J. Tucker
Tucker takes a couple of practice cuts
Tucker is ready for the pitch
He rocks and fires
Hit on the ground to the mound
Tiant Jr. grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3

Here's the FOFC clean-up hitter,
Jeeberoni Potpie
Jeeberoni is batting .292 with
21 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Potpie awaits the delivery
The righthander Tiant Jr.'s delivery
Potpie tries to hold up
Gonzalez points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League I clipping Japanese
League 4 to 0
Negro League II is beating
Old Timers 7 to 3
NL Post WWII is on top of
AL Pre WWII 4 to 2
Seaver battling Faber
NL Pre WWII is in front
of Left Outs 8 to 5
Turn of Century slipping by
Dead Ball Era 4 to 2
Waddell battling Walsh
AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 2 to 1

Antonio Pacheco, Pancho Coimbre,
and Perucho Cepeda are the
scheduled hitters
It's the bottom of the 6th...
All Stars lead the Estrellas, 2-0
Pacheco is batting .287
with 8 HR's this year
Nielsen has a 2-hitter going
through 5 innings
Now Rob delivers
Curve ball...
Pacheco swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One gone for Caribbean

One out, nobody on base
Pancho Coimbre is the batter
Coimbre is 0 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
Nielsen is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Nielsen gets the sign from Hays
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
It's a routine fly into right
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two up, two down for Caribbean
Nielsen is moving along
with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Perucho Cepeda will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Omar Linares would be up next...
But only if Cepeda can reach safely
Cepeda looks for a sign from third
Matty Alou delivers it to Perucho
Perucho is 0 for 1 today
was hit by a pitch his last at bat
Cepeda is ready
Nielsen's 2-2 pitch...
Cepeda swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Perucho Cepeda
Easy inning for Nielsen
So after six complete...
FOFC ahead 2 to 0

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Deacon Palmer,
and Harry Hays are due
up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 2-0
Tiant Jr. steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Now Luis delivers
Swung on and hit on the nose to center
Mesa picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Pflaggstettler is on with
a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Palmer is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Palmer is batting .311 with
4 homers this year
Right-hander Tiant Jr. prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Palmer
Here's the righthander's delivery
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Luis Tiant
Jr. here this evening
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System
Your four sports network!

Pflaggstettler takes a walking lead
Pflaggstettler has stolen 5 bases
in 5 attempts in 1900
Pflaggstettler is unable to
take the lead he wants

Hays coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Pflaggstettler on first, with one away
Tiant Jr. is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
We've got a full count...
Tiant Jr. winds and fires...
Hays watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Harry,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Tiant Jr. just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
That's the second out of the inning

Coming to the plate is Gazelle
Pflaggstettler's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Tiant Jr.
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
He is currently batting .275
Cepeda, Mesa and Coimbre
are playing him deep
Gazelle waiting on the delivery
The stretch... the 3-1 delivery
Hard slider...
Gazelle swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Cepeda is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
A two run blast by Gerald

Nielsen moseys up to the plate
Barrett Blade is heading
for the on-deck circle
Nielsen digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Tiant Jr.
Tiant Jr. is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 11 this evening
He has the sign...
Here's his delivery
And Nielsen is down on strikes...
Tiant Jr. keeps mowing them down
That one gives him 12 this evening
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
Caribbean this evening,
FOFC ahead 4 to 0

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Omar Linares stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
and pitched a strong game
He would improve his record to 12-4
with a win on the road here in Caribbean
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
Linares hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
He's got it
Caribbean with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Miguel Gonzalez to
come to the plate

And it brings up Miguel Gonzalez
On deck is Hector Espino
Dave Concepcion in the hole
Time is called...
Gonzalez has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Gonzalez is set for the pitch
Nielsen kicks and fires
Right down the middle... strike three
Gonzalez must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two down
Nielsen retires the first
two Caribbean batters

Up for Caribbean, Hector Espino
FOFC out in front by 4
We're in the bottom of the 7th
Espino is batting .260 with
5 HR's this year
Nielsen shakes off the sign from Hays
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Nielsen doesn't
want to pitch to Espino
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
And the delivery by Nielsen
Comebacker, right to Nielsen
Over to Potpie for the easy out
'Come back, Little Sheba'
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 7 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has no runs,
2 hits and one error
Caribbean has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and
A. J. Tucker are due up
Blade is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Barrett certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Tiant Jr. earn his salary
Blade is set for the 3-1 pitch
It's coming down the pike
Blade lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Perucho Cepeda
Blade scrambles back to first and holds

Blade moves away from first base...
He has 2 stolen bases on the season
High and tight slider...
And there goes Blade on the steal!
The peg down by Gonzalez...
It's High...
The headfirst slide...
Blade is in at second with a stolen base
Let's see...
That's steal number 3 for him

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
Now Luis delivers
Fastball, up at the letters...
Nights swings...
Skies on to deep right
Coimbre racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Nights motors easily into second
As Coimbre throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Blade scores from second!
Nights to second

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Tucker is hitting .274 against righties
A. J. is eagerly awaiting
Tiant Jr.'s pitch
Nights seems to be looking
down at Gonzalez
Maybe hopes to pick up a sign
Here's the righthander's delivery
Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Felipe Alou will go to his bullpen
It'll be Mike Garcia here
in the top of the 8th
FOFC on top 6 to 0
Garcia has a 2 and 3 record
in 30 appearances with a 3.33 ERA
While Garcia throws a few to Gonzalez,
let's check the Strat-O-Matic
scoreboard...

Negro League I is beating
Japanese League 4 to 0
Torriente has hit his 10th homerun
for Negro League I
Negro League II leads Old Timers 7 to 6
NL Post WWII clipping AL Pre WWII 6 to 2
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Left Outs 9 to 6
Turn of Century is beating
Dead Ball Era 6 to 2
Late 20th with the lead over
AL Post WWII 5 to 2

FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni
Potpie will be up next
The All Stars, like all teams,
like to see a lot of offensive production
out of their firstbasemen
Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed
Garcia adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
The righthander delivers
Potpie just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Pacheco races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

So with 1 on and 1 out
the All Stars send their left fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
up to face Garcia
Good-hitting Deacon Palmer is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign
Pflaggstettler cocks his bat
Here's his delivery
Pflaggstettler laces a hit
into the outfield
Perucho Cepeda picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Pflaggstettler holds at first

Palmer gets set at the plate
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .289
Deacon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Garcia's pitch
Righthander Garcia's delivery
Palmer drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Double for Palmer

That brings up Harry Hays, the catcher
Harry is batting .343 with
7 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
Hays waits patiently
Garcia's righthanded delivery...
Hays gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward left
Cepeda is heading back...
At the fence
It is just over for a home run!
Cepeda slaps his glove in disgust

Coming up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle
Nobody on base, one out
Gazelle is batting .282 with
13 round trippers in 1900
Gazelle waiting on the delivery
Here's the 2 strike offering
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Linares stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Omar Linares
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 10

Rob Nielsen will step in
to face Garcia next
If he gets on, Barrett Blade will follow
Mike gets the sign from Gonzalez
Garcia fires
Hard ground ball to the mound
Garcia grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That's it for FOFC
But they score 6 runs
No one left on base
In fact, FOFC has stranded
only 2 runners all day
They make them count... as they
lead Caribbean by 10

Here's Concepcion to lead off the inning
Before he does, lets check out how
the Estrellas have been playing lately
Caribbean is 6 and 4 in
their last ten games
Concepcion has a .253 average
against lefties
After getting set, Concepcion
waits on the pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a towering fly ball
hit by Concepcion
Tucker sprints over, and makes the catch
That's one away

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Rodolfo Puente will bat for Mike Garcia
It will be the righthand hitting, Puente
against the lefty Nielsen
Puente is hitting southpaws
for a .308 average

That'll bring up Rodolfo Puente
FOFC way out ahead
FOFC ahead 10 to 0
Nielsen has been tough to hit
Puente has a .308 average
against lefthanders
He is .227 overall
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen rocks and fires
Belted right back at Blade
Wow, Barrett snares it bare-handed!
Ouch!
Here comes Tay Pemup, the
trainer, to take a look
Everything appears to be OK
Two down
There are some long faces over in the
Estrellas' dugout at the moment

Next up is Pablo Mesa, the
Caribbean center fielder
Mesa is at .221 on the season
Nielsen will improve his record
to 12-4 by beating the Estrellas
Nielsen goes into his windup
Kicks his right leg high...
Sinking fastball...
Mesa swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Caribbean is out of here in
the bottom of the 8th
This game is coming to you from
Paradise Park in Caribbean
After 8 innings
FOFC has 10 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has no runs,
2 hits and 2 errors
Mopping up for Caribbean
will be Julio Molina...
FOFC has just about
put this game out of reach...
They lead by 10

Blade saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade is 2 for 4 today
Barrett singled last time up
Molina steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the delivery by Molina
Pop-up
Gonzalez drifts behind the plate
He makes the catch
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nights now at the plate
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Nights
He's 1 for 4 today
Julio Molina steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Molina brings it to the plate
Jeff raps a high bouncer toward third
Linares snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
Two down
Gonzalez asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gonzalez and Molina

Tucker coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Tucker wiggles the bat above his head
Tucker waits for the delivery
Now Julio delivers
Slow ground ball
Linares is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
FOFC needs only three more outs
to add another notch to their
9 game winning streak
Rob Nielsen will be going to the mound
to see if he can close the door
on the home town Estrellas

Pacheco is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Pacheco is one of the best hitters around
Nielsen toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery
Sinking fastball...
Tailing away...
Swung on...
Pacheco hits a deep fly to left-center
Back to the fence
Pflaggstettler is at the warning track
He's a little out of control...
Rights himself
Can't get it...
It bounces off the fence...
Pacheco around first...
Here's the throw...
It's a rope...
The slide...
SAFE!!
Two-base hit for Pacheco

Facing Nielsen now is Coimbre
Perucho Cepeda heads to the on deck circle
Omar Linares waits in the hole
Coimbre looks down toward the third
base coach, Matty Alou
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.15 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Base hit to right for Coimbre
Matty Alou puts up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Cepeda comes to the plate
Estrellas with runners on first and third
Cepeda is 0 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
The score, a lopsided 10-0
Nielsen has plenty of room to work with
He's into the stretch
Checks Coimbre at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
He chases the hook...
Cepeda hits a deep fly ball...
Tucker moving under the ball...
He makes the catch...
And uncorks the throw...
SAFE!...
As the ball trickles away from Hays
He was unable to handle the throw
One down for Caribbean in
the bottom of the 9th
FOFC leads 10 to 1

Linares comes to the plate
One out, Coimbre at first
Linares digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
He's ready
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Coimbre
He lobs one to Potpie...
Coimbre is back easily
We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Linares sends a scorcher to third
Palmer takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 10 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Tiant Jr. takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Harry Hays
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Caribbean.

[Breeze]

vent Codes: K
[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Caribbean Estrellas 6/29/1900

[1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 2 2 0 .270 P.Mesa CF 4 0 0 0 .220
J.Nights SS 5 2 1 1 .285 A.Pacheco 2B 4 1 1 0 .288
A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 1 .289 P.Coimbre RF 4 0 1 0 .296
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .289 P.Cepeda LF 2 0 0 1 .247
P.Pflaggstettler LF 4 2 2 1 .322 O.Linares 3B 3 0 0 0 .255
D.Palmer 3B 4 1 1 0 .313 M.Gonzalez C 3 0 0 0 .272
H.Hays C 4 1 1 3 .347 H.Espino 1B 3 0 0 0 .258
G.Gazelle RF 3 1 1 2 .279 D.Concepcion SS 3 0 1 0 .275
R.Nielsen P 4 0 0 0 .130 L.Tiant Jr. P 1 0 1 0 .222
M.Garcia P 0 0 0 0 .500
A-R.Puente PH 1 0 0 0 .224
J.Molina P 0 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 38 10 9 8 Totals 28 1 4 1

A-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 - 10 9 0
Estrellas....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 2

[1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(12-4) 9 4 1 1 1 7 0 121 3.19
[1]Totals 9 4 1 1 1 7 0

[1]Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Tiant Jr. LOSS(3-3) 7 6 7 5 1 12 1 121 4.32
M.Garcia 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 20 3.83
J.Molina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.86
[1]Totals 9 9 10 8 1 12 2

ATTENDANCE- 33,986 DATE- Friday, June 29th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 3:12
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 2 Estrellas: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Estrellas: 0
ERRORS- P.Coimbre, D.Concepcion
DOUBLES- J.Nights(22nd), D.Palmer(11th), A.Pacheco(22nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Hays(8th), G.Gazelle(13th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Tiant Jr.
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Cepeda
WALKS- G.Gazelle, O.Linares
HIT BY PITCH- P.Cepeda
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, J.Nights-2, J.Potpie-2, P.Pflaggstettler, D.Palmer,
H.Hays, G.Gazelle, R.Nielsen-3, P.Mesa, A.Pacheco-2, P.Coimbre,
P.Cepeda, M.Gonzalez, H.Espino
GIDP- O.Linares

[Breeze]

Manager Update

So I leave the ballpark and head home, feeling much better as another win has opened our lead in the division back to 5 games. I know it is too early to get comfortable, but we seemed to have come out of our little slump, and to make things even better Nielsen's complete game really gave our short handed pen a much needed rest.

[Breeze]

Dynasty Update

So I took the time last night to locate this dynasty on an old PC, extract the important data and move it to my more current PC (still old). I will be resuming the exploits of the FOFC All-Stars, and my plan is to try to play and post 1 game each night, along with some periodic flavor posts like I did before.

I regret the fact most of the people that signed up for this originally aren't around anymore, but regardless, I still think this dynasty has some merit and can be entertaining. We'll obviously miss the give and take posts from the players, which was a large part of what made this so much fun initially, but at least we'll see if the team can hold on to the division lead, and potentially win it all...

[Breeze]

Manager Update

I'm in my office reading the morning paper when I'm startled by a wad of paper that hits me in the chin. I look up to see Sal grinning.

"Old habits die hard?", I ask with a grin.

"You might say that...actually that was just to get your attention, otherwise it would have been a real ball..."

"We'll you've got my attention...and my blood pressure up. That startled the crap out of me. What's up?"

"Babson's ready."

"What?", I ask, with my eyes bulging..."you serious?"

Sal with a huge grin, "Yeah, been having him throw a little bit here and there. He's eligible to come of the 15 day DL and he's ready to go."

"You know Sal, if you weren't so ugly I could kiss you."

He turns and starts to walk away, but he yells back, "Yep, next time it's a real baseball..."

[Breeze]

6/30 Radio Broadcast - Game 84

Howdy Folks, and welcome to our
Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast
at Paradise Park
FOFC will take on the hometown Estrellas
The visitors hope to add to their current
10 game winning streak
Fernando Valenzuela, will
see if he can stop them
He'll be looking for win number 5
here in 1900
FOFC will send Brian Babson
out to the mound
in the bottom of the first
He has a record of 6-7
with a 3.27 ERA
It won't be long now...
Valenzuela brings it to the plate
Blade is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One up, one down here in
the top of the 1st

Planting his right foot
Nights is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Nights
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
The umpire says let's go
Valenzuela brings it to the plate
Nights pulls it hard over third...
And it's snared by Linares!
Omar half fell and half dove
To grab that ball before it hit the ground
That's two away
Concepcion comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Valenzuela
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

Tucker coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Tucker is set for the 1-2 pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Tucker holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Gonzalez asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Tucker went around
Strike three, swinging
Fernando Valenzuela holds FOFC scoreless
in the first inning

Here's the center fielder Mesa
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Antonio Pacheco
And then Pancho Coimbre
Mesa grips the bat handle
Mesa is ready
The pitch is on the way
Mesa hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
He's got it
One down for Caribbean
Antonio Pacheco is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Pacheco finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
We'll see how they pitch to Pacheco
The bat is cocked
Babson quick pitches him
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

With two out
Batting for Caribbean now is Coimbre
Babson tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Nights
It's by him...
Gazelle comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Coimbre to a single

That will bring up first baseman,
Perucho Cepeda
Cepeda digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Babson
Cepeda waits on Babson
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
And Cepeda will sit down...
strike three called
Brian Babson holds the Estrellas
scoreless in the first

FOFC will send Potpie,
Deacon Palmer, and Gerald Gazelle to face
Fernando Valenzuela this inning
Potpie has managed a .292 average
against lefthanders this year
Gonzalez flashes the sign to Valenzuela
Now the delivery, here is is...
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Potpie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Gonzalez loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout
One gone for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
Deacon Palmer is the batter
Palmer scuffs up the lines around the box
Valenzuela has the sign he wants
Valenzuela brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Concepcion...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Scoreless game with two away this inning

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
Gazelle goes through his
routine of settling in
Valenzuela adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
It's coming down the pike
Gazelle swings and hits a shot
to deep left-center
Mesa and Coimbre are converging
on the ball
Looks like Mesa has the best shot at it
He dives for it...
WOW! He's got it!
Fantastic play by Mesa
That ends the top of the 2nd for FOFC
Three batters up, three batters down

Tony Oliva is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Caribbean
to get things going
Babson takes the first sign
Here's the righthander's delivery
Oliva rips a high drive into right
Pflaggstettler races to the wall
Reaches up
And pulls it down for the out
With one down, up next is Omar Linares
To be followed by Miguel Gonzalez

Now batting will be the third
baseman, Omar Linares
Brian Babson steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Righthander Babson's delivery
Fastball up at the shoulders...
Linares still goes after it...
Rips one down the right field line
Chasing after it is Pflaggstettler...
He won't get it!...
Linares is digging for third...
Pflaggstettler has it, makes
the hurried throw
Palmer takes it on the short hop
The slide...
SAFE! at third

The catcher, Miguel Gonzalez, is up next
Gonzalez is batting .272 with
16 homers this year
Gonzalez waits for the delivery
Babson fires
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gonzalez swung, that's strike three
Gonzalez isn't happy at all with that call
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Japanese League and Negro League
I have yet to score
Negro League II winning over
Old Timers 7 to 1
AL Pre WWII winning over
NL Post WWII 8 to 2
NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Left Outs 6 to 0
Dead Ball Era and Turn of Century
have yet to score
Late 20th leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0
And here in Caribbean We're scoreless

Concepcion walks up to the plate
Babson shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Babson brings it home
Comebacker, right to Babson
Over to Potpie for the easy out
And that retires the side

The FOFC catcher, Hays,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Brian Babson
Harry is batting .347 in
176 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
He's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Hays swings and misses
Strike three
Hays didn't have a good cut at that pitch
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still
in the on-deck circle
and Brian Babson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

One away, nobody on base
Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate
So far this year Pflaggstettler
is batting .322
He has 14 doubles, 5 triples
14 homeruns with 51 RBI's
and 5 stolen bases
He awaits, expectantly, the
3-1 "cripple pitch"
Valenzuela rocks and fires
Pflaggstettler laces a hit
into the outfield
Pablo Mesa picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Pflaggstettler holds with a single

Pflaggstettler at first, one out
Brian Babson is ready at the plate
The lefty shakes off the sign...
Now Fernando shakes off another one...
Valenzuela's out pitch...the screwball
thrown at two different speeds
The lefty Valenzuela delivers
Babson hits a three hopper
towards Antonio Pacheco
Pacheco scoops it and fires
it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
That's all in the top of the 3rd...
For the All Stars,
No runs, one hit and no errors...
Midway through the 3rd inning,
We're scoreless

Fernando Valenzuela is coming to the plate
He loves to hit
and is quite good at it too
Babson will have to be careful
Babson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Babson brings it to the plate
A slider by Babson
Valenzuela gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
It's by him, and over his head!
Valenzuela will wind up on second
Let's see how they rule on it...
It's a 2-base error on the right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler

Walking up now to the plate is Mesa
Pablo takes a couple of practice cuts
The umpire says let's go
Mesa is ready
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Hard slider...
And Mesa takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

While Pancho Coimbre heads
for the on deck circle
Antonio Pacheco makes his way to the plate
Pacheco has a .293 average against
righthanders this season
Antonio waits...
He steps out as Babson takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Babson brings it to the plate
The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?...
Yes!
Caribbean with one more chance
to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
Caribbean is 5 and 5 in
their last ten games

That'll bring up Estrellas' left
fielder Pancho Coimbre...
Estrellas with a runner in scoring
position at second
Coimbre is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .298 on the year
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Brian rocks and fires
There's a check swing by Coimbre
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Deacon Palmer makes the catch
against the stands
And that retires the side

FOFC will send Blade,
Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face
Fernando Valenzuela this inning
Blade wiggles the bat above his head
The left-hander Valenzuela is now ready
He brings it home
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Blade hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Making his way up is Nights
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Jeff is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Jeff...
Now we're set to go
Valenzuela is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Valenzuela gets the sign from Gonzalez
Valenzuela goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Blade
Fires to Cepeda...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Valenzuela comes home
FOFC tries the hit and run!
There's a hot shot on the
ground at Linares
He can't react in time...
The ball was by him too fast
as he was playing so shallow
Nice piece of hitting by Nights
Through the drawn in infield!

Tucker squares
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by P.Cepeda
the throw to first...
Out
Tucker gets the job done.
One out
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie

Potpie gets set at the plate
Potpie is batting .288 with
21 HR's this year
Valenzuela peers in for the sign
Potpie is a formidable opponent
Fernando has allowed 8 home runs
versus righties this year
And Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter
Valenzuela's watching the runners
Here comes the pitch
Potpie flies out to right
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Blade scores!

The third baseman, Deacon Palmer
will be up next for FOFC
Palmer is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the Caribbean infield
Cepeda is kicking the dirt at first
Linares is even with the bag at third
Pacheco and Concepcion are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Valenzuela is happy with the sign
Here comes the cripple pitch
Curve ball, down and in...
Swung on by Palmer...
Grounded to the left side...
Linares can't get his glove on it...
It's through for a single...
Here comes Nights to score
without a throw!

Two out, Palmer at first
Coming up is Gerald Gazelle
The righthander, Gazelle has
an average of .276
His success against lefties,
like Valenzuela
is better, however, at .303
Valenzuela steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Now Fernando delivers
Gazelle swings and hits
a high fly to right
It is right along the line...
Oliva is over at the fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Oliva
Foul ball into the seats
He would have had a chance
in most other parks
Only a smidgen of foul ground
out there at Paradise Park
. . . Gazelle back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Oliva one hands it...
Gazelle is retired... and so is FOFC
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC ahead 2 to 0

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 4th
Cepeda is talking to Hays
Perucho is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Cepeda is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson kicks and fires
Cepeda swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Perucho Cepeda
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I is edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Negro League II is giving
it to Old Timers 7 to 2
Wilson has hit his 12th homerun
for Negro League II
AL Pre WWII winning over
NL Post WWII 8 to 2
Dickey has hit his 15th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 7 to 2
Turn of Century is edging
Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
Late 20th slipping by AL Post WWII 3 to 1

Walking up to the plate now is Oliva
Omar Linares waits on deck
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The righthander delivers
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Oliva!
Two up, two down

Omar Linares now up
Linares is 1 for 2 today
Babson gets the sign
He rocks and fires
Drilled on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3

Hays saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
FOFC ahead 2 to 0
Valenzuela steps on the rubber
The lefthander Valenzuela delivers
Swung on and Hays sends
a high fly to right
It is hugging the foul line...
Oliva is over at the fence...
It's going to be close...
Oliva can't make the catch!
Hays just missed on that one
Foul by inches!
. . . Hays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Long fly ball to left field
This one is deep!
THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!!
That is Harry Hays' 9th
home run of the year.

Pounding the plate with his bat
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Valenzuela waves it off...
Now he's happy
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
Grounded up the middle
On through for a base hit
Pflaggstettler is thinking about two
No, he jams on the breaks
scrambles back to first
The throw
HE'S OUTTA THERE!

Now here's Babson
Valenzuela adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
The lefthander delivers
Pounded on the ground to short
Concepcion comes up with it
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's two away

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Blade is batting .272 with 1 HR this year
Fernando looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 1-2 offering
It rides in on Blade and
hits him on the hands
Blade is in a lot of pain...
We'll see if he can continue...
He heads to first

Blade takes a walking lead
Blade has stolen 3 of 3 bases this year
Throw to first... SAFE!...
Another throw... easily back
Now Blade extends his lead...
Fastball up and in...
He's off on the pitch
Gonzalez lets it fly...
Late throw by Gonzalez...
No chance to get Blade sliding in safely

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights is 1 for 2 today
Valenzuela is slow to get ready

He has a 5.79 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fastball... just outside
And Nights will take first on the walk

Tucker is up next
FOFC leads 3 to 0
Nights on first, Blade is down at second
Two outs in the top of the 5th
Infield playing back
Tucker is at .289 on the season
Valenzuela wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
The southpaw delivers
The slider from Valenzuela
Painting the outside corner...
Ripped at by Tucker...
Lined to right...
Dropping quickly...
Falling in for the base hit...
Nights around second...
Blade is being waved around third...
The throw comes in from Oliva...
The slide by Nights...
Safe at third

Potpie leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Potpie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Valenzuela checks the runners
at first and third
Nights bluffs a move toward home
Valenzuela doesn't flinch
Here's the 2-2 offering
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Potpie!
Now Potpie gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not a big fan of "chin music"
and he's letting Valenzuela know about it!
The ump tells Potpie to take his base

Walking up to the plate now is Palmer
FOFC leading in the game
Palmer is 1 for 2 today
Fernando peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
And the delivery by Valenzuela
Palmer slaps it the other way...
And it gets through the infield into right
Everybody will move up two
bases on this one
Two runs score

Felipe Alou will go to his bullpen
It'll be Mike Garcia here
in the top of the 5th
FOFC leads 6 to 0
Garcia has a 2 and 3 record
in 31 appearances with a 3.83 ERA
He'll be facing Gerald Gazelle
after a few warm-up tosses

Two on, two outs...
Gazelle steps to the plate
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Right-hander Garcia eyes
the righty Gazelle
A check on the runners... the pitch
Gazelle swings and lifts one toward center
Mesa drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has 6 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Caribbean has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded

Miguel Gonzalez will step into
the box to start the inning
Caribbean would like to get
some runners on board
Gonzalez is at .271 on the season
He is hitting .304 against righties
The count is nothing and 2
Gonzalez has to protect the plate
Now Brian delivers
And Gonzalez will sit down...
strike three called
And there's one away

And it brings up Dave Concepcion
On deck is Mike Garcia
Pablo Mesa in the hole
Dave is hitting at .274 on the year
He has 76 hits in 277 at bats
This includes 13 doubles, 2 triples
3 home runs and 27 RBI's
Concepcion is set for the pitch
Babson winds and delivers
There's a towering fly ball
hit by Concepcion
Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch
And there's two away

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Rodolfo Puente will bat for Mike Garcia
It will be the righthand hitting, Puente
against the righty Babson
Puente is hitting righties
for a .210 average

Rodolfo Puente now up
Babson shakes off his sign
Now he's set
The 3-2 pitch
Low and inside
It hit him on the foot!
Puente tried to dance out of the way
But it got him
Avila will be the pinch runner

And now here's Pablo Mesa
Antonio Pacheco on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 5th
Mesa is 0 for 2 today
Babson likes the sign
We've got a full count...
Babson winds and fires...
A slider by Babson
Mesa gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 5 innings
FOFC has 6 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Caribbean has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

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6/30 - Radio Broadcast - Game 84 continued

Dennis Martinez will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Dennis has appeared in
30 games this season
with a record of 2-2
In 56 innings, he has an 4.82 ERA
Mike Garcia has finished his work
here this afternoon

Hays is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Hays saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Martinez
Hays is hitting .298 versus
righties this year
Of his 9 homeruns,
3 came while facing righties
Hays is poised and ready for the pitch
Martinez leans back and fires
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Hays checks his swing
Gonzalez appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Harry
One up, one down for FOFC

Settling in at the plate is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler has been poison
for Caribbean today
He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon
Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch
The 0-2 pitch...
Martinez lets it fly...
Strike three swinging!
With an 0 and 2 count, Martinez threw
it on the outside corner
Pflaggstettler had to go after it
Dennis did a good job
of pin-pointing that ball
It was too close to let go by...
but not good enough to hit
FOFC on top 6 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League and Negro League
I are deadlocked at 2
Kaneda battling Williams
Negro League II with the lead
over Old Timers 7 to 4
Wilson has hit his 12th homerun
for Negro League II
AL Pre WWII jumping all over
NL Post WWII 11 to 2
Dickey has hit his 15th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 7 to 6
Dead Ball Era is in front of
Turn of Century 5 to 2
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 3

Brian Babson will get a crack
at Martinez next
Barrett Blade would be up next...
But only if Babson can reach safely
Martinez is ready quickly
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Babson hits a three hopper
towards Omar Linares
Linares scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And that will do it for FOFC

The Estrellas will send
Pacheco, Pancho Coimbre,
and Perucho Cepeda up
to the plate this inning
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Pacheco
Brian winds... kicks... and delivers
Pacheco hits a drive down the line
Gerald Gazelle dives for it,
but can't make the play
Pacheco coasts into second
base with a double
Almost a great snag by Gazelle

Next up is Pancho Coimbre, the
Caribbean left fielder
On-deck is Perucho Cepeda...
He'll be followed by Tony Oliva
Coimbre is one of the best hitters around
Brian gets the sign from Hays
The righthander Babson delivers
The Whiff on the "high cheese"!

That'll bring up first baseman
Perucho Cepeda...
FOFC out in front by 6
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Before getting ready
Cepeda checks out the defensive alignment
One ball, one strike
Here's his delivery
Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Cepeda swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at short
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Cepeda is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E6
Pacheco takes third
Cepeda to first

That'll bring up right fielder
Tony Oliva...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC ahead 6 to 0

Oliva is hitting .277
against righthanders
Oliva is set
He's into the stretch
Checks Cepeda at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Oliva
Pacheco scores
Third base coach Matty Alou
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Cepeda...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Oliva at first

Here's Omar Linares
The infield is back
They are looking for the double play
Linares taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Babson is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The righthander Babson's delivery
Linares swings awkwardly... strike three
Babson took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Linares way out in front
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Miguel Gonzalez will make
his way to home plate
He's the catcher for Caribbean
Gonzalez looks down toward the
third base coach, Matty Alou
Miguel steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson checks the runners
Here's the 1-0 offering
Long fly ball to left field
This one is deep!
BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK,
GONE!!!
That was a nice blast!
That is Miguel Gonzalez's 17th
home run of the year.

Dave Concepcion, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Concepcion is 0 for 2 today
Babson adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Righthander Babson's delivery
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Brian Babson
here this afternoon
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
By the way, Caribbean is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

We're back at the top of
the All Stars' order
Barrett Blade coming to bat
Blade is batting .272 with 1 HR this year
And Dennis studies the sign
from Gonzalez...
Now he's got it
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Blade cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez
Blade was badly fooled by Martinez's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Barrett was a little overanxious

FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Nights has hit 9 home runs this year
Martinez toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gonzalez
And the delivery by Martinez
Nights tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short right
Oliva is coming in hard...
Pacheco is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Nights is on with the "excuse me" single!

Tucker steps in
Nights' trying to rattle Dennis Martinez
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Tucker, a switch-hitter, swinging
from the left side against the
right-handed Dennis Martinez
Martinez steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Now Dennis delivers
Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving Nights to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Tucker at first

Potpie moseys up to the plate
Deacon Palmer is heading
for the on-deck circle
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
Jeeberoni was hit by a pitch last time up
The umpire says let's go
He brings it home
He quick pitches Potpie...
and it's in there
Strike three
Two gone for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Palmer
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Palmer steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch
The righthander Martinez delivers
Stroked to third
Clean single for Palmer
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC ahead 7 to 4

The left fielder, Gerald Gazelle
is up for the All Stars
We are in the top of the 7th
Gazelle is batting .271 with
13 round trippers in 1900
Dennis looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Martinez will try to get
Gazelle to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Change up, a gem...
Heeee struck him out!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Paradise Park, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors
While Caribbean has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 5 on base
Caribbean has stranded 4

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Keith Hernandez will bat
for Dennis Martinez
It will be the lefthand hitting, Hernandez
against the righty Fozborg
Hernandez is hitting righties
for a .235 average

Keith Hernandez will step into
the box to start the inning
Caribbean would like to get
some runners on board
Fozborg rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Hernandez rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
And there's one away

Now batting will be Pablo Mesa
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads Caribbean by 3 runs
Stepping out, Mesa looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Mesa waits for the pitch
We've got a full count...
Fozborg winds and fires...
Mesa hits a fly ball to left
Gerald Gazelle camps under it
He's got it

And the batter is Antonio Pacheco
Pancho Coimbre is on-deck
Fozborg steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
It's popped in the air
It'll be the first baseman,
Potpie, making the play
That is the third out for Caribbean here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46255
Adolfo Luque will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Adolfo has appeared in
42 games this season
He has a record of 5-6
in 61 innings
His ERA stands at 5.90

FOFC will send up the tail end
of their order for the top of the 8th
Their catcher, Harry Hays,
will lead things off
Luque looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Gonzalez
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Luque
Now he is ready...
Adolfo rocks and fires
Curve ball...
Hays swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
So one up and one gone

Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Nobody on base, one out
Pflaggstettler has hit 14
home runs this year
Right-hander Luque prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
The righthander delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Luque put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
That's two away

Luque glares in at Fouts as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Dan will be facing the right-handed Luque
from the left side of the plate
6 of his 9 home runs are against righties
Luque studies his sign
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 24 on the season for Luque
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 and a half innings
FOFC has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors
While Caribbean has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 5 stranded
Caribbean has failed to bring home 4

The left fielder Coimbre
will lead off for the Estrellas
He'll be followed by Perucho Cepeda
And then Tony Oliva
Coimbre adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Pancho is 1 for 3 this afternoon
Coimbre awaits the pitch
Here's his delivery
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Coimbre
No chance for either Nights or Gazelle
That one had base hit written all over it

The Estrellas' first baseman is up next
Caribbean has 1 on board with no outs
Coimbre takes his lead
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Fozborg kicks and fires
Low, ball four...
Cepeda takes first

Tony Oliva plants his left foot
The lefthanded right fielder
for Caribbean appears set
Runners first and second
Fozborg likes the sign
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Coimbre takes third
The runner on first, Cepeda, is out
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Fozborg
Sirr nods his head

Estrellas with runners on the corners
Linares at bat
Linares swinging from the right side
facing the righty Fozborg
Linares is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
Fozborg brings it home
Linares swings hard, but hits
it on the handle to second
Blade comes in on it
On to first and Linares is gone
Coimbre scores from third
That's the second out of the inning
Caribbean trails by 2
They need a win
They are 5th in the standings
19.0 games out

Two outs, Oliva at second
Gonzalez is ready
We're in the bottom of the 8th
Fozborg steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Now Sirr delivers
A slider by Fozborg
Gonzalez gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
The side is retired
One run, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Barrett Blade up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Blade a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Luque
Luque looks down at Gonzalez for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch is on the way
Blade pounds a grounder toward
Concepcion at short
Dave moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Concepcion stayed with it
Over to first and Blade is retired
Nice play by the Caribbean short stop
One gone for FOFC

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Jeff is hitting at .289 on the year
He has 88 hits in 305 at bats
Today, he is 2 for 3
Nights singled his last time up
He's ready for the delivery
Luque brings it to the plate
Luque loses him
Nights heads down to first
2 walks today for Nights

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Luque to come set
A. J. takes a couple of practice cuts
Right-hander Luque prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Tucker
Here's the righthander's delivery
Belt high fastball...
Lined to right...Base hit...
Bobbled momentarily by Oliva...
allows Nights to race to third...

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Runners on the corners... only one out
FOFC up by 2
Men on 1st and 3rd
Adolfo gets the sign from Gonzalez
Luque brings it to the plate
A high fastball...
Potpie swings late...
He hits a routine pop just
left of Concepcion
Dave is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Potpie was looking for the breaking ball
That's the second out of the inning


Time to check out the rest of the scores
These scores are final...
Japanese League cuffed Negro
League I 5 to 2
Old Timers nipped Negro League II 8 to 7
AL Pre WWII topped NL Post WWII 11 to 8
Grove the winner, he's now 11-5
Marichal takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-7
NL Pre WWII squeezed by Left Outs 15 to 13
Frisch has hit his 5th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era is the winner over
Turn of Century 12 to 8
AL Post WWII edged out Late 20th 5 to 4
And in our contest FOFC leads 7 to 5

Two on, two outs...
Gonzalez steps to the plate
Gonzalez swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Luque
After getting set, Gonzalez
waits on the pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Gonzalez swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at second
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Cepeda grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Gonzalez is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E4
Nights scores from third!
Tucker takes second
Gonzalez to first

Gerald Gazelle is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs
Gazelle is batting .269 with
13 HR's this year
The right-hander Luque is set
to deliver to Gazelle
Luque checks the runners
Gazelle takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He punches Gazelle out
FOFC needs only three more outs
to add another notch to their
10 game winning streak
Sirr Fozborg will be going to the mound
to see if he can do it for the visitors

Concepcion comes to the plate leading off
Concepcion is at .272 on the season
Kronside wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Way ahead in the count
Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose
It's bunted down the third base line
Fouts streaks in
Scoops it over to first
in one swift motion
OUT!
Great play!

Felipe Alou will send up a pinch hitter
Minnie Minoso steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Kronside

Minoso gets set at the plate
Minnie Minoso is hitting .253 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Kronside has the sign from Hays
Kronside rocks and fires
Change up...
Minoso hits a fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it...
He's got it

Pablo Mesa steps into the box
Mesa digs into the box
Kronside gets the sign
He deals
Bounding ball to third
Taken by Fouts
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 8 to 5
Babson gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Valenzuela takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Deacon Palmer
He was 3 for 4
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Caribbean.

[Breeze]

Game 84 - Boxscore

Event Codes: K
[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Caribbean Estrellas 6/30/1900

[1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 2 1 0 .269 P.Mesa CF 5 0 0 0 .217
J.Nights SS 3 4 2 0 .289 A.Pacheco 2B 4 1 1 0 .288
A.Tucker CF 4 1 3 1 .295 P.Coimbre LF 4 1 2 0 .298
J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 1 .286 P.Cepeda 1B 3 1 0 0 .244
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 3 4 .321 T.Oliva RF 4 1 1 1 .282
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Linares 3B 4 0 1 1 .254
E-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .301 M.Gonzalez C 4 1 1 3 .272
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Concepcion SS 4 0 0 0 .271
G.Gazelle LF 5 0 0 0 .266 F.Valenzuela P 1 0 0 0 .273
H.Hays C 4 1 1 1 .344 M.Garcia P 0 0 0 0 .500
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 2 0 .325 A-R.Puente PH 0 0 0 0 .224
B.Babson P 3 0 0 0 .111 B-R.Avila PR 0 0 0 0 .222
C-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .233 D.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .227
A.Luque P 0 0 0 0 .250
F-M.Minoso PH 1 0 0 0 .277
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 36 8 12 7 Totals 35 5 6 5

A-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Puente In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Babson In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Luque In 9th Inning

INJURY: Rodolfo Puente INJURED (for 15 more games) in 5th inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 - 8 12 2
Estrellas....... 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 - 5 6 1

[1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson WIN(7-7) 6 5 4 1 0 10 1 97 3.18
S.Fozborg HOLD(5th) 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 30 2.44
J.Kronside SAVE(8th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.48
[1]Totals 9 6 5 2 1 10 1

[1]Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Valenzuela LOSS(4-6) 4 2/3 8 6 6 1 4 1 86 6.12
M.Garcia 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.80
D.Martinez 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 37 4.81
A.Luque 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 38 5.71
[1]Totals 9 12 8 7 2 13 1

ATTENDANCE- 46,255 DATE- Saturday, June 30th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 7 Estrellas: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Estrellas: 1
ERRORS- J.Nights, P.Pflaggstettler, A.Pacheco
DOUBLES- A.Pacheco(23rd)
TRIPLES- O.Linares(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Hays(9th), M.Gonzalez(17th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Tucker
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Potpie
WALKS- J.Nights-2, P.Cepeda
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, J.Potpie, R.Puente
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade-2, A.Tucker, J.Potpie-2, G.Gazelle-2, H.Hays-3,
P.Pflaggstettler-2, D.Fouts, P.Mesa, A.Pacheco, P.Coimbre,
P.Cepeda-2, T.Oliva, O.Linares, M.Gonzalez-2, D.Concepcion
GIDP- B.Babson

[Breeze]

Manager Update

Dick and I are on the plane discussing the game and the projected lineup, when Sal sits down next to us...

"So cap. What'cha think about Babson?"

"He did great until he gave up the big inning. Seems to be a regular issue with him. How mows them down, and mows them down, then bam...a 4 spot on the board."

"Yeah, it's not the first time he's done that, but for a first game back from injury, I was pleased."

"In this league 4 earned runs in a game isn't bad, but against the Estrellas, it isn't all the good." Sal scowls at me. "Don't misunderstand, I think he did good, especially under the circumstances, and I'm not about to pull him from the rotation. It's just a concern that this habit of his is going to bite us at some point during the season."

He nods...grabs my beer and walks off...

[Breeze]

Manger Update

Things have quieted down on the plane. Most of the players are either sleeping, watching a movie or listening to music on their iPads. I think somewhere in the back of the plane, Nielsen is taking a couple of the other guys to the cleaners in poker...

I feel a tap on my shoulder, and Howser says, "You've got a decision to make for the next game?"

"Your talking about who to start?"

"Yeah, Babson's return pushed Williams' start back a day, and that means you have both Williams and Mighty ready to go. Are you going to skip Williams like you were doing earlier in the season?"

"NO WAY...Williams has only lost once. Coming out of the spring, he wasn't as sharp as the others, but now that the real season has started, I could make an arguement he's been as good as any pitcher we have."

"Nielsen would like that if he heard you say that," Dick responds with a smirk.

"He's too busy cheating at poker to worry about what I'm saying..."

After a pause, Howser says, "I've looked at the Late 20's rotation, we should probably see Glavine in game 1. Games 2 and 3 are a little more difficult to determine, but I think we'll get Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens."

[Breeze]

7/1 Radio Broadcast - Game 85


Howdy Folks, and welcome to our
Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast
at Free Agent Field
FOFC will take on the hometown
Modern Stars
The visitors hope to add to their current
11 game winning streak
Tom Glavine, will see if he can stop them
He'll be looking for win number 9
here in 1900
FOFC will send John Williams
out to the mound
in the bottom of the first
He has a record of 8-1
with a 3.44 ERA
It won't be long now...
Tom rocks and fires
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Boggs stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Wade Boggs
One up, one down here in
the top of the 1st

Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights
Nobody on base, one out
Glavine adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Piazza
Here's the 2 strike offering
There's a hard bouncer to Boggs' left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Murray...
Nights is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Wade Boggs!
Two down
Tom Glavine retires
the first two batters in order

Now here's Tucker
Tucker has a .337 average
against lefthanders
He is .295 overall
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Here's the pitch
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza
Tucker was badly fooled by Glavine's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning, for FOFC
No runs, no hits and no errors
Late 20th is coming to bat

Henderson saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Bullock flashes the sign to Williams
The pitch is on the way
There's a cue shot off the end
of the bat by Henderson
Blade makes the routine catch
of the soft liner
That's one away

Boggs is up now for Late 20th
John is ready
Williams kicks and fires
Boggs dribbles a roller to Jeff Nights
Nights comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Potpie can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Nights
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Piazza moseys up to the plate
Eddie Murray is heading for
the on-deck circle
Piazza goes through his routine
of settling in
Piazza tells the umpire he's ready
Williams will have to come
in with this 3-0 pitch
Here it comes...
Towering popup
back of home
Bullock will handle it
He puts it away
Score It: 2

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Eddie Murray
Murray, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw John Williams
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Way ahead in the count
Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Murray swings and misses
Strike three
Murray didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
John Williams holds the Modern
Stars scoreless in the first

The All Stars get their turn to bat
here in the top of the 2nd
Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle,
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler
the first three FOFC batters
They'll be facing the southpaw Tom Glavine
Jeeberoni is batting .286
in 269 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Now set, Potpie waits for the pitch
Glavine rocks and fires
Potpie starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Glavine walks him

Here's Gerald Gazelle
Potpie takes his lead
Glavine wastes no time
He has the sign from Piazza
Glavine goes into his stretch...
Looks at Potpie...
He fires one to Murray...
Potpie dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Murray lobs it back
Now Glavine comes home
Gazelle drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Double for Gazelle

The third base coach,
Dick Howser, is talking to
the runner Potpie...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps to the plate
Deacon Palmer will follow
2 men in scoring position
Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
He brings it home
Swung on and missed...
Pflaggstettler is down on strikes
One down for FOFC
Deacon Palmer is still in
the on-deck circle
and Billy Bullock is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Deacon Palmer is up next
FOFC's third baseman finds 2 on with 1 out
Palmer is batting .321 with
4 HR's this year
Glavine squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Tom rocks and fires
Palmer rips a scorcher towards
the third base side
Boggs dives to his right
Takes it on one hop
He's up...
Fires to first
Murray scoops it out of the dirt
OUT!
Nice play
That's the second out of the inning

Wait, Piazza calls time
He is looking to the dugout
Now he's signaling for an intentional pass
This will load them up
But Late 20th now has a force at any base

Pounding the plate with his bat
Williams awaits the pitch
Williams digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Glavine
Williams waits for the delivery
And the delivery by Glavine
Not even close... that's
ball four to Williams
Glavine slams the ball in
his glove in disgust
A very bad time to be wild!
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Now batting will be the second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Tom looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Glavine looks at all the runners
A 3-2 count
Here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Blade
Gazelle scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Bullock is out at home!

Puckett is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Puckett has a .292 average
against lefties
He's in his crouch
Puckett can really swing that wood
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Puckett hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Dave Winfield is the next batter
in the bottom of the 2nd
Late 20th continues to trail FOFC
Dave stares down at Jimmy
Williams for the sign
Puckett leads away from first
The count is nothing and 2
Winfield has to protect the plate
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Puckett
He lobs one to Potpie...
Puckett is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Base hit to center for Winfield
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Puckett will stay at second

Cal Ripken steps in now
for the Modern Stars
The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip
FOFC on top 2 to 0
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The lefty Williams delivers
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Williams grabs it
Throw to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 1-6-3
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

NL Post WWII and Japanese
League are scoreless
Negro League I leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1
Mantle has hit his 27th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Negro League II is in front
of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Holland comfortably ahead
for Negro League II
Caribbean and Left Outs are scoreless
Turn of Century is edging
NL Pre WWII 1 to 0

Modern Stars' second baseman Biggio
is up next
Biggio grips the bat handle
Biggio waits
The lefthander Williams comes home with it
He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3

Here's the shortstop Nights
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Piazza flashes the sign...
Glavine waves it off...
Now he's happy
Glavine brings it home
Nights lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Rickey Henderson
Nights scrambles back to first and holds

Up next for the visiting All Stars
A. J. Tucker, their center fielder
Nights takes his lead
Glavine adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Piazza
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
There goes Nights...
And it's ball four...
Nights pulls up and walks into second

Potpie walks into the batter's box
There are two on, nobody out
Glavine peers in for the sign
Tom has allowed only 2 home runs
versus righties this year
And this is in over 91 innings
But Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter
Glavine checks the runners
Grounded into the hole
Outstanding play by Murray!
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 3-1
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Walking up now to the plate is Gazelle
Gerald is batting .273 with
13 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 1 today
The left-hander Glavine is now ready
Nights is dancing off third
Glavine is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Gazelle swings...
And hits nothing but air!
Strike three!
Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball!
That retires the side...
Gazelle fails to come through
in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Tom Glavine, Rickey Henderson and Wade
Boggs will be the first three men
to face the pitcher John Williams
We are in the bottom of the 3rd
Glavine looks down toward the third
base coach, Jimmy Williams
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Williams winds and delivers
Hammered to right
Pflaggstettler is back
He leaps and MAKES THE GRAB!
But he hits the wall
What a collision!
He's dazed
But he's going to be okay.
Score It: 9
With one down, up next is Rickey Henderson
To be followed by Wade Boggs

Planting his right foot
Henderson is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Henderson
Rickey is hitting at .254 on the year
He has 60 hits in 236 at bats
Late 20th's leadoff hitter has
scored 36 runs this year
Williams is ready quickly
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 3-2 pitch
Swung on and popped up
Palmer is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two up, two down

Up next for the Modern Stars
The hometown third baseman, Wade Boggs
Wade is hitting at .265 on the year
He has 78 hits in 294 at bats
This includes 15 doubles, 2 triples
3 home runs and 34 RBI's
Boggs awaits the delivery
Williams' 1-0 pitch...
Wade Boggs swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
Pflaggstettler leaps and grabs it!
Boggs is robbed of a homerun
with a great catch by Pflaggstettler
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
By the way, Late 20th is 8 and
2 in their last ten games

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leading off
Deacon Palmer is on deck
And Billy Bullock is in the hole
Against lefthanders
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.316 this season
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
With a 3-0 count, the pitch
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Pflaggstettler will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .421 OBP this year

Pflaggstettler watches Glavine move...
He's moving away from the bag
Pflaggstettler has to hold
tight to the bag

Now batting will be Palmer
The third baseman for FOFC
Palmer is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a fine .319 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 25 runs
11 doubles, 2 triples and 4 home runs
Glavine has the sign he wants
The lefthander delivers
Base hit to center for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Pflaggstettler will stay at second

Bullock finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Bullock wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready
Glavine will try to get
Bullock to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
A slider by Glavine
Bullock gets good wood on it...
Puckett back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One down, two to go...
Tom Glavine has to bear down now

Williams fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Williams squares around
Williams bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!

Blade gets set at the plate
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Barrett is ready for the delivery
Now Tom delivers
Hit on the ground to second
Biggio grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That ends the inning
FOFC threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 4th

Mike Piazza, Eddie Murray, and
Kirby Puckett are due up
Williams toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
Now the delivery, here is is...
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Potpie snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Potpie
Late 20th with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Eddie Murray to
come to the plate

Eddie Murray, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
And John studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
Williams brings it to the plate
A high fastball...
Murray swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Bullock
Billy is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Murray was looking for the breaking ball
Two up, two down for the Modern Stars

With two out
Batting for Late 20th now is Puckett
Before getting ready
Puckett checks out the defensive alignment
Williams studies his sign
Now John delivers
It's a routine fly into left
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
Easy inning for Williams
So after four complete...
FOFC on top 2 to 0

Nights is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nights is taking his practice swings
Jeff is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He singled last time at bat
Nights is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Glavine brings it to the plate
Fly ball to left
Henderson is under it
He makes the grab
One up, one down

A. J. Tucker makes his way to home plate
Glavine looks down at Piazza for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw winds and delivers
Slider, down and in...
Tucker manages to hit a shallow fly
Puckett charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Puckett!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
Two down

Up now for FOFC is Potpie
Two away, nobody on
Potpie has hit 21 home runs this year
Glavine likes the sign
The southpaw delivers
Glavine loses him
Potpie heads down to first
2 walks today for Potpie

Gerald Gazelle will get a
crack at Glavine next
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
would be up next...
But only if Gazelle can reach safely
Gazelle is batting .270 with
13 homers this year
The umpire says let's go
Gazelle is ready
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
Hard slider...
And Gazelle takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
Three away in the top of the 5th
FOFC leads 2 to 0
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 2 to 1
Tabuchi has hit his 1st homerun
for Japanese League
Old Timers is edging Negro League I 3 to 2
Dead Ball Era is on top of
AL Post WWII 3 to 1
Negro League II besting AL Pre WWII 5 to 0
Caribbean and Left Outs
are deadlocked at 3
Salazar and Pennock currently dueling
Turn of Century is in front
of NL Pre WWII 4 to 1
Rusie comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century

Winfield saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Winfield is 1 for 1 today, with no walks
Williams has the sign from Bullock
With a 3-0 count
Williams kicks and fires
In the dirt
And Winfield holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Late 20th shortstop, Cal
Ripken, is up next
Ripken is batting .303 on the year
He is 0 for 1 today
Winfield has great speed on first
John gets the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Screaming liner towards second
Blade grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
One down for Late 20th
Craig Biggio is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Late 20th

Craig Biggio is now up
One away, Winfield at first
FOFC is set up for two
Williams steps on the rubber
Now ready, here it is...
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Bullock
Winfield dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Winfield made it back
That's two away

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Tom Glavine
Modern Stars with 1 runner on base
The All Stars lead, 2-0
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Glavine at the plate
All set, Glavine is ready for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Glavine gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to second
Blade is waving everybody off
Glavine is retired
That does it for Late 20th in the 5th
They leave 1 on base
3 stranded so far today

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7/1 Radio Broadcast continued

The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer
And then Billy Bullock
The outfield shades towards
left for Pflaggstettler
Persimmon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Glavine's pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
A hot shot on the ground to Ripken
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Pflaggstettler is out
One out
Due up next is Deacon Palmer

Deacon Palmer strides to the plate
FOFC ahead 2 to 0
Palmer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Deacon is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Palmer awaits the delivery
Here's the 3-0 offering
Ball four, Palmer walks
Glavine has issued 7 bases
on balls this afternoon
And fans, it's about time for you
to walk to the kitchen and
grab a refreshment
That's what I'm gonna do
while we have a moment

Bullock is the next hitter
Palmer is on first
Late 20th won't watch him too closely
Bullock swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Glavine
Glavine gets the sign, it's one he likes
The stretch... the delivery
The big heater...
Swung on...
Bullock turned on that one in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long gone
A long home run by Billy Bullock
That's homer number 12 for him

And it brings up John Williams
On deck is Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights in the hole
Piazza flashes the sign...
Glavine shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now to the belt, here it is...
Changeup down low...
Williams makes contact and
hits one out to center
Kirby Puckett is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Glavine
Late 20th gets the second
out of the inning

And the batter is Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights is on-deck
Barrett takes a couple of practice cuts
Glavine is slow to get ready

He has a 3.04 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch
Fastball... down and away...
Glavine just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 8 walks given up by Glavine today

Blade takes a three step lead
Blade is unable to take the lead he wants

With a runner at first and two outs
Nights walks to the plate
Stepping out, Nights looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Nights is set for the pitch
The pitch to Nights...
Base hit to right for Nights
Third base coach Dick Howser
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Blade...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Nights at first

Slowly coming up is Tucker for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 4 to 0
Tucker is batting .293 with
2 HR's this year
Glavine is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Glavine looks in...
Now he's ready
Biggio comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Glavine
The delivery
Grounded to second
Taken by Biggio
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 4-6
The runner on first, Nights, is out
And that retires the side

Rickey Henderson is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Late
20th to get things going
Henderson steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Rickey is 0 for 2 today
Waiting for the pitch is Henderson
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Ball four is the call
Williams can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Williams
Henderson takes first base

Late 20th third baseman, Wade
Boggs, will be up next
He will be followed by Mike Piazza
One on... no one out
FOFC leads Late 20th by 4 runs
Wade looks down at the third base coach
He gets the sign from Jimmy Williams
Henderson takes his lead
Boggs waits patiently
And the cripple pitch...
Boggs loops one into short center
Tucker is coming in on it...
He dives for it...
GOT IT!
Risky play, but he pulled it off!
One gone for Late 20th

That will bring up catcher, Mike Piazza
Piazza steps out of the box...
Looks towards Jimmy Williams for a sign
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
It's coming down the pike
Piazza sends a scorcher to third
Palmer takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
That does it for Late 20th
in the bottom of the 6th

Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle,
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are
due up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 4-0
Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He drew a walk in his last
plate appearance
Potpie waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Windup by Glavine
And the pitch
Potpie pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Henderson will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Potpie retreats to first
after a wide turn

Next up is Gerald Gazelle,
the FOFC left fielder
On-deck is Persimmon Pflaggstettler...
He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer
Gerald steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gazelle is 1 for 3 today
He struck out last time up
Tom Glavine has struck out 5 and walked 8
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Bobby Cox
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Potpie dives back in!...
SAFE!
Murray tosses it back to Glavine
Now here's the pitch
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Ripken races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Ripken
Score It: 6
Late 20th gets the first out of the inning

Pflaggstettler comes to the plate
One out, Potpie at first
Late 20th is set up for two
Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's the second out of the inning

Palmer, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 4 to 0
Potpie will be running if it's hit
Glavine is happy with the sign
Glavine kicks and fires
There goes Potpie...
And it's ball four...
Potpie pulls up and walks into second

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be Billy Bullock
Bullock scuffs up the lines around the box
Bullock, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Glavine
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-0 pitch
It's fouled off very high
Just to the right of third base
Piazza circles under it...
Waits...
WATCH OUT!
He caught it
But Mike had to bend over backwards
to bring it in
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII clipping Japanese
League 9 to 5
Spahn comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII
Old Timers with the lead over
Negro League I 10 to 7
Bond comfortably ahead for Old Timers
Dead Ball Era leads AL Post WWII 3 to 2
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League II 8 to 7
Ruth has hit his 29th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
He's really lighting it up this season
Caribbean and Left Outs
are all knotted at 5
Martinez and Wynn currently dueling
Turn of Century is beating
NL Pre WWII 6 to 2
Rusie comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Eddie Murray up first for Late 20th
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Murray has hit 8 home runs this year
Williams looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The pitch is on the way
It's a routine fly into left
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
This is your Strat-O-Matic
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That'll bring up center fielder
Kirby Puckett...
FOFC out in front by 4
We're in the bottom of the 7th
Puckett looks down toward the third
base coach, Jimmy Williams
Waiting for the pitch is Puckett
Here's the 2-0 pitch
Routine grounder to short
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the out
Two gone for Late 20th

Winfield coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
Winfield is 1 for 1 today, with 1 walk
Williams is pitching a beauty
here this afternoon
He has hung a 'horse collar'
on the Late 20th offense so far
0 runs on the scoreboard for Late 20th...
And FOFC with a 4 run lead
The southpaw delivers
Curveball... and it hits
Winfield... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
Winfield will take first base on a walk

Ripken gets set at the plate
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The stretch... the delivery
Ripken swings and misses
Strike three
Ripken didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
So After 7 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and one error
While Late 20th has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 10
John Smoltz will be coming on
to pitch for Late 20th
John has appeared in 24 games this season
with a record of 3-3
In 57 innings, he has an 4.61 ERA
Tom Glavine has finished his work
here this afternoon

Williams leading off
Smoltz shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Smoltz's 3-2 pitch...
Fastball, up at the letters...
Williams swings...
Skies on to deep left
Henderson racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Williams motors easily into second
As Henderson throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E7
Williams to second

Blade fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

It will be Blade to face Smoltz
Williams is on second, nobody out
Smoltz wastes no time
He has the sign from Piazza
Smoltz looks back towards second...

The pitch
Change up, on the inside corner...
Blade was looking for it...
He hammers the pitch...
It's a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Blade is in at second standing
with a double
All Puckett could do was keep him
from getting a triple

Nights walks to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Nights
Jeff waits...
He steps out as Smoltz takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The righthander Smoltz's delivery
Routine fly to center
Puckett starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Blade scampers back to second
That's one away

That'll bring up All Stars' center
fielder A. J. Tucker...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Tucker is hitless today, 0 for 3
A. J. hit into a force play
in his last at bat
Smoltz gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
It's coming down the pike
Groundball to short
Blade is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Tucker is out

Jeeberoni Potpie moves in to face Smoltz
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th
2 men away, Blade on third
Smoltz peers in for the sign
John will be very careful on this 1-2
pitch to the FOFC slugger
Smoltz's righthanded delivery...
Potpie laces a hit into the outfield
Rickey Henderson picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Potpie holds at first

Gerald Gazelle will come up next
This game is a laugher for FOFC
They're up by 6 runs
FOFC ahead 6 to 0
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Gazelle
He's 1 for 4 today
Gazelle waits for the delivery
Now John delivers
Swung on and missed by Gazelle,
he's down on strikes
That's it for FOFC
Here at Free Agent Field, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Late 20th has no runs,
2 hits and one error
FOFC has left 11 on base
Late 20th has stranded 4

Biggio leading off
Late 20th would like to get
some runners on base
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Biggio looks to third for a sign
The umpire says let's go
And the cripple pitch...
Biggio takes a cut at the slider...
There's a line drive...
Going over the head of Gerald Gazelle
My word! Look at that ball go!!

That's a home run!!

And that left the yard in a hurry
Williams can't believe it
Homer number 2 for Craig Biggio this year
To go with his 10 RBI's

John Smoltz is scheduled
to bat next, but...
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yes Tony Gwynn is stepping out
to the on-deck circle
Bobby Cox will send Tony
up to face Williams
Gwynn has a knack for getting on base
His .374 OBP proves that
He is hitting lefties at a .349 pace

Tony Gwynn coming up
Gwynn takes a couple of practice cuts
Williams looks in
Here it comes
Hit on the ground to second
Blade grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3

Rickey Henderson, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Rickey is hitting at .253 on the year
He has 60 hits in 237 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 18 stolen bases
All set, Henderson is ready for the pitch
Here's the 2-2 offering
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Henderson swung, that's strike three
Henderson isn't happy at
all with that call

Boggs settles in at the plate
Wade is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon
He flied out in his last plate appearance
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Williams rocks and fires
It's popped behind home plate
Bullock throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Wade Boggs is out
That's all for the Modern Stars...
After 8 innings here at Free
Agent Field in Late 20th,
FOFC on top 6 to 1
Goose Gossage will be coming
on to pitch for Late 20th
Goose has appeared in 18 games this season
with a record of 0-2
In 15 innings, he has an 3.52 ERA
John Smoltz has finished his work
here this afternoon

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Pflaggstettler can't seem to
get settled at the plate
Gossage looks down at Piazza for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The windup, and the 3-2 pitch
Gossage loses him
Pflaggstettler heads down to first
2 walks today for Pflaggstettler

So with 1 on and no outs
FOFC sends their third baseman,
Deacon Palmer, up to face Gossage
Hard-hitting Billy Bullock is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Palmer is batting .322 with
4 homers this year
Goose is ready
Now Goose delivers
Palmer just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Biggio races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Bullock, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
John Williams waits on deck
Against righthanders
Bullock is hitting .252
Bullock waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 2 strike offering
Hard slider...
And Bullock takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
Two down

John Williams will get a
crack at Gossage next
Barrett Blade would be up next...
But only if Williams can reach safely
Gossage is ready quickly
He brings it home
Gossage comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Williams
As John swings right through
Gossage punches him out
That's it here in the top of the 9th
It's 6-1 in favor of
the visitors from FOFC
We'll be back in just a moment

The Modern Stars will send
Piazza, Eddie Murray, and Kirby Puckett up
to the plate this inning
Piazza swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Piazza awaits the delivery
Williams' into the windup... the delivery
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Palmer plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
So one up and one gone

Murray heads to the plate for Late 20th
The infield is at regular depth
Murray is batting .219 with
8 round trippers in 1900
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The lefthander Williams delivers
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 45 on the season for Williams
FOFC leads 6 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
These scores are final...
NL Post WWII topped Japanese
League 10 to 7
Sugishita takes the loss,
his record drops to 2-7
Spahn the winner, he's now 4-6
Old Timers gets an easy win over
Negro League I 14 to 8
Davis has hit his 5th homerun
for Old Timers
Dead Ball Era toppled AL Post WWII 7 to 3
Chance has hit his 3rd homerun
for Dead Ball Era
AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League II 8 to 7
Ruth has hit his 29th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
He's putting up big numbers this year
Left Outs easily defeated
Caribbean 10 to 5
Wynn the winner, he's now 2-7
Martinez takes the loss, his
record drops to 2-3
Turn of Century toppled NL Pre WWII 6 to 2

Puckett leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Puckett is 1 for 3 today, with no walks
Williams has a 3-hitter going
through 8 2/3 innings
The lefthander delivers
There's a check swing by Puckett
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Billy Bullock makes the catch
against the stands
And that will do it for Late 20th
FOFC wins 6 to 1
Williams gets credit for the win
Glavine takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Billy Bullock
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Late 20th.

[Breeze]

7/1 - Game 85 : Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars 7/1/1900

[1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 2 2 .274 R.Henderson LF 3 0 0 0 .252
J.Nights SS 5 0 2 0 .290 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 0 0 .263
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .291 M.Piazza C 4 0 0 0 .288
J.Potpie 1B 3 1 2 1 .290 E.Murray 1B 4 0 0 0 .218
G.Gazelle LF 5 1 1 0 .263 K.Puckett CF 4 0 1 0 .317
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .321 D.Winfield RF 1 0 1 0 .234
D.Palmer 3B 3 1 1 0 .321 C.Ripken SS 3 0 0 0 .301
B.Bullock C 4 1 1 2 .262 C.Biggio 2B 3 1 1 1 .218
J.Williams P 4 1 0 1 .139 T.Glavine P 2 0 0 0 .222
J.Smoltz P 0 0 0 0 .154
A-T.Gwynn PH 1 0 0 0 .335
G.Gossage P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 29 1 3 1

A-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 6 9 1
Modern Stars.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 1

[1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(9-1) 9 3 1 1 3 5 1 118 3.21
[1]Totals 9 3 1 1 3 5 1

[1]Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Glavine LOSS(8-4) 7 7 4 4 9 6 1 134 3.00
J.Smoltz 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 26 4.53
G.Gossage 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 3.31
[1]Totals 9 9 6 4 10 9 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,382 DATE- Sunday, July 1st 1900 TIME- Day
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:12 Modern Stars: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Modern Stars: 1
ERRORS- J.Nights, R.Henderson
DOUBLES- B.Blade(11th), G.Gazelle(4th)
HOME RUNS- B.Bullock(12th), C.Biggio(2nd)
WALKS- B.Blade, A.Tucker, J.Potpie-2, P.Pflaggstettler-2, D.Palmer-2, B.Bullock,
J.Williams, R.Henderson, D.Winfield-2
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker, G.Gazelle-3, P.Pflaggstettler-2, B.Bullock, J.Williams-2,
R.Henderson, E.Murray-2, C.Ripken, C.Biggio
GIDP- J.Potpie, M.Piazza, C.Ripken
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Persimmon Pflaggstettler robbed Tom Glavine of
an extra base hit.

[Breeze]

Post Game Press Conference

I walk into the press room as Williams is walking out. I shake his hand again and whisper to him, "I know I've already said this to you, but that was one hell of a game."

Before I can sit down I hear someone yell, "Benton, you guys have played real well coming out of the all-star break, you must be happy with that."

I know from the sound of the voice, and the fact that the person couldn't even wait 20 seconds for me to sit down, that has to be Lou Scribe. "As a manager you're always happy when your team plays well, but we're only a few games into the second half, let's not get carried away."

"Any ideas why your team is doing better than they were heading into the break," Lou follows up.

"You know Lou, I'm not sure. I mean it would be easy to say the rest helped (I mean 5 years off gives you a lot of time to refocus...:D), but I'm not sure that would be accurate. The break was helpful in that it allowed a few of our players that had some injuries to get right. And honestly, our guys did a good job out of the gate at the beginning of the season. Who knows, maybe their focus is better after having some time off. But again, Lou, it is early, let's not get carried away. In this league we could easily go on a 5 game losing streak starting tommorrow."

"How about your pitching?" Dan reader asks...

"How about it," I answer sarcastically. Knowing Dan is just going to continue to throw out stuff until I answer something and probably anything, because I'm not really sure he has any idea what he wants me to answer I just start talking, "The guys have done well. Williams' effort tonight was amazing. A complete game, 3 hitter against that line up is no small feat. I'm disappointed he gave up that homerun to Biggio in the 8th, he pitched well enough to get a shutout, and I'd have like that for him, but an excellent job regardless. I thought Babson yesterday did very well. He had it rolling until the throwing error by Nights and then the homerun that gave the Estrellas 4 runs. But it's important to remember only 1 of those runs he gave up was earned. I would have liked to have seen him work his way out of that jam and not let the error come back to bite him, but I was happy with his effort...he did great. And Nielsen got our roll started with a complete game...and honestly he pitched well enough to get a shutout too. Hopefully, Mighty will be able to keep us rolling tomorrow."

I look over and Dan has a smug smile on his face, like he asked a brilliant question that led to a long and insightful answer. I wonder if his collegues realize how much of an idiot he is...

"Coach, Hack Jobb here..."

"Yes Hack, I know who you are...we've been doing this for a while now"

"What about your lineup. Early in the season we were seeing a lot more platooning from you, recently it seems you've gotten away from that. We are seeing Potpie, Palmer, Nights, Gazelle, and Flasett...Flagspe..Phlas...uh, the the other guy much more often..."

"Yeah, we've sort of settled into a standardized lineup. That isn't to say that the other guys won't play, and won't play a bunch, but we've just felt that giving the guys you mentioned regular time has led to a bit better productivity. But remember Gonzalez is hitting over .300. Ton is hitting well and with some power, his biggest issue is defense, and Palmer is raking right now. As for Nights, he playing well, but Terp is still struggling. We're working hard to get the problems ironed out there...but until we get Kris right, I just can't justify taking Nights out of the order."

Jobb follows up, "So will we see the same lineup tomorrow?"

"Hard to tell, are we facing Clemens? Do you know?" I ask.

"Yep"

"Then you might see a few minor changes. Maybe get an extra lefty in the lineup against him..., but I'll need to think about it."

"Ok guys, gotta go...talk with you later."

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Post Game Press Conference - Tom Glavine

"Tom, you lost today," Dan says.

"Yes, I did." Tom responds.

"Care to elaborate?" Dan querries.

"Um...well let's see...the score was 6 to 1, and they scored 6, so based on the rules of the game, that means they won."

Dan nods...

Tom O'Carver, "Tom, the Late 20s were one of the favorites to win the division and you guys are currently sitting 5 games back and in 4th place in the division. What's going on?"

"You know, we really aren't playing poorly. We haven't gotten everything going just yet, but we aren't playing poorly. The Pre-Americans are killing the ball right now. And with Ruth and Gehrig you'd expect that, but their pitching has been better than advertised. There is still a good bit of time to go in the season, and I know everyone in our clubhouse feels we can still win this thing. We just need to get on a roll."

"Isn't it easier to talk about going on a roll in this league than it is to actually do?", Hack Jobb interjects.

"Well sure it is...I mean we don't have a 4 game set coming up against the '62 Mets or the '13 Astros, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. We are good enough to real off 8 ro 10 in a row. Who knows maybe is starts tomorrow. I mean, I know Mighty is a great pitcher. An All-Star in fact, but he can be beaten. Let's just get out there tomorrow and see how it goes."

[Breeze]

7/2 Radio Broadcast - Game 86

Howdy Folks, and welcome to our
Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast
at Free Agent Field
FOFC will take on the hometown
Modern Stars
The visitors hope to add to their current
12 game winning streak
Roger Clemens, will see
if he can stop them
He'll be looking for win number 11
here in 1900
FOFC will send Al Mighty
out to the mound in the bottom of the 1st
He has a record of 6-5
with a 3.10 ERA
It won't be long now...
The righthander delivers
Blade rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Puckett is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Kirby Puckett
One up, one down for FOFC

Clemens glares in at Nights as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Clemens adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Piazza
Clemens brings it to the plate
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Murray at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Nights gets a base hit

Nights takes his lead
Clemens steps away from the mound...
Now Nights moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

Tucker gets set at the plate
Tapping the plate is Tucker
He has 14 steals this year
8th in the league!
If he gets on Clemens will have to
watch him closely
Clemens shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
The Rocket has a fine arsenal of pitches
including a nasty four-seam fastball!
Way ahead in the count
Clemens turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Swung on and missed...
Tucker is down on strikes
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 1st

Gonzalez digs in at the plate
Ready now for Clemens to come set
Gonzalez is batting .301
with 2 HR's this year
Clemens looks down at Piazza for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
Clemens jams him with a fastball
Swung on and topped out toward short
Ripken is up with it...
Over to Murray at first
And Gonzalez beats it out!
Nights is able to advance
on the slow roller

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Against righthanders
Pflaggstettler is hitting .326
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Persimmon gets the bat back...
Clemens brings it home
Clemens loses him
Pflaggstettler heads down to first
Gonzalez and Nights move up a base
Bases are waterlogged

The third baseman, Deacon Palmer
will be up next for FOFC
Palmer a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Clemens
Palmer is set
A check on the runners... the pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Palmer swung, that's strike three
Palmer isn't happy at all with that call
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning, for FOFC
No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 3 men left on base
Late 20th is coming to bat

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Gazelle in left...
Tucker in center...
And Pflaggstettler in right

The infield, third to first
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Gonzalez
Taking the mound is Mighty and
his battery mate is Hays
Late 20th left fielder, Rickey
Henderson, will lead off
Al gets the sign from Hays
The windup, the pitch
Hard slider...
And Henderson takes it right
down the middle
Strike three called
That's one away

Wade Boggs is advancing to the plate
No score as yet in the early going
Boggs wiggles the bat above his head
Mighty is happy with the sign
The lefthander Mighty comes home with it
Boggs hits a screamer at Al Mighty
Mighty picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag
Gonzalez swipes with the glove

Boggs is out!
Nice play by Gonzalez
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Making his way up is Piazza
Piazza has 10 doubles this year
Al peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Mighty brings it to the plate
A slider by Mighty
Piazza gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
And that retires the side

Gerald Gazelle, Harry Hays, and
Al Mighty are due up
The Late 20th outfield is playing
Gazelle almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Clemens on the mound
it is understandable
Gazelle is set for the 3-2 pitch
Biggio comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Clemens
The delivery
He walked him, ball four
The lead-off batter gets on here
in the top of the 2nd

Gazelle yells something to Clemens
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Gazelle is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Roger
No doubt he does!
Clemens shows his best move
on the throw to first
Gazelle scurries back quickly...
He just avoids the tag!
He should have dove back
Almost got caught

Now batting will be Harry Hays
Hays is hitting .293 against righties
The bat is cocked
Here's the 3-0 offering
Base hit to center for Hays
Gazelle is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Hays at first

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Al Mighty, their pitcher
Roger looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The pitch is on the way
Curve in the dirt... and Mighty holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Piazza asks the third base ump's opinion
OUT!
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman,
steps into the batter's box
Scoreless game
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Clemens is ready quickly
Now ready, here it is...
He chases the hook...
Blade hits a deep fly ball...
Gwynn moving under the ball...
He makes the catch...
And uncorks the throw...
SAFE!...
As the ball trickles away from Piazza
He was unable to handle the throw
That's two away

Jeff Nights will face Clemens
Righty against righty
2 down, Clemens ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
Clemens goes into his stretch...
Looks at Hays...
He fires one to Murray...
Hays dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Murray lobs it back
Now Clemens comes home
Nights rips a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Boggs just got his glove up in time
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 10 and 0
in their last ten games

Leading off for the Modern Stars
is the first baseman Murray
He'll be followed by Kirby Puckett
And then Cal Ripken
We'll see how they pitch to Murray
Now set, Murray waits for the pitch
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-2 pitch
Murray cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Murray was badly fooled by Mighty's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Eddie was a little overanxious
So one up and one gone

Puckett walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cal Ripken moves into the on deck circle
Late 20th needs some runs
Puckett has hit 5 triples this year
Puckett waits
Mighty's into his windup... the pitch
Curve ball...
Puckett swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two down
Al Mighty retires
the first two batters in order

The shortstop, Ripken, is ready to bat
FOFC on top 1 to 0 in the
bottom of the 2nd
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Mighty fires
Ripken swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty strikes out Cal Ripken
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 2 innings
FOFC on top, 1-0

Here is A. J. Tucker to
start it off for FOFC
Tucker has a .279 average against
righthanders this season
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Clemens
Roger winds his right arm
Lets it go
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Tucker hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Tucker takes a walking lead
Tucker has stolen 14 bases
in 17 attempts in 1900
Clemens' move keeps Tucker guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

David Gonzalez steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Tucker is at first
And Roger studies the sign from Piazza...
Now he's got it
Clemens goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Tucker
He lobs one to Murray...
Tucker is back easily
We're ready again
Now Clemens comes home
Hard slider...
And Gonzalez takes it right
down the middle
Strike three called
Late 20th gets the first out of the inning

Pflaggstettler steps in
Tucker's trying to rattle Roger Clemens
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Clemens ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Pflaggstettler goes down on strikes
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Old Timers is beating Negro
League I 4 to 0
Clarkson comfortably ahead for Old Timers
Dead Ball Era and AL Post
WWII are scoreless
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League II 1 to 0
Left Outs is beating Caribbean 7 to 3
Sutton comfortably ahead for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII is in front of
Turn of Century 3 to 0

Deacon Palmer will get a
crack at Clemens next
Gerald Gazelle would be up next...
But only if Palmer can reach safely
Palmer is taking his practice swings
Deacon is 0 for 1 this evening
Clemens is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Clemens looks in...
Now he's ready
Clemens goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Tucker
Fires to Murray...
Tucker is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Clemens comes home
Base hit to center for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Tucker will stay at second

Settling in at the plate is Gazelle
Before getting ready
Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment
Gazelle is waiting on the pitch
Now Roger delivers
Long fly ball to center
Puckett is under it
He's got it
NO - HE DROPPED IT!
Score It: E8
Tucker scores from second!
Palmer takes third
Gazelle to second

Piazza heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Hays.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are issuing a free pass to Hays
Hays watches ball four
He takes his base

Mighty finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Clemens steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Routine grounder to short
Taken by Ripken
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
So that wraps it up here
in the top of the 3rd
Mighty leaves teammates on every base
He is obviously upset with himself
We'll be back in just a minute...

The Late 20th crowd has been pretty quiet
Here is Biggio to lead off
He certainly will try to liven things up!

If he can get on
Craig is hitting at .218 on the year
He has 32 hits in 147 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Mighty winds and delivers
Comebacker, right to Mighty
Over to Gonzalez for the easy out
One gone for Late 20th

"Captain Video" is coming up next
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Gwynn at the plate
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gwynn gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning
Late 20th trails by 2
They need a win
They are 4th in the standings
6.5 games out

Slowly coming up is Clemens for Late 20th
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 2 to 0
Clemens taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Clemens awaits the pitch
Al is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Slider, inside corner of the plate...
Swung on...
Slashed over the infield...
Single for Clemens...
He takes a big turn and holds up

Gonzalez and Clemens are cracking up
Pat Corales must've told 'em a good joke
We'll have to ask what it
was after the game

With a runner at first and two outs
Henderson walks to the plate
Henderson can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Henderson is set for the pitch
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Henderson didn't like it

Boggs is up now for Late 20th
Boggs steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Boggs cocks his bat
Mighty checks the runners
A drive to center
Tucker is camped under it
He records the out
Score It: 8

We're back at the top of
the order for FOFC
Barrett Blade coming to bat
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Piazza flashes the sign to Clemens
Now Roger delivers
Blade rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Blade is around first, heading for two...
Puckett is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Barrett pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
FOFC second baseman
Barrett also ups his hitting
streak to 9 games!
That is Blade's 1st hit today

Nights squares around
He bunts the ball . . .
Fielded by W.Boggs
the throw to first...
Out
Nights gets the job done.

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
FOFC leading in the game
Tucker looks down toward
the third base coach
Tucker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Clemens
He's waiting for the pitch
Clemens rocks and fires
Screaming liner towards second
Biggio leaps
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 4
That's the second out of the inning

Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Gonzalez is at .306 on the season
Clemens likes the sign
The righthander Clemens' delivery
Gonzalez pulls this one down the line
He is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Gonzalez swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at short
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Murray grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Gonzalez is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E6
Blade scores from third!
Gonzalez to first

Pflaggstettler scuffs up
the lines in the box
Now he is ready
Persimmon steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Pflaggstettler struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Clemens
He's waiting for the pitch
Roger rocks and fires
Pounded on the ground to short
Ripken comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 3 to 0

Piazza saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Piazza is 0 for 1 today
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
He brings it home
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Piazza!
One down for Late 20th
Eddie Murray is still in
the on-deck circle
and Kirby Puckett is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now here's Murray
Murray is batting .218 with
8 homers this year
Mighty steps on the rubber
Mighty goes into his windup
Here it comes
There's a towering fly ball hit by Murray
Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch
Two up, two down for the Modern Stars
We're in the bottom of the 4th

Puckett leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Puckett is hitless today, 0 for 1
Kirby struck out in his last at bat
Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Ground ball through the middle
Blade ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
1-2-3, nothing across...

FOFC will send Palmer,
Gerald Gazelle, and Harry Hays to face
Roger Clemens this inning
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Clemens looks down at Piazza for the sign

Now he's ready...
Now the delivery, here is is...
Extra base hit to center for Palmer
Kirby Puckett is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Gerald Gazelle will make
his way to home plate
He's the left fielder for FOFC
Gazelle goes through his
routine of settling in
After getting set, Gazelle
waits on the pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Gazelle hits a high pop
into short left field
Boggs and Ripken sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Henderson
Ripken puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in
front of Henderson!!
One away...
Murray is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Boggs also...
Now they return to their positions

And it brings up Harry Hays
On deck is Al Mighty
Barrett Blade in the hole
Hays is 1 for 1 today, with 1 walk
Harry was intentionally walked
in his last at bat
Hays, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Clemens
And the delivery by Clemens
He rips a grounder to short
Ripken grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
FOFC leads 3 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
are deadlocked at 1
Old Timers is embarrassing
Negro League I 8 to 0
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over AL Post WWII 5 to 2
AL Pre WWII is pounding Negro
League II 7 to 0
Left Outs leads Caribbean 8 to 7
NL Pre WWII is edging Turn
of Century 3 to 2
Hubbell and Nichols currently dueling

That'll bring up All Stars'
pitcher Al Mighty...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Piazza flashes the sign...
Clemens shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Clemens will try to get
Mighty to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Swung on and missed...
Mighty is down on strikes
That does it for FOFC in the 5th
They leave 1 on base
9 stranded so far today

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7/2 Radio Broadcast continued

Cal Ripken leading off here
in the bottom of the 5th
The Modern Stars will try to chip away
At FOFC's 3 run lead
Ripken has hit 9 home runs this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Another hook for strike three!
Ripken just stood there looking
Late 20th with one away
Mighty steps off the mound as
he waits for Craig Biggio to
come to the plate

Biggio, Late 20th's second baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Tony Gwynn waits on deck
Biggio looks down toward the third
base coach, Jimmy Williams
He's ready
The lefthander delivers
Biggio hits a shallow fly towards
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler charges, dives...
He's got it!
Good play by Pflaggstettler
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Gwynn coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
Gwynn has managed a .333 average
against lefthanders this year
Tony steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
It's coming down the pike
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Mighty punches him out!
We head to the 6th...
The score is still FOFC 3, Modern Stars 0

Here's Barrett Blade leading off
Jeff Nights is on deck
And A. J. Tucker is in the hole
Blade is batting .277 with 1 HR this year
Clemens has the sign from Piazza
Here's the righthander's delivery
Blade swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Boggs and skips out to Henderson
Blade rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Blade returns to first
as Rickey gets a nice throw in to Biggio

Blade glares menancingly out at Clemens
Blade is one of the best base
stealers in the league
Quite an intimidator
Blade is off on the pitch!
The throw by Piazza...
Blade slides headfirst...
Down goes Biggio in a heap with Blade...
And Blade is SAFE!...

That was a good hard clean slide

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Clemens
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
"The Rocket" fires it home...
It gets past Piazza!
It's scored a wild pitch.
The pitch didn't look that bad
Clemens must have crossed him up!
Blade takes third

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights is hitting .287
against righthanders
Nights tells the umpire he's ready
The righthander Clemens delivers
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
And there's one away

A. J. Tucker is up next
FOFC's center fielder finds
1 on with 1 out
A. J. takes a couple of practice cuts
Tucker awaits the delivery
The righthander delivers
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Tucker is outta there
A. J. Tucker is quite upset
He finally heads toward the FOFC dugout
FOFC leads 3 to 0 with
two away this inning

David Gonzalez moves in to face Clemens
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 6th
Gonzalez digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Clemens
Roger Clemens has struck
out 8 and walked 3
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Bobby Cox
Clemens' righthanded delivery...
A high hopper to short
Taken by Ripken
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and Late 20th still looking
to score their first run

Clemens is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings...
Bending from side to side...

Finally, he's ready
Clemens steps out of the box...
Looks towards Jimmy Williams for a sign
Mighty shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Al has to bear down now...
The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery...
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Tucker quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Clemens dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Clemens with a single

Up next for the Modern Stars
The left fielder, Rickey Henderson
On-deck is Wade Boggs
To be followed by Mike Piazza
Rickey stares down at Jimmy
Williams for the sign
Clemens leads away from first
Set now is Henderson
Mighty's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Clemens dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Gonzalez tosses it back to Mighty
Now here's the pitch
Mighty's fastball is ripped toward first
Gonzalez can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Clemens was off and running
with the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Henderson
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Wade Boggs

Boggs gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Boggs
Mighty eyes Boggs intently
The lefthander Mighty comes home with it
Change up, a gem...
Heeee struck him out!
One gone for Late 20th

Mike Piazza is entering the batter's box
Bobby Cox has his big bopper,
Eddie Murray,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Piazza is taking his practice swings
Mike is 0 for 2 this evening
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
The pitch is on the way
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Piazza rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Mighty looks dejected on the mound

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Eddie Murray
Murray wiggles the bat above his head
Eddie stands with bat ready
The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch
Fastball... down and away...
Mighty just misses the corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Mighty today

The Modern Stars' center
fielder is up next
Late 20th has 1 on board with 1 out
Puckett is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Gonzalez is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Waiting for the pitch is Puckett
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Murray
He lobs one to Gonzalez...
Murray is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
Base hit to left for Puckett
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Murray will stay at second

Planting his right foot
Ripken is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Ripken
Ripken is 0 for 2 today,
with 2 strike outs
Mighty is taking his time out there
Cal could write a letter
while he's waiting
Now Mighty's finished fiddling around
He is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Hays
Mighty looks over at Puckett...
Now back at Murray...

He's coming home with it
Base hit to center for Ripken
Jimmy Williams will send
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

With Tony Gwynn on deck
Batting now for Late 20th is Biggio
1st and 2nd, one man down
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Here's the 2-1 offering
Curve, up high...
Biggio rips it to center...
Fozborg hung that breaking ball
However, Craig got under it just a bit
Tucker started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
That's the second out of the inning

Walking up to the plate now is Gwynn
Roger Clemens waits on deck
Gwynn is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Tony certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Fozborg earn his salary
He cocks the bat as he
peers out at Fozborg
The runners step away from their bases
Way ahead in the count
Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Change up...
Gwynn was way out in front...
Strike Three
The Modern Stars go down in
the bottom of the 6th
After 6 innings at Free Agent Field
here in Late 20th,
Late 20th leads 4 to 3

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Pflaggstettler has 14 doubles this year
Persimmon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Clemens' pitch
Clemens' righthanded delivery...
Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Ripken wings it quickly to Murray...
OUT by a step
One out
Due up next is Deacon Palmer

Palmer departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Deacon is 2 for 3 this summer evening
He doubled in his last plate appearance
He's ready
Clemens brings it to the plate
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Palmer hits it into the hole
on the right side
Biggio ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Palmer is out by a step at first
That's out number two
Bobby Cox moving around
Hollers something down at Clemens
Roger nods "UH HUH"

Gazelle finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gerald is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .259 on the season
Clemens is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Clemens gets the sign from Piazza
Roger rocks and fires
Curveball... and it hits
Gazelle... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
Gazelle will take first base on a walk

Harry Hays will get a crack
at Clemens next
Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next...
But only if Hays can reach safely
Hays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Clemens
Clemens steps on the rubber
The righthander Clemens delivers
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Henderson reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII is on top of
Japanese League 5 to 3
Old Timers is embarrassing
Negro League I 11 to 3
Ewing has hit his 5th homerun
for Old Timers
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over AL Post WWII 7 to 4
Plank comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era
AL Pre WWII is running roughshod
over Negro League II 10 to 0
Left Outs is on top of Caribbean 9 to 7
Vaughan has hit his 9th
homerun for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 3 to 2
And in our contest Late 20th ahead 4 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Modern Stars will send
Clemens, Rickey Henderson,
and Wade Boggs up
to the plate this inning
Sirr is ready
The kick and the pitch
Low fastball...
Clemens swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Potpie snags it moving to his right
Leads Fozborg perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Clemens for the out
One up, one down

Now batting will be Rickey Henderson
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Late 20th up by 1
Henderson looks for a sign from third
Jimmy Williams delivers it to Rickey
Rickey is 1 for 2 today
singled his last at bat
Fozborg is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Henderson
That's two away

Next up is Wade Boggs, the Late
20th third baseman...
If he gets on, Mike Piazza would bat next
Fozborg steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Fozborg brings it to the plate
There's a towering fly ball hit by Boggs
Pflaggstettler sprints over,
and makes the catch
That is the third out for Late 20th here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47054
Late 20th is making a defensive change
Carter will bat 3rd and catch

As we get ready to start
the top of the 8th
Potpie is talking to Carter
Clemens has the sign from Carter
Clemens leans back and fires
Sinking fastball...
Potpie swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Ripken...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step

Blade is up now for FOFC
Blade is batting .280 with 1 HR this year
Right-hander Clemens prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Blade
And the cripple pitch...
Grounded back to the mound
Clemens comes up with it
Tosses it to first and gets him
And there's two away

Next up for FOFC is Jeff Nights
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 1 for 3 this evening
Nights waiting on the delivery
And the delivery by Clemens
Nights pounds a grounder
toward Ripken at short
Cal moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Ripken stayed with it
Over to first and Nights is retired
Nice play by the Late 20th short stop
Three down for FOFC
Now the Modern Stars will be coming up
for what they hope will be their
last at bat of the evening
They lead by 1, 4-3

Gary Carter, Eddie Murray,
and Kirby Puckett are the first three
Modern Stars batters due up
Late 20th leads, 4-3
Carter is at .252 on the season
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Sirr winds... kicks... and delivers
Fastball, down and in...
Carter laces a hit into the outfield...
Gazelle picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Carter holds with a single
Good start to the inning for Late 20th
(Guarding Lines Effect)

Carter at first, nobody out
Murray comes to the plate
Carter takes his lead
Hays flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the righthander's delivery
Fozborg's pitch is a sinking fastball
Murray tries to hold up
Ball four
Hays points down to third
He did not go around

Kirby Puckett is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Puckett is one of the best hitters around
Fozborg likes the sign
The righthander delivers
Puckett takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He punches Puckett out
One down...
Cal Ripken is due up next
Let's see what happens now

Cal Ripken, the Late 20th shortstop,
steps into the batter's box
Late 20th leads 4 to 3
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
The outfield shades towards
left for Ripken
Ripken is poised and ready for the pitch
He brings it home
Hard ground ball into right field
It's a single for Ripken
Carter scores from second!
Murray takes third

Here's Craig Biggio
FOFC looking for two
It won't be easy with Biggio's speed
A single would bring another run across
Late 20th has 1 already this inning
Biggio waits
The pitch to Biggio...
Biggio drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Murray scores
Jimmy Williams is waving
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by Late 20th...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!
Double for Biggio

Gwynn walks to the plate
Gwynn is hitting .331 against righties
Gwynn waits patiently
Here's his delivery
Lunging after the change-up
Gwynn hits a grounder through to right...
Scoring from third is Biggio
Credit Gwynn with a single and an RBI

Gwynn sneaks away from the base
Gwynn holding close to the bag
Fozborg watching him closely

Now batting for Late 20th will be
their pitcher, Roger Clemens
The Modern Stars are out in front by 5
We are in the bottom of the 8th
Clemens can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Fozborg goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Gwynn
He lobs one to Potpie...
Gwynn is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
Clemens gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to second
Blade is waving everybody off
Clemens is retired
Two down...
Here comes pitching coach Sal Maglie
Fozborg may be trying to talk
him into keeping him in
Now the umpire is telling Sal
Maglie to break it off

That brings up Rickey Henderson,
the left fielder
Henderson has hit 4 triples this year
Fozborg gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Here's the 2 strike offering
Swung on and missed
Strike Three!
Henderson couldn't lay off
the high fast ball
Number 4 on the day for Fozborg
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
So After 8 innings
Late 20th has 8 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
8 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 11

Although behind by 5
FOFC does have the heart of their line-up
coming up to face Roger Clemens
Clemens' been tough on FOFC all day
Tucker is struggling this game
He has 2 strike outs on the evening
Tucker waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The Texan comes in with the fastball
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 9 for Roger Clemens today
149 on the year
That's one away

Treacy heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Clemens is ready quickly
Clemens brings it to the plate
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Roger
Clemens here this evening
Two out, nobody on
Late 20th leads 8 to 3

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step
in to face Clemens next
If he gets on, Deacon Palmer will follow
Pflaggstettler is hitting .321
against righthanders
Clemens is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch
Hot shot grounded to third
Taken by Boggs
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
And that will do it for FOFC
Late 20th wins 8 to 3
Clemens gets credit for the win
Mighty takes the loss
The hitting star for Late 20th
was Mike Piazza
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Late 20th.

[Breeze]

7/2 - Game 86 Boxscore


Event Codes: K
[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars 7/2/1900

[1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 2 1 .279 R.Henderson LF 4 1 1 0 .252
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .290 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 0 0 .259
A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 0 .290 M.Piazza C 3 1 1 3 .289
D.Gonzalez 1B 4 0 1 0 .299 B-G.Carter C 1 1 1 0 .256
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Murray 1B 2 2 0 0 .217
C-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .272 K.Puckett CF 4 0 1 0 .316
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .317 C.Ripken SS 4 1 2 2 .304
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 2 0 .324 C.Biggio 2B 4 1 1 2 .219
G.Gazelle LF 2 1 0 0 .259 T.Gwynn RF 4 0 1 1 .333
H.Hays C 3 0 1 0 .344 R.Clemens P 4 1 2 0 .224
A.Mighty P 3 0 0 0 .089
A-J.Potpie 1B 1 0 0 0 .289
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 35 3 8 1 Totals 34 8 10 8

A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Mighty In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Modern Stars.... 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 - 8 10 2

[1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty LOSS(6-6) 5 1/3 6 4 4 2 8 1 74 3.25
S.Fozborg 2 2/3 4 4 4 1 4 0 46 2.92
[1]Totals 8 10 8 8 3 12 1

[1]Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Clemens WIN(11-5) 9 8 3 1 4 10 0 143 2.75
[1]Totals 9 8 3 1 4 10 0

ATTENDANCE- 47,054 DATE- Monday, July 2nd 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:11 Modern Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Modern Stars: 0
ERRORS- K.Puckett, C.Ripken
DOUBLES- B.Blade(12th), D.Palmer(12th), C.Biggio(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Piazza(11th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Nights
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Blade
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, G.Gazelle-2, H.Hays, R.Henderson, E.Murray-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Nights, A.Tucker-3, D.Gonzalez, S.Treacy, P.Pflaggstettler,
D.Palmer, A.Mighty-2, R.Henderson-3, W.Boggs, M.Piazza, E.Murray,
K.Puckett-2, C.Ripken-2, T.Gwynn-2
WILD PITCHES- R.Clemens

[Breeze]

Manager Update

As I head back into the locker room I stop to say a few words to some of the guys...when I get into my office Dick is waiting on me.

"I saw you were talking with Mighty..."

"I talked to Fozz and a couple others as well," I interrupted.

"So what did you say to him?" Dick asked with a concerned look on his face.

"I told him not to worry about it, that I felt he had pitched really well early, and that he was hurt by a couple bad breaks. That even with those bad breaks I felt he had pitched well enough to get the victory. Basically, gave the same pep talk to Fozz." I explained

"Oh good," Dick said with a sigh. "I heard Sal jumping both their cases right after the game and I was hoping you didn't pile on."

"No, I caught the end of Sal's tirade. He wasn't happy we lost this one, especially when we had the early lead and Mighty cruising. But Sal's not the most refined guy."

"Yeah, he's a little intense." Dick agreed.

"It was one of the main reasons that I wanted to make sure they knew that I still had confidence in them and that I felt they had pitched better than the score indicated."

[Breeze]

7/3 Radio Broadcast - Game 87

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Greg Maddux with his 9 and 5 record
Will be facing Barrett Blade

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Piazza out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Now Greg delivers
Sinking fastball...
Blade swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Boggs...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down

Nights moseys up to the plate
A. J. Tucker is heading for
the on-deck circle
Right-hander Maddux prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
Now to the belt, here it is...
There's a ground ball into the hole
Boggs and Ripken converge on it
It's picked by Boggs who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
That's two away

With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck
Batting now for FOFC is Tucker
Before getting ready
Tucker checks out the defensive alignment
A. J. is eagerly awaiting Maddux's pitch
Greg winds
Kicks... and delivers
Extra base hit to center for Tucker
Dave Winfield is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Making his way up is Potpie
Jeeberoni is hitting at .289 on the year
FOFC's cleanup hitter has
knocked in 59 runs
He has a fine .564 slugging average
Maddux adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Maddux brings it to the plate
Bounced past the mound
Nice backhand pickup by Sandberg
He throws
IT GETS AWAY!
Score It: Single + E4
Tucker scores from second!
Potpie to second

Now here's Palmer
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Palmer readies himself for the pitch
Ripken trying to slip in behind Potpie
Now he slips away
Here's the 0-1 offering
There's a bouncer down to Sandberg
He fronts it...
And muffs it!
Error on Ryne Sandberg
He was just eaten up by that ball!

So with 2 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their left fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
up to face Maddux
Hard-hitting Stan Gunner is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Greg gets the sign from Piazza
It's coming down the pike
Grounded down the line
Boggs comes up with it
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 5-4
The runner on first, Palmer, is out
That's three outs, side retired

Here we go in the home half of the
first inning...

Let's take a moment
to set up the defense...
In left Pflaggstettler
Over in center Tucker
Gunner will start in right...
Around the infield
Palmer will start at third
The keystone combination will be
Nights and Blade...
Potpie will play first base...
The battery of Hunter pitching
and Bullock behind home plate
Lead off man for the Modern Stars
Rickey Henderson steps into
the batter's box
Rickey is hitting at .252 on the year
He has 61 hits in 242 at bats
Late 20th's leadoff hitter...
Rickey has scored 37 runs on the season
Henderson awaits the delivery
The pitch is on the way
In the dirt
And Henderson holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Henderson moves away from first base...
He has 18 stolen bases on the season
Hunter holds the runner

Gwynn, Late 20th's right fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Wade Boggs waits on deck
Gwynn is at .333 on the season
Hunter is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Hunter gets the sign from Bullock
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Henderson dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Gwynn gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to second
Blade is waving everybody off
Gwynn is retired

Boggs leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Boggs is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Wade certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Hunter earn his salary
Boggs gets set for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Pflaggstettler reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
Two down

While Ryne Sandberg heads
for the on deck circle
Mark McGwire makes his way to the plate
Hunter has the sign he wants
Hunter goes into his stretch...
Looks at Henderson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Henderson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Hunter comes home
Hunter just misses outside
Ball four to McGwire

With two out
Batting for Late 20th now is Sandberg
Sandberg can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Sandberg is set
Owen checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
A high fastball...
Sandberg swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Nights
Jeff is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Sandberg was looking for the breaking ball
So that's it for Late 20th
They fail to score against Hunter
In the bottom of the 1st for Late 20th
No runs, no hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Gunner leading off
Piazza flashes the sign...
Maddux waves it off...
Now he's happy
The righthander Maddux's delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Winfield ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
With one down, up next is Billy Bullock
To be followed by Owen Hunter

Walking up to the plate now is Bullock
FOFC leading in the game
Bullock is batting .262 with
12 round trippers in 1900
Maddux steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Sandberg comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Maddux
The delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Piazza fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Bullock
That's the second out of the inning

Now batting will be the
pitcher, Owen Hunter
Hunter scuffs up the lines around the box
Maddux has the sign from Piazza
Maddux leans back and fires
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Hunter gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Sandberg grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Mike Piazza, Cal Ripken, and
Dave Winfield are due up
Piazza digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Hunter
Owen is ready
Hunter winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Piazza swings
It's a duck snort into shallow left field
Nights is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
One up, one down

One out, nobody on base
Cal Ripken is the batter
The righthander pitching to Ripken...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .259 average against Owen
Righthander Hunter's delivery
Ripken hits a fly ball to right
Stan Gunner camps under it
He's got it
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Hunter
Dave Winfield will be next up...

Two away, nobody on
Winfield comes to the plate for Late 20th
Dave takes a couple of practice cuts
Hunter is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The windup, the pitch
Winfield pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Pflaggstettler
Persimmon is there
He's got it for the out
That's all for the Modern Stars
in the bottom of the 2nd...
After 2 complete innings,
The All Stars lead by 1

FOFC will send Blade,
Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face
Greg Maddux this inning
So far this season
Blade is hitting .254
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade is set for the pitch
Maddux is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
Grounded to the right side
McGwire comes up with it
Waves off Maddux...
Runs to the bag
Out!
That's one away

Jeff Nights is coming to the plate
Jeff steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Nights grounded out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Nights awaits the delivery
Maddux goes into his windup
Here it comes
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Ripken...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two gone for FOFC

A. J. Tucker plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder
for FOFC appears set
Tucker, a switch-hitter, swinging
from the left side against the
right-handed Greg Maddux
Maddux looks down at Piazza for the sign
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Maddux
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza
Tucker was badly fooled by Maddux's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1
in their last ten games

Maddux is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hunter studies his sign
The righthander Hunter delivers
Curve in the dirt... and Maddux holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Bullock asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Maddux went around
Strike three, swinging
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Now batting will be Rickey Henderson
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads Late 20th by 1 run
And Owen studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
Hunter kicks and fires
Henderson fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of third
Palmer is over quickly
Easy out
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Hunter

Gwynn saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Looking for his first hit today
Gwynn is 0 for 1
Hunter steps on the rubber
The pitch to Gwynn...
Tony pops it up
And Nights makes the play
That does it in the bottom of the 3rd
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After 3 innings, FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Power hitting Jeeberoni
Potpie will lead off
FOFC's clean-up hitter will
see what he can do
against Late 20th's Greg Maddux
Jeeberoni is hitting at .292 on the year
He has 80 hits in 274 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 1
Potpie singled his last time up
Maddux steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Windup by Maddux
And the pitch
There's a fly ball to Dave Winfield
Winfield circles under it...
He makes the play
One gone for FOFC

Nobody on base, one away
Palmer steps into the batter's box
Palmer is hitting .298 against righties
Palmer waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
He brings it home
Palmer swings at a breaking ball...
It's going to be in there for a hit...
Rickey Henderson is after it...
Palmer is around first and
on his way to second
The throw is going to be late
He will be in there for a stand-up double
He is 1 for 2 now and has extended
his hitting streak to 11 games

Pflaggstettler strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today
Maddux eyes Pflaggstettler intently
Maddux brings it home
Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Palmer is out at home!
Trailing runner advances.

Stan Gunner, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Gunner
Maddux likes the sign
Maddux rocks and fires
He rips a grounder to second
Sandberg comes up with it
Over to McGwire
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for FOFC
After 3 and a half innings in
Late 20th this afternoon,
FOFC leads 1 to 0

The Modern Stars will send
Boggs, Mark McGwire, and Ryne Sandberg up
to the plate this inning
Wade is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He's batting .258 on the season
Right-hander Hunter prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Boggs
The righthander delivers
Hard ground ball to second
Taken by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
One down for Late 20th
Mark McGwire is still in
the on-deck circle
and Ryne Sandberg is looking
for a bat in the dugout

The first baseman, Mark McGwire
will be up next for Late 20th
Against righthanders
McGwire is hitting .232
McGwire waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch on the way, here it is...
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
Two up, two down for the Modern Stars

Sandberg coming up
FOFC out in front by 1 run
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Sandberg taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Sandberg waits patiently
Now the delivery, here is is...
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
This one would end the inning...
He makes the play
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII is crushing Japanese
League 11 to 1
Mays has hit his 23rd homerun
for NL Post WWII
Negro League I is on top
of Old Timers 2 to 0
Dead Ball Era and AL Post
WWII have yet to score
Negro League II and AL Pre
WWII are deadlocked at 2
Caribbean and Left Outs
are all knotted at 1
Tiant Sr. and Carlton currently dueling
Turn of Century and NL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 2
Young and Dean currently dueling

Bullock saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
The outfield shades towards
left for Bullock
Bullock awaits the pitch
And the righthander starts
to work on Bullock
Here comes the pitch
There's a towering fly ball hit by Bullock
Henderson sprints over,
and makes the catch
One up, one down for FOFC

Hunter digs in at the plate
Ready now for Maddux to come set
Hunter a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Maddux
Maddux is ready quickly
Greg comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
A hot shot on the ground to Ripken
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Hunter is out
And there's two away

Blade gets set at the plate
Blade is 0 for 2 today
Maddux asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Maddux's righthanded delivery...
Grounded down the line
Boggs grabs it
Over to McGwire
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
We're halfway through here
at Free Agent Field
After 4 and a half innings
FOFC on top 1 to 0
We'll be right back...

Leading off now for Late 20th is Piazza
Owen looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Piazza hits a deep fly
Gunner retreats toward the fence
He leaps...
He's got it!
Hunter gets the first out in the inning

Ripken is up now for Late 20th
Ripken is 0 for 1 today
Cal flied out last time up
Hunter is slow to get ready

He has a 5.21 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Ripken hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer
Palmer picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Ripken is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two up, two down for Late 20th
Hunter is moving along with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Walking up to the plate now is Winfield
Greg Maddux waits on deck
Time is called...
Winfield has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Dave steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch
Hunter brings it to the plate
A slider by Hunter
Winfield gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That does it for Late 20th
in the bottom of the 5th

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7/3 Radio Broadcast continued

Here's the shortstop Nights
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Nights has 22 doubles this year
Greg Maddux steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 3-2 offering
The pitch is just inside
and Nights holds up
Piazza points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Jeff trots down to first... ball four

Nights yells something to Maddux
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Nights is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Greg
No doubt he does!
Maddux continues to hold the runner close

Facing Maddux now is Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie heads to
the on deck circle
Deacon Palmer waits in the hole
A. J. comes to the plate batting .291
with 2 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Tucker readies himself for the pitch
Nights takes a walking lead
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Nights dives back in!...
SAFE!
McGwire tosses it back to Maddux
Now here's the pitch
Fastball, up in the strike zone
Swung on...
It's a swinging bunt...
Boggs charges in, barehands it
THROWS TO SECOND!...
OUT AT SECOND!
Score this one a force out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

NL Post WWII jumping all over
Japanese League 13 to 4
Negro League I is beating
Old Timers 5 to 1
AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Negro League II 6 to 3
Simmons has hit his 16th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Left Outs is on top of Caribbean 4 to 2
Turn of Century is beating
NL Pre WWII 6 to 2
And in our matchup FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Potpie is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Potpie saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Maddux
Potpie is hitting .290 versus
righties this year
Of his 21 homeruns,
15 came while facing righties
Potpie cocks his bat
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Piazza
Tucker dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Tucker made it back
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Tucker takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Maddux's pickoff move
Throw to first... SAFE!...
Close play...
Now Tucker is staying closer
He's off to the races!
The throw...
Tucker is in there under the tag
An easy one for Tucker
Number 15 this year
He's one of the best

Looks like they want nothing
to do with Palmer
Deacon is dangerous in situations
like this...
He's being put on to set up the force...

Pflaggstettler heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 today
Greg peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Maddux fires
He struck him out on a foul tip
Piazza held on to that heater
in on Pflaggstettler's fists
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors
While Late 20th has no runs,
no hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 5 stranded
Late 20th has failed to bring home 2

Maddux steps up to the plate for Late 20th
It's the bottom of the 6th
here at Free Agent Field
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Maddux steps out of the box...
Looks towards Jimmy Williams for a sign
Hunter ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now Owen delivers
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
So one up and one gone

Henderson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Henderson looks down toward the third
base coach, Jimmy Williams
Henderson tells the umpire he's ready
Now Owen delivers
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Pflaggstettler...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Henderson is on with a
bloop single to left

Henderson takes his lead
Slow curve...
Bullock has it...
It's a delayed steal... There he goes
Bullock is up, firing...
Brilliant throw by Bullock...
SAFE!!!
Henderson kicked the ball
out of the glove!
Stolen Base!
That ball was a rope and right on the bag!

Tony Gwynn steps into the box
Gwynn digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Hunter
He's ready for the delivery
Owen rocks and fires
Swung on and popped very high in the air
Blade trots under it
He's lost it!
He lunges for it...
Got it!
Look at that sheepish grin on his face

Boggs walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mark McGwire moves into the on deck circle
Late 20th needs some runs
Boggs is batting .257 with
3 homers this year
Hunter is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Hunter looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Hunter jams him with a fastball
Swung on and topped out toward short
Nights is up with it...
Over to Potpie at first
And Boggs beats it out!
Henderson advances on the play

The freckle-faced slugging Mark McGwire
is sauntering up to the plate
The red head stands 6'5" tall
Hunter is rubbing down the ball
He's going to have to be careful
against the Modern Stars slugger
Owen tends to offer up more
than his fair share of gopher balls
13 in 95 innings in 1900
to be exact
Hunter checks the runners
McGwire drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Henderson scores
Jimmy Williams is waving
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Boggs scores!
Double for McGwire

Modern Stars' second baseman Sandberg
is up next
Sandberg grips the bat handle
Sandberg, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Hunter
Here's his delivery
Sandberg smacks a fly to center
Tucker is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
A. J. takes it in
That's it for Late 20th
Here at Free Agent Field, After 6 innings,
Late 20th has 2 runs, 3 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC
Stan Gunner will step in to face Maddux
to start the top of the 7th
Billy Bullock, then Owen
Hunter will follow
FOFC needs some base runners, and soon
Gunner is 0 for 2 today
Another fine performance by Maddux tonight
Much of his success can be attributed
to his pin-point control
He has walked only 2
in today's contest and
just 27 in all of 1900
And this is in 130 innings!
Maddux brings it to the plate
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Gunner swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Piazza loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Stan as he was heading for the dugout
That's one away

Next up is Billy Bullock, the FOFC catcher
Maddux toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Piazza
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Curve...Swung on by Bullock...
Lined right back over the mound...
Through into center field for a single

Walking up to the plate now is Hunter
Barrett Blade waits on deck
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Modern Stars ballboy
1 down, Maddux ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
Maddux brings it to the plate
Hunter swings and misses
Strike three
Hunter didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
That's two away

Barrett Blade, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Barrett is hitting at .275 on the year
He has 53 hits in 193 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 3
Blade grounded out his last time up
Blade is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Bullock is dancing off first
Maddux looks at the runner
The pitch
Blade drives one into left
Rickey Henderson sprints
over to make the play
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
Late 20th this afternoon,
Late 20th on top 2 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Modern Stars will send
Piazza, Cal Ripken, and Dave Winfield up
to the plate this inning
Piazza is 0 for 2 today
Mike flied out last time up
Set now is Piazza
Now Owen delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Blade ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
And there's one away

Ripken is up now for Late 20th
Ripken wiggles the bat above his head
Hunter adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The kick and the pitch
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Ripken manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Blade cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Ripken is called out on a close play
Two down
Owen Hunter retires
the first two batters in a row

Winfield finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Winfield is 0 for 2 today
Hunter tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Way ahead in the count
Hunter turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Smash to second
Barrett Blade boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 1 miscue for Blade

First base coach Pat Corales wants
a word with Winfield...
Now we're all set to go...
Greg Maddux steps in
Maddux digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Hunter
The umpire says let's go
Maddux is ready
The pitch is on the way
A slider by Hunter
Maddux gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That is the third out for Late 20th here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 36980
Late 20th is making a defensive change
Carter will bat 6th and catch

Murray will bat 4th and play first

Jeff Nights is up to lead
off the top of the 8th
The FOFC shortstop is not the batter
Maddux would pick to face
to lead off an inning

He knows how to get on base...
And then things get even
worse for the defense
Nights is taking his practice swings
Jeff is 0 for 2 this afternoon
He drew a walk last time at bat
Greg Maddux on the mound for
the Modern Stars...
Maddux has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hit and 1 runs
Greg winds... kicks... and delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Maddux takes the flip from Murray
Score It: 3-1
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Tucker
Tucker is batting .290 with
2 round trippers in 1900
A. J. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Maddux's pitch
With a 2-2 count
Maddux kicks and fires
Tucker pounds a grounder toward
Sandberg at second
Ryne moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Sandberg stayed with it
Over to first and Tucker is retired
Nice play by the Late 20th second baseman
Two down

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie
Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this summer afternoon
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Potpie waits patiently
The righthander Maddux delivers
Long fly to left
Henderson has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Potpie is retired on a fairly deep fly
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 and a half innings
Late 20th has 2 runs, 3 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has one run,
5 hits and one error
FOFC has left 6 stranded
Late 20th has failed to bring home 4

The left fielder Henderson will
start things off for the Modern Stars
Henderson can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Henderson
The southpaw Knowles' delivery
Henderson hits one on the
ground to the left side
Rickey, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Palmer wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
One out
The Modern Stars have a 1 run lead


Here comes the Late 20th right
fielder, Tony Gwynn
Most believe he has quite
a future in the big leagues
Gwynn adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Tony is 0 for 3 this afternoon
Tony is ready for the delivery
Knowles fires
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
Two away now for Late 20th
They're ahead by 1
The Modern Stars have 3
hits on the afternoon

Wade Boggs, the superstitious
contact hitting
third baseman, is coming to the plate
Wade eats chicken for lunch EVERY day
Boggs has a .243 average against lefties
He's ready
The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Tucker quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Boggs dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Boggs with a single

Eddie Murray moves in to face Knowles
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th
Knowles gets the sign, it's one he likes
Knowles' 2 strike pitch...
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the Modern Stars
After 8 innings in Late
20th this afternoon,
Late 20th on top 2 to 1

Palmer saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Palmer is 1 for 2 today
Carter flashes the sign...
Maddux waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the 2 strike offering
There's a fly ball to Rickey Henderson
Henderson circles under it...
He makes the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
NL Post WWII beat up on Japanese
League 13 to 4
Nomo takes the loss, his
record drops to 1-12
Seaver the winner, he's now 10-1
Negro League I topped Old Timers 9 to 6
Dead Ball Era nipped AL Post WWII 3 to 2
Brett has hit his 13th homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII spanked Negro League II 8 to 3
Lyons the winner, he's now 11-1
Radcliffe takes the loss,
his record drops to 3-4
Caribbean edged out Left Outs 8 to 7
Jenkins takes the loss, his
record drops to 8-7
Martinez the winner, he's now 3-3
Turn of Century easily defeated
NL Pre WWII 7 to 2

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 3 today
Maddux squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Maddux kicks and delivers
Pflaggstettler hits a three
hopper towards Cal Ripken
Ripken scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two gone for FOFC

Stan Gunner will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
Maddux has a 5-hitter going
through 8 2/3 innings
Maddux brings it home
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gunner gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Sandberg grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
And that will do it for FOFC
Late 20th wins 2 to 1
Maddux gets credit for the win
Hunter takes the loss
The hitting star for Late 20th
was Mark McGwire
He was 1 for 2
And that wraps things up
So long from Late 20th.

[Breeze]

7/3 Boxscore


1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars 7/3/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .273 R.Henderson LF 3 1 1 0 .253
J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .287 T.Gwynn RF 4 0 0 0 .327
A.Tucker CF 4 1 1 0 .290 W.Boggs 3B 4 1 2 0 .262
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .289 M.McGwire 1B 2 0 1 2 .241
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .324 B-E.Murray 1B 1 0 0 0 .216
P.Pflaggstettler LF 4 0 1 0 .316 R.Sandberg 2B 3 0 0 0 .265
S.Gunner RF 4 0 0 0 .281 M.Piazza C 3 0 0 0 .284
B.Bullock C 3 0 1 0 .263 A-G.Carter C 0 0 0 0 .256
O.Hunter P 3 0 0 0 .040 C.Ripken SS 3 0 0 0 .301
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Winfield CF 3 0 0 0 .230
G.Maddux P 3 0 0 0 .054
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 32 1 5 0 Totals 29 2 4 2

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For McGwire In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Modern Stars.... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 2

[1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
O.Hunter LOSS(5-5) 7 3 2 2 2 1 0 92 5.25
B.Knowles 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.59
[1]Totals 8 4 2 2 2 1 0

[1]Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
G.Maddux WIN(10-5) 9 5 1 0 2 6 0 125 2.98
[1]Totals 9 5 1 0 2 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 36,980 DATE- Tuesday, July 3rd 1900 TIME- Day
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Modern Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Modern Stars: 0
ERRORS- B.Blade, R.Sandberg-2
DOUBLES- A.Tucker(10th), D.Palmer(13th), M.McGwire(6th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(15th), R.Henderson(19th)
WALKS- J.Nights, D.Palmer, R.Henderson, M.McGwire
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler, S.Gunner, B.Bullock,
O.Hunter, G.Maddux
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Wade Boggs robbed Jeff Nights of a base hit.

[Travis]

Great to see this back up and running.

[Breeze]

Great to see this back up and running.

Glad you're following along again.

[Breeze]

Radio Broadcast - JULY 4th - Game 88

Welcome to Overshadow Pk!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Left Outs and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Left Outs
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
He brings it home
A slider by Drysdale
Blade gets good wood on it...
Wilson back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One up, one down

Nights heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Nights looks to third for a sign
Drysdale is happy with the sign
Drysdale brings it to the plate
Slider, down and away...
Nights reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Foxx is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Goslin is hustling after it...
Nights with the big turn...
The throw from Goslin goes into second
And Nights holds at first

Tucker is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year
Drysdale adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Righthander Drysdale's delivery
Base hit to right for Tucker
Third base coach Dick Howser
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Nights...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Tucker at first

Drysdale glares in at Potpie
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
The outfield shades towards
left for Potpie
Potpie, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Drysdale
Drysdale goes into the stretch...
Watches the speedy Nights at third...
Looks at Tucker...
The pitch home
In there, called strike three
Potpie didn't like it

Pflaggstettler now at the plate
Harry Hays waits on deck
Pflaggstettler is batting .316
with 14 homers this year
He's ready
Drysdale kicks and fires
Change up, a gem...
Pflaggstettler is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Persimmon looked like Casey on that pitch
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning, for FOFC
No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
Left Outs is coming to bat

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Pflaggstettler in left...
Tucker in center...
And Gunner in right

The infield, third to first
Fouts will play the hot corner
The keystone combination
has Nights at short
and Blade at second
Over at first base is Potpie
Nielsen gets the nod as starter
Behind the dish is Hays
Left Outs second baseman, Billy
Herman, will lead off
Billy is hitting at .279 on the year
He has 43 hits in 154 at bats
Left Outs' leadoff hitter has
scored 28 runs this year
The umpire says let's go
Herman is ready
The pitch is on the way
High and away
Ball four
Herman is on to lead it off.

Cochrane squares around
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by D.Fouts
the throw to first...
Out
Cochrane gets the job done.
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Heilmann steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Heilmann looks down toward
the third base coach
Heilmann gets set for the pitch
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
Routine fly to right
Gunner starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Herman scampers back to second

While Hack Wilson heads for
the on deck circle
Jimmie Foxx makes his way to the plate
A base hit should score Herman
Nielsen steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
It's coming down the pike
Big motion...
Foxx is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen pulled the string on him
Rob Nielsen holds the Leftovers
scoreless in the first

Hays saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
We're in the top of the 2nd
Drysdale likes the sign
Drysdale brings it home
Fly ball to center
Wilson is under it
He makes the grab
FOFC with one away
Drysdale steps off the mound as
he waits for Stan Gunner to
come to the plate

And it brings up Stan Gunner
On deck is Dan Fouts
Rob Nielsen in the hole
Don looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 2 strike pitch
High heater...
Ripped at...
Gunner hits a long fly ball...
It's going way back...
It's out of here!
A home run!!

Happy Fourth of July!
There was some fireworks
off the bat of Gunner

Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box
Fouts waits for the delivery
Herman comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Drysdale
The delivery
Fastball, at the letters...
Fouts crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Wilson running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 10 for Fouts this year!

Drysdale glares in at Nielsen
Rob Nielsen just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Nielsen goes through his
routine of settling in
Drysdale toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Cochrane
With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch
It's popped behind home plate
Cochrane throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Rob Nielsen is out
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Barrett
Blade to get a new bat
Let's point out that FOFC is 8 and
2 in their last ten games

Barrett Blade will step in
to face Drysdale next
If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow
Drysdale steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The righthander Drysdale's delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Blade went around
Strike three, swinging
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings,
FOFC ahead 2 to 0

To lead off this inning is Hack Wilson
Left Outs needs a pair to tie this game
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
With a 2 strike count, the pitch
He rips a grounder to first
Potpie comes up with it
HE BOBBLES THE BALL!
Score It: E3
Wilson to first

The first baseman, Frank
Robinson, is up next
Robinson is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Robinson tells the umpire he's ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Nielsen loses him
Robinson heads down to first

The Leftovers' left fielder is up next
Left Outs has 2 on board with no outs
Rob gets the sign from Hays
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Goslin pokes out a soft fly into center
Tucker will have to come a long way
He's really moving...
A. J. dives...
He slides.... and has...Wait!!
The umpire waits to see if he holds on...
He's out!
What a great play by A. J. Tucker!
My, oh my
Nielsen would have to agree
That's one away

Arky Vaughan steps into the box
Vaughan digs in
O.K. Vaughan is ready
He rocks and fires
WATCH OUT!
Nielsen has hit Vaughan!

That'll bring up pitcher
Don Drysdale...
FOFC out in front by 2
We're in the bottom of the 2nd
Nielsen asks for a new ball...
Rubs it down to get the shine off it...
Now he steps on the rubber again
Now Rob delivers
It's hit high and deep
Persimmon Pflaggstettler giving chase
He's at the fence
HE JUMPS . . .
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Score It: 7
Two gone for Left Outs

Herman steps in
Two out, Vaughan at first,
Robinson at second
Herman looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Herman waits on Nielsen
Here's his delivery
Bounced towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for the Leftovers
in the 2nd inning
They get 1 run across
We go to the 3rd...
It's All Stars 2, Leftovers 1

Nights saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Drysdale squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The righthander Drysdale delivers
Curve ball...
Nights swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th is giving it to
Japanese League 5 to 0
Caribbean is on top of Negro
League I 2 to 0
Negro League II leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Beckwith has hit his 17th homerun
for Negro League II
AL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Gehringer has hit his 8th
homerun for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
And here in Left Outs FOFC on top 2 to 1

That will bring up center
fielder, A. J. Tucker
A. J. will be facing the
right-handed Drysdale
from the left side of the plate
The switch hitter is 1 for 1 today
He singled in his last at bat
A. J. is ready for the delivery
Here's the 0-1 offering
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Heilmann in right...
Picking it up in a hurry is Heilmann...
Tucker takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Potpie pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Drysdale
Left Outs is set up for two
Drysdale ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The pitch to Potpie...
Potpie sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Wilson
Wilson gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get
a crack at Drysdale next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Pflaggstettler
can reach safely
Drysdale has the sign he wants
Drysdale brings it to the plate
There's a ground ball into the hole
Foxx and Vaughan converge on it
It's picked by Vaughan who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

Planting his right foot
Hays is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Hays
Time is called...
Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Drysdale waves it off...
Now he's happy
Drysdale rocks and fires
He struck him out on a foul tip
Cochrane held on to that heater
in on Hays' fists
That retires the side...
Harry Hays fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Mickey Cochrane, Harry Heilmann, and
Jimmie Foxx are due up
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Cochrane at the plate
Nielsen is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Nielsen gets the sign from Hays
Now ready, here it is...
Comebacker, right to Nielsen
Over to Potpie for the easy out
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 3rd

Nobody on base, one away
Heilmann steps into the batter's box
Harry is batting .308 with 16
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 1 today
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Harry gets the bat back...
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Heilmann swings and lines
it on the nose to left
Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Heilmann rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

One on, one out
Foxx walks to the batter's box
FOFC is set up for two
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.14 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
The Whiff!
Nielsen punches Foxx out!

Wilson is up now for Left Outs
We'll see how they pitch to Wilson
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Wilson
The southpaw's 2-2 delivery
Base hit to right for Wilson
Tony LaRussa puts up the stop sign...
Heilmann will stay at second

Robinson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Before getting ready
Robinson checks out the
defensive alignment
Robinson is waiting on the pitch
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Nielsen comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Robinson
As Frank swings right through
it for strike three
That's three outs, side retired

Bottom of the order for FOFC coming to bat
The right fielder, Stan
Gunner will lead off
Drysdale looks down at Cochrane
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
And the delivery by Drysdale
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks
OH, those bases on balls!

Fouts scuffs up the lines in the box
Now he is ready
Fouts looks for the sign
He's 1 for 1 so far this evening
All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch
Now Don delivers
Strike three swinging
A throw down to first is not in time
Cochrane tried to catch Gunner napping
Robinson not bothering to tag
Gunner; the throw was late
But Fouts is retired on the strike out
Number 6 on the evening for Drysdale
One down for FOFC
Rob Nielsen is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Nielsen squares
He bunts the ball . . .
Fielded by F.Robinson
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Force Play To 1st Baseman
Score It: 3-6
The runner on first, Gunner, is out
And there's two away

Blade gets set at the plate
Blade digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Drysdale
Blade gets ready for Drysdale's pitch
His bat is cocked
The stretch... the 3-2 delivery
Blade laces a clean base
hit into the outfield
He rounds first, but will hold there
Nielsen moves up 90 feet

Nights digs in at the plate
Ready now for Drysdale to come set
Nights has a .283 average against
righthanders this season
Jeff seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Drysdale looks over at Blade...
Now back at Nielsen...

He's coming home with it
Ripped to third, but right
at Foxx...easy out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 4th

Goose Goslin is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Left
Outs to get things going
Goslin is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Goose certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Nielsen earn his salary
Goslin awaits the delivery
Nielsen is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Goslin rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Goslin is around first, heading for two...
Pflaggstettler is up with it
and fires it in quickly
Goose pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
Left Outs left fielder
Goose also ups his hitting
streak to 8 games!
That is Goslin's 1st hit today

Arky Vaughan will make his
way to home plate
He's the shortstop for Left Outs
Nielsen steps on the rubber
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Vaughan laces a hit into the outfield
Gunner picks it up and fires
it to the infield
Vaughan holds with a single

Drysdale looks to lay one down
Drysdale lays down a great bunt!
He might beat it out...
Fielded by H.Hays
the throw to first...
Out
Drysdale gets the job done.
One out
The Leftovers tie the game on the play

So that brings up Billy Herman
the Left Outs second baseman
Nielsen studies his sign
We've got a full count...
Nielsen winds and fires...
Flyball to left
it's caught
Vaughan has a chance to move up...
Vaughan will hold at second base

Here's Mickey Cochrane
Cochrane is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Cochrane swings...
And hits nothing but air!
Strike three!
Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball!
4 on the evening for Nielsen
That's all for the Leftovers...
After 4 innings here at Overshadow
Pk in Left Outs,
We're all tied up at 2

FOFC will send Tucker,
Jeeberoni Potpie, and Persimmon
Pflaggstettler to face
Don Drysdale this inning
Tucker will be batting lefty
versus Drysdale
The switch hitter is 2 for 2 today
.293 average on the year
Last time up A. J. singled
Drysdale tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Drysdale's 0-2 pitch...
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into center by Tucker
That's 3 hits for Tucker this game

Potpie steps in
Tucker's trying to rattle Don Drysdale
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting
.284 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Right-hander Drysdale prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Potpie
The pitch is on the way
It's hit high and deep
This one is deep!
Back she goes! Back! Back!! Back!!!
HEY-HEY!!!!
Potpie takes Drysdale downtown!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 22nd
home run of the year.

The left fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will be up next for FOFC
Drysdale eyes Pflaggstettler intently
Drysdale's righthanded delivery...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Vaughan plays it on one hop
Over to Robinson...
Out of there!
One gone in the top of the 5th
Up next is Harry Hays
He's having a fine year so far

FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Stepping out, Hays looks into the dugout
Steps back in
After getting set, Hays waits on the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Dribbler in front of home
Taken by Cochrane
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 2-3
FOFC on top 4 to 2 with
two away this inning

Gunner coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Gunner grips the bat handle
Gunner waits
He brings it home
Right down the middle... strike three
Gunner must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 6 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 6

Heilmann is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Heilmann is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .310 on the year
Nielsen asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
The southpaw delivers the 2-1 pitch
Heilmann hits a screamer at Dan Fouts
Fouts picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Heilmann is out!
Nice play by Potpie
One down for Left Outs
Jimmie Foxx is still in the on-deck circle
and Hack Wilson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

"The Beast" settles in...
Foxx is 0 for 2 today, with 2 strike outs
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The lefty Nielsen delivers
That's hit down the line
Persimmon Pflaggstettler giving chase
It's over his head
Foxx running hard out of the box
Pflaggstettler has the ball
He's around second
HEADING FOR THIRD
THREE BAGGER FOR Foxx!

Hack Wilson makes his way to home plate
Wilson is 1 for 2 today
Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen
Now to the belt, here it is...
Hard slider...
And Wilson takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That's the second out of the inning
Left Outs needs a win
They are 6th in the standings
19.0 games out of the National lead

"Robbie" is sauntering up to the plate
Robinson is 0 for 1 today
Frank struck out last time around
He's ready for the delivery
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
A high hopper to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Robinson fails to come through
in the clutch
For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

Fouts steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the top of the 6th at Overshadow Pk
Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers
The tall righty shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Drysdale has an exploding fastball
and great control
Don is not afraid to throw
the knockdown pitch
if your crowding the plate
Drysdale is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Fouts held up, and draws a walk
Drysdale isn't happy at all with that call

Nielsen shows bunt
It's a beauty! Right down
the 3rd base line...
Foxx charges... he fires to first
He gets the batter, but the runner
Fouts goes to 2nd...
A sacrifice for Nielsen
With one down, up next is Barrett Blade
To be followed by Jeff Nights

That brings up Barrett Blade,
the second baseman
One out, man on second
And Don studies the sign from Cochrane...
Now he's got it
Drysdale fires
Grounded towards the sack
Foxx grabs it
Over to Robinson
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
Two down

Nights is now up for FOFC tonight
FOFC leading here in the sixth
A base hit should score Fouts
Drysdale is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Drysdale looks back towards second...

The pitch
It's a shallow fly by Nights
Wilson runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Nights is out
That's it for FOFC
Here at Overshadow Pk, After
5 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 7 on base
Left Outs has stranded 7

The Leftovers will send
Goslin, Arky Vaughan, and Don Drysdale up
to the plate this inning
Goose is batting at .298
with 17 home runs
He is 1 for 2 so far today
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
A jug-handled curve
Goslin goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Gunner will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Goose Goslin

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Arky Vaughan
Leftovers with 1 runner on base
The All Stars lead, 4-2
Vaughan is one of the best hitters around
Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Rob has a 12 and 4 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
And there's one away

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Jackie Robinson will bat for Don Drysdale
It will be the righthand hitting, Robinson
against the lefty Nielsen
Robinson is hitting southpaws
for a .266 average

One away, Goslin at first
Robinson is coming to the plate
Robinson has a .266 average
against lefthanders
He is .276 overall
Nielsen is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Nielsen needs to come in with this one
Smashed to the mound
Nielsen grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 1-4
The runner on first, Goslin, is out
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Late 20th besting Japanese League 5 to 0
Caribbean is in front of
Negro League I 5 to 2
Mendez comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Negro League II leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of AL Post WWII 8 to 2
Gehringer has hit his 8th
homerun for AL Pre WWII
Old Timers is edging NL Pre WWII 3 to 2
And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 2

Herman makes his way to home plate
Left Outs down by 2 runs
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Robinson
He lobs one to Potpie...
Robinson is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Ground ball to first
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3

Early Wynn will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Early has appeared in 50 games this season
with a record of 2-7
In 94 innings, he has an 4.71 ERA
Don Drysdale has finished his work
here this evening

A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Tucker taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Early is ready
Early rocks and fires
Slow ground ball
Foxx is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One up, one down

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie taps the bat on home
Potpie is waiting for the pitch
He deals
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Potpie!

Now batting will be Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
The left fielder is walking to the plate
One on... one out
FOFC up by 2
Against righthanders
Pflaggstettler is hitting .319
Pflaggstettler waits patiently
Wynn kicks and fires
Pflaggstettler sends a scorcher to short
Vaughan takes it on one hop
Fires to Herman for one
Back to Robinson for the double play!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 7 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 8

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7/4 - Radio Broadcast continued

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Cochrane heads for the plate
leading off this inning for Left Outs
Cochrane steps out of the box...
Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign
Cochrane waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
With a 2-1 count
Nielsen kicks and fires
There's a fly ball to Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler circles under it...
He makes the play
With one gone
Left Outs will have Harry
Heilmann coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Heilmann saunters to the plate
FOFC leads by 2
We're in the bottom of the 7th
Against lefthanders
Heilmann is hitting .385 this season
Heilmann is set
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Fouts is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Foxx gets set at the plate
Foxx looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
The count even at 2-2
Nielsen leans back and fires
Low fastball...
Foxx swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Potpie snags it moving to his right
Leads Nielsen perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Foxx for the out
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 7 innings
FOFC on top, 4-2

Harry Hays, Stan Gunner, and
Dan Fouts are due up
Hays is batting .339 with
9 round trippers in 1900
The right-hander Wynn is
set to deliver to Hays
The pitch to Hays...
High heater...
Ripped at...
Hays hits a long fly ball...
It's going way back...
It's out of here!
A home run!!

