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06-18-2013, 09:24 PM

8/10 Radio Broadcast - Game 125

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Turn of Century
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
Jesse Burkett to lead it off
for Turn of Century
Babson brings it home
Hard line drive to second
Blade grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
One up, one down for Turn of Century

Wee Willie Keeler, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Keeler is hitting .342
against righthanders
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The windup, and the 2-2 pitch
High heater from Babson...
Keeler cuts at it...
Hits a bouncer right side...
It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie
It's into right for a single
Keeler takes his turn and holds at first

Keeler takes a three step lead
Babson's move keeps Keeler guessing
He doesn't have a very good lead

The third baseman, Joe Kelley, is up next
Joe is hitting at .313 on the year
He has 120 hits in 383 at bats
This includes 24 doubles, 5 triples
7 home runs and 49 RBI's
Kelley is set for the 2-0 pitch
The righthander Babson delivers
Look out...
Down he goes!
It hit him!
Kelley will be awarded first
Doesn't appear to be hurt
Keeler will advance to second

Keeler takes his lead
Babson steps off the rubber
Looks Keeler back to the bag

Here's the 6'1", 195 pound Nap Lajoie
strolling to the plate
The righthander pitching to Lajoie...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .223 average
against Brian
Babson brings it home
Fastball, low and inside...
Lajoie goes down after it...
He lines one deep to left...
Ton is back at the fence...
Waits...

CAN'T GET IT!... It's a homer for Lajoie!
Nap comes through for Turn of Century
That's number 16 for him

Coming up for Turn of Century
is Honus Wagner
Nobody on base, one out
Wagner is batting .312 with
10 HR's this year
Babson 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
At the knees, looks like a sinker...
Swung on and topped toward short...
Nights charging...
Has to backhand it...
He zips a throw to Potpie...
NOT IN TIME!!
Score it an infield single for Wagner

Wagner takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Babson's pickoff move
Wagner does not get a good lead

Beckley is the batter
Wagner's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Beckley is hitting .268 against righties
Beckley is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The righthander Babson's delivery
Towering popup
back of home
Hays calls for it
He puts it away
Score It: 2
Two gone for Turn of Century

Two outs, with a man at first
Duffy is the next batter
Hugh is hitting at .271 on the year
He has 130 hits in 479 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 36 stolen bases
The umpire says let's go
Duffy is ready
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Wagner
Fires to Potpie...
Wagner is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Babson comes home
A slider by Babson
Duffy gets good wood on it...
Ton back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
And that retires the side

While the Centurions 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 Waddell
The clean-up hitter for FOFC is K. A. Ton
He will be followed by Gerald
Gazelle, then Dan Fouts
The bottom third of the line-up will have
Harry Hays batting seventh, Jeff
Nights in the eighth spot,
and Brian Babson will bat ninth
Here's Blade to lead things off
We'll see how they pitch to Blade
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Waddell
He's waiting for the pitch
Rube rocks and fires
Routine grounder to short
Wagner scoops it up
Over to first for the out
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 makes his way to home plate
Waddell eyes Tucker intently
Windup by Waddell
And the pitch
Tucker slaps a hard grounder past short
Burkett is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Tucker will hold with a clean single

Settling in at the plate is Potpie
The Turn of Century outfield is playing
Potpie almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Waddell on the mound
it is understandable
Waddell adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bresnahan
Here's the 2-0 pitch
Base hit to left for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving Tucker to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Potpie at first

Ton gets set at the plate
Waddell has the sign he wants
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fastball... just outside
Ton will take first on the walk
That will load 'em up for Gerald Gazelle

Facing Waddell now is Gazelle
Dan Fouts heads to the on deck circle
Harry Hays waits in the hole
Gazelle swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Waddell
Gazelle readies himself for the pitch
Here's the 1-2 offering
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gazelle swung, that's strike three
Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Waddell

Dan Fouts is up next
FOFC's third baseman finds
3 on with 2 outs
Against lefthanders
Fouts is hitting .329 this season
Fouts looks very intent...
He stares down at Waddell...
Cocks his bat
Waddell brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Fouts
Tucker scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Bresnahan is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Potpie is out at home!

Turn of Century will send Bresnahan,
Rube Waddell, and Jesse Burkett to face
Brian Babson this inning
Bresnahan a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Babson
Bresnahan waits patiently
Now Brian delivers
Sinking fastball...
Bresnahan swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

One out, nobody on base
Rube Waddell is the batter
Babson toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
Babson goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Waddell cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Waddell was badly fooled by Babson's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Rube was a little overanxious
With two gone, Turn of Century leads
3 to 1 in the top of the 2nd

The left fielder, Jesse Burkett
will be up next for Turn of Century
Babson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch to Burkett...
There's a check swing by Burkett
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Harry Hays makes the catch
against the stands
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 3-1, Turn of Century

The catcher Hays will
start things off for the All Stars
Waddell ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Waddell's 2-0 pitch...
It's a high fly into right
Keeler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nights is ready to face Waddell
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Waddell steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Swung on and popped up
Kelley is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That's two away

Nobody on, two away
Babson steps in for FOFC
The outfield shades towards
left for Babson
Waddell tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Rube delivers
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Babson hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Blade finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Blade goes through his routine
of settling in
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Waddell
He's waiting for the pitch
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
Waddell just misses outside
Ball four to Blade

First base coach Joe Adcock wants
a word with Blade...
Now we're all set to go...
A. J. Tucker steps in
Waddell rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Waddell kicks and fires
Hard slider...
And Tucker takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
Turn of Century has 3 runs,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Turn of Century has stranded 1

Keeler steps to the plate
It's the top of the 3rd
here at FOFC Stadium
Turn of Century leads 3 to 1
Babson adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Keeler hits a fly ball to left
K. A. Ton camps under it
He's got it
That's one away

Now here's Kelley
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Kelley
Babson winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Kelley rips the curve to left-center...
Tucker racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
Can't quite reach it!!...
Kelley makes it easily into second
That's a double for Kelley

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Nap Lajoie
Brian gets the sign from Hays
Now ready, here it is...
High
Lajoie works out a walk

Honus Wagner is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Wagner is at .313 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
Babson checks the runners
Base hit to left for Wagner
Dode Criss is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Beckley walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
1st and 2nd, one man down
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Beckley
Babson checks the runners
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Beckley watches it go
by for the third strike
That's the second out of the inning

Roger Bresnahan gets the weighted
donut from Duffy
Now Hugh saunters to the plate
2 outs and 2 on base
Duffy bats in the seventh slot in
the order for Turn of Century
Turn of Century ahead 4 to 1
Duffy is hitting .271 with 5 homeruns
Hugh also has 18 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 54 runs
The bat is cocked
Babson will try to get Duffy to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Duffy laces a clean base
hit into the outfield
He rounds first, but will hold there
Both runners move up 90 feet

Bresnahan is up now for Turn of Century
Bresnahan is batting .272
with 4 homers this year
Babson is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Babson looks in...
Now he's ready
Big pitch... Brian will have
to come in with this one
Babson delivers...
Babson's pitch is low and outside
Babson had trouble getting
the breaking ball over
That forces in a run
Babson needs to throw strikes
Clutch walk by Bresnahan
The bases are still loaded
for Rube Waddell

Turn of Century pitcher, Rube
Waddell, is up next
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Babson brings it to the plate
Routine grounder to third
Fouts comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 2 and a half innings
Turn of Century has 5 runs,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Here's the first baseman Potpie
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Gerald Gazelle
Jeeberoni is hitting at .292 on the year
He has 124 hits in 425 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 1
Potpie singled his last time up
Waddell peers in for the sign
Potpie is a formidable opponent
Rube has allowed 15 home runs
versus righties this year
And Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter
And the delivery by Waddell
Sharp breaking curveball...
Potpie reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Kelley...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Beckley at first!
Potpie is out easily
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th leads Negro League I 1 to 0
Left Outs leads Negro League II 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese
League 2 to 1
Ochiai has hit his 6th homerun
for Japanese League
NL Post WWII is edging
Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
Koufax battling Johnson
Caribbean and NL Pre WWII are scoreless
Cuellar and Rixey currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless

Ton is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Waddell ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The southpaw's 2-1 delivery
HIT HIM!!
Ton jogs down to first
K. A. took one for the team to get on

The right fielder, Gazelle,
is ready to bat
Turn of Century leads 5 to 1
in the bottom of the 3rd
Turn of Century is set up for two
Waddell shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Waddell fires
Double play ball
Wagner has it on one bounce
Lajoie for one
Beckley for two
Wagner to Lajoie to Beckley

Jesse Burkett, Wee Willie Keeler,
and Joe Kelley are due up
for the Centurions
Turn of Century leads, 5-1
Burkett is 0 for 2 today
Brian is ready
With a 0-2 count, the pitch
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for Brian Babson today
154 on the year
One out
Due up next is Wee Willie Keeler

Now batting will be Wee Willie Keeler
Keeler taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the 2-1 offering
It's a Texas Leaguer to right
Here comes Gazelle...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Keeler is on with a bloop single to right

Keeler sneaks away from the base
Babson wheels and fires to Potpie...
He's OUT!!!...
No the ball is loose, Keeler is safe

They had almost had him

One on, one out
Kelley walks to the batter's box
FOFC is set up for two
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Babson checks Keeler on first...
The 2-2 delivery
Kelley hops out of the way
Hays makes a great stop
Wait...
Kelley is showing off his
shoe to the umpire
Now he has been awarded first!
Must have hit his foot!

Up next for the visiting Centurions
Nap Lajoie, their second baseman
Lajoie is at .381 on the season
Babson gets the sign from Hays
He is 10th in the league in strike outs
He has 154 on the season
Righthander Babson's delivery
Grounded down the line
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
Two down
Due up next is Honus Wagner
Let's see what happens now

Looks like they want nothing
to do with Wagner
He's too good in the clutch...
They'll put him on to set up the force

Slowly coming up is Beckley
for Turn of Century
He is finally in the batter's box
Turn of Century leads 5 to 1
Beckley digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Beckley waits on Babson
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
A high hopper to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
That ends the inning for Turn of Century
Turn of Century has 5 runs,
7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
They have now stranded 7 baserunners

After Fouts gets a new bat
He will lead off the bottom of the 4th
Apparently he found his bat was broken
when he tapped the plate with it
Fouts looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Dan
Dan is 1 for 1 today
singled his last at bat
All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Hard slider...
Smashed on the ground...
It's by Kelley for a hit!
Burkett is chasing it into
the corner in left field
Dan Fouts is around first
digging for second
But Burkett cuts it off
Fouts with a big turn at second
Has to hold up as the throw comes in
He's at second with a double

Harry Hays steps into the box
Fouts is on second, nobody out
Waddell is ready quickly
The southpaw delivers
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Bresnahan!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Fouts takes third

Harry Hays steps into the box
Hays is 1 for 2 today
Waddell wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Waddell brings it to the plate
Hays laces a hit into the outfield
Jesse Burkett picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Hays holds at first

The All Stars Jeff Nights
comes up to the plate

On-deck is Brian Babson
Followed by Barrett Blade
Hays takes his lead
Waddell is saying a few words to Lajoie...
So far in 1900,
Rube has a 9 and 12 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Waddell rocks and fires
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Jesse Burkett 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 Jeff Nights

Kris Terp is coming to the plate
He is struggling so far in 1900
And Rube studies the sign
from Bresnahan...
Now he's got it
The southpaw Waddell delivers
the 2-1 pitch
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Terp manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Lajoie cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Beckley...
And Terp is called out on a close play
One gone for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Blade has 20 doubles this year
Blade waits for the delivery
The lefty Waddell delivers
Blade is hit!
That ball hit him on the arm
Barrett is squeezing his elbow
The trainer, Tay Pemup
is out to check him
He'll stay in
He gets a nice round of applause
He heads to first

All Stars' center fielder Tucker
is up next
Turn of Century is set up for two
Waddell has the sign from Bresnahan
The stretch... the delivery
Base hit to left for Tucker
Blade is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Jesse Burkett throws the ball
away for an error!

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Potpie steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
The left-hander Waddell is now ready
The lefthander delivers
Base hit to left for Potpie
Dick Howser is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Connie Mack will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Amos Rusie has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

The All Stars' left fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Ton looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign

Now he's ready...
"The Hoosier Thunderbolt" fires it home..
There's a ground ball into the hole
Kelley and Wagner converge on it
It's picked by Kelley who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

Gerald Gazelle moves in to face Rusie
2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 4th
Gazelle is hitless today, 0 for 2
Gerald grounded out in his last at bat
Gerald is eagerly awaiting Rusie's pitch
The pitch is on the way
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
That's out number two
Centurions' pitching coach,
Will Bill Donovan,
is out to talk with Rusie
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

That will bring Fouts up again
as FOFC has "batted around"
They have scored 5 runs
already this inning
Two men still on
Dan doubled to start this inning
Dan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Fouts is 2 for 2 today
He doubled last time up
Fouts waits for the pitch
Rusie looks over at Ton...
Now back at Potpie...

He's coming home with it
Routine grounder to second
Taken by Lajoie
Over to Beckley
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
The Centurions finally get the side out
But the damage has been done...
5 runs cross the plate for the All Stars
After 4 innings, FOFC ahead 6 to 5

Breeze

06-18-2013, 09:28 PM

8/10 Radio Broadcast - Continued

The Turn of Century center fielder, Duffy,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Roger Bresnahan
And then Amos Rusie
Fozborg likes the sign
And the cripple pitch...
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Duffy hits it into the hole
on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Duffy is out by a step at first
Turn of Century with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Roger Bresnahan to
come to the plate

Next up is Roger Bresnahan, the
Turn of Century catcher
Looking to Dode Criss for a sign
Bresnahan awaits the delivery
Fozborg is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
A hanging curve...
Bresnahan 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 Roger...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Rusie coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Bresnahan on first, with one away
FOFC is set up for two
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Fozborg's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Bouncer in the hole
It's past Blade into right field
An opposite field hit!
Bresnahan is tearing around second
Coach Dode Criss is waving him on to third
He'll make it easily

Rusie slowly moves away from the base
Fozborg continues to hold the runner close

Jesse Burkett is up next
for Turn of Century
One out, top of the 5th
FOFC on top 6 to 5
Wee Willie Keeler is on deck
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Fozborg checks the runners
at first and third
Bresnahan bluffs a move toward home
Fozborg doesn't flinch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie grabs it
Fires and nails Bresnahan going home!
Score It: 3-2
The runner on third, Bresnahan, is out
Rusie takes second
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Late 20th is edging Negro League I 1 to 0
Clemens and Williams currently dueling
Negro League II clipping Left Outs 5 to 1
AL Pre WWII leads Japanese League 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Post WWII 4 to 2
Johnson battling Koufax
NL Pre WWII besting Caribbean 5 to 0
AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless

Two on, two outs...
Keeler steps to the plate
Keeler is 2 for 3 today
Wee Willie singled last time up
Sirr peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The righthander delivers
Keeler swings awkwardly... strike three
Fozborg took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Keeler way out in front
That retires the side...
Keeler fails to come through in the clutch
For Turn of Century, No runs, 2 hits,
no errors and 2 men left on base

The catcher Hays will
start things off for the All Stars
Hays wiggles the bat above his head
Hays awaits the delivery
With a 2-2 count
Rusie kicks and fires
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 104 on the season for Rusie
That's one away

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights is looking for lightning
to strike again
He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today
Jeff is 1 for 2...
Batting .276 on the season
The umpire says let's go
Nights is ready
Rusie's 3-1 pitch...
Nights pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Burkett will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Nights retreats to first
after a wide turn

Deacon Palmer steps in
Palmer digs into the box
Palmer cocks the bat
He rocks and fires
Grounded towards the sack
Kelley grabs it
Throw to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
And that retires the side

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
So far this season
Kelley is hitting .324
when facing righthanded pitching
Fozborg studies his sign
The righthander Fozborg's delivery
Fastball... just outside
Kelley will take first on the walk
Joe knows how to get on base
His OBP of .407 is among
the league leaders

Nap Lajoie steps up to the plate
Kelley, with excellent speed, is at first
Lajoie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Fozborg
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch to Lajoie...
The runner goes
Lajoie likes the hit and run...
Lajoie misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Hays comes up throwing!
Snaps a beauty to first...
The tag...
SAFE!

Lajoie leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Lajoie
He's 1 for 2 today
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Kelley dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Liner drilled to third
Palmer makes a great catch!
Score It: 5
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

Honus Wagner steps into the box
Tapping the plate is Wagner
He has 33 steals this year
7th in the league!
If he gets on Fozborg will have to
watch him closely
Wagner tells the umpire he's ready
Fozborg brings it to the plate
It's low
and it gets away from Hays!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Hays has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.

Honus Wagner steps into the box
Wagner is batting .317 with
10 HR's this year
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Wagner hits a fly ball
in the left field corner
K. A. Ton is chasing it
It's in there for extra bases!
Wagner pulls up at second base
He's just batted in the tying run

Wagner stretches his lead
Fozborg turns and fires
a strike to Nights...
Wagner dives back...
He's safe!

Wagner represents the go-ahead run
1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 6th
Jake Beckley is walking toward home plate
Fozborg likes the sign
Way ahead in the count
Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Beckley 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...
And there's two away

Hugh Duffy, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Duffy has hit 5 home runs this year
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Fozborg fires
He hits a tough grounder to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
By the way, Turn of Century is 5
and 5 in their last ten games

Barrett Blade will face Amos
Rusie to lead things off
The crowd is coming to life
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Bresnahan flashes the sign to Rusie
Rusie quick pitches him
Curve ball...
Blade swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One up, one down

A. J. Tucker up
The score is tied
A. J. will be facing the
right-handed Rusie
from the left side of the plate
The switch hitter is 2 for 3 today
He singled in his last at bat
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Rusie
And the delivery by Rusie
Slow ground ball
Beckley is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for FOFC

Potpie coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Potpie is 2 for 3 today
Amos is ready
Here's the 2-2 offering
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Potpie hits it into the hole
on the right side
Lajoie ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Potpie is out by a step at first
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this evening,
The score is tied at 6

Bresnahan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bresnahan is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .275 on the year
Bresnahan, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Fozborg
Fozborg's into the windup... the delivery
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th and Negro League
I are all knotted at 1
Left Outs is on top of Negro
League II 7 to 5
Pennock battling Manning
AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese
League 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era is edging
NL Post WWII 4 to 3
NL Pre WWII is embarrassing
Caribbean 8 to 0
Rixey enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
AL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0

Amos Rusie will face Fozborg
Righty against righty
Rusie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Amos is set for the pitch
Fozborg goes into his windup
And here's the 2-2 offering
Struck him out on a fastball
Rusie goes down swinging
Two down
Fozborg retires the first two
Turn of Century batters

Walking up to the plate now is Burkett
Wee Willie Keeler waits on deck
Against righthanders
Burkett is hitting .333
Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Fozborg kicks and fires
A hanging curve...
Burkett 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 Jesse...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Here's Wee Willie Keeler
Wee Willie is 8th in the league in batting
with a .336 average
Wee Willie steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Keeler chases the sinker...
Lines a hit into left...
Burkett's not slowing at all
Rounds second heading to third...
Ton throws in to Blade covering second...
Burkett is in at third without a play

Joe Kelley, the Turn of Century
third baseman,
steps into the batter's box
The score is tied at 6
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Kelley has hit 5 triples this year
Full count on the batter, 3-2
Hunter checks the runners
He quick pitches Kelley...
and it's in there
Strike three
That ends the inning for Turn of Century
FOFC has 6 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 6 runs,
12 hits and one error
Turn of Century has now stranded
12 baserunners

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The All Stars will get their licks
here in the bottom of the 7th
K. A. Ton, Gerald Gazelle, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
are scheduled to face Turn of Century
righthander Amos Rusie
Here's Ton stepping in...
Ton is 1 for 1 today
Amos Rusie 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
There's a line drive in the gap by Ton
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Hugh Duffy dives to get the ball
And fires it in to second
Ton has himself a double

Gazelle moseys up to the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading
for the on-deck circle
Gazelle has hit 25 home runs this year
Rusie is slow to get ready

He has a 3.75 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's his delivery
Fastball, belt high, away...
Gazelle goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Keeler
Keeler is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Hays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Rusie looks down at Pflaggstettler
as he steps in
Persimmon is ready to go
Pflaggstettler has 19 doubles this year
Pflaggstettler is set
Rusie brings it to the plate
A high pop-up to short
Wagner is under it...
He backpedals
Got it just in fair territory
Fake pump towards second
Ton gets back to the bag
Two gone for FOFC

Bresnahan 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
Bresnahan holds out his glove
That's ball four

Nights steps in to face Rusie
2 on, 2 outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Two men on, two men out
Rusie wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie rocks and fires
Grounded towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Wagner
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Hays, is out
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47054

Nap Lajoie, Honus Wagner, and
Jake Beckley are due up
Lajoie is batting .380 with
16 round trippers in 1900
The bat is cocked
The righthander delivers
It's a smash over third
Palmer leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Lajoie makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Lajoie takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Hunter's pickoff move
Lajoie is held closely by Hunter

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

"The Flying Dutchman" will be up next
Honus looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dode Criss flashes a series of them...
Now Wagner taps the bat on home plate
Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Wagner
Hunter brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Wagner
Dode Criss puts up the stop sign...
Lajoie will stay at second

Beckley squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Palmer bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first...
Just in time!
Nice play by Palmer to get Beckley
Jake's typically great bunt
almost ended up a hit!
One down, two to go...
Owen Hunter has to bear down now

They are going to put Duffy on
Duffy takes ball four

First base coach Ray Chapman
wants a word with Duffy...
Now we're all set to go...
Roger Bresnahan steps in
Roger is hitting at .274 on the year
He has 78 hits in 285 at bats
This includes 12 doubles, 3 triples
4 home runs and 31 RBI's
Bresnahan gets set for the pitch
Turn of Century has the bases loaded
Hunter is taking a little
extra time out there
Hunter looks at all the runners
A 3-0 count
Here's the pitch
Bresnahan flies out to left
Dode Criss is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Lajoie scores!

Rusie steps in
Two out, Duffy at first, Wagner at second
Stepping out, Rusie looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Rusie is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Three down for Turn of Century
Still a 1 run deficit for FOFC
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
Turn of Century is 24 and
25 in one run games
FOFC has a 28 and 14 record
in these tight contests

Palmer saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year
Amos Rusie on in relief of Rube Waddell
Amos rocks and fires
Ball four is the call
Rusie can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Rusie
Palmer takes first base

FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will be up next
He will be followed by Owen Hunter
One on... no one out
Turn of Century leads FOFC by 1 run
Palmer takes his lead
Rusie looks down at Bresnahan
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here comes the cripple pitch
A low change-up by Rusie...
Blade chases it...
Manages a slow bouncer to Kelley...
He takes it, tosses it to Lajoie...
Getting the force on Palmer
The relay back to first...
Not in time...
Blade beats the throw by a step
One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC

David Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez, a lefthand hitter stands ready
He's hitting .298 currently
He was practicing hitting to leftfield
earlier today in batting practice
David steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rusie's pitch
Rusie goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Blade
Fires to Beckley...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rusie comes home
It goes wide, and off the
mitt of Bresnahan
It rolls a few feet away
And Blade decides to go for second
He's safe
It's a passed ball

David Gonzalez steps into the box
Bresnahan flashes the sign...
Rusie shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to center for Gonzalez
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runner advances.

There is going to be a pitching change
Amos Rusie will head to the dugout
as Vic Willis will come on here
in the bottom of the 8th
Willis has appeared in 33 games
His record is 9-6 with a 3.92 ERA
over 44 innings

The All Stars' first baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Potpie looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Jeeberoni
Jeeberoni is 2 for 4 today
grounded out his last at bat
Potpie is waiting on the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Curveball, in and low
Potpie hits it to Beckley 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
Gonzalez is now perched over at third
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Willis

We're all tied up at 7, two outs
Ton is up to see what he can do
Willis has the sign from Bresnahan
Willis brings it to the plate
Ton swings and lifts one toward center
Duffy drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
We head to the 9th...
The scored is tied, 7-all

Here's Burkett to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I nipped Late 20th 4 to 3
Negro League II edged out Left Outs 8 to 7
AL Pre WWII nipped Japanese League 4 to 3
NL Post WWII squeezed by
Dead Ball Era 6 to 4
Banks has hit his 41st homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII man-handled Caribbean 10 to 1
Hornsby has hit his 19th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
AL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 3 to 2
Burkett is 1 for 5 today
Jesse singled last time around
Jesse seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Now Bo delivers
Grounded towards first
Gonzalez grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
One away
Wee Willie Keeler, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Joe Kelley will follow

And the batter is Wee Willie Keeler
Joe Kelley is on-deck
Wee Willie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Keeler is 3 for 5 today
He singled last time up
Keeler readies himself for the pitch
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Keeler rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Gonzalez spears it!
A shot hit right on the screws
but right at the FOFC first baseman
Two down

Up now for Turn of Century is Kelley
Two away, nobody on
Against lefthanders
Kelley is hitting .292 this season
Knowles is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The lefthander delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Kelley holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Joe trots down to first... ball four

Kelley a few feet off the bag at first
Curve, inside corner...
Kelley's on his way to second!
He couldn't resist
after getting a very nice lead
Hays up quickly and throwing...
It's way over the head
of shortstop, Nights...
Blade takes it, however,
backing up the play...
Kelley has himself an easy stolen base

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Nap is batting .381 with 16
home runs on the season
He is 2 for 4 today
Waiting for the pitch is Lajoie
The lefty Knowles delivers
Stroked to third
Clean single for Lajoie
Turn of Century will take the lead
Turn of Century leads 8 to 7

Wagner gets set at the plate
Wagner grips the bat handle
Bo looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Bo comes home quickly with
the 0-2 offering
Wagner drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Dode Criss is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by
Turn of Century...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!
Double for Wagner

Beckley finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Beckley is 0 for 4 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
Beckley is set for the pitch
Wagner is dancing off third
Knowles is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Lined to center...
And it will drop in for a base hit

Hugh Duffy moves in to face Knowles
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 9th
Duffy is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Hugh certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Knowles earn his salary
Hays flashes the sign...
Knowles waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw's 1-1 delivery
Base hit to center for Duffy
Dode Criss puts up the stop sign...
Beckley will stay at second

Roger Bresnahan is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Bresnahan has a .255 average against
righthanders this season
Rodney tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Rodney brings it home
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
K. A. Ton is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Average,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Ton!

Here's the center fielder Gazelle
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Harry Hays
Gazelle is batting .274 with
25 homers this year
Willis is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Gazelle swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bresnahan loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Gerald as he was heading for the dugout
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Next up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
Now Vic delivers
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Burkett
And he pulls it in
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Willis
Harry Hays will be next up...

Hays walks from the on deck circle
Now he steps into the batter's box
Turn of Century ahead 10 to 7
Hays is batting seventh in the order today
He is hitting a fine .341 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 39 runs
6 doubles, 3 triples and 12 home runs
Hays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Righthander Willis' delivery
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

Jeff Nights, will be up next
Deacon Palmer hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
Turn of Century leads FOFC by 3 runs
Nights is at .277 on the season
Nights awaits the pitch
Willis goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hays
He lobs one to Beckley...
Hays is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Willis comes home
Swung on and missed...
Nights is down on strikes
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 10 to 7
Willis gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Nap Lajoie
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-18-2013, 09:30 PM

8/10 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/10/1900

Centurions AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
J.Burkett LF 6 0 1 0 .315 B.Blade 2B 3 2 0 0 .261
W.Keeler RF 6 1 3 0 .337 A.Tucker CF 4 2 2 0 .296
J.Kelley 3B 2 4 1 0 .314 O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
N.Lajoie 2B 5 4 3 4 .382 D-D.Gonzalez PH,1B 1 0 1 1 .305
H.Wagner SS 5 1 5 3 .320 J.Potpie 1B 5 0 2 1 .291
J.Beckley 1B 5 0 1 1 .253 B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
H.Duffy CF 5 0 2 0 .273 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Bresnahan C 4 0 1 2 .273 K.Ton LF 3 0 2 0 .325
R.Waddell P 2 0 0 0 .190 G.Gazelle RF,CF 5 0 0 0 .272
A.Rusie P 3 0 1 0 .290 D.Fouts 3B 3 1 2 1 .283
V.Willis P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-P.Pflaggstettler RF 2 0 0 0 .312
H.Hays C 4 1 2 1 .344
J.Nights SS 5 1 2 2 .276
B.Babson P 1 0 1 0 .100
A-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .167
B-D.Palmer 3B 1 0 0 0 .328
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 43 10 18 10 Totals 38 7 14 6

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 4th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Terp In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Fozborg In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 8th Inning

Centurions...... 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 - 10 18 1
All Stars....... 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 14 0

Centurions IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Waddell 3 1/3 9 6 6 2 2 1 83 5.07
A.Rusie 4 4 1 1 2 3 0 70 3.77
V.Willis WIN(10-6) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 3.77
Totals 9 14 7 7 4 7 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson 4 7 5 5 3 3 1 82 3.85
S.Fozborg 2 2/3 5 1 1 1 3 0 56 4.04
O.Hunter 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 28 5.60
B.Knowles LOSS(7-4) 0 2/3 4 3 3 1 0 0 22 4.57
J.Rodney 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.04
Totals 9 18 10 10 6 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 47,054 DATE- Friday, August 10th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Centurions:16 All Stars:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Centurions: 2 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- J.Burkett
DOUBLES- J.Kelley(25th), H.Wagner-2(20th), K.Ton(11th), D.Fouts(10th)
HOME RUNS- N.Lajoie(16th), J.Nights(14th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Kelley(26th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Beckley
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Bresnahan
WALKS- J.Kelley-2, N.Lajoie, H.Wagner, H.Duffy, R.Bresnahan, B.Blade, K.Ton,
H.Hays, D.Palmer
HIT BY PITCH- J.Kelley-2, B.Blade, K.Ton
STRIKE OUTS- J.Burkett, W.Keeler, J.Kelley, J.Beckley, R.Bresnahan, R.Waddell,
A.Rusie, B.Blade, A.Tucker, G.Gazelle-3, H.Hays, J.Nights
GIDP- G.Gazelle, D.Palmer
WILD PITCHES- R.Waddell, S.Fozborg
PASSED BALLS- R.Bresnahan
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Roger Bresnahan blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 9th: K. A. Ton robbed Roger Bresnahan of a Homerun!

Breeze

06-19-2013, 09:50 PM

8/11 Radio Broadcast - Game 126

The pre-game ceremonies are over
and we're ready to get this one going

Hugh Duffy strides to the plate...
I think we're ready...

Mighty's finishing his warm-up tosses
It will be lefty versus righty
Duffy is hitting .209 against southpaws
Time for you to relax...
So sit back, put your feet up and let
Benton Breeze and Connie Mack
do the worrying for you...
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Over the outside corner
Duffy hits the curve right to third...
Palmer takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Duffy is out by a couple of steps
So one up and one gone

Now getting set at the plate is Keeler
Turn of Century would like him to get on
He can really motor
Keeler grips the bat handle
After getting set, Keeler
waits on the pitch
The southpaw delivers
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!
That's the second out of the inning

Kelley is up now for Turn of Century
Time is called...
Kelley has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Kelley waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Mighty's 3-2 pitch...
Fly ball to left
Gunner is under it
He makes the grab
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Mighty here
in the top of the 1st

Turn of Century has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
The ball hawks from left to right
Crawford in left...
Duffy in center...
And Keeler in right

The infield, third to first
Collins will play the hot corner
Jennings is at short
Over at second, Lajoie
and at first base Kelley
Mathewson gets the nod as starter
Behind the dish is Bresnahan
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
He's ready for the delivery
The righthander delivers
Slow ground ball
Jennings is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one down, up next is A. J. Tucker
To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler

Tucker is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Tucker is hitting .282 against righties
Tucker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mathewson
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the 3-2 offering
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
advancing to the plate
No score as yet in the early going
Turn of Century is set up for two
Mathewson wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Mathewson brings it to the plate
Pflaggstettler sends a scorcher to short
Jennings takes it on one hop
Fires to Lajoie for one
Back to Kelley for the double play!

Here's the second baseman Lajoie
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Sam Crawford
And then Jimmy Collins
Lajoie has a .383 average against lefties
Nap seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Now to the belt, here it is...
Curve ball...
Lajoie 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

Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Left Outs is edging Negro League II 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Japanese League 3 to 0
Mays comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era and NL Post
WWII have yet to score
Caribbean is in front of
NL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Cepeda has hit his 19th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Mantle has hit his 38th homerun
for AL Post WWII
And right here in FOFC No score

Crawford moseys up to the plate
Jimmy Collins is heading
for the on-deck circle
Mighty studies his sign
Mighty leans back and fires
It's a smash over third
Palmer leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Crawford makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

That will bring up third
baseman, Jimmy Collins
Jimmy is hitting at .256 on the year
He has 57 hits in 223 at bats
This includes 8 doubles, 3 triples
5 home runs and 26 RBI's
Collins waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now the delivery, here is is...
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force

Roger Bresnahan steps into the box
Bresnahan swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
Roger stands with bat ready
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Collins
He lobs one to Potpie...
Collins is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
It's low
and it gets away from Hays!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Hays has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Collins takes second

Roger Bresnahan steps into the box
Bresnahan needs to get on...
He has a .390 on base percentage
Roger is set for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Bresnahan smacks a fly to center
Tucker is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
A. J. takes it in
That retires the side...
Bresnahan fails to come
through in the clutch
For Turn of Century, No runs, one hit,
no errors and one man left on base

Jeeberoni Potpie stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Potpie swinging from the right side
facing the righty Mathewson
Mathewson 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 Christy delivers
Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Nap Lajoie
Lajoie scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One out
Due up next is Harry Hays

FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Hays is hitting .344 with 12 homeruns
Harry also has 6 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 38 runs
Mathewson shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Christy has a fine array of pitches
including a fade-away pitch!
Righthander Mathewson's delivery
Harry raps a high bouncer toward third
Collins snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
Two up, two down for the All Stars
We're in the bottom of the 2nd

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Gunner
Mathewson has the sign he wants
Mathewson brings it to the plate
Comebacker, right to Mathewson
Over to Kelley for the easy out
That's all for the All Stars...
After 2 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
Scoreless game

Turn of Century will send Jennings,
Christy Mathewson, and Hugh Duffy to face
Al Mighty this inning
Jennings scuffs up the
lines around the box
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The kick and the pitch
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Jennings rarely ever strikes out
But Mighty got him that time!
Turn of Century with one away
Mighty steps off the mound as
he waits for Christy Mathewson to
come to the plate

And it brings up Christy Mathewson
On deck is Hugh Duffy
Wee Willie Keeler in the hole
Mathewson is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Mathewson gets ready for Mighty's pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Punched just up the first base line...
Hays is out quickly and makes
the play to first
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

Now here's Duffy
Duffy 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
He's ready
Al rocks and fires
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Duffy held up, and draws a walk
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call

Duffy sneaks away from the base
Keeler takes the low fastball
Duffy breaks for second!
Hays up from his crouch, firing down...
And the throw sails into the outfield!
Hays overdid it on those
Wheaties this morning!

Wee Willie Keeler steps into the box
Keeler swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Mighty
Keeler gets set for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Keeler hits a fastball off the handle
It's popped weakly to short
Nights doesn't have to move
One hands it
Wee Willie rubs his right hand
as he heads for the dugout
That one had to sting
That's all for Turn of Century
After 2 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
Scoreless game

Deacon Palmer will get things
started for FOFC
He'll be followed by Jeff
Nights and Al Mighty
If any of them get on,
lead-off hitter, Barrett
Blade, will step in
Now Palmer approaches home plate
So far this season
Palmer is hitting .290
when facing righthanded pitching
Palmer cocks his bat
Mathewson brings it to the plate
Palmer pops one straight up
And it will be Jennings making the play
One away in the bottom of the 3rd for FOFC

Jeff Nights will face Mathewson
Righty against righty
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Nights looks to third for a sign
Christy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Mathewson brings it to the plate
Nights swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mathewson strikes out Jeff Nights
Two down
Mathewson retires the first
two FOFC batters

Next up for the All Stars is Al Mighty
Mathewson steps on the rubber
The righthander Mathewson's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 112 on the season for Mathewson
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3
in their last ten games

Turn of Century will send Kelley,
Nap Lajoie, and Sam Crawford to face
Al Mighty this inning
Kelley has managed a .290 average
against lefthanders this year
Al Mighty 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 Mighty
In the dirt
And Kelley holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Lajoie heads to the plate
for Turn of Century
The infield is at regular depth
Lajoie digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Curve painting the inside corner
Swung on...
Bounced right to the mound
Fielded, the throw to 2nd...
They get the force for the out
One down for Turn of Century
Sam Crawford is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Turn of Century

One away, Lajoie at first
Crawford is coming to the plate
FOFC is set up for two
Mighty fidgets with the resin bag
Lajoie just stares at him, confidently
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to left for Crawford
Lajoie is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Crawford at first

Here's Jimmy Collins
FOFC looking for two
Collins is at .254 on the season
Mighty is happy with the sign
Mighty kicks and fires
Bouncer in the hole
and past Blade into right field
An opposite field hit!
Lajoie scores the game's first run
as Crawford takes third

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Bresnahan
Bresnahan is batting .272
with 4 HR's this year
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Mighty checks the runners
at first and third
Crawford bluffs a move toward home
Mighty doesn't flinch
Here's the 2-1 offering
Bresnahan drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Crawford scores
Dode Criss will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by
Turn of Century...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Bresnahan is out trying for third!
Double for Bresnahan

Making his way up is Jennings
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Jennings is taking his practice swings
Hughie is 0 for 1 this afternoon
All set, Jennings is ready for the pitch
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Jennings lays one down to
the left of the mound
Mighty and Hays are after it
Mighty has it
Over to first
Just in time!
Close, but Jennings couldn't
beat that one out

Barrett Blade will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Barrett is hitting at .261 on the year
He has 92 hits in 353 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
53 runs this year
Mathewson has the sign from Bresnahan
Here's the righthander's delivery
Blade is hit!
That ball hit him on the arm
Barrett is squeezing his elbow
The trainer, Tay Pemup
is out to check him
He'll stay in
He gets a nice round of applause
He heads to first

Tucker departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
FOFC trails by 3 runs
We're in the bottom of the 4th
A. J. looks down at the third base coach
He gets the sign from Dick Howser
Blade takes his lead
A. J. waits...
He steps out as Mathewson takes too long
Now he's back in the box
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!
Kelley tosses it back to Mathewson
Now here's the pitch
Tucker rips a line shot
to the second baseman
OUT!
Lajoie didn't have to move!
One blink and that would have
been past him!
Blade stays put
One gone for FOFC

Pflaggstettler up
The All Stars have Blade on first
Pflaggstettler goes through his
routine of settling in
Persimmon steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mathewson's pitch
The righthander Mathewson delivers
Swung on and popped up back of first
Lajoie is running after it...
Kelley is backpedaling...
Watch out!...
They almost collided!
And the ball drops free just
beyond the dugout
A lack of communication cost
Turn of Century there
. . . Pflaggstettler back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Pflaggstettler watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Persimmon,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Mathewson just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Negro League II is edging Left Outs 2 to 1
Robinson has hit his 17th
homerun for Left Outs
AL Pre WWII is crushing Japanese
League 10 to 0
Dead Ball Era is on top of
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII leads Caribbean 4 to 3
Old Timers is on top of
AL Post WWII 3 to 1
Mantle has hit his 38th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Quite a year for the slugger

Coming to the plate is Potpie
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Mathewson
Potpie steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Jeeberoni is ready for the delivery
It's coming down the pike
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Potpie reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Jennings making the play
We head to the 5th...
The score is still Turn of
Century 3, All Stars 0

Christy Mathewson to lead it
off for Turn of Century
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now ready, here it is...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Mathewson
So one up and one gone

Settling in at the plate is Duffy
Duffy has 18 doubles this year
The bat is cocked
The lefthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
Duffy 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

Keeler coming up for Turn of Century
Nobody on, two away
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Keeler
The lefty Mighty delivers
Keeler rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Palmer spears it!
A shot right at the FOFC third baseman
Piece of cake!
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 3-0, Turn of Century

Here's Harry Hays leading off
Stan Gunner is on deck
And Deacon Palmer is in the hole
Hays has hit 12 home runs this year
Mathewson is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mathewson looks in...
Now he's ready
Here's the 2 strike offering
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Hays!
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle
and Deacon Palmer is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Facing Mathewson now is Gunner
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Jeff Nights waits in the hole
Watching Mathewson, Gunner wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Mathewson eyes Gunner intently
Mathewson rocks and fires
Gunner checks his swing
WAIT
The home plate ump is pointing
towards first base
He's ruling the pitch touched
the uniform of Gunner
Gunner is awarded first base

That'll bring up Deacon Palmer
Turn of Century leads by a 3-run margin
We're in the bottom of the 5th
Palmer is hitting .289
against righthanders
Palmer is ready
Mathewson checks Gunner on first...
The 1-1 delivery
A low change-up by Mathewson...
Palmer chases it...
Manages a slow bouncer to Collins...
He takes it, tosses it to Lajoie...
Getting the force on Gunner
The relay back to first...
Not in time...
Palmer beats the throw by a step
Turn of Century leads 3 to 0
with two away this inning

Nights is ready to bat
On first is Palmer
He's not known for his speed
Mathewson looks down at Bresnahan
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Bounding ball to short
Jennings comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings,
Turn of Century has 3 runs,
4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and one error
FOFC has left 1 on base
Turn of Century has stranded 2

Breeze

06-19-2013, 09:50 PM

8/11 Radio Broadcast Continued

The big guns are due up
for Turn of Century
Kelley will lead it off
He will be followed by Nap
Lajoie and Sam Crawford
And Al studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The 2-2 offering...
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Kelley hits it into the hole
on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Kelley is out by a step at first
One away
Nap Lajoie, a fine hitter, is due up next
Sam Crawford will follow

Lajoie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Lajoie is 0 for 2 today
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Mighty goes into his windup
Kicks his right leg high...
There's a hard bouncer to Palmer's left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Potpie...
Lajoie is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Deacon Palmer!
And there's two away

Sam Crawford plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
Turn of Century appears set
Crawford gets set
He's 2 for 2 so far
Crawford tells the umpire he's ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Pounded on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
The Centurions go down in order, 1-2-3
After 5 and a half innings,

Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0

Starting the bottom of the
6th for FOFC is Treacy
Treacy is at .261 on the season
Treacy waits for the delivery
Now Christy delivers
Fly ball to right
Keeler is under it
He makes the grab
Mathewson gets the first out in the inning

Barrett Blade steps in now
for the All Stars
The Centurions lead in this one, 3-zip
Mathewson looks down at Bresnahan
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The windup, the pitch
Blade hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Hugh Duffy chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Duffy hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Blade is into third with a triple
Now they check on Duffy
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Mathewson
Tucker waits patiently
The pitch to Tucker...
Swung on and missed by Tucker,
he's down on strikes
Two gone for FOFC

Slowly coming up is Pflaggstettler
for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0
Pflaggstettler has hit 21
home runs this year
Mathewson likes the sign
"Big Six" lets loose with the 2-1 pitch...
Pflaggstettler swings and
lifts one toward right
Keeler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That retires the side...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Collins 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
Collins is one of the best hitters around
Fozborg steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Here's the 1-1 pitch
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
And there's one away

With Hughie Jennings on deck
Batting now for Turn of
Century is Bresnahan
Bresnahan has a .254 average against
righthanders this season
Waiting for the pitch is Bresnahan
Fozborg winds and delivers
Bresnahan really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
At the fence...
He dives for it...
OUT!!!
Two men gone, nobody on
Turn of Century leads by 3

Up now for Turn of Century is Jennings
Two away, nobody on
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
It hits Jennings on the elbow
Jennings throws the bat away
and sprints to first base

Christy Mathewson steps into the box
Mathewson wiggles the bat above his head
Mathewson waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's his delivery
It gets past Hays!
It's scored a wild pitch.
The pitch didn't look that bad
Fozborg must have crossed him up!
Jennings takes second

Christy Mathewson steps into the box
We'll see how they pitch to Mathewson
Mathewson awaits the delivery
Now Sirr delivers
That one is a grass cutter towards short
Nights fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
Jeff 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...
Potpie one hops it into his glove
Out!
Potpie can't get out of the way
and Christy 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 ends the top of the 7th
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 6 and a half innings, Turn
of Century leads by 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Power hitting Jeeberoni
Potpie will lead off
FOFC's clean-up hitter will
see what he can do
against Turn of Century's
Christy Mathewson
Potpie is hitting .282 against righties
Potpie is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The righthander Mathewson's delivery
Potpie cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan
Potpie was badly fooled by Mathewson's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Jeeberoni was a little overanxious
One gone for FOFC

Hays is up now for FOFC
Hays is 0 for 2 today
The righthander pitching to Hays...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .253 average
against Christy
And the cripple pitch...
Routine grounder to second
Lajoie scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That's two down for Mathewson
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Stan Gunner will get a crack
at Mathewson next
Deacon Palmer would be up next...
But only if Gunner can reach safely
Gunner is batting .261 with
14 round trippers in 1900
Stan is ready for the delivery
Here's the pitch
Mathewson misses low on that one
Gunner draws the walk
Number 1 today by Mathewson

Palmer gets set at the plate
Palmer steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Mathewson's is working on a shutout
here at FOFC Stadium this afternoon
He is throwing as hard now
as when the game started

Righthander Mathewson's delivery
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Palmer is outta there
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 50105

Hugh Duffy, Wee Willie Keeler,
and Joe Kelley are due up
for the Centurions
Turn of Century leads, 3-0
Duffy has hit 5 home runs this year
Fozborg is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Fozborg gets the sign from Hays
Sirr winds... kicks... and delivers
There's a base hit towards Stan Gunner
Hugh Duffy decides to go for two
Much to the surprise of Gunner
Here's the throw to second
SAFE, Duffy just beats the tag
That's 19 doubles on the year for Duffy

That'll bring up Centurions' right
fielder Wee Willie Keeler...
Turn of Century with a man in
scoring position at second
Duffy is on second, nobody out
Hays flashes the sign...
Fozborg waves it off...
Now he's happy
The righthander delivers
Keeler smacks a fly to center
Tucker is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
A. J. takes it in
And there's one away

Kelley, Turn of Century's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Nap Lajoie waits on deck
One out, man on second
Sirr Fozborg on in relief
for the All Stars
We're in the top of the 8th
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That bounced in front of the plate!
and Kelley couldn't hold up his swing!
Almost broke his back trying though...
Two down

Larry is now coming to bat
The outfield shades towards
left for Lajoie
Lajoie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
Fozborg brings it to the plate
It's in on the wrists
Nap tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
No, my mistake
The umpire was signaling strike three
That's 2 strike outs for Lajoie today
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
Turn of Century has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and one error
Turn of Century has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 4

The shortstop Nights will
start things off for the All Stars
Nights has hit 14 home runs this year
Mathewson rubbing the ball... has a chance
to improve his record to 12-10 with a win
It's coming down the pike
Nights pounds a grounder toward
Jennings at short
Hughie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Jennings stayed with it
Over to first and Nights is retired
Nice play by the Turn of
Century short stop
One up, one down

One out, nobody on base
David Gonzalez is the batter
Gonzalez steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Mathewson shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Way ahead in the count
Mathewson turns the 0-2 pitch loose
And Gonzalez will sit down...
strike three called
That's two away

Blade leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Blade is one of the best hitters around
Mathewson has the sign from Bresnahan
And the righthander starts
to work on Blade
Here comes the pitch
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Mathewson grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Three down in the 8th for FOFC
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

Here's the left fielder Crawford
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jimmy Collins
And then Roger Bresnahan
James peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Crawford swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One away here in the top of the 9th
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I toppled Late 20th 4 to 0
Paige the winner, he's now 14-9
Martinez takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-8
Left Outs squeezed by Negro
League II 8 to 6
Goslin has hit his 25th
homerun for Left Outs
AL Pre WWII humbled Japanese
League 17 to 3
Lazzeri has hit his 3rd homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era ripped NL Post WWII 7 to 1
Gibson takes the loss, his
record drops to 9-6
Walsh the winner, he's now 10-14
NL Pre WWII nipped Caribbean 4 to 3
Old Timers edged out AL Post WWII 3 to 2

So that brings up Jimmy Collins
the Turn of Century third baseman
Collins is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Hays flashes the sign...
Rodney shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Rodney fires
Curve in the dirt... and Collins 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 Collins went around
Strike three, swinging
One more chance for Turn
of Century this inning

Bresnahan finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
James Rodney steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander Rodney delivers
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Bresnahan swung, that's strike three
Bresnahan isn't happy at
all with that call
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 8 and a half innings
Turn of Century has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and one error
Turn of Century has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

FOFC's center fielder, Tucker,
will lead off the inning
Christy Mathewson has been tough
He's got a shutout going
Turn of Century leads 3 to nothing
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 1 for 3 this afternoon
A. J. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mathewson's pitch
Here comes the cripple pitch
Grounded towards first
Kelley grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

First base coach Joe Adcock wants
a word with Tucker...
Now we're all set to go...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps in
Pflaggstettler checks for the sign
Mathewson looks down at Bresnahan
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Mathewson quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Pflaggstettler drives one into right
Wee Willie Keeler sprints
over to make the play
With one down

Kelley yells something out to Mathewson
Christy nods his head

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie goes through his routine
of settling in
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Mathewson kicks and fires
It's in the dirt and bounces away
Tucker heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Mathewson
Mathewson is working on a shutout
He's yielded 3 hits so far
Christy rocks and fires
WATCH OUT!
Mathewson has hit Potpie!

That'll bring up catcher
Harry Hays...
Turn of Century out in front by 3
We're in the bottom of the 9th
1st and 2nd, one man down
Christy Mathewson is shooting
for victory number 12
A check on the runners... the pitch
STRIKE THREE... Change of pace
Hays is way out in front swinging
Number 9 so far today for Mathewson
That's out number two
Centurions' pitching coach,
Will Bill Donovan,
is out to talk with Mathewson
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Walking up to the plate now is Gunner
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
Gunner is batting .261 with
14 homers this year
Stan is eagerly awaiting Mathewson's pitch
Mathewson checks the runners
Fastball... just outside
And Gunner will take first on the walk
Everybody will move up a base...
Bases are loaded, with
Deacon Palmer due up

That'll bring up Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights will follow
if Palmer gets aboard
Bresnahan is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Mathewson's pitches
really cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Palmer steps into the box
Stepping out, Palmer looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Deacon is set for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Christy Mathewson
here this afternoon
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 3 to 0
Mathewson gets credit for the win
He threw a shut-out at them
Mighty takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Roger Bresnahan
He was 1 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-19-2013, 09:52 PM

8/11 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/11/1900

Centurions AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
H.Duffy CF 3 0 1 0 .273 B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .262
W.Keeler RF 4 0 0 0 .333 A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 0 .298
J.Kelley 1B 3 0 0 0 .312 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .309
N.Lajoie 2B 4 1 0 0 .379 J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .289
S.Crawford LF 4 1 2 0 .295 H.Hays C 4 0 0 0 .339
J.Collins 3B 4 1 1 1 .256 S.Gunner LF 1 0 0 0 .261
R.Bresnahan C 4 0 1 2 .272 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .324
H.Jennings SS 2 0 0 0 .324 J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .275
C.Mathewson P 3 0 0 0 .155 A.Mighty P 1 0 0 0 .094
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .260
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .302
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 29 0 3 0

A-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 8th Inning

Centurions...... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1

Centurions IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Mathewson WIN(12-10) 9 3 0 0 2 10 0 128 3.93
Totals 9 3 0 0 2 10 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty LOSS(8-8) 6 4 3 3 2 3 0 97 4.00
S.Fozborg 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 3.97
J.Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 3.00
Totals 9 5 3 3 2 7 0

ATTENDANCE- 50,105 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:35
LEFT ON BASE- Centurions: 4 All Stars: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Centurions: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- H.Hays
DOUBLES- H.Duffy(19th), R.Bresnahan(13th)
TRIPLES- B.Blade(7th)
STOLEN BASES- H.Duffy(37th)
WALKS- H.Duffy, J.Kelley, S.Gunner-2
HIT BY PITCH- H.Jennings, B.Blade, J.Potpie, S.Gunner
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kelley, N.Lajoie-2, J.Collins, R.Bresnahan, H.Jennings,
C.Mathewson, A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, H.Hays-2,
D.Palmer-2, J.Nights, A.Mighty, D.Gonzalez
GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler
WILD PITCHES- C.Mathewson, A.Mighty, S.Fozborg

Breeze

06-21-2013, 10:11 PM

8/12 Radio Broadcast - Game 127

I see by the clock that we're
ready to go here in FOFC
Duffy steps in to start things
off for Turn of Century
Let's set the FOFC defense for you
Battery mates are Williams and Hays
Covering the corners at first and third
Will be Potpie and Palmer
The keystone combo has Blade at second
And Nights playing short
In the outfield
From left to right
Its Ton, Tucker and Pflaggstettler
Now Duffy steps into the batter's box
This game's about to begin
Duffy finishes his stretching
Let's play some ball...
Williams goes into his windup
Here it comes
The pitch is just inside
and Duffy holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Hugh trots down to first... ball four

Duffy watches Williams move...
He's moving away from the bag
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Jesse Burkett coming up
No score...
The ballgame is just under way
John is ready
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Duffy dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to center for Burkett
Third base coach Dode Criss is
motioning Duffy to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Burkett at first

So with 2 on and no outs
the Centurions send their first baseman,
Joe Kelley, up to face Williams
Good-hitting Nap Lajoie is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Kelley has 25 doubles this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the 3-0 offering
Base hit to left for Kelley
Duffy scores
Third base coach Dode Criss
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Burkett will stay at second

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Lajoie is hitting .379 with 16 homeruns
Nap also has 25 doubles and 7 triples
And has driven in a total of 88 runs
Nap is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch
Williams looks over at Kelley...
Now back at Burkett...

He's coming home with it
It's low
and it gets away from Hays!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Hays has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a passed ball.

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Lajoie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Williams fires
Swung on and rocked toward Jeff Nights
He leaps in the air...
Just out of his reach!
The runners are on the move
The throw comes in quickly
Kelley will have to hold at third
But Burkett scores on that hot shot!

Honus Wagner steps in
Lajoie at first, Kelley
at third, no one out
Runners at the corners
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now ready, here it is...
Bounced past the mound
Great pickup by Nights
Throw to second for one
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Kelley scores from third!
The runner on first, Lajoie, is out
One gone for Turn of Century

Taking his lead is Wagner
Williams tries to pick the runner...
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!

Wagner takes his lead...
He appears to be challenging Williams
The runner unable to take a big lead
Williams keeps looking him back

Sam Crawford steps into the box
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.93 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Crawford will take his seat
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Collins now at the plate
Roger Bresnahan waits on deck
Watching Williams, Collins wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
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 Williams' delivery
Big motion...
Collins is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Williams pulled the string on him
That's three outs, side retired

Blade saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Rusie making his 23rd start of the season
The righthander Rusie's delivery
Blade hits a three hopper
towards Amos Rusie
Rusie scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Rusie retires the first batter to
face him in the bottom of the 1st

A. J. Tucker is up to face Amos Rusie
He told me in the pregame show
That he was seeing the ball
very good in practice
Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box
Tucker waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
And now the pitch...
It's a high fly into center
Duffy ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
Two down

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is coming to the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
hitting .310 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Here's his delivery
Checked swing
Slow bouncer toward short
Wagner scrambles in
Picks it up
Flicks it quickly to Kelley
SAFE!
Who shot Persimmon out of a cannon?!

Potpie moseys up to the plate
K. A. Ton is heading for
the on-deck circle
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Waiting for the pitch is Potpie
The stretch... the 1-0 delivery
A slider by Rusie
Potpie gets good wood on it...
Duffy back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Amos Rusie holds the All Stars
scoreless in the first

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Bresnahan is batting .272
with 4 HR's this year
Williams has the sign he wants
Williams rocks and fires
Bresnahan 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

Rusie fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Rusie squares
Rusie bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!

Williams glares in at Duffy as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Duffy is batting .273 with
5 HR's this year
Williams is making his 24th
start of the season
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Bresnahan
Fires to Potpie...
Bresnahan is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
A low change-up by Williams...
Duffy chases it...
Manages a slow bouncer to Nights...
He takes it, tosses it to Blade...
Getting the force on Bresnahan
The relay back to first...
Not in time...
Duffy beats the throw by a step
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Duffy sneaks away from the base
Duffy held closely by Williams

The right fielder, Jesse
Burkett, is up next
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The lefthander Williams delivers
Burkett laces a hit into the outfield
A. J. Tucker picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Burkett holds with a single

So with 2 on and 2 outs
Turn of Century sends their first baseman,
Joe Kelley, up to face Williams
Hard-hitting Nap Lajoie is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Joe is batting .314 with 7
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 1 today
Williams is happy with the sign
The pitch is on the way
He rips a grounder to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Kelley fails to come through in the clutch
For Turn of Century, No runs, 2 hits,
no errors and 2 men left on base

Ton steps to the plate
It's the bottom of the 2nd
here at FOFC Stadium
Turn of Century leads 3 to 0
Ton is hitting .304 against righties
Ton readies himself for the pitch
Way ahead in the count
Rusie turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Ton takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Ton can't believe it and says
something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Rusie
While we wait for Deacon Palmer
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Late 20th is on top of Negro
League I 2 to 0
Left Outs and Negro League
II are all knotted at 1
Beckwith has hit his 25th homerun
for Negro League II
Japanese League slipping
by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
Ott has hit his 33rd homerun
for NL Pre WWII
AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 2 to 1
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Facing Rusie now is Palmer
Harry Hays heads to the on deck circle
Jeff Nights waits in the hole
Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year
Rusie steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch
Palmer cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan
Palmer was badly fooled by Rusie's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Deacon was a little overanxious
That's the second out of the inning

The catcher, Harry Hays
will be up next for FOFC
Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot
He is batting .339 in 295 at bats
Jeff Nights makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Rusie shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Amos has a fine arsenal of pitches
but mostly uses a power fastball!
Rusie kicks and fires
Hays hits a screamer at Honus Wagner
Wagner takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Kelley scoops it on one hop

Hays is out!
Nice play by Kelley
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still Turn of
Century 3, All Stars 0

Power hitting Nap Lajoie will lead off
Turn of Century's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's John Williams
Lajoie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now to the belt, here it is...
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Lajoie is retired on a fairly deep fly
That's one away

Settling in at the plate is Wagner
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
John comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
It's a high pop-up in back of third
Palmer is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
Two away

Sam Crawford, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Crawford is at .293 on the season
Crawford cocks his bat
The pitch on the way, here it is...
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...
Crawford dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Crawford with a single

Here's the 5'7 1/2", 160
pound Jimmy Collins
coming up to bat
Collins goes through his
routine of settling in
John gets the sign from Hays
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Crawford...
He fires one to Potpie...
Crawford dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Williams grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
2 and a half innings,
Turn of Century has 3 runs,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
Turn of Century has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

The All Stars will send
Nights, John Williams,
and Barrett Blade up
to the plate this inning
Jeff is batting .275 in
466 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by John Williams
Bresnahan flashes the sign...
Rusie waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rusie winds and delivers
The 1-2 pitch
Hard slider, at the knees...
Nights clubs a deep drive to center...
Duffy turns, and races back after it...
It goes off the wall!
Nights is steaming toward third
Duffy has it, throws...
Not in time...
Nights has his triple
Number 3 on the year for him

And it brings up John Williams
On deck is Barrett Blade
A. J. Tucker in the hole
Nights is 90 feet away
Rusie studies his sign
Righthander Rusie's delivery
Williams swings and misses
Strike three
Williams didn't have a good
cut at that pitch

Barrett Blade steps into the box
Blade grips the bat handle
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
Now Amos delivers
It's in the dirt and bounces away
Here comes Nights to score
He'll make it without a throw
Wild pitch on Rusie

Barrett Blade steps into the box
Blade is 0 for 2 today
Rusie wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie goes into his windup
Here it comes
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Blade hits it into the hole
on the right side
Lajoie ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Blade is out by a step at first

And now here's A. J. Tucker
Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 3rd
Tucker is at .297 on the season
Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign

Now he's ready...
Rusie's behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Fly ball to right
Burkett is under it
He grabs it for the out
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 3 innings, Turn of
Century on top 3 to 1

John Williams, out there
on the mound for FOFC
prepares to face Roger Bresnahan
to get the 4th inning underway
here in FOFC Stadium
Williams looks down at
Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Bresnahan
And there's one away

And the batter is Amos Rusie
Hugh Duffy is on-deck
Rusie digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Williams
Amos is set for the pitch
The lefty Williams delivers
Comebacker, right to Williams
Over to Potpie for the easy out
'Come back, Little Sheba'
And there's two away

Turn of Century center fielder,
Hugh Duffy, is up next
The outfield shades towards left for Duffy
Williams is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Williams looks in...
Now he's ready
John rocks and fires
Lifted in the air, back this way
The catcher, Hays, will
take it for the out
Williams sets the Centurions down in order

Here's the right fielder Pflaggstettler
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then K. A. Ton
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the Turn
of Century infield
Kelley is kicking the dirt at first
Collins is even with the bag at third
Lajoie and Wagner are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign
Now he's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
There's a towering fly ball
hit by Pflaggstettler
Burkett sprints over, and makes the catch
FOFC with one away
Rusie steps off the mound as
he waits for Jeeberoni Potpie to
come to the plate

Nobody on base, one away
Potpie steps into the batter's box
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
Rusie has the sign from Bresnahan
The pitch is on the way
Potpie tries to hold up
Bresnahan points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two up, two down for FOFC

K. A. Ton will face Rusie
Righty against righty
Ton is batting .323 with 12 HR's this year
Rusie peers in for the sign
Ton is a formidable opponent
Amos has allowed 9 home runs
versus righties this year
And K. A. is no ordinary hitter
Rusie leans back and fires
Struck him out on a fastball
Ton goes down swinging
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1

Jesse Burkett is up to lead
off the top of the 5th
The Turn of Century right fielder
is not the batter
Williams 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
Burkett is taking his practice swings
Jesse is 2 for 2 this afternoon
Hays flashes the sign to Williams
Williams is into his windup
Here's the pitch
There's a bunt between the mound and first
Williams and Potpie are after it
Potpie grabs it
Over to first
Just in time!

One out, nobody on base
Joe Kelley is the batter
Joe is hitting at .313 on the year
He has 122 hits in 390 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 26 stolen bases
After getting set, Kelley
waits on the pitch
Here's the 2 strike offering
Kelley really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
At the fence...
He dives for 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 Williams

Here's the Turn of Century clean-up
hitter, 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 Williams earn his salary
Set now is Lajoie
Here is the 2 strike pitch
At the knees, looks like a sinker...
Swung on and topped toward third...
Palmer charging...
Has to backhand it...
He zips a throw to Potpie...
NOT IN TIME!!
Score it an infield single for Lajoie

Wagner is up now for Turn of Century
Honus is hitting at .319 on the year
He has 129 hits in 405 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Wagner popped out his last time up
The left-hander Williams is now ready
Now John delivers
Wagner is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's all for Turn of Century
After 4 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
Turn of Century leads 3 to 1

Breeze

06-21-2013, 10:12 PM

8/12 Radio Broadcast Continued

The third baseman Palmer
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Palmer looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Rusie wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
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

Late 20th is in front of
Negro League I 3 to 0
Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th
Left Outs and Negro League
II are all knotted at 2
Beckwith has hit his 25th homerun
for Negro League II
Japanese League is edging
AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
Ott has hit his 33rd homerun
for NL Pre WWII
They must be feeding him lots of beef
AL Post WWII is in front
of Old Timers 4 to 1

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Hays looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Harry
Harry is 0 for 1 today
grounded out his last at bat
Hays is set
Rusie brings it to the plate
Hays chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Rusie
Lajoie snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
Two gone for FOFC

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 1 for 1 tonight
His 1 run is the only one scored
by FOFC so far...
They trail 3-1
Right-hander Rusie prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
The righthander delivers
It's a routine fly into center
Duffy ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Duffy grabs it for the out
We head to the 6th...
The score is still Turn of
Century 3, All Stars 1

The Centurions get their turn to
bat here in the top of the 6th
Sam Crawford, Jimmy Collins,
and Roger Bresnahan
the first three Turn of Century batters
They'll be facing the southpaw
John Williams
Crawford adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Sam is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Crawford gets set for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Crawford watches it go
by for the third strike
So one up and one gone

Walking up to the plate now is Collins
Turn of Century leading in the game
Collins is at .253 on the season
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Collins 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!
Jimmy just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the Turn
of Century third baseman
Turn of Century leads 3 to 1
with two away this inning

Now here's Bresnahan
Bresnahan is taking his practice swings
Roger is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He struck out last time at bat
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams' windup... the delivery
Curve ball...
Bresnahan swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
1-2-3, nothing across...

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
Wonder if Gunner will try
to bunt for a hit
Rusie gets the sign, it's one he likes
Rusie kicks and delivers
There's a fly ball to Hugh Duffy
Duffy circles under it...
He makes the play
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

Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade
Rusie is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
And the delivery by Rusie
That's hit deep to left field
Crawford trying to track it down
He's on the warning track
HE JUMPS . . .
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Score It: 7
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...

A. J. Tucker plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder
for FOFC appears set
Tucker is batting .297 with
7 HR's this year
Rusie likes the sign
Rusie's righthanded delivery...
Over the outside corner
Tucker hits the curve right to second...
Lajoie takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Tucker is out by a couple of steps
And that will do it for FOFC

Turn of Century will send Rusie,
Hugh Duffy, and Jesse Burkett to face
Jace Kronside this inning
Rusie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Kronside
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Now the delivery, here is is...
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Rusie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Amos as he was heading for the dugout
With one down, up next is Hugh Duffy
To be followed by Jesse Burkett

So that brings up the top of the order
Hugh Duffy will step in
Duffy is 0 for 2 today
Hugh fouled out last time around
Duffy waits patiently
And the righthander starts
to work on Duffy
Here comes the pitch
Slider, down and away...
Duffy 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...
Duffy with the big turn...
The throw from Ton goes into second
And Duffy holds at first

Duffy yells something to Kronside
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Duffy is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Jace
No doubt he does!
Duffy takes his lead...
Kronside fires it to first...
It's close...
SAFE

One away, Duffy at first
Burkett is coming to the plate
Burkett has hit 7 home runs this year
Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Kronside
He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Pflaggstettler slides under
it... one hands it...
Not the prettiest play, but Burkett is out
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

He's off to the races!
Hays pegs it down
He slipped on the throw
But he got it off...
Nights applies the tag...
Duffy is safe!...
Nights can't handle the throw cleanly

Joe Kelley steps into the box
Kelley has 25 doubles this year
The right-hander Kronside is
set to deliver to Kelley
Jace looks over his shoulder at Duffy
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Waist high fastball...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker after it...
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just misses it!
It bangs off the wall
Kelley heading for second
He pulls up with a two bagger
The throw was cut off
Also give Joe an RBI on the play

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Against righthanders
Lajoie is hitting .381
Nap seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The righthander delivers
Swung on and missed...
The ball gets away from Hays
and rolls back to the screen
Kelley is around third...
He thinks about it...
but he retreats to third
as Hays retrieves the ball
Passed ball charged to Hays

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
The outfield shades towards
left for Lajoie
He's ready
Now Jace delivers
Hard slider...
And Lajoie takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That ends the top of the 7th
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 6 and a half innings, Turn
of Century leads by 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The right fielder Pflaggstettler will
start things off for the All Stars
Rusie will improve his record
to 11-5 with a victory here in FOFC
Lajoie comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Rusie
The delivery
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Potpie, FOFC's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
The bat is cocked
He brings it home
Towering popup
back of home
Bresnahan grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
That's two quick outs for Amos Rusie
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Ton finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
K. A. steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Ton is 0 for 2 today
He struck out last time up
Rusie adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie's into his windup... the pitch
Sharp breaking curveball...
Ton reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Wagner...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Kelley at first!
Ton is out easily
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47184

Honus Wagner stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Kronside studies his sign
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Fastball, down and in...
Wagner laces a hit into the outfield...
Tucker picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Wagner holds with a single
Good start to the inning
for Turn of Century

Wagner studies Kronside intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Nobody out, Wagner at first
Now up is Crawford
Stepping out, Crawford looks
into the dugout
Steps back in
Crawford waits patiently
The stretch... the 1-0 delivery
It's the hit and run play
by Turn of Century...
Slow ground ball to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
One down for Turn of Century
Jimmy Collins is still in
the on-deck circle
and Roger Bresnahan is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Roger Bresnahan gets the weighted
donut from Collins
Now Jimmy saunters to the plate
1 out and 1 on base
Collins bats in the seventh slot in
the order for Turn of Century
Turn of Century on top 4 to 1
One out, man on second
Hunter rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Hunter kicks and fires
Collins rips a line drive over short
It's through into deep left field
Gazelle finally catches up with it
The runner scores!
Jimmy has to hold at first with a single

At the plate now for Turn
of Century is Bresnahan
We're in the top of the 8th
Hunter eyes Bresnahan intently
Hunter goes into his stretch...
Looks at Collins...
He fires one to Potpie...
Collins 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 Bresnahan

Rusie is up now for Turn of Century
Rusie goes through his routine
of settling in
Rusie, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Hunter
Here's the righthander's delivery
Rusie will try the hit and run!
Rusie offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Amos couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Palmer for the out
Rusie never even left the batter's box
Two down

So that brings up the top of the order
Hugh Duffy will step in
Duffy has a .301 average against
righthanders this season
Duffy waits on Hunter
A check on the runners... the pitch
Hard line drive to first
It's over Potpie's head for a single!
Collins scores from second!
Bresnahan takes third

Duffy edges away from the bag
Hunter holds the runner close to the bag

Burkett saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Owen gets the sign from Hays
Hunter brings it home
Bouncer to second
Blade grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
And that's the final out of the inning
Turn of Century has 6 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left
8 men on base today

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
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
A liner over third
Collins jumps
Can't reach it
Crawford fronts it
It's through his legs!
He recovers
Throw to second
Man, Palmer is still at first!
Buy that man some "PF Flyers"

Hays is ready to bat
On first is Palmer
He's not known for his speed
Harry stares down at Dick
Howser for the sign
Palmer leads away from first
Hays cocks his bat
The righthander Rusie's delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Crawford reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th besting Negro League I 5 to 0
Negro League II with the lead
over Left Outs 6 to 3
Hill has hit his 12th homerun
for Negro League II
Japanese League and AL Pre
WWII are deadlocked at 2
Suzuki and Hoyt currently dueling
NL Pre WWII slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0
AL Post WWII is running roughshod
over Old Timers 12 to 2
Brett has hit his 19th homerun
for AL Post WWII
And here in FOFC Turn of
Century ahead 6 to 1

Now batting will be Jeff Nights
The shortstop is walking to the plate
One on... one out
Turn of Century leads FOFC by 5 runs
Nights is 1 for 2 today,
with no strike outs
Bresnahan flashes the sign to Rusie
Rusie brings it to the plate
Nights hits a high pop into
short left field
Collins and Wagner sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Crawford
Wagner puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Crawford!!
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Rusie

Making his way up is Gazelle
Rusie steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Rusie brings it to the plate
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
Rusie just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
FOFC comes up empty here in
the bottom of the 8th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 8 innings,
Turn of Century still out in front, 6-1

Kelley saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Right-hander Hunter prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Kelley
Here's his delivery
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
One up, one down for Turn of Century

Nap Lajoie will be coming up
Connie Mack loves the pop in his bat
Lajoie is at .380 on the season
He is hitting .379 against righties
Lajoie waiting on the delivery
The pitch to Lajoie...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two out, nobody on
Turn of Century on top 6 to 1

Up now for Turn of Century is Wagner
Two away, nobody on
Wagner is 1 for 4 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
Wagner readies himself for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Wagner hits one on the ground
to the left side
Honus, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Palmer wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
8 and a half innings,
Turn of Century has 6 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 8 on base
FOFC has stranded 2

Barrett Blade up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Blade is 0 for 3 today,
with no strike outs
Rusie has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie will try to get Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bresnahan fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Blade
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 159 hits in 537 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 18 stolen bases
A. J. stands with bat ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Tucker sends a routine
ground ball to first
Kelley takes it on one hop
Flips it to Rusie
Easy out
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is at the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 21
home runs this year
Rusie stares in
Here's the 1-0 pitch
Grounded into the hole
Kelley comes up with it
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler!

Potpie is up next
Two out with Pflaggstettler at first
Potpie is at .287 on the season
Rusie likes the sign
Rusie checks Pflaggstettler on first...
The 0-2 delivery
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 6 to 1
Rusie gets credit for the win
Williams takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Joe Kelley
He was 2 for 5
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-21-2013, 10:13 PM

8/12 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/12/1900

Centurions AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
H.Duffy CF 4 2 2 1 .275 B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .259
J.Burkett RF 5 1 2 0 .316 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .296
J.Kelley 1B 5 1 2 2 .313 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 2 0 .311
N.Lajoie 2B 5 0 2 1 .379 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .287
H.Wagner SS 5 1 1 1 .319 K.Ton LF 3 0 0 0 .318
S.Crawford LF 4 0 1 0 .294 O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
J.Collins 3B 4 1 1 1 .255 D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .324
R.Bresnahan C 3 0 1 0 .273 H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .336
A.Rusie P 4 0 0 0 .274 J.Nights SS 3 1 1 0 .275
J.Williams P 1 0 0 0 .127
A-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .260
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-G.Gazelle LF 1 0 0 0 .271
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 39 6 12 6 Totals 31 1 4 0

A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kronside In 8th Inning

Centurions...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 6 12 0
All Stars....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0

Centurions IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Rusie WIN(11-5) 9 4 1 1 0 8 0 102 3.64
Totals 9 4 1 1 0 8 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams LOSS(12-4) 6 7 3 3 1 7 0 102 3.79
J.Kronside 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 2 0 37 3.04
O.Hunter 1 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 27 5.60
Totals 9 12 6 6 2 9 0

ATTENDANCE- 47,184 DATE- Sunday, August 12th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Centurions: 8 All Stars: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Centurions: 0 All Stars: 0
DOUBLES- J.Kelley(26th)
TRIPLES- J.Nights(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- H.Duffy(38th)
WALKS- H.Duffy, R.Bresnahan
STRIKE OUTS- N.Lajoie, H.Wagner, S.Crawford-2, J.Collins, R.Bresnahan-2,
A.Rusie-2, B.Blade, J.Potpie-2, K.Ton-2, D.Palmer, J.Williams,
G.Gazelle
BALKS- J.Williams
WILD PITCHES- A.Rusie
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays-2

Breeze

06-22-2013, 02:51 PM

8/13 Radio Broadcast - Game 128

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
The lefthander delivers
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Terp converge on it
It's picked by Terp who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
Caribbean with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Antonio Pacheco to
come to the plate

Pacheco gets set at the plate
Antonio will be facing the
left-handed Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
The Estrellas' switch hitting
second baseman
is batting a .276 versus southpaws
The umpire says let's go
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 190 on the season for Nielsen
Two gone for Caribbean

Coimbre walks to the plate
Coimbre can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Two balls, two strikes, 2 down
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Curve, at the belt...
Coimbre 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!!

Caribbean sends the left fielder,
Perucho Cepeda, up to the plate
Cepeda has a .280 average
against lefthanders
He is .256 overall
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Nielsen throws the 3-2 pitch
Cepeda is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's it here in the top of the 1st
It's 1-0 in favor of
the visitors from Caribbean
We'll be back in just a moment

The second baseman Blade
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Blade swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Valenzuela
Waiting for the pitch is Blade
Valenzuela will try to get
Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Blade is hit!
Valenzuela starts out this
inning on a bad note
The FOFC fans are getting on him
Blade trots down to first base

With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck
Batting now for FOFC is Tucker
Tucker has hit 8 triples this year
Tucker waits for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
The hit and run is on!
Slider, inside...
Tucker swings...
Hits a long blast into straight away left
It's way back there
Did Tucker get all of it?...
Going...
Going...
GONE!
How about that!
Families go on vacations shorter
than that poke!

And it brings up Jeeberoni Potpie
On deck is Gerald Gazelle
K. A. Ton in the hole
Valenzuela looks down at
Gonzalez for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Fernando delivers
Potpie fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of third
Linares is over quickly
Easy out
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is still
in the on-deck circle
and K. A. Ton is looking for
a bat in the dugout

So that brings up Gerald Gazelle
the FOFC right fielder
Time is called...
Gazelle has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Valenzuela strikes out Gerald Gazelle
Two away

Next up is K. A. Ton, the
FOFC left fielder...
If he gets on, Dan Fouts would bat next
Valenzuela gets the sign,
it's one he likes
Here's the 2-2 offering
Ton rocks one deep
This is really hit
It's going... going...
FOUL!
Man, the wind really robbed Ton
. . . Ton back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
K. A. takes a vicious cut
But only creates a breeze
He was guessing on that one
Wrong guess!
Ton has been striking out a lot in 1900
Of course Ton is batting
a hefty .316 in 158 at bats!
So that's it for FOFC
But the damage was done
2 runs come across the plate
FOFC on top 2 to 1

Miguel Gonzalez will step into
the box to start the inning
Caribbean would like to get
some runners on board
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the 2-2 offering
Gonzalez skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Terp calls for it
Puts it away!
That's one away

Settling in at the plate is Espino
And Rob studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
Here's his delivery
Espino swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Fouts and skips out to Ton
Espino rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Espino returns to first
as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade

Coming to the plate is Linares
One down and runner at first
Linares calls time, and steps
out of the batter's box
The "Dog Days of August" are
here for the Estrellas
They're 24.0 games out,
and have dropped 3 straight
Now Linares is finally ready
Omar is ready for the delivery
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Swung on and lofted very high...
and very deep...
Ton starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And hauls it in!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Dead Ball Era with the lead
over AL Post WWII 3 to 0
McGinnity comfortably ahead
for Dead Ball Era
Late 20th and AL Pre WWII are scoreless
Maddux battling Gomez
Negro League II and NL Post
WWII have yet to score
Japanese League is on top
of NL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Negro League I and Old
Timers are scoreless
Turn of Century is beating
Left Outs 4 to 0

The shortstop, Dave Concepcion
is up for the Estrellas
We are in the top of the 2nd
Concepcion steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
The umpire says let's go
Concepcion is ready
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Bouncer up the middle and
past Kris Terp...
Base hit into center field!
Third base coach Matty Alou
holds the runner, Espino

Valenzuela walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Valenzuela at the plate
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 17 wins,
Rob has racked up 202 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Nielsen fires
Base hit to center for Valenzuela
Matty Alou will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Espino scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Minoso is up now for Caribbean
Hitching up his pants...

Minoso gazes out to the mound
Rob Nielsen is having a good year
He is 2nd in wins with 17

Now Nielsen is looking for a sign
It's coming down the pike
Minoso swings and lifts one toward left
Ton drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
By the way, Caribbean is 3 and
7 in their last ten games

The third baseman Fouts will
start things off for the All Stars
Valenzuela peers in for the sign
Fouts is a formidable opponent
Fernando has allowed 16 home runs
versus righties this year
And Dan is no ordinary hitter
Valenzuela goes into his windup
Here it comes
Sinking fastball...
Fouts swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Linares...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
With one gone
FOFC will have Billy Bullock coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One out, nobody on base
Billy Bullock is the batter
Bullock grips the bat handle
Valenzuela adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Valenzuela brings it to the plate
There's a ground ball into the hole
Linares and Concepcion converge on it
It's picked by Linares who fires to first
SAFE! The ball gets away
Bullock will go to second
They'll give him a hit,
and Linares an error
That's error number 1 of
the game for Caribbean

Now here's Terp
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
Terp hits a routine grounder to Linares
He scoops it up, and throws to first
SAFE, the throw pulled Espino off the bag
Charge Linares with the error
That's error number 2 of
the game for Caribbean

Batting next for FOFC is Nielsen
The score is knotted at 2
Before getting ready
Nielsen checks out the defensive alignment
Rob is eagerly awaiting Valenzuela's pitch
Valenzuela brings it home
And Nielsen will sit down...
strike three called
That's the second out of the inning

All Stars' second baseman Blade
is up next
Blade has 20 doubles this year
Barrett steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Valenzuela's pitch
The lefthander Valenzuela delivers
Swung on and hit to shallow left
Cepeda has got a long run
HE DIVES
HE'S GOT IT!
TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH!
Valenzuela owes Cepeda a dinner!
Score It: 7
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 2 innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 2 runs,
4 hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Caribbean has failed to bring home 2

Bullock fires the ball down to Blade
He whips it around the infield
Over to Fouts who walks it over to Nielsen
Pacheco steps in to face the southpaw
Here we go in the top of the 3rd
Pacheco is taking his practice swings
Antonio is 0 for 1 this evening
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 rocks and fires
Pounded on the ground to first
Potpie flips to Nielsen covering
Score It: 3-1
Caribbean with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Pancho Coimbre to
come to the plate

Nobody on base, one away
Coimbre steps into the batter's box
Coimbre has hit 15 home runs this year
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
And the delivery by Nielsen
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Coimbre held up, and draws a walk
Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call

Perucho Cepeda is up to face Rob Nielsen
Cepeda has managed a .278 average
against lefthanders this year
Nielsen studies his sign
Now the delivery, here is is...
Cepeda sends a scorcher to short
Terp takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
That's all for Caribbean
After 2 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
We're all tied up at 2

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 steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Valenzuela is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Valenzuela looks in...
Now he's ready
With a 2-2 count
Valenzuela kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Tucker watches it go by
for the third strike
And there's one away

Up next for the All Stars
The hometown first baseman,
Jeeberoni Potpie
Against lefthanders
Potpie is hitting .305 this season
Now set, Potpie waits for the pitch
Valenzuela winds his left arm
Lets it go
Curve ball...
Potpie swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That's two away
Concepcion comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Valenzuela
Gerald Gazelle will be next up...

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle is batting .270 with
25 homers this year
After getting set, Gazelle
waits on the pitch
It's a full count...
Valenzuela winds and fires...
Did he check his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

Gazelle takes his lead
Valenzuela holds the runner

And the batter is K. A. Ton
Dan Fouts is on-deck
Ton looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Ton readies himself for the pitch
Valenzuela checks Gazelle on first...
The 2-2 delivery
The Whiff!
Valenzuela punches Ton out!
And that will do it for FOFC

Miguel Gonzalez, Hector Espino, and
Omar Linares are due up
Gonzalez gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Gonzalez waits for the delivery
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Topped in front of home
Bullock grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 2-3
So one up and one gone

Hector Espino up
The score is tied
Hector is hitting at .241 on the year
He has 33 hits in 137 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 1
Espino singled his last time up
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
Rob is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
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 Espino

Omar Linares moves in to face Nielsen
1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 4th
Linares is batting .239 with
18 HR's this year
Nielsen eyes Linares intently
The pitch to Linares...
Linares drives one into right
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
The score is tied at 2 with
two away this inning

Caribbean shortstop, Dave
Concepcion, is up next
Dave is batting at .260 with 4 home runs
He is 1 for 1 so far today
Concepcion waiting on the delivery
Now to the belt, here it is...
Swung on and missed...
Concepcion is down on strikes
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 2 runs,
5 hits and 2 errors
Caribbean has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 3

Dan Fouts is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Valenzuela ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The lefthander delivers
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into right
Coimbre is under it, waits...
He's got it
One out
Due up next is Billy Bullock

Coming up for FOFC is Billy Bullock
Nobody on base, one out
Bullock is at .261 on the season
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Valenzuela shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Valenzuela winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Changeup down low...
Bullock makes contact and
hits one out to center
Minnie Minoso is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Valenzuela
Two down

Next up for FOFC is Kris Terp
Terp is 0 for 1 today
Kris reached base on an error last time up
Fernando looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Terp hits a pop into short right field
Pacheco sprints out
Coimbre and Minoso sprint
towards the infield
Minnie Minoso sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Two outs, with a man at first
Nielsen is the next batter
We'll see how they pitch to Nielsen
Nielsen waits
Valenzuela kicks and fires
Valenzuela just misses outside
Ball four to Nielsen

So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Barrett flied out last time around
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Valenzuela brings it to the plate
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Blade looks at strike three
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
We're all tied up at 2

Fernando Valenzuela is coming to the plate
He loves to hit
and is quite good at it too
Nielsen will have to be careful
Valenzuela wiggles the bat above his head
All set, Valenzuela is ready for the pitch
Windup by Nielsen
And the pitch
Baltimore chop
Into right for a single!

Minoso squares to lay one down
The pitch is high and tight
Minoso somehow gets the bunt down
Potpie picks it up
Fires to first in time for the out
What a bunt by Minoso!
Credit him with a sacrifice
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Dead Ball Era and AL Post
WWII are tied at 4
AL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1
Negro League II and NL Post
WWII are all knotted at 1
Morgan has hit his 20th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging Japanese
League 5 to 4
Negro League I is edging Old Timers 3 to 2
Turn of Century clipping Left Outs 5 to 1
Waddell comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century

One on, one out
Coming up next is Pacheco
So far this year Pacheco is batting .295
He has 33 doubles, 10 triples
12 homeruns with 62 RBI's
and 19 stolen bases
Antonio is set for the pitch
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Pacheco holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Pacheco will take first on the walk
Number 1 today for Pacheco

And the batter is Pancho Coimbre
One down here in the top of the 5th
Valenzuela is down at second
Pacheco is kicking the dirt up at first
He's ready to set sail
If Coimbre can get a hit
The score is tied at 2
Pancho is batting .297 in
474 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Perucho Cepeda
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
Nielsen checks the runners
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Bullock
Pacheco dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Pacheco made it back
That's two away

Stepping in for Caribbean, is Cepeda
Pacheco at first, Valenzuela
at second, two away
Cepeda is 0 for 2 today, with no walks
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
Hard ground ball to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
That retires the side...
Cepeda fails to come through in the clutch
For Caribbean, No runs, one hit, no
errors and 2 men left on base

Tucker is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Tucker steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
A. J. is 1 for 2 today
Fernando gets the sign from Gonzalez
Fernando needs to get this one over...
The wind-up and 3-1 delivery...
Curveball...
BALL FOUR!
Always nice to get a lead off walk...
but especially in a tie ballgame!

Coming to the plate is Potpie
Tucker's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Valenzuela
Potpie is 0 for 2 today
He is currently batting .285
Cepeda, Minoso and Coimbre
are playing him deep
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Potpie hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion
Concepcion picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
And there's two away

The right fielder, Gerald
Gazelle, is up next
Gerald, a right-handed hitter, will
face the lefty Valenzuela
Of his 25 home runs, 19
are against southpaws
Gazelle waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Valenzuela's windup... the delivery
Gazelle tries to hold up
Gonzalez points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That does it for the All Stars
So at the end of five complete
it is all knotted up at 2

Gonzalez saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Miguel takes a couple of practice cuts
The bat is cocked
Rob winds... kicks... and delivers
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Gonzalez!
One down for Caribbean
Hector Espino is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Hector Espino makes his way to home plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Espino
Two balls, two strikes on Espino
Nielsen's into his windup... the pitch
Espino swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Hector Espino
Two down
Nielsen gets the first two batters
here in the top of the 6th

Nobody on, two away
Linares steps in for Caribbean
Linares is 0 for 2 today, with no walks
Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Rob has a 17 and 5 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Low and outside
Ball four

Linares edges away from the bag
Linares has to hold tight to the bag

That'll bring up Dave Concepcion
Fernando Valenzuela will follow
if Concepcion gets aboard
Bullock is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Nielsen's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Concepcion steps into the box
Concepcion is 1 for 2 today, with no walks
Nielsen is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock
Nielsen's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
He rips a grounder to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
That'll do it for Caribbean
So we're still tied
After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 2 runs,
6 hits and 2 errors

Breeze

06-22-2013, 02:52 PM

8/13 Radio Broadcast Continued

K. A. Ton leads off the inning
Ton is 0 for 2 today
Valenzuela shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
And the cripple pitch...
Fastball... just outside
Ton will take first on the walk
K. A. knows how to get on base
His OBP of .423 is among
the league leaders

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Fouts
Dan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Dan is 0 for 2 today...

Ton kicks the dirt at first
Joe Adcock says something to him
Fouts is set for the 3-1 pitch
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Ton dives back in!...
SAFE!
Espino tosses it back to Valenzuela
Now here's the pitch
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Fouts misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Fastball at the letters...
Off with the pitch
Ton attempts to steal second
Up and firing is Gonzalez...
Ton is safe!...
As Pacheco slaps a high tag on him

Dan Fouts steps into the box
Dan will be facing the southpaw Valenzuela
from the right side of the plate
6 of his 16 home runs come via this route
Fouts gets ready for Valenzuela's pitch
His bat is cocked
The lefty Valenzuela delivers
Waist high fastball... juiced
to deep center
There goes Minoso
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just misses it!
A two bagger for Dan Fouts

Batting for FOFC will be Bullock
Bullock is at .260 on the season
Waiting for the pitch is Bullock
Now Fernando delivers
A high fastball...
Bullock swings late...
He hits a routine pop just
left of Concepcion
Dave is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Bullock was looking for the breaking ball
That's one away

Next up for the All Stars is Kris Terp
Terp has a .105 average
against lefthanders
He is .175 overall
The bat is cocked
Now Fernando delivers
Changeup down low...
Terp takes a rip and hits
one out to center
Minnie Minoso comes in a step...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Valenzuela
Fouts trots back to second
That's the second out of the inning

Nielsen moseys up to the plate
Barrett Blade is heading
for the on-deck circle
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Valenzuela shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The pitch to Nielsen...
The Whiff on the "high cheese"!
That's all for the All Stars...
After 6 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
FOFC leads 3 to 2

Felipe Alou is bringing on Rodolfo Puente
to hit for Fernando Valenzuela
Puente will be facing Nielsen
Puente 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

The Estrellas get their turn to bat
here in the top of the 7th
Rodolfo Puente, Minnie Minoso,
and Antonio Pacheco
the first three Caribbean batters
They'll be facing the southpaw Rob Nielsen
Rodolfo takes a couple of practice cuts
Puente is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
Nielsen kicks and fires
Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Puente 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!
Puente is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E5
Puente to first

Puente studies Nielsen intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Puente is not working very
hard to get a lead

The tying run is on base...
And up comes center fielder Minnie Minoso
Caribbean needs only 1 run
They trail 3-2
Nielsen is ready quickly
Nielsen looks at the runner
The pitch
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 away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Antonio Pacheco is up next
Caribbean's second baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
FOFC ahead 3 to 2
Nielsen will improve his record
to 18-5 with a victory here at home
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Nielsen's pitch is a rising fastball
Pacheco tries to hold up
Ball four
Bullock points down to first
He did not go around

Walking up to the plate now is Coimbre
Perucho Cepeda waits on deck
Coimbre is 1 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
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
Coimbre rips a solid shot to center
Tucker ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Perucho Cepeda will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Miguel Gonzalez would be up next...
But only if Cepeda can reach safely
Cepeda can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Set now is Cepeda
Here's the 2-2 offering
Fastball, at the letters...
Cepeda crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Tucker running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 20 for Cepeda this year!

Miguel Gonzalez, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Gonzalez calls time, and steps
out of the batter's box
The "Dog Days of August" are
here for the Estrellas
They're 24.0 games out,
and have dropped 3 straight
Now Gonzalez is finally ready
Gonzalez looks very intent...
He stares down at Nielsen...
Cocks his bat
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Gonzalez swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Fouts and skips out to Ton
Gonzalez rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Gonzalez returns to first
as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade

Espino finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Espino is 2 for 3 today
Hector struck out last time up
Espino waits on Nielsen
The pitch is on the way
Espino 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 2 of the game for FOFC

Linares gets set at the plate
Linares is taking his practice swings
Omar is 0 for 2 this evening
He drew a walk last time at bat
Linares awaits the delivery
The southpaw delivers
Linares raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined straight to third
Fouts just got his glove up in time
That retires the side... but not before
3 runs cross the plate for Caribbean
After 6 and a half innings,
Caribbean ahead 5 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Adolfo Luque will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Adolfo has appeared in
65 games this season
with a record of 5-7
with 6 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 5.64

To lead off this inning is Barrett Blade
FOFC needs a pair to tie this game
Luque steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Luque rocks and fires
Here's a slider over the inside corner
Swung on...
It's a bouncing ball past
Linares at third...
Concepcion moving to his right...
Makes a great backhanded stop...
He spins in the air
Firing to first from the outfield grass...
Blade beats the throw easily
That was a great pickup by Concepcion
But, he didn't have a chance
And should have hung onto the ball

While Jeeberoni Potpie heads
for the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate
Tucker is hitting .282
against righthanders
Adolfo Luque on in relief
for the Estrellas
We're in the bottom of the 7th
The righthander delivers
Bounced past the mound
Pacheco dives and grabs it!
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Gerald Gazelle is looking
for a bat in the dugout

That'll bring up All Stars' first
baseman Jeeberoni Potpie...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
One out, man on second
Luque squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the 3-0 offering
Curveball, in and low
Potpie hits it to Espino 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
Blade is now perched over at third
Two gone for FOFC

Now batting will be the right
fielder, Gerald Gazelle
Gerald has 2 strike outs today
Not unusual for him, though
He has a nasty habit of doing that
Gazelle waits for the delivery
Adolfo rocks and fires
Grounded down the line
Luque takes the flip from Espino
Score It: 3-1
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46427

The Caribbean shortstop, Concepcion,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Adolfo Luque
And then Minnie Minoso
James peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The righthander Rodney's delivery
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One down for Caribbean
Adolfo Luque is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Alejandro Ohms will bat for Adolfo Luque
It will be the lefthand hitting, Ohms
against the righty Rodney
Ohms is hitting righties
for a .269 average

Rodney glares in at Ohms as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Ohms scuffs up the lines around the box
Ohms waits
It's coming down the pike
Hard high fastball
Ohms slams a one hopper down the line
Gonzalez grabs it behind the bag
He waves off Rodney
He easily beats Ohms by several steps
That's two away

Making his way up is Minoso
Minoso is batting .268 with
7 HR's this year
Rodney has the sign he wants
Rodney quick pitches him
Minoso hits a three hopper
towards Kris Terp
Terp scoops it and fires it
to first for the out
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 7 and a half innings
Caribbean has 5 runs, 8 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and 2 errors
Caribbean has left 8 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 7
Mike Garcia will be coming on
to pitch for Caribbean
Mike has appeared in 44 games this season
He has a record of 2-5
with 6 saves
His ERA stands at 4.01
Caribbean is making a defensive change
Hernandez will bat 6th and play first

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

Dead Ball Era is beating
AL Post WWII 9 to 5
Late 20th with the lead over
AL Pre WWII 6 to 3
NL Post WWII clipping Negro
League II 8 to 4
Musial has hit his 24th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII jumping all over
Japanese League 13 to 4
Negro League I is on top
of Old Timers 5 to 3
Left Outs besting Turn of Century 11 to 6
Robinson has hit his 8th
homerun for Left Outs
And in our matchup Caribbean ahead 5 to 3
Garcia studies his sign
And the cripple pitch...
Lifted in the air, back this way
The catcher, Gonzalez, will
take it for the out
Caribbean gets the first out of the inning

Fouts is up next
One gone, bottom of the 8th
Billy Bullock moves out on deck
Fouts is hitting .239 against righties
Garcia toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gonzalez
Mike comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
Two down
Gonzalez asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gonzalez and Garcia

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Bullock
Bullock is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a respectable .259 for FOFC

Bullock waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Off-speed pitch...
Bullock swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Minoso bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Minoso jumps for it...
It bounds off the fence
It's a two-bagger for Billy Bullock

Nights saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Jeff Nights is hitting .267 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Now set, Nights waits for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Bullock scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Gonzalez is up now for FOFC
We'll see how they pitch to Gonzalez
The umpire says let's go
Gonzalez is ready
Garcia fires
David Gonzalez swings
He smashes it on a line...
BINGO!!!...
Stabbed by Pacheco to rob Gonzalez
of a sure base hit
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 innings in FOFC this evening,
Caribbean leads 5 to 4

Pacheco saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Pacheco digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Rodney
Antonio steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
Rodney's righthanded delivery...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Pacheco swung, that's strike three
Pacheco isn't happy at all with that call
One gone for Caribbean

Pounding the plate with his bat
Coimbre awaits the pitch
Rodney tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
James winds... kicks... and delivers
Routine grounder to third
Fouts scoops it up
Over to first for the out
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Cepeda
James Rodney on in relief of Rob Nielsen
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Cepeda cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Cepeda was badly fooled by Rodney's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Perucho was a little overanxious
That's all for Caribbean
After 8 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
Caribbean leads 5 to 4

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 9th
Blade is talking to Gonzalez
The outfield shades towards left for Blade
Barrett is set for the pitch
Here's his delivery
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

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 Mike Garcia
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Garcia
Garcia will try to get
Tucker to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Pacheco is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Two down
Mike Garcia retires
the first two batters in order

Garcia glares in at Gunner
Stan Gunner just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Gunner is batting .260 with
14 round trippers in 1900
Gunner is set for the pitch
Righthander Garcia's delivery
Slider, outside...
Gunner reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Linares...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Hernandez in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Hernandez is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Gunner

That's all for Mike Garcia
Felipe Alou has given the sign
Lazaro Salazar will be coming on
here in the bottom of the 9th
Let's break for this message
from our sponsor...
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
We're back here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC...
Mike Garcia has left the game
Lazaro Salazar is done warming up...
He has appeared in 21 games this season
He sports a record of 3-3
with 9 saves
He's blown 2 save chances so far this year
In 23 innings, he has struck out 16
while allowing 14 walks
His ERA stands at 6.75

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps up to the plate
Gunner, with excellent speed, is at first
Gunner will be running if it's hit
Salazar wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
The lefthander Salazar delivers
He rips a grounder to short
Concepcion grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for FOFC
Caribbean wins 5 to 4
Valenzuela gets credit for the win
Salazar notches the save
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for Caribbean
was Perucho Cepeda
He was 1 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-22-2013, 02:53 PM

8/13 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/13/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 4 0 0 0 .267 B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .259
A.Pacheco 2B 3 1 0 0 .294 A.Tucker CF 4 1 1 2 .295
P.Coimbre RF 4 1 1 1 .296 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .284
P.Cepeda LF 5 1 1 3 .256 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Gonzalez C 4 0 1 0 .291 F-S.Gunner PH 1 0 1 0 .263
H.Espino 1B 4 1 2 0 .243 G.Gazelle RF 3 0 0 0 .267
D-K.Hernandez 1B 0 0 0 0 .236 G-P.Pflaggstettler PH 1 0 0 0 .310
O.Linares 3B 3 0 0 0 .238 K.Ton LF 3 1 0 0 .313
D.Concepcion SS 4 0 1 0 .259 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 1 1 .283
F.Valenzuela P 2 0 2 1 .350 B.Bullock C 4 1 2 0 .262
A-R.Puente PH 1 1 0 0 .213 K.Terp SS 3 0 1 0 .173
A.Luque P 0 0 0 0 .167 E-J.Nights PH,SS 1 0 1 1 .277
C-A.Ohms PH 1 0 0 0 .262 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .091
M.Garcia P 0 0 0 0 .500 B-D.Gonzalez 1B 1 0 0 0 .299
L.Salazar P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 35 4 8 4

A-Pinch Hit For Valenzuela In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Nielsen In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Luque In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Espino In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Terp In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Gazelle In 9th Inning

Estrellas....... 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 8 2
All Stars....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 8 2

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Valenzuela WIN(7-8) 6 4 3 3 4 9 1 99 6.02
A.Luque HOLD(17th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5.58
M.Garcia HOLD(2nd) 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 2 0 27 4.05
L.Salazar SAVE(10th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.65
Totals 9 8 4 4 4 11 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen LOSS(17-6) 7 8 5 2 4 6 2 144 3.21
J.Rodney 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 2.92
Totals 9 8 5 2 4 9 2

ATTENDANCE- 46,427 DATE- Monday, August 13th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:44
LEFT ON BASE- Estrellas: 8 All Stars: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Estrellas: 1 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- O.Linares-2, D.Fouts-2
DOUBLES- D.Fouts(11th), B.Bullock(8th)
HOME RUNS- P.Coimbre(15th), P.Cepeda(20th), A.Tucker(8th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Ton(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Minoso
WALKS- A.Pacheco-2, P.Coimbre, O.Linares, A.Tucker, G.Gazelle, K.Ton, R.Nielsen
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade
STRIKE OUTS- A.Pacheco-2, P.Coimbre, P.Cepeda-2, M.Gonzalez, H.Espino,
D.Concepcion-2, B.Blade-2, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle-2,
K.Ton-2, D.Fouts, R.Nielsen-2
GIDP- P.Cepeda, J.Potpie

Breeze

06-22-2013, 02:55 PM

National Herald

August 14th Edition

Dynasty League Baseball Standings

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO[4] 78 52 .600 ---- 19
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H[4] 71 58 .550 6.5
2001 Old Timers OTH[4] 70 60 .538 8.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH[4] 69 61 .531 9.0
2001 Late 20th L20[4] 64 65 .496 13.5
2001 AL Post WWII A2H[4] 50 79 .388 27.5
2002 Japanese League JLP[4] 31 99 .238 47.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS[4] 83 46 .643 ---- 23
2001 NL Post WWII N2H[4] 80 49 .620 3.0
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H[4] 73 57 .562 10.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH[4] 67 62 .519 16.0
2001 Caribbean CAP[4] 60 69 .465 23.0
2001 Left Outs LOH[4] 58 71 .450 25.0
2001 Negro League II NLT[4] 52 78 .400 31.5

Breeze

06-23-2013, 09:51 PM

8/14 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Caribbean
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Minnie Minoso to lead it off for Caribbean
Now Brian delivers
Minoso hits one on the ground
to the left side
Minnie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
One away in the top of the
1st for Caribbean

That will bring up second baseman,
Antonio Pacheco
Against righthanders
Pacheco is hitting .302
Pacheco is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Now ready, here it is...
Pacheco sends a wicked smash in the hole
Fouts can't cut it off
Nights makes a great backhand stab
Leaps and fires to Potpie
Antonio is out on a bang-bang play!
Great play by Jeff Nights!

Coimbre saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Coimbre has 26 doubles this year
Coimbre tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the 2-1 offering
A slider by Babson
Coimbre gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Barrett Blade will lead it off
in the first for FOFC
Barrett is hitting at .259 on the year
He has 94 hits in 363 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter...
Barrett has scored 54 runs on the season
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 2-0 offering
Slow ground ball
Concepcion is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
will be up next for FOFC
Tucker is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Mike Cuellar steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now to the belt, here it is...
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez
Tucker was badly fooled by Cuellar's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
Two down

Now batting will be the first
baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
Cuellar is slow to get ready

He has a 4.78 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the 3-2 pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Pacheco plays it on one bounce
Over to Cepeda...
Out of there!
Mike Cuellar holds the All Stars
scoreless in the first

Cepeda steps to the plate
It's the top of the 2nd
here at FOFC Stadium
We're scoreless
Cepeda wiggles the bat above his head
Cepeda, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Babson
He brings it home
Cepeda tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
One away
Tony Oliva, a fine hitter, is due up next
Miguel Gonzalez will follow

Oliva gets set at the plate
Oliva swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Oliva cocks his bat
Now Brian delivers
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Oliva swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Tony as he was heading for the dugout
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Miguel Gonzalez
to get a new bat
Let's point out that Caribbean is
4 and 6 in their last ten games

Gonzalez finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Babson is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Babson looks in...
Now he's ready
Babson's 2 strike pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Gonzalez swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Babson sets the Estrellas down in order

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
We'll see how they pitch to Ton
Cuellar likes the sign
The southpaw delivers
In the dirt
And Ton holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

And it brings up Gerald Gazelle
On deck is Harry Hays
Dan Fouts in the hole
Cuellar has the sign he wants
Cuellar rocks and fires
Swung on and missed by Gazelle,
he's down on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Post WWII is on top of
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Late 20th and AL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 2
Piazza has hit his 27th
homerun for Late 20th
Negro League II slipping
by NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Wilson has hit his 31st homerun
for Negro League II
Japanese League is edging
NL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Negro League I and Old
Timers are scoreless
Turn of Century is in front
of Left Outs 3 to 0
Joss comfortably ahead for Turn of Century
And in our contest No score

Settling in at the plate is Hays
Hays looks down toward
the third base coach
Hays gets set for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
Ground ball to short
Concepcion comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force

Walking up to the plate now is Fouts
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Against lefthanders
Fouts is hitting .346 this season
Mike is ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Long fly ball to left field
This one is deep!
IT'S GOING, GOING,
GONE!!!
That is Dan Fouts' 17th
home run of the year.

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Nights
Nights is batting .277 with
14 HR's this year
Cuellar is ready quickly
Cuellar fires
It's a smash over second
Pacheco leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Nights makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Babson digs in at the plate
Ready now for Cuellar to come set
Cuellar is happy with the sign
Pacheco comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Cuellar
The delivery
Babson gives it a rip...
He sends one to deep left
This may be...
Coimbre is at the fence...
This ball is...
CAUGHT!
Oh so close...
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 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has no runs,
no hits and no errors

As we head into the 3rd
Caribbean will send up Omar Linares
They need 2 runs to catch FOFC
as they trail by a 2 to 0 count
Linares is hitting .238 with 18 homeruns
Omar also has 26 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 63 runs
Linares awaits the delivery
Babson brings it to the plate
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Linares
That's one away

Dave Concepcion, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Concepcion is at .259 on the season
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Brian will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Babson can't get the 3-0
pitch over the plate

Mike Cuellar squares to bunt
Fouts fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL!
Fouts picks it up and fires to first
Cuellar is out by an eyelash
Credit Cuellar 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 Babson

Minoso is up now for Caribbean
Minoso is batting .266 with
7 round trippers in 1900
Minoso is set for the 3-1 pitch
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to left for Minoso
Matty Alou is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Minoso takes a walking lead
Slider, down and in...
Breaking on the pitch
There goes Minoso for second
Hays is up and firing down...
The throw is into the dirt...
The slide...
Neither Blade or Nights can get it
Minoso is up and on his way to third...
As the throw comes back in
The error will probably be on Hays
but we will have to wait and see

Antonio Pacheco steps into the box
Pacheco has hit 10 triples this year
Pacheco waits patiently
The righthander delivers
Babson misses just outside
No more than the width of
a Gillette blue blade
But it's... Ball Four
2 walks given up by Babson today

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Coimbre
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Babson comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Coimbre
As Pancho swings right through
it for strike three
That's it in the top of the 3rd
After 2 and a half innings in FOFC,
FOFC leads 2 to 1

Here's the second baseman Blade
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
So far this year Blade is batting .258
He has 20 doubles, 7 triples
3 homeruns with 28 RBI's
and 7 stolen bases
Cuellar adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Now the delivery, here is is...
There's a ground ball into the hole
Linares and Concepcion converge on it
It's fielded by Linares who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

All Stars' center fielder Tucker
is up next
Tucker looks for the sign
He's 0 for 1 so far this evening
Cuellar is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Cuellar brings it to the plate
Hit and run...
Tucker misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Gonzalez fires it down...
Hook slide...
Out!
Nice throw

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Tucker
Cuellar adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch to Tucker...
Long fly to right
Oliva has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly
One more chance for FOFC this inning

At the plate now for FOFC is Potpie
Potpie steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Potpie...
Coimbre over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Potpie at first

The All Stars' left fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Cuellar eyes Ton intently
Cuellar looks at the runner
The pitch
Ton hits a roller to Dave Concepcion
Concepcion comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Cepeda can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Concepcion
That's error number 1 of
the game for Caribbean

Gazelle moseys up to the plate
Harry Hays is heading for
the on-deck circle
Left-hander Mike Cuellar
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Gazelle
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Lazy fly ball to center
Minoso is camped under it
He's got it
Score It: 8
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 3 innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error
While Caribbean has one run,
one hit and one error
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Caribbean has failed to bring home 2

Perucho Cepeda up first for Caribbean
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Cepeda is hitting .244 against righties
Babson 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 Brian delivers
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Cepeda!
One down for Caribbean
Tony Oliva is still in the on-deck circle
and Miguel Gonzalez is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Oliva coming up
FOFC out in front by 1 run
We're in the top of the 4th
Tony, a lefty batter, will square
off against Babson
Of his 13 home runs, 10
are against righties
After getting set, Oliva
waits on the pitch
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Oliva really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Gazelle was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He dives for it...
NO DICE!!!
It caroms off his glove a few feet away
He scurries to get the ball back in
as Oliva pulls up easily with a two-bagger

That'll bring up Estrellas' catcher
Miguel Gonzalez...
Caribbean with a man in scoring
position at second
Gonzalez is taking his practice swings
Miguel is 0 for 1 this evening
Gonzalez is set
Babson will try to get Gonzalez
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
And Gonzalez will sit down...
strike three called
That's the second out of the inning

Next up for Caribbean is Linares
The All Stars have the tying run at second
The outfield shades towards
left for Linares
Omar steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 7 on the evening for Babson
That retires the side...
Linares fails to come through
in the clutch
For Caribbean, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

The catcher Hays will
start things off for the All Stars
Hays scuffs up the lines around the box
Hays is waiting on the pitch
Here's the windup and the 2-1 delivery
Hays lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Pancho Coimbre
Hays scrambles back to first and holds

Walking up to the plate now is Fouts
FOFC leading in the game
Fouts has hit 17 home runs this year
Cuellar shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Base hit to left for Fouts
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Pounding the plate with his bat
Nights awaits the pitch
Nights swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Cuellar
Cuellar takes the first sign
Mike checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
Swung on and popped up
Linares is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One down for FOFC...
Linares calls time as he
comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

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

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 squares
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by O.Linares
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Babson gets the job done.
FOFC on top 2 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

AL Post WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Ryan battling Chesbro
Late 20th and AL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 3
Negro League II and NL Post
WWII are tied at 2
Japanese League is edging
NL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Negro League I is on top
of Old Timers 3 to 1
Turn of Century with the lead
over Left Outs 4 to 1

Blade is the batter
Two away, Fouts at second, Hays at third
The righthander, Blade has
an average of .260
His success against lefties, like Cuellar
is better, however, at .321
The left-hander Cuellar is now ready
The lefthander Cuellar delivers
Just outside with a fastball
Cuellar is visibly upset...
Gonzalez is quickly out to calm him down
Pacheco comes over as well
Hays on third, Fouts on second
and Blade on first
They'll be loaded up for A. J. Tucker

And now here's A. J. Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 4th
A. J. will be facing the lefty Cuellar
from the right side of the plate
Of his 8 home runs, 6 are
against southpaws
A. J. is eagerly awaiting Cuellar's pitch
Cuellar checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Base hit to right for Tucker
Hays scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Gonzalez is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Fouts is out at home!

Dave Concepcion leads off the inning
Concepcion is at .259 on the season
He is hitting .254 against righties
Babson has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it home
Swung on and squibbed to the
right of the the mound
Babson pounces after it
Bare hands it
Fires underhand in one motion to Potpie
Just nips him!
Nice play by Brian
One down for Caribbean
Mike Cuellar is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Cuellar is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
FOFC ahead 3 to 1
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Babson is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Pop-up
Hays drifts behind the plate
He makes the catch
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Now here's Minoso
Minnie steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Matty Alou relays the sign
from Felipe Alou
Minoso singled last time up
and now is 1 for 2
Minoso waits for the pitch
Here's the pitch
Sharp breaking curveball...
Minoso reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Fouts...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Minoso is out easily
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
4 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and one error
While Caribbean has one run,
2 hits and one error
Caribbean has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

Breeze

06-23-2013, 09:52 PM

8/14 Radio Broadcast Continued

Leading off for the All Stars
is the first baseman Potpie
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Gerald Gazelle
Potpie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today
He's ready
The southpaw Cuellar's delivery
And Potpie will sit down...
strike three called
And there's one away

While Gerald Gazelle heads
for the on deck circle
K. A. Ton makes his way to the plate
Ton is 0 for 1 today
Cuellar gets the sign from Gonzalez
He is 9th in the league in strike outs
He has 157 on the season
Mike Cuellar, with 31 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
Fly ball to right
Oliva is under it
He grabs it for the out
Two up, two down

Gerald Gazelle will get a
crack at Cuellar next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Gazelle can reach safely
Cuellar is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Cuellar gets the sign from Gonzalez
Here's his delivery
Ball four is the call
Cuellar can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Cuellar
Gazelle takes first base

Gazelle slowly moves away from the base
Slow curve...
The speedy Gazelle heads for second
The throw from Gonzalez...
Gonzalez throws it very strong...
But ends up in center field!
Pacheco just couldn't handle it
Gazelle is around to third on the error

Harry Hays steps into the box
2 men away, Gazelle on third
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
Gazelle is dancing off third
Cuellar is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Broken bat ground ball to short
Concepcion can't come up with it
BASE HIT!
Gazelle scores from third!

Two out, Hays at first
Coming up is Dan Fouts
Fouts has hit 17 home runs this year
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Cuellar waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefthander Cuellar comes home with it
Base hit to center for Fouts
Hays is rounding second...
But he pulls up quickly as he sees
the sign from Dick Howser
Hays will stay at second

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Jeff is hitting at .278 on the year
He has 131 hits in 472 at bats
This includes 30 doubles, 3 triples
14 home runs and 60 RBI's
Cuellar gets the sign, it's one he likes
Cuellar looks over at Fouts
Now back at Hays
He's coming home with it
It almost hits Jeff Nights
And goes all the way back to the screen
A wild pitch... the runners move up

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

Cuellar looks down at Babson
as he steps in
Brian is ready to go
There loaded up for Babson
Benton Breeze is yelling at
him from the dugout steps
"Just get a piece of the ball
Don't try to murder it"
Cuellar tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Babson swings and lifts one toward center
Minoso drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's all for the All Stars here
in the bottom of the 5th
One run, 2 hits, one error
and 3 men left on base
So at this juncture...
FOFC on top 4 to 1

Antonio Pacheco, Pancho Coimbre, and
Perucho Cepeda are due up
Babson studies his sign
The righthander Babson delivers
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Pacheco hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Next up for Caribbean is Pancho Coimbre
Coimbre is batting .294 with
15 HR's this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pacheco dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Coimbre gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to short
Nights is waving everybody off
Coimbre is retired
One out
Perucho Cepeda is due up next

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Estrellas send their first baseman,
Perucho Cepeda, up to face Babson
Good-hitting Tony Oliva is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Cepeda has a .243 average against
righthanders this season
Brian looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Pacheco dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Cepeda 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!
Perucho just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the Caribbean
first baseman
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...

Stepping in the batter's box, Oliva
Pacheco at first, two away
Oliva can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Oliva
It's coming down the pike
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Oliva goes down on strikes
We head to the bottom of the 6th
here in FOFC...
Still 4-1, FOFC

Barrett Blade will lead
off for the All Stars
The top of the line-up here for FOFC
Blade is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Blade is ready
Cuellar kicks and fires
Blade swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Linares
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Blade rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Coimbre gets a nice throw in to Pacheco

A. J. Tucker moves in to face Cuellar
1 on, no outs here in the
bottom of the 6th
Tucker checks for the sign
Cuellar studies his sign
The southpaw Cuellar delivers
the 3-2 pitch
Ground ball to the left side...
Linares picks it up...
Over to Pacheco for one
On to first for the double play
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Potpie gets set at the plate
Potpie is 1 for 3 today
Mike Cuellar still on the mound
for the Estrellas...
Cuellar has gone the distance so far
He's given up 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings
And the delivery by Cuellar
Struck him out on a fastball
Potpie goes down swinging
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 full innings,
they lead by 3

Here's the catcher Gonzalez
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Omar Linares
And then Dave Concepcion
Miguel Gonzalez is hitting .313 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Babson is ready quickly
Babson leans back and fires
Changeup down low...
Gonzalez makes contact and
hits one out to left
K. A. Ton is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
One down for Caribbean
Omar Linares is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Linares is up now for Caribbean
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
Swung on and hit on the nose to center
Tucker picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Linares is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Slowly coming up is Concepcion
for Caribbean
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 4 to 1
Concepcion can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Concepcion waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Linares dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Concepcion takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
Two away

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Rodolfo Puente will bat for Mike Cuellar
It will be the righthand hitting, Puente
against the righty Babson
Puente is hitting righties
for a .208 average

Walking up to the plate now is Puente
Minnie Minoso waits on deck
Puente has a .208 average against
righthanders this season
Brian peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch is on the way
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Taken by Babson
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 6 and a half innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and one error
While Caribbean has one run,
4 hits and 2 errors
Caribbean has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 8

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Dennis Martinez will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Dennis has appeared in
40 games this season
He has a record of 4-4
in 79 innings
His ERA stands at 5.90

Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 7th
here at FOFC Stadium
FOFC leads 4 to 1
Ton has hit 12 home runs this year
Right-hander Martinez prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ton
Martinez fires
It's a high fly into center
Minoso ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Post WWII is in front of
Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
AL Pre WWII leads Late 20th 4 to 3
Grove battling Clemens
NL Post WWII is beating Negro
League II 6 to 2
Mathews has hit his 41st homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is beating Japanese
League 6 to 2
Negro League I is edging Old Timers 3 to 2
Turn of Century is in front
of Left Outs 4 to 1
Wagner has hit his 11th homerun
for Turn of Century

Gerald Gazelle will face Martinez
Righty against righty
The right-hander Martinez is
set to deliver to Gazelle
And the righthander starts
to work on Gazelle
Here comes the pitch
It's popped up into foul territory
Miguel Gonzalez is under it
He puts it away
Score It: 2
And there's two away

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
Hays waits on Martinez
Here's the 2-1 offering
This one is hit a mile high!
Gonzalez drifts to his right
He records the out
Score It: 2
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49254

We're back at the top of
the Estrellas' order
Minnie Minoso coming to bat
Minnie comes to the plate batting .268
with 7 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Minnie waits...
He steps out as Babson takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Minoso gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One up, one down

Antonio Pacheco, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Antonio is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He singled in his last plate appearance
He's ready
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Fly ball to right
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
Two gone for Caribbean
Time is running out for them

Pancho Coimbre strides to the plate
FOFC ahead 4 to 1
Coimbre is batting .294 with
15 HR's this year
Babson rubbing the ball... has a chance
to improve his record to 11-11 with a win
Babson quick pitches him
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Brian
Babson here this evening
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and one error
While Caribbean has one run,
4 hits and 2 errors
Caribbean has left 5 on base
FOFC has stranded 8

Fouts steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 8th at FOFC Stadium
Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Martinez shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Martinez brings it to the plate
Fouts swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Martinez strikes out Dan Fouts
That's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights
Nobody on base, one out
Nights is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk
The umpire says let's go
Nights is ready
The righthander Martinez delivers
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into right by Nights
That's 2 hits for Nights this game

Gonzalez comes to the plate
One out, Nights at first
And Dennis studies the sign
from Gonzalez...
Now he's got it
Martinez kicks and fires
Changeup...
Ties Gonzalez up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's the second out of the inning

Barrett Blade is up next
The All Stars' second baseman
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Blade grips the bat handle
Barrett steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Martinez's pitch
Martinez goes into his stretch...
Looks at Nights...
He fires one to Cepeda...
Nights dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Cepeda lobs it back
Now Martinez comes home
Low, ball four...
Blade takes first

Tucker steps in
Two out, Blade at first, Nights at second
Tucker is at .295 on the season
He is hitting .280 against righties
Martinez squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Martinez checks the runners
Swung on and missed... Strike three!
A hook just below the knees got him
That's 3 on the day now for Martinez
That's the third out of the inning
FOFC continues to leave runners aboard
They have stranded 10 so far today
But, they still lead by 3

It's Cepeda to start things for Caribbean
FOFC leads 4 to 1
The outfield shades towards
left for Cepeda
Cepeda is waiting on the pitch
The pitch to Cepeda...
Cepeda swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Knowles strikes out Perucho Cepeda
While we wait for Tony Oliva
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
AL Post WWII cuffed Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
AL Pre WWII downed Late 20th 6 to 4
Grove the winner, he's now 16-9
Clemens takes the loss, his
record drops to 12-9
NL Post WWII toppled Negro
League II 6 to 2
NL Pre WWII is the winner over
Japanese League 6 to 2
Old Timers nipped Negro League I 4 to 3
Left Outs edged out Turn of Century 5 to 4
Joss takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-9
Pennock the winner, he's now 10-10
OK, let's see if Caribbean can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Oliva leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Oliva has hit 13 home runs this year
Sammy Knowles on in relief of Brian Babson
Knowles brings it home
Hard slider...
And Oliva takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That's the second out of the inning

Miguel Gonzalez will get a
crack at Knowles next
Omar Linares would be up next...
But only if Gonzalez can reach safely
Gonzalez is at .289 on the season
Knowles toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
The righthander delivers
Gonzalez gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Gonzalez

Omar Linares is up for Caribbean
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Dave Concepcion
Benton Breeze is walking down
to the water cooler
Linares is batting .239 with
18 homers this year
Now set, Linares waits for the pitch
Knowles' into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Pflaggstettler one hands it...
OUT!
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 4 to 1
Babson gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Cuellar takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Dan Fouts
He was 3 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-23-2013, 09:54 PM

8/14 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/14/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 4 0 1 1 .267 B.Blade 2B 3 0 2 0 .262
A.Pacheco 2B 3 0 1 0 .295 A.Tucker CF 5 0 1 1 .294
P.Coimbre LF 4 0 0 0 .293 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .284
P.Cepeda 1B 4 0 0 0 .253 K.Ton LF 3 0 0 0 .307
T.Oliva RF 4 0 1 0 .305 B-P.Pflaggstettler LF 0 0 0 0 .310
M.Gonzalez C 4 0 1 0 .291 G.Gazelle RF 3 1 0 0 .263
O.Linares 3B 4 0 1 0 .238 H.Hays C 4 2 2 1 .338
D.Concepcion SS 2 1 0 0 .257 D.Fouts 3B 4 1 3 2 .292
M.Cuellar P 1 0 0 0 .115 J.Nights SS 3 0 2 0 .279
A-R.Puente PH 1 0 0 0 .211 B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .096
D.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 .100 C-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .296
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 32 4 11 4

A-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Babson In 8th Inning

Estrellas....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2
All Stars....... 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 11 1

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Cuellar LOSS(8-16) 6 10 4 4 4 4 1 111 4.83
D.Martinez 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 25 5.75
Totals 8 11 4 4 5 7 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson WIN(11-11) 8 4 1 1 2 10 0 103 3.73
S.Knowles SAVE(23rd) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 1.64
Totals 9 5 1 1 2 12 0

ATTENDANCE- 49,254 DATE- Tuesday, August 14th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:41
LEFT ON BASE- Estrellas: 6 All Stars:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Estrellas: 1 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- M.Gonzalez, D.Concepcion, H.Hays
DOUBLES- T.Oliva(29th)
HOME RUNS- D.Fouts(17th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Minoso(18th), G.Gazelle(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Blade
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Cuellar, B.Babson
WALKS- A.Pacheco, D.Concepcion, B.Blade-2, K.Ton, G.Gazelle, J.Nights
STRIKE OUTS- P.Coimbre-2, P.Cepeda-3, T.Oliva-3, M.Gonzalez, O.Linares-2,
D.Concepcion, A.Tucker-2, J.Potpie-2, G.Gazelle, D.Fouts,
D.Gonzalez
GIDP- A.Tucker
WILD PITCHES- M.Cuellar
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Jeff Nights robbed Antonio Pacheco of a base hit.
Bot 4th: Miguel Gonzalez blocked the plate, saving a run!

Breeze

06-24-2013, 09:17 PM

8/15 Radio Broadcast

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...

Mighty's finishing his warm-up tosses
It will be lefty versus righty
Minoso is hitting .300 against southpaws
And the delivery by Mighty
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Minoso held up, and draws a walk
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call

At the plate now for Caribbean is Avila
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch
The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
Avila swings and lifts one toward left
Gunner drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
And there's one away

Omar Linares steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Minoso is at first
Linares is at .238 on the season
Mighty has the sign he wants
Here's his delivery
Looped to left...and it
will drop for a hit

The left fielder, Perucho Cepeda
is up for the Estrellas
We are in the top of the 1st
Cepeda has a .279 average
against lefthanders
He is .253 overall
Perucho steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
Curve, up high...
Cepeda rips it to center...
Mighty hung that breaking ball
However, Perucho 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'll bring up Miguel Gonzalez
Hector Espino will follow
if Gonzalez 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
Gonzalez steps into the box
Hays flashes the sign to Mighty
Mighty checks the runners
Grounded towards the middle
Smooth pickup by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Miguel Gonzalez fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

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

Let's take a moment
to set up the defense...
In left Cepeda
Over in center Minoso
Oliva will start in right...
Around the infield
Linares will start at third
The keystone combination will be
Concepcion and Avila...
Espino will play first base...
The battery of Tiant Jr. pitching
and Gonzalez behind home plate
Lead off man for the All Stars
Barrett Blade steps into the batter's box
Tiant Jr. making his 23rd
start of the season
The pitch is on the way
In the dirt
And Blade holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Tucker
Tiant Jr. eyes Tucker intently
He brings it home
Tucker will try the hit and run!
Tucker slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Avila races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Blade advances on the play

That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder
Persimmon Pflaggstettler...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Pflaggstettler swinging
from the right side
facing the righty Tiant Jr.
Tiant Jr. shakes off the sign by Gonzalez
We have Luis Tiant Jr. and Al Mighty
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
It's coming down the pike
Routine fly to center
Minoso starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Blade scampers back to second
FOFC with one more chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games

The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
will be up next for FOFC
Potpie looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Potpie waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Potpie pops it up
Dave Concepcion is jogging under it...
And it will be Concepcion making the play
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

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Espino is talking to Hays
Mighty is slow to get ready

He has a 3.98 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Mighty brings it to the plate
Espino hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Caribbean with one away
Mighty steps off the mound as
he waits for Tony Oliva to
come to the plate

Oliva is up now for Caribbean
Oliva grips the bat handle
Oliva waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 2-2 offering
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Oliva 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

Dead Ball Era is beating
AL Post WWII 5 to 1
AL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3
Mays battling Smoltz
NL Post WWII slipping by
Negro League II 3 to 1
NL Pre WWII slipping by Japanese
League 2 to 0
Negro League I with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Williams comfortably ahead
for Negro League I
Left Outs and Turn of Century
are all knotted at 1
And here in FOFC No score

Nobody on, two away
Concepcion steps in for Caribbean
Concepcion is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Concepcion is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
The lefthander Mighty comes home with it
Concepcion tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty sets the Estrellas down in order

Gunner leading off
Wonder if Gunner will try
to bunt for a hit
Gunner waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch to Gunner...
It is a slow change...
Gunner'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 Stan
Minoso 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
Gunner slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the FOFC left fielder

No outs, Gunner at second
Hays is at the plate for FOFC
Gunner is on second, nobody out
Tiant Jr. studies his sign
Now the delivery, here is is...
Hays fouls it back...
It bounces off the screen
behind home plate
. . . Hays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer
To be followed by Jeff Nights

While Jeff Nights heads for
the on deck circle
Deacon Palmer makes his way to the plate
Palmer is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a fine .324 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 41 runs
19 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs
Deacon stands with bat ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
Slider, up and in...
Cut on by Palmer...
A little liner to left...
Nobody will get this one...
And it will drop for a hit
Gunner moves over to third
It will be a good opportunity
for Jeff Nights, up next, to get an RBI

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Al Mighty waits on deck
Nights has hit 14 home runs this year
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Tiant Jr. shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Tiant Jr.'s righthanded delivery...
Grounded to short
Concepcion grabs it
Throw to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That's all for the All Stars
in the 2nd inning
No runs, 2 hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the 3rd...
No score

Luis Tiant Jr., Minnie Minoso, and
Roberto Avila are due up
Luis takes a couple of practice cuts
Tiant Jr. is ready
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Tiant Jr. was frozen on that
fastball by Mighty
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch

Nobody on base, one away
Minoso steps into the batter's box
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Minoso waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
Back she goes! Back! Back!! Back!!!
HEY-HEY!!!!
Minoso takes Mighty downtown!
That is Minnie Minoso's 8th
home run of the year.