Happy Fourth of July!
There was some fireworks
off the bat of Hays

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gunner is hitting .280 against righties
Gunner is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Wynn
He's waiting for the pitch
Wynn quick pitches him
Gunner starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Wynn walks him

Dan Fouts steps up to the plate
Gunner, with excellent speed, is at first
Gunner takes his lead
Early Wynn on in relief of Don Drysdale
The righthander delivers
Grounded towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Robinson
Wynn takes the flip from Robinson
Score It: 3-1
That's one away

Pounding the plate with his bat
Gonzalez awaits the pitch
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Gonzalez at the plate
Gonzalez is ready
Wynn brings it to the plate
Groundball to back to the mound
Gunner is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Gonzalez is out

The second baseman, Blade, is ready to bat
FOFC ahead 5 to 2 in the top of the 8th
Blade swinging from the right side
facing the righty Wynn
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
Righthander Wynn's delivery
Blade laces a hit into the outfield
Goose Goslin picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Blade holds at first

Sparky Anderson is visiting the mound...
He's going to leave Wynn in the game
Blade sneaks away from the base
Wynn tosses another quick one to first...
Even the speedy Blade looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead

Jeff Nights will get a crack at Wynn next
A. J. Tucker would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Nights steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeff is 1 for 4 today
Nights is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Wynn
He's waiting for the pitch
"Gus" fires it home...
He rips a grounder to short
Vaughan grabs it
Over to Robinson
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Late 20th is giving it to
Japanese League 5 to 0
Franco enjoying the big Late 20th lead
Caribbean is in front of
Negro League I 5 to 2
Negro League II is edging
Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Redding battling McGinnity
AL Pre WWII bombing AL Post WWII 11 to 3
Gehringer has hit his 8th
homerun for AL Pre WWII
Old Timers leads NL Pre WWII 5 to 4
Bond battling Vance

Wilson saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900
He's 0-0 in 28 appearances so far
Knowles fires
Wilson cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Wilson was badly fooled by Knowles'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Hack was a little overanxious
One out
Frank Robinson is due up next

Robinson walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Goose Goslin moves into the on deck circle
Left Outs needs some runs
FOFC leads 6 to 2
The righthander pitching to Robinson...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .245 average
against Sammy
And the delivery by Knowles
A slider by Knowles
Robinson gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two away for Left Outs
They trail FOFC by 4
They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs
Never a good sign when
those two numbers are equal

Walking up to the plate now is Goslin
Arky Vaughan waits on deck
Goslin looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
2 for 3 on the day for Goose
All set, Goslin is ready for the pitch
Knowles brings it home
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Goslin gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
The Leftovers are retired
It's 6-2 as we come to the 9th

Ahead by 4 runs here in the top of the 9th
FOFC hopes to add to their lead
The heart of their line-up is coming up
Tucker is batting .295 with
2 HR's this year
Wynn tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the righthander's delivery
It is a slow change...
Tucker's not at all fooled
He hits it squarely...
It is heading out to right-center
almost on a line...
Very well hit ball by A. J.
Wilson is running after it...
He hopes to play it off the fence
He picks it up on the second bounce
He turns and gets it back into the infield
Tucker slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the FOFC center fielder

That'll bring up All Stars' first
baseman Jeeberoni Potpie...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Early looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 1-1 offering
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Vaughan
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And there's one away

Pflaggstettler strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Wynn shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Early has a fine array of pitches
and he is not afraid to throw
a knockdown pitch either!
Here's his delivery
Hard ground ball to short
Vaughan comes up with it
Over to Robinson
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
Two away

Cochrane heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Hays.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Hays on
Hays watches ball four
He takes his base

Stan Gunner plants his left foot
The lefthanded right fielder
for FOFC appears set
Stan is hitting at .284 on the year
He has 46 hits in 162 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 2
Gunner drew a walk his last time up
Stan is eagerly awaiting Wynn's pitch
And the cripple pitch...
And a quick throw to first by Wynn
But Hays is back easily...
Now to the plate... low, ball four...
That loads 'em up

Slowly coming up is Fouts for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 6 to 2
Fouts is having quite a good game tonight
He is 1 for 3 with 1 home run
Dan is set for the pitch
Here comes the cripple pitch
Fouts laces a clean base
hit into the outfield
He rounds first, but will hold there
That will get one runner
home, but that's it
The bases remain loaded

There is going to be a change in pitchers
Early Wynn will hit the showers
Herb Pennock will be coming on in relief
We are in the top of the 9th
here at Overshadow Pk
FOFC leads 7 to 2

Two on, two outs...
Treacy steps to the plate
Treacy, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw Herb Pennock
Treacy is poised and ready for the pitch
A check on the runners... the pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Taken by Vaughan
Over to second for the force
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Fouts, is out
That's all she wrote for this inning
FOFC has 7 runs, 13 hits and one error
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 11 baserunners
stranded today

Arky Vaughan up first for Left Outs
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Kronside has the sign from Hays
We've got a full count...
Kronside winds and fires...
It's a routine fly into right
Gunner ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One gone for Left Outs

Left Outs announces a pinch
hitter for Herb Pennock
Lou Boudreau will come in to face
the right handed Kronside
He carries a .167 average
as a pinch hitter
Against righties he is hitting
.208 this year

The Leftovers are down
to their last 2 outs
It will be up to Lou Boudreau
Jace is ready
The windup, the pitch
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Fouts
It's by him...
Pflaggstettler comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Boudreau to a single

Billy Herman is up next
Left Outs' second baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
Herman is taking his practice swings
Billy is 0 for 3 this evening
He grounded out last time at bat
Herman waiting on the delivery
Kronside goes into his stretch...
Looks at Boudreau...
He fires one to Potpie...
Boudreau dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Kronside comes home
It's popped up into foul territory
Harry Hays is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 2
Two gone for Left Outs
Time is running out for them

Two outs, with a man at first
Cochrane is the next batter
Cochrane is taking his practice swings
Mickey is 0 for 3 this evening
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside waves it off...
Now he's happy
The stretch... the delivery
Cochrane raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Gunner is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Nights
No chance to get Boudreau at third

Harry Heilmann, the Leftovers'
right fielder is up next
Left Outs has 2 men on with 2 outs
Kronside steps on the rubber
Kronside checks the runners
at first and third
Boudreau bluffs a move toward home
Kronside doesn't flinch
Here's the 2-0 offering
Heilmann pokes it to left
It drops in front of Pflaggstettler
Left Outs narrows the lead by a run
FOFC ahead 7 to 3

Jimmie Foxx moves in to face Kronside
2 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 9th
The outfield is shading Foxx towards left
He's 1 for 4 today
Kronside likes the sign
He brings it home
Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Foxx goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Jimmie Foxx

The free swinging, power hitting
center fielder, Hack Wilson,
is coming up to bat
Kronside studies his sign
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
There's a drive to right by Wilson
Gunner scoops it up
Fires it to second
Wilson turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Gunner

Wilson inches slowly away from the bag
Kronside holds the runner

Frank Robinson is coming to the plate
Robinson has hit 10 home runs this year
Right-hander Kronside eyes
the righty Robinson
Kronside's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Wilson dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Kronside
Now here's the pitch
Changeup, Robinson was looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Tucker is at the warning track...
Waits...
Off the fence!
Robinson's headed for third...
Triple for Frank Robinson!
Neither Pflaggstettler nor Tucker
could get to that one
Wilson scores from first

Settling in at the plate is Goslin
Goose seems to always make contact
He rarely strikes out
Today he is 2 for 4...
Naturally with no strike outs
Goslin is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Sal Maglie wants a few words
with his pitcher
He is telling Knowles how to pitch Goslin
It will all be riding on this pitch
Now the All Stars coach
returns to the dugout
Knowles' ready to go...
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 2-0 pitch
Drilled on the ground to second
Blade grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
And we go to extra innings!
Steve Carlton will be coming
on to pitch for Left Outs
Steve has appeared in 23 games this season
with a record of 4-4
In 121 innings, he has an 5.74 ERA
Herb Pennock has finished his work
here this evening

Barrett Blade leads off for FOFC
Jeff Nights and A. J. Tucker will follow
FOFC will be looking to score
one to take the lead
We are late in the game
Blade has managed a .347 average
against lefthanders this year
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Wilson quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Blade dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Blade with a single

Blade at first, nobody out
Nights comes to the plate
Nights is 1 for 5 today
He gets the sign from the third base coach
He may well be bunting with no one down
The score is tied
Jeff is a good bat handler
Foxx and Robinson inch in on the grass
Nights, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Carlton
The pitch is on the way
Hit and run...
Broken bat ground ball to first
Robinson takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Tucker, FOFC's center fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Tucker wiggles the bat above his head
Carlton adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Carlton brings it to the plate
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Tucker watches it go by
for the third strike
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Carlton
Steve nods "UH HUH"

Sparky Anderson will go to his bullpen
It'll be Ferguson Jenkins here
in the top of the 10th
We're all tied up at 7
Jenkins has a 8 and 7 record
in 26 appearances with a 5.49 ERA
While Jenkins throws a few to Cochrane,
let's check the Strat-O-Matic
scoreboard...
These scores are final...
Late 20th toppled Japanese League 5 to 1
Caribbean downed Negro League I 5 to 3
Negro League II edged out
Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII humbled AL Post WWII 11 to 3
NL Pre WWII nipped Old Timers 6 to 5
Vance the winner, he's now 5-3
Bond takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-2

Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Jenkins looks down at Cochrane
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Ferguson delivers
Grounded towards the middle
Taken by Vaughan
He throws wild!
Score It: Single + E6
Blade scores from second!
Potpie to second

Pflaggstettler walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Persimmon is batting at
.314 with 14 home runs
He is 1 for 5 so far today
Pflaggstettler tells the umpire he's ready
Jenkins brings it to the plate
A high and inside fastball
Ball four!
Just under the chin of Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Persimmon gives Jenkins a steely stare
Now he trots down to first

That'll bring up Harry Hays
Stan Gunner will follow
if Hays gets aboard
Cochrane is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Jenkins' pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Hays steps into the box
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 1 for 4 today with 1 home run
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Jenkins shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the 0-2 offering
Pops one up to center field
Wilson ranges over
It's an easy out
Score It: 8
That's it for FOFC
Here at Overshadow Pk, After
9 and a half innings,
FOFC has 8 runs, 15 hits and one error
While Left Outs has 7 runs,
12 hits and one error
FOFC has left 13 on base
Left Outs has stranded 9

Vaughan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Vaughan is batting .325
with 9 HR's this year
Bo peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Vaughan lays one down to
the left of the mound
Knowles and Hays are after it
Knowles is up with it
Over to first
Safe by two steps!
Great bunt!
Bunt single for Arky Vaughan

Now batting for Left Outs...
Chick Hafey...
He'll pinch hit for Ferguson Jenkins
Hafey with a .286 average on the season

Making his way up is Hafey
Hafey has a .222 average
against lefthanders
He is .286 overall
Hays flashes the sign to Knowles
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Vaughan dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
Fastball, right over the plate
Hafey gives it a good cut...
And connects!
It is sailing to deep left
Persimmon Pflaggstettler turns
and races back to the fence
He measures it carefully...
Jumps and...
He's got it!
Nice play by Pflaggstettler
So that will retire Hafey on
a very deep fly to left
Vaughan hauls buggy back to first
as the ball comes in on a line
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Knowles
Bo nods his head

Billy Herman steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Vaughan is at first
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Herman looks to third for a sign
He's ready
Knowles brings it to the plate
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch

Cochrane moseys up to the plate
Harry Heilmann is heading
for the on-deck circle
Cochrane steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Bo gets the sign from Hays
The southpaw Knowles' delivery
Hot shot grounded to second
Taken by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 8 to 7
Knowles gets credit for the win
Carlton takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

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7/4 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/4/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 6 1 3 1 .280 B.Herman 2B 5 0 0 0 .270
J.Nights SS 6 0 1 0 .285 M.Cochrane C 5 1 1 0 .271
A.Tucker CF 6 2 4 0 .296 H.Heilmann RF 5 1 2 1 .310
J.Potpie 1B 5 1 2 2 .291 J.Foxx 3B 5 1 2 3 .308
P.Pflaggstettler LF 5 0 1 0 .314 H.Wilson CF 5 2 2 0 .300
H.Hays C 5 1 1 1 .340 F.Robinson 1B 4 0 1 1 .266
S.Gunner RF 2 2 1 1 .284 G.Goslin LF 5 1 2 0 .299
D.Fouts 3B 4 1 2 2 .241 A.Vaughan SS 4 0 2 0 .328
R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .125 D.Drysdale P 0 0 0 2 .000
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .295 A-J.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .276
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .167
C-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .270 H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .125
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-L.Boudreau PH 1 1 1 0 .243
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Carlton P 0 0 0 0 .263
F.Jenkins P 0 0 0 0 .250
E-C.Hafey PH 1 0 0 0 .267
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 43 8 15 7 Totals 41 7 13 7

A-Pinch Hit For Drysdale In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Pennock In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 10th Inning

All Stars....... 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 - 8 15 1
Leftovers....... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 7 13 1

[1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Nielsen 7 6 2 1 2 5 0 124 3.10 A1 D4
S.Knowles 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.69 D5 D7
J.Kronside 0 2/3 6 5 5 0 0 1 26 2.37 D8 E6
B.Knowles WIN(6-3) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 4.41 E7
Totals 10 13 7 6 2 6 1

[1]Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Drysdale 6 9 4 4 2 7 3 115 6.99
E.Wynn 2 2/3 4 3 3 3 0 1 55 4.86
H.Pennock 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.68
S.Carlton LOSS(4-5) 0 2/3 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 5.71
F.Jenkins 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 5.48
Totals 10 15 8 7 6 8 4

ATTENDANCE- 34,899 DATE- Wednesday, July 4th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 4:15
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:13 Leftovers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Leftovers: 1
ERRORS- J.Potpie, A.Vaughan
DOUBLES- A.Tucker(11th), G.Goslin(14th)
TRIPLES- J.Foxx(4th), F.Robinson(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(22nd), H.Hays(10th), S.Gunner(11th), D.Fouts(10th),
J.Foxx(22nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Nielsen, M.Cochrane, D.Drysdale
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Drysdale
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, H.Hays, S.Gunner-3, D.Fouts, B.Herman, F.Robinson
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie, A.Vaughan
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, J.Nights, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler, H.Hays,
S.Gunner, D.Fouts, M.Cochrane, J.Foxx-2, H.Wilson-2, F.Robinson
GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler

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Dynasty Update

I am planning to post the standings tonight following the game, so you can see where all the teams stand.

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Manager's Update

I sit in my office, rubbing my head. Thank goodness we won that one. That would have been 3 straight losses and an ugly one at that...up 7 to 2 in the 9th with a pen that includes the Knowles brothers and Kronside and we have to go to extra-innings. Whew...

I probably should have pulled Kronside, but he looks so good early, and he only needed to get 1 more out...I wanted to give hiim a chance to get out of the mess he had created, but I shouldn't have let it go that far. That's a bad job of managing on my part. Thankfully, it only hurt us in that Bo had to come in and throw 26 or so pitches.

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7/5 Radio Broadcast - Game 89

Welcome everyone to Overshadow Pk
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Barrett Blade prepares to face Sutton
let's check out the Left Outs defense
At first base is McCovey
Foxx is down at the hot corner
Robinson and Vaughan
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Goslin,
Snider and Heilmann
and now Cochrane is just
settling in behind the plate
Now Don delivers
Sinking fastball...
Blade swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at Foxx...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights is batting .285 with
9 homers this year
Sutton squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Way ahead in the count
Sutton turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Nights gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Robinson grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's two away

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Sutton to come set
Tucker is at .296 on the season
The right-hander Sutton is
set to deliver to Tucker
Robinson comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Sutton
The delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 66 on the season for Sutton
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 1st

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Pflaggstettler in left...
Tucker in center...
And Gunner in right

The infield, third to first
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Babson gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the dish is Bullock
Left Outs second baseman, Jackie
Robinson, will lead off
So far this season
Robinson is hitting .279
when facing righthanded pitching
And Brian studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
Here is the 2 strike pitch
Robinson is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
And there's one away

Mickey Cochrane, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Cochrane looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Babson looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Now to the belt, here it is...
Cochrane sends a routine
ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Babson
Easy out
Two gone for Left Outs

The right fielder, Harry Heilmann
will be up next for Left Outs
Heilmann is a tough man
up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Harry certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Babson earn his salary
Babson looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Slider, outside...
Heilmann reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Palmer...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Potpie in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Potpie is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Heilmann

Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Snider
Duke is set for the pitch
Now Brian delivers
Swung on and missed...
Snider is down on strikes
Brian Babson holds the Leftovers
scoreless in the first

Potpie saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Potpie having a great year in 1900
He is 9th in the league
in slugging average
with a fine .567 mark
He also has 22 home runs
Potpie awaits the delivery
Sutton winds and delivers
Potpie hits a deep fly
Goslin retreats toward the fence
He leaps...
He's got it!
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

One away, nobody on base
Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate
Sutton rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
We've got a full count...
Sutton winds and fires...
Pflaggstettler takes a vicious cut
Pops it up...
Cochrane is gliding toward the dugout
Watch out! He fell into the dugout!
The umpire is right there
No catch!
Cochrane signals that he's OK
. . . Pflaggstettler back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Pflaggstettler drives one into center
Duke Snider sprints over to make the play
Sutton gets the second out of the inning
I was talking to Don before the game about
how he pitches to various batters
He said he goes over the batters
before the game
with Sparky Anderson and Cochrane
When he gets on the mound
he doesn't like to think too much
He says it gives him "brain cramps"!
Considering his current ERA of 7.55
he needs to do something different!

Palmer, FOFC's third baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Stan Gunner waits on deck
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Sutton
Deacon stands with bat ready
The initial offering to Palmer
is on its way...
Deacon raps a high bouncer toward third
Foxx snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
So ends the top of the 2nd
For FOFC
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 1 and a half innings, No score

Here's the third baseman Foxx
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Goose Goslin
And then Willie McCovey
Babson peers in for the sign
Brian has allowed only 4 home runs
versus righties this year
And this is in over 120 innings
But Jimmie is no ordinary hitter
Babson leans back and fires
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for Brian Babson today
109 on the year
With one gone
Left Outs will have Goose Goslin coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Nobody on base, one away
Goslin steps into the batter's box
Goslin has 14 doubles this year
Goslin waits for the pitch
Babson brings it to the plate
Goslin cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Goslin was badly fooled by Babson's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Goose was a little overanxious
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Japanese League slipping
by Late 20th 3 to 1
Caribbean is giving it to
Negro League I 5 to 0
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
II have yet to score
AL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Ryan battling Faber
Old Timers slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0

McCovey coming up for Left Outs
Nobody on, two away
McCovey can't seem to get
settled at the plate
McCovey waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
And the delivery by Babson
He decked him!
This draws a reaction from the crowd
The umpire signals him to first
It nipped him on the arm on the way down

Vaughan now at the plate
Don Sutton waits on deck
Arky seems to always make contact
He rarely strikes out
A good man for the hit and run
Vaughan is set for the pitch
Babson rocks and fires
Here's the change up...
Waiting on it...
Vaughan drives one over Gunner's head...
Gunner backing up quickly...
He's got his legs twisted...
But he rights himself in time
Gunner recovers and makes the grab
That's all for the Leftovers...
After 2 innings here at Overshadow
Pk in Left Outs,
No score

Gunner is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Don Sutton steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Gunner hits a fly ball to right
Harry Heilmann camps under it
He's got it
That's one away

FOFC catcher, Billy Bullock, is up next
Sutton steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Sutton brings it to the plate
Bullock hits a three hopper
towards Arky Vaughan
Vaughan scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Sutton
Don nods "UH HUH"

Pounding the plate with his bat
Babson awaits the pitch
Sutton adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The righthander Sutton's delivery
A hot shot on the ground to Vaughan
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Babson is out
That's three outs, side retired

The pitcher Sutton
will lead off for the Leftovers
He'll be followed by Jackie Robinson
And then Mickey Cochrane
Sutton scuffs up the lines around the box
Babson tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Righthander Babson's delivery
Don Sutton offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Sutton couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Jeff Nights for the out
Sutton never even left the batter's box
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 3rd

Making his way up is Robinson
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Robinson looks for a sign from third
Tony LaRussa delivers it to Jackie
Jackie is 0 for 1 today
struck out his last at bat
Robinson is waiting on the pitch
Babson kicks and fires
Right down the middle... strike three
Robinson must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in order

Up now for Left Outs is Cochrane
Two away, nobody on
Cochrane is at .270 on the season
Babson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Babson gets the sign from Bullock
Babson's into the windup... the delivery
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 6 for Brian Babson today
112 on the year
5th in the league
That's three up, three down
Left Outs has no runs, one
hit and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors

FOFC will send Blade,
Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face
Don Sutton this inning
Blade is one of the best hitters around
Sutton likes the sign
The windup, the pitch
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Foxx calls for it
and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
FOFC with one away
Sutton steps off the mound as
he waits for Jeff Nights to
come to the plate

Making his way up is Nights
The wet weather seems to be bothering Don
He keeps going for the resin bag
Now he toes the rubber
It's coming down the pike
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Nights sneaks away from the base
Sutton looks Nights back
He is unable to get his normal lead

Tucker comes to the plate
One out, Nights at first
A. J. is hitting at .295 on the year
He has 110 hits in 373 at bats
This includes 11 doubles, 6 triples
2 home runs and 34 RBI's
Set now is Tucker
Now the delivery, here is is...
Base hit to center for Tucker
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Nights will stay at second

Potpie gets set at the plate
Potpie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 today
He cocks the bat as he peers out at Sutton
The runners step away from their bases
Now Don delivers
A slider by Sutton
Potpie gets good wood on it...
Snider back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
It's been lousy weather all day but...
The rain has started to come down hard now
The conditions now are better
for a water polo match than baseball

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs
The outfield shades towards
left for Pflaggstettler
The umpire says let's go
Here's the righthander's delivery
Routine grounder to third
Taken by Foxx
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 5-4
The runner on first, Tucker, is out
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2
in their last ten games

Heilmann up
We're scoreless
Having a good year with the stick so far
Babson is ready quickly
Babson kicks and delivers
There's a roller down at Potpie
He's in front of it...
It rolls right between the wickets!
Error on Jeeberoni Potpie as he
didn't get his glove down
Maybe a bit too easy for him

Here comes Duke Snider
No, he is returning to
the Left Outs dugout
He apparently noted a problem with his bat
Now he has a new one
Duke is batting .266 in
263 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Jimmie Foxx
He's ready
Babson brings it to the plate
Snider slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Blade races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Heilmann advances on the play
One gone for Left Outs

That brings up Jimmie Foxx,
the third baseman
Foxx is hitting .318 against righthanders
Foxx gets set for the pitch
He brings it home
Base hit to right for Foxx
Tony LaRussa is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by Left Outs...
Not cut-off...
Heilmann scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Facing Babson now is Goslin
Willie McCovey heads to the on deck circle
Arky Vaughan waits in the hole
Goslin looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Goose
Goslin is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson looks back towards second...

The pitch
Swung on and chopped toward second
Blade races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Potpie
A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker!
Foxx over to third easily
Darryl Evans is arguing that he
took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand
And there's two away

Willie McCovey will step
in to face Babson next
If he gets on, Arky Vaughan will follow
McCovey has a .257 average against
righthanders this season
Willie stands with bat ready
Foxx, at third, is just
standing on the bag
The pitch is on the way
A sharp breaking curve...
McCovey was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Gunner turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Willie McCovey can touch them all

Left Outs sends the shortstop,
Arky Vaughan, up to the plate
We're in the bottom of the 4th
The wet weather is bothering Brian
He keeps going for the resin bag

Now he toes the rubber
Babson will have to come
in with this 3-0 pitch
Here it comes...
Vaughan starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Babson walks him

That will bring up pitcher, Don Sutton
Before getting ready
Sutton checks out the defensive alignment
The bat is cocked
Here's the 2 strike offering
It is a high hard one...
Sutton goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Sutton couldn't hold back
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League with the lead
over Late 20th 4 to 1
Caribbean besting Negro League I 7 to 2
Cuellar enjoying the big Caribbean lead
Negro League II leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
AL Post WWII is on top of
AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Old Timers is beating NL Pre WWII 4 to 0
Welch comfortably ahead for Old Timers
And right here in Left Outs
Left Outs on top 3 to 0

As we head into the top of the 5th
FOFC has yet to score on Sutton
Left Outs up by 3
Deacon is batting .323 so far this season
He carries a 11 game hitting streak
into today's game
So far today, he's 0 for 1
Sutton wastes no time
He has the sign from Cochrane
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Swung on and popped up
Vaughan is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle
and Billy Bullock is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Sutton steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Sutton brings it to the plate
Ball four is the call
Sutton can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Sutton
Gunner takes first base

Bullock is the batter
Gunner's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Bullock is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the Left Outs infield
McCovey is kicking the dirt at first
Foxx is even with the bag at third
Robinson and Vaughan are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Bullock, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Sutton
Don rocks and fires
Grounded through the infield
into left field
Base hit for Bullock
Gunner takes third

Next up for FOFC is Brian Babson
Men on 1st and 3rd
Sutton ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Sutton checks the runners
at first and third
Gunner bluffs a move toward home
Sutton doesn't flinch
Here's the 3-2 offering
Babson chases the inside fastball...
He hits a high fly ball...
Snider backs up...
Starts forward towards the plate...
Makes the catch on the run...
Uncorks a bullet...
The throw is wide to the first base side
Gunner is safe on the sac fly
That's the second out of the inning

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Barrett is hitting at .277 on the year
He has 56 hits in 202 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Blade fouled out his last time up
Sutton is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Sutton looks in...
Now he's ready
Sutton goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Bullock
Fires to McCovey...
Bullock is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Sutton comes home
Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Cochrane loses on his appeal to first
Blade will take first on the walk

Nights saunters to the plate
Left Outs leads by 2
We're in the top of the 5th
Nights a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Sutton
Sutton is slow to get ready

He has a 7.41 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The pitch to Nights...
Hot shot grounded to short
Vaughan grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
After 4 and a half innings tonight,
the Leftovers lead by 2

Here's Robinson to lead off the inning
He is the second baseman
for Left Outs tonight
So far this year Robinson is batting .274
He has 15 doubles, 4 triples
4 homeruns with 45 RBI's
and 7 stolen bases
Waiting for the pitch is Robinson
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Change-up, Robinson is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Tucker racing back...
At the warning track...
Waits...
Leaps...
Off the fence!
Tucker chases it down
Firing a strong throw back in
They'll never get Robinson
The slide...
In there!
It's a double for Jackie Robinson

And the batter is Mickey Cochrane
Harry Heilmann is on-deck
Cochrane is 0 for 2 today
Babson eyes Cochrane intently
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?...
Yes!
One out
Due up next is Harry Heilmann

Harry Heilmann will face Babson
Righty against righty
Left Outs ahead 3 to 1
Babson adjusts his cap...
He has struck out 8 this evening
He now has 114 on the year
He ranks 5th in this category
Now ready, here it is...
Change up, on the inside corner...
Heilmann was looking for it...
He hits a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Heilmann is in at second with a double

Now here's Snider
Duke is 8th in the league in home runs
with a 21 so far in 1900
Snider tells the umpire he's ready
Nights trying to slip in behind Heilmann
Now he slips away
Here's the 3-0 offering
Babson seems reluctant to pitch to Snider
The pitch comes in very high for ball four
Snider takes first
On the unintentional intentional walk

Leftovers' third baseman Foxx
is up next
Foxx is 1 for 2 today
Jimmie singled last time up
Babson has the sign from Bullock
Heilmann on second, Snider on first
They're dancing off the bags
Here's the 2-0 offering
He rips a grounder to short
Nights comes up with it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That's it for Left Outs
Here at Overshadow Pk, After 5 innings,
Left Outs has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and one error
Left Outs has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 4

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7/5 Radio Broadcast continued

The FOFC center fielder, Tucker,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
A. J. is 1 for 2 this cloudy
summer evening
Tucker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Sutton
He's waiting for the pitch
With a 3-1 count, the pitch
Soft liner to second
Robinson grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
So one up and one gone

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next for FOFC
One out, top of the 6th
Left Outs on top 4 to 1
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck
Sutton has the sign from Cochrane
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Fastball... down and away...
Sutton just misses the corner... ball four
That's 3 walks given up by Sutton today

Planting his right foot
Pflaggstettler is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate
The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Sutton
Pflaggstettler is hitting .314
versus righties this year
Of his 14 homeruns,
14 came while facing righties
Pflaggstettler is poised and
ready for the pitch
Sutton's righthanded delivery...
That's ball four
Pflaggstettler trots down to first
Potpie is already down on second

Sparky Anderson is on his way
to the mound for Left Outs
That will do it for Don Sutton tonight
The right hander, Early Wynn
will be coming on
He has 51 previous appearances
He is 2 and 7 with a 4.86 ERA
Palmer awaits

Slowly coming up is Palmer for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
Left Outs leads 4 to 1
Deacon has 4 home runs this year
He's hitting at a .321 clip
with a 11 game hitting streak
This evening he is 0 for 2
Early gets the sign from Cochrane
A check on the runners... the pitch
Palmer swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Palmer will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 12 games!
1 for 3 on the evening
Potpie takes third
Pflaggstettler takes second

Wynn looks down at Gunner as he steps in
Stan is ready to go
Right-hander Wynn prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Gunner
The righthander delivers
Gunner hits a routine grounder to Wynn
He scoops it up, and throws to first
SAFE, the throw pulled McCovey off the bag
Charge Wynn with the error
That's error number 1 of
the game for Left Outs

That'll bring up catcher, Billy Bullock...
Left Outs leads by 2
We're in the top of the 6th
Billy takes a couple of practice cuts
Wynn shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Early has a fine array of pitches
and he is not afraid to throw
a knockdown pitch either!
Wynn checks all the baserunners
Now he comes home with it
Fastball down low...
Bullock hits a grounder to short
Vaughan takes it on the big hop
Flips it to Robinson
Relay to first...
A lightning double play!
And that gets Left Outs out of quite a jam
as Bullock grounds in to an inning ending
twin-killing with the bases loaded
We're in the middle of the 6th
Left Outs still leads 4-2

Here's Goslin to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Late 20th leads Japanese League 5 to 4
Caribbean is comfortably ahead
of Negro League I 9 to 3
Dead Ball Era is edging Negro
League II 2 to 1
Cicotte and Mathis currently dueling
AL Post WWII slipping by
AL Pre WWII 5 to 3
Berra has hit his 9th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Old Timers and NL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 4
Goose comes to the plate batting .297
with 17 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Waiting for the pitch is Goslin
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Potpie at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Goslin gets a base hit

McCovey is up now for Left Outs
It's a rainy summer evening
as Willie steps in
He is 1 for 1 this game
Babson gets the sign from Bullock
He is 5th in the league in strike outs
He has 114 on the season
Babson rocks and fires
McCovey swings...
This one looks like it might go...
Gunner is going back...
He is at the fence...

And it is over the fence! Home run!
The Left Outs first baseman now
has hit 2 here tonight!
And that gives him 16 in 1900
That is Willie McCovey's 16th
home run of the year.

Vaughan leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Vaughan is batting .327
with 9 HR's this year
Brian Babson steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Brian winds... kicks... and delivers
Vaughan rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Vaughan is around first,
heading for two...
Tucker is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Arky pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
Left Outs shortstop
Arky also ups his hitting
streak to 7 games!
That is Vaughan's 1st hit today

Wynn squares
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Wynn gets the job done.
One down for Left Outs
Jackie Robinson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

The Leftovers' second baseman is up next
Left Outs has 1 on board with 1 out
Jackie is hitting at .276 on the year
He has 90 hits in 326 at bats
This includes 16 doubles, 4 triples
4 home runs and 45 RBI's
Robinson waits for the pitch
Here's the 2-1 offering
Change up...
Robinson hits a high fly ball
Pflaggstettler drifting under it...
He makes the catch, but trips...
And he is unable to make the throw
Vaughan scores on the sac fly
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Babson

Next up is Mickey Cochrane,
the Left Outs catcher...
If he gets on, Harry Heilmann
would bat next
Cochrane has 10 doubles this year
Cochrane is set for the pitch
And now the pitch...
There's a check swing by Cochrane
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Billy Bullock makes the catch
against the stands
That's all for the Leftovers
After 6 innings in Left Outs this evening,
Left Outs on top 7 to 2

Terp will be up, but wait...
The umpiring crew is meeting
near the plate
As this rain we've had all
game has intensified
Let's check the All Stars
record in recent days
FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games
The umps are returning to their positions
Looks like we'll continue...
As Terp steps back in
Kris has been used sparingly for FOFC
He has only 66 at bats so far
although we are deep into summer
He is batting .136 in limited duty
Terp waits for the delivery
Wynn goes into his windup
Here it comes
Kris Terp swings
He really stings this one
It rifles past Robinson into right...
Base hit for Terp...
Heilmann is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Terp is on with a sharp single

Facing Wynn in this rain is Blade
One has to wonder who has the advantage
The pitcher, or the batter
Barrett checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings...

Now he steps into the box
Blade is set for the 0-2 pitch
The stretch... the delivery
Blade hits a deep fly down
the left field line
Goslin is running after it
He slips on the grass!
Rights himself
Got it!!
Nice catch
Barrett trots back to the dugout
Oh Oh!, with one down in
the top of the 7th
Here comes the rain...
It's not raining hard yet
Perhaps we can still finish

Nights is the batter
Terp's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Nights can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Jeff waits...
He steps out as Wynn takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Wynn brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Nights
Terp is rounding second...
But he pulls up quickly as he sees
the sign from Dick Howser
Terp will stay at second

While Jeeberoni Potpie heads
for the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate
Wynn steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Early rocks and fires
LINE DRIVE
Robinson makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
Two gone for FOFC

Men at first and second
Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous
man at the plate...
9th this year in the league
in slugging average

He's cruising along at a .563 pace
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Wynn looks down at Cochrane
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
Low and inside... ball four
Potpie gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Persimmon
Pflaggstettler

Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate
Deacon Palmer is heading
for the on-deck circle
Persimmon is hitting at .312 on the year
He has 92 hits in 295 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Pflaggstettler drew a walk
his last time up
Wynn is happy with the sign
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
He misses, wide... Ball four
Wynn walks in a run!
Terp crosses the plate
Left Outs ahead 7 to 3
And the bases remain jammed

That'll bring up Deacon Palmer
Stan Gunner will follow
if Palmer gets aboard
Cochrane is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Wynn's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Palmer steps into the box
Palmer is at .324 on the season
Wynn looks down at Cochrane for the sign

Now he's ready...
It's coming down the pike
Palmer lifts a routine fly to right
Heilmann drifts over and makes the catch
Deacon leaves the bases full
The Left Outs fans breath a sigh of relief
That's it for FOFC
Here at Overshadow Pk, After
6 and a half innings,
Left Outs has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error
While FOFC has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 9 on base
Left Outs has stranded 4

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 7th
Heilmann is talking to Bullock
Heilmann is one of the best hitters around
The wet weather seems to
be bothering James
He keeps going for the resin bag
Now he toes the rubber
The righthander Rodney's delivery
In the dirt
And Heilmann holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Duke Snider
So far this season
Snider is hitting .271
when facing righthanded pitching
All set, Snider is ready for the pitch
Here comes the 3-1 "cripple pitch"
Snider just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
One gone for Left Outs

Walking up now to the plate is Foxx
Rodney has the sign from Bullock
Way ahead in the count
Rodney turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Foxx is outta there
The crowd is showering the home plate ump
with a barrage of "blind" barbs
That's the second out of the inning

Here's Goose Goslin
Goslin is at .299 on the season
Bullock flashes the sign...
Rodney waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rodney brings it to the plate
Goslin hits one straight up
Bullock moves back to the screen
and makes the catch
That is the third out for Left Outs here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 22531

The FOFC right fielder, Gunner,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Billy Bullock
And then Dan Fouts
Wynn looks down at Cochrane for the sign
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
It's a sinker, up in the strike zone
Gunner hits it deep into the alley
Snider is back to the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps in the air...
Can't reach it!...
It's in for extra bases...
Almost a fine play by Duke Snider
Gunner is at second with a stand-up double
(Ballpark Double Effect)

Bullock departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Wynn gets the sign, it's one he likes
The righthander delivers
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Cochrane calls for it and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
And there's one away

Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Early Wynn
Dan is set for the pitch
Now Early delivers
Curveball, in and low
Fouts hits it to McCovey at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Gunner is now perched over at third
Two away for FOFC
They trail Left Outs by 4
They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs
Never a good sign when
those two numbers are equal

Barrett Blade moves in to face Wynn
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th
Blade has a .248 average against
righthanders this season
Blade waits on Wynn
The righthander Wynn delivers
Blade swings and lifts one toward left
Goslin drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's all for FOFC
After 7 and a half innings in
Left Outs this evening,
Left Outs leads 7 to 3

Willie McCovey, Arky Vaughan, and
Early Wynn are due up
McCovey has hit 16 home runs this year
Rodney looks down at Bullock
He shakes him off once...
Again...
James has got to be a little concerned
with McCovey up there as the
Left Outs first baseman has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Rodney
James nods his head

So that brings up Arky Vaughan
the Left Outs shortstop
Vaughan is hitting .325
against righthanders
Arky is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
The pitch is on the way
There's a bunt between the mound and first
Rodney and Potpie are after it
Rodney grabs it
Over to first
Just in time!

Next up is Early Wynn, the
Left Outs pitcher
Wynn steps out of the box...
Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign
Set now is Wynn
Righthander Rodney's delivery
James comes in there with a dipsy-do
And it freezes Wynn
He can't get the bat off his shoulder
as he watches it just catch
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 8 innings
Left Outs has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error
While FOFC has 3 runs,
7 hits and one error
Left Outs has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 10

Here's Jeff Nights leading off
A. J. Tucker is on deck
And Jeeberoni Potpie is in the hole
Nights is 2 for 4 today
Wynn shakes off the sign...
Now Early brushes off another one...
Wynn has an easy effortless delivery
but the righty likes to come inside
Wynn is way ahead in the count...
He winds and delivers...
Nights takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Nights is out on strikes
Left Outs gets the first out of the inning

Sparky Anderson will go to his bullpen
It'll be Herb Pennock here
in the top of the 9th
Left Outs on top 7 to 3
Pennock has a 8 and 7 record
in 46 appearances with a 6.68 ERA
He'll be facing A. J. Tucker
after a few warm-up tosses

The All Stars are down
to their last 2 outs
A. J. Tucker is due up next
Herb looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The lefty winds and delivers
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Tucker...
Goslin over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Tucker at first

Walking up to the plate now is Potpie
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Potpie is 0 for 2 today
He drew a walk last time up
Potpie cocks his bat
Now Herb delivers
A high fastball...
Potpie swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Vaughan
Arky is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Potpie was looking for the breaking ball
That's two away

Pflaggstettler steps in
Tucker's trying to rattle Herb Pennock
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Pflaggstettler is taking
his practice swings
Persimmon is 0 for 2 this evening
Pflaggstettler waits patiently
The southpaw Pennock's delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
Well hit by Pflaggstettler
Goslin moves back, and makes the...
NO, the ball tips off the end of his glove
Pflaggstettler takes second
on the miscue by Goslin
That's 2 errors by Left Outs today...

Gerald Gazelle will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
Gazelle grips the bat handle
After getting set, Gazelle
waits on the pitch
Pennock brings it home
Curveball, Gazelle lets it go by
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
Gazelle looks imploringly at him
No words, but a very long look
Now he walks slowly back to the dugout
And that will do it for FOFC
Left Outs wins 7 to 3
Sutton gets credit for the win
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for Left Outs
was Willie McCovey
He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

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7/5 Boxscore



Event Codes: H
[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/5/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .275 J.Robinson 2B 3 1 1 1 .276
J.Nights SS 5 0 2 0 .287 M.Cochrane C 4 0 0 0 .268
A.Tucker CF 5 0 2 0 .297 H.Heilmann RF 3 1 2 1 .313
J.Potpie 1B 3 1 0 0 .288 D.Snider CF 3 0 0 0 .264
P.Pflaggstettler LF 3 0 0 1 .311 J.Foxx 3B 4 1 1 1 .307
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 1 0 .323 G.Goslin LF 4 1 1 0 .298
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.McCovey 1B 3 2 2 4 .261
C-G.Gazelle PH 1 0 0 0 .256 A.Vaughan SS 3 1 1 0 .328
S.Gunner RF 3 1 1 0 .285 D.Sutton P 2 0 0 0 .176
B.Bullock C 4 0 1 0 .263 E.Wynn P 1 0 0 0 .154
B.Babson P 1 0 0 1 .108 H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .125
A-K.Terp PH 1 1 1 0 .149
B-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .239
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 3 8 2 Totals 30 7 8 7

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Terp In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 8 1
Leftovers....... 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 - 7 8 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(7-8) 6 8 7 4 2 8 2 108 3.31
J.Rodney 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 2.96
Totals 8 8 7 4 3 10 2

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Sutton WIN(7-4) 5 1/3 3 2 2 4 1 0 90 7.44
E.Wynn HOLD(4th) 3 4 1 1 2 1 0 63 4.80
H.Pennock 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 6.63
Totals 9 8 3 3 6 3 0

ATTENDANCE- 22,531 DATE- Thursday, July 5th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:12 Leftovers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Leftovers: 1
ERRORS- J.Potpie, G.Goslin, E.Wynn
DOUBLES- S.Gunner(17th), J.Robinson(16th), H.Heilmann(26th), A.Vaughan(13th)
HOME RUNS- W.McCovey-2(16th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Wynn
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Babson, J.Robinson
WALKS- B.Blade, J.Potpie-2, P.Pflaggstettler-2, S.Gunner, H.Heilmann, D.Snider,
A.Vaughan
HIT BY PITCH- W.McCovey
STRIKE OUTS- J.Nights, A.Tucker, G.Gazelle, J.Robinson-2, M.Cochrane-2,
D.Snider, J.Foxx-2, G.Goslin, D.Sutton, E.Wynn
GIDP- B.Bullock, J.Foxx
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Goose Goslin robbed Barrett Blade of an extra base hit.

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The Baseball News

League Standings


[1]LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball

[1]American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H[4] 53 37 .589 ---- 61
2001 Negro League I NLO[4] 51 41 .554 3.0
2001 Old Timers OTH[4] 50 41 .549 3.5
2001 Late 20th L20[4] 49 42 .538 4.5
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH[4] 45 47 .489 9.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H[4] 39 51 .433 14.0
2002 Japanese League JLP[4] 22 69 .242 31.5

[1]National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS[4] 60 30 .667 ---- 60
2001 NL Post WWII N2H[4] 57 35 .620 4.0
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H[4] 47 44 .516 13.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH[4] 45 46 .495 15.5
2001 Caribbean CAP[4] 42 50 .457 19.0
2001 Left Outs LOH[4] 41 49 .456 19.0
2001 Negro League II NLT[4] 36 55 .396 24.5



[1] OVERALL RECORD
[1]Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10
A1H [4] 53 37 .589 29-15 24-22 11- 9 42-28 9- 5 21-12 8-2
A2H [4] 39 51 .433 18-27 21-24 15-13 24-38 3- 3 13- 8 2-8
CAP [4] 42 50 .457 21-24 21-26 11-18 31-32 8- 6 19-12 5-5
DBH [4] 45 47 .489 23-18 22-29 13-14 32-33 0- 6 8-21 6-4
FAS [4] 60 30 .667 35-13 25-17 22- 5 38-25 8- 1 17-10 7-3
JLP [4] 22 69 .242 12-39 10-30 6-20 16-49 3- 9 7-22 1-9
L20 [4] 49 42 .538 27-26 22-16 13-10 36-32 1- 5 10-14 7-3
LOH [4] 41 49 .456 28-28 13-21 14-13 27-36 7- 6 14-15 5-5
N1H [4] 47 44 .516 20-20 27-24 9-17 38-27 3- 3 16-13 5-5
N2H [4] 57 35 .620 28-16 29-19 19-14 38-21 3- 6 15-15 6-4
NLO [4] 51 41 .554 28-18 23-23 17-13 34-28 8- 4 13- 9 4-6
NLT [4] 36 55 .396 23-28 13-27 10-20 26-35 7- 3 15-16 5-5
OTH [4] 50 41 .549 21-18 29-23 15-10 35-31 5- 5 13-13 3-7
TCH [4] 45 46 .495 20-14 25-32 14-18 31-28 6- 9 15-16 5-5
TOTAL 637 637 .500

[1]TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv InterLg
A1H [4] 11-16 17-12 21- 8 4- 1 0- 0 0- 0 33-24 0- 0 20-13
A2H [4] 11-15 16-14 11-18 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 17-31 0- 0 22-20
CAP [4] 11-17 13-16 15-15 3- 2 0- 0 0- 0 27-27 0- 0 15-23
DBH [4] 14-14 13-16 14-16 4- 1 0- 0 0- 0 28-25 0- 0 17-22
FAS [4] 23- 5 14-15 21- 7 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 28-19 0- 0 32-11
JLP [4] 6-21 9-21 7-22 0- 5 0- 0 0- 0 14-35 0- 0 8-34
L20 [4] 13-16 16-12 16-13 4- 1 0- 0 0- 0 28-30 0- 0 21-12
LOH [4] 12-16 14-14 12-17 3- 2 0- 0 0- 0 25-29 0- 0 16-20
N1H [4] 17-10 15-15 12-17 3- 2 0- 0 0- 0 28-34 0- 0 19-10
N2H [4] 17-11 17-14 20-10 3- 0 0- 0 0- 0 34-19 0- 0 23-16
NLO [4] 18-11 16-13 16-13 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 34-22 0- 0 17-19
NLT [4] 10-18 12-17 13-16 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0 22-33 0- 0 14-22
OTH [4] 13-12 19-12 16-14 2- 3 0- 0 0- 0 33-20 0- 0 17-21
TCH [4] 17-11 15-15 11-19 2- 1 0- 0 0- 0 23-26 0- 0 22-20


[1]WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

[1]TEAM A1H A2H CAP DBH FAS JLP L20 LOH N1H N2H NLO NLT OTH TCH
A1H[4] [0]-[4] 4 5 6 0 3 8 2 0 4 6 4 6 5
A2H[4] 5 [0]-[4] 7 2 3 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 2
CAP[4] 2 3 [0]-[4] 2 2 3 1 5 6 3 3 6 1 5
DBH[4] 1 5 4 [0]-[4] 1 1 9 2 0 3 7 6 5 1
FAS[4] 3 3 5 4 [0]-[4] 9 6 4 8 1 5 9 2 1
JLP[4] 3 3 0 3 1 [0]-[4] 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 1
L20[4] 2 8 2 5 2 10 [0]-[4] 2 2 4 3 3 0 6
LOH[4] 3 2 6 3 2 4 1 [0]-[4] 5 4 2 3 1 5
N1H[4] 0 3 1 5 2 5 0 5 [0]-[4] 4 2 9 4 7
N2H[4] 2 5 4 2 7 3 1 6 6 [0]-[4] 3 5 7 6
NLO[4] 5 9 1 3 3 6 4 4 3 2 [0]-[4] 1 7 3
NLT[4] 1 0 5 1 1 5 2 7 5 2 2 [0]-[4] 3 2
OTH[4] 8 2 4 6 1 10 4 4 0 1 3 5 [0]-[4] 2
TCH[4] 2 4 6 5 5 5 1 2 4 5 2 1 3 [0]-[4]

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7/6 Radio Broadcast - Game 90



Howdy everyone...
Welcome to Overshadow Pk for today's game
While Barrett Blade gets settled
in the batter's box
let me set the line-up
for this afternoon's game
Jeff Nights is heading for
the on-deck circle
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the hole
Batting clean-up will be Jeeberoni Potpie
He'll be followed by Harry
Hays and Deacon Palmer,
Stan Gunner, A. J. Tucker
and John Williams
make up the bottom third of FOFC's line-up
The home plate umpire signals
to Ferguson Jenkins
Let's get this game underway
Jenkins kicks, delivers
In the dirt
And Blade holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Blade sneaks away from the base
Blade unable to take a big lead
Jenkins glances over his shoulder
He's keeping him close

Jeff Nights moves in to face Jenkins
1 on, no outs here in the top of the 1st
Blade takes his lead
Jenkins studies his sign
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Nights
Third base coach Dick Howser
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Blade...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Nights at first

Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
the FOFC left fielder
On-deck is Jeeberoni Potpie...
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
Runners at the corners
Right-hander Jenkins prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
Jenkins rocks and fires
Change up, a gem...
Pflaggstettler is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Persimmon looked like Casey on that pitch
One down...
Jenkins has to continue to bear down

One away, Nights at first, Blade at third
Potpie is the batter
Jenkins is ready quickly
Jenkins brings it home
He chases the hook...
Potpie hits a deep fly ball...
Wilson moving under the ball...
He makes the catch...
And uncorks the throw...
SAFE!...
As the ball trickles away from Cochrane
He was unable to handle the throw
Two gone for FOFC

The catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Harry came into today's game
with a 7 game hitting streak to protect
Hays waits for the pitch
The righthander Jenkins' delivery
Bouncer up the middle and
past Jackie Robinson...
Base hit into center field!
Third base coach Dick Howser
holds the runner, Nights

Palmer now at the plate
Stan Gunner waits on deck
Deacon is hitting at .323 on the year
He has 73 hits in 226 at bats
This includes 13 doubles, 2 triples
4 home runs and 28 RBI's
Hays and Nights inch off first and second
Palmer is waiting for the pitch
Ferguson rocks and fires
And a quick throw to first by Jenkins
But Hays is back easily...
Now to the plate... low, ball four...
That loads 'em up

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Jenkins shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Fergie has excellent control
of a myriad of pitches and he likes
to get ahead of the hitters!
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Hot line drive to second
Robinson makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning, for FOFC
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and 3 men left on base
Left Outs is coming to bat

Robinson steps in to start
things off for Left Outs
Let me set the FOFC defense
Williams will be pitching to Hays
The corners will be Potpie and Palmer
At first and third
The keystone combo has Blade at second
With Nights at short
Covering the outfield from left to right
Will be Pflaggstettler, Tucker and Gunner
Now Robinson is in the batter's box
Robinson has 16 doubles this year
Robinson waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Robinson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One out
Due up next is Mickey Cochrane

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 1st
The first base coach exhorting
Cochrane to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Cochrane swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Williams
Set now is Cochrane
Here's the 2-2 offering
Base hit to center for Cochrane
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Harry Heilmann steps into the box
Harry seems to always make contact
He rarely strikes out
A good man for the hit and run
Heilmann waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch to Heilmann...
Time is called by the home plate umpire
He's called a balk on Williams
And Williams can't believe it
Cochrane goes down to second

Harry Heilmann steps into the box
Heilmann is a tough man
up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Harry certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Williams earn his salary
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Williams brings it to the plate
Hot shot grounded to the mound
Williams grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
Two down

That'll bring up center fielder
Hack Wilson...
FOFC drew first blood
in their half of the first
A base hit should score Cochrane
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
And the delivery by Williams
Line drive to short
CAUGHT by a diving Nights!
A cross-over step, then he lunged for it
Impressive play by the FOFC short stop!
That's it for Left Outs
Here at Overshadow Pk, After 1 inning,
FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has no runs,
one hit and no errors
Left Outs has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 3

A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year
He has 112 hits in 377 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 15 stolen bases
Tucker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Jenkins
He's waiting for the pitch
He brings it home
Liner drilled to second
Robinson leaps
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
So one up and one gone

John Williams will face Jenkins
Righty against righty
Williams scuffs up the
lines around the box
Ferguson peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Righthander Jenkins' delivery
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on and clubbed to left-center...
Wilson backing up quickly...
He grabs it for the out
Two up, two down

Now at the plate will be Blade
second baseman for FOFC today
The outfield shades towards left for Blade
Jenkins has the sign from Cochrane
Ferguson winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
It's a high fly into center
Wilson ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
Jenkins sets the All Stars down in order

Frank Robinson is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Left
Outs to get things going
Hays flashes the sign to Williams
Here's the pitch
Robinson swings
The slider is pounded on the ground
It's past Palmer
Heading for the corner!
Robinson's around first
and headed for second
Pflaggstettler has the ball...
Frank will try for two
He's going to use that speed
to challenge Pflaggstettler's arm
Here is the throw...
A one-hopper...
Robinson slides in just
ahead of the throw!
A two-bagger for the Left
Outs first baseman
Robinson wastes no time
getting things rolling here
in the bottom of the 2nd

Walking up to the plate now is Goslin
Arky Vaughan waits on deck
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Williams kicks and fires
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
One gone for Left Outs

Vaughan pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Williams
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Vaughan at the plate
Arky is set for the pitch
The lefthander Williams comes home with it
Vaughan flies out to center
Tony LaRussa is giving the green light...
Here's the play at the plate...
Robinson scores!

Billy Herman is coming to the plate
Herman is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Herman awaits the delivery
The southpaw's 3-2 delivery
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Palmer
It's by him...
Pflaggstettler comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Herman to a single

Jenkins is up now for Left Outs
We'll see how they pitch to Jenkins
Jenkins waits patiently
Here's his delivery
It is a high hard one...
Jenkins goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Jenkins couldn't hold back
That retires the side... but not before
the Leftovers score 1 run to tie it up
After 2 innings, Left Outs has one
run, 3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors

FOFC will send Nights,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and
Jeeberoni Potpie to face
Ferguson Jenkins this inning
Jeff Nights is hitting .285 this year
against righthanded pitchers
The bat is cocked
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a fly ball to Goose Goslin
Goslin circles under it...
He makes the play
One up, one down

Now batting will be Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Jenkins is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Jenkins looks in...
Now he's ready
The righthander Jenkins delivers
Shallow fly ball
Goslin charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
Two down
Cochrane asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Cochrane and Jenkins

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Jeeberoni Potpie, their first baseman
Potpie is hitting .287 against righties
Jenkins gets the sign, it's one he likes
Jenkins goes into his windup
And here's the 2-2 offering
Ground ball through the middle
Vaughan ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Three up, three down
Jenkins sails through the top of the 3rd

The second baseman Robinson
will lead off for the Leftovers
He'll be followed by Mickey Cochrane
And then Harry Heilmann
Robinson is 0 for 1 today
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Way ahead in the count
Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Robinson hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Nights dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Jeff Nights!
One down, nobody on
Game tied

One away, nobody on base
Cochrane stands ready at the plate
Cochrane is 1 for 1 today
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Cochrane hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Cochrane is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two out, nobody on
The score is tied at 1

Harry Heilmann will get a
crack at Williams next
Hack Wilson would be up next...
But only if Heilmann can reach safely
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Williams winds and delivers
The 2-0 pitch
Heilmann rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Heilmann is around first,
heading for two...
Pflaggstettler is up with it
and fires it in quickly
Harry pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
Left Outs right fielder
Harry also ups his hitting
streak to 7 games!
That is Heilmann's 1st hit today
(Ballpark Triple Effect)

Hack Wilson is up next
The Leftovers' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.21 ERA this year
Now he's ready
John looks over his shoulder at Heilmann
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Hard ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 3 innings
Left Outs has one run,
4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
Left Outs has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

The FOFC catcher, Hays,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer
And then Stan Gunner
Watching Jenkins, Hays wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Hays is set
Jenkins winds and delivers
Over the outside corner
Hays hits the curve right to second...
Robinson takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Hays is out by a couple of steps
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League slipping
by Late 20th 2 to 0
Nomura has hit his 13th homerun
for Japanese League
Caribbean is in front of
Negro League I 5 to 2
Tiant Jr. comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
II are all knotted at 1
AL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 4 to 3
Ruth has hit his 32nd homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
NL Pre WWII slipping by Old Timers 2 to 0
Haines battling Galvin

The third baseman, Palmer, is ready to bat
The score is tied at 1 in
the top of the 4th
Jenkins adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Cochrane
Jenkins' 2-1 pitch...
Routine grounder to short
Vaughan scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Jenkins
Ferguson nods "UH HUH"

Gunner walks up to the plate
Ferguson looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now Ferguson delivers
Gunner swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Jenkins strikes out Stan Gunner
1-2-3, nothing across...

Frank Robinson stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
John is ready
John comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
So one up and one gone

Goose Goslin, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Goslin digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Williams
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Goslin hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Arky Vaughan steps into the box
Vaughan is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a fine .328 for Left Outs
He also has has contributed with 55 runs
13 doubles, 5 triples and 9 home runs
Waiting for the pitch is Vaughan
The lefty Williams delivers
Vaughan fouls one straight up the chute
Hays makes the catch, but wait...
The first base umpire rules
Williams has balked
Goslin takes second

Arky Vaughan steps into the box
Vaughan is batting .328 with
9 round trippers in 1900
Vaughan is ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Slider...
Swung on and pounded to right-center...
It'll be over Tucker's head!...
He's chasing after it...
Vaughan rounds second...
Here's the peg in to Palmer at third...
Vaughan slides hard...
A bad bounce, but Palmer knocks it down...
The ball rolls just a few feet...
Vaughan jumps to his feet,
but isn't going anywhere
He'll get a triple from the
scorer on that hit!
Goslin scored easily from second

Making his way up is Herman
Herman is 1 for 1 today
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Sinker that stays up, belt high...
Herman goes after it...
Deep fly ball, way back...
Tucker moving under on it
He grabs it for the out
No chance for a play on the runner
Who scores for Left Outs
That's the second out of the inning

Two away, nobody on
Jenkins comes to the plate for Left Outs
Jenkins grips the bat handle
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Williams goes into his windup
Here it comes
Jenkins hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Jenkins is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That's all for the Leftovers
After 4 innings in Left
Outs this afternoon,
Left Outs on top 3 to 1

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by John Williams
And then Barrett Blade
Tucker has hit 6 triples this year
Jenkins eyes Tucker intently
Now to the belt, here it is...
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
And there's one away

Now batting will be John Williams
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Left Outs leads FOFC by 2 runs
Williams taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
John seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Now ready, here it is...
Low fastball...
Williams swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Robinson snags it moving to his right
Leads Jenkins perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Williams for the out
That's two away

Up next for the All Stars
the second baseman, Barrett Blade
If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Barrett flied out last time up
Blade waits on Jenkins
Now Ferguson delivers
Blade hits a fly ball to left
Goose Goslin camps under it
He's got it
Jenkins retires the side in order
Here in the top of the 5th

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7/6 Radio Broadcast - continued

Robinson is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Robinson has hit 4 home runs this year
Williams asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
The pitch is on the way
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Hays calls for it
and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
One down for Left Outs
Mickey Cochrane is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Heilmann is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now here's Cochrane
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The lefthander Williams delivers
It hits Cochrane
He just stands there
Now he says a few words to Williams
John answers something back
The umpire steps in between
And motions Cochrane to first

Heilmann walks to the plate
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Heilmann is 1 for 2 today
He doubled last time up
Heilmann is set for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Bouncer to short...made to
order doubleplay ball
Nights has it on two hops...wrists
it to Blade
He evades the slide of Cochrane
The throw to Potpie...
It just nips Heilmann!
After 5 innings today,
the Leftovers lead by 2

Here's Nights to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Japanese League is giving
it to Late 20th 5 to 0
Caribbean leads Negro League I 7 to 6
Tiant Jr. battling Smith
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 1
Plank and Brewer currently dueling
AL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 4 to 3
Old Timers and NL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 2
And right here in Left Outs
Left Outs on top 3 to 1
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 2 on the day for Jeff
Jeff is ready for the delivery
Jenkins fires
There's a ground ball
between first and second
WOW, Robinson snags it
in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher covering
SAFE says the umpire
But what a play by Robinson

Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler
Nights' the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Jenkins
Nights takes his lead
Jenkins is happy with the sign
Jenkins looks at the runner
The pitch
It is a high hard one...
Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back
With one gone
FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni
Potpie will be up next
The All Stars, like all teams,
like to see a lot of offensive production
out of their firstbasemen
Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed
Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts
Potpie waits for the delivery
Jenkins' righthanded delivery...
Fastball down low...
Potpie swings and hits one out to left
Goose Goslin is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Jenkins
Nights trots back to first
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 6th

Hays, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Hays
He's 1 for 2 today
Jenkins steps on the rubber
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Ground ball to short
Vaughan comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3
in their last ten games

Here's Hack Wilson leading off
Frank Robinson is on deck
And Goose Goslin is in the hole
Left Outs leads 3 to 1
John Williams still on the mound
for the All Stars...
Williams has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 5 innings
Williams will try to get
Wilson to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Wilson checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Hack
One down for Left Outs
Frank Robinson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

Planting his right foot
Robinson is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Robinson
Robinson says a few words
to Hays and smiles
The righthanded batter is
1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
lefty, John Williams
Frank is hitting .234 versus
lefty pitching
With 5 of his 10 homers
coming against southpaw offerings
Robinson is set for the 2 strike pitch
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Robinson drives one into left
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
And there's two away

Goslin digs in at the plate
Ready now for Williams to come set
Goslin has a .350 average against lefties
After getting set, Goslin
waits on the pitch
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Tucker grabs it for the out
That's all for the Leftovers
After 6 full innings,
they lead by 2

Palmer saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .298
Jenkins looks down at Cochrane
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Jenkins has issued 3 bases on balls
this afternoon

Gunner saunters to the plate
Left Outs leads by 2
We're in the top of the 7th
Gunner swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Jenkins
Gunner waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Jenkins goes into his stretch...
Looks at Palmer...
He fires one to Robinson...
Palmer dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Robinson lobs it back
Now Jenkins comes home
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Goslin one hands it...
OUT!
That's one away

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
will be up next for FOFC
Tucker is at .296 on the season
Jenkins steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Tucker connects on the Jenkins fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Heilmann starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Tucker got all of this one....
Goodbye baseball!
Palmer scores in front of him

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Fouts
Jenkins has the sign he wants
Jenkins kicks and fires
Long fly ball to right field
This one is deep!
FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!!
That is Dan Fouts' 11th
home run of the year.

And the batter is Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights is on-deck
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Blade looks to third for a sign
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
Jenkins fires
Over the outside corner
Blade hits the curve right to second...
Robinson takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Blade is out by a couple of steps
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Nights leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Jenkins is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into right
Heilmann is under it, waits...
He's got it
That retires the side... but not before
3 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 4 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Vaughan steps up to the
plate for Left Outs
It's the bottom of the
7th at Overshadow Pk
Vaughan is one of the best hitters around
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Bo has to bear down now...
The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Facing Knowles now is Herman
Ferguson Jenkins heads to
the on deck circle
Jackie Robinson waits in the hole
Herman looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Herman is ready
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Herman is down on strikes
Number 1 here today for Knowles
That's the second out of the inning

Pounding the plate with his bat
Jenkins awaits the pitch
Jenkins goes through his
routine of settling in
Ferguson waits...
He steps out as Knowles takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Now Bo delivers
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Jenkins swung, that's strike three
Jenkins isn't happy at all with that call
We head to the 8th...
The score is still FOFC 4, Leftovers 3

The big guys are due up for FOFC
Pflaggstettler will lead it off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie and Harry Hays
Pflaggstettler a righty
in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Jenkins
Pflaggstettler waits on Jenkins
The pitch is on the way
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
IT'S GOING, GOING,
GONE!!!
That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's
15th home run of the year.

Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie,
the FOFC first baseman
Time is called...
Potpie has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
The right-hander Jenkins is
set to deliver to Potpie
The righthander Jenkins delivers
Potpie pounds a grounder toward
Robinson at second
Jackie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Robinson stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Left Outs second baseman
With one down, up next is Harry Hays
To be followed by Deacon Palmer

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Hays has a .291 average against
righthanders this season
Jenkins is saying a few
words to Robinson...
So far in 1900,
Ferguson has a 8 and 7 record
with 2 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Jenkins goes into his windup
Here it comes
Hays hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Goose Goslin chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Goslin hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Hays is into third with a triple
Now they check on Goslin
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

Settling in at the plate is Palmer
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Jenkins shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
He brings it home
Just a mite inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
Jenkins has issued 4 bases
on balls this afternoon

Walking up to the plate now is Gunner
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gunner is 0 for 3 today
He flied out last time up
The count is nothing and 2
Gunner has to protect the plate
Ferguson is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Hays, now at Palmer

Now the pitch
Gunner swings hard, but hits
it on the handle to second
Robinson comes in on it
On to first and Gunner is gone
Hays scores from third
Two gone for FOFC

Looks like Tucker will be
given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Bo Knowles is the batter due up next

At the plate is Gonzalez
Late in the game
FOFC up by 3
David Gonzalez is hitting .298 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Gonzalez waits patiently
Ferguson checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Routine grounder to first
Robinson flips to Jenkins covering
Score It: 3-1
So ends the top of the 8th
For FOFC
2 runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 6 to 3

Jackie Robinson, Mickey Cochrane, and
Harry Heilmann are due up
Robinson is 0 for 3 today
Jackie fouled out last time around
The bat is cocked
Kronside goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Robinson swings and lines it
on the nose to center
Tucker picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Robinson rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Robinson moves away from first base...
He has 7 stolen bases on the season
Kronside looks Robinson back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

Mickey Cochrane plants his left foot
The lefthanded catcher for
Left Outs appears set
Kronside wipes his brow
and reaches for the resin bag
A hot summer day
The pitch is on the way
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Hays
Robinson dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Robinson made it back
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

Heilmann heads to the plate for Left Outs
The infield is at regular depth
Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Kronside quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Changeup...
Ties Heilmann up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's the second out of the inning
Left Outs trails by 3
They need a win
They are 6th in the standings
19.0 games out

Hack Wilson is up next
Left Outs' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Wilson looking for his first base knock
here this afternoon...
He is 0 for 3
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Kronside goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Robinson
He lobs one to Potpie...
Robinson is back easily
We're ready again
Now Kronside comes home
Bounced past the mound
Fielded nicely by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
The side is retired
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Japanese League toppled Late 20th 6 to 2
Caribbean edged out Negro League I 7 to 6
Dead Ball Era squeezed by
Negro League II 4 to 2
AL Pre WWII edged out AL Post WWII 5 to 4
Fingers takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-4
Mays the winner, he's now 9-7
Old Timers edged out NL Pre WWII 3 to 2
And here in Left Outs FOFC leads 6 to 3
Blade is 0 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the Left Outs infield
Robinson is kicking the dirt at first
Herman is even with the bag at third
Robinson and Vaughan are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
Jenkins rocks and fires
A slider by Jenkins
Blade gets good wood on it...
Wilson back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!

Now at the plate will be Nights
shortstop for FOFC today
Jenkins wastes no time
He has the sign from Cochrane
Here's the pitch
Low fastball...
Nights swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Robinson snags it moving to his right
Leads Jenkins perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Nights for the out
That's the second out of the inning

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year
Ferguson Jenkins on the mound
for the Leftovers...
Jenkins has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits and 6 runs
Jenkins brings it to the plate
A hanging curve...
Pflaggstettler laces it hard just
to the right of Robinson
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Persimmon...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Coming to the plate is Potpie
Pflaggstettler's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Jenkins
Jeeberoni is hitting at .285 on the year
FOFC's cleanup hitter has
knocked in 62 runs
He has a fine .556 slugging average
Potpie gets set for the pitch
Now Ferguson delivers
The Whiff!
Jenkins punches Potpie out!
That's it here in the top of the 9th
It's 6-3 in favor of
the visitors from FOFC
We'll be back in just a moment

Leading off for the Leftovers
is the first baseman Robinson
He'll be followed by Goose Goslin
And then Arky Vaughan
Robinson is taking his practice swings
Frank is 1 for 3 this afternoon
He flied out last time at bat
Robinson looks very intent...
He stares down at Kronside...
Cocks his bat
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 48 on the season for Kronside

Slowly coming up is Goslin for Left Outs
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 6 to 3
Goslin is batting .299 with
17 HR's this year
Jace is ready
Jace rocks and fires
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
Two up, two down

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Vaughan
Kronside ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Here's the 1-2 offering
Struck him out on a fastball
Vaughan goes down swinging
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 6 to 3
Williams gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Jenkins takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

[Breeze]

7/6 Boxscore - Game 90


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/6/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 0 0 .269 J.Robinson 2B 4 0 1 0 .276
J.Nights SS 5 0 2 0 .288 M.Cochrane C 3 0 1 0 .268
P.Pflaggstettler LF 5 1 2 1 .312 H.Heilmann RF 4 0 1 0 .313
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 1 .284 H.Wilson CF 4 0 0 0 .291
H.Hays C 4 1 2 0 .344 F.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 0 .265
D.Palmer 3B 1 1 0 0 .322 G.Goslin LF 4 1 1 0 .298
S.Gunner RF 4 0 0 1 .278 A.Vaughan SS 3 1 1 2 .328
A.Tucker CF 3 1 1 2 .297 B.Herman 3B 2 0 1 1 .273
J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .132 F.Jenkins P 3 0 0 0 .233
A-D.Fouts PH 1 1 1 1 .245
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .292
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 6 8 6 Totals 31 3 7 3

A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 - 6 8 0
Leftovers....... 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(10-1) 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 89 3.28
B.Knowles HOLD(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 4.29
J.Kronside SAVE(9th) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 24 2.28
Totals 9 7 3 3 0 9 0

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Jenkins LOSS(8-8) 9 8 6 6 5 5 3 145 5.51
Totals 9 8 6 6 5 5 3

ATTENDANCE- 19,300 DATE- Friday, July 6th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 7 Leftovers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Leftovers: 0
DOUBLES- H.Heilmann(27th), F.Robinson(11th)
TRIPLES- H.Hays(2nd), A.Vaughan(6th)
HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(15th), A.Tucker(3rd), D.Fouts(11th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Potpie, A.Vaughan, B.Herman
WALKS- B.Blade, D.Palmer-3, A.Tucker
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cochrane
STRIKE OUTS- P.Pflaggstettler-2, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, A.Tucker, M.Cochrane,
H.Heilmann, H.Wilson, F.Robinson-2, A.Vaughan, B.Herman,
F.Jenkins-2
GIDP- H.Heilmann
BALKS- J.Williams-2

[Travis]

Thanks for putting me back in skip, I appreciate the shot at redemption.

[Breeze]

Thanks for putting me back in skip, I appreciate the shot at redemption.

"No problem kid. You've been too good all season to let one bad outing spoil my opinion of your ability. Keep firing them in there, and things are going to work out just fine," I respond with a pat on the back. Then I head off to grab a beer before the press conference.

[Breeze]

I stop at the door, take a couple deep breaths. I need to prepare myself, as I’m facing another press conference and I’m tired and would prefer to get back to the hotel to relax…

I open the door and walk in.

[Breeze]

7/6 Press Conference

“Ok, guys, hit me with your…” I start talking, but am interrupted before I can finish the sentence…

“Benton, some changes in your lineup today, what brought that on?” asks Lou Scribe.

“…best shot…” I sigh…”Well Lou, I’m impressed you noticed. There were several thoughts behind the changes. First, I really wanted to get more power in the 3 slot and Pflaggstettler has been raking lately. He’s hitting what .311 or .312 now? Plus he got his fifteenth homeruns tonight. Tucker who I dropped in the lineup, is hitting under .300 and he got his third. Big difference in power. Before I was using a lineup with 3 table-setters at the top, I decided to put 2 at the top and move a power hitter up. Worked well…” again I’m interrupted before I can finish.

“What about using Gunner, first time he’s played in a while, why put him in?” Lou follows up

“tonight as they both homered,” I finish while Lou is talking. “Gunner needed a chance to play,It’s not like he playing poorly. Didn’t want him to get rusty, so I dropped him into the lineup. No big deal.”

“Coach you used Kronside.” Dan Reader….um…. states?

“Yes I did.” I respond, and I have to try very hard not to roll my eyes.

Hack Jobb jumps in, “Benton, will we see more of these new lineups, or are you set right now with Pflaggstettler in the 3 hole and Tucker in the 8 spot?”
“
No, I’m not finished toying with this. I’ll probably leave Persimmon where he is for now, but I don’t know who will hit 1, 2 and 8. I may play with that for a while. We’ll have to see how it goes. I mean we weren’t playing poorly with our old line up, so it is possible I go back to that one as well.”

“Williams pitched well again, can you tell us about him game tonight” Lou jumps back in.

“Sal can probably provide more details, but I’ve been very pleased with his performance this season. That’s probably stating the obvious, I mean at 10 and 1 who wouldn’t be. But it is more than that. He started off the season, sort of on the cusp of the rotation, and when he was given the opportunity to pitch he made the most of it. You could argue he’s been the best pitcher in the rotation. I think if you said that, Nielsen might, um, “accidently” have a wild pitch that hit you next time he takes the hill, but you could make the argument. One of the biggest reasons for his success is that he isn’t walking people. No walks tonight, and that is so important in this league. Can’t be giving free passes with the hitters that are in every lineup.”

Coach Kronside finished the game.” Reader again.
“

Yes Dan he did, 2 innings, 1 hit and the save.” I monotone the reply.

Tom O’Carver, “With Fouts’ homerun, will we see more of him?”

“It’s possible. The problem is that Palmer is playing real well right now. I’m sure Fouts will get plenty of more shots, and he is better defensively, so some extra innings at the end of games is also possible. We’ll just have to see.”

“Kronside…”

Ugh…Reader again… I guess I’ll need just go on a diatribe in order to get him to shut up. I interrupt, “Dan, Kronside did an excellent job tonight, and I put him back in after his last poor outing because he’s been one of the best closers in the league, and a bad inning happens to closers from time to time. We’ve already talked after this game, and I told him that I had all the confidence in the world in him, and that I’d never hesitate to put him in to close out a game.”

Tom follows up, “Coach you has Sam in the pen, and he was fresh was there any thought of using him instead?”

“Of course there was, but not because I didn’t have confidence, but because I wondered how the match ups would play out. Honestly, with the only lefty Cochrane set to come up in the eighth and the heart of the order being power right handed batters, Sammy might have been my normal choice. Sammy is tougher against righties whereas Kronside’s splitter can be devastating to left handed batters, but I wanted Kronside to get the thoughts of his previous outing out of his head as quickly as he could.”

A bunch of questions are a fired my way, but I’ve had enough,

“Guys, that’s going to do it for tonight, talk with you later…” and I walk out, with a smile on my face.

[Breeze]

7/7 Radio Broadcast - Game 91

Welcome to the ballpark!
Tonight FOFC will be taking on AL Pre WWII
Barrett Blade is ready to step
into the batter's box
The ball goes once around the horn
And the game is set to begin
The southpaw Gomez's delivery
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Blade hits it into the hole
on the right side
Gehringer ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Blade is out by a step at first
One away in the top of the 1st for FOFC

Nights leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Hitching up his pants...

Nights gazes out to the mound
Gomez looks down at Ferrell
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Gomez goes into his windup
And here's the 3-1 offering
Hard line drive to short
Appling grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
Two gone for FOFC

Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
the FOFC right fielder
Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign

Now he's ready...
And the delivery by Gomez
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Three up, three down here in the first
Nice start for Lefty Gomez
FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games

Charlie Gehringer is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for AL Pre
WWII to get things going
Mighty is ready quickly
It's coming down the pike
Shallow fly ball
Gazelle charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Gehringer stops at first
That's a single

Appling squares, and bunts
it down the line
Mighty picks it up and fires to first
OUT by a step
Had Appling been a left-handed hitter
He might have had a hit
Instead, credit Luke Appling
with a sacrifice
One down for AL Pre WWII
Babe Ruth is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Pre WWII

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth scuffs up the lines around the box
Babe waits...
He steps out as Mighty takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
Swung on...
Broken bat ground ball to second
Bare-handed pickup by Blade
Underhand to first...
Just in time to get Ruth
One more chance for AL
Pre WWII this inning

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Al Simmons
Simmons steps out of the box...
Looks towards Harlond Clift for a sign
Mighty is slow to get ready

He has a 3.23 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 3-2 delivery
Did he check his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

Larrupin' Lou is up next
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Mighty has the sign from Hays
A check on the runners... the pitch
Gehrig gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward right
Pflaggstettler is heading back...
At the fence
And he makes the catch for the out!
Mighty breathes a sigh of relief
And that retires the side

FOFC will send Potpie,
Deacon Palmer, and Gerald Gazelle to face
Lefty Gomez this inning
Potpie is batting .284 with
22 round trippers in 1900
Potpie waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Sinking fastball...
Potpie goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Appling...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Potpie is out by a step
AL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Palmer
Gomez wastes no time
He has the sign from Ferrell
Gomez fires
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Simmons...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Palmer is on with a bloop single to left

Gazelle finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head
The bat is cocked
Here's his delivery
Gazelle drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Double for Gazelle

Now here's Hays
Hays has hit 10 home runs this year
Left-hander Lefty Gomez prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hays
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Hays works the walk...
Passes the baton to A. J. Tucker
who will see if he can get
Palmer in from third

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Tucker goes through his routine
of settling in
Gomez adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Gomez checks the runners
Tucker drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Gazelle and Palmer will score
Dick Howser plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Double for Tucker

Mighty is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Gomez likes the sign
Here's the 3-2 offering
Curveball, Mighty lets it go by
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
Mighty looks imploringly at him
No words, but a very long look
Now he walks slowly back to the dugout
That's the second out of the inning

Ferrell heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Blade.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are issuing a free pass to Blade
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Blade takes his base

Nights is up now for FOFC
We'll see how they pitch to Nights
Nights waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefty Gomez delivers
It's swung on and lifted weakly to short
An easy pop-up for Appling
He accepts it as manna from heaven
That's it for FOFC
Nights fails to come through this time
Nights chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Turn of Century slipping by
Japanese League 2 to 0
Caribbean is on top of
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Negro League I is beating
Negro League II 4 to 0
Left Outs is beating Late 20th 4 to 0
Carlton comfortably ahead for Left Outs
AL Post WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1
NL Post WWII and Old Timers
have yet to score
Marichal battling Clarkson
And right here in AL Pre
WWII FOFC ahead 2 to 0

Dimaggio is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today...
He's looking to get something going
Dimaggio digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
All set, Dimaggio is ready for the pitch
The windup, the pitch
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
Gerald Gazelle has a chance
He grabs it on the run!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

That will bring up Tony Lazzeri
Lazzeri takes a couple of practice cuts
Hays flashes the sign
Mighty has it
He delivers
WHIFFFFF!

Settling in at the plate is Ferrell
Ferrell swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
He's ready for the delivery
Mighty brings it to the plate
Ferrell swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to short
Nights is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Ferrell looked bad on that pitch
Mighty shuts down AL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 2nd
So FOFC still with the lead
as we go to a commercial break
AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are...
Sewell will bat 7th and play 3B

The big guys are due up for FOFC
Pflaggstettler will lead it off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie and Deacon Palmer
Pflaggstettler steps out of the
batter's box to get the sign
Persimmon is 0 for 1 today
Gomez eyes Pflaggstettler intently
Here's the 2 strike offering
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Sewell...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC

Walking up now to the plate is Potpie
Potpie has a .286 average
against lefthanders
He is .283 overall
Jeeberoni steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Gomez's pitch
Gomez rocks and fires
Jeeberoni raps a high bouncer toward third
Sewell snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
That's two away

Walking up to the plate now is Palmer
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Gomez ready quickly, looks in for the sign
Lefty winds
Kicks... and delivers
Liner drilled to short
Appling grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 2 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While AL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 2

Lefty Gomez, Charlie Gehringer, and
Luke Appling are due up
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Gomez at the plate
Lefty is eagerly awaiting Mighty's pitch
The pitch is on the way
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One down for AL Pre WWII
Charlie Gehringer is still
in the on-deck circle
and Luke Appling is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now batting will be Charlie Gehringer
The second baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads AL Pre WWII by 2 runs
Gehringer grips the bat handle
Gehringer is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the windup and the 2-1 delivery
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Potpie...
Blade chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

While Babe Ruth heads for
the on deck circle
Luke Appling makes his way to the plate
Al peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Gehringer
He lobs one to Potpie...
Gehringer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
Base hit to left for Appling
Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign...
Gehringer will stay at second

Walking slowly up for AL Pre WWII is Ruth

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Ruth has a .375 average against lefties
He cocks the bat as he peers out at Mighty
The runners step away from their bases
The pitch to Ruth...
Ruth takes inside, for a ball...
Ruth will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Gehringer and Appling move up
Al Simmons is up next for AL Pre WWII

Al Simmons steps into the box
Simmons has hit 16 home runs this year
The bases are full
Time to throw it over the plate
Mighty needs to let his defense
earn their keep
Mighty has shut out AL Pre WWII tonight
But he's run into hot water here
by loading the bases
Mighty brings it to the plate
The ball hits the edge of the plate
It bounces crazily over the head of Hays
Gehringer will score
Wild pitch by Al Mighty

Al Simmons steps into the box
Simmons looks down toward the third
base coach, Harlond Clift
Al stands with bat ready
Al rocks and fires
Simmons rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Simmons is around first,
heading for two...
Gazelle is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Al pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the AL
Pre WWII left fielder
Al also ups his hitting
streak to 11 games!
That is Simmons' 1st hit today
Appling scores from third!
Ruth scores from second!

It will be Gehrig to face Mighty
Gehrig is 0 for 1 today
Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes
Mighty brings it to the plate
Groundball to short
Simmons will hold at second base
Gehrig is retired on the groundout

The "Yankee Clipper" is making
his way to the plate
Dimaggio is batting .240
with 5 HR's this year
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch
Base hit to center for Dimaggio
Harlond Clift is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

The Pre-Americans will send
Joe Sewell up to the plate
Sewell can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Sewell swings a bit late on the heater...
He still pops it pretty good towards left
Unfortunately for Joe, Gazelle
is standing right there
Easy out
AL Pre WWII gets 4 in the
bottom of the 3rd
4 runs, 4 hits, no errors and
one man left on base
After 3 innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 2

Gazelle is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today
Looking to get something going
Gazelle is 1 for 1 today
Ferrell flashes the sign...
Gomez shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
He brings it home
It's grounded past the mound
Gehringer races to his right
Appling to his left
Appling scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Gehrig...
Gerald beats it out!

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Hays checks for the sign
Hays, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Gomez
The lefthander delivers
Hays hits a three hopper
towards Luke Appling
Appling scoops it and fires
it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
Two down

Tucker pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Gomez
Watching Gomez, Tucker wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Gomez adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ferrell
The southpaw Gomez's delivery
Tucker chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Gomez
Appling snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
That ends the inning
After 3 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII leads by 2

The Pre-Americans will send
Ferrell, Lefty Gomez, and
Charlie Gehringer up
to the plate this inning
AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2
Fozborg studies his sign
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Ferrell starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Fozborg walks him

Lefty Gomez squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Dan Fouts
Fouts looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Gomez
But Ferrell moves up
And there's one away

That'll bring up Pre-Americans' second
baseman Charlie Gehringer...
Pre-Americans with a runner in
scoring position at second
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Fozborg rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Swung on and chopped toward second
Blade races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Potpie
A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker!
Ferrell over to third easily
Wally Pipp is arguing that he
took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand
That's the second out of the inning

That'll bring up Luke Appling
Babe Ruth will follow if
Appling gets aboard
Hays is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Fozborg's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Appling steps into the box
Sirr is ready
Fozborg brings it home
Grounded down the line
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
That retires the side...
Appling fails to come through
in the clutch
For AL Pre WWII, No runs, no hits, no
errors and one man left on base

FOFC will send Fouts,
Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights to face
Lefty Gomez this inning
Fouts is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
And Lefty studies the sign from Ferrell...
Now he's got it
Gehringer comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Gomez
The delivery
Fouts raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Sewell just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
So one up and one gone

And it brings up Barrett Blade
On deck is Jeff Nights
Persimmon Pflaggstettler in the hole
Gomez is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Gomez kicks and fires
Blade tries to hold up
Ferrell points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Turn of Century and Japanese League
are all knotted at 4
Burkett has hit his 6th homerun
for Turn of Century
Dead Ball Era and Caribbean are tied at 2
Negro League I besting Negro
League II 5 to 0
Left Outs is destroying Late 20th 9 to 0
McCovey has hit his 18th
homerun for Left Outs
AL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Newhouser and Hubbell currently dueling
NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Marichal battling Clarkson
And in our contest AL Pre
WWII leads 4 to 2

Nights coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Nights gets set
He's 0 for 2 so far
Nights gets set for the pitch
The lefthander Gomez comes home with it
The pitch is just inside
and Nights holds up
Ferrell points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Jeff trots down to first... ball four

Pflaggstettler, FOFC's right fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Persimmon is batting .310 with
15 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Pflaggstettler readies himself
for the pitch
Nights takes a walking lead
The southpaw Gomez delivers
the 2 strike pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Pflaggstettler looks at strike three
That's it for FOFC
Here at Glory Stadium, After
4 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 on base
AL Pre WWII has stranded 4

Ruth is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Ruth digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Fozborg
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
It's popped down the third base line
Drifting...
Foul
. . . Ruth back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Potpie snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Potpie
One out
The Pre-Americans have a 2 run lead


AL Pre WWII left fielder,
Al Simmons, is up next
Against righthanders
Simmons is hitting .330
Simmons awaits the delivery
Now Sirr delivers
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Simmons is retired on a fairly deep fly
Two up, two down here in
the bottom of the 5th

Up now for AL Pre WWII is Gehrig
Two away, nobody on
Lou is hitting at .325 on the year
He has 111 hits in 342 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Gehrig grounded out his last time up
Set now is Gehrig
Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch
Ball four is the call
Fozborg can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Fozborg
Gehrig takes first base

Coming up is the San Francisco
native, Joe D
Joe has a wide stance, short stride
and a classic swing
Dimaggio swinging from the right side
facing the righty Fozborg
Dimaggio readies himself for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Fouts grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
The side is retired
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

[Breeze]

7/7 - Radio Broadcast continued

Potpie comes to the plate leading off
Gomez shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
With a 1-0 count, the pitch
Grounded towards first
Gehrig grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Next up is Sirr Fozborg, the FOFC pitcher
On-deck is Gerald Gazelle...
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
Lefty Gomez on the mound for
the Pre-Americans...
Gomez has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hits and 2 runs
Way ahead in the count
Gomez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
One gone for FOFC

So with 1 on and 1 out
the All Stars send their left fielder,
Gerald Gazelle, up to face Gomez
Good-hitting Harry Hays is waiting
in the on-deck circle
AL Pre WWII is set up for two
Gomez squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE!
And Gazelle is punched out
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Hays gets set at the plate
Hays is 0 for 1 today
Gomez is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Gomez gets the sign from Ferrell
Gomez goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Potpie
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Potpie is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Gomez comes home
Changeup...
Ties Hays up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
After 5 and a half innings tonight,
the Pre-Americans lead by 2

Bottom of the lineup coming
up for AL Pre WWII
Joe Sewell will step in to face Fozborg
to start the bottom of the 6th
Rick Ferrell is heading for
the on-deck circle
Joe is batting .257 in
253 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Rick Ferrell
Sewell is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
And the righthander starts
to work on Sewell
Here comes the pitch
It's dinked out front
Hays is on it...throws to first...
Nice play
AL Pre WWII with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Rick Ferrell to
come to the plate

Nobody on base, one away
Ferrell steps into the batter's box
Ferrell digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Fozborg
Ferrell cocks his bat
Here's the righthander's delivery
Ferrell lines one just to
the right of Potpie
It's past him into right field!
Pflaggstettler hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Ferrell is on with a
line single to right

Beautifully placed bunt toward Fouts
He races in...
Scoops it up, bare-handed...
Only play is at first
OUT!
Ferrell advances easily
Nice job bunting, as usual, by Gomez
Credit him with a sacrifice
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Fozborg

Gehringer digs in at the plate
Ready now for Fozborg to come set
Sirr Fozborg looks in at Hays for the sign
They have been in synch most of the night
Fozborg has pitched 3 innings
since coming on in the 4th
Now we're set to go
Now Sirr delivers
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie flips to Fozborg covering
Score It: 3-1
That's all for the Pre-Americans
After 6 innings in AL Pre
WWII this evening,
AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2

Here's Tucker to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Turn of Century leads Japanese
League 5 to 4
Burkett has hit his 6th homerun
for Turn of Century
Caribbean is on top of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
Tiant Sr. battling Johnson
Negro League I slipping by
Negro League II 5 to 3
Left Outs jumping all over
Late 20th 9 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by
AL Post WWII 5 to 3
NL Post WWII is pounding Old Timers 7 to 0
Morgan has hit his 16th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Tucker is one of the best hitters around
Gomez steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Gomez winds his left arm
Lets it go
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Gomez punches him out!
One up, one down

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Dan Fouts, their third baseman
Time is called...
Fouts has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
He's ready
The southpaw delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Fouts holds up
Ferrell points down at the
first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
And there's two away

Nobody on, two away
Blade steps in for FOFC
Blade swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Gomez
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
Lefty rocks and fires
Blade is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Barrett to first

Jeff Nights is coming to the plate
AL Pre WWII leads by 2
We're in the top of the 7th
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
Nights awaits the delivery
The lefthander Gomez comes home with it
Smashed to third
Sewell grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
AL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 6 stranded
AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Here's Luke Appling
Leading off the inning for AL Pre WWII
It's a beautiful, clear night sky
One couldn't ask for a better
night for baseball
Appling is 1 for 2 today
Fozborg has the sign he wants
And the delivery by Fozborg
Appling sends a routine
ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Fozborg
Easy out
One down for AL Pre WWII
Babe Ruth is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Pre WWII

Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Babe Ruth
Nobody on base, one out
Ruth is batting .343 with
34 homers this year
Hays flashes the sign to Fozborg
The righthander delivers
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Ruth hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

The Pre-Americans' left fielder is up next
AL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 1 out
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Simmons
He's 1 for 2 today
Simmons is poised and ready for the pitch
Fozborg kicks and fires
Simmons just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Two down

Next up for the Pre-Americans
is Lou Gehrig
Lou comes to the plate batting .325
with 23 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Gehrig waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now the delivery, here is is...
Curve, at the belt...
Gehrig times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats
toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Dimaggio is up now for AL Pre WWII
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Dimaggio cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Dimaggio was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Joe was a little overanxious
That is the third out for AL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45704

FOFC has the heart of their
lineup coming up
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their
right fielder is up first
Jeeberoni Potpie and Sirr
Fozborg to follow
top of the 8th, AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 2
Now is the time for FOFC
to make their move...
Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's his delivery
Pflaggstettler rips a fastball
down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Pflaggstettler back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Lefty
Gomez here this evening
That's one away

Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Jeeberoni is hitting at .284 on the year
He has 83 hits in 292 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Potpie singled his last time up
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Gomez quick pitches him
Ground ball to short
Appling ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Walking up to the plate now is Ton
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Gomez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
The southpaw Gomez delivers the 0-2 pitch
Hanging curveball...
Ton times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Dimaggio doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Ton
That was way over the fence

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle is 2 for 3 today
Gomez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
The lefty Gomez delivers
Slider, down and in
Gazelle swings hard...
He hits one into right
Ruth starts back...now reverses himself
He is coming in at full speed...
And has to take it on one hop
He was fooled on that ball
as Gerald hit it on the handle
Gazelle running hard all the way
heads for second
Here's the throw
It's high and wide
Gazelle is safe at second
Kind of an "excuse me" double

Hays gets set at the plate
Hays digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Gomez
The umpire says let's go
Hays is ready
The lefthander Gomez delivers
A slider by Gomez
Hays gets good wood on it...
Dimaggio back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Ferrell asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ferrell and Gomez

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
A base hit should score Gazelle
Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-1 pitch
Tucker hits a three hopper
towards Luke Appling
Appling scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 7 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 4

Joe Sewell, Rick Ferrell, and
Lefty Gomez are due up
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Sewell is 0 for 2 today
With 2 strikes he'll shorten his swing
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sewell swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside strikes out Joe Sewell
One gone for AL Pre WWII

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 8th
The first base coach exhorting
Ferrell to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Ferrell is batting .221 with
no HR's this year
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Kronside looks in...
Now he's ready
Kronside fires
Curve ball...
Ferrell swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two gone for AL Pre WWII

AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 4, two outs
Gomez is up to see what he can do
Gomez can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Kronside steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Gomez is outta there
That's it for AL Pre WWII
Here at Glory Stadium, After 8 innings,
AL Pre WWII has 6 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 4 runs,
8 hits and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 7

FOFC will send Fouts,
Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights to face
Lefty Gomez this inning
Fouts has hit 11 home runs this year
The slender lefty shakes off the sign
Now Lefty brushes off another one...
Lefty has a high leg kick
and a whip-like arm delivery
Gomez brings it to the plate
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Dimaggio
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just out of his reach!
Fouts coasts into second


That'll bring up All Stars' second
baseman Barrett Blade...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .267 on the season
Blade waiting on the delivery
Gomez brings it to the plate
Blade rips one on the ground
It's a 'bug bruiser' to Appling
Luke fields it cleanly
Looks Fouts back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
And there's one away

The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
One out, man on second
Lefty looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now ready, here it is...
A hot shot on the ground to Sewell
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Nights is out
Fouts stays put
That's out number two
Miller Huggins moving around
Hollers something down at Gomez
Lefty nods "UH HUH"

Pflaggstettler leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Pflaggstettler adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Persimmon is 0 for 4 this evening
Pflaggstettler is set
Gomez rocks and fires
Change up, on the inside corner...
Pflaggstettler was looking for it...
He hits a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Pflaggstettler is in at
second with a double

Miller Huggins will bring in Stan Coveleski
here in the top of the 9th
Stan will try to close this game out
He has appeared in 19 games
He has notched a 7.07 ERA in 28 innings
His record is 6 and 4
He has 4 saves on the season
Lefty Gomez hands Coveleski the ball
We'll be set to go in a minute

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
Now Stan delivers
That one is a grass cutter towards third
Sewell fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
Joe manages to come up with it
on the heel of his glove
Rolls the ball into his free hand
On to first
It is off target...
Gehrig one hops it into his glove
Out!
Gehrig can't get out of the way
and Jeeberoni runs right into him
Nice play as that ball was thrown
on the rightfield side of the bag
Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone
And that will do it for FOFC
AL Pre WWII wins 6 to 5
Gomez gets credit for the win
Coveleski notches the save
Mighty takes the loss
The hitting star for AL Pre WWII
was Lou Gehrig
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Pre WWII.

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7/7 Boxscore

[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 7/7/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 3 0 0 0 .265 C.Gehringer 2B 4 1 2 0 .299
J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .285 L.Appling SS 3 1 1 0 .250
P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 0 1 1 .310 B.Ruth RF 3 2 1 0 .345
J.Potpie 1B 5 1 2 0 .286 A.Simmons LF 3 1 1 2 .329
D.Palmer 3B 2 1 1 0 .323 L.Gehrig 1B 3 1 1 2 .327
S.Fozborg P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 1 .241
C-K.Ton PH,LF 1 1 1 2 .257 T.Lazzeri 3B 1 0 0 0 .189
G.Gazelle LF 4 1 3 0 .273 A-J.Sewell 3B 3 0 0 0 .255
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Ferrell C 3 0 1 0 .217
H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .338 L.Gomez P 2 0 0 0 .028
A.Tucker CF 4 0 1 2 .297 S.Coveleski P 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Mighty P 1 0 0 0 .087
B-D.Fouts 3B 3 1 1 0 .246
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 5 10 5 Totals 29 6 8 5

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lazzeri In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mighty In 3rd Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 8th Inning

INJURY: Tony Lazzeri INJURED (for 15 more games) in 2nd inning
INJURY: Al Mighty INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning

All Stars....... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 5 10 0
Pre-Americans... 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 8 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty LOSS(6-7) 2 2/3 5 4 4 2 2 0 54 3.45
S.Fozborg 4 1/3 3 2 2 2 1 1 66 3.00
J.Kronside 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 2.24
Totals 8 8 6 6 4 6 1

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Gomez WIN(5-8) 8 2/3 10 5 5 3 10 1 128 4.15
S.Coveleski SAVE(5th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.99
Totals 9 10 5 5 3 10 1

ATTENDANCE- 45,704 DATE- Saturday, July 7th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 8 Pre-Americans: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Pre-Americans: 1
DOUBLES- P.Pflaggstettler(15th), G.Gazelle-2(6th), A.Tucker(12th), D.Fouts(6th),
A.Simmons(23rd)
HOME RUNS- K.Ton(8th), L.Gehrig(24th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Appling, L.Gomez-2
WALKS- B.Blade, J.Nights, H.Hays, B.Ruth, A.Simmons, L.Gehrig, R.Ferrell
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler-3, S.Fozborg, G.Gazelle, H.Hays,
A.Tucker, A.Mighty, D.Fouts, J.Dimaggio, T.Lazzeri, J.Sewell,
R.Ferrell, L.Gomez-2
GIDP- H.Hays
WILD PITCHES- A.Mighty

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Dynasty Update

I have exported the player stats by team into a text file and I'll be adding that information to this thread soon, so you'll be able to see how well some of the Hall of Famers are doing. However, in real life I'm several games ahead of what I'm posting, so I'll need to get to the point where the team stats match the day on the calendar otherwise the information won't match up.

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Note

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7/8 Radio Broadcast Continued


The AL Pre WWII crowd has
been pretty quiet
Here is Ruffing to lead off
He will try to liven things up for them
Watching Hunter, Ruffing wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Hunter tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Hunter brings it to the plate
Ruffing swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Hunter strikes out Red Ruffing

Charlie Gehringer will make
his way to home plate
He's the second baseman for AL Pre WWII
Gehringer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Charlie is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Hunter looks very poised out there
He's got a big lead to work with
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Hunter
The delivery
Gehringer swings and lines
it on the nose to right
Gazelle picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Gehringer rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Al Simmons steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Gehringer is at first
Owen gets the sign from Bullock
The righthander Hunter's delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Ton reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Hunter

The Pre-Americans' right
fielder is up next
AL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 2 outs
Gehringer will be running if it's hit
Hunter asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Here's the 1-1 offering
Fastball over the plate...
Ruth swings...
He hits this one very deep...
Gerald Gazelle is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...

GONE!
Ruth now has 2 homers on the day!
Nice day indeed!
He now has 36 roundtrippers on the year
That is Babe Ruth's 36th
home run of the year.

Walking up to the plate now is Gehrig
Earl Averill waits on deck
Gehrig is 0 for 2 today
Hunter has the sign from Bullock
The righthander winds and delivers
Curve ball...
Gehrig swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That ends the inning
After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 5

Ton will come up to lead off the
top of the 6th for FOFC
Ton's having a great afternoon for himself
He is 3 for 3 with
2 doubles and 1 home run
good for 3 RBI's
Dickey flashes the sign...
Ruffing shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Fly ball to center
Averill is under it
He makes the grab
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Turn of Century leads Japanese
League 2 to 1
Caribbean is in front of
Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
Valenzuela comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Negro League I with the lead over
Negro League II 6 to 3
Left Outs with the lead
over Late 20th 4 to 1
Pennock comfortably ahead for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII slipping by
AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Alexander battling Feller
NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 2 to 1
And in our contest FOFC on top 11 to 6

Ruffing glares in at Gazelle
Gerald Gazelle just calmly
stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Gazelle is at .279 on the season
Red is ready
Here's the 1-0 pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Sewell
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Gazelle is out
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 5

Deacon Palmer will step in
to face Ruffing next
If he gets on, Billy Bullock will follow
Palmer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Deacon is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Ruffing is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch to Palmer...
It's a routine fly into left
Simmons ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
That's it for FOFC
Here at Glory Stadium, After
5 and a half innings,
FOFC has 11 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While AL Pre WWII has 6 runs,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 on base
AL Pre WWII has stranded 1

The AL Pre WWII crowd has
been pretty quiet
Here is Averill to lead off
He will try to liven things up for them
Averill is 0 for 2 today
Hunter shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
He brings it home
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Averill gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One up, one down

AL Pre WWII catcher, Bill
Dickey, is up next
Bill is batting .328 in
296 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Joe Cronin
Bill is ready for the delivery
Hunter brings it to the plate
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
Two up, two down for the Pre-Americans

Nobody on, two away
Cronin steps in for AL Pre WWII
Cronin digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Hunter
Cronin waits for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Hunter punches him out!
That's all for the Pre-Americans
After 6 innings in AL Pre
WWII this afternoon,
FOFC ahead 11 to 6

Bottom of the order for FOFC coming to bat
The catcher, Billy Bullock will lead off
Bullock is 1 for 3 today
Ruffing wastes no time
He has the sign from Dickey
Ruffing's 3-1 pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Bullock swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Sewell...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So one up and one gone

While Owen Hunter heads for
the on deck circle
Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate
Nights has a .282 average against
righthanders this season
Ruffing adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Red rocks and fires
At the knees, looks like a sinker...
Swung on and topped toward third...
Sewell charging...
Has to backhand it...
He zips a throw to Gehrig...
NOT IN TIME!!
Score it an infield single for Nights

David Gonzalez is up next for FOFC
One out, top of the 7th
FOFC leads 11 to 6
Barrett Blade is on deck
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Pre-Americans ballboy
Gonzalez waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
It's coming down the pike
Gonzalez gets jammed
He still gets a good piece of it
It's sliced down the leftfield line
Drifting foul...
Simmons races into the corner...
Jumps...

It's over the fence!
Home run for Gonzalez, number 3
That was a cut fastball
that kept running in

Blade finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Blade looks to third for a sign
Ruffing is sweating profusely
on this hot afternoon
He's working much more slowly now
Now Red delivers
There's a fly ball to Earl Averill
Averill circles under it...
He makes the play
AL Pre WWII gets the second
out of the inning

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
We'll see how they pitch to Tucker
The umpire says let's go
Tucker is ready
Here comes the 3-1 "cripple pitch"
Over the outside corner
Tucker hits the curve right to second...
Gehringer takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Tucker is out by a couple of steps
That's three outs, side retired

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Leading off for the Pre-Americans
is the third baseman Sewell
He'll be followed by Red Ruffing
And then Charlie Gehringer
Knowles looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Knowles brings it home
Swung on and popped up
Blade is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One up, one down for AL Pre WWII

Luke Appling is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Red Ruffing

Now batting for AL Pre WWII is Appling
Charlie Gehringer is on deck,
Al Simmons' in the hole
They need a bunch of runs and soon!
FOFC leads 13 to 6
Appling has a .308 average
against lefthanders
He is .250 overall
Luke is set for the pitch
The lefty Knowles delivers
Appling drives one to left
This one has a chance
for extra bases...
Gazelle got a great jump...
He is closing quickly...

OUT!
Very nice play by Gerald Gazelle
Two down
There are some long faces over in the
Pre-Americans' dugout at the moment

Now here's Gehringer
Charlie is 1 for 3 this summer afternoon
He singled in his last plate appearance
Gehringer is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Knowles
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
A jug-handled curve
Gehringer goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Pflaggstettler will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Charlie Gehringer

Pre-Americans' left fielder Simmons
is up next
Simmons is batting .329 with
16 round trippers in 1900
Al steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 1-2 pitch
It is a high hard one...
Simmons goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Simmons couldn't hold back
That does it for AL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 7th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
They are running out of time
Ted Lyons will be coming on
to pitch for AL Pre WWII
Ted has appeared in 25 games this season
He has a record of 11-1
in 127 innings
His ERA stands at 3.98

Heavy hitters due up for FOFC
Potpie will lead it off
He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler
and Gerald Gazelle
Potpie is 0 for 2 today
He is currently batting .284
Simmons, Averill and Ruth
are playing him deep
Potpie awaits the pitch
And the delivery by Lyons
Potpie cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Dickey
Potpie was badly fooled by Lyons'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Jeeberoni was a little overanxious
With one down

Gehrig yells something out to Lyons
Ted nods his head

Pflaggstettler, the right fielder,
moves into the batter's box

FOFC leads 13 to 6
Lyons steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Lyons winds and delivers
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Cronin...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Pflaggstettler is out by a step
That's the second out of the inning

Gazelle saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle is at .276 on the season
Ted Lyons steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Simmons racing back...
At the warning track...
Waits...
Leaps...
Off the fence!
Simmons chases it down
Firing a strong throw back in
They'll never get Gazelle
The slide...
In there!
It's a double for Gerald Gazelle

Deacon Palmer will get a
crack at Lyons next
Billy Bullock would be up next...
But only if Palmer can reach safely
A base hit should score Gazelle
Lyons tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Ted delivers
Palmer rips a line drive to left-center
Simmons is off at the crack of the bat
So too is Averill...
It is right in between them
The ball is sinking fast...
HOLY SMOKES!!!
Both Averill and Simmons dive!
Man-oh-man!!!
There is a collision!
Both players are sprawled
out on the ground!
Cronin is out there seeing if
they are all right...
Averill goes to one knee...
What's this???
He flipped the ball to Cronin!
Earl caught the ball!
No, the umpire says he trapped it
Gazelle continues around to score
Cronin gets the ball back in,
but Palmer slides safely into second
with a two-bagger

But man!! What a play
A real LALLAPALOOZA!!!
Fortunately, it looks like both Averill
and Simmons are going to be ok
That was one impressive sight!
They sure gave it their best shot!

At the plate is Bullock
Late in the game
FOFC up by 8
Bullock is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a respectable .263 for FOFC

Bullock readies himself for the pitch
Way ahead in the count
Lyons turns the 0-2 pitch loose
The Whiff on the "high cheese"!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 and a half innings
FOFC has 14 runs, 15 hits and no errors
While AL Pre WWII has 6 runs,
7 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 5 stranded
AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 2

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig,
and Earl Averill are the scheduled hitters
It's the bottom of the 8th...
All Stars lead the Pre-Americans, 14-6
Babe Ruth will step in to face Knowles
He is 2 for 3 on the afternoon
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 4 RBI's
Knowles looks down at Bullock
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Bo has got to be a little concerned
with Ruth up there as the
AL Pre WWII right fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this afternoon
Bo winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Ruth is retired on a fairly deep fly
With one down, up next is Lou Gehrig
To be followed by Earl Averill

That'll bring up Lou Gehrig
Things haven't gone well for AL Pre WWII
They trail FOFC by 8 runs
FOFC ahead 14 to 6
Gehrig looks down toward
the third base coach
He's ready
Knowles brings it to the plate
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Gehrig watches it go by
for the third strike
Gehrig stood there like a bump on a log
2 strike outs for Gehrig today
Two gone for AL Pre WWII

Now at the plate will be Averill
center fielder for AL Pre WWII today
Averill has hit 10 home runs this year
Knowles squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Averill hits a screamer at Bo Knowles
Knowles picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Averill is out!
Nice play by Potpie
The Pre-Americans are retired
It's 14-6 as we come to the 9th

Nights is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nights is 1 for 4 today
For the season, Jeff has 9 homers
22 doubles, and 1 triple
He has scored 54 runs
while driving in 43
The right-hander Lyons is set
to deliver to Nights
Here's the righthander's delivery
Nights hits a fly ball to right
Babe Ruth camps under it
He's got it
One down for FOFC
Bo Knowles is still in the on-deck circle
and Barrett Blade is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Terp gets set at the plate
Terp scuffs up the lines around the box
Terp is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Gehringer is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
FOFC ahead 14 to 6 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
These scores are final...
Turn of Century spanked Japanese
League 7 to 2
Caribbean cuffed Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
Negro League I squeezed by
Negro League II 6 to 4
Left Outs edged out Late 20th 7 to 6
Goslin has hit his 18th
homerun for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII edged out AL Post WWII 3 to 2
Alexander the winner, he's now 11-6
Feller takes the loss, his
record drops to 8-13
Old Timers nipped NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Keefe the winner, he's now 6-11
Bunning takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-11

Blade coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Barrett steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Blade is 1 for 5 today
He flied out last time up
Lyons picks up a hot dog wrapper
from the infield
Now he looks down for the sign
The sun comes out from behind the clouds
It's been playing peek-a-boo all day
The righthander delivers
Blade sends a routine ground ball to first
Gehrig takes it on one hop
Flips it to Lyons
Easy out
That's three outs, side retired

Dickey will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 9th
AL Pre WWII's fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Dickey has hit 15 home runs this year
Most pitchers love to pitch
on days like today
Knowles is no exception
He is ready to go
Knowles brings it to the plate
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Dickey hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Nobody out, Dickey at first
Now up is Cronin
Knowles likes the sign
Knowles checks Dickey on first
Now the 2 strike pitch
It is a high hard one...
Cronin goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Cronin couldn't hold back
One out
Due up next is Joe Sewell

So that brings up Joe Sewell
the AL Pre WWII third baseman
Joe Sewell is hitting .257 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Bullock flashes the sign to Knowles
Knowles' into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Dickey dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
Swung on and missed...
Sewell is down on strikes
Only one more chance for AL Pre WWII
FOFC leads 14 to 6

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Earle Combs will bat for Ted Lyons
It will be the lefthand hitting, Combs
against the righty Knowles
Combs is hitting righties
for a .462 average

Combs up
The Pre-Americans have Dickey on first
Combs is batting .462 with
no HR's this year
Knowles steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Knowles will try to get
Combs to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Combs drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
And that will do it for AL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 14 to 6
Hunter gets credit for the win
Grove takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was K. A. Ton
He was 3 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Pre WWII.

[JAG]

Babson's on a cold streak. Needs to offer some rum to Jobu or something.

[Breeze]

7/8 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 7/8/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 6 1 1 1 .263 C.Gehringer 2B 4 1 2 0 .301
A.Tucker CF 5 2 3 3 .301 A.Simmons LF 4 1 1 0 .328
J.Potpie 1B 3 2 0 0 .283 B.Ruth RF 4 2 2 4 .347
K.Ton LF 4 3 3 3 .274 L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 0 0 .323
B-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .309 E.Averill CF 4 0 0 0 .315
G.Gazelle RF,LF 3 2 2 3 .282 B.Dickey C 4 0 1 0 .329
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 2 2 .326 J.Cronin SS 3 1 1 0 .277
B.Bullock C 5 1 1 0 .261 J.Sewell 3B 4 1 1 2 .255
J.Nights SS 5 1 1 0 .284 L.Grove P 0 0 0 0 .196
O.Hunter P 3 1 1 0 .071 R.Ruffing P 2 0 0 0 .273
A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 1 1 2 .300 C-L.Appling PH 1 0 0 0 .244
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Lyons P 0 0 0 0 .295
D-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .147 E-E.Combs PH 1 0 0 0 .429
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 14 15 14 Totals 35 6 8 6

A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Ton In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ruffing In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Lyons In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 2 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 - 14 15 0
Pre-Americans... 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
O.Hunter WIN(6-5) 6 6 6 6 1 3 3 102 5.47
B.Knowles 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 30 4.06
S.Knowles 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 1.63
Totals 9 8 6 6 1 7 3

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Grove LOSS(12-6) 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 57 3.59
R.Ruffing 5 7 6 6 2 4 2 98 3.79
T.Lyons 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 34 3.99
Totals 9 15 14 14 4 9 5

ATTENDANCE- 48,644 DATE- Sunday, July 8th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Pre-Americans: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Pre-Americans: 0
DOUBLES- K.Ton-2(6th), G.Gazelle(7th), D.Palmer(14th)
HOME RUNS- B.Blade(2nd), A.Tucker(4th), K.Ton(9th), G.Gazelle(14th),
D.Gonzalez(3rd), B.Ruth-2(36th), J.Sewell(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Gazelle
WALKS- J.Potpie-2, G.Gazelle, D.Palmer, J.Cronin
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade-3, J.Potpie-2, B.Bullock-3, J.Nights, A.Simmons,
L.Gehrig-2, J.Cronin-2, J.Sewell, R.Ruffing
PASSED BALLS- B.Dickey

[Breeze]

Babson's on a cold streak. Needs to offer some rum to Jobu or something.

shhh...I got it out of order...:)

[Breeze]

Since I accidentally posted 7/9, I'm going to go ahead and post it tonight...

[Breeze]

7/9 Radio Broadcast - Game 93

Welcome everyone to Booze Field
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Jeff Nights prepares to face Rixey
let's check out the NL Pre WWII defense
At first base is Mize
Traynor is down at the hot corner
Hornsby and Frisch
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Klein, Waner and Ott
and now Hartnett is just
settling in behind the plate
Rixey rocks and fires
It's hit high and deep
This one is deep!
BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK,
GONE!!!
Jeff Nights gets things going
with a lead-off homerun off Rixey!
That is Jeff Nights' 10th
home run of the year.

Now here's Tucker
We're in the top of the 1st
Rixey is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Rixey winds his left arm
Lets it go
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Tucker was frozen on that
fastball by Rixey
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck
Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year
Persimmon steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rixey's pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pflaggstettler swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Rixey strikes out Persimmon Pflaggstettler
That's out number two
Leo Durochure moving around
Hollers something down at Rixey
Eppa nods "UH HUH"

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Potpie digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Rixey
Potpie waits for the pitch
Rixey brings it to the plate
Changeup down low...
Potpie makes contact and
hits one out to center
Paul Waner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Rixey
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 1, Pre-Nationals coming to bat

As we go to the bottom of the first
let's set the defensive alignment for FOFC
Babson and Hays are the battery mates
Potpie will man first base
Palmer is at the hot corner
Nights and Blade form the
keystone combination
From left to right it is
Gazelle, Tucker and Pflaggstettler
Now Frankie Frisch steps in
Frisch, a switch-hitter, swinging
from the left side against the
right-handed Brian Babson
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it to the plate
Bouncer in the hole
and past Jeeberoni Potpie...
Base hit into right field!
That one had eyes on it
Good piece of hitting by Frisch

Making his way up is Waner
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Waner is hitting .336
against righthanders
Waner waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's his delivery
Base hit to right for Waner
Third base coach Casey Stingle
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Frisch...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Waner at first

Rogers Hornsby will face Babson
Righty against righty
Hornsby digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Babson
Hornsby cocks his bat
Babson brings it home
The Whiff!
Swung on the HIGH CHEESE!

Walking up to the plate now is Klein
Johnny Mize waits on deck
Chuck, a lefty batter, will
square off against Babson
Of his 9 home runs, 7 are against righties
Klein waits on Babson
The pitch is on the way
Fastball... just outside
Klein will take first on the walk
That will load 'em up for Johnny Mize

And it brings up Johnny Mize
On deck is Mel Ott
Gabby Hartnett in the hole
We'll see how they pitch to Mize
As we wait for the pitch
let's go over the numbers on Babson
In 19 previous outings
the FOFC righthander has
compiled a fine 3.30 ERA
He has struck out 115 in 125 innings
while walking 29
This has resulted in a 7-8 record
Babson fires
Lined to second
Blade makes a great catch!
Score It: 4

That brings up Mel Ott, the right fielder
Ott is batting .293 with
26 homers this year
Mel seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
He brings it home
Belted right back at Blade
who snares it backhanded
Ott's gone, and so are
the Pre-Nationals...
No runs, 2 hits, no errors and
3 men left on base...
They leave the bases loaded
After 1 inning,
FOFC leads 1 to 0

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Gazelle is talking to Hartnett
Rixey steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball, just inside to Gazelle
So Gazelle walks
A rare walk by Rixey in 1900
He has only given up 34 free passes
in 138 innnings
Not bad at all!

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Palmer
Palmer is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
All set, Palmer is ready for the pitch
Rixey goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Gazelle
Fires to Mize...
Gazelle is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rixey comes home
Rixey's fastball is ripped toward first
Mize can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Gazelle was off and running
with the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Palmer
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Harry Hays

Hays now at the plate
Barrett Blade waits on deck
Hitching up his pants...

Hays gazes out to the mound
Hays, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Rixey
The southpaw Rixey delivers the 3-1 pitch
He chases the hook...
Hays hits a deep fly ball...
Klein moving under the ball...
He makes the catch...
And uncorks the throw...
SAFE!...
As the ball trickles away from Hartnett
He was unable to handle the throw
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Blade leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Blade has managed a .327 average
against lefthanders this year
Barrett steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Rixey's pitch
Rixey's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Palmer dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Mize tosses it back to Rixey
Now here's the pitch
Here's the change up...
Waiting on it...
Blade drives one over Klein's head...
Klein backing up quickly...
He's got his legs twisted...
But he rights himself in time
Klein recovers and makes the grab
And there's two away

Babson is up now for FOFC
Palmer will be running if it's hit
Rixey is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
Babson sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Klein
Klein gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium left
That's it for FOFC
Here at Booze Field, After
1 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Pre WWII has stranded 3

Here is Gabby Hartnett to start
it off for NL Pre WWII
Hartnett wiggles the bat above his head
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Babson brings it to the plate
Hartnett goes after Babson's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Tucker is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
It's out of here!
Gabby just hit home run number 11
of this 1900 season

Traynor settles in at the plate
Traynor grips the bat handle
Traynor awaits the pitch
Babson rocks and fires
Hit in the air to left
It's on its way...
Gerald Gazelle turns and races
back to the fence
He measures it carefully...
Jumps and...
It's gone! Just over the fence
Back-to-back home runs for NL Pre WWII
The score is tied at 2

Eppa Rixey, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Babson gets the sign from Hays
He is 12th in the league in strike outs
He has 115 on the season
Babson kicks and fires
Ball four is the call
Babson can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Babson
Rixey takes first base

Frisch squares to lay one down
The pitch is high and tight
Frisch somehow gets the bunt down
Hays picks it up
Fires to first in time for the out
What a bunt by Frisch!
Credit him with a sacrifice
Babson has the first out in
the bottom of the 2nd
Hays trots out to the mound
Says a few words to Brian...
With the runner on second...
Probably making sure of the signs

At the plate now for NL Pre WWII is Waner
One out, man on second
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Slider...
Swung on and pounded to right-center...
It'll be over Tucker's head!...
He's chasing after it...
Waner rounds second...
Here's the peg in to Palmer at third...
Waner slides hard...
A bad bounce, but Palmer knocks it down...
The ball rolls just a few feet...
Waner jumps to his feet, but
isn't going anywhere
He'll get a triple from the
scorer on that hit!
Rixey scored easily from second

The Pre-Nationals' second
baseman is up next
NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 1 out
Runner on 3rd, 1 man out
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch to Hornsby...
Hit towards the middle
Waner heads for home
Nights can't get to it
BASE HIT!
Waner scores from third!

Chuck Klein plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
NL Pre WWII appears set
Klein is at .349 on the season
He is hitting .344 against righties
Klein is set
The righthander Babson delivers
Klein swings and sends a high fly to right
It is hugging the line...
Pflaggstettler is over at the fence...
It's going to be close...
It's just foul!
Klein just missed on that one
. . . Klein back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hit deep to center
Tucker races back
And he makes the grab over his head!
He fires it back in
Hornsby is racing back
They've got him
Double play!
Score It: 8-3
That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean and Negro League
I are deadlocked at 1
Turn of Century and Negro League
II are all knotted at 1
AL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Japanese League and Dead
Ball Era are scoreless
Kaneda and Chesbro currently dueling
NL Post WWII and Left Outs
are deadlocked at 1
Late 20th and Old Timers are scoreless
Johnson battling Welch
And in our matchup NL Pre
WWII leads 4 to 2

Nights saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Jeff is 1 for 1 this summer evening
He homered in his last plate appearance
Rixey tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Frisch...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs
Tucker has 12 doubles this year
Rixey is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Rixey looks in...
Now he's ready
Rixey winds and delivers
Tucker hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch
Frisch takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Mize scoops it on one hop

Tucker is out!
Nice play by Mize
Two up, two down

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will
step in to face Rixey next
If he gets on, Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
Pflaggstettler can't seem to
get settled at the plate
Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Rixey
He's waiting for the pitch
The southpaw delivers
Curve ball...
Pflaggstettler swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
We head to the bottom of the 3rd
here in NL Pre WWII...
Still 4-2, NL Pre WWII

Johnny Mize stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Mize is waiting on the pitch
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
He walked him, ball four
The lead-off batter gets on here
in the bottom of the 3rd

Ott is at home plate
Mize, the runner on first
He's not much of a threat to steal
Mize takes his lead
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Brian delivers
Changeup...
Ties Ott up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
With one down, up next is Gabby Hartnett
To be followed by Pie Traynor

Settling in at the plate is Hartnett
Right-hander Babson eyes
the righty Hartnett
The righthander delivers
Hartnett swings and misses
Strike three
Hartnett didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Planting his right foot
Traynor is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Traynor
Traynor has hit 10 home runs this year
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
Babson checks Mize on first...
The 3-2 delivery
Traynor hits a slider to the
third base side of short
Nights going hard to his right...
Backhands the groundball...
He stops, plants, and throws to second...
And gets the forceout on the sliding Mize
Putting an end to NL Pre WWII's inning
That's all for the Pre-Nationals...
After 3 innings here at Booze
Field in NL Pre WWII,
NL Pre WWII leads 4 to 2

Here's the first baseman Potpie
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Deacon Palmer
The outfield shades towards
left for Potpie
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
Hornsby comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Rixey
The delivery
Rixey misses low on that one
Potpie draws the walk
Number 2 today by Rixey

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Gerald Gazelle, their left fielder
Gazelle is batting .282 with
14 HR's this year
Rixey is happy with the sign
Here's the 2-1 offering
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Klein one hands it...
OUT!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean is on top of Negro
League I 3 to 1
Mendez battling Rogan
Turn of Century and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 1
AL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Japanese League and Dead
Ball Era are scoreless
NL Post WWII and Left Outs
are all knotted at 1
Late 20th is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0
McGwire has hit his 8th
homerun for Late 20th

Palmer departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Palmer is at .329 on the season
Rixey ready quickly, looks in for the sign
Rixey brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

One away, Palmer at first,
Potpie at second
Hays steps into the batter's box
Hays is batting seventh in the order today
He is hitting a fine .338 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 26 runs
2 doubles, 2 triples and 10 home runs
Eppa peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Rixey looks over at Palmer
Now back at Potpie
He's coming home with it
Ground ball to short
Frisch comes up with it
Over to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
We head to the bottom of the 4th
here in NL Pre WWII...
Still 4-2, NL Pre WWII

Eppa Rixey leads off the inning
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Brian is ready
Righthander Babson's delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Rixey gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One out
The Pre-Nationals have a 2 run lead


One out, nobody on base
Frankie Frisch is the batter
Babson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now Brian delivers
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Frisch is retired on a fairly deep fly
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Paul Waner
to get a new bat
Let's point out that NL Pre WWII is
6 and 4 in their last ten games

Up now for NL Pre WWII is Waner
Two away, nobody on
Paul is batting .326 with 7
home runs on the season
He is 2 for 2 today
Waner waits
It's coming down the pike
Waner starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Babson walks him

Slowly coming up is Hornsby
for NL Pre WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
NL Pre WWII ahead 4 to 2
Hornsby is 1 for 2 today
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Babson goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Waner
He lobs one to Potpie...
Waner is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Babson comes home
Base hit to left for Hornsby
Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign...
Waner will stay at second

Klein walks up to the plate
Two men on, two men out
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Klein
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
A slider by Babson
Klein gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
They have now stranded 5 baserunners

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7/9 Radio Broadcast Continued


Barrett Blade will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Barrett flied out last time around
Waiting for the pitch is Blade
The lefthander Rixey delivers
Blade hits a pop into short left field
Traynor sprints out
Klein and Waner sprint towards the infield
Chuck Klein sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Brian Babson squares, and lays
down a beauty of a bunt
Eppa Rixey picks it up,
he'll have to hurry
OUT at first
But the sacrifice works to perfection
That's one away

Nights is up next
One gone, top of the 5th
A. J. Tucker moves out on deck
Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
The lefty Rixey delivers
It's a shallow fly by Nights
Klein runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Nights is out

So with 1 on and 2 outs
the All Stars send their center fielder,
A. J. Tucker, up to face Rixey
Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Tucker gets set
He's 0 for 2 so far
After getting set, Tucker
waits on the pitch
Rixey looks back towards second...

The pitch
Rixey seems reluctant to pitch to Tucker
The pitch comes in very high for ball four
Tucker takes first
On the unintentional intentional walk

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler steps out of the
batter's box to get the sign
Persimmon is 0 for 2 today
The bat is cocked
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Pops one up to center field
Waner pedals over
He gloves it
Score It: 8
That ends the inning
After 4 and a half innings,
NL Pre WWII leads by 2

Johnny Mize, Mel Ott, and
Gabby Hartnett are due up
Babson toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
It's a full count...
Babson winds and fires...
Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Mize goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Johnny Mize

Mel Ott stands in for NL Pre WWII
Ott asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Ott cocks the bat
Here comes the pitch
IT HITS Ott!
Ott glares out towards Babson
And now he's being restrained by
the ump . . .
Okay, things have settled down
The ump tells Ott to take his base

Hartnett, the catcher, moves
into the batter's box

NL Pre WWII leads 5 to 2
Gabby checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings...

Now he steps into the box
He's ready
The stretch... the delivery
Hartnett drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
One out
Pie Traynor is due up next

Traynor is up next
NL Pre WWII has a runner
at first and one out
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Brian rocks and fires
There's a quail shot in front
of Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out

Eppa Rixey moves in to face Babson
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 5th
Stepping out, Rixey looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Rixey is set for the pitch
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
The Whiff!
Babson punches Rixey out!
After 5 innings tonight,
the Pre-Nationals lead by 3

Here's Potpie to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Caribbean is on top of Negro
League I 3 to 1
Mendez battling Rogan
Turn of Century and Negro
League II are tied at 1
AL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Coveleski battling Palmer
Japanese League and Dead Ball
Era are all knotted at 2
Kaneda and Chesbro currently dueling
Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 5 to 4
Old Timers leads Late 20th 3 to 2
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Potpie is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk
Rixey is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Rixey gets the sign from Hartnett
Rixey throws the 3-2 pitch
Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Eppa Rixey
Rixey scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Nobody on base, one away
Gazelle steps into the batter's box
Gazelle swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Rixey
The umpire says let's go
Here's Rixey's windup
And the lefthander comes home with it
That's hit deep to left field
This one is deep!
THAT BALL IS OUT OF HERE!!!
That is Gerald Gazelle's 15th
home run of the year.

Palmer, FOFC's third baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Harry Hays waits on deck
Deacon steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Palmer singled last time up
and now is 2 for 2
Rixey adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hartnett
Here's the 1-0 offering
It's a high fly into left
Klein ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
That's two away
Frisch comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Rixey
Harry Hays will be next up...

Nobody on, two away
Hays steps in for FOFC
Hays is batting .337 with
10 HR's this year
Rixey is slow to get ready

He has a 4.36 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Rixey is into his rocking motion
Now his left arm comes around
There's a drive to left by Hays
Klein picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Hays turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Klein

Barrett Blade is up next
FOFC's second baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Barrett will be facing the
left-handed Rixey
from the right side of the plate
He has a .265 average overall
But Barrett murders southpaws
with a .333 average
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
It's a rainbow shot toward right
Ott reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 5 and a half innings,
NL Pre WWII on top 5 to 3

The Pre-Nationals will send
Frisch, Paul Waner, and Rogers Hornsby up
to the plate this inning
Babson likes the sign
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Frisch hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Frisch is out!
Nice play by Potpie
One gone in the bottom of the 6th
Up next is Paul Waner
He's having a fine year so far

Now batting will be Paul Waner
Paul is hitting at .326 on the year
He has 94 hits in 288 at bats
This includes 13 doubles, 9 triples
7 home runs and 35 RBI's
Waner waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Babson brings it home
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Waner...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Nights made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Rogers Hornsby is entering
the batter's box
Leo Durochure has his big
bopper, Chuck Klein,
waiting in the on-deck circle
The outfield shades towards
left for Hornsby
Hornsby waits for the pitch
And the delivery by Babson
Hard slider...
Hornsby swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Gazelle is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Rogers

Klein is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Rodney adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Rodney brings it to the plate
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Klein!
That's the second out of the inning

"The Big Cat" is coming to the plate
Mize is 1 for 2 today, with 1 home run
Rodney looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
It's a high fly to deep center
Tucker is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
A. J. jumps
It's off the wall
Mize is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

The Pre-Nationals' right
fielder is up next
NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 2 outs
Ott is hitless today, 0 for 2
Mel was hit by a pitch in his last at bat
Ott is poised and ready for the pitch
Rodney rocks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
So that's it for NL Pre WWII
But the damage was done
2 runs come across the plate
NL Pre WWII on top 7 to 3

Bullock will come up to lead off
the top of the 7th for FOFC
Rixey eyes Bullock intently
The lefthander delivers
Ground ball to the left side...
Traynor scoops it up
Over to first for the putout

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Nights is batting .284 with
10 HR's this year
Rixey likes the sign
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Slider, down and away...
Nights reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Traynor is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Klein is hustling after it...
Nights with the big turn...
The throw from Klein goes into second
And Nights holds at first

Tucker is ready to face Rixey
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Tucker
He's 0 for 2 today
Rixey steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Nights dives back in!...

SAFE!
Mize tosses it back to Rixey
Now here's the pitch
Tucker is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's two away

Pflaggstettler heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Persimmon steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 3 today
He flied out last time up
Pflaggstettler is set
Now ready, here it is...
It is a high hard one...
Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
NL Pre WWII this evening,
NL Pre WWII on top 7 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Hartnett saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Gabby is hitting at .279 on the year
He has 64 hits in 229 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Hartnett flied out his last time up
Hartnett, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Rodney
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Swung on and topped toward third
Palmer comes in
Backhands it
Over to first
Not in time!
Infield single by Gabby

Next up for NL Pre WWII is Pie Traynor
Pie stares down at Casey
Stingle for the sign
Hartnett leads away from first
The umpire says let's go
The pitch is on the way
Fastball down low...
Traynor swings and hits one out to center
A. J. Tucker is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Rodney
Hartnett trots back to first
That's one away

Rixey shows bunt
It's a beauty! Right down
the 3rd base line...
Palmer charges... he fires to first
He gets the batter, but the runner
Hartnett goes to 2nd...
A sacrifice for Rixey
Two down

So that brings up the top of the order
Frankie Frisch will step in
Frankie Frisch is hitting .290 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Rodney shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
And the cripple pitch...
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45747

The All Stars get their turn to bat
here in the top of the 8th
Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle,
and Deacon Palmer
the first three FOFC batters
They'll be facing the southpaw Eppa Rixey
Potpie is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Eppa Rixey on the mound for
the Pre-Nationals...
Rixey has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits and 3 runs
Here's the 2-2 offering
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Potpie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hartnett loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout
One up, one down for FOFC

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Gazelle
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today
He has 1 walk
His potent bat gets him a
lot of bases on balls
Not too many pitchers relish facing him
In fact, I can't think of any, off hand
He homered last time at the plate
Gazelle waits
Way ahead in the count
Rixey turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hartnett asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Gazelle went around
Strike three, swinging
One more chance for FOFC this inning

The third baseman, Deacon
Palmer, is up next
Palmer is 2 for 3 today, with no walks
Hartnett flashes the sign...
Rixey shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Palmer...
Klein over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Palmer at first

Dan Fouts, will be up next
Barrett Blade hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 4 runs
Fouts digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Rixey
Fouts looks very intent...
He stares down at Rixey...
Cocks his bat
Rixey fires
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Chuck Klein moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Klein grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
That's it for FOFC
Here at Booze Field, After
7 and a half innings,
NL Pre WWII has 7 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
8 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 7 on base
NL Pre WWII has stranded 9

Paul Waner, Rogers Hornsby,
and Chuck Klein are the first three
Pre-Nationals batters due up
NL Pre WWII leads, 7-3
We'll see how they pitch to Waner
Waner cocks his bat
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Kronside loses him
Waner heads down to first
2 walks today for Waner

Rogers Hornsby steps up to the plate
Waner, with excellent speed, is at first
Hornsby is batting .303 with
10 HR's this year
The righthander pitching to Hornsby...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .204 average against Jace
Kronside's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Waner dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Kronside
Now here's the pitch
The Pre-Nationals try the hit and run!
Hornsby misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Waner is off on the pitch!
Bullock is up, firing...
Waner slides...
SAFE!
Waner slides around the
tag and gets in there

Rogers Hornsby steps into the box
And Jace studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Big motion...
Hornsby is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside pulled the string on him
One down for NL Pre WWII in
the bottom of the 8th
NL Pre WWII on top 7 to 3

Klein is up now for NL Pre WWII
Klein is 0 for 3 today
Chuck struck out last time around
Kronside looks down at
Bullock for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Kronside brings it to the plate
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

They are issuing a free pass to Mize
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Mize takes his base

Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Ott
Gabby Hartnett waits on deck
The Pre-Nationals leading by 4
Ott adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Mel is 0 for 3 this evening
He's in his crouch
Ott can really swing that wood
The pitch is on the way
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Ott watches it go by
for the third strike
That's all for the Pre-Nationals
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 4

Blade saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Barrett is batting .264 with
2 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
The Virginian shakes off the sign
Now the 6'5" Rixey shakes off another one
NL Pre WWII ahead 7 to 3he
book on Eppa is a good
not overpowering fastball
swift curve and a change up
when he's behind in the count
The southpaw Rixey's delivery
Barrett pops it up
And Frisch makes the play
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Billy Bullock, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Bullock is 0 for 1 today, with no walks
Rixey has the sign from Hartnett
The lefthander Rixey delivers
There's a hard bouncer to Traynor's left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Mize...
Bullock is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Pie Traynor!
That's two down for Rixey
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Nights digs in at the plate
Ready now for Rixey to come set
Jeff is hitting at .286 on the year
He has 99 hits in 346 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter...
Jeff has scored 55 runs on the season
Jeff is set for the pitch
The lefty Rixey delivers
Shallow fly ball
Ott charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Pre WWII wins 7 to 3
Rixey gets credit for the win
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Pre WWII
was Rogers Hornsby
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.

[Breeze]

7/9 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/9/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Nights SS 5 1 2 1 .285 F.Frisch SS 4 0 1 0 .288
A.Tucker CF 3 0 0 0 .298 P.Waner CF 3 2 3 1 .329
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .305 R.Hornsby 2B 5 1 3 3 .302
J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .280 C.Klein LF 4 0 0 0 .342
G.Gazelle LF 3 2 1 1 .283 J.Mize 1B 3 1 2 1 .340
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 3 0 .333 M.Ott RF 4 0 0 0 .290
H.Hays C 2 0 1 1 .340 G.Hartnett C 4 1 2 1 .283
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Traynor 3B 4 1 1 1 .280
B-D.Fouts PH 1 0 0 0 .245 E.Rixey P 2 1 0 0 .128
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Blade 2B 4 0 1 0 .262
B.Babson P 1 0 0 0 .105
A-B.Bullock C 2 0 0 0 .258
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 33 7 12 7

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Pre-Nationals... 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 7 12 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(7-9) 5 1/3 10 7 7 4 4 4 108 3.66
J.Rodney 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 2.85
J.Kronside 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 21 2.19
Totals 8 12 7 7 6 8 4

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Rixey WIN(7-9) 9 8 3 3 3 7 2 153 4.26
Totals 9 8 3 3 3 7 2

ATTENDANCE- 45,747 DATE- Monday, July 9th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 7 Pre-Nationals:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Pre-Nationals: 1
DOUBLES- J.Mize(12th)
TRIPLES- P.Waner(9th)
HOME RUNS- J.Nights(10th), G.Gazelle(15th), R.Hornsby(10th), J.Mize(10th),
G.Hartnett(11th), P.Traynor(10th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Waner(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Babson, F.Frisch, E.Rixey
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Hays
WALKS- A.Tucker, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle, P.Waner-2, C.Klein, J.Mize-2, E.Rixey
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ott
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker-2, P.Pflaggstettler-3, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle, R.Hornsby-2,
C.Klein-2, M.Ott-2, G.Hartnett, E.Rixey
GIDP- H.Hays

[Breeze]

Manager Update

I am walking back towards the clubhouse following the press conference, feeling like time is just flying by. It like the last couple of days were a whirlwind and my thoughts on them seem to be running together. As I look back on our last couple of games, I feel fortunate to have gone .500. We really aren’t playing well right now, but we’ve been able to get away with it for the most part.

One thing we’ve got to do is keep the ball in the park. Way too many homeruns allowed recently. Hunter and gave up 3 and Babson gave up 4…wow 4…that is surprising given their stuff. I’m not stupid, and I do understand giving up a couple of homeruns to Ruth isn’t exactly a sin, and Hornsby, Mize, and Harnett are no slouches…however, Traynor isn’t exactly a beast with a bat in his hand, and Joe Sewell, REALLY? He struggles to hit them out in batting practice…

Hunter didn’t pitch well in his game, but he got a win thanks to the offense. He really should be taking those guys out for a nice steak dinner. They gave him 5 homeruns to work with and scoring 2 runs in the first, 3 in the second, 2 in the third and 3 in the fourth, does allow you to not worry too much about hitting spots and being perfect with your pitches. Babson pitched poorly too, but honestly what hurt him the most, besides the homeruns was a combination of 2 things. One Hornsby got hot, 3 for 5, a homeru and 3 RBI, but making matters worse was Big Poison seemed to always be on base in front of him, going 3 for 3. I know Babson didn't give all that up, but the combination was still a big problem for us.

I really hope Babson gets out of his funk soon, we’re going to need him down the stretch. The NL Post team is really tearing it up right now. I think they have 3 guys who already are around 30 homeruns…and we basically still have a full third of the season to go…the could end up with 3 or 4 guys with 40 homeruns…oh, and their pitching has gotten much better.

I hope our fans are strapped in, because this could be a wild ride down the stretch.

[Breeze]

7/10 Radio Broadcast - Game 94

Good evening baseball fans!
NL Pre WWII will be hosting
FOFC in tonight's game
Let me set the NL Pre WWII defense
as Barrett Blade steps in
The battery is Burleigh
Grimes and Hartnett
Grimes is a righthand hurler
At first will be Mize
Hornsby will play second
At shortstop is Frisch
Traynor is at third
In the outfield from left to right
Will be Medwick, Cuyler and Ott
Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter
their righty hitting second
baseman, Barrett Blade
And the delivery by Grimes
Swung on and popped up
Hartnett will handle it
He's got it
Score It: 2
One gone for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
A. J. Tucker is the batter
Tucker is at .298 on the season
He is hitting .291 against righties
Burleigh looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Off-speed pitch...
Tucker swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Cuyler bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Cuyler jumps for it...
It bounds off the fence
It's a two-bagger for A. J. Tucker

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Grimes
Righty against righty
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.305 with 15 homeruns
Persimmon also has 15 doubles
and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 54 runs
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-2 offering
A slider by Grimes
Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it...
Cuyler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
FOFC with one more chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games

FOFC first baseman, Jeeberoni
Potpie, is up next
And Burleigh studies the
sign from Hartnett...
Now he's got it
Hornsby comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Grimes
The delivery
A high fastball...
Potpie swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Frisch
Frankie is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Potpie was looking for the breaking ball
Potpie chokes in the clutch!
That ends the inning
FOFC threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 1st

Frisch steps in to start things
off for NL Pre WWII
Let me set the FOFC defense
Williams will be pitching to Bullock
The corners will be Potpie and Palmer
At first and third
The keystone combo has Blade at second
With Nights at short
Covering the outfield from left to right
Will be Gunner, Tucker and Pflaggstettler
Now Frisch is in the batter's box
Wonder if Frisch will try
to bunt for a hit
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Williams fires
There's a liner over short
Solidly stroked by Frisch...
Would you look at that!
Nights leaped two stories into the air
and robbed Frisch of a sure base hit
Frankie is disgusted...
but tips his hat to Nights just the same
That ball had base hit written all over it
One up, one down for NL Pre WWII

The third baseman, Pie Traynor
will be up next for NL Pre WWII
Traynor can't seem to get
settled at the plate
After getting set, Traynor
waits on the pitch
Here's his delivery
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just out of his reach!
Traynor coasts into second


Hornsby finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Hornsby has hit 10 home runs this year
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The lefthander Williams delivers
A high and inside fastball
Ball four!
Just under the chin of Rogers Hornsby
Rogers gives Williams a steely stare
Now he trots down to first

Ott leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Ott steps out of the box...
Looks towards Casey Stingle for a sign
Williams is taking his time out there
Mel could write a letter
while he's waiting
Now Williams' finished fiddling around
He is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Bullock
Williams will try to get Ott to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Swung on and missed...
Ott is down on strikes
That's the second out of the inning

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Cuyler swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Kiki is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch
Williams looks over at Hornsby
Now back at Traynor
He's coming home with it
There's a 58 footer!
Bullock can't come up with it...
It's off his chest and the runners
will advance...
Wild pitch by Williams

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
A single could plate two runs
The left-hander Williams is now ready
John rocks and fires
Cuyler works the walk...
Passes the baton to Joe Medwick
who will see if he can get
Traynor in from third

And the batter is Joe Medwick
Gabby Hartnett is on-deck
Medwick is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Joe stands with bat ready
Williams checks the runners
Hit on the ground to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for NL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 1st
They leave 3 runners stranded
NL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors

FOFC will send Palmer,
Stan Gunner, and Billy Bullock to face
Burleigh Grimes this inning
Palmer has 14 doubles this year
Grimes is making his 10th
start of the season
The righthander Grimes' delivery
Fastball, lined to center...
Base hit for Palmer...
Cuyler over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Palmer at first

Gunner walks up to the plate
Gunner goes through his routine
of settling in
Hartnett flashes the sign...
Grimes shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Grimes kicks and fires
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Medwick reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeff Nights is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Bullock leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate
on this muggy evening
Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign
Now he's ready
The righthander delivers
Ripped to third, but right
at Traynor...easy out
And there's two away

Nights leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Nights a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Grimes
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The righthander Grimes delivers
LINE DRIVE
Tough chance for Frisch
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 6
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean slipping by Negro
League I 5 to 3
Turn of Century leads Negro
League II 2 to 1
AL Pre WWII clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1
Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
Japanese League and Dead Ball
Era have yet to score
Sugishita battling McGinnity
NL Post WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0
Late 20th is edging Old Timers 3 to 2
And in our matchup No score

The catcher Hartnett will
start things off for the Pre-Nationals
Hartnett is at .283 on the season
Williams is ready quickly
John needs to get this one over...
The wind-up and 3-1 delivery...
Hartnett rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Palmer
Hartnett takes a big turn
at first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Gunner to get
that ball in quickly

Mize is at home plate
Hartnett, the runner on first
He's not much of a threat to steal
Hartnett takes his lead
Williams steps on the rubber
Now ready, here it is...
Dribbler in front of home
Bullock grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 2-6
The runner on first, Hartnett, is out
One gone for NL Pre WWII

Grimes squares around
He bunts it . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by J.Williams
He throws trying to double
off the runner...
Safe, but it was close!

Frisch gets set at the plate
John gets the sign from Bullock
The lefthander Williams comes home with it
Hard line drive to short
Nights grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
That's all for the Pre-Nationals...
After 2 innings here at Booze
Field in NL Pre WWII,
We're scoreless

Here's the pitcher Williams
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Williams scuffs up the
lines around the box
Williams waits
The righthander winds and delivers
It's a pop-up in back of second
Hornsby is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
And there's one away

One away, nobody on...
top of the 3rd
The first base coach exhorting
Blade to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Grimes is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Grimes gets the sign from Hartnett
Burleigh comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Kiki Cuyler moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Cuyler grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
Two down
Burleigh Grimes retires
the first two batters in a row

Grimes glares in at Tucker
A. J. Tucker just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Tucker taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Tucker is ready
And the delivery by Grimes
Curveball...
Tucker swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Cuyler bolting after it...
It is carrying all the way to the fence
Cuyler jumps for it...
IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!!
Tucker heading for second...
Here's the strong throw
It's on the money...
Hornsby blocks it in front of him...
Tucker is safe!
That will be scored a double

Walking up to the plate
now is Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Grimes adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hartnett
Grimes brings it to the plate
Change up, on the inside corner...
Pflaggstettler was looking for it...
He hits a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Pflaggstettler is in at
second with a double

Facing Grimes now is Potpie
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Stan Gunner waits in the hole
A base hit should score Pflaggstettler
Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign

Now he's ready...
He brings it home
Fastball
Ball four

Now batting will be the third
baseman, Deacon Palmer
Palmer digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Grimes
Deacon is set for the pitch
Burleigh checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Grounded towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Frisch
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 2 and a half innings
FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 4

Traynor is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today
Looking to get something going
Traynor is 1 for 1 today
Williams has the sign from Bullock
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Traynor hits one on the ground
to the left side
Pie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
One out
Due up next is Rogers Hornsby

Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII
The outfield shades towards
left for Hornsby
Hornsby looks very intent...
He stares down at Williams...
Cocks his bat
The lefty Williams delivers
Hornsby swings and lines
it on the nose to left
Gunner picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Hornsby rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Ott coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Hornsby on first, with one away
Ott is 0 for 1 today
John is ready
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
Fastball, up in the strike zone
Swung on...
It's a swinging bunt...
Blade charges in, barehands it
THROWS TO SECOND!...
OUT AT SECOND!
Score this one a force out
One more chance for NL
Pre WWII this inning

Cuyler moseys up to the plate
Joe Medwick is heading for
the on-deck circle
Kiki is hitting at .294 on the year
He has 47 hits in 160 at bats
This includes 7 doubles, 3 triples
3 home runs and 23 RBI's
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Belt high fastball...
Lined to right...Base hit...
Bobbled momentarily by Pflaggstettler...
allows Ott to race to third...

That'll bring up left fielder
Joe Medwick...
FOFC out in front by 1
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
Medwick is taking his practice swings
Joe is 0 for 1 this evening
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
Bounced past the mound
Blade dives and grabs it!
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for the Pre-Nationals
After 3 innings in NL Pre
WWII this evening,
FOFC leads 1 to 0

FOFC will send Gunner,
Billy Bullock, and Jeff Nights to face
Burleigh Grimes this inning
Gunner is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the NL Pre WWII infield
Mize is kicking the dirt at first
Traynor is even with the bag at third
Hornsby and Frisch are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Set now is Gunner
The windup, and the 3-1 pitch
Baltimore chop
Into right for a single!

Billy Bullock is up next
Gunner, who can fly is at first
Grimes will try to keep him close
FOFC would like to add
to their slim 1 run lead
Billy looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Bullock taps the bat on home plate
Grimes is saying a few words to Hornsby...
So far in 1900,
Burleigh has a 7 and 4 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Now Burleigh delivers
Bullock only gets a piece of it
Lifted up over the infield...
It should be an easy out...
And it will be Frisch making the play
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Jeff Nights steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Gunner is at first
We'll see how they pitch to Nights
Nights is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Grimes brings it to the plate
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Nights gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Hornsby grabs it...
To second for one
Over to first...
OUT!
Smooth "DP" by NL Pre WWII
That's it for FOFC
Here at Booze Field, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 on base
NL Pre WWII has stranded 6

Gabby Hartnett stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Hartnett looks for a sign from third
Casey Stingle delivers it to Gabby
Gabby is 1 for 1 today
singled his last at bat
Now set, Hartnett waits for the pitch
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Sinking fastball...
Hartnett goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Palmer...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Hartnett is out by a step
So one up and one gone

One out, nobody on base
FOFC on top 1 to 0 in the fourth
Here comes Johnny Mize to face Williams
Mize is 0 for 1 today
Williams likes the sign
Williams winds and delivers
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Mize watches it go by
for the third strike
Two down
Williams retires the first
two NL Pre WWII batters

Up steps Burleigh Grimes,
the fine hitting pitcher for NL Pre WWII
He is no gimmee by any means for Williams
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Williams brings it home
Grimes hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Nights dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Jeff Nights!
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 4 innings
FOFC on top, 1-0

John Williams, Barrett Blade, and
A. J. Tucker are due up
Williams swinging from the right side
facing the righty Grimes
Williams, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Grimes
Grimes brings it to the plate
Williams is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean is on top of Negro
League I 5 to 3
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League II 6 to 4
Rusie and Redding currently dueling
AL Pre WWII besting AL Post WWII 7 to 2
Dickey has hit his 16th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Japanese League 2 to 0
Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 4 to 3
Late 20th and Old Timers
are all knotted at 3

So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Before getting ready
Blade checks out the defensive alignment
Grimes asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Traynor stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Pie Traynor
Two down
Grimes retires two in a row

The center fielder, Tucker,
is ready to bat
FOFC ahead 1 to 0 in the top of the 5th
A. J. is batting .302 with
4 home runs on the season
He is 2 for 2 today
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
With a 0-2 count
Grimes kicks and fires
Slow ground ball
Frisch is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
1-2-3, nothing across...