Facing Mighty now is Avila
Omar Linares heads to the on deck circle
Perucho Cepeda waits in the hole
Avila is taking his practice swings
Roberto is 0 for 1 this evening
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Mighty brings it to the plate
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two men gone, nobody on
Caribbean leads by 1

Up now for Caribbean is Linares
Two away, nobody on
Omar is 1 for 1 this summer evening
He singled in his last plate appearance
Mighty steps on the rubber
Mighty brings it home
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 the Estrellas
in the top of the 3rd
They get 1 run
After 2 and a half innings,
Caribbean leads 1 to 0

Leading off for the All Stars
is the pitcher Mighty
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Stepping out, Mighty looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Mighty waits on Tiant Jr.
The righthander Tiant Jr.'s delivery
Mighty cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez
Mighty was badly fooled by Tiant
Jr.'s big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Al was a little overanxious
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Blade finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Tiant Jr. rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Tiant Jr. winds and delivers
The 1-0 pitch
Ground ball to third
Linares comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

Tucker is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Tucker has 19 doubles this year
The umpire says let's go
Tiant Jr. goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Espino...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Tiant Jr. comes home
There's a grounder right at Roberto Avila
This should be two
The throw to second...in time
To first
Out of there, a double play!
We head to the 4th...
The score is still Caribbean
1, All Stars 0

Here's Perucho Cepeda leading off
Miguel Gonzalez is on deck
And Hector Espino is in the hole
Against lefthanders
Cepeda is hitting .277 this season
Mighty adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
There's a deep fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He hauls it in on the warning track
One gone for Caribbean

Gonzalez moseys up to the plate
Hector Espino is heading
for the on-deck circle
Gonzalez is batting .290 with
24 homers this year
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Mighty kicks and fires
Swung on and sliced down the line
Blade runs over
He's near the dugout steps
Reaches in...
The ball bounces into the dugout
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Gonzalez is out
Two down
Al Mighty retires
the first two batters in order

Hector Espino, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Espino
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Espino
No chance for either Nights or Gunner
That one had base hit written all over it

Oliva gets set at the plate
Oliva has hit 8 triples this year
Oliva waiting on the delivery
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Espino
Fires to Potpie...
Espino is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
Oliva goes down after the fastball...
Puts the lumber to it...
Tucker turns and races for the fence...
Wow, this one is really stroked...
It's going, going, GONE!
A deep blast to right-center
Caribbean on top 3 to 0

Dave Concepcion is coming to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Concepcion
Mighty is ready quickly
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Concepcion rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Palmer
Concepcion takes a big turn
at first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Gunner to get
that ball in quickly
Through the drawn in infield!

Making his way up is Tiant Jr.
Tiant Jr. swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Mighty kicks and fires
Bouncer to second
Blade grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII
are all knotted at 6
AL Pre WWII is in front
of Late 20th 6 to 3
Dimaggio has hit his 6th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII leads Negro League II 3 to 2
Seaver and Manning currently dueling
NL Pre WWII besting Japanese League 5 to 0
Negro League I besting Old Timers 5 to 0
Turn of Century with the lead
over Left Outs 4 to 1

It's the bottom of the 4th
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, FOFC's right
fielder, will lead it off
Jeeberoni Potpie is on deck
FOFC will try to cut into Caribbean's lead
The Estrellas lead by 3
Tiant Jr. looks down at
Gonzalez for the sign
Now he's ready
Luis winds his right arm
Lets it go
It's hit high and deep
Perucho Cepeda is running hard
He's at the fence
IT MIGHT BE . . .
NO, IT'S CAUGHT!
Score It: 7
Caribbean gets the first out of the inning

One out, nobody on base
Jeeberoni Potpie is the batter
Potpie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
After getting set, Potpie
waits on the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Outside slider...
He goes after it...
Potpie smashes a very high
fly into deep left
Cepeda and Minoso converge on it
Minoso pulls up..
So does Cepeda!!...
They both can only look up...
That ball is outta here!

Now batting will be Stan Gunner
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Caribbean leads FOFC by 2 runs
The right-hander Tiant Jr. is
set to deliver to Gunner
Now ready, here it is...
Long fly to center
Minoso has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Gunner is retired on a fairly deep fly
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Harry Hays will step in to
face Tiant Jr. next
If he gets on, Deacon Palmer will follow
Tiant Jr. looks down at
Gonzalez for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Tiant Jr. kicks and delivers
Changeup down low...
Hays makes contact and
hits one out to left
Perucho Cepeda is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Tiant Jr.
That's all for the All Stars...
After 4 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
Caribbean on top 3 to 1

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Minnie is hitting at .270 on the year
He has 64 hits in 237 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 18 stolen bases
Minnie is set for the pitch
The lefthander delivers
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One up, one down

Pounding the plate with his bat
Avila awaits the pitch
Mighty steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Windup by Mighty
And the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Avila swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
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 is Omar Linares, the
Caribbean third baseman...
If he gets on, Perucho Cepeda
would bat next
Omar is batting at .240 with 18 home runs
He is 1 for 2 so far today
He's ready
Now Al delivers
Right down the middle... strike three
Linares must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 4 and a half innings
Caribbean has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

The All Stars will send
Palmer, Jeff Nights, and Al Mighty up
to the plate this inning
Palmer is at .326 on the season
Luis gets the sign from Gonzalez
Luis winds... kicks... and delivers
Fly ball to center
Minoso is under it
He makes the grab

All Stars' shortstop Nights
is up next
Against righthanders
Nights is hitting .271
He's ready for the delivery
The pitch is on the way
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Nights swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Gonzalez loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeff as he was heading for the dugout
With two gone, Caribbean on top 3
to 1 in the bottom of the 5th

Mighty coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Mighty digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Tiant Jr.
And Luis studies the sign from Gonzalez...
Now he's got it
Tiant Jr.'s 0-1 pitch...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Concepcion plays it on one bounce
Over to Espino...
Out of there!
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 5 innings
Caribbean on top, 3-1

Cepeda 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
Cepeda has hit 20 home runs this year
Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-1 pitch
Cepeda 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

Cepeda is out!
Nice play by Potpie
One out
Due up next is Miguel Gonzalez

And it brings up Miguel Gonzalez
On deck is Hector Espino
Tony Oliva in the hole
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Al rocks and fires
Shallow fly ball
Gunner charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
And there's two away

Slowly coming up is Espino for Caribbean
He is finally in the batter's box
Caribbean on top 3 to 1
Espino 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
Espino awaits the pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
What a pitch... strike three
Mighty put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 3-1, Caribbean

Breeze

06-24-2013, 09:17 PM

8/15 Radio Broadcast Continued

Barrett Blade up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Blade steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Barrett steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Tiant Jr.'s pitch
The righthander delivers
Routine grounder to second
Avila scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is still in
the on-deck circle
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Tucker is up next
One gone, bottom of the 6th
Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves out on deck
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 0 for 2 this evening
He grounded out last time at bat
Tiant Jr. has the sign from Gonzalez
Now Luis delivers
Hard ground ball to short
Concepcion comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two down
Tiant Jr. retires two in a row

FOFC sends the right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate
Before getting ready
Pflaggstettler checks out
the defensive alignment
Tiant Jr. has the sign from Gonzalez
Righthander Tiant Jr.'s delivery
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Perucho Cepeda is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Good,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Cepeda!

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

Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII
are all knotted at 6
AL Pre WWII is in front
of Late 20th 7 to 4
Mays comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII is edging Negro
League II 4 to 3
NL Pre WWII is embarrassing
Japanese League 9 to 1
Negro League I besting Old Timers 6 to 1
Turn of Century leads Left Outs 4 to 3
And in our matchup Caribbean ahead 3 to 1
Oliva is no push-over in the number 7 slot
He is batting .306 in 392 at bats
Dave Concepcion makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Oliva is set for the pitch
The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers
It's a pop-up in back of short
Nights is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
So one up and one gone

Here's Dave Concepcion
Dave is batting .258 with 4
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
Concepcion is set
And the delivery by Mighty
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

And the batter is Luis Tiant Jr.
Minnie Minoso is on-deck
Tiant Jr. digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Mighty likes the sign
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Fastball... just outside
And Tiant Jr. will take first on the walk
Walk number 2 issued by
Mighty this evening

So that brings up Minnie Minoso
the Caribbean center fielder
Minoso is 1 for 2 today
Al Mighty on the mound
for the All Stars...
Mighty has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits and 3 runs
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Flyball to right
it's caught
Concepcion has a chance to move up...
Concepcion is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's SAFE!

Two on, two outs...
Avila steps to the plate
Avila is at .200 on the season
The umpire says let's go
Mighty checks the runners
Here's the 3-2 offering
Smashed to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
And that's the final out of the inning
Caribbean has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 5 men on base today

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

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
Right hand hitting Potpie is 1 for 2 today
He has smashed 36 home runs this year
A very tough out for Tiant Jr.
Potpie waits for the pitch
Here's the 3-0 offering
It's a smash over short
Concepcion leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Potpie makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Stan Gunner, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year
Tiant Jr. adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez
Now Luis delivers
Gunner drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Gunner

That'll bring up catcher
Harry Hays...
Caribbean out in front by 2
We're in the bottom of the 7th
Hays is at .336 on the season
Tiant Jr. steps on the rubber
Tiant Jr. rocks and fires
Swung on and popped up
Gonzalez grabs it for the out
Score It: 2

The third baseman, Palmer,
comes to the plate
FOFC fans now have something
to cheer about
Only one out
This is a good opportunity
for the All Stars
Palmer is 1 for 2 today
Deacon flied out last time around
Right-hander Tiant Jr. eyes
the righty Palmer
Luis rocks and fires
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is hitting .270 against righties
Tiant Jr. looks down at
Gonzalez for the sign
Now he's ready
Way ahead in the count
Tiant Jr. turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Hard slider...
And Nights takes it on the corner
Strike three called
Nice pitch by Tiant Jr.
He needed it
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46584

The big guns are due up for Caribbean
Linares will lead it off
He will be followed by Perucho
Cepeda and Miguel Gonzalez
Linares 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
Omar is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
Rodney brings it to the plate
Rodney misses low on that one
Linares draws the walk
Number 1 today by Rodney

Cepeda, the left fielder, moves
into the batter's box

Caribbean on top 3 to 1
Cepeda grips the bat handle
Cepeda waits patiently
Rodney brings it to the plate
WATCH OUT!
Cepeda IS BEANED!
He'll go down to first
And Linares will move to second

Now here's Gonzalez
Gonzalez is at .289 on the season
Rodney gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Righthander Rodney's delivery
Gonzalez drives the change-up deep...
Stan Gunner racing over...
Tries for the catch...
Backs against the fence and grabs it
One down...
Hector Espino is due up next
Let's see what happens now

Hector Espino will face Rodney
Righty against righty
Espino looks down toward
the third base coach
Espino is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Rodney
He's waiting for the pitch
James checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
Fastball, misses outside
Ball four

Oliva finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Oliva at the plate
Oliva waiting on the delivery
Rodney kicks and fires
A sharp breaking curve...
Oliva was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Tucker turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Tony Oliva can touch them all

Walking up to the plate now is Concepcion
Luis Tiant Jr. waits on deck
Rodney is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Rodney gets the sign from Hays
Rodney brings it home
Changeup down low...
Concepcion makes contact and
hits one out to center
A. J. Tucker is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Rodney
That's two gone for Caribbean
here in the top of the 8th
Let's take ten seconds for
station identification
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
Your four sports network...

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Tiant Jr.
Tiant Jr. swinging from the right side
facing the righty Rodney
All set, Tiant Jr. is ready for the pitch
Rodney brings it to the plate
Tiant Jr. swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Rodney strikes out Luis Tiant Jr.
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
Caribbean has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 5 on base
FOFC has stranded 4

The third baseman Fouts
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Fouts goes through his routine
of settling in
Luis looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here comes the cripple pitch
Curveball, breaking in on him
DOWN HE GOES!...
It missed him for ball four
Fouts' slow getting up...
Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer...
He looks OK, just shaken up a bit...
Fouts heads down to first

Blade digs in at the plate
Ready now for Tiant Jr. to come set
Fouts takes his lead
Luis Tiant Jr. still on the mound
for the Estrellas...
Tiant Jr. has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 7 innings
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Fouts dives back in!...

SAFE!
Espino tosses it back to Tiant Jr.
Now here's the pitch
Grounded down the line
Espino trots to the bag
Score It: 3
Caribbean gets the first out
here late in this contest

One on, one out
Coming up next is Tucker
Tucker digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Tiant Jr.
Tiant Jr. is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Luis looks over his shoulder at Fouts
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Base hit to center for Tucker
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Caribbean looking for two
It won't be easy with Pflaggstettler's
speed
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
hitting .310 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Gonzalez flashes the sign...
Tiant Jr. waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fastball... just inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
That loads them up for FOFC

Felipe Alou will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Adolfo Luque has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

The All Stars' first baseman is up next
FOFC has 3 on board with 1 out
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Luque
Luque looks down at Gonzalez for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's the 0-2 offering
Here's a slider, down the middle...
Potpie laces single to left...
That will get one runner
home, but that's it
The bases remain loaded

Stan Gunner is up for FOFC
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Harry Hays
Benton Breeze is walking down
to the water cooler
The bases are filled with All Stars
Espino walks over to the mound
He is uttering some words of encouragement
to Caribbean's Adolfo Luque
He finds himself in quite a pickle
Luque with a big 5-run
lead to work with...
He's in bit of trouble here, though!
Here's the righthander's delivery
Bounding ball to second
Avila comes up with it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
That's it for FOFC here in
the bottom of the 8th
They leave 2 runners stranded
Caribbean has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
8 hits and no errors

Here's the center fielder Minoso
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Roberto Avila
And then Omar Linares
Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Minoso
Rodney leans back and fires
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Minoso!
One gone for Caribbean

Avila is up now for Caribbean
Avila is at .196 on the season
Rodney has the sign from Hays
Rodney throws the 3-2 pitch
Base hit to left for Avila
Stan Gunner 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 safe! Double for Avila

One away, one on
As Linares walks from the on deck circle
Linares adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Omar is 1 for 3 this evening
James is ready
And the delivery by Rodney
Linares watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
Two down

Perucho Cepeda will get a
crack at Rodney next
Miguel Gonzalez would be up next...
But only if Cepeda can reach safely
Cepeda is hitless today, 0 for 3
Perucho was hit by a pitch
in his last at bat
The bat is cocked
The righthander delivers
Change up, on the inside corner...
Cepeda 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
Cepeda is in at second standing
with a double
All Tucker could do was keep him
from getting a triple

Gonzalez heads to the plate for Caribbean
The infield is at regular depth
A base hit should score Cepeda
Rodney squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Rodney's 2 strike pitch...
Gonzalez takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Gonzalez's outta there
That's all for the Estrellas
in the 9th inning
They get 1 run across
We go to the bottom of the 9th...
Caribbean on top 8 to 2

Hays will come up to lead off
the bottom of the 9th
Luque studies his sign
Now Adolfo delivers
Hays rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Concepcion
Dave fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
One up, one down for FOFC

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Treacy
Treacy is hitting .281
against righthanders
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Treacy gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Espino grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Treacy for the out
Two down, last of the 9th...
The All Stars are down to their final out

It will be Nights to face Luque
The score, a lopsided 8-2
Luque has plenty of room to work with
The pitch is on the way
Nights 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 Nights is retired
Nice play by the Caribbean third baseman
And that will do it for FOFC
Caribbean wins 8 to 2
Tiant Jr. gets credit for the win
Mighty takes the loss
The hitting star for Caribbean
was Tony Oliva
He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 6 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-24-2013, 09:19 PM

8/15 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/15/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 4 1 1 1 .267 B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .263
R.Avila 2B 5 1 1 0 .212 A.Tucker CF 4 0 1 0 .294
O.Linares 3B 4 1 1 0 .238 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .308
P.Cepeda LF 4 1 1 1 .253 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 3 2 .288
M.Gonzalez C 5 0 0 0 .288 S.Gunner LF 4 0 2 0 .268
H.Espino 1B 3 2 1 0 .245 H.Hays C 4 0 0 0 .333
T.Oliva RF 4 2 2 6 .307 D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .324
D.Concepcion SS 4 0 2 0 .260 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
L.Tiant Jr. P 3 0 0 0 .156 B-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .258
A.Luque P 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .277
A.Mighty P 2 0 0 0 .091
A-D.Fouts 3B 0 1 0 0 .292
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 8 9 8 Totals 32 2 8 2

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mighty In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 9th Inning

Estrellas....... 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 - 8 9 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 8 0

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Tiant Jr. WIN(9-5) 7 1/3 7 2 2 3 5 1 109 4.55
A.Luque 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 5.48
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 5 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty LOSS(8-9) 7 6 3 3 2 4 2 116 4.00
J.Rodney 2 3 5 5 2 4 1 49 3.45
Totals 9 9 8 8 4 8 3

ATTENDANCE- 46,584 DATE- Wednesday, August 15th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Estrellas: 6 All Stars: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Estrellas: 3 All Stars: 0
DOUBLES- R.Avila(3rd), P.Cepeda(28th), S.Gunner-2(20th)
HOME RUNS- M.Minoso(8th), T.Oliva-2(15th), J.Potpie(36th)
WALKS- M.Minoso, O.Linares, H.Espino, L.Tiant Jr., B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler,
D.Fouts
HIT BY PITCH- P.Cepeda
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, O.Linares-2, M.Gonzalez, H.Espino, D.Concepcion,
L.Tiant Jr.-2, H.Hays, D.Palmer, J.Nights-2, A.Mighty
GIDP- A.Tucker, S.Gunner, J.Nights
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Perucho Cepeda robbed Persimmon Pflaggstettler of a Homerun!

Breeze

06-24-2013, 09:20 PM

UGH...bad time for a cold streak...

Breeze

06-25-2013, 09:12 PM

8/16 Radio Broadcast

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
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Swung on and topped toward third
Palmer comes in
Backhands it
Over to first
Not in time!
Infield single by Minnie

Pacheco lays one down the third base line
Palmer was moving in with the pitch
He fields it cleanly...
Glances over at second...
But goes for the sure out at first
Out by a mile
Minoso is down at second
And there's one away

Coimbre is up now for Caribbean
John gets the sign from Bullock
And the delivery by Williams
It is a fastball up high
Coimbre rips it directly at Palmer
My goodness! Deacon had to
catch it or get killed
He did the former
much to his family's relief!
Boy, Coimbre really
took the toenails off that one!
Minoso still at second

Facing Williams now is Cepeda
Miguel Gonzalez heads to
the on deck circle
Hector Espino waits in the hole
Against lefthanders
Cepeda is hitting .272 this season
2 down, Cepeda behind in the count, 0-2
Williams brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Cepeda
Matty Alou is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez is batting .288
with 24 HR's this year
Williams is happy with the sign
The southpaw Williams' delivery
The pitch gets away from Williams
Bullock can't handle it
Charge a wild pitch to Williams

Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Here's his delivery
Fastball... just outside
And Gonzalez will take first on the walk

Caribbean first baseman, Hector
Espino, is up next
Two men on, two men out
Williams looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Williams rocks and fires
Here's a slow curve...
Espino slashes a shallow fly
towards Pflaggstettler
He's charging hard... dives...
Makes the catch!
That ends the top of the 1st
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
After one half inning,
Caribbean leads by 1

Blade, FOFC's second baseman,
leads off for the All Stars
Caribbean drew first blood
They scored 1 run
in the top half of the first
Blade is at .263 on the season
Mendez wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
The pitch is on the way
Slow ground ball
Concepcion is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's one away

Nights finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Nights has 30 doubles this year
Nights waits on Mendez
Here's the windup and the 0-2 delivery
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Nights hits it into the hole
on the right side
Pacheco ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Nights is out by a step at first
That's two away
Concepcion comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Mendez
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mendez to come set
Mendez shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Now Jose delivers
Bouncer in the hole
and past Hector Espino...
Base hit into right field!
That one had eyes on it
Good piece of hitting by Tucker

Jeeberoni Potpie will get
a crack at Mendez next
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
would be up next...
But only if Potpie can reach safely
Potpie has hit 36 home runs this year
Mendez ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Mendez fires
Potpie swats a major league fly to left
Cepeda drifts back
He lurches forward...
He grabs it for the out
That ends the inning
After 1 inning, Caribbean leads by 1

Omar Linares up first for Caribbean
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Linares' bat has been very
quiet so far this season
In 407 at bats, he is only batting .238
His OBP is also a dismal .295
Linares is ready
Now ready, here it is...
Curve, at the belt...
Linares 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!!

Now here's Concepcion
The righthander, Concepcion
has an average of .260
His success against lefties, like Williams
is better, however, at .279
Williams is ready quickly
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Concepcion
No chance for either Nights or Gunner
That one had base hit written all over it

Jose Mendez moves in to face Williams
1 on, no outs here in the top of the 2nd
Concepcion takes his lead
Williams is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Williams brings it to the plate
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Mendez misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
The peg down...
The slide...
OUT AT SECOND!...
Concepcion couldn't outrun that "gun"
Bullock uses for an arm
He has one of the better
arms in the league

Now batting will be Jose Mendez
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Caribbean up by 2
Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes
Williams brings it to the plate
Mendez hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer
Palmer takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Mendez is out!
Nice play by Potpie
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

While Antonio Pacheco heads
for the on deck circle
Minnie Minoso makes his way to the plate
John Williams is having a good year
He is 7th in wins with 12

Now Williams is looking for a sign
Williams' 2 strike pitch...
Minoso swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Williams strikes out Minnie Minoso
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
Late 20th and AL Pre WWII
have yet to score
NL Post WWII winning over
Negro League II 6 to 0
Old Timers is edging Negro League I 1 to 0
Turn of Century is on top
of Left Outs 2 to 0
Rusie battling Sutton
And in our contest Caribbean on top 2 to 0

The All Stars will send
Pflaggstettler, Stan Gunner,
and Deacon Palmer up
to the plate this inning
The righthander pitching
to Pflaggstettler...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .210 average against Jose
Mendez brings it to the plate
And Pflaggstettler will sit down...
strike three called

Walking up to the plate now is Gunner
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
Gunner is hitting .269 against righties
After getting set, Gunner
waits on the pitch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Gunner chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Mendez
Concepcion snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
That's two away

Deacon Palmer will face Mendez
Righty against righty
Right-hander Mendez prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Palmer
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Concepcion takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Palmer is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Dave is very fine fielder!
Mendez disposes of the All Stars
in short order...1-2-3 in the 2nd
After 2 full innings,
it's 2-0 Estrellas

Antonio Pacheco stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Antonio is hitting at .295 on the year
He has 147 hits in 499 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 19 stolen bases
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One away, two to go in the top of the 3rd

Nobody on, one away for Caribbean
Up now is Coimbre
Coimbre is hitting .293 with 15 homeruns
Pancho also has 26 doubles and 4 triples
And has driven in a total of 64 runs
Coimbre is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the 0-2 offering
Struck him out on a fastball
Coimbre goes down swinging
And there's two away

Cepeda is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
The outfield shades towards
left for Cepeda
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 to the belt, here it is...
Cepeda 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... Cepeda is outta there!
My Word!... very nice...
Cepeda can't believe it
That's all for Caribbean
After 2 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
Caribbean ahead 2 to 0

Billy Bullock, John Williams, and
Barrett Blade are due up
Bullock is batting .262 with
17 homers this year
The umpire says let's go
Bullock is ready
Righthander Mendez's delivery
Bullock hits one toward short
Concepcion fronts it...
Oops, he bobbles it...
Now he has the handle...
Long throw to first
Got Bullock by three steps!
Man, that is one slow truck horse
on the base paths!
Mendez gets the first out in the inning

John Williams, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
And Jose studies the sign from Gonzalez...
Now he's got it
Now the delivery, here is is...
There's a ground ball into the hole
Linares and Concepcion converge on it
It's picked by Concepcion
who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
Caribbean gets the second
out of the 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 .236
The right-hander Mendez is
set to deliver to Blade
With a 3-2 count
Mendez kicks and fires
Over the outside corner
Blade hits the curve right to third...
Linares takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Blade is out by a couple of steps
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 3 and 7
in their last ten games

Gonzalez 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
We're in the top of the 4th
Williams has the sign from Bullock
Now John delivers
Sinking fastball...
Gonzalez swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for Caribbean
Hector Espino is still in
the on-deck circle
and Omar Linares is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Espino leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Williams adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The lefty Williams delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Blade ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning

Omar Linares makes his way to home plate
Linares goes through his
routine of settling in
The left-hander Williams is now ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
This should do it...
He makes the grab

That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
Caribbean has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
Caribbean has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

To lead off this inning is Jeff Nights
FOFC needs a pair to tie this game
Nights is 0 for 1 today
Mendez 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 Mendez's delivery
Changeup down low...
Nights makes contact and
hits one out to center
Minnie Minoso is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Mendez
With one down, up next is A. J. Tucker
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie

A. J. Tucker will make his
way to home plate
He's the center fielder for FOFC
Tucker is 1 for 1 today
A. J. singled last time up
Mendez is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mendez looks in...
Now he's ready
Way ahead in the count
Mendez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez
Tucker was badly fooled by Mendez's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
Caribbean on top 2 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

AL Post WWII is beating
Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Late 20th is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Martinez and Faber currently dueling
NL Post WWII winning over
Negro League II 6 to 0
Mays has hit his 34th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
Old Timers with the lead over
Negro League I 3 to 0
Keefe comfortably ahead for Old Timers
Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 2 to 1

Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Potpie tells the umpire he's ready
The righthander Mendez delivers
There's a shallow flyball struck by Potpie
Minnie Minoso runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Potpie is out
We head to the 5th...
The score is still Caribbean
2, All Stars 0

Concepcion up now to lead off
It's the top of the 5th
Concepcion steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Dave is 1 for 1 today
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Sinking line drive
Caught by Barrett Blade
One out
Due up next is Jose Mendez

Mendez gets set at the plate
Before getting ready
Mendez checks out the defensive alignment
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
Two men gone, nobody on
Caribbean leads by 2

So that brings up the top of the order
Minnie Minoso will step in
Minoso is 1 for 2 today
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
John winds
Kicks... and delivers
LINE DRIVE
Palmer snares it for the out!
Score It: 5
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings
Caribbean ahead 2 to 0
We'll be right back...

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
to lead it off
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 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
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
The righthander delivers
Pflaggstettler goes after
the big breaker...
Hit on the ground to Mendez's right...
Concepcion isn't able to cut it off...
It's bouncing into center
field for a single

Gunner up
The All Stars have Pflaggstettler on first
Stan, a lefty batter, will square
off against Mendez
Of his 14 home runs, 14
are against righties
Gunner waits for the pitch
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Coimbre slides under it... one hands it...
Not the prettiest play, but Gunner is out

One away, Pflaggstettler at first
Palmer is coming to the plate
Palmer digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Mendez
Palmer readies himself for the pitch
Here's the 1-1 pitch
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Perucho Cepeda is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Good,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Cepeda!

Billy Bullock is up next
The All Stars' catcher
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Bullock gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
The umpire says let's go
Mendez checks Pflaggstettler on first...
The 1-0 delivery
In the air to right
Man it is really hit...
The only question is whether
it will stay fair
It's...
Gone! Bullock has just tied
the game at 2 a piece!
Bullock gets number 18 in 1900

The pitcher, Williams, is ready to bat
The score is tied at 2 in
the bottom of the 5th
Williams a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Mendez
Mendez toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gonzalez
He brings it home
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Williams gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Espino grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Williams for the out
FOFC is retired...
But they come up with 2 runs to tie it
After 5 innings,
it's all even at 2

Breeze

06-25-2013, 09:12 PM

8/16 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's the second baseman Pacheco
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Pancho Coimbre
And then Perucho Cepeda
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pacheco looks to third for a sign
The bat is cocked
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Pacheco hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
He's got it
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Post WWII clipping Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Late 20th slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
NL Post WWII bombing Negro
League II 8 to 0
Old Timers is on top of
Negro League I 4 to 2
Left Outs and Turn of Century
are deadlocked at 2
Stargell has hit his 10th
homerun for Left Outs

Pancho Coimbre is coming to the plate
Coimbre is taking his practice swings
Pancho is 0 for 2 this evening
Pancho waits...
He steps out as Williams takes too long
Now he's back in the box
John rocks and fires
Coimbre hits a deep fly
ball into the alley
A. J. Tucker chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Tucker hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Coimbre is into third with a triple
Now they check on Tucker
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

Coimbre represents the go-ahead run
And up comes Perucho Cepeda
Caribbean needs only that 1 run
to break the tie
Cepeda grips the bat handle
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Coimbre is dancing off third
Williams is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
One more chance for Caribbean this inning

Miguel Gonzalez is up next
Caribbean's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs
Gonzalez is 0 for 1 today
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Williams brings it home
Gonzalez works the walk...
Passes the baton to Hector Espino
who will see if he can get
Coimbre in from third

Batting for Caribbean will be Espino
Espino is 0 for 2 today
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
John is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Coimbre, now at Gonzalez

Now the pitch
Hot shot grounded into right field
Hector Espino has a base hit
Coimbre scores from third!
Gonzalez takes third

Omar Linares, the Caribbean third baseman,
steps into the batter's box
Caribbean ahead 3 to 2
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
7th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Base hit to left for Linares
Gonzalez scores
Matty Alou puts up the stop sign...
Espino will stay at second

At the plate now for Caribbean
is Concepcion
The right-handed Concepcion will
be facing the southpaw
3 of his 4 home runs come via this route
Dave steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
John checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
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!
That's all for Caribbean
in the top of the 6th
They pick up 2 runs
After 5 and a half innings,
it's 4-2 Caribbean

The second baseman Blade will
start things off for the All Stars
Barrett is batting .261 with
3 home runs on the season
He 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
It's coming down the pike
Blade is hit!
That ball hit him on the arm
Barrett is squeezing his elbow
The trainer, Tay Pemup
is out to check him
He'll stay in
He gets a nice round of applause
He heads to first

Jeff Nights steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Blade is at first
Nights looks down at Dick
Howser to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Benton Breeze
Now he relays the signal to Nights
Nights is waiting on the pitch
Mendez goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Espino...
Blade is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mendez comes home
Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Jeff Nights steps into the box
Jeff looks down at the third base coach
He gets the sign from Dick Howser
Blade takes his lead
Mendez has the sign from Gonzalez
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!
Espino tosses it back to Mendez
Now here's the pitch
Fastball off the catcher's mitt
Rolls all the way to the backstop
Gonzalez is after it... as
Blade moves on to second
No throw...
Looked like Gonzalez was crossed-up
on the pitch
Score it a passed ball on Gonzalez

Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights is at .277 on the season
Jose is ready
Mendez kicks and fires
Base hit to center for Nights
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade is out at home!
Trailing runner advances.

Up next for the All Stars
The hometown center fielder, A. J. Tucker
Tucker will be batting lefty versus Mendez
The switch hitter is 1 for 2 today
.295 average on the year
Last time up A. J. struck out
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Jose comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
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 runner advances.

Now Jeeberoni Potpie will be up
He wants to hit it to the right side
to advance Tucker
in this very tight, low scoring affair
1 out here in this 1 run ballgame
Potpie is 0 for 2 today
Mendez tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mendez's righthanded delivery...
A hot shot on the ground to Concepcion
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Potpie is out
Tucker stays put
Two down

Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Tucker is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
Persimmon is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .309 on the season
Pflaggstettler waits patiently
for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Mendez brings it to the plate
There's a jam shot off the
hands of Pflaggstettler
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Omar Linares
That's all for the All Stars
in the 6th inning
They get 1 run across
We've played through six...
The score, 4-3 Estrellas

Felipe Alou has called for Keith Hernandez
Keith will come up now to bat for
Jose Mendez against Williams
Hernandez is batting .190
as a pinch hitter
He has 2 pinch home runs

Keith Hernandez stepping in
He will be the first batter for Caribbean
We are in the top of the 7th
Caribbean leads 4 to 3
John is ready
John rocks and fires
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out

That will bring up Minnie Minoso
Minoso is batting .266 with
8 HR's this year
Williams grips the ball
Here's the pitch
Bouncer to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3

Pacheco saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Pacheco is 0 for 2 today
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Here's the pitch
Pacheco starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him

Pacheco sneaks away from the base
Williams looks the runner back

Coimbre finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
John gets the sign from Bullock
Here's the 1-2 offering
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Coimbre goes down on strikes
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 6 and a half innings
Caribbean has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Adolfo Luque will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Adolfo has appeared in
67 games this season
with a record of 5-7
In 92 innings, he has an 5.48 ERA
Jose Mendez has finished his work
here this evening

Here's Stan Gunner leading off
Deacon Palmer is on deck
And Billy Bullock is in the hole
Luque tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander Luque's delivery
Ground ball through the middle
Concepcion ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
One up, one down for FOFC

Palmer is up now for FOFC
Deacon is hitting at .323 on the year
He has 110 hits in 341 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Palmer flied out his last time up
Palmer tells the umpire he's ready
The kick and the pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Palmer...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Concepcion made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Bullock walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
John Williams moves into
the on deck circle
FOFC needs some runs
Bullock is at .265 on the season
Luque steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Luque goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Palmer
He lobs one to Espino...
Palmer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Luque comes home
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Bullock turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 19 for Billy on the year
He also has 46 RBI's now

Felipe Alou is walking to the mound
Adolfo Luque will head for the showers
They've signaled for the righthander
Mike Garcia will be coming on
in relief for Caribbean
Garcia will be the 3rd pitcher used
by Caribbean this evening
Adolfo Luque hands the ball
over to Felipe Alou
Now he walks off the field...
Garcia is almost finished warming up...
Mike has a 2-5 record so far this year
And an ERA of 4.05 in 45 appearances

Treacy saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
FOFC ahead 5 to 4
Mike Garcia steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Righthander Garcia's delivery
Sinking line drive
Caught by Antonio Pacheco
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 3 and
7 in their last ten games

So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Blade is hitting .235 against righties
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Garcia
The righthander delivers
Its a high fly ball into shallow center
Minoso runs in...
He calls for it...
Concepcion yells "take it Minnie"
And he does
Blade is retired on a lazy
fly to short center
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48711

Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off
Caribbean's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's James Rodney
Cepeda adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Perucho is 1 for 3 this evening
Cepeda waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The righthander Rodney delivers
Cepeda swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Rodney strikes out Perucho Cepeda
One away in the top of the
8th for Caribbean

Nobody on base, one away
Gonzalez steps into the batter's box
Gonzalez grips the bat handle
Miguel is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Palmer plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
Two down

Settling in at the plate is Espino
Espino has 8 doubles this year
Hector steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
Rodney kicks and delivers
Fastball... just outside
Espino will take first on the walk
Hector knows how to get on base
His OBP of .402 is among
the league leaders

Felipe Alou is going to make a change now
Pablo Mesa will run for Hector Espino
The speedster will take his
spot at first base

Mesa watches Rodney carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Rodney steps off the rubber
Looks Mesa back to the bag

That'll bring up third baseman
Omar Linares...
FOFC out in front by 1
We're in the top of the 8th
Linares is batting .241 with
19 round trippers in 1900
He's ready for the delivery
Now James delivers
Rodney comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Linares
As Omar swings right through
it for strike three
Rodney punches him out
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 4 runs,
7 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 2
Caribbean's defensive changes are...
Cepeda will bat 4th and play 1B
Mesa will bat 6th and play LF

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

AL Post WWII is beating
Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Hunter comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII
Late 20th is in front of
AL Pre WWII 4 to 1
NL Post WWII is destroying
Negro League II 9 to 0
Mays has hit his 34th homerun
for NL Post WWII
He's putting up big numbers this year
Negro League I is edging Old Timers 6 to 5
Foster and Keefe currently dueling
Left Outs is on top of Turn
of Century 4 to 2
And right here in FOFC FOFC leads 5 to 4
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights is 1 for 3 today
For the season, Jeff has 14 homers
30 doubles, and 3 triples
He has scored 65 runs
while driving in 60
Two balls, two strikes the count
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 28 on the season for Garcia

Coming up for FOFC is Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
The All Stars leading by 1
Mike is ready
Here is the 3-0 pitch
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Pacheco is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Two down
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie
Stepping out, Potpie looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Jeeberoni stands with bat ready
The pitch to Potpie...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Gonzalez fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 1

As we get ready to start
the top of the 9th
Concepcion is talking to Bullock
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
It's coming down the pike
Concepcion chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Knowles
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
One down for Caribbean
Mike Garcia is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

Caribbean announces a pinch
hitter for Mike Garcia
Alejandro Ohms will come in to face
the right handed Knowles
He carries a .226 average
as a pinch hitter
Against righties he is hitting
.266 this year

The Estrellas are down
to their last 2 outs
Alejandro Ohms is due up next
Ohms has hit 1 home run this year
Knowles 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
Here's the pitch
Another hook for strike three!
Ohms just stood there looking
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Knowles

Minnie Minoso, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Minoso is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Minnie is ready for the delivery
Knowles winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Sinking fastball...
Minoso swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 5 to 4
Williams gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Luque takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Billy Bullock
He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

06-25-2013, 09:14 PM

8/16 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/16/1900

Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso CF 5 1 1 0 .265 B.Blade 2B 3 0 0 0 .261
A.Pacheco 2B 2 0 0 0 .293 J.Nights SS 4 1 1 0 .277
P.Coimbre RF 4 1 1 0 .293 A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 1 .295
P.Cepeda LF,1B 4 0 1 1 .253 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .285
M.Gonzalez C 2 1 0 0 .286 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 1 1 0 .308
H.Espino 1B 3 0 1 1 .247 S.Gunner LF 3 0 0 0 .264
C-P.Mesa PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .222 D.Palmer 3B 3 1 1 0 .325
O.Linares 3B 4 1 2 2 .241 D-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .292
D.Concepcion SS 4 0 1 0 .260 B.Bullock C 3 2 2 4 .268
J.Mendez P 2 0 0 0 .257 J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .123
A-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .234 B-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .256
A.Luque P 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Garcia P 0 0 0 0 .500 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-A.Ohms PH 1 0 0 0 .259
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 4 7 4 Totals 30 5 7 5

A-Pinch Hit For Mendez In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Williams In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Espino In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 9th Inning

Estrellas....... 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 5 7 0

Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Mendez 6 5 3 3 0 2 1 86 4.06
A.Luque LOSS(5-8) BS(9th) 0 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 1 12 5.65
M.Garcia 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 3.94
Totals 8 7 5 5 0 4 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(13-4) 7 7 4 4 3 6 1 119 3.85
J.Rodney HOLD(4th) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 3.41
S.Knowles SAVE(24th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1.61
Totals 9 7 4 4 4 9 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,711 DATE- Thursday, August 16th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Estrellas: 6 All Stars: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Estrellas: 0 All Stars: 0
TRIPLES- P.Coimbre(5th)
HOME RUNS- O.Linares(19th), B.Bullock-2(19th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Concepcion
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Pacheco
WALKS- A.Pacheco, M.Gonzalez-2, H.Espino
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, A.Pacheco, P.Coimbre-2, P.Cepeda-2, O.Linares, J.Mendez,
A.Ohms, J.Nights, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler
WILD PITCHES- J.Williams
PASSED BALLS- M.Gonzalez
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Dave Concepcion robbed Stan Gunner of a base hit.
Bot 5th: Perucho Cepeda robbed Deacon Palmer of a Homerun!

Breeze

06-26-2013, 06:33 PM

8/17 Radio Broadcast

I see by the clock that we're ready
to go here in Dead Ball Era
Blade steps in to start
things off for FOFC
Let's set the Dead Ball
Era defense for you
Battery mates are Plank and Schalk
Covering the corners at first and third
Will be Sisler and Baker
The keystone combo has Collins at second
And Wallace playing short
In the outfield
From left to right
Its Jackson, Speaker and Cobb
Now Blade steps into the batter's box
This game's about to begin
Blade finishes his stretching
Let's play some ball...
Plank winds his left arm
Lets it go
Blade laces a hit into the outfield
Ty Cobb picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Blade holds with a single

With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck
Batting now for FOFC is Tucker
Tucker looks to Dick Howser for the sign
Tucker is set
Now the delivery, here is is...
Tucker maneuvers to hit behind the runner
There's a hard grounder down at Wallace
He's in front of it...
But he muffs it!
Error on Bobby Wallace
as that ball just ate him up!
It crawled right up his arms
and clipped him in the chin

Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Plank adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Schalk
The southpaw Plank's delivery
Base hit to center for Potpie
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Gazelle, FOFC's right fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
K. A. Ton waits on deck
The bases are full...
Time to throw it over the plate
Plank needs to let his defense
earn their keep
Plank is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Sharp curve...
Swung on...
Gazelle pops it up...
Schalk slides under it
Infield Fly rule called
Gazelle is automatically out
The ball is caught
The runners hold
One down...
Plank has to continue to bear down

Next up is K. A. Ton, the
FOFC left fielder
Plank is taking his sweet time out there
Now he is finished fiddling around
Eddie is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Schalk
Plank fires
Slow ground ball to third
Baker grabs it
Throw to second for one
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Blade scores from third!
Tucker takes third
The runner on first, Potpie, is out
That's two away

Harry Hays steps into the box
Hays has managed a .429 average
against lefthanders this year
Hays gets set for the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
There's a 58 footer!
Schalk can't come up with it...
It's off his chest and the runners
will advance...
Wild pitch by Plank
Tucker crosses the plate standing up!

Harry Hays steps into the box
Plank wastes no time
He has the sign from Schalk
Here's his delivery
Hays smacks a fly to center
Speaker is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
Tris takes it in
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After one half inning, FOFC leads 2 to 0

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 Gazelle 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 mound is Nielsen and
his battery mate is Hays
Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie
Collins, will lead off
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now to the belt, here it is...
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Collins will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .401 OBP this year

George Sisler 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 Sisler
But Collins moves up
One out
Due up next is Tris Speaker

Stepping in is Speaker
Collins at second, one out
Speaker looks down toward the third
base coach, Jim Thorpe
Speaker awaits the delivery
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Speaker 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...
Two down

Ty Cobb moves in to face Nielsen
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 1st
Cobb steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Cobb waits for the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That retires the side...
Ty Cobb fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

FOFC will send Fouts,
Jeff Nights, and Rob Nielsen to face
Eddie Plank this inning
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 Plank earn his salary
Plank wastes no time
He has the sign from Schalk
The lefthander Plank comes home with it
Fly ball to center
Speaker is under it
He makes the grab
One gone for FOFC

Nights heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
The bat is cocked
Plank brings it to the plate
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Speaker quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Nights dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Nights with a single

Nielsen squares
Nielsen lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Nielsen might beat it out...
Fielded by H.Baker
the throw to first...
close play...
SAFE, Nielsen beat it out!
Nights takes second

Blade is up now for FOFC
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Blade cocks his bat
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Base hit to center for Blade
Dick Howser is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Nights is out!

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
FOFC leading in the game
A. J. will be facing the southpaw Plank
from the right side of the plate
6 of his 8 home runs come via this route
Plank is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Plank gets the sign from Schalk
The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch
Swung on and popped up
Baker grabs it for the out
Score It: 5
That retires the side...
Tucker fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, 3 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

To lead off this inning is Joe Jackson
Dead Ball Era needs a pair
to tie this game
Jackson scuffs up the lines around the box
Joe is ready for the delivery
Rob rocks and fires
High heater from Nielsen...
Jackson cuts at it...
Hits a bouncer right side...
It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie
It's into right for a single
Jackson takes his turn and holds at first

The third baseman, Home Run Baker
will be up next for Dead Ball Era
Home Run is batting .315
in 435 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Bobby Wallace
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
We've got a full count...
Nielsen winds and fires...
Baker 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 Dead Ball Era
in the bottom of the 2nd

One on, one out
Coming up next is Wallace
Wallace is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Wallace is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Wallace hits a high pop
into short left field
Fouts and Nights sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Ton
Nights puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Ton!!
And there's two away

Ray Schalk, will be up next
Eddie Plank hopes to get a chance as well
Jackson kicking up the dirt
at second... two outs
FOFC leads Dead Ball Era by 2 runs
Schalk steps out of the box...
Looks towards Jim Thorpe for a sign
Ray seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Here's the 2-2 offering
Hard slider...
And Schalk takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
So Dead Ball Era leaves a
runner down at second
FOFC leads by 2
We will be right back...

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Potpie is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .287 on the year
Jeeberoni steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Plank's pitch
Here's the pitch
Swung on and popped up
Baker is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One out
Gerald Gazelle is due up next

Now here's Gazelle
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Gazelle waits for the delivery
The southpaw Plank's delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Gazelle...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Wallace made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach
(Ballpark Double Effect)

That brings up K. A. Ton, the left fielder
Ton grips the bat handle
Eddie peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Plank rocks and fires
It's in on the hands
Inside... ball four
Ton trots to first as Gazelle takes second

Hays now at the plate
Dan Fouts waits on deck
Plank likes the sign
Gazelle on second, Ton on first
They're dancing off the bags
Here's the 0-1 offering
Dribbler to the mound
Fielded nicely by Plank
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That's out number two
Ghosts' pitching coach, Hippo Vaughn,
is out to talk with Plank

Looks like Fouts will be
given a free pass here
And he is... That's four wide ones
John McGraw didn't want
to risk letting Fouts
add to his 17 seasonal home runs

Nights finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Plank is in a tough spot
Plank looks down at Schalk for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
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
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 3rd

Eddie Plank will step into the
box to start the inning
Dead Ball Era would like to
get some runners on board
Plank looks down toward
the third base coach
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.18 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the 2-2 offering
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
One down for Dead Ball Era
Eddie Collins is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Dead Ball Era

Coming up for Dead Ball
Era is Eddie Collins
Nobody on base, one out
Collins is hitting .304 with 8 homeruns
Eddie also has 21 doubles and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 37 runs
One ball, one strike the count
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Nobody on, two away
Sisler steps in for Dead Ball Era
Sisler has hit 5 triples this year
The umpire says let's go
Sisler is ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Did he check his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

Ghosts' center fielder Speaker
is up next
Speaker has 34 doubles this year
Tris stands with bat ready
The lefthander delivers
There's a drooper in front
of Gerald Gazelle
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
That's all for the Ghosts...
After 3 innings here at Shibe
Park in Dead Ball Era,
FOFC on top 2 to 0

Nielsen 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
Nielsen checks out the defensive alignment
Plank has the sign from Schalk
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Nielsen cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Schalk
Nielsen was badly fooled by Plank's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Rob was a little overanxious
So one up and one gone

And it brings up Barrett Blade
On deck is A. J. Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole
Blade wiggles the bat above his head
The umpire says let's go
And the delivery by Plank
Blade swings...
Hits the fastball on the ground...
Down the line at first...
Sisler trying to backhand it...
Can't get a glove on it
It's into right field for a hit

A. J. Tucker is now up
One away, Blade at first
A. J. is hitting at .294 on the year
He has 164 hits in 557 at bats
This includes 19 doubles, 8 triples
8 home runs and 57 RBI's
Tucker waits
The lefthander Plank delivers
Tucker will try the hit and run!
Tucker goes after the outside slider
Hammers it into the ground...
Collins 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 the second out of the inning

The first baseman, Potpie, is ready to bat
FOFC ahead 2 to 0 in the top of the 4th
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Plank looks down at Schalk for the sign

Now he's ready...
It's coming down the pike
Line drive to second
CAUGHT by a diving Collins!
A cross-over step, then he lunged for it
Impressive play by the Dead
Ball Era second baseman!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 3 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has no runs,
one hit and one error
FOFC has left 7 stranded
Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 3

The right fielder Cobb will
start things off for the Ghosts
Cobb is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Here comes the cripple pitch
Fastball...
Cobb jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Ton after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by K. A. Ton!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II is beating
Negro League I 5 to 1
Santop has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League II
AL Post WWII leads Left Outs 6 to 5
Brett has hit his 20th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Caribbean is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Valenzuela and Gomez currently dueling
Late 20th and NL Post WWII
have yet to score
Japanese League leads Old Timers 6 to 5
Oh has hit his 42nd homerun
for Japanese League
Turn of Century is in front
of NL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Wagner has hit his 13th homerun
for Turn of Century

"Shoeless Joe" is up next
He has his "Black Betsy" bat with him
Rob Nielsen has had a fine
year so far in 1900
He was ranked 1st in wins with 17
and 2nd in ERA coming into
this evening's game
And tonight, his ERA has dropped
even lower to 3.16
Here's the 2-1 pitch
Bouncer in the hole
and past Jeeberoni Potpie...
Base hit into right field!
That one had eyes on it
Good piece of hitting by Jackson

Home Run Baker plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman for
Dead Ball Era appears set
Baker has a .288 average against lefties
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Baker 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!
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

Here's the right fielder Gazelle
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today
He is currently batting .265
Jackson, Speaker and Cobb
are playing him deep
Eddie is set to go... a quick
look toward Schalk again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting
Plank has allowed 9 taters
to righties this year
And 5 when facing lefties
Collins comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Plank
The delivery
Ground ball to short
Wallace ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Ton moseys up to the plate
Harry Hays is heading for
the on-deck circle
Ton is batting .305 on the year
He is hitting with great power
He checks down at third for the sign
K. A. will be hitting away
You can be sure of that
Benton Breeze won't ignore his
.616 slugging average!
Ton readies himself for the pitch
Gazelle takes a walking lead
The pitch is on the way
Plank loses him
Ton heads down to first

Hays, the catcher, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 2 to 0
Plank has the sign he wants
Now Eddie delivers
Change up, belt high...
Hays drills a shot out into right
Cobb gloves it cleanly on the first bounce
Gazelle scores from second...
And into third goes Ton
As the throw comes into second

Fouts leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Runners at the corners
The left-hander Plank is now ready
The 2-2 offering...
Base hit to left for Fouts
Ton scores
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Nights gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Nights
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
A check on the runners... the pitch
A slider by Plank
Nights gets good wood on it...
Jackson back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
So we have one out now for FOFC
2 runners on board
as Rob Nielsen rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

Now batting will be Rob Nielsen
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Two on... one out
FOFC up by 4
Stepping out, Nielsen looks
into the dugout
Steps back in
Schalk flashes the sign...
Plank shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Plank looks over at Fouts
Now back at Hays
He's coming home with it
Grounded down the line
Baker grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Shibe Park, After
4 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has no runs,
2 hits and one error
FOFC has left 8 on base
Dead Ball Era has stranded 3

Breeze

06-26-2013, 06:34 PM

8/17 Radio Broadcast Continued

Wallace steps up to the plate
for Dead Ball Era
It's the bottom of the 5th
here at Shibe Park
FOFC on top 4 to 0
Rob gets the sign from Hays
Nielsen brings it to the plate
A hanging curve...
Wallace 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 Bobby...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Wallace at first, nobody out
Schalk comes to the plate
Schalk checks for the sign
The count is nothing and 2
Schalk has to protect the plate
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Wallace
He lobs one to Potpie...
Wallace is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Drilled deep to center field
Tucker is on his horse
UNBELIEVABLE DIVING GRAB!
Schalk can't believe it!
Score It: 8
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Plank pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Nielsen
Plank digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 17 wins,
Rob has racked up 212 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Way ahead in the count
Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Plank watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done

Eddie Collins will get a
crack at Nielsen next
George Sisler would be up next...
But only if Collins can reach safely
Collins has hit 8 home runs this year
Nielsen asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Nielsen brings it home
And Collins will sit down...
strike three called
That ends the inning
After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 4

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 is 3 for 3 today
Barrett singled last time around
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Plank
He's waiting for the pitch
Plank kicks and fires
Blade rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Speaker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Tris Speaker
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Tucker steps into the batter's box
A. J. looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Tucker taps the bat on home plate
Plank steps on the rubber
Now Eddie delivers
Tucker hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Joe Jackson chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Jackson hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Tucker is into third with a triple
Now they check on Jackson
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
370 feet from home plate

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
Potpie is 4th in the league
in homeruns with 36
Jackson is deep in left
Speaker is deep in center
and Cobb is similarly stationed in right
Potpie, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Plank
Tucker is dancing off third
Plank is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
There's a shot off the bat
of Jeeberoni Potpie
But it's right at Wallace
who makes the catch of the line drive
Potpie throws his bat in disgust
FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with
two away this inning

Gazelle is now up for FOFC tonight
FOFC leading here in the sixth
Gazelle looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
2 for 3 on the day for Gerald
He's ready for the delivery
The pitch to Gazelle...
Gazelle swings and lifts one toward right
Cobb 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 4 and 6
in their last ten games

George Sisler is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Dead
Ball Era to get things going
Nielsen has a 3-hitter going
through 5 innings
The southpaw's 2-0 delivery
Sisler laces it into the gap in right
Gazelle gallops to his right
Reaches out
It's past him!
Sisler is around first
Checks the ball
George is steaming to third
The throw...
Safe!
Triple number 6 of the year
for George Sisler

One aboard, nobody out
Up next is Speaker
Against lefthanders
Speaker is hitting .320 this season
The umpire says let's go
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Speaker pulls this one down the line
Gazelle is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just inside the foul pole!
Say goodbye to the shutout!
It's 4-2, FOFC
And home run number 19 of 1900 for Speaker

Cobb saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Cobb is 0 for 2 today
Nielsen is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Nielsen looks in...
Now he's ready
Now Rob delivers
Ball four is the call
Nielsen can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Nielsen
Cobb takes first base

Jackson will try his luck against Nielsen
Dead Ball Era trails by 2 runs
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Jackson is 2 for 2 today
Joe singled last time around
Full count on the batter, 3-2
The lefthander delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Jackson 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
FOFC ahead 4 to 2 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Negro League II is beating
Negro League I 5 to 1
AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead
of Left Outs 12 to 6
Caribbean and AL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 2
NL Post WWII leads Late 20th 1 to 0
Japanese League leads Old Timers 6 to 5
Turn of Century clipping
NL Pre WWII 4 to 0

The Ghosts will send
Home Run Baker up to the plate
Baker can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Baker cocks his bat
Nielsen is into his rocking motion
Now his left arm comes around
Curveball, breaking to the outside...
Lazy ground ball to the right side
It'll be a very tough play for Potpie
He picks it up, throws to
Nielsen covering first
Not in time as Baker beats the throw

With a runner at first and two outs
Wallace walks to the plate
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Here's his delivery
Swung on and missed...
Wallace is down on strikes
That's it for Dead Ball Era
Here at Shibe Park, After 6 innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 11 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
6 hits and one error
Dead Ball Era has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 9

Ton 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 Ton
K. A. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Plank's pitch
Plank brings it home
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Ton manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Collins cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Sisler...
And Ton is called out on a close play

Hays departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Hays is batting .333 with
12 HR's this year
Schalk flashes the sign...
Plank waves it off...
Now he's happy
With a 2-0 count... here's the pitch
Ground ball to the left side...
Wallace scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 4 to 2

Dan Fouts will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
Fouts is 1 for 2 today
Plank studies his sign
The Ghosts' hurler winds and delivers
Slider, down at the knees...
Fouts swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Jackson is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 18 on the year for Dan Fouts

Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
If he gets on, Rob Nielsen would bat next
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Nights
He's 1 for 3 today
Nights waits on Plank
Plank quick pitches him
It's a pop-up in back of third
Baker is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
That's three outs, side retired

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Schalk will come up to lead off the bottom
of the 7th for Dead Ball Era
Nielsen is sitting on 199
strikeouts in 1900
One more and he hits a nice milestone...
The pitch to Schalk...
The pitch is just inside
and Schalk holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Ray trots down to first... ball four

Now batting for the Ghosts...
Max Carey...
He'll pinch hit for Eddie Plank
Eddie Collins is on-deck

Carey finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Carey digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
All set, Carey is ready for the pitch
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Schalk
Fires to Potpie...
Schalk is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Grounded to short
Could be two . . .
To second for one, the relay . . .
Not in time.
Wait a minute,
The umpire is pointing . . .
He's calling interference!
That's a double play!
Score It: 6-4-3

The ex-Columbia U star,
Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate
Eddie is hitting at .303 on the year
He has 130 hits in 429 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 24 stolen bases
And Rob studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The pitch is on the way
Collins fights one off his fists
It's a slow roller to short
Nights is in quickly
Nice throw to first
Eddie beats it out
He really gets down that line!

Slowly coming up is Sisler
for Dead Ball Era
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 5 to 2
Rob Nielsen still on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits in 6 2/3 innings
The pitch is on the way
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Nielsen
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
And that will do it for Dead Ball Era
Joe McGinnity will be coming on
to pitch for Dead Ball Era
Joe has appeared in 36 games this season
He has a record of 13-9
in 197 innings
His ERA stands at 4.21

Stan Gunner, Barrett Blade, and
A. J. Tucker are due up
McGinnity steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
McGinnity is into his windup
Here's the pitch
McGinnity misses low on that one
Gunner draws the walk
Number 1 today by McGinnity

Blade looks to lay one down
Blade lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Blade might beat it out...
Fielded by H.Baker
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Blade gets the job done.
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

A. J. Tucker steps into the box
We're in the top of the 8th
McGinnity looks in
Here's the 0-2 offering
Screaming liner towards second
Collins snares it for the out!
Now he races to the bag . . .
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 4
And that will do it for FOFC

The Ghosts will send
Speaker, Ty Cobb, and Joe Jackson up
to the plate this inning
So far this year Speaker is batting .325
He has 34 doubles, 9 triples
19 homeruns with 96 RBI's
and 26 stolen bases
Speaker is ready
Knowles goes into his windup
Here it comes
It's popped up into foul territory
Barrett Blade is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
Dead Ball Era with one away
Knowles steps off the mound as
he waits for Ty Cobb to
come to the plate

Ty Cobb, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Cobb, a lefthand hitter stands ready
He's hitting .364 currently
He was practicing hitting to leftfield
earlier today in batting practice
The bat is cocked
The lefthander Knowles delivers
Cobb slaps a hard grounder past second
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Cobb will hold with a clean single

Jackson is the batter
The speedy Cobb is on first
He probably won't be taking
any chances, though
The Ghosts trail by 3 runs
Knowles gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
And the delivery by Knowles
Jackson laces a clean base
hit into the outfield
He rounds first, but will hold there
Cobb moves up 90 feet

Cobb inches away from the base
Knowles looks the runner back

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 8th
Here's Baker now up for Dead Ball Era
On deck will be Bobby Wallace
Home Run is batting .315 with
12 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
Cobb seems to be bothering Knowles
Baker is ready for the pitch
Knowles checks the runners
Baker rips a solid shot to center
Gazelle ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
Two gone for Dead Ball Era
Time is running out for them

Wallace gets set at the plate
Knowles likes the sign
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Pflaggstettler
And he pulls it in
That retires the side...
Wallace fails to come through
in the clutch
For Dead Ball Era, No runs, 2 hits,
no errors and 2 men left on base

The FOFC first baseman, Potpie,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
McGinnity steps on the rubber
McGinnity brings it to the plate
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into center
Speaker is under it, waits...
He's got it
One up, one down for FOFC

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle
McGinnity's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for Dead Ball Era
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 13 wins,
Joe has racked up 198 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Here's the righthander's delivery
Right down the middle... strike three
Gazelle must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two up, two down

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler has hit 21
home runs this year
McGinnity looks down at Schalk
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Into the windup... here's the pitch
There's a routine pop by Pflaggstettler
Wallace moves under it and makes the catch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores
These scores are final...
Negro League II toppled
Negro League I 6 to 2
Beckwith has hit his 27th homerun
for Negro League II
AL Post WWII toppled Left Outs 12 to 8
Kaline has hit his 11th homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII easily defeated
Caribbean 7 to 2
NL Post WWII edged out Late 20th 3 to 2
Japanese League spanked Old Timers 10 to 5
Turn of Century is the winner
over NL Pre WWII 4 to 0
Waddell the winner, he's now 10-13
Alexander takes the loss, his
record drops to 16-9
And here in Dead Ball Era
FOFC leads 5 to 2

Frank Chance will be batting
for Ray Schalk
John McGraw would like to get
the speedster on board
He wrecks havoc on opposing pitchers
with his base stealing capabilites
Frank has stolen 27 bases in 39 attempts
His on base percentage is .326

Chance will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 9th
Dead Ball Era's fans are looking
for some runs from their team
Chance goes through his routine
of settling in
Chance waits for the delivery
Kronside rocks and fires
It's popped up into foul territory
Dan Fouts is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 5
One gone for Dead Ball Era

John McGraw will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Harry Hooper steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Kronside
Hooper is batting .192 on the year
.192 as a pinch hitter
And that includes 1 home run

One out, nobody on base
Harry Hooper is the batter
Hooper grips the bat handle
Set now is Hooper
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Hooper rips one to left
He hit it right on the nose...
Gunner is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Stan Gunner
Only one more chance for Dead Ball Era
FOFC leads 5 to 2

Kronside looks down at Collins
as he steps in
Eddie is ready to go
Eddie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Collins is 1 for 3 today
He singled last time up
He's ready for the delivery
The righthander delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Collins
And that will do it for Dead Ball Era
FOFC wins 5 to 2
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Plank takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Dan Fouts
He was 2 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Dead Ball Era.

Breeze

06-26-2013, 06:36 PM

8/17 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/17/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ghosts AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 3 0 .266 E.Collins 2B 4 0 1 0 .304
A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 0 .295 G.Sisler 1B 2 1 1 0 .332
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Speaker CF 4 1 1 2 .324
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Cobb RF 3 0 1 0 .365
J.Potpie 1B 5 0 1 0 .284 J.Jackson LF 4 0 3 0 .350
G.Gazelle RF,LF,CF 5 1 2 0 .266 H.Baker 3B 4 0 1 0 .314
K.Ton LF 2 1 0 1 .303 B.Wallace SS 4 0 1 0 .255
A-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .307 R.Schalk C 2 0 0 0 .239
H.Hays C 4 0 1 1 .332 D-F.Chance PH 1 0 0 0 .245
D.Fouts 3B 3 1 2 2 .298 E.Plank P 2 0 0 0 .103
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .276 B-M.Carey PH 1 0 0 0 .217
R.Nielsen P 3 0 1 0 .101 J.McGinnity P 0 0 0 0 .189
C-S.Gunner PH,LF 0 0 0 0 .264 E-H.Hooper PH 1 0 0 0 .185
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 5 12 4 Totals 32 2 9 2

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Ton In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Plank In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Schalk In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For McGinnity In 9th Inning

INJURY: A. J. Tucker INJURED (for 15 more games) in 8th inning

All Stars....... 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 5 12 0
Ghosts.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 9 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(18-6) 7 7 2 2 4 4 1 119 3.19
B.Knowles HOLD(6th) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 4.46
J.Kronside SAVE(14th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.00
Totals 9 9 2 2 4 5 1

Ghosts IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Plank LOSS(7-12) 7 12 5 3 3 2 1 120 4.71
J.McGinnity 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 4.17
Totals 9 12 5 3 4 3 1

ATTENDANCE- 46,954 DATE- Friday, August 17th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 9 Ghosts: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 3 Ghosts: 2
ERRORS- B.Wallace
TRIPLES- A.Tucker(9th), G.Sisler(6th)
HOME RUNS- D.Fouts(18th), T.Speaker(19th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Blade, G.Sisler
WALKS- K.Ton-2, D.Fouts, S.Gunner, E.Collins, G.Sisler, T.Cobb, R.Schalk
STRIKE OUTS- G.Gazelle, J.Nights, R.Nielsen, E.Collins-2, B.Wallace, R.Schalk,
E.Plank
GIDP- R.Nielsen, J.Jackson, H.Baker, M.Carey
WILD PITCHES- E.Plank
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: A. J. Tucker robbed Ray Schalk of an extra base hit.