The shortstop Frisch
will lead off for the Pre-Nationals
He'll be followed by Pie Traynor
And then Rogers Hornsby
Frankie comes to the plate batting .286
with 5 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The southpaw's 0-2 delivery
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Frisch is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
One up, one down

Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Pie Traynor
Nobody on base, one out
Traynor grips the bat handle
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Williams leans back and fires
Traynor chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Traynor!

Nobody on, one away for NL Pre WWII
Up now is Hornsby
Hornsby is 1 for 1 today
Rogers singled last time around
Hornsby waits on Williams
The lefthander winds and delivers
A hot shot on the ground to Palmer
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Hornsby is out
That's the second out of the inning
NL Pre WWII needs a win
They are 3rd in the standings
12.5 games out of the National lead

Two away, nobody on
Ott comes to the plate for NL Pre WWII
Ott a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
Ott waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
John winds
Kicks... and delivers
Ott gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Ott

Two out, Ott at first
Coming up is Kiki Cuyler
Ott will be running if it's hit
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ott
He lobs one to Potpie...
Ott is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Curve painting the inside corner
Swung on...
Bounced right to third
Fielded, the throw to 2nd...
They get the force for the out
That does it for the Pre-Nationals
So at the end of five complete
it is all knotted up at 1

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Leading off the inning for FOFC
It's a beautiful, clear night sky
One couldn't ask for a better
night for baseball
We're in the top of the 6th
Grimes is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Grimes rocks and fires
In the dirt
And Pflaggstettler holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Here's the FOFC clean-up hitter,
Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Grimes shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Grimes' righthanded delivery...
Potpie swings
It is popped down the line
Frisch is giving chase
The ball is drifting foul
Frisch dives
Got it!
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Palmer comes to the plate
One out, Pflaggstettler at first
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Palmer looks to third for a sign
The bat is cocked
Grimes brings it to the plate
Grimes' pitch is a rising fastball
Palmer tries to hold up
Ball four
Hartnett points down to first
He did not go around

Gunner walks to the plate
Gunner is 1 for 2 today
Grimes has the sign he wants
Grimes looks over at Palmer...
Now back at Pflaggstettler...

He's coming home with it
The HIGH CHEESE.........
STRIKE THREE SWINGING!
Two down
Due up next is Billy Bullock
Let's see what happens now

Stepping in for FOFC, is Bullock
Palmer at first, Pflaggstettler
at second, two away
Two men on, two men out
Right-hander Grimes eyes
the righty Bullock
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Bullock laces a clean base hit
He pounced on the fastball
Bullock rounds first, but will hold there
Both runners move up 90 feet

Settling in at the plate is Nights
The score is tied at 1
The bases are jammed
Hartnett flashes the sign to Grimes
Now the delivery, here is is...
Nights is waiting
Jeff need wait no more... he's outta here
Just another victim of Grimes' curveball
Three away
NL Pre WWII has one run,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
There have been a lot of stranded
baserunners in this game
FOFC has left 7
And NL Pre WWII has left 7

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7/10 Radio Broadcast continued

The Pre-Nationals will send
Medwick, Gabby Hartnett,
and Johnny Mize up
to the plate this inning
Medwick has a .376 average
against lefthanders
He is .327 overall
Waiting for the pitch is Medwick
Here's the 2-1 pitch
It's popped behind home plate
Bullock throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Joe Medwick is out
NL Pre WWII with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Gabby Hartnett to
come to the plate

And it brings up Gabby Hartnett
On deck is Johnny Mize
Burleigh Grimes in the hole
Hartnett grips the bat handle
He's ready
Williams goes into his windup
And here's the 2-0 offering
Punched just up the first base line...
Bullock is out quickly and
makes the play to first
Two up, two down here in
the bottom of the 6th

Johnny Mize steps in against Williams
Left-hander against left-hander
Mize is one of the best hitters around
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.19 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Swung on and popped up
Potpie is waiting...
And that's an easy out

Treacy saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Treacy swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Grimes
Treacy waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Windup by Grimes
And the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Treacy gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Hornsby grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean leads Negro League I 5 to 4
Turn of Century is in front
of Negro League II 7 to 4
AL Pre WWII is beating AL Post WWII 7 to 3
Dead Ball Era is in front of
Japanese League 3 to 0
Left Outs leads NL Post WWII 7 to 6
Late 20th is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3
And in our matchup The score is tied at 1

Here's Barrett Blade
Blade is 0 for 3 today
Grimes likes the sign
Grimes goes into his windup
Here it comes
Fly ball to right
Ott is under it
He grabs it for the out
That's two away

A. J. Tucker will make his
way to home plate
He's the center fielder for FOFC
Tucker is 2 for 3 today
For the season, A. J. has 4 homers
14 doubles, and 6 triples
He has scored 63 runs
while driving in 41
Set now is Tucker
Burleigh winds
Kicks... and delivers
Fly ball to right
Ott is under it
He makes the grab
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
NL Pre WWII has one run,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 7 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 7th
Grimes is talking to Bullock
Fozborg is ready quickly
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Grimes rips the curve to left-center...
Turning at the sound of the bat
Tucker is racing back to the fence...
He reaches up for the drive...
It's over his head!
He plays the bounce off the fence
But he needn't hurry
Grimes will lope into second with a double

Frisch finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Frisch needs to get on...
He has a .335 on base percentage
Frisch cocks his bat
Fozborg looks back towards second...

The pitch
Frisch swings at a breaking ball...
It's going to be in there for a hit...
Stan Gunner is after it...
Frisch is around first and
on his way to second
The throw is going to be late
He will be in there for a stand-up double
He is 1 for 4 now and has extended
his hitting streak to 10 games
Grimes scores from second!

The Pre-Nationals' third
baseman is up next
NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with no outs
Pie is hitting at .283 on the year
He has 104 hits in 367 at bats
Today, he is 2 for 3
Traynor homered his last time up
Fozborg squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now Sirr delivers
Traynor tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Fozborg took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Traynor way out in front
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Your four sports network!

That brings up Rogers Hornsby,
the second baseman
One out, man on second
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Here's his delivery
Curve over the plate...
Hornsby connects!
Gunner is off to the races...
That ball is hit hard...
Stan is at the warning track...
And makes the catch!
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Fozborg

Looks like they're going to put him on...
Fozborg delivers ball four
And Ott takes first
Fozborg gives up the free pass
That will set up the force
Anywhere but the plate

Kiki Cuyler will face Fozborg
Righty against righty
Kiki is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 48 hits in 162 at bats
This includes 7 doubles, 3 triples
3 home runs and 23 RBI's
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Pflaggstettler grabs it with
his bare hand for the out
That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45244

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 15
home runs this year
Grimes adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Grimes brings it to the plate
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Mize at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Pflaggstettler gets a base hit

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
So far this season
Potpie is hitting .275
when facing righthanded pitching
Potpie is set
The righthander Grimes delivers
Fastball down low...
Potpie swings and hits one out to center
Kiki Cuyler is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Grimes
Pflaggstettler trots back to first
One gone in the top of the 8th
Up next is Deacon Palmer
He's having a fine year so far

Deacon Palmer stands in for FOFC
NL Pre WWII is set up for two
Grimes toes the rubber
Here it comes
Grounded to third
Taken by Traynor
Throws to second
He's out
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
That's three outs, side retired

The left fielder Medwick
will lead off for the Pre-Nationals
He'll be followed by Gabby Hartnett
And then Johnny Mize
Joe Medwick is hitting .179 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Waiting for the pitch is Medwick
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Medwick goes after the low slider...
Lofts a shallow fly towards Tucker
He's racing in for it...
Catches it at his knees
HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!!
He's chasing it down
Medwick walks into second on the error
Tucker should've had that one
Score It: E8
Medwick to second

The catcher, Gabby Hartnett, is up next
Hartnett adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Gabby is 1 for 3 this evening
Hartnett gets set for the pitch
Here's the 0-1 offering
Hartnett hits a high pop
into short left field
Palmer and Nights sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Gunner
Nights puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Gunner!!
With one down, up next is Johnny Mize
To be followed by Burleigh Grimes

Up now is Mize
The Pre-Nationals have Medwick on second
Kronside looks down at
Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Mize swings mightily
But only manages a towering pop-up
Bullock is after it
So is Potpie
Potpie takes charge
He squeezes it for the out
in foul territory
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Burleigh Grimes will get a
crack at Kronside next
Frankie Frisch would be up next...
But only if Grimes can reach safely
A base hit should score Medwick
Kronside looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Bullock
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Kronside
Now he is ready...
And the delivery by Kronside
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Nights makes the easy catch!
After 8 innings
NL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1

Here's Gunner to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I nipped Caribbean 6 to 5
Smith the winner, he's now 11-4
Garcia takes the loss, his
record drops to 2-4
Turn of Century jumped all over
Negro League II 16 to 8
Burkett has hit his 7th homerun
for Turn of Century
AL Pre WWII jumped all over
AL Post WWII 11 to 3
Hunter takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-11
Grove the winner, he's now 13-6
Dead Ball Era topped Japanese
League 3 to 0
NL Post WWII nipped Left Outs 9 to 8
Late 20th spanked Old Timers 8 to 3
Puckett has hit his 13th
homerun for Late 20th
Grimes adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hartnett
The fans want the "K"
Burleigh winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Stan pops it up
And Mize makes the play
One gone for FOFC

Bullock departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Billy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Bullock is 1 for 3 today
He singled last time up
Burleigh is ready
The pitch to Bullock...
Hard slider...
Bullock swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Medwick is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Billy

Batting for FOFC will be Nights
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Burleigh Grimes on the mound
for the Pre-Nationals...
Grimes has gone the distance so far
He's given up 8 hits and 2 runs
Grimes leans back and fires
Nights hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch
Frisch takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Mize scoops it on one hop

Nights is out!
Nice play by Mize
Two away in today's tightly contested game
Score still tied here with two
down in the top of the 9th

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Dan Fouts
Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts has hit 11 home runs this year
Grimes steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Grimes fires
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Grimes has issued 4 bases on balls
this evening

Barrett Blade is up next
FOFC's second baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Barrett is hitting at .258 on the year
He has 58 hits in 225 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
31 runs this year
Burleigh looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Grimes rocks and fires
Grimes loses him
Blade heads down to first

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
NL Pre WWII has the outfield
shaded towards right
Tucker is 2 for 4 today
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Grimes
Burleigh checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
There's a routine pop by Tucker
Johnny Mize moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
That's all for the All Stars
in the 9th inning
They get 1 run across
We go to the bottom of the 9th...
The score is tied at 2

Frisch saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Frisch is 1 for 4 today
Frankie doubled last time around
Frisch is set for the pitch
Kronside brings it to the plate
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

Pie Traynor up
The score is tied
We'll see how they pitch to Traynor
Traynor gets ready for Kronside's pitch
His bat is cocked
Kronside is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Traynor rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
Two up, two down for NL Pre WWII

Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII
Kronside studies his sign
And the righthander starts
to work on Hornsby
Here comes the pitch
Hornsby hits a fly ball to left
Stan Gunner camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
And we go to extra innings!
Dazzy Vance will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dazzy has appeared in 34 games this season
He has a record of 6-3
in 56 innings
His ERA stands at 2.91

FOFC has the heart of their
lineup coming up
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their
right fielder will lead off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie, then Jace Kronside
top of the 10th, The score is knotted at 2
Persimmon steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Pflaggstettler singled last time up
and now is 2 for 3
Vance toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hartnett
Vance brings it home
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 48 on the season for Vance
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Jeeberoni Potpie
Nobody on base, one out
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Potpie
He's 0 for 3 today
Potpie, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Vance
Vance's 0-1 pitch...
Potpie sends one straight back...
It will be out of play...
Hey! That one almost hit us in the booth!
What did you say about Potpie
that got his ire, partner?
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Gonzalez is stepping in to face Vance
Mize is way in on the grass at first
Traynor is in at third
They are guarding against the bunt
Gonzalez is at .300 on the season
He is hitting .302 against righties
Hartnett flashes the sign...
Vance waves it off...
Now he's happy
Vance goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Potpie
Fires to Mize...
Potpie is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Vance comes home
Gonzalez rolls one toward Rogers Hornsby
He scoops it and fires to
second... close play
OUT
The relay to first
OUT there too, it's a twin-killing
That'll do it for FOFC
So we're still tied
After 9 and a half innings
NL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
9 hits and one error

Ott is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ott is one of the best hitters around
Bullock flashes the sign to Knowles
Here's the 2 strike pitch
A hanging curve...
Ott laces it hard just to
the right of Potpie
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Mel...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Ott watches Knowles carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Knowles looks the runner back

First base coach Gil Hodges
wants a word with Ott...
Now we're all set to go...
Kiki Cuyler steps in
Cuyler is taking his practice swings
Kiki is 1 for 3 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Cuyler is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Ott is dancing off first
Knowles brings it to the plate
Changeup...
Ties Cuyler up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
Now NL Pre WWII has one away
Leo Durochure is signalling something
to Casey Stingle
Now he is up on the dugout steps
calling out to Joe Medwick
The Pre-Nationals' manager
is really into this game
Tie score, late in the contest
He wants to leave no stone unturned

Joe Medwick moves in to face Knowles
1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 10th
Watching Knowles, Medwick wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Medwick waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The righthander Knowles' delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That's the second out of the inning

With a runner at first and two outs
Hartnett walks to the plate
Hartnett is batting .282
with 11 HR's this year
Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900
He's 0-0 in 30 appearances so far
Here's the righthander's delivery
Knowles' pitch is a rising fastball
Hartnett tries to hold up
Ball four
Bullock points down to first
He did not go around

Mize gets set at the plate
Mize is 0 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
The umpire says let's go
The crowd leans forward in anticipation!
The game is riding on the pitch
Knowles will try to get Mize to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Bounding ball to second
Blade grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Mize fails to come through in the clutch
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit,
no errors and 2 men left on base

Stan Gunner, Billy Bullock, and
Jeff Nights are due up
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Gunner awaits the delivery
It's coming down the pike
It's popped up into foul territory
Gabby Hartnett is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeff Nights is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Billy Bullock, their catcher
Bullock is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .264 on the year
Vance looks down at Hartnett
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Bullock swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hartnett loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Billy as he was heading for the dugout
Two up, two down

Jeff Nights makes his way to home plate
Nights is at .282 on the season
Right-hander Vance prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
Here's the 1-0 offering
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Traynor is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 10 and a half innings,

The score is knotted at 2

Vance will come up to lead off the bottom
of the 11th for NL Pre WWII
Vance steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Dazzy steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
The pitch is on the way
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Knowles punches him out!
That's one away

Frisch walks slowly to home plate
Knowles' had mixed success
against him in the past
Frisch wiggles the bat above his head
Frisch readies himself for the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
Frisch skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Bullock calls for it
Puts it away!
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Traynor coming up for NL Pre WWII
Nobody on, two away
Sammy Knowles steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Knowles winds and delivers
A slider by Knowles
Traynor gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
FOFC will get another crack at Vance
as NL Pre WWII fails to win it

As we go into our third extra inning
Dan Fouts will lead off for FOFC
Dazzy Vance just finishing his warm-ups
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Fouts looks to third for a sign
Fouts waiting on the delivery
Dazzy winds... kicks... and delivers
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Vance grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

It will be Blade to face Vance
Blade is at .258 on the season
Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander delivers
There's a drive to left by Blade
Medwick picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Blade turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Medwick

Coming to the plate is Tucker
One down and runner at first
A. J. is 2 for 5 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
A. J. is ready for the delivery
Vance's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Mize tosses it back to Vance
Now here's the pitch
And Tucker will sit down...
strike three called
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I nipped Caribbean 6 to 5
Turn of Century humbled Negro
League II 16 to 8
AL Pre WWII humbled AL Post WWII 11 to 3
Dead Ball Era cuffed Japanese
League 3 to 0
NL Post WWII edged out Left Outs 9 to 8
Bench has hit his 14th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th spanked Old Timers 8 to 3
And right here in NL Pre WWII
The score is knotted at 2

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Vance has the sign from Hartnett
Dazzy rocks and fires
Pflaggstettler laces a hard, low
bouncer to the right side
Hornsby steps in front of it
Whoa! The ball squirted
right under his legs!
Must have hit a pebble
Give Pflaggstettler a single on the play

Potpie is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Potpie is 1 for 4 today
Dazzy Vance on in relief
for the Pre-Nationals
We're in the top of the 12th
Vance kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
And that's the final out of the inning
NL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs, 11
hits and one error
FOFC has left 11 men on base today

Rogers Hornsby is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for NL Pre
WWII to get things going
Hornsby is batting .301 with
10 HR's this year
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Knowles brings it to the plate
Ball four is the call
Knowles can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Knowles
Hornsby takes first base

Hornsby inches away from the base
Hornsby has to hold tight to the bag

Now here's Ott
Right-hander Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Ott
Knowles goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hornsby
He lobs one to Potpie...
Hornsby is back easily
We're ready again
Now Knowles comes home
Base hit to left for Ott
Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign...
Hornsby will stay at second

Planting his right foot
Cuyler is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Cuyler
Cuyler is batting .293 with
3 HR's this year
Sammy peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
It's a full count...
Knowles winds and fires...
Curve in the dirt... and Cuyler holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the umpire says no
Cuyler will take first on the walk
That loads them up for Joe Medwick

Medwick digs in at the plate
Ready now for Knowles to come set
The score is knotted at 2
The bases are filled with Pre-Nationals
Potpie walks over to the mound
He is uttering some words of encouragement
to FOFC's Sammy Knowles
He finds himself in quite a pickle
Knowles is taking his sweet time out there
Now he is finished fiddling around
Sammy is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Bullock
The righthander Knowles delivers
The crowd is up and showing
their appreciation
Medwick gets the game winner!
Over the head of the outfielder!
NL Pre WWII wins 3 to 2
Vance gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Pre WWII
was Pie Traynor
He was 2 for 6 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.

[Breeze]

7/10 Boxscore

[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/10/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 0 1 0 .261 F.Frisch SS 6 0 1 1 .286
A.Tucker CF 6 1 2 0 .299 P.Traynor 3B 6 1 2 1 .281
P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 0 3 1 .310 R.Hornsby 2B 4 1 1 0 .301
J.Potpie 1B 5 0 1 0 .279 M.Ott RF 5 0 3 0 .294
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 K.Cuyler CF 4 0 1 0 .293
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Medwick LF 6 0 1 1 .325
C-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .297 G.Hartnett C 4 0 1 0 .282
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Mize 1B 5 0 0 0 .329
S.Gunner LF 5 0 1 0 .276 B.Grimes P 4 1 1 0 .231
B.Bullock C 5 1 2 1 .262 D.Vance P 1 0 0 0 .300
J.Nights SS 5 0 0 0 .281
J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .125
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .268
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .243
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 44 2 11 2 Totals 45 3 11 3

A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Fozborg In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 10th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 11 1
Pre-Nationals... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 11 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams 6 6 1 1 2 2 1 87 3.18
S.Fozborg 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 27 3.07
J.Kronside 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.13
S.Knowles LOSS(0-1) 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 45 1.82
Totals 11 11 3 3 6 6 1

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Grimes 9 8 2 2 5 3 1 134 4.02
D.Vance WIN(7-3) 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 38 2.76
Totals 12 11 2 2 5 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 45,244 DATE- Tuesday, July 10th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 4:20
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:11 Pre-Nationals:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Pre-Nationals: 3
ERRORS- A.Tucker
DOUBLES- A.Tucker-2(14th), P.Pflaggstettler(16th), F.Frisch(20th),
P.Traynor(12th), B.Grimes
HOME RUNS- B.Bullock(13th), P.Traynor(11th)
WALKS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, D.Palmer, D.Fouts, R.Hornsby-2,
M.Ott, K.Cuyler-2, G.Hartnett
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, B.Bullock,
J.Nights, J.Williams, F.Frisch, P.Traynor, M.Ott, K.Cuyler, J.Mize,
D.Vance
GIDP- D.Palmer, D.Gonzalez, J.Nights
WILD PITCHES- J.Williams

[Breeze]

7/11 Radio Broadcast - Game 95

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Carl Hubbell with his 9 and 9 record
Will be facing Barrett Blade

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Lombardi out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Here's the pitch
It's hit to the left of third
It's a base knock!
The ball glanced off of Frisch's glove
Frisch retrieved it, but not
in time to get Blade
Barrett is safe on first with a single
No throw on the play

Coming to the plate is Tucker
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Hubbell
A. J. looks down at the third base coach
Blade takes his lead
He just got some advice from Joe Adcock
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
A. J. looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
One away in the top of the 1st for FOFC

One on, one out
Potpie walks to the batter's box
The right-handed Potpie will
be facing the southpaw
6 of his 22 home runs come via this route
Set now is Potpie
The pitch is on the way
Potpie drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Potpie is out trying for third!
Double for Potpie

Up now for FOFC is Gazelle
Two away, nobody on
Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts
Hubbell is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Hubbell gets the sign from Lombardi
Hubbell rocks and fires
Sinking line drive
Caught by Frankie Frisch
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After one half inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Frisch steps in to start things
off for NL Pre WWII
Let me set the FOFC defense
Nielsen will be pitching to Bullock
The corners will be Potpie and Fouts
At first and third
The keystone combo has Blade at second
With Terp at short
Covering the outfield from left to right
Will be Gunner, Tucker and Gazelle
Now Frisch is in the batter's box
Frisch can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Frisch is set for the 0-2 pitch
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Fastball, down and in...
Frisch laces a hit into the outfield...
Tucker picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Frisch holds with a single
Good start to the inning for NL Pre WWII

Pie Traynor steps in now
for the Pre-Nationals
The All Stars lead in this one, 1-zip
Frisch takes his lead
Nielsen eyes Traynor intently
Now the delivery, here is is...
NL Pre WWII tries the hit and run!
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3

Now Rogers Hornsby will be up
He wants to hit it to the right side
to advance Frisch
in this very tight, low scoring affair
1 out here in this 1 run ballgame
Hornsby is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Rogers certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Nielsen earn his salary
Now set, Hornsby waits for the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Swung on and missed...
Hornsby is down on strikes
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Nielsen

With two out
Batting for NL Pre WWII now is Ott
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Rob rocks and fires
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
WOW!
A retreating Blade snags it for the out
Great range shown on that play!
That retires the side...
Mel Ott fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Stan Gunner, Billy Bullock, and
Dan Fouts are due up
Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Hubbell steps on the rubber
Hubbell brings it to the plate
Gunner swings
He slices it down the left field line
Medwick is on the warning track
The ball is going,...going
Just foul!
Missed by a whisker
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Gunner
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Cuyler
Gunner has himself a single

Billy Bullock is up next
Gunner, who can fly is at first
Hubbell will try to keep him close
FOFC would like to add
to their slim 1 run lead
Hubbell adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
It's coming down the pike
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Bullock rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Hubbell looks dejected on the mound

And it brings up Dan Fouts
On deck is Kris Terp
Rob Nielsen in the hole
Fouts is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
After getting set, Fouts
waits on the pitch
The windup, and the 3-1 pitch
There's a ground ball into the hole
Traynor and Frisch converge on it
It's fielded by Frisch who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

FOFC shortstop, Kris Terp, is up next
Terp is at .147 on the season
Hubbell is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Hubbell looks in...
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Hubbell
Terp will try the hit and run!
Terp just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Hornsby races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Hubbell has the first out
in the top of the 2nd
Lombardi trots out to the mound
Says a few words to Carl...
With the runner on second...
Probably making sure of the signs

Facing Hubbell now is Nielsen
Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker waits in the hole
Hubbell got off to a shaky start
in the 1st inning...
FOFC with the lead, 3-0
And "The Meal Ticket" wings it home...
Curveball, in and low
Nielsen hits it to Terry at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Fouts is now perched over at third
FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with
two away this inning

Blade is up now for FOFC
Blade has hit 2 home runs this year
Hubbell likes the sign
Fouts is dancing off third
Hubbell is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Blade swings and misses
Strike three
Blade didn't have a good cut at that pitch
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and NL Pre WWII still looking
to score their first run

Kiki Cuyler is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for NL Pre
WWII to get things going
Cuyler is at .293 on the season
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
It's popped behind home plate
Bullock throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Kiki Cuyler is out
That's one away

Settling in at the plate is Medwick
Watching Nielsen, Medwick wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
Nielsen leans back and fires
Sinking fastball...
Medwick swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Terp...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is edging Negro League I 2 to 1
Tiant Sr. and Paige currently dueling
Turn of Century and Negro
League II are scoreless
Young battling Brewer
AL Pre WWII besting AL Post WWII 5 to 0
Japanese League and Dead
Ball Era are scoreless
NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 2 to 1
Old Timers is edging Late 20th 2 to 1

Two away, nobody on
Lombardi comes to the plate
for NL Pre WWII
Against lefthanders
Lombardi is hitting .289 this season
Rob gets the sign from Bullock
Nielsen kicks and delivers
Low fastball...
Lombardi swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Potpie snags it moving to his right
Leads Nielsen perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Lombardi for the out
That's all for the Pre-Nationals
After 2 innings in NL Pre
WWII this evening,
FOFC leads 3 to 0

FOFC will send Tucker,
Jeeberoni Potpie, and Gerald
Gazelle to face
Carl Hubbell this inning
A. J. will be facing the southpaw Hubbell
from the right side of the plate
3 of his 4 home runs come via this route
Tucker waits on Hubbell
The fans want the "K"
Carl winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
So one up and one gone

Jeeberoni Potpie makes his
way to home plate
Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter,
will face the lefty Hubbell
Of his 22 home runs, 6 are
against southpaws
Hubbell adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
Windup by Hubbell
And the pitch
It's a little roller out front
Lombardi is on it...throws to first...
Nice play
And there's two away

Here's the FOFC clean-up
hitter, Gerald Gazelle
Gerald steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Gazelle lined out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Hubbell looks down at Lombardi
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The lefthander delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Gazelle holds up
Lombardi points down at
the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Gerald trots down to first... ball four

Gazelle watches Hubbell move...
He's moving away from the bag
Hubbell looks Gazelle back
He is unable to get his normal lead

All Stars outfielder Stan Gunner steps in
1 on, 2 out,
top of the 3rd...
FOFC leads 3 to 0
Hubbell studies his sign
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Gazelle dives back in!...
SAFE!
Terry tosses it back to Hubbell
Now here's the pitch
Grounded towards the sack
Traynor grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Booze Field, After
2 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
NL Pre WWII has stranded 1

Bill Terry stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Bill is hitting at .278 on the year
He has 58 hits in 209 at bats
This includes 12 doubles, 2 triples
3 home runs and 35 RBI's
Terry awaits the pitch
Now Rob delivers
Terry sends a routine ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Nielsen
Easy out
And there's one away

Hubbell walks to the plate
Hubbell goes through his
routine of settling in
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw's 2-1 delivery
He hits a tough grounder to short
Terp comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
One more chance for NL
Pre WWII this inning

Frankie Frisch will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Pie Traynor would be up next...
But only if Frisch can reach safely
Frisch is batting .288 with
5 HR's this year
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the 2-2 offering
Frisch swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Frankie Frisch
We head to the 4th...
The score is still FOFC 3, Pre-Nationals 0

Billy Bullock, Dan Fouts,
and Kris Terp are due up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 3-0
Bullock is looking for lightning
to strike again
He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today
Billy is 1 for 1...
Batting .266 on the season
Hubbell is slow to get ready

He has a 5.18 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Hubbell's 3-2 pitch...
Fly ball to center
Cuyler is under it
He makes the grab
One out
Due up next is Dan Fouts

The third baseman, Dan Fouts
will be up next for FOFC
Fouts has a .288 average
against lefthanders
He is .248 overall
Carl Hubbell steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The lefthander Hubbell comes home with it
Fouts hits a fly ball
in the alley in left-center
Kiki Cuyler is chasing it
It drops in front of him for a base hit!
Fouts is digging for second
He slides...
SAFE! Wait a second...
Dan is limping
He looks shaken up
Here comes the FOFC trainer, Tay Pemup
He's inspecting Fouts' leg
Dan is hopping around a bit
on his left foot...
But it looks like he'll be all right
Two-base hit for Fouts

Kris Terp, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Terp scuffs up the lines around the box
Hubbell rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The southpaw Hubbell delivers
the 3-1 pitch
Base hit to right for Terp
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Fouts is out at home!
Trailing runner advances.

Rob Nielsen steps in against Hubbell
Left-hander against left-hander
Hubbell wastes no time
He has the sign from Lombardi
Hubbell brings it to the plate
Grounded down the line
Terry takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
No runs for FOFC in the top of the 4th
FOFC on top 3 to 0
We'll be right back

Traynor is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Nielsen is ready quickly
Nielsen kicks and fires
Slider, down and in...
Traynor manages to hit a shallow fly
Gazelle charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Gazelle!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
NL Pre WWII with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Rogers Hornsby to
come to the plate

Nobody on base, one away
Hornsby steps into the batter's box
Rogers is hitting at .300 on the year
He has 106 hits in 353 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Hornsby struck out his last time up
He's ready
Nielsen is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Hornsby hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Hornsby is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two down

Ott coming up for NL Pre WWII
Nobody on, two away
Ott is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
3rd in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Nielsen's obviously peeved at that call
But Mel tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Walking up now to the plate is Cuyler
Cuyler is 0 for 1 today
Kiki fouled out last time around
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Way ahead in the count
Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Cuyler looks at strike three
That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and no errors
NL Pre WWII has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

We're back at the top of
the order for FOFC
Barrett Blade coming to bat
Hubbell ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Hornsby comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Hubbell
The delivery
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Medwick
And he pulls it in
One up, one down

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
is up for the All Stars
We are in the top of the 5th
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 0 for 2 this evening
Tucker is set
The southpaw delivers the 2-1 pitch
Long fly to center
Cuyler has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly
That's the second out of the inning

Potpie, the first baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Potpie is waiting on the pitch
We've got a full count...
Hubbell winds and fires...
Sharp breaking curveball...
Potpie reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Frisch...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Terry at first!
Potpie is out easily
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 3-0, FOFC

Medwick is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
We'll see how they pitch to Medwick
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
Here's the 3-2 offering
Grounded towards the sack
Fouts grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
One down for NL Pre WWII
Ernie Lombardi is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Pre WWII

Lombardi finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Rob Nielsen still on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 1 hit in 4 1/3 innings
With a 2 strike count
Nielsen kicks and fires
Lombardi pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Gunner
Stan is there
He's got it for the out
Two up, two down

Bill Terry, first baseman
for the Pre-Nationals
is up next
Terry is 0 for 1 today
Bill grounded out last time up
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now ready, here it is...
It a soft liner to third
Fouts reaches up
He misses it
The ball goes into the outfield
Terry is around first...
Fouts has the ball
The throw..
Safe... bad concentration by Fouts

Carl Hubbell is due up
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching
coach, is running out...
He wants to speak to Rob Nielsen
Probably just wants to calm him down a bit
A base hit should score Terry
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Hard slider...
And Hubbell takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That ends the inning
After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 3

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle has 7 doubles this year
Hubbell adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Gazelle goes down swinging
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Hubbell glares in at Gunner as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Gunner looks down toward
the third base coach
Hubbell is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Hubbell is way ahead in the count...
He winds and delivers...
Gunner hits a deep ball
Ott retreats toward the wall
He leaps...
He's got it!
That's two away

Bullock walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Bullock looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 2 on the day for Billy
Bullock waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now to the belt, here it is...
A liner over third
Traynor jumps
Can't reach it
Medwick fronts it
It's through his legs!
He recovers
Throw to second
Man, Bullock is still at first!
Buy that man some "PF Flyers"

Fouts is ready to bat
On first is Bullock
He's not known for his speed
Fouts is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .253 on the year
Fouts waits patiently
Now Carl delivers
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Fouts turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 12 for Dan on the year
He also has 23 RBI's now

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Terp
Kris steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Terp is 1 for 2 today
He singled last time up
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Here's the southpaw's delivery
There's a fly ball to Kiki Cuyler
Cuyler circles under it...
He makes the play
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

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7/11 Radio Broadcast Continued

Negro League I with the lead
over Caribbean 5 to 2
Turn of Century and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 2
Young battling Brewer
AL Pre WWII is edging AL Post WWII 5 to 4
Japanese League and Dead Ball
Era are all knotted at 1
NL Post WWII winning over Left Outs 7 to 1
Old Timers with the lead
over Late 20th 6 to 3
And in our matchup FOFC leads 5 to 0

The NL Pre WWII crowd has
been pretty quiet
Here is Frisch to lead off
He will try to liven things up for them
Frisch has hit 5 home runs this year
Nielsen finishes his warm-up tosses...
He's just about ready to face Frisch
here in the bottom of the 6th
Nielsen is cruising along
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Frisch was frozen on that
fastball by Nielsen
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
One up, one down for NL Pre WWII

One out, nobody on base
Pie Traynor is the batter
Traynor steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Pie is 0 for 2 today
Traynor waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 2-2 offering...
Over the outside corner
Traynor hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Traynor is out by a couple of steps
Two down
Nielsen retires two in a row

The "Rajah" is up next
Hornsby has hit 10 home runs this year
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hornsby
Nielsen leans back and fires
A low bouncer to Blade
It bounces off his chest...
But he keeps it in front of him
Over to first...
Hornsby is out!
Shows the importance of good positioning
We head to the 7th...
The score is still FOFC 5, Pre-Nationals 0

Here is Rob Nielsen to start
it off for FOFC
Hubbell steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's his delivery
Fastball... down and away...
Hubbell just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Hubbell today

Barrett Blade squares, and lays
down a beauty of a bunt
Pie Traynor picks it up,
he'll have to hurry
OUT at first
But the sacrifice works to perfection
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Tucker gets set at the plate
One out, man on second
Hubbell asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
The southpaw delivers
There's a jam shot off the hands of Tucker
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Frankie Frisch

That'll bring up All Stars' first
baseman Jeeberoni Potpie...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Jeeberoni steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Potpie grounded out last time up
and now is 1 for 3
Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch
Way ahead in the count
Hubbell turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Curveball...
STRIKE THREE!
Carl Hubbell has 76 this season so far
And that was number 5 today
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6
in their last ten games

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Ott is up to lead off the bottom
of the 7th for NL Pre WWII
He needs to get something started
Not much time left to avoid
the complete ignominy of a shut out

Of course, they haven't solved Nielsen yet
Mel is hitting at .293 on the year
NL Pre WWII's cleanup hitter
has knocked in 69 runs
He has a fine .553 slugging average
Ott awaits the pitch
With a 0-1 count
Nielsen kicks and fires
Ott hits a three hopper towards Kris Terp
Terp scoops it and fires it
to first for the out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System
Your four sports network!

Cuyler is up now for NL Pre WWII
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two up, two down for the Pre-Nationals

Medwick heads to the plate for NL Pre WWII
The infield is at regular depth
Medwick is 0 for 2 today, with no walks
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Potpie...
Blade chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

Lombardi steps in to face Nielsen
1 on, 2 outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Lombardi is 0 for 2 today, with no walks
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
The pitch is on the way
WATCH OUT!
Lombardi IS BEANED!
He'll go down to first
And Medwick will move to second

With Carl Hubbell on deck
Batting now for NL Pre WWII is Terry
Terry is batting .275 with
3 HR's this year
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Terry takes inside, for a ball...
Terry will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Medwick and Lombardi move up
Carl Hubbell is up next for NL Pre WWII

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Paul Waner will bat for Carl Hubbell
It will be the lefthand hitting, Waner
against the lefty Nielsen
Waner is hitting soutpaws
for a .185 average

Here's the 5'8 1/2", 153 pound
Harrah, Oklahoma-born Paul Waner
strolling to the plate
Waner is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Paul certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Nielsen earn his salary
Nielsen has a shutout going
Nielsen checks the runners
It's popped in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Potpie calls for it
And makes the play
The ump signals a foul ball
That retires the side
Nielsen works his way out of a jam
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit,
no errors and 3 men left on base
Jesse Haines will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Jesse has appeared in 20 games this season
He has a record of 1-1
in 58 innings
His ERA stands at 5.31

Gazelle steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the top of the 8th at Booze Field
Gazelle is batting .279 with
15 homers this year
Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch
Haines' 2-2 pitch...
Smash to second
Rogers Hornsby boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 1 miscue for Hornsby

Gunner now at the plate
Billy Bullock waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Gunner at the plate
Gunner waits for the pitch
The righthander Haines' delivery
Gunner just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Hornsby races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is still in
the on-deck circle
and Dan Fouts is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Bullock departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
FOFC ahead 5 to 0
Haines gets the sign, it's one he likes
Haines brings it to the plate
Bullock pulls this one down the line
Medwick is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Bullock back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Bullock rips a line drive over short
It's through into deep left field
Medwick finally catches up with it
The runner scores!
Billy has to hold at first with a single

Here's Dan Fouts
Fouts is 3 for 3 on the evening
He has ripped NL Pre WWII pitching
for 1 homer and 1 double
Still with 0 triples, however
He has a shot at the "cycle" here
Haines looks down at Lombardi for the sign

Now he's ready...
Now Jesse delivers
Dribbler in front of home
Lombardi comes up with it
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 2-6
The runner on first, Bullock, is out
Two down
The NL Pre WWII crowd is getting restless

Terp saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Kris Terp hasn't had a very
good year so far
He is struggling to get
over the Mendoza line
Currently his average is
an uninspiring .155
He has had some trouble with
illness this year
He's been fighting the flu
in recent weeks
Terp is set for the 3-1 pitch
Haines goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Fouts
He lobs one to Terry...
Fouts is back easily
We're ready again
Now Haines comes home
Terp goes down like he was shot!
He gets up slowly
Brushes himself off
Kris takes a step toward Haines
The umpire yells something
And Terp walks slowly to first
That was ball four

The pitcher, Rob Nielsen, is up next
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Nielsen is ready
Righthander Haines' delivery
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
That's it for FOFC
Here at Booze Field, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 6 runs, 10 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
2 hits and one error
FOFC has left 6 on base
NL Pre WWII has stranded 6

Frisch saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen appears to be throwing
just as hard now as when the game began
And, even more importantly...
just as effectively!
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Nielsen has issued 3 bases on balls
this evening

The smooth fielding third baseman
with extra base power, Pie Traynor,
is coming up to bat
Traynor taps the plate
Looks to Casey Stingle for the sign
Rob has shut down NL Pre WWII
with no runs allowed so far
We are into the bottom of the 8th
He's got to be thinking "shut-out"
The lefthander delivers
There's a Texas Leaguer in
front of Stan Gunner
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Nielsen
Rob nods his head

Rogers Hornsby is entering
the batter's box
Leo Durochure has his big bopper, Mel Ott,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Rogers comes to the plate batting .299
with 10 home runs

He is 0 for 3 so far today
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
Nielsen brings it to the plate
There goes Frisch...
And it's ball four...
Frisch pulls up and walks into second

The dangerous hitter, 5'9", Mel Ott,
is coming to the plate
Mel takes a couple of practice cuts
Waiting for the pitch is Ott
Nielsen looks over at Hornsby
Now back at Frisch
He's coming home with it
Hit towards the middle
Backhanded by Blade
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
Ott has himself an infield hit
Frisch takes third
Hornsby takes second

Cuyler, NL Pre WWII's center fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Joe Medwick waits on deck
Cuyler wiggles the bat above his head
Knowles is ready quickly
Here's the 0-1 pitch
Grounded towards the middle
Terp dives and grabs it!
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Frisch scores from third!
Hornsby takes third
The runner on first, Ott, is out
That's two away

Medwick comes to the plate
Pre-Nationals with runners
on first and third
Against righthanders
Medwick is hitting .194
Medwick cocks his bat
Here's his delivery
Bounding ball to short
Terp grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the Pre-Nationals...
After 8 innings here at Booze
Field in NL Pre WWII,
FOFC ahead 6 to 1

FOFC will send Blade,
A. J. Tucker, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face
Jesse Haines this inning
Blade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Barrett is 1 for 3 today
Blade readies himself for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Frisch plays it on one hop
Over to Terry...
Out of there!
That's one away

A. J. Tucker plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder
for FOFC appears set
It has been a stuggle for Tucker tonight
He's 0 for 4
The umpire says let's go
The righthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
Tucker swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Frisch...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 9th

That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie,
the first baseman
Right-hander Haines eyes the righty Potpie
Now Jesse delivers
Routine grounder to short
Frisch scoops it up
Over to first for the out
Haines sets the All Stars down in order

Ernie Lombardi will step into
the box to start the inning
NL Pre WWII would like to get
some runners on board
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Here's the 0-2 offering
A slider by Knowles
Lombardi gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
And there's one away

And the batter is Bill Terry
Jesse Haines is on-deck
Terry has 12 doubles this year
Bill steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
Knowles leans back and fires
Terry rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
That's two quick outs for Sammy Knowles
NL Pre WWII will need to
do better than that
They are running out of time

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Ross Youngs will bat for Jesse Haines
It will be the lefthand hitting, Youngs
against the righty Knowles
Youngs is hitting righties
for a .242 average

Ross Youngs will step in
to face Knowles next
If he gets on, Frankie Frisch will follow
Knowles studies his sign
Here's the 2 strike offering
Curve ball...
Youngs swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 6 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Hubbell takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Billy Bullock
He was 3 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.

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7/11 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/11/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .261 F.Frisch SS 3 1 1 0 .286
A.Tucker CF 5 0 0 0 .295 P.Traynor 3B 4 0 0 0 .278
J.Potpie 1B 5 0 1 1 .277 R.Hornsby 2B 3 0 0 0 .299
G.Gazelle RF 3 1 0 0 .277 M.Ott RF 3 0 1 0 .295
S.Gunner LF 4 1 1 0 .275 K.Cuyler CF 4 0 0 1 .286
B.Bullock C 4 2 3 3 .273 J.Medwick LF 4 0 1 0 .322
D.Fouts 3B 4 1 3 2 .257 E.Lombardi C 3 0 0 0 .303
K.Terp SS 3 0 1 0 .155 B.Terry 1B 3 0 0 0 .274
R.Nielsen P 3 0 0 0 .118 C.Hubbell P 2 0 0 0 .093
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-P.Waner PH 1 0 0 0 .328
J.Haines P 0 0 0 0 .250
B-R.Youngs PH 1 0 0 0 .235
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 6 10 6 Totals 31 1 3 1

A-Pinch Hit For Hubbell In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Haines In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 6 10 1
Pre-Nationals... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(13-4) 7 1/3 3 1 1 4 5 0 119 3.01
S.Knowles 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1.72
Totals 9 3 1 1 4 6 0

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Hubbell LOSS(9-10) 7 9 5 5 2 5 2 118 5.16
J.Haines 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 35 5.13
Totals 9 10 6 5 3 6 2

ATTENDANCE- 46,786 DATE- Wednesday, July 11th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Pre-Nationals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Pre-Nationals: 0
ERRORS- D.Fouts, R.Hornsby
DOUBLES- J.Potpie(13th), D.Fouts(7th)
HOME RUNS- B.Bullock(14th), D.Fouts(12th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Blade
WALKS- G.Gazelle, K.Terp, R.Nielsen, F.Frisch, R.Hornsby, M.Ott, B.Terry
HIT BY PITCH- E.Lombardi
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, A.Tucker-2, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle, R.Nielsen, F.Frisch-2,
R.Hornsby, K.Cuyler, C.Hubbell, R.Youngs
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Jeeberoni Potpie robbed Ernie Lombardi of a base hit.

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The National Herald

Team Statistics

AL Post-Americans



NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
R.Carew .337 76 312 46 105 7 5 3 17 27 43 2 5 3 4 4 12
G.Kell .333 16 18 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
B.Robinson .321 20 56 10 18 3 0 0 6 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 0
T.Williams .302 90 305 57 92 17 1 20 63 74 54 2 0 9 0 0 4
C.Yastrzemski .297 62 91 16 27 5 1 4 11 15 15 1 0 3 0 1 1
R.Yount .291 93 347 44 101 17 5 5 38 33 52 5 6 6 5 2 9
M.Mantle .291 90 323 69 94 11 4 28 76 52 90 0 0 7 2 1 3
A.Kaline .288 66 132 20 38 4 2 8 27 15 17 1 0 4 0 1 3
Y.Berra .275 71 233 25 64 14 2 9 38 17 24 4 0 9 0 0 2
C.Fisk .267 36 120 13 32 8 0 5 14 14 21 0 0 3 0 0 1
L.Aparicio .267 11 15 6 4 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
N.Fox .264 29 106 13 28 3 0 0 8 2 14 2 2 2 0 0 1
R.Jackson .253 75 261 43 66 10 1 19 45 36 77 3 0 6 3 1 4
G.Brett .232 87 340 56 79 15 2 13 49 31 42 0 2 14 2 0 13
H.Killebrew .224 92 348 44 78 15 1 15 53 39 75 6 0 20 0 1 5
L.Doby .200 37 75 13 15 1 1 4 10 11 17 1 0 0 0 1 1
P.Rizzuto .000 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .125 96 184 8 23 3 0 0 8 3 64 0 40 2 0 0 3
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .266 3271 870 25 468 614 55 20 62
96 485 134 135 372 29 90 13


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
H.Newhouser 4.62 4 6 .400 25 21 4 0 0 146.0 177 92 75 13 57 89
B.Feller 5.62 8 13 .381 29 25 3 2 1 166.2 179 116 104 26 89 134
W.Ford 5.63 3 4 .429 47 0 0 0 2 78.1 92 54 49 10 43 45
H.Wilhelm 5.68 4 2 .667 50 0 0 0 5 82.1 97 53 52 17 38 54
C.Hunter 5.75 5 11 .313 26 19 1 0 0 128.1 152 92 82 23 51 58
R.Fingers 5.79 3 5 .375 32 0 0 0 11 32.2 52 25 21 8 5 31
N.Ryan 6.03 6 8 .429 24 22 0 0 0 134.1 134 98 90 22 88 128
J.Palmer 6.83 7 7 .500 29 9 1 1 0 80.1 99 63 61 21 34 49
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.66 56 96 9 19 982 534 405
40 .417 96 3 849.0 593 140 588

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AL Pre-Americans



NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
S.Rice .500 23 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
E.Combs .429 17 14 4 6 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Ruth .349 90 347 86 121 23 2 38 88 54 61 1 0 9 2 2 7
H.Greenberg .347 17 49 7 17 2 0 4 13 4 11 0 0 1 0 0 1
A.Simmons .329 84 371 56 122 23 6 16 56 17 54 1 1 11 0 1 2
L.Gehrig .327 96 358 74 117 23 7 24 66 79 60 4 0 5 1 2 9
B.Dickey .327 79 306 33 100 17 0 16 57 24 38 1 0 6 0 0 4
E.Averill .318 59 223 37 71 17 2 10 47 24 24 6 1 6 0 0 2
C.Gehringer .305 90 397 65 121 28 5 10 53 35 37 3 0 4 1 0 3
H.Manush .283 23 46 6 13 1 0 2 11 5 7 0 2 0 0 0 0
J.Cronin .276 93 344 49 95 17 4 7 41 39 65 1 14 11 4 0 10
J.Sewell .250 81 272 29 68 18 1 1 20 32 24 4 0 11 0 1 7
J.Dimaggio .242 49 182 20 44 9 2 5 26 16 22 1 0 6 0 0 0
L.Appling .233 32 43 5 10 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 2
R.Ferrell .203 23 74 6 15 2 1 0 4 8 10 0 0 1 0 0 1
T.Lazzeri .189 30 95 10 18 5 3 1 5 17 26 1 1 5 0 1 3
B.Doerr .111 5 9 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
ALL PITCHERS .154 96 254 17 39 7 0 0 6 14 85 0 46 8 0 0 4
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .289 3386 979 35 498 531 67 9 56
96 516 195 135 374 23 88 8


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
L.Grove 3.50 13 6 .684 22 22 11 5 0 169.2 141 71 66 16 70 108
R.Ruffing 3.79 2 1 .667 14 4 1 1 1 40.1 33 17 17 6 9 20
T.Lyons 3.99 11 1 .917 26 13 7 0 0 128.2 131 64 57 13 39 22
L.Gomez 4.15 5 8 .385 20 20 5 1 0 143.0 128 72 66 12 70 92
R.Faber 4.43 5 6 .455 26 15 5 0 0 132.0 143 74 65 14 62 56
W.Hoyt 4.58 6 5 .545 29 0 0 0 1 57.0 54 30 29 7 19 22
C.Mays 4.77 9 7 .563 23 21 8 2 0 160.1 170 92 85 13 59 41
S.Coveleski 6.44 6 5 .545 21 1 1 0 5 36.1 44 26 26 5 24 10
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 -1
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.25 39 96 38 7 844 410 352
57 .594 96 9 867.1 446 86 371

[Breeze]

Caribbean Estrellas


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
P.Coimbre .297 93 377 49 112 19 3 11 45 21 66 5 1 7 1 0 4
A.Pacheco .295 93 373 53 110 25 8 9 40 31 48 5 5 5 15 5 17
T.Oliva .293 83 297 50 87 20 6 11 43 13 46 8 2 4 5 1 2
A.Lopez .286 13 28 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
A.Ohms .284 53 67 10 19 6 1 1 7 5 5 0 0 3 6 1 1
M.Minoso .282 56 124 20 35 4 2 3 21 6 17 2 0 0 10 3 2
M.Gonzalez .282 92 341 44 96 12 2 19 59 25 44 0 0 7 2 2 4
D.Concepcion .275 84 313 29 86 13 2 3 31 10 25 1 1 9 6 7 15
P.Cepeda .266 75 267 44 71 22 0 13 59 25 42 6 0 2 4 1 4
H.Espino .257 43 101 14 26 7 0 5 13 24 18 2 0 2 0 0 0
K.Hernandez .254 53 122 12 31 10 2 2 9 9 19 1 0 4 1 0 1
O.Linares .243 78 305 37 74 22 1 13 43 22 52 5 0 14 6 2 3
R.Puente .224 48 76 10 17 2 0 0 6 8 7 2 1 2 1 0 0
P.Mesa .222 91 383 44 85 18 4 2 20 36 39 0 6 4 21 11 0
R.Avila .200 17 40 8 8 2 0 0 3 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 1
ALL PITCHERS .189 98 201 8 38 3 1 1 11 7 66 0 24 2 0 1 7
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .264 3415 903 32 410 503 44 79 61
98 433 185 93 245 37 66 34


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
J.Mendez 3.66 8 9 .471 23 23 6 2 0 160.0 139 68 65 20 40 114
M.Garcia 3.78 2 4 .333 36 1 0 0 4 50.0 52 21 21 7 19 20
J.Molina 3.96 2 0 1.000 11 1 0 0 0 25.0 27 12 11 2 11 11
L.Tiant Jr. 4.55 4 3 .571 15 15 1 1 0 99.0 110 53 50 6 38 83
M.Cuellar 4.71 5 11 .313 24 24 3 1 0 154.2 163 88 81 21 60 112
L.Tiant Sr. 4.93 8 8 .500 24 24 2 1 0 151.2 161 88 83 23 60 127
D.Martinez 5.23 3 3 .500 34 0 0 0 2 63.2 78 38 37 8 18 40
F.Valenzuela 5.49 5 6 .455 37 8 1 1 0 95.0 109 61 58 12 42 84
A.Luque 6.45 5 7 .417 50 1 0 0 3 68.1 96 52 49 12 26 26
L.Salazar 6.64 3 2 .600 19 1 0 0 8 20.1 24 16 15 4 10 16
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.77 53 98 13 17 959 470 324
45 .459 98 6 887.2 497 115 633

[Breeze]

Dead Ball Era Ghosts


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Cobb .374 96 366 75 137 24 9 4 72 51 35 4 0 7 29 9 10
J.Jackson .350 93 357 54 125 21 12 3 59 33 40 3 1 4 25 2 7
G.Sisler .328 62 241 38 79 14 4 1 22 9 16 1 2 5 9 10 1
B.Mazeroski .320 8 25 4 8 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
E.Collins .316 86 332 74 105 17 4 7 34 51 37 5 6 5 19 17 8
T.Speaker .314 89 331 75 104 28 7 11 65 44 45 4 0 4 20 4 3
H.Baker .313 81 310 31 97 16 6 7 65 23 40 5 4 9 8 5 6
R.Schalk .252 78 262 23 66 5 1 1 23 33 34 3 1 1 4 1 3
F.Chance .250 68 240 40 60 7 6 3 33 20 21 8 9 2 22 9 8
E.Roush .246 15 57 11 14 3 1 0 4 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 1
J.Tinker .231 33 108 3 25 1 1 1 20 3 10 0 4 5 3 3 5
B.Wallace .230 85 317 29 73 16 3 2 40 24 40 2 6 4 5 2 11
J.Evers .197 24 66 8 13 2 1 1 5 8 7 0 0 1 3 1 1
Z.Wheat .196 29 56 6 11 2 0 1 7 5 8 2 0 1 0 1 1
H.Hooper .190 22 21 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
M.Carey .188 18 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .165 98 266 15 44 6 0 0 11 17 87 0 28 8 0 0 5
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .287 3371 968 55 463 434 63 152 70
98 489 163 43 328 37 57 64


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
E.Cicotte 2.83 1 0 1.000 12 1 1 0 0 35.0 34 12 11 2 11 12
T.Brown 2.90 2 5 .286 28 0 0 0 4 40.1 41 16 13 2 17 17
W.Johnson 3.30 12 7 .632 21 21 14 1 0 174.1 140 68 64 18 50 117
E.Walsh 3.96 8 12 .400 22 22 13 2 0 168.1 180 87 74 16 56 99
J.Chesbro 4.51 8 6 .571 20 19 6 1 0 133.2 136 80 67 13 34 55
J.McGinnity 4.61 9 8 .529 25 17 7 2 0 140.2 137 79 72 10 61 40
E.Plank 4.85 5 10 .333 18 18 8 0 0 135.1 139 83 73 10 57 82
C.Bender 5.82 3 2 .600 21 0 0 0 1 38.2 47 27 25 5 19 22
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.15 50 98 49 5 854 399 305
48 .490 98 6 866.1 452 76 444

[Breeze]

Japanese All-Stars

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
I.Suzuki .280 91 396 50 111 13 3 3 22 12 40 2 3 2 13 8 1
T.Wakamatsu .265 79 275 38 73 20 1 7 26 31 50 3 10 4 2 1 4
T.Kawakami .250 74 264 25 66 13 1 4 22 24 30 0 2 3 3 2 4
S.Oh .242 96 335 51 81 8 0 32 74 49 65 3 0 3 0 3 10
K.Nomura .239 88 330 46 79 18 1 14 56 46 56 2 0 10 4 1 2
S.Kinugasa .238 48 168 11 40 5 2 3 20 3 38 0 2 4 1 0 3
Y.Fukumoto .235 20 17 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 4 1 1
I.Harimoto .232 95 354 41 82 10 3 9 37 34 62 3 4 7 2 1 5
H.Kato .218 38 55 9 12 1 0 1 3 6 7 0 0 2 0 0 0
S.Nagashima .214 79 285 39 61 14 3 10 30 35 65 2 1 10 3 2 5
M.Matsubara .208 95 356 22 74 8 1 5 38 11 37 1 5 12 3 3 10
K.Tabuchi .200 15 40 2 8 3 0 1 3 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0
K.Yazawa .171 37 35 4 6 0 1 2 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
H.Ochiai .133 47 45 3 6 1 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
K.Yamamoto .115 41 131 8 15 0 0 4 9 15 28 1 1 2 0 1 2
ALL PITCHERS .113 97 195 9 22 3 0 1 10 7 64 0 19 3 1 1 7
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .226 3281 740 16 355 570 47 36 54
97 363 118 96 289 18 64 24


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
E.Sawamura 2.30 2 1 .667 18 1 0 0 6 27.1 23 8 7 2 9 16
K.Inao 2.65 4 8 .333 17 17 3 1 0 122.1 118 41 36 13 39 70
S.Sugishita 4.36 2 9 .182 19 19 2 0 0 117.2 130 62 57 10 35 67
M.Kaneda 4.63 4 8 .333 24 24 1 0 0 165.1 190 89 85 16 62 118
T.Bessho 4.81 4 14 .222 20 20 5 0 0 138.1 156 78 74 22 34 92
V.Starffin 5.26 3 6 .333 40 1 0 0 1 87.1 96 53 51 14 41 39
K.Suzuki 5.94 1 7 .125 35 0 0 0 1 47.0 71 33 31 4 14 37
H.Nomo 8.05 1 12 .077 19 15 0 0 0 91.2 109 84 82 22 56 60
T.Yoneda 8.07 2 1 .667 19 0 0 0 0 29.0 42 27 26 6 16 15
H.Fujimoto 9.29 1 7 .125 38 0 0 0 1 51.1 73 55 53 9 31 32
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.15 73 97 11 9 1008 502 337
24 .247 97 1 877.1 530 118 546

[Breeze]

Late 20th Modern Stars


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Gwynn .330 55 224 32 74 27 1 0 23 12 18 0 1 11 3 0 2
K.Puckett .313 86 310 37 97 22 6 13 36 19 51 4 0 4 0 1 3
P.Molitor .302 21 43 7 13 2 2 2 6 3 4 0 2 3 0 2 3
O.Smith .300 37 30 10 9 0 1 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 8 0 1
M.Piazza .293 62 215 30 63 12 1 13 45 26 42 2 0 7 1 1 3
C.Ripken .288 92 323 47 93 26 3 10 42 34 46 1 0 9 0 0 8
W.Boggs .263 91 334 36 88 16 2 4 37 52 39 4 4 11 1 1 8
R.Sandberg .261 62 226 31 59 7 0 7 31 23 38 0 2 6 1 0 5
R.Henderson .258 76 264 43 68 9 4 1 24 39 50 5 1 7 23 9 2
G.Carter .257 62 171 21 44 5 2 7 22 12 15 0 0 7 2 0 3
M.McGwire .256 53 133 17 34 12 0 8 26 17 23 4 0 7 0 0 1
D.Winfield .226 54 195 24 44 3 3 7 23 14 34 5 2 3 4 3 1
E.Murray .224 75 254 31 57 10 1 9 34 32 26 2 0 13 3 1 0
J.Rice .222 53 171 16 38 5 1 4 15 5 29 2 0 4 0 0 3
C.Biggio .218 77 165 24 36 3 2 2 13 19 34 5 1 2 10 3 2
ALL PITCHERS .139 97 208 13 29 3 0 0 19 9 84 0 31 1 1 0 7
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .259 3266 846 29 399 537 44 57 52
97 419 162 87 319 34 95 21


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
B.Sutter 2.91 1 2 .333 39 0 0 0 11 68.0 49 24 22 6 25 56
R.Clemens 2.92 11 5 .688 21 21 8 4 0 154.1 133 54 50 8 53 161
G.Maddux 3.15 11 6 .647 21 21 3 2 0 142.2 124 56 50 14 31 97
G.Gossage 3.24 0 2 .000 20 0 0 0 11 16.2 14 8 6 4 6 17
T.Glavine 3.32 8 5 .615 18 15 0 0 0 103.0 94 38 38 7 37 42
R.Johnson 3.57 8 11 .421 21 21 3 1 0 153.2 137 69 61 18 60 163
P.Martinez 3.97 5 5 .500 15 15 0 0 0 90.2 91 44 40 14 19 113
J.Smoltz 4.83 4 3 .571 29 2 0 0 1 63.1 69 37 34 9 23 50
D.Eckersley 5.60 2 1 .667 15 2 0 0 1 27.1 35 20 17 5 4 16
J.Franco 6.15 1 6 .143 33 0 0 0 4 52.2 67 36 36 5 26 47
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 3.65 46 97 14 28 813 354 284
51 .526 97 9 872.1 386 90 762

[Breeze]

Left Out Leftovers


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
E.Slaughter .364 31 22 4 8 2 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
W.Stargell .329 57 73 16 24 4 0 6 21 16 24 1 0 2 0 0 0
H.Heilmann .320 90 344 71 110 29 7 17 57 44 34 2 0 13 1 1 3
A.Vaughan .311 95 318 57 99 13 6 9 46 50 30 5 3 7 2 0 11
J.Foxx .308 91 370 76 114 22 4 24 82 46 88 0 0 10 1 1 4
G.Goslin .297 95 353 70 105 15 7 18 56 37 61 6 1 7 4 1 8
H.Wilson .286 53 140 28 40 9 1 9 27 16 32 1 0 4 0 1 1
D.Snider .283 72 283 62 80 13 2 26 73 40 57 0 0 6 1 1 1
J.Robinson .279 86 340 57 95 16 5 5 47 43 37 7 1 5 7 2 9
B.Herman .272 43 173 32 47 4 0 3 22 15 26 2 5 6 2 0 3
F.Robinson .265 68 204 33 54 11 4 10 36 17 31 3 0 9 0 0 7
M.Cochrane .264 74 303 46 80 11 1 7 36 42 38 2 9 8 2 0 3
W.McCovey .260 61 227 39 59 12 1 19 58 27 41 5 0 5 0 1 4
L.Boudreau .250 33 40 4 10 4 0 0 3 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 0
C.Hafey .235 17 17 3 4 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Kiner .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Irvin ---- 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .198 96 197 14 39 4 0 1 17 13 68 0 42 3 0 0 3
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .284 3405 968 38 587 579 61 20 57
96 613 169 156 416 35 87 8


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
E.Wynn 4.94 2 7 .222 56 2 0 0 0 102.0 94 65 56 10 58 44
S.Carlton 5.49 5 5 .500 27 19 1 0 0 132.2 150 84 81 24 50 107
F.Jenkins 5.55 8 8 .500 29 20 3 1 1 155.2 200 106 96 27 51 101
R.Roberts 6.32 5 12 .294 26 24 3 0 0 145.1 194 111 102 35 41 63
H.Pennock 6.39 8 8 .500 51 5 0 0 1 105.2 156 79 75 15 40 43
D.Sutton 7.31 7 4 .636 25 20 0 0 1 120.2 159 98 98 20 44 73
D.Drysdale 7.48 6 4 .600 43 1 0 0 7 61.1 82 54 51 16 31 39
B.Lemon 8.69 2 5 .286 30 5 0 0 1 47.2 65 47 46 7 33 17
ALL NON-PITCHERS 45.00 0 0 ---- 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 5 5 1 2 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 6.30 53 96 7 11 1103 610 350
43 .448 96 1 872.0 649 155 487

[Breeze]

NL - Post-Nationals


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
S.Musial .352 77 230 53 81 14 5 21 52 33 25 1 0 6 0 0 2
P.Rose .337 38 86 9 29 6 0 2 11 9 10 2 2 2 2 1 0
R.Clemente .328 84 354 54 116 24 8 13 49 19 63 1 1 13 2 1 3
E.Mathews .315 79 267 62 84 9 2 33 71 40 49 2 0 6 3 0 5
T.Perez .308 17 13 3 4 1 0 2 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
H.Aaron .303 82 323 68 98 16 0 31 73 35 43 3 0 16 4 0 1
W.Mays .299 81 328 68 98 15 4 24 61 35 57 1 1 11 0 2 1
E.Banks .292 95 359 63 105 19 2 32 77 29 53 5 0 11 2 3 5
R.Schoendienst .292 18 65 13 19 4 0 2 4 5 6 1 0 1 0 0 2
O.Cepeda .276 45 163 14 45 9 1 4 15 7 27 1 0 5 0 0 3
J.Morgan .269 85 327 79 88 14 4 16 35 57 42 7 3 3 31 9 7
J.Bench .251 83 307 38 77 13 1 14 45 34 57 2 0 9 1 1 4
M.Schmidt .250 51 96 24 24 5 1 10 22 16 17 1 0 2 0 0 2
P.Reese .211 10 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
R.Campanella .196 16 56 8 11 1 0 4 8 10 14 0 0 3 0 0 1
B.Williams .188 55 138 12 26 8 0 3 19 10 19 2 0 4 0 1 0
R.Ashburn .167 18 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L.Brock .000 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
ALL PITCHERS .134 97 231 13 31 5 0 6 21 6 78 0 27 3 1 0 4
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .279 3381 943 28 571 566 34 47 41
97 587 163 217 350 29 96 19


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
T.Seaver 3.29 10 1 .909 19 19 8 0 0 136.2 144 52 50 15 46 103
S.Koufax 3.46 9 2 .818 22 19 7 1 0 138.0 117 57 53 17 31 138
P.Niekro 4.33 5 3 .625 40 0 0 0 2 60.1 65 31 29 7 27 39
J.Bunning 4.50 3 11 .214 38 2 1 1 14 60.0 72 31 30 4 31 37
G.Perry 4.58 10 4 .714 33 5 0 0 1 92.1 100 47 47 16 44 42
J.Marichal 4.91 12 7 .632 27 25 3 1 0 157.2 173 93 86 22 46 104
B.Gibson 5.01 7 2 .778 21 18 3 1 0 127.2 129 74 71 22 46 90
W.Spahn 5.35 5 6 .455 39 9 2 1 4 102.2 107 62 61 16 36 43
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.39 36 97 24 21 907 427 307
61 .629 97 6 875.1 447 119 596

[Breeze]

NL - Pre-Nationals


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
L.Waner .500 12 14 3 7 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
C.Klein .342 53 222 33 76 20 1 9 43 13 32 0 0 3 0 2 3
J.Bottomley .333 13 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
J.Mize .329 45 161 33 53 12 2 10 28 22 18 0 0 2 0 0 2
P.Waner .328 80 290 60 95 13 9 7 35 26 30 3 9 5 4 0 1
T.Jackson .327 23 98 10 32 4 0 3 15 6 11 0 5 3 0 0 1
J.Medwick .322 29 121 15 39 13 1 1 15 2 21 1 0 4 0 0 0
E.Lombardi .303 41 132 20 40 6 0 4 15 12 11 5 0 6 0 0 3
R.Hornsby .299 90 355 58 106 22 5 10 53 43 57 1 0 11 2 2 8
M.Ott .295 95 353 68 104 11 1 26 69 60 51 2 0 3 2 2 4
F.Frisch .286 88 377 71 108 20 7 5 41 30 33 0 4 5 8 1 13
K.Cuyler .286 53 168 25 48 7 3 3 24 19 29 3 0 3 7 4 1
F.Lindstrom .286 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
G.Hartnett .282 63 234 35 66 13 0 11 36 23 39 2 5 9 1 0 2
P.Traynor .278 93 374 50 104 12 7 11 54 20 51 4 0 11 1 3 11
B.Terry .274 59 212 18 58 12 2 3 35 17 27 0 1 6 0 0 4
R.Youngs .235 35 34 4 8 0 3 0 5 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
D.Bancroft ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .139 97 266 14 37 6 0 0 17 15 95 0 27 5 1 0 3
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .288 3427 986 41 490 515 52 27 56
97 519 172 103 316 22 77 15


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
D.Vance 2.76 7 3 .700 35 0 0 0 1 58.2 60 18 18 4 14 51
B.Grimes 4.02 7 4 .636 32 10 5 0 0 127.2 129 59 57 13 48 56
P.Alexander 4.25 11 6 .647 24 23 9 2 1 171.1 176 93 81 22 63 100
E.Rixey 4.26 7 9 .438 19 19 8 1 0 145.2 158 77 69 16 36 60
D.Dean 4.78 5 4 .556 24 2 1 0 7 43.1 50 30 23 3 24 27
J.Haines 5.13 1 1 .500 21 5 2 0 2 59.2 65 35 34 12 28 33
C.Hubbell 5.16 9 10 .474 21 21 9 0 0 150.0 188 92 86 26 40 76
R.Marquard 6.06 4 9 .308 18 17 5 0 0 108.1 152 84 73 14 37 66
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.59 46 97 39 11 978 441 290
51 .526 97 3 864.2 488 110 469

[Breeze]

Negro League Ones


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
C.Bell .371 94 377 64 140 17 11 4 46 38 29 4 3 6 58 24 6
B.Mackey .370 19 46 5 17 2 2 2 8 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 1
J.Gardner .368 59 68 17 25 2 0 1 13 5 12 0 2 1 1 0 1
W.Wells .321 96 324 57 104 18 9 8 54 39 41 15 7 8 10 9 7
R.Dandridge .313 53 195 27 61 11 2 1 28 13 14 3 3 5 4 0 3
J.Gibson .299 91 335 61 100 18 3 17 53 49 54 11 0 6 0 0 9
B.Leonard .294 89 293 50 86 15 1 17 52 36 40 1 1 5 1 0 4
C.Torriente .278 70 234 32 65 11 2 11 29 17 39 2 0 7 8 2 1
T.Stearnes .275 74 280 38 77 15 1 14 43 32 42 4 1 10 3 2 4
M.Dihigo .269 83 305 44 82 18 12 7 38 26 53 1 5 8 6 2 5
P.Lloyd .269 69 279 40 75 11 5 6 39 30 45 0 3 3 16 2 8
O.Charleston .264 84 303 44 80 8 1 17 48 29 60 2 0 9 3 3 4
M.Suttles .204 47 113 13 23 2 0 3 9 15 25 0 0 2 0 0 2
J.Johnson .143 11 21 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
F.Walker .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .186 98 221 11 41 7 1 0 19 13 63 0 32 6 1 2 0
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .288 3396 979 51 480 526 57 113 55
98 505 155 108 350 44 76 46


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
B.Foster 2.17 3 2 .600 29 1 0 0 5 45.2 41 13 11 1 16 21
L.Day 3.12 5 2 .714 13 11 2 1 1 75.0 65 35 26 8 29 33
H.Smith 3.76 11 4 .733 20 18 7 0 1 141.1 145 63 59 13 46 55
S.Paige 3.83 9 9 .500 24 23 9 1 0 169.0 180 79 72 17 57 129
B.Rogan 4.50 10 6 .625 22 21 6 2 0 158.0 160 85 79 15 70 119
W.McDonald 4.86 4 1 .800 31 1 0 0 13 37.0 42 22 20 6 14 7
S.Williams 6.07 10 9 .526 23 22 2 0 0 139.1 181 100 94 21 50 96
R.Foster 6.11 1 4 .200 38 1 0 0 0 70.2 99 52 48 10 17 35
D.Barnhill 6.18 3 5 .375 34 0 0 0 3 43.2 50 31 30 6 29 30
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.49 42 98 26 23 963 439 328
56 .571 98 4 879.2 480 97 525

[Breeze]

Negro League Twos


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
B.Taylor 1.000 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Poles .309 80 343 58 106 17 8 6 44 22 36 0 2 4 38 14 4
W.Wright .304 90 378 56 115 17 8 12 56 18 56 3 2 5 12 5 12
N.Allen .295 45 122 12 36 9 0 0 10 21 8 4 1 1 3 2 5
P.Davis .294 6 17 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
S.Bankhead .292 97 349 35 102 23 8 3 38 30 35 1 10 6 8 9 8
L.Santop .288 82 292 46 84 9 1 14 39 36 57 3 1 8 0 0 5
P.Hill .286 97 357 46 102 23 8 7 47 26 41 8 5 10 4 4 2
J.Wilson .274 97 394 53 108 34 1 14 54 23 49 1 0 12 0 0 9
J.Beckwith .272 77 302 38 82 15 4 19 47 20 58 0 0 5 3 0 7
W.Brown .267 83 330 49 88 19 3 10 45 28 21 3 0 9 9 3 17
D.Lundy .219 62 73 8 16 2 0 0 2 11 9 0 2 1 0 2 0
J.Crutchfield .189 19 37 6 7 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 5 3 0
D.Radcliffe .185 19 27 4 5 2 0 0 4 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1
B.O'Neil .174 52 46 4 8 2 1 0 9 6 8 1 1 0 1 0 0
O.Marcelle .159 29 44 3 7 1 1 0 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
B.Demoss .143 10 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
D.Malarcher .120 14 25 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
Q.Trouppe .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L.Easter .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Hughes ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .160 97 200 9 32 5 1 0 16 5 60 0 27 2 2 0 7
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .271 3356 910 44 419 457 56 87 78
97 434 183 85 258 25 64 44


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
D.Dismukes 2.90 2 4 .333 25 0 0 0 10 31.0 32 15 10 3 13 8
C.Redding 3.31 8 8 .500 21 20 5 1 0 149.2 143 62 55 10 66 113
V.Mathis 4.39 4 8 .333 23 23 2 1 0 145.2 146 75 71 15 67 72
D.Radcliffe 4.92 3 4 .429 46 1 0 0 1 78.2 89 45 43 9 27 46
M.Manning 5.06 10 8 .556 49 2 0 0 1 105.0 121 67 59 15 45 57
B.Holland 5.24 1 3 .250 20 9 0 0 0 67.0 83 45 39 7 29 39
C.Brewer 6.25 5 9 .357 20 18 3 0 0 116.2 127 86 81 12 65 95
R.Brown 6.79 0 5 .000 29 1 0 0 0 51.2 72 39 39 5 21 27
F.Wickware 7.88 4 11 .267 23 23 1 0 0 128.0 175 117 112 24 78 100
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.25 60 97 11 12 988 509 411
37 .381 97 2 873.1 551 100 557

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Old Timer Ancients


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
C.Comiskey .417 16 48 8 20 4 0 0 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
D.Brouthers .406 81 278 49 113 18 6 4 49 33 23 5 0 5 12 2 4
R.Connor .368 40 38 3 14 1 2 0 7 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1
E.Delahanty .354 92 342 69 121 30 4 9 71 44 45 4 1 10 13 5 1
B.Hamilton .314 86 325 71 102 9 3 1 29 62 36 5 4 1 34 18 5
B.Ewing .313 74 278 40 87 15 15 5 46 24 23 0 1 6 15 6 1
T.McCarthy .311 62 222 25 69 8 1 2 30 23 23 1 3 2 10 9 1
S.Thompson .302 85 351 64 106 25 9 13 61 25 55 6 1 7 7 5 3
K.Kelly .294 72 272 49 80 17 2 3 32 19 30 0 17 7 20 5 2
C.Anson .277 53 177 12 49 6 4 3 30 25 12 0 1 2 5 4 13
G.Kelly .276 71 268 29 74 15 1 11 55 20 41 2 1 4 0 1 8
G.Davis .253 76 289 46 73 14 7 6 36 19 35 2 2 7 16 6 8
J.Ward .208 53 173 17 36 1 1 0 9 8 18 1 4 2 15 8 4
B.McPhee .132 26 38 3 5 1 0 0 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL PITCHERS .148 97 271 20 40 3 2 1 19 7 104 0 37 2 3 0 3
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .293 3370 989 57 486 462 73 152 55
97 505 167 58 317 28 56 72


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
O.Radbourn 2.92 7 5 .583 16 16 8 1 0 132.2 123 49 43 7 28 64
P.Galvin 3.38 14 5 .737 34 12 8 0 3 157.0 167 65 59 14 37 44
A.Spalding 3.50 3 1 .750 18 0 0 0 7 18.0 18 7 7 3 5 5
M.Welch 4.35 8 6 .571 20 20 6 0 0 151.0 159 77 73 16 58 51
T.Keefe 5.24 6 11 .353 22 22 8 0 0 149.1 144 99 87 20 58 95
C.Cummings 5.40 2 4 .333 30 1 0 0 1 41.2 57 28 25 3 13 5
J.Clarkson 5.56 8 9 .471 23 22 8 0 0 153.2 190 99 95 28 50 75
T.Bond 5.93 5 3 .625 29 4 1 0 2 68.1 81 48 45 12 14 19
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.48 44 97 39 13 939 434 263
53 .546 97 3 871.2 472 103 358

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Turn of Century Centurions


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
N.Lajoie .387 87 333 44 129 22 4 11 67 15 29 7 0 6 12 8 4
F.Clarke .345 28 29 3 10 0 2 0 7 5 7 0 0 0 1 2 0
W.Keeler .338 81 290 48 98 8 5 2 21 22 28 0 8 5 23 19 1
H.Jennings .336 56 149 20 50 9 1 1 16 7 18 12 5 2 10 6 6
J.Burkett .334 86 377 65 126 11 5 7 46 31 45 1 3 4 11 9 2
R.Maranville .333 7 18 2 6 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
J.Kelley .320 85 319 55 102 22 4 6 40 40 49 6 1 11 20 9 3
H.Wagner .313 77 294 39 92 14 9 8 50 35 44 4 0 2 26 11 13
E.Flick .313 22 16 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 0
R.Bresnahan .280 70 225 31 63 8 3 4 24 33 29 6 4 4 4 2 2
S.Crawford .270 39 122 14 33 5 2 3 19 14 11 0 2 0 5 3 0
H.Duffy .270 91 370 53 100 14 2 4 39 32 44 3 4 7 31 9 2
J.O'Rourke .269 40 145 18 39 8 1 3 21 10 16 0 0 3 3 6 2
J.Collins .259 50 158 15 41 5 2 4 23 15 14 3 2 3 4 0 6
J.Beckley .258 80 310 32 80 17 7 4 46 17 45 9 2 6 11 7 0
ALL PITCHERS .186 96 274 17 51 6 1 0 18 11 92 0 24 4 3 2 7
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .299 3429 1025 49 443 474 56 167 49
96 462 152 57 290 53 58 94


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
A.Rusie 3.64 9 2 .818 21 16 7 0 0 126.0 107 56 51 14 64 69
C.Mathewson 3.75 8 7 .533 25 21 8 1 0 153.2 156 76 64 17 36 82
C.Young 3.95 9 9 .500 26 21 11 2 2 166.1 169 81 73 19 51 66
A.Joss 4.69 4 7 .364 17 16 4 1 0 124.2 129 69 65 21 31 30
V.Willis 4.84 6 6 .500 25 0 0 0 5 35.1 37 21 19 5 10 10
S.Wood 4.96 2 5 .286 29 2 2 0 2 69.0 95 38 38 9 21 23
R.Waddell 5.09 8 8 .500 20 20 4 0 0 134.1 139 78 76 20 46 97
K.Nichols 5.37 3 3 .500 33 0 0 0 1 63.2 71 41 38 6 34 21
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.37 47 96 36 10 903 424 293
49 .510 96 5 873.0 460 111 398

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FOFC All-Stars


NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
H.Hays .340 55 197 26 67 2 2 10 29 10 36 1 2 7 0 0 2
D.Palmer .333 70 240 28 80 14 2 4 30 26 38 1 1 7 0 1 9
P.Pflaggstettler .310 89 316 55 98 16 5 15 55 54 71 0 3 12 5 0 2
D.Gonzalez .297 53 91 6 27 3 0 3 13 12 11 1 0 6 0 0 1
A.Tucker .295 94 403 63 119 14 6 4 41 31 73 0 5 1 15 3 4
J.Nights .281 84 352 55 99 22 1 10 44 23 47 0 7 5 1 1 11
J.Potpie .277 89 310 58 86 13 0 22 63 33 76 14 0 3 1 1 4
G.Gazelle .277 54 130 32 36 7 1 15 28 25 38 0 1 3 1 0 1
S.Gunner .275 60 178 27 49 17 1 11 30 20 25 6 0 1 0 0 1
K.Ton .274 44 113 23 31 6 2 9 25 16 19 1 0 5 0 0 2
B.Bullock .273 56 187 27 51 7 0 14 38 13 45 0 0 8 0 1 2
S.Treacy .268 58 149 16 40 8 1 0 9 17 31 2 2 3 0 1 5
B.Blade .261 76 230 32 60 12 3 2 16 25 37 9 2 5 5 0 1
D.Fouts .257 57 148 21 38 7 0 12 23 8 28 2 1 3 0 0 7
K.Terp .155 37 71 6 11 5 0 0 2 5 7 0 3 2 0 1 1
ALL PITCHERS .100 96 210 8 21 4 0 0 9 9 93 0 29 2 0 0 6
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .275 3325 913 24 455 675 56 28 59
96 483 157 131 327 37 73 9


NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
S.Knowles 1.72 0 1 .000 32 0 0 0 16 31.1 24 6 6 1 10 31
J.Kronside 2.13 6 1 .857 44 0 0 0 9 55.0 41 16 13 2 23 56
J.Rodney 2.85 6 2 .750 32 0 0 0 1 47.1 32 16 15 3 21 50
R.Nielsen 3.01 13 4 .765 22 21 5 4 0 155.1 126 53 52 15 61 146
S.Fozborg 3.07 3 0 1.000 31 2 1 0 1 67.1 63 28 23 5 29 51
J.Williams 3.18 10 1 .909 16 16 1 0 0 104.2 107 39 37 9 31 50
A.Mighty 3.45 6 7 .462 20 20 1 0 0 135.2 120 59 52 11 45 118
B.Babson 3.66 7 9 .438 20 20 3 0 0 130.1 118 62 53 20 32 118
B.Knowles 4.06 6 3 .667 33 0 0 0 3 37.2 40 18 17 2 10 29
O.Hunter 5.47 6 5 .545 18 17 0 0 0 102.0 107 65 62 16 40 60
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 3.43 33 96 11 30 778 330 302
63 .656 96 6 866.2 362 84 709

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7/12 - Radio Broadcast - Game 96


Welcome to Booze Field!
Unfortunately, it's a nasty day for a game
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
NL Pre WWII and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in NL Pre WWII
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
He brings it home
Base hit to center for Blade
Kiki Cuyler is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
is up for the All Stars
We are in the top of the 1st
Alexander has the sign he wants
Alexander fires
That's ball four
Tucker will trot down to first
Blade is now down on second

FOFC sends the left fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate
Stepping out, Pflaggstettler
looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Blade seems to be bothering Alexander
Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch
Pete rocks and fires
Shallow fly ball to center
Cuyler has got a long run
It drops in!
Base hit for Pflaggstettler
Blade takes third
Tucker takes second

Potpie digs in at the plate
Ready now for Alexander to come set
Potpie is hitting .275
against righthanders
Potpie waits
Hornsby comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Alexander
The delivery
Fastball, down the middle...
Potpie swings and skies one to left
Medwick is at the fence...
Looks up...
Doesn't have a prayer...
It's a homer for Potpie!
Number 23 for him this season
He also has 67 RBI's

FOFC third baseman, Deacon
Palmer, will be up next
He will be followed by Billy Bullock
Bases empty... no one out
FOFC up by 4
Palmer is batting .333 with
4 HR's this year
Alexander has given up 23
homers this season
and with the hot weather this afternoon
the balls are jumping off the bats
At least they were during
batting practice
Alexander goes into his windup
And here's the 1-2 offering
Fly ball to right
Ott is under it
He makes the grab
NL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

One out, nobody on base
Billy Bullock is the batter
Billy is batting .273 in
187 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Gunner
The umpire says let's go
Now Pete delivers
Bullock swings hard...
A squibber off his fists
It's dribbling towards short
Frisch charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Flips it to first...
Just in time to get Bullock
Nice play by Frankie Frisch
Another step and Bullock would be safe
FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with
two away this inning

FOFC right fielder, Stan
Gunner, is up next
Alexander toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hartnett
Here's the 2 strike offering
Slow ground ball
Hornsby is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 4, Pre-Nationals coming to bat

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Defensively this how they stack up
From leftfield to right there's
Pflaggstettler, Tucker, and Gunner

The infield, third to first is
Palmer, Nights,
Blade and Potpie...
Behind the plate is Bullock
And on the mound, Al Mighty
Pre-Nationals' lead off man
Frankie Frisch steps in to face him
Frisch swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
Set now is Frisch
Al winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Frisch swung, that's strike three
Frisch isn't happy at all with that call
That's one away

That'll bring up third baseman
Pie Traynor...
FOFC drew first blood
in their half of the first
Traynor is batting .278 with
11 homers this year
Traynor waits for the pitch
Al will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
And Traynor walks on four pitches

Rogers Hornsby is up next
NL Pre WWII's second baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
Hornsby looks down toward the third
base coach, Casey Stingle
He's ready
The lefthander delivers
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Pflaggstettler
And he has it
And there's two away

Ott is up now for NL Pre WWII
Ott is at .295 on the season
Mel is eagerly awaiting Mighty's pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
Ott drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Casey Stingle is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Ott

Cuyler, NL Pre WWII's center fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Joe Medwick waits on deck
Cuyler scuffs up the lines around the box
Cuyler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Mighty comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Cuyler is frozen stiff...
He can only watch as the ball
just nips the "black" of the plate...
STRIKE THREE!
That does it for NL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 1st
But they pick up 1 run
So After 1 inning, FOFC on top 4 to 1

Jeff Nights stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Pete is ready
The righthander delivers
It's a high fly into center
Cuyler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One down for FOFC
Al Mighty is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Mighty walks to the plate
Watching Alexander, Mighty wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Mighty gets ready for Alexander's pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the righthander's delivery
Base hit to center for Mighty
Kiki Cuyler is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Settling in at the plate is Blade
Blade is hitting .243 against righties
All set, Blade is ready for the pitch
Now Pete delivers
Blade sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Ott
Ott gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium right
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League II leads Turn
of Century 2 to 1
AL Post WWII slipping by
AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Japanese League leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Wakamatsu has hit his 8th homerun
for Japanese League
NL Post WWII and Left Outs
have yet to score
Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0

Tucker moseys up to the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading
for the on-deck circle
Tucker is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Tucker is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Mighty is dancing off first
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Mighty dives back in!...
SAFE!
Terry tosses it back to Alexander
Now here's the pitch
Hit on the ground to third
Taken by Traynor
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That's all for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings in
NL Pre WWII this afternoon,
FOFC on top 4 to 1

Medwick is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Medwick grips the bat handle
Medwick waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Mighty's windup... the delivery
Lined to second
Blade makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
And there's one away

Mighty looks down at Hartnett
as he steps in
Gabby is ready to go
Gabby takes a couple of practice cuts
Hartnett waits patiently
The pitch is on the way
It's grounded past the mound
Blade races to his right
Nights to his left
Nights scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Potpie...
Gabby beats it out!

Terry coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Hartnett on first, with one away
Terry a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Mighty
A battle of lefties...
Terry looks very intent...
He stares down at Mighty...
Cocks his bat
Mighty will try to get Terry to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Hot shot grounded to first
Potpie comes up with it
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 3-6-3
That's all for the Pre-Nationals
in the bottom of the 2nd...
After 2 complete innings,
The All Stars lead by 3

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Time is called...
Pflaggstettler has asked the
ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Pflaggstettler is set for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hartnett asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Pflaggstettler went around
Strike three, swinging

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Potpie
Right-hander Alexander prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Potpie
Alexander brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Potpie
Joe Medwick is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Now here's Palmer
Deacon is hitting at .332 on the year
He has 80 hits in 241 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Palmer flied out his last time up
Deacon waits...
He steps out as Alexander takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the 2-0 offering
Double play ball
Frisch has it on one bounce
Hornsby for one
Terry for two
Frisch to Hornsby to Terry
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6
in their last ten games

Leading off for the Pre-Nationals
is the pitcher Alexander
He'll be followed by Frankie Frisch
And then Pie Traynor
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
Mighty brings it home
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Alexander checks his swing
Bullock appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Pete
One up, one down

And it brings up Frankie Frisch
On deck is Pie Traynor
Rogers Hornsby in the hole
Frisch digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Al looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Mighty kicks and fires
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Mighty grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two up, two down

With two out
Batting for NL Pre WWII now is Traynor
Traynor wiggles the bat above his head
The umpire says let's go
Traynor is ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That's it for NL Pre WWII
Here at Booze Field, After 3 innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has one run,
2 hits and no errors
NL Pre WWII has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Bullock steps to the plate
It's the top of the 4th
here at Booze Field
FOFC ahead 4 to 1
Billy looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Bullock taps the bat on home plate
After getting set, Bullock
waits on the pitch
Alexander leans back and fires
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Hartnett...and he's got it
With one gone
FOFC will have Stan Gunner coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Gunner gets set at the plate
Alexander ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Alexander's 2-0 pitch...
Gunner hits a three hopper
towards Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's out number two
Leo Durochure moving around
Hollers something down at Alexander
Pete nods "UH HUH"

That brings up Jeff Nights, the shortstop
Alexander is saying a few
words to Hornsby...
So far in 1900,
Pete has a 11 and 6 record
with 9 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Nights really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Cuyler was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
On the warning track...
He jumps...
It's off the wall
Getting past him!
Up in a hurry...
Kiki fires it in to Hornsby on a line
but Nights has himself a stand-up double
arriving ahead of the throw

Al Mighty, will be up next
Barrett Blade hopes to
get a chance as well
Nights kicking up the dirt
at second... two outs
FOFC up by 3
Mighty swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Alexander
Alexander wastes no time
He takes the first sign
The righthander Alexander's delivery
Great change up...
Mighty out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Cuyler
Cuyler charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the center fielder
That retires the side...
Mighty fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

The power boys are due up for NL Pre WWII
Hornsby will lead it off
He will be followed by Mel
Ott and Kiki Cuyler
Hornsby is 0 for 1 today
Mighty is slow to get ready

He has a 3.44 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Slow ground ball
Potpie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One out
Due up next is Mel Ott

Ott leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Ott
The bat is cocked
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Ott skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Blade calls for it
Puts it away!
Two up, two down for the Pre-Nationals

Here's spray hitting Kiki Cuyler
coming to the plate
Kiki is 0 for 1 this cloudy
summer afternoon
Cuyler, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Mighty
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Cuyler pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Pflaggstettler will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Cuyler retreats to first
after a wide turn

Planting his right foot
Medwick is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Medwick
Medwick looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Joe
Medwick awaits the delivery
Here's his delivery
Mighty just misses outside
Ball four to Medwick

That'll bring up catcher
Gabby Hartnett...
FOFC out in front by 3
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Two men on, two men out
Mighty steps on the rubber
The home town crowd is yelling
out to Cuyler
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Mighty delivers the 1-1 offering
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Pflaggstettler
And he has it
That's all for the Pre-Nationals
in the 4th inning
No runs, one hit, no errors
and 2 men left on base...
We go to the 5th...
FOFC leads 4 to 1

Barrett Blade up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Barrett is hitting at .263 on the year
He has 61 hits in 232 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter...
Barrett has scored 33 runs on the season
Blade gets set for the pitch
Alexander rocks and fires
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Frisch plays it on one hop
Over to Terry...
Out of there!
So one up and one gone

One away, nobody on base
Tucker stands ready at the plate
Tucker, a switch-hitter, facing
the right-handed Alexander
Alexander shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Grover has a fine arsenal of pitches
including a nasty forkball!
Here's the 3-2 pitch
Outside fastball... lashed at by Tucker...
Pop fly...Shallow right...
Dropping quickly...
Ott pulls up, doesn't want
it to get by him
Base hit for Tucker...
As Ott fields it on one bounce

Tucker watches Alexander carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Inside slider... Pflaggstettler
ducks down...
And there goes Tucker!
Hartnett takes the pitch... fires...
Good slide...
Tucker is in there!

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps into the box
FOFC on top 4 to 1
Hartnett flashes the sign to Alexander
Alexander brings it to the plate
Just inside, BALL FOUR
And Pflaggstettler walks
That's 2 walks given up by Alexander today

Walking up to the plate now is Potpie
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
Potpie is 2 for 2 today
Alexander looks down at
Hartnett for the sign
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Alexander
Potpie hits a routine grounder to Traynor
He scoops it up, and throws to first
SAFE, the throw pulled Terry off the bag
Charge Traynor with the error
Number 1 on the day for Traynor

Next up is Deacon Palmer,
the FOFC third baseman
Palmer has a .301 average against
righthanders this season
Alexander is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Alexander looks in...
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Line drive right over Traynor's
head for a base hit

Billy Bullock moves in to face Alexander
3 on, 1 out here in the top of the 5th
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Right-hander Alexander eyes
the righty Bullock
Alexander brings it to the plate
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Bullock swung, that's strike three
Bullock isn't happy at all with that call
Alexander needs one more out
to get the Pre-Nationals out of this jam

Gunner heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Alexander is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Alexander's righthanded delivery...
It hits Gunner on the elbow
Gunner throws the bat away and
sprints to first base
That forces in a run

Now at the plate will be Nights
shortstop for FOFC today
Nights has 23 doubles this year
Nights awaits the delivery
A check on the runners... the pitch
Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Palmer and Potpie will score
Dick Howser is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Nights

It looks like we are going
to have a change
Leo Durochure is on his way
toward Pete Alexander
He has already signaled
for the righty Haines
Jesse will be NL Pre WWII's
2nd pitcher today
They are having great difficulty keeping
FOFC players from circling the bases
Maybe Haines can stop the bleeding
He has pitched 60 innings this season
His record stands at 1 and 1
Pete Alexander starts for the showers

The pitcher, Al Mighty
will be up next for FOFC
Mighty goes through his routine
of settling in
Al is ready for the delivery
The righthander Haines delivers
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Hornsby makes the easy catch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 9 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While NL Pre WWII has one run,
3 hits and one error
FOFC has left 3 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 3

Terry will come up to lead off
NL Pre WWII fans are looking for
some runs from their team
FOFC leads 9 to 1 here in
the bottom of the 5th
Terry is 0 for 1 today
Bill grounded out last time up
Bill steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
He brings it home
High hard fastball, swung on...
It's a grounder hammered at second...
Blade is there...
IT'S INTO RIGHT!!...
It took a HIGH hop right over him!
That's a single for Terry

Leo Durochure will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Paul Waner steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Mighty
Waner is batting .328 on the year
with 7 home runs

One on, no outs
Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Waner
Paul is hitting at .328 on the year
He has 95 hits in 290 at bats
This includes 13 doubles, 9 triples
7 home runs and 35 RBI's
Waiting for the pitch is Waner
Mighty looks at the runner
The pitch
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Nights races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Waner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Mighty's fastball is ripped toward first
Potpie can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Terry was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Waner
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the corners
for Frankie Frisch

The shortstop, Frankie Frisch, is up next
Frankie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Frisch is 0 for 2 today
He grounded out last time up
Frisch is ready
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-2 pitch
Inside on the fists...
Frisch turns on the fastball...
There goes a deep fly to Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Terry will score easily on this one
There's the catch, and here comes Terry
Score it a sac fly for Frisch
With one down, up next is Pie Traynor
To be followed by Rogers Hornsby

Stepping in is Traynor
The speedy Waner is on first
He probably won't be taking
any chances, though
NL Pre WWII is trailing by 7 runs
Traynor has hit 11 home runs this year
Bullock flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Mighty's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Waner dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Mighty
Now here's the pitch
Changeup, Traynor was looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Pflaggstettler is at the warning track...
Waits...
Off the fence!
Traynor's headed for third...
Triple for Pie Traynor!
Neither Pflaggstettler nor Tucker
could get to that one
Waner scores from first

Hornsby is ready to face Mighty
A single would score another run...
NL Pre WWII has 2 already this inning
Hornsby is waiting on the pitch
It's a full count...
Mighty winds and fires...
Hornsby works the walk...
Passes the baton to Mel Ott
who will see if he can get
Traynor in from third

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Mel Ott
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Ott is 1 for 2 today
Mel stands with bat ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
A hard drive down the line
Gunner has got a long run
He can't get to it
Ott running hard out of the box
Gunner has the ball
Ott digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
Traynor scores from third!
Hornsby takes third

Cuyler departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Cuyler steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Kiki is 1 for 2 today
Cuyler is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
The southpaw's 2-1 delivery
Base hit to center for Cuyler
Hornsby scores
Casey Stingle is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Medwick up
The Pre-Nationals have Cuyler on first
Against righthanders
Medwick is hitting .188
Medwick is poised and ready for the pitch
Fozborg goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Cuyler
He lobs one to Potpie...
Cuyler is back easily
We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
Fozborg just misses outside
Ball four to Medwick

Gabby Hartnett steps into the box
Hartnett steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gabby is 1 for 2 today
Fozborg squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
A check on the runners... the pitch
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Bullock!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.

Gabby Hartnett steps into the box
Hartnett can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Fozborg is ready quickly
The stretch... the pitch
Fozborg pitches in tight
It gets by Bullock
Rolling to the screen
The runners will advance without a throw
They give Sirr a wild pitch...
Looked like Bullock could
have stopped that one

Gabby Hartnett steps into the box
Hartnett is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .284 on the year
Sirr gets the sign from Bullock
It's coming down the pike
Topped in front of home
Taken by Bullock
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 2-3
Two down, one more to go, here
in the bottom of the 5th
7 runs have crossed the plate so far
And the inning isn't over, yet!

Terry coming up for NL Pre WWII
Nobody on, two away
Bill is 1 for 2 this summer afternoon
He singled in his last plate appearance
He's ready
The pay-off pitch...
Terry sends a routine ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Fozborg
Easy out
That retires the side... but not before
7 runs cross the plate for NL Pre WWII
After 5 innings, FOFC leads 9 to 8

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7/12 Radio Broadcast continued

Dazzy Vance will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dazzy has appeared in 35 games this season
with a record of 7-3
In 59 innings, he has an 2.76 ERA
Jesse Haines has finished his work
here this afternoon

Blade is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Barrett is hitting at .262 on the year
He has 61 hits in 233 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter...
Barrett has scored 33 runs on the season
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Dazzy rocks and fires
A hot shot on the ground to Hornsby
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Blade is out
And there's one away

Coming up now is Tucker
Everyone is struggling to
keep their bats dry
Right-hander Vance prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Tucker
Way ahead in the count
Vance turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Checked swing
Slow bouncer toward short
Frisch scrambles in
Picks it up
Flicks it quickly to Terry
SAFE!
Who shot A. J. out of a cannon?!

One away, Tucker at first
Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate
Dazzy peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swung on and missed...
Pflaggstettler is down on strikes
Two gone for FOFC

Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 9 to 8
We'll see how they pitch to Potpie
Hartnett flashes the sign...
Vance shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The righthander delivers
Potpie drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Hartnett is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Tucker is out!
Double for Potpie

Vance saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Vance looks down toward
the third base coach
Sirr is ready
Fozborg is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
Routine grounder to short
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One up, one down for NL Pre WWII

Frisch comes to the plate
FOFC leads by 1
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Frisch swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Fozborg
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie to Fozborg covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Pie Traynor
to get a new bat
Let's point out that NL Pre WWII is
7 and 3 in their last ten games

Up now for NL Pre WWII is Traynor
Two away, nobody on
Traynor steps out of the box...
Looks towards Casey Stingle for a sign
Sirr looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Fozborg quick pitches him
Traynor tries to hold up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Turn of Century with the lead
over Negro League II 5 to 2
AL Pre WWII clipping AL Post WWII 8 to 4
Simmons has hit his 17th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Japanese League slipping by
Dead Ball Era 4 to 2
Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0

FOFC will send Palmer,
Billy Bullock, and Stan Gunner to face
Dazzy Vance this inning
The outfield shades towards
left for Palmer
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Here's the 1-0 offering
Palmer hits a fly in the gap
Ott charges over...
He flags it down, on the run

Now batting will be Bullock
The catcher for FOFC
Billy steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Bullock struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 3
Bullock waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now Dazzy delivers
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Joe Medwick is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Average,)
He's jumping for it...
He can't get it!
That's a homerun for Billy Bullock

Gunner walks slowly to home plate
Vance's had mixed success
against him in the past
Gunner is hitting .267 against righties
Gunner is set
Now Dazzy delivers
Gunner swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Vance strikes out Stan Gunner
Two down
Hartnett asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hartnett and Vance

Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg would bat next
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Pre-Nationals ballboy
Nights is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Frisch plays it on one hop
Over to Terry...
Out of there!
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
NL Pre WWII this afternoon,
FOFC on top 10 to 8

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott,
and Kiki Cuyler are the scheduled hitters
It's the bottom of the 7th...
All Stars lead the Pre-Nationals, 10-8
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Hornsby swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Rogers as he was heading for the dugout
NL Pre WWII with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Mel Ott to
come to the plate

Ott finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Ott is at .298 on the season
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
Fozborg kicks and fires
Swung on and foul tipped
Bullock hangs on to it
Strike out for Fozborg
Number 3 on the day
That's the second out of the inning

Nobody on, two away
Cuyler steps in for NL Pre WWII
So far this year Cuyler is batting .292
He has 7 doubles, 3 triples
3 homeruns with 26 RBI's
and 7 stolen bases
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Now ready, here it is...
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 24006

The FOFC pitcher, Fozborg,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Fozborg wiggles the bat above his head
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Slow ground ball
Frisch is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
NL Pre WWII gets the first out
here late in this contest

Blade is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Barrett is hitting at .261 on the year
He has 61 hits in 234 at bats
This includes 12 doubles, 3 triples
2 home runs and 16 RBI's
Vance likes the sign
Vance brings it home
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Vance comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Vance retires two in a row

At the plate is Tucker
Late in the game
FOFC up by 2
A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year
He has 121 hits in 406 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 16 stolen bases
Vance shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Dazzy has a fine arsenal of pitches
but mostly uses a power fastball!
Vance's righthanded delivery...
Tucker pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Ott will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Tucker retreats to first
after a wide turn

Tucker takes a walking lead
Tucker has stolen 16 of 19 bases this year
Vance tosses another quick one to first...
Even the speedy Tucker looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead

Pflaggstettler steps in
Tucker's trying to rattle Dazzy Vance
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.310 with 15 homeruns
Persimmon also has 16 doubles
and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 55 runs
Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler
The pitch is on the way
Pflaggstettler drives the ball
to center for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Tucker scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Pflaggstettler

Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up next...
Potpie is having a field
day at the plate...
He is 3 for 4, with 1 home run
FOFC has 14 hits overall...
Potpie has 3 of those hits...
Okay, he's stepping in
Potpie is 3 for 4 on the afternoon
He has ripped NL Pre WWII pitching
for 1 homer and 1 double
Still with 0 triples, however
He has a shot at the "cycle" here
Potpie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Vance
He's waiting for the pitch
Pflaggstettler is dancing off third
Vance is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Routine grounder to short
Frisch grabs it
Over to Terry
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That does it for FOFC here
in the top of the 8th
But they pick up 1 run
So After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 11 to 8

Medwick is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Medwick swinging from the right side
facing the righty Fozborg
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Fozborg kicks and fires
Medwick cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Medwick was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Joe was a little overanxious
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Fozborg
Sirr nods his head

Coming up for NL Pre WWII
is Gabby Hartnett
Nobody on base, one out
Right-hander Fozborg eyes
the righty Hartnett
The righthander Fozborg delivers
Hartnett hits a deep fly
Gunner retreats toward the fence
He leaps...
He's got it!
Two down

Bill Terry plants his left foot
The lefthanded first baseman for
NL Pre WWII appears set
And Sirr studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Extra base hit to center for Terry
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This one is rolling to the wall...
This might be stretched into an
inside the park homerun!
He's going to try for it!
Here's the play...
He's out!
Exciting play, Terry will get
credit for a triple.

FOFC will send Palmer,
Billy Bullock, and Stan Gunner to face
Dazzy Vance this inning
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Vance shakes off the sign from Hartnett
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Vance doesn't want
to pitch to Palmer
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Vance rocks and fires
Palmer rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Frisch
Frankie fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
One gone for FOFC

Billy Bullock, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Bullock is 1 for 4 today
Vance likes the sign
Vance kicks and delivers
Bullock swings hard...
But he was fooled on the pitch
It hits him on the fists
It's dribbling towards second
Hornsby charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Sidearms it to first...
Just in time to get Bullock
Nice play by Rogers Hornsby
Bullock only needed a bit more speed
Two down
Dazzy Vance retires
the first two batters in a row

Stan Gunner will make his
way to home plate
He's the right fielder for FOFC
Gunner goes through his routine
of settling in
Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign

Now he's ready...
Vance is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Gunner pounds a grounder
toward Frisch at short
Frankie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Frisch stayed with it
Over to first and Gunner is retired
Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop
Vance sets the All Stars down in order

Ross Youngs is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Dazzy Vance

Here is Ross Youngs to start
it off for NL Pre WWII
Kronside looks down at
Bullock for the sign
Now he's ready
And the righthander starts
to work on Youngs
Here comes the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Youngs gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One away in the bottom of
the 9th for NL Pre WWII

Frankie Frisch coming up
Frisch asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Frisch is ready for the pitch
He takes his windup
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Frisch!
Jackson will be the pinch runner

The headsy and classy third baseman,
Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat
Traynor has a .287 average against
righthanders this season
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Kronside brings it to the plate
A sharp breaking curve...
Traynor was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Pie Traynor can touch them all

Rogers Hornsby will face Kronside
Righty against righty
Hornsby grips the bat handle
Bullock flashes the sign to Kronside
Jace comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Right down the middle... strike three
Hornsby must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two down...
The Pre-Nationals are chipping
away at the FOFC lead
They've scored 2 runs in the inning
FOFC leads 11 to 10

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Mel Ott
Ott looks down toward the third
base coach, Casey Stingle
Kronside shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Righthander Kronside's delivery
Ott rips it hard...
This one looks like it will be
in there for extra bases!
Mel is around first...
Digging for second...
He will slide...
AND HE IS SAFE!
So Mel Ott is in there
for his 3rd double on the afternoon!

That'll bring up Pre-Nationals'
center fielder Kiki Cuyler...
Pre-Nationals with a runner in
scoring position at second
With 2 RBI's in the game
Cuyler has 26 on the season
Cuyler cocks his bat
Kronside will try to get
Cuyler to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Right down the middle... strike three
Cuyler must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 11 to 10
Kronside notches the save
Alexander takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.

[Breeze]

7/12 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/12/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 1 1 0 .260 F.Frisch SS 3 0 0 1 .284
A.Tucker CF 4 3 3 0 .300 E-T.Jackson PR 0 1 0 0 .327
P.Pflaggstettler LF 4 2 2 1 .313 P.Traynor 3B 4 3 2 3 .280
J.Potpie 1B 5 2 3 4 .283 R.Hornsby 2B 4 1 0 0 .295
D.Palmer 3B 5 1 1 1 .331 M.Ott RF 5 1 3 2 .299
B-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .257 K.Cuyler CF 5 1 2 2 .289
B.Bullock C 5 1 1 1 .271 J.Medwick LF 2 1 0 0 .317
S.Gunner RF 4 1 0 1 .269 G.Hartnett C 4 0 1 1 .282
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Terry 1B 4 1 2 0 .278
J.Nights SS 4 0 2 3 .284 P.Alexander P 1 0 0 0 .085
A.Mighty P 3 0 1 0 .102 J.Haines P 0 0 0 0 .250
S.Fozborg P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-P.Waner PH 1 1 1 0 .330
C-G.Gazelle LF 0 0 0 0 .277 D.Vance P 1 0 0 0 .273
D-R.Youngs PH 1 0 0 0 .229
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 40 11 14 11 Totals 35 10 11 9

A-Pinch Hit For Haines In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fozborg In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Vance In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Frisch In 9th Inning

INJURY: Frankie Frisch INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning

All Stars....... 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 - 11 14 0
Pre-Nationals... 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 - 10 11 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty 4 1/3 8 7 7 3 3 0 93 3.79
S.Fozborg WIN(4-0) 3 2/3 1 1 1 1 4 0 52 3.04
J.Kronside SAVE(10th) 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 22 2.41
Totals 9 11 10 10 4 9 1

Pre-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Alexander LOSS(11-7) 4 2/3 9 9 5 2 2 1 96 4.40
J.Haines 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.10
D.Vance 4 5 2 2 0 2 1 55 2.87
Totals 9 14 11 7 2 4 2

ATTENDANCE- 24,006 DATE- Thursday, July 12th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Pre-Nationals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Pre-Nationals: 1
ERRORS- P.Traynor
DOUBLES- P.Pflaggstettler(17th), J.Potpie(14th), J.Nights-2(24th),
M.Ott-3(14th)
TRIPLES- P.Traynor(8th), B.Terry(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(23rd), B.Bullock(15th), P.Traynor(12th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(16th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Frisch
WALKS- A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler, P.Traynor, R.Hornsby, J.Medwick-2
HIT BY PITCH- S.Gunner, F.Frisch
STRIKE OUTS- P.Pflaggstettler-2, B.Bullock, S.Gunner, F.Frisch, P.Traynor,
R.Hornsby-2, M.Ott, K.Cuyler-2, J.Medwick, P.Alexander
GIDP- D.Palmer, B.Terry
WILD PITCHES- S.Fozborg-2
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Gabby Hartnett blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 7th: Mel Ott robbed Deacon Palmer of an extra base hit.

[Breeze]

Manager Update

As I sit in my hotel room, I am steaming right now. I’m extremely frustrated with Mighty. For some reason, since the All-Star break he’s be horrible. This is his third straight poor outing, and in 2 of the 3, he was staked to a big lead, only to completely blow up and give the whole thing right back. I did the whole protecting my guys thing in the press conference. In fact, I can still hear the words ringing in my ears…

O’Carver, “Mighty is really struggling right now, any idea what is going on?”

“Tom, struggling might be a bit strong. Mighty pitched really well until the fifth, when things got away from him. He was cruising up until that point. He just has to figure out how to get through those tough innings without allowing things to get away from him.”

When what I really wanted to say was…

“I have no freaking idea why he’s spit the bit recently. It’s like the guy can’t focus if the game isn’t on the line. We give him a big lead and with his stuff he should be able to bring it home without any problems, but instead he turns into a batting practice pitcher.”

Of course I’d get a follow up question like, “What are you going to do?”

And I’d like to respond, “Ringing his neck would be nice…I’m not sure it’d help him pitch better, but it would make me feel better.”

I know I might be a bit hard. I mean Alexander is a phenomenal pitcher, and we lit him up. But this has happened one time to many recently. I might have to seriously consider putting Foz into the rotation and dropping Mighty out of it.

These toughts keep racing through my head, and I can't sleep. Thank goodness we won, otherwise I'm not sure I'd have slept for a week. I get up, go to the mini-bar to see what they have...

[Breeze]

Manager Update

As I sip on my Vodka Martini, and roll around the events of the game in my head, I realize we gave up ANOTHER HOME RUN TO TRAYNOR.

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME. THE GUY GOT 3 HOMERS ON US IN 4 GAMES.

UGH...he had 9 coming into the series. We game him 33% of his total coming into the series in 4 games. We made him look like Mantle or Ruth for crying out loud...

Is there any Vodka left...I need another drink

[Breeze]

7/13 Radio Broadcast - Game 97

A warm hello to you, Ladies and Gentleman
Tonight FOFC will be doing
battle with AL Post WWII
Let's see how the Post-Americans
shape up, defensively...
From left to right in the outfield
Williams is in left...
Mantle is in center...
And Kaline is in right
Around the infield, third to first it's

Brett playing third
Yount at short
Covering second is Carew
At first base Killebrew
And the battery...
Pitching, Nolan Ryan
with Berra behind the plate
Okay, let's get it underway...
Ryan brings it to the plate
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Ryan's obviously peeved at that call
But Barrett tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Blade takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Ryan's pickoff move
Blade is running on the pitch
A slider away...
Berra pumps...
but no throw, he holds onto the ball
He is SAFE!

A. J. Tucker steps into the box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Tucker looks to third for a sign
Tucker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Ryan
He's waiting for the pitch
He brings it home
It's a rocket over second
Carew leaps
He's got it!
Quickly over to second
Blade dives back just in time!
Ryan gets the first out in the inning

One away, one on
As Pflaggstettler walks from
the on deck circle
We're in the top of the 1st
Berra flashes the sign to Ryan
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Groundball to short
Blade is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Pflaggstettler is out

Jeeberoni Potpie is up to face Nolan Ryan
He told me in the pregame show
That he was seeing the ball
very good in practice
Potpie has 14 doubles this year
Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Ryan brings it home
Potpie swings and lifts one toward center
Mantle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the Post-Americans
coming up

Here we go in the home half of the
first inning...

Let's take a moment
to set up the defense...
In left Gazelle
Over in center Tucker
Pflaggstettler will start in right...
Around the infield
Palmer will start at third
The keystone combination will be
Nights and Blade...
Potpie will play first base...
The battery of Babson pitching
and Hays behind home plate
Lead off man for the Post-Americans
Rod Carew steps into the batter's box
Carew is batting .333 with 3 homeruns
He has 7 doubles, 5 triples and 17 RBI's
His OBP of .390 is why
FOFC doesn't like to see him
leading off an inning

or at bat at any time for that matter!!
Babson steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Babson brings it to the plate
A jug-handled curve
Carew goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Pflaggstettler will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Rod Carew

George Brett, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
George checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Brett is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Carew is dancing off first
Babson's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Carew dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Brett goes after Babson's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Tucker is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
George just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the AL
Post WWII third baseman
One gone for AL Post WWII

Mickey Mantle steps up to the plate
Mantle asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Mantle is ready for the pitch
Here comes the pitch
Bouncer to second
Blade grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
That's three outs, side retired

FOFC will send Palmer,
Harry Hays, and Gerald Gazelle to face
Nolan Ryan this inning
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
The count one ball,
one strike on Palmer
Now Nolan delivers
Shallow fly ball
Mantle charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
And there's one away

Now here's Hays
Hays is batting .340 with
10 round trippers in 1900
Hays gets set for the pitch
Ryan's into his windup... the pitch
Ball four is the call
Ryan can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Ryan
Hays takes first base

The left fielder, Gerald Gazelle
will be up next for FOFC
Gazelle has hit 15 home runs this year
Ryan is ready quickly
Now Nolan delivers
Gazelle swings and misses
Strike three
Gazelle didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
That's out number two
Joe Torre moving around
Hollers something down at Ryan
Nolan nods "UH HUH"

The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Nights is batting .284 with
10 HR's this year
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Carew comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Ryan
The delivery
Hit on the ground to third
Taken by Brett
Over to Killebrew
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
Three away in the top of the 2nd
No score
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0
Johnson battling Tiant Jr.
Negro League II is edging
Japanese League 2 to 1
Wilson has hit his 15th homerun
for Negro League II
NL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs and Dead Ball
Era have yet to score
NL Pre WWII and Old Timers
have yet to score
Negro League I leads Turn
of Century 2 to 1
Williams battling Joss

Ted Williams stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Ted is hitting at .303 on the year
AL Post WWII's cleanup hitter
has knocked in 63 runs
He has a fine .558 slugging average
All set, Williams is ready for the pitch
Into the windup... here's the pitch
It's a high fly into left
Gazelle ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One up, one down

That will bring up first baseman,
Harmon Killebrew
Killebrew has hit 16 home runs this year
Babson is making his 21st
start of the season
The windup, and the 1-0 pitch
Killebrew rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Nights
Jeff fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
That's two up, two down

Kaline is up now for AL Post WWII
Kaline has a .272 average against
righthanders this season
Kaline is set
Babson rocks and fires
Kaline gives it a ride
Gazelle is streaking toward the fence
He's at the warning track...
He may have a chance...
Reaches up...
Got it!!!
What a play by the FOFC left fielder!
Kaline can't believe it as he kicks
at the air after rounding first
Al hit it hard, but somehow
Gerald was able to run it down
He's an outstanding outfielder!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Babson will be up, but wait...
The umpiring crew is meeting
near the plate
As this rain we've had all
game has intensified
Let's check the All Stars
record in recent days
FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games
The umps are returning to their positions
Looks like we'll continue...
As Babson steps back in
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Babson waits
Ryan fires
There's a hard bouncer to Brett's left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Killebrew...
Babson is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by George Brett!
That's one away

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Blade
Barrett is hitting .260 this year
Trying to get comfortable in the box
Not an easy task against the likes of Ryan
Ballplayers tend not to get too much
of a toehold against pitchers like Ryan

Their wildness keeps batters honest
He's ready
The righthander delivers
It's a Texas Leaguer to right
Here comes Kaline...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Blade is on with a bloop single to right

Blade watches Ryan move...
He's moving away from the bag
Ryan looks Blade back
He is unable to get his normal lead

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Ryan to come set
We're in the top of the 3rd
Ryan likes the sign
Now to the belt, here it is...
It's popped in the air
It'll be the first baseman, Killebrew,
making the play
It's been lousy weather all day but...
The rain has started to come down hard now
The conditions now are better
for a water polo match than baseball

He's off to the races!
The peg down...
The speedy Blade slides in safely!
7 steals in 7 attempts on the year
He is one of the best on the basepaths

Apparently Ryan has been instructed
to put Mister Persimmon
Pflaggstettler on...
He has done just that... Pflaggstettler
trots down to first
Jeeberoni Potpie will now
get a crack at Ryan
Joe Torre did not want Nolan to pitch
to the FOFC right fielder
Pflaggstettler is having a fine year
He's 11th in the league in
batting, at a .312 clip
He's got 15 home runs, 56 RBI...

Jeeberoni Potpie will get
a crack at Ryan next
Deacon Palmer would be up next...
But only if Potpie can reach safely
Potpie is batting .282 with
23 homers this year
Potpie, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Ryan
The pitch is on the way
The HIGH CHEESE.........
STRIKE THREE SWINGING!
That retires the side...
Potpie fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and 2 men left on base

The catcher Berra will
start things off for the Post-Americans
Berra is at .275 on the season
He is hitting .266 against righties
Berra waits patiently
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Berra hits it into the hole
on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Berra is out by a step at first
One down for AL Post WWII
Robin Yount is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Post WWII

Coming up for AL Post WWII is Robin Yount
Nobody on base, one out
Yount is hitting .333 against righties
Yount awaits the pitch
Babson brings it to the plate
Yount tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two down

Here's Nolan Ryan
Ryan swinging from the right side
facing the righty Babson
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Babson's 1-0 pitch...
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That's all for the Post-Americans
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We've played three, here...
We're scoreless

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 4th
Deacon Palmer, Harry Hays,
and Gerald Gazelle
are due up to face righthander Nolan Ryan
Palmer is 0 for 1 today
Ryan eyes Palmer intently
The righthander Ryan delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Palmer gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Carew grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
AL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Hays is ready to face Ryan
Right-hander Ryan eyes the righty Hays
Nolan rocks and fires
Fly ball to center
Mantle is under it
He makes the grab
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0
Negro League II is edging
Japanese League 2 to 1
NL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs and Dead Ball Era are scoreless
NL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Negro League I and Turn of
Century are tied at 2

Up now for FOFC is Gazelle
Two away, nobody on
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now Nolan shakes off another one...
Nolan has a 95 MPH fastball
but has control problems
The Texan comes in with the fastball
Curve ball...
Gazelle swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
And that retires the side

The Post-Americans will send
Carew, George Brett, and Mickey Mantle up
to the plate this inning
Rod is hitting at .335 on the year
He has 106 hits in 316 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 1
Carew singled his last time up
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Carew
It's coming down the pike
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
AL Post WWII with one away
Babson steps off the mound as
he waits for George Brett to
come to the plate

George Brett will make his
way to home plate
He's the third baseman for AL Post WWII
Brett is 0 for 1 today
George flied out last time up
Set now is Brett
Babson brings it to the plate
George Brett swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
It's CAUGHT!
Pflaggstettler robs the Post-Americans
with a great catch at the fence
Two down
Babson retires the first two
AL Post WWII batters

Walking slowly up for AL
Post WWII is Mantle

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Mantle has hit 28 home runs this year
Babson studies his sign
Babson brings it to the plate
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Babson's obviously peeved at that call
But Mickey tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Mantle extends his lead towards second
Throw to first... SAFE!...
Another throw... easily back
Now Mantle extends his lead...
Fastball up and in...
He's off on the pitch
The peg down...
Mantle slides head first to the outside...
Avoids the tag... He's safe...
WAIT, he overslid the bag...
And he's back in safely avoiding
the tag again!
That will be stolen base number 3
for the 1900 season

They're not going to pitch to Williams
They'll give him an intentional pass
Oh! Babson nearly threw ball
four to the backstop
Mantle bluffed a move toward third

"Killer" is now coming to the plate
Two men on, two men out
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Killebrew
Brian checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
So that's it for AL Post WWII
They fail to score against Babson
In the bottom of the 4th for AL Post WWII
No runs, no hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Jeff Nights will start things off
So far this season
Nights is hitting .280
when facing righthanded pitching
The umpire says let's go
We've got a full count...
Ryan winds and fires...
In the dirt
And Nights holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Babson shows bunt
It's a beauty! Right down
the 3rd base line...
Brett charges... he fires to first
He gets the batter, but the runner
Nights goes to 2nd...
A sacrifice for Babson
One away...
Killebrew is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Brett also...
Now they return to their positions

One on, one out
Coming up next is Blade
Barrett is hitting at .263 on the year
He has 62 hits in 236 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
33 runs this year
Nolan is ready
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Big motion...
Blade is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Ryan pulled the string on him
Two down
Berra asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Berra and Ryan

Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Tucker has hit 4 home runs this year
Nolan looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Yount trying to slip in behind Nights
Now he slips away
Here's the 3-1 offering
It's a slow ground ball
to the left of short
Yount makes the easy pick up
Over to first...
Tucker is safe!
The throw pulled Killebrew off the bag
Yount may have had too much
time on that one
AL Post WWII has 1 error
in the game so far

Two on, two outs...
Pflaggstettler steps to the plate
The wind seems to be swirling
around on the field
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
hitting .321 this year
against righthanded pitchers
He's ready for the delivery
Now the delivery, here is is...
Hit on the ground to short
Yount grabs it
Over to Killebrew
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for FOFC
After 4 and a half innings in
AL Post WWII this evening,
We're scoreless

Al Kaline is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for AL Post
WWII to get things going
Kaline is 0 for 1 today
Babson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Kaline swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Al Kaline
Babson retires the first batter to
face him in the bottom of the 5th

Berra gets set at the plate
Berra is 0 for 1 today
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander Babson's delivery
Lined to second
Blade tries it
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 4
Two up, two down for AL Post WWII
Babson is moving along with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Robin Yount is coming to the plate
The wet weather seems to
be bothering Brian
He keeps going for the resin bag
Now he toes the rubber
Brian winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Another hook for strike three!
Yount just stood there looking
The side is retired
No runs, no hits and no errors
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Before getting ready
Potpie checks out the defensive alignment
Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Ryan kicks and delivers
Change-up, Potpie is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Mantle is racing back...
HE STUMBLES on the warning track!!!...
He can't make the catch...
The ball rolls to the fence...
Potpie coasts into second...
As the throw is way too late
Potpie will get a double from
the official scorer

One on, nobody out
Palmer strides up to the plate
Palmer steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Deacon is 0 for 2 today
Nolan Ryan has struck out 4 and walked 4
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Joe Torre
Way ahead in the count
Ryan turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Palmer swings and misses, strike three!
Deacon chased a curve ball in the dirt
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Gerald Gazelle is looking
for a bat in the dugout

And the batter is Harry Hays
Gerald Gazelle is on-deck
Hays has hit 10 home runs this year
Ryan steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Nolan looks over his shoulder at Potpie
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Hays takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Hays' outta there
No score with two away this inning

Berra heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Gazelle.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Gazelle on
Gazelle watches ball four
He takes his base

The shortstop, Jeff Nights
is up for the All Stars
We are in the top of the 6th
Nights is hitless today, 0 for 1
Jeff drew a walk in his last at bat
Nights awaits the delivery
Potpie on second, Gazelle on first
They're dancing off the bags
Here's the 3-2 offering
Fastball... just outside
And Nights will take first on the walk
Everybody will move up a base...
Bases are loaded, with Brian Babson due up

Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez
Barrett Blade waits on deck
Ryan is in a tough spot
Ryan shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
And here's the pay-off pitch...
Ryan's pitch is low and outside
Ryan had trouble getting
the breaking ball over
That forces in a run
Ryan needs to throw strikes
Clutch walk by Gonzalez
The bases are still loaded
for Barrett Blade

Barrett Blade makes his way to home plate
Barrett comes to the plate batting .262
with 2 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Ryan adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Here's his delivery
Blade takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Out on strikes
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has no runs,
one hit and one error
FOFC has now left 9 runners stranded

Ryan will be up, but what's this?...

The umpiring crew is meeting
near the plate

As this rain we've had all
game has intensified
Will they stop the game?...

[Breeze]

7/13 Radio Broadcast Continued

Guess not, looks like we'll continue...
Ryan steps back in to face Kronside
Kronside gets the sign, it's one he likes
Kronside kicks and fires
Sinking line drive
Caught by Deacon Palmer
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th is beating Caribbean 4 to 0
Winfield has hit his 8th
homerun for Late 20th
Negro League II is on top of
Japanese League 3 to 1
Mathis and Kaneda currently dueling
NL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Marichal and Lyons currently dueling
Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 3 to 2
Robinson has hit his 11th
homerun for Left Outs
Old Timers leads NL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Clarkson battling Rixey
Negro League I and Turn of
Century are tied at 2
Williams and Joss currently dueling
And in our contest FOFC ahead 1 to 0

And it brings up Rod Carew
On deck is George Brett
Mickey Mantle in the hole
Rod is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .334 on the season
Carew waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch to Carew...
Sinking fastball...
Carew swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two gone for AL Post WWII

George Brett is the next batter
in the bottom of the 6th
AL Post WWII continues to trail FOFC
Brett is hitting .231 with 14 homeruns
George also has 15 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 51 runs
Brett waiting on the delivery
The pay-off pitch...
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
We head to the 7th...
The score is still FOFC
1, Post-Americans 0

A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Tucker is at .298 on the season
Tucker waits for the pitch
Ryan's righthanded delivery...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Berra fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Tucker
So one up and one gone

Pflaggstettler finishes
his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Pflaggstettler is taking
his practice swings
Persimmon is 0 for 2 this evening
Ryan has gone the distance so far
and pitched well enough to win
He just hasn't had the run support
The pitch is on the way
Pflaggstettler takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Pflaggstettler is out on strikes
Two up, two down

Jeeberoni Potpie will face Ryan
Righty against righty
Potpie saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 3 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Ryan
Potpie is hitting .283 versus
righties this year
Of his 23 homeruns,
17 came while facing righties
Potpie is waiting on the pitch
Ryan is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
HIT HIM!!
Potpie jogs down to first
Jeeberoni took one for the team to get on

Potpie slowly moves away from the base
Ryan continues to hold the runner close

Two outs, with a man at first
Palmer is the next batter
Palmer is hitting .297 against righties
Palmer readies himself for the pitch
Around comes the arm
In comes the pitch
Bouncer to third
Brett grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
Three down for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for AL Post WWII
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 18 and 12 in one run games
AL Post WWII has a 13 and 11 record
in these tight contests

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The big guys are due up for AL Post WWII
Mantle will lead it off
He will be followed by Ted Williams
and Harmon Killebrew
Mantle steps out of the box...
Looks towards Don Zimmer for a sign
Mantle waits
Here's his delivery
Mantle swings...
Hits the fastball on the ground...
Down the line at first...
Potpie trying to backhand it...
Can't get a glove on it
It's into right field for a hit

Mantle stretches his lead
Kronside throws over to first...
He puts nothin' on it...
Just a bluff...
Now he is set again...
Spins and fires one to first...
Mantle scurries back quickly...
He just avoided the tag!
He should have dove back...
He almost got caught
I'm sure Chris Chambliss
will chat with him
It's something a good first
base coach does

Now batting is be "Teddy Ballgame"
Williams is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Kronside is ready quickly
Kronside checks Mantle on first
Now the 3-1 pitch
Belt high fastball...
Swung on...
Juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker
Racing hard...
Reaches...
Off his glove...
Bounces up...
He catches it!

Wow, a nice juggling play!
Williams is disgusted and
Mantle returns to first quickly
One away in the bottom of the
7th for AL Post WWII

The Post-Americans' first
baseman is up next
AL Post WWII has 1 on board with 1 out
Killebrew digs into the box
Killebrew is set for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
Lifted in the air, back this way
The catcher, Hays, will
take it for the out
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

The tying run is on base...
And up comes right fielder Al Kaline
AL Post WWII needs only 1 run
They trail 1-0
Kaline has hit 8 home runs this year
Right-hander Kronside eyes
the righty Kaline
The righthander delivers
Kaline is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That is the third out for
AL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 22606

The FOFC catcher, Hays,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Jeff Nights
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Berra flashes the sign...
Ryan shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Nolan is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Fastball...
Hays jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Mantle after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle!
And there's one away

At the plate is Gazelle
Late in the game
FOFC up by 1
Gazelle a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Ryan
Gazelle cocks his bat
The pitch is on the way
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Nolan
Ryan here this evening
Two down
Berra asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Berra and Ryan

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
Nights is set
Here's the pitch
Nights pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Williams will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Nights retreats to first
after a wide turn

Nights takes a walking lead
Nights holding close to the bag
Ryan watching him closely

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gunner scuffs up the lines around the box
Ryan is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
Nolan rocks and fires
There's a soft fly to Mickey Mantle
He charges in
HE DROPS THE BALL!
Gunner pulls into second
on the error by Mantle

Berra heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Blade.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are issuing a free pass to Blade
Blade watches ball four
He takes his base

A. J. Tucker, the FOFC center fielder,
steps into the batter's box
FOFC on top 1 to 0
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Tucker is hitless today, 0 for 4
A. J. struck out in his last at bat
Ryan is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
The righthander Ryan's delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Tucker swung, that's strike three
Tucker isn't happy at all with that call
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has no runs,
2 hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 13 men on base today

Bottom of the Post-Americans'
order coming up
The catcher, Yogi Berra will lead off
Berra is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a respectable
.272 for AL Post WWII

Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Berra
Rodney kicks, delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Berra gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Oh Oh!, with one down in
the bottom of the 8th
Here comes the rain...
It's not raining hard yet
Perhaps we can still finish

Robin Yount will face Rodney
Righty against righty
Yount swinging from the right side
facing the righty Rodney
Robin is set for the pitch
Here's the 2-1 pitch
He bunts the ball!
Potpie fields it and fires to first
And he is . . .
SAFE!!! A bunt base hit.

Now batting for AL Post WWII...
Carl Yastrzemski...
He'll pinch hit for Nolan Ryan
Yastrzemski with a .297
average on the season

James Rodney watches Yount
As he moves away from the bag
Another throw...
Rodney's five throws over
have been effective
Yount has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Coming to the plate is Yastrzemski
One down and runner at first
Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Now James delivers
A slider by Rodney
Yastrzemski gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's two away

Rod Carew steps into the box
Carew grips the bat handle
Rodney likes the sign
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's in for a strike, and
it gets away from Hays
There goes Yount from first
He's safe at second
Score it a passed ball on Hays

Rod Carew steps into the box
Rodney looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hays
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Rodney
Now he is ready...
Rodney brings it to the plate
There's a ball in front of the plate...
Hays gets in front to block it...
But it's off his mitt to his left
Yount is off for third base...
Hays picks up the ball and from his knees
Whips it to Fouts...
Yount slides...
SAFE!!
Score it a wild pitch on James Rodney

Rod Carew steps into the box
2 men away, Yount on third
Rodney is slow to get ready

He has a 2.81 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Yount is dancing off third
Rodney is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
In the hole, past the first baseman...
Base hit!
1 run will score...
Yount crosses the plate
with the tying run!
It's all even now at 1

While Mickey Mantle heads
for the on deck circle
George Brett makes his way to the plate
Carew will be running if it's hit
Rodney gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Rodney goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Carew
Fires to Potpie...
Carew is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
Brett drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
That does it for AL Post WWII here
in their half of the eighth
As we head into the ninth
this game is all tied up at 1 runs apiece
Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed!
Rollie Fingers will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Rollie has appeared in
32 games this season
He has a record of 3-5
in 33 innings
His ERA stands at 5.79

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 9th
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Jeeberoni
Potpie, and Dan Fouts
are due up to face righthander
Rollie Fingers
The righthander pitching
to Pflaggstettler...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .316 average
against Rollie
Fingers brings it to the plate
Ground ball to the left side...
Yount scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
With one gone
FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Potpie gets set at the plate
Potpie has 15 doubles this year
Fingers has the sign from Berra
Fingers leans back and fires
Potpie goes after the big breaker...
Hit on the ground to Fingers' right...
Yount isn't able to cut it off...
It's bouncing into center
field for a single

At the plate now for FOFC is Fouts
Fingers is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Fingers looks in...
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Potpie dives back in!...

SAFE!
Killebrew tosses it back to Fingers
Now here's the pitch
Long fly ball to right field
Kaline turns and runs
He's at the fence
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
CAUGHT!
Score It: 9
Two gone for FOFC

Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 0 for 3 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Rollie gets the sign from Berra
Fingers' 1-2 pitch...
Drilled on the ground to short
Yount grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
The All Stars are gone in
the 9th... they get
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the bottom of the 9th...
The score is tied at 1

Mantle up now to lead off
Mickey is 1 for 2 today
He precedes Ted Williams in the order
as the first of the AL Post
WWII "run producers"
He has 11 doubles with 28 home runs
so far in 1900
Knowles looks down at Mickey Mantle...
Bo was telling me before the game
That he enjoyed watching Mantle hit
Mickey, of course, is having a great year
Facing him from out there on the mound
will put a little damper on that, however
Knowles rocks and fires
Mantle pounds a grounder
toward Blade at second
Barrett moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Blade stayed with it
Over to first and Mantle is retired
Nice play by the FOFC second baseman
That's one away

"The Thumper" is now coming to bat
Williams is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Bo Knowles steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The lefthander Knowles comes home with it
There's a fly ball to Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler circles under it...
He makes the play
Two away, last half of the 9th...
One out remaining...
The Post-Americans have to get something
going here to avoid extra innings

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Killebrew
Killebrew is batting .223
with 16 homers this year
All set, Killebrew is ready for the pitch
Knowles winds and delivers
The 0-1 pitch
Killebrew rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Fouts spears it!
A shot right at the FOFC third baseman
Piece of cake!
And we go to extra innings!

Starting the top of the 10th
for FOFC is Gazelle
Fingers wastes no time
He has the sign from Berra
Fingers brings it home
Hanging curveball...
Gazelle times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Mantle doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Gazelle
That was way over the fence

Nights leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
It's a rainy summer evening
as Jeff steps in
He is 1 for 2 tonight
The count is nothing and 2
Nights has to protect the plate
Fingers winds and delivers
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Berra...and he's got it
With one down

Killebrew yells something out to Fingers
Rollie nods his head

Coming up now is Bullock
Everyone is struggling to
keep their bats dry
Billy Bullock is hitting .253 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Bullock waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Fingers' righthanded delivery...
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Bullock watches it go
by for the third strike
FOFC leads 2 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
These scores are final...
Late 20th nipped Caribbean 7 to 6
Negro League II nipped Japanese
League 3 to 2
Mathis the winner, he's now 5-8
Kaneda takes the loss, his
record drops to 4-9
AL Pre WWII downed NL Post WWII 3 to 1
Dead Ball Era nipped Left Outs 5 to 4
Bender the winner, he's now 4-2
Lemon takes the loss, his
record drops to 2-6
NL Pre WWII nipped Old Timers 5 to 4
Negro League I edged out
Turn of Century 6 to 5
Wagner has hit his 9th homerun
for Turn of Century

Barrett Blade will step in
to face Fingers next
If he gets on, A. J. Tucker will follow
Berra flashes the sign to Fingers
The 2-2 offering...
Struck him out on a fastball
Blade goes down swinging
That's three outs, side retired

Al Kaline will step into the
box to start the inning
AL Post WWII would like to get
some runners on board
Al comes to the plate batting .279
with 8 home runs

He is 0 for 3 so far today
Kaline waits on Knowles
Here's the 3-0 offering
Kaline starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Knowles walks him

Here's Yogi Berra
Berra looks towards the coach
Berra is waiting for the pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Hard ground ball to the mound
Knowles comes up with it
Throw to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 1-4
The runner on first, Kaline, is out

Joe Torre is going to use a pinch runner
Phil Rizzuto is headed out
toward first base
He will be running for Yogi Berra

Knowles better keep an
eye on Rizzuto . . .
Now Knowles steps off the rubber
Rizzuto shortens up on his lead

Yount is up now for AL Post WWII
Against righthanders
Yount is hitting .333
Yount waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Way ahead in the count
Knowles turns the 0-2 pitch loose
The Whiff!
Knowles punches Yount out!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Reggie Jackson will bat for Rollie Fingers
It will be the lefthand hitting, Jackson
against the righty Knowles
Jackson is hitting righties
for a .248 average

Reggie Jackson will get a
crack at Knowles next
Rod Carew would be up next...
But only if Jackson can reach safely
Jackson goes through his
routine of settling in
Knowles looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
Knowles goes into his stretch...
Looks at Rizzuto...
He fires one to Potpie...
Rizzuto dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Knowles comes home
Jackson rips a fastball down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Jackson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Reggie Jackson hits a drive down the line
If it stays fair it may be gone
Oh my, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is reaching up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
And that will do it for AL Post WWII
FOFC wins 2 to 1
Knowles gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Fingers takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Gerald Gazelle
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Post WWII.

[Breeze]

7/13 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans 7/13/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Post-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 1 0 .259 R.Carew 2B 4 0 2 1 .335
A.Tucker CF 5 0 0 0 .296 G.Brett 3B 4 0 0 0 .230
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .309 M.Mantle CF 3 0 1 0 .288
J.Potpie 1B 4 1 2 0 .285 T.Williams LF 3 0 0 0 .300
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .325 H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 0 0 .223
C-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .255 A.Kaline RF 3 0 0 0 .279
H.Hays C 4 0 0 0 .333 Y.Berra C 4 0 0 0 .270
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-P.Rizzuto PR 0 0 0 0 .000
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Yount SS 4 1 1 0 .287
G.Gazelle LF 4 1 1 1 .276 N.Ryan P 2 0 0 0 .179
J.Nights SS 3 0 1 0 .284 D-C.Yastrzemski PH 1 0 0 0 .293
B.Babson P 1 0 0 0 .103 R.Fingers P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-D.Gonzalez PH 0 0 0 1 .297 G-R.Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 .252
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .268
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-B.Bullock C 1 0 0 0 .269
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 2 5 2 Totals 33 1 4 1

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rodney In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Berra In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Fingers In 10th Inning

INJURY: Bo Knowles INJURED (for 15 more games) in 10th inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0
Post-Americans.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson 5 1 0 0 2 4 0 58 3.52
J.Kronside HOLD(7th) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 30 2.33
J.Rodney BS(4th) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 2.79
B.Knowles WIN(7-3) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 3.92
S.Knowles SAVE(17th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.69
Totals 10 4 1 0 3 7 0

Post-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
N.Ryan 8 3 1 1 8 11 0 144 5.75
R.Fingers LOSS(3-6) 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 29 5.71
Totals 10 5 2 2 8 13 1

ATTENDANCE- 22,606 DATE- Friday, July 13th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:14 Post-Americans: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Post-Americans: 0
ERRORS- M.Mantle, R.Yount
DOUBLES- J.Potpie(15th)
HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(16th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade-2(7th), M.Mantle(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Babson
WALKS- B.Blade-2, P.Pflaggstettler, H.Hays, G.Gazelle, J.Nights-2, D.Gonzalez,
M.Mantle, T.Williams, A.Kaline
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade-3, A.Tucker-2, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, D.Palmer,
H.Hays, G.Gazelle-3, B.Bullock, G.Brett, H.Killebrew, A.Kaline-2,
R.Yount-3
GIDP- M.Mantle
WILD PITCHES- J.Rodney
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays
WEB GEMS- Bot 10th: Persimmon Pflaggstettler robbed Reggie Jackson
of an extra base hit.

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Manager Update

For the first time in a long time I am excited to do a press conference. I think it is because my adrenalin is still pumping from the game. I quick step it into the press room and start talking before I can sit down so Lou doesn’t the opportunity to piss me off…

“Did you guys see that catch?…WHOA was that IMPRESSIVE!...”

Lou starts, “Benton, you had…

I ignore him and continue my rant, “Persimmon’s play was unbelievable…and a game winner at that. That 1 play might be huge for us down the road. You need to mark the game down in your calendars because you may have a nice retrospective article you can do at the end of the season. MAN that was impressive.”

Lou again, “Benton, you had…

Still ignoring, “How far did he run?”

{silence}

“Come on guys…40 yards, 50 yards?” I ask, urging a response.

Tom O’Carver, “I’d say it was close to 50.”

Reader chimes in, “Yeah close.”