Breeze

06-27-2013, 08:50 PM

8/18 Radio Broadcast

We're almost ready to get
today's game under way
Barrett Blade will lead it off for FOFC
Here's how the Ghosts
line up defensively...
In the outfield from left to right
Jackson in left...
Speaker in center...
and Cobb in right
The infield, from third to first it's
Baker playing the hot corner
Wallace at shortstop
Over at second, Evers
At first base Sisler
And the battery of Eddie Cicotte
and Chance behind the plate
Now we're ready to go...
Cicotte kicks and fires
Fly ball to left
Jackson is under it
He makes the grab
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Deacon Palmer
Nobody on base, one out
Palmer taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch
Cicotte brings it to the plate
Palmer swings very late
He pops it foul
Chance gives chase
Here comes Baker
They are both at the rail...
Chance makes the play
Two gone for FOFC

Batting for FOFC will be Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.307 with 21 homeruns
Persimmon also has 19 doubles
and 9 triples
And has driven in a total of 72 runs
Pflaggstettler is ready
Cicotte kicks, delivers
Hit right back to Cicotte
On to first and Pflaggstettler is gone
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Cicotte
here 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...
Gunner 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
Taking the hill is Babson and
the backstop is Hays
Dead Ball Era second baseman,
Johnny Evers, will lead off
Evers is at .192 on the season
Brian is ready
Babson brings it home
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Evers held up, and draws a walk
Babson isn't happy at all with that call

The contact hitting
George Sisler is approaching the plate
George chokes up on his 42 ounce bat
As Babson gets set on the mound
Did you know he was ranked 5th in ERA
coming into today's game?
His ERA stands at 3.73
Babson looks at the runner
The pitch
Hard line drive to second
Blade leaps
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 4
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

One away, Evers at first
Speaker is coming to the plate
Speaker digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Speaker in the hole, 0-2
Now Brian delivers
Swung on and missed by Speaker,
he's down on strikes
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Ty Cobb
Evers will be running if it's hit
Brian gets the sign from Hays
The pay-off pitch...
A slider by Babson
Cobb gets good wood on it...
Gunner back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Set now is Potpie
The pitch to Potpie...
Ground ball to the left side...
Wallace scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
The weather doesn't look promising
We can see lightning in the distance
The sky looks very menacing to the west
We will have to be lucky
to finish here today

Ton finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Eddie peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
With a 2 strike count
Cicotte kicks and fires
Ton tries to hold up
Chance 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

Negro League II slipping by
Negro League I 2 to 0
Left Outs is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0
Caribbean and AL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Cuellar battling Lyons
Late 20th and NL Post WWII
are all knotted at 2
Maddux battling Marichal
Japanese League and Old Timers
have yet to score
Sugishita battling Welch
NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Turn of Century 6 to 0
And right here in Dead Ball Era No score

Gunner heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Stan takes a couple of practice cuts
Gunner awaits the delivery
The righthander winds and delivers
It hits Gunner
He just stands there
Now he says a few words to Cicotte
Eddie answers something back
The umpire steps in between
And motions Gunner to first

Gunner takes his lead from first...
He's challenging Cicotte's pickoff move
Fastball at the letters...
Off with the pitch
Gunner attempts to steal second
Chance throwing from down in his crouch...
The slide by Gunner...
In safely...
He's up on his feet limping...
He was late getting down in the slide
and hit the bag HARD!...
The trainer is out, looking
at his ankle...

Gunner continues to try and walk it off...
Looks like he'll be OK now

Credit him with a steal of second
The home town fans give him a hand
All Stars trainer, Tay Pemup
trots off the field

Looks like Hays will be given
a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Jeff Nights is the batter due up next

Nights walks to the plate
Nights scuffs up the lines around the box
Nights waits on Cicotte
Eddie rocks and fires
Hard ground ball into right field
Base hit for Nights
Gunner scores from second!
Hays takes third

Now batting will be the
pitcher, Brian Babson
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
And Eddie studies the sign from Chance...
Now he's got it
Evers comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Cicotte
The delivery
Grounded down the line
Baker grabs it
Over to Sisler
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That's all for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings in Dead
Ball Era this afternoon,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Joe Jackson stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Jackson
Babson goes into his windup
Here it comes
Outside fastball... lashed
at by Jackson...
Pop fly...Shallow left...
Dropping quickly...
Ton pulls up, doesn't want
it to get by him
Base hit for Jackson...
As Ton fields it on one bounce

Jackson takes his lead
It's a game of cat and mouse at first...
I don't think he has a big enough lead...
Here's the pitch...AND THERE GOES Jackson!
Hays up from his crouch, firing down...
OUT!
The ball was there waiting for Jackson

The third baseman, Home
Run Baker, is up next
Baker is at .314 on the season
Baker is set for the 2-2 pitch
Babson fires
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Baker is down on strikes
Number 2 here today for Babson
Two away

Wallace gets set at the plate
Wallace looks down toward the third
base coach, Jim Thorpe
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Babson goes into his windup
And here's the 1-0 offering
Low fastball...
Wallace 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 Wallace for the out
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
By the way, Dead Ball Era is 6 and
4 in their last ten games

Chance fires the ball down to Wallace
He starts it around the infield
To Evers, Sisler
And then to Baker walking
it over to Cicotte
Blade steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the top of the 3rd
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 Cicotte earn his salary
Chance flashes the sign to Cicotte
Now ready, here it is...
Blade hits a three hopper
towards Johnny Evers
Evers scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And there's one away

Now batting will be Deacon Palmer
The third baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 1
Deacon Palmer is hitting .286 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Cicotte looks down at Chance for the sign

Now he's ready...
Righthander Cicotte's delivery
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Wallace is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Two down
Eddie Cicotte retires
the first two batters in a row

Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate
Jeeberoni Potpie is heading
for the on-deck circle
Pflaggstettler is at .306 on the season
The right-hander Cicotte is set
to deliver to Pflaggstettler
He brings it home
Pflaggstettler rips the curve
to left-center...
Speaker racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Pflaggstettler will lope into
second with a double

Potpie, the first baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC on top 1 to 0
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Right-hander Cicotte prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Potpie
The righthander Cicotte delivers
Swung on, line drive, base hit to center
Speaker had to slide to stop that one
There goes Pflaggstettler to third
Potpie holds at first
as the ball almost got by Speaker
Tris couldn't come up throwing
quickly enough

Walking up to the plate now is Ton
Stan Gunner waits on deck
Ton has a .287 average against
righthanders this season
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
Bouncer to short
Taken by Wallace
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Ton fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

The Ghosts will send
Chance, Eddie Cicotte, and Johnny Evers up
to the plate this inning
Brian Babson gets a new ball
He plays catch with it for a moment
Now he rubs it up
Babson rocks and fires
Frank Chance swings
It's a rocket shot

It is just past Deacon Palmer
Base hit!
That one was really hit!

Eddie Cicotte shows bunt
And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer
Palmer looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Cicotte
But Chance moves up
Dead Ball Era was in luck that time...
Credit Eddie Cicotte with a sacrifice
One gone for Dead Ball Era

Taking his lead is Chance
Babson spins and fakes a throw to second
Chance hustles back to the bag

Slowly coming up is Evers
for Dead Ball Era
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 1 to 0
As we wait for Babson to get ready,
it's worth mentioning that he's
3rd in the league in strikeouts
this year with 166
Now Brian delivers
Fastball, up at the letters...
Evers swings...
Skies on to deep left
Ton racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Evers motors easily into second
As Ton throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E7
Chance scores from second!
Evers to second

Settling in at the plate is Sisler
One out, man on second
Babson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
He rips a grounder
It's into right field
George Sisler has a base hit
Evers scores from second!

Sisler takes a three step lead
Speaker takes the curve...
Now Sisler extends his lead...
Babson is not paying enough attention
The pitch...
And Sisler breaks for second!
Hays displays his strong arm...
The break for second...
The strong throw...
On the money and Sisler is out!

The center fielder, Tris Speaker
will be up next for Dead Ball Era
Speaker has hit 19 home runs this year
Babson studies his sign
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to right for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Speaker slowly moves away from the base
Speaker is held closely by Babson

Two outs, with a man at first
Cobb is the next batter
Cobb is 0 for 1 today
Brian Babson is having a good year
He is 11th in wins with 11

Now Babson is looking for a sign
Babson checks Speaker on first...
The 3-1 delivery
Base hit to center for Cobb
Speaker is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Cobb at first

Cobb studies Babson intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Babson's move keeps Cobb guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

"Shoeless Joe" is now coming to bat
Jackson is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .351 on the year
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 11 wins is 11th in the league
Babson brings it to the plate
Change up, a gem...
Jackson is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Joe looked like Casey on that pitch
That's all for the Ghosts in
the bottom of the 3rd
They get 2 runs
After 3 innings, Dead Ball
Era on top 2 to 1

Stan Gunner up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Eddie looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a high foul pop behind the plate
Chance goes back to the screen
Nice play
Just before it goes into the seats
That's one away

Hays walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Cicotte is slow to get ready

He has a 4.20 ERA this year
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Cicotte
There's a roller down at Wallace
He's in front of it...
It rolls right between the wickets!
Error on Bobby Wallace as he
didn't get his glove down
Maybe a bit too easy for him

And it brings up Jeff Nights
On deck is Brian Babson
Barrett Blade in the hole
Jeff steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Nights singled last time up
and now is 1 for 1
Right-hander Cicotte eyes
the righty Nights
Cicotte kicks and fires
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Jackson
And he pulls it in
And there's two away

Babson is up now for FOFC
Babson wiggles the bat above his head
Babson is poised and ready for the pitch
Cicotte is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Cobb one hands it...
OUT!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II slipping by
Negro League I 4 to 2
Left Outs leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1
Caribbean and AL Pre WWII are tied at 1
Late 20th and NL Post WWII
are all knotted at 2
Japanese League clipping Old Timers 4 to 0
Sugishita comfortably ahead
for Japanese League
NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 6 to 1
And right here in Dead Ball Era
Dead Ball Era on top 2 to 1

Breeze

06-27-2013, 08:51 PM

8/18 Radio Broadcast Continued

Home Run Baker, Bobby Wallace,
and Frank Chance are the first three
Ghosts batters due up
Dead Ball Era leads, 2-1
So far this year Baker is batting .314
He has 22 doubles, 9 triples
12 homeruns with 88 RBI's
and 13 stolen bases
Babson likes the sign
The windup, the pitch
There's a towering fly ball hit by Baker
Ton sprints over, and makes the catch
Dead Ball Era with one away
Babson steps off the mound as
he waits for Bobby Wallace to
come to the plate

Walking up now to the plate is Wallace
Wallace is at .254 on the season
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Stan Gunner is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Good,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Gunner!

The Ghosts will send
Frank Chance up to the plate
Chance steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Frank is 1 for 1 today
Chance, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Babson
Babson kicks and delivers
Chance laces a hit into the outfield
K. A. Ton picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Chance holds with a single

And the batter is Eddie Cicotte
Johnny Evers is on-deck
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson waves it off...
Now he's happy
Babson's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Grounded towards the bag
Palmer grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
So ends the bottom of the 4th
For Dead Ball Era
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 4 innings, Dead Ball
Era leads 2 to 1

FOFC will send Blade,
Deacon Palmer, and Persimmon
Pflaggstettler to face
Eddie Cicotte this inning
Barrett is batting at .265
with 3 home runs
He is 0 for 2 so far today
Blade awaits the pitch
Cicotte leans back and fires
Smashed to the mound
Cicotte comes up with it
Over to Sisler
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
One away...
Sisler is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Baker also...
Now they return to their positions

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Cicotte
Cicotte tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Cicotte winds and delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Wallace plays it on one hop
Over to Sisler...
Out of there!
Two down
Eddie Cicotte retires
the first two batters in order

Coming up now is Pflaggstettler
Everyone is struggling to
keep their bats dry
Stepping out, Pflaggstettler
looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Cicotte looks down at Chance
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 3-0 offering
Extra base hit to center
for Pflaggstettler
Tris Speaker 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's the FOFC clean-up hitter,
Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie is batting .285 with
36 HR's this year
Cicotte has the sign from Chance
Cicotte brings it to the plate
Potpie hits a fastball off the handle
It's popped weakly to third
Baker doesn't have to move
One hands it
Jeeberoni rubs his right hand
as he heads for the dugout
That one had to sting
That does it for FOFC in the 5th
They leave 1 on base
6 stranded so far today

Johnny Evers will start things off
Babson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Babson's 2 strike pitch...
There's a fly ball to K. A. Ton
Ton circles under it...
He makes the play
With one down, up next is George Sisler
To be followed by Tris Speaker

George Sisler is coming to the plate
Babson steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Sisler hits a grounder to third
This should be an out
Deacon Palmer gloves it and fires
It's in the dirt!
It gets by the first baseman Potpie
It'll be an error on Palmer
FOFC has committed 2 errors this afternoon

Dead Ball Era center fielder,
Tris Speaker, is up next
Speaker is batting .325 with
19 homers this year
Tris is set for the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
Swung on and hit right at short
Jeff Nights up with it...
Looks Sisler back to second
Then fires it to Potpie for the out
With two gone, Dead Ball Era leads
2 to 1 in the bottom of the 5th

The Ghosts' right fielder is up next
Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 2 outs
Cobb looks for a sign from third
Jim Thorpe delivers it to Ty
Ty is 1 for 2 today
singled his last at bat
The umpire says let's go
Cobb is ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Smashed to second
Blade grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
So After 5 innings
Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
6 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and 2 errors
Dead Ball Era has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

The FOFC left fielder, Ton,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Stan Gunner
And then Harry Hays
Ton can't seem to get settled at the plate
Cicotte is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Cicotte looks in...
Now he's ready
The righthander Cicotte's delivery
Sinking fastball...
Ton swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at Baker...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC

So that brings up Stan Gunner
the FOFC center fielder
Stan is batting .263 in
232 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Harry Hays
After getting set, Gunner
waits on the pitch
Eddie winds
Kicks... and delivers
Gunner rocks one deep
This is really hit
It's going... going...
FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Gunner
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fly ball to center
Speaker is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away

Two away, nobody on
Hays comes to the plate for FOFC
We'll see how they pitch to Hays
Cicotte has a 4-hitter going
through 5 2/3 innings
The pitch is on the way
It's a routine fly into right
Cobb ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Cobb grabs it for the out
We're in the middle of the 6th
Dead Ball Era still leads 2-1

Here's the left fielder Jackson
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Home Run Baker
And then Bobby Wallace
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Jackson looks to third for a sign
Joe steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson brings it to the plate
Jackson waves at the fastball
Strike Three!
Joe has been doing
a lot of that this afternoon
2 K's today!
And that is 4 for Babson
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II with the lead
over Negro League I 6 to 3
Left Outs is edging AL Post WWII 2 to 1
Carlton and Ryan currently dueling
Caribbean and AL Pre WWII are tied at 3
Cuellar battling Lyons
Late 20th and NL Post WWII are tied at 2
Japanese League toppling Old Timers 7 to 0
NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Turn of Century 7 to 1
Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
And here in Dead Ball Era Dead
Ball Era ahead 2 to 1

Here's Home Run Baker
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Baker is 0 for 2 today
The bat is cocked
Here's the righthander's delivery
Slow ground ball
Potpie 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

"Rhody" is up next
Wallace is taking his practice swings
Bobby is 0 for 2 this afternoon
He flied out last time at bat
Brian is ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Oh Oh, hanging curve...
Swung on...
There's a hard line drive in the gap
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Stan Gunner dives...
knocks it down...
Picks it up...
Wallace digging hard for second...
The ball is fired in to Blade
Not in time...
Bobby slides in under the tag...
Wallace has himself a double
Babson has to get that curve down
Dead Ball Era will eat that pitch up
if he doesn't
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach
has been working with him on that pitch

Frank Chance, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Frank Chance is hitting .256 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Frank is set for the pitch
Now Brian delivers
Grounded towards the sack
Palmer comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That retires the side...
Chance fails to come through in the clutch
For Dead Ball Era, No runs, one hit,
no errors and one man left on base

Jeff Nights leading off for FOFC
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Nights gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Cicotte's righthanded delivery...
Fastball...
Nights jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Speaker after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Tris Speaker!
One down for FOFC
Brian Babson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gonzalez is ready to face Cicotte
Cicotte gets the sign, it's one he likes
The righthander delivers
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Ty Cobb 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 Cobb!

Blade coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Blade is 0 for 3 today
Cicotte is happy with the sign
Cicotte brings it home
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Jackson in left...
Picking it up in a hurry is Jackson...
Blade takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Blade takes a walking lead
Fastball outside corner...
Palmer looks at the pitch...
And there goes Blade!
Chance pumps...
but no throw, he holds onto the ball
He is SAFE!

Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Palmer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Deacon is 0 for 3 this afternoon
Cicotte has the sign from Chance
It's coming down the pike
Grounded towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Wallace
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Shibe Park, After
6 and a half innings,
Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
7 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
5 hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 7 on base
Dead Ball Era has stranded 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

John McGraw will send up a pinch hitter
Max Carey steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Knowles

Max Carey is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Dead
Ball Era to get things going
Bo gets the sign from Hays
The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander
It's a routine fly into center
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One down for Dead Ball Era
Johnny Evers is still in
the on-deck circle
and George Sisler is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Nobody on, one away for Dead Ball Era
Up now is Evers
Evers steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Johnny is 0 for 2 today
Full count on the batter, 3-2
Bo rocks and fires
Evers is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Knowles
George Sisler will be next up...

Walking up to the plate now is Sisler
Tris Speaker waits on deck
Sisler is hitting .393 against southpaws
1 for 3 so far this game
He reached second on an error
in his last at bat
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
There's a checked swing...
But Sisler gets a piece of it anyway
It's a pop fly into center
Gazelle comes in on it...
Easy out
Sisler couldn't get his bat out of the way
Three away here in the bottom of the 7th
After 7 innings Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1
The official attendance has
just been announced
40219 fans here at Shibe
Park this afternoon
Three Finger Brown will be coming
on to pitch for Dead Ball Era
Three Finger has appeared
in 41 games this season
with a record of 4-6
In 58 innings, he has an 3.59 ERA
Eddie Cicotte has finished his work
here this afternoon

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
Brown looks down at Chance for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Tris Speaker 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 Speaker!

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
Brown is ready quickly
Now Three Finger delivers
Curveball...
Potpie swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Speaker bolting after it...
It is carrying all the way to the fence
Speaker jumps for it...
IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!!
Potpie heading for second...
Here's the strong throw
It's on the money...
Evers blocks it in front of him...
Potpie is safe!
That will be scored a double

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
Chance flashes the sign...
Brown shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the 1-0 offering
Flyball to center
it's caught
Potpie has a chance to move up...
Potpie will hold at second base

Stan Gunner will make his
way to home plate
He's the left fielder for FOFC
Stan is 0 for 2 today
Now he steps out a moment
to adjust his belt
He's back in the batter's box now
Right-hander Brown eyes the lefty Gunner
Brown fires
Gunner hits one straight up
Chance moves back to the screen
and makes the catch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 and a half innings
Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
7 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 8 stranded
Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 6

Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, and
Joe Jackson are due up
Speaker 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
The southpaw delivers
And Speaker will sit down...
strike three called
One gone for Dead Ball Era

So that brings up Ty Cobb
the Dead Ball Era right fielder
Cobb has a .343 average
against lefthanders
He is .365 overall
Cobb looks very intent...
He stares down at Knowles...
Cocks his bat
Here's his delivery
Hard ground ball to the mound
Taken by Knowles
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
Two up, two down for Dead Ball Era

Joe Jackson plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
Dead Ball Era appears set
Joe is 1 for 3 this summer afternoon
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Now set, Jackson waits for the pitch
The southpaw Knowles' delivery
Curve ball...
Jackson swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
The Ghosts go down in the
bottom of the 8th
After 8 innings at Shibe Park
here in Dead Ball Era,
Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1

Here's the catcher Hays
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
And then Bo Knowles
Brown likes the sign
And the cripple pitch...
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Hays hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Moseying up now is Nights
Not sure, Nights steps out
He's checking the signs again to be sure
Dick Howser re-delivers them
Nights is set for the pitch
Brown goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Terp
He lobs one to Sisler...
Terp is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Brown comes home
Hit and run...
Nights slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Evers races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Terp advances on the play
That's one away

Now here's Fouts
One out, man on second
Brown steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Brown misses low on that one
Fouts draws the walk
John McGraw yells something out to Brown
It's time to close it out

Blade now at the plate
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
1st and 2nd, one man down
The righthander pitching to Blade...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .252 average
against Three Finger
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Pounded on the ground to short
Taken by Wallace
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
And that will do it for FOFC
Dead Ball Era wins 2 to 1
Cicotte gets credit for the win
Brown notches the save
Babson takes the loss
And that wraps things up
So long from Dead Ball Era.

Breeze

06-27-2013, 08:53 PM

8/18 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/18/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ghosts AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 0 1 0 .265 J.Evers 2B 3 1 0 0 .187
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .321 G.Sisler 1B 4 0 1 1 .331
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 2 0 .309 T.Speaker CF 4 0 1 0 .324
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 2 0 .286 T.Cobb RF 4 0 1 0 .365
K.Ton LF 3 0 0 0 .298 J.Jackson LF 4 0 1 0 .349
A-G.Gazelle CF 1 0 0 0 .265 H.Baker 3B 3 0 0 0 .312
S.Gunner CF,LF 3 1 0 0 .261 B.Wallace SS 3 0 1 0 .255
H.Hays C 3 0 1 0 .332 F.Chance C 3 1 2 0 .249
D-K.Terp PR 0 0 0 0 .173 E.Cicotte P 1 0 0 0 .100
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 1 .276 C-M.Carey PH 1 0 0 0 .208
B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .093 T.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .167
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .294
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-D.Fouts PH 0 0 0 0 .298
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 30 2 7 1

A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Ton In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Babson In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cicotte In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Hays In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2
Ghosts.......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(11-12) 6 7 2 1 1 4 0 99 3.66
B.Knowles 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 4.26
Totals 8 7 2 1 1 7 0

Ghosts IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Cicotte WIN(3-0) 7 5 1 1 1 1 0 95 3.94
T.Brown SAVE(6th) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 3.47
Totals 9 7 1 1 2 1 0

ATTENDANCE- 40,219 DATE- Saturday, August 18th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 9 Ghosts: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Ghosts: 1
ERRORS- D.Palmer, K.Ton, B.Wallace
DOUBLES- P.Pflaggstettler(20th), J.Potpie(19th), B.Wallace(24th)
TRIPLES- P.Pflaggstettler(10th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(8th), S.Gunner(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sisler, J.Jackson
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Cicotte
WALKS- H.Hays, D.Fouts, J.Evers
HIT BY PITCH- S.Gunner
STRIKE OUTS- K.Ton, J.Evers, T.Speaker-2, J.Jackson-3, H.Baker
GIDP- B.Blade
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Stan Gunner robbed Bobby Wallace of a Homerun!
Top 7th: Ty Cobb robbed David Gonzalez of a Homerun!
Top 8th: Tris Speaker robbed Persimmon Pflaggstettler of a Homerun!

Breeze

06-28-2013, 08:50 AM

Manager Update

I have another restless night…I’ve had quite a few recently as the team’s once big lead has diminished rapidly. This stretch run is going to kill me. I find my normal beer or two after games is turning into pulls on a bottle, and the pulls seem longer and more frequent as the lead gets shorter and shorter. We are currently sitting on a 2 game lead with just over 20 games to play. We have the day off today, so before our next game our lead will be either 1.5 or 2.5 depending on how the Post Nationals do.

It is not like we are playing terribly, we just seem to be unable to hit when we pitch well, and unable to pitch when we are scoring runs. It is very frustrating. We’ve been so close…several awesome plays by our opponents robbing us of hits or homeruns that would have allowed us to win. Errors on our players that allow runs to score that cost us games…and now Tucker is out, and his defense, speed, leadership, and ability to get on base will be sorely missed. Ton is getting to play more right now, and while I love his bat, his glove is dangerous.

This is going to be very tight, and hopefully my liver and I survive this run…

Breeze

06-28-2013, 08:35 PM

Manager Update

I settled down in my chair to watch the Late20s play the NL Post War team, only my settling ended up being more like sitting on the edge of my seat. Unfortunately, the Post Nationals won...

I think I need another drink, as our lead is down to 1.5 games...

oh yeah, our next series is again Ruth, Gehrig, & Company...maybe 2 more drinks...

Breeze

06-30-2013, 09:06 AM

8/20 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to the ballpark!
Tonight FOFC will be taking on AL Pre WWII
And the FOFC team has seen its lead
shrink to just a game and a half over
the Post Nationals. This will be a big
game for the All-Stars...as they seek to
hang on to the division lead...

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 Pre-Americans' hurler
winds and delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Gehringer plays it on one bounce
Over to Gehrig...
Out of there!
One down for FOFC
Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Deacon is batting .321 in
346 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Palmer is set for the 0-1 pitch
The kick and the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Palmer goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Lazzeri...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Palmer is out by a step
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 1st

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler can't seem to
get settled at the plate
Right-hander Faber eyes the
righty Pflaggstettler
Faber kicks and fires
Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to right
Babe Ruth camps under it
He's got it
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the Pre-Americans
coming up

The Pre-Americans will send
Gehringer, Joe Cronin, and Babe Ruth up
to the plate this inning
Gehringer needs to get on...
He has a .359 on base percentage
Gehringer awaits the delivery
And the delivery by Williams
Grounded towards first
Potpie grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
One gone for AL Pre WWII

Joe Cronin, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Cronin is out
That's the second out of the inning

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth has hit 45 home runs this year
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Windup by Williams
And the 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...
Ruth dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Ruth with a single

With a runner at first and two outs
Simmons walks to the plate
Ruth will be running if it's hit
Bullock flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
Williams rocks and fires
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And that retires the side

Potpie is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today...
He's looking to get something going
Potpie is hitting .281
against righthanders
Faber has the sign from Ferrell
Faber fires
There's a high foul pop behind the plate
Ferrell goes back to the screen
No play, it goes into the seats
Just missed the screen
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Sinker over the inside corner
Ripped at...
Potpie manages a grounder to Cronin...
No problem with the hop...
The throw...
Wide of the bag at first
The ball caroms into right field
Ruth runs it down
Potpie jogs into second
Give Cronin a a two base throwing error
Score It: E6
Potpie to second

Gunner leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
And Red studies the sign from Ferrell...
Now he's got it
Now Red delivers
Curveball, in and low
Gunner hits it to Gehrig 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
Potpie is now perched over at third
One down for FOFC in the top of the 2nd
No score

Gerald Gazelle is up next
FOFC's center fielder finds
1 on with 1 out
We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle
The umpire says let's go
Gazelle is ready
Gehringer comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Faber
The delivery
Gazelle rolls one toward Joe Cronin
He scoops it and fires to
first...close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
Joe Adcock throws his hands up
in disbelief
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

The catcher, Billy Bullock, is up next
Bullock is at .268 on the season
Faber studies his sign
Here's the 1-2 offering
Sinking fastball...
Bullock swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Cronin...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean is in front of
Negro League II 4 to 1
NL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 2 to 1
Japanese League and AL Post
WWII are scoreless
Bessho battling Hunter
Old Timers is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Turn of Century is on top
of NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Rusie and Seaver currently dueling
Left Outs is edging Late 20th 1 to 0

The first baseman Gehrig will
start things off for the Pre-Americans
Williams toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
Here's the 2 strike offering
Fastball...
Gehrig jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Gunner after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Stan Gunner!

The "Yankee Clipper" is making
his way to the plate
Dimaggio has hit 6 home runs this year
Williams has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-1 pitch
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 down
John Williams retires
the first two batters in a row

Lazzeri moseys up to the plate
Rick Ferrell is heading for
the on-deck circle
Lazzeri goes through his
routine of settling in
Williams' reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 13 wins,
John has racked up 163 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
It's coming down the pike
Lazzeri slaps a hard grounder past short
Gunner is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Lazzeri will hold with a clean single
(Ballpark Double Effect)

First base coach Wally Pipp wants
a word with Lazzeri...
Now we're all set to go...
Rick Ferrell steps in
Ferrell has managed a .232 average
against lefthanders this year
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Williams needs to come in with this one
That's ball four
Ferrell trots down to first
Lazzeri is already down on second

Faber steps in
Two out, Ferrell at first,
Lazzeri at second
Faber digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Williams
Faber waits on Williams
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Faber watches it go by
for the third strike
That does it for AL Pre WWII
in the bottom of the 2nd

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 hitting at .276 on the year
He has 135 hits in 489 at bats
This includes 30 doubles, 3 triples
14 home runs and 61 RBI's
Nights awaits the delivery
Faber's into his windup... the pitch
Belt high fastball, on the outside corner
Grounded to short
Cronin ranging into the hole...
He backhands it...
Plants his right foot...
Fires to first
SAFE!...By a step

John Williams squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Tony Lazzeri
Lazzeri looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Williams
But Nights moves up
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
FOFC leading in the game
Barrett Blade is hitting .232 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Faber shakes off the sign...
The righty shakes off another one...
Faber has excellent control of his spitter
Faber looks back towards second...

The pitch
Blade rips a line drive over short
It's through into deep left field
Simmons finally catches up with it
The runner scores!
Barrett has to hold at first with a single

Blade watches Faber as he inches
away from the base
Blade has to hold tight to the bag

Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Palmer looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Deacon
Palmer waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Ferrell 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
Ferrell a passed ball

Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Palmer is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Palmer awaits the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
A slider by Faber
Palmer gets good wood on it...
Ruth back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Walking up to the plate
now is Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Pflaggstettler is batting .308 with
21 round trippers in 1900
Faber looks down at Ferrell for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander Faber delivers
Pflaggstettler 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 FOFC right fielder

Potpie saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Faber likes the sign
Faber goes into his windup
Here it comes
Over the outside corner
Potpie hits the curve right to third...
Lazzeri takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Potpie is out by a couple of steps
That ends the top of the 3rd
3 runs, 3 hits and no errors
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 4

Gehringer 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
Gehringer has hit 14 home runs this year
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.80 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Gehringer is outta there
Williams gets the first out in the inning

AL Pre WWII shortstop, Joe
Cronin, is up next
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Now John delivers
Lined hard to short
Nights snares it for the out!
Score It: 6
Two up, two down for the Pre-Americans

Making his way up is Ruth
Ruth has a .347 average
against lefthanders
He is .346 overall
Ruth cocks his bat
Now ready, here it is...
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Ruth swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Babe as he was heading for the dugout
We head to the 4th...
The score is still FOFC 4, Pre-Americans 0

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

Caribbean with the lead over
Negro League II 4 to 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead over
Negro League I 4 to 1
Japanese League is on top
of AL Post WWII 3 to 1
Wakamatsu has hit his 14th homerun
for Japanese League
Old Timers is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Turn of Century leads NL Post WWII 2 to 1
Left Outs and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 1
And right here in AL Pre WWII
FOFC on top 4 to 0
Gunner is batting .260 with
14 HR's this year
Ferrell flashes the sign to Faber
The righthander delivers
Gunner rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Cronin
Gunner takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Simmons to get
that ball in quickly

Coming to the plate is Gazelle
Gunner's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Faber
Gazelle is at .264 on the season
Red gets the sign from Ferrell
Now the delivery, here is is...
There goes Gunner...
And it's ball four...
Gunner pulls up and walks into second

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

Billy Bullock will face Faber
Righty against righty
Bullock is 0 for 1 today
Billy grounded out last time around
Faber is ready quickly
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Slow ground ball to short
Cronin comes up with it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Gunner takes third
The runner on first, Gazelle, is out

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights is batting .278 with
14 HR's this year
Faber steps on the rubber
Faber brings it to the plate
Screaming liner towards short
Tough chance for Cronin
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 6
And there's two away

Williams stands ready at the plate
Two outs, Bullock at first,
Gunner at third
Red peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch is on the way
Williams swings and lifts one toward left
Simmons drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That retires the side
FOFC comes up empty-handed
Here in the top of the 4th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Here's the left fielder Simmons
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig
And then Joe Dimaggio
Al is hitting at .327 on the year
AL Pre WWII's cleanup hitter
has knocked in 82 runs
He has a fine .540 slugging average
Williams is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Williams looks in...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Williams delivers
There's a routine pop by Simmons
Nights moves under it and makes the catch
With one down, up next is Lou Gehrig
To be followed by Joe Dimaggio

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Gehrig is 0 for 1 today
John is ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Gehrig raps a line drive in the gap
Gazelle is running back
Pflaggstettler is backpedaling
They can't get to it
The ball is rolling to the wall
Gehrig is heading for third
A standup triple
Triple number 9 of the year for Lou Gehrig

Pounding the plate with his bat
Dimaggio awaits the pitch
Runner on 3rd, 1 man out
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
John rocks and fires
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's two away

Now here's Lazzeri
Lazzeri swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Set now is Lazzeri
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Swung on and hit to shallow right
Tough chance for Pflaggstettler
He grabs it
Nice play!
Score It: 9
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
By the way, AL Pre WWII is 7 and
3 in their last ten games

Barrett Blade, Deacon Palmer, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up
Blade a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Faber
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Faber
Faber brings it to the plate
It is a slow change...
Blade'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 Barrett
Ruth 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
Blade slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the FOFC second baseman

Palmer squares around
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by T.Lazzeri
the throw to first...
Out
Palmer gets the job done.
One away
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Jeeberoni Potpie will follow

Faber glares in at Pflaggstettler
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 today
Faber looks down at Ferrell for the sign
Now he's ready
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
Pflaggstettler laces a hit
into the outfield
Al Simmons picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Pflaggstettler holds at first

Pflaggstettler moves away
from first base...
He has 10 stolen bases on the season
Pflaggstettler is not working
very hard to get a lead

Jeeberoni Potpie is now up
One away, Pflaggstettler at first
Faber adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Low, ball four...
Potpie takes first

Gunner, the left fielder, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 5 to 0
Gunner is hitting .263 against righties
Faber has the sign he wants
Faber brings it to the plate
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
Two gone for FOFC

Facing Faber now is Gazelle
Billy Bullock heads to the on deck circle
Jeff Nights waits in the hole
Gazelle scuffs up the lines around the box
Gazelle is ready
Faber looks over at Potpie...
Now back at Pflaggstettler...

He's coming home with it
Fastball... just outside
And Gazelle will take first on the walk
Everybody will move up a base...
Bases are waterlogged, with
Billy Bullock due up

Bullock departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Bullock is 0 for 2 today
Faber is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Faber gets the sign from Ferrell
Red comes home quickly with
the 0-2 offering
Bullock is waiting
Billy need wait no more... he's outta here
Just another victim of Faber's curveball
That's all for FOFC in the top of the 5th
They pick up 1 run
After 4 and a half innings,
it's 5-0 FOFC

Breeze

06-30-2013, 09:07 AM

8/20 Radio Broadcast Continued

The catcher Ferrell
will lead off for the Pre-Americans
He'll be followed by Red Faber
And then Charlie Gehringer
Ferrell steps out of the box...
Looks towards Harlond Clift for a sign
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Williams comes home with it
Ferrell hits a routine grounder to Nights
He scoops it up, and throws to first
SAFE, the throw pulled Potpie off the bag
Charge Nights with the error

Faber is bunting
Short hopper down toward first
Potpie scoops it up...
Tags Faber
Runner advances
Credit Red Faber with a sacrifice
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

One away, one on
As Gehringer walks from the on deck circle
Gehringer swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Williams
He's ready
The lefthander delivers
Gehringer 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...
That's the second out of the inning
AL Pre WWII needs a win
They are 2nd in the standings
6.0 games out of the American lead

Williams looks down at Cronin
as he steps in
Joe is ready to go
Cronin is hitless today, 0 for 2
Joe lined out in his last at bat
Cronin tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Popped up into shallow right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
trying to get to it
He grabs it
Nice play!
Score It: 9
That's it for AL Pre WWII
Here at Glory Stadium, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While AL Pre WWII has no runs,
3 hits and one error
AL Pre WWII has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

FOFC will send Nights,
John Williams, and Barrett Blade to face
Red Faber this inning
Jeff is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He lined out in his last plate appearance
Faber is happy with the sign
The righthander Faber's delivery
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Lazzeri plays it on one bounce
Over to Gehrig...
Out of there!
One out
John Williams is due up next

John Williams is up next for FOFC
One out, top of the 6th
FOFC on top 5 to 0
Barrett Blade is on deck
Red Faber steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Faber's 2 strike pitch...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Williams!
Two up, two down for FOFC

Blade walks to the plate
Barrett comes to the plate batting .268
with 3 home runs

He is 2 for 3 so far today
Red Faber on the mound for
the Pre-Americans...
Faber has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits and 5 runs
Faber kicks and fires
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Blade yells something to Faber
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Blade is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Red
No doubt he does!
Blade is unable to take the lead he wants

Deacon Palmer makes his way to home plate
Palmer is at .319 on the season
Faber shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Red has a fine repertoire of pitches
and is known as a "expectoration
exhibiter"
In other words a spitball pitcher!
Faber's righthanded delivery...
Base hit to center for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving Blade to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Palmer at first

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is batting .311
with 22 HR's this year
Faber tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
He brings it home
Pflaggstettler gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward left
Simmons is heading back...
At the fence
And he makes the catch for the out!
Faber breathes a sigh of relief
That retires the side...
Pflaggstettler fails to come
through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Babe Ruth stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Ruth is hitting .343 against southpaws
1 for 2 so far this game
He struck out in his last at bat
Ruth is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's his delivery
High heater from Williams...
Ruth cuts at it...
Hits a bouncer right side...
It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie
It's into right for a single
Ruth takes his turn and holds at first

Next up is Al Simmons, the
AL Pre WWII left fielder
On-deck is Lou Gehrig...
He'll be followed by Joe Dimaggio
Simmons is batting .326 with
21 homers this year
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Simmons
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Ruth...
He fires one to Potpie...
Ruth dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
Simmons sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Gazelle
Gazelle gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
One out
Due up next is Lou Gehrig

Gehrig is up now for AL Pre WWII
Lou comes to the plate batting .334
with 35 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Now set, Gehrig waits for the pitch
Now John delivers
And Gehrig will sit down...
strike three called
That's two away

It will be Dimaggio to face Williams
Dimaggio is batting .249
with 6 HR's this year
Williams steps on the rubber
The pitch is on the way
Dimaggio swings and misses
Strike three
Dimaggio didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
AL Pre WWII comes up empty here
in the bottom of the 6th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 6 innings,
FOFC still out in front, 5-0

Jeeberoni Potpie stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Potpie is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Faber looks down at Ferrell
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Faber fires
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Potpie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Ferrell loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout
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 is 1 for 3 today
He is currently batting .262
Simmons, Dimaggio and Ruth
are playing him deep
Gunner awaits the delivery
Faber brings it to the plate
Faber misses low on that one
Gunner draws the walk
Number 4 today by Faber

Gazelle comes to the plate
One out, Gunner at first
Gerald is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He's batting .264 on the season
Faber wipes his brow
and reaches for the resin bag
A hot summer day
Red rocks and fires
Swung on and missed by Gazelle,
he's down on strikes
Two down
Ferrell asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ferrell and Faber

Bullock, the catcher, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 5 to 0
Bullock can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Faber adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Faber rocks and fires
Hard slider...
And Bullock takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While AL Pre WWII has no runs,
4 hits and one error
FOFC has left 8 stranded
AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Tony Lazzeri will step into the
box to start the inning
AL Pre WWII would like to get
some runners on board
Lazzeri is taking his practice swings
Tony is 1 for 2 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Lazzeri is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander
Long fly to right
Pflaggstettler has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Lazzeri is retired on a fairly deep fly
One up, one down

Walking up to the plate now is Ferrell
Red Faber waits on deck
Ferrell wiggles the bat above his head
Ferrell is set
Williams leans back and fires
Ferrell drives one to center
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 up, two down for AL Pre WWII
Williams is moving along
with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine
Bullock asks for a new ball
He walks it out to Williams
We have a moment now
A look at our scoreboard reveals...

Negro League II and Caribbean
are tied at 4
NL Pre WWII and Negro League
I are deadlocked at 6
Japanese League clipping
AL Post WWII 6 to 2
Wakamatsu has hit his 14th homerun
for Japanese League
Old Timers is giving it to
Dead Ball Era 6 to 1
Turn of Century is edging
NL Post WWII 4 to 3
Late 20th is edging Left Outs 4 to 3

Next up for AL Pre WWII is Red Faber
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Pre-Americans ballboy
Williams likes the sign
The southpaw's 2 strike delivery
It's right on the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE looking for Red Faber
Williams' got yet another strike out
As a matter of fact...
That is number 100 on the year!
That does it for AL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 7th
No runs, no hits and no errors
They are running out of time

FOFC will send Nights,
John Williams, and Barrett Blade to face
Red Faber this inning
Faber is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Now Red delivers
Slow ground ball
Gehringer is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one down

Gehrig yells something out to Faber
Red nods his head

And it brings up Dan Fouts
On deck is Barrett Blade
Deacon Palmer in the hole
Dan will be facing the port-sider Faber
from the left side of the plate
Of his 18 home runs,
10 are against righties
Faber has the sign from Ferrell
And the delivery by Faber
Fly ball to right
Ruth is under it
He makes the grab
That's the second out of the inning

The All Stars will send
Barrett Blade up to the plate
If he gets on, Deacon Palmer
would bat next
Blade is at .270 on the season
He is hitting .241 against righties
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The righthander Faber's delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Dimaggio ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Dimaggio grabs it for the out
That's all for FOFC
After 7 and a half innings in
AL Pre WWII this evening,
FOFC leads 5 to 0

Leading off for the Pre-Americans
is the second baseman Gehringer
He'll be followed by Joe Cronin
And then Babe Ruth
Gehringer is batting .290
with 14 homers this year
The count even at 1-1
Into the windup... here's the pitch
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 Gehringer

Cronin finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
FOFC on top 5 to 0
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Knowles looks at the runner
The pitch
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Gazelle reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One away in the bottom of
the 8th for AL Pre WWII

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
Against lefthanders
Ruth is hitting .350 this season
Ruth gets ready for Knowles' pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the 3-2 offering
There goes Gehringer...
And it's ball four...
Gehringer pulls up and walks into second

Pre-Americans' left fielder Simmons
is up next
Simmons has a .313 average
against lefties
Simmons waits for the delivery
Here's his delivery
Base hit to right for Simmons
Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign...
Runners hold.

Gehrig saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Lou is 8th in the league in home runs
with a 35 so far in 1900
Gehrig is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Knowles
He's waiting for the pitch
Knowles is in a tough spot
He brings it home
He rips a grounder to the mound
Knowles grabs it
Throws home and nails him!
On to first
He's OUT, a home to first double play
Score It: 1-2-3
That's it for AL Pre WWII
FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While AL Pre WWII has no runs,
6 hits and one error
AL Pre WWII has now left
8 runners stranded

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 .332 with
12 round trippers in 1900
Faber has the sign from Ferrell
The kick and the pitch
Hays swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Faber strikes out Harry Hays
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Caribbean nipped Negro League II 5 to 4
Wilson has hit his 33rd homerun
for Negro League II
Negro League I topped NL Pre WWII 10 to 7
Japanese League spanked
AL Post WWII 7 to 2
Old Timers gets an easy win
over Dead Ball Era 7 to 1
Turn of Century nipped NL Post WWII 4 to 3
Late 20th edged out Left Outs 5 to 4
And in our matchup FOFC ahead 5 to 0

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Faber
Righty against righty
A good game for Pflaggstettler
He has 2 hits and 3 RBI's so far
Pflaggstettler is poised and
ready for the pitch
Faber's righthanded delivery...
The pitch is just inside and
Pflaggstettler holds up
Ferrell points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Persimmon trots down to first... ball four

Taking his lead is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler takes a walking
lead off first...
And Faber fires it behind him...
Pflaggstettler dives...
He's safe!

Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
Potpie is 0 for 3 today,
with 1 strike outs
Red Faber has struck out 7 and walked 5
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Miller Huggins
The pitch to Potpie...
Jeeberoni Potpie hits a high
pop fly to the infield
Joe Cronin calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit
But Cronin is there to make the play
Two down

Settling in at the plate is Gunner
Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit
Faber tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Faber brings it to the plate
Gunner swats a major league fly to right
Ruth drifts back
He lurches forward...
He grabs it for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 9th

Dimaggio is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Dimaggio swinging from the right side
facing the righty Knowles
Dimaggio is waiting on the pitch
Knowles brings it to the plate
Curve in the dirt... and Dimaggio holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Hays appeals to first
Appeal fails
Dimaggio will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Dimaggio

Lazzeri gets set at the plate
Lazzeri checks for the sign
He has 5 triples this year
The righthander pitching to Lazzeri...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .190 average
against Sammy
Knowles goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Dimaggio
He lobs one to Potpie...
Dimaggio is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Knowles comes home
Changeup...
Ties Lazzeri up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
One gone for AL Pre WWII

Next up for the Pre-Americans
is Rick Ferrell
Right-hander Knowles eyes
the righty Ferrell
The righthander delivers
Ferrell rolls one toward Jeff Nights
He scoops it and fires to
second... close play
OUT
The relay to first
OUT there too, it's a twin-killing
And that will do it for AL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 5 to 0
Williams gets credit for the win
Faber takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs

And that is exactly what the doctor
ordered for the FOFC All-Stars. A
shutout victory...
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Pre WWII.

Breeze

06-30-2013, 09:08 AM

8/20 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 8/20/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 2 3 1 .269 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 1 0 .292
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .321 J.Cronin SS 4 0 0 0 .280
B-H.Hays C 1 0 0 0 .331 B.Ruth RF 3 0 2 0 .347
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 2 3 .311 A.Simmons LF 4 0 1 0 .327
J.Potpie 1B 4 1 0 0 .284 L.Gehrig 1B 4 0 1 0 .333
S.Gunner LF 4 0 1 0 .261 J.Dimaggio CF 3 0 0 0 .248
G.Gazelle CF 2 0 0 1 .263 T.Lazzeri 3B 4 0 1 0 .224
B.Bullock C 4 0 0 0 .263 R.Ferrell C 3 0 0 0 .221
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Faber P 2 0 0 0 .057
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Nights SS 4 1 1 0 .276
J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .119
A-D.Fouts PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .296
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 31 0 6 0

A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Palmer In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 1
Pre-Americans... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(14-4) 7 4 0 0 1 6 0 108 3.69
B.Knowles 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 4.17
S.Knowles 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 1.58
Totals 9 6 0 0 3 7 0

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Faber LOSS(5-13) 9 8 5 4 5 7 1 152 5.24
Totals 9 8 5 4 5 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 45,579 DATE- Monday, August 20th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 9 Pre-Americans: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Pre-Americans: 0
ERRORS- J.Nights, J.Cronin
DOUBLES- B.Blade(21st)
TRIPLES- L.Gehrig(9th)
HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(22nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Palmer, J.Williams, R.Faber
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, G.Gazelle-2, B.Ruth, J.Dimaggio,
R.Ferrell
STRIKE OUTS- H.Hays, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, G.Gazelle, B.Bullock-2, J.Williams,
C.Gehringer, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig, J.Dimaggio, T.Lazzeri, R.Faber-2
GIDP- L.Gehrig, R.Ferrell
PASSED BALLS- R.Ferrell

Travis

07-01-2013, 10:08 AM

Nicely done gents!

Breeze

07-01-2013, 05:27 PM

8/21 Radio Broadcast

Howdy, folks, we're coming to you
from Glory Stadium today
It's a beautiful night for baseball
So sit back, put your feet up
We are just about ready to begin
AL Pre WWII's Carl Mays will bring
his 12 and 9 record
And face off against Rob Nielsen
He has a 18 and 6 record
with a 3.19 ERA
Mays, a righthander, will open
against Barrett Blade
Righties hit at a .236
average against Mays
Mays brings it to the plate
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Dimaggio 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 watches Mays carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Mays looks Blade back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

Palmer is up to face Carl Mays
Deacon told me earlier that
he felt lucky today
We shall see if he was right!
Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year
Mays looks down at Ferrell for the sign
Now he's ready
Mays brings it home
Bounced towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Gehringer
Over to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
Two gone for FOFC

Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC
Pflaggstettler is at .311 on the season
Carl is ready
Mays' windup... the delivery
Swung on and popped up
Cronin drifts to his right
He puts it away
Score It: 6
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the Pre-Americans
coming up

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...
Gazelle 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
Nielsen gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the dish is Bullock
AL Pre WWII second baseman, Charlie
Gehringer, will lead off
Nielsen is sitting on 199
strikeouts in 1900
One more and he hits a nice milestone...
And here is the 1-2 delivery
It busts in on Gehringer's fists...
STRIKE THREE!!!
That strike out is number
200 for Rob Nielsen
as the scoreboard notes
Nielsen's been mowing them down this year!
5th in the league in K's!
That's one away

Cronin leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
And now the pitch...
Grounded towards the sack
Nielsen takes the flip from Gonzalez
Score It: 3-1
That's the second out of the inning

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth is one of the most feared sluggers
Nielsen 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
Ruth chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
It's to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Ruth!

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Gehrig wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Gazelle after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Gehrig around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

While Joe Dimaggio heads
for the on deck circle
Hank Greenberg makes his way to the plate
Greenberg is at .375 on the season
Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes
Now Rob delivers
Greenberg tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Nielsen took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Greenberg way out in front
That ends the bottom of the 1st
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 1 inning, AL Pre WWII leads by 1

FOFC will send Gunner,
Gerald Gazelle, and David Gonzalez to face
Carl Mays this inning
Gunner is hitting .261 against righties
The umpire says let's go
Mays brings it to the plate
Gunner swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mays strikes out Stan Gunner
AL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
AL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run
Carl peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Mays brings it to the plate
In the dirt
That's ball four

Gazelle edges away from the bag
Fastball at the letters...
Off with the pitch
Gazelle attempts to steal second
Ferrell is up and firing...
It's low...
Trapped by Cronin...
Tries to sweep tag Gazelle...
Called SAFE!...
Here comes Miller Huggins to argue...
He thought they had him

David Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Gonzalez is waiting on the pitch
Here's his delivery
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Lazzeri and Cronin are chasing
it down the line
Joe dives, but can't make the play
Foul ball
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Gonzalez lines it
Over the short stop's head...
Base hit!
1 run will score...
Gazelle crosses the plate
with the tying run!
It's all tied up now at 1

Gonzalez extends his lead towards second
Mays looks Gonzalez back
He is unable to get his normal lead

FOFC catcher, Billy Bullock, is up next
Bullock can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Mays looks down at Ferrell for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Mays goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Gonzalez
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Gonzalez is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mays comes home
It's a hard slider, at the letters
Bullock hits a deep fly...
Way back there...
Greenberg giving chase...
Gets a glove on it!...
It nearly popped out of
his mitt, that time
Greenberg has it for the out, though
The score is knotted at 1 with
two away this inning

Nights is up next
Two out with Gonzalez at first
Mays adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ferrell
Here's the righthander's delivery
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Gonzalez will stay at second

Nielsen leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Rob takes a couple of practice cuts
Nielsen waiting on the delivery
Righthander Mays' delivery
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 2nd
FOFC and AL Pre WWII are all tied up
FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games
They want a win tonight

The center fielder Dimaggio
will lead off for the Pre-Americans
He'll be followed by Tony Lazzeri
And then Rick Ferrell
Dimaggio looks down toward the third
base coach, Harlond Clift
Joe steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
The pitch comes inside...
Dimaggio rips the fastball...
There's a high deep drive by Dimaggio
It's still going...
The wind is carrying that one...
OUTTA HERE, it's gone
Homer number 7 for Dimaggio
He also has 32 RBI's and a
.251 batting average

Lazzeri gets set at the plate
Lazzeri grips the bat handle
Lazzeri waits for the delivery
Rob rocks and fires
Sinking fastball...
Lazzeri swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One out
Rick Ferrell is due up next

AL Pre WWII sends the catcher,
Rick Ferrell, up to the plate
Rob Nielsen is having a good year
He is 1st in wins with 18

Now Nielsen is looking for a sign
The southpaw winds and delivers
A jug-handled curve
Ferrell goes out and gets it
It's a liner to left
Gunner will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Rick Ferrell

Mays showing bunt...
He lays it down
Deacon Palmer looks at second
But goes to first...
Out... Ferrell advances to 2nd
A sacrifice for Carl Mays
And there's two away

Charlie Gehringer coming up
Gehringer digs in
Nielsen grips the ball
Here it comes
Hit to Gunner in left
Gunner pedals over
He pulls it down for the out
Score It: 7
And that will do it for AL Pre WWII

Barrett Blade leading off for FOFC
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
We'll see how they pitch to Blade
Barrett is set for the pitch
Mays is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
Blade cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Ferrell
Blade was badly fooled by Mays'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Barrett was a little overanxious
One away here in the top of the 3rd
AL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Negro League II is beating
Caribbean 4 to 0
Negro League I with the lead
over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Gibson has hit his 21st homerun
for Negro League I
AL Post WWII slipping by
Japanese League 2 to 0
Old Timers and Dead Ball Era
are deadlocked at 2
Radbourn and Johnson currently dueling
NL Post WWII besting Turn
of Century 5 to 0
Bench has hit his 21st homerun
for NL Post WWII
Left Outs is edging Late 20th 1 to 0

Nobody on base, one away
Palmer steps into the batter's box
Mays has the sign from Ferrell
Palmer lets loose with the
submarine delivery..
Changeup down low...
Palmer makes contact and
hits one out to left
Hank Greenberg is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Mays
That's the second out of the inning

Nobody on, two away
Pflaggstettler steps in for FOFC
Pflaggstettler scuffs up the
lines around the box
Persimmon stands with bat ready
The Pre-Americans' hurler
winds and delivers
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Lazzeri...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Pflaggstettler is out by a step
We head to the bottom of the 3rd
here in AL Pre WWII...
Still 2-1, AL Pre WWII

Joe Cronin, Babe Ruth, and
Lou Gehrig are due up
Cronin is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen studies his sign
Nielsen goes into his windup
And here's the 0-2 offering
Nielsen comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Cronin
As he swings right through
it for strike three
One gone for AL Pre WWII

Now here's Ruth
Ruth is one of the most feared sluggers
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 18 wins,
Rob has racked up 217 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Here comes the cripple pitch
Ruth lets it go by
He takes ball four

Lou Gehrig steps in against Nielsen
Left-hander against left-hander
FOFC is set up for two
Rob gets the sign from Bullock
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ruth
He lobs one to Gonzalez...
Ruth is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Gehrig 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'll bring up Pre-Americans' left
fielder Hank Greenberg...
Pre-Americans with a runner in
scoring position at second
Greenberg steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hank is 0 for 1 today
Hank is eagerly awaiting Nielsen's pitch
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Greenberg rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Greenberg is around first,
heading for two...
Gazelle is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Hank pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the AL
Pre WWII left fielder
Hank also ups his hitting
streak to 6 games!
That is Greenberg's 1st hit today
Ruth scores from second!

The "Yankee Clipper" is making
his way to the plate
Dimaggio is having success tonight!
He is 1 for 1 with 1 home run
A count of two balls,
two strikes on Dimaggio
Nielsen fires
Swung on and missed...
Dimaggio is down on strikes
The Pre-Americans get 1 in
the bottom of the 3rd
After 3 innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 2

Stan Gunner leads off the inning
So far this season
Gunner is hitting .260
when facing righthanded pitching
Gunner concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Here's the 3-2 offering
Lined to second
Gehringer grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
FOFC with one away
Mays steps off the mound as
he waits for Gerald Gazelle to
come to the plate

Coming up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle
Nobody on base, one out
Gerald is batting .263 in
217 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by David Gonzalez
Mays tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander delivers
Gazelle hits a screamer at Tony Lazzeri
Lazzeri takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Gehrig scoops it on one hop

Gazelle is out!
Nice play by Gehrig
Two down
Ferrell asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ferrell and Mays

Here's David Gonzalez
Mays adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ferrell
Carl winds his right arm
Lets it go
Ball four is the call
Mays can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Mays
Gonzalez takes first base

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Billy Bullock
All Stars with 1 runner on base
Pre-Americans have the lead, 3-1
Mays is ready quickly
Mays checks Gonzalez on first...
The 1-1 delivery
Slider, down and away...
Swung on...
Bullock rips a bouncer to Cronin
He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force
That's all for FOFC
After 3 and a half innings in
AL Pre WWII this evening,
AL Pre WWII leads 3 to 1

Tony Lazzeri is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for AL Pre
WWII to get things going
Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Rob has a 18 and 6 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Nielsen's 1-1 pitch...
Grounded back to the mound
Nielsen comes up with it
Tosses it to first and gets him
And there's one away

Nobody on, one away for AL Pre WWII
Up now is Ferrell
Ferrell digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen likes the sign
It's coming down the pike
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 5 for Rob Nielsen today
204 on the year
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Facing Nielsen now is Mays
Charlie Gehringer heads
to the on deck circle
Joe Cronin waits in the hole
Mays a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Nielsen
A battle of lefties...
All set, Mays is ready for the pitch
We've got a full count...
Nielsen winds and fires...
And Mays will sit down...
strike three called
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 3-1, AL Pre WWII

Jeff Nights will start the
top of the 5th for FOFC
FOFC needs some runs
Now, AL Pre WWII ahead 3 to 1
Nights has 30 doubles this year
Nights awaits the delivery
Mays is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Jeff Nights swings
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
GONE! A homerun into the seats in left
Nights gets a hearty slap on the back
from bench coach Chuck Tanner
as he ducks into the All Stars' dugout

And it brings up Rob Nielsen
On deck is Barrett Blade
Deacon Palmer in the hole
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Mays rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Mays throws the 2-2 pitch
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
One away...
Gehrig is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Lazzeri also...
Now they return to their positions

So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Mays toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Ferrell
Mays is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Change-up, Blade is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Dimaggio is at the warning track...
Waits...
Off the fence!
It's a double for Barrett Blade

Palmer strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
The outfield shades towards
left for Palmer
Mays steps on the rubber
Mays kicks and fires
Palmer rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Lazzeri
Tony fields it cleanly
Looks Blade back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder
Persimmon Pflaggstettler...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
A base hit should score Blade
Carl looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Mays brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Gunner pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Mays
Carl Mays has struck out 4 and walked 2
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Miller Huggins
The pitch to Gunner...
A high pop-up to the catcher
Ferrell is circling under it...
He is having trouble...
A quick step back
He has it in fair territory
Tough play for Rick
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Breeze

07-01-2013, 05:28 PM

8/21 Radio Broadcast Continued

Negro League II clipping Caribbean 4 to 0
Holland comfortably ahead
for Negro League II
Negro League I slipping
by NL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Rogan and Alexander currently dueling
AL Post WWII is on top of
Japanese League 3 to 1
Feller battling Kaneda
Dead Ball Era slipping
by Old Timers 5 to 3
Johnson battling Radbourn
NL Post WWII is destroying
Turn of Century 11 to 0
Bench has hit his 21st homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th is edging Left Outs 2 to 1
And in our contest The score is tied at 3

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
And Rob studies the sign from Bullock...
Now he's got it
Now to the belt, here it is...
Curveball...
BALL FOUR!
Always nice to get a lead off walk...
but especially in a tie ballgame!

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

So with 1 on and no outs
AL Pre WWII sends their shortstop,
Joe Cronin, up to face Nielsen
Hard-hitting Babe Ruth is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Joe is batting at .279 with 13 home runs
He is 0 for 2 so far today
Cronin waits
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Grounded towards the middle
It bounces off Blade's chest!
No play on Cronin, base hit
That's an infield hit for Cronin!
Gehringer takes second

Runners at first and second
Babe Ruth is due up
He's a dangerous homerun hitter
as evidenced by his being
1st in the league
in the long ball
46 to his credit
Ruth is at .349 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 southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 2 strike pitch
Swung on and missed...
Ruth is down on strikes
One down...
Nielsen has to continue to bear down

And the batter is Lou Gehrig
One down here in the bottom of the 5th
Gehringer is down at second
Cronin is kicking the dirt up at first
He's ready to set sail
If Gehrig can get a hit
The score is tied at 3
Gehrig is hitting .308 against southpaws
1 for 2 so far this game
He grounded out in his last at bat
Gehrig is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
And the delivery by Nielsen
He struck him out on a foul tip
Bullock held on to that heater
in on Gehrig's fists
Two down
Due up next is Hank Greenberg
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power
to the Pre-Americans

The left fielder, Hank Greenberg
will be up next for AL Pre WWII
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.25 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Hard slider...
Greenberg swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Gunner is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Hank

Nielsen glares in at Dimaggio
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Dimaggio is 1 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The lefty winds and delivers
Swung on and missed by Dimaggio,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Dimaggio
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
So After 5 innings
AL Pre WWII has 6 runs,
7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
6 hits and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

The FOFC center fielder, Gazelle,
will lead off
He'll be followed by David Gonzalez
And then Billy Bullock
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald grounded out last time around
Gazelle waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Gehringer comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mays
The delivery
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
So one up and one gone

One out, nobody on base
David Gonzalez is the batter
Against righthanders
Gonzalez is hitting .302
Set now is Gonzalez
The righthander Mays delivers
Gonzalez 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!
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a routine pop by Gonzalez
Gehrig moves under it and makes the catch
AL Pre WWII gets the second
out of the inning

Walking up to the plate now is Bullock
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Billy is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .261 on the season
Bullock waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 2 strike offering
Bullock tries to hold up
Ferrell points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
We head to the bottom of the 6th
here in AL Pre WWII...
Still 6-3, AL Pre WWII

The Pre-Americans will send
Lazzeri, Rick Ferrell, and Carl Mays up
to the plate this inning
Lazzeri is taking his practice swings
Tony is 0 for 2 this evening
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
The lefthander delivers
Lazzeri 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 Lazzeri retreats to first
after a wide turn

Rick Ferrell is up next
Rick is strong, has a good eye and is
very selective at the plate
Ferrell is 1 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
Nielsen looks in for the sign from Bullock
Nielsen's been mowing the Pre-Americans
down today
Already with 9 strike outs
and we're only in the bottom of the 6th
Here's the southpaw's delivery
AL Pre WWII tries the hit and run!
Ferrell gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to second
Blade is waving everybody off
Ferrell is retired
One down for AL Pre WWII
Carl Mays is still in the on-deck circle
and Charlie Gehringer is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Carl Mays, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Time is called...
Mays has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
The bat is cocked
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Too high...
That'll be ball four
Mays will get a free pass to first base
The bat boy brings out Carl's jacket
Force at third or second as
Charlie Gehringer gets his bat...

Charlie Gehringer is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Charlie is hitting at .291 on the year
He has 161 hits in 554 at bats
AL Pre WWII's leadoff hitter has
scored 93 runs this year
Gehringer cocks his bat
The pitch to Gehringer...
Looping fly to center
Gerald Gazelle charges the ball
It falls in front of him
AL Pre WWII adds to their lead
AL Pre WWII leads 7 to 3

Joe Cronin steps into the box
Cronin has hit 13 home runs this year
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Fozborg kicks and fires
The pitch is low
It bounces away from Hays!
He's got it
But there's no throw.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Mays scores from third!
Gehringer takes second

Joe Cronin steps into the box
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Cronin rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Nights
Jeff fields it cleanly
Looks Gehringer back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
Two down

Babe Ruth is up next
AL Pre WWII's right fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Ruth is 1 for 2 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Fozborg waves it off...
Now he's happy
He brings it home
The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?...
Yes!
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for AL Pre WWII
After 6 innings, AL Pre WWII ahead 8 to 3

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 7th
Jeff Nights, Harry Hays, and Barrett Blade
are due up to face righthander Carl Mays
Nights is 2 for 2 today
Jeff homered last time up
Right-hander Mays eyes the righty Nights
Here is the 2-1 pitch
Nights hits a fly ball to left
Hank Greenberg camps under it
He's got it
One gone for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
Barrett Blade waits on deck
Mays steps on the rubber
It's coming down the pike
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Dimaggio
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just out of his reach!
Hays coasts into second

Mays looks down at Blade as he steps in
Barrett is ready to go
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Pre-Americans ballboy
Blade waits
Now Carl delivers
It's a fly ball to right
Ruth is on his horse
Running with the crack of the bat
And he tracks it down nicely!
Hays holds second
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League II is giving
it to Caribbean 5 to 0
Negro League I with the lead
over NL Pre WWII 4 to 1
AL Post WWII is beating Japanese
League 6 to 2
Dead Ball Era clipping Old Timers 7 to 3
NL Post WWII is destroying
Turn of Century 12 to 0
Late 20th with the lead
over Left Outs 4 to 1

Palmer is up now for FOFC
Palmer is 0 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the AL Pre WWII infield
Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first
Lazzeri is even with the bag at third
Gehringer and Cronin are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Ferrell flashes the sign to Mays
Mays brings it to the plate
That's hit deep to left field
This one is deep!
THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!!
That is Deacon Palmer's 7th
home run of the year.

Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate
Stan Gunner is heading for
the on-deck circle
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
Now set, Pflaggstettler
waits for the pitch
Mays' 2 strike pitch...
Struck him out on a fastball
Pflaggstettler goes down swinging
That ends the inning
After 6 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII leads by 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Lou Gehrig stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Gehrig has hit 35 home runs this year
Fozborg squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Fozborg brings it to the plate
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Gehrig will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .447 OBP this year

Up next for the Pre-Americans
The hometown left fielder, Hank Greenberg
The right-hander Fozborg is set
to deliver to Greenberg
Now ready, here it is...
Greenberg swings...
This one looks like it might go...
Gazelle is going back...
He is at the fence...

And it is over the fence! Home run!
The AL Pre WWII left fielder now
has hit 2 here tonight!
And that gives him 6 in 1900
That is Hank Greenberg's 6th
home run of the year.

Dimaggio heads to the plate
for AL Pre WWII
The infield is at regular depth
Joe is hitting at .249 on the year
He has 66 hits in 265 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Dimaggio struck out his last time up
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Joe gets the bat back...
The righthander delivers
Sinking line drive
Caught by Jeff Nights
One away in the bottom of
the 7th for AL Pre WWII

Tony Lazzeri, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Lazzeri is batting .226 with
4 round trippers in 1900
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Fozborg grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two away now for AL Pre WWII
They're ahead by 5
The Pre-Americans have 10
hits on the evening

Rick Ferrell will face Fozborg
Righty against righty
Ferrell wiggles the bat above his head
Ferrell looks very intent...
He stares down at Fozborg...
Cocks his bat
Fozborg kicks and delivers
Ferrell laces a hit into the outfield
Stan Gunner picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Ferrell holds with a single

Carl Mays, who really knows
how to handle himself at the plate
will be up next for the Pre-Americans
Ferrell will be running if it's hit
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now the delivery, here is is...
Mays drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Harlond Clift is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Ferrell scores!
Double for Mays

Next up for AL Pre WWII
is Charlie Gehringer
Gehringer is 1 for 3 today
Charlie singled last time around
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Here's the righthander's delivery
Gehringer smacks a fly to center
Gazelle is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
Gerald takes it in
That is the third out for AL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49039

FOFC will send Gunner,
Gerald Gazelle, and David Gonzalez to face
Carl Mays this inning
Gunner can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Mays is ready quickly
Mays throws the 2-2 pitch
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Gazelle
Gazelle is 0 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 struck out last time at the plate
Gazelle is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mays
He's waiting for the pitch
Carl rocks and fires
Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mays strikes out Gerald Gazelle
Two gone for FOFC

Gonzalez, FOFC's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Sirr Fozborg waits on deck
Gonzalez is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Mays shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Mays quick pitches him
It's a high fly into center
Dimaggio ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
And that retires the side

Here's the shortstop Cronin
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Babe Ruth
And then Lou Gehrig
Cronin steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Joe is 1 for 4 today
Fozborg 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 Fozborg
Now he is ready...
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Over the outside corner
Cronin hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Cronin is out by a couple of steps
With one gone
AL Pre WWII will have Babe Ruth coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 8th
The first base coach exhorting
Ruth to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Babe is hitting at .347 on the year
He has 152 hits in 438 at bats
This includes 30 doubles, 2 triples
46 home runs and 102 RBI's
Ruth is set
Fozborg brings it home
A vicious cut by Ruth
And what a breeze he creates!
Strike three!
Babe gave it his Sunday
punch... but missed
Two away now for AL Pre WWII
They're ahead by 6 runs
AL Pre WWII has 12 hits on the evening

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Lou Gehrig
Gehrig is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .333 on the year
Gehrig tells the umpire he's ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Curveball, hung up in the strike zone
Gehrig swings...
HE GETS ALL OF THAT ONE!...
IT IS LONG GONE IN A HURRY!!
HOME RUN FOR Gehrig
WHAT A SHOT...
That's one for the record books!
It will also make all the
replays of the week

Greenberg gets set at the plate
Fozborg looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Sirr has got to be a little concerned
with Greenberg up there as the
AL Pre WWII left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Fastball... just outside
Greenberg will take first on the walk
Hank knows how to get on base
His OBP of .455 is among
the league leaders

Settling in at the plate is Dimaggio
Dimaggio is one of the best hitters around
Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Hunter goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Greenberg
He lobs one to Potpie...
Greenberg is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Hunter comes home
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Hunter
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
After 8 innings tonight,
the Pre-Americans lead by 7

Jeeberoni Potpie will get
things started for FOFC
He'll be followed by Jeff
Nights and Harry Hays
If any of them get on,
lead-off hitter, Barrett
Blade, will step in
Now Potpie approaches home plate
Potpie is batting .284 with
36 HR's this year
Mays looks down at Ferrell for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Windup by Mays
And the pitch
Fastball...
Potpie jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Dimaggio after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Joe Dimaggio!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Negro League II is the winner
over Caribbean 7 to 3
Gonzalez has hit his 25th
homerun for Caribbean
Negro League I squeezed
by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2
Rogan the winner, he's now 14-8
Alexander takes the loss, his
record drops to 16-10
AL Post WWII easily defeated
Japanese League 7 to 2
Feller the winner, he's now 12-19
Kaneda takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-15
Dead Ball Era easily defeated
Old Timers 8 to 3
Johnson the winner, he's now 17-9
Radbourn takes the loss, his
record drops to 11-11
NL Post WWII humiliated Turn
of Century 12 to 0
Banks has hit his 45th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th ripped Left Outs 8 to 2
Johnson the winner, he's now 13-13
Sutton takes the loss, his
record drops to 11-8
And right here in AL Pre WWII
AL Pre WWII leads 12 to 5

The All Stars are down
to their last 2 outs
Jeff Nights is due up next
We're in the top of the 9th
Mays is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Mays gets the sign from Ferrell
Here's the 2 strike offering
Nights chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Mays
Cronin snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Next up tonight is Hays
Hays gets set
He's 1 for 1 so far
Hays, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Mays
We've got a full count...
Mays winds and fires...
Hays hits a fly ball to center
Joe Dimaggio camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
And that will do it for FOFC
AL Pre WWII wins 12 to 5
Mays gets credit for the win
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for AL Pre WWII
was Hank Greenberg
He was 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 6 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Pre WWII.

Breeze

07-01-2013, 05:30 PM

8/21 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 8/21/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 2 0 .272 C.Gehringer 2B 4 1 1 1 .291
D.Palmer 3B 4 1 1 2 .320 J.Cronin SS 5 1 1 0 .279
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 1 1 .310 B.Ruth RF 4 2 1 1 .346
S.Gunner LF 4 0 0 0 .256 L.Gehrig 1B 4 2 2 1 .334
G.Gazelle CF 3 1 0 0 .259 H.Greenberg LF 4 2 3 6 .397
D.Gonzalez 1B 3 0 1 1 .295 J.Dimaggio CF 5 1 1 1 .247
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 T.Lazzeri 3B 4 1 1 0 .225
B.Bullock C 3 0 0 0 .260 R.Ferrell C 4 1 2 0 .231
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Mays P 2 1 1 1 .147
B-J.Potpie 1B 1 0 0 0 .283
J.Nights SS 4 1 2 1 .278
R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .099
A-H.Hays C 2 1 1 0 .332
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 36 12 13 11

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nielsen In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Fozborg In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 - 5 8 0
Pre-Americans... 1 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 - 12 13 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen LOSS(18-7) 5 1/3 9 8 8 3 9 3 115 3.44
S.Fozborg 2 1/3 4 4 4 2 2 2 61 4.21
O.Hunter 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.58
Totals 8 13 12 12 5 11 5

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Mays WIN(13-9) 9 8 5 5 2 9 2 124 4.91
Totals 9 8 5 5 2 9 2

ATTENDANCE- 49,039 DATE- Tuesday, August 21st 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 4 Pre-Americans: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Pre-Americans: 1
DOUBLES- B.Blade(22nd), H.Hays(7th), L.Gehrig(36th), H.Greenberg(3rd), C.Mays
HOME RUNS- D.Palmer(7th), J.Nights(15th), B.Ruth(46th), L.Gehrig(36th),
H.Greenberg-2(6th), J.Dimaggio(7th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Gazelle(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Mays
WALKS- G.Gazelle, D.Gonzalez, C.Gehringer, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig, H.Greenberg,
C.Mays
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler, S.Gunner-2, G.Gazelle-2, B.Bullock,
R.Nielsen-2, C.Gehringer, J.Cronin, B.Ruth-3, L.Gehrig,
H.Greenberg, J.Dimaggio-2, R.Ferrell, C.Mays
GIDP- D.Palmer
WILD PITCHES- S.Fozborg

Breeze

07-01-2013, 05:32 PM

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 82 55 .599 ---- 12
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 76 61 .555 6.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 72 65 .526 10.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 72 66 .522 10.5
2001 Late 20th L20 67 70 .489 15.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 54 83 .394 28.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 35 102 .255 47.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 87 49 .640 ---- 17
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 86 51 .628 1.5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 76 61 .555 11.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 71 66 .518 16.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 63 74 .460 24.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 62 75 .453 25.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 56 81 .409 31.5

Breeze

07-01-2013, 06:27 PM

Manager Update

I'm sitting at my desk, scratching my head...I was really feeling good coming into this game. After the shutout last night and Nielsen on the bump, pitching well going against a predominantly left handed lineup...I really liked our chances...

Boy was I wrong...

Breeze

07-02-2013, 09:25 PM

8/22 Radio Broadcast

Welcome everyone to Glory Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Barrett Blade prepares to face Gomez
let's check out the AL Pre WWII defense
At first base is Gehrig
Lazzeri is down at the hot corner
Gehringer and Cronin
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Simmons,
Dimaggio and Ruth
and now Dickey is just
settling in behind the plate
Lefty comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Slow ground ball
Cronin is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one down, up next is Stan Gunner
To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler

One away, nobody on base
Gunner stands ready at the plate
Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year
Gomez steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's the 1-2 offering
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Gunner!
That is the second out here
in the top of the 1st
Cronin comes in to kibitz with Gomez
While we have a moment,
let me set the outfield distances for you
It's 318 feet down the line in left
399 feet to left-center
408 feet to straight-away center field
Then over in right-center
it's 385 feet from home plate
and 314 feet to the right field foul pole

Up next for the All Stars
the right fielder, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
If he gets on, Jeeberoni
Potpie would bat next
Persimmon is hitting at .310 on the year
He has 134 hits in 432 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
All set, Pflaggstettler is
ready for the pitch
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Struck him out on a fastball
Pflaggstettler goes down swinging
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6
in their last ten games

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...
Gazelle 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
Mighty gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the dish is Hays
AL Pre WWII second baseman, Charlie
Gehringer, will lead off
Before getting ready
Gehringer checks out the
defensive alignment
Mighty is making his 27th start this year
for the Pre-Americans
Mighty's into the windup... the delivery
Gehringer drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
So one up and one gone

Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Joe Cronin
Nobody on base, one out
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
It's coming down the pike
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Cronin is down on strikes
Number 1 here today for Mighty
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

The "Sultan of Swat" is
coming to the plate
Ruth has hit 46 home runs this year
Mighty likes the sign
Now Al delivers
Long fly to center
Gazelle has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Ruth is retired on a fairly deep fly

Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and
Harry Hays are due up
The right-handed Potpie will
be facing the southpaw
12 of his 36 home runs come via this route
Potpie gets ready for Gomez's pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's his delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Dickey fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
One out
Gerald Gazelle is due up next

While Harry Hays heads for
the on deck circle
Gerald Gazelle makes his way to the plate
Gomez squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Gazelle goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Lazzeri...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Gazelle is out by a step
That's two away

Up now for FOFC is Hays
Two away, nobody on
Hays has a .422 average
against lefthanders
He is .332 overall
Hays is set for the pitch
Gomez winds and delivers
The 3-1 pitch
There's a base hit towards Joe Dimaggio
Harry Hays decides to go for two
Much to the surprise of Dimaggio
Here's the throw to second
SAFE, Hays just beats the tag
That's 8 doubles on the year for Hays

And Fouts will be trotting down to first
They've put him on intentionally
Jeff Nights is the batter due up next

Nights steps in
Two out, Fouts at first, Hays at second
Nights has a .298 average against lefties
Gomez adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
And the delivery by Gomez
Big breaking ball...
Nights swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Simmons is at the warning track...
He waits...
Al you can tell that one Goodbye!
Number 16 on the year for Jeff Nights

Next up is Al Mighty, the FOFC pitcher...
If he gets on, Barrett
Blade would bat next
Al takes a couple of practice cuts
Mighty is set for the 2-2 pitch
Gomez brings it home
Mighty swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Gomez strikes out Al Mighty
That's it here in the top of the 2nd
It's 3-0 in favor of
the visitors from FOFC
We'll be back in just a moment

The left fielder Simmons will
start things off for the Pre-Americans
Hays flashes the sign to Mighty
Mighty brings it to the plate
Simmons rips the curve to left-center...
Turning at the sound of the bat
Gazelle 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
Simmons will lope into
second with a double

Larrupin' Lou is up next
Gehrig is batting .334 with
36 HR's this year
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The lefthander delivers
Hanging curveball...
Gehrig times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Pflaggstettler doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Gehrig
That was way over the fence

Joe Dimaggio steps in
Dimaggio takes a couple of practice cuts
O.K. Dimaggio is ready
He delivers
Soft liner to third
Tough chance for Fouts
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 5

Now batting #8..Bill Dickey...#8
Dickey can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Mighty is happy with the sign
Mighty winds his left arm
Lets it go
Dickey drives one to center
This one has a chance
for extra bases...
Gazelle got a great jump...
He is closing quickly...

OUT!
Very nice play by Gerald Gazelle
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League II leads Caribbean 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII and Negro League
I are deadlocked at 1
Japanese League slipping
by AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Old Timers and Dead Ball Era are tied at 1
Keefe battling Chesbro
Turn of Century slipping
by NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Left Outs and Late 20th have yet to score
And here in AL Pre WWII FOFC leads 3 to 2

Lazzeri leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Lazzeri goes through his
routine of settling in
Mighty steps on the rubber
Mighty brings it to the plate
Lazzeri swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty strikes out Tony Lazzeri
That's all for the Pre-Americans
in the 2nd inning
They get 2 runs across
We go to the 3rd...
It's All Stars 3, Pre-Americans 2

Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Gomez wastes no time
He has the sign from Dickey
The southpaw Gomez's delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Blade is outta there
One gone for FOFC

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Gunner
Gunner digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Gomez
Gunner concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Here's the 3-0 offering
Ball four... Lefty Gomez walks him
AL Pre WWII will have to watch Gunner
Speed on the bases
FOFC would like to add to their
slim 1 run margin

Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Pflaggstettler is batting .309
with 22 HR's this year
Gomez is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
That's ball four
Pflaggstettler will trot down to first
Gunner is now down on second

Potpie digs in at the plate
Ready now for Gomez to come set
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Gomez rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Gomez stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Curve, up high...
Potpie rips it to center...
Gomez hung that breaking ball
However, Jeeberoni got under it just a bit
Dimaggio 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 FOFC
in the top of the 3rd

Gerald Gazelle is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Gazelle swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Gomez
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Gazelle swings from his heels
He connects!
There it goes...
Simmons is up against the wall
He jumps
Outstanding catch
That sure looked like it
was going downtown
That's all for FOFC
After 2 and a half innings in
AL Pre WWII this afternoon,
FOFC on top 3 to 2

Gomez saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The lefty Mighty delivers
Sinking line drive
Caught by Barrett Blade

Now batting will be Charlie Gehringer
Gehringer is taking his practice swings
Charlie is 0 for 1 this afternoon
Charlie steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
The southpaw's 0-1 delivery
Fly ball to center
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
Two gone for AL Pre WWII

Joe Cronin, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Cronin is at .279 on the season
Mighty has the sign from Hays
Mighty kicks and delivers
Cronin waves half-heartedly at a fastball
Strike Three!
Joe didn't look very good on that pitch
2 strike outs today!
And that is 3 for Mighty
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

FOFC will send Hays,
Dan Fouts, and Jeff Nights to face
Lefty Gomez this inning
We'll see how they pitch to Hays
He's ready
The southpaw Gomez's delivery
Harry Hays offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Hays couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Joe Cronin for the out
Hays never even left the batter's box
That's one away

So that brings up Dan Fouts
the FOFC third baseman
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 Gomez earn his salary
Dan steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Gomez's pitch
The southpaw delivers the 1-1 pitch
A slider by Gomez
Fouts gets good wood on it...
Ruth back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two up, two down

Nobody on, two away
Nights steps in for FOFC
Gomez gets the sign, it's one he likes
The southpaw Gomez delivers the 1-1 pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Cronin plays it on one bounce
Over to Gehrig...
Out of there!
Three up, three down
A perfect inning for Lefty Gomez
in the top of the 4th

Here's the right fielder Ruth
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Al Simmons
And then Lou Gehrig
Against lefthanders
Ruth is hitting .349 this season
Now set, Ruth waits for the pitch
Mighty rocks and fires
It's a high fly into center
Gazelle ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
With one gone
AL Pre WWII will have Al Simmons coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Next up for AL Pre WWII is Al Simmons
Simmons is 1 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Mighty's 1-0 pitch...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's the second out of the inning
AL Pre WWII trails by 1
They need a win
They are 2nd in the standings
6.0 games out

Gehrig is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The pitch is on the way
HIT HIM!!
Gehrig jogs down to first
Lou took one for the team to get on

The "Yankee Clipper" is making
his way to the plate
Looking for his first hit today
Dimaggio is 0 for 1
Dimaggio looks very intent...
He stares down at Mighty...
Cocks his bat
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks at Gehrig...
He fires one to Potpie...
Gehrig dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Mighty comes home
Base hit to right for Dimaggio
Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign...
Gehrig will stay at second

The catcher, Bill Dickey
will be up next for AL Pre WWII
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Dickey at the plate
Bill seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Base hit to right for Dickey
Harlond Clift is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Hays is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Gehrig is out at home!

Here's Al Mighty leading off
Barrett Blade is on deck
And Stan Gunner is in the hole
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Gomez looks down at Dickey for the sign
Now he's ready
We've got a full count...
Gomez winds and fires...
A hot shot on the ground to Gehringer
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Mighty is out
With one down, up next is Barrett Blade
To be followed by Stan Gunner

Nobody on and FOFC leads 3 to 2
top of the 5th
Barrett Blade will try to
get something going
Blade is batting .270 with
3 homers this year
Barrett is ready for the delivery
The lefthander Gomez comes home with it
Hard slider, at the knees...
Blade clubs a deep drive to center...
Dimaggio turns, and races back after it...
It goes off the wall!
Blade is steaming toward third
Dimaggio has it, throws...
Not in time...
Blade has his triple
Number 8 on the year for him

Settling in at the plate is Gunner
Gunner is batting .255 with
14 HR's this year
Gomez adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Dickey
Gomez kicks and fires
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
Two down

Pflaggstettler finishes
his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Pflaggstettler has hit 22
home runs this year
The left-hander Gomez is now ready
Now Lefty delivers
High chopper to second
Gehringer picks it up on the short hop
Over to first...
In time
Gehringer charged it nicely
and made it look easy
Score It: 4-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Glory Stadium, After
4 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While AL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
AL Pre WWII has stranded 2

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

Negro League II and Caribbean
are tied at 1
Cepeda has hit his 21st
homerun for Caribbean
NL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 4 to 3
Japanese League is in front
of AL Post WWII 4 to 1
Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
Turn of Century leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Waddell and Perry currently dueling
Left Outs and Late 20th
are all knotted at 3
Boggs has hit his 7th homerun
for Late 20th
Lazzeri has managed a .230 average
against lefthanders this year
Waiting for the pitch is Lazzeri
He brings it home
Lazzeri hits a high pop
into short left field
Fouts sprints out
Gunner and Gazelle sprint
towards the infield
Gerald Gazelle sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
It's ruled a double

Lefty Gomez is being called
back to the dugout
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yep, here comes Hank Greenberg
Miller Huggins will play the
percentages as he sends
the right hand hitting Greenberg
against the southpaw, Mighty
In fact, Hank is batting a splendid .422
versus lefties this season
So the decision certainly is reasonable...
We shall soon see how it works out

Greenberg saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Greenberg looks down toward the third
base coach, Harlond Clift
Al is ready
Nights trying to slip in behind Lazzeri
Now he slips away
Here's the 1-0 offering
Base hit to left for Greenberg
Harlond Clift plays it safe
and stops him at third...
Runner holds.

Charlie Gehringer plants his left foot
The lefthanded second baseman
for AL Pre WWII appears set
Gehringer is hitting .318
against southpaws
0 for 2 so far this game
He flied out in his last at bat
Mighty has the sign from Hays
The southpaw delivers
Grounded to short
It's off Nights' glove!
Score It: E6
Lazzeri scores from third!
Greenberg takes second
Gehringer to first

Cronin is up now for AL Pre WWII
Cronin is 0 for 2 today
Joe struck out last time up
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Cronin tops one right to Blade
Over to Potpie for the easy out
So we have one out now for AL Pre WWII
2 runners on board
as Babe Ruth rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

And Ruth will be trotting to first
They have walked him intentionally
Makes sense considering Ruth's numbers
He carries a .735 slugging average!

Simmons is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Al is batting at .328 with 21 home runs
He is 1 for 2 so far today
Simmons waits patiently
Mighty fires
Base hit to right for Simmons
Greenberg scores
Harlond Clift plays it safe
and stops him at third...
Runners hold.

Gehrig gets set at the plate
Lou continues to produce in 1900
With his RBI's earlier,
he now has 100 on the year!!!
He is 1 for 1 today with 2 RBI's
Gehrig waiting on the delivery
Al rocks and fires
Drilled deep to right field
Pflaggstettler has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
That's deep enough to score Gehringer
Score It: 9
And there's two away

Slowly coming up is Dimaggio
for AL Pre WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
AL Pre WWII leads 5 to 3
Dimaggio is at .249 on the season
Mighty is ready quickly
Here's the 2-1 pitch
Dimaggio swings and lifts one toward left
Gunner drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's it for AL Pre WWII here
in the bottom of the 5th
They leave 2 runners stranded
AL Pre WWII has 5 runs,
7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
3 hits and one error
Miller Huggins relieves starter Lefty
Gomez to start the inning
Waite Hoyt will come on for AL Pre WWII...
Hoyt currently sports a 9-6 record
with a 4.27 ERA in 40 previous outings
He has pitched a total of 86 innings

FOFC will send Potpie,
Gerald Gazelle, and Harry Hays to face
Waite Hoyt this inning
Potpie is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the AL Pre WWII infield
Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first
Lazzeri is even with the bag at third
Gehringer and Cronin are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Hoyt 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 Hoyt's delivery
Potpie slaps a hard grounder past second
Ruth is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Potpie will hold with a clean single

Gazelle moseys up to the plate
Harry Hays is heading for
the on-deck circle
Potpie takes his lead
Hoyt peers in for the sign
Gazelle is a formidable opponent
Waite has allowed 4 home runs
versus righties this year
And Gerald is no ordinary hitter
Hoyt checks Potpie on first...
The 0-2 delivery
Swung on and missed...
Gazelle is down on strikes
AL Pre WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
Dan Fouts waits on deck
Hays is batting .333 with
12 round trippers in 1900
Hays is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Potpie is dancing off first
Hoyt goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Potpie
Fires to Gehrig...
Potpie is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Hoyt comes home
Base hit to left for Hays
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

And it brings up Dan Fouts
On deck is Jeff Nights
Al Mighty in the hole
Dan will be facing the right-handed Hoyt
from the left side of the plate
10 of his 18 home runs
are against righties
The umpire says let's go
Hoyt brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Fouts
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop,
steps into the batter's box
AL Pre WWII ahead 5 to 3
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 1 for 2 this afternoon
There is no place for Hoyt to put Nights
He will have to give him something to hit
And Waite studies the sign from Dickey...
Now he's got it
The righthander delivers
High and away
Ball four

Gonzalez departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Gonzalez has hit 3 home runs this year
Hoyt is slow to get ready

He has a 4.36 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Hoyt brings it to the plate
Slider...
Gonzalez swings, and that
one is hit deep...
Ruth giving chase...
He can forget it, it's way out of here
HOME RUN

Now batting will be Barrett Blade
The second baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 3
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Blade
He's 1 for 3 today
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Barrett brings the bat back...
Righthander Hoyt's delivery
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Blade
No chance for either Cronin or Simmons
That one had base hit written all over it

Stan Gunner is the next batter
this sunny afternoon
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Gunner looks to third for a sign
He's ready
Now ready, here it is...
The hit and run is on!
Hit on the ground to Cronin
Joe is up with it
Over to Gehringer for one
No chance for Gunner at first
Gehringer was knocked off balance by Blade
And Gunner, who can fly
had the relay throw easily beat
One more chance for FOFC this inning

With a runner at first and two outs
Pflaggstettler walks to the plate
Pflaggstettler is batting .309
with 22 HR's this year
Waite gets the sign from Dickey
Hoyt brings it to the plate
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

That will bring Potpie up again
as FOFC has "batted around"
They have scored 5 runs
already this inning
Two men still on
Jeeberoni singled to start this inning
FOFC ahead 8 to 5
Hoyt steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's his delivery
Potpie swings awkwardly... strike three
Hoyt took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Potpie way out in front
That's it here in the top of the 6th
It's 8-5 in favor of
the visitors from FOFC
We'll be back in just a moment

Breeze

07-02-2013, 09:26 PM

8/22 Radio Broadcast Continued

As we go into the last half of the 6th
Bill Dickey will be up to face Rodney
AL Pre WWII needs 3 to knot this one up
We have a 8-5 score here at Glory Stadium
Hays flashes the sign...
Rodney shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
With a 1-0 count
Rodney kicks and fires
Dickey 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 Dickey

Lazzeri is up now for AL Pre WWII
Tony stares down at Harlond
Clift for the sign
Dickey leads away from first
The righthander pitching to Lazzeri...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .179 average
against James
Rodney fires
That's ball four
Lazzeri will trot down to first
Dickey is now down on second

Hoyt looks to lay one down
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by H.Hays
the throw to first...
Out
Hoyt gets the job done.

Charlie Gehringer steps into the box
The right-hander Rodney is set
to deliver to Gehringer
Rodney's watching the runners
Here comes the pitch
It's low
and it gets away from Hays!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Hays has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a passed ball.
Dickey scores from third!
Lazzeri takes third

Charlie Gehringer steps into the box
Gehringer has hit 7 triples this year
Gehringer waits on Rodney
Now James delivers
There's a "clothes line"
drive toward right
Pflaggstettler quickly comes in for it...
Not going to get this one...
Now Persimmon flips it to Blade at second
Lazzeri scores easily...

Joe Cronin is now up
One away, Gehringer at first
Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 3-1 offering
Cronin 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 Gehringer at third

The right fielder, Babe Ruth, is up next
Knowles has the sign from Hays
The southpaw Knowles' delivery
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Ruth is outta there

That'll bring up left fielder
Al Simmons...
FOFC out in front by 1
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Simmons is batting .329 with
21 HR's this year
Knowles is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Knowles looks in...
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
He quick pitches Simmons...
and it's in there
Strike three
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for AL Pre WWII
After 6 innings, FOFC ahead 8 to 7

Gazelle leading off
Hoyt steps on the rubber
Hoyt kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Gazelle watches it go
by for the third strike
That's one away

Harry Hays will face Hoyt
Righty against righty
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 2 for 3 this afternoon
He singled last time at bat
Harry stands with bat ready
And the delivery by Hoyt
Hays swings hard and hits one into center
Dimaggio 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 Harry hit it on the handle
Kind of an "excuse me" double

And the batter is Dan Fouts
Jeff Nights is on-deck
Fouts is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Set now is Fouts
Hoyt brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Fouts swung right over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Hoyt!
That's the second out of the inning

Two outs, Hays at second
Nights is ready
Waite Hoyt has struck out 4 and walked 2
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Miller Huggins
Waite looks over his shoulder at Hays
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Simmons
And he has it
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
AL Pre WWII this afternoon,
FOFC leads 8 to 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

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

Negro League II is on top
of Caribbean 3 to 1
NL Pre WWII is in front of
Negro League I 6 to 3
Grimes comfortably ahead for NL Pre WWII
Japanese League is beating
AL Post WWII 5 to 1
Sugishita comfortably ahead
for Japanese League
Old Timers and Dead Ball Era
are deadlocked at 2
NL Post WWII is edging Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Left Outs leads Late 20th 4 to 3
Gehrig has hit a milestone today
With his RBI's earlier,
he now has 101 on the year!
He is 1 for 1 today with 3 RBI's
The left-hander Knowles is now ready
The lefty Knowles delivers
Lou Gehrig swings
He really stings this one
It rifles past Blade into right...
Base hit for Gehrig...
Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Gehrig is on with a sharp single

AL Pre WWII center fielder, Joe
Dimaggio, will be up next
He will be followed by Bill Dickey
One on... no one out
FOFC leads AL Pre WWII by 1 run
Joe is batting .248 with 7
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
Joe is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch
Bo rocks and fires
A slider by Knowles
Dimaggio gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One down for AL Pre WWII
Bill Dickey is still in the on-deck circle
and Tony Lazzeri is looking
for a bat in the dugout

That brings up Dickey
FOFC is ahead by 1
We're in the bottom of the 7th
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Pre-Americans ballboy
Dickey waits for the pitch
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Two gone for AL Pre WWII

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Tony Lazzeri
Lazzeri finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
A base hit should score Gehrig
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
It's in on the wrists
Tony tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Knowles walks him

Pre-Americans' pitcher Hoyt
is up next
Knowles ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
It's a full count...
Knowles winds and fires...
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Gunner
And he has it
That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII
So After 7 innings
FOFC has 8 runs, 9 hits and one error
While AL Pre WWII has 7 runs,
11 hits and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 6 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

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
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
Deacon steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Hoyt's pitch
Hoyt's righthanded delivery...
Swung on...
High fly ball into right
Not hit well
Ruth is under it...
He's got it
Easy chance for Babe
One gone for FOFC

Blade walks to the plate
Blade is 2 for 4 today
Hoyt 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 righthander's delivery
Blade hits a screamer at Tony Lazzeri
Lazzeri takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Gehrig scoops it on one hop

Blade is out!
Nice play by Gehrig
Two down

Making his way up is Gunner
Gunner scuffs up the lines around the box
All set, Gunner is ready for the pitch
The righthander Hoyt's delivery
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Dimaggio after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Gunner around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

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

Two on, two outs...
Potpie steps to the plate
Potpie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Taken by Cronin
Over to second for the force
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Pflaggstettler,
is out
And that retires the side

Charlie Gehringer stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Gehringer is a tough man
up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Charlie certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Kronside earn his salary
Charlie steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Kronside's pitch
Now Jace delivers
Ball four is the call
Kronside can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Kronside
Gehringer takes first base

Gehringer takes his lead
Kronside is paying a lot of
attention to Gehringer
Now he throws over...
Gehringer dives back...
He's safe!
The first base coach, Wally Pipp,
is telling him to watch Kronside
more carefully
He was awfully close to being picked off!

Cronin looks to lay one down
Cronin lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Cronin might beat it out...
Fielded by J.Kronside
the throw to first...
close play...
SAFE, Cronin beat it out!
Gehringer takes second

Babe Ruth, the AL Pre WWII right fielder,
steps into the batter's box
FOFC on top 8 to 7
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Hays flashes the sign to Kronside
Kronside stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Ruth rips a solid shot to left
Gunner ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
AL Pre WWII finally gets the first
out in the bottom of the 8th
Manager Benton Breeze is talking
with bench coach Chuck Tanner
in the AL Pre WWII dugout

The Pre-Americans' left fielder is up next
AL Pre WWII has 2 on board with 1 out
Al is hitting at .328 on the year
AL Pre WWII's cleanup hitter
has knocked in 83 runs
with 21 home runs so far this year
He struck out in his last plate appearance
2 for 4 today
Cronin and Gehringer inch
off first and second
Simmons is waiting for the pitch
Here's the 2 strike offering
Base hit to right for Simmons
Harlond Clift will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Miller Huggins will send in a
pinch runner for Joe Cronin
Sam Rice is trotting out to second base

Walking up to the plate now is Gehrig
Joe Dimaggio waits on deck
Lou steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Lou is 2 for 2 today with 1 home run
The bat is cocked
The righthander Kronside delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie comes up with it
Over to second for one
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 3-6-3
AL Pre WWII is retired...
But they come up with 1 run to tie it
After 8 innings,
it's all even at 8
AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are...
Sewell will bat 2nd and play SS

Gazelle steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the top of the 9th at Glory Stadium
The outfield is shading
Gazelle towards left
He's 0 for 4 today
Gazelle waits anxiously for the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Gazelle pounds a grounder
toward Lazzeri at third
Tony moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Lazzeri stayed with it
Over to first and Gazelle is retired
Nice play by the AL Pre WWII third baseman
One away
Harry Hays, a fine hitter, is due up next
Dan Fouts will follow

Hays leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 3 for 4 this afternoon
Hoyt looks down at Dickey for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The pitch is on the way
Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Lazzeri...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League II topped Caribbean 4 to 1
Wright has hit his 17th homerun
for Negro League II
NL Pre WWII is the winner over
Negro League I 7 to 3
Japanese League cuffed AL Post WWII 5 to 2
Newhouser takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-12
Sugishita the winner, he's now 5-13
Old Timers toppled Dead Ball Era 6 to 2
NL Post WWII nipped Turn of Century 4 to 3
Schmidt has hit his 12th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Left Outs is the winner
over Late 20th 7 to 3
And in our contest The score
is knotted at 8

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Dan Fouts
Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts is batting .297 with
18 round trippers in 1900
Fouts is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Hoyt brings it home
Fastball... down and away...
Hoyt just misses the corner... ball four
That's 4 walks given up by Hoyt today

Nights is up next
Two out with Fouts at first
Jeff comes to the plate batting .278
with 16 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Jeff is ready for the delivery
Waite comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Hit on the ground to short
Sewell grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Glory Stadium, After
8 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII has 8 runs,
13 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 8 runs, 10
hits and one error
FOFC has left 9 on base
AL Pre WWII has stranded 9

Joe Dimaggio, Bill Dickey, and
Tony Lazzeri are due up
Kronside likes the sign
Kronside brings it to the plate
Another hook for strike three!
Dimaggio just stood there looking
One up, one down for AL Pre WWII

Batting for AL Pre WWII will be Dickey
Bill is 2 for 4 this summer afternoon
He's batting .321 on the season
Kronside is ready quickly
Righthander Kronside's delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Dickey gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Kronside
Tony Lazzeri will be next up...

Now at the plate will be Lazzeri
third baseman for AL Pre WWII today
Tony steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Lazzeri is 1 for 2 today
He drew a walk last time up
Lazzeri eagerly awaits Kronside's offering
Cocks his bat...
Here's the pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Lazzeri is out
And we go to extra innings!

Dickey fires the ball down to Sewell
He starts it around the infield
To Gehringer, Gehrig
And then to Lazzeri walking
it over to Hoyt
Ton steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the top of the 10th
Right-hander Hoyt prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ton
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Ton lifts a long fly ball...
Heading into center...
Hit pretty good, carrying very well...
Dimaggio heading back...
IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN!

Miller Huggins is on his way to
the mound for AL Pre WWII
That will do it for Waite Hoyt today
The right hander, Ted Lyons
will be coming on
He has 40 previous appearances
His 14 and 3 record
is coupled with a 4.03 ERA
Blade awaits patiently

Blade now at the plate
Stan Gunner waits on deck
Blade gets set
He's 2 for 5 so far
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Lyons
He's waiting for the pitch
Lyons rocks and fires
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into left by Blade
That's 3 hits for Blade this game

Stan Gunner moves in to face Lyons
1 on, no outs here in the top of the 10th
Gunner looks to third
Don't expect a bunt here
He has 14 homers this year
Stan waits...
He steps out as Lyons takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Lyons goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Lyons comes home
FOFC tries the hit and run!
Gunner hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
Charlie Gehringer dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
One out
Due up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler

FOFC sends the right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate
Lyons wipes his brow
and reaches for the resin bag
A hot summer day
Lyons brings it to the plate
Pflaggstettler rolls one toward Joe Sewell
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 the second out of the inning

Potpie pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Lyons
Potpie is batting .282 with
36 HR's this year
Lyons' reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for AL Pre WWII
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 14 wins,
Ted has racked up 179 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
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!
Three down for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for AL Pre WWII
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 29 and 16 in one run games
AL Pre WWII has a 27 and 20 record
in these tight contests

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 .474 average

Leading off now for AL Pre WWII is Combs
Combs goes through his routine
of settling in
Combs waits for the delivery
Knowles' 2-1 pitch...
Outside fastball...
The swing...
There's a drive into left by Combs
He went with the pitch
Hitting it the other way
Smart hitting got him a single
AL Pre WWII has the runner on first

Charlie Gehringer steps up to the plate
Combs, with excellent speed, is at first
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
It's coming down the pike
The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
There's a grounder right at Barrett Blade
This should be two
The throw to second...in time
To first
Out of there, a double play!
Two gone for AL Pre WWII
Time is running out for them
Especially when you see who's on the mound

AL Pre WWII announces a pinch
hitter for Joe Sewell
Heinie Manush will come in to face
the right handed Knowles
He carries a .250 average
as a pinch hitter
Against righties he is hitting
.220 this year

Heinie Manush will try his
luck against Knowles
This is a very difficult background
to hit against
There is shade at home plate
But, bright sun on the mound
Stepping out, Manush looks into the dugout
Steps back in
He's ready for the delivery
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Manush hits a deep fly to right-center
Gazelle races to the warning track
He steadies himself
He won't get this one...it's off the fence
Manush racing around first...
Gazelle has the ball...
Fires a throw in...
Blade has the relay...
Holds the throw...
Manush in easily at second
It's a two-bagger for Heinie Manush
AL Pre WWII has him in scoring position

Looks like they're going to put him on...
Knowles delivers ball four
And Ruth takes first
Knowles gives up the free pass
That will set up the force
Anywhere but the plate

The potential winning runs are on...
Here comes Al Simmons
The Pre-Americans are 1
run away from tying
They need 2 to win
Simmons is batting .330 with
21 homers this year
Knowles is walking around the mound
While we wait, let me mention
He is 1st in saves this year
He has 24...

Now Sammy is ready...
We've got a full count...
Knowles winds and fires...
Hit in the air to left
Stan Gunner trying to get to it
He puts it away for the out
Score It: 7
And that will do it for AL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 9 to 8
Kronside gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Hoyt takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Pre WWII.

Breeze

07-02-2013, 09:28 PM

8/22 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 8/22/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Americans AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 6 0 3 0 .275 C.Gehringer 2B 5 2 1 1 .291
S.Gunner LF 5 0 1 0 .255 J.Cronin SS 5 0 2 0 .281
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .308 D-S.Rice PR 0 0 0 0 .400
J.Potpie 1B 6 1 1 0 .282 E-J.Sewell SS 0 0 0 0 .246
G.Gazelle CF 5 0 0 0 .253 H-H.Manush PH 1 0 1 0 .240
H.Hays C 5 2 3 0 .336 B.Ruth RF 4 0 0 0 .343
D.Fouts 3B 3 2 1 0 .297 A.Simmons LF 6 1 3 2 .329
J.Nights SS 4 2 1 4 .277 L.Gehrig 1B 3 1 2 3 .336
A.Mighty P 2 0 0 0 .088 J.Dimaggio CF 5 0 1 0 .246
B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 1 1 4 .301 B.Dickey C 5 1 2 0 .321
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Lazzeri 3B 3 2 1 0 .227
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Gomez P 1 0 0 0 .017
C-D.Palmer PH 1 0 0 0 .319 A-H.Greenberg PH 1 1 1 0 .406
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Hoyt P 1 0 0 0 .167
F-K.Ton PH 1 1 1 1 .302 T.Lyons P 0 0 0 0 .263
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-E.Combs PH 1 0 1 0 .476
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 42 9 12 9 Totals 41 8 15 6

A-Pinch Hit For Gomez In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Cronin In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Rice In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Lyons In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Sewell In 10th Inning

All Stars....... 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 - 9 12 1
Pre-Americans... 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 - 8 15 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty 5 7 5 4 1 3 1 70 4.09
J.Rodney 0 1/3 3 2 2 1 0 0 19 3.63
B.Knowles HOLD(7th) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 30 4.02
J.Kronside W(11-2)B(7th) 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 24 3.04
S.Knowles SAVE(25th) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 1.55
Totals 10 15 8 7 5 6 1

Pre-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Gomez 5 3 3 3 3 6 1 79 4.29
W.Hoyt LOSS(9-7) BS(5th) 4 8 6 6 4 4 2 87 4.68
T.Lyons 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.01
Totals 10 12 9 9 7 11 3

ATTENDANCE- 48,381 DATE- Wednesday, August 22nd 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:10 Pre-Americans:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Pre-Americans: 0
ERRORS- J.Nights
DOUBLES- S.Gunner(21st), H.Hays-2(9th), H.Manush(4th), A.Simmons(30th),
T.Lazzeri(10th)
TRIPLES- B.Blade(8th)
HOME RUNS- J.Nights(16th), D.Gonzalez(4th), K.Ton(13th), L.Gehrig(37th)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Hoyt
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Gehrig
WALKS- S.Gunner, P.Pflaggstettler-3, D.Fouts-2, J.Nights, C.Gehringer, B.Ruth-2,
T.Lazzeri-2
HIT BY PITCH- L.Gehrig
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, S.Gunner-2, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie-3, G.Gazelle-2,
D.Fouts, A.Mighty, J.Cronin-2, B.Ruth, A.Simmons, J.Dimaggio,
T.Lazzeri
GIDP- C.Gehringer, L.Gehrig
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Harry Hays blocked the plate, saving a run!

Breeze

07-02-2013, 09:30 PM

The National Herald

BASEBALL SECTION

American League Date: 8/23/1900

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
2001 NLO 82 56 D.Brouthe OTH .380 B.Ruth A1H 46 B.Ruth A1H 102
2001 A1H 76 62 T.Cobb DBH .368 S.Oh JLP 44 L.Gehrig A1H 101
2001 OTH 73 66 C.Bell NLO .350 M.Mantle A2H 40 S.Oh JLP 100
2001 DBH 72 66 J.Jackson DBH .347 L.Gehrig A1H 37 M.Mantle A2H 99
2001 L20 67 71 B.Ruth A1H .343 O.Charles NLO 28 T.Speaker DBH 97
2001 A2H 54 84
2002 JLP 36 102 WINS SAVES ERA
P.Galvin OTH 18 W.McDonal NLO 24 R.Clemens L20 3.06
L.Grove A1H 17 R.Fingers A2H 17 K.Inao JLP 3.18
W.Johnson DBH 17 G.Gossage L20 16 P.Galvin OTH 3.34
H.Smith NLO 15 B.Sutter L20 11 T.Glavine L20 3.38
OTHERS TIED W 14 A.Spaldin OTH 10 G.Maddux L20 3.39

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
T.Cobb DBH 11 C.Bell NLO 77 R.Clemens L20 240
J.Ward OTH 10 B.Hamilto OTH 54 R.Johnson L20 240
B.Robinso A2H 8 T.Cobb DBH 43 N.Ryan A2H 211
E.Averill A1H 8 J.Jackson DBH 35 B.Feller A2H 180
OTHERS TIED W 7 K.Kelly OTH 29 S.Paige NLO 174

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
N1H 7 at NLO 3 NLO-Day(10-4, 4.00) at N2H-Maricha(17-9, 4.73)
JLP 5 at A2H 2 JLP-Inao(5-13, 3.18) at CAP-Tiant J(9-6, 4.72)
LOH 7 at L20 3 L20-Clemens(12-10, 3.06) at OTH-Clarkso(9-12, 5.95)
OTH 6 at DBH 2 N1H-Hubbell(14-14, 4.89) at A1H-Grove(17-9, 3.57)
FAS 9 at A1H 8 FAS-Babson(11-12, 3.66) at DBH-Plank(7-12, 4.71)
NLT-Mathis(8-10, 4.23) at A2H-Ryan(9-11, 4.99)

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
L.Gehrig A1H FAS 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0
W.Boggs L20 LOH 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
S.Thompson OTH DBH 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 1
W.Wells NLO N1H 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
I.Suzuki JLP A2H 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 1

PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Keefe OTH DBH 9.0 6 2 2 1 9 0 W
S.Sugishita JLP A2H 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 W

INJURY REPORT
J.Johnson, Negro League I - 5 more games
H.Smith, Negro League I - 5 more games
E.Delahanty, Old Timers - 11 more games
P.Galvin, Old Timers - 13 more games

Breeze

07-02-2013, 09:32 PM

National League Date: 8/23/1900

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1000 FAS 88 49 N.Lajoie TCH .382 E.Banks N2H 46 H.Aaron N2H 113
2001 N2H 87 51 W.Keeler TCH .335 H.Aaron N2H 45 J.Foxx LOH 108
2001 N1H 77 61 R.Clement N2H .325 E.Mathews N2H 41 E.Banks N2H 108
2001 TCH 71 67 H.Heilman LOH .321 J.Potpie FAS 36 D.Snider LOH 101
2001 LOH 63 75 J.Kelley TCH .319 D.Snider LOH 36 OTHERS TIED W 99
2001 CAP 63 75
2001 NLT 57 81 WINS SAVES ERA
R.Nielsen FAS 18 S.Knowles FAS 25 T.Seaver N2H 3.17
J.Maricha N2H 17 J.Bunning N2H 19 S.Koufax N2H 3.18
P.Alexand N1H 16 D.Dismuke NLT 18 R.Nielsen FAS 3.44
OTHERS TIED W 14 J.Kronsid FAS 14 A.Rusie TCH 3.59
OTHERS TIED W 11 B.Babson FAS 3.66

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
F.Frisch N1H 22 S.Poles NLT 58 R.Nielsen FAS 208
L.Santop NLT 12 H.Duffy TCH 43 S.Koufax N2H 208
T.Oliva CAP 10 J.Morgan N2H 35 B.Babson FAS 168
S.Poles NLT 10 H.Wagner TCH 33 M.Cuellar CAP 166
OTHERS TIED W 6 J.Kelley TCH 30 S.Carlton LOH 165

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
N1H 7 at NLO 3 NLO-Day(10-4, 4.00) at N2H-Maricha(17-9, 4.73)
N2H 4 at TCH 3 JLP-Inao(5-13, 3.18) at CAP-Tiant J(9-6, 4.72)
LOH 7 at L20 3 N1H-Hubbell(14-14, 4.89) at A1H-Grove(17-9, 3.57)
NLT 4 at CAP 1 TCH-Mathews(13-10, 3.90) at LOH-Jenkins(12-11, 5.44)
FAS 9 at A1H 8 FAS-Babson(11-12, 3.66) at DBH-Plank(7-12, 4.71)
NLT-Mathis(8-10, 4.23) at A2H-Ryan(9-11, 4.99)

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
D.Gonzalez FAS A1H 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 0
J.Nights FAS A1H 4 2 1 4 1 0 1 0
M.Schmidt N2H TCH 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 0
W.Stargell LOH L20 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 0
K.Ton FAS A1H 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0

PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Redding NLT CAP 5.0 1 1 1 1 3 1 W
B.Knowles FAS A1H 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0
J.Kronside FAS A1H 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 W
B.Lemon LOH L20 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
D.Dismukes NLT CAP 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 S

INJURY REPORT
M.Minoso, Caribbean - 13 more games
A.Tucker, FOFC - 9 more games
W.McCovey, Left Outs - 2 more games
W.Spahn, NL Post WWII - 2 more games
J.Medwick, NL Pre WWII - 10 more games
A.Rusie, Turn of Century - 13 more games

Coffee Warlord

07-02-2013, 09:45 PM

I totally didn't realize this was back till now.

Just win, baby! That no talent hack Koufax won't take the strikeout crown from me.

Breeze

07-03-2013, 09:28 PM

8/23 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to the ballpark!
Tonight FOFC will be taking
on Dead Ball Era
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 pitch is on the way
Blade hits a pop into short left field
Baker sprints out
Jackson and Speaker sprint
towards the infield
Tris Speaker sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Stretching to his lead is Blade
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
Plank steps away from the mound...
Now Blade moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

Next up is Stan Gunner,
the FOFC left fielder
On-deck is Jeeberoni Potpie...
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Gunner checks for the sign
All set, Gunner is ready for the pitch
He brings it home
Slider, down and away...
Swung on...
Gunner rips a bouncer to Collins
He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Gerald Gazelle is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Jeeberoni Potpie steps up to the plate
Gunner, with excellent speed, is at first
Jeeberoni looks at the sign
from the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Potpie taps the bat on home plate
Plank likes the sign
The southpaw Plank delivers the 1-0 pitch
Potpie hits one high to right
Cobb is racing after it...
He has a long way to go...
Still running...
Now he reaches out...
GOT IT!
Man, that is a zebra for sure
out there in right
The runner races back to first

The center fielder, Gerald
Gazelle, is up next
Plank squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The southpaw delivers
Base hit to left for Gazelle
Third base coach Dick Howser
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Gunner...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Gazelle at first

The catcher, Harry Hays
will be up next for FOFC
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Eddie is ready
The lefthander delivers
A slider by Plank
Hays gets good wood on it...
Speaker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 1st
They leave 2 runners stranded
Dead Ball Era has no runs,
no hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
2 hits and no errors

Here's Eddie Collins to lead off
the inning for Dead Ball Era
We're looking at a beautiful, star filled
night sky, just a great
night for baseball!
Against righthanders
Collins is hitting .310
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Babson brings it home
Collins really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Gazelle was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He dives for it...
NO DICE!!!
It caroms off his glove a few feet away
He scurries to get the ball back in
as Collins pulls up easily
with a two-bagger

Up now is Sisler
The Ghosts have Collins on second
George is batting .329 in
340 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Tris Speaker
Sisler waiting on the delivery
Brian rocks and fires
And Sisler will sit down...
strike three called

So that brings up Tris Speaker
the Dead Ball Era center fielder
We'll see how they pitch to Speaker
Speaker is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the 3-2 offering
There is a drive way back there...
It might be...
It could be...
IT IS!!!
Buy Tris a drink...
And get his dog one too!

Cobb gets set at the plate
Before getting ready
Cobb checks out the defensive alignment
Ty steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson kicks and fires
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

Cobb stretches his lead
Babson steps off the rubber
Looks Cobb back to the bag

Ghosts' left fielder Jackson
is up next
Jackson has hit 6 home runs this year
Babson is ready quickly
Here comes the cripple pitch
Fastball down low...
Jackson swings and hits one out to right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
Cobb trots back to first
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

Baker finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Baker swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Set now is Baker
Here's the 1-0 pitch
Base hit to left for Baker
Third base coach Jim Thorpe
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Cobb...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Baker at first

Wallace is up now for Dead Ball Era
Wallace has hit 4 home runs this year
Babson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Base hit to left for Wallace
Cobb scores
Third base coach Jim Thorpe
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Baker...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Wallace at first

Frank Chance moves in to face Babson
2 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 1st
The outfield shades towards
left for Chance
Chance is set for the 2 strike pitch
Babson brings it to the plate
Chance swings awkwardly... strike three
Babson took something off
of that breaking ball
He had Chance way out in front
That retires the side
Dead Ball Era with a 3 run lead
It's Dead Ball Era 3
and FOFC still looking
to score their first run

Fouts saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box
Dan stands with bat ready
Plank kicks, delivers
Fouts rips one to left
He hit it right on the nose...
Jackson is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Joe Jackson
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Pflaggstettler heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
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
He's in his crouch
Pflaggstettler can really swing that wood
Here's the 2-2 pitch
There's a towering fly ball
hit by Pflaggstettler
Speaker sprints over, and makes the catch
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Japanese League slipping
by Caribbean 3 to 1
Negro League II is edging
AL Post WWII 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 1
Turn of Century is on top
of Left Outs 2 to 0
Keeler has hit his 3rd homerun
for Turn of Century
Negro League I besting NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Late 20th and Old Timers have yet to score
And in our matchup Dead Ball
Era on top 3 to 0

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Plank adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch on the way, here it is...
A hanging curve...
Nights laces it hard just
to the right of Baker
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 Brian Babson
Plank shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Plank's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Sisler tosses it back to Plank
Now here's the pitch
Grounded to second
Collins grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 1 and a half innings
Dead Ball Era has 3 runs,
4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 2

Here's the pitcher Plank
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Eddie Collins
And then George Sisler
Brian looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The righthander Babson's delivery
Plank smashes a wicked ground
ball towards third
Fouts dives to his left...
Snares it in front of Nights
He's up
Powerful throw to first
OUT!
Beautiful play!
One up, one down for Dead Ball Era

Batting next for Dead Ball Era is Collins
Dead Ball Era ahead 3 to 0
Eddie Collins is hitting .313 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Eddie seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Brian winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Hard ground ball to the mound
Babson grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Babson retires two in a row

Settling in at the plate is Sisler
Sisler is 0 for 1 today
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Sisler
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sisler swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out George Sisler
Three up, three down for the Ghosts
Here in the bottom of the 2nd

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 can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The bat is cocked
Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Blade hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Gunner leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Gunner steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Stan is 0 for 1 today
Blade kicks the dirt at first
Plank has the sign he wants
Now to the belt, here it is...
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Speaker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch

Plank glares in at Potpie as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
The lefty shakes off the sign...
....
...
Now Plank shakes off another one
Plank is a Gettysburg College grad
and is very deliberate on the mound
The pitch is on the way
Fastball, right over the plate
Potpie gives it a good cut...
And connects!
It is sailing to deep left
Joe Jackson turns and races
back to the fence
He measures it carefully...
Jumps and...
He's got it!
Nice play by Jackson
So that will retire Potpie on
a very deep fly to left
Blade hauls buggy back to first
as the ball comes in on a line
Two down

Gazelle is the batter
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Chance flashes the sign to Plank
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!
Sisler tosses it back to Plank
Now here's the pitch
Swung on and missed...
Gazelle is down on strikes
And that retires the side

The big guys are due up for Dead Ball Era
Speaker will lead it off
He will be followed by Ty
Cobb and Joe Jackson
Speaker is 1 for 1 today
Babson tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Brian delivers
Fastball, belt high...
Swung on...
Speaker 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 Speaker coasts into second
base with a double
Almost a great snag by Gunner

Here's Ty Cobb
Speaker is on second, nobody out
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 191 innings
Brian has allowed lefties
to blast 18 taters!
Babson brings it to the plate
Cobb pokes it to right
It drops in front of Pflaggstettler
Dead Ball Era adds to their lead
Dead Ball Era on top 4 to 0

Jackson steps in
Cobb's trying to rattle Brian Babson
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
So far this season
Jackson is hitting .337
when facing righthanded pitching
Jackson readies himself for the pitch
And the delivery by Babson
Jackson drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
One away in the bottom of the
3rd for Dead Ball Era

Cobb inches slowly away from the bag
Throw to first... SAFE!...
Close play...
Now Cobb is staying closer

Next up is Home Run Baker, the
Dead Ball Era third baseman
Baker is batting .312 with
12 HR's this year
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Baker
Babson will have to come in with this one
A 3-0 count...
Babson delivers...
Fastball juuust outside
Ball four!
Baker tosses his bat away
and trots down to first
Babson serves up four stright wide ones

Cobb extends out slowly toward third
Cobb can steal third as easily as second
He's a speedster and has fine technique
Cobb is running!
The slider is low...
Hays blocks the pitch
Hays takes the pitch... fires...
Off line throw...
No chance to get the runner...
It's a steal for Cobb

Bobby Wallace steps into the box
Wallace a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Babson
Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes
Babson brings it to the plate
Just outside with a fastball
Babson is visibly upset...
Hays is quickly out to calm him down
Blade comes over as well
Cobb on third, Baker on second
and Wallace on first
They'll be loaded up for Frank Chance

Frank Chance steps into the box
Chance is 0 for 1 today
There is no place for Babson to put Chance
He will have to give him something to hit
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The pitch is on the way
It's low
and it gets away from Hays!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Hays has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.

Frank Chance steps into the box
Frank is hitting at .248 on the year
He has 82 hits in 331 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 28 stolen bases
Chance cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Babson rocks and fires
There's the heater...
Strike three called!
Chance doesn't get it done
With that putout
Babson only needs one more out
to get out of this inning
But 2 runs already across
for Dead Ball Era

The Ghosts' pitcher is up next
Dead Ball Era has 2 on board with 2 outs
Dead Ball Era on top 5 to 0
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Here's his delivery
Babson loses him
Plank heads down to first
No more room on the bases now
Babson has to bear down now

Dead Ball Era second baseman,
Eddie Collins, is up next
Collins digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Collins is set
The righthander delivers
Collins swings and lifts one toward center
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Son of a gun!
Collins leaves the bases full of Ghosts!

Chance fires the ball down to Collins
He whips it around the infield
Over to Baker who walks it over to Plank
Hays steps in to face the southpaw
Here we go in the top of the 4th
Against lefthanders
Hays is hitting .420 this season
Plank with a big 5-run
lead to work with...
Plank goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Its a high fly ball into shallow center
Speaker runs in...
He calls for it...
Wallace yells "take it Tris"
And he does
Hays is retired on a lazy
fly to short center
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League is on top
of Caribbean 3 to 1
Inao and Tiant Jr. currently dueling
Negro League II winning over
AL Post WWII 6 to 0
NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 1
Left Outs is edging Turn of Century 3 to 2
Jenkins and Mathewson currently dueling
Negro League I bombing NL Post WWII 8 to 0
Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead
Old Timers is edging Late 20th 1 to 0

Walking up to the plate now is Fouts
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Fouts has 11 doubles this year
He's ready for the delivery
The lefthander Plank comes home with it
Swing and a miss!
Bad looking cut by Fouts
And here's why - Catchers interference!
No argument by Chance
Fouts heads to first
The ump caught Chance red handed!
Score It: E2
Fouts to first

One on, one out
Pflaggstettler walks to the batter's box
Right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
is 0 for 1 today
He has banged out 22 home runs this year
A very tough out for Plank
And Eddie studies the sign from Chance...
Now he's got it
Plank brings it to the plate
That's ball four
Pflaggstettler will trot down to first
Fouts is now down on second

Nights saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nights is a righthanded batter
A dangerous long ball threat
5th in the league in home runs
He has smacked 16 so far in 1900
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The southpaw's 3-2 delivery
Curve, at the belt...
Nights times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Joe Jackson retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Nobody on base, one away
Treacy steps into the batter's box
Treacy goes through his routine
of settling in
Treacy awaits the delivery
Collins comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Plank
The delivery
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Wallace plays it on one hop
Over to Sisler...
Out of there!
That's out number two
The All Stars have chipped
away at the Ghosts' lead
They've scored 3 runs in the inning
Dead Ball Era ahead 5 to 3

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Blade
Blade is batting .279 with
3 HR's this year
Plank adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Chance
The lefty Plank delivers
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Jackson...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Blade is on with a bloop single to left

Blade takes a walking lead
Blade has stolen 8 of 10 bases this year
Slider, down and in...
Breaking on the pitch
There goes Blade for second
Here's the peg down...

Blade is OUT!...
Hold on folks...

They are calling him safe now...
Apparently he kicked the ball loose
We couldn't see it from here

Stan Gunner steps into the box
Gunner is taking his practice swings
Stan is 0 for 2 this evening
The umpire says let's go
The southpaw Plank's delivery
Inside for ball four
And Gunner walks
That's 2 walks given up by Plank today

So with 2 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their first baseman,
Jeeberoni Potpie, up to face Plank
Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Potpie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 today
The left-hander Plank is now ready
Eddie checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Potpie laces a clean base hit
He pounced on the fastball
Potpie rounds first, but will hold there
Both runners move up 90 feet

Gerald Gazelle, the FOFC center fielder,
steps into the batter's box
Dead Ball Era on top 5 to 3
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with no walks
Left-hander Eddie Plank prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Gazelle
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Fastball...
Just outside
No, it's called STRIKE THREE!
Gazelle is beside himself!
Here comes Benton Breeze
This ought to be a good one!
BUT, that's it for FOFC!
And that will do it for FOFC

George Sisler is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Dead
Ball Era to get things going
Watching Fozborg, Sisler wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Fozborg throws the 3-1 pitch
Sisler chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Fozborg
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
That's one away

Tris Speaker is entering the batter's box
John McGraw has his big bopper, Ty Cobb,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Fozborg ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
It's coming down the pike
Speaker 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 Dead Ball Era center fielder now
has hit 2 here tonight!
And that gives him 21 in 1900
That is Tris Speaker' 21st
home run of the year.