Hack Jobb, “It was well over 40 for sure.”

Lou, “Benton, you had…”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought too…And unless you’ve played the game you probably don’t realize how hard it is to make a catch on the dead run like that when you’ve had to go so far. But to make this even more phenomenal, he had to judge the wall. You know running into it full speed like that might have ended his season. So he ran around 50 yards, full speed, judged the wall, and then had to gather himself and jump to save the Jackson’s would be game winning home run. Oh my – I just can’t sit still. I still see that play in my head. WOW!...”

Lou try’s again, “Benton, you had…”

“You know what….Pflaggsettler was getting bombarded by reporters and his teammates when I came in here. I didn’t get a chance to really talk to him about that play. I’m going to do that now…”

I get up and walk out…with reporters screaming questions at my back. I
smirk and continue on like I don’t hear them.

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Dynasty Update

Just a quick note. I am no longer ahead in my game play vs. postings so tonights Swim Team Banquet for the kids may prevent me from playing/posting tonights game. If it does, I'll double up tomorrow. Just wanted to warn everyone up front...

[Breeze]

7/14 Radio Broadcast - Game 98

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Catfish Hunter with his 5 and 11 record
Will be facing Barrett Blade

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Fisk out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Hunter brings it to the plate
Hit to third... and right at Brett
He juggled that ball a bit, but held on
Barrett takes his seat
One gone for FOFC

Coming up for FOFC is A. J. Tucker
Nobody on base, one out
A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 122 hits in 412 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 6 triples
4 home runs and 41 RBI's
Fisk flashes the sign...
Hunter shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Hunter goes into his windup
And here's the 2-0 offering
Tucker hits a deep fly to right-center
Jackson races to the warning track
He steadies himself
He won't get this one...it's off the fence
Tucker racing around first...
Jackson has the ball...
Fires a throw in...
Carew has the relay...
Holds the throw...
Tucker in easily at second
It's a two-bagger for A. J. Tucker
FOFC has him in scoring position

Planting his right foot
Pflaggstettler is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler has hit 15
home runs this year
Hunter has the sign from Fisk
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Fastball, belt high, away...
Pflaggstettler goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Mantle
Mantle is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
FOFC with one more chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games

Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
So far this season
Gonzalez is hitting .299
when facing righthanded pitching
Full count on the batter, 3-2
He brings it home
Gonzalez watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Hunter
In the top of the 1st for FOFC
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Robin Yount stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Yount is hitting .287 with 5 homeruns
Robin also has 17 doubles and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 38 runs
Williams steps on the rubber
Now John delivers
Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT

The Panamanian second baseman, Rod Carew,
is approaching the plate
The third baseman plays in on Rod
the outfield straight away
Carew digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Williams
Carew readies himself for the pitch
Williams kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Carew watches it go by
for the third strike
Two up, two down for AL Post WWII

The "Mick" steps in to face John Williams
Mantle grips the bat handle
Mantle cocks his bat
Now ready, here it is...
It's grounded past the mound
Blade races to his right
Nights to his left
Nights scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Gonzalez...
Mickey beats it out!

Reggie Jackson steps in against Williams
Left-hander against left-hander
Mantle will be running if it's hit
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Jackson
Now to the belt, here it is...
Base hit to left for Jackson
Don Zimmer puts up the stop sign...
Mantle will stay at second

AL Post WWII sends the third baseman,
George Brett, up to the plate
Brett is batting .230 with
14 HR's this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
Williams stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Blade races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Blade
Score It: 4
That's it for AL Post WWII
Here at AL Post, After 1 inning,
AL Post WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
AL Post WWII has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

FOFC will send Palmer,
Stan Gunner, and Harry Hays to face
Catfish Hunter this inning
Deacon is batting .325 in
249 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Gunner
Hunter eyes Palmer intently
Hunter brings it to the plate
Palmer hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Yount dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Palmer reaches on a sizzling
single to left
A nice try by the short stop, Robin Yount

Here's Stan Gunner
Gunner goes through his routine
of settling in
Catfish is ready
The pitch to Gunner...
The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Gunner, that's 1 walk today

Harry Hays moves in to face Hunter
2 on, no outs here in the top of the 2nd
Hays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Hunter
Hays is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Hunter
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Hard ground ball into right field
It's a single for Hays
Palmer scores from second!
Gunner takes third

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
FOFC leading in the game
Nights has 24 doubles this year
Set now is Nights
Hunter brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Nights
Gunner scores
Hays is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Nights at first

Williams squares
He bunts the ball . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by G.Brett
a poor bunt by Williams
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
Blade taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Hunter
Carew comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Hunter
The delivery
Pounded on the ground to short
Yount comes up with it
Throw to second for one
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 2 to 0

Carlton Fisk is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for AL Post
WWII to get things going
Fisk looks down toward the third
base coach, Don Zimmer
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Topped in front of home
Hays gets to it
He throws
He is SAFE!
Fisk has himself an infield hit

Next up is Larry Doby, the AL
Post WWII left fielder
On-deck is Carl Yastrzemski...
He'll be followed by Catfish Hunter
Doby swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Williams
Larry stands with bat ready
The lefty Williams delivers
Changeup...
Ties Doby up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's one away

Fisk at first, one out
Carl Yastrzemski is ready at the plate
Yastrzemski wiggles the bat above his head
Now set, Yastrzemski waits for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Yastrzemski looks at strike three
Two gone for AL Post WWII

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 2nd
Here's Hunter now up for AL Post WWII
On deck will be Robin Yount
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Routine grounder to first
Gonzalez to Williams covering first
Score It: 3-1
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still FOFC
2, Post-Americans 0

FOFC will send Tucker,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and
David Gonzalez to face
Catfish Hunter this inning
Catfish is getting his sign from Fisk
Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball
He has quite a tendency
to deliver those up
In 130 innings
Catfish has allowed lefties
to blast 18 taters!
Hunter brings it home
Routine grounder to second
Carew scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One gone for FOFC

And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
David Gonzalez is on-deck
Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year
Persimmon is ready for the delivery
Hunter is into his windup
Here's the pitch
The pitch is just inside and
Pflaggstettler holds up
Fisk points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Persimmon trots down to first... ball four

Facing Hunter now is Gonzalez
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Stan Gunner waits in the hole
Gonzalez is batting .293
with 3 homers this year
David steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch
Hunter goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler
He lobs one to Yastrzemski...
Pflaggstettler is back easily
We're ready again
Now Hunter comes home
Fastball down low...
Gonzalez swings and hits one out to center
Mickey Mantle is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Hunter
Pflaggstettler trots back to first
Two down
Fisk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Fisk and Hunter

Coming to the plate is Palmer
Pflaggstettler's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Hunter
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
After getting set, Palmer
waits on the pitch
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...

SAFE!
Yastrzemski tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Pounded on the ground to third
Brett grabs it
He throws
and gets the force at second
Score It: 5-4
The runner on first, Pflaggstettler,
is out
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 2 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 3

The shortstop Yount
will lead off for the Post-Americans
He'll be followed by Rod Carew
And then Mickey Mantle
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Yount starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him

Rod Carew steps in now for
the Post-Americans
The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip
Carew has hit 3 home runs this year
Williams studies his sign
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Yount
He lobs one to Gonzalez...
Yount is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Swung on and missed by Carew,
he's down on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th and Caribbean have yet to score
Negro League II leads Japanese
League 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2
Sutton and Plank currently dueling
NL Pre WWII is edging Old Timers 2 to 1
Negro League I and Turn of Century
are all knotted at 1
And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 0

Yount at first, one away
Mantle is ready for the pitch
Mantle has managed a .383 average
against lefthanders this year
Mickey is set for the pitch
The lefthander Williams comes home with it
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 29 for Mickey on the year
He also has 78 RBI's now

That brings up Reggie Jackson,
the right fielder
We'll see how they pitch to Jackson
The count even at 2-2
John rocks and fires
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Jackson is down on strikes
Number 5 here today for Williams
That's two away

George Brett plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman for
AL Post WWII appears set
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
It's coming down the pike
Swung on and hit on the nose to right
Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Brett is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Carlton Fisk will get a crack
at Williams next
Larry Doby would be up next...
But only if Fisk can reach safely
Fisk is 1 for 1 today
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Williams' into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Brett dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Gonzalez tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Bounding ball to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
So AL Post WWII is retired here
in the bottom of the 3rd
They score 2 to even the score at 2

Gunner saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Against righthanders
Gunner is hitting .263
Hunter is ready quickly
Hunter rocks and fires
Gunner hits a fly ball to center
Mickey Mantle camps under it
He's got it
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Hays leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Hays looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 1 on the day for Harry
Hays awaits the delivery
Hunter quick pitches him
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Hays...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Yount made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Jeff Nights will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Jeff is 1 for 1 this summer afternoon
He singled in his last plate appearance
Nights waits
The pitch is on the way
There's a shallow flyball struck by Nights
Mickey Mantle runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Nights is out
That's out number two
Joe Torre moving around
Hollers something down at Hunter
Catfish nods "UH HUH"

The pitcher, John Williams, is up next
Before getting ready
Williams checks out the
defensive alignment
Most pitchers love to pitch
on days like today
Hunter is no exception
He is ready to go
Hunter brings it to the plate
Williams drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Mickey Mantle throws the ball
away for an error!
Double for Williams

Blade saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade has hit 2 home runs this year
Hunter steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here comes the cripple pitch
Belt high...Swung on by Blade...
Hit's a soft liner towards the gap
Shortstop's going back...
Leaps...
Can't get it
It's just over his outstretched glove
Nice try by Yount, but not good enough

Blade inches away from the base
Hunter steps away from the mound...
Now Blade moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box
Hunter squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Bounding ball to short
Yount comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Doby steps up to the plate
for AL Post WWII
It's the bottom of the 4th here at AL Post
FOFC on top 4 to 2
Larry is still struggling to get over
the infamous "Mendoza Line"
His .197 average is very
embarrassing to him
He is 0 for 1 so far today
He struck out in his last chance
Doby is set
Williams' 0-1 pitch...
Doby taps one on the ground
Jeff Nights charges in
He boots it!
He can't make the throw
It'll be an error on Nights
Nights has committed 1
error this afternoon

Batting for AL Post WWII
will be Yastrzemski
Yastrzemski is 0 for 1 today
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.26 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
Carl Yastrzemski swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards right-center
Tucker looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Yastrzemski takes Williams
deep to tie it, 4-all!
That one had some distance

Williams glares in at Hunter
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
The outfield shades towards
left for Hunter
Hunter is waiting on the pitch
Williams fires
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
One out
Due up next is Robin Yount

Yount departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Yount gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
He's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
The change up from Williams...
Swung on...
There's a long shot to left-center
Gunner and Tucker both converge on it...
They are nearing the warning track...
This ball is going outta here!
HEY, HEY!

Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII
Up now is Carew
Williams is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Williams gets the sign from Hays
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Carew pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Pflaggstettler will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Carew retreats to first
after a wide turn

Mantle now at the plate
Reggie Jackson waits on deck
FOFC is set up for two
The left-hander Williams is now ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Hays
Carew dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Carew made it back

Jackson is the batter
Carew's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Reggie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jackson is 1 for 2 today
He struck out last time up
Jackson is set for the 3-0 pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Jackson didn't like it

Bright sun out...
May be a problem for Brett
Now he calls for the batboy...
He's going to put some "black"
under his eyes...
George is in the batter's box
and ready to face Williams
Time is called...
Brett has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Brett is set for the pitch
Here's the 2-0 offering
Brett hits it deep towards the gap
Pflaggstettler is back to
the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps against the wall...
He can't get it!
Brett is at third, with a triple
George clears the bases
He now has 2 RBI's on the day

Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Fisk
Brett is dancing off third
Rodney is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Outstanding play by Gonzalez!
Rodney takes the flip from Gonzalez
Score It: 3-1
That's all for the Post-Americans...
But the lead changes hands
after a big, 5-run inning
by AL Post WWII...
5 runs, 4 hits, one error and
one man left on base...
The Post-Americans now lead FOFC by 3
After 4 innings
it's now 7-4, AL Post WWII

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leading off
David Gonzalez is on deck
And Deacon Palmer is in the hole
Pflaggstettler has a .316 average against
righthanders this season
He's ready
The righthander delivers
It's a high fly into center
Mantle ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
FOFC with one away
Hunter steps off the mound as
he waits for David Gonzalez to
come to the plate

The first baseman, David Gonzalez
will be up next for FOFC
Fisk flashes the sign to Hunter
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Sinking line drive
Caught by Carl Yastrzemski
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0
Cuellar battling Maddux
Japanese League and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 1
Kawakami has hit his 5th homerun
for Japanese League
AL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs is in front of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 2
NL Pre WWII clipping Old Timers 5 to 1
Negro League I and Turn of
Century are tied at 1

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Hunter
Palmer waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the righthander's delivery
Palmer raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Brett just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 4 and a half innings
AL Post WWII on top, 7-4

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Larry Doby stops at the on deck circle
Puts a little more "Black" under his eyes
It's very sunny here today
Now he steps in
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Doby looks to third for a sign
Doby waits for the delivery
Here is the 2-0 pitch
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
Rodney gets the first out in the inning

Making his way up is Yastrzemski
Yastrzemski can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Carl is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
The righthander Rodney delivers
Changeup down low...
Yastrzemski makes contact and
hits one out to right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Rodney
Two down
James Rodney retires
the first two batters in a row

Up now for AL Post WWII is Hunter
Two away, nobody on
Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Hunter
Now James delivers
Rodney misses low on that one
Hunter draws the walk
Number 1 today by Rodney

Hunter takes a walking lead
Holding the ball, Rodney watches Hunter...
Now he fires to Gonzalez...
The tag...
SAFE!

With a runner at first and two outs
Yount walks to the plate
This will be Yount's 4th time up today
He is 1 for 2 with 1 walk
The right-hander Rodney is
set to deliver to Yount
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Hunter dives back in!...
SAFE!
Gonzalez tosses it back to Rodney
Now here's the pitch
Yount takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
So ends the bottom of the 5th
For AL Post WWII
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 5 innings, AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4

Here's the left fielder Gunner
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Gunner is 0 for 1 today
He is currently batting .266
Doby, Mantle and Jackson
are playing him deep
The umpire says let's go
Gunner is ready
Righthander Hunter's delivery
Fastball...
Gunner jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Mantle after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle!
That's one away

Hays is up now for FOFC
Harry is hitting at .340 on the year
He has 69 hits in 203 at bats
This includes 2 doubles, 2 triples
10 home runs and 30 RBI's
Hunter shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Catfish has excellent control
of a myriad of pitches
and he just throws strikes!
The righthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
Hays goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Brett...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Hays is out by a step
Two down
Hunter retires two in a row

Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
If he gets on, James Rodney would bat next
Nights steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Nights waits
The pitch to Nights...
Slow ground ball
Brett is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
1-2-3, nothing across...

The second baseman Carew
will lead off for the Post-Americans
He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle
And then Reggie Jackson
Rodney steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the 2-2 offering
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One out
The Post-Americans have a 3 run lead


And it brings up Mickey Mantle
On deck is Reggie Jackson
George Brett in the hole
Hays flashes the sign...
Rodney waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rodney is way ahead in the count...
He winds and delivers...
Mantle swings
STRIKE THREE!
Rodney's fastball was too
much for Mickey again
He went down on three pitches
That's 2 whiffs today
for the AL Post WWII center fielder
That's two away

While George Brett heads
for the on deck circle
Reggie Jackson makes his way to the plate
Jackson grips the bat handle
He's ready
Rodney throws the 2-2 pitch
Jackson gets around on a fastball
He sends one deep to right
This could be big trouble...
There goes Pflaggstettler after it
He is really moving...
At the warning track...
Jumps...
WHAT A CATCH!
Holy Cow... Jackson is outta there!
My Word!... very nice...
Jackson can't believe it
That's all for the Post-Americans
here in the bottom of the 6th
No runs, no hits and no errors
So at this juncture...
AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4

FOFC will send Treacy,
Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker to face
Catfish Hunter this inning
Treacy is hitting .291 against righties
Hunter gets the sign, it's one he likes
Hunter will have to come
in with this 3-0 pitch
Here it comes...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Hunter can't get the 3-0
pitch over the plate

Now here's Blade
Treacy takes his lead
Catfish is ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Treacy dives back in!...

SAFE!
Yastrzemski tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Blade rips a single to right field
It falls in front of Jackson
Reggie takes it on one bounce
Treacy motors into third easily

So with 2 on and no outs
the All Stars send their center fielder,
A. J. Tucker, up to face Hunter
Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is waiting
in the on-deck circle
We'll see how they pitch to Tucker
Hunter likes the sign
Catfish is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Treacy, now at Blade

Now the pitch
Tucker drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Treacy scores
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Double for Tucker

Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes
his way to home plate
Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Hunter fires
Pflaggstettler pops it straight up
Persimmon got fooled on this pitch...
And it will be Fisk making the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean slipping by Late 20th 6 to 4
Cuellar battling Smoltz
Negro League II is edging
Japanese League 3 to 2
AL Pre WWII is on top of
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Grove and Spahn currently dueling
Left Outs besting Dead Ball Era 11 to 6
NL Pre WWII toppling Old Timers 8 to 1
Ott has hit his 27th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
Negro League I with the lead over
Turn of Century 4 to 1
And right here in AL Post WWII
AL Post WWII on top 7 to 5

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be David Gonzalez
Gonzalez wiggles the bat above his head
Gonzalez tells the umpire he's ready
Hunter brings it to the plate
Gonzalez raps a pop-up just
over the infield
That will be trouble
Rod Carew is running full tilt
He dives...
He's got it!
Superior play by Rod Carew
Two gone for FOFC

The tying runs are on base...
And up comes the third baseman,
Deacon Palmer
FOFC needs 2 runs
They trail 7-5
Deacon comes to the plate batting .325
with 4 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Palmer is set for the pitch
Hunter's 2-0 pitch...
Base hit to left for Palmer
Blade scores
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gunner adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Stan is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Hunter is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Hit on the ground to first
Yastrzemski will take it himself
Score It: 3
FOFC is retired...
But they come up with 3 runs to tie it
After 6 and a half innings,
it's all even at 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Let's move along and get started
here in the bottom of the 7th
The game is everything that
the score indicates
George Brett will lead it
off for AL Post WWII
Tie score
Hunter steps on the rubber
Hunter goes into his windup
Here it comes
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Gonzalez...
Blade chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

Fisk steps in to face Hunter
1 on, no outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Owen looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The stretch... the delivery
Shallow fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler has got a long run
He can't catch up to it!
Base hit for Fisk
Brett takes third

Post-Americans with runners on the corners
Doby at bat
Larry is batting .192 in
78 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Carl Yastrzemski
Doby readies himself for the pitch
Owen comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
He quick pitches Doby... and it's in there
Strike three
One down...
Hunter has to continue to bear down

Yastrzemski is ready to face Hunter
Carl Yastrzemski is hitting
.255 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Owen gets the sign from Hays
Now Owen delivers
Curve in the dirt... and
Yastrzemski holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the third base ump's opinion
He motions it's a walk...
Yastrzemski will take first
Bases are tenanted

Settling in at the plate is Hunter
Hays flashes the sign to Hunter
Owen rocks and fires
It is a high hard one...
Hunter goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Hunter couldn't hold back

Robin Yount steps into the box
AL Post WWII ahead 8 to 7
Hunter is ready quickly
Hunter brings it to the plate
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Brett will score, Fisk to third
And Yastrzemski goes to second
on the wild pitch

Robin Yount steps into the box
Hunter has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for
AL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48294
AL Post WWII is making a defensive change
Kaline will bat 4th and play right

Fisk fires the ball down to Yount
He starts it around the infield
To Carew, Yastrzemski
And then to Brett walking
it over to Hunter
Hays steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the top of the 8th
Hays gets set
He's 2 for 3 so far
Hunter tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Catfish winds his right arm
Lets it go
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Hays watches it go by
for the third strike
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Nights steps into the batter's box
Nights has hit 10 home runs this year
Hunter is happy with the sign
Hunter kicks and fires
Nights hits a screamer at Robin Yount
Yount takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Yastrzemski scoops it on one hop

Nights is out!
Nice play by Yastrzemski
Two down
Fisk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Fisk and Hunter

Gerald Gazelle will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Gazelle has 7 doubles this year
Hunter adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Hunter's into the windup... the delivery
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Mickey Mantle is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Good,)
He's jumping for it...
He can't get it!
That's a homerun for Gerald Gazelle

Now at the plate will be Blade
second baseman for FOFC today
Barrett is batting .263 with
2 home runs on the season
He is 2 for 4 today
Blade is set
Hunter brings it to the plate
Swung on and foul tipped
Fisk hangs on to it
Strike out for Hunter
Number 3 on the day
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 and a half innings
AL Post WWII has 8 runs,
11 hits and one error
While FOFC has 8 runs, 11
hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 8

Carew is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
The score is knotted at 8
Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Hunter brings it home
Carew slaps a hard grounder past second
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Carew will hold with a clean single

Apparently not afraid of Hunter
Carew stretches out to his lead
Slow curve...
The speedy Carew heads for second
Hays pegs it down
He slipped on the throw
But he got it off...
Good slide...
Carew is in there!

Mickey Mantle steps into the box
Mickey has 2 strike outs so far today
He'll be looking to get
a piece of this one
Hunter looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hays
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Hunter
Now he is ready...
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and chopped toward second
Blade races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Gonzalez
A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker!
Carew over to third easily
Chris Chambliss is arguing that
he took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand
And there's one away

Al Kaline will try his luck against Hunter
This is a very difficult background
to hit against
There is shade at home plate
But, bright sun on the mound
Kaline looks down toward the third
base coach, Don Zimmer
Hunter is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Hunter looks in...
Now he's ready
Here's his delivery
Slow ground ball to the mound
Carew breaks for home
It's off Hunter's glove!
Score It: E1
Carew scores from third!
Kaline to first

George Brett is up next
AL Post WWII's third baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
FOFC is set up for two
Hunter wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The righthander Hunter delivers
That's ball four
Brett trots down to first
Kaline is already down on second

The Post-Americans' catcher is up next
AL Post WWII has 2 on board with 1 out
Fisk swinging from the right side
facing the righty Hunter
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Hunter brings it to the plate
Flyball to right
it's caught
Kaline might have a chance to move up...
Pflaggstettler makes the catch...
Kaline is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily

Larry Doby, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Doby is 0 for 4 today
Larry struck out last time up
The umpire says let's go
Doby is ready
It's coming down the pike
Doby reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to right
Base hit for Doby
AL Post WWII adds to their lead
AL Post WWII leads 10 to 8
Doby comes through in the clutch!

Yastrzemski leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Yastrzemski is 1 for 3 today
Yastrzemski waits for the delivery
Hunter rocks and fires
High
Yastrzemski works out a walk

AL Post WWII announces a pinch
hitter for Catfish Hunter
Ted Williams will come in to face
the right handed Hunter
He carries a .667 average
as a pinch hitter
Against righties he is hitting
.296 this year

The "Splendid Splinter"
is now coming to bat
Kronside gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
A check on the runners... the pitch
Williams swings and lifts one toward left
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's three down in the bottom of the 8th
AL Post WWII goes into the
ninth with a 2 run lead
They are 19 and 32 at home in 1900
This can be compared to their
40 and 58 record overall
Three more outs, and they can put
another one in the win column!
Rollie Fingers will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Rollie has appeared in
33 games this season
with a record of 3-6
He has 11 saves to his credit
He has struggled this year
with an ERA that stands at 5.71
AL Post WWII is making a defensive change
Fox will bat 2nd and play second

To lead off this inning is A. J. Tucker
FOFC needs a pair to tie this game
Rollie Fingers steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the delivery by Fingers
Tucker hits a screamer at Rollie Fingers
Fingers picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Yastrzemski off the bag
Yastrzemski swipes with the glove

Tucker is out!
Nice play by Yastrzemski
One out
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is due up next

The All Stars are down
to their last 2 outs
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is due up next
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
3 today, with 1 walk
Persimmon popped out in his last at bat
He's ready
And the cripple pitch...
There's a checked swing...
But Pflaggstettler gets
a piece of it anyway
It's a pop fly into left
Doby comes in on it...
Easy out
Pflaggstettler couldn't get
his bat out of the way
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Gonzalez coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
AL Post WWII leads 10 to 8
Fingers picks up a hot dog
wrapper from the infield
Now he looks down for the sign
The sun comes out from behind the clouds
It's been playing peek-a-boo all day
Here's the 2-1 pitch
There's a liner towards Fox
Gonzalez hit it on the nose...
Speared by Fox on his backhand side
just off the ground!
Gonzalez thought he had a sure hit
He just can't buy a hit today
David is 0 for 5 now
And goes back and kicks the water cooler!
OUCH...
Careful Gonzalez, you only have two feet
And that will do it for FOFC
AL Post WWII wins 10 to 8
Hunter gets credit for the win
Fingers notches the save
Hunter takes the loss
The hitting star for AL Post WWII
was Mickey Mantle
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Post WWII.

[Breeze]

7/14 Boxscore


[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans 7/14/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Post-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 1 2 0 .262 R.Yount SS 4 2 1 1 .287
A.Tucker CF 5 1 2 1 .297 R.Carew 2B 5 2 2 0 .336
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .305 E-N.Fox 2B 0 0 0 0 .264
D.Gonzalez 1B 5 0 0 0 .281 M.Mantle CF 5 1 2 2 .290
D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 2 .328 R.Jackson RF 3 1 1 0 .253
S.Gunner LF 3 1 0 0 .263 C-A.Kaline RF 1 1 0 0 .277
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 G.Brett 3B 4 1 3 2 .236
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Fisk C 5 0 2 0 .281
H.Hays C 4 1 2 1 .337 L.Doby LF 5 1 1 1 .200
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 1 .284 C.Yastrzemski 1B 3 1 1 2 .295
J.Williams P 2 1 1 1 .143 C.Hunter P 3 0 0 0 .256
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-T.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .299
A-S.Treacy PH 0 1 0 0 .268 R.Fingers P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-G.Gazelle LF 1 1 1 1 .281
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 8 11 7 Totals 39 10 13 8

A-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Treacy In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Jackson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Carew In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 - 8 11 2
Post-Americans.. 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 - 10 13 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams 3 2/3 9 7 4 2 6 3 90 3.41
J.Rodney 2 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 30 2.66
O.Hunter LOSS(6-6) 1 2/3 4 3 1 3 2 0 49 5.47
J.Kronside 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.31
Totals 8 13 10 5 6 11 3

Post-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Hunter WIN(6-11) 8 11 8 7 3 3 1 131 5.88
R.Fingers SAVE(12th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5.55
Totals 9 11 8 7 3 3 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,294 DATE- Saturday, July 14th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:24
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Post-Americans:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Post-Americans: 1
ERRORS- O.Hunter, J.Nights, M.Mantle
DOUBLES- A.Tucker-2(16th), J.Williams
TRIPLES- G.Brett(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(17th), R.Yount(6th), M.Mantle(29th), C.Yastrzemski(5th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Carew(5th)
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, S.Gunner, S.Treacy, R.Yount, R.Jackson, G.Brett,
C.Yastrzemski-2, C.Hunter
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, D.Gonzalez, H.Hays, R.Yount, R.Carew-3, M.Mantle-2,
R.Jackson, L.Doby-2, C.Yastrzemski, C.Hunter
GIDP- B.Blade
WILD PITCHES- O.Hunter

[Breeze]

Manager Update

So I walk into tonight’s press conference knowing that I’m going to get hammered for last nights loss…man how 24 hours can change your emotions when you are a baseball manager. I sit down…and start to say, “Go ahead”…but I get interrupted before I even get to ahead…

Lou Scribe, “Benton, tough loss, can you tell us about your emotions right now?”

“Lou, I feel terrible. This is one we could have…” I pause for a while…”no probably should have won. That makes it very hard when you are a manager and probably harder for the players. This game gives and it takes away. Last night we won a game we probably shouldn’t have, and tonight we lose one we should have won. I’m disappointed.”

“What do you say to the critics who would say this loss was your fault?” Lou follows up…

“Nothing, because you aren’t going to convince them otherwise and you’re just going to look like a jackass for trying to defend yourself,” I state in a matter of fact tone.

Tom O’Carver, “Benton, I’m not going to say the loss was your fault, but I do have to ask about the way you used your staff tonight….let’s start with…

(I realize this is going to be several question and I sigh…)

…Williams. Why leave him in so long in the fourth when he clearly was struggling?”

“Well to start the error early in the inning didn’t help him, but the real reason I didn’t pull him was because every time I started to take him out there was a left handed batter at the plate. Carew, Brett…ugh…we just couldn’t get them out and I didn’t have a lefthander to put in with Bo out. I finally gave up and put Rodney in.”

“I get going to Rodney, who pitched great for you, but why Hunter when you have Fozborg available and he’s been your best long guy all season, why not use him or Kronside…you were in the seventh at that point?”

“Well to begin with I didn’t use Kronside because he told Sal he was beat after pitching in the last 2 ball games. I didn’t want to use him at all, but I was short-handed and I needed him to get that 1 out. That is all he would have pitched even if we had tied it in the ninth. As for not using Fozzy…he’s going to start tomorrow’s game. I was debating about swapping Mighty and Foz anyway, but once Bo went down and I lost my lefty out of the pen, I figured circumstances made the decision for me.”

“While I might have been able to get a win last night by pitching Foz. It would have forced me to not push him into the rotation for several days. Meaning Mighty probably would have gotten another start and set the swap back even further. At that point Bo probably would have come off the DL before I could have changed the rotation and we’d have been vulnerable to left handed batters for a couple of weeks. Not something you want to be in this league. Lots of really good lefties around here.”

"Gotta run guys...hopefully tonight will be better for us, and boy I can't wait to get home. This 17 game road trip is killing me..."

[Breeze]

7/15 Radio Broadcast - Game 99

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Sirr Fozborg with his 4 and 0 record
Will be facing Billy Hamilton

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Bullock out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

The third baseman, King Kelly
will be up next for Old Timers
Kelly goes through his routine
of settling in
King waits...
He steps out as Fozborg takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Fozborg's into the windup... the delivery
Sinking fastball...
Kelly swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Fozborg

Sam Thompson will step in
to face Fozborg next
If he gets on, Ed Delahanty will follow
Looking to Charley Gould for a sign
Fozborg studies his sign
Fozborg kicks and fires
It's hit down the line
Pflaggstettler ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
1-2-3, nothing across...

Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Blade is hitting .242 against righties
It's Galvin's 13th start this season
He has a 14-5 won/loss mark so far
The righthander Galvin delivers
Stroked to third
Clean single for Blade
Barrett Blade wastes no time
getting things going in the first inning

All Stars' shortstop Nights
is up next
Galvin is happy with the sign
Galvin brings it home
Nights will try the hit and run!
Big heater...
In on the hands...
Swung on and popped up
Kelly is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still
in the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
entering the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Pflaggstettler looks down toward
the third base coach
Galvin shakes off the sign by Ewing
We have Pud Galvin and Sirr Fozborg
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
Galvin looks at the runner
The pitch
Changeup, Pflaggstettler
was looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Hamilton is at the warning track...
Waits...
Off the fence!
Pflaggstettler's headed for third...
Triple for Persimmon Pflaggstettler!
Neither Delahanty nor Hamilton
could get to that one
Blade scores from first

Facing Galvin now is Potpie
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Gerald Gazelle waits in the hole
Potpie has 15 doubles this year
Ewing flashes the sign...
Galvin shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Righthander Galvin's delivery
Lunging after the change-up
Potpie hits a grounder through to left...
Scoring from third is Pflaggstettler
Credit Potpie with a single and an RBI

First base coach Joe Adcock wants
a word with Potpie...
Now we're all set to go...
Deacon Palmer steps in
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Galvin
Palmer awaits the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Base hit to left for Palmer
Potpie is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Potpie will stay at second

Palmer at first, Potpie at second, one out
Gazelle is now at bat
1st and 2nd, one man down
Galvin wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
Kelly comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Galvin
The delivery
Curve, at the belt...
Gazelle times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Ed Delahanty retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Walking up to the plate now is Bullock
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Galvin steps on the rubber
And here is the 1-2 delivery
It's a routine fly into left
Delahanty ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two gone for FOFC

Two away, nobody on
Tucker comes to the plate for FOFC
Galvin has the sign he wants
Now Pud delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Ewing fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Tucker
We've played through the first
inning here at FOFC Stadium
So far...
FOFC on top 5 to 0

Ed Delahanty will step into the
box to start the inning
Old Timers would like to get
some runners on board
Delahanty wiggles the bat above his head
Delahanty in the hole, 0-2
Here's his delivery
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Delahanty manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Blade cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Delahanty is called
out on a close play
One up, one down for Old Timers

Brouthers is up next
One gone, top of the 2nd
George Davis moves out on deck
Bullock flashes the sign...
Fozborg waves it off...
Now he's happy
Fozborg kicks and delivers
It's a sinker that's up in the strike zone
Brouthers hits it deep towards the gap
Tucker is back to the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps against the wall...
CAN'T QUITE GET IT!!!...
Brouthers is not stopping at second
Steams for third...
Here's the throw to the cutoff man
There will be no play at third
They score it a triple
Number 7 of the season for Brouthers

One man on, one out for Old Timers
Coming to the plate is Davis
George takes a couple of practice cuts
Davis awaits the delivery
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Change up...
Davis hits a high fly ball
Tucker drifting under it...
He makes the catch, but trips...
And he is unable to make the throw
Brouthers scores on the sac fly
And there's two away

George Kelly will make his
way to home plate
He's the second baseman for Old Timers
George Kelly is hitting .278 this year
against righthanded pitchers
George is set for the pitch
Here's the windup and the 1-0 delivery
George Kelly swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
CAUGHT!
That one looked like it was gone
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Late 20th with the lead over
Negro League II 3 to 0
Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are scoreless
Caribbean and Dead Ball
Era have yet to score
Japanese League and NL Post
WWII have yet to score
Negro League I and NL Pre
WWII are tied at 1
Rogan and Hubbell currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Turn of Century
have yet to score
And right here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 1

Sirr Fozborg, Barrett Blade,
and Jeff Nights are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 5-1
The right-hander Galvin is set
to deliver to Fozborg
Galvin goes into his windup
Here it comes
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Kelly plays it on one bounce
Over to Brouthers...
Out of there!
FOFC with one away
Galvin steps off the mound as
he waits for Barrett Blade to
come to the plate

Settling in at the plate is Blade
Watching Galvin, Blade wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
Way ahead in the count
Galvin turns the 0-2 pitch loose
What a pitch... strike three
Galvin put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
That's the second out of the inning

It will be Nights to face Galvin
Jeff is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He popped out in his last plate appearance
Nights waits patiently
Pud rocks and fires
There's a towering fly ball hit by Nights
Delahanty sprints over,
and makes the catch
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 5-1, FOFC

Bullock fires the ball down to Nights
He starts it around the infield
To Blade, Potpie
And then to Palmer walking
it over to Fozborg
Ewing steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the top of the 3rd
Ewing has hit 5 home runs this year
Fozborg is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Fozborg looks in...
Now he's ready
Fozborg rocks and fires
Ground ball through the middle
Blade ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
And there's one away

Galvin is up now for Old Timers
Galvin is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Galvin, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Fozborg
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Curve ball...
Galvin swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two down
Sirr Fozborg retires
the first two batters in order

Hamilton gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Hamilton
Hamilton is set for the 3-2 pitch
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Hamilton bounces one high toward the mound
Fozborg leaps up but can't reach it
Nights is over quickly...
Reaches down and scoops it
up on the short hop
Underhands it to Potpie...
OUT
Pretty play by Jeff Nights to retire
Hamilton by a whisker
The crowd appreciated that play
Fozborg sets the Ancients down in order

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Stepping out, Pflaggstettler
looks into the dugout
Steps back in
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
Galvin brings it to the plate
Hard ground ball to third
Kelly comes up with it
Over to Brouthers
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
Old Timers gets the first
out of the inning

Now batting will be Potpie
The first baseman for FOFC
Right-hander Galvin eyes the righty Potpie
And the delivery by Galvin
A slider by Galvin
Potpie gets good wood on it...
Delahanty back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 4

Deacon Palmer will face Galvin
Righty against righty
Deacon is hitting at .331 on the year
He has 84 hits in 254 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 2 triples
4 home runs and 33 RBI's
He's ready
Galvin's righthanded delivery...
There's a ground ball up the middle
It gets by the pitcher
It's headed into center field
OH, George Kelly gets to the ball...
But there won't be a throw
Base hit for Palmer

Gerald Gazelle will get a
crack at Galvin next
Billy Bullock would be up next...
But only if Gazelle can reach safely
Galvin looks down at Ewing for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Now ready, here it is...
Bounding ball to short
Taken by Davis
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
After 3 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC ahead 5 to 1

Leading off now for Old Timers is Kelly
Kelly is 0 for 1 today
Fozborg rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Fozborg kicks, delivers
Hard slider, away from the
righthanded Kelly
He reaches across for it...
Lifts it high and deep...
It's going to right-center...
It's going... Going...
GONE!!!, home run for Kelly!!

Fozborg glares in at Thompson
Sam Thompson just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Thompson is 0 for 1 today
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
The righthander delivers
Thompson hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer
Palmer picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Thompson is out!
Nice play by Potpie
With one down, up next is Ed Delahanty
To be followed by Dan Brouthers

Delahanty finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Delahanty is 0 for 1 today
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Here's the 3-1 offering
Delahanty swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Palmer
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Delahanty rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Gazelle gets a nice throw in to Blade

Brouthers is up next
Old Timers has a runner
at first and one out
Brouthers steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Brouthers awaits the delivery
Fozborg goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Delahanty
He lobs one to Potpie...
Delahanty is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
Swung on and lofted very high...
and very deep...
Tucker starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And hauls it in!
Two down

Stepping in the batter's box, Davis
Delahanty at first, two away
Davis can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Fozborg gets the sign, it's one he likes
The pitch is on the way
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
Three away in the top of the 4th
FOFC ahead 5 to 2
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Late 20th is in front of
Negro League II 3 to 0
Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are tied at 4
Caribbean is in front of
Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
Mendez comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Japanese League is on top
of NL Post WWII 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII is on top of
Negro League I 4 to 2
Haines and Rogan currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Turn of Century
have yet to score
Newhouser and Rusie currently dueling

Here's Billy Bullock leading off
A. J. Tucker is on deck
And Sirr Fozborg is in the hole
Bullock is 0 for 1 today
Galvin is ready quickly
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Kelly stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by King Kelly
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Coming up for FOFC is Tucker
Sirr Fozborg waits on deck
The All Stars leading by 3
Galvin steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Here's the 0-1 offering
Sinking line drive
Caught by George Kelly
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 3
The All Stars have 6 hits on the afternoon

Walking up now to the plate is Fozborg
Fozborg steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Fozborg is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Galvin
He's waiting for the pitch
Galvin brings it to the plate
Lined to second
Kelly leaps
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5
in their last ten games

Kelly is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Kelly grips the bat handle
A count of one ball,
one strike on Kelly
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Kelly hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Palmer dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Deacon Palmer!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Nobody on, one away for Old Timers
Up now is Ewing
Right-hander Fozborg prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ewing
It's a full count...
Fozborg winds and fires...
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Fozborg grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Fozborg
Sirr nods "UH HUH"

Next up is Pud Galvin, the
Old Timers pitcher...
If he gets on, Billy Hamilton
would bat next
Galvin taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Galvin is set
Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch
Galvin swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Fozborg strikes out Pud Galvin
That's all for Old Timers
After 4 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC on top 5 to 2

[Breeze]

7/15 Radio Broadcast continued

The second baseman Blade will
start things off for the All Stars
Blade is at .264 on the season
Galvin tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Galvin's 3-2 pitch...
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks
Blade is on to lead it off.

Nights up
The All Stars have Blade on first
Pud gets the sign from Ewing
Galvin goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Brouthers...
Blade is back easily
We're ready again
Now Galvin comes home
Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Nights slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Kelly races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Blade advances on the play
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Up now is Pflaggstettler
The All Stars have Blade on second
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Pflaggstettler
He's 1 for 2 today
Galvin looks down at Ewing for the sign

Now he's ready...
Galvin fires
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Delahanty
And he has it
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 5th

Potpie walks to the plate
Galvin is slow to get ready

He has a 3.56 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Galvin looks back towards second...

The pitch
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Davis makes the easy catch!
Potpie chokes in the clutch!
That retires the side...
Potpie fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

Here's Hamilton to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Late 20th is edging Negro League II 3 to 2
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 4
Roberts and Ruffing currently dueling
Caribbean is on top of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
Cepeda has hit his 14th
homerun for Caribbean
Japanese League is in front
of NL Post WWII 4 to 1
Inao comfortably ahead for Japanese League
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Negro League I 4 to 2
Turn of Century is on top
of AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Rusie and Newhouser currently dueling
And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 2
Hamilton is 0 for 2 today
Fozborg toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Hamilton hits a grounder to short
This should be an out
Jeff Nights bobbles it
He can't make the throw
It'll be an error on Nights
Nights has committed 1 error
in this afternoon's game

The third baseman, King
Kelly, is coming up
King is a daring baserunner
and likes to hit behind the runner
Kelly is at .295 on the season
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
Fozborg's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Hamilton dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Kelly takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Kelly can't believe it
He says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Fozborg
One gone for Old Timers

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Ancients send their right fielder,
Sam Thompson, up to face Fozborg
Good-hitting Ed Delahanty is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Thompson looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 2 on the day for Sam
Sam is eagerly awaiting Fozborg's pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Gazelle one hands it...
OUT!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Ed Delahanty steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Hamilton is at first
Ed is hitting at .360 on the year
He has 127 hits in 353 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 14 stolen bases
Delahanty waits for the delivery
The stretch... the delivery
Belted right back at Nights
He snares it just before
it hits the ground
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
So After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Old Timers has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
Old Timers has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Deacon Palmer stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the bottom of the 6th
FOFC on top 5 to 2
Palmer has been poison
for Old Timers today
He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon
Galvin likes the sign
The pitch is on the way
Hard ground ball to the mound
Taken by Galvin
Over to Brouthers
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
That's one away

Here comes Gerald Gazelle to the plate
What a year this man is having
It is a baseball axiom that there are
only five things you can do in baseball
Run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power
So far this season, Gazelle
is doing it all!
The All Stars' left fielder
is quite a crowd favorite
Gazelle is taking his practice swings
Gerald is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Gazelle cocks his bat
Galvin leans back and fires
Struck him out on a fastball
Gazelle goes down swinging
Two down
Galvin retires two in a row

Billy Bullock, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Bullock saunters to the plate
The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Galvin
Bullock is hitting .248 versus
righties this year
Of his 15 homeruns,
10 came while facing righties
Bullock waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Galvin brings it to the plate
Over the outside corner
Bullock hits the curve right to third...
Kelly takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Bullock is out by a couple of steps
As we head into the 7th
the Ancients will try to
get something going
They trail by 3, 5-2

Old Timers will send Brouthers,
George Davis, and George Kelly to face
Sirr Fozborg this inning
Brouthers has a .407 average against
righthanders this season
Brouthers is poised and
ready for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Brouthers rips one right on the nose
This one is going to be trouble,
no doubt about it
Tucker is chasing it down...
Brouthers is around second...
A. J. finds the handle...
He fires it to Palmer...
Brouthers slides as the ball arrives...
SAFE!
Man alive... 2 triples on
the afternoon for Dan Brouthers!

One aboard, nobody out
Up next is Davis
George is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He's batting .247 on the season
George seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
He brings it home
Bouncer up the middle
and past Jeff Nights...
Base hit into center field!
FOFC's lead is trimmed by a run
FOFC ahead 5 to 3

One on, no outs
Coming up for Old Timers is Kelly
Kelly digs into the box
Kelly awaits the delivery
Fozborg checks Davis on first...
The 3-1 delivery
Base hit to left for Kelly
Charley Gould puts up the stop sign...
Davis will stay at second

Fozborg glares in at Ewing as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Ewing is hitting .342
against righthanders
Bullock flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Fozborg brings it to the plate
The high heater...
Cut on...
Ewing sends a hot smash
to the left of third
Palmer right in front of it...
Takes it on the short hop
Running to third...
Just beats the sliding Davis...
He holds onto the ball
There is no chance to get Ewing
But they get the force at third!

Roger Connor is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Pud Galvin

Slowly coming up is Connor for Old Timers
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 5 to 3
Against lefthanders
Connor is hitting .500 this season
Set now is Connor
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Palmer comes up with it
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Kelly takes third
The runner on first, Ewing, is out
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Hamilton waltzes up to the batter's box
Old Timers trails by 2 runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Billy steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Charley Gould relays the
sign from Frank Selee
Hamilton reached base on
an error last time up
and now is 0 for 3
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Change up, a gem...
Hamilton is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Billy looked like Casey on that pitch
That's it for Old Timers
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Old Timers has 3 runs,
6 hits and no errors
Old Timers has now left 4 runners stranded

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Tommy Bond will be coming on
to pitch for Old Timers
Tommy has appeared in 29 games this season
He has a record of 5-3
with 2 saves
His ERA stands at 5.93

Leading off for the All Stars
is the center fielder Tucker
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Barrett Blade
Tucker swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Bond
Tucker waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Bond rocks and fires
Hard ground ball to first
Brouthers flips to Bond covering
Score It: 3-1
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Bond ready quickly, looks in for the sign
Righthander Bond's delivery
There's a ground ball into the hole
Kelly and Davis converge on it
It's picked by Davis who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Watching Bond, Blade wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Barrett brings the bat back...
It's coming down the pike
Changeup down low...
Blade makes contact and hits
one out to center
Billy Hamilton is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Bond
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47994

Old Timers will send Kelly,
Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty to face
Al Mighty this inning
King is hitting at .293 on the year
He has 81 hits in 276 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 20 stolen bases
Mighty likes the sign
Here's the 3-1 offering
Nibbler, right to Mighty
Over to Potpie for the easy out
And there's one away

Sam Thompson is up for Old Timers
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Ed Delahanty
Benton Breeze is walking down
to the water cooler
Sam is batting .302 with 13
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
The count even at 1-1
Mighty fires
Fastball...
Thompson jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Pflaggstettler after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler!
That's two down for Mighty
Old Timers will need to
do better than that
They are running out of time

Ed Delahanty will step in
to face Mighty next
If he gets on, Dan Brouthers will follow
We'll see how they pitch to Delahanty
Delahanty waits on Mighty
Mighty brings it to the plate
Delahanty drives one into left
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
Old Timers comes up empty here
in the top of the 8th
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC still out in front, 5-3

Nights leading off
Jeff is hitting at .281 on the year
He has 103 hits in 366 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 3
Nights grounded out his last time up
Jeff steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Bond's pitch
Here is the 0-2 pitch
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Davis...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Old Timers gets the first out
here late in this contest

One away, nobody on base
Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate
Pflaggstettler wiggles the
bat above his head
Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and popped up
Ewing grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
Old Timers gets the second
out of the inning

Jeeberoni Potpie will face Bond
Righty against righty
Potpie has 15 doubles this year
Potpie gets set for the pitch
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Hard slider...
Potpie swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Delahanty is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Jeeberoni

Planting his right foot
Palmer is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Palmer
Palmer goes through his routine
of settling in
Palmer in the hole, 0-2
The windup, the pitch
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Palmer hits a Baltimore chop...
The ball finally comes down into
Kelly's waiting glove...

King rifles it to first
OUT!!!
Good thing for Old Timers
that Palmer is a slow runner
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 8 innings, FOFC ahead 6 to 3

Dan Brouthers leading off for Old Timers
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Brouthers scuffs up the
lines around the box
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Knowles' righthanded delivery...
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into
right by Brouthers
That's 3 hits for Brouthers this game

Next up is George Davis,
the Old Timers shortstop
FOFC leads by a 3-run margin
We're in the top of the 9th
Davis has hit 6 home runs this year
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Knowles needs to come in with this one
Davis slaps a hard grounder towards second
It is right at Blade...
He has his glove down...
Whoa! The ball "kangaroos"
right over his head!
It is on into the outfield
Davis is on with a bad-hop single
Brouthers takes second on that odd play

And it brings up George Kelly
On deck is Buck Ewing
Tommy Bond in the hole
Kelly digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Knowles
Kelly tells the umpire he's ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Bouncer to second...made to
order doubleplay ball
Blade has it on two hops...wrists
it to Nights
He evades the slide of Davis
And completes the doubleplay to first
Two down, Ancients at bat
in the 9th inning...
Old Timers trails the All Stars by 3
The Ancients are down to their final out
Buck Ewing is due up
Hays takes a trip out to the mound
He wants to discuss something with Knowles
Now Hays trots back

Old Timers coach Charley Gould is saying
something to the runner
Brouthers at third...
Now he slaps him on the back
We're ready to go again
Buck Ewing steps into the batter's box
Sammy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Brouthers is dancing off third
Knowles is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Swung on and missed by Ewing,
he's down on strikes
And that will do it for Old Timers
FOFC wins 6 to 3
Fozborg gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Galvin takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

7/15 Boxscore



BOXSCORE: 2001 Old Timers Ancients At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/15/1900

Ancients AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
B.Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 .303 B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 0 .263
K.Kelly 3B 4 1 1 1 .292 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .281
S.Thompson RF 4 0 0 0 .302 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 1 1 .304
E.Delahanty LF 4 0 1 0 .358 J.Potpie 1B 4 2 2 2 .288
D.Brouthers 1B 4 2 3 0 .417 D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 0 .331
G.Davis SS 3 0 2 2 .252 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Kelly 2B 4 0 1 0 .272 G.Gazelle LF 3 1 1 3 .283
B.Ewing C 4 0 0 0 .315 B.Bullock C 3 0 0 0 .265
P.Galvin P 2 0 0 0 .196 A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102
A-R.Connor PH 1 0 0 0 .375 C-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .255
T.Bond P 0 0 0 0 .235 A.Tucker CF 3 0 0 0 .295
S.Fozborg P 2 0 0 0 .000
B-H.Hays C 1 0 0 0 .335
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 31 6 7 6

A-Pinch Hit For Galvin In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Fozborg In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mighty In 9th Inning

Ancients........ 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 0
All Stars....... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 7 1

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Galvin LOSS(14-6) 6 6 5 5 1 3 1 98 3.53
T.Bond 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 29 5.89
Totals 8 7 6 6 1 3 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Fozborg WIN(5-0) 6 1/3 6 3 3 0 3 1 88 3.14
A.Mighty HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.75
S.Knowles SAVE(18th) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 1.64
Totals 9 8 3 3 0 5 1

ATTENDANCE- 47,994 DATE- Sunday, July 15th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:20
LEFT ON BASE- Ancients: 5 All Stars: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ancients: 0 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- J.Nights
TRIPLES- D.Brouthers-2(8th), P.Pflaggstettler(6th)
HOME RUNS- K.Kelly(4th), J.Potpie(24th), G.Gazelle(18th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Davis
WALKS- B.Blade
STRIKE OUTS- B.Hamilton, K.Kelly, B.Ewing, P.Galvin-2, B.Blade, G.Gazelle,
A.Tucker
GIDP- G.Kelly
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Persimmon Pflaggstettler robbed Sam Thompson of an
extra base hit.

[Breeze]

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball


American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H[4] 59 41 .590 ---- 53
2001 Negro League I NLO[4] 58 43 .574 1.5
2001 Old Timers OTH[4] 54 47 .535 5.5
2001 Late 20th L20[4] 53 48 .525 6.5
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH[4] 50 52 .490 10.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H[4] 41 59 .410 18.0
2002 Japanese League JLP[4] 26 75 .257 33.5

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS[4] 66 34 .660 ---- 50
2001 NL Post WWII N2H[4] 62 39 .614 4.5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H[4] 54 47 .535 12.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH[4] 51 49 .510 15.0
2001 Left Outs LOH[4] 46 54 .460 20.0
2001 Caribbean CAP[4] 46 55 .455 20.5
2001 Negro League II NLT[4] 39 62 .386 27.5

[Travis]

Impressive season so far. Pretty crazy with the amount of talent around that only one team is really keeping it close in the standings right now and only two others really have a shot at climbing into contention any time soon. Now time to ramp it up to another level and really leave these guys in our dust.

[Breeze]

Impressive season so far. Pretty crazy with the amount of talent around that only one team is really keeping it close in the standings right now and only two others really have a shot at climbing into contention any time soon. Now time to ramp it up to another level and really leave these guys in our dust.

Most of the problems with the HOF teams revolve around a lack of arms in the pen/rotation. If I do this again, I'm going to find some pitchers from the appropriate era to add to the team. That way the HOFers aren't constantly using pitchers that are tired....

[Breeze]

Most of the problems with the HOF teams revolve around a lack of arms in the pen/rotation. If I do this again, I'm going to find some pitchers from the appropriate era to add to the team. That way the HOFers aren't constantly using pitchers that are tired....

Plus it helps to be run by a human who reacts better to situations than preconfigured AI settings. There have been a number of times that I would have swapped pitchers or used a pinch hitter but the game didn't make the switch.

[Breeze]

Radio Broadcast 7/16 - Game 100

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Rob Nielsen with his 13 and 4 record
Will be facing Billy Hamilton

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Hamilton rarely ever strikes out
But Nielsen got him that time!
So one up and one gone

John Ward will make his way to home plate
He's the shortstop for Old Timers
Hitching up his pants...

Ward gazes out to the mound
Ward is set
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Ward!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Nielsen

Walking up to the plate now is Delahanty
Sam Thompson waits on deck
Delahanty has 31 doubles this year
Ed seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The fans want the "K"
Rob winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
And Delahanty will sit down...
strike three called
Rob Nielsen holds Old Timers scoreless
in the first inning

Blade is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Blade steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Keefe
"Sir Timothy" fires the 2-1 pitch
Slow ground ball
Kelly is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one down, up next is Jeff Nights
To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler

FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now the righty brushes off another one...
Keefe has a fastball, change and curve
Keefe brings it to the plate
Shallow fly ball
Delahanty charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
Two down
Tim Keefe retires
the first two batters in order

Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Tim Keefe steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the pitch
Routine grounder to short
Ward scoops it up
Over to first for the out
Tim Keefe holds the All Stars
scoreless in the first

The Old Timers clean-up hitter,
Sam Thompson, to lead it off
We're in the top of the 2nd
We'll see how they pitch to Thompson
Rob is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
He is facing a power hitter in Thompson
Nielsen has allowed 5 home
runs to lefties so far
10 to right-handers
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Swung on and popped up
Potpie is waiting...
And that's an easy out
So one up and one gone

Kelly is up now for Old Timers
Kelly goes through his routine
of settling in
Kelly waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Kelly hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Nights dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Jeff Nights!
Two down
Nielsen retires the first
two Old Timers batters

Davis heads to the plate for Old Timers
The infield is at regular depth
Davis has a .229 average
against lefthanders
He is .252 overall
Davis is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
Now Rob delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Late 20th slipping by Negro
League II 2 to 0
Left Outs is beating AL Pre WWII 4 to 0
Caribbean is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
NL Post WWII is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Alexander battling Day
Turn of Century is edging
AL Post WWII 1 to 0
And in our matchup No score

Potpie saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Tim has a myriad of pitches
but his best is the change-up!
McPhee comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Keefe
The delivery
Potpie rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Potpie is around first, heading for two...
Hamilton is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Jeeberoni pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
FOFC first baseman
Jeeberoni also ups his hitting
streak to 6 games!
That is Potpie's 1st hit today

Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Palmer is one of the best hitters around
Tim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Tim rocks and fires
It almost hits Deacon Palmer
It goes all the way back to the screen
Potpie takes third on the wild pitch

Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Potpie is 90 feet away
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Tim has a myriad of pitches
but his best is the change-up!
Now ready, here it is...
Lined hard to third
Davis snares it for the out!
Score It: 5

That brings up K. A. Ton, the left fielder
The right-hander Keefe is
set to deliver to Ton
Keefe's 2-2 pitch...
Grounder topped to short
Potpie heads for home
Ward grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two away

Hays leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Hays is hitting .292 against righties
Harry is set for the pitch
The windup, and the 3-2 pitch
Hays swings and hits one down the line
It's in for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Hays is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A sharply hit double for Harry Hays

While Rob Nielsen heads for
the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate
A base hit should score Hays
Keefe asks for a new ball...
Rubs it down to get the shine off it...
Now he steps on the rubber again
And the delivery by Keefe
Tucker smacks a fly to left
Delahanty is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
Ed takes it in
That does it in the bottom of the 2nd
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After 2 innings, FOFC leads 1 to 0

The Old Timers catcher, Ewing,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Bid McPhee
And then Tim Keefe
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fly ball to left
Ton is under it
He makes the grab
That's one away

Nielsen looks down at McPhee
as he steps in
Bid is ready to go
McPhee is at .190 on the season
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-2 offering
Curve in the dirt... and McPhee holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the first base ump's opinion
He says McPhee went around
Strike three, swinging
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Nielsen
Rob nods "UH HUH"

Tim Keefe will step in
to face Nielsen next
If he gets on, Billy Hamilton will follow
Keefe taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Keefe is set for the 2 strike pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Right down the middle... strike three
Keefe must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That ends the inning
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Rob Nielsen, Barrett Blade, and
Jeff Nights are due up
Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign
Now he's ready
Keefe throws the 2 strike pitch
Nielsen swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Keefe strikes out Rob Nielsen
One up, one down for FOFC

Barrett Blade, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Keefe eyes Blade intently
And now the pitch...
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Keefe's obviously peeved at that call
But Barrett tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

The All Stars will send
Jeff Nights up to the plate
Old Timers is set up for two
Keefe is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Keefe gets the sign from Ewing
The righthander Keefe delivers
Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Nights

And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck
One out, man on second
Tim peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Ward trying to slip in behind Nights
Now he slips away
Here's the 2-0 offering
Persimmon Pflaggstettler swings
He smashes it on a line...
BINGO!!!...
Stabbed by Davis to rob Pflaggstettler
of a sure base hit
Two down
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Jeeberoni Potpie will get
a crack at Keefe next
Deacon Palmer would be up next...
But only if Potpie can reach safely
Potpie is 1 for 1 today
The righthander pitching to Potpie...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .250 average against Tim
Keefe looks back towards second...

The pitch
Potpie jack-knifes out of the way
But it's in there!
Potpie was really fooled
on that strike three
That does it for FOFC here
in the bottom of the 3rd
But they pick up 1 run
So After 3 innings, FOFC on top 2 to 0

Rob Nielsen, out there on
the mound for FOFC
prepares to face Billy Hamilton
to get the 4th inning underway
here in FOFC Stadium
Hamilton digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen
He's ready for the delivery
Nielsen's windup... the delivery
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Ton
And he pulls it in
One gone for Old Timers

And it brings up John Ward
On deck is Ed Delahanty
Sam Thompson in the hole
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Ward laces a hit into the outfield
A. J. Tucker picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Ward holds with a single

Planting his right foot
Delahanty is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Delahanty
Ed takes a couple of practice cuts
Delahanty cocks his bat
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ward
He lobs one to Potpie...
Ward is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Screaming liner towards third
Palmer makes a great catch!
He fires it to Potpie
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
By the way, Old Timers is 4 and
6 in their last ten games

Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer is batting .329 with 4 homeruns
He has 14 doubles, 2 triples and 33 RBI's
His OBP of .392 is why
Old Timers doesn't like to see him
leading off an inning

or at bat at any time for that matter!!
The umpire says let's go
Here's the 0-1 offering
Ground ball to third
Davis comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

Ton digs in at the plate
Ready now for Keefe to come set
So far this season
Ton is hitting .250
when facing righthanded pitching
K. A. is ready for the delivery
Keefe quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Ton goes down on strikes
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
One on... one out
FOFC up by 2
Hays can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Hays is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Palmer is dancing off first
Now Tim delivers
Hit towards the middle
Smooth pickup by McPhee
Over to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
That'll do it in the bottom of the 4th
No runs, one hit and no errors
FOFC ahead 2 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
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Leading off now for Old Timers is Thompson
Sam looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Charley Gould flashes a series of them...
Now Thompson taps the bat on home plate
Thompson gets ready for Nielsen's pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Smash to third
Deacon Palmer boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 1 miscue for Palmer

"Highpockets" is making
his way to the plate
Kelly is 0 for 1 today
George grounded out last time up
George steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks at Thompson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Thompson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Nielsen comes home
Bouncer to third baseman Deacon Palmer...
To Blade for one...
Over to Potpie... in time
The All Stars turn the doubleplay!
Two gone for Old Timers

Now here's Davis
Davis is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
This one would end the inning...
He makes the play
And that will do it for Old Timers

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen
And then Barrett Blade
Tucker is batting .295 with
4 homers this year
Keefe steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Tucker...
Delahanty over...Grabs
it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Tucker at first

Nielsen squares to bunt
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by G.Davis
the throw to first...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
One out
Due up next is Barrett Blade

Barrett Blade will face Keefe
Righty against righty
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Keefe steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
It's a full count...
Keefe winds and fires...
Drilled deep to center field
Hamilton takes off after it
He can't get to it
Blade rounds first
Hamilton has the ball
Blade coasts into second
He's got a double
Tucker scores from second!

Nights, the shortstop, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Jeff Nights is hitting .279 this year
against righthanded pitchers
After getting set, Nights
waits on the pitch
Keefe's righthanded delivery...
Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Ward
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And there's two away

Looks like Pflaggstettler will
be given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Jeeberoni Potpie is the batter due up next

Facing Keefe now is Potpie
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
K. A. Ton waits in the hole
Right-hander Keefe eyes the righty Potpie
Keefe stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Hit towards the middle
Smooth pickup by Ward
Over to Kelly
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC here in
the bottom of the 5th
They leave 2 runners stranded
FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Old Timers has no runs,
one hit and no errors

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Radio Broadcast 7/16 Continued

Buck Ewing to lead things
off for Old Timers
FOFC with a 3 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Ewing has hit 15 triples this year
Ewing waits patiently
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Curve ball...
Ewing swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th besting Negro League II 8 to 3
Martinez enjoying the big Late 20th lead
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 5
Snider has hit his 27th
homerun for Left Outs
He's really lighting it up this season
Caribbean is beating Dead Ball Era 6 to 2
NL Post WWII besting Japanese
League 5 to 0
NL Pre WWII clipping Negro
League I 10 to 6
Turn of Century is edging
AL Post WWII 2 to 1

Nobody on, one away for Old Timers
Up now is McPhee
The outfield shades towards
left for McPhee
McPhee is waiting on the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
McPhee hits it into the hole
on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And McPhee is out by a step at first
Two out, nobody on
FOFC ahead 3 to 0

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Dan Brouthers will bat for Tim Keefe
It will be the lefthand hitting, Brouthers
against the lefty Nielsen
Brouthers is hitting soutpaws
for a .480 average

Brouthers moseys up to the plate
Billy Hamilton is heading
for the on-deck circle
Brouthers has managed a .480 average
against lefthanders this year
Two balls, two strikes, 2 down
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Brouthers rarely ever strikes out
But Nielsen got him that time!
We head to the bottom of the 6th
here in FOFC...
Still 3-0, FOFC
Candy Cummings will be coming
on to pitch for Old Timers
Candy has appeared in 32 games this season
with a record of 2-5
In 45 innings, he has an 5.44 ERA
Tim Keefe has finished his work
here this evening

Palmer is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Deacon is batting .332 with
4 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
Palmer waits for the pitch
Cummings rocks and fires
Palmer rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Davis
Palmer takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Delahanty to
get that ball in quickly

K. A. Ton steps into the box
One wouldn't expect Ton to bunt
But you never can be sure
Ton is poised and ready for the pitch
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Palmer dives back in!...

SAFE!
Kelly tosses it back to Cummings
Now here's the pitch
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Ewing
Palmer moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

K. A. Ton steps into the box
Palmer is on second, nobody out
Cummings is slow to get ready

He has a 5.44 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's his delivery
Ton swings very late
He pops it foul
Ewing gives chase
Here comes Davis
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Ton back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Change up, on the inside corner...
Ton was looking for it...
He hammers the pitch...
It's a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Ton is in at second standing with a double
All Hamilton could do was keep him
from getting a triple

That'll bring up All Stars'
catcher Harry Hays...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Harry comes to the plate batting .337
with 10 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Harry is eagerly awaiting Cummings' pitch
Ton seems to be looking down at Ewing
Maybe hopes to pick up a sign
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and missed, strike three!
That breaking ball really had
a nasty bend on it
It ended up in the left-handed
batter's box!
And there's one away

Tucker is up next
One gone, bottom of the 6th
Rob Nielsen moves out on deck
Tucker will be batting lefty
versus Cummings
The switch hitter is 1 for 2 today
.296 average on the year
Last time up he singled
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Cummings
Candy looks over his shoulder at Ton
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Cummings jams him with a fastball
Swung on and topped out toward short
Ward is up with it...
Over to Kelly at first
And Tucker beats it out!
Ton advances on the play

Rob Nielsen steps into the box
If it's deep enough, a fly
ball could score Ton
FOFC has 1 run already this inning
Nielsen is set for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
The pitch is way inside
It gets away from Ewing
Ton is coming hard
Ewing fires to Cummings
And Ton barrels Candy over
He dropped the ball!
Both runners advanced on that wild pitch
Now, FOFC ahead 5 to 0

Rob Nielsen steps into the box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Nielsen looks to third for a sign
He's ready
Cummings brings it home
Groundball to short
Tucker is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Nielsen is out

The All Stars have Tucker on third
Blade steps in
Blade is 1 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the Old Timers infield
Kelly is kicking the dirt at first
Davis is even with the bag at third
McPhee and Ward are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Cummings
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Drifting toward home plate...
Ewing makes the catch!
That wouldn't be a homerun
in a phone booth...
And that retires the side

Here's Billy Hamilton leading off
John Ward is on deck
And Ed Delahanty is in the hole
Hamilton steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Billy is 0 for 2 today
Hamilton chokes up on the bat a little
Nielsen goes into his windup
Kicks his right leg high...
Swung on and missed by Hamilton,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Hamilton
One down for Old Timers
John Ward is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Old Timers

John Ward is coming to the plate
He is struggling so far in 1900
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
Ward waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Slider, in on the hands...
Ward swings...
There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer and Nights both
stretching for it...
Palmer makes the pickup, fires to first...
SAFE!...
The ball is off the glove of Potpie
It rolls into the dugout...
Ward is awarded secondbase
He'll be given a base hit, and
Palmer gets the error
That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC

So with 1 on and 1 out
Old Timers sends their left fielder,
Ed Delahanty, up to face Nielsen
Hard-hitting Sam Thompson is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Delahanty is at .356 on the season
Delahanty waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen fires
Swung on, line drive, base hit to left
Ton had to slide to stop that one
There goes Ward to third
Delahanty holds at first
as the ball almost got by Ton
K. A. couldn't come up throwing
quickly enough

Sam Thompson is the next batter
in the top of the 7th
Old Timers continues to trail FOFC
Men on 1st and 3rd
Nielsen has a 3-hitter going
through 6 1/3 innings
Nielsen looks to first...
over his shoulder to third...
The pitch
A slider by Nielsen
Thompson gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

Kelly finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
George comes to the plate batting .270
with 11 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Kelly waits on Nielsen
He's into the stretch
Checks Delahanty at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
Kelly drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Ward scores
Charley Gould will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Kelly

That'll bring up Ancients' third
baseman George Davis...
Old Timers with a man in scoring
position at second
Davis adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
George is 0 for 2 this evening
Nielsen adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Nielsen will try to get
Davis to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Big motion...
Davis is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen pulled the string on him
And that retires the side
But not before Old Timers gets 2 runs
to put an end to Rob Nielsen's
hopes of a shutout
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC is still on top, 5-2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Nights leading off
Watching Cummings, Nights wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Ewing flashes the sign...
Cummings waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the 2-1 pitch
Sinking fastball...
Tailing away...
Swung on...
Nights hits a deep fly to left-center
Back to the fence
Hamilton is at the warning track
He's a little out of control...
Rights himself
Can't get it...
It bounces off the fence...
Nights around first...
Here's the throw...
It's a rope...
The slide...
SAFE!!
Two-base hit for Nights

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is batting .302
with 15 HR's this year
Cummings has the sign from Ewing
Cummings' righthanded delivery...
Drilled on the ground to short
Ward comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


Making his way up is Potpie
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
The right-hander Cummings is
set to deliver to Potpie
Here's the 3-1 offering
It's sinker, up in the strike zone...
There's a hard ground ball into the hole
Davis and Ward after it...
It's fielded by Davis who fires to first

SAFE!!!...Says the Ump
It was a close play
Potpie beat the throw by an eyelash!!

Now batting will be Deacon Palmer
The third baseman is walking to the plate
Runners on the corners... only one out
K. A. Ton is heading for
the on-deck circle
FOFC up by 3
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .308
Cummings studies his sign
Here's his delivery
Palmer swings and lifts one toward left
Delahanty drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two down
Ewing asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ewing and Cummings

And now here's K. A. Ton
Harry Hays on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 7th
K. A. is 1 for 3 this summer evening
He doubled in his last plate appearance
Ton tells the umpire he's ready
The righthander Cummings' delivery
There's a pop fly into short center
Hamilton has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 8
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45216

Ewing is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
We'll see how they pitch to Ewing
Buck is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch
The righthander Knowles delivers
Ewing hits a fly ball to right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler camps under it
He's got it
That's one away

Slowly coming up is McPhee for Old Timers
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 5 to 2
The outfield's shaded towards
left for McPhee
He's 0 for 2 today
Knowles has the sign he wants
Knowles kicks and fires
It rides in on McPhee and
hits him on the hands
McPhee is in a lot of pain...
We'll see if he can continue...
He heads to first

Candy Cummings is being called
back to the dugout
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yep, Roger Connor steps out
Frank Selee will play the
percentages as he sends
the left hand hitting Connor against
the righty, Knowles
In fact, Roger is batting a splendid .345
versus righties this season
So the decision certainly is reasonable...
We shall soon see how it works out

McPhee is taking his lead from first
Knowles looks McPhee back
He is unable to get his normal lead

Connor gets set in the batter's box
The speedy McPhee is on first
He probably won't be taking
any chances, though
Old Timers is trailing by 3 runs
FOFC is set up for two
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
McPhee dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
Connor sends a hot smash to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Fires to Nights for one
Back to Jeeberoni Potpie...
Roger beats the relay
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Knowles
Sammy nods "UH HUH"

Connor moves away from first
Knowles fires it behind Connor...
Connor scrambles back in time

Walking up to the plate now is Hamilton
John Ward waits on deck
Connor will be running if it's hit
Knowles has been involved
in one decision, so far
He's 0-1 in 34 appearances
Now Sammy delivers
Smashed to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
Three down in the 8th for Old Timers
They trail by 3
It's always a bad sign when you are down
by as many runs as you have
outs to score them in
Al Spalding will be coming on
to pitch for Old Timers
Al has appeared in 18 games this season
with a record of 3-1
In 18 innings, he has an 3.50 ERA
Candy Cummings has finished his work
here this evening

Here's Hays to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Late 20th besting Negro League II 9 to 4
Franco enjoying the big Late 20th lead
AL Pre WWII with the lead
over Left Outs 9 to 6
Mays comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
Caribbean clipping Dead Ball Era 6 to 2
NL Post WWII is giving it to
Japanese League 5 to 0
NL Pre WWII is on top of
Negro League I 10 to 8
Alexander battling Foster
Turn of Century slipping
by AL Post WWII 6 to 4
Mathewson battling Wilhelm
And here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 2
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Harry takes a couple of practice cuts
Spalding toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Ewing
Al Spalding, with 18 appearances
before today's game
looks down for the sign from Ewing
Spalding has great control
He's looking for win number 4
He's into the windup
Over the outside corner
Hays hits the curve right to third...
Davis takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Hays is out by a couple of steps
One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC

Here's A. J. Tucker
Spalding adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ewing
Spalding brings it to the plate
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
McPhee takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Tucker is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Bid is very fine fielder!
That's two away
Ward comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Spalding
Gerald Gazelle will be next up...

Gazelle coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Gazelle is batting .283 with
18 round trippers in 1900
Gazelle, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Spalding
The pitch is on the way
There's a towering fly ball hit by Gazelle
Hamilton sprints over, and makes the catch
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 3

Ward saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Ward is 2 for 3 today
John singled last time up
Knowles is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Knowles looks in...
Now he's ready
We've got a full count...
Knowles winds and fires...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Old Timers with one away
Knowles steps off the mound as
he waits for Ed Delahanty to
come to the plate

Settling in at the plate is Delahanty
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Sammy rocks and fires
Delahanty swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Knowles strikes out Ed Delahanty
That's two up, two down

Sam Thompson plants his left foot
The lefthanded right fielder
for Old Timers appears set
Thompson has 27 doubles this year
Knowles steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the delivery by Knowles
Long fly to left
Gazelle has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Thompson is retired on a fairly deep fly
And that will do it for Old Timers
FOFC wins 5 to 2
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Keefe takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 2 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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7/16 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Old Timers Ancients At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/16/1900

Ancients AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
B.Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 .300 B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 1 .264
J.Ward SS 4 1 2 0 .201 J.Nights SS 4 0 2 1 .283
E.Delahanty LF 4 1 1 0 .357 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .301
S.Thompson RF 4 0 0 0 .298 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 2 0 .291
G.Kelly 1B 3 0 1 2 .273 D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 0 .333
G.Davis 3B 3 0 0 0 .249 B-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .255
B.Ewing C 3 0 0 0 .312 K.Ton LF 4 1 1 2 .274
B.McPhee 2B 2 0 0 0 .182 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Keefe P 1 0 0 0 .089 H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .333
A-D.Brouthers PH 1 0 0 0 .416 A.Tucker CF 4 1 2 0 .297
C.Cummings P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .113
D-R.Connor PH 1 0 0 0 .366 C-G.Gazelle LF 1 0 0 0 .281
A.Spalding P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 2 4 2 Totals 33 5 11 4

A-Pinch Hit For Keefe In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nielsen In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Cummings In 8th Inning

Ancients........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 0
All Stars....... 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 - 5 11 2

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Keefe LOSS(7-12) 5 6 3 3 2 3 0 78 4.96
C.Cummings 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 51 5.59
A.Spalding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.3
Totals 8 11 5 5 2 4 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(14-4) 7 4 2 1 0 9 0 93 2.94
S.Knowles SAVE(19th) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 1.54
Totals 9 4 2 1 0 10 0

ATTENDANCE- 45,216 DATE- Monday, July 16th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:47
LEFT ON BASE- Ancients: 2 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ancients: 1 All Stars: 2
ERRORS- D.Palmer-2
DOUBLES- G.Kelly(16th), B.Blade(13th), J.Nights-2(26th), J.Potpie(16th),
K.Ton(7th), H.Hays(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Nielsen
WALKS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler
HIT BY PITCH- B.McPhee
STRIKE OUTS- B.Hamilton-2, J.Ward, E.Delahanty-2, G.Davis, B.Ewing, B.McPhee,
T.Keefe, D.Brouthers, J.Potpie, K.Ton, H.Hays, R.Nielsen
GIDP- G.Kelly, H.Hays
WILD PITCHES- T.Keefe, C.Cummings-2

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7/17 Radio Broadcast - Game 101

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and AL Pre WWII
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Charlie Gehringer to lead
it off for AL Pre WWII
Babson goes into his windup
And here's the 3-1 offering
Checked swing by Gehringer
Called ball four
Hays motions down to the third base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
with no hesitation
Charlie walks to lead it off

Simmons fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

On first is Gehringer
He's a real speed merchant
Simmons steps into the batter's box
Simmons checks with Harlond Clift at third
Right-hander Babson eyes
the righty Simmons
Here's the 3-2 offering
Base hit to right for Simmons
Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign...
Gehringer will stay at second

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth is hitting .350 with 40 homeruns
Babe also has 23 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 92 runs
Babson eyes Ruth intently
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Ruth watches it go by
for the third strike
With one gone
AL Pre WWII will have Lou Gehrig coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Gehrig is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Set now is Gehrig
Babson brings it home
Gehrig drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Gehringer scores
Harlond Clift plays it safe
and stops him at third...
Double for Gehrig

The center fielder, Earl Averill
is up for the Pre-Americans
We are in the top of the 1st
Earl, a lefty batter, will square
off against Babson
Of his 12 home runs, 10
are against righties
Earl steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Here's the 1-2 offering
Averill laces a high bouncer
between first and second
Potpie lunges to his right
Up with it
Turns and throws to Babson
Just in time
The runners advance
That's the second out of the inning

Dickey gets set at the plate
2 men away, Gehrig on third
Babson steps on the rubber
Gehrig is dancing off third
Babson is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Fastball
Ball four

Cronin now at the plate
Joe Sewell waits on deck
Cronin is hitting .268 against righties
Cronin is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Babson brings it to the plate
Hit on the ground to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
By the way, AL Pre WWII is 6 and
4 in their last ten games

AL Pre WWII has taken the field
in the bottom of the first inning...

Here's how they look, defensively
In the outfield
Simmons will play left
Averill in center
Ruth in right...
Around the diamond
Sewell will play the hot corner
Cronin and Gehringer
Make up the doubleplay combination...
Over at first Gehrig
And a battery of Lefty Gomez
and Dickey behind the plate
First batter for the All Stars
Barrett Blade steps in
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Blade looks to third for a sign
Lefty gets the sign from Dickey
The lefty Gomez delivers
Blade pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Simmons will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Blade retreats to first
after a wide turn

Facing Gomez now is Nights
A. J. Tucker heads to the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole
Dickey flashes the sign...
Gomez shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Gomez fires
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Nights didn't like it

A. J. Tucker is entering the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year
He has 126 hits in 424 at bats
This includes 16 doubles, 6 triples
4 home runs and 42 RBI's
The bat is cocked
Now Lefty delivers
Base hit to left for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Blade is out!

First base coach Joe Adcock wants
a word with Tucker...
Now we're all set to go...
Jeeberoni Potpie steps in
Potpie is at .291 on the season
Gomez is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Gomez gets the sign from Dickey
Way ahead in the count
Gomez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Potpie goes after Gomez's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Averill is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
Jeeberoni just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the FOFC first baseman
That's the second out of the inning

Gazelle, FOFC's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
The righthander, Gazelle has
an average of .281
His success against lefties, like Gomez
is better, however, at .317
Gazelle awaits the delivery
Lefty checks the runners
Here's the 2 strike offering
The HIGH CHEESE.........
STRIKE THREE SWINGING!
FOFC is out of here in the
bottom of the 1st
This game is coming to you from
FOFC Stadium in FOFC
After 1 inning
AL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors

Sewell is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Sewell wiggles the bat above his head
Sewell readies himself for the pitch
And the cripple pitch...
It's popped up into foul territory
Harry Hays is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
That's one away

Walking up to the plate now is Gomez
Charlie Gehringer waits on deck
Gomez steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Gomez waits for the delivery
Babson brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Fouts is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

Settling in at the plate is Gehringer
Gehringer is batting .303
with 10 homers this year
Gehringer is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
A sharp breaking curve...
Gehringer was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Charlie Gehringer can touch them all

Al Simmons will face Babson
Righty against righty
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Babson kicks, delivers
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
That's all for AL Pre WWII
After 1 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
AL Pre WWII leads 3 to 0

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Harry Hays, and
Dan Fouts are due up
Gomez is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the 1-1 pitch
Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to left
Al Simmons camps under it
He's got it
So one up and one gone

Nobody on base, one away
Hays steps into the batter's box
Hays is batting .333 with
10 round trippers in 1900
Waiting for the pitch is Hays
Gomez is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Sewell...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two gone for FOFC

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Fouts
Fouts has 7 doubles this year
Fouts waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Gomez brings it to the plate
Fouts swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep left
Simmons is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by Fouts
Traveling about 430 feet
That's home run number 13 for him
He also has 24 RBI's now

With AL Pre WWII leading in
the bottom of the 2nd
Here's Babson now up for FOFC
On deck will be Barrett Blade
Babson scuffs up the lines around the box
Babson is poised and ready for the pitch
The lefthander delivers
Routine grounder to short
Cronin scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That's all for the All Stars
After 2 innings in FOFC this evening,
AL Pre WWII leads 3 to 1

The AL Pre WWII right fielder, Ruth,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig
And then Earl Averill
We'll see how they pitch to Ruth
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Babson kicks and fires
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Ruth turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 41 for Babe on the year
He also has 93 RBI's now

Here's the AL Pre WWII clean-up
hitter, Lou Gehrig
The FOFC outfield is playing Gehrig
almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Babson on the mound
it is understandable
Gehrig is waiting on the pitch
Here is the 2-2 pitch
Curve ball...
Gehrig swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean is in front of
Japanese League 5 to 2
Cepeda has hit his 15th
homerun for Caribbean
Left Outs slipping by Negro
League I 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII with the lead over
AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Terry has hit his 4th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century and Dead
Ball Era are scoreless
Negro League II is in front
of Old Timers 5 to 2
Late 20th is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0

Nobody on, one away for AL Pre WWII
Up now is Averill
Averill goes through his
routine of settling in
Averill tells the umpire he's ready
Babson rocks and fires
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Babson comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Babson glares in at Dickey
Bill Dickey just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Dickey is batting .328 with
17 HR's this year
Babson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now ready, here it is...
Dickey skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Hays calls for it
Puts it away!
After 2 and a half innings
AL Pre WWII ahead 4 to 1

Barrett Blade will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
He's ready for the delivery
The pitch is on the way
It's a routine fly into center
Averill ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One out
Jeff Nights is due up next

Nights is up to see what he can do
FOFC trails by 3 runs
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
Nights swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Gomez
Nights waits patiently
Here's his delivery
A hot shot on the ground to Sewell
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Nights is out
And there's two away

With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck
Batting now for FOFC is Tucker
Tucker is one of the best hitters around
Left-hander Lefty Gomez prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Tucker
And the delivery by Gomez
Tucker tries to hold up
Dickey points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That ends the inning
After 3 innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 3

Joe Cronin, batting seventh will
lead off for AL Pre WWII
He will be followed by Joe
Sewell and Lefty Gomez
Joe steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Harlond Clift relays the sign
from Miller Huggins
Cronin grounded out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Joe is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch
Here's the 2-1 pitch
Cronin hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One out
Due up next is Joe Sewell

Sewell, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

AL Pre WWII leads 4 to 1
Against righthanders
Sewell is hitting .260
Sewell is set
Babson brings it to the plate
Low fastball...
Sewell swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Potpie snags it moving to his right
Leads Babson perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Sewell for the out
Two men gone, nobody on
AL Pre WWII leads by 3

Up now for AL Pre WWII is Gomez
Two away, nobody on
Looking to Harlond Clift for a sign
Babson is happy with the sign
Babson winds and delivers
The 2-2 pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's three outs, side retired

The first baseman Potpie will
start things off for the All Stars
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
Dickey flashes the sign to Gomez
"Goofy" comes in with the
2 strike pitch...
Hard slider...
Potpie swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Simmons is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Jeeberoni

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gomez has the sign from Dickey
Gomez goes into his windup
And here's the 2-2 offering
Gazelle cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Dickey
Gazelle was badly fooled by Gomez's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Gerald was a little overanxious
AL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 4th
The first base coach exhorting
Pflaggstettler to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today
The left-hander Gomez is now ready
The pitch is on the way
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Pflaggstettler hits it into the
hole on the right side
Gehringer ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Pflaggstettler is out
by a step at first
Two down...
The All Stars are chipping away
at the AL Pre WWII lead
They've scored 1 run in the inning
AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2

Now here's Hays
Hays has a .414 average against lefties
Gomez is saying a few words
to Gehringer...
So far in 1900,
Lefty has a 6 and 8 record
with 6 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Now to the belt, here it is...
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Averill in center...
Picking it up in a hurry is Averill...
Hays takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Fouts digs in at the plate
Ready now for Gomez to come set
Fouts gets set
He's 1 for 1 so far
The umpire says let's go
Fouts is ready
The stretch... the delivery
Fouts drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Fouts

Stepping in is Brian Babson
All Stars with runners on second and third
Babson digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Gomez
Babson is ready
Gomez's 0-2 pitch...
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 innings,
AL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 on base
AL Pre WWII has stranded 2

Charlie Gehringer up first for AL Pre WWII
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Gehringer is hitting .288
against righthanders
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 126 on the season for Babson
One gone for AL Pre WWII

AL Pre WWII left fielder,
Al Simmons, is up next
Simmons is 1 for 2 today
Babson toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
The righthander delivers
Al Simmons offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Simmons couldn't get
the bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Jeff Nights for the out
Simmons never even left the batter's box
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in order

Babe Ruth will step in to face Babson next
If he gets on, Lou Gehrig will follow
AL Pre WWII leads 4 to 2
Babson steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now Brian delivers
Change-up, Ruth is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Gazelle is at the warning track...
Waits...
Hauls it in
Babson sets the Pre-Americans
down in order

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Caribbean is in front of
Japanese League 6 to 3
Gonzalez has hit his 20th
homerun for Caribbean
Left Outs is giving it to
Negro League I 6 to 1
NL Pre WWII is giving it
to AL Post WWII 6 to 1
Turn of Century and Dead
Ball Era are tied at 1
Negro League II is in front
of Old Timers 5 to 2
NL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 2 to 1
Blade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Barrett is 1 for 2 today
Dickey flashes the sign...
Gomez waves it off...
Now he's happy
Gomez goes into his windup
And here's the 3-2 offering
Curveball, breaking in on him
DOWN HE GOES!...
It missed him for ball four
Blade's slow getting up...
Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer...
He looks OK, just shaken up a bit...
Blade heads down to first

Planting his right foot
Nights is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Nights
Nights is 0 for 1 today
Lefty is ready
The southpaw Gomez's delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Blade will stay at second

Tucker squares around
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by L.Gehrig
the throw to first...
Out
Tucker gets the job done.
One away in the bottom of the 5th for FOFC

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Blade on third, Nights
on second... one out
AL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Gomez asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Gomez checks the runners
Slow ground ball to short
Blade breaks for home
Cronin grabs it
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
Two down
Due up next is Gerald Gazelle
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Gazelle
Gazelle taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
After getting set, Gazelle
waits on the pitch
Lefty rocks and fires
Gazelle swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to short
Cronin is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Gazelle looked bad on that pitch
That's all for the All Stars
in the 5th inning
They get 1 run across
At the end of five...
It's Pre-Americans 4, FOFC 3

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7/17 Radio Broadcast Continued

AL Pre WWII will send Gehrig,
Earl Averill, and Bill Dickey to face
Brian Babson this inning
Gehrig is 1 for 2 today
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Righthander Babson's delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gehrig gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
And there's one away

Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Earl Averill
Nobody on base, one out
AL Pre WWII ahead 4 to 3
And Brian studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The righthander Babson delivers
Baltimore chop
Into right for a single!

Now batting will be Bill Dickey
The catcher is walking to the plate
One on... one out
AL Pre WWII up by 1
Dickey is at .327 on the season
Brian is getting his sign from Hays
Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball
He has quite a tendency
to deliver those up
In 141 innings
Brian has allowed lefties
to blast 15 taters!
He brings it home
Dickey swings
It is popped down the line
Fouts is giving chase
The ball is drifting foul...
Dan dives...
Great try, but no cigar
. . . Dickey back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Dickey hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
So After 5 and a half innings
AL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
7 hits and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 5

Pflaggstettler is making
his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
The slender lefty shakes off the sign
Now Lefty brushes off another one...
Lefty has a high leg kick
and a whip-like arm delivery
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Ripped to third, but right
at Sewell...easy out
One up, one down

Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
AL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run
Gomez steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Hays...
Simmons over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Hays at first

First base coach Joe Adcock
wants a word with Hays...
Now we're all set to go...
Dan Fouts steps in
Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box
Gomez is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Gomez looks in...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Gomez comes home with it
Hard slider...
Fouts swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Simmons is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
A two run blast by Dan

Ton leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Watching Gomez, Ton wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Ton waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The southpaw Gomez's delivery
Ton hits a screamer at Joe Cronin
Cronin takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Gehrig scoops it on one hop

Ton is out!
Nice play by Gehrig

Barrett Blade will get a
crack at Gomez next
Jeff Nights would be up next...
But only if Blade can reach safely
Time is called...
Blade has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Gomez wastes no time
He has the sign from Dickey
Gehringer comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Gomez
The delivery
Long fly to center
Averill has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly
That'll do it in the bottom of the 6th
2 runs, 2 hits and no errors
FOFC ahead 5 to 4
And now we'll pause for station
identification
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Leading off now for AL Pre WWII is Cronin
Cronin has a .288 average
against lefthanders
He is .270 overall
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Cronin was frozen on that
fastball by Mighty
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
That's one away

Sewell is up now for AL Pre WWII
Sewell steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Joe is 0 for 2 today
One strike on the batter, Sewell...
Mighty rocks and fires
A jug-handled curve
Sewell goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Pflaggstettler will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Joe Sewell

Gomez fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

Pre-Americans pitcher Lefty Gomez
will bat for himself
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Gomez looks to third for a sign
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The stretch... the 1-2 delivery
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
A. J. Tucker moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Tucker grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
Two down

Charlie Gehringer steps into the box
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Gehringer is 1 for 2 today
Waiting for the pitch is Gehringer
Al rocks and fires
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Sewell moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

Charlie Gehringer steps into the box
A base hit should score Sewell
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Al delivers
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing up just a bit is Gazelle
And he pulls it in
That retires the side...
Gehringer fails to come
through in the clutch
For AL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Jeff Nights, A. J. Tucker, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Nights has hit 10 home runs this year
Dickey flashes the sign...
Gomez shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The southpaw delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Cronin plays it on one bounce
Over to Gehrig...
Out of there!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean slipping by Japanese
League 7 to 5
Left Outs is giving it to
Negro League I 6 to 1
NL Pre WWII toppling AL Post WWII 8 to 1
Turn of Century and Dead Ball
Era are deadlocked at 1
Negro League II slipping
by Old Timers 5 to 3
NL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 2 to 1
And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 4

Tucker pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Gomez
Tucker grips the bat handle
The umpire says let's go
Tucker is ready
And "Goofy" wings it home...
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
Two gone here in the bottom of the 7th
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Up next for the All Stars
Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman...
If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle
would bat next
Potpie digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Gomez
Gomez has the sign he wants
The lefthander Gomez delivers
Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Joe Cronin
Cronin scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's it for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for AL Pre WWII
By the way...
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 19 and 12 in one run games
AL Pre WWII has a 23 and 13 record
in these tight contests

Simmons saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Al is batting .338 with 18
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
He's ready
Mighty's into the windup... the delivery
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on and clubbed to left-center...
Tucker backing up quickly...
He grabs it for the out
With one gone
AL Pre WWII will have Babe Ruth coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One away, nobody on base
Ruth stands ready at the plate
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Ruth at the plate
Babe steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
Mighty fires
Ruth hits a deep fly
Pflaggstettler retreats toward the fence
He leaps...
He's got it!
That's two away

Moseying up now is Gehrig
Gehrig is 1 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Gehrig is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
Fastball... low and away, ball four
Mighty puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

We are going to have a pinch
runner for Lou Gehrig
Miller Huggins will bring in
Sam Rice for Lou Gehrig
He's a threat to steal

That brings up Earl Averill,
the center fielder
Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes
Mighty looks at the runner
The pitch
Hard slider...
Averill swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Pflaggstettler is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
A two run blast by Earl

Dickey coming up for AL Pre WWII
Nobody on, two away
Dickey a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Mighty
A battle of lefties...
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
The pitch is on the way
Dickey pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Pflaggstettler will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Dickey retreats to first
after a wide turn

Joe Cronin is up next
AL Pre WWII's shortstop finds
1 on with 2 outs
Cronin is at .270 on the season
Cronin awaits the delivery
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks at Dickey...
He fires one to Potpie...
Dickey dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Mighty comes home
Cronin takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
That's it in the top of the 8th
After 7 and a half innings in FOFC,
AL Pre WWII ahead 6 to 5
AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are...
Greenberg will bat 4th and play 1B

Gerald Gazelle up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Gerald is batting .275 with
18 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
Gerald steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Gomez's pitch
It's coming down the pike
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Gomez has issued 3 bases on balls
this evening

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps up to the plate
Gazelle, with excellent speed, is at first
Pflaggstettler looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Persimmon
Persimmon is 0 for 3 today
lined out his last at bat
Persimmon seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The lefthander delivers
Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Gazelle is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Gazelle will stay at second

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Runners first and second
Gomez has the sign from Dickey
A check on the runners... the pitch
Grounded down the line
Sewell grabs it
Over to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Gazelle takes third
The runner on first, Pflaggstettler,
is out
AL Pre WWII gets the first out
here late in this contest

All Stars with runners on the corners
Fouts at bat
Dan Fouts will step in to face Gomez
He is 3 for 3 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 3 RBI's
Fouts awaits the delivery
Here's the 3-1 offering
Bounced towards the hole
Unbelievable play by Gehringer!
Over to Greenberg
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That's the second out of the inning

It looks as though they'll put him on...
Yes, Dickey is calling for the free pass
And there's ball four
That fills the bases for FOFC

Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman,
steps into the batter's box
AL Pre WWII leads 6 to 5
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Gomez adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Dickey
Gomez checks the runners
Blade swings and lifts one toward center
Averill drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's out number three
Blade leaves the bases loaded
So for FOFC, No runs, one hit, no
errors and 3 men left on base

The AL Pre WWII third baseman, Sewell,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Lefty Gomez
And then Charlie Gehringer
Sewell is taking his practice swings
Joe is 1 for 3 this evening
Sewell is set for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swung on and drilled into left
Gazelle going back...
The ball is hit over his head
And there's Sewell around first base
coming into second and stands
up for a double
That's 19 doubles for Sewell on the year

Gomez looks to lay one down
He bunts the ball . . .
Fielded by D.Fouts
the throw to first...
Out
Gomez gets the job done.
And there's one away

Gehringer squares around
He bunts at it . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by J.Kronside
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Fielders Choice To Pitcher
Score It: 1-2
The runner on third, Sewell, is out
AL Pre WWII ahead 6 to 5 with
two away this inning

Gehringer watches Kronside carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Fastball in on the fists...
And there goes Gehringer on the steal!
Hays comes up firing...
The headfirst slide...
Gehringer is OUT!...
Outstanding throw by Hays!

Jeff Nights, the All Stars' shortstop,
is ready to lead off the bottom of the 9th
He can be a nightmare for pitchers
when he gets on
He's one of the league's
better base stealers
Jeff is 1 for 3 this summer evening
He's batting .283 on the season
Gomez likes the sign
Gomez kicks and fires
A sharp breaking curve...
Nights was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Simmons turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Jeff Nights can touch them all

Gomez glares in at Tucker as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Tucker swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Gomez
Tucker is ready
The southpaw winds and delivers
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 106 on the season for Gomez
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Gerald Gazelle is looking
for a bat in the dugout

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie
Against lefthanders
Potpie is hitting .283 this season
Potpie, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Gomez
Gomez brings it home
Slider, down and in...
Potpie manages to hit a shallow fly
Averill charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Averill!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Nobody on, two away
Gazelle steps in for FOFC
Gazelle says a few words
to Dickey and smiles
The righthanded batter is
0 for 3 on the day
He'll be going against the
lefty, Lefty Gomez
Gerald is hitting .306
versus lefty pitching
With 12 of his 18 homers
coming against southpaw offerings
Gomez is ready quickly
Lefty winds
Kicks... and delivers
Long fly ball to left field
This one is deep!
Back she goes! Back! Back!! Back!!!
HEY-HEY!!!!
The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!!
Gerald Gazelle has just won the game
And his teammates gather at home plate
They greet him as he crosses the plate!!!
That is Gerald Gazelle's 19th
home run of the year.
FOFC wins 7 to 6
Kronside gets credit for the win
Gomez takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Dan Fouts
He was 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

7/17 Boxscore



BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/17/1900

Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
C.Gehringer 2B 4 2 1 1 .303 B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .264
A.Simmons LF 4 1 1 0 .337 J.Nights SS 4 1 2 1 .285
B.Ruth RF 4 1 1 1 .349 A.Tucker CF 4 0 1 0 .297
L.Gehrig 1B 3 0 1 1 .328 J.Potpie 1B 5 1 1 2 .289
B-S.Rice PR 0 1 0 0 .500 G.Gazelle LF 4 1 1 1 .280
C-H.Greenberg 1B 0 0 0 0 .347 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 1 0 .301
E.Averill CF 4 1 2 3 .329 H.Hays C 4 1 2 0 .336
B.Dickey C 3 0 1 0 .328 D.Fouts 3B 4 2 3 3 .268
J.Cronin SS 4 0 0 0 .269 B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .098
J.Sewell 3B 4 0 2 0 .263 A-K.Ton PH 1 0 0 0 .271
L.Gomez P 3 0 0 0 .023 A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102
D-D.Palmer PH 0 0 0 0 .333
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 6 9 6 Totals 36 7 12 7

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Gehrig In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Rice In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 8th Inning

Pre-Americans... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 9 0
All Stars....... 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 - 7 12 0

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Gomez LOSS(6-9) 8 2/3 12 7 7 4 6 5 146 4.43
Totals 8 2/3 12 7 7 4 6 5

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson 6 5 4 4 2 4 2 94 3.63
A.Mighty BS(1st) 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 40 3.82
J.Kronside WIN(7-1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.28
Totals 9 9 6 6 3 6 3

ATTENDANCE- 46,889 DATE- Tuesday, July 17th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Pre-Americans: 4 All Stars: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pre-Americans: 0 All Stars: 1
DOUBLES- L.Gehrig(24th), J.Sewell(19th), D.Fouts(8th)
HOME RUNS- C.Gehringer(11th), B.Ruth(41st), E.Averill(13th), J.Nights(11th),
J.Potpie(25th), G.Gazelle(19th), D.Fouts-2(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Gehringer
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Gomez, A.Tucker
WALKS- C.Gehringer, L.Gehrig, B.Dickey, B.Blade, J.Nights, G.Gazelle, D.Palmer
STRIKE OUTS- C.Gehringer, A.Simmons, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig, J.Cronin-2, A.Tucker-3,
G.Gazelle-2, B.Babson
GIDP- B.Dickey
WILD PITCHES- A.Mighty
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Jeeberoni Potpie robbed Joe Sewell of a base hit.
Top 5th: Gerald Gazelle robbed Babe Ruth of an extra base hit.
Bot 8th: Charlie Gehringer robbed Dan Fouts of a base hit.

[Breeze]

7/18 Radio Broadcast - Game 102


Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and AL Pre WWII
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Charlie Gehringer to lead
it off for AL Pre WWII
Now the delivery, here is is...
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Gehringer gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Gehringer for the out
One up, one down for AL Pre WWII

Appling heads to the plate for AL Pre WWII
The infield is at regular depth
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Appling
Williams' into his windup... the pitch
Appling swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Appling is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A whistling two-bagger for Luke Appling

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth is batting .349 with
41 homers this year
Ruth is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the 3-1 pitch
He lost him, ball four
Ruth is having a great year
His OBP of .436 is among
the league's elite

One away, Ruth at first, Appling at second
Simmons steps into the batter's box
Simmons digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Williams
Williams is taking his
sweet time out there
Now he is finished fiddling around
John is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Bullock
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
Simmons drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Appling scores
Harlond Clift is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Bullock is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Good,)...
Ruth is out!
Double for Simmons

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
And the delivery by Williams
Right down the middle... strike three
Gehrig must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
By the way, AL Pre WWII is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

AL Pre WWII has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Simmons in left...
Dimaggio in center...
And Ruth in right

The infield, third to first
Sewell will play the hot corner
Appling is at short
Over at second, Gehringer
and at first base Gehrig
Taking the mound is Grove and
his battery mate is Ferrell
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
Blade goes through his routine
of settling in
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
Lefty rocks and fires
There's a towering fly ball hit by Blade
Ruth sprints over, and makes the catch
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

One out, nobody on base
Jeff Nights is the batter
Nights has 26 doubles this year
Set now is Nights
He brings it home
Nights raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Sewell just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
Two down
Grove retires the first two FOFC batters

All Stars' right fielder Gazelle
is up next
Grove wastes no time
He has the sign from Ferrell
Here's the 3-1 offering
Gerald Gazelle swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards left-center
Dimaggio looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Gazelle takes Grove deep
to tie it, 1 a piece!
That one had some distance

Potpie now at the plate
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
The bat is cocked
The lefthander Grove delivers
Sinking fastball...
Potpie swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Appling...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That'll do it in the bottom of the 1st
One run, one hit and no errors
The score is tied at 1
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...

AL Pre WWII will send Dimaggio,
Joe Sewell, and Rick Ferrell to face
John Williams this inning
Dimaggio is at .232 on the season
Dimaggio is set
The lefthander delivers
Dimaggio hits a high pop
into short left field
Fouts sprints out
Ton and Tucker sprint towards the infield
K. A. Ton sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
It's ruled a double

That will bring up third
baseman, Joe Sewell
Sewell has a .276 average against lefties
Sewell gets ready for Williams' pitch
His bat is cocked
Now ready, here it is...
Flyball to right
it's caught
Dimaggio might have a chance to move up...
Gazelle makes the catch...
Dimaggio is tagging up at second...
He'll move up to third as the
throw comes into second

One away, Dimaggio at third
Now up for AL Pre WWII, Ferrell
Stepping out, Ferrell looks
into the dugout
Steps back in
Ferrell cocks his bat
Here's his delivery
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Ferrell manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Nights cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Ferrell is called out on a close play
Dimaggio scores easily
Two gone for AL Pre WWII

Next up is Lefty Grove, the
AL Pre WWII pitcher...
If he gets on, Charlie Gehringer
would bat next
Grove a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
Lefty steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
Williams' 0-2 pitch...
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Grove is outta there
That retires the side
The Pre-Americans score
1 run in the inning
After 1 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII leads 2 to 1

K. A. Ton will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Ton is batting .271 with 9 HR's this year
Grove shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch
There's a fly ball to Al Simmons
Simmons circles under it...
He makes the play
One down for FOFC
Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Dan Fouts stands in for FOFC
Grove gets the sign
He rocks and fires
Low and inside
It hit him on the foot!
Fouts tried to dance out of the way
But it got him

Billy Bullock is at the plate
Bullock has hit 15 home runs this year
Grove grips the ball
He delivers
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Grove grabs it
Over to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 1-6
The runner on first, Palmer, is out

Tucker is ready to bat
On first is Bullock
He's not known for his speed
Grove is slow to get ready

He has a 3.61 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Grove brings it to the plate
Here's the change up...
Waiting on it...
Tucker drives one over Ruth's head...
Ruth backing up quickly...
He's got his legs twisted...
But he rights himself in time
Ruth recovers and makes the grab
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still AL Pre
WWII 2, All Stars 1

Gehringer steps up to the
plate for AL Pre WWII
It's the top of the 3rd
here at FOFC Stadium
AL Pre WWII leads 2 to 1
Gehringer is at .302 on the season
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 10 victories make him
6th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
It's coming down the pike
Gehringer hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One down for AL Pre WWII
Luke Appling is still in
the on-deck circle
and Babe Ruth is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Nobody on base, one away
Appling steps into the batter's box
Luke steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Harlond Clift relays the sign
from Miller Huggins
Appling doubled last time up
and now is 1 for 1
Williams looks down at
Bullock for the sign
Now he's ready
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
Appling chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Williams
Blade snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Williams

Up next for the visiting Pre-Americans
Babe Ruth, their right fielder
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Williams kicks and fires
Babe Ruth offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Ruth couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Barrett
Blade for the out
Ruth never even left the batter's box
That's it for AL Pre WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
2 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
one hit and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Here's the pitcher Williams
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then Jeff Nights
Williams grips the bat handle
Williams tells the umpire he's ready
Grove fires
Struck him out on a fastball
Williams goes down swinging
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean leads Japanese League 3 to 2
Gonzalez has hit his 21st
homerun for Caribbean
Left Outs leads Negro League I 2 to 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead over
AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Jackson has hit his 4th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Old Timers is edging Negro
League II 3 to 2
Radbourn and Holland currently dueling
NL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 2
Bench has hit his 16th homerun
for NL Post WWII

Grove glares in at Blade as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Blade looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Barrett
He readies his bat
Blade will cut down on his swing
as he has 2 strikes on him
Grove is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Ground ball to the left side...
Appling scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
Two up, two down

Jeff Nights will make his
way to home plate
He's the shortstop for FOFC
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights waits for the pitch
The lefthander Grove comes home with it
Routine grounder to short
Appling scoops it up
Over to first for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

It is the top of the 4th, AL
Pre WWII ahead 2 to 1
Here come the "big guns" for AL Pre WWII
Al Simmons will start things off
Lou Gehrig will follow
Simmons, AL Pre WWII's left
fielder, is about ready
He will see if he can add
to AL Pre WWII's lead
Al is batting .338 in 399 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Lou Gehrig
Williams is ready quickly
Williams brings it to the plate
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Simmons is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
That's one away

Lou Gehrig, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Gehrig is batting .327 with
26 HR's this year
Williams studies his sign
Williams' behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
It's a drive into deep center
Tucker goes to the warning track
He jumps...
Nabs it for the putout
Two down
John Williams retires
the first two batters in order

The "Yankee Clipper" is making
his way to the plate
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 2-2 delivery
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
HE DROPS IT!
That's an error
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Dimaggio takes a short lead against
the lefty Williams
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Facing Williams now is Sewell
Rick Ferrell heads to the on deck circle
Lefty Grove waits in the hole
Sewell is hitting .267 against southpaws
0 for 1 so far this game
He flied out in his last at bat
2 down, Sewell behind in the count, 0-2
Williams brings it home
Sewell takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Sewell can't believe it
He says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Williams

The right fielder Gazelle will
start things off for the All Stars
Gazelle looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Gerald
Gerald is 1 for 1 today
homered his last at bat
Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle
Here is the 3-2 delivery from "Mose"
Gazelle swings and sends
a high fly to right
It is hugging the line...
Ruth is over at the fence...
It's going to be close...
It's just foul!
Gazelle just missed on that one
. . . Gazelle back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Gazelle was frozen on that
fastball by Grove
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
To be followed by K. A. Ton

Potpie gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Potpie
Grove looks in for the sign
He has to be careful with Potpie
who has 25 homeruns this year
Grove has allowed 20 round trippers
already this season
Now Lefty delivers
Fastball...
Swung on...
Lined to left... Single for Potpie
HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!!
The throw to first...
He manages to scramble back safely...
Potpie's not getting up
Joe Adcock, the first base coach
is calling for help
Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup...
They are looking at his ankle...

Now he's on his feet, walking a bit
Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now
Give him a single on the play

The left fielder, K. A. Ton
will be up next for FOFC
AL Pre WWII is set up for two
Grove adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ferrell
The southpaw Grove's delivery
Ton hits a screamer at Joe Sewell
Sewell picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That's all for the All Stars...
After 4 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
AL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1

Here is Rick Ferrell to start
it off for AL Pre WWII
Williams eyes Ferrell intently
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Ferrell swings hard...
A squibber off his fists
It's dribbling towards third
Palmer charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Flips it to first...
Just in time to get Ferrell
Nice play by Deacon Palmer
Another step and Ferrell would be safe
AL Pre WWII with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Lefty Grove to
come to the plate

Lefty Grove makes his way to home plate
Lefty looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Harlond Clift flashes a series of them...
Now Grove taps the bat on home plate
Bullock flashes the sign to Williams
The lefty Williams delivers
Curve ball...
Grove swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean slipping by Japanese
League 5 to 3
Cuellar battling Sugishita
Left Outs is edging Negro League I 2 to 1
Snider has hit his 28th
homerun for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII is giving it
to AL Post WWII 5 to 0
Turn of Century leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Old Timers slipping by Negro
League II 7 to 5
Poles has hit his 7th homerun
for Negro League II
NL Post WWII and Late 20th are tied at 2
Marichal and Johnson currently dueling

The second baseman, Charlie Gehringer
is up for the Pre-Americans
We are in the top of the 5th
Charlie is in the midst of a 26 game
hitting streak
It has upped his average to .301
He grounded out his last at bat
0 for 2 so far this afternoon
Looking to continue his streak
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Tucker grabs it for the out
Williams sets the Pre-Americans
down in order

Palmer is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
The left-hander Grove is now ready
Lefty winds... kicks... and delivers
In the dirt
And Palmer holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Planting his right foot
Bullock is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Bullock
Billy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Billy is 0 for 1 today...

Palmer kicks the dirt at first
Joe Adcock says something to him
Bullock waits patiently
Grove brings it to the plate
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Simmons
And he has it
One gone for FOFC

Tucker is the next hitter
Palmer is on first
AL Pre WWII won't watch him too closely
AL Pre WWII is set up for two
Lefty Grove still on the mound
for the Pre-Americans...
Grove has gone the distance so far
He's given up 2 hits in 4 1/3 innings
Grove goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Palmer
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Palmer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Grove comes home
The big heater...
Swung on...
Tucker turned on that one in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long gone
A long home run by A. J. Tucker
That's homer number 5 for him

Williams is up now for FOFC
The outfield shades towards
left for Williams
Grove is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Grove looks in...
Now he's ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pounded on the ground to third
Sewell grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
AL Pre WWII gets the second
out of the inning

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Blade
And Lefty studies the sign from Ferrell...
Now he's got it
Grove kicks and fires
Long fly to center
Dimaggio has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 5 innings, FOFC on top 3 to 2

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Appling saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Appling has managed a .294 average
against lefthanders this year
All set, Appling is ready for the pitch
Williams goes into his windup
Here it comes
Ground ball through the middle
Blade ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
One up, one down for AL Pre WWII

Walking up to the plate now is Ruth
Al Simmons waits on deck
Babe is batting .348 so far this season
He carries a 17 game hitting streak
into today's game
So far today, he's 0 for 1
Ruth waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
John will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Williams loses him
Ruth heads down to first
2 walks today for Ruth

Simmons coming up
FOFC out in front by 1 run
We're in the top of the 6th
Simmons is taking his practice swings
Al is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He lined out last time at bat
Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to center for Simmons
Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign...
Ruth will stay at second

Lou Gehrig is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Gehrig is 0 for 2 today
Lou flied out last time up
He's in his crouch
Gehrig can really swing that wood
John checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Gehrig takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He punches Gehrig out
And there's two away

Dimaggio leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Joe comes to the plate batting .234
with 5 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Dimaggio gets set for the pitch
Williams checks the runners
Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Nights
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for AL Pre WWII
After 5 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC ahead 3 to 2

Nights is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nights looks down toward
the third base coach
Nights is ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Nights
Babe Ruth is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Gerald Gazelle is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
Grove has the sign from Ferrell
The pitch to Gazelle...
Here's a high fastball, at the letters...
Gazelle raps a hard grounder toward third
Sewell takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up...
Flips over to second for one...
The throw to first...
Not in time!
Score it a force play
Speed on the bases helped FOFC there
With one gone
FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Gazelle takes his lead
Grove looks Gazelle back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

The All Stars' first baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter,
will face the lefty Grove
Of his 25 home runs, 7 are
against southpaws
Grove looks down at Ferrell for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Grove goes into his stretch...
Looks at Gazelle...
He fires one to Gehrig...
Gazelle dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Gehrig lobs it back
Now Grove comes home
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Potpie is outta there
Two down
Due up next is K. A. Ton
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Coming to the plate is Ton
Gazelle's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Grove
Ton is hitting .267 with 9 homeruns
K. A. also has 7 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 27 runs
Ton looks very intent...
He stares down at Grove...
Cocks his bat
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Gazelle dives back in!...
SAFE!
Gehrig tosses it back to Grove
Now here's the pitch
Ton drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Gazelle scores!
Double for Ton

And now they're going to put Palmer on
Ferrell is up and holding out his glove
There's ball 3...
and now ball 4
Billy Bullock is waiting on deck

The All Stars will send
Billy Bullock up to the plate
Billy is hitting at .263 on the year
He has 52 hits in 198 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Bullock flied out his last time up
Palmer and Ton inch off first and second
Bullock is waiting for the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Hit on the ground to short
Appling comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That does it in the bottom of the 6th
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After 6 innings, FOFC ahead 4 to 2

The AL Pre WWII third baseman, Sewell,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Rick Ferrell
And then Lefty Grove
Against lefthanders
Sewell is hitting .258 this season
Williams is happy with the sign
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Grounded towards the sack
Williams takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
So one up and one gone

Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Rick Ferrell
Nobody on base, one out
Williams has the sign from Bullock
Williams rocks and fires
Slider, down and away...
Ferrell reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Palmer is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Ton is hustling after it...
Ferrell with the big turn...
The throw from Ton goes into second
And Ferrell holds at first

Lefty Grove is scheduled
to bat next, but...
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yes Heinie Manush is stepping
out to the on-deck circle
Miller Huggins will send Heinie
up to face Williams
Manush has a knack for getting on base
His .364 OBP proves that
He is hitting lefties at a .400 pace

One on, one out
Manush walks to the batter's box
Manush is batting .300 with
2 round trippers in 1900
Williams is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE!
And Manush is punched out
Two down

Charlie Gehringer, will be up next
Luke Appling hopes to get a chance as well
One on... two away
FOFC leads AL Pre WWII by 2 runs
Charlie comes to the plate batting .300
with 11 home runs

He is 0 for 3 so far today
Williams steps on the rubber
The pitch to Gehringer...
Swung on by Gehringer...
It will be a tough chance
Gazelle is going after it...
Gehringer will have himself a single
to extend his hitting streak to
a very impressive 27 games!
1 for 4 this afternoon
Ferrell takes third

Here comes the AL Pre WWII
shortstop, Luke Appling
Most believe he has quite
a future in the big leagues
Appling is at .239 on the season
John Williams on the mound
for the All Stars...
Williams has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits and 2 runs
And the delivery by Williams
Appling drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Ferrell scores
Harlond Clift will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Appling

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Ruth at the plate
Williams has the sign from Bullock
The lefthander delivers
It's in on the wrists
Babe tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Williams walks him

Simmons walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Al is batting at .339 with 18 home runs
He is 2 for 3 so far today
Simmons waits on Knowles
Knowles brings it to the plate
There's a weak fly ball
in front of K. A. Ton
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
Three away in the top of the 7th
We're all tied up at 4
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Caribbean with the lead over
Japanese League 6 to 3
Negro League I with the lead
over Left Outs 5 to 2
Wells has hit his 9th homerun
for Negro League I
NL Pre WWII is pounding
AL Post WWII 9 to 2
Jackson has hit his 5th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era clipping Turn
of Century 5 to 1
Old Timers slipping by Negro
League II 7 to 5
Poles has hit his 7th homerun
for Negro League II
NL Post WWII slipping by Late 20th 5 to 3
Aaron has hit his 34th homerun
for NL Post WWII

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Ted Lyons will be coming on
to pitch for AL Pre WWII
Ted has appeared in 27 games this season
He has a record of 12-1
in 138 innings
His ERA stands at 3.79

Tucker is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Tucker is hitting .294 against righties
Lyons studies his sign
Now Ted delivers
Long fly to left
Simmons has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly
One up, one down

Coming up for FOFC is Harry Hays
Nobody on base, one out
Hays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Lyons
Right-hander Lyons eyes the righty Hays
Lyons rocks and fires
At the knees, looks like a sinker...
Swung on and topped toward third...
Sewell charging...
Has to backhand it...
He zips a throw to Gehrig...
NOT IN TIME!!
Score it an infield single for Hays

Making his way up now is Barrett Blade
The score is tied
And Hays is on first
Blade is batting .261 with
2 HR's this year
Lyons wastes no time
He has the sign from Ferrell
Lyons brings it to the plate
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Blade is outta there

The go-ahead run is on...
And up comes shortstop Jeff Nights
FOFC needs only the 1 run
to break the 4-4 tie
Nights is at .286 on the season
Ted gets the sign from Ferrell
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's in on the hands
Inside... ball four
Nights trots to first as Hays takes second

Now here's Gazelle
Two men on, two men out
The righthander pitching to Gazelle...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .268 average against Ted
Righthander Lyons' delivery
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Ruth
And he pulls it in
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 30566

Lou Gehrig leads off for AL Pre WWII
Joe Dimaggio and Joe Sewell will follow
We've got a dandy here today
at FOFC Stadium
We're all tied up at 4
Knowles is walking around the mound
While we wait, let me mention
He is 1st in saves this year
He has 19...

Now Sammy is ready...
The righthander Knowles delivers
Gehrig swings and misses for strike three
Gehrig peers out at Knowles wondering
about that pitch
Knowles smiles back
That's a strikeout for Knowles
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Knowles
Sammy nods his head

Dimaggio saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Dimaggio is taking his practice swings
Joe is 1 for 3 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Joe seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
He brings it home
Slider, down and away...
Dimaggio reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Palmer is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Ton is hustling after it...
Dimaggio with the big turn...
The throw from Ton goes into second
And Dimaggio holds at first

Dimaggio studies Knowles intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Knowles steps off the rubber
Firing to first at the same time...
He's a dead duck!
Dimaggio trots meekly back to the dugout

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Sewell
Right-hander Knowles eyes the lefty Sewell
Knowles brings it to the plate
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Sewell rarely ever strikes out
But Knowles got him that time!
That's it for AL Pre WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error
While AL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
8 hits and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

Jeeberoni Potpie leads off for FOFC
K. A. Ton and Deacon Palmer will follow
FOFC will be looking to score
one to take the lead
We are late in the game
Potpie adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this afternoon
Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting Lyons' pitch
With a 3-1 count
Lyons kicks and fires
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Potpie gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Gehringer grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
With one gone
FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

The left fielder, Ton, is ready to bat
The score is knotted at 4 in
the bottom of the 8th
Lyons looks down at Ferrell for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Ted delivers
A hot shot on the ground to Sewell
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Ton is out
(Guarding lines worked, he was robbed!)

And the batter is Deacon Palmer
Sammy Knowles is on-deck
Deacon Palmer is hitting .307 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Palmer waits for the delivery
The righthander Lyons' delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Dimaggio ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
That's three outs, side retired

The AL Pre WWII catcher, Ferrell,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Ted Lyons
And then Charlie Gehringer
Ferrell swinging from the right side
facing the righty Knowles
Waiting for the pitch is Ferrell
It's coming down the pike
Ferrell slaps a hard grounder past second
Gazelle is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Ferrell will hold with a clean single

We are going to have a pinch
runner for Rick Ferrell
Miller Huggins will bring in
Sam Rice for Rick Ferrell
He's a threat to steal

Bunted...
Palmer has it...
His play is to first base
A successful sacrifice for Lyons
Rice now in scoring position
That's one away

Up next is the ex-Michigan U star,
the reliable hitting Charlie Gehringer
Gehringer is taking his practice swings
Charlie is 1 for 4 this afternoon
Gehringer waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles looks back towards second...

The pitch
Gehringer pokes it to center
It drops in front of Tucker
AL Pre WWII goes out in front
AL Pre WWII ahead 5 to 4

Appling digs in at the plate
Ready now for Knowles to come set
Appling is 2 for 4 today
Luke doubled last time around
Sammy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Knowles' righthanded delivery...
And Appling will sit down...
strike three called
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Slowly coming up is Ruth for AL Pre WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
AL Pre WWII ahead 5 to 4
Ruth is at .348 on the season
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mighty's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Gehringer dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Mighty
Now here's the pitch
Bounding ball to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
So After 8 and a half innings
AL Pre WWII has 5 runs,
10 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 4 runs,
6 hits and one error
AL Pre WWII has left 7 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 5
AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are...
Dickey will bat 8th and play C

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, A. J. Tucker and
Harry Hays will be the first three men
to face the pitcher Ted Lyons
We are in the bottom of the 9th
The outfield shades towards
left for Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Pflaggstettler hits it into the
hole on the right side
Gehringer ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Pflaggstettler is out
by a step at first
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Caribbean topped Japanese League 6 to 3
Negro League I topped Left Outs 5 to 2
Paige the winner, he's now 10-9
Sutton takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-5
NL Pre WWII smacked AL Post WWII 9 to 2
Jackson has hit his 5th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era toppled Turn
of Century 5 to 1
Negro League II nipped Old Timers 8 to 7
Radbourn takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-7
Manning the winner, he's now 12-8
NL Post WWII squeezed by Late 20th 6 to 4
Johnson takes the loss, his
record drops to 8-12
Marichal the winner, he's now 13-8

Tucker is up now for FOFC
Lyons has the sign he wants
Lyons is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Tucker hits one on the ground
to the left side
A. J., who moves well,
is motoring to first
Sewell wings it quickly to Gehrig...
OUT by a step
Two gone for FOFC

Now batting will be Harry Hays
Harry is hitting at .340 on the year
He has 73 hits in 215 at bats
This includes 3 doubles, 2 triples
10 home runs and 30 RBI's
All set, Hays is ready for the pitch
Way ahead in the count
Lyons turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Hays swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Lyons strikes out Harry Hays
And that will do it for FOFC
AL Pre WWII wins 5 to 4
Lyons gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for AL Pre WWII
was Luke Appling
He was 2 for 5
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

7/18 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/18/1900

Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
C.Gehringer 2B 5 1 2 1 .304 B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .260
L.Appling SS 5 1 2 2 .250 J.Nights SS 3 0 1 0 .286
B.Ruth RF 2 0 0 0 .347 G.Gazelle RF,LF 4 2 1 1 .279
A.Simmons LF 4 0 2 1 .338 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .289
L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 0 0 .325 K.Ton LF 4 0 1 1 .270
J.Dimaggio CF 4 1 2 0 .237 A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102
J.Sewell 3B 4 0 0 0 .259 D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .268
R.Ferrell C 4 1 2 1 .244 A-D.Palmer PR,3B 1 1 0 0 .332
D-S.Rice PR 0 1 0 0 .500 B.Bullock C 3 0 0 0 .261
F-B.Dickey C 0 0 0 0 .328 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
L.Grove P 2 0 0 0 .188 E-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .300
B-H.Manush PH 1 0 0 0 .294 A.Tucker CF 4 1 1 2 .296
T.Lyons P 0 0 0 0 .277 J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .136
C-H.Hays C 2 0 1 0 .338
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 5 10 5 Totals 32 4 6 4

A-Pinch Ran For Fouts In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Grove In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Williams In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Ferrell In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Knowles In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rice In 9th Inning

INJURY: Dan Fouts INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning

Pre-Americans... 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 10 0
All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 4 6 1

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Grove 6 5 4 4 2 3 2 94 3.67 A1
T.Lyons WIN(13-1) 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 43 3.71
Totals 9 6 4 4 3 5 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams 6 2/3 7 4 4 3 6 0 117 3.52
S.Knowles LOSS(0-2) 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 28 1.70
A.Mighty 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.81
Totals 9 10 5 5 3 9 0

ATTENDANCE- 30,566 DATE- Wednesday, July 18th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:38
LEFT ON BASE- Pre-Americans: 7 All Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pre-Americans: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- B.Blade
DOUBLES- L.Appling-2(5th), A.Simmons(27th), J.Dimaggio(10th), K.Ton(8th)
HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(20th), A.Tucker(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Lyons
WALKS- B.Ruth-3, J.Nights, D.Palmer-2
HIT BY PITCH- D.Fouts
STRIKE OUTS- L.Appling, L.Gehrig-3, J.Sewell-2, L.Grove-2, H.Manush, B.Blade,
G.Gazelle, J.Potpie, J.Williams, H.Hays
GIDP- K.Ton
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Billy Bullock blocked the plate, saving a run!

[JAG]

That 7/17 win was rather dramatic.

[Breeze]

7/19 Radio Broadcast - Game 103

Howdy, folks, we're coming to you
from Overshadow Pk today
It's a beautiful night for baseball
So sit back, put your feet up
We are just about ready to begin
Left Outs' Robin Roberts will bring
his 6 and 12 record
And face off against Sirr Fozborg
He has a 5 and 0 record
with a 3.14 ERA
Roberts, a righthander, will
open against Barrett Blade
Righties hit at a .307 average
against Roberts
Robin rocks and fires
Sinking fastball...
Blade swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Vaughan...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
And there's one away

Nights leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Nights has 26 doubles this year
Roberts looks down at Cochrane
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The 2-2 offering...
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Snider after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Nights around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

takes a three step lead
Here's Vaughan sneaking in behind second
Roberts turns and fires to him...
Nights dives back to second...
OUT!!!...
He was caught leaning the wrong way
The fans love it!

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps into the box
Pflaggstettler is at .300 on the season
He is hitting .307 against righties
Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler
Roberts' into the windup... the delivery
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Duke Snider is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Snider!

The second baseman Herman
will lead off for the Leftovers
He'll be followed by Mickey Cochrane
And then Jimmie Foxx
Herman is batting .266 with
3 HR's this year
The right-hander Fozborg is
set to deliver to Herman
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Herman raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Palmer just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes

Mickey Cochrane, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Fozborg squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the pitch
Hot line drive to second
Tough chance for Blade
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
That's the second out of the inning

Jimmie Foxx is advancing to the plate
No score as yet in the early going
Foxx is at .312 on the season
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Sirr delivers
High heater, at the letters...
Foxx swings from his heels...
Drives one long and deep...
Tucker backpedaling to
the warning track...
It's going, going, GONE!
A deep blast to left-center
That's homer number 25 for Foxx this year
Left Outs ahead 1 to 0

Nobody on, two away
McCovey steps in for Left Outs
Fozborg gets the sign, it's one he likes
He brings it home
McCovey starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Fozborg walks him

Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate
McCovey will be running if it's hit
Fozborg looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander delivers
There goes McCovey...
And it's ball four...
McCovey pulls up and walks into second

Two on, two outs...
Robinson steps to the plate
Robinson swinging from the right side
facing the righty Fozborg
The umpire says let's go
Robinson is ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Robinson takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He punches Robinson out
That ends the bottom of the 1st
After 1 inning, the Leftovers lead by 1

Potpie is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today
Looking to get something going
Potpie has walloped 25 homers this year
7th in the league
He'd like one here
You should have seen his show
in batting practice
Potpie waiting on the delivery
Here's his delivery
Potpie tries to hold up
Cochrane points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
So one up and one gone

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Palmer is batting .332 with
4 round trippers in 1900
Robin is ready
Now ready, here it is...
Fly ball to center
Snider is under it
He makes the grab
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Roberts
Robin nods "UH HUH"

Gerald Gazelle is up to face Robin Roberts
Roberts eyes Gazelle intently
The pitch is on the way
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Gazelle...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Vaughan made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Gazelle takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Roberts' pickoff move
Roberts steps away from the mound...
Now Gazelle moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

The catcher, Billy Bullock
will be up next for FOFC
Left Outs on top 1 to 0
Roberts adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Cochrane
The righthander Roberts delivers
There's a drive to right by Bullock
Robinson fields it on the short hop
He fires it to second
Bullock turns back and
settles for a single
Gazelle is now perched over at third
Terrific play by Robinson

Now here's Tucker
A. J. takes a couple of practice cuts
Tucker waits patiently
Now to the belt, here it is...
Hard ground ball to short
Vaughan comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games

Here's Goose Goslin to lead off
the inning for Left Outs
We're looking at a beautiful, star filled
night sky, just a great
night for baseball!
Goslin grips the bat handle
Fozborg rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Ball four is the call
Fozborg can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Fozborg
Goslin takes first base

Left Outs shortstop, Arky Vaughan,
will be up next
He will be followed by Robin Roberts
One on... no one out
Left Outs up by 1
Vaughan checks the coach, Tony LaRussa...
May be a bunt here
Right-hander Fozborg eyes
the lefty Vaughan
Fozborg goes into his stretch...
Looks at Goslin...
He fires one to Potpie...
Goslin dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Fozborg comes home
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Vaughan didn't like it

Robin Roberts is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Fozborg is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Fozborg looks in...
Now he's ready
It's coming down the pike
Slow ground ball to short
Nights grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Goslin takes third
The runner on first, Vaughan, is out
And there's one away

Herman comes to the plate
Leftovers with runners on first and third
Herman is taking his practice swings
Billy is 0 for 1 this evening
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Bounding ball to short
Nights comes up with it
Throw to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That's all for the Leftovers
in the 2nd inning
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the 3rd...
Left Outs on top 1 to 0

Here's the pitcher Fozborg
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then Jeff Nights
Roberts wastes no time
He takes the first sign
Robin winds
Kicks... and delivers
Fozborg hits a high pop
into short left field
Foxx and Vaughan sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Goslin
Vaughan puts his glove out...
Makes a super catch in front of Goslin!!
One away in the top of the 3rd for FOFC

FOFC sends the second baseman,
Barrett Blade, up to the plate
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
He's ready
Roberts brings it to the plate
Long fly to center
Snider has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly
Two up, two down for FOFC

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Jeff Nights, their shortstop
Nights has hit 11 home runs this year
Roberts steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the 1-2 offering
Sinking line drive
Caught by Arky Vaughan
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League I is in front of
Japanese League 4 to 1
Smith comfortably ahead for Negro League I
Late 20th is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
AL Post WWII slipping by Old Timers 2 to 0
AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII is on top of
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Marquard and Koufax currently dueling
Negro League II and Turn of
Century are scoreless

Cochrane is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cochrane is at .271 on the season
Mickey stands with bat ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One down for Left Outs
Jimmie Foxx is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

Now batting will be Jimmie Foxx
The third baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Left Outs up by 1
Right hand hitting Foxx is 1 for 1 today
He has banged out 25 home runs this year
A very tough out for Fozborg
The count two balls,
two strikes on Foxx
Fozborg is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Foxx swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

McCovey, the first baseman, moves
into the batter's box

Left Outs on top 1 to 0
We'll see how they pitch to McCovey
Right-hander Fozborg prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging McCovey
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Fozborg loses him
McCovey heads down to first
2 walks today for McCovey

Duke Snider is up next
The Leftovers' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
So far this season
Snider is hitting .295
when facing righthanded pitching
Fozborg studies his sign
Here's the 3-1 offering
Snider connects on the Fozborg fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Gazelle starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Snider got all of this one....
HOME RUN!
McCovey scores in front of him and
waits to give Duke congratulations

Walking up to the plate now is Robinson
Goose Goslin waits on deck
Robinson looks for a sign from third
Tony LaRussa delivers it to Frank
Frank is 0 for 1 today
struck out his last at bat
Fozborg is slow to get ready

He has a 3.38 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Fozborg leans back and fires
Frank Robinson hits a drive down the line
If it stays fair it may be gone
Gerald Gazelle is right at the foul pole
He won't get it, it's a foul
ball for Robinson
Just to the left of the pole
318 feet from home plate
. . . Robinson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Robinson held up, and draws a walk
Fozborg isn't happy at all with that call

Goose Goslin moves in to face Fozborg
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 3rd
Goslin is hitting .288
against righthanders
Goslin looks very intent...
He stares down at Fozborg...
Cocks his bat
The stretch... the delivery
The Whiff!
Fozborg punches Goslin out!
That retires the side
Left Outs with a 3 run lead
It's Left Outs 3
and FOFC still looking
to score their first run

The big guys are due up for FOFC
Pflaggstettler will lead it off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie and Deacon Palmer
Before getting ready
Pflaggstettler checks out
the defensive alignment
Roberts is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Roberts gets the sign from Cochrane
Roberts goes into his windup
And here's the 3-0 offering
Fastball... just outside
Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk
Persimmon knows how to get on base
His OBP of .400 is among
the league leaders

Pflaggstettler at first, nobody out
Potpie comes to the plate
Jeeberoni is hitting at .288 on the year
FOFC's cleanup hitter has
knocked in 71 runs
He has a fine .558 slugging average
Roberts shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Roberts kicks and fires
Fastball down low...
Potpie swings and hits one out to center
Duke Snider is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Roberts
Pflaggstettler trots back to first
One out
Due up next is Deacon Palmer

Palmer coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Pflaggstettler on first, with one away
Palmer digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Roberts
Deacon is ready for the delivery
Now Robin delivers
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Deacon looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
Two down
Cochrane asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Cochrane and Roberts

Pflaggstettler yells something to Roberts
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Pflaggstettler is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Robin
No doubt he does!
Roberts holds the runner

Next up is Gerald Gazelle,
the FOFC left fielder
Gazelle goes through his
routine of settling in
Gazelle waits on Roberts
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Roberts needs to come in with this one
Drilled deep to center field
Snider trying to track it down
It's out of his reach
Gazelle rounds first
Snider corrals the ball
Gazelle digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
Pflaggstettler takes third

Bullock heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Roberts ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
And here is the 1-2 delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Bullock swung, that's strike three
Bullock isn't happy at all with that call
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 3 and a half innings
Left Outs has 3 runs, 2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 4

Arky Vaughan to lead it off for Left Outs
Vaughan swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Fozborg
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Fozborg rocks and fires
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Vaughan is out

Nobody on base, one away
Roberts steps into the batter's box
Roberts steps out of the box...
Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign
Robin steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
The pitch to Roberts...
Roberts lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Gerald Gazelle
Roberts scrambles back to first and holds

Billy Herman makes his way to home plate
Billy Herman is hitting .241 this year
against righthanded pitchers
The righthander pitching to Herman...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .176 average against Sirr
Fozborg goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Roberts
He lobs one to Potpie...
Roberts is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
Bouncer to short...made to
order doubleplay ball
Nights has it on two hops...wrists
it to Blade
He evades the slide of Roberts
The throw to Potpie...
It just nips Herman!
That's all for the Leftovers
in the 4th inning
No runs, one hit and no errors...
We go to the 5th...
Left Outs ahead 3 to 0

A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 128 hits in 433 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Tucker grounded out his last time up
Tucker waits
The pay-off pitch...
Fastball, down and in...
Tucker laces a hit into the outfield...
Robinson picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Tucker holds with a single
Good start to the inning for FOFC

Sirr Fozborg squares to bunt
Foxx fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL!
Foxx picks it up and fires to first
Fozborg is out by an eyelash
Credit Fozborg with a sacrifice
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeff Nights is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Here's Barrett Blade
Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He flied out in his last plate appearance
He's ready for the delivery
And the delivery by Roberts
Just inside, BALL FOUR
And Blade walks
That's 2 walks given up by Roberts today

Jeff Nights stands in for FOFC
Nights is at .286 on the season
Roberts nods, he's ready
The pitch
Hot shot grounded to the mound
Roberts boots the ball!
Score It: E1
Tucker takes third
Blade takes second
Nights to first

So with 3 on and 1 out
FOFC sends their right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
up to face Roberts
Hard-hitting Jeeberoni Potpie is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Cochrane flashes the sign to Roberts
Roberts fires
Fastball down low...
Pflaggstettler hits a grounder to short
Vaughan takes it on the big hop
Flips it to Herman
Relay to first...
A lightning double play!
And that gets Left Outs out of quite a jam
as Pflaggstettler grounds
in to an inning ending
twin-killing with the bases loaded
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Roberts
In the top of the 5th for FOFC
No runs, one hit, one error
and 2 men left on base

[Breeze]

7/19 Radio Broadcast Continued

Cochrane saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Stepping out, Cochrane looks
into the dugout
Steps back in
Cochrane waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One away...
Potpie is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Palmer also...
Now they return to their positions

Foxx pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Fozborg
Foxx is batting .313 with
25 HR's this year
Fozborg is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Right down the middle... strike three
Foxx must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Fozborg
Willie McCovey will be next up...

Up next for the Leftovers
Willie McCovey, the first baseman...
If he gets on, Duke Snider would bat next
Against righthanders
McCovey is hitting .269
Fozborg toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
Way ahead in the count
Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Sinking fastball...
McCovey goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Nights...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And McCovey is out by a step
1-2-3, nothing across...

Jeeberoni Potpie will step into
the box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Potpie is batting .287 with
25 homers this year
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
And the cripple pitch...
Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Billy Herman
Herman scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I is beating
Japanese League 5 to 1
Smith comfortably ahead for Negro League I
Late 20th leads Caribbean 2 to 1
AL Post WWII is in front
of Old Timers 4 to 1
Jackson has hit his 20th homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Dead Ball Era 5 to 2
Gehrig has hit his 27th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 4 to 3
Turn of Century slipping by
Negro League II 2 to 0
Joss and Wickware currently dueling
And here in Left Outs Left
Outs ahead 3 to 0

Coming up for FOFC is Deacon Palmer
Nobody on base, one out
Palmer is batting .330 with
4 HR's this year
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Roberts waves it off...
Now he's happy
Roberts' righthanded delivery...
Palmer fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of short
Vaughan is over quickly
Easy out
Two up, two down

Gerald Gazelle will face Roberts
Righty against righty
Gazelle has been poison
for Left Outs today
He is 2 for 2 on the evening
Roberts ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Robin rocks and fires
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Gazelle swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Cochrane loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Gerald as he was heading for the dugout
Three outs, just like that
Sparky Anderson and Roberts
exchange smiles
as the pitcher steps into the dugout
What a game he is pitching

Here's Duke Snider to lead it off
Snider is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Set now is Snider
Here's the 2-1 pitch
Snider swings...
This one looks like it might go...
Pflaggstettler is going back...
He is at the fence...

And it is over the fence! Home run!
The Left Outs center fielder now
has hit 2 here tonight!
And that gives him 30 in 1900
That is Duke Snider's 30th
home run of the year.

Robinson gets set at the plate
Robinson is hitting .258 with 11 homeruns
Frank also has 11 doubles and 4 triples
And has driven in a total of 37 runs
Robinson awaits the pitch
The righthander winds and delivers
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Goose Goslin steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Robinson is at first
Goslin looks down at Tony
LaRussa to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Sparky Anderson
Now he relays the signal to Goslin
Fozborg steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Base hit to right for Goslin
Tony LaRussa is waving
Robinson to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Goslin at first

Next up is Arky Vaughan, the
Left Outs shortstop
On-deck is Robin Roberts...
He'll be followed by Billy Herman
Vaughan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Arky is 0 for 1 today
Vaughan is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
Fozborg looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Vaughan chases the inside fastball...
He hits a high fly ball...
Pflaggstettler backs up...
Starts forward towards the plate...
Makes the catch on the run...
Uncorks a bullet...
The throw is wide to the first base side
Robinson is safe on the sac fly
One away for Left Outs here
in the bottom of the 6th

Roberts looks to lay one down
He bunts at it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by J.Potpie
the throw to first...
Out
Roberts gets the job done.

Herman saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
A base hit should score Goslin
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
The home town crowd is yelling
out to Goslin
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Fozborg delivers the 3-1 offering
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
That's all for the Leftovers...
After 6 innings here at Overshadow
Pk in Left Outs,
Left Outs leads 5 to 0

Bullock saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Bullock is 1 for 2 today
Roberts wastes no time
He has the sign from Cochrane
He brings it home
Curve, at the belt...
Bullock times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Goose Goslin retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

FOFC center fielder, A. J.
Tucker, will be up next
He will be followed by Sirr Fozborg
Bases empty... no one out
Left Outs leads FOFC by 4 runs
Tucker is batting .297 with
5 homers this year
Tucker awaits the pitch
Here's the 0-1 pitch
Grounded towards third
Foxx scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S SAFE!

Gunner gets set at the plate
Gunner is one of the most feared sluggers
Roberts tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Robin delivers
Gunner hits a three hopper
towards Billy Herman
Herman scoops it and fires it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
Roberts gets the second out of the inning
I was talking to Robin before
the game about
how he pitches to various batters
He said he goes over the batters
before the game
with Sparky Anderson and Cochrane
When he gets on the mound
he doesn't like to think too much
He says it gives him "brain cramps"!
Considering his current ERA of 6.04
he needs to do something different!

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Blade has a .241 average against
righthanders this season
The right-hander Roberts is
set to deliver to Blade
Roberts' 3-1 pitch...
Fly ball to center
Snider is under it
He makes the grab
That's three outs, side retired

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The catcher Cochrane will
start things off for the Leftovers
Cochrane scuffs up the
lines around the box
Cochrane waits for the delivery
The pitch to Cochrane...
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Cochrane swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Mickey as he was heading for the dugout
One away in the bottom of
the 7th for Left Outs

And it brings up Jimmie Foxx
On deck is Willie McCovey
Duke Snider in the hole
Foxx is 1 for 3 today
Jimmie struck out last time around
Foxx, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Hunter
The pitch is on the way
Fastball in on the fists...
Swung on...
It's pulled down the line by Foxx...
Gazelle trying to run it down...
Good play off the fence...
Foxx has to stop at second
As Gazelle fires a bullet
into Palmer at third
He has a double

McCovey moseys up to the plate
Duke Snider is heading for
the on-deck circle
We'll see how they pitch to McCovey
He's ready
Hunter looks back towards second...