One away, nobody on base
Cobb stands ready at the plate
So far this year Cobb is batting .370
He has 36 doubles, 10 triples
4 homeruns with 95 RBI's
and 44 stolen bases
Cobb chokes up on the bat a little
The pitch to Cobb...
Hard ground ball to the mound
Outstanding play by Fozborg!
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two gone for Dead Ball Era

The left fielder, Jackson, is ready to bat
Dead Ball Era on top 6 to 3
in the bottom of the 4th
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 windup, the pitch
Topped in front of home
Hays comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 2-3
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
By the way, Dead Ball Era is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

Breeze

07-03-2013, 09:29 PM

8/23 Radio Broadcast Continued

FOFC will send Hays,
Dan Fouts, and Persimmon
Pflaggstettler to face
Eddie Plank this inning
Hays swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Plank
Plank studies his sign
Here is the 3-1 pitch
It's a smash over short
Wallace leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Hays makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

FOFC third baseman, Dan Fouts,
will be up next
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
One on... no one out
Dead Ball Era leads FOFC by 3 runs
Third base coach Dick Howser
gives the sign to Fouts
Fouts waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now Eddie delivers
Base hit to right for Fouts
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Men at first and second
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, a dangerous
man at the plate...
3rd this year in the league
in slugging average

He's cruising along at a .550 pace
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Fouts and Hays inch off first and second
Pflaggstettler is waiting for the pitch
We've got a full count...
Plank winds and fires...
Grounded into the hole
Smooth pickup by Wallace
Over to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That's two away

Now here's Nights
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 2 for 2 this evening
Jeff is ready for the delivery
The lefthander Plank delivers
Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Nights will take first on the walk

Palmer now at the plate
Barrett Blade waits on deck
Palmer is hobbled a bit by
a pulled calf muscle
Barrett Blade quipped before the game
"How can anyone as slow
as you pull a leg muscle"?
Deacon steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Plank's pitch
Plank checks the runners
at first and third
Hays bluffs a move toward home
Plank doesn't flinch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Palmer drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Hays scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Chance is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Poor,)...
Nights is out!
Double for Palmer

Hays fires the ball down to Nights
He starts it around the infield
To Blade, Potpie
And then to Fouts walking
it over to Rodney
Baker steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the bottom of the 5th
Rodney wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Baker...
Routine grounder to second
Blade scoops it up
Over to first for the out
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

And it brings up Bobby Wallace
On deck is Frank Chance
Eddie Plank in the hole
Wallace is batting .256 with
4 round trippers in 1900
Wallace, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Rodney
Rodney brings it to the plate
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Wallace swung, that's strike three
Wallace isn't happy at all with that call
Two away now for Dead Ball Era
They're ahead by 2
The Ghosts have 7 hits on the evening

Chance is up now for Dead Ball Era
Rodney is happy with the sign
The righthander Rodney's delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Chance held up, and draws a walk
Rodney isn't happy at all with that call

Eddie Plank steps into the box
Plank goes through his routine
of settling in
Plank tells the umpire he's ready
Rodney brings it to the plate
The pitch gets away from Rodney
Hays can't handle it
Charge a wild pitch to Rodney

Eddie Plank steps into the box
Rodney tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Rodney fires
Plank takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Plank's outta there
That retires the side...
Plank fails to come through in the clutch
For Dead Ball Era, No runs, no hits,
no errors and one man left on base

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

Japanese League is beating
Caribbean 5 to 1
Negro League II is pounding
AL Post WWII 7 to 0
AL Pre WWII with the lead
over NL Pre WWII 4 to 1
Left Outs clipping Turn of Century 6 to 2
Foxx has hit his 35th homerun
for Left Outs
He's putting up big numbers this year
Negro League I is crushing
NL Post WWII 10 to 0
Old Timers clipping Late 20th 4 to 0
And in our contest Dead
Ball Era ahead 6 to 4
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
All set, Blade is ready for the pitch
Eddie rocks and fires
Swung on and drilled into center
Speaker going back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 9 foot high fence
And there's Blade around first base
coming into second and stands
up for a double
That's 23 doubles for Blade on the year
(Ballpark Triple Effect)

That'll bring up All Stars' left
fielder Stan Gunner...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Stan is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He drew a walk in his last
plate appearance
Plank eyes Gunner intently
Here's the 2 strike pitch
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 3 on the evening for Plank

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
Blade, who can fly is at second
Plank and Chance will be on their toes
Dead Ball Era is only ahead by 2
Potpie is 1 for 3 today
Jeeberoni singled last time around
The left-hander Plank is now ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
It's a fly ball to center
Speaker is on his horse
Running with the crack of the bat
And he tracks it down nicely!
Blade holds second
Two gone for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
Harry Hays waits on deck
Gerald is hitting at .254 on the year
FOFC's cleanup hitter has
knocked in 46 runs
He has a fine .632 slugging average
Plank looks down at Chance for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Plank brings it home
Swung on and sliced down the line
Collins runs over
He's near the dugout steps
Reaches in...
The ball bounces into the dugout
. . . Gazelle back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
The Whiff on the "high cheese"!
After 5 and a half innings tonight,
the Ghosts lead by 2

Eddie Collins will start things off
We're in the bottom of the 6th
Rodney looking in
He delivers
Bounding ball to the mound
Taken by Rodney
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3

George Sisler, first baseman
for the Ghosts
is up next
Hays flashes the sign...
Rodney shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Rodney rocks and fires
Over the outside corner
Sisler hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Sisler is out by a couple of steps
Two up, two down

Up next is "Spoke" who attended two years
at Polytechnic College in Fort Worth
Speaker is 3 for 3 today, with 2 home runs
Rodney looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
James has got to be a little concerned
with Speaker up there as the
Dead Ball Era center fielder
has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Here's his delivery
Swung on and popped up
Blade is waiting...
And that's an easy out
As we head into the 7th
the All Stars will try to
get something going
They trail by 2, 6-4

Harry Hays will start things off
Harry is hitting at .336 on the year
He has 109 hits in 324 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Hays singled his last time up
Set now is Hays
The southpaw Plank's delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
Sinking fastball...
Hays goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Wallace...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Hays is out by a step
One down for FOFC
Dan Fouts is still in the on-deck circle
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Fouts gets set at the plate
Fouts wiggles the bat above his head
Plank wastes no time
He has the sign from Chance
The lefthander Plank delivers
Slider, down and away...
Fouts reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Baker is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Jackson is hustling after it...
Fouts with the big turn...
The throw from Jackson goes into second
And Fouts holds at first

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
Looking for his first hit today
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 2
Persimmon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Plank's pitch
Now Eddie delivers
That's ball four
Pflaggstettler will trot down to first
Fouts is now down on second

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Nights has 30 doubles this year
Nights waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Plank kicks and fires
Nights rips a solid shot to left
Jackson ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Bullock will try his luck against Plank
FOFC trails by 2 runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Against lefthanders
Bullock is hitting .325 this season
Bullock gets set for the pitch
Here's the 2 strike offering
Billy Bullock hits a high
pop fly on the infield
Home Run Baker calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Baker is there to make the play
That ends the inning for FOFC
Dead Ball Era has 6 runs,
7 hits and one error
While FOFC has 4 runs, 12
hits and no errors
FOFC has now stranded 11 baserunners

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Cobb 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
Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
It's a full count...
Hunter winds and fires...
There's a ground ball up the middle
It gets by the pitcher
It's headed into center field
OH, Jeff Nights gets to the ball...
But there won't be a throw
Base hit for Cobb

Taking his lead is Cobb
Cobb holding close to the bag
Hunter watching him closely

Jackson steps in to face Hunter
1 on, no outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Joe is hitting at .345 on the year
He has 174 hits in 505 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 35 stolen bases
Hunter likes the sign
Here comes the cripple pitch
Base hit to left for Jackson
Third base coach Jim Thorpe
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Cobb...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Jackson at first

Jackson takes his lead
It's a game of cat and mouse at first...
I don't think he has a big enough lead...
Here's the pitch...AND THERE GOES Jackson!
Hays takes the pitch...
The throw...
Good slide...
Jackson is in there!

Wait, Hays calls time
He is looking to the dugout
Now he's signaling for an intentional pass
This will load them up
But FOFC now has a force at any base

Next up for Dead Ball Era is Bobby Wallace
Wallace gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Wallace waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
There loaded up for Wallace
John McGraw is yelling at him
from the dugout steps
"Just get a piece of the ball
Don't try to murder it"
The pitch is on the way
Dribbler in front of home
Hays comes up with it
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 2-6
Cobb scores from third!
Jackson takes third
The runner on first, Baker, is out
One out
The Ghosts have a 3 run lead

Wallace studies Hunter intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
High and tight slider...
And there goes Wallace on the steal!
Hays is up and firing...
The slide...
OUT AT SECOND!...
Wallace couldn't outrun that "gun"
Hays uses for an arm
He has one of the better
arms in the league

Frank Chance steps into the box
Frank comes to the plate batting .247
with 4 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Hunter steps on the rubber
Jackson is dancing off third
Hunter is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Hot shot grounded to third
Fouts grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That is the third out for
Dead Ball Era here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47983

Barrett Blade is up to lead
off the top of the 8th
The FOFC second baseman is not the batter
Plank 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 is 4 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the Dead
Ball Era infield
Sisler is kicking the dirt at first
Baker is even with the bag at third
Collins and Wallace are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
The bat is cocked
And the delivery by Plank
Grounded towards the sack
Sisler flips to Plank covering
Score It: 3-1
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gunner walks up to the plate
Gunner is batting .252 with
14 homers this year
Plank steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The southpaw Plank's delivery
Plank loses him
Gunner heads down to first
2 walks today for Gunner

That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie,
the first baseman
Jeeberoni looks at the sign
from the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Potpie taps the bat on home plate
Plank looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Chance
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Plank
Now he is ready...
The southpaw's 3-2 delivery
Base hit to center for Potpie
Gunner is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Potpie at first

John McGraw is visiting the umpire...
He'll be making a double switch
Three Finger Brown has been
called from the bullpen
And Ray Schalk will come in as the catcher

Gazelle moseys up to the plate
Harry Hays is heading for
the on-deck circle
Gazelle is 1 for 4 today
For the season, Gerald has 25 homers
9 doubles, and 1 triple
He has scored 50 runs
while driving in 46
The count is nothing and 2
Gazelle has to protect the plate
A check on the runners... the pitch
Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the evening for Gazelle
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
Two down

So with 2 on and 2 outs
the All Stars send their catcher,
Harry Hays, up to face Brown
Good-hitting Dan Fouts is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Harry steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Hays grounded out last time up
and now is 1 for 4
Hays gets ready for Brown's pitch
His bat is cocked
The righthander Brown delivers
Bounding ball to short
Wallace grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League is comfortably
ahead of Caribbean 8 to 2
Nomura has hit his 21st homerun
for Japanese League
Negro League II bombing
AL Post WWII 8 to 0
Mathis enjoying the big
Negro League II lead
AL Pre WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 5 to 4
Left Outs toppling Turn of Century 9 to 2
Negro League I is running roughshod
over NL Post WWII 14 to 4
Old Timers winning over Late 20th 7 to 1
And here in Dead Ball Era Dead
Ball Era ahead 7 to 4

Starting the bottom of the 8th is Schalk
So far this season
Schalk is hitting .224
when facing righthanded pitching
Schalk awaits the delivery
The righthander delivers
Schalk lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Stan Gunner
Schalk scrambles back to first and holds

Eddie Collins steps in against Knowles
Left-hander against left-hander
Collins checks for the sign
He has 6 triples this year
Collins readies himself for the pitch
He brings it home
Collins 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 Schalk at third

Up next for the Ghosts
The first baseman, George Sisler
On-deck is Tris Speaker
To be followed by Ty Cobb
George is batting .326 in
344 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Tris Speaker
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Now the delivery, here is is...
He is way out in front
STRIKE THREE swinging
Knowles had him fishing
as he pulled the string on that pitch
One out
Due up next is Tris Speaker

Walking up to the plate now is Speaker
Dead Ball Era leading in the game
Knowles looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Bo has got to be a little concerned
with Speaker up there as the
Dead Ball Era center fielder
has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Knowles' 3-2 pitch...
Curve in the dirt... and Speaker 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...
Speaker will take first
Bases are tenanted

Cobb, the right fielder, moves
into the batter's box

Dead Ball Era on top 7 to 4
Cobb has been poison for FOFC today
He is 2 for 3 on the evening
Waiting for the pitch is Cobb
There is no place for Knowles to put Cobb
He will have to give him something to hit
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 2-0 pitch
Belted right back at Potpie
who snares it backhanded
Two down
Joe Jackson is due up next

Jackson walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Jackson is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Joe steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
Knowles checks the runners
He rips a grounder to the mound
Knowles comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Three away in the bottom of the 8th
Dead Ball Era has 7 runs,
11 hits and one error
While FOFC has 4 runs, 13
hits and no errors
Both teams have left a lot of runners
Dead Ball Era has stranded 9
And FOFC 13

FOFC will send Fouts,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Jeff Nights to face
Three Finger Brown this inning
Brown toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Schalk
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 26 on the season for Brown
That's one away

The All Stars are down
to their last 2 outs
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is due up next
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
2 today, with 2 walks
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
Righthander Brown's delivery
It's a routine fly into right
Cobb ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two down
Schalk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Schalk and Brown

Slowly coming up is Nights for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
Dead Ball Era ahead 7 to 4
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Brown is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Brown looks in...
Now he's ready
With a 1-1 count, the pitch
Nights hits a fly ball to left
Joe Jackson camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
And that will do it for FOFC
Dead Ball Era wins 7 to 4
Plank gets credit for the win
Brown notches the save
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for Dead Ball Era
was Tris Speaker
He was 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Dead Ball Era.

Breeze

07-03-2013, 09:31 PM

8/23 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/23/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ghosts AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 5 0 4 0 .282 E.Collins 2B 5 1 2 0 .304
S.Gunner LF,CF 3 0 0 0 .252 G.Sisler 1B 5 0 0 0 .325
J.Potpie 1B 5 0 2 0 .283 T.Speaker CF 4 3 3 3 .325
G.Gazelle CF 5 0 1 0 .252 T.Cobb RF 4 3 2 1 .369
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Jackson LF 5 0 1 0 .345
H.Hays C 5 1 1 0 .334 H.Baker 3B 2 0 1 0 .311
D.Fouts 3B 4 1 2 0 .301 B.Wallace SS 3 0 1 2 .254
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 1 0 0 .306 F.Chance C 3 0 0 0 .246
J.Nights SS 4 1 2 3 .279 T.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .167
B.Babson P 1 0 0 0 .091 E.Plank P 2 0 0 0 .100
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .255 D-R.Schalk C 1 0 1 0 .239
S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Palmer PH 1 0 1 1 .321
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-B.Bullock PH 1 0 0 0 .259
O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071
E-K.Ton LF 0 0 0 0 .302
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 4 13 4 Totals 34 7 11 6

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Plank In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Hunter In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 0
Ghosts.......... 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 - 7 11 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(11-13) 3 6 5 5 4 4 1 79 3.84
S.Fozborg 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 17 4.25
J.Rodney 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 22 3.54
O.Hunter 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 28 5.61
B.Knowles 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 18 3.94
Totals 8 11 7 7 7 7 2

Ghosts IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Plank WIN(8-12) 7 1/3 13 4 3 5 4 1 148 4.67
T.Brown SAVE(7th) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 3.38
Totals 9 13 4 3 5 6 1

ATTENDANCE- 47,983 DATE- Thursday, August 23rd 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:13 Ghosts:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Ghosts: 1
ERRORS- F.Chance
DOUBLES- B.Blade(23rd), D.Palmer(20th), E.Collins(22nd), T.Speaker(35th)
HOME RUNS- J.Nights(17th), T.Speaker-2(21st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(9th), T.Cobb(44th), J.Jackson(36th), H.Baker(15th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Wallace
WALKS- S.Gunner-2, P.Pflaggstettler-2, J.Nights, T.Speaker, T.Cobb, H.Baker-2,
B.Wallace, F.Chance, E.Plank
STRIKE OUTS- S.Gunner, G.Gazelle-4, D.Fouts, G.Sisler-3, B.Wallace, F.Chance-2,
E.Plank
GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- D.Fouts
WILD PITCHES- B.Babson, J.Rodney
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Frank Chance blocked the plate, saving a run!

Breeze

07-03-2013, 09:33 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 83 56 .597 ---- 10
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 77 62 .554 6.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 74 66 .529 9.5
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 73 66 .525 10.0
2001 Late 20th L20 67 72 .482 16.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 54 85 .388 29.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 37 102 .266 46.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 88 50 .638 ---- 15
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 87 52 .626 1.5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 77 62 .554 11.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 71 68 .511 17.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 64 75 .460 24.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 63 76 .453 25.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 58 81 .417 30.5

Breeze

07-04-2013, 07:17 AM

8/24 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to Shibe Park!
Unfortunately, it's a nasty
evening for a game
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Dead Ball Era and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Dead Ball Era
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Now Ed delivers
HIT HIM!!
Blade jogs down to first
Barrett took one for the team to get on

With Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck
Batting now for FOFC is Gunner
Gunner is at .252 on the season
Schalk flashes the sign to Walsh
Ed rocks and fires
Hit and run...
Gunner misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Gunner takes it outside
Schalk snaps a beauty to first...
Blade dives back...
He's safe!

Gunner is the batter
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Expect a bunt here with Gunner up
He is one of the better bunters
Walsh has given up 20 homers in 1900
and with the hot weather this evening
the balls were jumping off the bats
during batting practice
The pitch on the way, here it is...
WATCH OUT!
Walsh has hit Gunner!
Now Gunner gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Gunner to take his base

Gunner at first, Blade at
second, nobody out
Pflaggstettler is the batter
Walsh looks down at Schalk for the sign
Now he's ready
Ed checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Pflaggstettler looks at strike three
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Hays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Potpie, FOFC's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Harry Hays waits on deck
Potpie is at .283 on the season
Walsh adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The righthander Walsh delivers
There's a shallow flyball struck by Potpie
Tris Speaker runs in
Calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Potpie is out
Two gone for FOFC

Harry Hays moves in to face Walsh
2 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 1st
Hays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Walsh
Hays tells the umpire he's ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Grounded towards the sack
Taken by Baker
He gets the out at third
Score It: 5
The runner on second, Blade, is out
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the Ghosts coming up

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...
Gazelle 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
Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie
Collins, will lead off
Collins is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Collins is set for the 3-2 pitch
Williams brings it to the plate
It's a high fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
And there's one away

And it brings up George Sisler
On deck is Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb in the hole
We'll see how they pitch to Sisler
Sisler gets set for the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Comebacker, right to Williams
Over to Potpie for the easy out
Two up, two down for the Ghosts

The center fielder, Tris
Speaker, is up next
Tris is hitting at .325 on the year
He has 160 hits in 492 at bats
This includes 35 doubles, 10 triples
21 home runs and 100 RBI's
After getting set, Speaker
waits on the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
1-2-3, nothing across...

FOFC will send Palmer,
Gerald Gazelle, and Jeff Nights to face
Ed Walsh this inning
Walsh ready quickly, looks in for the sign
"Big Ed" lets loose with the 2-1 pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Baker...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC

So that brings up Gerald Gazelle
the FOFC center fielder
Gazelle is batting .252 with
25 homers this year
Walsh toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Schalk
Walsh brings it home
Gazelle hits a pop into short right field
Out goes Sisler and Collins
In comes Cobb
Sisler waves his hands in the air
And makes the catch over his shoulder
Pretty play by Sisler
Dead Ball Era gets the second
out of the inning

Two away, nobody on
Nights comes to the plate for FOFC
Nights is hitting .279 with 17 homeruns
Jeff also has 30 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 69 runs
Nights readies himself for the pitch
Now Ed delivers
Routine grounder to third
Baker scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 2nd

Ty Cobb leads it off
Cobb taps the bat on home
Cobb cocks the bat
Here's the 3-2 pitch
WATCH OUT!
Williams has hit Cobb!
Carey will be the pinch runner

Carey inches away from the base . . .
Now Williams steps off the rubber
Carey takes a shorter lead

Jackson steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Jackson checks for the sign
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
Here's the 3-2 pitch
That's ball four
Jackson trots down to first
Carey is already down on second

Baker gets set at the plate
Baker can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-1 pitch
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
The ump signals a foul ball
One down for Dead Ball Era
Bobby Wallace is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Dead Ball Era

That will bring up shortstop,
Bobby Wallace
Wallace looks down toward the third
base coach, Jim Thorpe
Williams looks down at
Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Wallace takes inside, for a ball...
Wallace will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Carey and Jackson move up
Ray Schalk is up next for Dead Ball Era

The Ghosts will send
Ray Schalk up to the plate
We're in the bottom of the 2nd
Williams eyes Schalk intently
Williams checks all the baserunners
Now he comes home with it
Base hit to left for Schalk
Carey scores
Jim Thorpe will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

And there's a bunt toward the mound
Williams pounces on it quickly...
Quickly checks third...
But the only play is to first
Walsh is out but he advances the runners
Two down
Due up next is Eddie Collins
Let's see what happens now

The ex-Columbia U star,
Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate
Collins has 22 doubles this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Williams checks the runners
Here's the 2-0 offering
Collins swings and lifts one toward center
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
By the way, Dead Ball Era is 5 and
5 in their last ten games
Dead Ball Era's defensive changes are...
Jackson will bat 5th and play RF
Carey will bat 4th and play LF

Williams is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Dead Ball Era ahead 2 to 0
Ed Walsh steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Walsh kicks and delivers
Letterhigh fastball...
The cut by Williams...
There's a fly ball to right
Jackson is sprinting towards the line
HE SLIPS ON THE GRASS...
He almost lost that one!
Nice recovery by Jackson for the out
One gone for FOFC

Blade leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
So far this season
Blade is hitting .248
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-1 offering
Blade hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Baker 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,
Home Run Baker

One away, Blade at first
Gunner is coming to the plate
Walsh is happy with the sign
Walsh kicks and fires
Gunner swings a bit late on the heater...
He still pops it pretty good towards left
Unfortunately for Stan, Carey
is standing right there
Easy out
That's two away

Now here's Pflaggstettler
And Ed studies the sign from Schalk...
Now he's got it
Walsh goes into his stretch...
Looks at Blade...
He fires one to Sisler...
Blade dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Sisler lobs it back
Now Walsh comes home
Pflaggstettler connects on
the Walsh fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Speaker starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Pflaggstettler got all of this one....
Goodbye baseball!
Blade scores in front of him

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Potpie
Jeeberoni is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 135 hits in 478 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Potpie flied out his last time up
Walsh has the sign from Schalk
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sinking fastball...
Potpie swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at Baker...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
That retires the side... but not before
the All Stars score 2 runs to tie it up
After 2 and a half innings, Dead Ball Era
has 2 runs, one hit and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
2 hits and no errors

George Sisler stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Sisler is 0 for 1 today
Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes
Williams kicks, delivers
Checked swing
Slow bouncer toward third
Palmer scrambles in
Picks it up
Flicks it quickly to Potpie
SAFE!
Who shot George out of a cannon?!

The center fielder, Tris Speaker
will be up next for Dead Ball Era
One wouldn't expect Speaker to bunt
But you never can be sure
Speaker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch
Speaker loops one into short left
Gunner is coming in on it...
He dives for it...
GOT IT!
Risky play, but he pulled it off!
With one down, up next is Max Carey
To be followed by Joe Jackson

Max Carey, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Max has been used sparingly
for Dead Ball Era
He has only 24 at bats so far
although we are deep into summer
His batting average of .208
may be the reason
Carey gets ready for Williams' pitch
His bat is cocked
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Sisler
He lobs one to Potpie...
Sisler is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Carey sends a scorcher to short
Nights takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
That's all for the Ghosts...
After 3 innings here at Shibe
Park in Dead Ball Era,
The score is tied at 2

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 has hit 12 home runs this year
Walsh looks down at Schalk for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Ed delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Walsh put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
FOFC with one away
Walsh steps off the mound as
he waits for Deacon Palmer to
come to the plate

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Palmer is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the Dead
Ball Era infield
Sisler is kicking the dirt at first
Baker is even with the bag at third
Collins and Wallace are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Palmer looks very intent...
He stares down at Walsh...
Cocks his bat
Walsh leans back and fires
Palmer hits a screamer at Bobby Wallace
Wallace picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Sisler off the bag
Sisler swipes with the glove

Palmer is out!
Nice play by Sisler
And there's two away

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
It's a rainy summer evening
as Gerald steps in
He is 0 for 1 tonight
Ed gets the sign from Schalk
Walsh goes into his windup
Here it comes
Extra base hit to center for Gazelle
Tris Speaker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

That'll bring up All Stars'
shortstop Jeff Nights...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Nights a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Walsh
Walsh studies his sign
The pitch is on the way
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

Williams saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Williams is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Williams is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Nights dives back in!...

SAFE!
Sisler tosses it back to Walsh
Now here's the pitch
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Wallace
Over to Sisler
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 ahead 3 to 2

The Ghosts will send
Jackson, Home Run Baker,
and Bobby Wallace up
to the plate this inning
Jackson wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready
The pitch to Jackson...
Fastball, lined to right...
Base hit for Jackson...
Pflaggstettler over...Grabs
it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Jackson at first

Home Run Baker is up next to face Williams
A tough situation to bunt as
FOFC has the corners playing way in
Williams looks a little jittery right now
Rightly so, with Jackson
skipping around down at first
The Dead Ball Era basestealing
specialist has
36 stolen bases in mid-summer
In one quick moment
the tying run could be at second
for Dead Ball Era
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Jackson stays put
One away in the bottom of the
4th for Dead Ball Era

Next up is Bobby Wallace, the
Dead Ball Era shortstop
Wallace has a .233 average
against lefties
Waiting for the pitch is Wallace
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
Fastball down low...
Wallace swings and hits one out to left
Stan Gunner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Williams
Jackson trots back to first
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

Ray Schalk will get a crack
at Williams next
Ed Walsh would be up next...
But only if Schalk can reach safely
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Jackson dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Schalk is outta there
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
Dead Ball Era has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Facing Walsh now is Gunner
Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads
to the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole
Walsh has the sign from Schalk
Righthander Walsh's delivery
Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second
Jackson is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Gunner will hold with a clean single

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next
FOFC's right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The stretch... the 3-2 delivery
Pflaggstettler takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

At the plate now for FOFC is Potpie
Potpie goes through his routine
of settling in
Potpie awaits the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Baker
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
We head to the bottom of the 5th
here in Dead Ball Era
Still 3-2, FOFC

Breeze

07-04-2013, 07:18 AM

8/24 Radio Broadcast Continued

The Dead Ball Era crowd
has been pretty quiet
Here is Walsh to lead off
He will try to liven things up for them
Walsh steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Walsh is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Sinking line drive
Caught by Jeff Nights
That's one away

That brings up Collins
FOFC is ahead by 1
We're in the bottom of the 5th
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Collins is 0 for 2 today
Eddie stands with bat ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Collins lays one down to
the left of the mound
Williams and Hays are after it
Hays is up with it
Over to first
Safe by two steps!
Great bunt!
Bunt single for Eddie Collins

Here comes George Sisler
No, he is returning to the
Dead Ball Era dugout
He apparently noted a problem with his bat
Now he has a new one
Williams gets the sign
Williams fires
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's the second out of the inning

Here's the 5'11 1/2", 193
pound, Texas-born
Tris Speaker strolling to the plate
Tris steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Tris is 0 for 2 today...

Collins kicks the dirt at first
George Burns says something to him
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Williams quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Bouncer to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for the Ghosts
After 5 innings in Dead Ball
Era this evening,
FOFC on top 3 to 2

Here's the catcher Hays
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer
And then Gerald Gazelle
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Hays
He's 0 for 2 today
Hays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's his delivery
Slow ground ball
Wallace is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Deacon Palmer, their third baseman
Palmer looks down toward
the third base coach
Deacon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Walsh's pitch
Walsh brings it to the plate
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Palmer manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Collins cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Sisler...
And Palmer is called out on a close play
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Next up is Gerald Gazelle, the
FOFC center fielder...
If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next
Gerald steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today
He doubled last time up
Right-hander Walsh eyes the righty Gazelle
We've got a full count...
Walsh winds and fires...
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Gazelle checks his swing
Schalk appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Gerald
That's it for FOFC
Here at Shibe Park, After
5 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Dead Ball Era has stranded 4

Max Carey, the Ghosts' left fielder,
is ready to lead off the bottom of the 6th
He can be a nightmare for pitchers
when he gets on
He's one of the league's
better base stealers
Carey grips the bat handle
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The lefthander delivers
He hits a tough grounder to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
So one up and one gone

Coming up for Dead Ball Era is Joe Jackson
Nobody on base, one out
Jackson has managed a .367 average
against lefthanders this year
Jackson is waiting on the pitch
With a 1-0 count, the pitch
Jackson skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Potpie calls for it
Puts it away!

Walking up now to the plate is Baker
Baker is batting .310 with
12 HR's this year
Williams is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The southpaw's 2-2 delivery
Baker 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 Baker is on with a line single to right

Slowly coming up is Wallace
for Dead Ball Era
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 3 to 2
Baker will be running if it's hit
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.67 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Base hit to right for Wallace
Baker is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Wallace at first

Williams looks down at Schalk
as he steps in
Ray is ready to go
Williams has the sign he wants
Now John delivers
Schalk swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
We head to the 7th...
The score is still FOFC 3, Ghosts 2

Nights is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nights goes through his routine
of settling in
Walsh steps on the rubber
The pitch is on the way
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Wallace
It's by him...
Carey comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Nights to a single

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 as Walsh
delivers the pitch
Home Run Baker charges and
picks up the bunt
He fires to first
Just in time to nail Williams,
the sacrifice works
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Blade digs in at the plate
Ready now for Walsh to come set
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 2 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Schalk flashes the sign...
Walsh waves it off...
Now he's happy
And the delivery by Walsh
It's a shallow fly by Blade
Jackson runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Blade is out
FOFC on top 3 to 2 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean is on top of Japanese
League 4 to 2
Negro League II is edging
AL Post WWII 2 to 1
AL Pre WWII is giving it to
NL Pre WWII 15 to 10
Left Outs with the lead over
Turn of Century 7 to 4
Goslin has hit his 26th
homerun for Left Outs
Negro League I and NL Post
WWII are deadlocked at 1
Paige battling Seaver
Old Timers is crushing Late 20th 13 to 3
I'd hate to be Glavine right now!

That brings up Stan Gunner,
the left fielder
Gunner is taking his practice swings
Stan is 1 for 2 this evening
Stan is set for the pitch
The pitch to Gunner...
There's a jam shot off the hands of Gunner
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Eddie Collins
That retires the side...
Gunner fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Walsh steps up to the plate
for Dead Ball Era
It's the bottom of the 7th at Shibe Park
Walsh looks down toward the third
base coach, Jim Thorpe
Williams is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Williams gets the sign from Hays
Williams' 2 strike pitch...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Walsh!

Coming up for Dead Ball
Era is Eddie Collins
Nobody on base, one out
Collins has managed a .289 average
against lefthanders this year
Collins tells the umpire he's ready
The southpaw's 2-2 delivery
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Two down
Williams retires two in a row

Sisler coming up for Dead Ball Era
Nobody on, two away
FOFC ahead 3 to 2
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The lefthander delivers
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Blade takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Sisler is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Barrett is very fine fielder!
And that will do it for Dead Ball Era

Pflaggstettler 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?...

Guess not, looks like we'll continue...
Pflaggstettler steps back in to face Walsh
Persimmon comes to the plate batting .306
with 23 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Pflaggstettler is ready
Here's the 1-0 offering
There's a towering fly ball
hit by Pflaggstettler
Carey sprints over, and makes the catch
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nobody on base, one away
Potpie steps into the batter's box
Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts
Potpie, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Walsh
The righthander Walsh's delivery
Potpie hits a shallow fly
towards Max Carey
Carey charges, dives...
He's got it!
Good play by Carey

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Hays is hitting .331 with 12 homeruns
Harry also has 9 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 40 runs
Hays is poised and ready for the pitch
Walsh brings it to the plate
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 and a half innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 6

It's Speaker to start things
for Dead Ball Era
FOFC ahead 3 to 2 in the bottom of the 8th
Tris is batting .323 with 21
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
Speaker waiting on the delivery
Williams throws the 2-2 pitch
Curve ball...
Speaker swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One out
Due up next is Max Carey

Carey is up now for Dead Ball Era
We'll see how they pitch to Carey
Carey waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefty Williams delivers
A slider by Williams
Carey gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One more chance for Dead
Ball Era this inning

Joe Jackson is coming to the plate
Time is called...
Jackson has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
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 brings it to the plate
Jackson 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

Moving up to the plate is Home Run Baker
Jackson is the runner on first
He represents the tying run
Baker steps out of the box...
Looks towards Jim Thorpe for a sign
Baker waits on Williams
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Baker holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Hays asks the third base ump's opinion
OUT!
Baker is screaming mad!
So the Ghosts are retired
here in the eighth
They are still 1 run behind
Williams is having his way
with them this evening
For you stats nuts out there,
Dead Ball Era is 54 and 42 versus
righty starters in 1900
If they don't get busy in the ninth,
they'll have to add another
loss to that total
Overall, they are 73 and 66

Deacon Palmer, Gerald Gazelle,
and Jeff Nights are due
up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 3-2
Palmer digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Walsh
Palmer waits
Walsh's righthanded delivery...
And Palmer will sit down...
strike three called
That's one away

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Gazelle
Gazelle is 1 for 3 today
Walsh is saying a few words to Collins...
So far in 1900,
Ed has a 10 and 15 record
with 16 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The righthander delivers
Changeup down low...
Gazelle makes contact and
hits one out to center
Tris Speaker is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Walsh
That's the second out of the inning

Nights now at the plate
John Williams waits on deck
Nights can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The umpire says let's go
Nights is ready
He brings it home
There's a fly ball to Tris Speaker
Speaker circles under it...
This one would end the inning...
He makes the play
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 8 and a half innings,

FOFC leads 3 to 2

Dead Ball Era will send up the tail end
of their order for the bottom of the 9th
Their shortstop, Bobby Wallace,
will lead things off
Wallace looks down toward
the third base coach
Bobby steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Wallace was frozen on that
fastball by Knowles
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
One up, one down

Harry Hooper is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Ray Schalk

Hooper pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Knowles
Right-hander Knowles eyes the lefty Hooper
Sammy rocks and fires
Hooper takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Hooper can't believe it and
says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Knowles
Only one more chance for Dead Ball Era
FOFC ahead 3 to 2

Now batting for the Ghosts...
Edd Roush...
He'll pinch hit for Ed Walsh
Eddie Collins is on-deck

Next up tonight is Roush
Roush swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Knowles
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Knowles fires
Roush hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And that will do it for Dead Ball Era
FOFC wins 3 to 2
Williams gets another huge win
after pitching another gem...
8 innings only 2 runs, right when
the FOFCers needed it...
Knowles notches the save
Walsh takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Dead Ball Era.

Breeze

07-04-2013, 07:21 AM

8/24 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/24/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ghosts AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 0 .282 E.Collins 2B 4 0 1 0 .303
S.Gunner LF 3 0 1 0 .253 G.Sisler 1B 4 0 1 0 .324
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 1 2 .305 T.Speaker CF 4 0 0 0 .323
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .281 T.Cobb RF 0 0 0 0 .369
H.Hays C 4 0 0 0 .330 A-M.Carey PR,LF 3 1 0 0 .185
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .318 J.Jackson LF,RF 3 1 2 0 .347
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Baker 3B 4 0 1 0 .311
G.Gazelle CF 4 1 1 0 .252 B.Wallace SS 3 0 1 0 .255
J.Nights SS 4 0 2 1 .281 R.Schalk C 3 0 1 2 .240
J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .115 C-H.Hooper PH 1 0 0 0 .179
B-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .301 E.Walsh P 2 0 0 0 .130
D-E.Roush PH 1 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 32 2 7 2

A-Pinch Ran For Cobb In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Williams In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Schalk In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Walsh In 9th Inning

INJURY: Ty Cobb INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning

All Stars....... 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Ghosts.......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(15-4) 8 7 2 2 2 5 0 125 3.62
S.Knowles SAVE(26th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 1.52
Totals 9 7 2 2 2 7 0

Ghosts IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Walsh LOSS(10-16) 9 6 3 3 0 6 1 126 3.73
Totals 9 6 3 3 0 6 1

ATTENDANCE- 33,375 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:22
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Ghosts: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Ghosts: 0
DOUBLES- G.Gazelle(10th)
HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(23rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Williams, E.Walsh
WALKS- J.Jackson, B.Wallace
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, S.Gunner, T.Cobb
STRIKE OUTS- P.Pflaggstettler-2, H.Hays-2, D.Palmer, G.Gazelle, G.Sisler,
T.Speaker, H.Baker, B.Wallace, R.Schalk, H.Hooper, E.Walsh
GIDP- M.Carey

Breeze

07-05-2013, 09:35 PM

8/25 Radio Broadcast

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 McGinnity
We should be ready, in today's contest
It will be Dead Ball Era against FOFC

OK, it looks like the game
is about to begin
Collins comes in a couple steps
Yells something to McGinnity
The delivery
Slow ground ball
Collins is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT

Gunner is up now for FOFC
McGinnity gets the sign, it's one he likes
McGinnity brings it to the plate
Gunner hits a deep fly to right-center
Cobb races to the warning track
He steadies himself
He won't get this one...it's off the fence
Gunner racing around first...
Cobb has the ball...
Fires a throw in...
Collins has the relay...
Holds the throw...
Gunner in easily at second
It's a two-bagger for Stan Gunner
FOFC has him in scoring position
(Ballpark Double Effect)

The right fielder, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
will be up next for FOFC
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
Pflaggstettler gets ready
for McGinnity's pitch
His bat is cocked
Joe looks over his shoulder at Gunner
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Pflaggstettler rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Baker
Home Run fields it cleanly
Looks Gunner back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
What a day out here at
beautiful Shibe Park
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

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Potpie
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty McGinnity
Chance flashes the sign...
McGinnity shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the 2 strike offering
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Potpie swung right over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. McGinnity!
That retires the side
FOFC threatens but fails to score
Here 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
Gunner in left...
Gazelle 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
Nielsen gets the nod as starter
Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays
Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie
Collins, will lead off
Eddie tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt
Now checks with the coach at third
Collins is ready
Nielsen's windup... the delivery
Eddie Collins drags one down
the first base line
Nielsen is over quickly
Picks it up and underhands one to first
Not in time!
Beautiful bunt by Collins!
He's one of the best

Chance looks to lay one down
He bunts the ball . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by D.Fouts
a poor bunt by Chance
And there's one away

The Ghosts' center fielder is up next
Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 1 out
Speaker a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Nielsen
A battle of lefties...
Tris seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 2-0 pitch
It's hit high and deep
Gazelle is on his horse
This one is deep!
HE JUMPS . . .
HE'S GOT IT!!!
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 Nielsen

Cobb pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Nielsen
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Nielsen checks Collins on first...
The 3-2 delivery
Nielsen loses him
Cobb heads down to first

First base coach George Burns
wants a word with Cobb...
Now we're all set to go...
Joe Jackson steps in
Two men on, two men out
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks the runners
Bounding ball to second
Blade grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
By the way, Dead Ball Era is 4 and
6 in their last ten games

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Fouts is talking to Chance
Fouts is batting .301 with
18 HR's this year
McGinnity steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Joe rocks and fires
Fouts swings and lifts one toward center
Speaker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
One gone for FOFC

Harry Hays is the next batter
this sunny afternoon
Hays is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Hays is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at McGinnity
He's waiting for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Struck him out on a fastball
Hays goes down swinging

Two away, nobody on
Gazelle comes to the plate for FOFC
Gazelle goes through his
routine of settling in
Gazelle awaits the delivery
The Ghosts' hurler winds and delivers
Low fastball...
Gazelle swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Sisler snags it moving to his right
Leads McGinnity perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Gazelle for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

Here's the third baseman Baker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Bobby Wallace
And then George Sisler
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Baker at the plate
Baker cocks his bat
Here comes the cripple pitch
Baker lets it go by
He takes ball four

Wallace up
The Ghosts have Baker on first
The outfield shades towards
left for Wallace
Nielsen studies his sign
The stretch... the delivery
Wallace maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Wallace 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 down for Dead Ball Era
George Sisler is still in
the on-deck circle
and Joe McGinnity is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Up now is Sisler
The Ghosts have Baker on second
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the 3-2 offering
Sisler takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Sisler's outta there
We're scoreless with two away this inning

McGinnity now at the plate
Eddie Collins waits on deck
McGinnity is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
McGinnity is waiting on the pitch
Now Rob delivers
McGinnity hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That retires the side...
McGinnity fails to come
through in the clutch
For Dead Ball Era, No runs, no hits,
no errors and one man left on base

FOFC will send Nights,
Rob Nielsen, and Barrett Blade to face
Joe McGinnity this inning
Nights has hit 17 home runs this year
McGinnity steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
McGinnity kicks and fires
Nights swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Baker
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Nights rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Jackson gets a nice throw in to Collins

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 showing bunt...
He lays it down
George Sisler looks at second
But goes to first...
Out... Nights advances to 2nd
A sacrifice for Rob Nielsen
One gone for FOFC in the top of the 3rd

FOFC sends the second baseman,
Barrett Blade, up to the plate
Blade wiggles the bat above his head
Blade is set
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Blade rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Blade is around first, heading for two...
Jackson 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 8 games!
That is Blade's 1st hit today
Nights scores from second!

Slowly coming up is Gunner for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Gunner is 1 for 1 today
And Joe studies the sign from Chance...
Now he's got it
Wallace trying to slip in behind Blade
Now he slips away
Here's the 2 strike offering
Big motion...
Gunner is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
McGinnity pulled the string on him
Two gone for FOFC

Chance heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking
Pflaggstettler.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Pflaggstettler on
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Pflaggstettler takes his base

Potpie gets set at the plate
Jeeberoni steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Potpie struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Potpie waits for the delivery
McGinnity brings it to the plate
A slider by McGinnity
Potpie gets good wood on it...
Speaker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean is giving it to
Japanese League 5 to 0
Negro League II and AL Post
WWII are all knotted at 1
Yount has hit his 12th homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is in front
of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Left Outs is on top of Turn
of Century 2 to 0
Sutton battling Joss
NL Post WWII is on top of
Negro League I 2 to 0
Gibson battling Rogan
Old Timers leads Late 20th 4 to 3
Radbourn and Johnson currently dueling

Eddie Collins stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Collins is batting .305 with
8 round trippers in 1900
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Eddie brings the bat back...
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Checked swing by Collins
Called ball four
Hays motions down to the third base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
with no hesitation
Eddie walks to lead it off

Frank Chance steps up to the plate
Collins, with excellent speed, is at first
Chance is checking with
the third base coach
He's 0 for 1 today
Frank is eagerly awaiting Nielsen's pitch
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Chance 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
Dead Ball Era trails by 1
They need a win
They are 4th in the standings
10.0 games out

Now at the plate will be Speaker
center fielder for Dead Ball Era today
Tris is hitting at .322 on the year
He has 160 hits in 497 at bats
This includes 35 doubles, 10 triples
21 home runs and 100 RBI's
He's in his crouch
Speaker can really swing that wood
The 2-2 offering...
It's a smash over first
Potpie leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Speaker makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Ty Cobb
Cobb has hit 4 home runs this year
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
Nielsen brings it home
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
No runs for Dead Ball Era in
the bottom of the 3rd
FOFC leads 1 to 0
We'll be right back

Dan Fouts, Harry Hays, and
Gerald Gazelle are due up
Dan will be facing the right-handed
McGinnity
from the left side of the plate
The switch hitter is 0 for 1 today
He flied out in his last at bat
Fouts is set for the 3-1 pitch
Collins comes in a couple steps
Yells something to McGinnity
The delivery
Ball four is the call
McGinnity can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at McGinnity
Fouts takes first base

Fouts inches slowly away from the bag
Fouts is not working very
hard to get a lead

Hays leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Hays is 0 for 1 today
McGinnity is happy with the sign
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Fouts dives back in!...

SAFE!
Sisler tosses it back to McGinnity
Now here's the pitch
It's popped up into foul territory
Bobby Wallace is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One on, one out
Gazelle walks to the batter's box
Gazelle has hit 25 home runs this year
Joe is ready
McGinnity goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Fouts
He lobs one to Sisler...
Fouts is back easily
We're ready again
Now McGinnity comes home
Gazelle sends a hot smash to first
Sisler takes it on one hop
Fires to Wallace for one
Back to George Sisler...
Gerald beats the relay
That's two away

Gazelle takes a walking lead
McGinnity tries to pickoff the runner...
Gazelle dives back...
HE'S OUT!...
Great move by McGinnity

Joe Jackson leads it off
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Nielsen's 2 strike pitch...
And Jackson will sit down...
strike three called
That's one away

Home Run Baker steps in now for the Ghosts
The All Stars lead in this one, 1-zip
Baker digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen
He's ready for the delivery
Nielsen is into his windup
Here's the pitch
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
And there's two away

Wallace leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Against lefthanders
Wallace is hitting .236 this season
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The pitch is on the way
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for Rob Nielsen today
211 on the year
Nielsen retires the side in order
Here in the bottom of the 4th

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 ahead 1 to 0
The righthander pitching to Nights...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .233 average against Joe
Joe winds
Kicks... and delivers
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Nights hits it into the hole
on the right side
Collins ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Nights is out by a step at first
One out
Due up next is Rob Nielsen

Nielsen walks up to the plate
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Nielsen is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at McGinnity
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch to Nielsen...
Pounded on the ground to second
Collins comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
Two down
McGinnity retires the first
two FOFC batters

Barrett Blade, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Blade is at .283 on the season
Most pitchers love to pitch
on days like today
McGinnity is no exception
He is ready to go
With a 0-1 count
McGinnity kicks and fires
It's a routine fly into center
Speaker ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Speaker grabs it for the out
That's it for FOFC
Here at Shibe Park, After
4 and a half innings,
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Dead Ball Era has stranded 4

Breeze

07-05-2013, 09:35 PM

8/25 Radio Broadcast Continued

Sisler is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Sisler hits a grounder into the hole
Potpie makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

McGinnity fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
McGinnity squares to bunt
He bunts at it . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by D.Fouts
a poor bunt by McGinnity
One down for Dead Ball Era
Eddie Collins is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Dead Ball Era

Sisler is taking his lead from first
Nielsen freezes the runner...
Now he zips a quick throw to first...
And...
He's safe on the pickoff attempt

Collins moseys up to the plate
Frank Chance is heading for
the on-deck circle
Collins scuffs up the lines around the box
He cocks his bat
Collins has choked up, just
trying to make contact
He has 2 strikes on him
Nielsen looks at the runner
The pitch
Swung on and missed...
Collins is down on strikes
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is edging Japanese League 5 to 4
Negro League II is in front
of AL Post WWII 4 to 1
Holland comfortably ahead
for Negro League II
NL Pre WWII is giving it
to AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 4 to 3
Joss battling Sutton
NL Post WWII clipping Negro
League I 6 to 2
Late 20th and Old Timers
are deadlocked at 4
And in our matchup FOFC on top 1 to 0

Chance comes to the plate
FOFC leads by 1
We're in the bottom of the 5th
Frank is hitting at .245 on the year
He has 82 hits in 335 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 28 stolen bases
Chance waits on Nielsen
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Base hit to left for Chance
Jim Thorpe is waving Sisler to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Chance at first

The Ghosts centerfielder,
Tris Speaker is up next
And what a centerfielder!
He hits for average, hits for power,
and has excellent speed
He's a Dead Ball Era fan
favorite; and why not
So far this year Speaker is batting .323
He has 35 doubles, 10 triples
21 homeruns with 100 RBI's
and 26 stolen bases
After getting set, Speaker
waits on the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Nielsen comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That retires the side...
Tris Speaker fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Stan Gunner stops at the on deck circle
Puts a little more "Black" under his eyes
It's very sunny here today
Now he steps in
Stan is batting .255 with 14
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
Joe McGinnity steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Gunner rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Baker
Gunner takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Jackson to get
that ball in quickly

Gunner edges away from the bag
McGinnity's move keeps Gunner guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Gunner is at first
Gunner takes his lead
McGinnity steps on the rubber
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Gunner dives back in!...
SAFE!
Sisler tosses it back to McGinnity
Now here's 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
One out
Jeeberoni Potpie is due up next

Potpie, the first baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 1 to 0
Potpie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 today
Jeeberoni waits...
He steps out as McGinnity takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The pitch is on the way
Potpie hops out of the way
Chance makes a great stop
Wait...
Potpie is showing off his
shoe to the umpire
Now he has been awarded first!
Must have hit his foot!

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
McGinnity tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Joe checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Grounded towards the bag
Taken by Baker
Gets the out at third
Over to second
He's out - double play!
Score It: 5-4
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has no runs,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded

The right fielder Cobb will
start things off for the Ghosts
Ty is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He flied out in his last plate appearance
Cobb waits patiently
The southpaw delivers
Curve, at the belt...
Cobb 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!!

Joe Jackson coming up
It's a tie game in the bottom of the 6th
Jackson swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Nielsen
Jackson waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Hanging curveball...
Jackson times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Gazelle doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Jackson
That was way over the fence

Home Run Baker plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman for
Dead Ball Era appears set
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Smash to short
Jeff Nights boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 1 miscue for Nights

Wallace shows bunt
It's a beauty!
Harry Hays has no chance at second
So Wallace gets the sacrifice
With one gone, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1
George Sisler is running
back to the dugout
Now he emerges again
He is always a welcome sight
for Dead Ball Era fans
Opposing pitchers are having
a bit of a hard time
keeping him off the bases
this year, though

George Sisler is up next
Dead Ball Era's first baseman
finds 1 on with 1 out
Sisler is at .325 on the season
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Nielsen fires
Sisler hits one straight up
Hays moves back to the screen
and makes the catch
Two away now for Dead Ball Era
They're ahead by 1
The Ghosts have 6 hits on the afternoon

Now here's McGinnity
McGinnity steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Rob Nielsen still on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 5 2/3 innings
The home town crowd is
yelling out to Baker
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Nielsen delivers the 2 strike offering
Hard slider...
And McGinnity takes it right
down the middle
Strike three called
That will do it for Dead Ball Era
but not before they ring up 2 runs
to overtake the All Stars by 1
The score now stands at 2-1, Ghosts

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

Caribbean with the lead over
Japanese League 7 to 4
AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead
of Negro League II 10 to 4
Yount has hit his 13th homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is pounding AL Pre WWII 9 to 2
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century leads Left Outs 4 to 3
Joss and Pennock currently dueling
NL Post WWII clipping Negro
League I 6 to 2
Aaron has hit his 46th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th leads Old Timers 5 to 4
Johnson battling Radbourn
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Hays readies himself for the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Swung on and popped up
Collins is waiting...
And that's an easy out
With one down, up next is Gerald Gazelle
To be followed by Jeff Nights

Gerald Gazelle will try his
luck against McGinnity
It's a very difficult background to hit
against here at Shibe Park right now
There is shade at home plate
But, bright sun on the mound
Gazelle is hitless today, 0 for 2
Gerald hit into a force play
in his last at bat
Gazelle waits
McGinnity's into his windup... the pitch
Gazelle tries to hold up
Chance points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two up, two down for McGinnity
He's working on a fine performance
Very hot in Dead Ball Era today...
McGinnity's uniform is sweat stained
The humidity is way up there too

Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
If he gets on, Rob Nielsen would bat next
Jeff comes to the plate batting .282
with 17 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Chance flashes the sign...
McGinnity shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
McGinnity winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Ground ball to the left side...
Wallace scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 6 and a half innings,

Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Eddie Collins up first for Dead Ball Era
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Collins is 1 for 2 today
Eddie struck out last time around
Collins cocks his bat
Nielsen brings it to the plate
He walked him, ball four
The lead-off batter gets on here
in the bottom of the 7th

Chance squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Fouts bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first
Just in time!
Nice play
Credit Frank Chance with a sacrifice
One gone for Dead Ball Era

The Ghosts' center fielder is up next
Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 1 out
Speaker is at .323 on the season
Nielsen has been a rubber armed workhorse
for Dead Ball Era in 1900
He has started 32nd games
for a total of 226 innings
And we are only in August
He's has gone deep into
this game as well
Rob shakes off the sign from Hays
Now he has one he likes...
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Groundball to short
Collins is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Speaker is out

Ty Cobb, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Cobb swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Nielsen
Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen
Here's the 0-2 offering
Comebacker, right to Nielsen
Over to Potpie for the easy out
The Ghosts are gone
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We've played through seven
here at Shibe Park...
The score... Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1

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 grips the bat handle
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now Joe brushes off another one...
McGinnity has an effective spitter
and an underhand delivery
McGinnity's 1-2 pitch...
Treacy skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Wallace calls for it
Puts it away!
One up, one down for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
Stan Gunner waits on deck
So far this season
Blade is hitting .250
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded McGinnity
Righthander McGinnity's delivery
Blade rips a whistling liner down the line
Bingo! Baker spears it!
A shot right at the Dead
Ball Era third baseman
Piece of cake!
That's two away

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout
Steps back in
McGinnity is saying a few
words to Collins...
So far in 1900,
Joe has a 13 and 9 record
with 11 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The righthander delivers
Gunner drives one into center
Tris Speaker sprints over to make the play
Three down for FOFC
Now the Ghosts will be coming up
for what they hope will be their
last at bat of the afternoon
They lead by 1, 2-1

Joe Jackson, Home Run Baker, and
Bobby Wallace are due up
Jackson adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Joe is 1 for 3 this afternoon
After getting set, Jackson
waits on the pitch
Knowles rocks and fires
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Blade takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Jackson is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Barrett is very fine fielder!
So one up and one gone

Knowles glares in at Baker as he steps in
Home Run just glares back
Home Run is hitting at .310 on the year
He has 143 hits in 462 at bats
This includes 23 doubles, 10 triples
12 home runs and 89 RBI's
Baker waits patiently
Windup by Knowles
And the pitch
Baker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Knowles strikes out Home Run Baker
That's the second out of the inning

Wallace coming up for Dead Ball Era
Nobody on, two away
Wallace digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Knowles
Wallace awaits the delivery
The southpaw's 1-0 delivery
Change of pace...
Wallace waits on it...
Rips it deep into left
Gunner going back...back...
The ball is over his head
And there's Wallace around first base
coming into second and stands
up for a double
As the throw finally comes in
That's 25 doubles for Wallace on the year

Pounding the plate with his bat
Sisler awaits the pitch
Sisler is at .324 on the season
The umpire says let's go
Now Bo delivers
Change up...
Fools Sisler...
He still manages to hit
a grounder to first
Potpie BOOTS THE BALL!!!
Sisler is safe at first on the error
Score It: E3
Wallace takes third
Sisler to first

Now batting for the Ghosts...
Max Carey...
He'll pinch hit for Joe McGinnity
Eddie Collins is on-deck

Sisler edges away from the bag
Fastball running in on the batter...
And Sisler is running!
Quickly out of his stance Hays fires...
Super throw by Hays
Sisler is a dead duck!
Hays has a rifle for an arm
Three Finger Brown will be coming
on to pitch for Dead Ball Era
Three Finger has appeared
in 43 games this season
He has a record of 4-6
with 7 saves
His ERA stands at 3.38

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
steps into the box
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
2 today, with 1 walk
He's ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Wallace wings it quickly to Sisler...
OUT by a step
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Caribbean squeezed by Japanese
League 7 to 5
AL Post WWII beat up on Negro
League II 15 to 4
Brett has hit his 21st homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII cuffed AL Pre WWII 10 to 7
Ott has hit his 37th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
Turn of Century squeezed
by Left Outs 5 to 3
Duffy has hit his 6th homerun
for Turn of Century
NL Post WWII toppled Negro League I 7 to 3
Late 20th squeezed by Old Timers 6 to 4
And here in Dead Ball Era Dead
Ball Era on top 2 to 1

Potpie is up now for FOFC
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Brown shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Brown's righthanded delivery...
Potpie sends a wicked smash in the hole
Baker can't cut it off
Wallace makes a great backhand stab
Leaps and fires to Sisler
Jeeberoni is out on a bang-bang play!
Great play by Bobby Wallace!
That's two away
Wallace comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Brown
Dan Fouts will be next up...

Fouts leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Three Finger gets the sign from Chance
Brown brings it to the plate
Curve ball...
Fouts swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
And that will do it for FOFC
Dead Ball Era wins 2 to 1
McGinnity gets credit for the win
Brown notches the save
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for Dead Ball Era
was Ty Cobb
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Dead Ball Era.

Breeze

07-05-2013, 09:37 PM

8/25 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/25/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ghosts AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 1 1 .282 E.Collins 2B 2 0 1 0 .304
S.Gunner LF 4 0 2 0 .257 F.Chance C 3 0 1 0 .247
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .303 T.Speaker CF 4 0 1 0 .322
J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .279 T.Cobb RF 3 1 1 1 .369
D.Fouts 3B 3 0 0 0 .297 J.Jackson LF 4 1 1 1 .346
H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .327 H.Baker 3B 3 0 0 0 .309
G.Gazelle CF 3 0 0 0 .249 B.Wallace SS 3 0 1 0 .255
J.Nights SS 3 1 1 0 .281 G.Sisler 1B 4 0 1 0 .323
R.Nielsen P 1 0 0 0 .097 J.McGinnity P 3 0 0 0 .179
A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .253 B-M.Carey PH 0 0 0 0 .185
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .167
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 28 1 4 1 Totals 29 2 7 2

A-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McGinnity In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2
Ghosts.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen LOSS(18-8) 7 6 2 2 4 5 2 116 3.41
B.Knowles 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.88
J.Rodney 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.52
Totals 8 7 2 2 4 6 2

Ghosts IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.McGinnity WIN(14-9) 8 4 1 1 2 5 0 102 4.05
T.Brown SAVE(8th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.32
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 46,007 DATE- Saturday, August 25th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:14
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 4 Ghosts: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Ghosts: 1
ERRORS- J.Potpie, J.Nights
DOUBLES- B.Blade(24th), S.Gunner(22nd), B.Wallace(25th)
HOME RUNS- T.Cobb(5th), J.Jackson(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sisler
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Nielsen, F.Chance, B.Wallace
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, D.Fouts, E.Collins-2, T.Cobb, H.Baker
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie
STRIKE OUTS- S.Gunner, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, D.Fouts, H.Hays, G.Gazelle,
E.Collins, J.Jackson, H.Baker, B.Wallace, G.Sisler, J.McGinnity
GIDP- D.Fouts, F.Chance

Breeze

07-05-2013, 09:39 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 83 58 .589 ---- 9
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 78 63 .553 5.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 75 67 .528 8.5
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 74 67 .525 9.0
2001 Late 20th L20 68 73 .482 15.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 55 86 .390 28.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 37 104 .262 46.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 89 51 .636 ---- 14
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 89 52 .631 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 78 63 .553 11.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 72 69 .511 17.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 65 76 .461 24.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 65 76 .461 24.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 59 82 .418 30.5

Breeze

07-06-2013, 09:17 PM

8/26 Radio Broadcast

WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES PLEASE STAND BY...

Breeze

07-06-2013, 09:19 PM

8/26 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Negro League II Twos At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/26/1900

Twos AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
S.Poles LF 4 0 3 1 .323 B.Blade 2B 4 0 1 0 .282
W.Wright CF 3 0 2 1 .294 J.Nights SS 5 1 2 0 .282
W.Brown RF 4 0 0 0 .274 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 1 1 .303
J.Wilson 1B 3 0 0 0 .283 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .279
J.Beckwith 3B 4 0 0 0 .266 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 3 0 .322
L.Santop C 3 1 0 0 .280 S.Gunner LF 3 0 0 0 .254
S.Bankhead 2B 4 0 0 0 .256 G.Gazelle CF 3 0 0 0 .246
D.Lundy SS 4 2 3 1 .265 B.Bullock C 3 0 0 0 .255
C.Redding P 2 0 1 0 .180 B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .088
B-L.Easter PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .298
M.Manning P 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-B.O'Neil PH 1 0 0 0 .173 D-D.Fouts PH 1 0 0 0 .295
D.Dismukes P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 3 9 3 Totals 34 1 8 1

A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Redding In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Manning In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 9th Inning

Twos............ 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 9 0
All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0

Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Redding WIN(11-11) 6 6 1 1 3 6 0 112 4.05
M.Manning HOLD(3rd) 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 33 5.47
D.Dismukes SAVE(20th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.52
Totals 9 8 1 1 4 8 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson LOSS(11-14) 6 7 2 2 2 5 0 83 3.81
J.Rodney 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 37 3.50
Totals 9 9 3 3 3 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 46,358 DATE- Sunday, August 26th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Twos: 6 All Stars:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twos: 1 All Stars: 3
DOUBLES- W.Wright(25th), D.Palmer(21st)
TRIPLES- D.Lundy(1st), J.Nights(4th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Poles(62nd)
WALKS- W.Wright, J.Wilson, L.Santop, B.Blade, S.Gunner, G.Gazelle, B.Bullock
STRIKE OUTS- W.Wright, W.Brown-2, J.Beckwith, S.Bankhead, C.Redding, B.Blade,
J.Potpie, G.Gazelle-3, B.Bullock, B.Babson, D.Gonzalez
GIDP- W.Brown, J.Wilson, L.Santop, J.Nights
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Dizzy Dismukes robbed Dan Fouts of a base hit.

Breeze

07-06-2013, 09:20 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 83 59 .585 ---- 8
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 78 64 .549 5.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 75 67 .528 8.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 75 68 .524 8.5
2001 Late 20th L20 68 74 .479 15.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 56 86 .394 27.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 38 104 .268 45.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 90 52 .634 ---- 13
1000 FOFC FAS 89 52 .631 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 79 63 .556 11.0
2001 Turn of Century TCH 73 69 .514 17.0
2001 Left Outs LOH 65 77 .458 25.0
2001 Caribbean CAP 65 77 .458 25.0
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 82 .423 30.0

Breeze

07-06-2013, 09:21 PM

Sorry guys, somehow managed to screw up the save on the play by play file for this game....

Travis

07-07-2013, 01:15 AM

Looks like the play by play is the least of our worries, let's pick up our socks and get rolling boys. This second place stuff just isn't going to cut it.

Breeze

07-07-2013, 07:39 AM

8/26 Radio Broadcast (found the file...)

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Spotswood Poles 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... Gunner,
Gazelle and Pflaggstettler
and now Bullock is just
settling in behind the plate
Babson goes into his windup
Here it comes
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 Poles to a single

Wild Bill Wright steps up to the plate
Poles, with excellent speed, is at first
We'll see how they pitch to Wright
Wright is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson checks Poles on first...
The 2 strike delivery
Changeup...
Ties Wright up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
One down for Negro League II
Willard Brown is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League II

The right fielder, Willard Brown
will be up next for Negro League II
Brown is at .276 on the season
Babson likes the sign
Here's the 0-1 offering
Brown 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!
. . . Brown back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Broken bat ground ball to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
That's two away

Wilson, Negro League II's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
John Beckwith waits on deck
Wilson is batting .284 with
33 homers this year
Wilson awaits the delivery
Here's his delivery
Grounded towards the sack
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That does it for Negro League
II in the top of the 1st

Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
So far this season
Blade is hitting .249
when facing righthanded pitching
Santop flashes the sign...
Redding waves it off...
Now he's happy
Righthander Redding's delivery
There's a check swing by Blade
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Louis Santop makes the catch
against the stands
And there's one away

Jeff Nights makes his way to home plate
Nights is batting .281 with
17 HR's this year
Redding eyes Nights intently
Now Cannonball delivers
Hard slider, at the knees...
Nights clubs a deep drive to center...
Wright turns, and races back after it...
It goes off the wall!
Nights is steaming toward third
Wright has it, throws...
Not in time...
Nights has his triple
Number 4 on the year for him

Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC
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 0-2 pitch
Redding brings it home
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Pflaggstettler manages
to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Bankhead cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Wilson...
And Pflaggstettler is called
out on a close play
Nights scores easily
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

While Deacon Palmer heads
for the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie makes
his way to the plate
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Potpie is set for the pitch
Redding fires
Fly ball to right
Brown is under it
He grabs it for the out
We've played through the first
inning here at FOFC Stadium
So far...
FOFC on top 1 to 0

John Beckwith stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Babson looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
Babson quick pitches him
It's a high fly ball into shallow center
Gazelle runs in...
He calls for it...
Blade yells "take it"
And Gazelle puts it away
Beckwith is retired on
a lazy fly to center
That's one away

Santop finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Santop can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Santop is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
The pay-off pitch...
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

One away, Santop at first
Bankhead is coming to the plate
Bankhead is batting .258
with 5 HR's this year
Brian peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Babson looks at the runner
The pitch
Hard line drive to short
Nights snares it for the out!
Score It: 6
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

And now here's Dick Lundy
Cannonball Redding on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 2nd
Lundy, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Brian Babson
Lundy cocks his bat
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Santop dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Lundy 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!
Lundy is at third, with a triple
Santop scores from first

Redding saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
2 men away, Lundy on third
Babson has the sign he wants
Now to the belt, here it is...
Swung on and missed by Redding,
he's down on strikes
Negro League II is retired...
But they come up with 1 run to tie it
After 1 and a half innings,
it's all even at 1

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
Palmer has a .279 average against
righthanders this season
Redding toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Santop
The windup, and the 2 strike pitch
Ground ball to the left side...
Lundy scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
One up, one down for FOFC

Now here's Gunner
Gunner looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Waiting for the pitch is Gunner
The pitch to Gunner...
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into left
Poles is under it, waits...
He's got it
Two down
Cannonball Redding retires
the first two batters in a row

Batting next for FOFC is Gazelle
We're all tied up at 1
Gazelle is at .249 on the season
Right-hander Redding eyes
the righty Gazelle
The righthander Redding's delivery
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Gazelle watches it go
by for the third strike
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Sugishita and Gomez currently dueling
Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 1 to 0
Johnson and Williams currently dueling
NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0
Left Outs slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Turn of Century leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Waddell battling Keefe
AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 2 to 1

Poles is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Poles, a switch-hitter, facing
the right-handed Babson
Poles gets set for the pitch
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Curveball, breaking to the outside...
Lazy ground ball to the right side
It'll be a very tough play for Potpie
He picks it up, throws to
Babson covering first
Not in time as Poles beats the throw

Poles takes a walking lead
Curveball from Babson...
There he goes for second!
The peg down...
Poles slides...