The pitch
Right down the middle... strike three
McCovey must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
And there's two away

The power hitting center fielder,
Duke Snider, is approaching the plate
Duke has blasted some shots
onto Bedford Avenue
Duke Snider will step in to face Hunter
He is 2 for 2 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 3 RBI's
Snider is ready
Here's his delivery
Base hit to left for Snider
Tony LaRussa plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Runner holds.

Frank Robinson will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Frank comes to the plate batting .261
with 11 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Frank is eagerly awaiting Hunter's pitch
Hunter brings it to the plate
Looped to short
Nights grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
That is the third out for Left Outs here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46472

Here's Jeff Nights
Leading off the inning for FOFC
It's a beautiful, clear night sky
One couldn't ask for a better
night for baseball
Nights is 1 for 3 today
Roberts steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
It's coming down the pike
Sinking fastball...
Nights goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Vaughan...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Nights is out by a step
Left Outs gets the first out
here late in this contest

Slowly coming up is Pflaggstettler
for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
Left Outs leads 5 to 1
Roberts looks down at Cochrane
for the sign
Now he's ready
Robin rocks and fires
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 5 for Robin Roberts today
73 on the year
That's two down for Roberts
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

With Left Outs leading in
the top of the 8th
Here's Potpie now up for FOFC
On deck will be Deacon Palmer
Potpie has hit 25 home runs this year
Roberts' sittin' in the catbird seat...
He has completely shut down the All Stars
He also has a 4 run lead to work with
With a 3-2 count, the pitch
It's hit high and deep
This one is deep!
YOU CAN KISS THAT BALL GOOD-BYE!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 26th
home run of the year.

Palmer leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Palmer is hitting .301 against righties
All set, Palmer is ready for the pitch
Roberts brings it to the plate
Fastball... down and away...
Roberts just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 3 walks given up by Roberts today

So with 1 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their left fielder,
Gerald Gazelle, up to face Roberts
Hard-hitting Billy Bullock is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Gazelle is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Roberts likes the sign
Roberts fires
Gazelle rips a single to right field
It falls in front of Robinson
Frank takes it on one bounce
Palmer motors into third easily

Sparky Anderson is visiting the mound...
He decides to let Roberts pitch to Bullock
Billy Bullock will get a
crack at Roberts next
A. J. Tucker would be up next...
But only if Bullock can reach safely
Bullock is 2 for 3 today
Roberts shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Robin has excellent control
of many pitches
and he just throws strikes!
Roberts brings it home
Belted right back at Foxx
Jimmie makes the one-handed grab
Three down for FOFC
Now the Leftovers will be coming up
for what they hope will be their
last at bat of the evening
They lead by 3, 5-2

Here's Goslin to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Negro League I is in front of
Japanese League 5 to 2
Late 20th besting Caribbean 6 to 1
Sutter enjoying the big Late 20th lead
AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 4 to 3
AL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
Ruffing battling Bender
NL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 5 to 4
Ott has hit his 30th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League II 2 to 0
And in our contest Left Outs on top 5 to 2
Goslin is batting .298 with
21 HR's this year
And Owen studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
Hunter rocks and fires
High heater from Hunter...
Goslin cuts at it...
Hits a bouncer right side...
It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie
It's into right for a single
Goslin takes his turn and holds at first

Vaughan is up now for Left Outs
Look for a drag bunt
As Vaughan checks for the sign
Vaughan tells the umpire he's ready
And the delivery by Hunter
Vaughan will try the hit and run!
Fastball, up in the strike zone
Swung on...
It's a swinging bunt...
Nights charges in, barehands it
THROWS TO SECOND!...
OUT AT SECOND!
Score this one a force out
That's one away

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Willie Stargell steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Hunter

Stargell up
The Leftovers have Vaughan on first
FOFC is set up for two
Owen gets the sign from Bullock
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Stargell swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two away now for Left Outs
They're ahead by 3
The Leftovers have 9 hits on the evening

That'll bring up Leftovers' second
baseman Billy Herman...
Leftovers with a runner in scoring
position at second
Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Herman
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Hunter
The delivery
Great change up...
Herman out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Tucker
Tucker charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the center fielder
That ends the inning
Left Outs threatens but does not score
here in the bottom of the 8th
Don Drysdale will be coming
on to pitch for Left Outs
Don has appeared in 45 games this season
He has a record of 7-4
with 7 saves
His ERA stands at 7.32
Left Outs is making a defensive change
Boudreau will bat 8th and play short

FOFC will send Tucker,
Owen Hunter, and Barrett Blade to face
Don Drysdale this inning
Right-hander Drysdale eyes
the lefty Tucker
Here's the 1-2 offering
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Cochrane
Tucker was badly fooled by Drysdale's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
One gone for FOFC

Gonzalez departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Gonzalez swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Drysdale
Gonzalez waits patiently
Here comes the cripple pitch
Grounded towards first
McCovey grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Blade is the next hitter
Gonzalez is on first
Left Outs won't watch him too closely
Blade is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Barrett certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Drysdale earn his salary
He's ready for the delivery
Drysdale goes into his stretch...
Looks at Gonzalez...
He fires one to McCovey...
Gonzalez dives back in
That's his best move to first...
McCovey lobs it back
Now Drysdale comes home
Ground ball to third
Foxx comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
Two down
Cochrane asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Cochrane and Drysdale

That'll bring up shortstop
Jeff Nights...
Left Outs out in front by 3
We're in the top of the 9th
Nights wiggles the bat above his head
Drysdale has the sign from Cochrane
And "Big D" wings it home...
Hit towards the middle
Great pickup by Boudreau
Over to McCovey
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for FOFC
Left Outs wins 5 to 2
Roberts gets credit for the win
Drysdale notches the save
Fozborg takes the loss
The hitting star for Left Outs
was Duke Snider
He was 3 for 3 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

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7/19 Boxscore



BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/19/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .256 B.Herman 2B 5 0 0 0 .259
J.Nights SS 5 0 1 0 .285 M.Cochrane C 4 0 0 0 .268
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .297 J.Foxx 3B 4 1 2 1 .313
J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 1 .288 W.McCovey 1B 2 1 0 0 .262
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .328 D.Snider CF 3 2 3 3 .297
G.Gazelle LF 4 0 3 0 .291 F.Robinson RF 3 1 1 0 .260
B.Bullock C 4 1 2 1 .266 G.Goslin LF 3 0 2 0 .300
A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 0 .298 A.Vaughan SS 2 0 0 1 .310
S.Fozborg P 1 0 0 0 .000 C-L.Boudreau SS 0 0 0 0 .250
A-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .262 R.Roberts P 2 0 1 0 .162
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 B-W.Stargell PH 1 0 0 0 .321
D-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 0 .289 D.Drysdale P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 2 10 2 Totals 29 5 9 5

A-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Vaughan In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 10 0
Leftovers....... 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 9 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Fozborg LOSS(5-1) 6 6 5 5 6 3 3 108 3.46
O.Hunter 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 34 5.37
Totals 8 9 5 5 6 5 3

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Roberts WIN(7-12) 8 9 2 2 3 5 2 134 6.02
D.Drysdale SAVE(8th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 7.21
Totals 9 10 2 2 3 6 2

ATTENDANCE- 46,472 DATE- Thursday, July 19th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 9 Leftovers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Leftovers: 2
ERRORS- R.Roberts
DOUBLES- J.Nights(27th), G.Gazelle(8th), J.Foxx(27th)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(26th), B.Bullock(16th), J.Foxx(25th), D.Snider-2(30th)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Fozborg, R.Roberts
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Vaughan
WALKS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler, D.Palmer, W.McCovey-2, D.Snider, F.Robinson,
G.Goslin, A.Vaughan
STRIKE OUTS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, D.Palmer, G.Gazelle, B.Bullock,
A.Tucker, M.Cochrane, J.Foxx, W.McCovey, F.Robinson, G.Goslin
GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler, S.Gunner, B.Herman-2
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Duke Snider robbed Persimmon Pflaggstettler of a Homerun!

[Breeze]

Dynasty Update

All, I will be taking some time to address the computer settings of the other teams over the next few weeks. I'm going to take their current stats and adjust lineups, rotations, strategy, etc.

I don't expect significant changes, but thought I'd keep you updated on what is happening in the background.

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7/20 Radio Broadcast - Game 104

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Ferguson Jenkins with his 8 and 8 record
Will be facing A. J. Tucker

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Cochrane out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
And the cripple pitch...
Slow ground ball
Herman is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One up, one down here in
the top of the 1st

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Nights
Nights waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
It's coming down the pike
Nights swings and lifts one toward left
Goslin drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Jenkins
Ferguson nods "UH HUH"

Jenkins looks down at Pflaggstettler
as he steps in
Persimmon is ready to go
Jenkins steps on the rubber
And the delivery by Jenkins
Pflaggstettler hits a deep
fly ball into the alley
Goose Goslin chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Goslin hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Pflaggstettler is into third with a triple
Now they check on Goslin
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

Potpie moseys up to the plate
Deacon Palmer is heading
for the on-deck circle
2 men away, Pflaggstettler on third
Jenkins looks down at Cochrane
for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's his delivery
Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Herman
Over to Robinson
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
Ferguson Jenkins holds FOFC scoreless
in the first inning

Arky Vaughan will lead it off
in the first for Left Outs
Vaughan is batting .310
with 9 HR's this year
Nielsen is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Nielsen gets the sign from Hays
Now the delivery, here is is...
Arky Vaughan swings
He really stings this one
It rifles past Blade into right...
Base hit for Vaughan...
Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Vaughan is on with a sharp single

Cochrane is up now for Left Outs
Vaughan takes his lead
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now to the belt, here it is...
Cochrane is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
With one gone
Left Outs will have Harry
Heilmann coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Walking up to the plate now is Heilmann
Hack Wilson waits on deck
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Heilmann looks to third for a sign
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The stretch... the 1-1 delivery
Bounced towards the hole
Tremendous diving grab by Potpie!
Potpie to Nielsen covering first
Score It: 3-1
Two down
Due up next is Hack Wilson
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the Leftovers

Hack Wilson will get a crack
at Nielsen next
Frank Robinson would be up next...
But only if Wilson can reach safely
Wilson steps out of the box...
Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign
Rob is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
Left Outs' clean-up hitter is waiting
Nielsen has allowed 10 taters
to righties this year
And 5 when facing lefties
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Base hit to left for Wilson
Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by Left Outs...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Wilson is out going to 2nd!

Deacon Palmer, Gerald Gazelle, and
Harry Hays are due up
Palmer a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Jenkins
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Jenkins' 1-1 pitch...
A slider by Jenkins
Palmer gets good wood on it...
Heilmann back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One up, one down

The left fielder, Gazelle, is ready to bat
Left Outs on top 1 to 0
in the top of the 2nd
Jenkins is slow to get ready

He has a 5.58 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Righthander Jenkins' delivery
Gazelle hits one on the ground
to the left side
Gerald, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Vaughan wings it quickly to Robinson...
OUT by a step
That's the second out of the inning

Up now for FOFC is Hays
Two away, nobody on
Hays is at .338 on the season
He's ready
The righthander Jenkins' delivery
Hays takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Hays can't believe it and says
something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Jenkins
And that will do it for FOFC

Robinson is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Robinson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
Robinson readies himself for the pitch
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Blade plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
Left Outs with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Goose Goslin to
come to the plate

Nielsen glares in at Goslin
Goose Goslin just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Goslin has hit 21 home runs this year
Nielsen steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
Two away now for Left Outs
They're ahead by 1
The Leftovers have 2 hits on the evening

Herman heads to the plate for Left Outs
The infield is at regular depth
Herman is at .259 on the season
Nielsen has the sign he wants
He brings it home
He rips a grounder to the mound
Nielsen grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That's all for the Leftovers
After 2 innings in Left Outs this evening,
Left Outs leads 1 to 0

Blade saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade is hitting .238 against righties
Jenkins is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Jenkins looks in...
Now he's ready
With a 2 strike count
Jenkins kicks and fires
Sinking line drive
Caught by Arky Vaughan
With one down, up next is Rob Nielsen
To be followed by A. J. Tucker

Coming up for FOFC is Rob Nielsen
Nobody on base, one out
Nielsen grips the bat handle
Nielsen waits
The righthander delivers
Nielsen swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Jenkins strikes out Rob Nielsen
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

A. J. Tucker will step in
to face Jenkins next
If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow
Right-hander Jenkins eyes the lefty Tucker
Here's the 0-2 offering
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Tucker gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Herman grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Three up, three down
A perfect inning for Ferguson Jenkins
in the top of the 3rd

Leading off for the Leftovers
is the third baseman Boudreau
He'll be followed by Ferguson Jenkins
And then Arky Vaughan
Lou is batting .250 in 48 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Ferguson Jenkins
After getting set, Boudreau
waits on the pitch
Nielsen goes into his windup
And here's the 3-1 offering
Boudreau hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Palmer dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Boudreau reaches on a sizzling
single to left
A nice try by the third baseman,
Deacon Palmer

Ferguson Jenkins squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Jenkins
But Boudreau moves up
One down for Left Outs
Arky Vaughan is still in
the on-deck circle
and Mickey Cochrane is looking
for a bat in the dugout

So that brings up the top of the order
Arky Vaughan will step in
Vaughan is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .312 on the year
Vaughan cocks his bat
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
A sharp breaking curve...
Vaughan was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Arky Vaughan can touch them all

Now here's Cochrane
Mickey is batting at .267
with 10 home runs
He is 0 for 1 so far today
Cochrane waits patiently
Now ready, here it is...
Cochrane waves half-heartedly at the curve
Strike Three!
Mickey looked fooled on that one
2 strike outs on the night
And that is 3 for Nielsen
Left Outs ahead 3 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Negro League I leads Japanese
League 3 to 2
Late 20th leads Caribbean 1 to 0
Old Timers leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII and Dead Ball
Era are tied at 1
NL Post WWII is on top of
NL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Seaver battling Grimes
Negro League II and Turn of
Century have yet to score

While Hack Wilson heads for
the on deck circle
Harry Heilmann makes his way to the plate
Heilmann scuffs up the
lines around the box
He's ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Heilmann hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

The center fielder, Hack Wilson
will be up next for Left Outs
Wilson is 1 for 1 today
Hack singled last time around
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 14 wins,
Rob has racked up 165 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Nielsen's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Heilmann dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
It's fouled off very high
Just to the right of third base
Nights circles under it...
Waits...
WATCH OUT!
He caught it!
Jeff had to bend over backwards
to bring it in
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
By the way, Left Outs is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

FOFC will send Nights,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and
Jeeberoni Potpie to face
Ferguson Jenkins this inning
Nights digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Jenkins
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
Jenkins rocks and fires
Ripped to third, but right
at Boudreau...easy out
That's one away

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Jenkins
Righty against righty
So far this season
Pflaggstettler is hitting .306
when facing righthanded pitching
Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch
Jenkins is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Cochrane appeals to first
Appeal fails
Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Pflaggstettler

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Jenkins eyes Potpie intently
Jenkins brings it home
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE!
And Potpie is punched out
Two down
Cochrane asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Cochrane and Jenkins

Pflaggstettler studies Jenkins intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Pflaggstettler takes his lead...

Jenkins is not paying enough attention
Pflaggstettler extends his
lead... the pitch
It's a slow curve...
He breaks for second!
Cochrane displays his strong arm...
Pflaggstettler sliding to the outside...
Avoids the tag...
He's safe
Good throw by Cochrane

Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Palmer can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Deacon is ready for the delivery
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Palmer watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
That ends the inning
FOFC threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 4th

The first baseman Robinson will
start things off for the Leftovers
Frank is batting .259 with 11
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 1 today
Robinson is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 2 strike pitch
Robinson pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Gazelle
Gerald is there
He's got it for the out
And there's one away

Goslin settles in at the plate
Goslin is at .299 on the season
Nielsen gets the sign from Hays
He is 3rd in the league in strike outs
He has 158 on the season
Nielsen kicks and fires
Inside
That's ball four

The Leftovers' second baseman is up next
Left Outs has 1 on board with 1 out
Herman is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
Herman drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Herman

Facing Nielsen now is Boudreau
Ferguson Jenkins heads to
the on deck circle
Arky Vaughan waits in the hole
Rob is ready
Nielsen is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Swung on and chopped toward second
Blade races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Potpie
A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker!
Herman over to third easily
Darryl Evans is arguing that he
took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand

Next up for the Leftovers
is Ferguson Jenkins
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Jenkins
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Swung on...
And Jenkins got a little piece of it
But Hays held on to the tip, strike three
After 4 innings tonight,
the Leftovers lead by 4

Gazelle is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Gerald is hitting at .289 on the year
He has 44 hits in 152 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Gazelle grounded out his last time up
Gazelle is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Ferguson rocks and fires
Sinking fastball...
Gazelle swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Boudreau...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One gone for FOFC

And the batter is Harry Hays
Barrett Blade is on-deck
Looking for his first hit today
Hays is 0 for 1
Ferguson is getting his sign from Cochrane
Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball
He has quite a tendency
to deliver those up
In 166 innings
Ferguson has allowed righties
to crush 17 dingers!
The pitch is on the way
Fastball...
Hays jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Wilson after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Hack Wilson!
Two up, two down

Planting his right foot
Blade is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Blade
Blade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Barrett is 0 for 1 today
Blade is set for the pitch
The righthander winds and delivers
Fastball, swung on...
Driven to left-center, into the gap...
Wilson goes back, back...
He's not going to get it...
It goes over his head!...
He's got to chase it down...
Has it, wings a strong throw to Boudreau
But Blade slides in safely at third
Just barely...
A beautiful peg by Wilson

Up for FOFC, Kris Terp
Left Outs out in front by 4
We're in the top of the 5th
Terp is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
2 down, Jenkins ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
Jenkins' righthanded delivery...
High chopper to second
Herman picks it up on the short hop
Over to first...
In time
Herman charged it nicely
and made it look easy
Score It: 4-3
That ends the inning
After 4 and a half innings,
Left Outs leads by 4

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7/20 Radio Broadcast Continued

Arky Vaughan will lead off
for the Leftovers
The top of the line-up here for Left Outs
Arky steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Arky is 2 for 2 today with 1 home run
Arky steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
Now James delivers
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Vaughan swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Arky as he was heading for the dugout
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I with the lead over
Japanese League 6 to 3
Stearnes has hit his 15th homerun
for Negro League I
Caribbean is edging Late 20th 4 to 3
Pacheco has hit his 11th
homerun for Caribbean
Old Timers and AL Post WWII are tied at 1
AL Pre WWII and Dead Ball
Era are tied at 1
NL Post WWII with the lead
over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Turn of Century is edging
Negro League II 2 to 1
And in our matchup Left Outs leads 4 to 0

"Black Mike" is up next
Rodney is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
And now the pitch...
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!

"Slug" is coming to the plate
Rodney wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Rodney goes into his windup
Here it comes
Slider, outside...
Heilmann reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Palmer...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Potpie in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Potpie is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Heilmann

Stepping in the batter's box, Wilson
Heilmann at first, two away
Wilson is at .288 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Rodney
And the cripple pitch...
Ground ball to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for Left Outs
Here at Overshadow Pk, After 5 innings,
Left Outs has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Left Outs has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 3

The All Stars will have their
lead-off batter up
appropriately enough to lead things
off in the top of the 6th
Tucker is getting a few last
practice cuts in in
Jeff Nights and Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will follow
And then FOFC's clean-up
man, Jeeberoni Potpie
would be due up next
Left Outs on top 4 to 0
A. J. comes to the plate batting .297
with 5 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
A. J. is eagerly awaiting Jenkins' pitch
The pay-off pitch...
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 5 for Ferguson Jenkins today
110 on the year
Left Outs gets the first out of the inning

Nights gets set at the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
Nights tells the umpire he's ready
The pitch to Nights...
It's popped up into foul territory
Mickey Cochrane is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
Two up, two down for FOFC
Jenkins is moving along
with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ferguson looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the righthander's delivery
Pflaggstettler takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Pflaggstettler is out on strikes
After 5 and a half innings tonight,
the Leftovers lead by 4

Frank Robinson, Goose Goslin,
and Billy Herman are the first three
Leftovers batters due up
Left Outs leads, 4-0
Robinson looks for a sign from third
Tony LaRussa delivers it to Frank
Frank is 0 for 2 today
flied out his last at bat
Robinson gets ready for Rodney's pitch
His bat is cocked
The righthander Rodney delivers
Robinson lifts a long fly ball...
Heading into center...
Hit pretty good, carrying very well...
Tucker heading back...
IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN!

Making his way up is Goslin
Rodney studies his sign
The pitch is on the way
Off-speed pitch...
Goslin swings at it...
its a high fly to deep center
Tucker bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Tucker jumps for it...
It bounds off the fence
Goslin cruises into second
as the throw comes in
It's a two-bagger for Goose Goslin

Herman pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Rodney
Herman has a .236 average against
righthanders this season
Herman waiting on the delivery
Rodney fires
Hard ground ball to the mound
Rodney grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
One out
Due up next is Lou Boudreau

So that brings up Lou Boudreau
the Left Outs third baseman
Left Outs on top 5 to 0
James gets the sign from Hays
Rodney looks back towards second...

The pitch
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 3 on the evening for Rodney

That'll bring up Leftovers' pitcher
Ferguson Jenkins...
Leftovers with a runner in scoring
position at second
Time is called...
Jenkins has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
The right-hander Rodney is set
to deliver to Jenkins
James looks over his shoulder at Goslin
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Jenkins rips a sharp grounder
to Jeff Nights
It rolls up his arm
Nights can't find the handle
Jenkins is safe on the error by Nights

Now batting for Left Outs will be
their shortstop, Arky Vaughan
The Leftovers are out in front by 5
We are in the bottom of the 6th
Vaughan adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Arky is 2 for 3 this evening
Vaughan gets set for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Curve in the dirt... and Vaughan holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the third base ump's opinion
He motions it's a walk...
Vaughan will take first
Bases are tenanted

Mickey Cochrane is up next
Left Outs' catcher finds 3 on with 2 outs
Rodney is happy with the sign
Rodney checks all the baserunners
Now he comes home with it
Hot shot grounded to first
Potpie to Rodney covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's it for Left Outs
Left Outs has 5 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and one error
Left Outs has now left 5 runners stranded

Here's the first baseman Potpie
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer
And then Gerald Gazelle
The outfield is shading
Potpie towards left
He's 0 for 2 today
Jenkins adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch
Potpie swings and hits a shot
to deep left-center
Wilson and Goslin are converging
on the ball
Looks like Wilson has the best shot at it
He dives for it...
WOW! He's got it!
Fantastic play by Wilson
While we wait for Deacon Palmer
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Negro League I is in front of
Japanese League 8 to 5
Charleston has hit his 19th homerun
for Negro League I
Caribbean is beating Late 20th 7 to 3
Old Timers and AL Post WWII are tied at 1
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over AL Pre WWII 4 to 1
NL Post WWII is comfortably ahead
of NL Pre WWII 6 to 0
Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead
Turn of Century clipping
Negro League II 7 to 3
Rusie comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century
And in our contest Left Outs on top 5 to 0
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 5

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer is 0 for 2 today
Ferguson looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here comes the cripple pitch
A slider by Jenkins
Palmer gets good wood on it...
Goslin back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
And there's two away

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
Harry Hays waits on deck
Gerald is hitting at .288 on the year
He has 44 hits in 153 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Gazelle grounded out his last time up
Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle
The pitch to Gazelle...
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Gazelle is outta there
That's three up, three down
Another scoreless inning
for Ferguson Jenkins

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Heilmann saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Heilmann is taking his practice swings
Harry is 2 for 3 this evening
He singled last time at bat
Heilmann readies himself for the pitch
Rodney brings it home
Heilmann rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Pflaggstettler is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler
One down for Left Outs
Hack Wilson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

Wilson steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Wilson looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Hack seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
James rocks and fires
Curve in the dirt... and Wilson holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Wilson went around
Strike three, swinging
Two up, two down for the Leftovers
We're in the bottom of the 7th

"Robbie" is sauntering up to the plate
Robinson has hit 12 home runs this year
And James studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Rodney brings it to the plate
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Robinson hits it into the
hole on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Robinson is out by a step at first
That is the third out for Left Outs here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 33569

FOFC will send Hays,
Barrett Blade, and James Rodney to face
Ferguson Jenkins this inning
Before getting ready
Hays checks out the defensive alignment
Hays is set for the pitch
Jenkins is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Fly ball to center
Wilson is under it
He makes the grab
One up, one down for FOFC

Blade departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Jenkins has the sign from Cochrane
Now Ferguson delivers
Blade hits a screamer at Lou Boudreau
Boudreau takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Robinson scoops it on one hop

Blade is out!
Nice play by Robinson
Two down

Gunner gets set at the plate
Gunner is hitting .257 against righties
Ferguson is ready
With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
That's three outs, side retired

Goslin leading off
Hunter studies his sign
Hunter kicks and fires
Swung on and missed by Goslin,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Goslin
FOFC gets the first out
here late in this contest

Billy Herman will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Herman steps out of the box...
Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign
After getting set, Herman
waits on the pitch
The righthander Hunter delivers
Another hook for strike three!
Herman just stood there looking
Left Outs leads 5 to 0 with
two away this inning

Boudreau is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Boudreau goes through his
routine of settling in
Boudreau waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Boudreau hits a deep fly
ball into the alley
Gerald Gazelle chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Gazelle hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Boudreau is into third with a triple
Now they check on Gazelle
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

Walking up to the plate now is Jenkins
Left Outs leading in the game
2 men away, Boudreau on third
Hunter looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hays
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Hunter
Now he is ready...
It's coming down the pike
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Jenkins fails to come through
in the clutch
For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker,
will lead off the inning
Ferguson Jenkins has been tough
FOFC has reached him for 2 hits
in the game so far
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Tucker at the plate
A. J. is ready for the delivery
Here's the 2 strike offering
A vicious cut by Tucker
And what a breeze he creates!
Strike three!
A. J. gave it his Sunday
punch... but missed
One gone for FOFC in the top of the 9th

Now batting will be Jeff Nights
The shortstop is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Left Outs leads FOFC by 5 runs
Nights looking for his first base knock
here this evening...
He is 0 for 3
Jenkins is ready quickly
The righthander Jenkins' delivery
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Vaughan...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two down for Jenkins
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will
get a crack at Jenkins next
Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next...
But only if Pflaggstettler
can reach safely
Persimmon comes to the plate batting .299
with 15 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Pflaggstettler is poised and
ready for the pitch
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Pflaggstettler
Hack Wilson is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Jeeberoni Potpie, will be up next
Deacon Palmer hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
Left Outs leads FOFC by 5 runs
Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit
Jenkins looks down at Cochrane
for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's the righthander's delivery
It busts inside on Potpie
And he can't get out of the way
He was hit by the pitch!
Potpie gets up and brushes himself off
He is staring out at Jenkins
Potpie takes first base on the HBP

Now batting will be Palmer
The third baseman for FOFC
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Jenkins adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Fastball, just inside to Palmer
So Palmer walks
A rare walk today by Jenkins
Only 2 issued in the game
That is certainly part of the reason
he now enjoys a 5 run lead

Gerald Gazelle is up for FOFC
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Harry Hays
Sparky Anderson is walking
down to the water cooler
Gerald is hitless on the evening, 0 for 3
He's due...
He cocks the bat as he
peers out at Jenkins
The runners step away from their bases
Jenkins is in a tough spot
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Goslin
And he pulls it in
And that will do it for FOFC
Left Outs wins 5 to 0
Jenkins gets credit for the win
He threw a shut-out at them
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for Left Outs
was Arky Vaughan
He was 2 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

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7/20 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/20/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .295 A.Vaughan SS 3 2 2 2 .313
J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .282 M.Cochrane C 4 0 0 0 .265
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 2 0 .301 H.Heilmann RF 4 0 2 0 .332
J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .286 H.Wilson CF 4 0 1 1 .285
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .325 F.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 1 .260
G.Gazelle LF 4 0 0 0 .284 G.Goslin LF 3 1 1 0 .300
H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .333 B.Herman 2B 4 0 1 1 .259
B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .257 L.Boudreau 3B 4 1 2 0 .269
R.Nielsen P 1 0 0 0 .111 F.Jenkins P 3 0 0 0 .200
A-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .153
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .261
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 33 5 10 5

A-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
Leftovers....... 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen LOSS(14-5) 4 6 4 4 1 4 1 73 3.08
J.Rodney 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 55 2.68
O.Hunter 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 5.32
Totals 8 10 5 5 2 10 2

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Jenkins WIN(9-8) 9 3 0 0 2 9 0 123 5.33
Totals 9 3 0 0 2 9 0

ATTENDANCE- 33,569 DATE- Friday, July 20th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Leftovers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Leftovers: 0
ERRORS- J.Nights
DOUBLES- G.Goslin(17th), B.Herman(6th)
TRIPLES- P.Pflaggstettler(7th), B.Blade(4th), L.Boudreau(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Vaughan(10th), F.Robinson(12th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Pflaggstettler(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Jenkins
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, D.Palmer, A.Vaughan, G.Goslin
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker-2, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, D.Palmer, G.Gazelle,
H.Hays, R.Nielsen, S.Gunner, A.Vaughan, M.Cochrane-3, H.Wilson,
G.Goslin-2, B.Herman, L.Boudreau, F.Jenkins
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Jeeberoni Potpie robbed Harry Heilmann of a base hit.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball



American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 62 43 .590 ---- 48
2001 Negro League I NLO 61 45 .575 1.5
2001 Old Timers OTH 56 50 .528 6.5
2001 Late 20th L20 55 51 .519 7.5
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 52 55 .486 11.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 41 64 .390 21.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 26 80 .245 36.5

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 68 37 .648 ---- 48
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 67 39 .632 1.5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 57 49 .538 11.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 55 50 .524 13.0
2001 Caribbean CAP 50 56 .472 18.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 49 56 .467 19.0
2001 Negro League II NLT 41 65 .387 27.5

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Manager Update

I sit at my desk and replay the events of the past few days. Howser is sitting across from me drinking a beer and sitting quietly. He knows that I’m beating myself up right now and he available for moral support if needed. He gets up, grabs a beer out of the cooler and hands it to me saying, “Alright…speak already.”

This breaks my introspection, I look up, offer a weak smile and take the beer. I open the beer, take a long pull and then say, “Wow, how quickly things change in this game. Just a few days ago we were cruising along, had a nice lead and we were hitting, pitching, and fielding great. Now we’ve lost 3 in a row and if I’m honest with myself, we could easily be on a 4 game losing streak. It took a ridiculous ninth inning for us to be Gomez earlier this week.”

“Still a long way to go Benton…” Dick replies in a matter of fact tone.

“Oh, I know. Don’t misunderstand, I’m not depressed. I still like our chances, I’m just looking back over things to determine if there was something I could have done differently that might have helped. You know, standard manager stuff.”

“Have you come up with anything?”

“A million things…” I pause…take another big tug on the beer…put it down, smirk and add, “and nothing at all…”

“So do you have a plan moving forward?” Dick asks with his own smirk.

“Yep, I was thinking we should try to win more,” at which point a rosin bag hits me in the shoulder. I roll my eyes because I know Sal’s at it again. I look past Dick to see Sal in the doorway.

“I like that plan, I go tell the guys.” I flip the rosin bag back. “But seriously I’m wanted you to know I’m going to have a … um … ‘talk’ with the guys. They have to know in no uncertain terms that we can’t be giving up 5 runs in 6 innings and think we’ve done our job. I’ve got to get the ship righted with the staff. Don’t worry, I’ll get this thing straightened out on my end,” and he starts to walk away.

I yell, “Sal, hang on…”

He pokes his head back in, “Yeah, skip?”

“Don’t beat them up too much. Our offense hasn’t be great lately either. In this losing streak the best we’ve done is 4 runs, and getting blanked tonight was painful.”

“Oh, I know…but batters aren’t my responsibility.”

I shake my head as he heads down the hall, knowing the staff is going to get an earful, but also knowing somehow, and for the life of me I can’t figure out how, he’ll chew on the hard for a bit, but ultimately, they’ll walk out of the meeting pumped up and loving Sal. I turn back to Dick and ask, “Where were we?”

“The plan moving forward?”

“Oh yeah. I’m not completely sure. For pitching we are kind of stuck without Bo in the pen. We desperately need the lefty late in games, and so right now we’ll have to stick with Mighty in the pen and Foz in the rotation. When Bo comes back we can reassess the rotation.”

“And the batting order?” Dick continues.

“I can’t decide. I’m leaning towards going back to our old lineup with Blade, Nights, Tucker, and Potpie at the top, but Blade is really struggling right now. His batting average has dropped almost 10 points this week, and Plaggsettler has played so well recently, I’ve liked having more power in the 3 hole. I’m just not sure.”

Dick grabs a couple more beers, hands me one and says, “Honestly Benton, I don’t think it is really going to matter. We are just in a cold streak right now. It isn’t our first of the season and with about 50 games left it won’t be our last. Things are going to turn back around soon and we’ll just open up a 4 game lead again. Don’t stress this, just keep managing the way you’ve been. Play your hunches, make your decisions and move on. You’ve done a phenomenal job up until now. Hell, Kronside was just telling me the other day how impressed he’s been with the team. That he came into the season feeling like we weren’t going to have a shot, but everyday he looks at the standings and he’s amazed we have the best record in the league and most of the other teams can’t even remotely keep pace. I think the players respect you and the job you are doing, and Lord knows they play hard for you. Keep your chin up and stay positive and things will work out.”

“Are you my assistant coach, or the team psychologist,” I ask?

“Well, I think I should get paid for both roles…I hear that psychologist job pulls in a nice salary just to be on retainer, and I’ll bet no one has ever even called him yet this season.”

“I know I haven’t, that’s what I have you for…”

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7/21 Radio Broadcast - Game 105


The pre-game ceremonies are over
and we're ready to get this one going

Barrett Blade strides to the plate
and here I think we're ready...

Carlton's finishing his warm-up tosses
It will be lefty versus righty
Blade is hitting .304 against southpaws
Here's Carlton's windup
And the lefthander comes home with it
Bouncer in the hole
and past Willie McCovey...
Base hit into right field!
That one had eyes on it
Good piece of hitting by Blade

Jeff Nights coming up
No score...
The ballgame is just under way
Nights wiggles the bat above his head
Nights readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander delivers
Nights hits a screamer at Arky Vaughan
Vaughan picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 1st

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Tucker
Tucker is batting .295 with
5 HR's this year
Carlton is slow to get ready

He has a 5.15 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
It's hit to the left of third
It's a base knock!
The ball glanced off of Vaughan's glove
Vaughan retrieved it, but not
in time to get Tucker
A. J. is safe on first with a single
No throw on the play

The first baseman, Jeeberoni
Potpie, is up next
Potpie swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Carlton
OK, it's 3 and 0
Potpie is looking for his pitch
Does he have the green light?
Carlton goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Tucker
Fires to McCovey...
Tucker is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Carlton comes home
Hard slider...
Potpie swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Goslin is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Jeeberoni

Gerald Gazelle is next
Gazelle has hit 20 home runs this year
Carlton looking in
He kicks and fires
LINE DRIVE
Foxx grabs it for the out
Score It: 5
After one half inning
FOFC on top 2 to 0

FOFC has taken the field
in the bottom of the first inning...

Here's how they look, defensively
In the outfield
Ton will play left
Tucker in center
Gazelle in right...
Around the diamond
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights and Blade
Make up the doubleplay combination...
Over at first Potpie
And a battery of Brian Babson
and Hays behind the plate
First batter for the Leftovers
Billy Herman steps in
Stepping out, Herman looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Herman is poised and ready for the pitch
Babson rocks and fires
Drilled on the ground to first
Potpie to Babson covering first
Score It: 3-1

The Leftovers will send
Mickey Cochrane up to the plate
Cochrane goes through his
routine of settling in
Cochrane gets ready for Babson's pitch
His bat is cocked
Now Brian delivers
Cochrane starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Babson walks him

"Slug" is coming to the plate
FOFC is set up for two
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Babson's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Cochrane dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Low, ball four...
Heilmann takes first

Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate
Duke is hitting at .297 on the year
He has 93 hits in 313 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 2 triples
30 home runs and 84 RBI's
Snider waits
It's coming down the pike
Grounded towards the middle
Nice play by Blade
Over to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
That's all for the Leftovers...
As we head to the top of
the second inning...
FOFC on top 2 to 0

The All Stars get their turn to bat
here in the top of the 2nd
Deacon Palmer, K. A. Ton, and Harry Hays
the first three FOFC batters
They'll be facing the southpaw
Steve Carlton
Palmer is batting .325 with
4 round trippers in 1900
Palmer is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The southpaw's 0-1 delivery
There's a drive to left by Palmer
Goslin picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Palmer turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Goslin

Planting his right foot
Ton is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Ton
Hitching up his pants...

Ton gazes out to the mound
Carlton looks down at Cochrane
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw Carlton delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Swung on and missed by Ton,
he's down on strikes
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Brian Babson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
FOFC leading in the game
Hays can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Harry is set for the pitch
The lefthander Carlton comes home with it
Base hit to right for Hays
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Palmer will stay at second

Babson looks to lay one down
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by S.Carlton
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Force Play To Pitcher
Score It: 1-5
The runner on second, Palmer, is out
Hays takes second
FOFC on top 2 to 0 with
two away this inning

The All Stars will send
Barrett Blade up to the plate
If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
The left-hander Carlton is now ready
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
Fastball, down the middle...
Blade swings and skies one to left
Goslin is at the fence...
Looks up...
Doesn't have a prayer...
It's a homer for Blade!
Number 3 for him this season
He also has 20 RBI's

Nights digs in at the plate
Ready now for Carlton to come set
Against lefthanders
Nights is hitting .297 this season
Carlton looks down at Cochrane
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Carlton brings it to the plate
Curve ball...
Nights swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That's three outs, side retired

Jimmie Foxx will step into the
box to start the inning
Left Outs would like to get
some runners on board
Babson asks for a new ball...
Rubs it down to get the shine off it...
Now he steps on the rubber again
The pitch to Foxx...
Fastball
Ball four

Facing Babson now is Goslin
Willie McCovey heads to the on deck circle
Arky Vaughan waits in the hole
Goslin is hitting .300 with 21 homeruns
Goose also has 17 doubles and 7 triples
And has driven in a total of 63 runs
Goslin is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Foxx is dancing off first
Babson checks Foxx on first...
The 2-1 delivery
Here's a high fastball, at the letters...
Goslin raps a hard grounder toward short
Nights takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up...
Flips over to second for one...
The throw to first...
Not in time!
Score it a force play
Speed on the bases helped Left Outs there
One down for Left Outs
Willie McCovey is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

The Leftovers' first baseman is up next
Left Outs has 1 on board with 1 out
The lefty hitting McCovey, will
face the righty Babson
22 of his 22 home runs
are against righties
All set, McCovey is ready for the pitch
Babson looks at the runner
The pitch
It's in on the hands
Inside... ball four
McCovey trots to first as
Goslin takes second

Vaughan leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
A sacrifice situation
Vaughan looks to third for the sign
I'll bet it will be a bunt
Tony LaRussa goes through his routine
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Babson looks over at McCovey
Now back at Goslin
He's coming home with it
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Vaughan looks at strike three
And there's two away

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Willie Stargell steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Babson
Stargell is batting .321 on the year
.326 as a pinch hitter
And that includes 3 home runs

Stargell is up now for Left Outs
Stargell is at .321 on the season
Babson is making his 23rd
start of the season
He brings it home
A sharp breaking curve...
Stargell was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Tucker turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Willie Stargell can touch them all

Now here's Herman
Herman looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Herman is ready
Babson's behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Tucker in center...
Picking it up in a hurry is Tucker...
Herman takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Mickey Cochrane, will be up next
Harry Heilmann hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
FOFC leads Left Outs by 2 runs
Mickey Cochrane is hitting .269 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Mickey is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch
The pitch is on the way
Bouncer to first
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That's all for Left Outs in
the bottom of the 2nd
They pick up 3 runs
After 2 innings,
FOFC still leads, 5-3
Herb Pennock will be coming
on to pitch for Left Outs
Herb has appeared in 54 games this season
He has a record of 8-9
in 112 innings
His ERA stands at 6.45

The FOFC center fielder, Tucker,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Gerald Gazelle
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the
lefty Herb Pennock
Pennock is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Pennock looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw Pennock's delivery
Ground ball through the middle
Herman ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
One out
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
Potpie is batting .288 with
27 HR's this year
Pennock eyes Potpie intently
With a 0-2 count... here's the pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Foxx plays it on one hop
Over to McCovey...
Out of there!
FOFC on top 5 to 3 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League leads Negro
League I 1 to 0
Caribbean is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0
Coimbre has hit his 13th
homerun for Caribbean
Old Timers and AL Post WWII
are all knotted at 1
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Johnson enjoying the big
Dead Ball Era lead
NL Post WWII slipping by
NL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Negro League II and Turn of
Century are scoreless

Here's Gerald Gazelle
Gerald is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 44 hits in 156 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Gazelle lined out his last time up
Gazelle awaits the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Gazelle hits a fly ball to left
Goose Goslin camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games

The power boys are due up for Left Outs
Heilmann will lead it off
He will be followed by Duke
Snider and Jimmie Foxx
Heilmann has 30 doubles this year
Heilmann gets set for the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Heilmann swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Harry Heilmann
One gone for Left Outs

That'll bring up center fielder,
Duke Snider...
FOFC leads by 2
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Snider at the plate
Snider awaits the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Changeup down low...
Snider makes contact and
hits one out to center
A. J. Tucker is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
Two gone for Left Outs

Babson glares in at Foxx
Jimmie Foxx just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
The umpire says let's go
Babson's into his windup... the pitch
Foxx hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer
Palmer picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Foxx is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That ends the inning
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 2

Deacon Palmer to lead it off for FOFC
Deacon is batting .327 with
4 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 1 today
Deacon stands with bat ready
The lefthander Pennock delivers
It's a high fly into left
Goslin ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
And there's one away

K. A. Ton, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Herb is ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Ton held up, and draws a walk
Pennock isn't happy at all with that call

Hays now at the plate
Brian Babson waits on deck
Hays is 1 for 1 today
Harry singled last time up
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Pennock waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw delivers
Hays swings and misses
Strike three
Hays didn't have a good cut at that pitch
That's the second out of the inning

Up steps Brian Babson,
the fine hitting pitcher for FOFC
He is no gimmee by any means for Pennock
And Herb studies the sign from Cochrane...
Now he's got it
Pennock brings it home
Grounded into the hole
Nice play by Vaughan
He throws
and gets the force at second
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Ton, is out
That's it for FOFC
Here at Overshadow Pk, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 3 runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Left Outs has stranded 2

Goslin will come up to lead off the
bottom of the 4th for Left Outs
So far this season
Goslin is hitting .293
when facing righthanded pitching
Goslin waits patiently
Brian rocks and fires
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Goslin swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Goose as he was heading for the dugout

"Stretch" will be up next
Willie, a lefty batter, will
square off against Babson
Of his 22 home runs, 22
are against righties
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
Swung on...
High fly ball into left
Not hit well
Ton is under it...
He's got it
Easy chance for K. A.
That's two away

Arky Vaughan will make his
way to home plate
He's the shortstop for Left Outs
Babson has the sign from Hays
With a 0-2 count
Babson kicks and fires
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Vaughan was frozen on that
fastball by Babson
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
That's all for the Leftovers...
After 4 innings here at Overshadow
Pk in Left Outs,
FOFC leads 5 to 3

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7/21 Radio Broadcast Continued

Blade is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
With 3 RBI's in the game
Blade has 20 on the season
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Pennock kicks and fires
There's a hard bouncer to Foxx's left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to McCovey...
Blade is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Jimmie Foxx!
One up, one down for FOFC

Nights heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Nights is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Jeff certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Pennock earn his salary
Nights awaits the delivery
The southpaw winds and delivers
Fastball, lined to center...
Base hit for Nights...
Snider over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Nights at first

Tucker coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Nights on first, with one away
Left Outs is set up for two
Herb peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
And the delivery by Pennock
The Whiff!
Pennock punches Tucker out!
Two down
Cochrane asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Cochrane and Pennock

So with 1 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their first baseman,
Jeeberoni Potpie, up to face Pennock
Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run
He's ready
Now Herb delivers
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Goslin one hands it...
Potpie is retired... and so is FOFC
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 3 runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 2

Herb Pennock, Billy Herman, and
Mickey Cochrane are due up
Babson has the sign from Hays
The righthander Babson's delivery
A jug-handled curve
Pennock goes out and gets it
It's a liner to center
Tucker will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Herb Pennock

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Billy Herman
Leftovers with 1 runner on base
The All Stars lead, 5-3
Herman is at .261 on the season
Babson is happy with the sign
The stretch... the delivery
Swung on and missed...
Herman is down on strikes
One away here in the bottom of the 5th
FOFC leads 5 to 3
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Japanese League is edging
Negro League I 1 to 0
Kaneda battling Williams
Caribbean slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1
AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 2 to 1
Ryan battling Galvin
Dead Ball Era besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
NL Post WWII toppling NL Pre WWII 8 to 1
Turn of Century leads Negro
League II 2 to 1

Cochrane up
The Leftovers have Pennock on first
FOFC is set up for two
Babson ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Here comes the cripple pitch
That's ball four
Cochrane will trot down to first
Pennock is now down on second

Harry Heilmann is up next
Left Outs' right fielder
finds 2 on with 1 out
Babson asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
The home town crowd is yelling
out to Pennock
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Babson delivers the 1-0 offering
Curve, up high...
Heilmann rips it to left...
Babson hung that breaking ball
However, Harry got under it just a bit
Ton started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
One more chance for Left Outs this inning

Duke Snider is up next
The Leftovers' center fielder
finds 2 on with 2 outs
Snider is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Snider waits on Babson
Babson brings it to the plate
It's right down the pike!
Strike three looking!
Babson crossed Snider up that time
That retires the side...
Duke Snider fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Gerald Gazelle, Deacon Palmer,
and K. A. Ton are due up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 5-3
Gazelle taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Gazelle is set for the pitch
Herb winds
Kicks... and delivers
Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Goslin is at the warning track...
HE STUMBLES!!!...
The ball rolls to the fence...
Gazelle coasts into second...
Gazelle will get a double
from the offical scorer

FOFC will send their third baseman
Deacon Palmer up to the plate

The on-deck batter K. A. Ton will be next
Followed by Harry Hays
Palmer is 1 for 2 today
Herb looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The lefty Pennock delivers
It's a curve up high...
Palmer rips this one toward left-center
Snider appears to have the
best shot at it...
But it is by him and to the fence...
Palmer rounds first...
A nice bounce right back to Snider
Palmer cruises into second
way ahead of the throw
where he is in with a stand-up double!
Of course, Gazelle scores easily
and FOFC goes up by 3

Herb Pennock gets the hook!
Sparky Anderson is walking to the mound
They've signaled for the righthander
Early Wynn will be coming on in relief
He'll be the 3rd hurler used by
the Leftovers this evening
Herb Pennock hands the ball over to
Sparky Anderson and walks off
Early Wynn is 3-7
with an 4.74 ERA in 59 appearances

That'll bring up All Stars'
left fielder K. A. Ton...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Ton looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for K. A.
Wynn adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Wynn brings it to the plate
Fastball, low and inside...
Ton goes down after it...
He lines one deep to center...
Snider is back at the fence...
Waits...

Jumps high...
CAN'T GET IT!... It's a HOME RUN!
K. A. comes through for FOFC
That's number 10 for Ton

The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat
FOFC leads 8 to 3 in the top of the 6th
Hays is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .335 on the year
Hays cocks his bat
Wynn's 3-1 pitch...
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into left by Hays
That's 2 hits for Hays this game

Babson squares around
He lays a beauty down the first base line
Wynn and McCovey collide
going for the ball
McCovey recovers, picks it up
and fires to first
OUT!!
Credit Brian Babson with a sacrifice
That's one away

The second baseman, Barrett Blade
will be up next for FOFC
One out, man on second
Wynn adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Cochrane
Early looks over his shoulder at Hays
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Blade
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
A base hit should score Hays
Wynn steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
"Gus" fires it home...
Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Nights will take first on the walk
Number 1 today for Nights

A. J. Tucker steps up to the plate
Tucker is one of the best hitters around
Wynn shakes off his sign
Now he's set
Here it comes
Liner drilled to second
Herman reaches
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 4
And that will do it for FOFC

Jimmie Foxx is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Left
Outs to get things going
Right hand hitting Foxx is 0 for 1 today
He has banged out 25 home runs this year
A very tough out for Babson
Babson steps on the rubber
And the cripple pitch...
Swung on, liner towards second...
Blade leaps...
He can't come up with it!
No chance for either Blade or Gazelle
That one had base hit written all over it

Nobody out, Foxx at first
Now up is Goslin
Goslin is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Brian gets the sign from Hays
Babson's righthanded delivery...
A low change-up by Babson...
Goslin chases it...
Manages a slow bouncer to Nights...
He takes it, tosses it to Blade...
Getting the force on Foxx
The relay back to first...
Not in time...
Goslin beats the throw by a step
With one down, up next is Willie McCovey
To be followed by Arky Vaughan

McCovey up
The Leftovers have Goslin on first
McCovey is 0 for 1 today
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging McCovey
He brings it home
Hard slider...
And McCovey takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
With two gone, FOFC leads 8 to
3 in the bottom of the 6th

Vaughan leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Vaughan is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Arky certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Babson earn his salary
Babson has a 4-hitter going
through 5 2/3 innings
Babson checks Goslin on first
Now the 1-1 pitch
Belted right back at Blade
He snares it just before
it hits the ground
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 8 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 3 runs,
4 hits and no errors
Left Outs has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box
Potpie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Wynn
He's waiting for the pitch
Early rocks and fires
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
So one up and one gone

Gerald Gazelle, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Gerald comes to the plate batting .285
with 20 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Gazelle waits
It's coming down the pike
Fastball...
Gazelle jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Goslin after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Goose Goslin!
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 5

Deacon Palmer will face Wynn
Righty against righty
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
Palmer gets set for the pitch
The righthander Wynn delivers
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Palmer rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Wynn looks dejected on the mound

Next up for FOFC is K. A. Ton
Ton is hitting .259 against righthanders
Ton waits for the delivery
Righthander Wynn's delivery
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Ton gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
McCovey grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Ton for the out
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Frank Robinson steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Babson
Robinson is batting .260 on the year
with 12 home runs

Robinson steps to the plate
It's the bottom of the 7th
here at Overshadow Pk
FOFC on top 9 to 3
Robinson is batting .260
with 12 HR's this year
Babson is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Brian has a 7 and 9 record
with 3 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
While we wait for Billy Herman
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Japanese League slipping by
Negro League I 2 to 0
Late 20th and Caribbean
are all knotted at 3
Piazza has hit his 17th
homerun for Late 20th
AL Post WWII is in front
of Old Timers 4 to 1
Dead Ball Era besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
NL Post WWII toppling NL Pre WWII 8 to 1
Turn of Century leads Negro
League II 2 to 1
OK, let's see if Left Outs can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 6

Herman finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Herman looks for a sign from third
Tony LaRussa delivers it to Billy
Billy is 1 for 3 today
struck out his last at bat
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Ripped to third, but right
at Palmer...easy out
That's the second out of the inning

Mickey Cochrane will get
a crack at Babson next
Harry Heilmann would be up next...
But only if Cochrane can reach safely
Mickey is hitting at .264 on the year
He has 89 hits in 337 at bats
This includes 12 doubles, 2 triples
10 home runs and 44 RBI's
After getting set, Cochrane
waits on the pitch
Babson winds and delivers
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Cochrane swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Mickey as he was heading for the dugout
That is the third out for Left Outs here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48956
Bob Lemon will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Bob has appeared in 32 games this season
He has a record of 2-6
in 49 innings
His ERA stands at 8.88

FOFC will send Hays,
Brian Babson, and Barrett Blade to face
Bob Lemon this inning
Hays has hit 10 home runs this year
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now he brushes off another one...
Lemon's money pitch is a sinking fastball
but he is slightly wild
Lemon brings it to the plate
Hays pounds a grounder toward
Vaughan at short
Arky moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Vaughan stayed with it
Over to first and Hays is retired
Nice play by the Left Outs short stop
That's one away

Treacy gets set at the plate
Treacy is hitting .291 against righties
Lemon is ready quickly
Lemon fires
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Lemon's obviously peeved at that call
But Sean tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Blade comes to the plate
One out, Treacy at first
Blade is 2 for 4 today, with 1 home run
Lemon gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
The righthander delivers
Base hit to left for Blade
Treacy is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Treacy will stay at second

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 3 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Lemon
Nights is hitting .275 versus
righties this year
Of his 11 homeruns,
7 came while facing righties
Nights, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Lemon
Lemon rocks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Vaughan
Over to second for one
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 8th

The big guys are due up for Left Outs
Heilmann will lead it off
He will be followed by Duke
Snider and Jimmie Foxx
Heilmann has hit 17 home runs this year
Jace gets the sign from Hays
Now Jace delivers
Fastball, up at the letters...
Heilmann swings...
Skies on to deep right
Gazelle racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Heilmann motors easily into second
As Gazelle throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Heilmann to second

The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside waves it off...
Now he's happy
Nights trying to slip in behind Heilmann
Now he slips away
Here's the 1-2 offering
Snider tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Kronside took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Snider way out in front
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

That'll bring up Leftovers' third
baseman Jimmie Foxx...
Leftovers with a runner in scoring
position at second
Kronside shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Driven down the line
Stan Gunner giving chase
It one-hops the fence
Foxx running hard out of the box
Gunner corrals the ball
Foxx digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
Heilmann scores from second!

While Willie McCovey heads
for the on deck circle
Goose Goslin makes his way to the plate
Goose is hitless on the evening, 0 for 3
He's due...
Goose is eagerly awaiting Kronside's pitch
Foxx seems to be looking down at Hays
Maybe hopes to pick up a sign
Here's the 3-1 offering
In the dirt
That's ball four

McCovey saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Willie is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Set now is McCovey
Jace checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
McCovey dribbles one toward Barrett Blade
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the umpire
The first base coach is having a tizzy fit
That's out number two
All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie,
is out to talk with Kronside
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Making his way up is Vaughan
Vaughan is batting .310 with
10 round trippers in 1900
Arky waits...
He steps out as Kronside takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Runners on second and third
Kronside takes the full windup
The arm comes around...
And the 2 strike pitch
Swung on and missed...
Vaughan is down on strikes
That does it for Left Outs here
in the bottom of the 8th
But they pick up 1 run
So After 8 innings, FOFC ahead 9 to 4

Here's Tucker to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Japanese League nipped Negro
League I 3 to 2
Oh has hit his 36th homerun
for Japanese League
He must be eating his Wheaties
Late 20th squeezed by Caribbean 5 to 3
AL Post WWII gets an easy win
over Old Timers 8 to 2
Dead Ball Era spanked AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
NL Post WWII gets an easy win
over NL Pre WWII 8 to 2
Negro League II nipped Turn
of Century 3 to 2
Tucker is 1 for 4 today
A. J. lined out last time around
Full count on the batter, 3-2
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
It's a rocket over first
McCovey leaps
He's got it!
Look at that smile on his face
FOFC with one away
Lemon steps off the mound as
he waits for Jeeberoni Potpie to
come to the plate

Walking up to the plate now is Potpie
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Potpie is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .285 on the year
He's ready
Now Bob delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Herman ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Lemon
Bob nods "UH HUH"

Two away, nobody on
Gazelle comes to the plate for FOFC
Gazelle grips the bat handle
The count is nothing and 2
Gazelle has to protect the plate
And the delivery by Lemon
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Foxx plays it on one hop
Over to McCovey...
Out of there!
And that retires the side

Now batting for the Leftovers...
Hack Wilson...
He'll pinch hit for Bob Lemon
Billy Herman is on-deck

Wilson saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Wilson a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Knowles
Hack steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch
It's a routine fly into left
Gunner ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One away in the bottom of
the 9th for Left Outs

Nobody on, one away for Left Outs
Up now is Herman
Billy is batting .259 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 4 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Knowles shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Knowles leans back and fires
Checked swing
Slow bouncer toward third
Palmer scrambles in
Picks it up
Flicks it quickly to Potpie
SAFE!
Who shot Billy out of a cannon?!

Cochrane is up next
Left Outs has a runner
at first and one out
Cochrane has a .267 average against
righthanders this season
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Knowles kicks and fires
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Gerald Gazelle moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Gazelle grabs it with his
bare hand for the out

Harry Heilmann is entering
the batter's box
Sparky Anderson has his big
bopper, Duke Snider,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Heilmann has hit 17 home runs this year
Knowles tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
And the cripple pitch...
Knowles' fastball is ripped toward first
Potpie can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Herman was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Heilmann
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Duke Snider

Duke Snider, the Left Outs center fielder,
steps into the batter's box
FOFC on top 9 to 4
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Duke is batting .293 with 30
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 4 today
Snider tells the umpire he's ready
Knowles' righthanded delivery...
Knowles bores one right down the pike
Strike three swinging!
Superb fastball that time
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 9 to 4
Babson gets credit for the win
Carlton takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Barrett Blade
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

[Breeze]

7/21 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/21/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 1 3 3 .263 B.Herman 2B 5 0 2 0 .262
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .281 M.Cochrane C 3 0 0 0 .263
A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 0 .294 H.Heilmann RF 4 1 1 0 .331
J.Potpie 1B 5 1 1 2 .284 D.Snider CF 5 0 0 0 .292
G.Gazelle RF 5 1 1 0 .281 J.Foxx 3B 3 0 2 1 .316
D.Palmer 3B 4 2 3 2 .331 G.Goslin LF 3 1 0 0 .298
K.Ton LF 3 1 1 2 .272 W.McCovey 1B 3 1 0 0 .259
B-S.Gunner LF 0 0 0 0 .261 A.Vaughan SS 4 0 0 0 .309
H.Hays C 4 1 2 0 .336 S.Carlton P 0 0 0 0 .255
B.Babson P 2 1 0 0 .093 A-W.Stargell PH 1 1 1 3 .329
D-S.Treacy PH 0 0 0 0 .268 H.Pennock P 1 0 1 0 .200
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .125
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-F.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .259
B.Lemon P 0 0 0 0 .400
E-H.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .283
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 9 13 9 Totals 34 4 7 4

A-Pinch Hit For Carlton In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Babson In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 9 13 1
Leftovers....... 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 7 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson WIN(8-9) 7 4 3 3 5 8 1 120 3.64
J.Kronside 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 23 2.24
S.Knowles 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 1.66
Totals 9 7 4 3 6 11 1

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Carlton LOSS(6-6) 2 6 5 5 0 2 2 37 5.40
H.Pennock 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 44 6.44
E.Wynn 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 31 4.81
B.Lemon 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 8.53
Totals 9 13 9 9 3 6 4

ATTENDANCE- 48,956 DATE- Saturday, July 21st 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Leftovers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Leftovers: 2
ERRORS- G.Gazelle
DOUBLES- G.Gazelle(9th), D.Palmer(15th), J.Foxx(28th)
HOME RUNS- B.Blade(3rd), J.Potpie(27th), D.Palmer(5th), K.Ton(10th),
W.Stargell(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Babson
WALKS- J.Nights, K.Ton, S.Treacy, M.Cochrane-2, H.Heilmann, J.Foxx, G.Goslin,
W.McCovey
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, J.Nights, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, K.Ton, H.Hays, B.Herman,
M.Cochrane, H.Heilmann, D.Snider-3, G.Goslin, W.McCovey,
A.Vaughan-3
GIDP- J.Nights-2, D.Snider

[Blade]

I admit that I haven't been in the Dynasty forum for quite a while, but Travis told me this was going on again. Very good stuff, though I really hope that 3 for 5 night spells a turn around for me at the plate...

;)

[Breeze]

I admit that I haven't been in the Dynasty forum for quite a while, but Travis told me this was going on again. Very good stuff, though I really hope that 3 for 5 night spells a turn around for me at the plate...

;)

Glad you are back...I hope the 3 for 5 is a good sign too...we'll need you to play well down the stretch...

[Breeze]

7/22 Radio Broadcast - Game 106

What a great day for a baseball game
If you can't be here today
I hope you are outdoors listening
One couldn't ask for a better sunny day

The players are taking the field
After a few warm-up pitches by Sutton
We should be ready, in today's contest
It will be Left Outs against FOFC

OK, it looks like the game
is about to begin
The Leftovers' hurler winds and delivers
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Blade hits it into the hole
on the right side
Herman ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Blade is out by a step at first
Sutton retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 1st

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights goes through his routine
of settling in
Sutton looks down at Cochrane for the sign
Now he's ready
Sutton fires
Nights tries to hold up
Cochrane points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two down
Sutton retires two in a row

Settling in at the plate is Tucker
Sutton is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Sutton looks in...
Now he's ready
Sutton brings it to the plate
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Tucker gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Robinson grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Tucker for the out
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the Leftovers coming up

The second baseman Herman will
start things off for the Leftovers
John is ready
Williams rocks and fires
Line shot
and it catches the mound!
Nice bounce right to third
Palmer takes his time
and throws Herman out
A sure hit turned into an easy out!
Score It: 5-3
Left Outs with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Mickey Cochrane to
come to the plate

Left Outs catcher, Mickey
Cochrane, is up next
Cochrane has a .250 average
against lefthanders
He is .263 overall
Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes
With a 2 strike count
Williams kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Cochrane watches it go
by for the third strike
Two up, two down for the Leftovers

Planting his right foot
Heilmann is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Heilmann
Heilmann is batting .331 with
17 homers this year
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Heilmann pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gazelle will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Heilmann retreats to first
after a wide turn

Two out, Heilmann at first
Coming up is Jimmie Foxx
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Foxx swings and misses
Strike three
Foxx didn't have a good cut at that pitch
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
By the way, Left Outs is 6 and
4 in their last ten games

Potpie is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Sutton studies his sign
Now to the belt, here it is...
Swung on and drilled into center
Wilson going back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 7 foot high fence
And there's Potpie around first base
coming into second and stands
up for a double
That's 17 doubles for Potpie on the year

And it brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler
On deck is Deacon Palmer
Gerald Gazelle in the hole
Pflaggstettler is at .301 on the season
Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery
Sutton brings it to the plate
Big motion...
Pflaggstettler is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Sutton pulled the string on him
That's one away

And the batter is Deacon Palmer
Gerald Gazelle is on-deck
Deacon Palmer is hitting .300 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Palmer waiting on the delivery
It's coming down the pike
It's a fly ball to center
Wilson is on his horse
Running with the crack of the bat
And he tracks it down nicely!
Potpie holds second
Sutton gets the second out of the inning
I was talking to Don before the game about
how he pitches to various batters
He said he goes over the batters
before the game
with Sparky Anderson and Cochrane
When he gets on the mound
he doesn't like to think too much
He says it gives him "brain cramps"!
Considering his current ERA of 7.47
he needs to do something different!

Next up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gazelle is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Sutton
He's waiting for the pitch
Sutton brings it to the plate
Great change up...
Gazelle out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Wilson
Wilson charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the center fielder
That does it in the top of the 2nd
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After 1 and a half innings, No score

Wilson saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Wilson grips the bat handle
Wilson waits for the pitch
Williams brings it to the plate
Hot line drive to short
Nights leaps
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
One down for Left Outs
Frank Robinson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

Nobody on base, one away
Robinson steps into the batter's box
Frank is batting .259 in
228 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Goose Goslin
He's ready
Williams kicks, delivers
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Robinson is out
That's the second out of the inning

Goslin finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
We'll see how they pitch to Goslin
Goslin is poised and ready for the pitch
Williams brings it home
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League is edging
Negro League I 1 to 0
Old Timers with the lead over
AL Post WWII 5 to 2
Williams has hit his 21st homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII is pounding
Dead Ball Era 7 to 0
Gehrig has hit his 28th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League II 3 to 1
Young and Brewer currently dueling

Here's the catcher Bullock
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by John Williams
And then Barrett Blade
Bullock is batting .266 with
16 round trippers in 1900
All set, Bullock is ready for the pitch
Here's the 3-2 pitch
The pitch is just inside
and Bullock holds up
Cochrane points down at
the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!

Now here's Williams
The outfield shades towards
left for Williams
Williams readies himself for the pitch
Sutton goes into his windup
Here it comes
There's a fly ball to Harry Heilmann
Heilmann circles under it...
He makes the play
Two down
Cochrane asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Cochrane and Sutton

Now at the plate will be Blade
second baseman for FOFC today
Blade steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Barrett waits...
He steps out as Sutton takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the righthander's delivery
Blade cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Cochrane
Blade was badly fooled by Sutton's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Barrett was a little overanxious
1-2-3, nothing across...

Arky Vaughan is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Left
Outs to get things going
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The lefty Williams delivers
Vaughan swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Vaughan is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A whistling two-bagger for Arky Vaughan

Sutton squares, and bunts it down the line
Palmer picks it up and fires to first
OUT by a whisker
Had Sutton been a left-handed hitter
He might have had a hit
Score it a sacrifice
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Billy Herman is up next
Left Outs' second baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
Billy is hitting at .261 on the year
He has 58 hits in 222 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Herman grounded out his last time up
Herman waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefthander Williams delivers
There's a major league pop-up
Palmer is under it...
Waiting...
A quick step backward and makes the catch

Two gone, Vaughan at third
Batting now is Mickey Cochrane
Cochrane looks for a sign from third
Tony LaRussa delivers it to Mickey
Mickey is 0 for 1 today
struck out his last at bat
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Swings...
HIt's up the middle, past the pitcher
It's through into centerfield
for a base hit
Tucker is up with it off the grass
And throws it in to Blade at second
Vaughan scores easily
That's RBI number 45 for Cochrane in 1900
Left Outs leads 1 to 0

Harry Heilmann is up next
The Leftovers' right fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Heilmann wiggles the bat above his head
Williams eyes Heilmann intently
Williams kicks and fires
Hard slider...
Heilmann swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Gazelle is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
A two run blast by Harry

Jimmie Foxx will get a crack
at Williams next
Hack Wilson would be up next...
But only if Foxx can reach safely
Foxx having a great year in 1900
He is 8th in the league
in slugging average
with a fine .589 mark
He also has 25 home runs
Foxx concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Here's his delivery
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Blade is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Left Outs is finally retired in
the bottom of the 3rd...
After a 3 run outburst,
they lead FOFC by 3

Don Sutton, out there on the
mound for Left Outs
prepares to face Jeff Nights
to get the 4th inning underway
here in Overshadow Pk
Nights is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Jeff certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Sutton earn his salary
Nights is set for the 1-0 pitch
Don winds his right arm
Lets it go
Sinking fastball...
Nights goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Vaughan...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Nights is out by a step
And there's one away

Next up is A. J. Tucker, the
FOFC center fielder
Sutton is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Now ready, here it is...
There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker
Wilson sprints over, and makes the catch
Two out, nobody on
Left Outs ahead 3 to 0

Potpie coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Don looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Sutton's windup... the delivery
Potpie swings, foul tipped
Cochrane hangs on to it
Strike out for Sutton
Number 5 on the day
Three up, three down for FOFC

Leading off for the Leftovers
is the center fielder Wilson
He'll be followed by Frank Robinson
And then Goose Goslin
The right-handed Wilson will
be facing the southpaw
5 of his 10 home runs come via this route
Williams is happy with the sign
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 3-2 pitch
Wilson rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Pflaggstettler is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler
One gone for Left Outs

Walking up to the plate now is Robinson
Goose Goslin waits on deck
Robinson has hit 4 triples this year
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Blade races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Robinson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Sinking fastball...
Robinson swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down

Goose Goslin steps in against Williams
Left-hander against left-hander
Goslin scuffs up the lines around the box
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Goose brings the bat back...
The windup, the pitch
Fly ball to left
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 3-0, Left Outs

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7/22 Radio Broadcast Continued

FOFC will send up Persimmon
Pflaggstettler,
Deacon Palmer and Gerald Gazelle
to face Sutton
They'll try to get something going
here in the top of the 5th
Pflaggstettler has hit 15
home runs this year
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now Sutton shakes off another one...
Don is a finesse pitcher and
always in playing shape
Sutton will have to come
in with this 3-0 pitch
Here it comes...
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Pflaggstettler will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .402 OBP this year

Palmer departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Sutton rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Here's the 3-2 offering
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Heilmann one hands it...
OUT!
One away...
Robinson is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Foxx also...
Now they return to their positions

Gazelle digs in at the plate
Ready now for Sutton to come set
Gazelle is taking his practice swings
Gerald is 0 for 1 this afternoon
Gazelle looks very intent...
He stares down at Sutton...
Cocks his bat
Sutton's righthanded delivery...
Gazelle watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Gerald,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Sutton just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Pflaggstettler sneaks away from the base
Big sweeping curve...
Pflaggstettler is running on the pitch
And here's the overhand throw...
Nobody's covering second!...
The throw sails into centerfield...
Wilson is on the ball quickly...
Pflaggstettler is unable to recover
in time to take third...
They are giving him a steal on the play

Billy Bullock steps into the box
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Bullock, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Sutton
The righthander Sutton delivers
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

John Williams, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Two men on, two men out
The right-hander Sutton is set
to deliver to Williams
Don checks the runners
Here's the 3-0 offering
Williams drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Bullock is out!
Double for Williams

The shortstop Vaughan
will lead off for the Leftovers
He'll be followed by Don Sutton
And then Billy Herman
Vaughan looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Williams toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
The lefthander winds and delivers
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One down for Left Outs
Don Sutton is still in the on-deck circle
and Billy Herman is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Don Sutton is up to face John Williams
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Sutton...
Gazelle over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Sutton at first

Sutton sneaks away from the base
Williams' throws over have been effective
Sutton has a shorter lead now
He must be getting tired
diving back into the bag

Herman is up next
Left Outs has a runner
at first and one out
Looking for his first hit today
Herman is 0 for 2
Herman is set
The lefthander delivers
It's popped up into foul territory
Billy Bullock is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

So with 1 on and 2 outs
Left Outs sends their catcher,
Mickey Cochrane, up to face Williams
Hard-hitting Harry Heilmann is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Sutton will be running if it's hit
Williams likes the sign
Now John delivers
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Mickey looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
That's all for the Leftovers
After 5 innings in Left
Outs this afternoon,
Left Outs ahead 3 to 1

Barrett Blade up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Blade is 0 for 2 today
Sutton has the sign he wants
Don rocks and fires
Lined to third
Foxx makes a great catch!
Score It: 5
Sutton retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 6th

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights has a .272 average against
righthanders this season
Jeff steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Sutton's pitch
And the delivery by Sutton
Grounded towards third
Foxx scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S OUT!
And there's two away

Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Tucker is 0 for 2 today
Sutton tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Don will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Soft liner to second
Herman makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 5 and a half innings
Left Outs has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 2

The big guys are due up for Left Outs
Heilmann will lead it off
He will be followed by Jimmie
Foxx and Hack Wilson
Heilmann is 2 for 2 today
And John studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
It's a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
It's a routine fly into left
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One out
The Leftovers have a 2 run lead


Coming up for Left Outs is Jimmie Foxx
Nobody on base, one out
Foxx is at .314 on the season
Williams looks down at
Bullock for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Foxx hits a screamer at Jeff Nights
Nights picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Foxx is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two gone for Left Outs

Making his way up is Wilson
Hack is 0 for 2 today
Now he steps out a moment
to adjust his belt
He's back in the batter's box now
John gets the sign from Bullock
The southpaw's 2-0 delivery
Slider, down and away...
Wilson reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Palmer is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Gazelle is hustling after it...
Wilson with the big turn...
The throw from Gazelle goes into second
And Wilson holds at first

Slowly coming up is Robinson for Left Outs
He is finally in the batter's box
Left Outs leads 3 to 1
Frank is batting .257 with 12
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Robinson is ready
Here's the 1-1 offering
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Robinson rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Williams looks dejected on the mound

Up next for the Leftovers
Goose Goslin, the left fielder...
If he gets on, Arky Vaughan would bat next
Goslin is 0 for 2 today
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Hit hard back through the box
And it takes a funny hop over to third
Palmer has got it and throws to first
In time!
That one caught a piece of the mound!
Score It: 5-3
After 6 innings today,
the Leftovers lead by 4

Cochrane fires the ball down to Vaughan
He starts it around the infield
To Herman, Robinson
And then to Foxx walking it over to Sutton
Potpie steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the top of the 7th
Potpie is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .286 on the year
Potpie is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Sutton's 0-1 pitch...
Potpie pounds a grounder toward
Vaughan at short
Arky moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Vaughan stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Left Outs short stop
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I and Japanese League
are all knotted at 2
Paige battling Sugishita
Old Timers is crushing
AL Post WWII 15 to 3
AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Dead Ball Era 9 to 3
NL Post WWII and NL Pre WWII are tied at 1
Turn of Century is pounding
Negro League II 10 to 3
Wilson has hit his 19th homerun
for Negro League II

Now batting will be Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Sutton shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to right
Harry Heilmann camps under it
He's got it
That's out number two
Sparky Anderson moving around
Hollers something down at Sutton
Don nods "UH HUH"

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Palmer
Palmer is taking his practice swings
Deacon is 0 for 2 this afternoon
He flied out last time at bat
The umpire says let's go
Here's the pitch
LINE DRIVE
Vaughan makes a nice play on it
Score It: 6
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 6 and a half innings,

Left Outs leads 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Vaughan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Vaughan is at .310 on the season
Rodney looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!

Walking up now to the plate is Sutton
Sutton a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Rodney
James looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Rodney goes into his windup
Here it comes
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Sutton is down on strikes
Number 1 here today for Rodney
Two away now for Left Outs
They're ahead by 4
The Leftovers have 7 hits on the afternoon

Now batting for Left Outs will be
their second baseman, Billy Herman
The Leftovers are out in front by 4
We are in the bottom of the 7th
We'll see how they pitch to Herman
Herman tells the umpire he's ready
James rocks and fires
Herman swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That is the third out for Left Outs here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48639

Gerald Gazelle to lead it off for FOFC
Gazelle is 0 for 2 today
Gerald struck out last time around
The count is nothing and 2
Gazelle has to protect the plate
The righthander Sutton's delivery
Fastball...
Gazelle jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Heilmann after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Harry Heilmann!
Left Outs gets the first out
here late in this contest

Bullock is up now for FOFC
Bullock is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Bullock awaits the delivery
Sutton leans back and fires
Bullock hits a fly ball to center
Hack Wilson camps under it
He's got it
Two down
Don Sutton retires
the first two batters in order

Fouts now at the plate
Barrett Blade waits on deck
Sutton's sittin' in the catbird seat...
He has completely shut down the All Stars
He also has a 4 run lead to work with
And now the pitch...
Hard slider...
Fouts swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Heilmann is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Dan

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Left Outs leads 5 to 2
Don peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The righthander Sutton delivers
It's a smash over short
Vaughan leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Blade makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Jeff Nights, will be up next
A. J. Tucker hopes to get a chance as well
One on... two away
Left Outs leads FOFC by 3 runs
Blade will be running if it's hit
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Sutton waves it off...
Now he's happy
Righthander Sutton's delivery
Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Nights

Sparky Anderson is on his way
to the mound for Left Outs
That will do it for Don Sutton today
The right hander, Bob Lemon
will be coming on
He has 33 previous appearances
He is 2 and 6 with a 8.53 ERA
Tucker awaits

A. J. Tucker makes his way to home plate
A base hit should score Nights
Bob gets the sign from Cochrane
Lemon brings it to the plate
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Goslin
And he has it
FOFC gets 2 in the top of the 8th
After 7 and a half innings,
Left Outs leads by 2

Here's Cochrane to lead off the inning
Before he does, lets check out how
the Leftovers have been playing lately
Left Outs is 6 and 4 in
their last ten games
Cochrane is batting .263
with 10 HR's this year
Rodney gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Cochrane!
One up, one down

One out, nobody on base
Left Outs ahead 5 to 3 in the eighth
Here comes Harry Heilmann to face Rodney
Heilmann is at .333 on the season
Bullock flashes the sign to Rodney
The pitch is on the way
Heilmann gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward right
Pflaggstettler is heading back...
At the fence
And he makes the catch for the out!
Rodney breathes a sigh of relief
Two gone for Left Outs

"The Beast" settles in...
Foxx steps out of the box...
Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign
Jimmie steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
And the righthander starts to work on Foxx
Here comes the pitch
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Fouts
It's by him...
Gazelle comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Foxx to a single

Wilson is up next
Two out with Foxx at first
Wilson is one of the best hitters around
Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Wilson
Now James delivers
Wilson crushes it...
Gerald Gazelle starts back...

baaack....


baaaaack...
But no chance for this blast...
Wilson can put another notch
in his bat handle...
He gave that ball a very nice ride
Two ribbies for the Left
Outs center fielder

Robinson leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Robinson wiggles the bat above his head
Rodney wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
And the cripple pitch...
Swung on...
High fly ball into right
Not hit well
Pflaggstettler is under it...
He's got it
Easy chance for Persimmon
That will do it for Left Outs
Nip-and-tuck here at Overshadow
Pk this afternoon
FOFC coming in for their last shot
They need 4 to tie, and only
5 to take the lead!
Could be just a "wee" bit difficult...

The heart of the order will be up for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie to lead things
off in the top of the 9th
Potpie grips the bat handle
Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting
Lemon's pitch
Lemon brings it to the plate
Potpie fouls it back
Way back into the upper deck
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Potpie was frozen on that
fastball by Lemon
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Nobody on base, one out
Pflaggstettler adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Persimmon is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler
Lemon brings it to the plate
It's a high fly to deep center
Wilson is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Hack jumps...
Leaping catch... No, it
pops out of his glove
Pflaggstettler will get a two-base hit

Gonzalez strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
David Gonzalez is hitting .290 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Gonzalez cocks his bat
Lemon looks back towards second...

The pitch
Gonzalez goes after the fastball...
It's a base hit by Vaughan...
Pflaggstettler only moves down to third
and that's where he'll hold
as the ball was hit very sharply
making it impossible for him to score

Here's Gerald Gazelle
The infield is back
They are looking for the double play
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Gazelle
He's 0 for 3 today
Gazelle waits on Lemon
Lemon brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Gazelle
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Gonzalez will stay at second

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Billy Bullock
All Stars with 2 runners on base
Leftovers have the lead, 7-4
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Bullock looks to third for a sign
Bullock awaits the pitch
Here comes the cripple pitch
Bullock tops one right to Vaughan
Over to Robinson for the easy out

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Dan Fouts
Dan Fouts is the next batter
this sunny afternoon
A single could plate two runs
Lemon looks down at Cochrane for the sign
Now he's ready
Lemon checks the runners
Hot shot grounded to second
Herman grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for FOFC
Left Outs wins 7 to 4
Sutton gets credit for the win
Lemon notches the save
Williams takes the loss
The hitting star for Left Outs
was Harry Heilmann
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.

[Breeze]

7/22 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/22/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .263 B.Herman 2B 4 0 0 0 .258
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 1 .281 M.Cochrane C 4 1 1 1 .262
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .292 H.Heilmann RF 4 1 2 2 .332
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .284 J.Foxx 3B 4 1 1 0 .315
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 2 1 0 .301 H.Wilson CF 4 2 2 2 .288
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .327 F.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 2 .259
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Goslin LF 3 0 0 0 .296
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 0 .296 A.Vaughan SS 3 1 1 0 .309
G.Gazelle LF 4 0 1 1 .280 D.Sutton P 2 0 1 0 .163
B.Bullock C 3 0 0 0 .262 B.Lemon P 0 0 0 0 .400
J.Williams P 2 0 1 1 .152
A-D.Fouts 3B 2 1 1 1 .271
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 32 7 9 7

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Williams In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 - 4 8 0
Leftovers....... 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 - 7 9 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams LOSS(10-2) 6 7 5 5 0 4 2 97 3.72
J.Rodney 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 25 2.91
Totals 8 9 7 7 0 6 3

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Sutton WIN(8-5) 7 2/3 5 3 3 2 6 1 108 7.32
B.Lemon SAVE(2nd) 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 1 0 24 8.48
Totals 9 8 4 4 2 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,639 DATE- Sunday, July 22nd 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Leftovers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Leftovers: 0
DOUBLES- J.Nights(28th), J.Potpie(17th), P.Pflaggstettler(18th), J.Williams,
A.Vaughan(15th)
HOME RUNS- D.Fouts(15th), H.Heilmann(18th), H.Wilson(11th), F.Robinson(13th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Pflaggstettler(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Sutton
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, B.Bullock
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, J.Nights, J.Potpie-2, P.Pflaggstettler, G.Gazelle,
B.Bullock, M.Cochrane-3, J.Foxx, A.Vaughan, D.Sutton

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TSPC Television – SportsZone


3…2…1…floor producer points to Ken Dawl, one of the talking heads on the Total Sports Programming Channel that is currently hosting…

“Good Morning, and welcome SportsZone…Ken Dawl here, along with my sidekick, like Robin to Batman, Dick Grayson.”

Grayson smiles politely at the camera and thinks ‘wow, that’s original, I’ve only heard it, oh I don’t know…about a million times, and that’s only the fourth time you’ve used that same line to open the show with this week…IDIOT…’

Grayson doesn’t respond to Dawl’s inane comment and just starts reading the teleprompter, “Lots to talk about today, Football training camps are opening and there have already been some injuries that may impact the season, plus some interesting veteran cuts to talk about, but the big story right now is in Baseball…” Grayson, turns to Dawl, who is so busy primping his hair he missed his queue for the verbal handoff…

“So Dawl, what’s going on in BASEBALL?”, Grayson emphasizes the last word to snap Ken out of his narcissistic indulgence, again thinking IDIOT…

Dawl, with a startled look on his face initially recovers quickly, “Um…the baseball season has only about 50 games to go, and things are starting to tighten up. The American League is looking like a 4 team race with the AL Pre WW2 team making a charge, the Negro League Ones hanging tough, and the Old Timers and Late 20s scratching to stay relevant in the division.”

Grayson jumps in, “As great as the AL is right now, the standings have been basically the same for most of the season. The real interesting development is in the National League, where the once dominate FOFC All-Stars currently lead by just a half a game.”

Dawl, not missing the queue this time around, “It was less than 2 weeks ago when the FOFC team was sitting on a pretty comfortable 5 game lead, now they find themselves scrambling. To discuss this with us, we’ve brought in Lou Scribe, baseball writer from the National Herald, and former players and managers Roger Craig, and Gil Hodges…”

Screen pans out and to the right where we see the three guests sitting at a table with Grayson, who obviously moved while Dawl was finishing up the introductions on a tight shot.

“Guys, the big talk in baseball right now is what’s wrong with the FOFC All-Stars?…They’ve dominated the league until now, and currently they find themselves just a half a game up on the National Post War team.”

Lou, not surprisingly jumps in first, “Actually, I think the FOFCers are finished. I think they are going to struggle the rest of the way, and backslide to the point where they might not even finish second.”

Grayson, honestly surprised by the comment responds, “Wow, that’s a strong statement. They are sitting about 11 games up on third place, so for them to fall that far back they’d have to really play poorly down the stretch.”

Hodges almost interupts, “I don’t know where you’re getting that opinion on the FOFCers from.”

Lou defending his position, “I think the FOFCers got a great early start and really took the league by surprise, but at this point, I think these great Hall of Fame teams, as well as the Negro Leaguers, Japanese All-Starts and Caribbean team have figured them out. The book is out on them and these other teams now know what it takes to beat them.”

Hodges, “So you think the entire team is like a rookie that other teams get a book on and they become a mediocre player once the book is out?”

“I do.” Lou replies…

Craig finally speaks, “And what evidence other than the losses recently makes you think a book is out on the FOFCers.”

“Is there any better evidence than the losses?” Lou counters.

Grayson directing traffic to prevent these short clipped responses focuses in on Scribe, “Lou, you make a good point that losses are an indicator a team isn’t playing well, but that doesn’t mean a book is out on them. Do you see anything specifically that caused you to come to this opinion?”

“The biggest reason that I believe the FOFCers are in trouble is the pitching. Teams seems to have figured out those once dominating pitchers. Let’s look at some of the recent starts shall we…Williams last night 6 innings 5 earned runs, Nielsen, who at one time looked like a lock for the Premium Pitcher Award 4 innings, 4 earned runs, Fozborg, given a chance to start because Mighty had been struggling goes 6 innings, 5 runs…I’m seeing a very disturbing pattern.”

Craig, “A few bad outings isn’t an indication of teams figuring players out. It could easily be a situation where the pitchers are tired, a bit of dead arm, or maybe it is mentally tired. It is a long season, and you aren’t going to pitch well the entire time. The key is to win when you don’t have your best stuff, and the FOFCers have done a decent job of that recently.”

Lou, adding to his argument, “The offense is also scraping it around. Other than the 8 runs scored the other day in Babson’s start, I don’t think they’ve managed to push more than 4 across in a week. That’s not going to cut it in this league.”

Hodges, “Lou, you’re right, the offense like the pitching isn’t playing well, but again, I don’t think that means that the league’s pitches now know what to do to get these guys out all the time.”

“Oh really, let’s look at some of the pitchers that have shut them down recently shall we…Jenkins, who shut them out a few days back, 5.33 ERA, after the shutout. Sutton a 7.32 ERA with 7 and two-thirds strong innings, and Roberts with a 6.02 ERA and 8 terrific innings pitched. These aren’t the elite pitchers of the league, and they have the FOFCers tied in knots.”

Grayson, “So Lou, what do you expect from the FOFCers the rest of the way?”

Lou, “Sub 500 ball.”

Grayson, “I believe the FOFCers have 47 games remaining, if they go 1 game under 500 the rest of the way, they would end up around 85 wins…is that about what you are thinking?”

“That might be high actually...but If I remember correctly 85 wins was my prediction heading into the season, and right now I’m not seeing anything that would make me change that opinion for a better win total,” Lou states.

Grayson, “Gil, thoughts?”

Gil smiles, “Lou does make some good points, but I think the idea that a book is out on this team is a bit far-fetched. I think they are just playing poorly right now, and one thing we haven’t discussed is how well the Post War NL team is playing. I believe they’ve won 8 or 9 in a row. When you go on a win streak like that standings start to change. “

Craig steps in, “I’m not sure the FOFCers are going to win, because the Post
War NL team seems to have hit their stride. Have you looked at the
numbers those guys are putting up offensively. Aaron, Matthews, Mays, Morgan, Musial…every one of their starters are raking the ball…They are hard to stop. Plus their pitching is starting to kick in. Seaver looks like the front runner for the Premium Pitcher award, Koufax has found his rhythm, and the back half of the rotation is producing well enough for that offense.”

“Ok, with that in mind, how do you see this playing out…” Grayson again, asking his quick question and getting out of the way so the expert can comment.

“I think 85 wins is probably low. I think the FOFCer will win around 88 or 89, but I don’t think it will be enough. I think the Post NLers will win the division, and ultimately the Series.”

“Hodges?” Grayson.

“I’m a little different than Roger…I think the FOFCers are going to find a way
to pull this out. I like their manager, he’s kept them on an even keel
through this rough patch, and we all know in baseball, things always seem to come back to the middle. Extremes just don’t continue. So I expect FOFC to start playing better again, and I expect the red hot Post NLers to slow down. I think FOFC might still get to 90 wins…and in an 154 game season, that’s really good.”

Pan to Ken Dawl, “Thanks guys, we’ll get back to our group to discuss the AL later in the show…”

.......I turn the TV in my office off and head out to get some breakfast...

[Breeze]

7/23 Radio Broadcast - Game 107

A warm hello to you, Ladies and Gentleman
Big game tonight for the FOFCers as they
find themselves in a situation where they
may not be in first place when this evening
ends...

Tonight FOFC will be doing
battle with Old Timers
Let's see how the Ancients
shape up, defensively...
From left to right in the outfield
McCarthy is in left...
Delahanty is in center...
And Thompson is in right
Around the infield, third to first it's

Kelly playing third
Davis at short
Covering second is McPhee
At first base Brouthers
And the battery...
Pitching, John Clarkson
with Ewing behind the plate
Okay, let's get it underway...
Clarkson fires
It's a high fly to deep center
Delahanty is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Ed jumps
It's off the wall
Blade is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights is batting .281 with
11 HR's this year
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Clarkson fires
It gets past Ewing!
It's scored a passed ball.
The pitch didn't look that bad
Clarkson must have crossed him up!

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights digs into the box
Nights is ready for the pitch
He delivers
Long fly ball to center
Ed Delahanty is running hard
He's got it
Fine running catch!
That's deep enough to score Blade
Score It: 8
Frank Selee will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Candy Cummings has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is coming to the plate
Candy Cummings on in relief
for the Ancients
We're in the top of the 1st
Cummings winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Hard slider, at the knees...
Pflaggstettler clubs a deep
drive to center...
Delahanty turns, and races
back after it...
It goes off the wall!
Pflaggstettler is steaming toward third
Delahanty has it, throws...
Not in time...
Pflaggstettler has his triple
Number 8 on the year for him

So with 1 on and 1 out
FOFC sends their first baseman,
Jeeberoni Potpie, up to face Cummings
Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking
towards the on-deck circle
He's yelling something towards the mound!
There must be bad blood between them!
He's ready for the delivery
Cummings brings it to the plate
Lunging after the change-up
Potpie hits a grounder through to left...
Scoring from third is Pflaggstettler
Credit Potpie with a single and an RBI

Facing Cummings now is Gazelle
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Harry Hays waits in the hole
Cummings steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
And the cripple pitch...
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Davis races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Davis
Score It: 6
Two gone for FOFC

Palmer is up now for FOFC
Palmer is batting .327 with
5 HR's this year
Cummings likes the sign
It's coming down the pike
Base hit to right for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

Harry Hays steps into the box
Hays is batting seventh in the order today
He is hitting a fine .336 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 29 runs
3 doubles, 2 triples and 10 home runs
Hays waiting on the delivery
Cummings stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Ewing!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Potpie takes third
Palmer takes second

Harry Hays steps into the box
Hays grips the bat handle
Candy is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Hard ground ball to short
Davis comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning, for FOFC
2 runs, 4 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
Old Timers is coming to bat

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
The fly chasers from left to right
Gazelle in left...
Tucker in center...
And Pflaggstettler in right

The infield, third to first
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Fozborg gets the nod as starter
Behind the dish is Hays
Old Timers left fielder, Tommy
McCarthy, will lead off
We'll see how they pitch to McCarthy
Fozborg making his 5th start of the season
The righthander Fozborg delivers
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by McCarthy
No chance for either Nights or Gazelle
That one had base hit written all over it

King Kelly steps in now for the Ancients
The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip
Kelly is at .295 on the season
Sirr peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
He brings it home
Kelly chases the sinker...
Lines a hit into left...
McCarthy's not slowing at all
Rounds second heading to third...
Gazelle throws in to Blade
covering second...
McCarthy is in at third without a play

Thompson quickly moves into
the batter's box
Runners on at the corners
Kelly on first represents the tying run
Thompson is a tough man
up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Sam certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Fozborg earn his salary
Thompson tells the umpire he's ready
Here's his delivery
Bouncer up the middle
and past Jeff Nights...
Base hit into center field!
FOFC's lead is trimmed by a run
FOFC ahead 2 to 1

Ed Delahanty steps in
Thompson at first, Kelly
at third, no one out
Delahanty is at .352 on the season
Sirr is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
Old Timers' clean-up hitter is waiting
Fozborg has allowed 3 taters
to righties this year
And 6 when facing lefties
Fozborg checks the runners
The pitch is way inside at the knees
Delahanty hits the dirt...
It is a bad time for Sirr Fozborg
to be getting so wild
That loads them up for Old Timers

Dan Brouthers makes his way to home plate
Dan, a lefty batter, will square
off against Fozborg
Of his 4 home runs, 3 are against righties
Set now is Brouthers
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Brouthers flies out to right
Charley Gould is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Kelly scores!

Delahanty at first, Thompson
at second, one out
Davis is now at bat
George is hitting at .245 on the year
He has 80 hits in 326 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 17 stolen bases
He's ready
Sirr checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
Curve, up high...
Davis rips it to left...
Fozborg hung that breaking ball
However, George got under it just a bit
Gazelle started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
Two down
Due up next is Buck Ewing
Let's see what happens now

Ewing steps in
Two out, Delahanty at first,
Thompson at second
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Now Sirr delivers
A high fastball...
Ewing swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Nights
Jeff is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Ewing was looking for the breaking ball
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
So After 1 inning
Old Timers has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
Old Timers has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Tucker is talking to Ewing
Tucker is hitting .292 with 5 homeruns
A. J. also has 16 doubles and 6 triples
And has driven in a total of 44 runs
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Cummings brings it to the plate
It's a smash over first
Brouthers leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Tucker makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Sirr Fozborg squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Buck Ewing
Ewing looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Fozborg
But Tucker moves up
And there's one away

While Jeff Nights heads for
the on deck circle
Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate
Blade has 14 doubles this year
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Cummings
Cummings rocks and fires
Slider, over the inside corner...
The swing...
Blade rips one down the left field line
McCarthy is after it...
Rolling to the fence...
Blade takes the wide turn at second...
Keeps on running for third...
The hurried throw by McCarthy in to Kelly
Blade slides in around the tag
Give Blade a triple on the play
Tucker scored on the play
That gives Blade 5 triples on the season

Making his way up is Nights
So far this season
Nights is hitting .274
when facing righthanded pitching
After getting set, Nights
waits on the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Nights rolls one toward Bid McPhee
He scoops it and fires to
first...close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
Joe Adcock throws his hands up
in disbelief
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is on top of Japanese
League 2 to 0
Cuellar battling Inao
Negro League II and AL Post
WWII are scoreless
Negro League I and Left Outs
are all knotted at 1
NL Post WWII slipping by
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Mathews has hit his 36th homerun
for NL Post WWII
They must be feeding him lots of beef
Dead Ball Era is edging Turn
of Century 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII and Late 20th
have yet to score
And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 2

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Persimmon is eagerly awaiting
Cummings' pitch
The windup, the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Pflaggstettler gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
McPhee grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5
in their last ten games

Bid McPhee is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Old
Timers to get things going
Bid has been used sparingly for Old Timers
He has only 49 at bats so far
although we are deep into summer
He is batting .245 in limited duty
Fozborg eyes McPhee intently
Here's the windup... and the pitch
He bunts the ball!
Potpie fields it and fires to first
And he is . . .
SAFE!!! A bunt base hit.

Candy Cummings squares, and lays
down a beauty of a bunt
Harry Hays picks it up,
he'll have to hurry
OUT at first
But the sacrifice works to perfection
One down for Old Timers
Tommy McCarthy is still
in the on-deck circle
and King Kelly is looking
for a bat in the dugout

McCarthy strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
McCarthy is batting .314 with
2 round trippers in 1900
Right-hander Fozborg eyes
the righty McCarthy
Sirr rocks and fires
Flyball to right
it's caught
McPhee has a chance to move up...
McPhee is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's SAFE!

Kelly digs in at the plate
Ready now for Fozborg to come set
2 men away, McPhee on third
Fozborg rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Fastball, in on the hands...
Kelly hits it deep to left-center...
It's into the gap...
That will score a run
Kelly moves into second standing up
Tucker makes the play back in...
It's a double

Now here's Thompson
Against righthanders
Thompson is hitting .326
The umpire says let's go
Thompson is ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Fozborg
The delivery
A slider by Fozborg
Thompson gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's all for the Ancients
After 2 innings in Old
Timers this evening,
FOFC leads 4 to 3

Potpie is walking to the plate
Some in the crowd are razzing him
He gives them a quick glance... Not smart!
That has only encouraged
them to get louder
He should just let his bat answer back
Jeeberoni is batting .286
in 353 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Jeeberoni steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Cummings' pitch
Cummings brings it to the plate
Potpie rips the curve to left-center...
Delahanty racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Potpie will lope into second with a double

Here's Gerald Gazelle
Potpie is on second, nobody out
Cummings adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Now the delivery, here is is...
Gazelle takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Gazelle's outta there
That's one away

Walking up to the plate now is Palmer
FOFC leading in the game
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Cummings
Palmer in the hole, 0-2
Cummings looks back towards second...

The pitch
Base hit to right for Palmer
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runner holds.

A. J. Tucker gets the weighted
donut from Hays
Now Harry saunters to the plate
1 out and 2 on base
Hays bats in the seventh slot
in the order for FOFC
FOFC leads 4 to 3
Candy gets the sign from Ewing
Here's the 1-2 pitch
Lined to first
Tough chance for Brouthers
Base hit!
He couldn't get to it
Potpie scores from third!
Palmer takes third

Here's A. J. Tucker
Old Timers looking for two
Cummings looks down at Ewing for the sign
Now he's ready
Cummings goes into the stretch...
Watches the speedy Palmer at third...
Looks at Hays...
The pitch home
Tucker smacks a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined straight to first
Brouthers just got his glove up in time
It saved his skin and a run!
Cummings gets the second out of the inning
I was talking to Candy before
the game about
how he pitches to various batters
He said he goes over the batters
before the game
with Frank Selee and Ewing
When he gets on the mound
he doesn't like to think too much
He says it gives him "brain cramps"!
Considering his current ERA of 6.02
he needs to do something different!

Fozborg leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Fozborg taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Cummings studies his sign
The pitch to Fozborg...
Sirr Fozborg swings
It's a hot smash, left of McPhee
WOWZA!...
It is stabbed by Bid...
robbing Fozborg of a sure base hit
FOFC gets 1 in the top of the 3rd
One run, 3 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 2

The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet
Here is Delahanty to lead off
He certainly will try to liven things up!

If he can get on
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Delahanty is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Fozborg loses him
Delahanty heads down to first
2 walks today for Delahanty

Dan Brouthers steps into the box
Brouthers is batting .404
with 4 HR's this year
Hays flashes the sign to Fozborg
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Delahanty dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
The pitch gets away from Fozborg
Hays can't handle it
Charge a wild pitch to Fozborg

Dan Brouthers steps into the box
Delahanty is on second, nobody out
The right-hander Fozborg is set
to deliver to Brouthers
Fozborg brings it to the plate
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One gone for Old Timers

Davis now at the plate
Buck Ewing waits on deck
Right-hander Fozborg prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Davis
Sirr looks over his shoulder at Delahanty
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Groundball to back to the mound
Delahanty is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Davis is out

Ancients' catcher Ewing
is up next
Ewing is 0 for 1 today
Right-hander Fozborg prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ewing
Sirr comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
We head to the 4th...
The score is still FOFC 5, Ancients 3

Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Candy Cummings on in relief
of John Clarkson
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Blade rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Thompson is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Sam Thompson
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
FOFC leads 5 to 3
Cummings ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Cummings' righthanded delivery...
Nights hits a fly ball to center
Ed Delahanty camps under it
He's got it
Two down
Candy Cummings retires
the first two batters in order

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler is at .302 on the season
Cummings steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Cummings kicks and fires
Pflaggstettler starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Cummings walks him

Pflaggstettler takes a walking lead
Pflaggstettler has stolen 7 bases
in 7 attempts in 1900
Cummings looks Pflaggstettler back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
Pflaggstettler, who can fly is at first
Cummings will try to keep him close
FOFC would like to add
to their slim 2 run lead
Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit
Cummings looks down at Ewing
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Cummings looks at the runner
The pitch
It is a high hard one...
Potpie goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Potpie couldn't hold back
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Cummings
In the top of the 4th for FOFC
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

The second baseman McPhee
will lead off for the Ancients
He'll be followed by Candy Cummings
And then Tommy McCarthy
McPhee is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
McPhee looks very intent...
He stares down at Fozborg...
Cocks his bat
The pitch is on the way
Just off the plate
Ball four
That lead-off walk is a killer!

Cummings fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

Planting his right foot
Cummings is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Cummings
Cummings checks with the
coach, Charley Gould
Fozborg shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the 1-2 offering
Cummings swings and misses
Strike three
Cummings didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
With one down, up next is Tommy McCarthy
To be followed by King Kelly

McCarthy, Old Timers' left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
King Kelly waits on deck
Tommy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
McCarthy is 1 for 2 today
He flied out last time up
The bat is cocked
Fozborg goes into his stretch...
Looks at McPhee...
He fires one to Potpie...
McPhee dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Fozborg comes home
McCarthy raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Nights
No chance to get McPhee at third

King Kelly, the Ancients' third
baseman is up next
Old Timers has 2 men on with 1 out
Stepping out, Kelly looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Fozborg is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Fozborg gets the sign from Hays
He's into the stretch
Checks McCarthy at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Hard line drive to short
Base hit!
Nights couldn't get to it
McPhee scores from third!
McCarthy takes third

Thompson walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ed Delahanty moves into the on deck circle
Old Timers needs some runs
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Thompson is 1 for 2 today
Fozborg is slow to get ready

He has a 3.74 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Fozborg's 1-0 pitch...
Base hit to center for Thompson
McCarthy scores
Charley Gould is waving Kelly to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Thompson at first

Delahanty is up next
One gone, bottom of the 4th
Dan Brouthers moves out on deck
Delahanty goes through his
routine of settling in
Waiting for the pitch is Delahanty
Rodney looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Rodney comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Delahanty
As Ed swings right through
it for strike three
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Rodney

The Ancients' first baseman is up next
Old Timers has 2 on board with 2 outs
The lefty hitting Brouthers, will
face the righty Rodney
3 of his 4 home runs are against righties
All set, Brouthers is ready for the pitch
Rodney checks the runners
Rodney bores one right down the pike
Strike three swinging!
Superb fastball that time
That ends the inning for Old Timers
Old Timers has 5 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 5 runs,
9 hits and no errors
Old Timers has now stranded 5 baserunners

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7/23 Radio Broadcast Continued



Here's Gazelle to lead off the inning
He is the left fielder for FOFC tonight
The outfield shades towards
left for Gazelle
He's ready
And the delivery by Cummings
Ball four is the call
Cummings can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Cummings
Gazelle takes first base

Candy Cummings gets the hook!
Frank Selee is walking to the mound
They've signaled for the righthander
Tommy Bond will be coming on in relief
He'll be the 3rd hurler used by
the Ancients this evening
Candy Cummings hands the ball over
to Frank Selee and walks off
Tommy Bond is 5-3
with an 5.65 ERA in 32 appearances

Deacon Palmer, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Palmer looks down toward
the third base coach
And Tommy studies the sign from Ewing...
Now he's got it
Bond's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Gazelle dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Brouthers tosses it back to Bond
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Gazelle will stay at second

Slowly coming up is Hays for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
The score is tied at 5
Before getting ready
Hays checks out the defensive alignment
Harry waits...
He steps out as Bond takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Bond brings it home
Hays goes after Bond's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Delahanty is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
Harry just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the FOFC catcher
One down for FOFC...
Kelly calls time as he comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

I'm sure he wants Bond to bear down
And not worry about the runners

Men at first and second
A. J. Tucker, a dangerous
man at the plate...
3rd this year in the league
in slugging average

He's cruising along at a .388 pace
Bond is taking his sweet time out there
Now he is finished fiddling around
Tommy is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Ewing
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
And Tucker will sit down...
strike three called
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 5th

Ton moseys up to the plate
Barrett Blade is heading
for the on-deck circle
Ton is at .272 on the season
He is hitting .256 against righties
Bond wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Change of pace...
Swung on and popped up
Kelly is waiting...
And that's an easy out
He was certainly fooled on that pitch
That's it for FOFC
Old Timers has 5 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 5 runs, 10
hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 7 runners stranded

George Davis up first for Old Timers
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Davis is 0 for 2 today
George grounded out last time around
Hunter asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Now Owen delivers
Davis goes after the change up...
Swung on and slammed to right-center...
Pflaggstettler is going back, back...
He hauls it in... nice catch
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Nobody on base, one away
Ewing steps into the batter's box
Ewing has hit 16 triples this year
Ewing is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the 2-2 offering
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Nights is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
That's the second out of the inning

Settling in at the plate is McPhee
McPhee is hitting .255
against righthanders
Hunter is happy with the sign
Owen winds
Kicks... and delivers
Pop-up
Hays throws away the mask
He makes the catch
That's all for the Ancients...
After 5 innings here at Cow Pasture
Field in Old Timers,
The score is knotted at 5

Barrett Blade is up to lead
off the top of the 6th
The FOFC second baseman is not the batter
Bond would pick to face
to lead off an inning

He knows how to get on base...
And then things get even
worse for the defense
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Tommy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
He brings it home
Sinking line drive
Caught by King Kelly
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean is beating Japanese
League 4 to 0
AL Post WWII is giving it to
Negro League II 5 to 0
Newhouser enjoying the big
AL Post WWII lead
Negro League I leads Left Outs 4 to 3
Goslin has hit his 22nd
homerun for Left Outs
NL Post WWII besting AL Pre WWII 5 to 0
Dead Ball Era and Turn of Century
are deadlocked at 1
Plank battling Waddell
Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 3 to 1
McGwire has hit his 10th
homerun for Late 20th

Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights
Nobody on base, one out
Nights wiggles the bat above his head
Nights, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Bond
Bond kicks, delivers
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Nights hits it into the hole
on the right side
McPhee ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Nights is out by a step at first
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
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your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Persimmon Pflaggstettler up
The score is tied
Bond tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Tommy winds his right arm
Lets it go
Pflaggstettler takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Pflaggstettler can't believe it
and says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Bond
Bond sets the All Stars down in order

Here's Tommy Bond to lead off
the inning for Old Timers
We're looking at a beautiful, star filled
night sky, just a great
night for baseball!
Before getting ready
Bond checks out the defensive alignment
Bond waits for the delivery
Hunter brings it to the plate
There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer and Nights converge on it
It's picked by Palmer who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
And there's one away

Walking up to the plate now is McCarthy
King Kelly waits on deck
Hunter has the sign from Hays
Hunter brings it home
What a pitch... strike three
Hunter put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Hunter
King Kelly will be next up...

Kelly coming up for Old Timers
Nobody on, two away
Kelly is 3 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the 3-1 pitch
King Kelly offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Kelly couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Deacon
Palmer for the out
Kelly never even left the batter's box
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
By the way, Old Timers is 3 and
7 in their last ten games

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Potpie
He's 2 for 3 today
Right-hander Bond prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Potpie
The pitch is on the way
A jug-handled curve
Potpie goes out and gets it
It's a liner to left
McCarthy will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Jeeberoni Potpie

Gerald Gazelle, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Potpie takes his lead
Bond squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here comes the cripple pitch
There's a routine pop by Gazelle
George Davis moves under the ball
He makes the routine catch
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Potpie at first, one away
Palmer is ready for the pitch
Palmer is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Deacon certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Bond earn his salary
Palmer is ready
Bond brings it to the plate
He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
McCarthy slides under it...
one hands it...
Almost drops it, but hangs on
That could have been a costly
error by McCarthy

Two gone for FOFC

Hays leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Hays saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 3 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Bond
Hays is hitting .291 versus
righties this year
Of his 10 homeruns,
4 came while facing righties
Tommy is ready
Now Tommy delivers
Hays swings and lofts one
softly into center
Delahanty comes in...
Now backs up a couple steps
And makes the catch
That'll do it for FOFC
So we're still tied
After 6 and a half innings
Old Timers has 5 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 5 runs, 11
hits and no errors

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Sam Thompson will lead it
off for Old Timers
We are coming into the bottom of the 7th
Tight game
Owen gets the sign from Hays
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Lined right back up the middle...
Hunter has it...NO, he drops it
But he'll pick it up in plenty of time
To throw over and get his man at first
Now Old Timers has one away
Frank Selee is signalling something
to Charley Gould
Now he is up on the dugout steps
calling out to Ed Delahanty
The Ancients' manager is
really into this game
Tie score, late in the contest
He wants to leave no stone unturned

Walking up now to the plate is Delahanty
So far this year Delahanty
is batting .351
He has 34 doubles, 4 triples
9 homeruns with 77 RBI's
and 17 stolen bases
Hunter is ready quickly
Hunter winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Delahanty hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Delahanty is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two up, two down for the Ancients

Brouthers walks slowly to home plate
Hunter's had mixed success
against him in the past
Brouthers can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Dan steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch
The pitch is on the way
Curve, at the belt...
Brouthers times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Gerald Gazelle retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Up next for the Ancients
The hometown shortstop, George Davis
George will be facing the
right-handed Hunter
from the left side of the plate
The Ancients switch hitter is
hitting .243 on the year
He hits righties at a .257 clip
Hays flashes the sign to Hunter
Hunter winds and delivers
Belt high fastball, on the outside corner
Grounded to short
Nights ranging into the hole...
He backhands it...
Plants his right foot...
Fires to first
SAFE!...By a step

Davis takes his lead
Hunter looks the runner back

With a runner at first and two outs
Ewing walks to the plate
Buck is batting .310 with 5
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
Hunter is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
It's coming down the pike
Drilled on the ground to third
Palmer grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That is the third out for Old Timers here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45302

Tucker is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Tucker is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Tommy Bond looks in at Ewing for the sign
They have been in synch most of the night
Bond has pitched 3 innings
since coming on in the 6th
Now we're set to go
The pitch to Tucker...
Tucker hits one on the ground
to the left side
A. J., who moves well,
is motoring to first
Kelly wings it quickly to Brouthers...
OUT by a step
One up, one down

One out, nobody on base
Old Timers leads 6 to 5 in the eighth
Here comes Stan Gunner to face Bond
Against righthanders
Gunner is hitting .256
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Stan gets the bat back...
Bond fires
Comebacker, right to Bond
Over to Brouthers for the easy out
Two down
Ewing asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ewing and Bond

And now here's Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 8th
Blade is 2 for 4 today
Barrett lined out last time up
Ewing flashes the sign...
Bond waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the pitch
Blade rips the curve to left-center...
Delahanty racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
Can't quite reach it!!...
Blade makes it easily into second
That's a double for Blade

Next up is Jeff Nights
Blade is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
Bond is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Bond looks in...
Now he's ready
Davis trying to slip in behind Blade
Now he slips away
Here's the 2-0 offering
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Nights stretches his lead
Nights held closely by Bond

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will
get a crack at Bond next
Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next...
But only if Pflaggstettler
can reach safely
Pflaggstettler is at .301 on the season
He is hitting .308 against righties
Pflaggstettler readies himself
for the pitch
The righthander Bond delivers
Pflaggstettler gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to third
Kelly is waving everybody off
Pflaggstettler is retired
The All Stars refuse to go down quietly...
They tie it here with 1 run
We go to the Old Timers half of the 8th...
It's all tied up...
Ancients 6, All Stars 6

Here's Bid McPhee
Leading off the inning for Old Timers
It's a beautiful, clear night sky
One couldn't ask for a better
night for baseball
The score is knotted at 6
Kronside studies his sign
The righthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
McPhee swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down for Old Timers

One away, nobody on base
Bond stands ready at the plate
Bond swinging from the right side
facing the righty Kronside
Kronside has the sign he wants
Kronside kicks and fires
Shallow fly ball
Tucker charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
That's two away for the Ancients
We have a real "nail-biter" here today

McCarthy leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Tommy is 2 for 4 this summer evening
He's batting .314 on the season
Now set, McCarthy waits for the pitch
Jace comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by McCarthy
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Tucker
McCarthy has himself a single

McCarthy inches away from the base
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

The third baseman, King Kelly, is up next
McCarthy will be running if it's hit
The right-hander Kronside is
set to deliver to Kelly
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Kelly is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
We head to the 9th...
The scored is tied, 6-all

It is the top of the 9th,
The score is tied at 6
Here come the "big guns" for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off
Gerald Gazelle will follow
Potpie, FOFC's first baseman,
is out at the plate
He will see if he can get things going
Potpie is 3 for 4 today
Tommy Bond steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the cripple pitch...
The pitch comes inside...
Potpie rips the fastball...
There's a high deep drive by Potpie
It's still going...
The wind is carrying that one...
OUTTA HERE, it's gone
Homer number 28 for Potpie
He also has 76 RBI's and a
.291 batting average

Tommy Bond gets the hook!
Frank Selee is walking to the mound
They've signaled for the righthander
Al Spalding will be coming on in relief
He'll be the 4th hurler used by
the Ancients this evening
Tommy Bond hands the ball over
to Frank Selee and walks off
Al Spalding is 4-1
with an 3.58 ERA in 22 appearances

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
The outfield shades towards
left for Gazelle
Gazelle cocks his bat
Here's the 1-1 offering
Gazelle pounds a grounder
toward Davis at short
George moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Davis stayed with it
Over to first and Gazelle is retired
Nice play by the Old Timers short stop
One down for FOFC
Deacon Palmer is still in
the on-deck circle
and Harry Hays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Next up is Deacon Palmer,
the FOFC third baseman
Time is called...
Palmer has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Palmer gets set for the pitch
Spalding brings it to the plate
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Palmer gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
McPhee grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Caribbean squeezed by Japanese
League 4 to 2
AL Post WWII ripped Negro League II 7 to 1
Negro League I nipped Left Outs 4 to 3
Goslin has hit his 22nd
homerun for Left Outs
NL Post WWII gets an easy win
over AL Pre WWII 8 to 2
Turn of Century toppled
Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Waddell the winner, he's now 9-10
Bender takes the loss, his
record drops to 4-5
Late 20th edged out NL Pre WWII 4 to 3
And in our contest FOFC ahead 7 to 6

And the batter is Harry Hays
A. J. Tucker is on-deck
Hays adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Harry is 1 for 4 this evening
Spalding looks down at Ewing for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's a pop-up in back of short
Davis is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 8 and a half innings
FOFC has 7 runs, 14 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has 6 runs,
11 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 9 stranded
Old Timers has failed to bring home 8

Leading off for the Ancients
is the right fielder Thompson
He'll be followed by Ed Delahanty
And then Dan Brouthers
Sam is 2 for 4 today
He precedes Ed Delahanty in the order
as the first of the Old Timers
"run producers"
He has 27 doubles with 13 home runs
so far in 1900
Sam steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Kronside's pitch
Here's the 1-2 offering
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Thompson was frozen on that
fastball by Kronside
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
So one up and one gone

So that brings up Ed Delahanty
the Old Timers center fielder
We'll see how they pitch to Delahanty
Delahanty, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Kronside
Now Jace delivers
Fastball... just outside
Delahanty will take first on the walk
Ed knows how to get on base
His OBP of .418 is among
the league leaders

Delahanty moves away from first
It's a pitchout!
Hays steps out...
Delahanty takes off!
Quickly out of his stance Hays fires...
It's high...
The catch...
The tag...
STOLEN BASE!

Dan Brouthers steps into the box
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Brouthers is 1 for 3 today
Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Kronside brings it to the plate
Just off the plate
Ball four

Delahanty sneaks away from the base
Delahanty is going on the pitch!
It's a fastball at the knees...
The throw...
Low throw into the dirt...
Bouncing off the bag and
out into leftfield...
Gunner is charging in...
Davis gets up and heads for home...
The long throw home...
NOT IN TIME!!...
Credit Delahanty with a stolen base
and a run scored on the error

George Davis steps into the box
Runner on 3rd, 1 man out
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Righthander Kronside's delivery
It's hit high and deep
Gerald Gazelle giving chase
This one is deep!
HE JUMPS . . .
HE CAN'T GET IT
HOMERUN!
The fans are going wild
here in Old Timers!!!
George Davis has just won the game
And his teammates gather at home plate
They greet him as he crosses the plate!!!
That is George Davis' 7th
home run of the year.
Old Timers wins 9 to 7
Spalding gets credit for the win
Kronside takes the loss
The hitting star for Old Timers
was George Davis
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Old Timers.

[Breeze]

7/23 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 7/23/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ancients AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 3 3 1 .269 T.McCarthy LF 5 2 3 0 .317
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 3 .281 K.Kelly 3B 5 1 3 2 .300
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 1 0 .300 S.Thompson RF 5 0 2 2 .298
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Delahanty CF 2 1 0 0 .350
J.Potpie 1B 5 2 4 2 .291 D.Brouthers 1B 3 2 1 2 .403
G.Gazelle LF,RF 4 0 0 0 .274 G.Davis SS 5 1 2 2 .248
D.Palmer 3B 5 0 3 0 .332 B.Ewing C 4 0 0 0 .309
C-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .271 B.McPhee 2B 3 2 1 0 .250
H.Hays C 5 0 1 1 .333 J.Clarkson P 0 0 0 0 .121
A.Tucker CF 4 1 1 0 .291 C.Cummings P 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Fozborg P 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Bond P 2 0 0 0 .211
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Spalding P 0 0 0 0 .200
A-K.Ton PH 1 0 0 0 .270
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
B-S.Gunner PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .259
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 39 7 14 7 Totals 35 9 12 8

A-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 9th Inning

INJURY: John Clarkson INJURED (for 15 more games) in 1st inning

All Stars....... 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 14 1
Ancients........ 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 - 9 12 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Fozborg 3 1/3 8 5 5 3 2 0 78 3.84
J.Rodney 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.88
O.Hunter 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 42 5.25
J.Kronside LOSS(7-2) 1 1/3 2 3 3 2 2 1 34 2.63
Totals 8 1/3 12 9 9 5 7 2

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Clarkson 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 5.78
C.Cummings 3 2/3 8 4 4 2 2 0 76 5.84
T.Bond 4 5 2 2 0 2 1 75 5.59
A.Spalding WIN(5-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.45
Totals 9 14 7 7 2 4 1

ATTENDANCE- 45,302 DATE- Monday, July 23rd 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 9 Ancients: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Ancients: 0
ERRORS- H.Hays
DOUBLES- B.Blade-2(15th), J.Potpie(18th), K.Kelly(19th)
TRIPLES- B.Blade(5th), P.Pflaggstettler(8th)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(28th), D.Brouthers(5th), G.Davis(7th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Delahanty-2(19th), D.Brouthers(13th)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Fozborg, C.Cummings
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Nights, D.Brouthers
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, G.Gazelle, E.Delahanty-3, D.Brouthers, B.McPhee
STRIKE OUTS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle, A.Tucker, T.McCarthy,
K.Kelly, S.Thompson, E.Delahanty, D.Brouthers, B.Ewing, C.Cummings
WILD PITCHES- S.Fozborg, C.Cummings
PASSED BALLS- B.Ewing
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Persimmon Pflaggstettler robbed George Davis of an
extra base hit.

[Breeze]

Manager Update

Heading back to the clubhouse, I turn to Dick and ask, "Did the NL Post team win?"

"Yep..."

"Great...just great...a bad loss and now we are out of first to top it off..."

[Breeze]

7/24 Radio Broadcast - Game 108

Welcome everyone to Cow Pasture Field
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Barrett Blade prepares to face Radbourn
let's check out the Old Timers defense
At first base is Anson
Davis is down at the hot corner
Kelly and Ward
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Delahanty,
Hamilton and Thompson
and now Ewing is just
settling in behind the plate
Here's his delivery
He rips a grounder to second
Kelly comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
One gone for FOFC

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights can't seem to get
settled at the plate
One ball, one strike
The pitch is on the way
Jeff pops it up
And Ward makes the play

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step
in to face Radbourn next
If he gets on, Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts
Persimmon is ready for the delivery
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Ward...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Radbourn
In the top of the 1st for FOFC
No runs, no hits and no errors

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Gunner in left...
Tucker in center...
And Pflaggstettler in right

The infield, third to first
Fouts will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Taking the hill is Nielsen and
the backstop is Bullock
Old Timers center fielder, Billy
Hamilton, will lead off
Hamilton grips the bat handle
Hamilton waits patiently
The lefthander winds and delivers
He bunts the ball!
Fouts fields it and fires to first
And he is . . .
OUT!

Nobody on base, one away
Ward steps into the batter's box
Ward is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Ward waits
Windup by Nielsen
And the pitch
Ward hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Delahanty is up now for Old Timers
Delahanty is hitting .350 with 9 homeruns
Ed also has 34 doubles and 4 triples
And has driven in a total of 77 runs
Delahanty awaits the pitch
Nielsen throws the 2-2 pitch
Pounded on the ground to first
Potpie to Nielsen covering first
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
By the way, Old Timers is 4 and
6 in their last ten games

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Radbourn looks down at Ewing for the sign
Now he's ready
Way ahead in the count
Radbourn turns the 0-2 pitch loose
It's a high pop-up in back of short
Ward is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
And there's one away

The left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner needs to get on...
He has a .352 on base percentage
Gunner cocks his bat
He brings it home
Gunner hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Davis dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Gunner reaches on a sizzling
single to left
A nice try by the third
baseman, George Davis

Billy Bullock will try his
luck against Radbourn
This is a very difficult background
to hit against
There is shade at home plate
But, bright sun on the mound
So far this season
Bullock is hitting .249
when facing righthanded pitching
Old Hoss gets the sign from Ewing
The righthander delivers
Bullock sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Delahanty
Delahanty gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium left
That's the second out of the inning

Fouts steps in
Gunner's trying to rattle
Old Hoss Radbourn
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Fouts is at .271 on the season
Radbourn wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
The stretch... the delivery
Fouts swings
It is popped down the line
Kelly is giving chase
The ball is drifting foul
Kelly dives
Got it!
That does it in the top of the 2nd
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After 1 and a half innings, No score

Power hitting Sam Thompson will lead off
Old Timers' clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's Rob Nielsen
Thompson is at .298 on the season
Thompson is ready
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Sinking fastball...
Thompson goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Nights...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Thompson is out by a step
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Anson departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Anson scuffs up the lines around the box
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Cap gets the bat back...
Rob is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Anson is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in a row

"Highpockets" will be up next
Kelly is batting .281 with
11 homers this year
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen leans back and fires
And Kelly will sit down...
strike three called
1-2-3, nothing across...

A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Tucker is at .291 on the season
Radbourn is slow to get ready

He has a 3.60 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Old Hoss rocks and fires
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Ewing calls for it
and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
One down for FOFC
Rob Nielsen is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Slowly coming up is Nielsen for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
We're scoreless
The right-hander Radbourn is
set to deliver to Nielsen
Radbourn brings it home
Ground ball through the middle
Ward ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Two up, two down for FOFC

Blade coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Right-hander Radbourn eyes
the righty Blade
Radbourn brings it to the plate
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Blade gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Anson grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Blade for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 3rd

George Davis stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Davis wiggles the bat above his head
Now set, Davis waits for the pitch
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Davis swings hard...
But he was fooled on the pitch
Nubs it off the fists
It's dribbling toward short
Nights charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Sidearms it to first...
Davis beats it out by a whisker
It was a bleeder...
Davis' speed got him a hit on that one
Looks good in tommorrow's box score
He'll take it

Davis sneaks away from the base
Nielsen fires it behind Davis...
Davis dives back...
He's safe!

Old Timers catcher, Buck Ewing, is up next
Ewing checks with the coach, Charley Gould
Ewing gets set for the pitch
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Davis
Fires to Potpie...
Davis is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Ewing drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Charley Gould is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Ewing

Radbourn, the pitcher, moves
into the batter's box

Old Timers on top 1 to 0
Before getting ready
Radbourn checks out the
defensive alignment
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Nielsen comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Radbourn is frozen stiff...
He can only watch as the ball
just nips the "black" of the plate...
STRIKE THREE!
One gone for Old Timers

Hamilton moseys up to the plate
John Ward is heading for
the on-deck circle
One out, man on second
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Nielsen looks back towards second...

The pitch
Hamilton just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
What a day out here at beautiful
Cow Pasture Field
Sunny skies, a light summer breeze
This is what makes baseball
the national pastime
Summer is what people think of when
they think of their childhood
It stirs up an incredible
emotion within people
And the sport synonymous with
summer is baseball

Now here's Ward
Ward is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
And Ward will sit down...
strike three called
After 3 innings today,
the Ancients lead by 1

The FOFC shortstop, Nights,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Nights has a .273 average against
righthanders this season
Nights is set
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Nights rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Hamilton is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Billy Hamilton
One up, one down here in
the top of the 4th

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Pflaggstettler
Radbourn is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Radbourn gets the sign from Ewing
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
Pflaggstettler tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short right
Thompson is coming in hard...
Kelly is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Pflaggstettler is on with
the "excuse me" single!

Potpie is ready to face Radbourn
Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting
.293 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Radbourn squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...

SAFE!
Anson tosses it back to Radbourn
Now here's the pitch
Fastball
Ball four

Radbourn looks down at Gunner
as he steps in
Stan is ready to go
Gunner swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Radbourn
Stan is eagerly awaiting Radbourn's pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Gunner wallops the change to right
It's hit very high and very deep
Thompson turns after it...
Races to warning track...
But can only wave goodbye
Stan was going for the downs on that one
And he got it there!

Bullock is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Against righthanders
Bullock is hitting .247
Billy stands with bat ready
Old Hoss winds his right arm
Lets it go
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Ward for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's out number two
Frank Selee moving around
Hollers something down at Radbourn
Old Hoss nods "UH HUH"

Dan Fouts is the next batter
this sunny afternoon
Ewing flashes the sign...
Radbourn waves it off...
Now he's happy
Righthander Radbourn's delivery
Drilled deep to right field
This one is deep!
BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK,
GONE!!!
That is Dan Fouts' 16th
home run of the year.

Tucker saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Tucker is hitting .284 against righties
Radbourn steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 1-1 offering
Slow ground ball
Anson is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That retires the side...
but not soon enough for Old Timers
They lose the lead after allowing 4 runs
The All Stars now are up by 3
We'll be right back...

Leading off the bottom of
the 4th is Ed Delahanty
Delahanty is 0 for 1 today
Ed grounded out last time up
The umpire says let's go
Delahanty is ready
Now Rob delivers
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
That's one away

One out, nobody on base
FOFC on top 4 to 1 in the fourth
Here comes Sam Thompson to face Nielsen
Thompson a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Nielsen
A battle of lefties...
Waiting for the pitch is Thompson
Nielsen fires
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Thompson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two down

Anson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
The righthander, Anson has
an average of .273
His success against lefties, like Nielsen
is better, however, at .306
Set now is Anson
The 3-0 delivery by the lefthander
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

George Kelly will make his
way to home plate
He's the second baseman for Old Timers
Kelly is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks at Anson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Anson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Nielsen comes home
Nielsen loses him
Kelly heads down to first

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of George Davis
Ancients with 2 runners on base
The All Stars lead, 4-1
Davis is 1 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Rob peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's his delivery
Base hit to center for Davis
Charley Gould will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Anson scores!

While Old Hoss Radbourn heads
for the on deck circle
Buck Ewing makes his way to the plate
Ewing has hit 5 home runs this year
Nielsen likes the sign
The home town crowd is
yelling out to Kelly
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Nielsen delivers the 3-2 offering
Nielsen loses him
Ewing heads down to first
Davis and Kelly move up a base
Bases are waterlogged

Old Hoss Radbourn, the Old Timers pitcher,
steps into the batter's box
FOFC leads 4 to 2
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Radbourn digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Hit on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
Old Timers has left 3 men on base today

Rob Nielsen, Barrett Blade, and
Jeff Nights are due up
And Old Hoss studies the
sign from Ewing...
Now he's got it
Old Hoss winds... kicks... and delivers
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Radbourn punches him out!
One up, one down for FOFC

Barrett Blade makes his way to home plate
Blade is at .267 on the season
He is hitting .249 against righties
Radbourn mops his brow with
a big red bandanna
It's a hot, muggy summer day
Now the delivery, here is is...
Sharp breaking curveball...
Blade reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Ward...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Anson at first!
Blade is out easily
That's two away

Up now for FOFC is Nights
Two away, nobody on
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Nights
He's 0 for 2 today
After getting set, Nights
waits on the pitch
The windup, the pitch
Nights hits a screamer at John Ward
Ward picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Anson off the bag
Anson swipes with the glove

Nights is out!
Nice play by Anson
Radbourn sets them down in order
Here in the top of the 5th

The center fielder Hamilton will
start things off for the Ancients
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Nielsen kicks and fires
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Hamilton hits it into the
hole on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Hamilton is out by a step at first
With one down, up next is John Ward
To be followed by Ed Delahanty

The shortstop, John Ward
will be up next for Old Timers
Nielsen studies his sign
The pitch is on the way
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

Ward watches Nielsen move...
He's moving away from the bag
Fastball in the dirt
Blocked nicely by Bullock
And Ward is off and running!
Bullock handles the pitch...
Comes up firing with a lot
of mustard on the throw
Great job by Bullock!...
Ward slides...
OUT at second...
As Ward slides directly into the tag
Good throw by Bullock

Planting his right foot
Delahanty is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Delahanty
FOFC ahead 4 to 2
Nielsen is ready quickly
It's a full count...
Nielsen winds and fires...
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Delahanty will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .418 OBP this year

Delahanty a few feet off the bag at first
Delahanty is not working very
hard to get a lead

Sam Thompson steps into the box
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
Nielsen's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Delahanty dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Bullock!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Delahanty takes second

Sam Thompson steps into the box
Thompson digs in
Thompson cocks the bat
He rocks and fires
WATCH OUT!
Nielsen has hit Thompson!
Now Thompson gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not a big fan of "chin music"
and he's letting Nielsen know about it!
The ump tells Thompson to take his base
Kelly will be the pinch runner

Anson is up next
FOFC on top 4 to 2
Kelly on first, Delahanty
is down at second
Two outs in the bottom of the 5th
Infield playing back
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Ground ball to second
Taken by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Cap Anson fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often
Old Timers' defensive changes are...
Kelly will bat 4th and play RF

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Pflaggstettler is making
his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Radbourn eyes Pflaggstettler intently
Radbourn's behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a towering fly ball
hit by Pflaggstettler
Kelly sprints over, and makes the catch
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Stan Gunner is looking
for a bat in the dugout

One away, nobody on base
Potpie stands ready at the plate
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
He is currently batting .291
Delahanty, Hamilton and Kelly
are playing him deep
Potpie looks very intent...
He stares down at Radbourn...
Cocks his bat
Radbourn rocks and fires
Potpie hits a long drive
It's hooking down the left field line
If it's fair, it's out of here...
It goes FOUL!
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Change up...
Fools Potpie...
He still manages to hit
a grounder to first
Anson BOOTS THE BALL!!!
Potpie is safe at first on the error
Score It: E3
Potpie to first

Gunner, FOFC's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Billy Bullock waits on deck
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
And the delivery by Radbourn
It's a rocket over second
Kelly leaps
He's got it!
Quickly over to first
Double play!
That's all for FOFC
After 5 and a half innings in
Old Timers this afternoon,
FOFC on top 4 to 2

To lead off this inning is George Kelly
Old Timers needs a pair to tie this game
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
Here's the 3-2 offering
Kelly is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean with the lead over
Japanese League 5 to 2
Tiant Jr. comfortably ahead for Caribbean
AL Post WWII is giving it to
Negro League II 12 to 7
Negro League I is embarrassing
Left Outs 13 to 2
Day and Negro League I are
on cruise control
NL Post WWII slipping by
AL Pre WWII 8 to 6
Aaron has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Turn of Century 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 3 to 1
Alexander and Maddux currently dueling

The Ancients will send
George Davis up to the plate
Davis is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .252 on the year
Davis waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen winds and delivers
The 2-0 pitch
Fastball up at the shoulders...
Davis still goes after it...
Rips one down the right field line
Chasing after it is Pflaggstettler...
He won't get it!...
Davis is digging for third...
Pflaggstettler has it, makes
the hurried throw
Fouts takes it on the short hop
The slide...
SAFE! at third

That'll bring up catcher, Buck Ewing...
FOFC leads by 2
We're in the bottom of the 6th
The outfield shades towards left for Ewing
Ewing tells the umpire he's ready
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Ewing flies out to center
Charley Gould is giving the green light...
Here's the play at the plate...
Davis scores!

Radbourn leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Radbourn steps out of the box...
Looks towards Charley Gould for a sign
Old Hoss waits...
He steps out as Nielsen takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's his delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bullock fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Radbourn
That's it for Old Timers
Here at Cow Pasture Field,
After 6 innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has 3 runs,
4 hits and one error
Old Timers has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Here's the catcher Bullock
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Dan Fouts
And then A. J. Tucker
Right-hander Radbourn eyes
the righty Bullock
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Bullock swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Ward...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
With one gone
FOFC will have Dan Fouts coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Fouts heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Fouts is batting .274 with
16 homers this year
Fouts awaits the delivery
Radbourn brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Fouts goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Davis...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Fouts is out by a step
That's the second out of the inning

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Tucker is at .290 on the season
Set now is Tucker
Righthander Radbourn's delivery
It's a Texas Leaguer to right
Here comes Kelly...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Tucker is on with a bloop single to right

Tucker a few feet off the bag at first
Tucker is held closely by Radbourn

With a runner at first and two outs
Gonzalez walks to the plate
FOFC leads 4 to 3
Radbourn is saying a few words to Kelly...
So far in 1900,
Old Hoss has a 7 and 7 record
with 8 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
And the cripple pitch...
Smashed into left field
It's a single for Gonzalez
(Ballpark Double Effect)
Tucker takes third

Two on, two outs...
Blade steps to the plate
Blade is hitting .248
against righthanders
Blade is set for the 1-0 pitch
Old Hoss rocks and fires
Blade swings and lifts one toward center
Hamilton drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 7th

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Billy Hamilton up first for Old Timers
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Billy is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon
He's batting .299 on the season
Billy steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
The pitch is on the way
Mighty comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Hamilton
As he swings right through
it for strike three
So one up and one gone

Coming up for Old Timers is John Ward
Nobody on base, one out
Ward is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Ward is set for the pitch
Now Al delivers
Ward drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
Two gone for Old Timers

Delahanty coming up for Old Timers
Nobody on, two away
So far this year Delahanty
is batting .348
He has 34 doubles, 4 triples
9 homeruns with 77 RBI's
and 19 stolen bases
Mighty looks down at Bullock for the sign
Now he's ready
Mighty leans back and fires
It's popped behind home plate
Bullock throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Ed Delahanty is out
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
So After 7 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has 3 runs,
4 hits and one error
Old Timers has left 6 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

Nights is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today...
He's looking to get something going
FOFC on top 4 to 3
Radbourn steps on the rubber
Now Old Hoss delivers
Fastball... Nights swings...
Bangs a deep drive...
This one is really hit!...
There's not much doubt about this one
Over the fence... HOME RUN!!
Another homer for Nights, number 12

Now at the plate will be Pflaggstettler
right fielder for FOFC today
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Old Hoss gets the sign from Ewing
Radbourn brings it to the plate
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Pflaggstettler...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Ward made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Pflaggstettler watches Radbourn carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Potpie takes the low fastball
Pflaggstettler breaks for second!
The peg down...
A hard rolling slide...
Pflaggstettler knocks Ward off the bag...
It's a stolen base with a nasty slide
You know that wasn't necessary
He went in with his spikes up
Someone could have been seriously injured
The fans here in Old Timers are unhappy

If this was hockey that might have been
called a boarding penalty!

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie is at .290 on the season
He is hitting .292 against righties
Potpie waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Radbourn fires
Low and inside
It hit him on the foot!
Potpie tried to dance out of the way
But it got him

Stan Gunner is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Gunner is batting .266 with
12 HR's this year
Ewing flashes the sign...
Radbourn shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now to the belt, here it is...
Popped up to the right side...
Anson is all by himself
He handles it in fair ground
One out
Due up next is Billy Bullock

Now batting will be Billy Bullock
The catcher is walking to the plate
Two on... one out
FOFC up by 2
Bullock is 0 for 3 today,
with no strike outs
Radbourn is ready quickly
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Bullock was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
That's two away

Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Fouts is at .272 on the season
Old Hoss Radbourn on the mound
for the Ancients...
Radbourn has gone the distance so far
He's given up 8 hits and 5 runs
Radbourn looks over at Potpie...
Now back at Pflaggstettler...

He's coming home with it
Hard line drive to second
Kelly grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
That's it here in the top of the 8th
It's 5-3 in favor of
the visitors from FOFC
We'll be back in just a moment

Kelly leading off
Old Timers would like to get
some runners on base
The outfield shades towards left for Kelly
Kelly waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles kicks and fires
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Kelly!
That's one away

And the batter is Cap Anson
George Kelly is on-deck
Anson is hitless today, 0 for 2
Cap grounded out in his last at bat
Anson waits for the pitch
Knowles brings it to the plate
A slider by Knowles
Anson gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
FOFC ahead 5 to 3 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean is beating Japanese
League 6 to 2
Concepcion has hit his 4th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Post WWII is pounding Negro
League II 15 to 8
Negro League I is crushing
Left Outs 13 to 3
AL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 10 to 9
Ruth has hit his 42nd homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
Dead Ball Era is edging Turn
of Century 3 to 2
Chesbro battling Rusie
NL Pre WWII leads Late 20th 3 to 2

Kelly finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Kelly grips the bat handle
The righthander pitching to Kelly...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .234 average
against Sammy
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
This should do it...
He grabs it for the out
The Ancients are retired
It's 5-3 as we come to the 9th

Tucker will come up to lead off
the top of the 9th for FOFC
Tucker will be batting lefty
versus Radbourn
The switch hitter is 1 for 3 today
.292 average on the year
Last time up he singled
Radbourn has the sign from Ewing
Radbourn rocks and fires
Fastball, down and in...
Tucker laces a hit into the outfield...
Kelly picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Tucker holds with a single
Good start to the inning for FOFC

Stretching to his lead is Tucker
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
Tucker is not working very
hard to get a lead

Gerald Gazelle will face Radbourn
Righty against righty
Old Hoss looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
It's coming down the pike
Dribbler in front of home
Ewing grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 2-6
The runner on first, Tucker, is out
With one down

Anson yells something out to Radbourn
Old Hoss nods his head

Gazelle stretches his lead
Radbourn snaps a throw to Anson...
It's close...
SAFE

Blade is the batter
Gazelle's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Blade goes through his routine
of settling in
Blade readies himself for the pitch
Gazelle takes a walking lead
Radbourn looks at the runner
The pitch
Blade is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
Two down
Ewing asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ewing and Radbourn

Nights is up next
Two out with Gazelle at first
Nights is 1 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the Old Timers infield
Anson is kicking the dirt at first
Davis is even with the bag at third
Kelly and Ward are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
The umpire says let's go
The pitch to Nights...
Grounded down the line
Davis comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
The All Stars are gone in
the 9th... they get
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the bottom of the 9th...
FOFC ahead 5 to 3

George Davis will step into the
box to start the inning
Old Timers would like to get
some runners on board
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Davis at the plate
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Davis hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

One on, no outs
Coming up for Old Timers is Ewing
Buck is batting at .312 with 5 home runs
He is 1 for 1 so far today
Knowles likes the sign
Knowles checks Davis on first
Now the 2 strike pitch
Here's a big breaking curve, inside...
Ewing takes a cut at it...
Hits a grounder to third
Fouts comes up with the smooth pickup...
He tosses it to second...
That's one out
The relay to first...
Not in time
Ewing beats the throw by a step
One down for Old Timers
Old Hoss Radbourn is still
in the on-deck circle
and Billy Hamilton is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Old Hoss Radbourn is scheduled
to bat next, but...
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yes Dan Brouthers is stepping
out to the on-deck circle
Frank Selee will send Dan
up to face Knowles
Brouthers has a knack for getting on base
His .470 OBP proves that
He is hitting righties at a .402 pace

Dan Brouthers is coming to the plate
FOFC leads by 2
We're in the bottom of the 9th
Brouthers is batting .403 with
5 round trippers in 1900
Waiting for the pitch is Brouthers
Now ready, here it is...
The hit and run is on!
A low curveball to Brouthers
He swings a bit late
but hits it right up the middle
Ewing is going to try for third
Tucker is over, picks it
up and fires to Fouts
One bounce...
The slide by Ewing...
SAFE!
Quick throw to second to hold
Brouthers at first
Now Blade fires it to first...
Brouthers just dives back safely!
Smart call by Frank Selee!

Frank Selee will send in a pinch
runner for Dan Brouthers
Charlie Comiskey is trotting
out to first base

Billy Hamilton is up next for Old Timers
One out, bottom of the 9th
FOFC on top 5 to 3
John Ward is on deck
Men on 1st and 3rd
Kronside steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The righthander delivers
A high fastball...
Hamilton swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Bullock
Billy is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Hamilton was looking for the breaking ball
Two down
Due up next is John Ward
Let's see what happens now

Frank Selee will pinch it for John Ward
He wants Roger Connor to
hit against Kronside
Time to score some runs
Connor has the runners on board
He just needs to move them along
Roger is batting .333;
.317 as a pinch hitter
Ed Delahanty will follow

Coming up to the plate is Connor
Ancients have runners at first and third
Comiskey on first represents the tying run
Connor has a .313 average against
righthanders this season
The bat is cocked
Here's the 2-1 offering
A high fastball...
Connor swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Blade
Barrett is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Connor was looking for the breaking ball
Connor chokes in the clutch!
And that will do it for Old Timers
FOFC wins 5 to 3
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Radbourn takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Stan Gunner
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Old Timers.