SAFE!
Poles slid around the tag to get in there
Credit him with a stolen base
There was nothing wrong with the throw

Wild Bill Wright steps into the box
Wright is hitting .292 with 17 homeruns
Wild Bill also has 24 doubles
and 10 triples
And has driven in a total of 72 runs
Wild Bill steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Now Brian delivers
Babson seems reluctant to pitch to Wright
The pitch comes in very high for ball four
Wright takes first
On the unintentional intentional walk

Brown gets set at the plate
Brown is batting .276 with
15 HR's this year
Babson is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Babson looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Bouncer to first
Taken by Potpie
Throw to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 3-6-3
One more chance for Negro League
II in the top of the 3rd

Wilson pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Babson
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
And the delivery by Babson
A high hopper to first
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League II
By the way, Negro League II is 7
and 3 in their last ten games

The All Stars will send
Bullock, Brian Babson,
and Barrett Blade up
to the plate this inning
Bullock looks down toward
the third base coach
Billy stands with bat ready
Redding's righthanded delivery...
Another hook for strike three!
Bullock just stood there looking

Coming up for FOFC is Brian Babson
Nobody on base, one out
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Redding adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
The 2-2 offering...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Santop fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Babson
That's the second out of the inning

Barrett Blade, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Blade goes through his routine
of settling in
Blade readies himself for the pitch
Redding is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
Curve ball...
Blade swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Three up, three down for the All Stars
FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors
While Negro League II has one
run, 3 hits and no errors

Negro League II will send Beckwith,
Louis Santop, and Sam Bankhead to face
Brian Babson this inning
Beckwith is hitting .255
against righthanders
The umpire says let's go
Beckwith is ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
Beckwith gets around on a fastball
He sends one deep to center
This could be big trouble...
There goes Gazelle after it
He is really moving...
At the warning track...
Jumps...
WHAT A CATCH!
Holy Cow... Beckwith is outta there!
My Word!... very nice...
Beckwith can't believe it
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Nobody on base, one away
Santop steps into the batter's box
Louis looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Willie Randolph flashes
a series of them...
Now Santop taps the bat on home plate
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Babson's 3-1 pitch...
Over the outside corner
Santop hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Santop is out by a couple of steps
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 4th

Sam Bankhead will get a
crack at Babson next
Dick Lundy would be up next...
But only if Bankhead can reach safely
Babson is slow to get ready

He has a 3.81 ERA this year
Now he's ready
With a 0-1 count, the pitch
Sharp breaking curveball...
Bankhead reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Nights...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Bankhead is out easily
The Twos go down in order, 1-2-3
After 3 and a half innings,

The score is tied at 1

Jeff Nights, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Nights is 1 for 1 today
Santop flashes the sign...
Redding shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the righthander's delivery
Slow ground ball
Lundy is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Persimmon waits...
He steps out as Redding takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Redding kicks and fires
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Poles
And he pulls it in
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Jeeberoni Potpie is up to
face Cannonball Redding
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
And the righthander starts
to work on Potpie
Here comes the pitch
It's hit to the left of third
It's a base knock!
The ball glanced off of Lundy's glove
Lundy retrieved it, but not
in time to get Potpie
Jeeberoni is safe on first with a single
No throw on the play

Palmer up
The All Stars have Potpie on first
Potpie will be running if it's hit
Redding squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
It's a full count...
Redding winds and fires...
Palmer raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Brown is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Lundy
No chance to get Potpie at third

With the game tied, Stan Gunner steps in
Palmer is at first, Potpie
is over at third
Redding rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Redding looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Fastball... just outside
Gunner will take first on the walk
That will load 'em up for Gerald Gazelle

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 batting .248 with
25 round trippers in 1900
Gerald seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Redding shakes off the sign
Now he appears set
Watch it now...
they are loaded up with All Stars
The pitch on the way, here it is...
It is a high hard one...
Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Gazelle couldn't hold back
That retires the side...
Gazelle fails to come through
in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 3 men left on base

Here's the shortstop Lundy
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Cannonball Redding
And then Spotswood Poles
Lundy is at .253 on the season
Babson studies his sign
Babson brings it to the plate
There's a drive to right by Lundy
Pflaggstettler scoops it up
Fires it to second
Lundy turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Pflaggstettler

Redding moseys up to the plate
Spotswood Poles is heading
for the on-deck circle
Redding scuffs up the lines around the box
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Babson's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Negro League II tries the hit and run!
Redding laces a hard, low bouncer
to the right side
Blade steps in front of it
Whoa! The ball squirted
right under his legs!
Must have hit a pebble
Give Redding a single on the play
The All Stars were taken
in by Negro League II
Redding came through when
they needed him to!

Redding watches Babson as he
inches away from the base
Babson looks Redding back
He is unable to get his normal lead

Walking up to the plate now is Poles
Wild Bill Wright waits on deck
Poles has 25 doubles this year
Babson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Brian is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Lundy, now at Redding

Now the pitch
Base hit to right for Poles
Lundy scores
Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign...
Redding will stay at second

Wild Bill Wright is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Wright is at .292 on the season
Babson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Babson checks the runners
Base hit to right for Wright
Willie Randolph plays it safe
and stops him at third...
Runners hold.

Willard Brown, the Negro League
II right fielder,
steps into the batter's box
Negro League II on top 2 to 1
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
So far this year Brown is batting .275
He has 33 doubles, 6 triples
15 homeruns with 73 RBI's
and 12 stolen bases
Willard is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch
Here's the 0-2 offering
Brown takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Out on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League is in front
of AL Pre WWII 4 to 1
Dead Ball Era is edging
Negro League I 1 to 0
NL Post WWII is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
Left Outs leads NL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Carlton battling Grimes
Turn of Century slipping
by Old Timers 2 to 0
Waddell and Keefe currently dueling
AL Post WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1
Newhouser and Maddux currently dueling

Breeze

07-07-2013, 07:40 AM

8/26 Radio Broadcast Continued

That will bring up first
baseman, Jud Wilson
Wilson is one of the best hitters around
Babson has the sign from Bullock
Brian rocks and fires
Hard ground ball to second
Blade comes up with it
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
That's all she wrote for this inning
Negro League II has 2 runs,
7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 5 baserunners
stranded today

Bullock will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 5th
FOFC's fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Bullock is 0 for 1 today
Billy struck out last time up
Bullock is set
The righthander Redding delivers
Comebacker, right to Redding
Over to Wilson for the easy out
One gone for FOFC

Babson is ready to face Redding
Redding gets the sign, it's one he likes
The righthander delivers
Hot shot grounded to short
Lundy comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
Two up, two down for FOFC

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Blade is one of the best hitters around
Redding steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Cannonball winds his right arm
Lets it go
Blade fights one off his fists
It's a slow roller to third
Beckwith is in quickly
Nice throw to first
Barrett beats it out
He really gets down that line!

Jeff Nights steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Blade is at first
Nights is 1 for 2 this afternoon
with 1 triple
Nights is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Blade is dancing off first
Redding checks Blade on first
Now the 1-1 pitch
Base hit to right for Nights
Dick Howser is waving Blade to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Nights at first

Up now is Pflaggstettler
Runners on first and third
A dangerous man at the plate...
3rd in the league in
slugging average at .546
He waits patiently
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Pflaggstettler gets ready
for Redding's pitch
His bat is cocked
Blade is yelling some encouragement
Nights, at first, inches off the bag
Redding checks the runners
Here's the 2-1 offering
Drilled on the ground to short
Lundy grabs it
Over to Wilson
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

The Negro League II third
baseman, Beckwith,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Louis Santop
And then Sam Bankhead
John is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon
He flied out in his last plate appearance
John steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
He brings it home
Beckwith swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out John Beckwith
So one up and one gone

Louis Santop is next
Santop is 0 for 2 today
Babson looks in
He kicks and fires
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Bankhead
Sam is batting .257 with 5
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Bankhead gets ready for Babson's pitch
His bat is cocked
Now ready, here it is...
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Babson punches him out!
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Babson here
in the top of the 6th

Jeeberoni Potpie is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Potpie steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Now set, Potpie waits for the pitch
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Well hit by Potpie
Wright moves back...
Still going back...
He makes the catch up against the fence
One up, one down

Making his way up is Palmer
Palmer steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Deacon is 1 for 2 today
The bat is cocked
Redding rocks and fires
Ground ball to third
Beckwith comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

One on, one out
Gunner walks to the batter's box
Gunner is hitless today, 0 for 1
Stan drew a walk in his last at bat
Gunner tells the umpire he's ready
Redding goes into his stretch...
Looks at Palmer...
He fires one to Wilson...
Palmer dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Wilson lobs it back
Now Redding comes home
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Poles
And he pulls it in
Two gone for FOFC

Two outs, with a man at first
Gazelle is the next batter
Gazelle is at .247 on the season
Gazelle waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Redding goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Palmer
He lobs one to Wilson...
Palmer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Redding comes home
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Gazelle didn't like it

Billy Bullock, the All Stars'
catcher is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs
Bullock is 0 for 2 today
Redding looks down at Santop
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
Redding loses him
Bullock heads down to first
Gazelle and Palmer move up a base
Bases are waterlogged

David Gonzalez is the next batter
in the bottom of the 6th
FOFC continues to trail Negro League II
David takes a couple of practice cuts
There is no place for Redding
to put Gonzalez
He will have to give him something to hit
Redding steps on the rubber
Redding fires
Strike out on a low, outside curve
Just got the corner, I guess
Redding really came through there
Gonzalez is still standing at home plate!
He can't believe that call
That retires the side
Redding works his way out of a jam
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and 3 men left on base

Dick Lundy, Cannonball Redding, and
Spotswood Poles are due up
Lundy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Dick is 2 for 2 today
Rodney adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's a smash over second
Blade leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Lundy makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter
Luke Easter steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Rodney

Lundy takes his lead
Rodney looks the runner back

Easter is stepping in to face Rodney
Potpie is way in on the grass at first
Palmer is in at third
They are guarding against the bunt
Watching Rodney, Easter wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Easter awaits the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Easter 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 away
Spotswood Poles, a fine hitter,
is due up next
Wild Bill Wright will follow

Rodney glares in at Poles as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Rodney wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Rodney brings it to the plate
Curveball, in and low
Poles 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
Lundy is now perched over at third
That's two away

Wild Bill Wright, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Wright is one of the best hitters around
The right-hander Rodney is
set to deliver to Wright
Rodney's righthanded delivery...
Driven down the line
Pflaggstettler has got a long run
He can't get to it
Wright running hard out of the box
Pflaggstettler corrals the ball
Wright motors into second
Two-bagger!
Lundy scores from third!

"Big Bill" is now batting
Brown has hit 6 triples this year
Bullock flashes the sign...
Rodney waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rodney brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Brown swung right over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Rodney!
That's it in the top of the 7th
After 6 and a half innings in FOFC,
Negro League II on top 3 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Max Manning will be coming on to
pitch for Negro League II
Max has appeared in 75 games this season
He has a record of 13-11
in 158 innings
His ERA stands at 5.54

Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Blade is batting .282 with
3 round trippers in 1900
The bat is cocked
The pitch is on the way
Blade starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Manning walks him

Nights walks slowly to home plate
He's had mixed success against
Manning in the past
Nights checks for the sign
He has 4 triples this year
Santop flashes the sign to Manning
Here's the 3-0 offering
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Nights raps a hard grass
cutter toward second
Bankhead takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Pflaggstettler coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Manning likes the sign
Manning leans back and fires
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Wright quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Pflaggstettler dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Pflaggstettler with a single

Jeeberoni Potpie, first baseman
for the All Stars
is up next
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Jeeberoni is set for the pitch
The pitch to Potpie...
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
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46358

It is the top of the 8th, Negro
League II leads 3 to 1
Here come the "big guns"
for Negro League II
Jud Wilson will start things off
John Beckwith will follow
Wilson, Negro League II's first
baseman, is out at the plate
He will see if he can get things going
Jud is batting at .283 with 33 home runs
He is 0 for 3 so far today
The umpire says let's go
Rodney brings it to the plate
In the dirt
And Wilson holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

The third baseman, John
Beckwith, is up next
Rodney steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Rodney goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Wilson
He lobs one to Potpie...
Wilson is back easily
We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
Ground ball to the mound
Rodney comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
One out
Due up next is Louis Santop

Next up for Negro League
II is Louis Santop
FOFC is set up for two
Rodney looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch is on the way
Santop 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
That's it for Negro League II
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
Negro League II has 3 runs,
9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
7 hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 9

Leading off for the All Stars
is the third baseman Palmer
He'll be followed by Stan Gunner
And then Gerald Gazelle
Manning tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander delivers
Palmer hits a deep fly to left-center
Wright is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
It bounces off the fence...
Two-base hit for Palmer

Gunner now at the plate
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Gunner, a lefthand hitter stands ready
He's hitting .255 currently
He was practicing hitting to leftfield
earlier today in batting practice
Santop flashes the sign...
Manning shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now Max delivers
A high pop-up to first
Wilson is under it...
He backpedals
Got it just in fair territory
Fake pump towards second
Palmer gets back to the bag
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gerald Gazelle is up next
FOFC's center fielder finds
1 on with 1 out
Gazelle is 0 for 2 today
Gerald drew a walk last time up
Manning has the sign from Santop
Manning brings it home
There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Gazelle will take his seat
Negro League II ahead 3 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League toppling
AL Pre WWII 9 to 2
Suzuki enjoying the big
Japanese League lead
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Negro League I 8 to 6
NL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 9 to 5
NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 4 to 3
Turn of Century besting Old Timers 6 to 1
Duffy has hit his 7th homerun
for Turn of Century
AL Post WWII bombing Late 20th 10 to 2

Billy Bullock will face Manning
Righty against righty
Bullock is hitting .244
against righthanders
He's ready
Max rocks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Lundy
Over to Wilson
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 8 innings, Negro
League II leads by 2

Bankhead steps up to the plate
for Negro League II
It's the top of the 9th at FOFC Stadium
Bankhead a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Rodney
Rodney is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Rodney gets the sign from Bullock
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Smashed to the mound
Rodney grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
One gone for Negro League II

Nobody on, one away for Negro League II
Up now is Lundy
So far this season
Lundy is hitting .314
when facing righthanded pitching
Right-hander Rodney eyes the lefty Lundy
The righthander Rodney's delivery
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Palmer stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Deacon Palmer
Two up, two down

Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Buck O'Neil steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Rodney
O'Neil is batting .175 on the year
.171 as a pinch hitter
Buck has 1 home run as a pinch hitter

Buck O'Neil is coming to the plate
O'Neil is at .175 on the season
Rodney shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
We've got a full count...
Rodney winds and fires...
It's a routine fly into left
Gunner ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
That's all for Negro League II
After 8 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
Negro League II leads 3 to 1
Dizzy Dismukes will be coming on
to pitch for Negro League II
Dizzy has appeared in 43 games this season
with a record of 2-6
In 53 innings, he has an 3.59 ERA
Max Manning has finished his work
here this afternoon

Here's Dan Fouts to lead it off
Dan Fouts is hitting .229 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Now set, Fouts waits for the pitch
He brings it home
Fouts hits a screamer at Dizzy Dismukes
Dismukes picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Wilson off the bag
Wilson swipes with the glove

Fouts is out!
Nice play by Wilson
That's one away

Blade will try his luck against Dismukes
FOFC trails by 2 runs
We're in the bottom of the 9th
Dismukes ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Dizzy winds... kicks... and delivers
Blade hits a fly ball to left
Spotswood Poles camps under it
He's got it

Up next for the All Stars
Jeff Nights, the shortstop...
If he gets on, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
would bat next
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
Nights is set for the 3-1 pitch
Dismukes kicks and fires
Jeff Nights offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Nights couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Dick Lundy for the out
Nights never even left the batter's box
And that will do it for FOFC
Negro League II wins 3 to 1

What a terrible time for the FOFC Bats
to go cold. The team that has lead for
most of the season, now finds itself in
second place despite 2 very good outings
by pitchers Neilsen and Babson...the bats
better get going soon or the FOFCers are
going to be watching the series from their
living rooms...

Redding gets credit for the win
Dismukes notches the save
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for Negro League II
was Dick Lundy
He was 3 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

07-08-2013, 09:13 PM

8/27 Radio Broadcast

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Al Mighty with his 8 and 9 record
Will be facing Spotswood Poles

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 southpaw winds and delivers
Poles rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Poles is around first, heading for two...
Gazelle is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Spotswood pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the Negro
League II left fielder
Spotswood also ups his hitting
streak to 15 games!
That is Poles' 1st hit today

Wright is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Wild Bill will be facing the lefty Mighty
from the right side of the plate
Of his 17 home runs, 5 are
against southpaws
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Swung on...
Broken bat ground ball to second
Picked up by Blade
Over to first...
Just in time to get Wright
Poles advances easily
One away in the top of the
1st for Negro League II

"Big Bill" is now batting
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Brown looks to third for a sign
Brown awaits the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fastball in on the hands...
Brown hits a medium deep fly ball
Gazelle lines up for his
throw to the plate
Here's the catch, and here's the throw...
The slide...
A collision at the plate...
SAFE!!...
The ball trickles away from the catcher
Nobody looks hurt on the play

Now batting will be the third
baseman, John Beckwith
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Mighty goes into his windup
Here it comes
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Beckwith is out
And we go to the home-half
of the first inning
It's Negro League II 1,
All Stars coming up

Let me set the Negro League II defense
as Barrett Blade steps in
Verdell Mathis and Santop
will be battery mates
Mathis is a lefthanded hurler
Over at first will be Wilson
Bankhead will be at second
His double play partner is Lundy at short
Beckwith is at the hot corner
From left to right in the outfield
It will be Poles, Wright and Brown
Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter
batting righthanded, their second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Blade is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
The umpire says let's go
And the delivery by Mathis
Blade tries to hold up
Santop points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
Gerald Gazelle is the batter
Gazelle is at .246 on the season
Mathis adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Mathis brings it to the plate
Slider, down and in...
Gazelle manages to hit a shallow fly
Poles charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Poles!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
And there's two away

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Mathis next
If he gets on, Dan Fouts will follow
Potpie grips the bat handle
Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign

Now he's ready...
The southpaw Mathis' delivery
on the 1-1 pitch
Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Dick Lundy
Lundy scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
At the end of one inning,...
Negro League II ahead 1 to 0

Negro League II will send Santop,
Jud Wilson, and Sam Bankhead to face
Al Mighty this inning
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Santop takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Santop is out on strikes
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Wilson steps into the batter's box
Mighty 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 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Nights converge on it
It's picked by Nights who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
Two men gone, nobody on
Negro League II leads by 1

Walking up to the plate now is Bankhead
Negro League II leading in the game
Bankhead is batting .256
with 5 homers this year
Mighty eyes Bankhead intently
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Bankhead hits a grounder into the hole
Potpie makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

Lundy digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
And Al studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Mighty rocks 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
That's it here in the top of the 2nd
It's 1-0 in favor of
the visitors from Negro League II
We'll be back in just a moment

Leading off for the All Stars
is the third baseman Fouts
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Fouts, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the southpaw
Verdell Mathis
Dan steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mathis' pitch
Mathis fires
Long fly to left
Poles has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Fouts is retired on a fairly deep fly
Mathis gets the first out in the inning

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Ton
Mathis peers in for the sign
Ton is a formidable opponent
Verdell has allowed 15 home runs
versus righties this year
And K. A. is no ordinary hitter
Here's the 1-0 pitch
Fastball...
Ton jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Wright after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Wild Bill Wright!
Two gone for FOFC

Two outs, nobody on base
Negro League II on top
1 to 0 in the second
Here comes Harry Hays to face Mathis
Left-hander Verdell Mathis
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hays
The lefthander winds and delivers
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Pflaggstettler moves into the batter's box
The All Stars have the tying run at first
The outfield shades towards
left for Pflaggstettler
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Mathis' 2-1 pitch...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Poles one hands it...
OUT!
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
Negro League II has one run,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Negro League II has stranded 1

Verdell Mathis is coming to the plate
He loves to hit
and is quite good at it too
Mighty will have to be careful
Mighty steps on the rubber
Here's the 2 strike offering
Right down the middle... strike three
Mathis must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
With one down, up next is Spotswood Poles
To be followed by Wild Bill Wright

Poles is ready to face Mighty
Against lefthanders
Poles is hitting .354 this season
He's ready for the delivery
He brings it home
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
K. A. Ton has a chance
He grabs it on the run!
That's two away

Wild Bill Wright makes his
way to home plate
Wright can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Wright readies himself for the pitch
Mighty kicks and fires
Wright drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
Three away in the top of the 3rd
Negro League II leads 1 to 0
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Japanese League is on top
of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Negro League I is giving it
to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1
Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead
NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 2 to 1
Musial has hit his 26th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0
Alexander and Lemon currently dueling
Old Timers and Turn of Century
have yet to score
Clarkson and Wood currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 1
Ryan battling Clemens

Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 146 hits in 517 at bats
This includes 30 doubles, 4 triples
17 home runs and 70 RBI's
Mathis has the sign from Santop
The southpaw's 1-0 delivery
Ground ball to the left side...
Lundy scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
FOFC with one away
Mathis steps off the mound as
he waits for Al Mighty to
come to the plate

Mighty pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Mathis
Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-1 offering
There's a routine pop by Mighty
Bankhead moves under it
and makes the catch

Barrett Blade is coming to the plate
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Barrett struck out last time up
Mathis steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Mathis comes home with it
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Bankhead plays it on one bounce
Over to Wilson...
Out of there!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5
in their last ten games

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Brown is at .274 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Mighty
Mighty goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
A low bouncer to Blade
It bounces off his chest...
But he keeps it in front of him
Over to first...
Brown is out!
Shows the importance of good positioning
And there's one away

Beckwith departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Beckwith is taking his practice swings
John is 0 for 1 this evening
Beckwith gets set for the pitch
The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Ton
And he pulls it in
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

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Santop
Santop has managed a .282 average
against lefthanders this year
All set, Santop is ready for the pitch
The lefthander Mighty delivers
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Fouts for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That'll do it in the top of the 4th
No runs, no hits and no errors
Negro League II leads 1 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...

Gerald Gazelle leads it off
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald flied out last time around
He's in his crouch
Gazelle can really swing that wood
The lefthander delivers
Gazelle really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
At the fence...
Wright can't get this one
It's gone, just over the fence!
Gazelle has just tied the
game at 1 a piece

Facing Mathis now is Potpie
Dan Fouts heads to the on deck circle
K. A. Ton waits in the hole
Mathis shakes off the sign...
Now "Lefty" shakes off another one...
Verdellhas an overpowering fastball
And look out for that pick-off move!
The southpaw winds and delivers
A high foul ball...
Drifting towards the third-base dugout
Santop is after it
Beckwith chasing it as well
Who will get it?
It lands between them!!!
There's a good reason to institute
the "team error"
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball, at the letters...
Potpie crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Poles running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 37 for Potpie this year!

Walking up to the plate now is Fouts
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Fouts has a .380 average against lefties
Fouts waits on Mathis
Now Verdell delivers
Fouts hits a screamer at John Beckwith
Beckwith picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Wilson off the bag
Wilson swipes with the glove

Fouts is out!
Nice play by Wilson
One away
K. A. Ton, a fine hitter, is due up next
Harry Hays will follow

Mathis glares in at Ton
K. A. Ton just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Ton is batting .300 with
13 round trippers in 1900
K. A. is ready for the delivery
Mathis is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Ton held up, and draws a walk
Mathis isn't happy at all with that call

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Negro League II is set up for two
Mathis adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
The pitch to Hays...
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Wright reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch

Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today
Mathis is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Mathis goes into his stretch...
Looks at Ton...
He fires one to Wilson...
Ton dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Wilson lobs it back
Now Mathis comes home
Pflaggstettler drives the ball
to center for extra bases
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Pflaggstettler

Looks like Nights will be
given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Al Mighty is the batter due up next

Two on, two outs...
Mighty steps to the plate
Mighty wiggles the bat above his head
A count of two balls,
two strikes on Mighty
Mathis checks the runners
Swung on and missed...
Mighty is down on strikes
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
FOFC ahead 3 to 1

Breeze

07-08-2013, 09:13 PM

8/27 Radio Broadcast Continued

Jud Wilson will step into the
box to start the inning
Negro League II would like to
get some runners on board
Wilson swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Mighty
Wilson waiting on the delivery
Here's his delivery
Grounded down the line
Potpie to Mighty covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's one away

Bankhead is up next
One gone, top of the 5th
Dick Lundy moves out on deck
Sam is 1 for 1 this summer evening
He singled in his last plate appearance
Mighty is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Mighty gets the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Sinking fastball...
Bankhead swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Al Mighty retires
the first two batters in a row

The smooth fielding shortstop,
Dick Lundy, is now batting
Before getting ready
Lundy checks out the defensive alignment
Mighty steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now Al delivers
Lundy laces a hit into the outfield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Lundy holds with a single

Verdell Mathis steps in against Mighty
Left-hander against left-hander
We'll see how they pitch to Mathis
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Mighty jams him with a fastball
Swung on and topped out toward short
Nights is up with it...
Over to Potpie at first
And Mathis beats it out!
Lundy is able to advance
on the slow roller

Spotswood Poles is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Poles gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Poles is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
Base hit to left for Poles
Willie Randolph is waving
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

The center fielder, Wild Bill Wright
will be up next for Negro League II
Wild Bill is hitting at .293 on the year
He has 154 hits in 525 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 13 stolen bases
Poles and Mathis inch off first and second
Wright is waiting for the pitch
Mighty checks the runners
A slider by Mighty
Wright gets good wood on it...
Ton back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League II
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Barrett is batting .280 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Mathis
Mathis brings it to the plate
Blade rips a whistling liner down the line
Bingo! Beckwith spears it!
A shot right at the Negro
League II third baseman
Piece of cake!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League is on top
of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Oh has hit his 45th homerun
for Japanese League
Negro League I is giving it
to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1
Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead
NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 2 to 1
Musial has hit his 26th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0
Old Timers and Turn of Century
are scoreless
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 1
Ryan and Clemens currently dueling
And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 2

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 1
Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts
Gazelle is waiting on the pitch
Mathis brings it home
Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mathis strikes out Gerald Gazelle
Two down

Potpie moseys up to the plate
Dan Fouts is heading for
the on-deck circle
Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box
Verdell Mathis still on the
mound for the Twos...
Mathis has gone the distance so far
He's given up 4 hits in 4 2/3 innings
Mathis kicks and fires
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 4 for Verdell Mathis today
113 on the year
That ends the bottom of the 5th
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 1

Here's the right fielder Brown
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by John Beckwith
And then Louis Santop
The right-handed Brown will
be facing the southpaw
2 of his 15 home runs come via this route
Willard seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Al rocks and fires
Slow ground ball
Potpie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One gone for Negro League II

Beckwith walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Louis Santop moves into the on deck circle
Negro League II needs some runs
Beckwith is 0 for 2 today
Al gets the sign from Hays
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-2 pitch
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 3 to 2

Santop gets set at the plate
Santop is at .279 on the season
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Mighty will try to get
Santop to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Mighty punches him out!
And that retires the side

Fouts saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mathis is saying a few
words to Bankhead...
So far in 1900,
Verdell has a 9 and 10 record
with 4 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Mathis brings it to the plate
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Fouts manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Bankhead cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Wilson...
And Fouts is called out on a close play
One out
Due up next is K. A. Ton

Now here's Ton
Ton is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk
K. A. drew a walk in his last at bat
Ton is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
It's coming down the pike
Curveball, breaking in on him
DOWN HE GOES!...
It missed him for ball four
Ton's slow getting up...
Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer...
He looks OK, just shaken up a bit...
Ton heads down to first

One away, Ton at first
Hays is coming to the plate
Hays is 1 for 2 today
Mathis tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mathis brings it to the plate
Fastball down low...
Hays swings and hits one out to left
Spotswood Poles is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Mathis
Ton trots back to first

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will
get a crack at Mathis next
Jeff Nights would be up next...
But only if Pflaggstettler
can reach safely
Ton will be running if it's hit
Mathis has the sign from Santop
The southpaw delivers
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...
Wild Bill Wright throws the
ball away for an error!
Double for Pflaggstettler

Up now for FOFC is Nights
Two away, nobody on
The righthander, Nights has
an average of .282
His success against lefties, like Mathis
is better, however, at .307
Two balls, two strikes the count
The lefty Mathis delivers
Nights rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Brown is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Willard Brown
That's three outs, side retired

It's Wilson to start things
for Negro League II
FOFC leads 5 to 2 in the top of the 7th
As Mighty prepares to throw...
I notice Benton Breeze conversing
with Chuck Tanner in the dugout
They have got to be pleased
with Mighty's performance today
The pitch is on the way
Wilson swings
It's a drooper into shallow left field
Nights is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Sam Bankhead, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Bankhead is 1 for 2 today
Al Mighty steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The southpaw delivers
Hard high fastball
Bankhead slams a one hopper down the line
Potpie grabs it behind the bag
He waves off Mighty
He easily beats Bankhead by several steps
Two down

Lundy saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Lundy, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw Al Mighty
Mighty takes the first sign
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's three up, three down
FOFC has 5 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Mighty 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
Mighty swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Mathis
Mighty waits on Mathis
The pitch is on the way
Slow ground ball
Wilson is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One gone for FOFC

Blade, the second baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC on top 5 to 2
Blade digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mathis
Blade waiting on the delivery
Here's his delivery
Comebacker, right to Mathis
Over to Wilson for the easy out
Two gone for FOFC

Gazelle coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Gazelle is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gazelle waits for the delivery
With a 0-2 count, the pitch
Gazelle hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Lundy dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Dick Lundy!
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 5-2, FOFC

Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Buck O'Neil steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Mighty
O'Neil is batting .173 on the year
.169 as a pinch hitter
Buck has 1 home run as a pinch hitter

O'Neil steps to the plate
It's the top of the 8th
here at FOFC Stadium
FOFC ahead 5 to 2
O'Neil is batting .173 with 1 HR this year
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging O'Neil
Mighty kicks and delivers
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
O'Neil held up, and draws a walk
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call

And it brings up Spotswood Poles
On deck is Wild Bill Wright
Willard Brown in the hole
Spotswood is 9th in the league in batting
with a .325 average
Now set, Poles waits for the pitch
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Fastball, up in the strike zone
Swung on...
It's a swinging bunt...
Mighty charges in, barehands it
THROWS TO SECOND!...
OUT AT SECOND!
Score this one a force out
While we wait for Wild Bill
Wright to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Japanese League is in front
of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Kaneda comfortably ahead
for Japanese League
Negro League I besting
Dead Ball Era 6 to 1
Torriente has hit his 15th homerun
for Negro League I
Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Musial has hit his 26th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 3 to 2
Hartnett has hit his 22nd
homerun for NL Pre WWII
Old Timers and Turn of Century
are deadlocked at 2
AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 3 to 2
Ryan battling Clemens
OK, let's see if Negro League II
can get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Batting for Negro League II will be Wright
Wright has hit 17 home runs this year
Mighty likes the sign
Here's the 3-1 offering
Wright hits one toward third
Fouts fronts it...
Oops, he bobbles it...
Now he has the handle...
Long throw to first
Wright is safe by two steps!
Error on the play

Willard Brown is up next
Negro League II's right fielder
finds 2 on with 1 out
The outfield shades towards left for Brown
Mighty gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Mighty checks the runners
Half swing
Chopper to third
Fouts comes up with it
Over to second for one
On to first
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Poles takes third
The runner on first, Wright, is out
Two gone in the inning
The Twos are in danger
of losing this game
Down by 3
Negro League II currently
stands 30.0 games out
of the National lead, in 7th place

Beckwith saunters to the plate
Negro League II has two on and two out
Mighty is happy with the sign
And the delivery by Mighty
Beckwith swings and lifts
one toward center
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That retires the side...
Beckwith fails to come through
in the clutch
For Negro League II, No runs, no hits,
one error and 2 men left on base
Frank Wickware will be coming on
to pitch for Negro League II
Frank has appeared in 33 games this season
He has a record of 4-13
in 155 innings
His ERA stands at 7.08

Here's Jeeberoni Potpie leading off
Dan Fouts is on deck
And Stan Gunner is in the hole
Wickware gets the sign, it's one he likes
Wickware fires
Potpie lofts a fly to deep right
Brown trots slowly under it...
He makes the catch
And there's one away

Fouts finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Dan is taking his sweet time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Dan...
Now we're set to go
Two balls, two strikes the count
Frank winds... kicks... and delivers
Fouts rips a high drive into right
Brown races to the wall
Reaches up
Flags it down
Two gone here in the bottom of the 8th
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Gunner is up now for FOFC
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Gunner at the plate
Wickware steps on the rubber
Now Frank delivers
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Wilson at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Gunner gets a base hit

Stretching to his lead is Gunner
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
Wickware throws over to first...
He puts nothin' on it...
Just a bluff...
Now he is set again...
Spins and fires one to first...
Gunner scrambles back quickly...
He just avoids the tag!
He should have dove back
Almost got caught

With a runner at first and two outs
Hays walks to the plate
Wickware adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
Wickware goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Gunner
He lobs one to Wilson...
Gunner is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Wickware comes home
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Hays goes down on strikes
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 8 innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Negro League II has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error
FOFC has left 4 on base
Negro League II has stranded 5

Negro League II will send Santop,
Jud Wilson, and Sam Bankhead to face
Al Mighty this inning
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Santop is 0 for 3 today
The umpire says let's go
Santop is ready
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Santop gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!

Wilson now at the plate
Sam Bankhead waits on deck
Wilson is one of the best hitters around
Al Mighty on the mound
for the All Stars...
Mighty has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hits and 2 runs
He brings it home
Jud Wilson offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Wilson couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Barrett
Blade for the out
Wilson never even left the batter's box

Mighty looks down at Bankhead
as he steps in
Sam is ready to go
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Bankhead
He's 1 for 3 today
Bankhead, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Mighty
Mighty brings it to the plate
There's a line drive in
the gap by Bankhead
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Gerald Gazelle dives to get the ball
And fires it in to second
Bankhead has himself a double

With two out
Batting for Negro League II now is Lundy
Mighty has a 6-hitter going
through 8 2/3 innings
It's coming down the pike
Fastball, just inside to Lundy
So Lundy walks
A rare walk today by Mighty
Only 2 issued in the game
That is certainly part of the reason
he now enjoys a 3 run lead

Now batting for Negro League II...
Oliver Marcelle...
He'll pinch hit for Frank Wickware
Marcelle with a .179 average
on the season

And now here's Oliver Marcelle
Spotswood Poles on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 9th
Marcelle can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Marcelle waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles checks the runners
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3
And that will do it for Negro League II
FOFC wins 5 to 2
Mighty gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Mathis takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 3
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

07-08-2013, 09:15 PM

8/27 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Negro League II Twos At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/27/1900

Twos AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
S.Poles LF 4 1 2 1 .325 B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .279
W.Wright CF 4 0 0 0 .292 G.Gazelle CF 4 1 1 1 .246
W.Brown RF 3 0 0 1 .273 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 1 .278
J.Beckwith 3B 4 0 0 0 .263 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 0 0 .290
L.Santop C 4 0 0 0 .278 K.Ton LF 1 2 0 0 .300
J.Wilson 1B 4 0 0 0 .281 A-S.Gunner LF 1 0 1 0 .257
S.Bankhead 2B 4 0 2 0 .258 H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .326
D.Lundy SS 3 1 1 0 .267 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 1 2 2 .305
V.Mathis P 2 0 1 0 .200 J.Nights SS 2 0 0 0 .281
B-B.O'Neil PH 0 0 0 0 .173 A.Mighty P 3 0 0 0 .083
F.Wickware P 0 0 0 0 .174 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-O.Marcelle PH 1 0 0 0 .175
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 30 5 6 4

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mathis In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wickware In 9th Inning

Twos............ 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
All Stars....... 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 - 5 6 1

Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
V.Mathis LOSS(9-11) 7 5 5 3 3 4 2 103 4.04
F.Wickware 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 7.04
Totals 8 6 5 3 3 5 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty WIN(9-9) 8 2/3 6 2 2 2 4 0 120 3.99
S.Knowles SAVE(27th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.51
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 4 0

ATTENDANCE- 48,184 DATE- Monday, August 27th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Twos: 7 All Stars: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twos: 0 All Stars: 0
ERRORS- W.Wright, D.Fouts
DOUBLES- S.Poles(26th), S.Bankhead(30th), P.Pflaggstettler-2(22nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(26th), J.Potpie(37th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Brown
WALKS- D.Lundy, B.O'Neil, K.Ton-2, J.Nights
STRIKE OUTS- J.Beckwith, L.Santop-2, V.Mathis, B.Blade, G.Gazelle, J.Potpie,
H.Hays, A.Mighty

Breeze

07-08-2013, 09:17 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 84 59 .587 ---- 6
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 78 65 .545 6.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 75 68 .524 9.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 75 69 .521 9.5
2001 Late 20th L20 68 75 .476 16.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 57 86 .399 27.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 39 104 .273 45.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 90 52 .634 ---- 12
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 90 53 .629 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 80 63 .559 10.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 74 69 .517 16.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 66 77 .462 24.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 65 78 .455 25.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 83 .420 30.5

Breeze

07-09-2013, 09:45 PM

8/28 Radio Broadcast

I see by the clock that we're
ready to go here in FOFC
Poles steps in to start things
off for Negro League II
Let's set the FOFC defense for you
Battery mates are Williams and Hays
Covering the corners at first and third
Will be Potpie and Palmer
The keystone combo has Blade at second
And Nights playing short
In the outfield
From left to right
Its Gunner, Gazelle and Pflaggstettler
Now Poles steps into the batter's box
This game's about to begin
Poles finishes his stretching
Let's play some ball...
Williams brings it to the plate
There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He makes the play
That's one away

Now batting will be Wild Bill Wright
Williams likes the sign
Williams brings it to the plate
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Palmer
It's by him...
Gunner comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Wright to a single

Taking his lead is Wright
Wright held closely by Williams

Coming to the plate is Brown
Wright's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Williams
FOFC is set up for two
Williams adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Now John delivers
Bouncer in the hole
It's past Blade into right field
An opposite field hit!
Wright is tearing around second
Coach Willie Randolph is
waving him on to third
He'll make it easily

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Beckwith
Beckwith has 25 doubles this year
John gets the sign from Hays
Williams brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Beckwith
Wright scores
Third base coach Willie Randolph
is motioning Brown to third...
The throw is going to third...
Gerald Gazelle throws the
ball away for an error!

That'll bring up Twos' catcher
Louis Santop...
Negro League II with a man in
scoring position at second
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Williams fires
That one is a grass cutter towards short
Nights fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
Jeff 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...
Potpie one hops it into his glove
Out!
Potpie can't get out of the way
and Louis 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'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 7 and 3 in their last ten games

The first baseman, Jud Wilson
will be up next for Negro League II
Wilson is at .281 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Williams
The southpaw delivers
It's popped up into foul territory
Barrett Blade is under it
He puts it away
Score It: 4
That does it in the top of the 1st
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Now back to baseball where
After one half inning, Negro
League II leads 2 to 0

To lead off this inning is Barrett Blade
FOFC needs a pair to tie this game
Barrett is hitting at .279 on the year
He has 116 hits in 416 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter...
Barrett has scored 59 runs on the season
Brewer steps on the rubber
Brewer will try to get Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Blade really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Poles was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
At the fence...
He dives for it...
OUT!!!
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking
for a bat in the dugout

All Stars' shortstop Nights
is up next
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Brewer squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now ready, here it is...
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Spotswood Poles is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He can't get it!
That's a homerun for Jeff Nights

Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Nobody on base, one out
Pflaggstettler wiggles the
bat above his head
Pflaggstettler is set for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Extra base hit to center
for Pflaggstettler
Wild Bill Wright is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie
Pflaggstettler is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
One out, man on second
Brewer gets the sign, it's one he likes
Brewer rocks and fires
It's a shallow fly by Potpie
Wright runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Potpie is out
Two gone for FOFC

Harry Hays is up next
Pflaggstettler, who can fly is at second
Brewer and Santop will be on their toes
Negro League II is only ahead by 1
A base hit should score Pflaggstettler
Chet is ready
Brewer's 0-2 pitch...
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Hays is outta there
The crowd is showering the home plate ump
with a barrage of "blind" barbs
That's all for the All Stars...
As we head to the top of
the second inning...
Negro League II leads 2 to 1

Here's the second baseman Bankhead
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Dick Lundy
And then Chet Brewer
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Bankhead
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Bankhead was frozen on that
fastball by Williams
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
And there's one away

Walking up to the plate now is Lundy
Negro League II leading in the game
Lundy is at .267 on the season
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
With a 2-0 count, the pitch
Slow ground ball
Palmer is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's the second out of the inning

Chet Brewer, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Hitching up his pants...

Brewer gazes out to the mound
Brewer is waiting on the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Fastball... and it hits
Brewer... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
Brewer will take first base on a walk

Negro League II left fielder,
Spotswood Poles, is up next
Williams looks down at
Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Brewer dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Bouncer to the mound
Williams comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That's all for the Twos
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
Negro League II ahead 2 to 1

Stan Gunner, Deacon Palmer,
and Gerald Gazelle are the
scheduled hitters
It's the bottom of the 2nd...
Twos lead the All Stars, 2-1
Santop flashes the sign...
Brewer shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Now to the belt, here it is...
What a pitch... strike three
Brewer put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
One down for FOFC
Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nobody on base, one away
Palmer steps into the batter's box
Palmer is one of the best hitters around
Right-hander Brewer eyes the righty Palmer
He brings it home
Fastball, at the letters...
Palmer crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Wright running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 8 for Palmer this year!

Making his way up is Gazelle
Gazelle is hitting .173
against righthanders
Gerald steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Brewer's pitch
Now Chet delivers
Gazelle tries to hold up
Santop points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two down
Santop asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Santop and Brewer

FOFC sends the pitcher,
John Williams, up to the plate
Williams swinging from the right side
facing the righty Brewer
Williams waits patiently
Bankhead comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Brewer
The delivery
Williams swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Brewer strikes out John Williams
That's all for the All Stars...
After 2 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
The score is knotted at 2

Wright up now to lead off
The outfield shades towards
left for Wright
Williams studies his sign
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Wright swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Williams strikes out Wild Bill Wright
One down, nobody on
Game tied

And the batter is Willard Brown
John Beckwith is on-deck
Willard, a right-handed hitter,
will face the lefty Williams
Of his 15 home runs, 2 are
against southpaws
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Brown goes down swinging
That's two away

The third baseman, John
Beckwith, is up next
Beckwith is batting .265
with 27 HR's this year
Williams' reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 15 wins,
John has racked up 179 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
John rocks and fires
A jug-handled curve
Beckwith goes out and gets it
It's a liner to left
Gunner will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for John Beckwith

Two out, Beckwith at first
Coming up is Louis Santop
Santop has a .274 average against lefties
Santop waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Beckwith
Fires to Potpie...
Beckwith is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
It's a BULLET, hit towards second
Blade makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
That's it for Negro League II
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
2 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and one error
While Negro League II has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up
Barrett is batting .278 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 1 today
Blade looks very intent...
He stares down at Brewer...
Cocks his bat
The righthander delivers
Blade gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Lundy into the outfield...
Base hit for Blade

Nights gets set at the plate
Jeff looks down at the third base coach
He gets the sign from Dick Howser
Blade takes his lead
Brewer has the sign from Santop
The stretch... the delivery
Nights will try the hit and run!
Nights misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Blade is off to the races
He can run...
The peg down...
Blade 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 10
for the 1900 season

Nights squares, and bunts it down the line
Beckwith picks it up and fires to first
OUT by a whisker
Had Nights been a left-handed hitter
He might have had a hit
Score it a sacrifice
That's one away

Now here's Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.309 against righties
Brewer has the sign he wants
Here's his delivery
Swung on and missed by Pflaggstettler,
he's down on strikes
Two gone in the bottom of the 3rd
Negro League II is still in quite a jam
Clutch situation for Jeeberoni Potpie
He'll come up against the
righthanded Brewer

Facing Brewer now is Potpie
Harry Hays heads to the on deck circle
Stan Gunner waits in the hole
Jeeberoni is hitting at .278 on the year
He has 137 hits in 493 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Potpie flied out his last time up
Potpie is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Brewer
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Grounded down the line
Beckwith can't come up with it
BASE HIT!
Blade scores from third!

Stepping in the batter's box, Hays
Potpie at first, two away
Hays is at .325 on the season
Brewer shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the 0-1 offering
Swung on and lofted very high...
and deep...
Poles starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And he pulls it in!
That's all for the All Stars
After 3 innings in FOFC this evening,
FOFC ahead 3 to 2

Negro League II will send Wilson,
Sam Bankhead, and Dick Lundy to face
John Williams this inning
Wilson has a .321 average
against lefthanders
He is .280 overall
Jud steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Williams' pitch
Williams brings it home
Jud Wilson swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
IT'S CAUGHT!
Stan Gunner hauls it in
up against the fence in left
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Japanese League 4 to 1
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
I have yet to score
NL Post WWII is in front
of Caribbean 5 to 2
Mathews has hit his 44th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Left Outs leads NL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Old Timers and Turn of Century
are scoreless
AL Post WWII is beating Late 20th 6 to 2

And it brings up Sam Bankhead
On deck is Dick Lundy
Chet Brewer in the hole
Bankhead is 0 for 1 today
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Williams kicks and fires
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Williams punches him out!
Two down

That'll bring up Dick Lundy
Chet Brewer will follow
if Lundy gets aboard
Hays is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Williams' pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Lundy steps into the box
Lundy is at .265 on the season
Lundy is set for the 3-2 pitch
Here's Williams' windup
And the lefthander comes home with it
Sinking fastball...
Lundy swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step

Stan Gunner up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Brewer tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Gunner swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Santop loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Stan as he was heading for the dugout
One gone for FOFC

Deacon Palmer will face Brewer
Righty against righty
Palmer a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Brewer
Right-hander Brewer prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Palmer
The pitch is on the way
Belt high fastball, on the outside corner
Grounded to short
Lundy ranging into the hole...
He backhands it...
Plants his right foot...
Fires to first
SAFE!...By a step

Coming to the plate is Gazelle
One down and runner at first
Gazelle is batting .245 with
26 HR's this year
Brewer is happy with the sign
The righthander Brewer delivers
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Gazelle looks at strike three
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Slowly coming up is Williams for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 3 to 2
Brewer adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
The righthander Brewer's delivery
Strike Three!
Brewer has now struck out 8
and we are only in fourth!
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 full innings of play,
they lead by 1

Buck O'Neil is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Chet Brewer

O'Neil is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander
It's a routine fly into center
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
So one up and one gone

One out, nobody on base
Spotswood Poles is the batter
Poles is at .324 on the season
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams brings it to the plate
Poles drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
And there's two away

Up now for Negro League II is Wright
Two away, nobody on
Wright is batting .293 with
17 HR's 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
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 2 strike pitch
Wright is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
No runs for Negro League II
in the top of the 5th
FOFC on top 3 to 2
We'll be right back
Max Manning will be coming on to
pitch for Negro League II
Max has appeared in 76 games this season
He has a record of 13-11
with 4 saves
His ERA stands at 5.47

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 looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Set now is Blade
The pitch to Blade...
Extra base hit to center for Blade
Wild Bill Wright 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

Up next for the All Stars
Jeff Nights, the shortstop
On-deck is Persimmon Pflaggstettler...
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
Nights is batting .283 with
18 HR's this year
Manning is slow to get ready

He has a 5.47 ERA this year
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Manning
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Nights held up, and draws a walk
Manning isn't happy at all with that call

Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes
his way to home plate
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the Negro
League II infield
Wilson is kicking the dirt at first
Beckwith is even with the bag at third
Bankhead and Lundy are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Pflaggstettler cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Here's the 3-2 pitch
Base hit to center for Pflaggstettler
Blade scores
Third base coach Dick Howser is
motioning Nights to third...
The throw is going to third...
Nights is out at third base!
Pflaggstettler advances
to 2nd on the throw

Potpie, the first baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 4 to 2
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Jeeberoni singled last time around
Santop flashes the sign...
Manning waves it off...
Now he's happy
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Potpie slaps a routine grounder to Lundy
Dick picks it up...
Looks Pflaggstettler back to second
Sidearms a throw to Wilson
Potpie is out
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 8 hits on the evening

Looks like they want nothing
to do with Hays
Or his .324 batting average...
He is being put on to set up the force...

The All Stars will send
Stan Gunner up to the plate
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gunner is 0 for 2 today
He struck out last time up
Gunner waits for the pitch
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Gunner pops it straight up
over the infield...
And it will be Bankhead making the play
Gunner chokes in the clutch!
That's it for FOFC here in
the bottom of the 5th
They leave 2 runners stranded
FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Negro League II has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors

Leading off now for Negro
League II is Brown
Williams is ready quickly
Williams is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a check swing by Brown
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Harry Hays makes the catch
against the stands
One out
Due up next is John Beckwith

Nobody on, one away for Negro League II
Up now is Beckwith
John steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Willie Randolph relays the
sign from Cito Gaston
Beckwith singled last time up
and now is 2 for 2
John takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
The lefty Williams delivers
It's popped behind home plate
Hays throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
John Beckwith is out
Two out, nobody on
FOFC ahead 4 to 2

Breeze

07-09-2013, 09:45 PM

8/28 Radio Broadcast Continued

Louis Santop will get a crack
at Williams next
Jud Wilson would be up next...
But only if Santop can reach safely
Santop is hitting .277 with 19 homeruns
Louis also has 15 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 58 runs
Louis is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch
It's coming down the pike
Ball four is the call
Williams can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Williams
Santop takes first base

Jud "Boojum" Wilson,
the hard nosed first baseman with extra
base power, is approaching the plate
Santop will be running if it's hit
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The southpaw's 1-0 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!
We head to the bottom of the 6th
here in FOFC...
Still 4-2, FOFC

Deacon Palmer, Gerald Gazelle,
and John Williams are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 4-2
Deacon is hitting at .326 on the year
He has 119 hits in 365 at bats
This includes 21 doubles, 2 triples
8 home runs and 49 RBI's
Max Manning on in relief of Chet Brewer
Here's the 3-2 offering
Palmer rips the curve to left-center...
Wright racing back to the fence...
He leaps up for the drive...
Can't quite get it!!...
Palmer around first...
Wright quickly runs it down
Fires a strong throw...
Off the mark..
Palmer makes it easily into second
That's a double for Palmer

Now batting for FOFC will be
their center fielder, Gerald Gazelle
The All Stars are out in front by 2
We are in the bottom of the 6th
Gazelle's bat has been very
quiet so far this season
In 246 at bats, he is only batting .244
He's also strikeout prone
Max looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Manning looks back towards second...

The pitch
Changeup down low...
Gazelle takes a rip and
hits one out to left
Spotswood Poles comes in a step...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Manning
Palmer trots back to second
One out
The All Stars have a 2 run lead

Williams squares around
He lays a beauty down the first base line
Manning and Wilson collide
going for the ball
Wilson recovers, picks it up
And fires to first
OUT!!
Credit John Williams with a sacrifice
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...

Blade is up now for FOFC
Manning has the sign from Santop
And the delivery by Manning
Fastball, in on the hands...
Blade hits it deep to left-center...
It's into the gap...
Poles hustling after it...
That will score a run
Blade moves into second standing up
Poles makes the play back in...
It's a double

Manning glares in at Nights as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
Manning looks down at Santop for the sign
Now he's ready
It's coming down the pike
Fastball, belt high, away...
Nights goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Brown
Brown is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 5 to 2

Sam Bankhead will step into the
box to start the inning
Negro League II would like to
get some runners on board
Bankhead has hit 10 triples this year
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
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

Lundy steps in
Bankhead's trying to rattle John Williams
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Dick checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
The umpire says let's go
Lundy is ready
Here's the 1-1 offering
Bouncer to short...made to
order doubleplay ball
Nights has it on two hops...wrists
it to Blade
He evades the slide of Bankhead
The throw to Potpie...
It just nips Lundy!
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

Williams glares in at Manning
Max Manning just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Williams 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
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Manning swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Max as he was heading for the dugout
That ends the inning
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 7th
Pflaggstettler is talking to Santop
Persimmon is 2 for 3 this summer evening
He singled in his last plate appearance
Manning steps on the rubber
Manning leans back and fires
Swung on and missed by Pflaggstettler,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Pflaggstettler
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Pre WWII with the lead over
Japanese League 4 to 1
Hoyt comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 1 to 0
NL Post WWII toppling Caribbean 9 to 2
NL Pre WWII slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1
Old Timers slipping by Turn
of Century 2 to 0
AL Post WWII is on top of Late 20th 8 to 6
And right here in FOFC FOFC leads 5 to 2

Potpie pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Manning
Potpie is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .279 on the year
Potpie waits patiently
The pitch to Potpie...
Potpie pounds a grounder toward
Bankhead at second
Sam moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Bankhead stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Negro League
II second baseman

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be Harry Hays
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hays is 0 for 2 today
He was intentionally walked last time up
Max gets the sign from Santop
Now the delivery, here is is...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Hays gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Bankhead grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49933

Poles leading off
Negro League II would like to
get some runners on base
Spotswood comes to the plate batting .323
with 10 home runs

He is 0 for 3 so far today
Poles is set for the pitch
Williams kicks and delivers
Long fly to left
Gunner has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Poles is retired on a fairly deep fly
That's one away

Wright finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Wright is struggling this game
He has 2 strike outs on the evening
Wright waiting on the delivery
Here's the windup... and the pitch
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Gerald Gazelle 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 Gazelle!

"Big Bill" is now batting
The right-handed Brown will
be facing the southpaw
2 of his 15 home runs come via this route
Williams has a 5-hitter going
through 7 2/3 innings
Williams brings it to the plate
Williams misses low on that one
Brown draws the walk
Number 3 today by Williams

John Beckwith moves in to face Williams
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th
Beckwith is at .266 on the season
Williams studies his sign
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Brown...
He fires one to Potpie...
Brown dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
Three down in the 8th for Negro League II
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

Here's Stan Gunner leading off
Dan Fouts is on deck
And Gerald Gazelle is in the hole
Gunner has had trouble making contact
He has 2 strike outs this evening
The bat is cocked
The 0-2 pitch...
Manning lets it fly...
Swung on and missed
He chases the 0-2 pitch
Not even close... that's all for Gunner
He heads back to the dugout...
Max Manning now has 2 strikeouts
on the evening
And there's one away

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

FOFC ahead 5 to 2
Manning eyes Fouts intently
Way ahead in the count
Manning turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into right
Brown is under it, waits...
He's got it
Two up, two down for FOFC

Up next for the All Stars
Gerald Gazelle, the center fielder...
If he gets on, John Williams
would bat next
Manning is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Manning gets the sign from Santop
Manning brings it to the plate
It's popped behind home plate
Santop throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Gerald Gazelle is out
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 8 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error
While Negro League II has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 6 stranded
Negro League II has failed to bring home 5

Here's the catcher Santop
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jud Wilson
And then Sam Bankhead
Santop is hitting .272 against southpaws
0 for 2 so far this game
He drew a walk in his last at bat
Set now is Santop
Now John delivers
Louis Santop offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Santop couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Barrett
Blade for the out
Santop never even left the batter's box
One up, one down

Wilson moseys up to the plate
Sam Bankhead is heading for
the on-deck circle
Williams has the sign from Hays
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Blade takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Wilson is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Barrett is very fine fielder!
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Williams
Sam Bankhead will be next up...

That'll bring up second baseman
Sam Bankhead...
FOFC out in front by 3
We're in the top of the 9th
Bankhead is 1 for 3 today,
with 2 strike outs
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
The lefthander delivers
Hard slider...
Bankhead swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Gunner is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Sam

Dick Lundy, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Here is the 3-2 pitch
Did he check his swing?
YES!
He walks

Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter
Quincy Trouppe steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Knowles

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Quincy Trouppe
Twos with 1 runner on base
All Stars have the lead, 5-3
Watching Knowles, Trouppe wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Trouppe awaits the delivery
Knowles brings it home
Base hit to right for Trouppe
Third base coach Willie Randolph
is motioning Lundy to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Trouppe at first

Out of the dugout comes Jimmie Crutchfield
He will be pinch running
for Quincy Trouppe
Negro League II down by 2
They need some runs; and now!

Spotswood Poles steps into the box
Poles has hit 10 home runs this year
Knowles tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Knowles checks the runners
The pitch is way inside
It gets away from Hays
Lundy is coming hard
Hays fires to Knowles
And Lundy barrels Sammy over
He dropped the ball!
Both runners advanced on that wild pitch
Now, FOFC ahead 5 to 4

Spotswood Poles steps into the box
Poles is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Poles waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles looks back towards second...

The pitch
Big motion...
Poles is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Knowles pulled the string on him
And that will do it for Negro League II
FOFC wins 5 to 4
Williams gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Brewer takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Deacon Palmer
He was 3 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.

Breeze

07-09-2013, 09:47 PM

8/28 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Negro League II Twos At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/28/1900

Twos AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
S.Poles LF 5 0 0 0 .322 B.Blade 2B 4 2 3 1 .283
W.Wright CF 4 1 1 0 .292 J.Nights SS 2 1 1 1 .282
W.Brown RF 3 1 1 0 .273 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 2 1 .307
J.Beckwith 3B 4 0 2 1 .265 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 1 .278
L.Santop C 3 0 0 0 .276 H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .324
J.Wilson 1B 4 0 0 0 .279 S.Gunner LF 4 0 0 0 .253
S.Bankhead 2B 4 1 2 1 .260 D.Palmer 3B 3 2 3 1 .328
D.Lundy SS 3 1 0 0 .260 B-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .288
C.Brewer P 0 0 0 0 .146 G.Gazelle CF 4 0 0 0 .242
A-B.O'Neil PH 1 0 0 0 .171 J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .111
M.Manning P 1 0 0 0 .238 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-Q.Trouppe PH 1 0 1 0 .333
D-J.Crutchfield PR 0 0 0 0 .209
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 4 7 2 Totals 31 5 10 5

A-Pinch Hit For Brewer In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Manning In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Trouppe In 9th Inning

Twos............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 7 0
All Stars....... 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 10 1

Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Brewer LOSS(9-14) 4 6 3 3 0 8 2 63 5.88
M.Manning 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 58 5.44
Totals 8 10 5 5 2 10 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(16-4) 8 2/3 6 3 2 3 6 1 123 3.55
S.Knowles SAVE(28th) 0 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 0 16 1.67
Totals 9 7 4 3 4 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 49,933 DATE- Tuesday, August 28th 1900 TIME- Night
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Twos: 6 All Stars: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twos: 0 All Stars: 1
ERRORS- G.Gazelle
DOUBLES- B.Blade(25th), P.Pflaggstettler(23rd), D.Palmer(22nd)
TRIPLES- B.Blade(9th)
HOME RUNS- S.Bankhead(6th), J.Nights(18th), D.Palmer(8th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Nights, J.Williams
WALKS- W.Brown, L.Santop, D.Lundy, C.Brewer, J.Nights, H.Hays
STRIKE OUTS- S.Poles, W.Wright-2, W.Brown, S.Bankhead-2, M.Manning,
P.Pflaggstettler-2, H.Hays, S.Gunner-3, G.Gazelle-2, J.Williams-2
GIDP- D.Lundy
WILD PITCHES- S.Knowles
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Gerald Gazelle robbed Wild Bill Wright of a Homerun!

Breeze

07-09-2013, 09:48 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 84 60 .583 ---- 6
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 79 65 .549 5.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 76 68 .528 8.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 76 69 .524 8.5
2001 Late 20th L20 68 76 .472 16.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 58 86 .403 26.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 39 105 .271 45.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 91 52 .636 ---- 11
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 91 53 .632 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 81 63 .563 10.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 74 70 .514 17.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 66 78 .458 25.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 65 79 .451 26.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 84 .417 31.5

Breeze

07-09-2013, 09:57 PM

Manager Update

Figured with a dozen or so games left, I'd take a peak at the player stats from each team...