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7/24 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 7/24/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ancients AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 0 0 0 .264 B.Hamilton CF 5 0 0 0 .298
J.Nights SS 5 1 1 1 .280 J.Ward SS 3 0 0 0 .217
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 2 0 .303 F-R.Connor PH 1 0 0 0 .326
J.Potpie 1B 2 1 0 0 .290 E.Delahanty LF 3 0 0 0 .347
S.Gunner LF 4 1 2 3 .264 S.Thompson RF 2 0 0 0 .297
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-K.Kelly PR,RF 1 0 0 0 .299
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Anson 1B 3 1 0 0 .271
B.Bullock C 4 0 0 0 .257 G.Kelly 2B 3 0 0 0 .278
D.Fouts 3B 4 1 1 1 .270 G.Davis 3B 4 2 4 1 .257
A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 0 .293 B.Ewing C 2 0 1 2 .311
R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .107 O.Radbourn P 3 0 0 0 .220
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 0 .303 D-D.Brouthers PH 1 0 1 0 .405
A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102 E-C.Comiskey PR 0 0 0 0 .417
C-G.Gazelle LF 1 0 0 0 .272
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 5 9 5 Totals 31 3 6 3

A-Pinch Ran For Thompson In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Mighty In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Radbourn In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Brouthers In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Ward In 9th Inning

INJURY: Sam Thompson INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0
Ancients........ 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(15-5) 6 4 3 3 5 5 0 107 3.13
A.Mighty HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.79
S.Knowles HOLD(3rd) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 1.60
J.Kronside SAVE(11th) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.60
Totals 9 6 3 3 5 7 0

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
O.Radbourn LOSS(7-8) 9 9 5 5 1 3 3 124 3.72
Totals 9 9 5 5 1 3 3

ATTENDANCE- 46,569 DATE- Tuesday, July 24th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Ancients: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Ancients: 1
ERRORS- C.Anson
DOUBLES- B.Ewing(17th)
TRIPLES- G.Davis(9th)
HOME RUNS- J.Nights(12th), S.Gunner(12th), D.Fouts(16th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Pflaggstettler(8th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ward
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Ewing
WALKS- J.Potpie, J.Ward, E.Delahanty, C.Anson, G.Kelly, B.Ewing
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie, S.Thompson
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, B.Bullock, R.Nielsen, B.Hamilton, J.Ward, K.Kelly,
G.Kelly-2, O.Radbourn-2
WILD PITCHES- R.Nielsen

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7/25 Radio Broadcast - Game 109

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Caribbean
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Minnie Minoso to lead it off for Caribbean
Babson winds and delivers
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
And there's one away

Pacheco is up now for Caribbean
Pacheco swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Babson is slow to get ready

He has a 3.63 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He makes the grab
One more chance for Caribbean
in the top of the 1st

Up next for the visiting Estrellas
Pancho Coimbre, their left fielder
Coimbre is batting .305 with
14 HR's this year
Babson has the sign he wants
Babson brings it to the plate
Just off the plate
Ball four

Walking up to the plate now is Cepeda
Tony Oliva waits on deck
Cepeda swinging from the right side
facing the righty Babson
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the 3-2 offering
Babson just misses outside
Ball four to Cepeda

Runners at first and second
Tony Oliva is due up
He's a dangerous homerun hitter
as evidenced by his being
2nd in the league
in the long ball
11 to his credit
Tony Oliva is hitting .308 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Oliva awaits the delivery
Babson's righthanded delivery...
A slider by Babson
Oliva gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
After one-half inning
It's Caribbean nothing, the
All Stars coming up

Here's the second baseman Blade
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Blade is one of the best hitters around
Mendez steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sinking fastball...
Blade swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Concepcion...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
And there's one away

Making his way up is Nights
Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts
Mendez wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
Now to the belt, here it is...
Nights hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion
Concepcion takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Cepeda scoops it on one hop

Nights is out!
Nice play by Cepeda
That's the second out of the inning

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
advancing to the plate
No score as yet in the early going
Pflaggstettler has 18 doubles this year
Pflaggstettler is set
The initial offering to Pflaggstettler
is on its way...
Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Concepcion wings it quickly to Cepeda...
OUT by a step
Three up, three down for FOFC

Gonzalez will come up to lead off the
top of the 2nd for Caribbean
Scoreless game
Gonzalez is hitting .307 against righties
Gonzalez, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Babson
Babson will try to get Gonzalez
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Nights is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
One down for Caribbean
Omar Linares is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Linares, Caribbean's third baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Dave Concepcion waits on deck
We'll see how they pitch to Linares
Waiting for the pitch is Linares
And the righthander starts
to work on Linares
Here comes the pitch
Linares rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in order

Up now for Caribbean is Concepcion
Two away, nobody on
Watching Babson, Concepcion
wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Dave steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson goes into his windup
And here's the 3-1 offering
Concepcion hits a fly ball to left
Stan Gunner camps under it
He's got it
1-2-3, nothing across...

Jeeberoni Potpie, Stan Gunner, and
Harry Hays are due up
Mendez has the sign from Gonzalez
Mendez brings it to the plate
Potpie hits a screamer at Omar Linares
Linares picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Cepeda off the bag
Cepeda swipes with the glove

Potpie is out!
Nice play by Cepeda
With one gone
FOFC will have Stan Gunner coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One out, nobody on base
Stan Gunner is the batter
Against righthanders
Gunner is hitting .259
Jose Mendez steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
With a 3-2 count, the pitch
There's a shot off the bat of Stan Gunner
But it's right at Pacheco
who makes the catch of the line drive
Gunner throws his bat into
the dirt in disgust
Scoreless game with two away this inning

Next up is Harry Hays, the FOFC catcher...
If he gets on, Deacon Palmer
would bat next
Mendez likes the sign
Mendez fires
Fly ball to right
Oliva is under it
This should do it...
He grabs it for the out
That's three up, three down
FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors
While Caribbean has no runs,
no hits and no errors

Jose Mendez is coming to the plate
He loves to hit
and is quite good at it too
Babson will have to be careful
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Brian rocks and fires
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Nights
It's by him...
Gunner comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Mendez to a single

The 5'10", 175 pound Havana-born
Minnie Minoso is coming up to bat
Minnie steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Matty Alou relays the sign
from Felipe Alou
Minoso struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
The umpire says let's go
He brings it home
Curve painting the inside corner
Swung on...
Bounced right to short
Fielded, the throw to 2nd...
They get the force for the out
That's one away

Now up for Caribbean, Pacheco
A real speedster Minoso is on first
They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him
Pacheco can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Pacheco waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Babson brings it home
Pacheco sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker
Tucker gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
Two gone for Caribbean

Coimbre digs in at the plate
Ready now for Babson to come set
Pancho is hitting at .305 on the year
He has 129 hits in 423 at bats
This includes 22 doubles, 4 triples
14 home runs and 55 RBI's
Coimbre tells the umpire he's ready
Babson goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Minoso
He lobs one to Potpie...
Minoso is back easily
We're ready again
Now Babson comes home
Coimbre watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Pancho,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Babson just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
So ends the top of the 3rd
For Caribbean
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 2 and a half innings, Scoreless game

Deacon Palmer is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Palmer is batting .332 with
5 HR's this year
Jose peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch is on the way
Change up...
Palmer hits a fly ball to right
Oliva is under it...
He's got it
One up, one down

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
will be up next for FOFC
Mendez steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now Jose delivers
Tucker swings and lines it
on the nose to right
Oliva picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Tucker rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Tucker takes a walking lead
Tucker is held closely by Mendez

Babson fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

Babson is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Mendez looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The pitch to Babson...
Babson hits one toward third
Linares fronts it...
Oops, he bobbles it...
Now he has the handle...
Long throw to first
Babson is safe by two steps!
Error on the play

Barrett Blade is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Barrett is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Mendez is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to right for Blade
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Tucker is out!

Now batting will be Jeff Nights
Two men on, two men out
Mendez adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Jose comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Nights pops it straight up
over the infield...
And it will be Concepcion making the play
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League is edging
Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Oh has hit his 38th homerun
for Japanese League
Negro League I leads Negro
League II 1 to 0
Rogan and Redding currently dueling
NL Post WWII is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0
Morgan has hit his 18th homerun
for NL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Left Outs leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Late 20th is comfortably ahead
of Turn of Century 11 to 5
Johnson enjoying the big Late 20th lead
And in our contest We're scoreless

It's the Estrellas' turn at bat
here in the top of the 4th
Perucho Cepeda, Tony Oliva,
and Miguel Gonzalez
are due up to face righthander
Brian Babson
Babson adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The kick and the pitch
He rips a grounder to the mound
Babson comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
With one down, up next is Tony Oliva
To be followed by Miguel Gonzalez

So that brings up Tony Oliva
the Caribbean right fielder
Oliva is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
He's ready
Here comes the 3-1 "cripple pitch"
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Oliva held up, and draws a walk
Babson isn't happy at all with that call

One away, Oliva at first
Gonzalez is coming to the plate
Gonzalez is at .283 on the season
Babson likes the sign
Babson goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Oliva
He lobs one to Potpie...
Oliva is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Babson comes home
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Miguel looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
Two down

With a runner at first and two outs
Linares walks to the plate
Linares is batting .240 with
14 homers this year
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Now ready, here it is...
Linares goes after Babson's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Gunner is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
It's out of here!
Omar just hit home run number 15
of this 1900 season

Planting his right foot
Concepcion is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Concepcion
Brian Babson has struck out 3 and walked 3
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Benton Breeze
Babson's 1-0 pitch...
Concepcion pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Gunner
Stan is there
He's got it for the out
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
Caribbean has 2 runs, 2 hits and one error
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 2

Although behind by 2 runs
FOFC does have the heart of their line-up
coming up to face Jose Mendez
Mendez's shut the door on FOFC so far
Beautifully pitched game by Jose
FOFC has only 2 hits
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today
Mendez is happy with the sign
Righthander Mendez's delivery
Fastball...
Pflaggstettler jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Coimbre after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Pancho Coimbre!
One gone for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
Caribbean leads 2 to 0 in the fourth
Here comes Jeeberoni Potpie to face Mendez
And Jose studies the sign from Gonzalez...
Now he's got it
Here is the 0-1 pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Concepcion grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two up, two down

Gunner waltzes up to the batter's box
FOFC trails by 2 runs
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Mendez steps on the rubber
Pacheco comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mendez
The delivery
Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Concepcion
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
The All Stars go down in order...
After 4 full innings,
it's 2-0 Estrellas

Jose Mendez, Minnie Minoso,
and Antonio Pacheco are due
up for the Estrellas
Caribbean leads, 2-0
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Babson brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Japanese League 4 to 1
Schalk has hit his 2nd homerun
for Dead Ball Era
Negro League II and Negro League
I are all knotted at 1
Redding battling Rogan
NL Post WWII is on top of
AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Bench has hit his 17th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs and Old Timers
are deadlocked at 1
Late 20th toppling Turn of Century 12 to 5
Johnson enjoying the big Late 20th lead

Minoso settles in at the plate
Minnie is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .265 on the season
Minoso cocks his bat
Now Brian delivers
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Nights before
it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Minoso has the infield single

Minoso watches Babson move...
He's moving away from the bag
Babson holds the runner close to the bag

Antonio Pacheco strides to the plate
Caribbean ahead 2 to 0
Antonio is hitting at .285 on the year
He has 119 hits in 418 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Pacheco flied out his last time up
Now set, Pacheco waits for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pacheco is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

Next up is Pancho Coimbre, the
Caribbean left fielder
Coimbre gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Coimbre waiting on the delivery
Here's his delivery
Routine grounder to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 4 and a half innings
Caribbean has 2 runs, 3 hits and one error
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

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7/25 Radio Broadcast Continued

Hays is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign

Now he's ready...
Mendez brings it to the plate
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Concepcion
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
So one up and one gone

Deacon Palmer is coming to the plate
Caribbean leads by 2
We're in the bottom of the 5th
Palmer is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Deacon certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Mendez earn his salary
He's ready for the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Smash to short
Dave Concepcion boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 2 miscues for Caribbean
this evening

And it brings up A. J. Tucker
On deck is Brian Babson
Barrett Blade in the hole
Tucker is 1 for 1 today
Mendez is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
And the delivery by Mendez
Tucker hits a screamer at Antonio Pacheco
Pacheco picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and one error...
After five complete...
Caribbean leads 2 to 0

Cepeda saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cepeda looks down toward
the third base coach
Brian is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
Caribbean's clean-up hitter is waiting
Babson has allowed 8 taters
to righties this year
And 16 when facing lefties
Here's the 2 strike offering
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 139 on the season for Babson
One out
Due up next is Tony Oliva

Tony Oliva steps up to the plate
Oliva is one of the best hitters around
Babson looking in
Here's the pitch
WATCH OUT!
Babson has hit Oliva!

Miguel Gonzalez is at the plate
Gonzalez digs into the box
Gonzalez is ready for the pitch
Here comes the pitch
Base hit to center for Gonzalez
Oliva is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Oliva is safe at third!
And Gonzalez advances to
second on the throw

Dave Concepcion gets the weighted
donut from Linares
Now Omar saunters to the plate
1 out and 2 on base
Linares bats in the seventh slot
in the order for Caribbean
Caribbean ahead 2 to 0
Linares is 1 for 2 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Babson kicks and fires
This one is fogged right through!
Swung on late by Linares
Strike Three swinging!
Babson gives him his Sunday Pitch
to register strikeout number
6 this evening
And there's two away

Dave Concepcion will face Babson
Righty against righty
The outfield shades towards
left for Concepcion
He'll try to get the runners in
He awaits the pitch
Babson checks the runners
Here's the 2 strike offering
Swung on and missed...
Concepcion is down on strikes
That's it for Caribbean
Caribbean has 2 runs, 4 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Caribbean has now left 6 runners stranded

Fouts steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium
Time is called...
Fouts has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Fouts waits on Mendez
It's coming down the pike
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Fouts is outta there
Caribbean gets the first out of the inning

Coming up for FOFC is Barrett Blade
Nobody on base, one out
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Jose gets the sign from Gonzalez
Way ahead in the count
Mendez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Blade lifts a medium foul ball
towards the first base dugout
Gonzalez gives chase as does Cepeda
They both dive but can't come up with it
Blade gets a reprieve
. . . Blade back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Blade swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Gonzalez loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Barrett as he was heading for the dugout
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Two away, nobody on
Nights comes to the plate for FOFC
Mendez is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mendez looks in...
Now he's ready
The righthander Mendez delivers
Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Concepcion
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 6 innings, Caribbean leads by 2

Here's Mendez to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Dead Ball Era leads Japanese League 5 to 4
Negro League II and Negro
League I are tied at 2
Wilson has hit his 21st homerun
for Negro League II
AL Post WWII is on top of
NL Post WWII 4 to 2
Doby has hit his 6th homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII slipping by NL Pre WWII 7 to 5
Ruth has hit his 43rd homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Left Outs and Old Timers are tied at 1
Late 20th winning over Turn
of Century 12 to 6
Piazza has hit his 18th
homerun for Late 20th
And in our matchup Caribbean on top 2 to 0
Mendez scuffs up the lines around the box
Mendez waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Rodney winds and delivers
The 3-2 pitch
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Mendez checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
He held up, ball four
Never a good time for a lead-off walk
But especially not late in the game

Mendez takes his lead
Rodney looks Mendez back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

Minoso fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Minoso looks to lay one down
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by J.Potpie
the throw to first...
Out
Minoso gets the job done.
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Broadcast System
Your four sports network!

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Estrellas send their second baseman,
Antonio Pacheco, up to face Rodney
Good-hitting Pancho Coimbre is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Pacheco is hitting .287
against righthanders
Rodney has the sign from Hays
The 0-2 pitch...
Rodney lets it fly...
Curveball, in and low
Pacheco hits it to Potpie at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Mendez is now perched over at third
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Rodney
James nods "UH HUH"

Pancho Coimbre, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Coimbre wiggles the bat above his head
Coimbre is set for the 3-2 pitch
Mendez is dancing off third
Rodney is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Coimbre swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Coimbre will have
himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 12 games!
1 for 3 on the evening
Mendez scores from third!

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Perucho Cepeda
Perucho is batting .268 with
16 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
James Rodney on in relief
for the All Stars
We're in the top of the 7th
Rodney goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Coimbre
Fires to Potpie...
Coimbre is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That retires the side...
After 6 and a half innings at FOFC Stadium
here in FOFC,
Caribbean has 3 runs, 5 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 7 men on base
FOFC has stranded only 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.301 with 15 homeruns
Persimmon also has 18 doubles
and 8 triples
And has driven in a total of 57 runs
Persimmon seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Mendez leans back and fires
Pflaggstettler gets wood
on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Concepcion into the outfield...
Base hit for Pflaggstettler

Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Jose delivers
Fastball down low...
Potpie swings and hits one out to center
Minnie Minoso is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Mendez
Pflaggstettler trots back to first

Now batting will be Stan Gunner
The left fielder is walking to the plate
One on... one out
Caribbean leads FOFC by 3 runs
Caribbean has the outfield
shaded towards right
Gunner is 0 for 2 today
Mendez tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mendez fires
Base hit to center for Gunner
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Pflaggstettler will stay at second

Hays is up now for FOFC
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Mendez shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Mendez checks the runners
Base hit to right for Hays
Dick Howser is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Gonzalez is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Pflaggstettler is out at home!
Trailing runners advance.

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Deacon Palmer
The All Stars' third baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 on board with 2 outs
Palmer steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Deacon is 0 for 2 today
Mendez looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The stretch... the pitch
Palmer rips a scorcher towards
the third base side
Linares dives to his right
Takes it on one hop
He's up...
Fires to first
Cepeda scoops it out of the dirt
OUT!
Nice play
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49220

Oliva is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Oliva is batting .307 with
11 HR's this year
Rodney has the sign from Hays
James rocks and fires
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
FOFC gets the first out
here late in this contest

Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez
Caribbean leading in the game
Miguel is batting .284 with
22 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
Rodney wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Rodney brings it to the plate
Sinking line drive
Caught by Deacon Palmer
That's two away

Slowly coming up is Linares for Caribbean
He is finally in the batter's box
Caribbean on top 3 to 0
Looking to Matty Alou for a sign
Linares is set for the pitch
And the cripple pitch...
Base hit to center for Linares
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
He's going to try for it!
Here's the play...
He's out!
Exciting play, Linares will
get credit for a single.

A. J. Tucker, James Rodney and Barrett
Blade will be the first three men
to face the pitcher Jose Mendez
We are in the bottom of the 8th
So far this year Tucker is batting .294
He has 16 doubles, 6 triples
5 homeruns with 44 RBI's
and 16 stolen bases
Mendez is still mowing them down
He brought his "A" game to FOFC
Stadium this evening
Mendez brings it home
Grounded to the right side
Cepeda comes up with it
Waves off Mendez...
Runs to the bag
Out!
And there's one away

Nobody on base, one away
Treacy steps into the batter's box
Treacy, a switch-hitter, facing
the right-handed Mendez
Treacy waits patiently
We've got a full count...
Mendez winds and fires...
Treacy pounds a grounder toward
Pacheco at second
Antonio moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Pacheco stayed with it
Over to first and Treacy is retired
Nice play by the Caribbean second baseman
Two down

Blade walks to the plate
Blade is at .265 on the season
Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign

Now he's ready...
And the delivery by Mendez
Mendez misses low on that one
Blade draws the walk
Number 1 today by Mendez

Now here's Nights
Nights has hit 12 home runs this year
The right-hander Mendez is
set to deliver to Nights
Here's the 3-2 offering
Fastball, just inside to Nights
So Nights walks
A rare walk today by Mendez
Only 2 issued in the game
That is certainly part of the reason
he now enjoys a 3 run lead

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the All
Stars' right fielder is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs
Two men on, two men out
Right-hander Mendez prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
A slider by Mendez
Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it...
Coimbre back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's it for FOFC
Caribbean has 3 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded

Concepcion steps up to the
plate for Caribbean
It's the top of the 9th
here at FOFC Stadium
Caribbean on top 3 to 0
Concepcion is batting .272 with
4 round trippers in 1900
Hunter eyes Concepcion intently
Here's the righthander's delivery
Concepcion sends a wicked
smash in the hole
Palmer can't cut it off
Nights makes a great backhand stab
Leaps and fires to Potpie
Dave is out on a bang-bang play!
Great play by Jeff Nights!
One down for Caribbean
Jose Mendez is still in the on-deck circle
and Minnie Minoso is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Nobody on, one away for Caribbean
Up now is Mendez
Hunter shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Hunter brings it to the plate
Looping fly to left
Stan Gunner charges the ball
It falls in front of him
A hit for Jose Mendez
the Caribbean pitcher

Mendez watches Hunter as he
inches away from the base
Hunter steps away from the mound
Now Mendez moves back to first

Minoso is ready to face Hunter
Minnie looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Matty Alou flashes a series of them...
Now Minoso taps the bat on home plate
Minnie waits...
He steps out as Hunter takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
Look out...
Down he goes!
It hit him!
Minoso will be awarded first
Doesn't appear to be hurt
Mendez will advance to second

Pacheco now at the plate
Pancho Coimbre waits on deck
Antonio is hitting at .283 on the year
He has 119 hits in 420 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 4
Pacheco grounded out his last time up
Pacheco is set for the 0-2 pitch
Here's his delivery
Base hit to left for Pacheco
Matty Alou is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by Caribbean...
Not cut-off...
Mendez scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Pancho Coimbre steps into the box
Coimbre is batting .305 with
14 HR's this year
Owen looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The righthander Hunter's delivery
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Hays!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Minoso scores from third!
Pacheco takes third

Pancho Coimbre steps into the box
Coimbre is 1 for 3 today
For the season, Pancho has 14 homers
22 doubles, and 4 triples
He has scored 61 runs
while driving in 56
Right-hander Hunter eyes
the righty Coimbre
Now Owen delivers
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
A. J. Tucker is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Tucker!

Cepeda gets set at the plate
Cepeda is taking his practice swings
Perucho is 0 for 3 this evening
He struck out last time at bat
Hunter adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Cepeda cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Cepeda was badly fooled by Hunter's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Perucho was a little overanxious
That retires the side...
3 runs cross the plate for Caribbean
After 8 and a half innings,
Caribbean on top 6 to 0

The All Stars will get their licks
here in the bottom of the 9th
Jeeberoni Potpie, Stan Gunner,
and Harry Hays
are scheduled to face Caribbean
righthander Jose Mendez
Here's Potpie stepping in...
Jeeberoni is hitting at .287 on the year
FOFC's cleanup hitter has
knocked in 76 runs
He has a fine .569 slugging average
Potpie waiting on the delivery
Mendez kicks and fires
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Potpie!
FOFC with one away
Mendez steps off the mound as
he waits for Stan Gunner to
come to the plate

Walking up to the plate now is Gunner
Harry Hays waits on deck
Gunner is taking his practice swings
Stan is 1 for 3 this evening
Jose is ready
He brings it home
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Gunner gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Cepeda grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Gunner for the out
Two down
All's quiet in the All Stars' dugout
Some grim faces in there, right now

Hays coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Mendez is pitching a beauty
here this evening
He has hung a 'horse collar'
on the FOFC offense so far
0 runs on the scoreboard for FOFC...
And Caribbean with a 6 run lead
The righthander delivers
Hays really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Minoso was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
He dives for it...
It gets past him!
Minnie gets up in a hurry
Fires it in to Linares on a line
but Hays has himself a stand-up double

That'll bring up All Stars' third
baseman Deacon Palmer...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Palmer is hitting .299
against righthanders
Mendez is one out away
from a 6-hit shutout
The pitch is on the way
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Palmer swung right over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Mendez!
And that will do it for FOFC
Caribbean wins 6 to 0
Mendez gets credit for the win
He threw a shut-out at them
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for Caribbean
was Omar Linares
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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7/25 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/25/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 3 1 1 0 .270 B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .265
A.Pacheco 2B 5 1 1 1 .285 J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .278
P.Coimbre LF 3 0 1 2 .305 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 1 0 .302
P.Cepeda 1B 4 0 0 0 .267 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .287
T.Oliva RF 2 1 0 0 .306 S.Gunner LF 4 0 1 0 .264
M.Gonzalez C 4 0 1 0 .283 H.Hays C 4 0 2 0 .336
O.Linares 3B 4 1 2 2 .244 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .327
D.Concepcion SS 4 0 0 0 .271 A.Tucker CF 3 0 1 0 .293
J.Mendez P 3 2 2 0 .262 B.Babson P 1 0 0 0 .091
A-D.Fouts PH 1 0 0 0 .269
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .267
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 6 8 5 Totals 32 0 6 0

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning

Estrellas....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 - 6 8 2
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Mendez WIN(10-9) 9 6 0 0 2 4 0 136 3.62
Totals 9 6 0 0 2 4 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(8-10) 6 4 2 2 3 7 1 89 3.62
J.Rodney 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 32 2.93
O.Hunter 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 21 5.45
Totals 9 8 6 6 4 9 1

ATTENDANCE- 49,220 DATE- Wednesday, July 25th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:51
LEFT ON BASE- Estrellas: 7 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Estrellas: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- O.Linares, D.Concepcion
DOUBLES- H.Hays(4th)
HOME RUNS- O.Linares(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Minoso
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Coimbre
WALKS- P.Coimbre, P.Cepeda, T.Oliva, J.Mendez, B.Blade, J.Nights
HIT BY PITCH- M.Minoso, T.Oliva
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, A.Pacheco, P.Coimbre, P.Cepeda-3, M.Gonzalez, O.Linares,
D.Concepcion, B.Blade, J.Potpie, D.Palmer, D.Fouts
GIDP- A.Tucker
WILD PITCHES- O.Hunter
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Miguel Gonzalez blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 9th: A. J. Tucker robbed Pancho Coimbre of a Homerun!

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7/26 Radio Broadcast - Game 110

The pre-game ceremonies are over
and we're ready to get this one going

Minnie Minoso strides to the plate
and here I think we're ready...

Williams' finishing his warm-up tosses
It will be lefty versus righty
Minoso is hitting .360 against southpaws
Here's his delivery
Minoso rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Fouts spears it!
A shot hit right on the screws
but right at the FOFC third baseman
One down for Caribbean
Antonio Pacheco is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Now batting will be the second
baseman, Antonio Pacheco
Pacheco is batting .285 with
11 HR's this year
John Williams steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Williams brings it to the plate
Pacheco hits a screamer at Dan Fouts
Fouts picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Pacheco is out!
Nice play by Potpie

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Linares
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now John delivers
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Linares around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

Cepeda gets set at the plate
Cepeda has hit 16 home runs this year
John gets the sign from Hays
The pitch to Cepeda...
It's in on the wrists
Perucho tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Williams walks him

Miguel Gonzalez is up next
Caribbean's catcher finds 2 on with 2 outs
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.70 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
Gonzalez swings awkwardly... strike three
Williams took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Gonzalez way out in front
That ends the inning
Caribbean threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 1st

Blade saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade is batting .265 with
3 HR's this year
Tiant Sr. is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Tiant Sr. looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw Tiant Sr.'s delivery
Slow ground ball
Concepcion is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is still in
the on-deck circle
and Gerald Gazelle is looking
for a bat in the dugout

FOFC center fielder, A.
J. Tucker, is up next
Tiant Sr. steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
That's the second out of the inning

Gazelle walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Gazelle is batting .272 with
20 round trippers in 1900
Gazelle readies himself for the pitch
Tiant Sr. brings it to the plate
The pitch is just inside
and Gazelle holds up
Gonzalez points down at
the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Gerald trots down to first... ball four

Jeeberoni Potpie steps up to the plate
Gazelle, with excellent speed, is at first
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Tiant Sr. looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Tiant Sr.'s into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Gazelle dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Espino tosses it back to Tiant Sr.
Now here's the pitch
Low inside fastball, at the knees...
Cut on...
Potpie rips a single to right field...
Oliva takes it on one bounce...
With his afterburners on,
Gazelle heads into third
ahead of the throw

K. A. Ton steps in
Ton digs in
O.K. Ton is ready
He deals
WATCH OUT!
Tiant Sr. has hit Ton!
Now Ton gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Ton to take his base

Fouts is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers
Luis is ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Ground ball to short
Concepcion grabs it
Over to second for the force
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Ton, is out
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning,
FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors
While Caribbean has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Caribbean has stranded 2

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Espino is talking to Hays
Espino grips the bat handle
After getting set, Espino
waits on the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks

Tony Oliva plants his left foot
The lefthanded right fielder
for Caribbean appears set
Oliva looks down at Matty
Alou to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Felipe Alou
Now he relays the signal to Oliva
Tony is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch
The southpaw delivers
Base hit to right for Oliva
Matty Alou puts up the stop sign...
Espino will stay at second

Next up is Dave Concepcion,
the Caribbean shortstop
On-deck is Luis Tiant Sr....
He'll be followed by Minnie Minoso
Williams is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Williams gets the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Concepcion rips a solid shot to center
Tucker ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
With one down, up next is Luis Tiant Sr.
To be followed by Minnie Minoso

Tiant Sr. finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Luis takes a couple of practice cuts
Tiant Sr. is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
And the delivery by Williams
Pounded on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
By the way, Caribbean is 7 and
3 in their last ten games

Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up
The catcher, Harry Hays will lead off
Tiant Sr. looks down at
Gonzalez for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Luis delivers
Hays hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Linares dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Hays reaches on a sizzling single to left
A nice try by the third
baseman, Omar Linares

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
John Williams waits on deck
Nights is batting .278 with
12 homers this year
Tiant Sr. adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The stretch... the delivery
Nights rolls one toward Omar Linares
He scoops it and fires to
second... close play
OUT
The relay to first
OUT there too, it's a twin-killing
Two down
Gonzalez asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gonzalez and Tiant Sr.

Williams coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Tiant Sr. steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Tiant Sr. kicks and fires
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Williams hits it into the
hole on the right side
Pacheco ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Williams is out by a step at first
That's all for the All Stars
in the 2nd inning
No runs, one hit and no errors...
We head to the 3rd...
We're scoreless

Minnie Minoso stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Watching Williams, Minoso wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Minoso is set for the 0-2 pitch
John rocks and fires
Minoso hits one on the ground
to the left side
Minnie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Fouts wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
Caribbean with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Antonio Pacheco to
come to the plate

Facing Williams now is Pacheco
Omar Linares heads to the on deck circle
Perucho Cepeda waits in the hole
Pacheco is batting .284 with
11 HR's this year
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now to the belt, here it is...
Pacheco taps one on the ground
Jeff Nights charges in
He boots it!
He can't make the throw
It'll be an error on Nights
Nights has committed 1 error this evening

Pacheco sneaks away from the base
Williams' move keeps Pacheco guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

Linares comes to the plate
One out, Pacheco at first
Linares goes through his
routine of settling in
Set now is Linares
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Pacheco
Fires to Potpie...
Pacheco is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Grounded down the line
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
Two away

Two outs, Pacheco at second
Cepeda is ready
Cepeda has 24 doubles this year
Cepeda is ready
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 3-1 pitch
Hot shot grounded to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Dead Ball Era is on top of
Japanese League 3 to 1
McGinnity battling Sugishita
Negro League I leads Negro
League II 2 to 1
AL Post WWII and NL Post WWII
are deadlocked at 4
Hunter battling Marichal
AL Pre WWII is on top of
NL Pre WWII 6 to 4
Old Timers is running roughshod
over Left Outs 10 to 0
Turn of Century is on top
of Late 20th 2 to 0
And here in FOFC No score

Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Gerald
Gazelle will be the first three men
to face the pitcher Luis Tiant Sr.
We are in the bottom of the 3rd
The outfield shades towards left for Blade
Tiant Sr. likes the sign
Here's the 2 strike offering
Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Gonzalez asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Blade went around
Strike three, swinging
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

FOFC sends the center fielder,
A. J. Tucker, up to the plate
Tucker has hit 5 home runs this year
Tiant Sr. eyes Tucker intently
Tiant Sr. brings it to the plate
Change-up, Tucker is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Minoso is racing back...
HE STUMBLES on the warning track!!!...
He can't make the catch...
The ball rolls to the fence...
Tucker coasts into second...
As the throw is way too late
Tucker will get a double from
the official scorer

That'll bring up All Stars' right
fielder Gerald Gazelle...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Gazelle steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Tiant Sr. wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
The lefthander Tiant Sr.
comes home with it
Routine fly to left
Cepeda starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Tucker scampers back to second

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
Tiant Sr. gets the sign, it's one he likes
He brings it home
It's a high pop behind the plate
Gonzalez, Espino, and Linares
all converge on the ball
THEY COLLIDE!!
OH!, Gonzalez makes a one-handed
grab of the foul pop
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We've played three, here...
We're scoreless

Leading off now for Caribbean is Gonzalez
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw's 3-2 delivery
Gonzalez starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him

And it brings up Hector Espino
On deck is Tony Oliva
Dave Concepcion in the hole
Hector checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Waiting for the pitch is Espino
The stretch... the 3-1 delivery
Espino sends a scorcher to short
Nights takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
Two gone for Caribbean

Tony Oliva, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Oliva is at .308 on the season
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Potpie snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Potpie
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 3 and a half innings
FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and one error
While Caribbean has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

The left fielder Ton will
start things off for the All Stars
Against lefthanders
Ton is hitting .308 this season
Left-hander Luis Tiant Sr.
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ton
Luis winds
Kicks... and delivers
In the dirt
And Ton holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Fouts pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Tiant Sr.
He checks third for the sign
I'd be shocked if he bunts however
Fouts is poised and ready for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Fouts gets good wood on it!
Right at Dave Concepcion...
He leaps up high...
It's past him!
Ton had to wait on that
to see if it would be caught
He'll have to stop at second
on that wicked line single by Fouts

Hays fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on

Harry Hays will make his way to home plate
He's the catcher for FOFC
Hays is hitting .339 with 10 homeruns
Harry also has 4 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 31 runs
He's ready
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Grounded towards the middle
Outstanding play by Pacheco!
Throw to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Nights leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Nights is 0 for 1 today
Tiant Sr. tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Tiant Sr.'s 1-1 pitch...
Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Pacheco
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
No score

Here's the shortstop Concepcion
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Luis Tiant Sr.
And then Minnie Minoso
Dave is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Dave...
Now we're set to go
Concepcion is set
Here's the 3-2 pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Concepcion held up, and draws a walk
Williams isn't happy at all with that call

Luis Tiant Sr. makes his way to home plate
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The lefty Williams delivers
Tiant Sr. hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Dead Ball Era is edging Japanese
League 3 to 2
McGinnity battling Sugishita
Negro League I leads Negro
League II 2 to 1
NL Post WWII is on top of
AL Post WWII 7 to 5
AL Pre WWII leads NL Pre WWII 6 to 5
Old Timers besting Left Outs 10 to 5
Turn of Century slipping
by Late 20th 3 to 1
Joss and Martinez currently dueling

Settling in at the plate is Minoso
Looking to Matty Alou for a sign
Williams studies his sign
Williams winds his left arm
Lets it go
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Fouts
It's by him...
Ton comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Minoso to a single

Coming to the plate is Pacheco
Minoso's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Williams
Minoso will be running if it's hit
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Minoso...
He fires one to Potpie...
Minoso dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
Pacheco goes after Williams' fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Tucker is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
Antonio just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the Caribbean
second baseman
That's all for Caribbean
After 4 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
Scoreless game

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John Williams to lead it off for FOFC
Williams can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Williams gets set for the pitch
The southpaw Tiant Sr.'s delivery
on the 0-2 pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Williams gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Pacheco grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's one away

The second baseman, Barrett Blade
will be up next for FOFC
Barrett is hitting at .263 on the year
He has 76 hits in 289 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
42 runs this year
Luis looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the pitch
Blade rips the curve to left-center...
Minoso racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
Can't quite reach it!!...
Blade makes it easily into second
That's a double for Blade

Now here's Tucker
A. J. is hitting at .294 on the year
He has 136 hits in 462 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 2
Tucker doubled his last time up
He's ready
Here's his delivery
Slider...
Swung on and pounded to right-center...
It'll be over Oliva's head!...
He's chasing after it...
Tucker rounds second...
Here's the peg in to Linares at third...
Tucker slides hard...
A bad bounce, but Linares
knocks it down...
The ball rolls just a few feet...
Tucker jumps to his feet, but
isn't going anywhere
He'll get a triple from the
scorer on that hit!
Blade scored easily from second

Gazelle steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Tiant Sr. steps on the rubber
Tucker is dancing off third
Tiant Sr. is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Gazelle swats a major league fly to left
Cepeda drifts back
He lurches forward...
He makes the grab
This is plenty deep enough to score Tucker
Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Gazelle
He has 37 RBI's now, this year
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 5th

Jeeberoni Potpie will step in
to face Tiant Sr. next
If he gets on, K. A. Ton will follow
Time is called...
Potpie has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Potpie, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Tiant Sr.
Now ready, here it is...
Low slider...
Potpie takes a big rip at it...
Lofts a deep fly ball...
It could be going...
IT IS!!...
HOME RUN FOR FOFC!

Ton is up now for FOFC
Ton digs in from the right side
of the plate against the
southpaw Tiant Sr.
Ton tells the umpire he's ready
Pacheco comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Tiant Sr.
The delivery
It's grounded past the mound
Pacheco races to his right
Concepcion to his left
Concepcion scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Espino...
K. A. beats it out!

Dan Fouts is up next
The All Stars' third baseman
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Fouts has hit 16 home runs this year
Tiant Sr. is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Ton dives back in!...
SAFE!
Espino tosses it back to Tiant Sr.
Now here's the pitch
Bouncer to second
Taken by Pacheco
Over to Espino
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
The side is retired
3 runs, 4 hits, no errors and
one man left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Linares is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Linares is batting .246 with
15 HR's this year
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
John winds... kicks... and delivers
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Fouts takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Linares is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Dan is very fine fielder!
One up, one down

Here's the Caribbean clean-up
hitter, Perucho Cepeda
Cepeda has hit 16 home runs this year
John is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
Caribbean's clean-up hitter is waiting
Williams has allowed 11 taters
to righties this year
And 3 when facing lefties
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Williams loses him
Cepeda heads down to first
2 walks today for Cepeda

Gonzalez coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Cepeda on first, with one away
Gonzalez is at .283 on the season
Williams is ready quickly
Williams rocks and fires
Base hit to left for Gonzalez
Matty Alou puts up the stop sign...
Cepeda will stay at second

Here comes Espino to the plate
Look in the Caribbean dugout
The players have their caps turned around!
They want Espino to get on
They're looking to close
the 3 run gap on FOFC
Williams is working on a shutout
He's yielded 4 hits so far
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Change up...
Espino was way out in front...
Strike Three
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
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your 4 Sports Network...
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Dave Concepcion gets the weighted
donut from Oliva
Now Tony saunters to the plate
2 outs and 2 on base
Oliva bats in the seventh slot
in the order for Caribbean
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
All set, Oliva is ready for the pitch
Williams checks the runners
Grounded down the line
Potpie to Williams covering first
Score It: 3-1
That does it for Caribbean
in the top of the 6th

Harry Hays will get things
started for FOFC
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
and John Williams
If any of them get on,
lead-off hitter, Barrett
Blade, will step in
Now Hays approaches home plate
Hays is at .338 on the season
The left-hander Tiant Sr. is now ready
Here's the 0-1 offering
Hays pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Cepeda will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Hays retreats to first
after a wide turn

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Nights
Expect a bunt here with Nights up
He is one of the better bunters
Nights looks very intent...
He stares down at Tiant Sr....
Cocks his bat
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Hays dives back in!...

SAFE!
Espino tosses it back to Tiant Sr.
Now here's the pitch
The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
It's a rainbow shot toward right
Oliva reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


Williams squares as Tiant
Sr. delivers the pitch
Omar Linares charges and picks up the bunt
He fires to first in time
Credit a sacrifice to Williams
And there's two away

Blade is ready to face Tiant Sr.
Blade has hit 5 triples this year
Blade awaits the delivery
Concepcion trying to slip in behind Hays
Now he slips away
Here's the 2 strike offering
It's a blooper hit by Blade down the line
Linares dives across the foul line
But it looks like he short-hops it...
Wait, the umpire rules Linares
caught the ball
He's calling Blade out!!
Somehow he caught it!
That's all for the All Stars...
After 6 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
FOFC leads 3 to 0

The Caribbean shortstop, Concepcion,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Luis Tiant Sr.
And then Minnie Minoso
Concepcion is 0 for 1 today
Williams has the sign from Hays
Williams leans back and fires
Dribbler in front of home
Hays grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 2-3
And there's one away

Felipe Alou will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Keith Hernandez steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Williams
Hernandez is batting .244 on the year
He has 2 homers and 9 RBI's in 1900

Making his way up is Hernandez
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Hernandez
Williams brings it to the plate
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
Williams gets another one
We're in the top of the 7th and Williams
has allowed only 4 hits

And the batter is Minnie Minoso
Antonio Pacheco is on-deck
Watching Williams, Minoso wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Minnie waits...
He steps out as Williams takes too long
Now he's back in the box
It's coming down the pike
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Fouts
It's by him...
Ton comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Minoso to a single

Here's Antonio Pacheco
Antonio seems to always make contact
He rarely strikes out
Today he is 0 for 3...
Naturally with no strike outs
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Williams rocks and fires
Pacheco drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Matty Alou will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Pacheco

Slowly coming up is Linares for Caribbean
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 3 to 1
A base hit should score Pacheco
2 down, Williams ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
The lefthander Williams delivers
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Linares watches it go
by for the third strike
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has
3 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Caribbean has one run,
6 hits and no errors
Caribbean has stranded 8 so far
If they could have driven across
only a couple of those runners
they might be in the lead right now
instead of trailing by 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Fernando Valenzuela will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Fernando has appeared in
39 games this season
with a record of 5-7
In 104 innings, he has an 5.63 ERA
Luis Tiant Sr. has finished his work
here this evening

Tucker saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Tucker is 2 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the Caribbean infield
Espino is kicking the dirt at first
Linares is even with the bag at third
Pacheco and Concepcion are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Tucker waits patiently
Fernando rocks and fires
Change up...
Fools Tucker...
He still manages to hit
a grounder to first
Espino BOOTS THE BALL!!!
Tucker is safe at first on the error
Score It: E3
Tucker to first

Tucker at first, nobody out
Gazelle comes to the plate
Gerald checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Gazelle waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The southpaw Valenzuela delivers
the 3-1 pitch
Fastball, at the letters...
Gazelle crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Minoso running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 21 for Gazelle this year!

Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Potpie is batting .290 with
29 round trippers in 1900
Fernando Valenzuela on in relief
for the Estrellas
We're in the bottom of the 7th
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to center for Potpie
Minnie Minoso is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Felipe Alou is visiting the mound...
He decides to stick with
Fernando Valenzuela
FOFC left fielder, K. A.
Ton, will be up next
He will be followed by Dan Fouts
One on... no one out
FOFC up by 4
FOFC ahead 5 to 1
Fernando is ready
Valenzuela goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Potpie
Fires to Espino...
Potpie is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Valenzuela comes home
Curve, at the belt...
Ton times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Tony Oliva retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Fouts is up now for FOFC
Fouts is batting .270 with
16 HR's this year
Valenzuela looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Valenzuela brings it to the plate
Fouts really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Minoso was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
At the fence...
He dives for it...
OUT!!!
Caribbean gets the first out of the inning

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be Harry Hays
Hays is batting .340 with
10 HR's this year
Valenzuela has the sign from Gonzalez
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Gonzalez fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Hays
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 6 runs
FOFC has 12 hits on the evening

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
John Williams waits on deck
Valenzuela steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Now Fernando delivers
A hanging curve...
Nights laces it hard just to
the right of Concepcion
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Jeff...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Two out, Nights at first
Coming up is John Williams
We'll see how they pitch to Williams
Williams is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Williams goes down on strikes
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 innings,
FOFC has 7 runs, 13 hits and one error
While Caribbean has one run,
6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 7 on base
Caribbean has stranded 8

The Caribbean left fielder, Cepeda,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Miguel Gonzalez
And then Hector Espino
FOFC ahead 7 to 1
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The pitch to Cepeda...
Sinking line drive
Caught by Jeff Nights
And there's one away

Gonzalez is up next
One gone, top of the 8th
Hector Espino moves out on deck
Miguel is batting .285 with
22 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
Gonzalez tells the umpire he's ready
He brings it home
Williams loses him
Gonzalez heads down to first
2 walks today for Gonzalez

Now batting will be Hector Espino
The first baseman is walking to the plate
One on... one out
FOFC leads Caribbean by 6 runs
Hector is hitting at .239 on the year
He has 27 hits in 113 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Espino struck out his last time up
Hector is ready for the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Belted right back at Blade
He snares it just before
it hits the ground
That's the second out of the inning

Tony Oliva steps into the box
Oliva is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .307 on the year
Tony steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fastball off the catcher's mitt
Rolls all the way to the backstop
Hays is after it... as Gonzalez
moves on to second
No throw...
Looked like Hays was crossed-up
on the pitch
Score it a passed ball on Hays

Tony Oliva steps into the box
A base hit should score Gonzalez
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The lefty Williams delivers
Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Oliva turned that one around
in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Ton didn't even move

Concepcion coming up for Caribbean
Nobody on, two away
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The pitch is on the way
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That ends the inning
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 4

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Dead Ball Era leads Japanese League 3 to 2
McGinnity battling Fujimoto
Negro League II is in front
of Negro League I 6 to 3
NL Post WWII clipping AL Post WWII 9 to 5
Marichal comfortably ahead
for NL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII is in front
of NL Pre WWII 8 to 5
Old Timers is beating Left Outs 11 to 7
Turn of Century leads Late 20th 3 to 2
And in our matchup FOFC leads 7 to 3
Blade is 1 for 4 today
Barrett fouled out last time up
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
And the delivery by Valenzuela
Curve ball...
Blade swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Valenzuela to come set
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Tucker
He's 2 for 4 today
Tucker gets set for the pitch
Valenzuela brings it home
Tucker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Valenzuela strikes out A. J. Tucker
Two up, two down for FOFC

Here comes Gerald Gazelle to the plate
What a year this man is having
It is a baseball axiom that there are
only five things you can do in baseball
Run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power
So far this season, Gazelle
is doing it all!
The All Stars' right fielder
is quite a crowd favorite
Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts
Valenzuela adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Valenzuela kicks and fires
Gazelle cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez
Gazelle was badly fooled by Valenzuela's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Gerald was a little overanxious
That's three down in the bottom of the 8th
FOFC goes into the ninth with a 4 run lead
They are 38 and 15 at home in 1900
This can be compared to their
70 and 40 record overall
Three more outs, and they can put
another one in the win column!

Felipe Alou is bringing on Pablo Mesa
to hit for Fernando Valenzuela
Mesa will be facing Williams
Mesa knows how to bunt very well...
And he can run like a deer
FOFC would be wise not to forget
He might bunt for a hit

Mesa saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mesa has hit 2 home runs this year
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The lefty winds and delivers
High heater...
Mesa goes after it...
Rips a line drive into the gap
That looks like an easy two-bagger
A. J. Tucker races to the ball
Cuts it off, spins and fires it in
Blade takes the relay
Fires to Nights...
The slide...
Safe at second
Mesa has himself a double

Minoso saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Minoso a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Knowles
Minnie is set for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Minoso swings and misses, strike three!
Minnie chased a curve ball in the dirt
One gone for Caribbean

Antonio Pacheco steps into the box
Pacheco is at .285 on the season
Hays flashes the sign...
Knowles waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the righthander's delivery
Knowles loses hit footing!
and the pitch sails to the backstop!
Hays retrieves it quickly.
Score that as a REALLY wild pitch!
Mesa takes third

Antonio Pacheco steps into the box
Pacheco is hitting .288 against righties
Sammy gets the sign from Hays
The righthander Knowles delivers
Pacheco reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to center
Base hit for Pacheco
FOFC's lead narrows by a run
FOFC ahead 7 to 4

Omar Linares up
All Stars out in front by three
We're in the top of the 9th
Linares has hit 15 home runs this year
Knowles is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pacheco dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
And Linares will sit down...
strike three called
That's two away

At the plate now for Caribbean is Cepeda
Cepeda has a .257 average against
righthanders this season
The righthander pitching to Cepeda...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .222 average
against Sammy
Knowles' righthanded delivery...
Pounded on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 7 to 4
Williams gets credit for the win
Tiant Sr. takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Gerald Gazelle
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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7/26 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/26/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 5 1 2 0 .274 B.Blade 2B 5 1 1 0 .264
A.Pacheco 2B 5 0 2 2 .286 A.Tucker CF 5 2 2 1 .295
O.Linares 3B 5 0 1 0 .243 G.Gazelle RF 3 1 1 3 .273
P.Cepeda LF 3 0 0 0 .264 J.Potpie 1B 4 2 3 1 .292
M.Gonzalez C 2 1 1 0 .285 K.Ton LF 2 1 2 2 .281
H.Espino 1B 3 0 0 0 .237 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 1 0 .268
T.Oliva RF 4 1 2 2 .309 H.Hays C 4 0 2 0 .339
D.Concepcion SS 3 0 0 0 .269 J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .277
L.Tiant Sr. P 2 0 0 0 .106 J.Williams P 3 0 0 0 .143
A-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .242 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
F.Valenzuela P 0 0 0 0 .267
B-P.Mesa PH 1 1 1 0 .226
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 34 7 13 7

A-Pinch Hit For Tiant Sr. In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Valenzuela In 9th Inning

Estrellas....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 - 4 9 1
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 - 7 13 1

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Tiant Sr. LOSS(9-9) 6 9 3 3 2 2 1 106 4.80
F.Valenzuela 2 4 4 3 0 5 2 40 5.77
Totals 8 13 7 6 2 7 3

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(11-2) 8 8 4 4 6 3 1 143 3.77
S.Knowles 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 1.56
Totals 9 9 4 4 6 5 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,121 DATE- Thursday, July 26th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:22
LEFT ON BASE- Estrellas: 9 All Stars: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Estrellas: 2 All Stars: 3
ERRORS- H.Espino, J.Nights
DOUBLES- A.Pacheco(29th), O.Linares(25th), P.Mesa(22nd), B.Blade(16th),
A.Tucker(17th)
TRIPLES- A.Tucker(7th)
HOME RUNS- T.Oliva(12th), G.Gazelle(21st), J.Potpie(29th), K.Ton(11th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Williams
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Gazelle
WALKS- P.Cepeda-2, M.Gonzalez-2, H.Espino, D.Concepcion, G.Gazelle, K.Ton
HIT BY PITCH- K.Ton
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, O.Linares-2, M.Gonzalez, H.Espino, B.Blade-2, A.Tucker-2,
G.Gazelle, H.Hays, J.Williams
GIDP- H.Espino, L.Tiant Sr.-2, H.Hays, J.Nights
WILD PITCHES- S.Knowles
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays

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7/27 Radio Broadcast - Game 111

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Caribbean
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Minnie Minoso to lead it off for Caribbean
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Minoso slaps a hard grounder past short
Ton is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Minoso will hold with a clean single

Roberto Avila steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Minoso is at first
Roberto checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings...

Now he steps into the box
Set now is Avila
Fozborg goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Minoso
He lobs one to Potpie...
Minoso is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
The Estrellas try the hit and run!
Avila misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Hays comes up firing...
Hook slide...
Out!
Nice throw

Roberto Avila will make
his way to home plate
He's the second baseman for Caribbean
Avila is batting .195 with
no HR's this year
Fozborg steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Sirr will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Fozborg can't get the 3-0
pitch over the plate

While Perucho Cepeda heads
for the on deck circle
Pancho Coimbre makes his way to the plate
Watching Fozborg, Coimbre wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Coimbre awaits the delivery
Fozborg's 3-0 pitch...
Base hit to left for Coimbre
Avila is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Avila is safe at third!
And Coimbre advances to
second on the throw

Perucho Cepeda will face Fozborg
Righty against righty
2nd and 3rd, 1 man down
Fozborg is taking his time out there
Perucho could write a letter
while he's waiting
Now Fozborg's finished fiddling around
He is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Hays
Fozborg checks the runners
Cepeda sends one way high in the air
It is drifting toward the
first base dugout
Hays is over...
Ouch!...
That ball got a fan right
in the breadbasket
He even lost the souvenir
After stopping it with his abdomen
It bounced to a kid a couple seats away
. . . Cepeda back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Outside slider...
He goes after it...
Cepeda smashes a very high
fly into deep left
Ton and Tucker converge on it
Tucker pulls up..
So does Ton!!...
They both can only look up...
That ball is outta here!

One away, nobody on...
top of the 1st
The first base coach exhorting
Oliva to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Oliva is hitting .309 with 12 homeruns
Tony also has 25 doubles and 6 triples
And has driven in a total of 52 runs
Oliva waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the righthander's delivery
Over the outside corner
Oliva hits the curve right to third...
Palmer takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Oliva is out by a couple of steps
Two down

Settling in at the plate is Gonzalez
Gonzalez can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Way ahead in the count
Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Fozborg punches him out!
That retires the side... but not before
3 runs cross the plate for Caribbean
After one half inning, Caribbean
ahead 3 to 0

Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate
He will get things started
in the All Stars half of the first
FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games
Already behind by 3 runs
they need some baserunners
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Cuellar shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
With a 3-2 count, the pitch
Ball four is the call
Cuellar can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Cuellar
Blade takes first base

Tucker settles in at the plate
Tucker is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Cuellar checks Blade on first...
The 3-2 delivery
It's in on the hands
Inside... ball four
Tucker trots to first as
Blade takes second

Potpie walks to the plate
Cuellar peers in for the sign
Potpie is a formidable opponent
Mike has allowed 20 home runs
versus righties this year
And Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Change up...
Potpie was way out in front...
Strike Three
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is still
in the on-deck circle
and Deacon Palmer is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Gazelle gets set at the plate
The righthander, Gazelle has
an average of .273
His success against lefties, like Cuellar
is better, however, at .316
Gazelle gets set for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to center for Gazelle
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runners advance.

That brings up Deacon Palmer,
the third baseman
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
Palmer is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Cuellar checks the runners
Here's the 0-1 offering
Base hit to left for Palmer
Tucker scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Gazelle scores!

Ton comes to the plate
One out, Palmer at first
Before getting ready
Ton checks out the defensive alignment
K. A. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Cuellar's pitch
The southpaw delivers
Ton sends a scorcher to third
Linares takes it on one hop
Fires to Avila for one
Back to Cepeda for the double play!
That's all for the All Stars...
As we head to the top of
the second inning...
The score is tied at 3

Omar Linares up first for Caribbean
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Against righthanders
Linares is hitting .266
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The windup, the pitch
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Linares was frozen on that
fastball by Fozborg
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
One away in the top of the 2nd

Coming up for Caribbean is Dave Concepcion
Nobody on base, one out
Concepcion needs to get on...
He has a .300 on base percentage
Concepcion is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the 3-2 offering
Sinking fastball...
Concepcion swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Fozborg retires the first
two Caribbean batters

Now here's Cuellar
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Cuellar at the plate
Cuellar is set for the pitch
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Cuellar swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Palmer
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Cuellar rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Ton gets a nice throw in to Blade

Walking up to the plate now is Minoso
Roberto Avila waits on deck
Minoso is batting .278 with
4 homers this year
Fozborg looks a bit nervous right now
Understandably, with Cuellar
bopping around down at first
The Caribbean basestealing terror
has 48 stolen bases in 1900
In one quick moment
the go-ahead run could be at second
But only one more chance
for Caribbean this inning
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to center for Minoso
Matty Alou puts up the stop sign...
Cuellar will stay at second

Avila digs in at the plate
Ready now for Fozborg to come set
Avila has a .200 average against
righthanders this season
Avila is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
A check on the runners... the pitch
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Avila was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
That's all for the Estrellas
No runs, 2 hits, no errors and
2 men left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
The score is tied at 3

Hays is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
The right-handed Hays will
be facing the southpaw
6 of his 10 home runs come via this route
Harry is ready for the delivery
Cuellar brings it to the plate
Change-up, Hays is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Minoso is at the warning track...
Waits...
Hauls it in
One gone for FOFC

The shortstop, Jeff Nights
will be up next for FOFC
Jeff is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Jeff...
Now we're set to go
Nights tells the umpire he's ready
Mike Cuellar, with 27 appearances
before today's game
looks down for the sign from Gonzalez
Cuellar has great control
He's looking for win number 9
He's into the windup
Fastball...
Swung on...
Lined to left... Single for Nights
HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!!
The throw to first...
He manages to scramble back safely...
Nights' not getting up
Joe Adcock, the first base coach
is calling for help
Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup...
They are looking at his ankle...

Now he's on his feet, walking a bit
Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now
Give him a single on the play

Fozborg squares, and bunts
it down the line
Cuellar picks it up and fires to first
OUT by a step
Had Fozborg been a left-handed hitter
He might have had a hit
Instead, credit Sirr Fozborg
with a sacrifice
One more chance for FOFC this inning

That will bring up second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Cuellar tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Base hit to center for Blade
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Tucker is up now for FOFC
Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box
Tucker is poised and ready for the pitch
Cuellar brings it home
Hard slider...
And Tucker takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
FOFC is out of here in the
bottom of the 2nd
This game is coming to you from
FOFC Stadium in FOFC
After 2 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors

The big guns are due up for Caribbean
Coimbre will lead it off
He will be followed by Perucho
Cepeda and Tony Oliva
Pancho is 1 for 1 today
He precedes Perucho Cepeda in the order
as the first of the Caribbean
"run producers"
He has 22 doubles with 14 home runs
so far in 1900
Coimbre gets ready for Fozborg's pitch
His bat is cocked
Fozborg kicks and fires
Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One down for Caribbean
Perucho Cepeda is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

One out, nobody on base
Perucho Cepeda is the batter
Cepeda has hit 17 home runs this year
Fozborg gets the sign, it's one he likes
Now to the belt, here it is...
It's a high fly ball into shallow right
Gazelle runs in...
He calls for it...
Blade yells "take it"
And Gazelle puts it away
Cepeda is retired on a lazy fly to right
FOFC on top 4 to 3 with
two away this inning

Up now for Caribbean is Oliva
Two away, nobody on
Oliva is a lefthanded batter
A dangerous long ball threat
2nd in the league in home runs
He has smacked 12 so far in 1900
Tony waits...
He steps out as Fozborg takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the sack
Palmer comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
We head to the bottom of the 3rd
here in FOFC...
Still 4-3, FOFC

The first baseman Potpie
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Deacon Palmer
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
He is currently batting .291
Coimbre, Minoso and Oliva
are playing him deep
Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting
Cuellar's pitch
Cuellar winds and delivers
The 3-1 pitch
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Concepcion
before it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Potpie has the infield single

And it brings up Gerald Gazelle
On deck is Deacon Palmer
K. A. Ton in the hole
Gazelle grips the bat handle
The umpire says let's go
Gazelle is ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Gazelle goes down on strikes
One out
The All Stars have a 1 run lead


Palmer coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Potpie on first, with one away
Palmer is 1 for 1 today
Deacon singled last time up
Mike gets the sign from Gonzalez
The stretch... the delivery
Base hit to left for Palmer
Potpie is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Potpie will stay at second

And the batter is K. A. Ton
One down here in the bottom of the 3rd
Potpie is down at second
Palmer is kicking the dirt up at first
He's ready to set sail
If Ton can get a hit
FOFC ahead 4 to 3
Ton looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to K. A.
K. A. is 0 for 1 today
grounded out his last at bat
Ton, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Cuellar
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball... just outside
And Ton will take first on the walk
Everybody will move up a base...
Bases are loaded, with Harry Hays due up

Harry Hays, the All Stars'
catcher is up next
FOFC has 3 men on with 1 out
Hays is at .338 on the season
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The 0-2 pitch...
Cuellar lets it fly...
LINE DRIVE
Linares grabs it for the out
Now he races to the bag . . .
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 5
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Caribbean has stranded 2

Here's the catcher Gonzalez
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Omar Linares
And then Dave Concepcion
Fozborg is slow to get ready

He has a 4.01 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Blade plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
So one up and one gone

Omar Linares is at the plate
Linares stares out at the mound
Linares is ready for the pitch
Here's the 1-1 delivery
WATCH OUT!
Fozborg has hit Linares!

Coming to the plate is Concepcion
One down and runner at first
Concepcion has hit 4 home runs this year
Sirr peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Ton one hands it...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Dead Ball Era bombing Japanese
League 13 to 2
Johnson and Dead Ball Era
are on cruise control
Negro League II and Negro League
I have yet to score
NL Post WWII is beating
AL Post WWII 10 to 6
NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 4 to 3
Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1
Turn of Century leads Late 20th 2 to 1
Lajoie has hit his 14th homerun
for Turn of Century
And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 3

Stepping in the batter's box, Cuellar
Linares at first, two away
Cuellar digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Fozborg
Fozborg is ready quickly
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
Grounded towards the sack
Taken by Palmer
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3

Jeff Nights, Sirr Fozborg, and
Barrett Blade are due up
Nights is 1 for 1 today
Jeff singled last time around
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Slider, down and away...
Nights reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Linares is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Coimbre is hustling after it...
Nights with the big turn...
The throw from Coimbre goes into second
And Nights holds at first

Fozborg fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Fozborg shows bunt
It's a beauty!
Mike Cuellar has no chance at second
So Fozborg gets the sacrifice
Cuellar has the first out in
the bottom of the 4th
Gonzalez trots out to the mound
Says a few words to Mike...
With the runner on second...
Probably making sure of the signs

Blade strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Against lefthanders
Blade is hitting .321 this season
He's ready for the delivery
Avila comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Cuellar
The delivery
Blade watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done

All Stars' center fielder Tucker
is up next
Tucker digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Cuellar
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The southpaw Cuellar's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Tucker goes after the low slider...
Lofts a shallow fly towards Minoso
He's racing in for it...
Catches it at his knees
HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!!
He's chasing it down
Tucker walks into second on the error
Minoso should've had that one
Score It: E8
Nights scores from second!
Tucker to second

The All Stars' first baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
A base hit should score Tucker
The left-hander Cuellar is now ready
Mike rocks and fires
Smashed to short
Concepcion comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 5 to 3

Minoso saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Sirr Fozborg steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to center for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Now batting will be the second
baseman, Roberto Avila
Minoso takes his lead
Fozborg studies his sign
Here's the 3-1 offering
Avila will try the hit and run!
Avila hits a screamer at Jeff Nights
Nights picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
Two gone for Caribbean

Pancho Coimbre, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Grounded towards the bag
Taken by Palmer
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
Caribbean has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

It is the bottom of the 5th,
FOFC ahead 5 to 3
Here come the "big guns" for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle will start things off
Deacon Palmer will follow
Gazelle, FOFC's right fielder,
has chosen his weapon
The All Stars' cleanup hitter
glares down at Cuellar
Cuellar is saying a few words to Avila...
So far in 1900,
Mike has a 8 and 11 record
with 4 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The lefty Cuellar delivers
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 5 for Mike Cuellar today
133 on the year
With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer
To be followed by K. A. Ton

Nobody on base, one away
Palmer steps into the batter's box
Palmer is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Deacon certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Cuellar earn his salary
Deacon stands with bat ready
Cuellar rocks and fires
What a pitch... strike three
Cuellar put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 7 hits on the evening

Planting his right foot
Ton is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Ton
Stepping out, Ton looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Mike is ready
Cuellar fires
Cuellar loses him
Ton heads down to first
2 walks today for Ton

First base coach Joe Adcock
wants a word with Ton...
Now we're all set to go...
Harry Hays steps in
Mike Cuellar still on the mound
for the Estrellas...
Cuellar has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits in 4 2/3 innings
Here's his delivery
Cuellar's fastball is ripped toward first
Cepeda can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Ton was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Hays
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Jeff Nights

Nights stands ready at the plate
Two outs, Hays at first, Ton at third
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Mike looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
In there, called strike three
Nights didn't like it
That does it for FOFC in the 5th
They leave 2 on base
5 stranded so far today

Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off
Caribbean's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's Sirr Fozborg
Cepeda is at .266 on the season
Fozborg is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Fozborg gets the sign from Hays
The pitch on the way, here it is...
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Cepeda is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
One out
Due up next is Tony Oliva

Caribbean right fielder,
Tony Oliva, is up next
Fozborg ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The righthander Fozborg delivers
There's a checked swing...
But Oliva gets a piece of it anyway
It's a pop fly into left
Ton comes in on it...
Easy out
Oliva couldn't get his bat out of the way
Two out, nobody on
FOFC leads 5 to 3

Nobody on, two away
Gonzalez steps in for Caribbean
Gonzalez has 12 doubles this year
Gonzalez looks very intent...
He stares down at Fozborg...
Cocks his bat
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Routine grounder to short
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

Leading off for the All Stars
is the pitcher Fozborg
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Time is called...
Fozborg has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Cuellar has the sign from Gonzalez
And the cripple pitch...
Fozborg chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Cuellar
Avila snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
One away for FOFC here in
the bottom of the 6th

So that brings up Barrett Blade
the FOFC second baseman
Blade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Barrett is 1 for 2 today
Blade awaits the delivery
The southpaw Cuellar delivers
the 1-2 pitch
Fly ball to right
Oliva is under it
He grabs it for the out
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Up now for FOFC is Tucker
Two away, nobody on
Tucker steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
He's ready
Cuellar kicks and delivers
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Tucker rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Cuellar looks dejected on the mound

Jeeberoni Potpie, will be up next
Gerald Gazelle hopes to
get a chance as well
Bases empty... one more
chance for FOFC here
FOFC up by 3
Potpie is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .292 on the year
Potpie awaits the delivery
Cuellar brings it home
Potpie gets around on a fastball
He sends one deep to left
This could be big trouble...
There goes Coimbre after it
He is really moving...
At the warning track...
Jumps...
WHAT A CATCH!
Holy Cow... Potpie is outta there!
My Word!... very nice...
Potpie can't believe it
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Caribbean has failed to bring home 3

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7/27 Radio Broadcast Continued

Caribbean will send Linares,
Dave Concepcion, and Mike Cuellar to face
Sirr Fozborg this inning
Fozborg is ready quickly
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Linares
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Here comes Concepcion to the plate
The players in Caribbean's dugout
have their caps turned around
It's for good luck
They're looking to close the gap on FOFC
The trail by 3
Concepcion is 0 for 2 today
Fozborg likes the sign
And the delivery by Fozborg
Concepcion raps a hard grass-cutter
toward third
Palmer takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up...
Over to second for one
Back to first...
Not in time!
Speed on the bases helped Caribbean there
That's one away

Felipe Alou will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Pablo Mesa steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Fozborg
Mesa is batting .226 on the year
He has 2 round trippers and 24 RBI's

Now up in the Caribbean seventh
will be Pablo Mesa
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Mesa looks to third for a sign
Hays flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Sirr rocks and fires
Mesa drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Matty Alou is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Mesa

Minoso waltzes up to the batter's box
Caribbean trails by 2 runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Minoso is taking his practice swings
Minnie is 3 for 3 this evening
He singled last time at bat
Minoso cocks his bat
Now Sirr delivers
WATCH OUT!
Fozborg has hit Minoso!
Now Minoso gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not a big fan of "chin music"
and he's letting Fozborg know about it!
The ump tells Minoso to take his base

Avila saunters up to the batter's box
All Stars have runners at first and second
Minoso on first represents the tying run
Avila is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Roberto grounded out in his last at bat
Avila is poised and ready for the pitch
The runners take their leads
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Flyball to right
it's caught
Mesa might have a chance to move up...
Gazelle makes the catch...
Mesa is tagging up at second...
He'll move up to third as the
throw comes into second

The tying runs are on base...
And up comes the left fielder,
Pancho Coimbre
Caribbean needs 2 runs
They trail 6-4
Coimbre goes through his
routine of settling in
Waiting for the pitch is Coimbre
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Hit towards the middle
Smooth pickup by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side
The Estrellas score 1 run in the inning
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 6 to 4

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Fernando Valenzuela will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Fernando has appeared in
40 games this season
He has a record of 5-7
in 106 innings
His ERA stands at 5.77

Gerald Gazelle, Deacon Palmer,
and K. A. Ton are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 6-4
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Valenzuela waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Valenzuela strikes out Gerald Gazelle
And there's one away

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Valenzuela steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
He brings it home
Palmer really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Minoso was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
He dives for it...
It gets past him!
Minnie gets up in a hurry
Fires it in to Linares on a line
but Palmer has himself a stand-up double

The All Stars' left fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Ton swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Valenzuela
The bat is cocked
"El Toro" lets loose with the 1-2 pitch
It's a slow ground ball
to the left of short
Concepcion makes the easy pick up
Over to first...
Ton is safe!
The throw pulled Cepeda off the bag
Concepcion may have had too
much time on that one
Caribbean has 2 errors in the game so far

Harry Hays is up next
FOFC's catcher finds 2 on with 1 out
Hays is at .339 on the season
Valenzuela is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The lefty Valenzuela delivers
Hays flies out to center
Dick Howser wisely holds
the runner at third...
Runner holds.

Jeff Nights will get a crack
at Valenzuela next
Sirr Fozborg would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Jeff is batting .280 with 12
home runs on the season
He is 2 for 3 today
Nights, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Valenzuela
The pitch to Nights...
Nights swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to short
Concepcion is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Nights looked bad on that pitch
Nights chokes in the clutch!
Three away here in the bottom of the 7th
After 7 innings FOFC ahead 6 to 4
The official attendance has
just been announced
50011 fans here at FOFC
Stadium this evening

Cepeda leading off
Caribbean would like to get
some runners on base
Perucho looks at the sign
from the coach at third
Matty Alou flashes a series of them...
Now Cepeda taps the bat on home plate
Perucho is set for the pitch
Here's his delivery
It's a high pop just behind the plate
Hays, Potpie, and Palmer all
converge on the ball
THEY COLLIDE!!
And the ball drops untouched
No error charged
. . . Cepeda back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Palmer plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Tony Oliva plants his left foot
The lefthanded right fielder
for Caribbean appears set
Oliva, a lefthand hitter stands ready
He's hitting .306 currently
He was practicing hitting to leftfield
earlier today in batting practice
Hays flashes the sign to Kronside
The pitch is on the way
Curve, down and in...
Oliva swings at it...
It's pulled down the line
Past Palmer...
Pflaggstettler racing to the corner...
He takes it nicely off the fence...
Oliva steams into second...
There will be no play on him
It's a double

Miguel Gonzalez makes his
way to home plate
Gonzalez has hit 22 home runs this year
And Jace studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Kronside fires
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That bounced in front of the plate!
and Gonzalez couldn't hold up his swing!
Almost broke his back trying though...
That's two away

That'll bring up Estrellas' third
baseman Omar Linares...
Caribbean with a man in scoring
position at second
Linares grips the bat handle
Linares waiting on the delivery
It's a full count...
Kronside winds and fires...
Slider...
Swung on and pounded to right-center...
It'll be over Pflaggstettler's head!...
He's chasing after it...
Linares rounds second...
Here's the peg in to Palmer at third...
Linares slides hard...
A bad bounce, but Palmer knocks it down...
The ball rolls just a few feet...
Linares jumps to his feet,
but isn't going anywhere
He'll get a triple from the
scorer on that hit!
Oliva scored easily from second

Concepcion finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Concepcion a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Kronside
Concepcion waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Kronside rocks and fires
A high hopper to third
Palmer comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 6 runs, 10 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 5 runs,
10 hits and 2 errors
Caribbean has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 8

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Valenzuela steps on the rubber
And now the pitch...
Shallow fly ball
Coimbre charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Pflaggstettler stops at first
That's a single

The second baseman, Barrett
Blade, is up next
Fernando Valenzuela on in relief
for the Estrellas
We're in the bottom of the 8th
The stretch... the 3-1 delivery
Blade laces a hit into the outfield
Pancho Coimbre picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Blade holds with a single

Felipe Alou is visiting the umpire...
He'll be making a double switch
Adolfo Luque has been called
from the bullpen
And Rodolfo Puente will come
in as the shortstop

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker has hit 6 home runs this year
Adolfo gets the sign from Gonzalez
Here's the righthander's delivery
The All Stars try the hit and run!
Tucker rolls one toward Roberto Avila
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
A. J. Tucker is turning red with rage
As he glares at the umpire
Better be careful
Caribbean gets the first out
here late in this contest

It looks as though they'll put him on...
Yes, Gonzalez is calling for the free pass
And there's ball four
That fills the bases for FOFC

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
Gerald comes to the plate batting .273
with 21 home runs

He is 1 for 4 so far today
Potpie on first, Blade on second,
Pflaggstettler on third
Luque adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The righthander Luque's delivery
Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the evening for Gazelle
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 1
The All Stars have 12 hits on the evening

Walking up to the plate now is Palmer
Jace Kronside waits on deck
With 2 RBI's in the game
Palmer has 37 on the season
All set, Palmer is ready for the pitch
Here's the 1-2 offering
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Coimbre
And he has it
That retires the side...
Deacon Palmer fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Here's Puente to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Dead Ball Era beat up on Japanese
League 15 to 4
Inao takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-11
Johnson the winner, he's now 15-7
Negro League I spanked Negro
League II 6 to 1
NL Post WWII nipped AL Post WWII 11 to 10
NL Pre WWII edged out AL Pre WWII 8 to 7
Dean the winner, he's now 7-4
Coveleski takes the loss,
his record drops to 6-7
Old Timers is the winner
over Left Outs 6 to 2
Turn of Century edged out Late 20th 6 to 5
And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 6 to 5
Before getting ready
Puente checks out the defensive alignment
Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Kronside kicks, delivers
He rips a grounder to the mound
Kronside comes up with it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
One away, two to go in the top of the 9th

Minoso pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Kronside
Kronside is happy with the sign
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Minnie raps a high bouncer toward third
Palmer snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
Two down
Kronside retires two in a row

Felipe Alou is bringing on Alejandro
Ohms to hit for Roberto Avila
Ohms will be facing Kronside
Ohms knows how to bunt very well...
And he can run like a deer
FOFC would be wise not to forget
He might bunt for a hit

Ohms gets set at the plate
Ohms wiggles the bat above his head
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Kronside looks in...
Now he's ready
Kronside winds and delivers
The 1-1 pitch
Comebacker, right to Kronside
Over to Potpie for the easy out
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 6 to 5
Fozborg gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Cuellar takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Deacon Palmer
He was 3 for 5
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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7/27 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/27/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 4 0 3 0 .286 B.Blade 2B 4 1 2 1 .267
R.Avila 2B 3 1 0 0 .182 A.Tucker CF 4 2 1 1 .294
D-A.Ohms PH 1 0 0 0 .250 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .291
P.Coimbre LF 4 1 1 0 .305 G.Gazelle RF,LF 5 1 1 1 .271
P.Cepeda 1B 4 1 1 3 .264 D.Palmer 3B 5 0 3 2 .332
T.Oliva RF 4 1 1 0 .308 K.Ton LF 2 0 0 0 .277
M.Gonzalez C 4 0 0 0 .282 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
O.Linares 3B 3 0 2 1 .247 H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .338
D.Concepcion SS 4 1 0 0 .266 J.Nights SS 4 2 2 0 .280
A.Luque P 0 0 0 0 .200 S.Fozborg P 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Cuellar P 2 0 1 0 .127 B-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 1 0 .304
A-P.Mesa PH 1 0 1 1 .227
F.Valenzuela P 0 0 0 0 .267
C-R.Puente SS 1 0 0 0 .210
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 5 10 5 Totals 34 6 12 5

A-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Fozborg In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Valenzuela In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Avila In 9th Inning

Estrellas....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 5 10 2
All Stars....... 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 12 0

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Cuellar LOSS(8-12) 6 9 6 5 4 7 1 116 4.51
F.Valenzuela 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 32 5.72
A.Luque 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 6.00
Totals 8 12 6 5 5 9 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Fozborg WIN(6-1) 7 8 4 4 1 3 1 118 3.94
J.Kronside SAVE(12th) 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 29 2.66
Totals 9 10 5 5 1 4 1

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7/28 Radio Broadcast - Game 112

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Rob Nielsen with his 15 and 5 record
Will be facing Jackie Robinson

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Bullock out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Sinking line drive
Caught by Jeff Nights
One away in the top of the
1st for Left Outs

Billy Herman, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Herman has a .304 average
against lefthanders
He is .255 overall
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Billy brings the bat back...
Now Rob delivers
Fastball... and it hits
Herman... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
Herman will take first base on a walk

One on, one out
Heilmann walks to the batter's box
FOFC is set up for two
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Heilmann pulls this one down the line
Gunner is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Heilmann back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Changeup...
Ties Heilmann up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's two away

Foxx digs in at the plate
Ready now for Nielsen to come set
Jimmie is hitting at .311 on the year
Left Outs' cleanup hitter
has knocked in 89 runs
He has a fine .575 slugging average
Foxx concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Base hit to left for Foxx
Herman is being held at second
by Tony LaRussa
Herman will stay at second

Now here's Wilson
Wilson has 9 doubles this year
Wilson waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Wilson watches it go by
for the third strike
That's three outs, side retired

The second baseman Blade will
start things off for the All Stars
Blade is at .267 on the season
The former Michigan State player
has a smooth throwing delivery
Roberts kicks and fires
Sinking line drive
Caught by Arky Vaughan
And there's one away

Tucker settles in at the plate
Roberts wastes no time
He has the sign from Foxx
Here's the 1-0 offering
Ground ball to the left side...
Vaughan scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
And there's two away

And now here's Jeeberoni Potpie
Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 1st
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Roberts
Jeeberoni is set for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into right
Heilmann is under it, waits...
He's got it
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6
in their last ten games

Robinson saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Robinson is batting .257 with
13 round trippers in 1900
Robinson looks very intent...
He stares down at Nielsen...
Cocks his bat
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Extra base hit to center for Robinson
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
He's going to try for it!
Here's the play...
He's safe! Triple for Robinson

Nobody out, Robinson at third
Goslin steps up to the plate
Goslin a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Nielsen
A battle of lefties...
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Now Rob delivers
Goslin works the walk...
Passes the baton to Arky Vaughan
who will see if he can get
Robinson in from third

Arky Vaughan steps into the box
Vaughan is batting .314 with
10 HR's this year
Rob gets the sign from Bullock
He brings it home
The pitch is way inside
It gets away from Bullock
Robinson is coming hard
Bullock fires to Nielsen
And Robinson barrels Rob over
He dropped the ball!
Both runners advanced on that wild pitch
Now, Left Outs ahead 1 to 0

Arky Vaughan steps into the box
Vaughan has a .351 average
against lefties
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Rob rocks and fires
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
One down for Left Outs
Robin Roberts is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

Nielsen glares in at Roberts
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Rob looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The southpaw delivers the 0-1 pitch
He rips a grounder to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Nielsen
Rob nods "UH HUH"

Robinson is up now for Left Outs
A base hit should score Goslin
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The southpaw delivers
Robinson hits a high pop
into short left field
Palmer and Nights sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Gunner
Nights puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Gunner!!
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII and Japanese
League are scoreless
Old Timers slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0
Turn of Century and Negro League
I have yet to score
AL Pre WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Negro League II is on top
of NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Brewer battling Koufax
Late 20th is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0

Pflaggstettler is making
his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Pflaggstettler a righty
in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Roberts
Pflaggstettler gets ready
for Roberts' pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's a routine fly into left
Goslin ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out

Facing Roberts now is Gunner
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Billy Bullock waits in the hole
Against righthanders
Gunner is hitting .259
Roberts is happy with the sign
The pitch is on the way
Hit in the air to right
This one has distance...
Harry Heilmann turns and races
back to the fence
He measures it carefully...
Jumps and...
It's gone! Just over the wall
With one swing of the bat...
FOFC is back in this ball game
The game is tied, 1-all

Roberts glares in at Palmer
Deacon Palmer just calmly
stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Palmer grips the bat handle
Palmer awaits the pitch
The pitch to Palmer...
Hit right back to Roberts
On to first and Palmer is gone
That's two away
Vaughan comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Roberts
Billy Bullock will be next up...

Next up is Billy Bullock,
the FOFC catcher...
If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next
Bullock is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a respectable .257 for FOFC

Billy steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Roberts' pitch
Roberts brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Bullock swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Vaughan...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's all for the All Stars...
After 2 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
The score is tied at 1

Left Outs will send Herman,
Harry Heilmann, and Jimmie Foxx to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Against lefthanders
Herman is hitting .304 this season
Herman awaits the delivery
Nielsen rocks and fires
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
One away in the top of the
3rd for Left Outs

One out, nobody on base
Harry Heilmann is the batter
We'll see how they pitch to Heilmann
Heilmann waits for the delivery
The lefthander delivers
Over the outside corner
Heilmann hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Heilmann is out by a couple of steps
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

The muscular Jimmie Foxx is up next
"Double X" stands deep in the box
has a wide stance and full stride
no doubt an intimidating
sight for any pitcher
Rob is set to go... a quick
look toward Bullock again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
Left Outs' clean-up hitter is waiting
Nielsen has allowed 10 taters
to righties this year
And 6 when facing lefties
It's a full count...
Nielsen winds and fires...
The pitch is just inside and Foxx holds up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Jimmie trots down to first... ball four

Two out, Foxx at first
Coming up is Hack Wilson
Foxx will be running if it's hit
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Foxx
Fires to Potpie...
Foxx is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Wilson swings...
Bounced to the right side of first...
It's by Potpie and through...
For a single...
Pflaggstettler charging fast...
Fields it smoothly...throws to third...
Cut off by Nights...
Foxx slides safely into third

"Robbie" is sauntering up to the plate
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Robinson waits for the pitch
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 0-2 pitch
He is way out in front
STRIKE THREE swinging
Nielsen had him fishing
as he pulled the string on that pitch
That ends the inning for Left Outs
FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors
While Left Outs has one run,
3 hits and no errors
They have now stranded 5 baserunners

Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts
Now set, Nights waits for the pitch
Roberts brings it to the plate
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Nights gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Robinson grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Roberts gets the first out in the inning

FOFC pitcher, Rob Nielsen, is up next
The right-hander Roberts is
set to deliver to Nielsen
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Hard ground ball to first
Robinson to Roberts covering first
Score It: 3-1

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Roberts rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Roberts is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a line drive in the gap by Blade
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Hack Wilson dives to get the ball
And fires it in to second
Blade has himself a double

Foxx heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Tucker.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
A. J. Tucker will get a
crack at Roberts next
Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next...
But only if Tucker can reach safely
A base hit should score Blade
Roberts is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Roberts brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Tucker watches Roberts move...
He's moving away from the bag
Tucker is unable to take the lead he wants
There he goes!
The throw from Foxx...
Robinson picks the bad throw
out of the dirt
Applies the tag...
Tucker is out
Fine play by Robinson
On a bad throw by Foxx

Goslin is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen likes the sign
Now ready, here it is...
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
Nielsen retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 4th

Vaughan pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Nielsen
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Arky Vaughan swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards right-center
Tucker looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Vaughan takes Nielsen deep
to tie it, 2-all!
That one had some distance

Walking up to the plate now is Roberts
Jackie Robinson waits on deck
Roberts wiggles the bat above his head
Rob Nielsen steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Nielsen brings it home
Roberts hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Nielsen

Jackie Robinson makes his
way to home plate
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.17 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's all for Left Outs
After 3 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
We're all tied up at 2

Jeeberoni Potpie, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler, and
Stan Gunner are due up
Roberts studies his sign
The pitch is on the way
Slider, outside...
Potpie reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Vaughan...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Robinson in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Robinson is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Potpie

Pflaggstettler finishes
his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Pflaggstettler waits patiently
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Potpie dives back in!...

SAFE!
Robinson tosses it back to Roberts
Now here's the pitch
Curve, at the belt...
Pflaggstettler times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Goose Goslin retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

And the batter is Stan Gunner
Deacon Palmer is on-deck
Gunner can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Right-hander Roberts prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Gunner
Robin comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
What a pitch... strike three
Roberts put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer
To be followed by Billy Bullock

Coming up for FOFC is Deacon Palmer
Nobody on base, one out
The righty shakes off the sign
Now Roberts shakes off another one
FOFC leads 4 to 2he ex-Michigan
State two sport star
has a smooth flowing delivery
and is a power pitcher with
excellent control
The righthander Roberts' delivery
Palmer takes a cut at the slider...
There's a line drive...
Going over the head of Hack Wilson
My word! Look at that ball go!!

That's a home run!!

And that left the yard in a hurry
Roberts can't believe it
Homer number 6 for Deacon Palmer this year
To go with his 38 RBI's

Next up for FOFC is Billy Bullock
Bullock is batting .256 with
16 HR's this year
Roberts steps on the rubber
Roberts brings it to the plate
Right down the middle... strike three
Bullock must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 4th

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Nights is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the Left Outs infield
Robinson is kicking the dirt at first
Herman is even with the bag at third
Robinson and Vaughan are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Foxx appeals to first
Appeal fails
Nights will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Nights

Rob Nielsen steps in
He's not much with the bat
Roberts looking in
Here's the 3-2 pitch
Smashed to the mound
Roberts boots the ball!
Score It: E1
Nights takes second
Nielsen to first
Sparky Anderson will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Herb Pennock has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 on board with 2 outs
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
The left-hander Pennock is now ready
A check on the runners... the pitch
A high foul, straight back
Foxx doesn't know where the ball is
Pennock is pointing him to it
Now Foxx sees it... near the screen
Nope, he can't make the catch...
The ball is on the screen
. . . Blade back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Looped to short
Arky Vaughan waiting for it
He puts it away
Blade chokes in the clutch!
Score It: 6
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
FOFC has now left 2 runners stranded

Here's Billy Herman leading off
Harry Heilmann is on deck
And Jimmie Foxx is in the hole
Billy is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Herman waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 1-1 delivery by the lefthander
Herman rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Palmer spears it!
A shot right at the FOFC third baseman
Piece of cake!
One out
Due up next is Harry Heilmann

Heilmann gets set at the plate
Heilmann is hitless today, 0 for 2
Harry grounded out in his last at bat
Nielsen adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Nielsen leans back and fires
Swung on and popped up back of first
Blade is running after it...
Potpie is backpedaling...
Watch out!...
They almost collided!
And the ball drops free just
beyond the dugout
A lack of communication cost FOFC there
. . . Heilmann back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into right
It's in for a base hit...
Pflaggstettler quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Heilmann dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Heilmann with a single

Jimmie Foxx is up next for Left Outs
One out, top of the 5th
FOFC leads 5 to 2
Hack Wilson is on deck
Jimmie, a right-handed hitter,
will face the lefty Nielsen
Of his 25 home runs, 7 are
against southpaws
Rob peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Nielsen checks Heilmann on first
Now the 3-2 pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Foxx holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Bullock loses on his appeal to first
Foxx will take first on the walk

Wilson moseys up to the plate
Frank Robinson is heading
for the on-deck circle
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Wilson
He's 1 for 2 today
Rob is ready
Nielsen looks over at Foxx...
Now back at Heilmann...

He's coming home with it
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

So with 2 on and 2 outs
Left Outs sends their first baseman,
Frank Robinson, up to face Nielsen
Hard-hitting Goose Goslin is walking
towards the on-deck circle
The outfield shades towards
left for Robinson
The umpire says let's go
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Taken by Nielsen
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That's the third out of the inning
Left Outs leaves even more
ducks on the pond
They have stranded 7 so far today
Hence, their 3 run deficit

The All Stars will send
Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler up
to the plate this inning
A. J. is batting .295 in
471 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
Pennock is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Pennock looks in...
Now he's ready
Pennock goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Fastball...
Tucker jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Heilmann after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Harry Heilmann!
One up, one down

Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 5 to 2
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Jeeberoni singled last time up
Herb Pennock on in relief of Robin Roberts
The lefthander Pennock delivers
It's a routine fly into left
Goslin ranges over and reaches up
He drops it!!
Potpie stops at first on the error

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next
FOFC's right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out
Persimmon is hitting at .305 on the year
He has 111 hits in 364 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 2
Pflaggstettler hit a two-run
homer his last time up
Pflaggstettler is poised and
ready for the pitch
Pennock looks at the runner
The pitch
Pflaggstettler connects on
the Pennock fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Wilson starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Pflaggstettler got all of this one....
HOME RUN!
Potpie scores in front of him and
waits to give Persimmon congratulations

Making his way up is Gunner
Gunner is looking for lightning
to strike again
He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today
Stan is 1 for 2...
Batting .266 on the season
Pennock steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The lefthander Pennock comes home with it
There's a fly ball to Hack Wilson
Wilson circles under it...
He makes the play
Two gone for FOFC

Palmer coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Pennock is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Pennock gets the sign from Foxx
Here's the pitch
Routine grounder to short
Vaughan scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That ends the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings, the All Stars lead by 5

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Goose Goslin up first for Left Outs
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Goslin is hitting .293 with 22 homeruns
Goose also has 19 doubles and 7 triples
And has driven in a total of 67 runs
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
And the cripple pitch...
He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
One down for Left Outs
Arky Vaughan is still in
the on-deck circle
and Herb Pennock is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Settling in at the plate is Vaughan
Arky steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Arky is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run
Arky waits...
He steps out as Nielsen takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the 1-1 offering
The swing at the sharp curveball...
It's a fly ball towards short center...
Coming in quickly is the centerfielder
Tucker...
Still coming...
Diving...
NOT IT TIME!
He blocks it with his body...
And Vaughan has a single
Great effort by Tucker
But the block kept Vaughan at first
Shows why he is considered
great defensively

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Chick Hafey will bat for Herb Pennock
It will be the righthand hitting, Hafey
against the lefty Nielsen
Hafey is hitting southpaws
for a .167 average

Vaughan at first, one out
Chick Hafey is ready at the plate
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hafey
Here's his delivery
Hafey rolls one toward Barrett Blade
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
The first base coach throws his hands up
in disbelief
That's two away

So that brings up the top of the order
Jackie Robinson will step in
Robinson is one of the best hitters around
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Nielsen's 3-1 pitch...
Swung on and popped up
That's Nights' ball
He's got it
Robinson chokes in the clutch!
Score It: 6
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
6 hits and 2 errors
Left Outs has left 8 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2
Bob Lemon will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Bob has appeared in 36 games this season
with a record of 2-7
In 55 innings, he has an 9.38 ERA
Herb Pennock has finished his work
here this evening

Billy Bullock stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the bottom of the 6th
FOFC on top 7 to 2
Billy comes to the plate batting .255
with 16 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Bullock waits for the delivery
Windup by Lemon
And the pitch
Bullock gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Vaughan into the outfield...
Base hit for Bullock

Jeff Nights will make his
way to home plate
He's the shortstop for FOFC
Nights has hit 12 home runs this year
And Bob studies the sign from Foxx...
Now he's got it
Here's the 0-1 offering
Fastball down low...
Nights swings and hits one out to left
Goose Goslin is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Lemon
Bullock trots back to first
That's one away

Nielsen heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
We'll see how they pitch to Nielsen
Set now is Nielsen
Here comes the cripple pitch
Lemon's pitch is a sinking fastball
Nielsen tries to hold up
Ball four
Foxx points down to third
He did not go around

Barrett Blade, the All Stars'
second baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 1 out
So far this year Blade is batting .268
He has 17 doubles, 5 triples
3 homeruns with 22 RBI's
and 7 stolen bases
Blade waiting on the delivery
The righthander Lemon's delivery
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
That's the second out of the inning

Now batting will be the center
fielder, A. J. Tucker
Tucker is 1 for 3 today
For the season, A. J. has 6 homers
17 doubles, and 7 triples
He has scored 75 runs
while driving in 47
Right-hander Lemon prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Tucker
It's coming down the pike
Tucker hits a pop into short right field
Out goes Robinson and Robinson
In comes Heilmann
Robinson waves his hands in the air
He makes the catch over his shoulder
Pretty play by Robinson
Tucker chokes in the clutch!
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 full innings,
they lead by 5

Left Outs will send Herman,
Harry Heilmann, and Jimmie Foxx to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Billy steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Tony LaRussa relays the sign
from Sparky Anderson
Herman lined out last time up
and now is 0 for 2
The umpire says let's go
Herman is ready
The 0-2 pitch...
Nielsen lets it fly...
Herman pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gunner will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Herman retreats to first
after a wide turn

Planting his right foot
Heilmann is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Heilmann
Here's the look to third
I expect Heilmann to swing away...
He is 1 for 3 today
With a .329 average for the year
Heilmann waits on Nielsen
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks at Herman...
He fires one to Potpie...
Herman dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Nielsen comes home
Curveball, down in the dirt...
Good stop by Bullock keeping
it in front of him
That's a walk for Heilmann
Benton Breeze is talking to Chuck
Tanner, the bench coach
and Sal Maglie, the pitching coach
That was a poor series of
pitches by Nielsen
They may be concerned he's
starting to lose it
It doesn't look like they
are too worried, however

That'll bring up catcher
Jimmie Foxx...
FOFC out in front by 5
We're in the top of the 7th
Foxx has hit 25 home runs this year
Rob Nielsen is shooting
for victory number 16
Rob checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Change of pace
Foxx is way out in front
STRIKE THREE swinging
Number 6 so far today for Nielsen
While we wait for Hack Wilson
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Japanese League clipping
AL Post WWII 5 to 1
Old Timers winning over Caribbean 6 to 0
Radbourn enjoying the big Old Timers lead
Negro League I slipping by
Turn of Century 2 to 0
AL Pre WWII is on top of
Dead Ball Era 3 to 1
Gehrig has hit his 29th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Negro League II besting
NL Post WWII 8 to 3
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3
Waner has hit his 10th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
And in our contest FOFC on top 7 to 2
OK, let's see if Left Outs can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 5

Walking up to the plate now is Wilson
Frank Robinson waits on deck
Wilson has hit 11 home runs this year
Rob is ready
The lefthander delivers
Base hit to left for Wilson
Tony LaRussa won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Frank Robinson steps into the box
As Nielsen prepares to throw...
I notice Benton Breeze conversing
with Chuck Tanner in the dugout
They have got to be pleased
with Nielsen's performance today
A check on the runners... the pitch
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Bullock!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Herman scores from third!
Heilmann takes third
Wilson takes second

Frank Robinson steps into the box
Nielsen studies his sign
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
Sinker over the inside corner
Ripped at...
Robinson manages a grounder to Palmer...
No problem with the hop...
The throw...
Wide of the bag at first
The ball caroms into right field
Pflaggstettler runs it down
Robinson jogs into second
Give Palmer a a two base throwing error
Score It: E5
Heilmann scores from third!
Wilson scores from second!
Robinson to second

Here's Goose Goslin
Goslin scuffs up the lines around the box
After getting set, Goslin
waits on the pitch
The southpaw's 2-0 delivery
Groundball to back to the mound
Robinson will hold at second base
Goslin is retired on the groundout

Vaughan is up now for Left Outs
Vaughan has been poison for FOFC today
He is 2 for 3 on the evening
Vaughan gets set for the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
A slider by Nielsen
Vaughan gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's all for Left Outs
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 7 to 5

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The big guns are due up for FOFC
Potpie will lead it off
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler and Stan Gunner
Potpie is 1 for 3 today
Jeeberoni reached base on
an error last time up
Lemon asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Lemon kicks and fires
Potpie pounds it on the ground
toward the pitcher Lemon
Lemon swipes at it...
He only succeeds at knocking
it in front of him
That will be an error on Bob Lemon

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
up to face Bob Lemon
Persimmon Pflaggstettler will
step in to face Lemon
He is 2 for 3 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 4 RBI's
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Here's the 1-0 offering
Persimmon Pflaggstettler swings
He rips it hard...
WOW!...
Stabbed by Arky Vaughan
Great play; superb reaction time
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Stan Gunner, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Gunner taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Lemon steps on the rubber
Lemon fires
Gunner connects on the curve...
This one is really smoked...
Heilmann starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Gunner got all of this one....
See ya, It's a home run!
Potpie scores in front of him

Palmer, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 9 to 5
Palmer is hitting .332 with 6 homeruns
Deacon also has 16 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 38 runs
The count is nothing and 2
Palmer has to protect the plate
The righthander delivers
There's a drive to left by Palmer
Goslin picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Palmer turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Goslin

Bullock gets set at the plate
Left Outs is set up for two
Lemon wastes no time
He has the sign from Foxx
Lemon checks Palmer on first
Now the 3-2 pitch
Bullock hits a screamer at Bob Lemon
Lemon picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48293

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Willie Stargell steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Rodney
Stargell is batting .321 on the year
He has 7 homers and 25 RBI's in 1900

Willie Stargell stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Stargell looks down toward
the third base coach
Right-hander Rodney eyes
the lefty Stargell
Rodney's righthanded delivery...
Stargell swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
Pflaggstettler plays it
off the wall on a hop
Stargell is heading for second
Pflaggstettler turns and fires
Stargell slides head first...
and beats the throw
A whistling two-bagger for Willie Stargell

One on, nobody out
Robinson strides up to the plate
Jackie is batting .275 with
5 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 4 today
Robinson is ready
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Robinson swung right
over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Rodney!

Herman finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
We're in the top of the 8th
Rodney squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Rodney rocks and fires
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 2 on the evening for Rodney
One more chance for Left Outs this inning

Harry Heilmann will get a
crack at Rodney next
Jimmie Foxx would be up next...
But only if Heilmann can reach safely
Harry is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Harry...
Now we're set to go
Heilmann, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Rodney
The pitch is on the way
Change-up, Heilmann is looking for it
He takes a big rip at the pitch
It's towards the big gap in left center
and it's in there for a base hit...
Stargell scores easily from second

Next up is Jimmie Foxx, the
Left Outs catcher...
If he gets on, Hack Wilson would bat next
James Rodney on in relief of Rob Nielsen
And the delivery by Rodney
Fastball, at the letters...
Foxx crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Tucker running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 26 for Foxx this year!

Hack Wilson will face Rodney
Righty against righty
Wilson grips the bat handle
The bat is cocked
Righthander Rodney's delivery
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for James Rodney today
65 on the year
Three down for Left Outs
Now the All Stars will be coming up
for what they hope will be their
last at bat of the evening
They lead by 1, 9-8
Don Drysdale will be coming
on to pitch for Left Outs
Don has appeared in 48 games this season
with a record of 7-4
In 65 innings, he has an 7.06 ERA
Bob Lemon has finished his work
here this evening

The shortstop Nights will
start things off for the All Stars
Nights gets set
He's 0 for 2 so far
Drysdale shakes off the sign from Foxx
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Drysdale doesn't
want to pitch to Nights
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Here's the windup... and the pitch
High heater, at the letters...
Nights swings from his heels...
Drives one long and deep...
Wilson backpedaling to
the warning track...
It's going, going, GONE!
A deep blast to left-center
That's homer number 13
for Nights this year
FOFC ahead 10 to 8

Fouts saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Fouts, a switch-hitter, facing
the right-handed Drysdale
Fouts tells the umpire he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Grounded towards first
Robinson grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Coming up for FOFC is Blade
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
The All Stars leading by 2
Drysdale is rubbing the ball up
Pitchers develop very calloused hands
over the course of a season
They want to get the ball
as rough as they can
Now Don delivers
Blade just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Robinson races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Left Outs gets the first out of the inning

Pounding the plate with his bat
Tucker awaits the pitch
Tucker swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Drysdale
A. J. is eagerly awaiting Drysdale's pitch
And "Big D" wings it home...
Base hit to center for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Fouts scores!
Trailing runner advances.

So that brings up Jeeberoni Potpie
the FOFC first baseman
Potpie is taking his practice swings
Jeeberoni is 1 for 4 this evening
Potpie awaits the delivery
The home town crowd is yelling
out to Tucker
telling him to watch out
as Robinson sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Drysdale delivers the 2-2 offering
Flyball to right
it's caught
Tucker might have a chance to move up...
Heilmann makes the catch...
Tucker is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily

Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves
in to face Drysdale
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th
Pflaggstettler is batting .306
with 17 HR's this year
Drysdale looks down at Foxx
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Don has got to be a little concerned
with Pflaggstettler up there as the
FOFC right fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
The pitch is on the way
Bounced past the mound
Nice play by Vaughan
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 innings in FOFC this evening,
FOFC ahead 11 to 8

Left Outs will send Robinson,
Goose Goslin, and Arky Vaughan to face
James Rodney this inning
Rodney has the sign from Bullock
Rodney is way ahead in the count...
He winds and delivers...
Robinson takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Robinson is out on strikes
Left Outs with one away
Rodney steps off the mound as
he waits for Goose Goslin to
come to the plate

Goslin steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Goslin is no push-over
in the number 7 slot
He is batting .292 in 411 at bats
Arky Vaughan makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Goslin is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
The lefthander winds and delivers
Swung on and popped up
Blade is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

That brings up Arky Vaughan, the shortstop
Bullock flashes the sign...
Mighty shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Mighty brings it to the plate
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Vaughan held up, and draws a walk
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call

Ralph Kiner is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Don Drysdale

Ralph Kiner is up for Left Outs
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Jackie Robinson
Benton Breeze is walking down
to the water cooler
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Vaughan
He lobs one to Potpie...
Vaughan is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
Kiner drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Kiner

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Duke Snider steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Knowles
Snider is batting .287 on the year
He has 32 round trippers and 87 RBI's

The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in
A base hit should score Kiner
Sammy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Knowles brings it to the plate
Snider pulls this one down the line
Pflaggstettler is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Snider back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slider...
Swung on and pounded to right-center...
It'll be over Pflaggstettler's head!...
He's chasing after it...
Snider rounds second...
Here's the peg in to Fouts at third...
Snider slides hard...
A bad bounce, but Fouts knocks it down...
The ball rolls just a few feet...
Snider jumps to his feet, but
isn't going anywhere
He'll get a triple from the
scorer on that hit!
Kiner scored easily from second

Billy Herman, will be up next
Harry Heilmann hopes to
get a chance as well
Snider on third... two gone
in the top of the 9th
FOFC leads Left Outs by 1 run
Herman digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Knowles
Billy is ready for the delivery
Knowles brings it to the plate
Herman swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 11 to 10
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Roberts takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

7/28 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/28/1900

Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
J.Robinson 2B 5 0 0 0 .275 B.Blade 2B 5 1 1 0 .266
E-D.Snider PH 1 0 1 1 .289 A.Tucker CF 5 0 2 2 .295
B.Herman 3B 5 1 1 0 .254 J.Potpie 1B 5 3 1 0 .290
H.Heilmann RF 4 2 2 1 .331 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 2 2 4 .305
J.Foxx C 3 1 2 2 .314 S.Gunner LF 4 2 2 3 .269
H.Wilson CF 5 1 2 0 .288 D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 1 .334
F.Robinson 1B 5 1 1 1 .256 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Goslin LF 4 0 0 0 .291 A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102
A.Vaughan SS 4 2 2 1 .316 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Roberts P 2 0 0 0 .146 B.Bullock C 4 0 1 0 .257
H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .200 J.Nights SS 3 1 1 1 .280
A-C.Hafey PH 1 0 0 0 .222 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .103
B.Lemon P 0 0 0 0 .400 B-D.Fouts 3B 1 1 1 0 .273
C-W.Stargell PH 1 1 1 0 .329
D.Drysdale P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-R.Kiner PH 1 1 1 1 .333
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 10 13 7 Totals 38 11 13 11

A-Pinch Hit For Pennock In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Nielsen In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Drysdale In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 9th Inning

INJURY: Robin Roberts INJURED (for 15 more games) in 4th inning

Leftovers....... 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 2 - 10 13 3
All Stars....... 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 - 11 13 1

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Roberts LOSS(7-15) 3 2/3 6 5 5 1 2 3 75 6.37
H.Pennock 1 1/3 1 2 1 0 0 1 22 6.30
B.Lemon 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 39 9.21
D.Drysdale 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 17 7.23
Totals 8 13 11 9 2 3 6

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(16-5) 7 8 5 3 5 6 1 147 3.16
J.Rodney 1 1/3 3 3 3 0 4 1 27 3.32
A.Mighty 0 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 14 3.90
S.Knowles SAVE(20th) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.55
Totals 9 13 10 8 6 10 2

ATTENDANCE- 48,293 DATE- Saturday, July 28th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:37
LEFT ON BASE- Leftovers:10 All Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Leftovers: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- G.Goslin, R.Roberts, B.Lemon, D.Palmer
DOUBLES- W.Stargell(5th), R.Kiner(1st), B.Blade(17th)
TRIPLES- D.Snider(4th), F.Robinson(5th)
HOME RUNS- J.Foxx(26th), A.Vaughan(11th), P.Pflaggstettler-2(17th),
S.Gunner-2(14th), D.Palmer(6th), J.Nights(13th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Tucker
WALKS- B.Herman, H.Heilmann, J.Foxx-2, G.Goslin, A.Vaughan, J.Nights, R.Nielsen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, B.Herman, H.Heilmann, J.Foxx, H.Wilson-3, F.Robinson-2,
A.Vaughan, B.Blade, S.Gunner, B.Bullock
GIDP- B.Bullock
WILD PITCHES- R.Nielsen-2

[Breeze]

7/29 Radio Broadcast - Game 113

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Jackie Robinson prepares to face Babson
let's check out the FOFC defense
At first base is Potpie
Fouts is down at the hot corner
Blade and Nights
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Ton,
Tucker and Gazelle
and now Hays is just
settling in behind the plate
The windup, the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Robinson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Left Outs
Mickey Cochrane is still
in the on-deck circle
and Willie McCovey is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Walking up to the plate now is Cochrane
Willie McCovey waits on deck
Cochrane needs to get on...
He has a .357 on base percentage
Babson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Babson gets the sign from Hays
Here's the windup and the 0-2 delivery
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Cochrane swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Mickey as he was heading for the dugout
And there's two away

McCovey finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
The lefty, McCovey has a seasonal
average of .257
His success against righties, like Babson
is better, however, at .262
Set now is McCovey
Babson brings it to the plate
McCovey swings and hits
a high fly to right
It is right along the line...
Gazelle is over at the fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Gazelle
Foul ball into the seats
He would have had a chance
in most other parks
Only a smidgen of foul ground
out there at FOFC Stadium
. . . McCovey back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It hits McCovey
He just stands there
Now he says a few words to Babson
Brian answers something back
The umpire steps in between
And motions McCovey to first

Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate
He's yelling something towards the mound!
There must be bad blood between them!
Snider waiting on the delivery
And the delivery by Babson
Snider swings a bit late on the heater...
He still pops it pretty good towards left
Unfortunately for Duke, Ton
is standing right there
Easy out
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
By the way, Left Outs is 3 and
7 in their last ten games

Left Outs has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Goslin in left...
Snider in center...
And Robinson in right

The infield, third to first
Robinson will play the hot corner
Vaughan is at short
Over at second, Herman
and at first base McCovey
Carlton gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the dish is Cochrane
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Carlton likes the sign
Steve winds
Kicks... and delivers
It's a routine fly into center
Snider ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
FOFC with one away
Carlton steps off the mound as
he waits for Jeff Nights to
come to the plate

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Carlton's 2-2 pitch...
A hanging curve...
Nights laces it hard just to
the right of Robinson
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Jeff...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

And it brings up Gerald Gazelle
On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie
K. A. Ton in the hole
Gazelle has 9 doubles this year
Gazelle gets set for the pitch
Carlton kicks and fires
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Stepping in the batter's box, Potpie
Nights at first, two away
Potpie is batting .290 with
29 HR's this year
Carlton tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Carlton looks at the runner
The pitch
Hard ground ball to second
Taken by Herman
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning,
FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors
While Left Outs has no runs,
no hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Left Outs has stranded 1

Left Outs will send Robinson,
Goose Goslin, and Arky Vaughan to face
Brian Babson this inning
Robinson has a .279 average against
righthanders this season
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
In the dirt
And Robinson holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Goslin is up now for Left Outs
Goslin checks for the sign
He has 7 triples this year
Goslin is ready
Babson's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Robinson dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
The runner goes
Goslin likes the hit and run...
Goslin misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
The throw by Hays...
Right on the money...
Robinson is out by a mile

Babson glares in at Goslin
Goose Goslin just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Goslin is hitting .289 against righties
Goslin waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Windup by Babson
And the pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Goslin held up, and draws a walk
Babson isn't happy at all with that call

While Billy Herman heads
for the on deck circle
Arky Vaughan makes his way to the plate
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Righthander Babson's delivery
Base hit to right for Vaughan
Tony LaRussa is waving Goslin to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Vaughan at first

Planting his right foot
Herman is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Herman
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Herman looks to third for a sign
Babson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Babson checks the runners
at first and third
Goslin bluffs a move toward home
Babson doesn't flinch
Here's the 2-2 offering
Dribbler to the mound
Babson dives and grabs it!
Over to second for one
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 1-6
Goslin scores from third!
The runner on first, Vaughan, is out
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Making his way up is Carlton
Carlton grips the bat handle
Carlton is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks at Herman...
He fires one to Potpie...
Herman dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Babson comes home
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That does it for Left Outs here
in the top of the 2nd
But they pick up 1 run
So After 1 and a half innings,
Left Outs leads 1 to 0

K. A. Ton stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Carlton is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Carlton looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Sinking fastball...
Ton swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Vaughan...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Dan Fouts is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Harry Hays steps in now for the All Stars
The Leftovers lead in this one, 1-zip
Left-hander Steve Carlton
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hays
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Hays lifts a long fly ball...
Heading into right...
Hit pretty good, carrying very well...
Robinson heading back...
IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN!

Next up for FOFC is Dan Fouts
Fouts is at .273 on the season
Carlton has the sign from Cochrane
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Cochrane...and he's got it
Left Outs gets the second
out of the inning

Tucker moseys up to the plate
Brian Babson is heading for
the on-deck circle
The score is tied at 1
Carlton is happy with the sign
Carlton brings it to the plate
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Babson departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Time is called...
Babson has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
He's ready
Carlton fires
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Babson looks at strike three
The All Stars are retired in
their half of the 2nd
They pick up 1 run to tie it up
We've played two here in FOFC
It's all even at 1

Robinson heads for the plate
leading off this inning for Left Outs
Against righthanders
Robinson is hitting .286
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander Babson delivers
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Robinson gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Robinson for the out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

"Black Mike" is up next
Mickey is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Mickey steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a shot off the bat
of Mickey Cochrane
But it's right at Blade
who makes the catch of the line drive
Cochrane throws his bat into
the dirt in disgust
Two up, two down for Left Outs

And now here's Willie McCovey
Duke Snider on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 3rd
Willie McCovey is hitting .262 this year
against righthanded pitchers
The umpire says let's go
McCovey is ready
Babson kicks, delivers
Inside slider...
McCovey hits it over the bag at first
Gazelle giving chase...
He plays it nicely in the
corner off the fence
McCovey doesn't slow down
rounding first...
Here's the throw from Gazelle...
But McCovey is into second with a double

Now here's Snider
Duke is hitting at .288 on the year
He has 98 hits in 340 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 4 triples
32 home runs and 88 RBI's
Duke steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Here's the 1-1 pitch
Grounded towards the middle
Nights dives and grabs it!
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Snider fails to come through in the clutch
For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and
Gerald Gazelle are due up
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Steve looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now ready, here it is...
Slider, inside corner of the plate...
Swung on...
Slashed over the infield...
Single for Blade...
He takes a big turn and holds up

McCovey and Blade are cracking up
Joe Adcock must've told 'em a good joke
We'll have to ask what it
was after the game

Next up for the All Stars is Jeff Nights
Blade takes his lead
Carlton gets the sign, it's one he likes
Carlton rocks and fires
Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Smashed to first
McCovey trots to the bag
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
One gone for FOFC

That'll bring up All Stars' right
fielder Gerald Gazelle...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Carlton steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The lefty Carlton delivers
Gazelle rips one hard to left
Goose Goslin is on his horse
as he retreats to the fence
He is looking up...
Will he have a chance???

And this ball is caught!
Two down
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Potpie goes through his routine
of settling in
Steve is getting his sign from Cochrane
Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball
He has quite a tendency
to deliver those up
In 158 innings
Steve has allowed righties
to crush 17 dingers!
Here's the 1-1 offering
There's a routine pop by Potpie
Vaughan moves under it and
makes the routine catch
Potpie chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII and Japanese League
are deadlocked at 2
Ryan and Kaneda currently dueling
Old Timers and Caribbean
are all knotted at 1
Keefe and Valenzuela currently dueling
Turn of Century leads Negro
League I 3 to 2
Dihigo has hit his 9th homerun
for Negro League I
Dead Ball Era slipping by
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Negro League II and NL Post
WWII are all knotted at 3
Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2
Johnson battling Hubbell
And in our contest The score
is knotted at 1

Frank Robinson up first for Left Outs
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Frank looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them...
Now Robinson taps the bat on home plate
Now set, Robinson waits for the pitch
Babson brings it to the plate
Robinson swings
He sends one into the deepest
part of the park
That's going to get through to the wall
Robinson rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple

The left fielder, Goose Goslin, is up next
Goslin is batting .291 with
22 HR's this year
Babson ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now Brian delivers
Goslin flies out to left
Tony LaRussa is giving the green light...
Here's the play at the plate...
Robinson scores!

Nobody on base, one away
Vaughan steps into the batter's box
Vaughan is 1 for 1 today
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Vaughan
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Long fly to left
Ton has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Vaughan is retired on a fairly deep fly
That's two away

Settling in at the plate is Herman
Billy is hitting at .253 on the year
He has 64 hits in 253 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Herman hit into a force
play his last time up
Babson adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Babson winds and delivers
The 3-2 pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for Left Outs
After 3 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
Left Outs on top 2 to 1

Ton is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ton gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
K. A. is ready for the delivery
The lefty winds and delivers
Ton swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Carlton strikes out K. A. Ton
And there's one away

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Hays wiggles the bat above his head
Hays awaits the pitch
The pitch to Hays...
That's hit down the line
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
WILL IT STAY FAIR???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Hays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hays rips a whistling liner down the line
Bingo! Robinson spears it!
A shot right at the Left
Outs third baseman
Piece of cake!
Two down
Carlton gets the first two batters
here in the bottom of the 4th

The third baseman, Dan Fouts
will be up next for FOFC
Fouts is 0 for 1 today
Dan fouled out last time around
Carlton peers in for the sign
Fouts is a formidable opponent
Steve has allowed 17 home runs
versus righties this year
And Dan is no ordinary hitter
Carlton throws the 2-2 pitch
Curve...Swung on by Fouts...
Lined right back over the mound...
Through into center field for a single

A. J. Tucker is up next
The All Stars' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the
lefty Steve Carlton
Tucker waits patiently
The pitch on the way, here it is...
That's ball four
Tucker will trot down to first
Fouts is now down on second

Two on, two outs...
Babson steps to the plate
Carlton looks down at Cochrane
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Hot shot grounded to third
Taken by Robinson
Over to McCovey
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That ends the inning
After 4 innings, Left Outs leads by 1

Steve Carlton, Jackie Robinson,
and Mickey Cochrane are due
up for the Leftovers
Left Outs leads, 2-1
Babson studies his sign
Now Brian delivers
Steve Carlton hits a high
pop fly on the infield
Jeeberoni Potpie calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Potpie is there to make the play
That's one away

Robinson, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

Left Outs ahead 2 to 1
Robinson is 0 for 2 today
Jackie grounded out last time up
Robinson waits for the delivery
Babson leans back and fires
Change-up, Robinson is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Tucker is at the warning track...
HE STUMBLES!!!...
The ball rolls to the fence...
Robinson coasts into second...
Robinson will get a double
from the offical scorer

Cochrane saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cochrane digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Cochrane readies himself for the pitch
Babson brings it home
A slider by Babson
Cochrane gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Babson
Brian nods "UH HUH"

That'll bring up Willie McCovey
Duke Snider will follow if
McCovey gets aboard
Hays is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Babson's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
McCovey steps into the box
Willie is batting at .260
with 24 home runs
He is 1 for 1 so far today
Brian is ready
Babson looks back towards second...

The pitch
Just inside, BALL FOUR
And McCovey walks
That's 3 walks given up by Babson today

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Duke Snider
Snider scuffs up the lines around the box
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
A check on the runners... the pitch
Snider offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Duke couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive
to Blade for the out
Snider never even left the batter's box
That retires the side...
Duke Snider fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

AL Post WWII is edging Japanese
League 3 to 2
Fisk has hit his 7th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Caribbean is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3
Valenzuela comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Negro League I leads Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Day battling Mathewson
Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
NL Post WWII is in front of
Negro League II 6 to 3
Late 20th with the lead over
NL Pre WWII 6 to 3
And in our contest Left Outs on top 2 to 1
Steve peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The lefthander winds and delivers
Curveball...
Up in the strike zone...
Swung on and drilled into center
Snider racing back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 7 foot high fence
And there's Blade around first base
Snider with a strong throw...
But off the bag
Barrett comes into second
sliding with a double
That's 18 doubles for Blade on the year

Up next for the All Stars
The shortstop, Jeff Nights
On-deck is Gerald Gazelle
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts
Cochrane flashes the sign to Carlton
The lefthander Carlton comes home with it
Flyball to right
it's caught
Blade might have a chance to move up...
Robinson makes the catch...
Blade is tagging up at second...
He'll move up to third as the
throw comes into second

Gazelle now at the plate
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle
Carlton eyes Gazelle intently
The 0-2 pitch...
Carlton lets it fly...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gazelle swung, that's strike three
Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 5th

The All Stars have Blade on third
Potpie steps in
Potpie is at .288 on the season
Carlton asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Potpie swings...
And hits nothing but air!
Strike three!
Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball!
We head to the 6th...
The score is still Left
Outs 2, All Stars 1

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7/29 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's the right fielder Robinson
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Goose Goslin
And then Arky Vaughan
Robinson swinging from the right side
facing the righty Babson
Babson has the sign he wants
Here's the righthander's delivery
Robinson gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Robinson

Goose Goslin will make his
way to home plate
He's the left fielder for Left Outs
Goose checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Babson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Brian rocks and fires
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Robinson stays put
One out
Arky Vaughan is due up next

Robinson extends his lead towards second
The speedy Robinson gets a big lead
Here's a change-up inside...
And he's OFF!
Here's the peg down...
Hook slide...
Out!
Nice throw

Arky Vaughan will get a
crack at Babson next
Billy Herman would be up next...
But only if Vaughan can reach safely
Vaughan has hit 8 triples this year
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The righthander delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 5 and a half innings
Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
Left Outs has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium
The righthander, Ton has
an average of .273
His success against lefties, like Carlton
is better, however, at .311
And Steve studies the sign
from Cochrane...
Now he's got it
The pitch is on the way
Fastball... down and away...
Carlton just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Carlton today

Hays digs in at the plate
Ready now for Carlton to come set
Carlton steps on the rubber
Carlton looks at the runner
The pitch
Curveball, breaking away
Hays swings...
Hits a slow grounder to short
Vaughan is charging...
Picks up the ball barehanded
Then throws wildly over McCovey's head
It's into rightfield
There will be no play on Hays
He's into second easily on the error
Score It: E6
Ton takes third
Hays to second

Fouts gets set at the plate
2 men in scoring position
Carlton peers in for the sign
Fouts is a formidable opponent
Steve has allowed 17 home runs
versus righties this year
And Dan is no ordinary hitter
The 2-2 delivery by the lefthander
Fouts is waiting
Dan need wait no more... he's outta here
Just another victim of Carlton's
breaking ball
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year
He has 141 hits in 475 at bats
This includes 17 doubles, 7 triples
6 home runs and 48 RBI's
A. J. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Carlton's pitch
Now Steve delivers
Groundball down the line
That's into the outfield for extra bases!
Tucker coasts into second
He's got a double
Ton scores from third!
Hays scores from second!

Up now is Palmer
The All Stars have Tucker on second
Palmer is batting .334 with
6 HR's this year
Here's some stats on Carlton
up to this point in the game...
So far in 5 1/3 innings, Steve has
allowed 3 runs on 7 hits
He has given up 2 walks
while striking out 6
The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Blade up
The All Stars have Palmer on first
Blade steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Blade is waiting on the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Blade sends a scorcher to third
Robinson takes it on one hop
Fires to Herman for one
Back to McCovey for the double play!
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC on top 4 to 2

It's the Leftovers' turn at bat
here in the top of the 7th
Billy Herman, Steve Carlton,
and Jackie Robinson
are due up to face righthander
James Rodney
Billy is batting .252 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Set now is Herman
Now James delivers
Herman is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One up, one down

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Willie Stargell will bat for Steve Carlton
It will be the lefthand hitting, Stargell
against the righty Rodney
Stargell is hitting righties
for a .346 average

Nobody on, one away for Left Outs
Up now is Stargell
Stargell has hit 7 home runs this year
Rodney studies his sign
The 0-2 pitch...
Rodney lets it fly...
Struck him out on a fastball
Stargell goes down swinging
FOFC on top 4 to 2 with
two away this inning

Now batting will be Robinson
The third baseman for Left Outs
Robinson is batting .275
with 5 HR's this year
Rodney adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's his delivery
Robinson hits a three hopper
towards Dan Fouts
Fouts scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's it for Left Outs
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error
Left Outs has left 5 on base
FOFC has stranded 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Early Wynn will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Early has appeared in 64 games this season
He has a record of 3-7
in 128 innings
His ERA stands at 4.86

The shortstop Nights
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
The pitch to Nights...
Nights swings and lines it
on the nose to left
Goslin picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Nights rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Nights watches Wynn carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Wynn looks Nights back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

The All Stars' right fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with no outs
Gazelle has had trouble making contact
He has 2 strike outs this afternoon
He's in his crouch
Gazelle can really swing that wood
Wynn quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Cochrane
Nights dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Nights made it back
With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
To be followed by K. A. Ton

Here's Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie gets set
He's 0 for 3 so far
Potpie awaits the delivery
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Nights dives back in!...
SAFE!
McCovey tosses it back to Wynn
Now here's the pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Potpie looks at strike three
That's the second out of the inning

K. A. Ton will get a crack at Wynn next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Ton can reach safely
Ton is taking his practice swings
K. A. is 0 for 2 this afternoon
He drew a walk last time at bat
Ton concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Wynn will have to come in with this one
A 3-0 count...
Wynn delivers...
Fastball juuust outside
Ball four!
Ton tosses his bat away
and trots down to first
Wynn serves up four stright wide ones

The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat
FOFC on top 4 to 2 in the
bottom of the 7th
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 1 for 3 today with 1 home run
Hays waits patiently
Early checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Vaughan grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46993

Here's the catcher Cochrane
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Willie McCovey
And then Duke Snider
Cochrane steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Mickey is 0 for 3 today
Knowles is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Shallow fly ball
Tucker charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
So one up and one gone

Knowles glares in at McCovey
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
McCovey is 1 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
McCovey is set for the pitch
Knowles kicks and fires
McCovey swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep right
Pflaggstettler is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by McCovey
Traveling about 420 feet
That's home run number 25 for him
He also has 69 RBI's now

The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in
Snider can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The left-hander Knowles is now ready
The lefthander delivers
Curve ball...
Snider swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two gone for Left Outs

FOFC on top 4 to 3, two outs
Robinson is up to see what he can do
Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Robinson
Bo winds... kicks... and delivers
Robinson swings and smacks
a line drive into left
Gazelle comes over and
plays it on one hop
A single for the Left Outs right fielder
Two out base knock
It is surprising how often they
lead to trouble...
We'll see...

Goose Goslin steps up to the plate
Robinson, with excellent
speed, is at first
Goose is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He's batting .291 on the season
Goslin is ready
Bo rocks and fires
It's popped up into foul territory
Harry Hays is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 2
That's all for Left Outs
in the top of the 8th
They pick up 1 run
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC still leads, 4-3

Dan Fouts, A. J. Tucker, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up
Left Outs has the outfield
shaded towards right
Fouts is 1 for 3 today
Fouts waits for the delivery
Righthander Wynn's delivery
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Fouts!
With one down

McCovey yells something out to Wynn
Early nods his head

At the plate now for FOFC is Tucker
Tucker is 2 for 2 today
A. J. doubled last time around
A. J. is set for the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Slow ground ball
Robinson is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Pflaggstettler pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Wynn
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
hitting .308 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery
And the righthander starts to
work on Pflaggstettler
Here comes the pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Pflaggstettler went around
Strike three, swinging
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 1

Here's Arky Vaughan leading off
Billy Herman is on deck
And Early Wynn is in the hole
Vaughan is 1 for 3 today
Arky grounded out last time up
Vaughan waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles brings it to the plate
Vaughan rips the curve to left-center...
Gazelle racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Vaughan will lope into
second with a double

Herman finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Vaughan is on second, nobody out
Knowles tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the 0-2 offering
Herman swings and misses, strike three!
Billy chased a curve ball in the dirt
One down for Left Outs
Early Wynn is still in the on-deck circle
and Jackie Robinson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Harry Heilmann steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Knowles
Heilmann is batting .331 on the year
He has 18 round trippers and 65 RBI's

Harry Heilmann will be coming up
Sparky Anderson loves the pop in his bat
Heilmann has a .309 average against
righthanders this season
Knowles is ready quickly
Knowles' behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Grounded towards the sack
Fouts grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
AL Post WWII edged out Japanese
League 6 to 5
Caribbean cuffed Old Timers 9 to 6
Valenzuela the winner, he's now 6-7
Keefe takes the loss, his
record drops to 8-13
Negro League I nipped Turn
of Century 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
NL Post WWII nipped Negro League II 7 to 6
Banks has hit his 38th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th topped NL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Hubbell takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-13
Johnson the winner, he's now 10-12
And in our matchup FOFC ahead 4 to 3

Sparky Anderson has called for Hack Wilson
Hack will come up now to bat for Jackie
Robinson against Knowles
Wilson is batting .353 as a pinch hitter
He has 2 pinch home runs

Here's the 5'6", 190 pound
Ellwood City, Pa.-born Hack Wilson
sauntering to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Wilson
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here comes the cripple pitch
Wilson hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 4 to 3
Babson gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Carlton takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Harry Hays
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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7/29 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/29/1900

Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
J.Robinson 3B 4 0 1 0 .274 B.Blade 2B 4 0 2 0 .269
E-H.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .287 J.Nights SS 4 0 2 0 .282
M.Cochrane C 4 0 0 0 .266 G.Gazelle RF,LF 4 0 0 0 .265
W.McCovey 1B 2 1 2 1 .263 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .287
D.Snider CF 4 0 0 0 .286 K.Ton LF 2 1 0 0 .273
F.Robinson RF 3 1 3 0 .265 B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Goslin LF 2 1 0 1 .290 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Vaughan SS 4 0 2 0 .318 H.Hays C 4 2 1 1 .336
B.Herman 2B 4 0 0 1 .250 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 1 0 .272
S.Carlton P 2 0 0 0 .245 A.Tucker CF 3 1 2 2 .298
B-W.Stargell PH 1 0 0 0 .325 B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .087
E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .100 A-D.Palmer PH 1 0 1 1 .337
D-H.Heilmann PH 1 0 0 0 .330 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .304
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 33 4 9 4

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Carlton In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Rodney In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 9th Inning

Leftovers....... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 1
All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 9 0

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Carlton LOSS(6-8) 6 8 4 3 2 6 1 102 5.76
E.Wynn 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 31 4.79
Totals 8 9 4 3 3 10 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson WIN(9-10) 6 5 2 2 3 1 0 107 3.59
J.Rodney HOLD(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.26
B.Knowles HOLD(5th) 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 23 4.05
S.Knowles SAVE(21st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.51
Totals 9 8 3 3 3 5 1

ATTENDANCE- 46,993 DATE- Sunday, July 29th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:28
LEFT ON BASE- Leftovers: 7 All Stars: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Leftovers: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- A.Vaughan
DOUBLES- J.Robinson(18th), W.McCovey(13th), A.Vaughan(20th), B.Blade(18th),
A.Tucker(18th)
TRIPLES- F.Robinson(6th)
HOME RUNS- W.McCovey(25th), H.Hays(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Robinson-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Goslin
WALKS- W.McCovey, F.Robinson, G.Goslin, K.Ton-2, A.Tucker
HIT BY PITCH- W.McCovey
STRIKE OUTS- M.Cochrane, D.Snider, B.Herman-2, W.Stargell, G.Gazelle-3,
J.Potpie-2, K.Ton, D.Fouts-2, B.Babson, P.Pflaggstettler
GIDP- B.Blade

[Breeze]

7/29 Standings


LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 67 48 .583 ---- 40
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 66 48 .579 .5
2001 Old Timers OTH 62 53 .539 5.0
2001 Late 20th L20 59 55 .518 7.5
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 58 58 .500 9.5
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 46 68 .404 20.5
2002 Japanese League JLP 29 86 .252 38.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 74 40 .649 ---- 40
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 74 41 .643 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 60 55 .522 14.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 59 55 .518 15.0
2001 Caribbean CAP 54 60 .474 20.0
2001 Left Outs LOH 50 64 .439 24.0
2001 Negro League II NLT 44 71 .383 30.5

[Breeze]

7/29 Press Conference

Lou Scribe, “Benton, you’ve been able to scratch your way back into first place. How do you feel about your team’s play right now?”

“I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack. Three 1 run wins in a row will do that to a guy. But honestly, I’ve very proud of the guys. They have responded well to adversity, they worked hard and have really focused on the task at hand, and it’s enabled us to get back into first place?”

Dan Reader, “You’re in first place.”

“Yes Dan, we are, by a half a game,” I respond and quickly look for the next question.

Scribe, “What do you attribute the better play recently to?”

“Lou, honestly, it’s been pretty well rounded. We’ve gotten better starts from the guys, which always sets the tone, but we are getting timely hitting and just all-in-all playing better baseball.”

Hack Jobb, “Benton, why has this team been so streaky this season. You jump up by 5 then find yourself scrambling to hold the lead, then you’re back up by 5…”

“I wish I knew so I could cut out the bad stretches. I believe some of it is related to who we are playing and who the NL Posters are playing. There is a significant difference in talent from team to team, and based on where you are in your schedule, you could be benefiting from being in a soft spot or suffering from hitting a streak of good or hot teams. I just hope that we get on our own hot streak now that we’ve started playing better.”

Tom O’Carver, “Bo Knowles is coming back…any idea what that will do to your pen and rotation?”

“Bo will fall into his normal spot as the lefty late. As for the rotation, Nielsen, Babson, Williams are all doing great. I tried Foz in that fourth spot with Mighty filling Bo’s left handed arm in the pen, but that didn’t work too well. Foz really struggled after initially getting off to a good start. I’ll probably put Mighty back out there in the fourth spot, and I’m not sure if I’ll use Hunter or Foz when I actually need a fifth in the rotation.”

“Have you thought about moving Rodney into the rotation?” Jobb with a follow up…

“Oh sure, but why would I. He’s been lights out in his current role. He was awesome tonight, and has been all year. I think I like him right where he is.”

[Breeze]

7/30 Radio Broadcast - Game 114

It's just about time for baseball!
Welcome baseball fans from
around the country
The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
takes great pleasure in presenting you
this afternoon's contest between
visiting Left Outs and FOFC
John Williams will be on the
mound for the All Stars
He currently has a fine 11 and 2 record
This will be his 21st start...
1 have been completed
In his 129 innings, he has struck out 69
He will go up against Left
Outs' Ferguson Jenkins
Jenkins is at 9 and 8
with a 3.77 ERA
Jackie Robinson, Left Outs' second
baseman, will lead-off
He has earned this slot
with a fine .365 OBP
Billy Herman and Harry
Heilmann will follow
We'll be right back!
Williams winds and delivers
The 1-1 pitch
Robinson gets around on a fastball
He sends one deep to left
This could be big trouble...
There goes Gunner after it
He is really moving...
At the warning track...
Jumps...
WHAT A CATCH!
Holy Cow... Robinson is outta there!
My Word!... very nice...
Robinson can't believe it
So one up and one gone

Nobody on, one away for Left Outs
Up now is Herman
John gets the sign from Hays
Williams kicks and delivers
Fastball...
Herman jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker!
That's two away

Heilmann is up now for Left Outs
Heilmann has a .398 average
against lefthanders
He is .330 overall
Heilmann waits patiently
Here's his delivery
LINE DRIVE
Terp reaches
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 6
Three up, three down for Left Outs

While the Leftovers take the field
let me run through the All
Stars' batting order
Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni
Potpie will be the first three
to face off against Jenkins
The clean-up hitter for FOFC is
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He will be followed by Stan Gunner,
then Deacon Palmer
The bottom third of the line-up will have
Harry Hays batting seventh, Kris
Terp in the eighth spot,
and John Williams will bat ninth
Here's Blade to lead things off
Jenkins ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Jenkins rocks and fires
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Blade...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Vaughan made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Blade watches Jenkins as he
inches away from the base
Jenkins' move keeps Blade guessing
He doesn't have a very good lead
He's running with the pitch!
Foxx is up and firing down...
Throws a frozen rope to Vaughan...
The slide...
Out by a mile!

While Jeeberoni Potpie heads
for the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate
Tucker has a .289 average against
righthanders this season
Jenkins toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Foxx
Ferguson rocks and fires
Hard slider...
Tucker swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Wilson is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by A. J.

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Potpie awaits the delivery
Jenkins winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Sinker grounded to the left side...
Herman moving behind the bag...
Gets his glove on it...
Here's a strong throw across
the diamond...
SAFE!!!
Score it a single for Potpie!

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Left Outs is set up for two
Jenkins is slow to get ready

He has a 5.21 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The righthander Jenkins' delivery
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Foxx
Potpie dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Potpie made it back

Potpie takes a walking lead
Potpie breaks for second on the slider
Foxx takes the pitch...
The throw...
Wide of the bag...
Potpie slides in safely
with a stolen base!
Number 2 in 1900

Stan Gunner steps into the box
Gunner is batting .269 with
14 round trippers in 1900
Jenkins shakes off the sign by Foxx
We have Ferguson Jenkins and John Williams
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Robinson makes the easy catch!
Gunner chokes in the clutch!
That's all for the All Stars
in the bottom of the 1st
They get 1 run
After 1 inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Foxx is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams kicks and fires
Swung on and popped up
Palmer is waiting...
And that's an easy out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

The free swinging, power hitting
center fielder, Hack Wilson,
is coming up to bat
Wilson is batting .287 with
11 homers this year
Wilson is waiting on the pitch
Williams' into the windup... the delivery
He rips a grounder to short
Terp grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Williams
John nods "UH HUH"

Making his way up is Robinson
Frank takes a couple of practice cuts
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
It's coming down the pike
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Palmer and Terp are chasing
it down the line
Palmer makes the catch
over his shoulder going away
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII is beating Japanese
League 4 to 0
Newhouser comfortably ahead
for AL Post WWII
Old Timers and Caribbean have yet to score
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League I 2 to 0
AL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Grove and McGinnity currently dueling
Negro League II slipping
by NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Holland and Spahn currently dueling
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0
Klein has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Pre WWII

Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Jenkins
Palmer readies himself for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Hot line drive to short
Vaughan tries it
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 6
One up, one down

Hays, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Kris Terp waits on deck
Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot
He is batting .336 in 244 at bats
Kris Terp makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Jenkins is happy with the sign
Jenkins' righthanded delivery...
Outside fastball... lashed at by Hays...
Pop fly...Shallow right...
Dropping quickly...
Heilmann pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Hays...
As Heilmann fields it on one bounce

Kris Terp is up to face Ferguson Jenkins
Jenkins has the sign from Foxx
Now the delivery, here is is...
Terp drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Hays scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Terp

John Williams moves in to face Jenkins
1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd
Williams grips the bat handle
The bat is cocked
Here's the 3-1 offering
He rips a grounder to third
Herman comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 5 hits on the afternoon

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Before getting ready
Blade checks out the defensive alignment
Blade waiting on the delivery
Here's the 3-1 offering
Driven down the line
Goose Goslin is running hard
It's out of his reach
Blade rounds first
Goslin has the ball
Blade digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
Terp scores from third!

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Jenkins to come set
Tucker is at .299 on the season
Ferguson looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Vaughan trying to slip in behind Blade
Now he slips away
Here's the 0-1 offering
There's a jam shot off the hands of Tucker
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Jackie Robinson
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 2 innings, FOFC leads 3 to 0

Goslin is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Goslin gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
With one down, up next is Arky Vaughan
To be followed by Ferguson Jenkins

Now here's Vaughan
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Vaughan at the plate
Vaughan is poised and ready for the pitch
Williams brings it to the plate
It's hit down the line
Gunner ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
Two up, two down

Now batting will be Ferguson Jenkins
Time is called...
Jenkins has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Jenkins goes down swinging
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
By the way, Left Outs is 2 and
8 in their last ten games

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 3rd
Potpie is talking to Foxx
Potpie is 1 for 1 today
Jeeberoni singled last time up
The umpire says let's go
Potpie is ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Hard liner up the middle
It takes a crazy bounce!
It deflects to Vaughan
Here's the play at first
Just in time!
That ball got a piece of Jenkins
What a fluky play!
Score It: 6-3
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Nobody on base, one out
Jenkins studies his sign
Now ready, here it is...
Changeup down low...
Pflaggstettler makes contact
and hits one out to center
Hack Wilson is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Jenkins
Two down
Foxx asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Foxx and Jenkins

Jenkins looks down at Gunner
as he steps in
Stan is ready to go
Gunner is at .267 on the season
Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch
The pitch to Gunner...
Gunner rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Wilson is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Hack Wilson
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We've played three, here...
FOFC ahead 3 to 0

The Left Outs second baseman, Robinson,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Billy Herman
And then Harry Heilmann
Jackie is hitting at .273 on the year
He has 99 hits in 362 at bats
Left Outs' leadoff hitter...
Jackie has scored 58 runs on the season
Jackie steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
The windup, and the 2 strike pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Robinson swung, that's strike three
Robinson isn't happy at all with that call
So one up and one gone

Herman saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Herman is at .249 on the season
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander
Herman laces a hit into the outfield
A. J. Tucker picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Herman holds with a single

One away, Herman at first
Heilmann is coming to the plate
Harry looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them...
Now Heilmann taps the bat on home plate
Harry steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Williams' pitch
Williams brings it home
Hit right back to Williams
Turns and throws to second for one
On to first and Heilmann is gone as well
We head to the bottom of the 4th
here in FOFC...
Still 3-0, FOFC

Leading off the bottom of the
4th is Deacon Palmer
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Righthander Jenkins' delivery
Palmer rips the curve to left-center...
Turning at the sound of the bat
Wilson is racing back to the fence...
He reaches up for the drive...
It's over his head!
He plays the bounce off the fence
But he needn't hurry
Palmer will lope into second with a double

Hays gets set at the plate
Palmer is on second, nobody out
Jenkins wastes no time
He has the sign from Foxx
The pitch is on the way
Drilled on the ground to third
Herman comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
One out
Due up next is Kris Terp

All Stars' shortstop Terp
is up next
One out, man on second
Jenkins is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
Waist high fastball...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Wilson after it...
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just misses it!
It bangs off the wall
Terp heading for second
He pulls up with a two bagger
The throw was cut off
Also give Kris an RBI on the play

One on, one out
Coming up next is Williams
Williams wiggles the bat above his head
Right-hander Jenkins prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Williams
And the delivery by Jenkins
And Williams will sit down...
strike three called
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Planting his right foot
Blade is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Blade
Against righthanders
Blade is hitting .253
Blade cocks his bat
Jenkins' 0-2 pitch...
Fastball, swung on and clubbed
to left-center
It's over Goslin's head
rolling to the fence
Blade motors into second
Terp scores...
Blade is trying for third...
Goslin picks up the ball,
throws to third...
Blade slides into third...
The throw bounces...
Good grab by Herman...
Blade does a hook slide around the tag
It'll be scored a triple

A. J. Tucker is up next
The All Stars' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Tucker is batting .299 with
7 HR's this year
Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander Jenkins delivers
The ball breaks low and outside
Tucker tries to hold up
The umpire signals strike three!
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 4 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 0

Jimmie Foxx leading off for Left Outs
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Foxx is 0 for 1 today
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
He brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Foxx swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's one away

The center fielder, Hack Wilson
will be up next for Left Outs
We'll see how they pitch to Wilson
Williams has the sign from Hays
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Slow ground ball
Palmer is charging it
HE DROPS IT!
That's an error
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Robinson is up next
One gone, top of the 5th
Goose Goslin moves out on deck
Frank steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Tony LaRussa relays the sign
from Sparky Anderson
Robinson fouled out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Frank seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Wilson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Wilson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
Robinson is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's the second out of the inning

Two out, Wilson at first
Coming up is Goose Goslin
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings
FOFC leads 5 to 0
We'll be right back...

Leading off for the All Stars
is the first baseman Potpie
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Stan Gunner
Potpie saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Jenkins
Potpie is hitting .288 versus
righties this year
Of his 29 homeruns,
20 came while facing righties
Potpie, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Jenkins
Jenkins fires
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 128 on the season for Jenkins
One gone for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is the batter
Pflaggstettler has 18 doubles this year
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Jenkins kicks and fires
Pflaggstettler hits a screamer
at Billy Herman
Herman picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Robinson off the bag
Robinson swipes with the glove

Pflaggstettler is out!
Nice play by Robinson
Two down
Jenkins retires the first two FOFC batters

Up now for FOFC is Gunner
Two away, nobody on
Jenkins squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Windup by Jenkins
And the pitch
Fastball... and it hits
Gunner... or did it?
The umpire is saying it did
But Jenkins is yelling that
the ball bounced first
Doesn't matter what he says,
Gunner gets first

Gunner inches away from first base
Another throw...
Jenkins' five throws over
have been effective
Gunner has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Palmer is up next
Two out with Gunner at first
The righthander pitching to Palmer...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .285 average
against Ferguson
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Gunner dives back in!...

SAFE!
Robinson tosses it back to Jenkins
Now here's the pitch
There's a Texas Leaguer in
front of Hack Wilson
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Left Outs has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Left Outs has stranded 1

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7/30 Radio Broadcast Continued

Vaughan steps up to the
plate for Left Outs
It's the top of the 6th at FOFC Stadium
Williams is pitching a beauty
here this afternoon
He has hung a 'horse collar'
on the Left Outs offense so far
0 runs on the scoreboard for Left Outs...
And FOFC with a 5 run lead
The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch
Change up, Vaughan is fooled...
Manages to get a piece of it
Hits a grounder in the hole...
Terp fields it cleanly...
Double pumps...
And throws it very high
Potpie cannot reach it!
The ball bounces off the grandstand
Into right field
Vaughan races for second...
Here's the throw from Pflaggstettler...
The slide...
Not in time, Safe at second!
Base hit for Vaughan, and a
throwing error on Terp
That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Enos Slaughter will bat
for Ferguson Jenkins
It will be the lefthand hitting, Slaughter
against the lefty Williams
Slaughter is hitting soutpaws
for a .667 average

Slaughter heads to the plate for Left Outs
The infield is at regular depth
Slaughter scuffs up the
lines around the box
Waiting for the pitch is Slaughter
It's a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
Base hit to center for Slaughter
Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

That brings up Jackie Robinson,
the second baseman
Robinson has hit 5 home runs this year
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Now John delivers
Robinson lifts a medium foul ball
towards the first base dugout
Hays gives chase as does Potpie
They both dive but can't come up with it
Robinson gets a reprieve
. . . Robinson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a dunker in front of Stan Gunner
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
While we wait for Billy Herman
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

AL Post WWII toppling Japanese
League 7 to 0
Caribbean besting Old Timers 5 to 0
Turn of Century and Negro League
I are all knotted at 4
AL Pre WWII is beating
Dead Ball Era 6 to 2
Negro League II winning over
NL Post WWII 6 to 0
Holland enjoying the big
Negro League II lead
NL Pre WWII besting Late 20th 7 to 2
Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 5 to 1
OK, let's see if Left Outs can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 4

Herman is up next
Left Outs has a runner
at first and one out
Watching Williams, Herman wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
All set, Herman is ready for the pitch
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Slaughter
Fires to Potpie...
Slaughter is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Herman chases the sinker...
Lines a hit into right...
Slaughter's not slowing at all
Rounds second heading to third...
Pflaggstettler throws in to
Blade covering second...
Slaughter is in at third without a play

Harry Heilmann steps in
Heilmann is batting .328
with 18 HR's this year
Williams looks in
Here's the pitch
STRIKE THREE!
Heilmann goes down swinging.

Jimmie Foxx steps into the box
Williams stares in
The pitch
Time is called by the umpire!
Williams is a little upset
He's been called for a balk!

They are issuing a free pass to Foxx
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Foxx takes his base

Wilson departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
Left Outs trails by 3 runs
We're in the top of the 6th
Against lefthanders
Wilson is hitting .303 this season
Hack is set for the pitch
The southpaw's 0-2 delivery
Wilson is way out in front of a change-up
Strike Three
Number 5 today for Williams
That ends the inning
After 5 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3
Early Wynn will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Early has appeared in 65 games this season
with a record of 3-7
In 130 innings, he has an 4.79 ERA
Ferguson Jenkins has finished his work
here this afternoon

Harry Hays is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Wynn likes the sign
Way ahead in the count
Wynn turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Fastball, swung on...
Driven to left-center, into the gap...
Goslin goes back, back...
He's not going to get it...
It goes over his head!...
He's got to chase it down...
Has it, wings a strong throw to Herman
But Hays slides in safely at third
Just barely...
A beautiful peg by Goslin

Nobody out, Hays at third
Terp steps up to the plate
With 2 RBI's in the game
Terp has 4 on the season
Terp is ready
Wynn will try to get Terp to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Terp flies out to right
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
Here's the play at the plate...
Foxx is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Poor,)...
Hays scores!

One away, nobody on base
Treacy stands ready at the plate
Right-hander Wynn prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Treacy
"Gus" fires it home...
Fly ball to center
Wilson is under it
He makes the grab

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Blade
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 3 for 3 this afternoon
He tripled last time at bat
Foxx flashes the sign to Wynn
Robinson comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Wynn
The delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Foxx fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Blade
That's all for the All Stars...
After 6 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
FOFC ahead 6 to 2

Frank Robinson leads off the inning
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside waves it off...
Now he's happy
Kronside goes into his windup
Here it comes
Kronside comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Robinson
As he swings right through
it for strike three
Kronside retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 7th

Walking up to the plate now is Goslin
Arky Vaughan waits on deck
Goslin is hitting .288
against righthanders
Goslin is ready
The righthander delivers
Goslin swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Kronside
Jace nods "UH HUH"

Vaughan is up now for Left Outs
Vaughan is at .319 on the season
Kronside tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander Kronside delivers
Ground ball to short
Terp ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Lou Boudreau is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Early Wynn

Here's Lou Boudreau
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
Set now is Boudreau
And the delivery by Kronside
Boudreau drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Tony LaRussa is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Boudreau

Slowly coming up is Robinson for Left Outs
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 6 to 3
Robinson is hitless today, 0 for 3
Jackie flied out in his last at bat
The bat is cocked
Kronside brings it to the plate
It's a shallow fly by Robinson
Gunner runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Robinson is out
So Left Outs leaves a runner
down at second
FOFC leads by 3
We will be right back...

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Herb Pennock will be coming
on to pitch for Left Outs
Herb has appeared in 59 games this season
He has a record of 8-9
in 120 innings
His ERA stands at 6.30

A. J. Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie,
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler
are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 6-3
A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year
He has 143 hits in 480 at bats
This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples
7 home runs and 51 RBI's
Tucker readies himself for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Herman
It's by him...
Goslin comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Tucker to a single

Tucker watches Pennock move...
He's moving away from the bag
Potpie takes the curve...
Now Tucker extends his lead...
Pennock is not paying enough attention
The pitch...
And Tucker breaks for second!
The peg down by Foxx...
Too high...
Tucker slides in safely under the throw

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Pennock gets the sign, it's one he likes
The lefthander Pennock delivers
Hit towards the middle
Vaughan grabs it
Over to Robinson
HE BEATS THE THROW!
Potpie has himself an infield hit
Tucker takes third

Pflaggstettler steps in to face Pennock
2 on, no outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Pflaggstettler can't seem to
get settled at the plate
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The lefthander delivers
Fastball... just inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
That loads them up for FOFC

The left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Stan is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Gunner cocks his bat
There is no place for Pennock
to put Gunner
He will have to give him something to hit
Pennock brings it to the plate
Gunner bends backward at the waist
But he gets nipped on the
chest by a fastball
Didn't hurt...
Anyone but Left Outs, that is
FOFC baserunners all move up 90 feet
Now FOFC ahead 7 to 3 here
in the bottom of the 7th

And it brings up Deacon Palmer
On deck is Harry Hays
Kris Terp in the hole
Pennock looks down at Foxx for the sign
Now he's ready
Pennock fires
Base hit to left for Palmer
Potpie scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be Harry Hays
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hays is 2 for 3 today
He tripled last time up
Pennock asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Pennock kicks and fires
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Goslin
And he has it
One down, two to go...
Herb Pennock has to bear down now

Kris Terp, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Terp is at .176 on the season
Left-hander Herb Pennock
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Terp
Herb checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
A slider by Pennock
Terp gets good wood on it...
Wilson back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

K. A. Ton will come up next
This game is a laugher for FOFC
They're up by 6 runs
FOFC leads 9 to 3
Ton grips the bat handle
Ton awaits the delivery
Now Herb delivers
Grounder... in the hole
A diving stop by Billy Herman!
He's up with it... the throw
It gets away! It's a bad throw...
Ton will advance to second
Give Ton a hit...
He takes second on the error by Herman
Score It: Single + E5
Gunner scores from second!
Palmer scores from first!
Ton to third

That'll bring up Barrett Blade
A. J. Tucker will follow
if Blade gets aboard
Foxx is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Pennock's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Blade steps into the box
Barrett is hitting at .275 on the year
He has 85 hits in 309 at bats
Today, he is 3 for 4
Blade struck out his last time up
Blade gets set for the pitch
Herb rocks and fires
Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Herman
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 innings
FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors
While Left Outs has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 4

The Left Outs third baseman, Herman,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Harry Heilmann
And then Jimmie Foxx
Herman is 2 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Terp are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Herman waiting on the delivery
The pitch is on the way
Changeup down low...
Herman makes contact and
hits one out to left
Stan Gunner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Hunter
Left Outs with one away
Hunter steps off the mound as
he waits for Harry Heilmann to
come to the plate

Pounding the plate with his bat
Heilmann awaits the pitch
Heilmann gets set
He's 0 for 3 so far
Heilmann waits patiently
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Heilmann drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 11 to 3

Jimmie Foxx is coming to the plate
Jimmie is batting .312 with
26 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Hunter shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Hunter's 2 strike pitch...
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 69 on the season for Hunter
Hunter shuts down Left Outs here
in the top of the 8th
So FOFC still with the lead
as we go to a commercial break

The center fielder Tucker will
start things off for the All Stars
Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year
Pennock wastes no time
He has the sign from Foxx
Now Herb delivers
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Tucker...
Goslin over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Tucker at first

Tucker takes his lead
Tucker does not get a good lead

Potpie up
The All Stars have Tucker on first
Pennock studies his sign
Pennock's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Tucker dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Robinson tosses it back to Pennock
Now here's the pitch
Double play ball
Vaughan has it on one bounce
Robinson for one
Robinson for two
Vaughan to Robinson to Robinson
Two down

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is next
Pennock has the sign
He rocks and fires
Hit hard back through the box
And it takes a funny hop over to the mound
Pennock has got it and throws to first
In time!
That one caught a piece of the mound!
Score It: 1-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Here's Wilson to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
AL Post WWII topped Japanese League 7 to 4
Caribbean spanked Old Timers 5 to 0
Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 10-9
Welch takes the loss, his
record drops to 9-7
Negro League I nipped Turn
of Century 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 7 to 6
Negro League II smacked
NL Post WWII 7 to 0
NL Pre WWII ripped Late 20th 9 to 3
Waner has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
And in our matchup FOFC on top 11 to 3
Hunter steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Hard slider, at the knees...
Wilson clubs a deep drive to center...
Tucker turns, and races back after it...
It goes off the wall!
Wilson is steaming toward third
Tucker has it, throws...
Not in time...
Wilson has his triple
Number 2 on the year for him

Left Outs first baseman, Frank
Robinson, will be up next
He will be followed by Goose Goslin
Wilson on third... no one out
FOFC leads Left Outs by 8 runs
Robinson has hit 13 home runs this year
Owen looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a "clothes line" drive toward left
Gunner quickly comes in for it...
Not going to get this one...
Now Stan flips it to Blade at second
Wilson scores easily...

One on, no outs
Coming up for Left Outs is Goslin
Goose is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon
He's batting .288 on the season
All set, Goslin is ready for the pitch
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Robinson dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Goslin pulls it on the ground
It's in the hole and past
Jeeberoni Potpie...
Base hit into right field!
Tony LaRussa puts up the
stop sign for Robinson
He'll hold at second

Vaughan finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Vaughan digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Hunter
Vaughan cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Owen checks the runners
Here's the 0-2 offering
Vaughan rips a hanging curve
to deep right-center
He really walloped this one...
Tucker doesn't even have
time to wave goodbye
It is long gone!
The Left Outs shortstop really smoked it

Now batting for Left Outs...
Mickey Cochrane...
He'll pinch hit for Herb Pennock
Cochrane with a .266 average
on the season

Cochrane gets set at the plate
Cochrane has a .271 average against
righthanders this season
The right-hander Rodney is set
to deliver to Cochrane
Here's the righthander's delivery
Rodney misses low on that one
Cochrane draws the walk
Number 1 today by Rodney

That'll bring up second baseman
Jackie Robinson...
FOFC out in front by 4
We're in the top of the 9th
Robinson is at .271 on the season
Rodney steps on the rubber
The stretch... the delivery
There's a drooper in front of A. J. Tucker
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Rodney
James nods his head

Coming to the plate is Herman
One down and runner at first
Herman steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Billy is 2 for 4 today
Herman awaits the delivery
Rodney brings it to the plate
There's a quail shot in
front of A. J. Tucker
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
And there's two away

"Slug" is coming to the plate
Harry is batting .327 with 18
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 4 today
Harry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
Rodney goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Cochrane
He lobs one to Potpie...
Cochrane is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
Ground ball to second
Blade grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 11 to 7
Williams gets credit for the win
Jenkins takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Barrett Blade
He was 3 for 5
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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7/30 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/30/1900

Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
J.Robinson 2B 5 0 0 0 .270 B.Blade 2B 5 0 3 2 .274
B.Herman 3B 5 0 2 0 .253 A.Tucker CF 5 2 3 1 .301
H.Heilmann RF 5 0 0 0 .326 J.Potpie 1B 5 1 2 0 .288
J.Foxx C 3 0 0 0 .311 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 0 0 .301
H.Wilson CF 4 1 1 0 .286 S.Gunner LF 2 1 0 1 .266
F.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 1 .265 D.Palmer 3B 4 2 2 2 .339
G.Goslin LF 4 1 1 0 .289 H.Hays C 4 2 2 0 .339
A.Vaughan SS 4 3 3 3 .323 K.Terp SS 3 2 2 3 .173
F.Jenkins P 1 0 0 0 .189 J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .137
A-E.Slaughter PH 1 1 1 1 .391 B-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .265
E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .100 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-L.Boudreau PH 1 0 1 1 .291 D-K.Ton PH 1 0 1 0 .278
H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .200 O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
E-M.Cochrane PH 0 0 0 0 .266 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 7 10 6 Totals 36 11 15 9

A-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Williams In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Pennock In 9th Inning

Leftovers....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 - 7 10 1
All Stars....... 1 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 - 11 15 2

Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Jenkins LOSS(9-9) 5 9 5 5 0 4 1 88 5.27
E.Wynn 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 13 4.82
H.Pennock 2 5 5 3 1 0 0 41 6.42
Totals 8 15 11 9 1 5 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(12-2) 6 4 2 2 1 5 0 88 3.73
J.Kronside 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 22 2.76
O.Hunter 1 4 4 4 0 1 1 22 5.72
J.Rodney 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3.21
Totals 9 10 7 7 2 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 26,495 DATE- Monday, July 30th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:51
LEFT ON BASE- Leftovers: 5 All Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Leftovers: 1 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- B.Herman, D.Palmer, K.Terp
DOUBLES- L.Boudreau(5th), B.Blade(19th), D.Palmer(17th), K.Terp-2(7th)
TRIPLES- H.Wilson(2nd), B.Blade(6th), H.Hays(3rd)
HOME RUNS- A.Vaughan(12th), A.Tucker(7th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(17th), J.Potpie(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Blade
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Terp
WALKS- J.Foxx, M.Cochrane, P.Pflaggstettler
HIT BY PITCH- S.Gunner-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, H.Heilmann, J.Foxx, H.Wilson, F.Robinson-2, F.Jenkins,
B.Blade, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Williams
GIDP- H.Heilmann, J.Potpie
BALKS- J.Williams

[Breeze]

7/31 Radio Broadcast - Game 115

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Late 20th
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Rickey Henderson to lead
it off for Late 20th
The lefty Mighty delivers
There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer and Nights converge on it
It's fielded by Palmer who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

So with 1 on and no outs
Late 20th sends their left fielder,
Tony Gwynn, up to face Mighty
Hard-hitting Kirby Puckett is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Gwynn has a .275 average
against lefthanders
He is .322 overall
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mighty looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Gwynn drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Double for Gwynn

Settling in at the plate is Puckett
Al gets the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Broken bat ground ball to second
Henderson heads for home
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
One gone in the top of the 1st
Up next is Mike Piazza
He's having a fine year so far

Now batting will be Mike Piazza
The catcher is walking to the plate
Gwynn on third... one out
Late 20th up by 1
Piazza is batting .317 with
21 round trippers in 1900
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Al rocks and fires
Slow curve...
There's a deep drive ripped into the gap
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Stan Gunner picks it up on one bounce
just short of the warning track
Spins and throws...
Not nearly in time
Piazza cruises into second
without a play

McGwire, Late 20th's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Cal Ripken waits on deck
Mighty has the sign from Hays
Mighty brings it to the plate
McGwire goes after Mighty's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Tucker is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
It's out of here!
Mark just hit home run number 11
of this 1900 season

Now here's Ripken
Ripken has 28 doubles this year
Cal waits...
He steps out as Mighty takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the 3-1 offering
Ripken hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Ripken is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Wade Boggs will step in
to face Mighty next
If he gets on, Craig Biggio will follow
Boggs is at .274 on the season
Mighty shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Mighty brings it to the plate
Curve ball...
Boggs swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
After one-half inning
It's Late 20th 4, All Stars coming up

Let's set the Late 20th defense
as Barrett Blade steps in
Piazza will be catching Martinez
He's a righthand hurler
Covering first will be McGwire
Playing second is Biggio
His double play partner at short is Ripken
Boggs is at thirdbase
Playing the outfield from left to right
Will be Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett
Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter
The righty hitting second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Blade is batting .274 with
3 HR's this year
Martinez has the sign from Piazza
Martinez leans back and fires
The pitch is just inside
and Blade holds up
Piazza points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Barrett trots down to first... ball four

Tucker walks up to the plate
Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year
Right-hander Martinez eyes
the lefty Tucker
Martinez goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to McGwire...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Martinez comes home
Swung on and hit back at Martinez
He picks it up, turns and fires to Ripken
Over to first...
Twin killing!
A Bang Bang play turned into
an easy 1-6-3 double play by Martinez
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Jeeberoni
Potpie to get a new bat
Let's point out that FOFC is 7 and
3 in their last ten games

Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the pitch
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Piazza fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
That's all for the All Stars here
in the bottom of the 1st
No runs, no hits and no errors
So at this juncture...
Late 20th ahead 4 to 0

Here's the second baseman Biggio
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Pedro Martinez
And then Rickey Henderson
Craig takes a couple of practice cuts
Al is ready
Now ready, here it is...
Biggio is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Craig to first

Pedro Martinez squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer
Palmer looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Martinez
But Biggio moves up
One down for Late 20th
Rickey Henderson is still
in the on-deck circle
and Tony Gwynn is looking
for a bat in the dugout

So that brings up the top of the order
Rickey Henderson will step in
Henderson digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Henderson waits for the delivery
Here's his delivery
Down and away
Henderson reaches for the fastball...
Line drive single to left...
Biggio to third and around it...
Gunner is up with the ball and throws home

But it's cut off by Palmer
Allowing the run to score

"Captain Video" is coming up next
Gwynn steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Gwynn is set
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to left for Gwynn
Henderson is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Gwynn at first

The third base coach,
Jimmy Williams, is talking to
the runner Henderson...
Kirby Puckett steps to the plate
Kirby is hitting at .313 on the year
He has 114 hits in 364 at bats
This includes 26 doubles, 7 triples
15 home runs and 45 RBI's
He's waiting on the pitch...

Still waiting...

Now he steps out of the box
We have a game of cat and mouse going on
OK, now we're ready to go
The southpaw's 2-1 delivery
Lined hard to second
Blade makes a great catch!
He fires it to Palmer
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 4-5
That's all for Late 20th
After 1 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
Late 20th ahead 5 to 0

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step
into the box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Persimmon is batting .301
in 372 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Gunner
Pflaggstettler cocks his bat
It's coming down the pike
Pflaggstettler starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Martinez walks him

Stan Gunner, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Gunner is batting .266 with
14 HR's this year
Martinez asks for a new ball...
Rubs it down to get the shine off it...
Now he steps on the rubber again
Now Pedro delivers
The Whiff!
Martinez punches Gunner out!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II is edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Mathis battling Inao
Negro League I is beating Caribbean 4 to 0
AL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0
Kaline has hit his 10th homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Gehrig has hit his 30th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era is on top of
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Cicotte battling Seaver
Old Timers is in front of
Turn of Century 3 to 0

Apparently not afraid of Martinez
Pflaggstettler stretches out to his lead
The runner unable to take a big lead
Martinez keeps looking him back

Now batting will be Deacon Palmer
The third baseman is walking to the plate
One on... one out
Late 20th leads FOFC by 5 runs
Palmer grips the bat handle
Martinez gets the sign, it's one he likes
The pitch to Palmer...
Palmer takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Palmer can't believe it
He says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Martinez
That's the second out of the inning

With a runner at first and two outs
Hays walks to the plate
Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot
He is batting .339 in 248 at bats
Jeff Nights makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Harry stands with bat ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...

SAFE!
McGwire tosses it back to Martinez
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Hays
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Kirby Puckett throws the ball
away for an error!

With Late 20th leading in
the bottom of the 2nd
Here's Nights now up for FOFC
On deck will be Al Mighty
Nights is at .282 on the season
Martinez rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Martinez rocks and fires
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 4 on the evening for Martinez
That's all for the All Stars...
After 2 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1

Mike Piazza, Mark McGwire, and
Cal Ripken are due up
Piazza has hit 21 home runs this year
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The lefthander delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Piazza holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
So one up and one gone

McGwire gets set at the plate
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He grabs it for the out
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Mighty
Al nods "UH HUH"

That'll bring up Cal Ripken
Wade Boggs will follow if
Ripken gets aboard
Hays is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Mighty's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Ripken steps into the box
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ripken
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Nights before
it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Ripken has the infield single

Boggs is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Mighty is ready quickly
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ripken
He lobs one to Potpie...
Ripken is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
There's a high pop down
the right field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Potpie and Blade are chasing
it down the line
Potpie makes the catch
over his shoulder going away
That's it for Late 20th
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
2 and a half innings,
Late 20th has 5 runs, 7 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
one hit and no errors
Late 20th has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Kris Terp to lead it off for FOFC
in the bottom of the 3rd
Terp is really struggling
His batting average of .173
is embarrassing to him
He's trying everything to
break out of his slump
But, as Johnny Bench once said
"Slumps are like sleeping in a soft bed
Easy to get into and hard to get out of"
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1
Martinez looks down at Piazza
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
And the delivery by Martinez
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Terp rarely ever strikes out
But Martinez got him that time!
One up, one down

While A. J. Tucker heads
for the on deck circle
Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Martinez is happy with the sign
Windup by Martinez
And the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Blade is outta there
Two gone for FOFC

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
Tucker is one of the best hitters around
Martinez is slow to get ready

He has a 4.03 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Martinez will try to get
Tucker to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Strike Three!
Martinez has now struck out 7
and we are only in third inning!
We head to the 4th...
The score is still Late
20th 5, All Stars 1

Late 20th will send Biggio,
Pedro Martinez, and Rickey
Henderson to face
Sirr Fozborg this inning
Biggio taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Fozborg toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
Now Sirr delivers
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Potpie snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Potpie
Late 20th with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Pedro Martinez to
come to the plate

Planting his right foot
Martinez is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Martinez
Martinez digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Fozborg
Martinez is waiting on the pitch
Fozborg's 2-1 pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Martinez swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away

Slowly coming up is Henderson
for Late 20th
He is finally in the batter's box
Late 20th on top 5 to 1
Henderson is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
And Sirr studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Fozborg brings it home
Slow curve coming in
It hits Henderson in the side
Henderson is grinning out at Fozborg...
who is laughing back
They're both cracking up
'Cause the pitch was so slow
It couldn't hurt a flea

Henderson inches away from first base
Fozborg looks the runner back

The left fielder, Tony Gwynn, is up next
We'll see how they pitch to Gwynn
Fozborg steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Gwynn drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
That's it here in the top of the 4th
It's 5-1 in favor of
the visitors from Late 20th
We'll be back in just a moment

The All Stars will send
Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Stan Gunner up
to the plate this inning
Jeeberoni is an outstanding
hitting first baseman
This is attested to by the fact that
he's not only 6th in the league
in homers with 29
but his 77 RBI's has him rated
8th in that department as well!
After getting set, Potpie
waits on the pitch
Martinez brings it to the plate
Strike Three!
Martinez has now struck out 8
and we are only in fourth!
That's one away

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler looks down toward the
third base coach, Dick Howser
Pflaggstettler is ready
Way ahead in the count
Martinez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Pflaggstettler!
Two down
Martinez retires the first
two FOFC batters

Walking slowly up for FOFC is Gunner

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
The Late 20th outfield is playing
Gunner almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Martinez on the mound
it is understandable
Pedro looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The pitch on the way, here it is...
It's a routine fly into right
Puckett ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Puckett grabs it for the out
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1

Kirby Puckett up first for Late 20th
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
So far this season
Puckett is hitting .319
when facing righthanded pitching
The umpire says let's go
Puckett is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Puckett
No chance for either Nights or Gunner
That one had base hit written all over it

Piazza departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Mike is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Mike...
Now we're set to go
He's in his crouch
Piazza can really swing that wood
Fozborg looks at the runner
The pitch
This one is hit deep
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
Hit high and very deep...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is on the warning track...
At the fence...
He jumps...
OUT!!!
Puckett will need to hurry
to get back to first
and does... just in time
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

McGwire is up next
One gone, top of the 5th
Cal Ripken moves out on deck
McGwire saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Fozborg
McGwire is hitting .246 versus
righties this year
Of his 11 homeruns,
6 came while facing righties
McGwire waits
Fozborg fires
McGwire slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Blade races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Puckett advances on the play
Two down

That brings up Cal Ripken, the shortstop
Ripken is taking his practice swings
Cal is 1 for 2 this evening
Cal steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
Nights trying to slip in behind Puckett
Now he slips away
Here's the 2 strike offering
Ripken hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
Negro League I toppling Caribbean 7 to 0
Left Outs with the lead over
AL Post WWII 4 to 1
McCovey has hit his 26th
homerun for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Dead Ball Era leads NL Post WWII 4 to 3
Aaron has hit his 40th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Old Timers clipping Turn of Century 5 to 1
And in our contest Late 20th leads 5 to 1

The third baseman Palmer
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .300
Deacon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Martinez's pitch
The righthander Martinez delivers
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Ripken
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Martinez
Harry is ready for the delivery
He brings it home
Slider, outside...
Hays reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Ripken...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to McGwire in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
McGwire is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Hays

And it brings up Jeff Nights
On deck is Sirr Fozborg
Barrett Blade in the hole
Nights is batting .281 with
13 homers this year
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
Martinez checks Hays on first
Now the 2-2 pitch
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Gonzalez digs in at the plate
Ready now for Martinez to come set
1st and 2nd, one man down
The right-hander Martinez is
set to deliver to Gonzalez
Martinez's righthanded delivery...
Curve, up high...
Gonzalez rips it to left...
Martinez hung that breaking ball
However, David got under it just a bit
Gwynn started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"

Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Martinez looks in for the sign from Piazza
Martinez's been mowing the
All Stars down today
Already with 9 strike outs
and we're only in the bottom of the 5th
We've got a full count...
Martinez winds and fires...
Strike Three!
Martinez has now struck out 10
and we are only in fifth inning!
That's it for FOFC
Late 20th has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded

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7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued

Wade Boggs leads it off
Wade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Boggs is 0 for 2 today
He fouled out last time up
Owen Hunter steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Hunter winds and delivers
The 0-2 pitch
It's a routine fly into left
Gunner ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One out
Due up next is Craig Biggio

Facing Hunter now is Biggio
Pedro Martinez heads to the on deck circle
Rickey Henderson waits in the hole
Biggio can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Biggio waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Biggio gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two out, nobody on
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1

Two away, nobody on
Martinez comes to the plate for Late 20th
Looking to Jimmy Williams for a sign
Martinez awaits the delivery
Hunter brings it to the plate
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
And that will do it for Late 20th

Here's A. J. Tucker to lead it off
Martinez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
Here's the 1-1 offering
Hard ground ball to second
Biggio comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
So one up and one gone

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 6th
The first base coach exhorting
Potpie to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Martinez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
Martinez winds and delivers
Curve, at the belt...
Potpie times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Tony Gwynn retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Piazza flashes the sign...
Martinez shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the righthander's delivery
Fastball, at the letters...
Pflaggstettler crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Gwynn running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 18 for Pflaggstettler this year!

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gunner is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Martinez has the sign he wants
Martinez kicks and fires
Hard slider...
And Gunner takes it right down the middle
Strike three called

Up next for the All Stars
The hometown third baseman, Deacon Palmer
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Martinez
Right-hander Martinez eyes
the righty Palmer
Martinez brings it to the plate
And Palmer is down on strikes...
Martinez keeps mowing them down
That one gives him 12 this evening
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 6 innings, Late 20th leads 5 to 3

Henderson saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Henderson steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Rickey is 2 for 2 today
Hunter is ready quickly
Now Owen delivers
Henderson hits one on the
ground to the left side
Rickey, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
One down for Late 20th
Tony Gwynn is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Late 20th

Gwynn gets set at the plate
Gwynn gets set
He's 2 for 3 so far
Hunter steps on the rubber
Here's the 2 strike offering
Comebacker, right to Hunter
Over to Potpie for the easy out
Two down

Puckett coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
The outfield shades towards
left for Puckett
Hunter has the sign from Hays
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Puckett swings and smacks
a line drive into left
Gunner comes over and
plays it on one hop
A single for the Late 20th right fielder
Two out base knock
It is surprising how often they
lead to trouble...
We'll see...

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Mike Piazza
Owen peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch to Piazza...
Hit on the ground to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
So After 6 and a half innings
Late 20th has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Late 20th is making a defensive change
Carter will bat 4th and catch

Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC
Harry Hays will step in to face Martinez
to start the bottom of the 7th
Jeff Nights, then Owen Hunter will follow
FOFC needs some base runners, and soon
Harry is 2 for 2 this summer evening
He singled in his last plate appearance
Hays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
He brings it home
Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Hays turned that one around
in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Gwynn didn't even move

Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop
On-deck is Owen Hunter...
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
Nights has 28 doubles this year
Carter flashes the sign...
Martinez waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now the delivery, here is is...
Nights pops one straight up
And it will be Carter making the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II leads Japanese
League 2 to 1
Negro League I toppling Caribbean 10 to 3
Left Outs clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1
NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 3
NL Post WWII and Dead Ball
Era are tied at 4
Old Timers is beating Turn
of Century 5 to 1
Galvin comfortably ahead for Old Timers
And right here in FOFC Late
20th leads 5 to 4

Coming up for FOFC is K. A. Ton
Nobody on base, one out
Ton is at .278 on the season
Pedro Martinez still on the mound
for the Modern Stars...
Martinez has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 6 1/3 innings
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Fastball... low and away, ball four
Martinez puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

Bobby Cox is visiting the mound...
He decides to stick with Pedro Martinez
One on, one out
Blade walks to the batter's box
Before getting ready
Blade checks out the defensive alignment
Blade awaits the delivery
Martinez brings it to the plate
Blade grounds one to third
Boggs juggles it
Over to first
Barrett beats it out!
Boggs will get an error on the play
That's error number 2 of
the game for Late 20th

Tucker is up now for FOFC
Tucker looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Martinez eyes Tucker intently
Pedro checks the runners
Here's the 3-2 offering
Grounder topped to short
Ripken comes up with it
Throw to second for one
On to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Ton takes third
The runner on first, Blade, is out
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Jeeberoni comes to the plate batting .289
with 30 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Potpie tells the umpire he's ready
Here's his delivery
A sharp breaking curve...
Potpie was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Gwynn turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Jeeberoni Potpie can touch them all

Well, as Jerry Coleman would say...
John Smoltz has just finished
"throwing up in the bullpen"
He'll come on here in the
bottom of the 7th
Smoltz has 34 previous appearances
His record stands at 4 and 4
He has 1 save
He sports a 5.16 ERA
Pedro Martinez is walking
slowly off the mound

Pflaggstettler departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.305 against righties
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Smoltz brings it to the plate
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Pflaggstettler takes his lead
Smoltz looks Pflaggstettler back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

The All Stars' left fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Gunner is taking his practice swings
Stan is 0 for 3 this evening
Gunner waits for the pitch
Here's the 2-2 offering
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Henderson reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47407

McGwire saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Mark is hitting at .243 on the year
He has 45 hits in 185 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
McGwire grounded out his last time up
Mark is set for the pitch
Knowles brings it home
Fastball... and it hits
McGwire... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
McGwire will take first base on a walk

Cal Ripken will make his
way toward the plate
He glances down at McGwire
McGwire runs like he has
cement in his shoes
Knowles won't have to worry
about him going
Cal steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Jimmy Williams relays the
sign from Bobby Cox
Ripken grounded out last time up
and now is 1 for 3
Cal seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Sammy rocks and fires
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Cal looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Knowles
Sammy nods his head

McGwire at first, one out
Wade Boggs is ready at the plate
Boggs is batting .272 with
5 round trippers in 1900
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Boggs is outta there
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Knowles
Sammy nods "UH HUH"

Craig Biggio will step in
to face Knowles next
If he gets on, John Smoltz will follow
Biggio digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Knowles
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Sammy delivers
Fastball...
Swung on...
Biggio connects...
It is way back there...
Gazelle doesn't even move
That ball is history!
Even Gazelle admired that one
Home run number 3 for Biggio
The score is tied at 7 in
the top of the 8th

Up steps John Smoltz,
the fine hitting pitcher for Late 20th
He is no gimmee by any means for Knowles
Smoltz a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Knowles
Smoltz cocks his bat
It's coming down the pike
Curve in the dirt... and Smoltz holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Smoltz went around
Strike three, swinging
The Modern Stars refuse
to go down quietly...
They tie it here with 2 runs
We go to the FOFC half of the 8th...
It's all tied up...
All Stars 7, Modern Stars 7

Leading off for the All Stars
is the third baseman Palmer
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Palmer looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 3 on the day for Deacon
Palmer waits for the delivery
Here's the pitch
Base hit to center for Palmer
Rickey Henderson is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Harry Hays makes his way to home plate
Hays has hit 12 home runs this year
Smoltz likes the sign
The righthander delivers
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Carter
Palmer dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Palmer made it back
That's one away

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Nights is 1 for 3 today
Right-hander Smoltz prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and popped up back of first
Biggio is running after it...
McGwire is backpedaling...
Watch out!...
They almost collided!
And the ball drops free just
beyond the dugout
A lack of communication
cost Late 20th there
. . . Nights back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Nights is outta there
That's two away for the All Stars
We have a real "nail-biter" here today

Stepping in the batter's box, Gazelle
Palmer at first, two away
So far this season
Gazelle is hitting .215
when facing righthanded pitching
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Smoltz's 1-2 pitch...
It is a high hard one...
Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Gazelle couldn't hold back
We head to the 9th...
The scored is tied, 7-all

Rickey Henderson, Tony Gwynn, and
Kirby Puckett are due up
Rickey is hitting at .255 on the year
He has 82 hits in 321 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 26 stolen bases
Knowles studies his sign
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Henderson tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
One away for Late 20th here
in the top of the 9th

One away, nobody on base
Gwynn stands ready at the plate
Right-hander Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Gwynn
The righthander Knowles delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gwynn gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning

Kirby Puckett up
The score is tied
Puckett swinging from the right side
facing the righty Knowles
Puckett is waiting on the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Puckett cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Puckett was badly fooled by Knowles'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Kirby was a little overanxious
The Modern Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 8 and a half innings,

The score is tied at 7

[Breeze]

7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued

Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Blade is 0 for 3 today
Barrett reached base on
an error last time up
Smoltz adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Smoltz kicks and fires
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Ripken plays it on one bounce
Over to McGwire...
Out of there!
One out
A. J. Tucker is due up next

One out, nobody on base
A. J. Tucker is the batter
Late 20th has the outfield
shaded towards right
Tucker is 0 for 4 today
He's ready for the delivery
Righthander Smoltz's delivery
Tucker rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Puckett is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Kirby Puckett
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Up now for FOFC is Potpie
Two away, nobody on
Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Smoltz
He is 2 for 4 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 4 RBI's
Smoltz looks down at Carter
He shakes him off once...
Again...
John has got to be a little concerned
with Potpie up there as the
FOFC first baseman has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Smoltz's righthanded delivery...
Pop-up
Carter throws away the mask
He makes the catch
And we go to extra innings!

Carter steps up to the plate for Late 20th
It's the top of the 10th
here at FOFC Stadium
The score is tied at 7
Carter looks down toward
the third base coach
Gary steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
And the delivery by Knowles
Routine grounder to first
Potpie scoops it up
Over to first for the out
And there's one away

McGwire pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Knowles
McGwire adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Mark is 1 for 3 this evening
Knowles has the sign from Hays
Knowles goes into his windup
And here's the 1-1 offering
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and McGwire is out
Two up, two down for Late 20th

Making his way up is Ripken
Cal is batting .286 with 12
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 4 today
Knowles is walking around the mound
While we wait, let me mention
He is 1st in saves this year
He has 21...

Now Sammy is ready...
Knowles rocks and fires
Ripken starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Knowles walks him

We are going to have a pinch
runner for Cal Ripken
Bobby Cox will bring in Ozzie
Smith for Cal Ripken
He's a threat to steal

Smith takes a three step lead
Smith gets a great jump...
The pitch...
There goes the runner!
Hays up quickly and throwing...
SAFE...
The throw was too late

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Wade Boggs
Wade Boggs steps into the box
Boggs is hitting .272 with 5 homeruns
Wade also has 23 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 48 runs
Boggs waits patiently
Knowles fires
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Hays calls for it and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
That's all for Late 20th
After 9 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
We're all tied up at 7
Late 20th's defensive changes are...
Smith will bat 6th and play SS

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leads off for FOFC
Sammy Knowles and Deacon
Palmer will follow
We've got a dandy here today
at FOFC Stadium
Smoltz is rubbing the ball up
Pitchers develop very calloused hands
over the course of a season
They want to get the ball
as rough as they can
John winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Pflaggstettler swings and misses
Strike three!
Smoltz overpowered him again
He went down on three pitches
That's 2 whiffs today
for the FOFC right fielder
One gone for FOFC

Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Right-hander Smoltz eyes the lefty Fouts
The 2-2 offering...
Dan Fouts swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
It's CAUGHT!
Puckett robs the All Stars
with a great catch at the fence
The score is tied at 7 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
These scores are final...
Negro League II ripped Japanese
League 7 to 1
Inao takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-12
Mathis the winner, he's now 6-8
Negro League I humiliated
Caribbean 13 to 3
Left Outs toppled AL Post WWII 6 to 2
NL Pre WWII easily defeated
AL Pre WWII 8 to 3
Faber takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-9
Vance the winner, he's now 9-4
Dead Ball Era edged out
NL Post WWII 8 to 7
Old Timers is the winner over
Turn of Century 5 to 1

Deacon Palmer coming up
It's a tie game in the bottom of the 10th
Stepping out, Palmer looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Palmer looks very intent...
He stares down at Smoltz...
Cocks his bat
Smoltz quick pitches him
Palmer raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Boggs just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
That retires the side
For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors
Late 20th will try to push one across
in the top of the 11th

Here's Craig Biggio leading off
John Smoltz is on deck
And Rickey Henderson is in the hole
Biggio has hit 3 home runs this year
Kronside wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Kronside brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a fastball
Biggio goes down swinging
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Now batting for Late 20th...
Ryne Sandberg...
He'll pinch hit for John Smoltz
Sandberg with a .267 average
on the season

Nobody on base, one away
Sandberg steps into the batter's box
Sandberg goes through his
routine of settling in
Sandberg awaits the delivery
Here comes the pitch
Fly ball to left
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
Two gone for Late 20th

The center fielder, Rickey Henderson
will be up next for Late 20th
Henderson needs to get on...
He has a .365 on base percentage
Hays flashes the sign to Kronside
Jace comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Henderson swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside strikes out Rickey Henderson
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
By the way, Late 20th is 4 and
6 in their last ten games
Dennis Eckersley will be coming
on to pitch for Late 20th
Dennis has appeared in
18 games this season
with a record of 2-1
In 31 innings, he has an 4.99 ERA
John Smoltz has finished his work
here this evening

The catcher Hays will
start things off for the All Stars
Harry Hays will step in to face Eckersley
He is 3 for 4 on the evening
with 1 home run!
He is batting a lusty .345
Harry takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
Here's the offering
Hays pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gwynn will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Hays retreats to first
after a wide turn
(Guarding Lines Effect)

Nights squares as Eckersley
delivers the pitch
Mark McGwire charges and picks up the bunt
He fires to first in time
Credit a sacrifice to Nights
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Up now is Gazelle
The All Stars have Hays on second
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald struck out last time around
Gazelle concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The home town crowd is yelling out to Hays
telling him to watch out
as Biggio sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Eckersley delivers the 2-0 offering
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Smith for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 11th

Blade now at the plate
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Winning run is in scoring position
Eckersley needs to get Blade out
He would like to strike him out
Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
And the cripple pitch...
A slider by Eckersley
Blade gets good wood on it...
Puckett back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That retires the side...
Blade fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Late 20th will send Gwynn,
Kirby Puckett, and Gary Carter to face
Jace Kronside this inning
Jace gets the sign from Hays
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Gwynn!
One down for Late 20th
Kirby Puckett is still in
the on-deck circle
and Gary Carter is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Puckett walks to the plate
Puckett is 2 for 5 today
For the season, Kirby has 15 homers
26 doubles, and 7 triples
He has scored 45 runs
while driving in 45
Kronside steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Puckett hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League II gets an easy win
over Japanese League 7 to 1
Negro League I pulverized
Caribbean 13 to 3
Left Outs is the winner over
AL Post WWII 6 to 2
NL Pre WWII easily defeated
AL Pre WWII 8 to 3
Hartnett has hit his 19th
homerun for NL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era edged out
NL Post WWII 8 to 7
Old Timers toppled Turn of Century 5 to 1
And in our contest The score
is knotted at 7

Here's the Late 20th clean-up
hitter, Gary Carter
Kronside squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Kronside kicks and fires
Swung on and hit on the nose to left
Gazelle picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Carter is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

McGwire is up next
Two out with Carter at first
McGwire scuffs up the lines around the box
McGwire, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Kronside
Kronside goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Carter
He lobs one to Potpie...
Carter is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Kronside comes home
High foul pop
Behind home plate
Hays is back
Near the screen
And it pops out of his mitt!
McGwire will get another swing.
Score It: E2
Carter holds at first

Late 20th first baseman, Mark
McGwire, is up next
Mark takes a couple of practice cuts
McGwire waits
The All Stars fans are standing
They want the strikeout
from "Mister Closer"
Jace winds and delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Swung on and missed
Strike Three!
McGwire couldn't lay off
the high fast ball
Number 4 on the day for Kronside
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
So After 11 and a half innings
FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error
While Late 20th has 7 runs,
11 hits and 2 errors
Late 20th has left 7 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
We're in the bottom of the 12th
Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Eckersley is into his windup
Here's the pitch
There's a ground ball into the hole
Boggs and Smith converge on it
It's picked by Boggs who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Jeeberoni Potpie is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Eckersley looks down at Carter
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Dennis has got to be a little concerned
with Potpie up there as the
FOFC first baseman has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Eckersley brings it to the plate
Potpie pounds a grounder
toward Boggs at third
Wade moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Boggs stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Late 20th third baseman
Two down
Eckersley retires two in a row

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will face Eckersley
Righty against righty
Pflaggstettler is batting .303
with 18 HR's this year
Eckersley steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
It's a smash over second
Biggio leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Pflaggstettler makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Pflaggstettler watches Eckersley carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Pflaggstettler gets a great jump...
The pitch...
There goes the runner!
The throw by Carter...
SAFE...
Pflaggstettler is in there
with a pop-up slide!
The throw a bit too late

Carter heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Fouts.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
Dan Fouts steps into the box
The game is riding on this pitch...
Here we go!
Eckersley adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Carter
And the delivery by Eckersley
Base hit to center for Fouts
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Pflaggstettler scores!
FOFC wins 8 to 7
Kronside gets credit for the win
Eckersley takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 2 for 6 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

7/31 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/31/1900

Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
R.Henderson CF 5 1 2 1 .254 B.Blade 2B 5 0 0 0 .270
T.Gwynn LF 6 1 2 0 .323 A.Tucker CF 6 1 0 0 .297
K.Puckett RF 6 0 2 1 .314 J.Potpie 1B 6 2 2 4 .289
M.Piazza C 4 1 1 1 .316 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 3 3 1 .305
C-G.Carter C 2 0 1 0 .258 S.Gunner LF 4 0 0 0 .261
M.McGwire 1B 5 2 1 2 .241 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Ripken SS 4 0 1 0 .286 G-D.Fouts PH,3B 2 0 1 1 .275
F-O.Smith PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .270 D.Palmer 3B 5 0 1 0 .337
W.Boggs 3B 5 0 0 0 .271 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Biggio 2B 4 2 1 2 .235 H.Hays C 5 1 4 1 .348
P.Martinez P 2 0 0 0 .033 J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .282
J.Smoltz P 1 0 0 0 .188 A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102
H-R.Sandberg PH 1 0 0 0 .266 A-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .171
D.Eckersley P 0 0 0 0 .500 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .300
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
D-K.Ton PH 0 1 0 0 .278
E-G.Gazelle LF 2 0 0 0 .262
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 45 7 11 7 Totals 46 8 12 7

A-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Ripken In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 11th Inning

Modern Stars.... 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 2
All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 1

Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Martinez 6 2/3 7 7 3 3 12 4 117 4.13
J.Smoltz 3 1/3 2 0 0 0 4 0 51 4.94
D.Eckersley LOSS(2-2) 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 33 5.01
Totals 11 2/3 12 8 4 3 16 4

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty 3 7 5 5 0 2 1 52 4.13
S.Fozborg 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 3.86
O.Hunter 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 5.62
S.Knowles BS(3rd) 3 1 2 2 2 5 1 46 1.81
J.Kronside WIN(8-2) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 27 2.67
Totals 12 11 7 7 2 12 2

ATTENDANCE- 47,407 DATE- Tuesday, July 31st 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Modern Stars: 7 All Stars: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Modern Stars: 1 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- K.Puckett, W.Boggs, H.Hays
DOUBLES- T.Gwynn(33rd), M.Piazza(15th)
HOME RUNS- M.McGwire(11th), C.Biggio(3rd), J.Potpie-2(31st),
P.Pflaggstettler(18th), H.Hays(12th)
STOLEN BASES- O.Smith(9th), P.Pflaggstettler(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Martinez, J.Nights
WALKS- M.McGwire, C.Ripken, B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler, K.Ton
HIT BY PITCH- R.Henderson, C.Biggio
STRIKE OUTS- R.Henderson-2, T.Gwynn, K.Puckett, M.Piazza, M.McGwire, C.Ripken,
W.Boggs-2, C.Biggio, P.Martinez, J.Smoltz, B.Blade-2, A.Tucker,
J.Potpie-2, P.Pflaggstettler-2, S.Gunner-2, D.Palmer-2, H.Hays,
J.Nights-2, K.Terp, G.Gazelle
GIDP- A.Tucker

[Travis]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nice win boys!

On a side note, still crazy to see names like Biggio, Sandberg, Henderson, Gwynn, Puckett, Carter and McGwire. It's like a who's who of some of my favorite hitters growing up.

[Breeze]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nice win boys!

On a side note, still crazy to see names like Biggio, Sandberg, Henderson, Gwynn, Puckett, Carter and McGwire. It's like a who's who of some of my favorite hitters growing up.

Yeah, that's what makes this so much fun for me to. If I do this again next year the Late 20s stars will look a bit different. I'll rework them to put some of the recent HOF inductees on that team...

Blyleven
Larkin
Santo
and anyone else I'm forgetting...

Then I'll add players to split this into a modern stars...

Jeter
Jones
Bonds (pre-PED)
Griffey

and the Late 20s...

Not sure what other positions I'll need to fill after the split, but I'll figure it out...

[Breeze]

8/1 Radio Broadcast - Game 116

I see by the clock that we're
ready to go here in FOFC
Henderson steps in to start
things off for Late 20th
Let's set the FOFC defense for you
Battery mates are Nielsen and Hays
Covering the corners at first and third
Will be Potpie and Fouts
The keystone combo has Blade at second
And Nights playing short
In the outfield
From left to right
Its Ton, Tucker and Gazelle
Now Henderson steps into the batter's box
This game's about to begin
Henderson finishes his stretching
Let's play some ball...
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Sharp breaking curveball...
Henderson reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Fouts...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Henderson is out easily
One gone in the top of the 1st
Up next is Tony Gwynn
He's having a fine year so far

Gwynn leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Gwynn...
Gwynn pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gazelle will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Gwynn retreats to first
after a wide turn

Puckett gets set at the plate
FOFC is set up for two
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Rob delivers
The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
Grounded down the line
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
That's the second out of the inning

Here's Mike Piazza
Mike takes a couple of practice cuts
Mike stands with bat ready
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Curve over the plate...
Piazza connects!
Ton is off to the races...
That ball is hit hard...
K. A. is at the warning track...
And makes the catch!
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for Late 20th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
FOFC is coming to bat

As we go to the bottom of the first
let's set the defensive alignment
for Late 20th
Glavine and Piazza are the battery mates
McGwire will man first base
Boggs is at the hot corner
Ripken and Biggio form the
keystone combination
From left to right it is
Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett
Now Barrett Blade steps in
Blade is at .270 on the season
Glavine shakes off the sign by Piazza
We have Tom Glavine and Rob Nielsen
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
Glavine brings it to the plate
HIT HIM!!
Blade jogs down to first
Barrett took one for the team to get on

Tucker up
The All Stars have Blade on first
Tucker has 18 doubles this year
Tucker gets set for the pitch
Biggio comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Glavine
The delivery
FOFC tries the hit and run!
Tucker goes after the outside slider
Hammers it into the ground...
Biggio gloves it...
Throws quickly to first...
Tucker is out easily on the hard grounder
Blade is safely down at second
The hit and run moves the runner up.
That's one away

Next up for the All Stars
is Gerald Gazelle
One out, man on second
Glavine steps on the rubber
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Gazelle swings and lifts one toward left
Gwynn drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two gone for FOFC

Jeeberoni Potpie will get
a crack at Glavine next
Dan Fouts would be up next...
But only if Potpie can reach safely
Potpie has a .292 average
against lefthanders
He is .289 overall
Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Potpie
Way ahead in the count
Glavine turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Potpie takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Potpie's outta there
So it is nothing across for the All
Stars in the bottom of the 1st
After 1 inning
FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors
While Late 20th has no runs,
one hit and no errors

McGwire saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes
Now to the belt, here it is...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
McGwire swung, that's strike three
McGwire isn't happy at all with that call
With one down, up next is Cal Ripken
To be followed by Wade Boggs

Facing Nielsen now is Ripken
Wade Boggs heads to the on deck circle
Craig Biggio waits in the hole
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Rob rocks and fires
Sinking fastball...
Ripken swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away

Boggs now at the plate
Craig Biggio waits on deck
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now Rob delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Fouts and Nights are chasing
it down the line
Jeff dives, but can't make the play
Foul ball
. . . Boggs back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Boggs pounds it on the ground
toward the pitcher Nielsen
Nielsen swipes at it...
He only succeeds at knocking
it in front of him
That will be an error on Rob Nielsen

Biggio is up next
Two out with Boggs at first
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Nielsen quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Nielsen comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Biggio
As Craig swings right through
it for strike three
Nielsen punches him out
That's all for the Modern Stars
No runs, no hits, one error and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
We're scoreless

Fouts saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Dan will be facing the lefty Glavine
from the right side of the plate
Of his 16 home runs, 6 are
against southpaws
Glavine studies his sign
Now ready, here it is...
Fouts pulls this one down the line
Gwynn is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Fouts back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Biggio plays it on one bounce
Over to McGwire...
Out of there!
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and K. A. Ton is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Harry is batting .348 in
253 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by K. A. Ton
1 down, Hays behind in the count, 0-2
The lefty Glavine delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Glavine put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
Two gone here in the bottom of the 2nd
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Up now for FOFC is Ton
Two away, nobody on
Ton has managed a .326 average
against lefthanders this year
Glavine is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to center for a base hit
No chance to get that one

At the plate now for FOFC is Nights
Nights is at .282 on the season
Piazza flashes the sign...
Glavine shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Nights looks at strike three
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
FOFC has no runs, one hit and one error
While Late 20th has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Late 20th has stranded 2

Tom Glavine stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Glavine is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Hard slider...
And Glavine takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
One gone for Late 20th

And it brings up Rickey Henderson
On deck is Tony Gwynn
Kirby Puckett in the hole
Henderson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Rickey brings the bat back...
The lefthander delivers
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Henderson held up, and draws a walk
Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call

Now up for Late 20th, Gwynn
A real speedster Henderson is on first
They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him
Gwynn gets set
He's 1 for 1 so far
He's ready for the delivery
Nielsen rocks and fires
Gwynn hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
Jeff Nights dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
Scoreless game with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League clipping
Negro League II 4 to 0
Negro League I is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
Williams battling Cuellar
Left Outs and AL Post WWII are tied at 3
Pennock battling Feller
NL Pre WWII is on top of
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Old Timers is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1

Taking his lead is Henderson
Henderson takes his lead...
Nielsen fires it to first...
OUT!
Henderson was leaning the wrong way
Nielsen caught him napping

Rob Nielsen is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Nielsen looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Glavine eyes Nielsen intently
Here is the 0-2 pitch
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Nielsen swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Piazza loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Rob as he was heading for the dugout
So one up and one gone

Blade is up next
One gone, bottom of the 3rd
A. J. Tucker moves out on deck
Tom Glavine steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now the delivery, here is is...
Blade sends a routine ground ball to first
McGwire takes it on one hop
Flips it to Glavine
Easy out
That's two away for the All Stars
I had a chance to grab a
snack before the game
Had to hurry, though...
Wasn't hungry enough to eat 8 slices
so I had them cut the pizza into 6...

Now here's Tucker
Tucker is 0 for 1 today
Glavine toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Piazza
He brings it home
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza
Tucker was badly fooled by Glavine's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
That's three outs, side retired

Here's the right fielder Puckett
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Mike Piazza
And then Mark McGwire
Puckett needs to get on...
He has a .362 on base percentage
Puckett awaits the delivery
With a 0-1 count, the pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Puckett is out
And there's one away

One away, nobody on base
Piazza stands ready at the plate
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
It's fouled into short right field
Gazelle is coming in
Potpie is going back
Both are converging on the stands
Jeeberoni leans over the rail
Just beyond his reach
. . . Piazza back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a towering fly ball hit by Piazza
Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch
Two down

McGwire digs in at the plate
Ready now for Nielsen to come set
McGwire is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen brings it to the plate
It's hit down the line
Gazelle ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
1-2-3, nothing across...

The big guys are due up for FOFC
Gazelle will lead it off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie and Dan Fouts
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald flied out last time up
Tom peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Glavine strikes out Gerald Gazelle
One up, one down for FOFC

The first baseman, Potpie, is ready to bat
No score in the bottom of the 4th
Potpie has hit 31 home runs this year
Glavine has the sign from Piazza
Glavine winds and delivers
The 0-2 pitch
Potpie slaps a hard grounder past short
Gwynn is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Potpie will hold with a clean single

Now batting will be the third
baseman, Dan Fouts
Fouts wiggles the bat above his head
Fouts looks very intent...
He stares down at Glavine...
Cocks his bat
Glavine checks Potpie on first
Now the 2-0 pitch
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Piazza...and he's got it
Two down
Piazza asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Piazza and Glavine

The All Stars' catcher is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Hays scuffs up the lines around the box
Glavine steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Glavine brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Hays
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

It will be Ton to face Glavine
Ton is one of the most feared sluggers
Tom is ready
Glavine kicks and fires
Ton drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Potpie scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Hays scores!
Double for Ton

Piazza heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Nights.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Nights on
Piazza holds out his glove
That's ball four

Nielsen finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Glavine squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Biggio
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error
While Late 20th has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Late 20th has failed to bring home 2

Cal Ripken to lead things
off for Late 20th
FOFC with a 2 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Cal looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Jimmy Williams flashes a series of them...
Now Ripken taps the bat on home plate
The count one ball,
one strike on Ripken
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
So one up and one gone

Making his way up is Boggs
Boggs is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
It's coming down the pike
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Boggs gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Japanese League is in front
of Negro League II 4 to 1
Negro League I is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6
NL Pre WWII is in front
of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Bender enjoying the big Dead Ball Era lead
Old Timers is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1
And here in FOFC FOFC leads 2 to 0

Biggio makes his way to home plate
Late 20th down by 2 runs
We're in the top of the 5th
Rob looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Swung on and missed by Biggio,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Biggio
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
By the way, Late 20th is 4 and
6 in their last ten games

We're back at the top of
the All Stars' order
Barrett Blade coming up
Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year
He has 85 hits in 316 at bats
This includes 19 doubles, 6 triples
3 home runs and 24 RBI's
He's ready
The lefthander Glavine comes home with it
There's a drive to left by Blade
Gwynn picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Blade turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Gwynn

Blade stretches his lead
Glavine is paying a lot
of attention to Blade
They want to hold Blade close
He's excellent on the basepaths
Now he throws over...
Blade dives back in...
SAFE!

Tucker walks up to the plate
Tucker gets the sign from third
He is 0 for 2
A. J. is set for the pitch
The stretch... the 0-2 delivery
It is a high hard one...
Tucker goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Tucker couldn't hold back
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Gerald Gazelle is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
And Tom studies the sign from Piazza...
Now he's got it
The southpaw Glavine delivers
the 2 strike pitch
Base hit to left for Gazelle
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Blade will stay at second

Men at first and second
Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous
man at the plate...
10th this year in the league
in slugging average

He's cruising along at a .573 pace
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Set now is Potpie
Glavine fires
Screaming liner towards short
Ripken makes a great catch!
Score It: 6
Two down
Due up next is Dan Fouts
Let's see what happens now

FOFC third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next
Fouts steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Dan is 0 for 2 today
Fouts waits patiently
The pitch is on the way
A slider by Glavine
Fouts gets good wood on it...
Gwynn back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That retires the side...
Dan Fouts fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

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8/1 Radio Broadcast Continued

Tom Glavine will start the top
of the 6th for Late 20th
Late 20th needs some runs
Now, FOFC on top 2 to 0
Glavine looks down toward
the third base coach
Tom is ready for the delivery
And the delivery by Nielsen
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Glavine gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Glavine for the out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Rickey Henderson is coming to the plate
Henderson has a .264 average
against lefties
Nielsen likes the sign
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Slow ground ball
Fouts is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for Late 20th
Nielsen is moving along
with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Gwynn is up now for Late 20th
Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.06 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Gwynn swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Tony Gwynn
That's three outs, side retired

The All Stars will send
Hays, K. A. Ton, and Jeff Nights up
to the plate this inning
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hays is 1 for 2 today
He singled last time up
Hays awaits the delivery
Glavine's 1-0 pitch...
Swung on...
Smashed on the ground...
It's over the bag!
Puckett is chasing it into the
corner in right field
It'll be extra bases!
Harry Hays motoring into second base
But Kirby Puckett plays it perfectly
Spins and throws
It's wide of the bag
Hays slides in with a double
That was a nasty curve he chased

K. A. Ton, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Ton is batting .289 with 11 HR's this year
Tom Glavine still on the mound
for the Modern Stars...
Glavine has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits in 5 innings
Glavine will try to get Ton to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Ton swings late and slices one to right
It's curving toward the foul line...
Puckett won't get there in time
It's a fair ball as it
hits right on the line!
It takes two bounces...
Now a fan reaches over the railing
and gloves it!
Well, that stops that play right there!
Ton will get a ground rule double on it...
And the fan will be escorted out
of the ball park...
You can't do that folks
That ball was still in play
Hays scores on the play

One on, nobody out
Nights strides up to the plate
Jeff, a right-handed hitter, will
face the lefty Glavine
Of his 13 home runs, 4 are
against southpaws
Nights is set for the pitch
The home town crowd is yelling out to Ton
telling him to watch out
as Biggio sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Glavine delivers the 1-2 offering
Nights hits a three hopper
towards Cal Ripken
Ripken scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


Nielsen strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Nielsen goes through his
routine of settling in
Rob steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Glavine's pitch
And here's the pay-off pitch...
Swung on and chopped toward second
Biggio races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by McGwire
A backhand pickup by the
Late 20th firstsacker!
Ton over to third easily
Joe Adcock is arguing that he
took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand
FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with
two away this inning

Two gone, Ton at third
Batting now is Barrett Blade
Blade is 1 for 2 today
Glavine has the sign from Piazza
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-0 pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Boggs
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Puckett leading off
Late 20th would like to get
some runners on base
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Here's the 0-1 offering
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Puckett
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Tucker
Puckett has himself a single

Nobody out, Puckett at first
Now up is Piazza
Piazza is at .314 on the season
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The stretch... the delivery
It is a high hard one...
Piazza goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Piazza couldn't hold back
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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McGwire coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Puckett on first, with one away
McGwire adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Mark is 0 for 2 this evening
McGwire gets ready for Nielsen's pitch
His bat is cocked
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Puckett
He lobs one to Potpie...
Puckett is back easily
We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
McGwire raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Nights
No chance to get Puckett at third

Ripken heads to the plate for Late 20th
The infield is at regular depth
Men on 1st and 3rd
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks the runners
Here's the 3-1 offering
Ripken drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Puckett scores
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Double for Ripken

Wade Boggs is up next
Late 20th's third baseman
finds 2 on with 1 out
Boggs wiggles the bat above his head
Waiting for the pitch is Boggs
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Boggs flies out to left
Jimmy Williams won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runner holds.

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Craig Biggio
Craig Biggio next
The All Stars up by two runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Curveball, Biggio lets it go by
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
Biggio looks imploringly at him
No words, but a very long look
Now he walks slowly back to the dugout
That's it for Late 20th
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Late 20th has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

A. J. Tucker, Gerald Gazelle, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Tucker, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw Tom Glavine
The umpire says let's go
Tucker is ready
The lefthander Glavine delivers
Tucker hits a screamer at Cal Ripken
Ripken picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls McGwire off the bag
McGwire swipes with the glove

Tucker is out!
Nice play by McGwire
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle has a .305 average
against lefthanders
He is .263 overall
Glavine likes the sign
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Excellent sinker pitch, outside...
Gazelle gets good wood on it anyway
There's no doubt, that one is outta here!!
Gazelle circles the bases
As Glavine asks for a new
ball from the umpire
Now FOFC leads 4 to 1

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is 1 for 3 today
Glavine is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Glavine gets the sign from Piazza
It's coming down the pike
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Potpie gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Biggio grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 3

Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts is batting .270 with
16 homers this year
Tom Glavine on the mound for
the Modern Stars...
He has pitched deep into this game
Glavine has given up 9 hits and 4 runs
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Glavine comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Fouts just freezes as
he watches it curve over
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
8 this evening...
58 on the season for Tom Glavine
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League jumping all over
Negro League II 10 to 1
Ochiai has hit his 2nd homerun
for Japanese League
Negro League I is giving
it to Caribbean 6 to 1
AL Post WWII clipping Left Outs 10 to 6
Jackson has hit his 22nd homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Old Timers with the lead over
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers

Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter
Paul Molitor steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Nielsen

Molitor steps up to the
plate for Late 20th
It's the top of the 8th at FOFC Stadium
Molitor digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen is ready quickly
Nielsen brings it home
Fastball, up at the letters...
Molitor swings...
Skies on to deep right
Pflaggstettler racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Molitor motors easily into second
As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Molitor to second

So that brings up the top of the order
Rickey Henderson will step in
Henderson is taking his practice swings
Rickey is 0 for 2 this evening
He grounded out last time at bat
After getting set, Henderson
waits on the pitch
And the delivery by Nielsen
WATCH OUT!
Nielsen has hit Henderson!
Now Henderson gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Henderson to take his base

Gwynn finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gwynn is 1 for 3 today
Tony struck out last time up
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 16 victories make him
1st in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Rob checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
STRIKE THREE... Change of pace
Gwynn is way out in front swinging
Number 8 so far today for Nielsen
One down for Late 20th...
Fouts calls time as he comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

I'm sure he wants Nielsen to bear down
And not worry about the runners

Here comes Puckett to the plate
Look in the Late 20th dugout
The players have their caps turned around!
They want Puckett to get on
They're looking to close
the 3 run gap on FOFC
1st and 2nd, one man down
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rob checks the runners
Here's the 2 strike offering
Dribbler to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Two down
Due up next is Mike Piazza
Let's see what happens now

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Mike Piazza
Piazza departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Looking for his first hit today
Piazza is 0 for 3
Piazza is ready
Nielsen needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Low and inside... ball four
Piazza gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Mark McGwire

"Big Mac" is coming to the plate
McGwire is one of the most feared sluggers
Rob gets the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Swung on
Foul tip...
Strike three as Hays holds on to it
Mark didn't come through this time
Three down in the 8th for Late 20th
They trail by 3
It's always a bad sign when you are down
by as many runs as you have
outs to score them in
Bruce Sutter will be coming
on to pitch for Late 20th
Bruce has appeared in 46 games this season
with a record of 1-3
In 80 innings, he has an 3.38 ERA
Tom Glavine has finished his work
here this evening
Late 20th's defensive changes are...
Molitor will bat 9th and play 1B

Harry Hays, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Jeff Nights are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 4-1
Hays steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 2 for 3 today
Hays gets set for the pitch
Bruce winds
Kicks... and delivers
A slider by Sutter
Hays gets good wood on it...
Puckett back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


The right fielder, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler, is up next
Sutter looks down at Piazza for the sign
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to center
Henderson is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away
Ripken comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Sutter
Jeff Nights will be next up...

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Sutter studies his sign
Sutter goes into his windup
And here's the 1-1 offering
Nights hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Rickey Henderson chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Henderson hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Nights is into third with a triple
Now they check on Henderson
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

David Gonzalez will get a
crack at Sutter next
Barrett Blade would be up next...
But only if Gonzalez can reach safely
Gonzalez is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gonzalez is poised and ready for the pitch
The righthander Sutter delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Boggs and Ripken are chasing
it down the line
Cal dives, but can't make the play
Foul ball
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Biggio
Over to Molitor
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side
FOFC comes up empty-handed
Here in the bottom of the 8th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Late 20th will send Ripken,
Wade Boggs, and Craig Biggio to face
James Rodney this inning
Rodney takes the first sign
Rodney winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Ripken hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Japanese League smacked Negro
League II 10 to 3
Bessho the winner, he's now 6-17
Brewer takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-12
Negro League I cuffed Caribbean 6 to 3
Gibson has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League I
AL Post WWII clubbed Left Outs 13 to 6
NL Pre WWII nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Mays takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-8
Marquard the winner, he's now 5-10
Dead Ball Era easily defeated
NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Old Timers squeezed by Turn
of Century 7 to 5
And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 1

Wade Boggs plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman
for Late 20th appears set
Bo is ready
Now Bo delivers
Struck him out on a fastball
Boggs goes down swinging
Two down

Biggio coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
Hays flashes the sign to Knowles
The windup, the pitch
Strike three swinging!
Biggio goes down on strikes for
the 4th time this evening!

And that will do it for Late 20th
FOFC wins 4 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Glavine takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was K. A. Ton
He was 3 for 3
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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8/1 Boxscore



BOXSCORE: 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/1/1900

Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
R.Henderson CF 2 0 0 0 .252 B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .270
T.Gwynn LF 4 0 1 0 .322 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .295
K.Puckett RF 4 1 1 0 .314 G.Gazelle RF,LF 4 1 2 1 .267
M.Piazza C 3 0 0 0 .313 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 0 .289
M.McGwire 1B 4 0 1 0 .241 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 0 0 .269
B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Hays C 4 2 2 0 .350
C.Ripken SS 4 0 1 1 .285 K.Ton LF 3 0 3 3 .294
W.Boggs 3B 4 0 0 0 .268 A-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .304
C.Biggio 2B 4 0 0 0 .231 J.Nights SS 3 0 1 0 .282
T.Glavine P 2 0 0 0 .206 R.Nielsen P 3 0 0 0 .098
B-P.Molitor PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .269 C-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .297
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 1 4 1 Totals 34 4 10 4

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Ton In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Glavine In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 8th Inning

Modern Stars.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 10 2

Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Glavine LOSS(9-7) 7 9 4 4 1 8 1 108 3.23
B.Sutter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.33
Totals 8 10 4 4 1 8 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(17-5) 8 4 1 1 2 9 0 108 3.07
J.Rodney 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.19
B.Knowles 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.98
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 11 0

ATTENDANCE- 46,491 DATE- Wednesday, August 1st 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:32
LEFT ON BASE- Modern Stars: 7 All Stars: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Modern Stars: 0 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- P.Pflaggstettler, R.Nielsen
DOUBLES- C.Ripken(29th), H.Hays(5th), K.Ton-2(10th)
TRIPLES- J.Nights(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(22nd)
WALKS- R.Henderson, M.Piazza, J.Nights
HIT BY PITCH- R.Henderson, B.Blade
STRIKE OUTS- T.Gwynn-2, M.Piazza, M.McGwire-2, W.Boggs, C.Biggio-4, T.Glavine,
A.Tucker-2, G.Gazelle, J.Potpie, D.Fouts, H.Hays, J.Nights,
R.Nielsen
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Gerald Gazelle robbed Mark McGwire of an extra base hit.

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8/2 Radio Broadcast - Game 117

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Nellie Fox prepares to face Babson
let's check out the FOFC defense
At first base is Potpie
Palmer is down at the hot corner
Blade and Nights
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Ton, Tucker
and Pflaggstettler
and now Hays is just
settling in behind the plate
The righthander Babson's delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One away in the top of the
1st for AL Post WWII

Coming up for AL Post WWII is Robin Yount
Nobody on base, one out
Yount goes through his routine
of settling in
Yount tells the umpire he's ready
Now Brian delivers
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
K. A. Ton has a chance
It pops out of his mitt!
Ton is charged with the error
Ton has committed 1 error
in this evening's game

The "Mick" steps in to face Brian Babson
Mantle, a switch-hitter, facing
the right-handed Babson
Mickey steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 35 for Mickey on the year
He also has 90 RBI's now

Killebrew saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Babson is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Killebrew hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Jackson is up now for AL Post WWII
Reggie Jackson is hitting .255 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Jackson is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the righthander's delivery
Belted right back at Blade
He snares it just before
it hits the ground
Two down

AL Post WWII sends the left fielder,
Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Yastrzemski at the plate
The umpire says let's go
Babson brings it to the plate
Smashed to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
And we go to the home-half
of the first inning
It's AL Post WWII 2, All Stars coming up

The second baseman Blade
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Blade readies himself for the pitch
Ryan brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Fox is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One up, one down for FOFC

Now here's Tucker
A. J. is hitting at .295 on the year
He has 145 hits in 492 at bats
This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples
7 home runs and 51 RBI's
Ryan adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Berra
The righthander delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Tucker gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Fox grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning

The first baseman, Jeeberoni
Potpie, is up next
Ryan squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Ryan brings it to the plate
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Ryan punches him out!
That'll do it in the bottom of the 1st
No runs, no hits and no errors
AL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...

AL Post WWII will send Brett,
Yogi Berra, and Nolan Ryan to face
Brian Babson this inning
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
Babson rocks and fires
Topped in front of home
Taken by Hays
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 2-3
With one down, up next is Yogi Berra
To be followed by Nolan Ryan

Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII
Up now is Berra
Berra has hit 13 home runs this year
Brian peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
He brings it home
Berra rips a fastball down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Berra back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Potpie...
Blade chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

Ryan squares around
He bunts it . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by D.Palmer
a poor bunt by Ryan
That's two away

With a runner at first and two outs
Fox walks to the plate
AL Post WWII leads 2 to 0
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Fox
Babson's 3-1 pitch...
Bouncer to first
Potpie to Babson covering first
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Old Timers with the lead
over Caribbean 3 to 0
NL Post WWII is edging Negro
League I 1 to 0
Negro League II with the lead
over AL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Cronin has hit his 11th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Japanese League is edging
Turn of Century 1 to 0
Sugishita and Joss currently dueling
Left Outs slipping by Late 20th 2 to 0

The right fielder Pflaggstettler will
start things off for the All Stars
Ryan steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Ryan brings it home
Pflaggstettler pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Yastrzemski will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Pflaggstettler retreats to
first after a wide turn

Pflaggstettler watches Ryan as
he inches away from the base
Big bender...
Pflaggstettler is off to the races
Berra pumps...
but no throw, he holds onto the ball
He is SAFE!

K. A. Ton steps into the box
Ton is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
K. A. certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Ryan earn his salary
Ryan is ready quickly
Nolan looks over his shoulder
at Pflaggstettler
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Sinker, low and away...
Ton reaches out for it...
Connects...
Lifting a high fly...
Yastrzemski giving chase...
Still going, at the warning track...
He runs out of room
HOME RUN!
That ball just kept carrying
FOFC puts two runs on the board
And the game is tied!

Hays leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Ryan is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The pitch is on the way
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Berra fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Hays
One gone for FOFC

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Palmer is ready
The righthander Ryan's delivery
Palmer hits a pop into short left field
Brett sprints out
Yastrzemski and Mantle sprint
towards the infield
Carl Yastrzemski sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Nights is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Nights scuffs up the lines around the box
Ryan shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The righthander Ryan delivers
Nights lifts a flyball towards
Mickey Mantle
Mantle seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Mantle stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
The ball drops out of the
pocket for an error

Brian Babson gets a round of applause
Nights is on second, Palmer on third
The fans want some runs
Ryan tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Ryan checks the runners
Dribbler to second
Palmer breaks for home
Taken by Fox
Over to Killebrew
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That's two away now
However, the All Stars take
the lead on the play
FOFC ahead 3 to 2

FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, is up next
2 men away, Nights on third
Right-hander Ryan prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Blade
Ryan fires
Grounded to short
Yount comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That will do it for FOFC
but not before they ring up 3 runs
to overtake the Post-Americans by 1
The score now stands at 3-2, All Stars

Yount is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Yount looks to third for a sign
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Yount tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
And there's one away

Pounding the plate with his bat
Mantle awaits the pitch
Mantle is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Mantle gets ready for Babson's pitch
His bat is cocked
And the delivery by Babson
Mantle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Mickey Mantle
Two down
Babson gets the first two batters
here in the top of the 3rd

Walking up to the plate now is Killebrew
Reggie Jackson waits on deck
Killebrew is 1 for 1 today
Harmon singled last time around
Harmon is ready for the delivery
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Killebrew hits a screamer at Jeff Nights
Nights takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Killebrew is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 2 and a half innings
FOFC on top, 3-2

A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Tucker is 0 for 1 today
Ryan is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Ryan winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 1
FOFC ahead 3 to 2
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Fox comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Ryan
The delivery
Fastball, way high
Ball four
Ryan walks him
Nolan is certainly not known
for his control

Pflaggstettler walks to the plate
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.306 with 18 homeruns
Persimmon also has 18 doubles
and 8 triples
And has driven in a total of 62 runs
Ryan is slow to get ready

He has a 5.62 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Ryan brings it to the plate
Pflaggstettler slices one into
the right-field corner
Tailing near the foul pole
Jackson can't get to it
It's in there for extra bases
Pflaggstettler is heading for second...
Now he churns toward third...
And he'll make it easily!
Potpie scores from first

One away, Pflaggstettler at third
Now up for FOFC, Ton
Runner on 3rd, 1 man out
Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch is on the way
Hit to third... and right at Brett
He juggled that ball a bit, but held on
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening

Harry Hays is up next
FOFC's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Hays waits on Ryan
Way ahead in the count
Ryan turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Big slow curve...
And it's in there... Hays
looks at strike three
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2
in their last ten games

Reggie Jackson will start the top
of the 4th for AL Post WWII
AL Post WWII needs some runs
Now, FOFC leads 4 to 2
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Babson leans back and fires
Jackson lines one just to
the right of Potpie
It's past him into right field!
Pflaggstettler hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Jackson is on with a
line single to right

Carl Yastrzemski, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Yastrzemski steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Carl is 0 for 1 today
Jackson kicks the dirt at first
Babson is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Brian has a 9 and 10 record
with 3 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks at Jackson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Jackson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Babson comes home
Grounded towards the middle
Nice play by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
Two gone for AL Post WWII

Batting for AL Post WWII will be Brett
Brett is 0 for 1 today
Babson steps on the rubber
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Line shot over Potpie
Deep down the line
Pflaggstettler is racing back...
Reaches up
It's off his glove
The ball is bouncing off the fence
George is rounding second
The throw...
Safe!
Triple number 5 on the year
for George Brett

The bad-ball hitting catcher,
Yogi Berra, is now batting
Berra is hitting .262 against righties
Yogi steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Brett is dancing off third
Babson is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
That's it for AL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and one error
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error
AL Post WWII has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 2

Here's the third baseman Palmer
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
And then Brian Babson
Palmer is 1 for 1 today
Deacon singled last time up
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Ryan's windup... the delivery
The pitch is just inside
and Palmer holds up
Berra points down at the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
One out
The All Stars have a 2 run lead


The shortstop, Jeff Nights
will be up next for FOFC
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Ryan eyes Nights intently
And the cripple pitch...
Slider, down and in...
Nights manages to hit a shallow fly
Yastrzemski charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Yastrzemski!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 2

Babson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Brian takes a couple of practice cuts
Ryan wastes no time
He has the sign from Berra
It's coming down the pike
Babson takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Babson is out on strikes
Easy inning for Ryan
So after four complete...
FOFC leads 4 to 2

AL Post WWII will send up Nolan Ryan,
Nellie Fox and Robin Yount
to face Babson
They'll try to get something going
here in the top of the 5th
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The kick and the pitch
Ryan swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Nolan Ryan
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Old Timers and Caribbean
are all knotted at 4
Keefe battling Tiant Jr.
NL Post WWII bombing Negro League I 9 to 1
Negro League II is destroying
AL Pre WWII 13 to 4
NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Dead Ball Era 9 to 3
Japanese League with the lead
over Turn of Century 4 to 1
Late 20th leads Left Outs 3 to 2

Now batting will be Nellie Fox
Against righthanders
Fox is hitting .242
He's ready for the delivery
Now ready, here it is...
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Blade takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Fox is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Barrett is very fine fielder!
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in order

Yount coming up for AL Post WWII
Nobody on, two away
Yount adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Robin is 0 for 2 this evening
Yount is waiting on the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Yount swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Palmer and skips out to Ton
Yount rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Yount returns to first
as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade

Mantle gets set at the plate
Yount will be running if it's hit
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Yount dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to center for Mantle
Yount is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Mantle at first

Killebrew is ready to face Babson
Killebrew is 1 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the 2 strike offering
Slow curve...
And he chased it! STRIKE THREE!
Killebrew just couldn't hold up
That pitch was a real tantalizer
But Killebrew fails in
the clutch this time
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings
FOFC ahead 4 to 2
We'll be right back...

Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year
He has 86 hits in 320 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Blade grounded out his last time up
Blade waits patiently
Here's the pitch
HIT HIM!!
Blade jogs down to first
Barrett took one for the team to get on

Taking his lead is Blade
Ryan looks Blade back
He is unable to get his normal lead

First base coach Joe Adcock wants
a word with Blade...
Now we're all set to go...
A. J. Tucker steps in
Blade takes his lead at first
Tucker checks for the sign again
Ryan rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Ryan goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Blade
Fires to Killebrew...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Ryan comes home
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Smashed to first
Killebrew takes it to the bag himself
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
That's one away

Planting his right foot
Potpie is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Jeeberoni is batting .288
in 396 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Ryan adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Berra
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Potpie takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Potpie's outta there

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler
Persimmon is hitting at .308 on the year
He has 117 hits in 380 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery
We've got a full count...
Ryan winds and fires...
That one is a grass cutter towards third
Brett fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
George manages to come up with it
on the heel of his glove
Rolls the ball into his free hand
On to first
It is off target...
Killebrew one hops it into his glove
Out!
Killebrew can't get out of the way
and Persimmon runs right into him
Nice play as that ball was thrown
on the rightfield side of the bag
Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone
That retires the side
FOFC comes up empty-handed
Here in the bottom of the 5th
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

To lead off this inning is Reggie Jackson
AL Post WWII needs a pair to tie this game
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Jackson is 1 for 2 today
Jackson waits for the delivery
The pitch to Jackson...
Jackson swings very late
He pops it foul
Hays gives chase
Here comes Palmer
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Jackson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Smashed to the mound
Babson grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One down for AL Post WWII
Carl Yastrzemski is still
in the on-deck circle
and George Brett is looking
for a bat in the dugout

And it brings up Carl Yastrzemski
On deck is George Brett
Yogi Berra in the hole
Yastrzemski is 0 for 2 today
The right-hander Babson is set
to deliver to Yastrzemski
Brian winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Fastball, paints the outside corner
Swung on by Yastrzemski
Grounded hard at Nights...
Scooped up, fired to first...
OVER THE HEAD OF Potpie...
Bounces into the dugout
Yastrzemski scampers into second
That'll be a two base error
Score It: E6
Yastrzemski to second

Brett heads to the plate for AL Post WWII
The infield is at regular depth
George steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Brett is 1 for 2 today
He tripled last time up
The count even at 1-1
Here's his delivery
Curveball, in and low
Brett hits it to Potpie at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Yastrzemski is now perched over at third
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

Now batting #8, Yogi Berra...
#8
Brian Babson is reaching
for the resin bag...
He pops it up and gives it a squeeze...

Babson is having a fine year for FOFC
His 9 wins is 13th in the league
Yastrzemski is dancing off third
Babson is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Grounded into the hole
Smooth pickup by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for AL Post WWII
After 5 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC ahead 4 to 2

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8/2 Radio Broadcast Continued

Ton saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
The righthander pitching to Ton...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .269 average
against Nolan
The windup, the pitch
Ton hits a pop into short right field
Fox sprints out
Jackson and Mantle sprint
towards the infield
Reggie Jackson sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays
With Harry's hitting ability
I'd be looking for him to swing away
What do you think?...
Harry seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Nolan rocks and fires
It's the hit and run play by FOFC...
Hays misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Berra is up and firing...
OUT!
The ball was there waiting for Ton

Hays is up next
One gone, bottom of the 6th
Deacon Palmer moves out on deck
Nolan Ryan still on the mound
for the Post-Americans...
Ryan has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings
Righthander Ryan's delivery
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Hays at first, one out
Deacon Palmer is ready at the plate
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Palmer
He's 1 for 2 today
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now Nolan shakes off another one...
Nolan has a 95 MPH fastball
but has control problems
We've got a full count...
Ryan winds and fires...
Fastball... just outside
And Palmer will take first on the walk
Walk number 2 issued by Ryan this evening

Nights, the shortstop, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 4 to 2
Nights is 0 for 2 today
Ryan is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Ryan gets the sign from Berra
Here's the 3-1 offering
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Facing Ryan now is Gonzalez
Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker waits in the hole
Against righthanders
Gonzalez is hitting .299
Ryan finds himself in quite a jam
He has to be careful with Gonzalez
But he needs to throw strikes
Ryan adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Berra
Here's the 2 strike pitch
It is a high hard one...
Gonzalez goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Gonzalez couldn't hold back
Two down
Barrett Blade is due up next

Barrett Blade will get
a crack at Ryan next
A. J. Tucker would be up next...
But only if Blade can reach safely
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Ryan brings it home
The ball bounces in the dirt
Berra blocks it nicely
That's ball four
Blade makes his way to first
Bases remain loaded but it
could have been worse
Only one run scores...
Ryan's walked 3 today

A. J. Tucker, the All Stars'
center fielder is up next
FOFC has 3 men on with 2 outs
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Tucker at the plate
Berra flashes the sign...
Ryan shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Ryan brings it to the plate
Tucker hits a pop into short right field
Out goes Killebrew and Fox
In comes Jackson
Fox waves his hands in the air
And makes the catch over his shoulder
Pretty play by Fox
Tucker chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
7 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6

Rod Carew is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Nolan Ryan

Rod Carew up first for AL Post WWII
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
He's ready
Sirr has to bear down now...
The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery...
Carew swings hard
It's off the handle
The ball and half the bat
are heading for short
Nights makes the right choice
Scoops up the ball
Tosses to first
Rod is too quick!

AL Post WWII second baseman, Nellie
Fox, will be up next
He will be followed by Robin Yount
One on... no one out
FOFC leads AL Post WWII by 3 runs
0 for 3 today
Fox looks for a sign from third
Don Zimmer with the hand signals
Nellie stands with bat ready
The righthander Fozborg delivers
Fox raps a hard grass cutter toward second
Blade takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 5 to 2

Nobody on, two away
Yount steps in for AL Post WWII
Yount is 1 for 3 today
Robin singled last time around
Now set, Yount waits for the pitch
Fozborg's 1-2 pitch...
Yount lays down a bunt!
Palmer has it and throws to first
Just in time!

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Whitey Ford will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Whitey has appeared in
58 games this season
with a record of 4-4
In 98 innings, he has an 5.14 ERA
Nolan Ryan has finished his work
here this evening

Ahead by 3 runs here in
the bottom of the 7th
FOFC hopes to add to their lead
The heart of their line-up is coming up
Potpie is at .287 on the season
Ford steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Now Whitey delivers
Potpie takes a cut at the slider...
There's a line drive...
Going over the head of Reggie Jackson
My word! Look at that ball go!!

That's a home run!!

And that left the yard in a hurry
Ford can't believe it
Homer number 32 for Jeeberoni
Potpie this year
To go with his 82 RBI's

FOFC right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
will be up next
He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Bases empty... no one out
FOFC up by 4
Pflaggstettler is 2 for 3 today
For the season, Persimmon has 18 homers
18 doubles, and 9 triples
He has scored 69 runs
while driving in 63
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Brett plays it on one hop
Over to Killebrew...
Out of there!
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
FOFC leading in the game
Ford looks down at Berra for the sign
Now he's ready
Ford's windup... the delivery
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Gazelle
No chance for either Yount or Yastrzemski
That one had base hit written all over it

Coming to the plate is Hays
Gazelle's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Ford
Hays looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 3 on the day for Harry
Harry is ready for the delivery
Ford kicks and fires
WATCH OUT!
Hays IS BEANED!
He'll go down to first
And Gazelle will move to second

Palmer gets set at the plate
Palmer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Deacon is 1 for 2 this evening
Palmer waits for the delivery
Way ahead in the count
Ford turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Gazelle scores!

Nights is up now for FOFC
Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 122 hits in 432 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Nights singled his last time up
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Curve ball is wide
Nights lets it go
Ball four!
So Ford's full count pitch misses
FOFC loads the bases

Settling in at the plate is Fozborg
Nights on first, Palmer on second
Hays on third
Ford looks down at Berra for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Ford checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Fastball, down and in...
Swung on...
It's a dribbler toward third...
Brett up with it...
Throws to the plate...
In plenty of time for the force play...
The throw to first...
Fozborg is safe at first...
They are unable to turn the double play
But AL Post WWII did get the lead runner
The bases are still loaded for
Barrett Blade up next
That's the second out of the inning

Slowly coming up is Blade for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 7 to 2
Ford tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
Blade drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Nights and Palmer will score
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Berra is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Good,)...
Fozborg scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Blade

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
A. J. is 0 for 4 today
After getting set, Tucker
waits on the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Tucker laces a hit into the outfield
Carl Yastrzemski picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Tucker holds at first

Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie,
the FOFC first baseman...
FOFC out in front by 9
It's the bottom of the 7th
Potpie is 1 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the
AL Post WWII infield
Killebrew is kicking the dirt at first
Brett is even with the bag at third
Fox and Yount are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Ford is happy with the sign
He brings it home
There's a drive to right by Potpie
Jackson fields it on the short hop
He fires it to second
Potpie turns back and settles for a single
Tucker is now perched over at third
Terrific play by Jackson

Now up in the FOFC seventh will
be Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Whitey gets the sign from Berra
And the delivery by Ford
Fastball, at the letters...
Pflaggstettler crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Mantle running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 19 for Pflaggstettler this year!

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
Harry Hays waits on deck
Ford wastes no time
He has the sign from Berra
The southpaw Ford's delivery
on the 0-1 pitch
Gazelle gets a fastball...
Takes his cut at it...
Drills a long drive
Going way back... back...
It's headed out of here
It's GONE!!... Home Run for Gazelle
Gazelle and the All Stars are
beating up on AL Post WWII this evening

Hays now at the plate
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
Hays is at .350 on the season
Whitey Ford on in relief of Nolan Ryan
Ford brings it to the plate
Fastball...
Swung on...
Lined to left... Single for Hays
HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!!
The throw to first...
He manages to scramble back safely...
Hays' not getting up
Joe Adcock, the first base coach
is calling for help
Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup...
They are looking at his ankle...

Now he's on his feet, walking a bit
Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now
Give him a single on the play

Joe Torre is motioning to the
Post-Americans bullpen
He's waving his right arm
We're going to see the right
handed Hoyt Wilhelm
He'll be the 3rd pitcher for
AL Post WWII this evening
So far in 1900, Wilhelm has 55 appearances
In 92 innings this year
Hoyt has a 4-4 record, with 5 saves
His ERA stands at 6.38
Wilhelm's just about finished warming up

And now here's Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 7th
Palmer is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a fine .340 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 40 runs
17 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs
Palmer awaits the pitch
Wilhelm will try to get
Palmer to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Brett grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46241

Mantle leading off
AL Post WWII would like to
get some runners on base
The outfield is shading
Mantle towards right
He's hoping to pop this one, I'm sure
Mantle tells the umpire he's ready
The pitch to Mantle...
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Potpie at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Mantle gets a base hit

Killebrew moseys up to the plate
Reggie Jackson is heading
for the on-deck circle
Killebrew is batting .220
with 21 homers this year
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Fozborg checks Mantle on first
Now the 3-1 pitch
That's ball four
Killebrew trots down to first
Mantle is already down on second

Reggie Jackson is ready for AL Post WWII
Nobody out, Killebrew at first,
Mantle at second
Jackson can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Reggie steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
Sirr rocks and fires
Drilled deep to right field
This one is deep!
IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE,
IT IS!!!
He really got into that one!
That is Reggie Jackson's 23rd
home run of the year.

That'll bring up left fielder
Carl Yastrzemski...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC leads 15 to 5

FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Yastrzemski is 0 for 3 today
Sirr looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch
Yastrzemski lines one just
to the right of Potpie
It's past him into right field!
Pflaggstettler hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Yastrzemski is on with
a line single to right

One on, no outs
Coming up for AL Post WWII is Brett
Fozborg ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Here's his delivery
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Yastrzemski stays put
One gone for AL Post WWII

Berra finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Yogi comes to the plate batting .266
with 13 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Sirr is ready
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Berra drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Don Zimmer won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Berra

Joe Torre has called for Larry Doby
Larry will come up now to bat for
Hoyt Wilhelm against Rodney
Doby is batting .263 as a pinch hitter
He has 1 pinch home run

Larry Doby moves in to face Rodney
2 on, 1 out here in the top of the 8th
Doby is batting .242 with
7 round trippers in 1900
Larry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
Rodney needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Long fly ball to center field
Tucker turns and runs
He grabs it
Nice play!
Yastrzemski is tagging up
He'll make it easily
Score It: 8
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Rodney

That'll bring up Post-Americans'
second baseman Nellie Fox...
AL Post WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
Fox is taking his practice swings
Nellie is 0 for 4 this evening
Hays flashes the sign to Rodney
Rodney looks back towards second...

The pitch
He rips a grounder to first
Potpie to Rodney covering first
Score It: 3-1
FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th
with a 9 run lead
While they have scored 15 runs...
the visitors from AL Post
WWII have countered
with only 6
It looks like FOFC may add
to their impressive 7 game winning streak
Jim Palmer will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 37 games this season
He has a record of 7-7
in 91 innings
His ERA stands at 6.35

Leading off for the All Stars
is the shortstop Nights
He'll be followed by Dan Fouts
And then Barrett Blade
Nights is batting .282 with
13 HR's this year
Right-hander Palmer prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
Palmer brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Yount...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean clipping Old Timers 8 to 4
NL Post WWII toppling Negro
League I 9 to 2
Negro League II is pounding
AL Pre WWII 13 to 6
Cronin has hit his 11th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII is in front of
Dead Ball Era 9 to 6
Japanese League leads Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Nomura has hit his 18th homerun
for Japanese League
Left Outs is edging Late 20th 5 to 4
And here in FOFC FOFC on top 15 to 6

One out, nobody on base
Dan Fouts is the batter
Fouts is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Dan certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Palmer earn his salary
Fouts waits
The kick and the pitch
Curve ball...
Fouts swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 9 runs
FOFC has 16 hits on the evening

So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Blade has hit 6 triples this year
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Palmer
Now Jim delivers
There's a fly ball to Reggie Jackson
Jackson circles under it...
He makes the play
So that will be all for FOFC
here in the last of the 8th
The All Stars will be adding to their
7 game win streak
if Rodney can close this game out
We now head into the 9th

AL Post WWII will send Yount,
Mickey Mantle, and Harmon
Killebrew to face
James Rodney this inning
Robin Yount is hitting .300 this year
against righthanded pitchers
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
Slider, outside...
Yount reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Fouts...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Potpie in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Potpie is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Yount

The "Commerce Comet" is
striding to the plate
Mickey looks down at third base for a sign
Yount leads from first...
Chris Chambliss yells some encouragement
Mantle awaits the delivery
The righthander Rodney's delivery
Mantle drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play

Harmon Killebrew is up next
for AL Post WWII
One out, top of the 9th
FOFC leads 15 to 6
Reggie Jackson is on deck
Killebrew gets set
He's 1 for 3 so far
Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Rodney goes into his stretch...
Looks at Yount...
He fires one to Potpie...
Yount dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Rodney comes home
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Now batting will be Jackson
The right fielder for AL Post WWII
Yount will be running if it's hit
Rodney is ready quickly
Rodney goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Yount
He lobs one to Potpie...
Yount is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
There goes Yount...
And it's ball four...
Yount pulls up and walks into second

Yaz steps in...
Yastrzemski has hit 6 home runs this year
Rodney has the sign from Hays
A check on the runners... the pitch
Yastrzemski swings very late
He pops it foul
Hays gives chase
Here comes Fouts
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Yastrzemski back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fly ball into left-center field
Tucker coming over...
Wait, now Gazelle is over...
He waves off Tucker and makes the catch
So a put out for left fielder
Gerald Gazelle
And that will do it for AL Post WWII
FOFC wins 15 to 6
Babson gets credit for the win
Ryan takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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8/2 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/2/1900

Post-Americans AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
N.Fox 2B 5 0 0 0 .242 B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 4 .270
R.Yount SS 5 1 2 0 .281 A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 1 .294
M.Mantle CF 5 2 3 2 .295 J.Potpie 1B 4 3 2 1 .291
H.Killebrew 1B 4 1 1 0 .220 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 2 3 4 .308
R.Jackson RF 4 1 2 3 .263 K.Ton LF 3 1 2 2 .302
C.Yastrzemski LF 5 1 1 0 .259 B-G.Gazelle LF 2 2 2 1 .275
G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .263 H.Hays C 4 1 2 0 .352
Y.Berra C 4 0 2 0 .268 D.Palmer 3B 4 2 2 1 .339
N.Ryan P 2 0 0 0 .143 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-R.Carew PH 1 0 1 0 .325 J.Nights SS 4 1 1 0 .282
W.Ford P 0 0 0 0 .167 B.Babson P 2 0 0 1 .083
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .294
E-L.Doby PH 0 0 0 1 .242 S.Fozborg P 1 1 0 0 .000
J.Palmer P 0 0 0 0 .091 D-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .267
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 39 6 13 6 Totals 40 15 16 15

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Fozborg In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 8th Inning

Post-Americans.. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 6 13 1
All Stars....... 0 3 1 0 0 1 10 0 - 15 16 2

Post-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
N.Ryan LOSS(7-10) 6 7 5 4 3 8 1 109 5.61
W.Ford 0 2/3 9 10 10 1 0 3 35 6.02
H.Wilhelm 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.36
J.Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 6.28
Totals 8 16 15 14 4 9 4

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson WIN(10-10) 6 7 2 1 0 5 1 98 3.52
S.Fozborg HOLD(6th) 1 1/3 5 4 4 1 0 1 41 4.18
J.Rodney 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 3.11
Totals 9 13 6 5 2 5 2

ATTENDANCE- 46,241 DATE- Thursday, August 2nd 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Post-Americans: 9 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Americans: 0 All Stars: 2
ERRORS- M.Mantle, K.Ton, J.Nights
DOUBLES- Y.Berra(18th), B.Blade(20th)
TRIPLES- G.Brett(5th), P.Pflaggstettler(9th)
HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(35th), R.Jackson(23rd), J.Potpie(32nd),
P.Pflaggstettler(19th), K.Ton(12th), G.Gazelle(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- P.Pflaggstettler(10th)
CAUGHT STEALING- K.Ton
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Doby
WALKS- H.Killebrew, R.Jackson, B.Blade, J.Potpie, D.Palmer, J.Nights
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, H.Hays
STRIKE OUTS- R.Yount, M.Mantle, H.Killebrew, Y.Berra, N.Ryan, A.Tucker,
J.Potpie-2, H.Hays-2, D.Palmer, B.Babson, D.Gonzalez, D.Fouts
GIDP- N.Fox, C.Yastrzemski

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8/3 Radio Broadcast - Game 118

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Al Mighty with his 6 and 7 record
Will be facing Luis Aparicio

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Al is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out

Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII
Up now is Carew
Carew goes through his routine
of settling in
Mighty is ready quickly
Here's Mighty's windup
And the lefthander comes home with it
Carew sends a routine ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Mighty
Easy out
One more chance for AL Post WWII
in the top of the 1st

The "Mick" steps in to face Al Mighty
Mantle is hitting .295 with 35 homeruns
Mickey also has 13 doubles and 4 triples
And has driven in a total of 90 runs
Mantle tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the windup... and the pitch
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Mantle
No chance for either Nights or Ton
That one had base hit written all over it

Killebrew leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Against lefthanders
Killebrew is hitting .226 this season
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 3-0 pitch
Mighty's pitch is a rising fastball
Killebrew tries to hold up
Ball four
Hays points down to first
He did not go around

Kaline now at the plate
Carlton Fisk waits on deck
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Kaline
Now ready, here it is...
Kaline takes inside, for a ball...
Kaline will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Mantle and Killebrew move up
Carlton Fisk is up next for AL Post WWII

Carlton Fisk will get a
crack at Mighty next
Carl Yastrzemski would be up next...
But only if Fisk can reach safely
Fisk is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Fisk is set for the pitch
The southpaw delivers
Grounded to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's out number three
Fisk leaves the bases loaded
So for AL Post WWII, No runs, one hit,
no errors and 3 men left on base

AL Post WWII has taken the field
In the home-half of the first inning

Let's take a moment
To line up the visitors' defense...
In leftfield for AL Post WWII this
evening is Yastrzemski...
with Mantle in center and Kaline in right
Around the diamond, from third to first
It's Robinson, Aparicio,
Carew and Killebrew...

The battery consists of Newhouser
on the mound
and Fisk behind the plate...

First batter for the All Stars
will be Barrett Blade
Blade grips the bat handle
Blade gets set for the pitch
The kick and the pitch
Fastball...
Blade jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Mantle after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle!

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker, a switch-hitter, facing
the left-handed Newhouser
Tucker is waiting on the pitch
Newhouser is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Tucker fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of third
Robinson is over quickly
Easy out
Two down
Hal Newhouser retires
the first two batters in order

Now batting will be Gazelle
The right fielder for FOFC
The righthander, Gazelle has
an average of .275
His success against lefties,
like Newhouser
is better, however, at .324
Newhouser studies his sign
Newhouser fires
Curveball, breaking in on him
DOWN HE GOES!...
It missed him for ball four
Gazelle's slow getting up...
Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer...
He looks OK, just shaken up a bit...
Gazelle heads down to first

Gazelle edges away from the bag
Gazelle holding close to the bag
Newhouser watching him closely

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
The right-handed Potpie will
be facing the southpaw
10 of his 32 home runs come via this route
Newhouser is happy with the sign
The lefthander Newhouser
comes home with it
Long fly ball to left field
This one is deep!
IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE,
IT IS!!!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 33rd
home run of the year.

Ton gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Ton
Waiting for the pitch is Ton
And now the pitch...
Ton lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Carl Yastrzemski
Ton scrambles back to first and holds

And now here's Dan Fouts
Harry Hays on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 1st
Dan takes a couple of practice cuts
He's ready
The lefty Newhouser delivers
Fouts laces a hit into the outfield
Al Kaline picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Fouts holds with a single

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
FOFC leading in the game
Hays is batting .352 with
12 homers this year
He's ready
Newhouser rocks and fires
Hays reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to center
Base hit for Hays
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC leads 3 to 0

Now here's Nights
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Newhouser has the sign he wants
He's into the stretch
Checks Hays at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Killebrew tosses it back to Newhouser
Now here's the pitch
Nights pops a fastball straight up
Who will take it?...
And it will be Aparicio making the play
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and AL Post WWII still looking
to score their first run

Yastrzemski saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Carl is batting .259 in
135 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Brooks Robinson
And Al studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Mighty's into the windup... the delivery
Yastrzemski rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
One down for AL Post WWII
Brooks Robinson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Post WWII

Robinson moseys up to the plate
Hal Newhouser is heading
for the on-deck circle
Robinson has a .333 average
against lefthanders
He is .329 overall
Mighty steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Now Al delivers
Robinson gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Robinson

Newhouser squares as Mighty
delivers the pitch
Al Mighty charges and picks up the bunt
He fires to first
Just in time to nail Newhouser,
the sacrifice works
Two gone for AL Post WWII

The shortstop, Luis Aparicio
will be up next for AL Post WWII
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Mighty brings it to the plate
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Taken by Mighty
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
That's all for AL Post WWII
After 1 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 3 to 0

The pitcher Mighty
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Newhouser gets the sign, it's one he likes
The lefthander Newhouser delivers
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Robinson stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Brooks Robinson
One up, one down for FOFC

Blade is up next
One gone, bottom of the 2nd
A. J. Tucker moves out on deck
Fisk flashes the sign to Newhouser
The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander
Swung on and popped up
Aparicio is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two down
Fisk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Fisk and Newhouser

Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
A. J. will be facing the
left-handed Newhouser
from the right side of the plate
The switch hitting center
fielder is 0 for 1
Tucker lined out his last time at bat
Tucker gets ready for Newhouser's pitch
His bat is cocked
It's coming down the pike
Tucker swings
He sends one to the deepest
part of right-center
That's going to get through to the fence
Tucker rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple
A. J. Tucker now has 8 three-baggers
this season

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
Gazelle has 9 doubles this year
Newhouser looks down at Fisk for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch
He misses outside
Ball four

Facing Newhouser now is Potpie
K. A. Ton heads to the on deck circle
Dan Fouts waits in the hole
Potpie is at .293 on the season
Hal is ready
The southpaw Newhouser delivers
the 1-0 pitch
Hard ground ball to third
Robinson grabs it
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 5-4
The runner on first, Gazelle, is out
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
AL Post WWII has stranded 4

As we head into the 3rd
the Post-Americans will send up Rod Carew
They need 3 runs to catch FOFC
as they trail 3 to 0
Looking for his first hit today
Carew is 0 for 1
Carew is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
Al rocks and fires
Carew lofts a fly to deep right
Gazelle trots slowly under it...
He makes the catch
One down for AL Post WWII
Mickey Mantle is still in
the on-deck circle
and Harmon Killebrew is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Mantle finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Mantle has managed a .408 average
against lefthanders this year
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mighty brings it to the plate
The pitch is just inside
and Mantle holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Mickey trots down to first... ball four

Settling in at the plate is Killebrew
The FOFC outfield is playing Killebrew
almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Mighty on the mound
it is understandable
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mighty looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into left...
Ton coming on fast...
He can't get it...
has to take it on one hop...
Throws it in to second
Score that a single for Killebrew
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

Walking up now to the plate is Kaline
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Nights
Over to second for one
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Mantle takes third
The runner on first, Killebrew, is out
Two down
Due up next is Carlton Fisk
Let's see what happens now

Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
The outfield shades towards left for Fisk
Fisk awaits the delivery
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball... just inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
That loads them up for AL Post WWII

That'll bring up Carl Yastrzemski
FOFC leads by a 3-run margin
We're in the top of the 3rd
Before getting ready
Yastrzemski checks out the
defensive alignment
Mighty has the sign from Hays
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Hit on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3

Ton up now to lead off
Newhouser is slow to get ready

He has a 4.76 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Newhouser is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Carew
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Dan Fouts
Nobody on base, one out
Fouts looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Fouts is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fouts rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Robinson
Fouts takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Yastrzemski to
get that ball in quickly

Hays saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 1 for 1 this evening
Hays readies himself for the pitch
The stretch... the 2-1 delivery
Hays raps a hard grass cutter toward short
Aparicio takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
The side is retired
No runs, one hit and no errors
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Brooks Robinson stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Robinson has a .385 average
against lefties
Mighty likes the sign
Mighty kicks, delivers
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Nights converge on it
It's picked by Fouts who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
With one down, up next is Hal Newhouser
To be followed by Luis Aparicio

And it brings up Hal Newhouser
On deck is Luis Aparicio
Rod Carew in the hole
Al Mighty steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Mighty brings it to the plate
LINE DRIVE
Blade snares it for the out!
Score It: 4
Two up, two down

Luis Aparicio will step in
to face Mighty next
If he gets on, Rod Carew will follow
Aparicio steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Luis is 0 for 2 today
Aparicio cocks his bat
The pitch is on the way
A high fastball...
Aparicio swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Hays
Harry is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Aparicio was looking for the breaking ball
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Mighty here
in the top of the 4th

Here's Nights to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Old Timers clipping Caribbean 6 to 2
Negro League I is giving it
to NL Post WWII 9 to 4
Stearnes has hit his 17th homerun
for Negro League I
Negro League II and AL Pre
WWII have yet to score
NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Hornsby has hit his 15th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century is edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Late 20th is pounding Left Outs 7 to 0
And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Jeff certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Newhouser earn his salary
Nights waits patiently
Here's the 0-2 offering
There's a ground ball up the middle
It gets by the pitcher
It's headed into center field
OH, Rod Carew gets to the ball...
But there won't be a throw
Base hit for Nights

Mighty looks to lay one down
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by H.Newhouser
the throw to first...
Out
Mighty gets the job done.
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


One away, one on
As Blade walks from the on deck circle
Newhouser adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Fisk
The home town crowd is yelling
out to Nights
telling him to watch out
as Carew sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Newhouser delivers the 3-2 offering
It's in on the wrists
Barrett tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Newhouser walks him

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Two on... one out
FOFC up by 3
Tucker can't seem to get
settled at the plate
A. J. is ready for the delivery
Newhouser brings it home
Base hit to left for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The right fielder is walking to the plate
Blade on third, Tucker
on second... one out
FOFC up by 4
Gazelle is batting .275 with
23 HR's this year
Hal looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The southpaw's 0-2 delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gazelle swung, that's strike three
Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call
That's out number two
Post-Americans' pitching coach,
Mel Stottlemyer,
is out to talk with Newhouser
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Planting his right foot
Potpie is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
A single could plate two runs
Hal is set to go... a quick
look toward Fisk again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting
Newhouser has allowed 9 taters
to righties this year
And 6 when facing lefties
Here's his delivery
Swung on...
And Potpie got a little piece of it
But Fisk held on to the tip, strike three
That's three outs, side retired

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Here's the second baseman Carew
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle
And then Harmon Killebrew
Carew is 0 for 2 today
Mighty steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Al is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Carew chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Mighty
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!

While Harmon Killebrew heads
for the on deck circle
Mickey Mantle makes his way to the plate
Al Mighty has shut AL Post
WWII out, so far
He has a 3-hitter going here
in the top of the 5th
Here's the 3-1 offering
Mantle lifts a long fly ball...
Heading into left...
Hit pretty good, carrying very well...
Ton heading back...
IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN!

Killebrew walks to the plate
Killebrew is 1 for 1 today
He is currently batting .221
Ton, Tucker and Gazelle
are playing him deep
The bat is cocked
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Killebrew goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
K. A. Ton leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Harmon Killebrew

Kaline is ready to face Mighty
Kaline is 0 for 1 today
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Mighty kicks and fires
A jug-handled curve
Kaline goes out and gets it
It's a liner to left
Ton will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Al Kaline

One on, one out
Fisk walks to the batter's box
Fisk gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Fisk waits on Mighty
Mighty looks at the runner
The pitch
Here's a big breaking curve, inside...
Fisk takes a cut at it...
Hits a grounder to third
Fouts comes up with the smooth pickup...
He tosses it to second...
That's one out
The relay to first...
Not in time
Fisk beats the throw by a step
Two down

Two out, Fisk at first
Coming up is Carl Yastrzemski
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Yastrzemski at the plate
The count is nothing and 2
Yastrzemski has to protect the plate
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Fisk
Fires to Potpie...
Fisk is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
The Whiff!
Mighty punches Yastrzemski out!
That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII
By the way, AL Post WWII is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

Ton is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
K. A. is hitting at .305 on the year
He has 43 hits in 141 at bats
This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples
12 home runs and 37 RBI's
Ton awaits the delivery
The lefthander delivers
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One out
Due up next is Dan Fouts

One out, nobody on base
Dan Fouts is the batter
Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers
The left-hander Newhouser is now ready
"Prince Hal" fires it homeward...
Ball four is the call
Newhouser can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Newhouser
Fouts takes first base

FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Hays steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Hays looks very intent...
He stares down at Newhouser...
Cocks his bat
Newhouser goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Fouts
He lobs one to Killebrew...
Fouts is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Newhouser comes home
Line drive
Caught by Robinson
Over to first
DOUBLE PLAY!
So it is nothing across for the All
Stars in the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
6 hits and no errors

Robinson comes to the plate leading off
FOFC ahead 4 to 2
Mighty has a 6-hitter going
through 5 innings
Mighty's 1-1 pitch...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Old Timers is beating Caribbean 6 to 2
Negro League I is crushing
NL Post WWII 14 to 4
Negro League II is edging
AL Pre WWII 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Turn of Century winning over
Japanese League 6 to 0
Late 20th jumping all over
Left Outs 10 to 1

George Kell is going to
bat for Hal Newhouser
AL Post WWII needs baserunners desperately
Kell knows how to get on base
He has a .368 OBP
He hits left handers at a .400 clip
He steps out of the dugout
and makes his way to the plate

Walking up to the plate now is Kell
Luis Aparicio waits on deck
George looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Don Zimmer flashes a series of them...
Now Kell taps the bat on home plate
Kell awaits the pitch
Now Al delivers
Looped to left...and it
will drop for a hit

So that brings up the top of the order
Luis Aparicio will step in
Aparicio swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
Mighty adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch to Aparicio...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Ton one hands it...
OUT!
Two gone for AL Post WWII

Carew is up now for AL Post WWII
Carew is 0 for 3 today
Al peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Mighty checks Kell on first...
The 2-1 delivery
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
And that retires the side
Whitey Ford will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Whitey has appeared in
59 games this season
with a record of 4-4
with 3 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 6.02

Nights saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Ford wastes no time
He has the sign from Fisk
The lefthander Ford delivers
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Nights checks his swing
Fisk appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Jeff
So one up and one gone

One away, nobody on base
Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate
Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts
He's ready for the delivery
Ford brings it to the plate
Extra base hit to center
for Pflaggstettler
Mickey Mantle is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Blade has 20 doubles this year
Blade waits for the delivery
Ford brings it to the plate
Flyball to left
it's caught
Pflaggstettler has a chance to move up...
Pflaggstettler is trying to
advance to third base...
Here's the play...
He's OUT!

Starting the top of the 7th for
AL Post WWII is Mantle
Fozborg shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Sirr rocks and fires
In the dirt
And Mantle holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Harmon Killebrew
Post-Americans with 1 runner on base
All Stars have the lead, 4-2
Harmon is batting .223 in
430 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Al Kaline
Harmon stands with bat ready
Fozborg goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Mantle
Fires to Potpie...
Mantle is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
Grounded into the hole
Nice play by Nights
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Fozborg

Kaline coming up for AL Post WWII
Nobody on, two away
Kaline can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The right-hander Fozborg is
set to deliver to Kaline
Fozborg rocks and fires
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Fouts plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's all for AL Post WWII
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 4 to 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
A. J. steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Tucker is 2 for 3 today
He singled last time up
Tucker is set for the 3-1 pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker
Mantle sprints over, and makes the catch
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
Fisk flashes the sign...
Ford shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Ford brings it to the plate
Swung on and missed by Gazelle,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Gazelle
That's two away
Aparicio comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Ford
Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up...

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Ford next
If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg will follow
Ford is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
There's a fly ball to Mickey Mantle
Mantle circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 4-2, FOFC

Fisk steps up to the plate
for AL Post WWII
It's the top of the 8th
here at FOFC Stadium
FOFC leads 4 to 2
Fisk has a .324 average against
righthanders this season
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
With a 1-2 count
Fozborg kicks and fires
Fisk swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Fozborg strikes out Carlton Fisk
And there's one away

AL Post WWII sends the left fielder,
Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate
Yastrzemski is taking his practice swings
Carl is 0 for 3 this evening
He struck out last time at bat
Yastrzemski waiting on the delivery
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Yastrzemski hits a grounder into the hole
Jeeberoni Potpie somehow
reaches the ball...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Base hit for Yastrzemski

Yastrzemski at first, one out
Brooks Robinson is ready at the plate
Brooks is hitting at .329 on the year
He has 25 hits in 76 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Robinson grounded out his last time up
All set, Robinson is ready for the pitch
Fozborg goes into his stretch...
Looks at Yastrzemski...
He fires one to Potpie...
Yastrzemski dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Fozborg comes home
Brooks Robinson hits a
drive to left-center
A. J. Tucker is at the warning track
Reaches up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
Two down

Joe Torre will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, George Brett steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Fozborg
Brett is batting .263 on the year
He has 17 round trippers and 59 RBI's

Now batting will be George Brett
Brett is batting .263 with
17 HR's this year
Fozborg studies his sign
Fozborg brings it home
Fastball, at the knees...
Brett takes a rip at it...
It's a grounder hit right at Blade...
Moving towards second...
He grabs it...
And just steps on the bag
For the easy forceout
That's it for AL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
8 hits and no errors
AL Post WWII has left 10 on base
FOFC has stranded 6
Jim Palmer will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 38 games this season
He has a record of 7-7
in 92 innings
His ERA stands at 6.28

Here's Gunner to get us started
in the bottom of the 8th
Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Gunner is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Palmer
He's waiting for the pitch
The righthander Palmer delivers
Gunner really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Kaline has a shot at it
He leaps for it at the fence...
OUT!!!
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Fouts steps into the batter's box
Fouts adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Dan is 2 for 2 this evening
Fouts waits
Palmer kicks and delivers
Fouts starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Palmer walks him

Hays coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Fouts on first, with one away
Jim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now the delivery, here is is...
Hays swings and lifts one toward left
Yastrzemski drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 9 hits on the evening

Stepping in the batter's box, Nights
Fouts at first, two away
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the righthander's delivery
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Nights reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Carew making the play
So that will be all for FOFC
here in the last of the 8th
The All Stars will be adding to their
8 game win streak
if Fozborg can close this game out
We now head into the 9th

Here's Luis Aparicio leading off
Rod Carew is on deck
And Mickey Mantle is in the hole
Kronside ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Here's the 3-2 pitch
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Nights converge on it
It's fielded by Fouts who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

Carew steps in
Aparicio's trying to rattle Jace Kronside
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Carew goes through his routine
of settling in
Rod is ready for the delivery
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Aparicio dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Kronside
Now here's the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Carew is outta there
That's one away

The "Commerce Comet" is
striding to the plate
Right-hander Kronside eyes
the lefty Mantle
Kronside checks Aparicio on first
Now the 0-1 pitch
Grounded into the hole
Nice play by Blade
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
And that will do it for AL Post WWII
FOFC wins 4 to 2
Mighty gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Newhouser takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

8/3 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/3/1900

Post-Americans AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
L.Aparicio SS 5 0 1 0 .238 B.Blade 2B 3 0 0 0 .268
R.Carew 2B 5 0 0 0 .321 A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 1 .295
M.Mantle CF 3 1 2 1 .298 G.Gazelle RF,LF 2 1 0 0 .272
H.Killebrew 1B 3 1 2 1 .223 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 2 .290
A.Kaline RF 3 0 1 0 .272 K.Ton LF 3 1 1 0 .303
C.Fisk C 3 0 0 0 .267 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Yastrzemski LF 4 0 1 0 .259 D-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .260
B.Robinson 3B 4 0 1 0 .325 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
H.Newhouser P 1 0 0 0 .063 D.Fouts 3B 2 0 2 0 .275
A-G.Kell PH 1 0 1 0 .368 H.Hays C 4 0 1 1 .351
W.Ford P 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Nights SS 4 1 1 0 .281
C-G.Brett PH 1 0 0 0 .262 A.Mighty P 1 0 0 0 .100
J.Palmer P 0 0 0 0 .091 B-P.Pflaggstettler PH 1 0 1 0 .310
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 9 2 Totals 29 4 9 4

A-Pinch Hit For Newhouser In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ford In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 8th Inning

Post-Americans.. 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
All Stars....... 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0

Post-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
H.Newhouser LOSS(6-8) 5 8 4 4 4 3 1 92 4.73
W.Ford 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 5.90
J.Palmer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 6.22
Totals 8 9 4 4 5 5 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty WIN(7-7) 6 7 2 2 4 1 2 117 4.08
S.Fozborg HOLD(7th) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 4.09
J.Kronside SAVE(13th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.63
Totals 9 9 2 2 5 3 2

ATTENDANCE- 47,688 DATE- Friday, August 3rd 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:58
LEFT ON BASE- Post-Americans:10 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Americans: 3 All Stars: 2
DOUBLES- P.Pflaggstettler(19th)
TRIPLES- A.Tucker(8th)
HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(36th), H.Killebrew(22nd), J.Potpie(33rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Newhouser, A.Mighty
WALKS- M.Mantle-2, H.Killebrew, A.Kaline, C.Fisk, B.Blade, G.Gazelle-2,
D.Fouts-2
STRIKE OUTS- R.Carew, C.Fisk, C.Yastrzemski, G.Gazelle-2, J.Potpie, K.Ton,
J.Nights
GIDP- M.Mantle, H.Killebrew, H.Hays
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: A. J. Tucker robbed Brooks Robinson of an extra base hit.
Top 8th: Barrett Blade robbed George Brett of a base hit.

In a close game the red-hot FOFC All Stars got by the AL Post WWII team by the
score of 4 to 2.

[Breeze]

Manager Update

The team is continuing to play well...after congratulating the guys and making sure they know that I'm proud of the efforts, I head into my office, and I turn on the TV...

TSPC Television – SportsZone

I catch the show already in progress, but ironically they are talking about us...

"...in Baseball things have taken a pretty serious turn of events. The FOFC team is back to playing great ball."

"Yes they are..." The second host, who I don't recognize chimes in, "They have now won 9 in a row and they have reopened a lead on the NL Post War team by 4.5 games."

"This division has been a real see-saw all season, the FOFCers up by 5, then the lead cut to 1, back to 5, back to 1, up by 3, then trailing to now finding themselves clearly back in the drivers seat."

"But that could come to a quick change as the NL Post War team has a series with these red hot FOFCers starting tomorrow".

"We have brought in...."

CLICK

I turn off the TV...I want to revel in my good feelings not get stressed about our next series starting tomorrow...

[Breeze]

After getting the guys through the morning workout, I quick step it to the office knowing the 11:00 show on the DLB Channel was coming on and they would, after hitting the major highlights from last night lead with a breakdown of our series with the Post Nationals…I am interested now to hear what they have to say.

DLB Channel

“Welcome to the DLB Channel, I’m David Belcher your host and with me today are some great baseball heroes, Lou Burdette, Dom DiMaggio, and Dan Quisenberry. We’ll start by breaking down last nights action, and there is no better place to start than with the red hot FOFCers…these guys lost first place not that long ago, and since they’ve ripped off 9 straight wins. That’s one way to prove…

I walk back into the club house, throw together a quick sandwich and get a bottle of water before heading back into the office to pick up on the show.
“

…and the poor Japanese All Stars, just can’t catch a break dropping another one to the Turn of the Century team…this time getting shut out 6 to 0. We’ll be back to talk about league news and the upcoming games,”

I sit through a commercial about low rate car insurance, some analgesic balm I’ve never heard of, and some ambulance chasing lawyer before the show comes back up…

“With the season coming down the home stretch, and both leagues currently being led by 4.5 games, this week could be very important, but even more important in the National League where the top two teams will be squaring off. I’ve got my panel of Burdette, DiMaggio, and Quisenberry to help me break this down, and fellas, I have to say, for early August, this series could be about a crucial as it gets.”

Dom starts things off, “Remember it may be only early August, but the league doesn’t play 162 games, and with most teams sitting around 120 games, then we are only talking about another 30 to 35 to go. You really don’t want fall 6 or more back with 30 to go. That’s pretty hard to make up.”
David says, “You think so?”

“Well, think about it. If you’re down 6 games and you go 20 and 10 over the last 30, the team you’re chasing only needs to play .500 ball and they still win the division, and playing .667 ball isn’t easy.”

“But the NL Posters have shown the ability to do just that,” Burdette chimes in to defend his contemporaries.

“Oh, they certainly have, and I wouldn’t diminish their abilities in any way, I’m only pointing out how serious the series is for the Post Nationals,” Dom qualifies.

David, steering the conversation asks, “Dan, what do you see as the key to this series?”

“It’s got to be the pitching. Both teams can hit, but they have to be able to pitch out of problems to get the wins and it will be interesting to see who’s able to accomplish that.”

“What do you think will happen?” Dan follows up.

“We’ll these two teams have played 8 times this year with the NL Post team winning 7 of them. I’d say that indicates the Posters are sitting in a prime spot to make up some ground. However, the posters have a problem right now. Gaylord Perry got hurt a few games back, and the Post team is short on arms to begin with. This lack of bullpen depth is really going to impact that team’s ability to match up late and to uses fresh arms. I think this will potentially cost the NL Post team a game or two in this series.”

“Remember when the FOFCers were playing poorly and dropping games, Bo Knowles was hurt, and that really limited Benton’s ability to use his standard bullpen rotations. They dropped several games late and they scrapped it around for about 3 weeks while they waiting on Bo to heal. This is what the NL Posters are dealing with now,” Dom explains.

Burdette adds, “The Posters are going to need their starters to get deep into games, but I don’t think that will be a problem. It’s not like they aren’t throwing great arms at the FOFCers. The series will start with Seaver going for the Posters, and he’s got to be a serious candidate for the pitcher of the year award. Then after talking with the guys on the team, it looks like they could go any number of ways with the second starter but it will probably be Gibson or Marichal. The third game looks like maybe Koufax. So I think the Posters feel good about the arms they are using, and I’m confident they’ll get to the 7 inning to ease the burden on the pen arms.”

Quisenberry counters, “You’re right some impressive arms, but I’ll bet Benton is pretty pleased the way his rotation is lining up for this series. He’ll start with Williams, then he’ll have Nielsen, who is probably the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to Pitcher of the Year voting, and he’ll bring Babson out third. These guys aren’t slouches.”

“No they aren’t,” agrees Dom, “but they do tend to give up home runs and you don’t want to do that against the NL Posters. The Posters have 3 guys with 40 Homeruns already…Aaron, Matthews, and Banks, and they have several more that might still get to that number. This team kills mistakes and the FOFC pitchers make quite a few typically. In fact, it is this power that has really lead to that 7-1 split in the first 8 games between these two teams, and honestly, I think it is going to be that power that allows the Posters to close in on the FOFC players and it will make this stretch run very entertaining.”

[Breeze]

8/4 Radio Broadcast - Game 119

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And what a game we have for
you tonight! This series has
been circled on the calenders
for weeks now and we're
finally going to see it play out
on the field.

Tonight's match up features
13 and 1 Tom Seaver against
12 and 2 Jimmy Williams, you know
it doesn't get much better than this.

And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and NL Post WWII
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Joe Morgan to lead it off for NL Post WWII
Williams goes into his windup
And here's the 3-2 offering
What a pitch... strike three
Williams put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
One away
Roberto Clemente, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Willie Mays will follow

One out, nobody on base
Roberto Clemente is the batter
Watching Williams, Clemente
wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Clemente is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
The lefthander delivers
Fastball, belt high...
Swung on...
Clemente drills a drive down the line
Stan Gunner racing towards the line...
Dives for it, but can't make the play
He does knock it down...
He recovers quickly, tossing the ball in
Nights has it
as Clemente coasts into second
base with a double
Almost a great snag by Gunner

Facing Williams now is Mays
Hank Aaron heads to the on deck circle
Stan Musial waits in the hole
Mays is batting .307 with
29 homers this year
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
We've got a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
NL Post WWII with one more
chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in
their last ten games

NL Post WWII left fielder,
Hank Aaron, is up next
A base hit should score Clemente
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
He brings it home
Aaron hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That ends the inning
NL Post WWII threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 1st

NL Post WWII has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Aaron in left...
Mays in center...
And Clemente in right

The infield, third to first
Mathews will play the hot corner
Banks is at short
Over at second, Morgan
and at first base Musial
Seaver gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the
dish is Campanella
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
So far this season
Blade is hitting .247
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade waits
Here's the righthander's delivery
Blade hits a screamer at Ernie Banks
Banks picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Musial off the bag
Musial swipes with the glove

Blade is out!
Nice play by Musial
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

A. J. Tucker is up to face Tom Seaver
He told me in the pregame show
That he was seeing the ball
very good in practice
The right-hander Seaver is
set to deliver to Tucker
The windup, the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Tucker swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Seaver retires two in a row

Potpie digs in at the plate
Ready now for Seaver to come set
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Seaver steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Seaver brings it to the plate
Ground ball through the middle
Morgan ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
1-2-3, nothing across...

NL Post WWII will send Musial,
Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face
John Williams this inning
Musial grips the bat handle
John is ready
Now John delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Musial
One out
Due up next is Roy Campanella

"Campy" is coming to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Campanella
Campanella waits for the delivery
And the delivery by Williams
Curve, at the belt...
Campanella times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Stan Gunner retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

The slim Ernie Banks is now batting
"Mr. Cub" holds his bat high
wiggles it nervously as he gets ready
foor the pitch
Ernie, of course, carries a
big load for NL Post WWII
He is not only 2nd in the league
in home runs with 40
But, also, 2nd in RBI's with 93
and 4th in slugging with a .613 mark
No pitcher likes to see him at the plate
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Williams kicks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Williams comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 with
two away this inning

Two away, nobody on
Mathews comes to the plate
for NL Post WWII
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Williams throws the 3-2 pitch
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Mathews will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .405 OBP this year

Seaver is up now for NL Post WWII
Williams has the sign from Hays
The lefthander Williams delivers
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Nights
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 6-3
NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 2nd
One run, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 1 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII leads by 1

The All Stars will send
Pflaggstettler, Stan Gunner,
and Deacon Palmer up
to the plate this inning
Campanella flashes the sign...
Seaver waves it off...
Now he's happy
Seaver fires
Pflaggstettler raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Mathews just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nobody on base, one away
Gunner steps into the batter's box
The lefty hitting Gunner, will
face the righty Seaver
14 of his 14 home runs
are against righties
Gunner is set
Way ahead in the count
Seaver turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Screaming liner towards second
Tough chance for Morgan
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
Two down
Campanella asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Campanella and Seaver

That brings up Deacon Palmer,
the third baseman
Palmer is at .339 on the season
Seaver is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Seaver rocks and fires
Palmer is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That ends the inning
After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1

Morgan is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Morgan has a .263 average
against lefthanders
He is .264 overall
Morgan is ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Joe raps a high bouncer toward third
Palmer snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
One away
Roberto Clemente, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Willie Mays will follow

Clemente finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Roberto is batting at .330
with 17 home runs
He is 1 for 1 so far today
Clemente is waiting on the pitch
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Clemente drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
Two up, two down

Mays departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
The right-handed Mays will
be facing the southpaw
11 of his 29 home runs come via this route
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the southpaw's delivery
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Mays is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Pre WWII is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
Grimes comfortably ahead for NL Pre WWII
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 1 to 0
AL Post WWII is edging
Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Hunter battling Plank
Japanese League and Left
Outs are scoreless
Negro League II and Turn of
Century are scoreless
Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1
Carter has hit his 8th homerun
for Late 20th
And here in FOFC NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0

Hays will come up to lead off
the bottom of the 3rd
Seaver eyes Hays intently
Seaver brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Now batting will be Jeff Nights
The shortstop is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 1 run
Right-hander Seaver eyes the righty Nights
Seaver quick pitches him
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Nights held up, and draws a walk
Seaver isn't happy at all with that call

John Williams shows bunt
And lays it down right to Stan Musial
Musial looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Williams
But Nights moves up
FOFC was in luck that time...
Credit John Williams with a sacrifice
That's the second out of the inning

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
A base hit should score Nights
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign
Now he's ready
Tom rocks and fires
Fastball... just outside
And Blade will take first on the walk

Tucker pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Seaver
Against righthanders
Tucker is hitting .281
Tucker waiting on the delivery
Now Tom delivers
Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights is out at home!

Hank Aaron to lead it off for NL Post WWII
Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
And now the pitch...
Aaron swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Williams strikes out Hank Aaron
And there's one away

NL Post WWII firstsacker, Stan
Musial will be up next
The Post-Nationals, like all teams,
like to see a lot of offensive production
out of their firstbasemen
Certainly, Musial has not disappointed
Musial is one of the best hitters around
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Musial
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Musial manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Nights cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Musial is called out on a close play
Two men gone, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads by 1

Walking up to the plate now is Campanella
Ernie Banks waits on deck
Campanella steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Roy is 1 for 1 today
Campanella awaits the delivery
Williams winds and delivers
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Campanella
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Tucker
Campanella has himself a single

Here's the 6'1", 180 pound Ernie Banks
coming up to bat
Banks is 0 for 1 today
Ernie grounded out last time around
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Ernie gets the bat back...
It's coming down the pike
Ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's it here in the top of the 4th
It's 1-0 in favor of
the visitors from NL Post WWII
We'll be back in just a moment

The first baseman Potpie will
start things off for the All Stars
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Seaver adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Campanella
The righthander Seaver delivers
Ball four is the call
Seaver can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Seaver
Potpie takes first base

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Pflaggstettler
Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Seaver looks at the runner
The pitch
Double play ball
Banks has it on one bounce
Morgan for one
Musial for two
Banks to Morgan to Musial
Two out, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0

Nobody on, two away
Gunner steps in for FOFC
Gunner swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Seaver
Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch
Seaver's righthanded delivery...
Gunner hits a fly ball to center
Willie Mays camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
We head to the 5th...
The score is still NL Post
WWII 1, All Stars 0

Mathews saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Mathews is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Eddie certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Williams earn his salary
Mathews looks very intent...
He stares down at Williams...
Cocks his bat
It's a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
Knee high fastball...
Mathews hits a deep fly...
Pflaggstettler retreating to the fence...
He times his leap...
He's got it!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Caribbean 7 to 4
Gonzalez has hit his 23rd
homerun for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 1 to 0
Faber and Day currently dueling
AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
Left Outs leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Turn of Century with the lead
over Negro League II 4 to 1
Young comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century
Late 20th leads Old Timers 2 to 1

Now batting will be Tom Seaver
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Post WWII up by 1
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Seaver looks to third for a sign
Seaver tells the umpire he's ready
Williams brings it home
Seaver hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Now here's Morgan
Morgan has a .261 average against lefties
Morgan waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Williams is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Morgan gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings NL
Post WWII leads 1 to 0
We'll be right back...

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8/4 Radio Broadcast Continued

Palmer will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 5th
FOFC's fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Palmer looks down toward
the third base coach
Palmer, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Seaver
"Tom Terrific" fires it home...
Ripped to third, but right
at Mathews...easy out
That's one away

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Hays is 0 for 1 today
Tom Seaver steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Banks plays it on one hop
Over to Musial...
Out of there!
That's two away
Banks comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Seaver
Jeff Nights will be next up...

Up next for the All Stars
Jeff Nights, the shortstop...
If he gets on, John Williams
would bat next
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Sharp breaking curveball...
Nights reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Nights is out easily
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings,
NL Post WWII has one run,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 3

Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and
Hank Aaron are due up
Clemente is 1 for 2 today
Roberto flied out last time up
Williams is happy with the sign
And the cripple pitch...
Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Clemente swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at third
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Clemente is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E5
Clemente to first

Next up for NL Post WWII is Willie Mays
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Clemente dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Mays gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to third
Palmer is waving everybody off
Mays is retired
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have
Hank Aaron coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Hank Aaron steps into the box
Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
6th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Aaron fouls one straight up the chute
Hays makes the catch, but wait...
The first base umpire rules
Williams has balked
Clemente takes second

Hank Aaron steps into the box
Hank is batting .318 in
421 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Musial
The umpire says let's go
Aaron is ready
Here's his delivery
Hard slider...
And Aaron takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
Two down

They are going to put Musial on
Musial watches ball four
He takes his base

Campanella is up next
NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0
Musial on first, Clemente
is down at second
Two outs in the top of the 6th
Infield playing back
Campanella is at .224 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Williams
A check on the runners... the pitch
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Gunner
And he has it
That retires the side...
Campanella fails to come
through in the clutch
For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits,
one error and 2 men left on base

Here's John Williams leading off
Barrett Blade is on deck
And A. J. Tucker is in the hole
Williams steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
He's ready
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Another hook for strike three!
Williams just stood there looking
FOFC with one away
Seaver steps off the mound as
he waits for Barrett Blade to
come to the plate

And it brings up Barrett Blade
On deck is A. J. Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole
Blade has 20 doubles this year
Seaver has the sign he wants
The pitch is on the way
Blade rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Banks
Blade takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Aaron to get
that ball in quickly

Taking his lead is Blade
Blade is not working very
hard to get a lead

Tucker moves into the batter's box
The All Stars have the tying run at first
NL Post WWII is set up for two
Seaver adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Seaver brings it to the plate
Tucker drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Tucker

Potpie steps into the batter's box
02 at second, Blade at third
A dangerous RBI man at the plate...
Potpie readies himself
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Jeeberoni seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Seaver needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Hit in the air to center...
Mays waits for it to come down...
He has it... Blade is tagging up!
Here he comes...
Here comes the throw home...
He's...
SAFE! The game is tied!
It's all even now at 1
Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Potpie
That's two away

And Pflaggstettler will be
trotting down to first
They've put him on intentionally
Stan Gunner is the batter due up next

Stan Gunner plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder
for FOFC appears set
The score is tied at 1
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch to Gunner...
Hot shot grounded to second
Taken by Morgan
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
The All Stars bounce back in
their half of the 6th
They pick up 1 run to tie it up
We head to the 7th...
It's all tied up...
All Stars 1, Post-Nationals 1

Ernie Banks, batting seventh will
lead off for NL Post WWII
He will be followed by Eddie
Mathews and Tom Seaver
Banks is batting .285 with
40 HR's this year
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now ready, here it is...
Banks hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer
Palmer takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Banks is out!
Nice play by Potpie
So one up and one gone

Mathews gets set at the plate
Mathews is at .303 on the season
John Williams has fanned 4 and walked 2
He's allowed 3 hits today
He's pitching a fine game
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
A hard drive down the line
Stan Gunner is running hard
It's in there for extra bases!
Mathews rounds first
Gunner has the ball
Mathews motors into second
Two-bagger!

Tony Perez will hit for Tom Seaver
Perez is batting .263 with 2 home runs
He also has 7 RBI's on the year
He's batting .313 against southpaws

One away, one on
As Perez walks from the on deck circle
Perez swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Perez, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Williams
Williams looks back towards second...

The pitch
Perez rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Palmer
Deacon fields it cleanly
Looks Mathews back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
Williams gets another one
We're in the top of the 7th and Williams
has allowed only 4 hits

That'll bring up Post-Nationals'
second baseman Joe Morgan...
NL Post WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
Morgan is taking his practice swings
Joe is 0 for 3 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Morgan awaits the pitch
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-1 pitch
Joe Morgan swings
He smashes it on a line...
BINGO!!!...
Stabbed by Blade to rob Morgan
of a sure base hit
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
We're all tied up at 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Warren Spahn will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Warren has appeared in
46 games this season
with a record of 7-7
with 4 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 5.50

Leading off now for FOFC is Palmer
We'll see how they pitch to Palmer
Spahn has the sign from Campanella
Here's the 3-1 offering
Deacon Palmer offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Palmer couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Ernie Banks for the out
Palmer never even left the batter's box
That's one away

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Spahn toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Campanella
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Hays sends a routine ground ball to first
Musial takes it on one hop
Flips it to Spahn
Easy out
That's two away

Nights finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Looking for his first hit today
Nights is 0 for 1
Spahn steps on the rubber
He brings it home
Grounded towards the sack
Spahn takes the flip from Musial
Score It: 3-1
That'll do it for FOFC
So we're still tied
After 7 innings
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has one run,
4 hits and no errors

Roberto Clemente leads
off for NL Post WWII
Willie Mays and Hank Aaron will follow
We've got a dandy here today
at FOFC Stadium
We're in the top of the 8th
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Clemente swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside strikes out Roberto Clemente
One down for NL Post WWII
Willie Mays is still in the on-deck circle
and Hank Aaron is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Mays walks up to the plate
Mays goes through his routine
of settling in
Mays cocks his bat
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Mays swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 12 games!
1 for 4 on the afternoon

Jace Kronside watches Mays
As he moves away from the bag
Mays is going on the pitch!
It's a fastball at the knees...
Hays takes it
He double clutches...
But then fires a missile...
Mays sliding to the outside...
Avoids the tag...
He's safe
Good throw by Hays

Hank Aaron steps into the box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Aaron looks to third for a sign
Aaron is ready
Jace rocks and fires
A high foul, straight back
Hays doesn't know where the ball is
Kronside is pointing him to it
Now Hays sees it... near the screen
Nope, he can't make the catch...
The ball is on the screen
. . . Aaron back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Big motion...
Aaron is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside pulled the string on him
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 7 to 6
Gonzalez has hit his 23rd
homerun for Caribbean
Negro League I clipping AL Pre WWII 5 to 1
Foster comfortably ahead
for Negro League I
Dead Ball Era is on top of
AL Post WWII 4 to 2
Plank and Wilhelm currently dueling
Left Outs is edging Japanese League 2 to 1
Sutton battling Fujimoto
Negro League II slipping by
Turn of Century 7 to 5
Late 20th is pounding Old Timers 9 to 2
And in our matchup The score is tied at 1

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Stan Musial
Stan Musial will get a crack
at Kronside next
Roy Campanella would be up next...
But only if Musial can reach safely
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Musial is 0 for 2 today
He was intentionally walked last time up
Set now is Musial
Kronside brings it to the plate
Curve in the dirt... and Musial holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Musial will take first on the walk
Number 2 today for Musial

Campanella, NL Post WWII's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Ernie Banks waits on deck
Campanella a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Kronside
Campanella waits on Kronside
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Low and inside... ball four
Campanella gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Ernie Banks

So with 3 on and 2 outs
NL Post WWII sends their shortstop,
Ernie Banks, up to face Kronside
Hard-hitting Eddie Mathews is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Banks is taking his practice swings
Ernie is 0 for 3 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Batter Banks in the hole, 0-2
Kronside wipes his forehead
and adjusts his cap
He's one strike away
from pitching out of a real jam
Kronside is in a tough spot
The pitch is on the way
It is a high hard one...
Banks goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Banks couldn't hold back
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 9 men on base today

Dan Fouts will face Warren
Spahn to lead things off
The crowd is coming to life
Dan is batting .275 in
178 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Barrett Blade
Dan steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Spahn's pitch
Spahn winds and delivers
Fouts hits a deep ball
Aaron retreats toward the wall
He leaps...
He's got it!
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 8th

Spahn glares in at Blade as he steps in
Barrett just glares back
Blade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Barrett is 1 for 2 today
Spahn wastes no time
He has the sign from Campanella
The pitch is on the way
He rips a grounder to first
Musial to Spahn covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's the second out of the inning

Up now for FOFC is Tucker
Two away, nobody on
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 2 for 3 this afternoon
Spahn is slow to get ready

He has a 5.43 ERA this year
Now he's ready
It's coming down the pike
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Tucker swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Campanella loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
A. J. as he was heading for the dugout
That does it for FOFC here
in their half of the eighth
As we head into the ninth
this game is all tied up at 1 runs apiece
Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed!

Mathews saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Kronside shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Mathews chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Kronside
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
One up, one down for NL Post WWII

Pounding the plate with his bat
Spahn awaits the pitch
Spahn grips the bat handle
Spahn tells the umpire he's ready

This is a situation where the injury to
Perry is a problem. The Post Nationals
can't afford to go deeper into their pen
so they are going to let Spahn hit for
himself. This late in a tied game and
I'm sure they would prefer to pinch hit
for the lefty.

Here's the righthander's delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Spahn
Two up, two down

Kronside looks down at Morgan
as he steps in
Joe is ready to go
Morgan gets set
He's 0 for 4 so far
Morgan waits for the pitch
Kronside goes into his windup
And here's the 2-0 offering
Morgan hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 8 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
The score is knotted at 1

Here's Potpie to lead off
the bottom of the 9th
He's the go ahead run
Jeeberoni is hitting at .290 on the year
He has 117 hits in 404 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Potpie hit a sac fly his last time up
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander Spahn comes home with it
Long fly ball to left-center
This one is deep!
IT'S GOING, GOING,
GONE!!!
That was a LONG home run!
The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!!
Jeeberoni Potpie has just won the game
And his teammates gather at home plate
They greet him as he crosses the plate!!!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 34th
home run of the year.
FOFC wins 2 to 1
Kronside gets credit for the win
Spahn takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 1 for 2 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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8/4 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/4/1900

Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
J.Morgan 2B 5 0 0 0 .261 B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 0 .268
R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 .327 A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 0 .297
W.Mays CF 4 0 1 0 .306 J.Potpie 1B 2 1 1 2 .291
H.Aaron LF 4 0 0 0 .317 P.Pflaggstettler RF 2 0 0 0 .308
S.Musial 1B 2 0 0 0 .340 S.Gunner LF 3 0 0 0 .256
R.Campanella C 3 1 2 1 .220 D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .335
E.Banks SS 4 0 0 0 .284 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
E.Mathews 3B 3 0 1 0 .304 H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .347
T.Seaver P 2 0 0 0 .085 J.Nights SS 2 0 0 0 .280
A-T.Perez PH 1 0 0 0 .250 J.Williams P 1 0 0 0 .135
W.Spahn P 1 0 0 0 .154 B-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .274
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 1 5 1 Totals 24 2 4 2

A-Pinch Hit For Seaver In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Williams In 8th Inning

Post-Nationals.. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 4 1

Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Seaver 6 3 1 1 4 2 0 91 3.19 A1
W.Spahn LOSS(7-8) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 27 5.48
Totals 8 4 2 2 4 3 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams 7 4 1 1 2 4 1 104 3.61
J.Kronside WIN(9-2) 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 32 2.56
Totals 9 5 1 1 4 8 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,148 DATE- Saturday, August 4th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:41
LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 9 All Stars: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- D.Palmer
DOUBLES- R.Clemente(29th), E.Mathews(12th), A.Tucker(19th)
HOME RUNS- R.Campanella(5th), J.Potpie(34th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Mays(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Williams
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Potpie
WALKS- S.Musial-2, R.Campanella, E.Mathews, B.Blade, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler,
J.Nights
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, R.Clemente, H.Aaron-3, S.Musial, E.Banks, W.Spahn,
A.Tucker, D.Palmer, J.Williams
GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler
BALKS- J.Williams

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8/5 Newspaper Recaps


NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 8/5/1900

NEGRO LEAGUE I AT AL PRE WWII
Ones............ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 - 5 6 0
Pre-Americans... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
Win:Day(8-3) Loss:Faber(5-10)
Homeruns- R.Dandridge(2nd), O.Charleston(25th)

Left fielder Oscar Charleston connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the
Negro League I Ones beat the reeling AL Pre WWII club by a score of 5 to
1.

AL Pre WWII was unable to recover after Negro League I went ahead in the top
of the 6th inning scoring 2 runs using 2 hits. Buck Leonard led off and he
drew a walk. Cool Papa Bell came to the plate and laid down a sacrifice
bunt. Ray Dandridge then smashed a two-run homer (his 2nd of the season).
Negro League I had just 6 hits for the night.

The victory went to Leon Day(8-3) who went 5 innings, allowing 1 run. Red
Faber(5-10) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 5 runs and 6 hits in 9
innings.

OLD TIMERS AT LATE 20TH
Ancients........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 12 1
Modern Stars.... 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 - 9 11 0
Win:Maddux(13-8) Loss:Bond(5-4)
Homeruns- G.Carter-2(9th), M.McGwire(15th)

Right fielder Gary Carter smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Late 20th
Modern Stars defeated the Old Timers Ancients by the score of 9 to 2 at Free
Agent Field.

Carter helped send the fans home happy. He delivered a solo blast in the 3rd
inning and lofted a three-run bomb (his 9th of the season) in the 7th inning.
Late 20th had 11 hits for the night.

Greg Maddux(13-8) went 7 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. The loss was
charged to Tommy Bond(5-4). He was not very effective, surrendering 7 runs
in 6 and 2/3 innings.


NL PRE WWII AT CARIBBEAN
Pre-Nationals... 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 9 0
Estrellas....... 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 - 6 11 0
Win:Grimes(10-5) Loss:Mendez(10-11)
Homeruns- M.Minoso(5th), M.Gonzalez(23rd)

Burleigh Grimes completed the game without help from the bullpen and Paul
Waner had 2 base hits as the NL Pre WWII team defeated the Caribbean
Estrellas by a score of 7 to 6 at Paradise Park.

NL Pre WWII took the lead off Jose Mendez in the first inning as they scored 4
runs on 5 base hits. The Caribbean offense proved no trouble in the bottom
of the 9th.

Grimes(10-5) finished the game allowing 6 runs in the victory. Mendez(10-11)
took the loss. It was another victory for NL Pre WWII at Paradise Park. Now
their winning streak stands at 6 games. 'It seems we can't lose these days',
Leo Durochure volunteered after the game. Then after a moment to reflect he
lamented, 'Oh great! Now I've gone and jinxed us!'

AL POST WWII AT DEAD BALL ERA
Post-Americans.. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0
Ghosts.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 6 0
Win:Plank(7-11) Loss:Wilhelm(4-5) Save:Cicotte(1st)
Homeruns- B.Wallace(3rd)

Bobby Wallace left the yard at Shibe Park where the Dead Ball Era Ghosts beat
the AL Post WWII ballclub by the score of 4 to 2.

Dead Ball Era scored the decisive runs in a big 8th inning with 3 runs on 4
hits. Wallace started the inning off right when he lined a single. Chance
got a good lead and stole second. Ray Schalk struck out, unable to help the
rally. Zack Wheat followed and he hit a single scoring a run. One out
later, George Sisler came up and he delivered a single. Dead Ball Era
continued their aggressive style with another stolen base. Tris Speaker came
next and he laced a one-base hit driving home another two teammates. Dead
Ball Era won despite being out-hit by AL Post WWII 10 hits to 6.

Eddie Plank(7-11) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 8 innings. Plank was
helped out by Eddie Cicotte who recorded his 1st save. Hoyt Wilhelm(4-5) was
hit with the loss in relief.


JAPANESE LEAGUE AT LEFT OUTS
HOF Players..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 6 0
Leftovers....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 3 8 0
Win:Pennock(9-10) Loss:Fujimoto(1-8)
Homeruns- S.Oh(41st), G.Goslin(23rd), W.McCovey(28th), W.Stargell(8th)

Goose Goslin touched them all as the Left Outs Leftovers pulled out a win over
the league door-mat Japanese League HOF Players by a score of 3 to 2 at
Overshadow Pk.

The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning. After two outs Goslin
smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 23rd of the season) making Left Outs
the victor and beginning a joyous home town celebration. Left Outs finished
with 8 hits in the victory.

The winning pitcher was Herb Pennock(9-10) who allowed 1 run in 1 inning.
Hideo Fujimoto(1-8) ended up with the loss in relief. He gave up 2 runs and
2 hits in 1 and 2/3 innings.


NEGRO LEAGUE II AT TURN OF CENTURY
Twos............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 - 7 7 1
Centurions...... 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 8 0
Win:Radcliffe(4-5) Loss:Young(11-11) Save:Dismukes(14th)
Homeruns- W.Brown(13th), J.Wilson(27th), S.Bankhead(5th)

In a good matchup it was the Negro League II Twos 7, the Turn of Century
Centurions 5 at Yellowstone Park.

Negro League II had the game winning rally in the top of the 8th inning
scoring 2 runs utilizing 3 base hits. Spotswood Poles got things going when
he stroked a base-hit. After an out was recorded, Willard Brown stepped up
to the plate and he doubled plating a run. After another out, John Beckwith
came up and he was walked intentionally. Louis Santop was up next and he
smacked a single scoring the final run of the inning. Negro League II rapped
out 7 hits for the night.

Double-Duty Radcliffe(4-5) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 innings and
allowing no runs. Dizzy Dismukes got the save, his 14th. Cy Young(11-11) was
given the loss. He allowed 3 homeruns in 7 and 2/3 innings of work.

Negro League II now has a record of 49-72. With the loss, the Turn of Century
ballclub's record is 61-59.

NL POST WWII AT FOFC
Post-Nationals.. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 4 1
Win:Kronside(9-2) Loss:Spahn(7-8)
Homeruns- R.Campanella(5th), J.Potpie(34th)

red-hot FOFC All Stars broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out
a 2 to 1 win over the NL Post WWII ballclub and sending their hometown fans
home smiling.

The deciding run was scored by FOFC in the 9th. Jeeberoni Potpie ripping a
solo home run (his 34th of the season) giving FOFC the win and sending the
home town fans into a frenzy. FOFC had only 4 hits for the game.

Jace Kronside(9-2) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Warren
Spahn(7-8) was tagged with the loss in relief. He allowed 1 hit and no walks
in 2 innings.

FOFC continued their winning ways, seemingly unable to lose during this
stretch.

[Travis]

Sweet mercy that was a lot more interesting than it should have been.

[Breeze]

DLB Channel

…”before we wrap up the show for today, let’s take one more moment to break down the big series between the FOFCers and the NL Post War Stars, “ states David Belcher.

Hack Jobb, “After the dramatic win last night the FOFCers are sitting on a 5.5 game lead, and the entire tone of this series changes. Not only did the FOFCers open the lead, but they rollout their ace Rob Nielsen tonight. The NL Post War guys have to feel some pressure with this situation. They desperately need to win tonight. No word has come out of the Posters camp to announce tonight’s starting pitcher. I’m guessing they will counter with Gibson, but it could be Marichal.“

"You have to believe, even though they were going against Williams with a 12-2 record they the Post Warriors felt Seaver gave them a decided advantage in the opening game of the series,” Gil Hodges states, “Now they are scrambling and it will be interesting to see how they handle this.”

“The game tonight is about as must see as a summer game can be,” Belcher sums up. “Tune in, it could be very exciting tonight.”

[Breeze]

8/5 Radio Broadcast - Game 120

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Joe Morgan prepares to face Nielsen
let's check out the FOFC defense
At first base is Potpie
Palmer is down at the hot corner
Blade and Nights
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Ton, Tucker
and Pflaggstettler
and now Bullock is just
settling in behind the plate
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Morgan goes down swinging
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Roberto
Clemente coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One away, nobody on...
top of the 1st
The first base coach exhorting
Clemente to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Clemente has managed a .319 average
against lefthanders this year
Clemente is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Curveball...
Up in the strike zone...
Swung on and drilled into center
Tucker racing back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 7 foot high fence
And there's Clemente around first base
Tucker with a strong throw...
But off the bag
Roberto comes into second
sliding with a double
That's 30 doubles for Clemente on the year

Mays is up now for NL Post WWII
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
Mays jack-knifes out of the way
But it's in there!
Mays was really fooled
on that strike three
NL Post WWII with one more
chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in
their last ten games

So with 1 on and 2 outs
the Post-Nationals send
their left fielder,
Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen
Good-hitting Stan Musial is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Hank, of course, carries a big
load for NL Post WWII
He is not only 3rd in the league
in home runs with 41
But, also, 1st in RBI's with 101
and 3rd in slugging with a .652 mark
No pitcher likes to see him at the plate
Nielsen steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Nielsen takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for NL Post WWII
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
FOFC is coming to bat

Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Blade is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Barrett certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Marichal earn his salary
Blade is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The righthander Marichal delivers
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Here's A. J. Tucker
A. J. checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings...

Now he steps into the box
Tucker awaits the delivery
And the cripple pitch...
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Tucker just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Morgan races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
One out
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 1 out
Marichal looks down at Campanella
for the sign

Now he's ready...
Righthander Marichal's delivery
Base hit to center for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Blade scores!

While K. A. Ton heads for
the on deck circle
Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes
his way to the plate
Pflaggstettler is batting .308 with
19 round trippers in 1900
Pflaggstettler is set
The righthander Marichal's delivery
Slider, down at the knees...
Pflaggstettler swings and
lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Aaron is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 20 on the year for Persimmon
Pflaggstettler

One out, nobody on base
K. A. Ton is the batter
K. A. is hitting at .303 on the year
He has 43 hits in 142 at bats
This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples
12 home runs and 37 RBI's
Ton tells the umpire he's ready
He brings it home
Slider, down and away...
Ton reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Mathews is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Aaron is hustling after it...
Ton with the big turn...
The throw from Aaron goes into second
And Ton holds at first

Deacon Palmer, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Palmer grips the bat handle
Palmer is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Marichal
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
The Whiff!
Marichal punches Palmer out!
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Billy Bullock will face Marichal
Righty against righty
Bullock looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Right-hander Marichal eyes
the righty Bullock
Marichal goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ton
He lobs one to Musial...
Ton is back easily
We're ready again
Now Marichal comes home
Bounding ball to short
Banks grabs it
Over to Musial
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and NL Post WWII still looking
to score their first run

NL Post WWII will send Musial,
Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Musial
Now Rob delivers
There's a deep fly ball to
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler circles under it...
He hauls it in on the warning track
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

"Campy" is coming to the plate
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now to the belt, here it is...
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Tucker in center...
Picking it up in a hurry is Tucker...
Campanella takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Banks comes to the plate
One out, Campanella at first
Banks is batting .284 with
40 HR's this year
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
The stretch... the delivery
Banks pulls a slider over third...
And it's snared by Palmer!
Palmer half fell and half dove
To grab that ball before it hit the ground
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Nielsen

Eddie Mathews will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Juan Marichal would be up next...
But only if Mathews can reach safely
Mathews has a lot of patience up there
His 57 walks in 339 at bats
is proof positive
In other words, he can get on for you
He can also do it with the stick
Eddie seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Nielsen's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Campanella dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
Swung on and lofted very high...
and deep...
Pflaggstettler starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And he pulls it in!
That's all for the Post-Nationals
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC on top 3 to 0

Jeff Nights stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
So far this season
Nights is hitting .273
when facing righthanded pitching
The count is nothing and 2
Nights has to protect the plate
The pitch to Nights...
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 138 on the season for Marichal
That's one away

Nielsen is up next
One gone, bottom of the 2nd
Barrett Blade moves out on deck
Nielsen is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Marichal is happy with the sign
Marichal brings it to the plate
Nubbed just up the first base line...
Campanella is out quickly, and
makes the play to first
Easy out... Boy, oh boy
That's the second out of the inning

That will bring up second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Blade is batting .271 with
3 HR's this year
Juan is ready
Here's the 1-1 pitch
Blade hits one on the ground
to the left side
Barrett, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Banks wings it quickly to Musial...
OUT by a step
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Negro League I and AL Pre
WWII are scoreless
AL Post WWII and Dead Ball
Era are scoreless
Left Outs is embarrassing
Japanese League 9 to 1
Foxx has hit his 27th homerun
for Left Outs
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League II 3 to 1
Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1

As we head into the 3rd
NL Post WWII will send up Juan Marichal
They need 3 runs to catch FOFC
as they trail by a 3 to 0 count
Marichal wiggles the bat above his head
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to left
Ton is under it
He makes the grab

And it brings up Joe Morgan
On deck is Roberto Clemente
Willie Mays in the hole
Morgan is hitting .255 against southpaws
0 for 1 so far this game
He struck out in his last at bat
Morgan awaits the delivery
Nielsen kicks and delivers
Morgan swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep center
Tucker is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by Morgan
Traveling about 465 feet
That's home run number 19 for him
He also has 42 RBI's now

Clemente departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw delivers
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

Now here's Mays
Nielsen looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Mays swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 13 games!
1 for 2 on the afternoon
Clemente takes second

Aaron, NL Post WWII's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Stan Musial waits on deck
Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock
He is 4th in the league in strike outs
He has 181 on the season
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Aaron is way out in front of a change-up
Strike Three
Number 3 today for Nielsen

Walking up to the plate now is Musial
Roy Campanella waits on deck
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
There's a routine pop by Musial
Barrett Blade moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 2 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC leads 3 to 1

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year
The right-hander Marichal is
set to deliver to Tucker
Juan rocks and fires
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Marichal punches him out!
One gone for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd

Planting his right foot
Potpie is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Marichal is ready quickly
The righthander delivers
Potpie swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Marichal strikes out Jeeberoni Potpie
Two down
Juan Marichal retires
the first two batters in a row

Up now for FOFC is Pflaggstettler
Two away, nobody on
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 1 today
Marichal has the sign from Campanella
Here's the 2-0 offering
Sharp breaking curveball...
Pflaggstettler reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Pflaggstettler is out easily
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has one run,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 4

Roy Campanella, Ernie Banks, and
Eddie Mathews are due up
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He makes the grab
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Ernie
Banks coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Banks finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Banks
Here's the pitch
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
FOFC on top 3 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean is comfortably ahead
of NL Pre WWII 6 to 0
Tiant Sr. enjoying the big Caribbean lead
Negro League I is edging
AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era is in front
of AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Johnson comfortably ahead
for Dead Ball Era
Left Outs is embarrassing
Japanese League 9 to 1
Jenkins enjoying the big Left Outs lead
Negro League II is edging
Turn of Century 4 to 3
Brewer battling Waddell
Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 5 to 2
Kelly has hit his 13th homerun
for Old Timers

Next up is Eddie Mathews, the NL
Post WWII third baseman...
If he gets on, Juan Marichal
would bat next
Mathews steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Eddie is 0 for 1 today
Mathews waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Mathews swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
1-2-3, nothing across...

K. A. Ton will start the bottom
of the 4th for FOFC
Benton Breeze looking for
some insurance runs
Now, FOFC leads by only 2
Ton has hit 12 home runs this year
Marichal is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Hot shot grounded to first
Musial flips to Marichal covering
Score It: 3-1
One up, one down

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer is at .334 on the season
He is hitting .296 against righties
Juan peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Marichal fires
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Banks before
it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Palmer has the infield single

Slowly coming up is Bullock for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 3 to 1
NL Post WWII is set up for two
Juan Marichal is reaching
for the resin bag...
He pops it up and gives it a squeeze...

Marichal is having a fine
year for NL Post WWII
His 16 wins is 3rd in the league
Here's the righthander's delivery
Bullock launches one deep to left
Aaron turns and starts
to chase after it...
Now he only looks up
This is back, back, back, back...
Way out of FOFC Stadium!
A towering blast by Billy Bullock
Two runs will score for FOFC

Nights steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Nights goes through his routine
of settling in
Juan Marichal steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
We've got a full count...
Marichal winds and fires...
The pitch is just inside
and Nights holds up
Campanella points down at
the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
Two down

The All Stars will send
Rob Nielsen up to the plate
Marichal has the sign from Campanella
Marichal brings it home
Nielsen is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
And that retires the side

The NL Post WWII pitcher, Marichal,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Joe Morgan
And then Roberto Clemente
Marichal can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Juan steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
Nielsen will try to get Marichal
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Marichal is outta there
NL Post WWII with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Joe Morgan to
come to the plate

Joe Morgan is next
FOFC leads 5 to 1
Bullock flashes the sign
Nielsen has it
Here's the 0-1 delivery
IT HITS Morgan!

Clemente heads to the plate
for NL Post WWII
The infield is at regular depth
Roberto takes a couple of practice cuts
After getting set, Clemente
waits on the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Clemente rolls one toward Barrett Blade
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
The first base coach throws his hands up
in disbelief
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound
Willie Mays coming to the plate
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
The bat is cocked
Nights trying to slip in behind Morgan
Now he slips away
Here's the 3-1 offering
Fastball... just outside
And Mays will take first on the walk

Hank Aaron is next
Aaron digs in
Aaron cocks the bat
Here comes the pitch
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Aaron!

Here's Stan Musial
Musial asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Nielsen has the sign
Here's the 1-2 pitch
Swung on and hit to shallow left
Ton has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 7
And that retires the side

Blade steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 5th
here at FOFC Stadium
FOFC ahead 5 to 1
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Blade waits patiently
Here's his delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Blade goes down swinging
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Here's A. J. Tucker
Marichal wastes no time
He has the sign from Campanella
Marichal kicks and fires
Low fastball, at the knees
Tucker goes after it...
Lines a single to right...
A. J. rounds first... TRIPS ON THE BAG!!
The throw is into second
The relay to first...
Not in time... Tucker manages
to crawl to the bag
He's really hurting
Here comes Tay Pemup...

They are calling for Ben
Dover, the team doc
This could be real serious

Let's take a short commercial break
while they work on him...

Welcome back folks...
Tucker is on his feet...
Benton Breeze wants him to come out
A. J. wants to stay in
And...
It looks like he'll stay in

Jeeberoni Potpie is now up
One away, Tucker at first
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Marichal has the sign he wants
Now ready, here it is...
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Potpie looks at strike three
And there's two away

Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler
Tucker's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Marichal
Persimmon is hitting at .309 on the year
He has 120 hits in 388 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
Pflaggstettler in the hole, 0-2
Now Juan delivers
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Hank Aaron is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Aaron!

[Breeze]

8/5 Radio Broadcast Continued

Campanella saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Campanella is batting .230
with 5 HR's this year
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Here is the 3-2 pitch
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Ernie Banks will make his
way to home plate
He's the shortstop for NL Post WWII
Banks is batting .283 on the year
He is hitting with great power
He checks down at third for the sign
Ernie will be hitting away
You can be sure of that
Tommy Lasorda won't ignore his
.605 slugging average!
Banks awaits the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Bouncer in the hole
It's past Blade into right field
An opposite field hit!
Campanella is tearing around second
Coach Bill Russle is waving
him on to third
He'll make it easily

Eddie Mathews steps into the box
Nielsen has a 6-hitter going
through 5 innings
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
The pitch gets away from
the catcher, Bullock
Campanella will score
Banks takes second on the passed ball

Eddie Mathews steps into the box
Mathews is taking his practice swings
Eddie is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Nielsen looks in for the sign
He has to be careful with Mathews
who has 39 homeruns this year
Nielsen has allowed 18 round trippers
already this season
The lefthander delivers
Mathews just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Mike Schmidt steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Nielsen
Schmidt is batting .235 on the year
He has 11 homers and 23 RBI's in 1900

Settling in at the plate is Schmidt
Schmidt digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen peers in for the sign
Schmidt is a formidable opponent
Rob has allowed 10 home runs
versus righties this year
And Mike is no ordinary hitter
And the delivery by Nielsen
Schmidt is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's two away

Morgan walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Roberto Clemente moves into
the on deck circle
NL Post WWII needs some runs
Morgan is 1 for 2 today
Nielsen is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Nielsen looks in...
Now he's ready
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
Nielsen misses just outside
No more than the width of a razor blade
But it's... Ball Four
3 walks given up by Nielsen today

Roberto Clemente steps into the box
Clemente is hitting .328 with 17 homeruns
Roberto also has 30 doubles and 8 triples
And has driven in a total of 60 runs
Nielsen eyes Clemente intently
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
It's low
and it gets away from Bullock!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Bullock has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Banks scores from third!
Morgan takes second

Roberto Clemente steps into the box
Against lefthanders
Clemente is hitting .321 this season
Clemente readies himself for the pitch
Rob looks over his shoulder at Morgan
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Screaming liner towards third
Palmer reaches
It's into the outfield for a base hit!
Morgan scores from second!

Mays moseys up to the plate
Hank Aaron is heading for
the on-deck circle
Mays is 1 for 2 today
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen checks Clemente on first
Now the 1-1 pitch
Mays cracks a drive to deep left-center
He really smacked this baby...
This ball is going out of here in a hurry
Bye, bye baseball!
Man alive... what a blast by the
NL Post WWII center fielder

Two away, nobody on
Aaron comes to the plate for NL Post WWII
Hank will be facing the
left-handed Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
He has a .315 average overall
But southpaws are his nemesis...
He has only a .244 average
against lefty hurlers
Aaron waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
That'll do it in the top of the 6th
5 runs, 4 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 50 games this season
He has a record of 5-3
in 76 innings
His ERA stands at 4.03

Ton leading off
Phil is ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a ground ball into the hole
Mathews and Banks converge on it
It's fielded by Mathews who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

FOFC third baseman, Deacon
Palmer, is up next
Right-hander Niekro prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Palmer
Niekro brings it to the plate
Swung on and missed...
Palmer is down on strikes
And there's one away

Bullock is up now for FOFC
Bullock grips the bat handle
Bullock waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
We've got a full count...
Niekro winds and fires...
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Willie Mays is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Mays!

All Stars' shortstop Nights
is up next
Niekro gets the sign, it's one he likes
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
Hard ground ball to short
Banks comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5

Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, and
Ernie Banks are due up
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Musial is 0 for 3 today
He flied out last time up
Musial waits on Nielsen
He brings it home
Musial swings
He sends one into the deepest
part of the park
That's going to get through to the wall
Musial rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple

Next up for NL Post WWII is Roy Campanella
The outfield shades towards
left for Campanella
After getting set, Campanella
waits on the pitch
And the delivery by Rodney
The ball breaks low and outside
Campanella tries to hold up
The umpire tells him to take his base

Coming up is Banks for NL Post WWII
Runners on first and third...
A dangerous homerun hitter at the plate
4th in the league in home runs
this year with 40
Banks waiting for the pitch
Banks has hit 40 home runs this year
James gets the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
He quick pitches Banks...
and it's in there
Strike three
One down, two to go...
James Rodney has to bear down now

Here's the man with the perfect swing,
Eddie Mathews, coming up to the plate
Rodney has the sign from Hays
Rodney brings it home
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
A. J. Tucker is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Tucker!

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Billy Williams will bat for Phil Niekro
It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams
against the righty Rodney
Williams is hitting righties
for a .181 average

Billy Williams steps into the box
Billy wants desperately to
break out of his slump
All set, Williams is ready for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
It's in the dirt and bounces away
Campanella heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

Billy Williams steps into the box
Williams has a .181 average against
righthanders this season
Williams is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Rodney
He's waiting for the pitch
Rodney fires
Williams goes after the fastball...
It's a base hit by Nights...
Campanella only moves down to third
and that's where he'll hold
as the ball was hit very sharply
making it impossible for him to score

Up next is Joe Morgan
Joe is an ex-Boston College basketball
and ice hockey star
Morgan is 1 for 2 today, with 1 home run
Set now is Morgan
It's coming down the pike
Morgan drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Campanella scores
Bill Russle will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
Not cut-off...
Hays is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Williams is out at home!
Double for Morgan

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Tommy Lasorda will relieve Phil Niekro
to start off the bottom of the 7th
Jim Bunning comes in as
the 3rd pitcher today
Bunning is 4 and 13 in 1900
He has pitched 75 innings and has
a 5.06 ERA, striking out 48
while allowing 39 walks

Hays saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bunning is ready quickly
The righthander Bunning delivers
Sharp breaking curveball...
Hays reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Hays is out easily
While we wait for Barrett
Blade to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Caribbean jumping all over
NL Pre WWII 14 to 2
Gonzalez has hit his 24th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Dead Ball Era is pounding
AL Post WWII 8 to 1
Left Outs is running roughshod
over Japanese League 15 to 3
Foxx has hit his 28th homerun
for Left Outs
Negro League II leads Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Wilson has hit his 28th homerun
for Negro League II
Old Timers besting Late 20th 7 to 2
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII ahead 8 to 5
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

FOFC sends the second baseman,
Barrett Blade, up to the plate
Campanella flashes the sign...
Bunning waves it off...
Now he's happy
Bunning will try to get
Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Blade swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Bunning strikes out Barrett Blade
That's the second out of the inning

Bunning glares in at Tucker
A. J. Tucker just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Tucker is 1 for 3 today
A. J. singled last time around
Tucker waits
Righthander Bunning's delivery
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Morgan plays it on one hop
Over to Musial...
Out of there!
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 50003

Here's Roberto Clemente leading off
Willie Mays is on deck
And Hank Aaron is in the hole
Clemente a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Rodney
Clemente awaits the delivery
Rodney brings it to the plate
It's a high fly into left
Ton ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out

Mays saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mays is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Willie certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Rodney earn his salary
Rodney is slow to get ready

He has a 3.18 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Mays swings and hits a shot
to deep left-center
Tucker and Ton are converging on the ball
Looks like Tucker has the best shot at it
He dives for it...
WOW! He's got it!
Fantastic play by Tucker
Two down

Walking up to the plate now is Aaron
Stan Musial waits on deck
Rodney squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Rodney kicks and fires
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Rodney sets the Post-Nationals
down in order

It's the bottom of the 8th
Jeeberoni Potpie, FOFC's first
baseman, will lead it off
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck
FOFC will try to cut into
NL Post WWII's lead
The Post-Nationals lead by 3
So far this season
Potpie is hitting .285
when facing righthanded pitching
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
Bunning rocks and fires
Slider, outside...
Potpie reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Banks...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Musial in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Musial is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Potpie

Pounding the plate with his bat
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
Pflaggstettler looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Persimmon
Persimmon is 1 for 3 today
flied out his last at bat
Bunning adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Campanella
Now Jim delivers
Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

K. A. Ton will face Bunning
Righty against righty
K. A. is batting .310 with 12
home runs on the season
He is 2 for 3 today
Jim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Potpie on second, Pflaggstettler on first
They're dancing off the bags
Here's the 3-2 offering
Base hit to left for Ton
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Deacon Palmer coming up
Palmer asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Palmer is ready for the pitch
Here's the 1-2 delivery
Grounded towards the bag
Musial boots the ball!
Score It: E3
Potpie scores from third!
Pflaggstettler takes third
Ton takes second
Palmer to first

Stan Gunner now up
Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year
The bases are loaded
Bunning nods, he's ready
Here comes the pitch
Base hit to center for Gunner
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Bunning looks down at Campanella
for the sign

Now he's ready...
Bunning checks the runners
Dribbler to short
Banks comes up with it
Throws home for the out!
Score It: 6-2
The runner on third, Ton, is out
Palmer takes third
Gunner takes second
One down...
Bunning has to continue to bear down

Hays walks up to the plate
Hays wiggles the bat above his head
Harry steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Bunning's pitch
Now Jim delivers
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Banks
Fires and nails Palmer going home!
On to first
He's OUT, a home to first double play
Score It: 6-2-3
That ends the inning
After 8 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1

Musial steps up to the plate
for NL Post WWII
It's the top of the 9th at FOFC Stadium
Hays flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Fozborg winds and delivers
Musial pounds a grounder
toward Nights at short
Jeff moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Nights stayed with it
Over to first and Musial is retired
Nice play by the FOFC short stop
One out
Roy Campanella is due up next

Campanella, the catcher, moves
into the batter's box

NL Post WWII leads 8 to 7
Campanella is at .242 on the season
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander delivers
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Campanella
No chance for either Nights or Ton
That one had base hit written all over it
(Ballpark Double Effect)

Banks is up next
NL Post WWII has a runner
at first and one out
Banks adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Ernie is 1 for 4 this afternoon
Banks is waiting on the pitch
Here's the 2 strike pitch
The Whiff!
Fozborg punches Banks out!
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Eddie Mathews, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Mathews is 0 for 3 today
Eddie waits...
He steps out as Fozborg takes too long
Now he's back in the box
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Campanella dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Mathews
Third base coach Bill Russle
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Campanella will stay at second

The pitcher, Jim Bunning
will be up next for NL Post WWII
Bunning can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Bunning waits for the delivery
Sirr checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
Base hit to center for Bunning
Bill Russle is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
Not cut-off...
Campanella is out at home!

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8/20 Radio Broadcast Continued

Last of the 9th, final chance for FOFC
Time for the All Stars to go to work...
They trail the Post-Nationals by 1
Benton Breeze will send up second
baseman Barrett Blade,
then A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie
to face Post-Nationals' Jim Bunning
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 4 this afternoon
He struck out last time at bat
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
The pitch to Blade...
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Blade checks his swing
Campanella appeals to the
first base umpire
He held up, ball four
Never a good time for a lead-off walk
But especially not late in the game

Tucker is the batter
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Blade with his lead at first
The third base coach, Dick
Howser, gives the signs
Campanella flashes the sign to Bunning
The pitch is on the way
He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Aaron slides under it... one hands it...
Not the prettiest play, but Tucker is out
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning...
Bunning needs two more outs to stop FOFC

Tommy Lasorda is walking to the mound
Jim Bunning will head for the showers
They've signaled for the righthander
Bob Gibson will be coming on
in relief for NL Post WWII
Gibson will be the 4th pitcher used
by NL Post WWII this afternoon
Jim Bunning hands the ball
over to Tommy Lasorda
Now he walks off the field...
Gibson is almost finished warming up...
Here are some scores from
around the league...
These scores are final...
Caribbean beat up on NL Pre WWII 14 to 5
Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9
Rixey takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-11
AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League I 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era jumped all over
AL Post WWII 9 to 1
Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8
Feller takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-17
Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4
Negro League II edged out
Turn of Century 5 to 4
Old Timers clubbed Late 20th 9 to 2
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII leads 8 to 7
We're back again
Gibson has a 8-5 record so far this year
And an ERA of 5.30 in 26 appearances

One away, Blade at first
Potpie is coming to the plate
Potpie is 2 for 4 today
He is currently batting .293
Aaron, Mays and Clemente
are playing him deep
The umpire says let's go
Potpie is ready
Gibson looks at the runner
The pitch
Fastball right down the middle
Potpie slams a grounder...
Into the gap between first and second
Musial runs it down on the outfield grass
Looks towards second...
Can't get Blade...
He throws to Gibson covering first...
THE THROW GETS AWAY!!!...
Both runners advance a base on the error
That's error number 2 of the
game for NL Post WWII

Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves
in to face Gibson
2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 9th
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Before the game Gibson said he
really enjoyed watching Pflaggstettler hit
He did admit, however, pitching
to Persimmon quickly dimmed his enthusiasm
Here's the 3-1 offering
Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Blade scores
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Potpie is out at home!
Trailing runner advances.

Ton digs in at the plate
Ready now for Gibson to come set
Ton is hitting .287 against righties
Ton waits for the pitch
The crowd is on their feet!
They are anxious for the pitch
Bob looks over his shoulder
at Pflaggstettler
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Pounded on the ground to second
Taken by Morgan
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And we go to extra innings!

Morgan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Joe steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Joe is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run
Morgan waits anxiously for the delivery
It's a full count...
Fozborg winds and fires...
Ball four is the call
Fozborg can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Fozborg
Morgan takes first base

Clemente is stepping in to face Fozborg
Potpie is way in on the grass at first
Palmer is in at third
They are guarding against the bunt
Expect a bunt here despite
Clemente's average
They need a run
We're all tied up at 8
Waiting for the pitch is Clemente
Sirr will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Fastball...missed inside
Ball four!
Clemente hands his bat to the batboy
and hustles down to first
Fozborg lost him on four pitches

Mays pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Knowles
Mays scuffs up the lines around the box
Mays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles checks the runners
Mays rips a solid shot to center
Tucker ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
That's one away

With one out, and two men on
Aaron strides purposefully to the plate
Against righthanders
Aaron is hitting .342
Hank is set for the pitch
The righthander Knowles' delivery
A slider by Knowles
Aaron gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Knowles

Facing Knowles now is Musial
Roy Campanella heads to the on deck circle
Ernie Banks waits in the hole
Stan is 1 for 5 this summer afternoon
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Now set, Musial waits for the pitch
Knowles' 3-0 pitch...
Low and inside... ball four
Musial gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Roy Campanella

Campanella finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Roy is batting at .254 with 5 home runs
He is 3 for 4 so far today
NL Post WWII has loaded the bases
Knowles shakes off the sign from Hays
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Knowles doesn't want
to pitch to Campanella
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Knowles brings it to the plate
Campanella swings and lifts
one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That retires the side...
Campanella fails to come
through in the clutch
For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits,
no errors and 3 men left on base

We've got ourselves a honey of a ballgame
All tied up in the bottom of the 10th
Deacon Palmer will see if
he can get on base
to start things off for the All Stars
Palmer is 1 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the
NL Post WWII infield
Musial is kicking the dirt at first
Mathews is even with the bag at third
Morgan and Banks are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Palmer tells the umpire he's ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Palmer goes down swinging
With one down

Musial yells something out to Gibson
Bob nods his head

Making his way up is Gazelle
Gibson looks down at Campanella
for the sign
Now he's ready
Gibson's righthanded delivery...
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 107 on the season for Gibson
That's two away for the All Stars
We have a real "nail-biter" here today

Jeff Nights will get a
crack at Gibson next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Gibson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Gibson gets the sign from Campanella
Gibson brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That retires the side
For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors
NL Post WWII will try to push one across
in the top of the 11th

Bottom of the order for NL
Post WWII coming to bat
The shortstop, Ernie Banks will lead off
Knowles likes the sign
The 2-2 offering...
Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Banks
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
With one down, up next is Eddie Mathews
To be followed by Bob Gibson

Mathews settles in at the plate
Mathews steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Mathews is set for the pitch
Sammy comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Mathews!
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Bob Gibson
to get a new bat
Let's point out that NL Post WWII is
4 and 6 in their last ten games

Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Orlando Cepeda steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Knowles
Cepeda is batting .279 on the year
He has 5 round trippers and 16 RBI's

Orlando Cepeda will step in
to face Knowles next
If he gets on, Joe Morgan will follow
Orlando Cepeda is hitting .284 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The All Stars fans are standing
They want the strikeout
from "Mister Closer"
Sammy winds and delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Grounded down the line
Palmer grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
10 and a half innings,
FOFC has 8 runs, 14 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has 8 runs,
14 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII has left 13 on base
FOFC has stranded 6
Warren Spahn will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Warren has appeared in
47 games this season
He has a record of 7-8
in 130 innings
His ERA stands at 5.48

The All Stars will send
Hays, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker up
to the plate this inning
Harry is hitting at .344 on the year
He has 93 hits in 270 at bats
This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples
12 home runs and 34 RBI's
He's ready for the delivery
The lefthander Spahn comes home with it
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Mathews
It's by him...
Aaron comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Hays to a single

Blade looks to lay one down
He bunts the ball . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by W.Spahn
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Force Play To Pitcher
Score It: 1-6
The runner on first, Hays, is out
One away here in the bottom of the 11th
The score is tied at 8
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Caribbean man-handled NL Pre WWII 14 to 5
Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9
Rixey takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-11
AL Pre WWII edged out Negro
League I 5 to 4
Hoyt the winner, he's now 8-5
Foster takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-3
Dead Ball Era jumped all over
AL Post WWII 9 to 1
Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8
Feller takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-17
Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4
Foxx has hit his 28th homerun
for Left Outs
Negro League II edged out
Turn of Century 5 to 4
Wright has hit his 14th homerun
for Negro League II
Old Timers smacked Late 20th 9 to 2
Martinez takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-7
Radbourn the winner, he's now 10-8

Blade represents what could
be the winning run
And A. J. Tucker is coming up
The All Stars need only to
get 1 run in, to end this game right now
Tucker swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Spahn
Tucker is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Blade is dancing off first
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Base hit to left for Tucker
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Blade will stay at second

Jeeberoni Potpie is next
1st and 2nd, one man down
Spahn stares in
He rocks and fires
Routine grounder to the mound
Taken by Spahn
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 1-6-3
And that retires the side

Joe Morgan stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Morgan is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .264 on the year
Joe steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
Here's his delivery
Morgan hits a pop into short right field
Blade sprints out
Pflaggstettler and Tucker sprint
towards the infield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sticks
his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Morgan takes a walking lead
Morgan has stolen 34 of 43 bases this year
Knowles tosses another quick
one to first...
Even the speedy Morgan looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead

Roberto Clemente is up
next to face Knowles
A tough situation to bunt as
FOFC has the corners playing way in
Time is called...
Clemente has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Roberto is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Morgan dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
Knowles just misses outside
Ball four to Clemente

Willie Mays, the NL Post
WWII center fielder,
steps into the batter's box
The score is tied at 8
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Mays is taking his practice swings
Willie is 2 for 5 this afternoon
Mays, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Knowles
Sammy checks the runners
Here's the 0-2 offering
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Mays was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
So we have one out now for NL Post WWII
2 runners on board
as Hank Aaron rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

Hank Aaron will be coming up
Tommy Lasorda loves the pop in his bat
Knowles has the sign from Hays
Knowles stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Curve, up high...
Aaron rips it to left...
Knowles hung that breaking ball
However, Hank got under it just a bit
Gazelle started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
Two down
Due up next is Stan Musial
Let's see what happens now

Stan Musial, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Musial is 1 for 5 today, with 1 walk
Now set, Musial waits for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
There's a routine pop by Musial
Barrett Blade moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
Musial chokes in the clutch!
That ends the inning for NL Post WWII
FOFC has 8 runs, 16 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has 8 runs,
15 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII has now stranded
15 baserunners

Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, up
leading off the bottom of the 12th
Campanella flashes the sign...
Spahn waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefthander Spahn delivers
Spahn misses low on that one
Pflaggstettler draws the walk
Number 1 today by Spahn

Terp squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Mathews bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first
Just in time!
Nice play
Credit Kris Terp with a sacrifice
And there's one away

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Campanella flashes the sign...
Spahn shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Spahn brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Hank Aaron throws the ball
away for an error!
FOFC wins 9 to 8
Knowles gets credit for the win
Spahn takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

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8/5 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/5/1900

Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
J.Morgan 2B 4 2 3 2 .266 B.Blade 2B 5 2 1 0 .267
R.Clemente RF 4 1 2 1 .329 A.Tucker CF 6 0 2 0 .297
W.Mays CF 6 1 2 2 .306 J.Potpie 1B 6 2 3 1 .294
H.Aaron LF 6 0 0 0 .312 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 3 3 3 .312
S.Musial 1B 6 1 1 0 .337 K.Ton LF 5 0 3 0 .313
R.Campanella C 5 2 3 0 .250 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Banks SS 6 1 1 0 .283 G-K.Terp PH 0 0 0 0 .171
E.Mathews 3B 5 0 1 1 .302 D.Palmer 3B 6 1 2 2 .335
J.Marichal P 2 0 0 0 .094 B.Bullock C 3 1 1 2 .258
A-M.Schmidt PH 1 0 0 0 .233 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-S.Gunner PH 1 0 1 1 .259
C-B.Williams PH 1 0 1 0 .201 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Bunning P 1 0 1 0 .250 E-G.Gazelle LF 1 0 0 0 .271
B.Gibson P 0 0 0 0 .222 J.Nights SS 5 0 0 0 .277
F-O.Cepeda PH 1 0 0 0 .278 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .095
W.Spahn P 0 0 0 0 .154 B-H.Hays C 3 0 1 0 .347
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 48 8 15 6 Totals 48 9 17 9

A-Pinch Hit For Marichal In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nielsen In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fozborg In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 12th Inning

Post-Nationals.. 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 15 2
All Stars....... 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 9 17 0

Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Marichal 5 7 5 5 0 8 2 70 4.93 A1
P.Niekro HOLD(11th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.97
J.Bunning HOLD(1st) 2 1/3 4 3 3 1 1 0 48 5.26
B.Gibson BS(1st) 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 20 5.25
W.Spahn LOSS(7-9) 1 1/3 3 1 1 1 0 0 26 5.50
Totals 11 1/3 17 9 9 2 12 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen 6 9 7 7 3 6 2 131 3.31
J.Rodney 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 31 3.15
S.Fozborg 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 29 4.05
S.Knowles WIN(1-2) 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 41 1.70
Totals 12 15 8 8 8 11 2

ATTENDANCE- 50,003 DATE- Sunday, August 5th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals:15 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 2 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- S.Musial-2
DOUBLES- J.Morgan(20th), R.Clemente(30th), D.Palmer(18th)
TRIPLES- S.Musial(7th)
HOME RUNS- J.Morgan(19th), W.Mays(30th), P.Pflaggstettler(20th),
B.Bullock(17th)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Terp
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Mathews
WALKS- J.Morgan-2, R.Clemente-3, W.Mays, S.Musial, R.Campanella, B.Blade,
P.Pflaggstettler
HIT BY PITCH- J.Morgan, H.Aaron
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, W.Mays-2, H.Aaron, E.Banks-4, E.Mathews, J.Marichal,
M.Schmidt, B.Blade-2, A.Tucker, J.Potpie-2, D.Palmer-3, G.Gazelle,
J.Nights-2, R.Nielsen
GIDP- J.Potpie, H.Hays
WILD PITCHES- J.Rodney, R.Nielsen
PASSED BALLS- B.Bullock
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Hank Aaron robbed Persimmon Pflaggstettler of a Homerun!
Bot 6th: Willie Mays robbed Billy Bullock of a Homerun!
Top 7th: A. J. Tucker robbed Eddie Mathews of a Homerun!
Top 7th: Harry Hays blocked the plate, saving a run!

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DLB Channel

..."impressive come back win by the FOFCers. They were cruising early, ran into problems but overcame them to open the lead in the division to 6.5 games."

"This was baseball at its best. I don't think I've ever seen a game, in all my years in the sport, when there were 3 plays where homeruns were robbed. These guys gave there all in this one, and the NL Posters have to feel pretty down right about now. They had a chance to even the series and it slipped away. Once again the small pen really hurt this team. I'll bet next year they look to add another arm or two to that pen," Lou Scribe reports...

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8/6 Radio Broadcast - Game 121

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Brian Babson with his 10 and 10 record
Will be facing Red Schoendienst

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Now Brian delivers
He rips a grounder to the mound
Babson grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Roberto
Clemente coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

The right fielder, Roberto
Clemente, is up next
Babson has the sign from Hays
Brian rocks and fires
Low and outside
Ball four

Hank Aaron moves in to face Babson
1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 1st
Hank Aaron is hitting .312 for the year
with 41 homers
He is having a great year
Babson is happy with the sign
It's coming down the pike
The runner goes
Aaron likes the hit and run...
Fastball, down the middle...
Swung on...
Aaron strokes a deep shot...
Gunner and Tucker dashing to the fence...
They don't have a chance
HOME RUN!
Aaron picks up a couple of RBI's
as Clemente scores ahead of him
Hays wanted Babson to throw that pitch
down at the knees, not up at the letters
That was a costly mistake for FOFC

So that brings up Willie Mays
the NL Post WWII center fielder
Willie is hitting at .306 on the year
NL Post WWII's cleanup hitter
has knocked in 83 runs
He has a fine .585 slugging average
Mays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Babson winds and delivers
Change up...
Mays hits a fly ball to right
Gazelle is under it...
He's got it
That's two away

Mathews is ready to face Babson
Mathews is hitting .295
against righthanders
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Mathews
Babson's 0-1 pitch...
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Blade plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for NL Post WWII
2 runs, one hit and no errors
FOFC is coming to bat

Blade, FOFC's second baseman,
leads off for the All Stars
NL Post WWII drew first blood
They scored 2 runs
in the top half of the first
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Koufax steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Slow ground ball
Schoendienst is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Tucker finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
A. J. will be facing the lefty Koufax
from the right side of the plate
Of his 7 home runs, 5 are
against southpaws
Tucker is waiting on the pitch
Now Sandy delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Schoendienst ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Two up, two down for FOFC

Gerald Gazelle, will be up next
Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to
get a chance as well
Bases empty... one more
chance for FOFC here
NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs
Gazelle is at .271 on the season
The left-hander Koufax is now ready
Here's the 0-1 offering
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Gazelle rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Koufax looks dejected on the mound

Potpie is up now for FOFC
Koufax tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Sandy delivers
A hot shot on the ground to Schoendienst
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Potpie is out
That's all for the All Stars...
As we head to the top of
the second inning...
NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 1

Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, and
Orlando Cepeda are due up
Ernie is 4th in the league in home runs
with a 40 so far in 1900
He's ready
Windup by Babson
And the pitch
Banks hits a deep fly to left-center
Tucker is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
It bounces off the fence...
Two-base hit for Banks

Bench digs in at the plate
Ready now for Babson to come set
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch to Bench...
Change up, on the inside corner...
Bench was looking for it...
He hammers the pitch...
It's a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Bench is in at second standing
with a double
All Gunner could do was keep him
from getting a triple

Cepeda steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Cepeda is batting .278 with
5 HR's this year
Babson is slow to get ready

He has a 3.66 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Groundball to short
Bench will hold at second base
Cepeda is retired on the groundout

Koufax is up next
One gone, top of the 2nd
Red Schoendienst moves out on deck
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
And the delivery by Babson
There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Koufax will take his seat
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

Schoendienst leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Red is hitting at .267 on the year
He has 24 hits in 90 at bats
NL Post WWII's leadoff hitter...
Red has scored 15 runs on the season
Babson has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it to the plate
There's a foul into the chest
protector of Hays
. . . Schoendienst back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It's in on the wrists
Red tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Babson walks him

Roberto Clemente, the NL Post
WWII right fielder,
steps into the batter's box
NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
The outfield shades towards
left for Clemente
Clemente awaits the delivery
The righthander Babson's delivery
Hit on the ground to first
Potpie flips to Babson covering
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 3 and
7 in their last ten games

Stan Gunner is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Gunner is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
The umpire says let's go
Gunner is ready
With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch
Curve ball...
Gunner swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
So one up and one gone

All Stars' catcher Hays
is up next
Harry is hitting at .347 on the year
He has 94 hits in 271 at bats
This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples
12 home runs and 34 RBI's
Hays tells the umpire he's ready
The southpaw's 1-1 delivery
Hays gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Banks into the outfield...
Base hit for Hays

Hays at first, one away
Fouts is ready for the pitch
Koufax gets the sign from Bench
He is 3rd in the league in strike outs
He has 183 on the season
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
The Whiff!
Koufax punches Fouts out!
Two down

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Brian Babson waits on deck
Nights is at .277 on the season
Koufax squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Koufax goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Hays
Fires to Cepeda...
Hays is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Koufax comes home
Ground ball to short
Banks grabs it
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2

As we get ready to start
the top of the 3rd
Aaron is talking to Hays
Aaron is batting .314 with
42 round trippers in 1900
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it home
Big breaking ball...
Aaron swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Gunner is at the warning track...
He waits...
Stan you can tell that one Goodbye!
Number 43 on the year for Hank Aaron

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Willie Mays
Mays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Babson
Brian is ready
Babson rocks and fires
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Babson punches him out!
That's one away

Mathews settles in at the plate
Against righthanders
Mathews is hitting .294
Mathews gets ready for Babson's pitch
His bat is cocked
Now the delivery, here is is...
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for Brian Babson today
150 on the year
Two men gone, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads by 3

Banks coming up for NL Post WWII
Nobody on, two away
The right-hander Babson is
set to deliver to Banks
And the cripple pitch...
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into center by Banks
That's 2 hits for Banks this game

Walking up to the plate now is Bench
NL Post WWII leading in the game
Bench is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .242 on the year
Bench is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Banks dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
There's a Texas Leaguer in
front of Stan Gunner
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
That retires the side
The Post-Nationals score
1 run in the inning
After 2 and a half innings, NL
Post WWII on top 4 to 1

Babson, the All Stars pitcher,
will step in to start things off
He is no breather for opposing pitchers
Babson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Koufax
Koufax is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Koufax gets the sign from Bench
The lefthander Koufax delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bench fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Babson
One up, one down for FOFC

Planting his right foot
Blade is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Blade
Barrett is batting at .266
with 3 home runs
He is 0 for 1 so far today
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Koufax
Koufax fires
Blade hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Mathews dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Blade reaches on a sizzling single to left
A nice try by the third baseman,
Eddie Mathews

A. J. Tucker is the next batter
in the bottom of the 3rd
FOFC continues to trail NL Post WWII
Tucker has a .333 average
against lefthanders
He is .297 overall
Tucker waits patiently
The southpaw Koufax's delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Tucker didn't like it

Gerald Gazelle is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Gazelle is 1 for 1 today
Koufax is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Koufax will try to get Gazelle
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Gazelle will take his seat
That's out number two
Post-Nationals' pitching
coach, Johnny Podres,
is out to talk with Koufax
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Jeeberoni Potpie, the All Stars'
first baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs
Potpie is taking his practice swings
Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 this afternoon
The bat is cocked
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
And a quick throw to first by Koufax
But Tucker is back easily...
Now to the plate... low, ball four...
That loads 'em up

FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner is 0 for 1 today
Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The lefthander Koufax comes home with it
Bouncer to second
Taken by Schoendienst
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
And that's the final out of the inning
NL Post WWII has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 men on base today

Brian Babson, out there
on the mound for FOFC
prepares to face Orlando Cepeda
to get the 4th inning underway
here in FOFC Stadium
Cepeda goes through his routine
of settling in
Cepeda is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
There's a liner over short
Solidly stroked by Cepeda...
Would you look at that!
Nights leaped two stories into the air
and robbed Cepeda of a sure base hit
Orlando is disgusted...
but tips his hat to Nights just the same
That ball had base hit written all over it
With one down, up next is Sandy Koufax
To be followed by Red Schoendienst

And it brings up Sandy Koufax
On deck is Red Schoendienst
Roberto Clemente in the hole
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
Koufax waits
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
And Koufax will sit down...
strike three called
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Babson
Red Schoendienst will be next up...

Schoendienst is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Schoendienst has a .267 average against
righthanders this season
Babson eyes Schoendienst intently
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 3 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
NL Post WWII leads 4 to 1

Here's Harry Hays leading off
Dan Fouts is on deck
And Jeff Nights is in the hole
Hays steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
He's ready for the delivery
The 2-2 offering...
Changeup down low...
Hays makes contact and hits
one out to center
Willie Mays is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Koufax
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 4th

Dan Fouts makes his way to home plate
Fouts wiggles the bat above his head
All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sharp breaking curveball...
Fouts reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Cepeda at first!
Fouts is out easily
Two down
Sandy Koufax retires
the first two batters in order

Up now for FOFC is Nights
Two away, nobody on
Nights is 0 for 1 today,
with no strike outs
Sandy Koufax steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Ground ball to the left side...
Banks scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 innings,
NL Post WWII has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 3

Clemente is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Clemente is 0 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Babson kicks and delivers
Clemente swings hard...
But he was fooled on the pitch
Nubs it off the fists
It's dribbling toward third
Fouts charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Sidearms it to first...
Clemente beats it out by a whisker
It was a bleeder...
Clemente's speed got him a hit on that one
Looks good in tommorrow's box score
He'll take it

Here's the 6', 180 lbs. "Hammerin' Hank"
coming up to bat
Hank Aaron will step in to face Babson
He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 3 RBI's
Babson looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Brian has got to be a little concerned
with Aaron up there as the
NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this afternoon
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks at Clemente...
He fires one to Potpie...
Clemente dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Babson comes home
Aaron hits a roller to Dan Fouts
Fouts comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Potpie can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Fouts
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Willie Mays is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Willie is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon
He's batting .305 on the season
Mays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-2 offering
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
So we have one out now for NL Post WWII
2 runners on board
as Eddie Mathews rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

Walking up to the plate now is Mathews
Ernie Banks waits on deck
Mathews is batting .301 with
39 homers this year
Eddie steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
Stroked to first
Clean single for Mathews
NL Post WWII adds to their lead
NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1

Now here's Banks
Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes
Babson checks the runners
Hit on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Throw to second for one
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 5th
One run, 2 hits, one error
and one man left on base
After 4 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII leads by 4

Sean Treacy will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Koufax adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bench
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Treacy hits a three hopper
towards Red Schoendienst
Schoendienst scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is still in
the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Walking up now to the plate is Blade
Blade is 1 for 2 today,
with no strike outs
Koufax is ready quickly
Koufax goes into his windup
Here it comes
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Tucker steps in
Blade's trying to rattle Sandy Koufax
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
NL Post WWII is set up for two
Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Fastball down low...
Tucker swings and hits one out to center
Willie Mays is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Koufax
Blade trots back to first
NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 1 with
two away this inning

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
Sandy Koufax still on the mound
for the Post-Nationals...
Koufax has gone the distance so far
He's given up 4 hits in 4 2/3 innings
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!
Cepeda tosses it back to Koufax
Now here's the pitch
Fastball, at the letters...
Gazelle crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Mays running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 25 for Gazelle this year!

Potpie saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Koufax asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
It's a full count...
Koufax winds and fires...
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
That's all for the All Stars
in the 5th inning
They get 2 runs across
At the end of five...
It's Post-Nationals 5, FOFC 3

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8/6 Radio Broadcast Continued

Bench saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Bench's bat has been very quiet
so far this season
In 398 at bats, he is only batting .241
He's also strikeout prone
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Fozborg throws the 3-2 pitch
Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Fozborg gets the first out in the inning

"The Baby Bull" is making
his way to the plate
Sirr Fozborg on in relief
for the All Stars
We're in the top of the 6th
Fozborg is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Swung on and drilled into right
Gazelle going back...
The ball is over his head
And there's Cepeda around first base
heading for second
Gazelle chases down the ball, throws...
It's on the money...
The slide...
SAFE!...
Cepeda has himself a double
That's 11 doubles for Cepeda on the year
That made it 314 feet to
the right field corner
It bounced off the 10 foot high fence
just left of the foul pole

Sandy Koufax steps into the box
Koufax a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Fozborg
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The righthander Fozborg delivers
There's a ball in front of the plate...
Hays gets in front to block it...
But it's off his mitt to his left
Cepeda is off for third base...
Hays picks up the ball and from his knees
Whips it to Fouts...
Cepeda slides...
SAFE!!
Score it a wild pitch on Sirr Fozborg

Sandy Koufax steps into the box
Before getting ready
Koufax checks out the defensive alignment
After getting set, Koufax
waits on the pitch
Cepeda is dancing off third
Fozborg is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Fastball off Hays' mitt
Rolls all the way to the backstop
Hays is after it... but the run will score
No throw...
Looked like Hays was crossed-up
on the pitch
Score it a passed ball on Hays

Sandy Koufax steps into the box
We'll see how they pitch to Koufax
Sandy is ready for the delivery
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Koufax is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Walking up to the plate
now is Schoendienst
Roberto Clemente waits on deck
Red is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon
He lined out in his last plate appearance
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Schoendienst swings...
Hits the fastball on the ground...
Down the line at first...
Potpie trying to backhand it...
Can't get a glove on it
It's into right field for a hit

Roberto Clemente, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Gunner one hands it...
Clemente is retired... and
so is NL Post WWII
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 5 and a half innings
NL Post WWII has 6 runs,
9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Palmer will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 6th
FOFC's fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Palmer goes through his routine
of settling in
The left-hander Koufax is now ready
The pitch is on the way
A hot shot on the ground to Banks
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Palmer is out
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Hays steps into the batter's box
Bench flashes the sign to Koufax
And the delivery by Koufax
Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Dan Fouts, third baseman for the All Stars
is up next
Fouts steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Sandy gets the sign from Bench
Now ready, here it is...
Fouts rips the curve to left-center...
Aaron racing back to the fence...
He leaps up for the drive...
Can't quite get it!!...
Fouts around first...
Aaron quickly runs it down
Fires a strong throw...
Off the mark..
Fouts makes it easily into second
That's a double for Fouts

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Jeff steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Koufax's pitch
Koufax brings it to the plate
That's a major league pop up!
Banks grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
That's all for the All Stars...
After 6 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3

The big guns are due up for NL Post WWII
Aaron will lead it off
He will be followed by Willie
Mays and Eddie Mathews
Hank Aaron will be up next...
He is 2 for 3 on the afternoon
Aaron has also smacked out 2 home runs!
This impressive display of power
has been good for 3 RBI's
Rodney looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
James has got to be a little concerned
with Aaron up there as the
NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this afternoon
The righthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
Aaron swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
NL Post WWII with one away
Rodney steps off the mound as
he waits for Willie Mays to
come to the plate

Willie Mays will face Rodney
Righty against righty
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
Mays concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The righthander Rodney delivers
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Mays is retired on a fairly deep fly
One more chance for NL Post WWII
in the top of the 7th

Walking slowly up for NL
Post WWII is Mathews

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Mathews swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Rodney
Mathews waiting on the delivery
Rodney rocks and fires
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Mathews hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

The Dallas-born power hitting,
Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate
Rodney likes the sign
Rodney brings it to the plate
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Pre WWII and Caribbean
are all knotted at 3
Frisch has hit his 7th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Negro League I is embarrassing
AL Pre WWII 8 to 0
Paige enjoying the big Negro League I lead
Dead Ball Era toppling AL Post WWII 7 to 0
Japanese League slipping
by Left Outs 3 to 1
Sugishita battling Wynn
Turn of Century besting Negro
League II 5 to 0
Old Timers is edging Late 20th 4 to 3
Brouthers has hit his 7th
homerun for Old Timers
And right here in FOFC NL
Post WWII on top 6 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Here's the left fielder Ton
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Ton has 10 doubles this year
Ton waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Ton starts... but lays off
the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Koufax walks him

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Blade
Blade taps the plate
Looks to Dick Howser for the sign
Blade is set for the pitch
Now Sandy delivers
Blade is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position

Settling in at the plate is Tucker
So far this year Tucker is batting .296
He has 19 doubles, 8 triples
7 homeruns with 53 RBI's
and 17 stolen bases
Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign
Now he's ready
The lefthander Koufax delivers
Tucker golfs a shot into shallow center
Mays is coming hard...
He dives...
Beautiful catch!
Ton retreats quickly to first
A. J. kicks the dirt in disbelief
Two down
Due up next is Gerald Gazelle
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Gazelle is up next
Two out with Ton at first
Gazelle is 2 for 3 today,
with 1 strike outs
Koufax asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Here's the 2-1 offering
Gazelle sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron
Aaron gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium left
Koufax gets the last out here
in the home half of the 7th
The All Stars strand 1
NL Post WWII still leads 6-3

Bench leading off
Bench is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting only .241 so far this year
At 1 for 3 in this game
He grounded out in his last at bat
Johnny steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
Here's the windup and the
2 strike delivery
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Bench was frozen on that
fastball by Rodney
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch

While Sandy Koufax heads
for the on deck circle
Orlando Cepeda makes his way to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Cepeda
He's 1 for 3 today
Waiting for the pitch is Cepeda
Rodney's into his windup... the pitch
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Cepeda!
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 8th

Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Billy Williams steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Rodney
Williams is batting .201 on the year
He has 4 round trippers and 21 RBI's

Here's Billy Williams
Billy Williams is hitting .186 this year
against righthanded pitchers
The umpire says let's go
Williams is ready
Righthander Rodney's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 72 on the season for Rodney
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII has 6 runs,
10 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 6
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 51 games this season
He has a record of 5-3
with 2 saves
His ERA stands at 3.97
NL Post WWII is making a defensive change
Schmidt will bat 5th and play third

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bench flashes the sign...
Niekro waves it off...
Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
Potpie hits a fly ball to right
Roberto Clemente camps under it
He's got it
With one down

Cepeda yells something out to Niekro
Phil nods his head

One out, nobody on base
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3 in the eighth
Here comes Deacon Palmer to face Niekro
Palmer is batting .334 with
6 round trippers in 1900
Niekro studies his sign
The pitch to Palmer...
Palmer swings and hits one down the line
It's in for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Palmer is heading for second
The ball comes in...
The slide...
The tag...
SAFE!...
A sharply hit double for Deacon Palmer

Hays gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Hays
Niekro adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Phil looks over his shoulder at Palmer
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Banks
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Hays is out
Palmer stays put
That's the second out of the inning

David Gonzalez moves in to face Niekro
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th
Niekro rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Hard ground ball into left field
David Gonzalez has a base hit
Palmer takes third

Jeff Nights will get a
crack at Niekro next
K. A. Ton would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Bench flashes the sign...
Niekro shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Niekro brings it home
He rips a grounder to second
Schoendienst comes up with it
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
The All Stars are retired
It's 6-3 as we come to the 9th

The NL Post WWII second baseman,
Schoendienst,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Roberto Clemente
And then Hank Aaron
Schoendienst is hitting
.273 against righties
Schoendienst waits for the pitch
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Schoendienst hits a pop into
short right field
Blade sprints out
Gazelle and Tucker sprint
towards the infield
Gerald Gazelle sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Clemente, the right fielder, moves
into the batter's box

NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3
1 for 3 today
Clemente looks for a sign from third
Bill Russle with the hand signals
Clemente, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Kronside
Here's the righthander's delivery
Soft liner to third
Palmer snares it for the out!
Score It: 5
One down for NL Post WWII
Hank Aaron is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Post WWII

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Post-Nationals send
their left fielder,
Hank Aaron, up to face Kronside
Good-hitting Willie Mays is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Hank looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Bill Russle flashes a series of them...
Now Aaron taps the bat on home plate
Aaron is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Schoendienst is dancing off first
Here's his delivery
Aaron takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
NL Pre WWII spanked Caribbean 8 to 3
Negro League I humbled AL Pre WWII 8 to 0
Mays takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-9
Paige the winner, he's now 13-9
Dead Ball Era ripped AL Post WWII 7 to 1
Japanese League cuffed Left Outs 4 to 1
Carlton takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-9
Sugishita the winner, he's now 3-12
Turn of Century spanked Negro
League II 5 to 0
Old Timers edged out Late 20th 6 to 5
Sutter takes the loss, his
record drops to 1-4
Keefe the winner, he's now 9-14

Schoendienst extends his
lead towards second
Inside slider... Mays ducks down...
And there goes Schoendienst!
Hays has the pitch
And here's the overhand throw...
Late throw by Hays...
No chance to get Schoendienst
sliding in safely

Willie Mays steps into the box
A base hit should score Schoendienst
Before the game Kronside said he
really enjoyed watching Mays hit
He did admit, however, pitching
to Willie quickly dimmed his enthusiasm
Kronside looks back towards second...

The pitch
High and away
Ball four

Mike Schmidt is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Schmidt is batting .233 with
11 homers this year
The bat is cocked
Kronside brings it to the plate
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Schmidt was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
That's it here in the top of the 9th
It's 6-3 in favor of
the visitors from NL Post WWII
We'll be back in just a moment

The left fielder Ton
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3
Niekro toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bench
He brings it home
Curve in the dirt... and Ton holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Bench appeals to first
Appeal fails
Ton will take first on the walk
That's 2 walks today for Ton

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
On-deck is A. J. Tucker...
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Ton takes his lead
Niekro steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Niekro goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ton
He lobs one to Cepeda...
Ton is back easily
We're ready again
Now Niekro comes home
Blade hits a three hopper
towards Mike Schmidt
Schmidt scoops it and fires
it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
And there's two away

Niekro looks down at Tucker as he steps in
A. J. is ready to go
Tucker grips the bat handle
Now set, Tucker waits for the pitch
Niekro's 2 strike pitch...
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bench
Tucker was badly fooled by Niekro's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 6 to 3
Koufax gets credit for the win
Niekro notches the save
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Hank Aaron
He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

[Breeze]

8/6 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/6/1900

Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 2 0 .280 B.Blade 2B 5 1 2 0 .269
R.Clemente RF 4 2 1 0 .328 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .295
H.Aaron LF 5 2 2 3 .313 G.Gazelle RF 4 2 2 3 .276
W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .304 J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .292
E.Mathews 3B 4 0 2 1 .305 S.Gunner LF 2 0 0 0 .257
E-M.Schmidt 3B 1 0 0 0 .231 B-D.Palmer PH,3B 2 0 1 0 .336
E.Banks SS 4 1 2 0 .284 H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .345
J.Bench C 4 0 1 1 .240 D.Fouts 3B 3 0 1 0 .275
O.Cepeda 1B 4 1 1 0 .278 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Koufax P 3 0 0 0 .068 F-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 0 .301
D-B.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .200 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .275
B.Babson P 1 0 0 0 .082
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .263
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-K.Ton LF 0 0 0 0 .313
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 6 11 5 Totals 34 3 8 3

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gunner In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fozborg In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mathews In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning

Post-Nationals.. 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 11 0
All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1

Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Koufax WIN(12-3) 7 6 3 3 3 6 2 119 3.48
P.Niekro SAVE(3rd) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 26 3.87
Totals 9 8 3 3 4 7 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(10-11) 5 7 5 5 2 4 2 93 3.68
S.Fozborg 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 25 4.10
J.Rodney 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 25 3.06
J.Kronside 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 2.52
Totals 9 11 6 6 3 10 2

ATTENDANCE- 49,419 DATE- Monday, August 6th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 8 All Stars: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- D.Fouts
DOUBLES- E.Banks(24th), J.Bench(17th), O.Cepeda(11th), D.Palmer(19th),
D.Fouts(9th)
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron-2(43rd), G.Gazelle-2(25th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Schoendienst(1st)
WALKS- R.Schoendienst, R.Clemente, W.Mays, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, K.Ton-2
STRIKE OUTS- H.Aaron, W.Mays, E.Mathews, M.Schmidt, J.Bench, O.Cepeda,
S.Koufax-3, B.Williams, B.Blade, A.Tucker, G.Gazelle, J.Potpie,
S.Gunner, D.Fouts, B.Babson
GIDP- E.Banks, B.Blade
WILD PITCHES- S.Fozborg
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays

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8/6 Post Game Press Conference

I walk in and sit down, and before I can say anything Lou fires off a question...

Lou, "Your win streak ends at 11, but you have to be feeling good about the team right now?"

"Lou, I'm feeling good right now. Win streaks are good for confidence, it's always nice when you win a series against a team as good as the NL Posters, and a 5 and a half game lead sure beats a 1 game lead or a 1 game back situation. But let's be honest. We are a long way from the finish line, and things can change quickly. For instance. while we opened a lead, we also turn around and play the Negro League 1 team, and the NL Posters get to match up with the Japanese All-Stars. There is a huge difference in the level of competition there. If they sweep and we get swept, then our lead is gone and it is back to nail biting time."

"You couldn't pull this one out," Dan Reader...states or asks...I'm not sure.

"Um, nope, we didn't. We had some opportunities, but we just didn't get the timely hit or make the clutch pitch we needed to."

Hack Jobb, "Benton, what do you think needs to happen down the stretch to hold off the NL Post War team?"

"We have to keep pitching well first and foremost. The guys really turned it around recently and they have been giving us quality starts. If that continues well have a chance to win each time out. The hitting has been solid most of the year, and hopefully that will keep up."

Jobb follows up, "How good do you think you need to play?"

"I'm not sure I follow." I express...

Jobb clarifying, "Do you thing .500 ball will be enough to get to the series?"

"Oh, now I see...you know, I'm not sure. I haven't really thought about it. We have about 28 games left. If we go 14 - 14, then the Posters would have to win 20 and only drop 8...yeah, .500 might be enough, but I'd prefer that we not settle for .500 ball."

Tom McCarver, "Benton, why start the left handed hitting Gunner against a strong lefty starter like Koufax, when you had KA Ton and Persimmon on the bench."

"Actually, we were scheduled to give Pflaggsettler a day off, and Ton was going to start, but he wasn't feeling well at the beginning of the game, so we stuck Gunner in. We could have gone with Tracey, but Gunner is much better defensively, and I wanted to give Babson all the support in the field I could. We ended up sticking Ton in once he started to perk up."

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8/7 Radio Broadcast - Game 122

It's just about time for baseball!
Welcome baseball fans from
around the country
The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
takes great pleasure in presenting you
this evening's contest between visiting
FOFC and Negro League I
Hilton Smith will be on the
mound for the Ones
He currently has a fine 15 and 5 record
This will be his 24th start...
7 have been completed
In his 177 innings, he has struck out 79
He will go up against FOFC's Al Mighty
Mighty is at 7 and 7
with a 3.62 ERA
Barrett Blade, FOFC's second
baseman, will lead-off
He has earned this slot
with a fine .361 OBP
A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
We'll be right back!
Here's the 2-1 offering
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Dandridge is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
That's one away

Pounding the plate with his bat
Tucker awaits the pitch
Tucker goes through his routine
of settling in
Tucker waits
Now the delivery, here is is...
Shallow fly ball
Torriente charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Tucker stops at first
That's a single

Apparently not afraid of Smith
Tucker stretches out to his lead
Excellent lead...
The slider from Smith...
Tucker takes off on the pitch!...
Fastball at the belt...
The peg down...
Dihigo slaps a high tag on Tucker...
He's called SAFE
WOW is Dihigo upset with that call!

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
One out, man on second
Smith eyes Potpie intently
Hilton looks over his shoulder at Tucker
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Curveball, in and low
Potpie hits it to Leonard at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Tucker is now perched over at third
That's two away

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler scuffs up the
lines around the box
Right-hander Smith prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
The pitch is on the way
Bounced past the mound
Taken by Wells
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler!
Tucker scores from third!

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Hays
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Smith is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Smith's righthanded delivery...
Base hit to right for Hays
Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning
Pflaggstettler to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Hays at first

Gunner is up now for FOFC
Gunner is at .257 on the season
Right-hander Smith eyes the lefty Gunner
Hilton is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Pflaggstettler,
now at Hays

Now the pitch
Screaming liner towards second
Dihigo leaps
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 1st
They leave two runners stranded
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has no runs,
no hits and no errors

FOFC has taken the field
In the home-half of the first inning

Let's take a moment
To line up the visitors' defense...
In leftfield for FOFC this
evening is Gunner...
with Tucker in center and
Pflaggstettler in right
Around the diamond, from third to first
It's Palmer, Nights, Blade and Potpie...

The battery consists of
Mighty on the mound
and Hays behind the plate...

First batter for the Ones
will be Cool Papa Bell
Bell, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the lefty Al Mighty
Bell waits for the delivery
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
Bell hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's one away

Planting his right foot
Dandridge is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Dandridge
Ray tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt
Now checks with the coach at third
Dandridge tells the umpire he's ready
Here's his delivery
Swung on and sliced down the line
Blade runs over
He's near the dugout steps
Reaches in...
The ball bounces into the dugout
. . . Dandridge back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Dandridge rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Dandridge is around first,
heading for two...
Pflaggstettler is up with it
and fires it in quickly
Ray pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the Negro
League I third baseman
Ray also ups his hitting
streak to 11 games!
That is Dandridge's 1st hit today

Charleston strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Charleston is at .283 on the season
Mighty has the sign from Hays
Mighty brings it home
Routine fly to center
Tucker starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Dandridge scampers back to second
Two down

And the batter is Josh Gibson
Buck Leonard is on-deck
The FOFC outfield is playing Gibson
almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Mighty on the mound
it is understandable
Gibson readies himself for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Big motion...
Gibson is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty pulled the string on him
Al Mighty holds the Ones
scoreless in the first

Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Smith steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Smith kicks and fires
There's a fly ball to Cristobal Torriente
Torriente circles under it...
He makes the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
have yet to score
Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling
Dead Ball Era is edging Negro
League II 1 to 0
Walsh and Holland currently dueling
AL Post WWII with the lead over
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Newhouser comfortably ahead
for AL Post WWII
Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1
Welch battling Lemon
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Caribbean is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Tiant Jr. battling Glavine
And in our contest FOFC ahead 1 to 0

The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Hilton rocks and fires
Slow ground ball
Wells is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down

Walking up to the plate now is Mighty
Barrett Blade waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Mighty at the plate
Mighty gets set for the pitch
Smith goes into his windup
And here's the 1-2 offering
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Mighty gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Dihigo grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Leading off for the Ones
is the first baseman Leonard
He'll be followed by Willie Wells
And then Cristobal Torriente
Leonard is batting .285 with
20 round trippers in 1900
Set now is Leonard
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch
Hit hard to the right of Nights...
And it's caught in the air
by a diving Palmer!
One gone for Negro League I

Wells is up next
One gone, bottom of the 2nd
Cristobal Torriente moves out on deck
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Al delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Wells holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
Two down
Al Mighty retires
the first two batters in order

Negro League I right fielder, Cristobal
Torriente, is up next
Torriente a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Mighty
A battle of lefties...
Torriente gets ready for Mighty's pitch
His bat is cocked
The pitch to Torriente...
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Torriente is out
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still FOFC 1, Ones 0

The FOFC second baseman, Blade,
will lead off
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Barrett seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Smith winds and delivers
The 0-2 pitch
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Blade watches it go by
for the third strike
One up, one down

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
A. J. has 1 of All Stars' 3 hits
The Ones' pitching has been tough
Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign
Now he's ready
With a 0-2 count... here's the pitch
It's a Texas Leaguer to center
Here comes Bell...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Tucker is on with a bloop single to center

Tucker at first, one out
Jeeberoni Potpie is ready at the plate
Potpie is hitting .288
against righthanders
He's ready for the delivery
And the delivery by Smith
Potpie chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Potpie!

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is batting .314
with 20 HR's this year
Gibson flashes the sign to Smith
Windup by Smith
And the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Dandridge...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's the second out of the inning

Slowly coming up is Hays for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 3 to 0
Harry is hitting at .348 on the year
He has 96 hits in 276 at bats
This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples
12 home runs and 34 RBI's
The bat is cocked
Smith's into the windup... the delivery
Hays hits a screamer at Willie Wells
Wells takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Leonard scoops it on one hop

Hays is out!
Nice play by Leonard
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and Negro League I still looking
to score their first run

Here's the second baseman Dihigo
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Hilton Smith
And then Cool Papa Bell
Dihigo is at .288 on the season
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Mighty brings it to the plate
Dihigo swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Palmer
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Dihigo rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Gunner gets a nice throw in to Blade

Hilton Smith is being called
back to the dugout
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yep, here comes Mule Suttles
Dusty Baker will play the
percentages as he sends
the right hand hitting Suttles
against the southpaw, Mighty
In fact, Mule is batting a splendid .303
versus lefties this season
So the decision certainly is reasonable...
We shall soon see how it works out

Suttles is up to see what he can do
Negro League I trails by 3 runs
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
Suttles steps out of the box...
Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign
Suttles is waiting on the pitch
Mighty's 1-1 pitch...
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One down for Negro League I
Cool Papa Bell is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

One on, one out
Bell walks to the batter's box
Bell, a switch-hitter, facing
the left-handed Mighty
Now set, Bell waits for the pitch
Mighty checks Dihigo on first
Now the 2 strike pitch
Swung on and missed...
Bell is down on strikes
Two gone for Negro League I

Dandridge digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
Dandridge is 1 for 1 today
Ray doubled last time around
Waiting for the pitch is Dandridge
The lefthander delivers
Dandridge hits a deep fly
ball into the alley
Tucker chases it down
The ball hits the base of the wall
399 feet from home plate
Tucker smacks the wall and
falls to the ground
A. J. is after it as Ray heads for second
Dandridge does not slow down...
He is digging for third...
Finally, Tucker has the ball...
Here's the throw...
SAFE, Dandridge slides under
the tag by Nights
Textbook hook slide
Dandridge has himself a triple
And there goes Mighty's shutout
But FOFC still leads by 2

Oscar Charleston plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
Negro League I appears set
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
The umpire says let's go
Dandridge is dancing off third
Mighty is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Charleston looks at ball four
That pitch wasn't even close...
Must have got away from Mighty
Now there are runners at the corners

Josh Gibson will get a
crack at Mighty next
Buck Leonard would be up next...
But only if Gibson can reach safely
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Mighty is slow to get ready

He has a 4.07 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Mighty checks the runners
A slider by Mighty
Gibson gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
By the way, Negro League I is 8
and 2 in their last ten games
Dusty Baker relieves starter Hilton
Smith to start the inning
Rube Foster will come on
for Negro League I...
Foster currently sports a 3-5 record
with a 5.38 ERA in 47 previous outings
He has pitched a total of 84 innings

Stan Gunner up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Gunner is at .256 on the season
Foster toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gibson
It's coming down the pike
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Gunner hits a grounder into the hole
Dihigo makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

Next up is Deacon Palmer,
the FOFC third baseman
Palmer has 19 doubles this year
Rube is ready
Foster rocks and fires
Changeup...
Ties Palmer up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
One away in the top of the 4th for FOFC

While Al Mighty heads for
the on deck circle
Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
He's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Gunner dives back in!...

SAFE!
Leonard tosses it back to Foster
Now here's the pitch
Nights hits a hot line drive at Dandridge
Ray reaches up and makes a fine catch
Gunner dives back quickly to first
Nice hit, but right at Dandridge
And there's two away

Two out, Gunner at first
Coming up is Al Mighty
Gunner will be running if it's hit
Foster rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The stretch... the 1-2 delivery
Grounded to first
Leonard to Foster covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's all for FOFC
After 3 and a half innings in Negro
League I this evening,
FOFC on top 3 to 1

Here's Leonard to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era is on top of
Negro League II 2 to 0
Baker has hit his 12th homerun
for Dead Ball Era
AL Post WWII is in front of
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Old Timers and Left Outs
are all knotted at 3
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Caribbean leads Late 20th 1 to 0
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Mighty brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a fastball
Leonard goes down swinging
And there's one away

Settling in at the plate is Wells
Wells is 0 for 1 today
Mighty steps on the rubber
Mighty quick pitches him
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Mighty
Cristobal Torriente will be next up...

Up next for the Ones
Cristobal Torriente, the right fielder...
If he gets on, Martin Dihigo
would bat next
Torriente is at .270 on the season
Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes
Here's the 0-1 pitch
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
A. J. Tucker moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Tucker grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
The Ones go down in order...
After 4 full innings,
it's 3-1 All Stars

For FOFC here in the top of the 5th,
it will be the top of the order
Barrett Blade will lead things off
A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow...
Blade is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the Negro
League I infield
Leonard is kicking the dirt at first
Dandridge is even with the bag at third
Dihigo and Wells are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Rube delivers
There's a routine pop by Blade
Wells moves under it and makes the catch
FOFC with one away
Foster steps off the mound as
he waits for A. J. Tucker to
come to the plate

One away, nobody on base
Tucker stands ready at the plate
A. J. Tucker is hitting .286 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Tucker awaits the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Tucker swings
It's a quail shot into shallow left field
Wells is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
Two down
Gibson asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gibson and Foster

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Foster next
If he gets on, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will follow
Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run
2 down, Foster ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
Foster fires
Potpie rips a high drive into left
Charleston races to the wall
Reaches up
And pulls it down for the out
Foster sets the All Stars down in order

The Ones will send
Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up
to the plate this inning
Dihigo steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Dihigo cocks his bat
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Dihigo swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty strikes out Martin Dihigo
One out
Due up next is Rube Foster

Up next for the Ones
The hometown pitcher, Rube Foster
Foster digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Mighty steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
And the cripple pitch...
Foster starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Mighty walks him

Bell finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Mighty studies his sign
We've got a full count...
Mighty winds and fires...
Base hit to left for Bell
Third base coach Bill Madlock
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Foster will stay at second

Negro League I sends the third baseman,
Ray Dandridge, up to the plate
Dandridge is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .339 on the year
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
Mighty will try to get Dandridge
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer goes left
Nights sprints to his right
It's picked by Nights who fires to first
NOT IN TIME!

Charleston leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Charleston is 0 for 1 today
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now ready, here it is...
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Potpie
Over to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 3-1
That does it for Negro League
I in the bottom of the 5th

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8/7 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leading off
Harry Hays is on deck
And Stan Gunner is in the hole
Time is called...
Pflaggstettler has asked the
ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Pflaggstettler is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
He brings it home
Routine grounder to short
Wells scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Stan Gunner is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Hays, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Stan Gunner waits on deck
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Foster
Gibson flashes the sign...
Foster waves it off...
Now he's happy
The righthander delivers
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 43 on the season for Foster
That's the second out of the inning

Up now for FOFC is Gunner
Two away, nobody on
Gunner is hitting .259 against righties
Gunner waits for the pitch
Dihigo comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Foster
The delivery
Swung on and hit on the nose to right
Torriente picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Gunner is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Deacon Palmer will face Foster
Righty against righty
Deacon steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Palmer struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 2
Palmer is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Gunner is dancing off first
Righthander Foster's delivery
Palmer hits a sharp grounder
to Willie Wells
It rolls up his arm
Wells can't find the handle
Palmer is safe on the error by Wells

Jeff Nights is up next
FOFC's shortstop finds 2 on with 2 outs
Against righthanders
Nights is hitting .266
Foster likes the sign
Rube checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Bouncer to short
Wells comes up with it
Over to second for the force
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Palmer, is out
That retires the side...
Nights fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one
error and 2 men left on base

Gibson steps to the plate
It's the bottom of the 6th
here at Black Diamond Pk
FOFC ahead 3 to 1
Josh comes to the plate batting .285
with 20 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Gibson looks very intent...
He stares down at Mighty...
Cocks his bat
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
A. J. Tucker has a chance
He grabs it on the run!
With one down, up next is Buck Leonard
To be followed by Willie Wells

Buck Leonard now up
Leonard stares out at the mound
Mighty nods, he's ready
He delivers
WATCH OUT!
Mighty has hit Leonard!

Wells comes to the plate
One out, Leonard at first
Wells has 21 doubles this year
Mighty takes the first sign
Mighty rocks and fires
A slider by Mighty
Wells gets good wood on it...
Gunner back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Next up for the Ones is
Cristobal Torriente
Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Here's the 2 strike offering
Cristobal Torriente hits
a drive to left-center
Stan Gunner is at the warning track
Reaches up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Negro League II 2 to 0
Turn of Century is edging
AL Post WWII 5 to 4
Mathewson battling Newhouser
Left Outs slipping by Old Timers 5 to 3
NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Hubbell and Hoyt currently dueling
Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3

Dan Fouts, Barrett Blade,
and A. J. Tucker are due
up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 3-1
Fouts is at .275 on the season
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
In the dirt
And Fouts holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Barrett Blade will face Foster
Righty against righty
Blade looks down at Dick
Howser to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Benton Breeze
Now he relays the signal to Blade
Blade tells the umpire he's ready
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Fouts dives back in!...
SAFE!
Leonard tosses it back to Foster
Now here's the pitch
WATCH OUT!
Blade IS BEANED!
He'll go down to first
And Fouts will move to second

Tucker looks to lay one down
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by R.Dandridge
the throw to first...
Out
Tucker gets the job done.
One down, two to go...
Rube Foster has to bear down now

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
2nd and 3rd, 1 man down
Foster is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Foster brings it home
It's inside and bounds off
the catcher's mitt
That'll be a passed ball

Dusty Baker is visiting the mound...
He decides to let Foster pitch to Potpie
Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie is at .293 on the season
Foster adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gibson
The pitch is on the way
Sinker that stays up, belt high...
Potpie goes after it...
Deep fly ball, way back...
Torriente moving under on it
He grabs it for the out
No chance for a play on the runner
Who scores for FOFC
Two gone for FOFC

Pflaggstettler pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Foster
Pflaggstettler is taking
his practice swings
Persimmon is 1 for 3 this evening
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
Fly ball to left
Charleston is under it
He makes the grab
That's it in the top of the 7th
After 6 and a half innings
in Negro League I,
FOFC on top 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Ones will send
Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up
to the plate this inning
Kronside wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Way ahead in the count
Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Dihigo hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
One down for Negro League I
Rube Foster is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

The announcer introduces Turkey Stearnes
He'll pinch hit for Rube Foster
Benton Breeze trots out
to talk to Kronside
Lefties hit Jace at a .231 clip
On the other hand...
Stearnes has a .275 average
against right handers

Making his way up is Stearnes
Kronside steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch to Stearnes...
It's a sinker, up in the strike zone
Stearnes hits it deep into the alley
Tucker is back to the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps in the air...
Just out of his reach!...
It's in for extra bases...
A. J. picks it up quickly
Spins, throws...
Not a strong throw but they have no chance
Stearnes is at second with
a stand-up double
Almost a fine play by A. J. Tucker
Well give him an "A" for effort

Bell finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Bell goes through his routine
of settling in
He cocks his bat
Bell has choked up, just
trying to make contact
He has 2 strikes on him
Kronside brings it to the plate
Bell tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Kronside took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Bell way out in front

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 7th
Here's Dandridge now up for Negro League I
On deck will be Oscar Charleston
Kronside has the sign he wants
The righthander delivers
Fastball
Ball four

Oscar Charleston is up next
The Ones' left fielder
finds 2 on with 2 outs
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Charleston is 0 for 2 today
The count is nothing and 2
Charleston has to protect the plate
Righthander Kronside's delivery
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
That is the third out for
Negro League I here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47107
Bill Foster will be coming on
to pitch for Negro League I
Bill has appeared in 37 games this season
with a record of 3-3
In 57 innings, he has an 2.06 ERA
Rube Foster has finished his work
here this evening
Negro League I's defensive changes are...
Stearnes will bat 9th and play LF

Hays is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Hays is batting .345 with
12 HR's this year
Foster likes the sign
The southpaw Foster delivers the 2-2 pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Hays goes down swinging
That's one away

Stan Gunner steps in against Foster
Left-hander against left-hander
Gunner is at .263 on the season
Foster looks down at Gibson
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
There's a fly ball to Turkey Stearnes
Stearnes circles under it...
He makes the play
FOFC on top 5 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
are deadlocked at 1
Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Negro League II 2 to 0
Walsh and Manning currently dueling
Turn of Century slipping
by AL Post WWII 6 to 4
Old Timers is giving it
to Left Outs 10 to 5
NL Pre WWII is on top of
AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Hornsby has hit his 18th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3

Kronside coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Foster looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Gibson
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Foster
Now he is ready...
The lefthander Foster comes home with it
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Kronside swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Gibson loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jace as he was heading for the dugout
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has one
run, 6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 on base
Negro League I has stranded 8

Power hitting Josh Gibson will lead off
Negro League I's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's Jace Kronside
Gibson is at .284 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Kronside
Kronside's 0-2 pitch...
Gibson is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
So one up and one gone

Leonard is up now for Negro League I
Buck is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He was hit by a pitch in his
last plate appearance
Leonard waits for the delivery
Kronside kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Leonard watches it go
by for the third strike
Leonard stood there like a bump on a log
2 strike outs for Leonard today
Two gone for Negro League I
Time is running out for them

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Wells
Wells wiggles the bat above his head
Wells is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Kronside
He's waiting for the pitch
Jace rocks and fires
Wells hits a high pop into
short left field
Fouts and Nights sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Gunner
Nights puts his glove out...
Makes a super catch in front of Gunner!!
So ends the bottom of the 8th
For Negro League I
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 8 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1

FOFC will send Nights,
Dan Fouts, and Barrett Blade to face
Bill Foster this inning
The left-hander Foster is now ready
Bill will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Foster can't get the 3-0
pitch over the plate

Nights takes a walking lead
Foster steps away from the mound
Now Nights moves back to first

At the plate is Fouts
Late in the game
FOFC up by 4
Nights takes his lead
Foster shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Nights dives back in!...

SAFE!
Leonard tosses it back to Foster
Now here's the pitch
Fouts hits a screamer at Willie Wells
Wells picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
Two down

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
We'll see how they pitch to Blade
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Foster
The Ones' hurler winds and delivers
Blade swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Dandridge and skips
out to Stearnes
Blade rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Blade returns to first
as Turkey gets a nice throw in to Dihigo

Blade watches Foster carefully
As he stretches out his lead
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Tucker now at the plate
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Tucker is 2 for 3 today, with 0 home runs
Gibson flashes the sign...
Foster waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw's 0-1 delivery
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Torriente one hands it...
Tucker is retired... and so is FOFC
The All Stars are gone in
the 9th... they get
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the bottom of the 9th...
FOFC on top 5 to 1

Cristobal Torriente is up
to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Negro
League I to get things going
Torriente is 0 for 3 today
For the season, Cristobal has 11 homers
15 doubles, and 5 triples
He has scored 41 runs
while driving in 38
Set now is Torriente
The 2-2 offering...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Torriente!
So one up and one gone

Martin Dihigo is next
Dihigo asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
O.K. Dihigo is ready
He winds and deals
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Dihigo!

Coming to the plate is Stearnes
One down and runner at first
Stearnes gets set
He's 1 for 1 so far
Stearnes waits for the pitch
Now Jace delivers
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!!
That is Turkey Stearnes' 18th
home run of the year.

The Ones are down to their last 2 outs
It will be up to Cool Papa Bell
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Cool Papa Bell swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards right-center
Tucker looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Back-to-back home runs for Negro League I!
FOFC on top 5 to 4...
That one had some distance

Now batting for Negro League I...
Jelly Gardner...
He'll pinch hit for Ray Dandridge
Gardner with a .375 average on the season

And it brings up Jelly Gardner
On deck is Bill Foster
Josh Gibson in the hole
Gardner looks down toward
the third base coach
Right-hander Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Gardner
Knowles' into the windup... the delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gardner held up, and draws a walk
Knowles isn't happy at all with that call

Dusty Baker will send up a pinch hitter
Biz Mackey steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Knowles

Here's Biz Mackey...
Negro League I has rallied back
They've scored 3 runs
and now trail FOFC by only 1
It's now 5-4, FOFC
in the bottom of the 9th
Mackey is at .300 on the season
He is hitting .278 against righties
Biz is ready for the delivery
The stretch... the delivery
Hit towards the middle
Nice play by Blade
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
And that will do it for Negro League I
FOFC wins 5 to 4
Mighty gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Smith takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League I.

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8/7 Boxscore


BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League I Ones 8/7/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ones AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .269 C.Bell CF 5 1 2 1 .355
A.Tucker CF 4 2 2 0 .297 R.Dandridge 3B 3 0 3 1 .341
J.Potpie 1B 3 1 1 3 .293 D-J.Gardner PH 0 0 0 0 .375
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 1 1 .311 O.Charleston LF 3 0 0 0 .280
H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .344 B.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .200
S.Gunner LF 4 0 2 0 .261 E-B.Mackey PH 1 0 0 0 .295
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .333 J.Gibson C 4 0 0 0 .284
J.Kronside P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Leonard 1B 3 0 0 0 .283
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.Wells SS 4 0 0 0 .311
J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .273 C.Torriente RF 4 0 0 0 .267
A.Mighty P 2 0 0 0 .096 M.Dihigo 2B 3 2 1 0 .289
B-D.Fouts PH,3B 1 1 0 0 .273 H.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .283
A-M.Suttles PH 1 0 0 0 .229
R.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .200
C-T.Stearnes PH,LF 2 1 2 2 .289
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 5 8 4 Totals 33 4 8 4

A-Pinch Hit For Smith In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Foster In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Dandridge In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Foster In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 8 0
Ones............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 8 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty WIN(8-7) 6 5 1 1 2 5 0 85 3.99
J.Kronside 2 1/3 3 3 3 1 5 2 43 2.81
S.Knowles SAVE(22nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1.68
Totals 9 8 4 4 4 10 2

Ones IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
H.Smith LOSS(15-6) 3 5 3 3 0 1 1 50 3.71
R.Foster 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 57 5.24
B.Foster 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 26 1.99
Totals 9 8 5 4 2 5 1

ATTENDANCE- 47,107 DATE- Tuesday, August 7th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Ones: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Ones: 1
ERRORS- W.Wells
DOUBLES- R.Dandridge(14th), T.Stearnes(20th)
TRIPLES- R.Dandridge(5th)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(35th), C.Bell(5th), T.Stearnes(18th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(18th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Tucker
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Potpie
WALKS- J.Nights, D.Fouts, R.Dandridge, J.Gardner, O.Charleston, R.Foster
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, B.Leonard, M.Dihigo
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, H.Hays-2, D.Palmer, J.Kronside, C.Bell-2, O.Charleston,
J.Gibson-2, B.Leonard-2, W.Wells, C.Torriente, M.Dihigo
GIDP- D.Fouts, O.Charleston, B.Mackey
PASSED BALLS- J.Gibson

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8/8 Radio Broadcast - Game 123

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Leon Day with his 8 and 3 record
Will be facing Barrett Blade

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Gibson out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Day winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Blade rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Torriente is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Cristobal Torriente
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

The center fielder, A. J.
Tucker, is up next
Tucker digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Day
Set now is Tucker
Here's his delivery
Swung on and popped up
Wells is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That's two away
Wells comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Day
Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up...

Potpie now at the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Potpie needs to get on...
He has a .370 on base percentage
After getting set, Potpie
waits on the pitch
Day brings it to the plate
It's a routine fly into left
Charleston ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Charleston grabs it for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 1st

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Ton in left...
Tucker in center...
And Pflaggstettler in right

The infield, third to first
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Williams gets the nod as starter
Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays
Negro League I center fielder, Turkey
Stearnes, will lead off
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Stearnes at the plate
Stearnes waits for the delivery
Williams' 3-2 pitch...
Stearnes slaps a hard grounder past second
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Stearnes will hold with a clean single

Ray Dandridge shows bunt
And lays it down right to Harry Hays
Hays looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Dandridge
But Stearnes moves up
Negro League I was in luck that time...
Credit Ray Dandridge with a sacrifice
And there's one away

Oscar Charleston plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
Negro League I appears set
Charleston can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Charleston waits for the pitch
The southpaw delivers
Flyball to center
it's caught
Stearnes has a chance to move up...
Stearnes is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's OUT!

The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler,
will lead off
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Pflaggstettler is batting .311
with 20 HR's this year
Day has the sign from Gibson
Day's righthanded delivery...
Slow ground ball
Wells is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Negro League I gets the first
out of the inning

K. A. Ton will face Day
Righty against righty
Ton is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
K. A. certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Day earn his salary
Ton is waiting on the pitch
Day brings it to the plate
Ton hits a fly ball to left
Oscar Charleston camps under it
He's got it
Two down

FOFC sends the catcher,
Harry Hays, up to the plate
Before getting ready
Hays checks out the defensive alignment
Hays is set
Righthander Day's delivery
Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wells...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 1 and a half innings,

Scoreless game

It's the Ones' turn at bat here
in the bottom of the 2nd
Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard,
and Willie Wells
the first three scheduled batters
to face the lefty John Williams
Here's Gibson, now...
Gibson has managed a .261 average
against lefthanders this year
John is ready
Williams goes into his windup
Here it comes
Gibson rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
One down for Negro League I
Buck Leonard is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

Negro League I first baseman,
Buck Leonard, is up next
The left-hander Williams is now ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Leonard takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Leonard is out on strikes
Two up, two down for the Ones

Nobody on, two away
Wells steps in for Negro League I
Wells steps out of the box...
Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign
Wells is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
He brings it home
He decked him!
This draws a reaction from the crowd
The umpire signals him to first
It nipped him on the arm on the way down

The Ones' right fielder is up next
Negro League I has 1 on board with 2 outs
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Williams rocks and fires
Smashed to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII and Japanese
League are scoreless
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
II are scoreless
Turn of Century and AL Post
WWII are all knotted at 1
Killebrew has hit his 23rd
homerun for AL Post WWII
Old Timers is edging Left Outs 3 to 2
Anson has hit his 5th homerun
for Old Timers
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII are scoreless
Late 20th leads Caribbean 1 to 0
And in our contest Scoreless game

FOFC will send Palmer,
Jeff Nights, and John Williams to face
Leon Day this inning
Deacon is hitting at .333 on the year
He has 107 hits in 321 at bats
This includes 19 doubles, 2 triples
6 home runs and 44 RBI's
Deacon is ready for the delivery
Leon is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Palmer hits a screamer at Leon Day
Day picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Leonard off the bag
Leonard swipes with the glove

Palmer is out!
Nice play by Leonard
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Nights steps into the batter's box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Nights looks to third for a sign
Nights is set for the pitch
Day will have to come in
with this 3-0 pitch
Here it comes...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Day can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate

One on, one out
Williams walks to the batter's box
Williams digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Day
Williams waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Bounced past the mound
Smooth pickup by Wells
Over to Leonard
Got him!
Score It: 6-3

Barrett Blade is up next
FOFC's second baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Blade is batting .268 with
3 homers this year
Blade gets set for the pitch
The righthander Day's delivery
Blade hits a grounder towards first base
Leonard fields it and tosses
to Leonard at first base
Out, no wait, he's safe
Leonard dropped the throw
Charge the error to Leonard
That's error number 1 of the
game for Negro League I

It will be Tucker to face Day
Tucker has hit 8 triples this year
Day gets the sign, it's one he likes
Day checks the runners
The Whiff!
Swung on the HIGH CHEESE!
So ends the top of the 3rd
For FOFC
No runs, no hits, one error
and 2 men left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
We're scoreless

Dihigo is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Martin will be facing the
left-handed Williams
from the right side of the plate
He has a .289 average overall
But Martin murders southpaws
with a .383 average
Dihigo readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Dihigo hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's one away

Up steps Leon Day,
the fine hitting pitcher
for Negro League I
He is no gimmee by any means for Williams
Day goes through his routine
of settling in
Day gets ready for Williams' pitch
His bat is cocked
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

Day a few feet off the bag at first
Williams steps away from the mound...
Now Day moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

Ones' center fielder Stearnes
is up next
Turkey is batting .291 with
18 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 1 today
He readies his bat
Stearnes will cut down on his swing
as he has 2 strikes on him
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Day dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Potpie calls for it
and makes the play!
As the ump signals a foul ball
Two gone for Negro League I

Here's Ray Dandridge
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
Dandridge gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to short
Nights is waving everybody off
Dandridge is retired
That's all for the Ones
After 3 innings in Negro
League I this evening,
No score

Leon Day, out there on the
mound for Negro League I
prepares to face Jeeberoni Potpie
to get the 4th inning underway
here in Black Diamond Pk
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
The righthander pitching to Potpie...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .199 average against Leon
Now Leon delivers
Potpie dribbles a roller to Leon Day
Day comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Leonard can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Day
That's error number 2 of the
game for Negro League I

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right
fielder, strides to the plate
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Day is ready quickly
Leon comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Pflaggstettler reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Gibson making the play
With one gone
FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One away, Potpie at first
Ton is coming to the plate
Negro League I is set up for two
Day peers in for the sign
Leon has allowed only 4 home runs
versus righties this year
And this is in over 107 innings
But K. A. is no ordinary hitter
Day goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Potpie
He lobs one to Leonard...
Potpie is back easily
We're ready again
Now Day comes home
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Ton gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Dihigo grabs it...
To second for one
Over to first...
OUT!
Smooth "DP" by Negro League I
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 3 and a half innings
Negro League I has no runs,
2 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Negro League I has failed to bring home 2

Here's Charleston to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
have yet to score
Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Negro League II 3 to 0
Chesbro comfortably ahead
for Dead Ball Era
Turn of Century and AL Post
WWII are deadlocked at 1
Left Outs is giving it
to Old Timers 8 to 3
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 3
Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1
And here in Negro League I Scoreless game
Remember, Negro League I
is 1st in the American
Charleston is 0 for 1 today
Oscar flied out last time around
Charleston waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
And the cripple pitch...
There's a drive to right by Charleston
Pflaggstettler scoops it up
Fires it to second
Charleston turns back and
settles for a single
Terrific play by Pflaggstettler

Here's Josh Gibson
Gibson is batting .283 with
20 HR's this year
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch
Williams' fastball is ripped toward first
Potpie can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Charleston was off and running
with the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Gibson
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Buck Leonard

Ones with runners on the corners
Leonard at bat
Leonard is one of the best hitters around
Williams is taking his time out there
Buck could write a letter
while he's waiting
Now Williams' finished fiddling around
He is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Change up, a gem...
Heeee struck him out!

Making his way up is Wells
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Wells has a .310 average against lefties
Williams has the sign he wants
He's into the stretch
Checks Gibson at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Low and outside
Ball four

Cristobal Torriente moves
in to face Williams
3 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 4th
Torriente is 0 for 1 today
There is no place for Williams
to put Torriente
He will have to give him something to hit
Williams studies his sign
The pitch to Torriente...
Torriente takes ball four
Wait a second
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
A late call
Torriente is beside himself!
He better calm down
If not..
He'll have to watch from the clubhouse
Williams needs one more out
to get out of this jam

Dihigo finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Dihigo is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Dihigo awaits the delivery
Now John delivers
Dihigo swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's all for the Ones in the 4th inning
No runs, 2 hits, no errors and
3 men left on base...
We go to the 5th...
Scoreless game

Hays saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays is at .343 on the season
Day adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gibson
The pitch is on the way
Hays sends a routine ground ball to first
Leonard takes it on one hop
Flips it to Day
Easy out
One away...
Leonard is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Dandridge also...
Now they return to their positions

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Palmer
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
Waiting for the pitch is Palmer
Leon rocks and fires
Smashed to short
Wells grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two down
Day retires two in a row

Nights walks to the plate
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Nights looks very intent...
He stares down at Day...
Cocks his bat
Dihigo comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Day
The delivery
Nights swings
It's a drooper into shallow left field
Wells is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
4 and a half innings,
Negro League I has no runs,
4 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Negro League I has stranded 5

Here's Day to lead off the inning
Before he does, lets check out how
the Ones have been playing lately
Negro League I is 7 and 3
in their last ten games
Day scuffs up the lines around the box
Leon is set for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
A sharp breaking curve...
Day was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Ton turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Leon Day can touch them all

Walking up to the plate now is Stearnes
Ray Dandridge waits on deck
Stearnes digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Williams
Stearnes tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the pitch
Stearnes starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him

Dandridge squares as Williams
delivers the pitch
Deacon Palmer charges and
picks up the bunt
He fires to first
Just in time to nail Dandridge,
the sacrifice works
One out
The Ones have a 1 run lead


Charleston strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Williams has the sign from Hays
It's coming down the pike
Fastball, up at the letters...
Charleston swings...
Skies on to deep right
Pflaggstettler racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Charleston motors easily into second
As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Stearnes scores from second!
Charleston to second

One on, one out
Coming up next is Gibson
Gibson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Now set, Gibson waits for the pitch
Williams kicks and fires
A slider by Williams
Gibson gets good wood on it...
Ton back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Williams

Buck Leonard is coming to the plate
Leonard is 0 for 2 today
John Williams is having a good year
He is 6th in wins with 12

Now Williams is looking for a sign
Williams brings it to the plate
There's a "clothes line" drive toward left
Ton quickly comes in for it...
Not going to get this one...
Now K. A. flips it to Blade at second
Charleston scores easily...
Leonard comes through in the clutch!

Wells pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Williams
Willie takes a couple of practice cuts
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.56 ERA this year
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Leonard dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Pflaggstettler one hands it...
OUT!
That retires the side
Negro League I with a 3 run lead
It's Negro League I 3
and FOFC still looking
to score their first run

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8/8 Radio Broadcast Continued

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 6th
John Williams, Barrett Blade,
and A. J. Tucker
are due up to face righthander Leon Day
John looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Williams taps the bat on home plate
Williams waiting on the delivery
The righthander delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Day put that one on the black,
a perfect pitch
While we wait for Barrett
Blade to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

NL Post WWII is edging Japanese
League 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Negro League II 3 to 0
AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 2 to 1
Hunter and Joss currently dueling
Left Outs is embarrassing
Old Timers 13 to 5
NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 6 to 5
Alexander and Faber currently dueling
Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2
Linares has hit his 18th
homerun for Caribbean
And in our matchup Negro
League I leads 3 to 0
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Barrett Blade, their second baseman
Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He reached base on an error in
his last plate appearance
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
The windup, the pitch
Blade swings very late
He pops it foul
Gibson gives chase
Here comes Dandridge
They are both at the rail...
Gibson makes the play
And there's two away

Tucker is ready to face Day
A. J. will be facing the right-handed Day
from the left side of the plate
The switch hitter is 0 for 2 today
He struck out in his last at bat
He's ready for the delivery
Day brings it to the plate
Comebacker, right to Day
Over to Leonard for the easy out
We're in the middle of the 6th
Negro League I still leads 3-0

Cristobal Torriente, Martin Dihigo, and
Leon Day are due up
Cristobal is batting .265
in 324 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Martin Dihigo
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
6th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
The lefty Williams delivers
Torriente swings hard
It's off the handle
The ball and half the bat
are heading for second
Blade makes the right choice
Scoops up the ball
Tosses to first
Cristobal is too quick!

Martin Dihigo is up next to face Williams
A tough situation to bunt as
FOFC has the corners playing way in
Dihigo looks down at Bill
Madlock to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Dusty Baker
Now he relays the signal to Dihigo
Williams is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Williams gets the sign from Hays
The lefthander delivers
Base hit to center for Dihigo
Bill Madlock puts up the stop sign...
Torriente will stay at second

Day squares
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Day gets the job done.
One down for Negro League I
Turkey Stearnes is still
in the on-deck circle
and Ray Dandridge is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Next up for the Ones is Turkey Stearnes
Stearnes looks down toward
the third base coach
Stearnes waits patiently
Now ready, here it is...
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Stearnes rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Williams looks dejected on the mound

Slowly coming up is Dandridge
for Negro League I
He is finally in the batter's box
Negro League I ahead 6 to 0
Dandridge is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
All set, Dandridge is ready for the pitch
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
Two men gone, nobody on
Negro League I leads by 6

Up now for Negro League I is Charleston
Two away, nobody on
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pay-off pitch...
Charleston really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Pflaggstettler was positioned
well and has a shot at it
Still going back...
At the warning track...
It's high off the wall
Charleston flies around first
Could get three...
Pflaggstettler plays the carom perfectly
Spins and throws back to Potpie...
Charleston with the wide turn at second
has to scramble back
Here's the throw to second...
NO DICE!
He slides in under the tag
Charleston has himself two-bagger

Gibson moseys up to the plate
Buck Leonard is heading for
the on-deck circle
Gibson has a .262 average
against lefthanders
He is .284 overall
Gibson waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
John looks over his shoulder at Charleston
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Base hit to center for Gibson
Bill Madlock is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Charleston scores!

Buck Leonard steps into the box
Leonard swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Williams
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
It's in the dirt and bounces away
Gibson heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

Buck Leonard steps into the box
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefty Williams delivers
There's a bouncer down to Nights
He fronts it...
And muffs it!
Error on Jeff Nights
He was just eaten up by that ball!

Willie Wells will get a crack
at Williams next
Cristobal Torriente would be up next...
But only if Wells can reach safely
Wells is batting .310 with
10 HR's this year
Williams likes the sign
The pitch to Wells...
Hit on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning for Negro League I
Negro League I has 7 runs,
11 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and 2 errors
They have now stranded 7 baserunners

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 7th
Jeeberoni Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and K. A. Ton
are due up to face righthander Leon Day
Potpie is batting .291 with
35 round trippers in 1900
Day is pitching a beauty here this evening
He has hung a 'horse collar'
on the FOFC hitters so far
no hits allowed so far
And Negro League I with a 7 run lead
Day brings it to the plate
Smash to second
Martin Dihigo boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 3 miscues for Negro
League I this evening

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right
fielder, strides to the plate
Pflaggstettler is at .310 on the season
Day gets ready...

We don't want to jinx him
But he hasn't allowed a hit yet
Day checks Potpie on first...
The 2 strike delivery
Persimmon Pflaggstettler hits
this one on the nose
It is going high and deep...
Stearnes is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...
GONE!
And for Day, a particularly bad way
to lose a no-hitter!
That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's
21st home run of the year.

Now here's Ton
Ton adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
K. A. is 0 for 2 this evening
Ton is set
Day is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Ton laces a hit into the outfield
Oscar Charleston picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Ton holds with a single

Hays walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Deacon Palmer moves into
the on deck circle
FOFC needs some runs
Hays is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs
Gibson flashes the sign to Day
Now Leon delivers
Swung on and missed by Hays,
he's down on strikes
One down for FOFC
Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

And the batter is Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights is on-deck
Palmer is batting .331 with
6 HR's this year
And Leon studies the sign from Gibson...
Now he's got it
Day brings it to the plate
Palmer hits a screamer at Ray Dandridge
Dandridge picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 6 and a half innings, Negro
League I ahead 7 to 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Cristobal Torriente up first
for Negro League I
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the windup... and the pitch
There's a check swing by Torriente
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Harry Hays makes the catch
against the stands
One gone for Negro League I

Martin Dihigo will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Dihigo is hitting .248 against righties
Owen Hunter on in relief of John Williams
And the delivery by Hunter
Right down the middle... strike three
Dihigo must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
One more chance for Negro
League I this inning

The pitcher, Day, is ready to bat
Negro League I ahead 7 to 2
in the bottom of the 7th
We'll see how they pitch to Day
Owen is ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Day...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Nights made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Day watches Hunter carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Day breaks for second on the slider
Here's the peg...
SAFE...
Day is in there with a pop-up slide!
The throw a bit too late

Turkey Stearnes steps into the box
Hunter is happy with the sign
Hunter fires
Hard ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for
Negro League I here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46056

Here's the shortstop Nights
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Owen Hunter
And then Barrett Blade
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights readies himself for the pitch
Leon winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Gibson calls for it
and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
FOFC with one away
Day steps off the mound as
he waits for Owen Hunter to
come to the plate

Treacy is up now for FOFC
Sean takes a couple of practice cuts
Treacy gets set for the pitch
The righthander Day's delivery
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Treacy gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Leonard grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Treacy for the out
Two down
Gibson asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gibson and Day

Next up is Barrett Blade, the
FOFC second baseman...
If he gets on, A. J. Tucker would bat next
Barrett is hitting at .267 on the year
He has 92 hits in 345 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
51 runs this year
Leon gets the sign from Gibson
It's coming down the pike
Grounded towards the bag
Leonard to Day covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
7 and a half innings,
Negro League I has 7 runs,
12 hits and 3 errors
While FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Negro League I has stranded 9

Here's Ray Dandridge leading off
Oscar Charleston is on deck
And Josh Gibson is in the hole
Dandridge grips the bat handle
Dandridge waits for the delivery
We've got a full count...
Fozborg winds and fires...
Sinking fastball...
Dandridge swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So one up and one gone

Coming up for Negro League
I is Oscar Charleston
Nobody on base, one out
We're in the bottom of the 8th
Fozborg eyes Charleston intently
The righthander Fozborg delivers
Charleston pounds a grounder
toward Palmer at third
Deacon moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Palmer stayed with it
Over to first and Charleston is retired
Nice play by the FOFC third baseman
That's the second out of the inning

The 6'1", 215 pound Josh Gibson is up next
Gibson is known for his awesome power
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Fozborg comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Gibson
As he swings right through
it for strike three
That's all for the Ones
No runs, no hits and no errors...
At the end of eight full innings...
Negro League I leads 7 to 2

The FOFC center fielder, Tucker,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Tucker is batting .295 with
7 HR's this year
Day studies his sign
Day's righthanded delivery...
Slow ground ball
Dihigo is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
So one up and one gone

Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Day
He's ready
Leon rocks and fires
Jeeberoni Potpie swings
It's a line drive...
Sizzles past Wells into left...
Base hit for Potpie...
Charleston is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Potpie is on with a sharp single

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Day
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Day needs to come in with this one
Grounded towards the middle
Wells grabs it
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
Pflaggstettler has himself an infield hit
Potpie takes second

One away, Pflaggstettler at
first, Potpie at second
Ton steps into the batter's box
Ton is 1 for 3 today, with 0 home runs
Leon looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Day brings it home
Hot shot grounded into right field
Base hit for Ton
Potpie scores from second!
Pflaggstettler takes third

There is going to be a change in pitchers
Leon Day will hit the showers
Rube Foster will be coming on in relief
We are in the top of the 9th
here at Black Diamond Pk
Negro League I leads 7 to 3

So with 2 on and 1 out
the All Stars send their catcher,
Harry Hays, up to face Foster
Good-hitting Deacon Palmer is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Hays is 0 for 3 today
For the season, Harry has 12 homers
5 doubles, and 3 triples
He has scored 37 runs
while driving in 34
The umpire says let's go
Hays is ready
Here's the 1-2 pitch
Hays drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Double for Hays

While Jeff Nights heads for
the on deck circle
Deacon Palmer makes his way to the plate
Palmer is at .330 on the season
Palmer waiting on the delivery
Righthander Foster's delivery
Base hit to left for Palmer
Ton scores
Dick Howser wisely holds
the runner at third...
Runner holds.

Webster McDonald is still warming
up in the bullpen
He has been up throwing softly before
Now he is all business
With the go-ahead run at the plate
it looks like Dusty Baker is
about to make a change
Yes, here he comes...
So that will be all for Rube Foster
He will be heading for the showers
McDonald is on his way to the
mound for Negro League I
They still have a 2 run lead
but FOFC is obviously threatening
here in the top of the 9th
It will be McDonald's job
to put out the fire

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Sirr Fozborg waits on deck
Men on 1st and 3rd
McDonald adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
A check on the runners... the pitch
Dribbler to third
Taken by Dandridge
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Hays scores from third!
The runner on first, Palmer, is out
Negro League I on top 7 to 6
with two away this inning

Batting for FOFC will be Gonzalez
Webster peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a duck snort in front
of Cristobal Torriente
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
And that will do it for FOFC
Negro League I wins 7 to 6
Day gets credit for the win
McDonald notches the save
Williams takes the loss
The hitting star for Negro League I
was Turkey Stearnes
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League I.

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8/8 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League I Ones 8/8/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ones AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .266 T.Stearnes CF 4 2 2 3 .291
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .294 R.Dandridge 3B 3 0 0 0 .337
J.Potpie 1B 4 2 1 0 .292 O.Charleston LF 5 2 2 0 .282
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 2 2 2 .313 J.Gibson C 5 0 2 1 .285
K.Ton LF 4 1 2 1 .318 B.Leonard 1B 4 0 1 1 .283
H.Hays C 4 1 1 1 .343 W.Wells SS 2 0 0 0 .309
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 1 1 .332 C.Torriente RF 4 1 1 0 .267
J.Nights SS 3 0 0 1 .271 M.Dihigo 2B 4 1 1 0 .288
J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .130 L.Day P 3 1 3 1 .216
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 R.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .200
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .261 W.McDonald P 0 0 0 0 .333
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .298
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 6 7 6 Totals 34 7 12 6

A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 - 6 7 2
Ones............ 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 - 7 12 3

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams LOSS(12-3) 6 1/3 11 7 5 2 3 2 128 3.76
O.Hunter 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 5.59
S.Fozborg 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.06
Totals 8 12 7 5 2 5 2

Ones IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Day WIN(9-3) 8 1/3 5 5 4 1 3 1 108 3.78
R.Foster 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 5.34
W.McDonald SAVE(22nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.84
Totals 9 7 6 5 1 3 1

ATTENDANCE- 46,056 DATE- Wednesday, August 8th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 3 Ones: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Ones: 2
ERRORS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Nights, B.Leonard, M.Dihigo, L.Day
DOUBLES- H.Hays(6th), O.Charleston(11th)
HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(21st), T.Stearnes(19th), L.Day(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Day
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Dandridge-2, L.Day
WALKS- J.Nights, T.Stearnes, W.Wells
HIT BY PITCH- W.Wells
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker, H.Hays, J.Williams, J.Gibson, B.Leonard-2, C.Torriente,
M.Dihigo
GIDP- K.Ton, D.Palmer
WILD PITCHES- J.Williams

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All,

I'm going out of town on business for a couple of days, so this won't be updated each day like it was (as I won't have access to my PC). When I return I'll start posting again and I'll get the thread caught up to where the day of the month matches up again.

Thanks for reading along...

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Have a swim meet this weekend, but am still going to try and get caught up to where the day of the month in this dynasty matches the actual day of the month...

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8/9 Radio Broadcast - Game 124

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Turn of Century
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Jim O'Rourke to lead it off
for Turn of Century
Nielsen rocks and fires
O'Rourke swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Jim O'Rourke
One down for Turn of Century
Jesse Burkett is still in
the on-deck circle
and Joe Kelley is looking
for a bat in the dugout

One out, nobody on base
Jesse Burkett is the batter
Burkett is at .319 on the season
Jesse stands with bat ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the second out of the inning

Kelley is up now for Turn of Century
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The southpaw delivers
Sinking fastball...
Kelley swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's three outs, side retired

As Barrett Blade steps in to lead off
FOFC's half of the first
Let me set up the defense
for Turn of Century
Young's battery mate is O'Rourke
Around the horn from first to third
Kelley at first, Lajoie at second,
Collins the third sacker
Wagner will be playing short
Crawford, Flick and Burkett
will patrol the outfield
from left to right

Blade, FOFC's second baseman, steps in
Blade is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Barrett certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Young earn his salary
The umpire says let's go
Blade is ready
The righthander Young's delivery
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Lajoie is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
So one up and one gone

Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Watching Young, Tucker wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Tucker waits
Young's 0-2 pitch...
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Tucker
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Flick
Tucker has himself a single

Tucker watches Young carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Young continues to hold the runner close

Pflaggstettler up
The All Stars have Tucker on first
Pflaggstettler looks down toward the
third base coach, Dick Howser
Cy peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
There goes Tucker...
And it's ball four...
Tucker pulls up and walks into second

Potpie now at the plate
Harry Hays waits on deck
Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts
Cy is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Young is really bringing it
AND HE BRINGS IT RIGHT INTO Potpie's EAR!
HOLY MANOLI!
Potpie is on the ground but
is moving slightly
Now he's up... and is helped down to first
That loads 'em up for Harry Hays

That will bring up catcher, Harry Hays
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Young
Young studies his sign
Young checks the runners
Base hit to left for Hays
Tucker scores
Dick Howser is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Pflaggstettler scores!

Hays at first, Potpie at second, one out
Gunner is now at bat
Stan is batting .261 in
218 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Deacon Palmer
Gunner looks very intent...
He stares down at Young...
Cocks his bat
Cy checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Driven down the line
Burkett trying to track it down
HE MAKES A BEAUTIFUL CATCH!
Excellent play by Burkett!
Score It: 9
FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with
two away this inning

So FOFC has something going here
in the bottom of the 1st
2 on with 2 runs in
Righthanded Deacon Palmer
stepping to the plate
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .294
Young tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Burkett
And he pulls it in
The side is retired
2 runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Lajoie saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Before getting ready
Lajoie checks out the defensive alignment
Nielsen adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Nielsen fires
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One down for Turn of Century
Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Turn of Century

While Sam Crawford heads
for the on deck circle
Honus Wagner makes his way to the plate
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 17 victories make him
2nd in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
The lefthander delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's two away

Big Sam is making his way to the plate
Crawford is hitting .291 with 5 homeruns
Sam also has 8 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 29 runs
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the 1-2 pitch
A sharp breaking curve...
Crawford was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Sam Crawford can touch them all

Jimmy Collins, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Collins
Jimmy is ready for the delivery
Here's the 3-1 offering
Jimmy Collins hits a high
pop fly on the infield
Jeff Nights calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Nights is there to make the play
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
By the way, Turn of Century is 5
and 5 in their last ten games

Here's the shortstop Nights
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen
And then Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights is hitting .263 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Nights is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Young
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery
Nights rips the curve to left-center...
Flick racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Nights will lope into second with a double

Nielsen looks to lay one down
He bunts at it . . .
Fielded by J.Collins
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
One away in the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC

The All Stars have Nights on third
Blade steps in
Blade swinging from the right side
facing the righty Young
Right-hander Young eyes the righty Blade
The pitch is on the way
High
Blade works out a walk

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
will be up next for FOFC
So far this year Tucker is batting .296
He has 19 doubles, 8 triples
7 homeruns with 53 RBI's
and 18 stolen bases
O'Rourke flashes the sign...
Young waves it off...
Now he's happy
Young brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Kelley grabs it
Throws home for the out!
Score It: 3-2
The runner on third, Nights, is out
Blade takes second
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Rogan and Maddux currently dueling
Left Outs besting Negro League II 5 to 0
AL Pre WWII is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
Gomez and Bessho currently dueling
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Plank battling Marichal
NL Pre WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0
Old Timers is in front of
AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers
And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 2 to 1

Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Pflaggstettler is batting .313 with
21 round trippers in 1900
Young steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
And the delivery by Young
A slider by Young
Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it...
Crawford back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's all for the All Stars
After 2 full innings,
they lead by 1

Turn of Century will send Flick,
Cy Young, and Jim O'Rourke to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Flick wiggles the bat above his head
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One out
Cy Young is due up next

Young finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Looking to Dode Criss for a sign
Nielsen likes the sign
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Pounded on the ground to third
Palmer grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Nielsen

Jim O'Rourke will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Jesse Burkett would be up next...
But only if O'Rourke can reach safely
FOFC leads 2 to 1
Nielsen gets the sign from Hays
He is 4th in the league in strike outs
He has 187 on the season
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
High and away
Ball four

Burkett moseys up to the plate
Joe Kelley is heading for
the on-deck circle
Burkett can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Burkett is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a routine pop by Burkett
Jeeberoni Potpie moves under the ball
He makes the routine catch
That ends the inning
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Jeeberoni Potpie, Harry Hays, and
Stan Gunner are due up
Potpie is at .292 on the season
Cy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's his delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
O'Rourke asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Potpie went around
Strike three, swinging
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Stan Gunner is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Hays pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Young
Stepping out, Hays looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Young ready quickly, looks in for the sign
Young winds and delivers
Hot shot grounded to short
Wagner grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
Two up, two down for the All Stars

The left fielder, Gunner, is ready to bat
FOFC on top 2 to 1 in the
bottom of the 3rd
Gunner is batting .260 with
14 homers this year
Young looks down at O'Rourke
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Cy Young, with 31 appearances
before today's game
looks down for the sign from O'Rourke
Young has great control
He's looking for win number 12
He's into the windup
Routine grounder to second
Lajoie scoops it up
Over to first for the out
And that retires the side

The big guys are due up
for Turn of Century
Kelley will lead it off
He will be followed by Nap
Lajoie and Honus Wagner
Joe is hitting at .314 on the year
He has 120 hits in 382 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Kelley grounded out his last time up
Joe steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
He brings it home
Ripped to third, but right
at Palmer...easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Rogan battling Maddux
Left Outs winning over Negro
League II 6 to 0
AL Pre WWII bombing Japanese League 8 to 0
Gehrig has hit his 33rd homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era is beating
NL Post WWII 4 to 0
Caribbean is giving it to
NL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Martinez enjoying the big Caribbean lead
Old Timers is in front of
AL Post WWII 4 to 1

Up next is Nap Lajoie
the ex-Providence hack driver
Nap is hitting at .382 on the year
He has 163 hits in 427 at bats
This includes 25 doubles, 7 triples
15 home runs and 84 RBI's
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 2 strike pitch
And Lajoie will sit down...
strike three called
Two down
Nielsen retires the first two
Turn of Century batters

"The Flying Dutchman" will be up next
Wagner is 0 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here is the 3-1 pitch
Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has one
run, one hit and no errors
Turn of Century has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 4

Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up
The third baseman, Deacon
Palmer will lead off
Looking for his first hit today
Palmer is 0 for 1
Deacon seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Young kicks and fires
Palmer swings and misses
Strike three
Palmer didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
One gone for FOFC

Nights gets set at the plate
Young wastes no time
He has the sign from O'Rourke
The righthander delivers
Off-speed pitch...
Nights swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Flick bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Flick jumps for it...
It bounds off the fence
It's a two-bagger for Jeff Nights

Walking up now to the plate is Nielsen
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Nielsen at the plate
The count is nothing and 2
Nielsen has to protect the plate
Now the delivery, here is is...
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Nielsen watches it go
by for the third strike
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 1
The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening

Blade, the second baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 2 to 1
Young steps on the rubber
Young rocks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Wagner
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the bottom of the 4th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 4 innings, FOFC leads by 1

Sam Crawford to lead things
off for Turn of Century
FOFC with a 1 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Crawford taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Waiting for the pitch is Crawford
Nielsen brings it home
Crawford hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
With one down, up next is Jimmy Collins
To be followed by Elmer Flick

Coming up for Turn of Century
is Jimmy Collins
Nobody on base, one out
Collins is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

Elmer Flick is up next
Turn of Century's center fielder
finds 1 on with 1 out
Flick is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Flick pulls it on the ground
It's in the hole and past
Jeeberoni Potpie...
Base hit into right field!
Dode Criss puts up the stop
sign for Collins
He'll hold at second

Collins takes his lead...
He appears to be challenging Nielsen
Nielsen watching Collins...
Turns and fires to Blade...
Did he get back?...
Yes says the umpire
That was close

Young lays it down the first base line
Potpie charges in
Scoops it up
Turns and fires to first
Just got him!
Nice bunt
Credit Cy Young with a sacrifice
Two down

O'Rourke digs in at the plate
Ready now for Nielsen to come set
FOFC leads 2 to 1
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Swung on and missed...
O'Rourke is down on strikes
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has one
run, 3 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 5

A. J. Tucker will start the bottom
of the 5th for FOFC
Benton Breeze looking for
some insurance runs
Now, FOFC leads by only 1
Tucker is hitting .284
against righthanders
Cy Young still on the mound
for the Centurions...
Young has gone the distance so far
He's given up 4 hits in 4 innings
Young's righthanded delivery...
Long fly to right
Burkett has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

And it brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler
On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie
Harry Hays in the hole
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
1 today, with 1 walk
Persimmon flied out in his last at bat
One strike on the batter,
Pflaggstettler...
Righthander Young's delivery
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Crawford...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Pflaggstettler is on with
a bloop single to left

Potpie is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Young
Young is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Young goes into his stretch...
Looks at Pflaggstettler...
He fires one to Kelley...
Pflaggstettler dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Kelley lobs it back
Now Young comes home
Potpie sends a scorcher to third
Collins takes it on one hop
Fires to Lajoie for one
Back to Kelley for the double play!
And that retires the side

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8/9 Radio Broadcast - Continued

Turn of Century will send Burkett,
Joe Kelley, and Nap Lajoie to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Burkett is batting .318
with 7 HR's this year
And Rob studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Nielsen is into his rocking motion
Now his left arm comes around
That's hit down the line
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
WILL IT STAY FAIR???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Burkett back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Taken by Nielsen
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
And there's one away

Now here's Kelley
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Kelley looks to third for a sign
Kelley waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball... down and away...
Nielsen just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Nielsen today

Kelley studies Nielsen intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Kelley is running on the pitch
A slider away...
Hays takes the pitch...
The throw...
Great throw!
Kelley will be a dead duck
That's why Hays is one of the best

And the batter is Nap Lajoie
Honus Wagner is on-deck
Lajoie grips the bat handle
Lajoie is waiting on the pitch
The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Lajoie gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's all for Turn of Century
After 5 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 2 to 1

O'Rourke fires the ball down to Wagner
He starts it around the infield
To Lajoie, Kelley
And then to Collins walking
it over to Young
Hays steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the bottom of the 6th
Hays has a .303 average against
righthanders this season
Harry is set for the pitch
Young's into the windup... the delivery
Hays hits a deep fly to left-center
Flick is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
He's got it... nice recovery by Flick
One out
Due up next is Stan Gunner

One away, nobody on base
Gunner stands ready at the plate
Stan, a lefty batter, will
square off against Young
Of his 14 home runs, 14
are against righties
Gunner gets set for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
It's a high fly to deep center
Flick is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Elmer jumps
It's off the wall
Gunner is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

Making his way up is Palmer
Young has the sign he wants
Now ready, here it is...
Flyball to right
it's caught
Gunner might have a chance to move up...
Burkett makes the catch...
Gunner is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Nights is hitting .267 against righties
Young adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Nights swings...
Curveball, popped straight up
Drifting towards short
Wagner is there
Jeff is out
Nights leaves Gunner stranded
The home town folks quiet down
Nights chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Late 20th is edging Negro League I 2 to 1
Sandberg has hit his 11th
homerun for Late 20th
Left Outs is comfortably ahead
of Negro League II 6 to 0
AL Pre WWII is running roughshod
over Japanese League 10 to 0
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over NL Post WWII 5 to 2
Caribbean is giving it to
NL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Old Timers is comfortably ahead
of AL Post WWII 8 to 2
And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 1

Wagner leading off
Turn of Century would like to
get some runners on base
Honus comes to the plate batting .311
with 10 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Wagner is set for the 1-1 pitch
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Wagner swings and hits a loud foul
Potpie drifts over to the
first base stands
Reaches in...
It's out of play
. . . Wagner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Wagner...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Nights made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Wagner inches away from first base
Wagner is unable to take the lead he wants

Crawford, Turn of Century's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Jimmy Collins waits on deck
Crawford is 1 for 2 today
Rob Nielsen is having a good year
He is 2nd in wins with 17

Now Nielsen is looking for a sign
And the delivery by Nielsen
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3
And there's one away

Wagner extends out slowly toward third
Wagner can steal third as easily as second
He's a speedster and has fine technique
Nielsen holds the runner

Next up is Jimmy Collins
Wagner is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
Collins is at .258 on the season
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing up just a bit is Gunner
And he pulls it in
Two gone for Turn of Century

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Elmer Flick
Flick finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Flick is 1 for 2 today
Nielsen, allowing only 4 hits today,
and pitching well otherwise,
will certainly do no harm to his
5th place standing in ERA in the league
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, belt high, away...
Flick goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That does it in the top of the 7th
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After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 2 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Kris Terp, Barrett Blade,
and A. J. Tucker are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 2-1
Terp has 7 doubles this year
Set now is Terp
Young brings it to the plate
There's a checked swing...
But Terp gets a piece of it anyway
It's a pop fly into center
Flick comes in on it...
Easy out
Terp couldn't get his bat out of the way
One away
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Young glares in at Blade as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Barrett steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Blade is 0 for 2 today
He grounded out last time up
Blade is set for the 2-2 pitch
Young winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Blade swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Young strikes out Barrett Blade
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Young
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

Here's A. J. Tucker
Tucker is at .295 on the season
Young adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke
The righthander winds and delivers
Ball four is the call
Young can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Young
Tucker takes first base

Taking his lead is Tucker
Another throw...
Young's five throws over
have been effective
Tucker has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC
Watching Young, Pflaggstettler
wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
After getting set, Pflaggstettler
waits on the pitch
Young checks Tucker on first...
The 1-1 delivery
There's a shallow flyball struck
by Pflaggstettler
Elmer Flick runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Pflaggstettler is out
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47738

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Hughie Jennings will bat for Cy Young
It will be the righthand hitting, Jennings
against the righty Kronside
Jennings is hitting righties
for a .321 average

Here is Hughie Jennings to start
it off for Turn of Century
Jennings can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Hughie is ready for the delivery
The righthander Kronside delivers
Jennings swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Jennings is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A whistling two-bagger for Hughie Jennings

That'll bring up Centurions'
catcher Jim O'Rourke...
Turn of Century with a man in
scoring position at second
Jim takes a couple of practice cuts
The bat is cocked
Here's the 2 strike offering
Kronside comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for O'Rourke
As he swings right through
it for strike three
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

Jennings takes his lead...
He appears to be challenging Kronside
Jennings is running on the pitch
A slider away...
Hays is up, firing...
SAFE, Jennings gets under the
tag attempt by Fouts

Jesse Burkett steps into the box
Burkett is at .317 on the season
Kronside has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Nights races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Burkett back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Sinker that stays up, belt high...
Burkett goes after it...
Deep fly ball, way back...
Tucker moving under on it
He grabs it for the out
No chance for a play on the runner
Who scores for Turn of Century
Two out, nobody on
The score is knotted at 2

Planting his right foot
Kelley is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Kelley
Kelley grips the bat handle
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Joe brings the bat back...
Jace rocks and fires
Kronside loses him
Kelley heads down to first
2 walks today for Kelley

Kelley watches Kronside as he
inches away from the base
Kronside's throws over have been effective
Kelley has a shorter lead now
He must be getting tired
diving back into the bag

Nap Lajoie moves in to face Kronside
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th
Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head
Lajoie waits on Kronside
Kronside's 3-1 pitch...
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Lajoie didn't like it

Honus Wagner, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Two men on, two men out
Kronside looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hays
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Kronside
Now he is ready...
Kronside checks the runners
Wagner drives one into left
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
That retires the side... but not before
the Centurions score 1 run to tie it up
After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has
2 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Kid Nichols will be coming on to
pitch for Turn of Century
Kid has appeared in 46 games this season
with a record of 6-3
In 83 innings, he has an 4.43 ERA
Cy Young has finished his work
here this evening
Turn of Century's defensive changes are...
Jennings will bat 9th and play SS

The first baseman Potpie will
start things off for the All Stars
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Nichols
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Potpie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
O'Rourke loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

So that brings up Harry Hays
the FOFC catcher
With 2 RBI's in the game
Hays has 37 on the season
Hays is set for the pitch
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Hays rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Collins
Jimmy fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
That's two away

Gazelle coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Nichols steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Shallow fly ball
Flick charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Gazelle stops at first
That's a single

Gazelle is taking his lead from first
Curve down at the knees...
Gazelle is heading for second
O'Rourke takes the pitch... fires...
Low throw...
Gazelle slides...
OUT!...
Jennings dug that ball out of the dirt
and applied the tag...
Close play

First up for Turn of Century
in the top of the 9th
is Crawford against Kronside
The Turn of Century left fielder will be
followed by Jimmy Collins and Elmer Flick
The score is knotted at 2
Crawford swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Kronside
Crawford is set
Kronside brings it to the plate
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Crawford gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Crawford for the out
One gone for Turn of Century

Nobody on base, one away
Collins steps into the batter's box
Jimmy is batting .257 with
5 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
Collins cocks his bat
Righthander Kronside's delivery
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
Two down
Jace Kronside retires
the first two batters in a row

Elmer Flick will get a crack
at Kronside next
Hughie Jennings would be up next...
But only if Flick can reach safely
Elmer Flick is hitting .313 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Kronside looks in...
Now he's ready
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Tucker grabs it for the out
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 8 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 6 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 7

Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up
The third baseman, Dan Fouts will lead off
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Fouts looks to third for a sign
Right-hander Nichols prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Fouts
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Fastball, down and in...
Fouts laces a hit into the outfield...
Flick picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Fouts holds with a single
Good start to the inning for FOFC

Up next for the All Stars
The hometown shortstop, Jeff Nights
O'Rourke flashes the sign...
Nichols shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Nichols goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Fouts
He lobs one to Kelley...
Fouts is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nichols comes home
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Nichols' fastball is ripped toward short
Jennings can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Fouts was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Nights
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Jace Kronside
Great call by manager Benton Breeze!
And Nights was able to carry it out

Next up for the All Stars
is David Gonzalez
Nichols adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
It's coming down the pike
Drilled deep to center field
Elmer Flick giving chase
He's got it
Fouts is tagging up
He'll make it easily
Score It: 8
That's one away
FOFC wins 3 to 2
Kronside gets credit for the win
Nichols takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 3 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.