Breeze

07-09-2013, 09:59 PM

AL Post

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
G.Kell .381 21 21 0 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
B.Robinson .337 33 95 19 32 3 0 2 9 3 11 2 0 4 0 1 4
T.Williams .321 123 411 84 132 31 2 24 94 106 67 3 0 10 0 0 4
R.Carew .312 122 493 72 154 14 7 4 28 44 61 3 7 9 8 6 16
M.Mantle .303 137 478 114 145 19 4 41 100 108 120 0 0 10 4 2 6
R.Yount .283 139 541 76 153 26 6 14 60 50 81 6 14 15 6 3 15
A.Kaline .282 94 209 27 59 9 2 11 41 21 30 2 1 7 0 2 3
G.Brett .277 133 488 87 135 27 5 22 76 52 57 0 2 16 3 0 14
R.Jackson .266 110 376 67 100 14 2 28 69 54 100 4 0 10 4 2 6
C.Yastrzemski .259 98 185 22 48 8 1 8 20 19 25 2 0 8 0 1 2
C.Fisk .259 50 166 19 43 8 0 7 16 21 29 2 0 4 1 0 2
Y.Berra .259 108 371 36 96 19 2 15 64 26 44 4 0 13 0 1 4
N.Fox .254 40 138 16 35 5 1 0 9 3 14 3 3 3 1 0 1
L.Doby .253 53 99 19 25 2 2 7 21 14 20 1 0 0 1 1 1
H.Killebrew .221 137 525 63 116 20 2 24 85 60 108 7 0 26 0 1 9
L.Aparicio .192 16 26 6 5 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
P.Rizzuto .143 22 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .123 144 293 13 36 4 0 0 14 7 107 0 57 5 0 0 4
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .269 4922 1323 36 712 877 84 32 91
144 742 210 209 591 39 141 21

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
R.Fingers 4.94 4 8 .333 47 0 0 0 18 47.1 73 31 26 9 10 43
N.Ryan 5.06 10 12 .455 36 34 1 1 0 217.0 208 136 122 34 141 224
H.Newhouser 5.13 7 12 .368 37 33 7 0 0 230.0 287 150 131 24 100 146
W.Ford 5.55 4 4 .500 71 0 0 0 4 116.2 139 82 72 17 56 74
J.Palmer 5.99 7 8 .467 45 9 1 1 0 100.2 114 70 67 22 47 57
C.Hunter 6.06 9 17 .346 38 31 1 0 0 212.1 254 154 143 40 79 96
B.Feller 6.27 13 19 .406 41 37 3 2 1 247.0 282 185 172 41 147 185
H.Wilhelm 6.37 4 6 .400 67 0 0 0 6 106.0 135 76 75 18 51 69
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.69 86 144 13 29 1492 808 631
58 .403 144 4 1277.0 884 205 894

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:00 PM

AL Pre

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
E.Combs .455 29 22 8 10 0 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Rice .400 37 5 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
H.Greenberg .367 29 79 14 29 3 1 7 26 7 17 1 0 1 0 0 1
B.Ruth .347 122 473 116 164 30 4 50 110 79 100 1 0 10 2 2 8
A.Simmons .336 125 557 82 187 35 10 21 84 25 86 1 1 12 0 1 3
L.Gehrig .332 144 546 107 181 37 9 38 105 106 100 6 0 13 3 3 13
B.Dickey .323 115 436 48 141 28 0 21 75 35 48 1 1 9 0 0 6
E.Averill .310 81 306 53 95 19 3 16 61 31 42 8 1 9 0 0 4
C.Gehringer .292 133 589 100 172 38 7 15 74 60 57 3 1 10 2 1 5
J.Cronin .278 139 536 71 149 26 6 13 71 50 100 2 15 15 4 1 16
L.Appling .277 44 65 7 18 7 1 0 5 5 4 0 2 3 0 0 2
H.Manush .267 54 135 14 36 6 1 4 23 12 21 1 4 3 0 0 0
R.Ferrell .252 40 131 15 33 4 1 0 10 14 15 0 0 2 0 0 1
J.Dimaggio .247 79 295 37 73 13 3 10 37 27 36 1 0 9 0 0 0
J.Sewell .245 113 368 40 90 21 1 2 28 41 39 5 1 13 0 1 8
T.Lazzeri .233 53 193 23 45 12 6 5 21 29 45 1 1 8 2 1 4
B.Doerr .143 8 21 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
ALL PITCHERS .140 144 385 22 54 12 0 0 14 17 139 0 68 9 0 0 4
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .288 5142 1482 55 748 857 96 14 76
144 776 291 203 542 31 127 11

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
L.Grove 3.60 17 9 .654 33 33 16 5 0 259.2 231 113 104 29 97 152
T.Lyons 3.94 14 3 .824 44 18 10 0 0 187.1 190 89 82 17 59 41
L.Gomez 4.25 9 12 .429 31 30 11 2 0 213.2 188 110 101 28 102 144
R.Ruffing 4.61 3 3 .500 21 6 2 1 1 66.1 59 34 34 11 23 36
W.Hoyt 4.75 11 7 .611 45 1 0 0 1 100.1 97 56 53 11 39 40
C.Mays 5.09 13 10 .565 32 29 12 2 0 226.1 238 135 128 28 85 68
R.Faber 5.52 6 13 .316 37 26 8 0 0 200.2 226 135 123 25 110 87
S.Coveleski 6.09 6 8 .429 32 1 1 0 8 57.2 70 39 39 6 33 14
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 -1
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.55 65 144 60 10 1299 663 548
79 .549 144 10 1312.0 711 155 582

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:01 PM

Caribbean

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Oliva .309 119 430 68 133 31 8 16 64 18 73 9 2 5 5 1 3
A.Lopez .297 18 37 2 11 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
A.Pacheco .292 136 544 81 159 37 10 12 64 47 76 9 8 6 20 7 22
P.Coimbre .289 131 530 69 153 28 5 16 70 28 94 5 1 9 1 0 5
M.Gonzalez .286 137 504 67 144 17 2 25 76 40 74 0 0 11 2 3 8
A.Ohms .273 73 88 15 24 7 2 2 10 7 6 0 1 3 7 1 1
D.Concepcion .264 127 466 43 123 16 3 4 40 20 44 1 3 11 11 9 21
H.Espino .256 66 164 28 42 8 0 8 21 41 35 3 0 5 0 0 4
M.Minoso .256 90 266 45 68 8 4 9 41 14 45 5 3 1 18 4 4
P.Cepeda .255 117 415 65 106 32 0 23 101 44 68 11 0 6 5 1 5
O.Linares .238 118 445 52 106 28 2 20 70 32 77 7 0 18 6 3 7
K.Hernandez .230 76 161 16 37 12 2 3 10 11 26 1 0 6 3 0 1
R.Puente .228 69 101 15 23 2 0 0 7 12 11 2 2 2 3 0 0
P.Mesa .220 120 478 62 105 25 7 2 29 50 48 0 6 4 24 14 0
R.Avila .210 29 62 11 13 3 0 0 5 6 6 0 5 1 0 0 2
ALL PITCHERS .179 144 296 14 53 5 1 1 17 12 99 0 33 5 1 1 8
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .261 4987 1300 46 626 786 64 107 91
144 653 259 141 383 53 94 44

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
J.Molina 3.03 2 0 1.000 16 1 0 0 0 32.2 33 12 11 2 13 16
M.Garcia 3.36 4 5 .444 51 1 0 0 6 72.1 72 30 27 8 23 35
J.Mendez 4.03 10 13 .435 33 33 7 3 0 223.1 206 104 100 25 60 149
L.Tiant Sr. 4.60 12 10 .545 31 31 3 2 0 205.1 214 111 105 28 78 156
L.Tiant Jr. 4.76 9 7 .563 26 26 1 1 0 170.1 190 95 90 18 64 145
M.Cuellar 4.89 8 17 .320 35 35 4 1 0 228.1 240 134 124 35 88 169
A.Luque 5.42 7 8 .467 74 1 0 0 7 103.0 131 67 62 14 40 37
F.Valenzuela 5.85 7 9 .438 51 13 1 1 0 143.0 176 103 93 24 59 134
L.Salazar 5.88 3 3 .500 24 1 0 0 11 26.0 25 18 17 4 17 17
D.Martinez 6.13 4 6 .400 47 2 0 0 3 94.0 124 67 64 15 29 66
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.80 78 144 16 27 1411 693 471
66 .458 144 8 1298.1 741 173 924

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:03 PM

Dead Ball

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Cobb .367 141 532 106 195 36 10 5 99 74 59 7 0 7 45 13 11
J.Jackson .344 138 520 81 179 26 19 7 82 49 59 6 1 8 36 5 7
T.Speaker .323 134 511 109 165 35 10 21 100 60 64 5 0 6 27 8 4
G.Sisler .322 94 357 56 115 18 6 4 33 15 34 2 5 7 13 15 1
H.Baker .310 126 474 58 147 23 10 12 89 43 57 6 6 14 15 8 9
E.Collins .301 119 465 93 140 22 6 9 40 71 59 6 7 5 26 23 13
E.Roush .268 22 71 12 19 4 1 1 8 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 1
B.Wallace .252 128 469 46 118 25 6 4 63 43 61 2 10 5 10 5 16
F.Chance .247 99 344 57 85 12 7 4 40 32 34 9 14 4 28 12 15
R.Schalk .238 118 390 32 93 6 1 2 40 48 59 4 3 2 5 3 3
J.Tinker .230 35 113 3 26 1 1 1 20 4 10 0 4 5 3 4 5
Z.Wheat .217 44 92 10 20 4 2 2 18 7 13 2 0 3 0 1 2
B.Mazeroski .192 15 52 4 10 0 0 1 3 1 8 0 1 1 0 0 3
J.Evers .187 36 107 11 20 3 1 1 7 12 13 1 1 1 3 1 2
M.Carey .185 31 27 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0
H.Hooper .179 31 28 4 5 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .171 144 385 20 66 8 0 0 22 19 122 0 40 13 0 1 5
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .285 4937 1408 80 666 667 93 216 97
144 705 225 75 488 50 85 100

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
T.Brown 3.22 4 6 .400 46 0 0 0 9 64.1 62 27 23 6 26 28
E.Walsh 3.62 11 16 .407 31 31 17 3 0 236.0 226 111 95 21 81 144
C.Bender 3.63 7 5 .583 37 1 1 1 1 74.1 70 36 30 6 30 41
W.Johnson 3.74 18 9 .667 30 30 20 1 0 248.0 207 108 103 24 78 174
E.Cicotte 3.77 3 0 1.000 22 4 1 0 2 62.0 67 27 26 7 19 20
J.McGinnity 4.05 14 9 .609 38 24 11 2 1 206.2 190 105 93 12 89 65
J.Chesbro 4.22 11 11 .500 30 28 8 1 0 200.1 195 109 94 20 51 82
E.Plank 4.67 8 12 .400 26 26 9 0 0 192.2 212 113 100 16 81 105
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 -2
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 3.94 68 144 67 13 1229 562 455
76 .528 144 9 1284.1 636 112 659

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:04 PM

Japanese

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
I.Suzuki .284 135 588 81 167 22 5 6 36 18 63 8 7 3 19 10 2
T.Wakamatsu .273 124 440 65 120 29 3 14 53 60 88 4 16 8 4 3 5
S.Kinugasa .257 75 269 24 69 10 2 8 37 8 55 0 3 7 1 0 5
H.Kato .247 57 81 12 20 3 1 2 5 8 13 0 1 2 0 0 0
K.Yazawa .246 59 57 9 14 2 1 5 6 4 15 0 1 0 0 0 0
T.Kawakami .241 109 394 33 95 18 2 5 25 38 38 1 2 8 5 3 6
S.Oh .240 142 491 77 118 15 0 46 105 78 91 4 0 8 0 4 11
K.Nomura .232 129 499 62 116 24 1 21 78 57 92 2 0 17 4 2 5
Y.Fukumoto .227 26 22 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 5 1 1
S.Nagashima .226 120 439 57 99 24 4 17 52 49 89 2 1 17 4 2 7
I.Harimoto .224 119 401 47 90 13 3 9 44 42 69 5 4 7 3 1 5
M.Matsubara .220 141 527 36 116 11 1 8 52 23 50 3 6 18 4 3 16
H.Ochiai .206 87 189 24 39 9 1 11 24 22 40 0 0 4 1 1 0
K.Tabuchi .188 21 64 3 12 3 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 2 0 0 1
K.Yamamoto .124 58 161 10 20 1 0 4 10 17 36 1 1 4 0 1 5
ALL PITCHERS .106 144 274 12 29 5 0 1 15 11 86 0 40 3 1 1 10
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .231 4896 1129 24 547 838 82 51 79
144 557 191 158 439 32 108 32

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
K.Inao 3.18 6 14 .300 28 28 4 1 0 189.2 200 75 67 19 55 119
E.Sawamura 3.48 3 3 .500 25 1 0 0 6 33.2 36 14 13 4 14 20
S.Sugishita 4.01 6 13 .316 31 31 2 0 0 197.2 192 94 88 17 65 116
K.Suzuki 4.94 1 8 .111 49 0 0 0 2 71.0 90 45 39 6 28 45
M.Kaneda 5.04 6 16 .273 37 37 2 0 0 246.2 298 144 138 29 99 180
T.Bessho 5.69 7 21 .250 30 30 8 0 0 196.0 230 128 124 39 58 124
V.Starffin 5.84 3 7 .300 62 1 0 0 2 123.1 145 83 80 18 56 58
T.Yoneda 6.80 2 1 .667 30 0 0 0 0 49.0 64 38 37 10 21 25
H.Nomo 7.17 3 13 .188 27 16 0 0 0 113.0 129 93 90 25 70 75
H.Fujimoto 7.76 2 9 .182 55 0 0 0 1 82.1 108 76 71 14 44 54
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.16 105 144 16 11 1492 747 510
39 .271 144 1 1302.1 790 181 816

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:06 PM

Late 20s

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Gwynn .327 86 349 54 114 36 2 2 31 16 31 0 1 18 3 0 3
K.Puckett .316 123 449 59 142 30 7 21 58 28 74 5 0 6 0 1 6
P.Molitor .314 39 70 11 22 4 2 3 10 6 7 0 2 4 0 2 3
M.Piazza .299 107 395 57 118 18 1 29 89 37 82 2 0 10 1 1 6
W.Boggs .275 136 487 53 134 31 3 7 60 72 50 5 6 14 1 1 14
C.Ripken .274 137 486 63 133 31 4 13 56 49 76 4 0 14 1 1 11
R.Sandberg .272 94 338 47 92 13 0 13 46 33 51 0 2 12 2 1 8
J.Rice .265 73 234 27 62 8 1 8 20 10 38 4 0 5 0 0 3
G.Carter .262 87 233 31 61 6 4 13 33 15 25 0 0 7 2 0 3
M.McGwire .257 94 276 38 71 21 0 21 55 36 43 5 0 13 0 0 7
O.Smith .238 52 42 11 10 0 1 0 3 5 6 0 0 0 9 0 1
C.Biggio .237 119 257 36 61 5 5 3 22 27 55 10 2 3 15 5 5
R.Henderson .236 118 402 64 95 15 5 2 34 59 71 10 1 9 30 13 3
D.Winfield .232 78 272 32 63 9 3 10 32 16 50 8 3 4 5 4 2
E.Murray .217 94 299 36 65 11 1 10 36 34 36 2 0 15 3 1 0
ALL PITCHERS .156 144 302 14 47 5 0 0 24 13 118 0 50 2 1 0 11
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .264 4891 1290 39 609 813 67 73 86
144 633 243 155 456 55 136 30

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
R.Clemens 3.39 12 12 .500 32 32 9 4 0 233.1 218 96 88 19 80 251
T.Glavine 3.52 11 8 .579 27 22 0 0 0 150.2 145 63 59 12 50 70
G.Maddux 3.66 14 11 .560 31 31 3 2 0 204.0 191 91 83 23 41 135
R.Johnson 3.86 14 13 .519 31 31 7 1 0 226.0 197 107 97 32 80 245
B.Sutter 4.50 1 4 .200 58 0 0 0 11 94.0 86 51 47 13 34 78
P.Martinez 4.52 7 10 .412 24 24 0 0 0 143.1 144 81 72 29 36 163
D.Eckersley 4.68 2 2 .500 27 2 0 0 3 42.1 51 26 22 5 7 26
J.Smoltz 4.78 4 5 .444 42 2 0 0 1 92.1 101 55 49 12 33 70
G.Gossage 5.11 1 3 .250 28 0 0 0 17 24.2 24 17 14 6 16 26
J.Franco 5.23 2 8 .200 47 0 0 0 5 72.1 80 43 42 9 34 68
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 3 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.02 76 144 19 37 1237 573 411
68 .472 144 10 1283.0 630 160 1132

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:07 PM

Left Outs

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
W.Stargell .374 87 131 28 49 8 1 13 36 22 39 2 1 3 0 0 1
E.Slaughter .360 41 25 8 9 2 0 1 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
H.Heilmann .321 120 458 90 147 33 11 18 73 50 50 4 0 18 1 2 4
A.Vaughan .317 141 473 80 150 24 8 13 70 71 56 7 4 9 3 1 16
J.Foxx .302 132 529 107 160 28 5 35 111 71 122 0 0 16 1 1 7
L.Boudreau .292 54 65 6 19 5 1 0 4 7 8 0 0 3 0 0 0
G.Goslin .290 141 517 102 150 26 8 26 87 57 78 8 1 10 5 2 13
M.Cochrane .285 114 466 81 133 21 5 16 68 61 56 2 11 9 3 2 4
F.Robinson .280 107 328 59 92 16 7 20 57 33 57 6 0 14 0 3 7
H.Wilson .280 83 214 45 60 12 3 13 44 28 52 1 0 5 0 1 1
D.Snider .280 110 436 84 122 17 5 36 103 52 87 0 0 11 1 1 3
W.McCovey .272 89 324 56 88 14 1 30 77 39 55 8 0 6 0 1 6
J.Robinson .260 121 484 79 126 22 5 9 63 63 61 10 2 9 13 4 10
B.Herman .237 71 291 41 69 8 1 3 29 22 38 2 6 9 3 2 6
C.Hafey .190 28 42 5 8 0 0 3 10 4 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
R.Kiner .167 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Irvin .000 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .181 144 298 18 54 6 1 1 23 15 102 0 62 4 0 0 6
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .282 5089 1437 62 859 876 87 30 84
144 892 243 237 597 51 127 20

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
E.Wynn 4.72 5 10 .333 80 3 1 0 0 154.1 150 92 81 23 80 78
F.Jenkins 5.39 13 11 .542 40 30 6 2 1 223.2 276 147 134 38 69 164
S.Carlton 5.45 7 10 .412 40 31 3 0 0 206.1 241 129 125 34 76 172
R.Roberts 6.27 9 16 .360 36 34 4 0 0 201.0 262 151 140 48 62 92
D.Sutton 6.53 11 9 .550 36 31 0 0 1 194.1 236 141 141 29 73 120
H.Pennock 6.89 11 10 .524 73 6 0 0 2 146.1 223 119 112 21 50 57
D.Drysdale 7.58 7 5 .583 58 1 0 0 12 76.0 106 67 64 23 33 52
B.Lemon 8.08 2 8 .200 48 8 0 0 3 88.0 120 83 79 16 57 29
ALL NON-PITCHERS 45.00 0 0 ---- 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 5 5 1 2 0
Team 0 -1
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 6.13 79 144 14 19 1617 880 502
65 .451 144 2 1291.0 934 233 764

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:09 PM

NL Post

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
S.Musial .334 111 332 67 111 20 7 26 73 44 38 2 0 9 0 1 4
P.Rose .333 47 90 9 30 6 0 2 11 11 10 2 2 3 2 1 0
R.Clemente .324 124 525 82 170 34 12 18 71 34 102 2 2 15 4 1 3
H.Aaron .310 129 519 101 161 22 1 46 116 49 76 5 0 20 6 0 3
W.Mays .306 128 526 102 161 23 7 36 95 53 84 1 1 18 2 3 6
E.Mathews .296 119 409 87 121 16 3 45 96 65 75 2 1 9 3 0 10
R.Schoendienst .287 29 108 18 31 8 0 2 5 11 9 1 0 1 1 0 2
E.Banks .287 141 541 93 155 26 4 47 110 39 83 6 0 21 3 3 10
O.Cepeda .286 72 252 20 72 16 1 6 24 11 44 2 0 6 0 0 6
M.Schmidt .265 69 136 30 36 7 1 14 27 21 28 2 0 2 0 0 4
J.Morgan .264 123 470 114 124 24 4 20 46 92 63 9 3 5 36 9 9
T.Perez .250 24 20 3 5 1 0 2 7 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
R.Campanella .239 20 71 11 17 2 0 5 9 12 16 0 0 3 0 0 1
J.Bench .237 127 469 60 111 21 1 24 69 47 97 2 1 13 1 1 5
P.Reese .231 16 26 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
R.Ashburn .217 26 23 5 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Williams .213 78 183 17 39 11 0 6 28 16 22 2 0 7 0 1 0
L.Brock .200 18 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
ALL PITCHERS .131 144 337 17 44 7 0 6 28 11 123 0 45 5 1 0 9
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .278 5042 1400 41 818 877 55 61 73
144 843 245 305 525 38 138 21

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
T.Seaver 3.09 14 2 .875 30 29 11 3 0 212.1 208 78 73 21 78 165
S.Koufax 3.22 14 3 .824 33 29 10 2 0 215.1 180 87 77 29 60 215
P.Niekro 4.13 9 4 .692 61 1 0 0 4 96.0 105 46 44 12 40 58
G.Perry 4.41 12 5 .706 42 6 1 0 1 114.1 121 56 56 19 53 58
B.Gibson 4.79 11 7 .611 33 27 5 1 0 201.0 207 112 107 30 77 138
J.Marichal 4.81 18 10 .643 40 36 4 1 0 233.2 251 136 125 35 70 166
J.Bunning 5.13 5 13 .278 57 3 2 2 19 94.2 116 57 54 9 44 64
W.Spahn 5.23 8 9 .471 51 13 3 1 5 141.0 143 83 82 19 52 58
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.25 53 144 36 29 1331 618 474
91 .632 144 11 1308.1 655 174 922

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:10 PM

NL Pre

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
L.Waner .444 16 18 4 8 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
J.Bottomley .429 19 14 4 6 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 0
J.Mize .337 72 255 52 86 17 5 14 54 39 32 0 0 3 1 0 4
C.Klein .326 83 347 49 113 28 5 12 63 22 52 0 0 4 1 4 5
R.Hornsby .319 134 526 104 168 34 6 23 87 76 80 1 0 15 2 2 11
R.Youngs .319 45 47 4 15 1 4 0 6 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 0
J.Medwick .314 39 153 19 48 16 2 3 24 5 31 3 0 5 0 0 1
P.Waner .310 120 445 92 138 20 12 12 57 47 40 3 15 9 5 0 3
F.Frisch .304 131 566 101 172 30 11 8 66 42 54 1 4 7 15 2 20
K.Cuyler .297 81 273 42 81 9 4 4 41 28 48 4 2 6 9 4 4
G.Hartnett .290 102 386 59 112 21 2 22 73 41 68 2 7 15 2 0 3
E.Lombardi .289 49 166 22 48 7 0 6 21 12 16 6 0 7 0 1 3
B.Terry .289 83 301 31 87 20 3 6 44 24 37 0 2 8 1 0 5
P.Traynor .288 134 524 80 151 21 11 14 71 39 77 5 1 14 2 4 16
M.Ott .287 141 520 100 149 19 2 38 105 93 80 4 1 3 3 2 5
T.Jackson .282 33 142 17 40 5 0 6 23 7 19 0 5 4 0 1 2
F.Lindstrom .250 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 .144 144 403 25 58 6 0 1 27 24 145 0 44 6 1 0 8
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .291 5094 1482 68 769 793 82 43 90
144 806 256 169 509 30 108 22

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
D.Vance 2.61 9 4 .692 51 0 0 0 3 86.1 88 25 25 6 23 72
B.Grimes 4.42 14 6 .700 42 20 11 0 0 207.2 218 108 102 29 79 92
P.Alexander 4.61 17 10 .630 37 34 15 3 2 255.2 282 150 131 26 107 150
J.Haines 4.69 2 2 .500 35 5 2 0 2 88.1 97 49 46 13 40 45
D.Dean 4.70 9 4 .692 34 2 1 0 9 69.0 76 45 36 7 34 44
E.Rixey 4.84 10 13 .435 30 30 11 1 0 215.2 253 125 116 24 57 88
C.Hubbell 5.00 15 14 .517 33 32 12 0 0 230.1 294 141 128 41 61 126
R.Marquard 5.64 5 10 .333 25 21 6 0 0 137.1 186 100 86 19 45 87
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 -2
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.66 63 144 58 16 1494 668 446
81 .563 144 4 1290.1 743 165 704

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:11 PM

Negro League 1

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
J.Gardner .366 82 93 20 34 3 1 1 18 7 14 0 2 1 2 0 1
C.Bell .346 138 535 89 185 22 13 6 57 57 49 6 6 9 80 33 6
R.Dandridge .335 76 269 41 90 14 5 2 39 19 28 3 8 8 5 1 3
W.Wells .297 141 474 79 141 21 13 11 74 54 61 22 8 10 16 11 11
B.Leonard .290 131 421 72 122 17 3 23 77 59 57 5 1 6 2 0 6
M.Dihigo .290 129 473 72 137 26 16 10 64 41 83 2 6 14 8 5 8
P.Lloyd .284 100 409 60 116 16 7 6 51 41 53 0 9 6 22 5 11
O.Charleston .282 123 422 69 119 11 3 28 82 45 78 2 0 18 6 3 6
J.Gibson .280 130 496 86 139 27 3 22 81 60 79 16 0 10 0 0 13
C.Torriente .275 111 389 51 107 18 6 15 49 27 60 4 0 11 11 5 1
T.Stearnes .274 112 413 61 113 21 1 19 61 56 57 5 1 12 3 3 5
B.Mackey .263 28 76 6 20 2 2 3 11 5 10 1 0 1 1 0 1
M.Suttles .230 61 152 20 35 4 0 6 20 16 32 0 0 2 0 0 2
J.Johnson .143 12 21 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
F.Walker .000 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .202 144 326 21 66 9 2 2 28 22 98 0 45 7 3 3 2
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .287 4972 1427 76 713 762 86 160 76
144 750 211 154 512 67 115 69

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
B.Foster 2.42 5 3 .625 43 1 0 0 7 67.0 57 20 18 6 22 29
S.Paige 3.44 14 12 .538 34 33 13 3 0 243.0 241 100 93 23 75 192
H.Smith 3.70 15 6 .714 27 25 7 0 1 180.0 186 81 74 20 59 80
L.Day 3.81 12 4 .750 22 20 4 1 1 144.0 134 75 61 13 53 63
B.Rogan 4.51 14 9 .609 31 30 9 2 0 227.2 230 122 114 25 102 173
W.McDonald 4.55 4 2 .667 46 2 0 0 24 55.1 70 33 28 10 17 15
R.Foster 5.03 4 6 .400 58 1 0 0 0 107.1 137 65 60 13 26 52
S.Williams 5.59 12 13 .480 33 32 3 0 0 209.1 251 136 130 28 81 150
D.Barnhill 5.98 4 5 .444 45 0 0 0 3 55.2 66 38 37 9 36 37
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.29 60 144 36 36 1372 615 471
84 .583 144 6 1289.1 670 147 791

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:13 PM

Negro League 2

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
Q.Trouppe .333 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Poles .322 127 547 84 176 26 11 10 66 38 51 0 4 9 62 24 6
P.Davis .294 6 17 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
W.Wright .292 125 531 74 155 25 10 17 73 29 85 3 2 7 13 8 14
J.Wilson .279 143 581 87 162 44 1 33 92 38 69 2 0 20 0 1 19
N.Allen .277 56 148 16 41 10 1 1 15 25 13 4 1 1 4 3 7
L.Santop .276 129 471 69 130 15 3 19 58 59 88 4 1 12 1 1 9
W.Brown .273 130 524 66 143 33 6 15 74 44 47 4 0 11 12 5 22
P.Hill .270 141 514 70 139 28 10 12 68 39 59 14 6 12 5 7 5
J.Beckwith .265 124 490 70 130 25 8 27 67 40 94 0 0 7 3 1 15
S.Bankhead .260 144 523 55 136 30 10 6 60 44 66 5 13 14 12 11 12
D.Lundy .260 90 104 15 27 3 1 1 8 15 13 0 2 2 1 2 0
B.Demoss .222 15 27 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
D.Radcliffe .214 22 28 4 6 2 0 0 4 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1
J.Crutchfield .209 25 43 8 9 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 6 4 0
D.Malarcher .200 19 30 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1
O.Marcelle .175 47 57 4 10 1 1 0 5 3 8 0 0 2 0 0 0
B.O'Neil .171 87 82 9 14 4 2 1 14 10 15 1 1 0 1 0 0
L.Easter .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Hughes .000 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .181 144 293 16 53 7 1 1 20 8 89 0 39 4 2 0 12
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .269 5022 1351 65 632 713 75 125 123
144 657 258 143 403 39 101 69

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
D.Dismukes 3.52 2 6 .250 44 0 0 0 20 53.2 60 26 21 5 19 13
V.Mathis 4.04 9 11 .450 35 34 4 2 0 216.0 211 105 97 21 96 113
C.Redding 4.05 11 11 .500 32 31 7 1 0 213.1 215 108 96 21 94 167
B.Holland 4.57 6 5 .545 34 21 1 1 0 141.2 164 80 72 13 56 74
D.Radcliffe 4.89 6 5 .545 67 1 0 0 1 114.0 126 64 62 10 45 66
M.Manning 5.44 13 11 .542 77 2 0 0 4 163.2 198 110 99 22 76 98
C.Brewer 5.88 9 14 .391 30 27 4 0 0 170.0 186 117 111 20 95 146
R.Brown 6.03 0 8 .000 40 2 0 0 1 71.2 92 48 48 8 28 37
F.Wickware 7.04 4 13 .235 34 26 1 0 0 156.0 207 132 122 25 90 115
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 -1
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 5.03 84 144 17 26 1459 727 599
60 .417 144 4 1300.0 790 145 829

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:15 PM

Old Timers

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
C.Comiskey .403 23 62 10 25 6 0 0 11 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 0
D.Brouthers .383 127 431 80 165 25 13 10 72 45 41 8 1 6 17 4 7
R.Connor .344 66 61 4 21 4 2 0 9 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 1
E.Delahanty .338 129 476 94 161 39 6 9 88 63 62 6 1 15 22 9 2
T.McCarthy .316 93 323 40 102 9 2 2 42 35 31 1 4 8 18 10 2
B.Ewing .308 107 403 57 124 22 18 8 66 32 39 0 1 6 24 9 2
K.Kelly .305 110 410 77 125 22 5 6 51 30 59 0 25 11 29 11 5
G.Kelly .296 101 382 44 113 22 5 15 82 32 54 2 1 11 2 1 12
C.Anson .295 84 285 29 84 13 6 6 53 37 25 0 1 4 7 5 23
S.Thompson .291 124 515 79 150 34 12 14 86 33 67 8 1 8 13 7 4
B.Hamilton .289 132 501 106 145 19 3 1 49 102 64 7 6 4 60 23 6
G.Davis .286 123 458 79 131 21 10 12 64 38 53 3 4 8 28 9 12
J.Ward .257 79 261 27 67 5 1 0 23 11 31 1 6 2 22 10 6
B.McPhee .256 42 82 12 21 2 0 1 13 5 14 1 0 0 5 2 1
ALL PITCHERS .177 145 390 31 69 7 3 1 32 15 139 0 54 5 7 0 5
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .298 5040 1503 86 741 689 106 256 88
145 769 250 85 485 39 89 103

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
A.Spalding 2.48 6 1 .857 29 0 0 0 10 40.0 34 13 11 4 6 8
P.Galvin 3.34 18 8 .692 46 18 10 0 3 210.1 213 84 78 18 53 56
O.Radbourn 4.26 11 12 .478 28 28 11 1 0 221.2 233 113 105 25 46 101
M.Welch 4.35 12 8 .600 29 29 9 1 0 215.0 225 111 104 25 81 75
T.Keefe 5.06 10 17 .370 32 32 12 1 0 224.0 221 146 126 26 85 139
J.Clarkson 5.61 10 12 .455 33 32 10 0 0 215.0 263 141 134 39 74 103
T.Bond 5.74 5 4 .556 42 5 1 0 2 95.2 110 64 61 19 18 28
C.Cummings 5.95 4 7 .364 50 1 0 0 2 75.2 111 57 50 6 24 13
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.64 69 145 53 17 1410 669 387
76 .524 145 5 1297.1 729 162 523

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:16 PM

Turn of the Century

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
N.Lajoie .387 129 481 77 186 30 8 17 103 24 46 8 0 8 15 9 7
W.Keeler .338 119 426 69 144 13 6 3 28 27 43 0 22 9 30 26 2
R.Maranville .333 7 18 2 6 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
J.Burkett .315 131 550 89 173 17 8 7 56 55 67 2 4 5 16 12 5
H.Wagner .313 122 464 72 145 22 10 16 87 59 66 5 1 6 33 15 18
H.Jennings .312 79 205 27 64 14 1 1 19 11 28 21 5 2 12 8 8
J.Kelley .312 123 446 79 139 29 5 8 56 62 66 10 2 14 31 14 4
E.Flick .300 34 30 7 9 2 0 0 4 1 4 2 0 0 4 1 0
J.O'Rourke .294 55 197 22 58 10 1 4 28 15 27 0 0 3 4 7 2
F.Clarke .294 38 34 4 10 0 2 0 7 6 7 0 0 0 2 2 0
S.Crawford .287 60 202 21 58 9 2 6 32 20 23 0 2 1 6 4 1
H.Duffy .281 135 545 81 153 19 3 7 64 50 58 3 4 8 43 12 2
R.Bresnahan .266 108 342 36 91 18 3 4 39 51 52 8 4 9 4 3 4
J.Collins .255 73 243 21 62 8 3 5 28 15 29 3 6 4 5 1 8
J.Beckley .251 120 470 43 118 26 10 4 70 23 58 11 4 8 13 8 3
ALL PITCHERS .183 144 410 25 75 10 1 0 26 15 137 0 39 5 3 2 8
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .294 5063 1491 64 651 713 94 221 73
144 675 228 82 436 73 83 124

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
A.Rusie 3.59 12 6 .667 31 25 10 1 0 205.2 173 89 82 20 97 117
V.Willis 3.72 10 6 .625 38 0 0 0 7 48.1 46 23 20 6 15 15
C.Young 3.89 12 12 .500 34 29 16 2 2 236.0 222 114 102 28 77 100
C.Mathewson 3.99 13 12 .520 36 32 13 2 0 234.1 234 116 104 24 69 131
A.Joss 4.69 7 11 .389 26 25 6 1 0 188.0 207 106 98 32 53 49
K.Nichols 4.71 6 4 .600 54 0 0 0 3 105.0 113 60 55 14 47 36
R.Waddell 4.77 11 14 .440 30 30 8 1 0 207.2 212 113 110 29 72 161
S.Wood 5.34 3 5 .375 35 3 3 0 3 84.1 124 50 50 9 25 29
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 4.27 70 144 56 15 1331 621 455
74 .514 144 8 1309.1 671 162 638

Breeze

07-09-2013, 10:17 PM

FOFC

NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
D.Palmer .328 108 366 45 120 22 2 8 49 33 57 1 2 11 0 1 15
H.Hays .324 94 340 45 110 9 3 12 40 14 60 2 2 11 0 0 6
P.Pflaggstettler .307 133 456 81 140 23 10 23 82 75 91 0 3 16 10 0 4
K.Ton .300 69 170 36 51 11 2 13 40 32 28 3 0 8 1 1 4
D.Gonzalez .298 72 114 7 34 3 0 4 21 14 16 1 0 6 0 0 1
A.Tucker .295 131 560 87 165 19 9 8 57 37 102 0 7 5 18 4 4
D.Fouts .288 93 215 35 62 11 0 18 35 17 39 3 1 5 0 0 11
B.Blade .283 123 420 61 119 25 9 3 31 44 67 17 3 9 10 2 2
J.Nights .282 130 521 73 147 30 4 18 71 40 62 0 9 10 1 1 20
J.Potpie .278 135 496 93 138 19 0 37 95 39 115 20 0 7 2 1 5
B.Bullock .255 71 235 33 60 8 0 19 46 15 55 0 0 9 0 1 2
S.Treacy .253 69 158 17 40 8 1 0 9 19 31 2 2 3 0 1 5
S.Gunner .253 94 265 34 67 22 1 14 39 29 41 12 0 3 1 0 1
G.Gazelle .242 92 248 52 60 10 1 26 47 37 88 0 1 4 3 1 3
K.Terp .173 45 81 8 14 7 0 0 5 5 8 0 4 2 0 1 2
ALL PITCHERS .088 143 295 11 26 6 0 0 12 11 123 0 45 3 0 0 8
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS .274 4940 1353 42 679 983 79 46 93
143 718 233 203 461 61 112 14

NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
S.Knowles 1.67 1 2 .333 51 0 0 0 28 54.0 40 10 10 2 18 57
J.Kronside 3.04 11 2 .846 62 0 0 0 14 80.0 66 31 27 6 33 87
R.Nielsen 3.41 18 8 .692 33 32 5 4 0 226.2 195 93 86 28 94 213
J.Rodney 3.50 6 2 .750 54 0 0 0 1 79.2 56 33 31 7 33 86
J.Williams 3.55 16 4 .800 28 28 1 0 0 185.0 188 81 73 20 57 111
B.Babson 3.81 11 14 .440 32 32 3 0 0 198.1 182 95 84 29 61 177
B.Knowles 3.88 7 4 .636 43 0 0 0 3 48.2 54 22 21 3 15 39
A.Mighty 3.99 9 9 .500 33 28 1 0 0 187.0 174 91 83 18 63 147
S.Fozborg 4.25 6 1 .857 46 6 1 0 1 110.0 115 57 52 14 47 77
O.Hunter 5.61 6 6 .500 30 17 0 0 0 118.2 132 79 74 18 46 72
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 3 +0
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS 3.78 52 143 11 47 1202 541 467
91 .636 143 7 1288.0 592 145 1066

Breeze

07-10-2013, 08:58 PM

8/29 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Negro League II
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Spotswood Poles to lead it
off for Negro League II
The pitch is on the way
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Poles takes a short lead against
the lefty Nielsen
Nielsen's throws over have been effective
Poles has a shorter lead now
He must be getting tired
diving back into the bag

Wright is stepping in to face Nielsen
Potpie is way in on the grass at first
Fouts is in at third
They are guarding against the bunt
Wright steps back...
Looks to third for a sign
Willie Randolph goes through his motions
Wild Bill is eagerly awaiting
Nielsen's pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Base hit to left for Wright
Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign...
Poles will stay at second

Making his way up is Brown
Brown is at .273 on the season
Brown is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Dribbler to short
Taken by Nights
Throw to second for one
On to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Poles takes third
The runner on first, Wright, is out
That's one away

The third baseman, John Beckwith
will be up next for Negro League II
Beckwith has hit 27 home runs this year
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Blade
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
So that's it for Negro League II
They fail to score against Nielsen
In the top of the 1st for Negro League II
No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base

Negro League II 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
Poles in left...
Wright in center...
And Brown in right

The infield, third to first
Beckwith will play the hot corner
Lundy is at short
Over at second, Bankhead
and at first base Wilson
Taking the mound is Holland and
his battery mate is Santop
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
Right-hander Holland eyes the righty Blade
The righthander Holland's delivery
Swung on and sliced down the line
Bankhead runs over
He's near the dugout steps
Reaches in...
The ball bounces into the dugout
. . . Blade back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
In the dirt
And Blade holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Stan Gunner is up next to face Holland
A tough situation to bunt as
Negro League II has the corners
playing way in
Holland is slow to get ready

He has a 4.57 ERA this year
Now he's ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Gunner maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Gunner just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Bankhead 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

While Jeeberoni Potpie heads
for the on deck circle
Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes
his way to the plate
Pflaggstettler is batting .307
with 23 homers this year
Pflaggstettler is poised and
ready for the pitch
The home town crowd is
yelling out to Blade
telling him to watch out
as Bankhead sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Holland delivers the 1-1 offering
Base hit to center for Pflaggstettler
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Now batting will be the first
baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
So far this season
Potpie is hitting .270
when facing righthanded pitching
Potpie awaits the pitch
Bill rocks and fires
Holland seems reluctant to pitch to Potpie
The pitch comes in very high for ball four
Potpie takes first
On the unintentional intentional walk

Harry Hays is up next
FOFC's catcher finds 2 on with 1 out
Hays has 9 doubles this year
Hays cocks his bat
Bankhead comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Holland
The delivery
Grounder... in the hole
And into right for a hit!
Willard Brown overruns the ball!
That will be an error on Brown
Give Hays a single
He takes second on the error
Score It: Single + E9
Pflaggstettler scores from second!
Potpie scores from first!
Hays to third

Fouts, FOFC's third baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Dan takes a couple of practice cuts
Fouts waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now to the belt, here it is...
High and away
Ball four

And it brings up Gerald Gazelle
On deck is Jeff Nights
Rob Nielsen in the hole
Gazelle is hitting .167 against righties
Gazelle concentrates...
The runners take their leads
He's holding the bat down on the end
Holland checks the runners
Here's the 3-2 offering
The pitch is way inside at the knees
Gazelle hits the dirt...
It is a bad time for Bill Holland
to be getting so wild
That loads them up for FOFC

FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Nights has hit 18 home runs this year
FOFC has the bases loaded
Holland is taking a little
extra time out there
Holland shakes off the sign by Santop
We have Bill Holland and Rob Nielsen
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
Now Bill delivers
Fastball down low...
Nights hits a grounder to short
Lundy takes it on the big hop
Flips it to Bankhead
Relay to first...
A lightning double play!
And that ends the threat by FOFC
as Nights grounds in to an inning ending
twin-killing with the bases loaded
That's all for FOFC in the
bottom of the 1st
They pick up 3 runs
After 1 inning,
it's 3-0 FOFC

Louis Santop, Jud Wilson, and
Sam Bankhead are due up
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Santop!
So one up and one gone

Coming up for Negro League
II is Jud Wilson
Nobody on base, one out
Rob Nielsen 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 windup and the 3-1 delivery
Fastball... and it hits
Wilson... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
Wilson will take first base on a walk

Bankhead comes to the plate
One out, Wilson at first
The outfield shades towards
left for Bankhead
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Wilson
He lobs one to Potpie...
Wilson is back easily
We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Bankhead raps a hard grass
cutter toward short
Nights takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
That ends the inning
After 1 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3

Nielsen 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 swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Holland
Nielsen is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a towering fly ball hit by Nielsen
Brown sprints over, and makes the...
Whoa, he almost dropped it!
But he makes the grab
One out
Due up next is Barrett Blade

Blade leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Blade is one of the best hitters around
Bill peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Holland kicks and fires
Barrett Blade swings
It's a line drive...
Sizzles past Lundy into left...
Base hit for Blade...
Poles is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Blade is on with a sharp single

Gunner steps in
Blade's trying to rattle Bill Holland
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Gunner is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Holland adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
Now Bill delivers
Stan Gunner hits a drive down the line
If it stays fair it may be gone
Spotswood Poles is right at the foul pole
He won't get it, it's a
foul ball for Gunner
Just to the left of the pole
318 feet from home plate
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Gunner rolls one toward Sam Bankhead
He scoops it and fires to
second... close play
OUT
The relay to first
OUT there too, it's a twin-killing
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 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has no
runs, 2 hits and one error

Dick Lundy leading off for Negro League II
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Fouts stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Dan Fouts
While we wait for Bill Holland
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese
League 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
I have yet to score
Chesbro battling Rogan
Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII is on top of Left Outs 3 to 1
Marquard and Jenkins currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are all knotted at 3
And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 0
OK, let's see if Negro League II
can get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Holland heads to the plate
for Negro League II
The infield is at regular depth
Nielsen studies his sign
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 0-2 pitch
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 215 on the season for Nielsen
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

Poles saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Poles hits it on the handle
He slices a soft pop behind first base
Blade roams over
Still after it
Drops in foul territory
. . . Poles back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
The pitch is just inside
and Poles holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Spotswood trots down to first... ball four

Two out, Poles at first
Coming up is Wild Bill Wright
Wright wiggles the bat above his head
Wright tells the umpire he's ready
Nielsen brings it home
Base hit to right for Wright
Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign...
Poles will stay at second

Two on, two outs...
Brown steps to the plate
Rob looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Nielsen rocks and fires
Base hit to right for Brown
Willie Randolph will send
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Now here's Beckwith
Beckwith looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for John
Beckwith is waiting on the pitch
Nielsen checks the runners
A slider by Nielsen
Beckwith gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's all for the Twos in the 3rd inning
They get 1 run across
We go to the home half of the 3rd...
The All Stars still out in front, 3-1

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up first for
FOFC here in the bottom of the 3rd
Jeeberoni Potpie and Harry Hays follow
Assuming one of the All Stars
power men get on,
Dan Fouts, batting sixth, will
step in against Holland
So here comes Pflaggstettler to the plate
Persimmon is 1 for 1 today
He precedes Jeeberoni Potpie in the order
as the first of the FOFC "run producers"
He has 23 doubles with 23 home runs
so far in 1900
Holland eyes Pflaggstettler intently
Holland throws the 3-0 pitch
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Poles...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Pflaggstettler is on with
a bloop single to left

The first baseman, Jeeberoni
Potpie, is up next
Against righthanders
Potpie is hitting .270
The bat is cocked
Here's the righthander's delivery
Base hit to left for Potpie
Pflaggstettler is being held
at second by Dick Howser
Pflaggstettler will stay at second

Hays moseys up to the plate
Dan Fouts is heading for
the on-deck circle
Hays is 1 for 1 today
Right-hander Holland prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hays
Bill checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
Hays rips a solid shot to center
Wright ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
One down...
Dan Fouts is due up next
Let's see what happens now

Fouts finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Dan Fouts is hitting .223 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Holland gets the sign, it's one he likes
The righthander Holland delivers
He struck him out on a foul tip
Santop held on to that heater
in on Fouts' fists
Two down

Gazelle now at the plate
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Gazelle is at .242 on the season
2 down, Holland ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
A check on the runners... the pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Gazelle looks at strike three
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has one
run, 4 hits and one error
FOFC has left 4 on base
Negro League II has stranded 3

Breeze

07-10-2013, 08:58 PM

8/29 Radio Broadcast Continued

Louis Santop to lead things
off for Negro League II
FOFC with a 2 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Santop is hitting .275 with 19 homeruns
Louis also has 15 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 58 runs
Louis stands with bat ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Swung on and missed by Santop,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Santop
With one down, up next is Jud Wilson
To be followed by Sam Bankhead

Nobody on, one away for Negro League II
Up now is Wilson
Wilson scuffs up the lines around the box
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Wilson
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to left
Gunner is under it
He makes the grab
FOFC on top 3 to 1 with
two away this inning

Bankhead saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bankhead is at .260 on the season
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Bankhead
Nielsen fires
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Bankhead swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Sam as he was heading for the dugout
Nielsen disposes of Negro League II
quickly in the top of the 4th...
they go down 1-2-3
After 3 and a half innings,
it's 3-1 FOFC

Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Jeff waits...
He steps out as Holland takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Now the delivery, here is is...
Slow ground ball
Lundy is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One out
The All Stars have a 2 run lead

Now batting will be Rob Nielsen
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Nielsen at the plate
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Holland brings it to the plate
Hard ground ball to first
Wilson flips to Holland covering
Score It: 3-1
Two down
Holland retires the first two FOFC batters

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Watching Holland, Blade wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Holland adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Holland's 2 strike pitch...
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 full innings of play,
they lead by 2

Negro League II will send Lundy,
Bill Holland, and Spotswood Poles to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
FOFC on top 3 to 1
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 18 wins,
Rob has racked up 231 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Lundy hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One up, one down for Negro League II

Bill Holland, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Nielsen toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Screaming liner towards second
Blade makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in a row

Nielsen glares in at Poles as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Poles has a .349 average
against lefthanders
He is .323 overall
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Poles gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Poles

Poles edges away from the bag
Nielsen holds the runner close to the bag

Wild Bill Wright is coming to the plate
FOFC leads by 2
We're in the top of the 5th
Wright is 2 for 2 today
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander
Curveball, breaking away
Wright swings...
Hits a slow grounder to short
Nights is charging...
Picks up the ball barehanded
Then throws wildly over Potpie's head
It's into rightfield
There will be no play on Wright
He's into second easily on the error
Score It: E6
Poles takes third
Wright to second

Looks like they want nothing
to do with Brown
He's too good in the clutch...
They'll put him on to set up the force

The Twos trail by 2
They have 3 on base, with 2 outs
They hope their clean-up hitter,
John Beckwith, can clear the bases
That's his job after all...
Beckwith swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The lefthander delivers
Grounded to short
Nights grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League II
By the way, Negro League II is 6
and 4 in their last ten games

Stan Gunner, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Jeeberoni Potpie are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 3-1
Stan is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Stan...
Now we're set to go
He's ready for the delivery
Holland goes into his windup
And here's the 3-2 offering
Gunner swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Beckwith
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Gunner rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead

Gunner at first, nobody out
Pflaggstettler comes to the plate
Gunner takes his lead
Bill Holland still on the
mound for the Twos...
Holland has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 4 innings
Holland goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Gunner
He lobs one to Wilson...
Gunner is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Holland comes home
Fastball down low...
Pflaggstettler swings and
hits one out to center
Wild Bill Wright is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Holland
Gunner trots back to first
Negro League II gets the first
out of the inning

Jeeberoni Potpie will face Holland
Righty against righty
Holland is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Holland needs to come in with this one
Potpie connects on the Holland fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Poles starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Potpie got all of this one....
Goodbye baseball!
Gunner scores in front of him

FOFC sends the catcher,
Harry Hays, up to the plate
Bill gets the sign from Santop
The righthander delivers
It's a routine fly into left
Poles ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Fouts
Dan is batting at .287 with 18 home runs
He is 0 for 1 so far today
Dan seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Bill comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Comebacker, right to Holland
Over to Wilson for the easy out
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 5 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1

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

Japanese League leads AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Bessho and Lyons currently dueling
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
I have yet to score
Caribbean is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII is in front
of Left Outs 6 to 3
AL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 4 to 3
Ford and Smoltz currently dueling
Santop is batting .275 with
19 HR's this year
Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Rob has a 18 and 8 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
And the delivery by Nielsen
Santop cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Santop was badly fooled by Nielsen's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Louis was a little overanxious
Nielsen retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 6th

Walking up to the plate now is Wilson
Sam Bankhead waits on deck
Wilson grips the bat handle
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 1-0 delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Wilson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two up, two down

Bankhead walks to the plate
Before getting ready
Bankhead checks out the
defensive alignment
Now set, Bankhead waits for the pitch
The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers
A high fastball...
Bankhead swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Hays
Harry is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Bankhead was looking for the breaking ball
And that will do it for Negro League II

Gazelle up now to lead off
Gazelle digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Holland
Set now is Gazelle
The pitch to Gazelle...
Changeup down low...
Gazelle makes contact and
hits one out to center
Wild Bill Wright is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Holland

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is 0 for 2 today
Holland looks down at Santop for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Holland is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
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

Nielsen squares
He bunts at it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by J.Beckwith
the throw to first...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
That's the second out of the inning

Blade, the second baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 5 to 1
The outfield shades towards left for Blade
Holland adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
Bill rocks and fires
Blade swings and lifts one toward left
Poles drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Negro League II has one
run, 5 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
Negro League II has failed to bring home 6

Leading off now for Negro
League II is Lundy
Dick is hitting at .255 on the year
He has 27 hits in 106 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Lundy grounded out his last time up
After getting set, Lundy
waits on the pitch
The lefty winds and delivers
Lundy drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
One away in the top of the
7th for Negro League II

Cito Gaston has called for Buck O'Neil
Buck will come up now to bat for
Bill Holland against Nielsen
O'Neil is batting .167 as a pinch hitter
He has 1 pinch home run

O'Neil gets set at the plate
Nielsen studies his sign
Now Rob delivers
It's a smash over third
Fouts leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
O'Neil makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Now up in the Negro League II seventh
will be Spotswood Poles
Spotswood is 2 for 2 this summer afternoon
He's batting .324 on the season
Spotswood 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
Hard curve ball...
Poles sends a hot smash to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one...
Back to Potpie...
Spotswood beats the relay
He can really fly down the line!
Two down

Wright is up now for Negro League II
Wild Bill will be facing
the southpaw Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
5 of his 17 home runs come via this route
Wright waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's all for Negro League II
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC leads 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Max Manning will be coming on to
pitch for Negro League II
Max has appeared in 77 games this season
with a record of 13-11
with 4 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 5.44

Gunner is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Stan is batting .254 in
268 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Manning asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Manning brings it to the plate
Gunner is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Stan to first

All Stars' right fielder Pflaggstettler
is up next
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.312 against righties
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The stretch... the delivery
Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into left...
Poles 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 Pflaggstettler
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Against righthanders
Potpie is hitting .274
The umpire says let's go
The righthander Manning's delivery
Potpie rocks one deep
This is really hit
It's going... going...
FOUL!
Man, the wind really robbed Potpie
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Potpie pulls it hard over third...
And it's snared by Beckwith!
John half fell and half dove
to grab that ball before it hit the ground
One down...
Manning has to continue to bear down

Now batting for FOFC will be
their catcher, Harry Hays
The All Stars are out in front by 4
We are in the bottom of the 7th
Santop flashes the sign to Manning
Manning looks over at Pflaggstettler
Now back at Gunner
He's coming home with it
Flyball to right
it's caught
Gunner might have a chance to move up...
Brown makes the catch...
Gunner is tagging up at second...
Here's the play at third...
SAFE!

Dan Fouts, the All Stars' third
baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs
Fouts has 11 doubles this year
Fouts cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Manning checks the runners
Here's the 3-2 offering
Curve in the dirt... and Fouts holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Santop asks the third base ump's opinion
He motions it's a walk...
Fouts will take first
Bases are loaded

Cito Gaston is visiting the mound...
He decides to stick with Max Manning
Gazelle walks up to the plate
Manning tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
It's coming down the pike
Gazelle drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Pflaggstettler and Gunner will score
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Fouts scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Gazelle

Jeff Nights will step in
to face Manning next
If he gets on, Rob Nielsen will follow
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 1 for 3 this afternoon
Manning shakes off the sign from Santop
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Manning doesn't
want to pitch to Nights
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Manning brings it home
Nights rips a fastball...
He hits it high in the air...
Poles may have a chance at this one...
He is at the fence
This ball is.....going..... going.....
and it's not coming back!
Kiss it goodbye!

Nielsen walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Nielsen swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Manning
Max Manning needs to get an out here
He's not been sharp today
Manning's been getting the ball
up in the strike zone
Without an overpowering fastball
you just can't do that

Cito Gaston can't go with him much longer
Righthander Manning's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Nielsen goes down swinging
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 42128

Negro League II will send Brown,
John Beckwith, and Louis Santop to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Rob gets the sign from Hays
And now the pitch...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Brown gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Negro League II
John Beckwith is still in
the on-deck circle
and Louis Santop is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Beckwith is ready to face Nielsen
We'll see how they pitch to Beckwith
Nielsen 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 Nielsen
Now he is ready...
The pitch is on the way
Beckwith slaps a hard grounder past short
Gunner is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Beckwith will hold with a clean single

That'll bring up catcher
Louis Santop...
FOFC out in front by 9
We're in the top of the 8th
Santop is 0 for 3 today
For the season, Louis has 19 homers
15 doubles, and 3 triples
He has scored 69 runs
while driving in 58
Nielsen is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
He brings it home
Strike three swinging!
Santop goes down on strikes for
the 4th time this afternoon!
Somewhat embarrassing to say the least
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

That'll bring up first baseman
Jud Wilson...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC on top 10 to 1

Wilson is taking his practice swings
Jud is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 18 wins,
Rob has racked up 234 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Way ahead in the count
Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Wilson swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Wilson couldn't lay off the high hard one
Number 8 on the day for Nielsen
That's it for Negro League II
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 10 runs, 11 hits and one error
While Negro League II has one
run, 7 hits and one error
Negro League II has left 8 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

Blade heads for the plate
leading off this inning for FOFC
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 3 this afternoon
He flied out last time at bat
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
The pitch to Blade...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Lundy plays it on one hop
Over to Wilson...
Out of there!
FOFC with one away
Manning steps off the mound as
he waits for Stan Gunner to
come to the plate

One out, nobody on base
Stan Gunner is the batter
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Gunner looks to third for a sign
Gunner waits for the pitch
Here's the 1-1 offering
Curveball, hung up in the strike zone
Gunner swings...
HE GETS ALL OF THAT ONE!...
IT IS LONG GONE IN A HURRY!!
HOME RUN FOR Gunner
WHAT A SHOT...
That's one for the record books!
It will also make all the
replays of the week

And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck
Pflaggstettler is 3 for 4 today
Persimmon singled last time up
He's ready for the delivery
Manning fires
Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Lundy wings it quickly to Wilson...
OUT by a step
That's two away

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Manning is happy with the sign
Here's the righthander's delivery
Potpie rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Beckwith
John fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC leads 11 to 1

Sam Bankhead, batting seventh will
lead off for Negro League II
He will be followed by Dick
Lundy and Max Manning
Before getting ready
Bankhead checks out the
defensive alignment
Bankhead waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen's 3-1 pitch...
There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He makes the play
One down here in the top of the 9th
The time is running out
for Negro League II
They need a touchdown at least
And they are near the two-minute warning

The smooth fielding shortstop,
Dick Lundy, is now batting
Against lefthanders
Lundy is hitting .139 this season
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Nielsen rocks and fires
Lundy swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Dick Lundy
And there's two away

Now batting for Negro League II...
Double-Duty Radcliffe...
He'll pinch hit for Max Manning
Radcliffe with a .214 average
on the season

Nobody on, two away
Radcliffe steps in for Negro League II
Nielsen steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Nielsen kicks and fires
A hanging curve...
Radcliffe 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 Double-Duty...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

With a runner at first and two outs
Poles walks to the plate
Poles has hit 10 home runs this year
Rob Nielsen on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 8 hit and 1 runs
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 3-1 pitch
Fastball... just outside
And Poles will take first on the walk
Walk number 4 issued by Nielsen
this afternoon

Two on, two outs...
Wright steps to the plate
Wild Bill steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Willie Randolph relays the
sign from Cito Gaston
Wright struck out last time up
and now is 2 for 4
Wild Bill is ready for the delivery
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Smashed to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Negro League II
FOFC wins 11 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Holland 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

07-10-2013, 09:02 PM

8/29 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 2001 Negro League II Twos At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/29/1900

Twos AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG
S.Poles LF 3 1 2 0 .324 B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .283
W.Wright CF 5 0 2 0 .293 S.Gunner LF 4 3 2 1 .257
W.Brown RF 3 0 1 1 .273 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 2 3 1 .310
J.Beckwith 3B 4 0 1 0 .265 J.Potpie 1B 4 2 2 2 .280
L.Santop C 4 0 0 0 .274 H.Hays C 4 0 1 1 .323
J.Wilson 1B 3 0 0 0 .277 D.Fouts 3B 2 1 0 0 .286
S.Bankhead 2B 4 0 0 0 .258 G.Gazelle CF 3 1 1 3 .243
D.Lundy SS 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Nights SS 4 1 2 2 .284
B.Holland P 2 0 0 0 .205 R.Nielsen P 3 0 0 0 .093
A-B.O'Neil PH 1 0 1 0 .181
M.Manning P 0 0 0 0 .238
B-D.Radcliffe PH 1 0 1 0 .241
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 1 8 1 Totals 33 11 12 10

A-Pinch Hit For Holland In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Manning In 9th Inning

Twos............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
All Stars....... 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 - 11 12 1

Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Holland LOSS(6-6) 6 8 5 5 4 3 1 100 4.69
M.Manning 2 4 6 6 1 1 2 45 5.70
Totals 8 12 11 11 5 4 3

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(19-8) 9 8 1 1 4 9 0 139 3.32
Totals 9 8 1 1 4 9 0

ATTENDANCE- 42,128 DATE- Wednesday, August 29th 1900 TIME- Day
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Twos:10 All Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twos: 2 All Stars: 2
ERRORS- W.Brown, J.Nights
DOUBLES- G.Gazelle(11th)
HOME RUNS- S.Gunner(15th), J.Potpie(38th), J.Nights(19th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Nielsen
WALKS- S.Poles-2, W.Brown, J.Wilson, B.Blade, J.Potpie, D.Fouts-2, G.Gazelle
HIT BY PITCH- S.Gunner
STRIKE OUTS- W.Wright, L.Santop-4, J.Wilson, S.Bankhead, D.Lundy, B.Holland,
B.Blade, D.Fouts, G.Gazelle, R.Nielsen
GIDP- J.Beckwith, S.Bankhead, S.Gunner, J.Nights

Breeze

07-10-2013, 09:03 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 85 60 .586 ---- 4
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 79 66 .545 6.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 76 69 .524 9.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 76 69 .524 9.0
2001 Late 20th L20 68 77 .469 17.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 59 86 .407 26.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 40 105 .276 45.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 92 52 .639 ---- 10
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 92 53 .634 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 82 63 .566 10.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 74 70 .514 18.0
2001 Caribbean CAP 66 79 .455 26.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 65 80 .448 27.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 85 .414 32.5

Coffee Warlord

07-11-2013, 07:43 AM

See what happens when you give me run support, boys?

Breeze

07-11-2013, 10:23 AM

Manager Update

With 11 games left to play, and only a half a game lead, I’m a wreck. I look at the schedule to see if I need to make any changes to our rotation for matchup purposes and the stress increases to the point I feel ill. I’ve known for a while about the schedules…us and NL Post, but seeing it in black and white on paper just reinforces what I already knew to the point it hits me like a sledge hammer. We close against the Turn of the Century, the Old Timers, and we have a 3 game showdown with the NL Posters. While they get to play the Caribbean and the lowly Japanese teams.

This season we are only 2 and 8 so far against the Turn of the Century team, with 4 games to play against them, and we are 5 and 2 against the Old Timers with 3 to come. Making matters worse, we are 3 and 8 against the NL Posters with 3 more scheduled. That makes us a horrible 10 and 18 against our opponents in the final 3 series of the season. Whereas, the NL Posters are playing .650 ball against the Caribbean team, and playing over .800 ball against us and the Japanese All-Stars. We are going to really have to play strong down the stretch.

The bad (or is it sad) part is - it isn’t like we are playing poorly. So far in August we are 16 and 12, for the third best record in the league, but the NL Posters are a ridiculous 20 and 8…and could legitimately close in their last 10 games 8 and 2 without much effort…I’m not sure we can do that, even if we are the 2 wins over the NL Posters…

Breeze

07-11-2013, 09:34 PM

8/30 Radio Broadcast

The crowd begins a rhythmic clap
as they get anxious to see this one start

Radbourn straddles the rubber
while waiting for Blade
And here we go
Radbourn brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Blade swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Davis...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Facing Radbourn now is Gunner
Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads
to the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole
The lefty hitting Gunner, will
face the righty Radbourn
15 of his 15 home runs
are against righties
Gunner cocks his bat
The kick and the pitch
Swung on and drilled into center
Hamilton going back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 7 foot high fence
And there's Gunner around first base
coming into second and stands
up for a double
That's 23 doubles for Gunner on the year

So with 1 on and 1 out
FOFC sends their right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
up to face Radbourn
Hard-hitting Jeeberoni Potpie is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Pflaggstettler has hit 23
home runs this year
The righthander pitching
to Pflaggstettler...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .257 average
against Old Hoss
Now the delivery, here is is...
Pflaggstettler reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to left
Base hit for Pflaggstettler
FOFC takes the lead
FOFC ahead 1 to 0

One on, one out
Potpie walks to the batter's box
Against righthanders
Potpie is hitting .272
Old Hoss is set to go... a quick
look toward Ewing again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting
Radbourn has allowed 6 taters
to righties this year
And 19 when facing lefties
The righthander delivers
Potpie takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 1st

Old Hoss Radbourn watches Pflaggstettler
As he moves away from the bag
Throw to first... SAFE!...
Close play...
Now Pflaggstettler is staying closer

Harry Hays will get a crack
at Radbourn next
Deacon Palmer would be up next...
But only if Hays can reach safely
Hays is batting .323 with
12 round trippers in 1900
Ewing flashes the sign to Radbourn
Radbourn brings it to the plate
Drilled deep to center field
Hamilton has got a long run
He can't get to it
Hays rounds first
Hamilton corrals the ball
Hays coasts into second
He's got a double
Pflaggstettler takes third

That brings up Deacon Palmer,
the third baseman
Palmer is batting .328 with
8 HR's this year
Ewing flashes the sign...
Radbourn shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Radbourn needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Grounded into the hole
Tremendous diving grab by Kelly!
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 1, Ancients coming to bat

FOFC has taken the field
in the bottom of the first inning...

Here's how they look, defensively
In the outfield
Gunner will play left
Gazelle in center
Pflaggstettler 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 Ancients
Billy Hamilton steps in
So far this season
Hamilton is hitting .295
when facing righthanded pitching
Hamilton waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The windup, and the 2 strike pitch
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Babson punches him out!
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Kelly
Kelly has hit 6 home runs this year
Babson steps on the rubber
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Kelly checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, King

Making his way up is Thompson
Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes
The righthander Babson delivers
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Thompson watches it go
by for the third strike
The Ancients go quietly in the 1st...
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 1 full inning of play,
it's 1-0 All Stars

Jeff Nights to lead it off for FOFC
Nights digs into the box
Nights is ready for the pitch
Here it comes
LINE DRIVE
Kelly makes a nice play on it
Score It: 5

So that brings up Gerald Gazelle
the FOFC center fielder
Gazelle digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Radbourn
After getting set, Gazelle
waits on the pitch
Old Hoss rocks and fires
Gazelle hits a shallow fly
towards Tommy McCarthy
McCarthy charges, dives...
He's got it!
Good play by McCarthy
That's two away

Brian Babson will step in
to face Radbourn next
If he gets on, Barrett Blade will follow
Babson steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Radbourn wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
Radbourn winds and delivers
Fly ball to left
McCarthy is under it
He makes the grab
Three up, three down for FOFC

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 2nd
Kelly is talking to Hays
Babson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Babson
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
Buck Ewing is due up next

Ewing saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Babson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the 0-2 pitch
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
That's the second out of the inning
Old Timers trails by 1
They need a win
They are 3rd in the standings
9.0 games out

The strong, mustachioed, 6'2"
first baseman, Dan Brouthers,
is now coming up to bat
Brouthers looks down toward the third
base coach, Charley Gould
Babson is ready quickly
Here's the 2 strike offering
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That ends the inning
After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 1

The FOFC second baseman, Blade,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Stan Gunner
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Blade a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Radbourn
Blade is poised and ready for the pitch
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Sharp breaking curveball...
Blade reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Davis...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Brouthers at first!
Blade is out easily
So one up and one gone

Slowly coming up is Gunner for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Radbourn is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Low fastball...
Gunner swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Brouthers snags it moving to his right
Leads Radbourn perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Gunner for the out
Two down
Radbourn retires two in a row

Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
the FOFC right fielder...
If he gets on, Jeeberoni
Potpie would bat next
Pflaggstettler has hit
10 triples this year
The umpire says let's go
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Kelly...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games

The Ancients will get their licks
here in the bottom of the 3rd
George Davis, Tommy McCarthy,
and Old Hoss Radbourn
are scheduled to face FOFC
righthander Brian Babson
Here's Davis stepping in...
Davis has 21 doubles this year
Davis is set
Babson is into his rocking motion
Now his right arm comes around
It's a smash over second
Blade leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Davis makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

The Ancients' left fielder is up next
Old Timers has 1 on board with no outs
McCarthy checks with the
coach, Charley Gould
Babson looks a little jittery right now
Rightly so, with Davis
skipping around down at first
The Old Timers basestealing specialist has
28 stolen bases in mid-summer
In one quick moment
the tying run could be at
second for Old Timers
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Davis
Fires to Potpie...
Davis is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Babson comes home
Here's a high fastball, at the letters...
McCarthy 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 Old Timers there
One gone for Old Timers

Radbourn up
The Ancients have McCarthy on first
Radbourn can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Babson fires
Grounded towards the middle
Nice backhand pickup by Blade
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
Radbourn has himself an infield hit
McCarthy takes second

The center fielder, Billy Hamilton
will be up next for Old Timers
Hamilton has hit 1 home run this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now Brian delivers
Curve in the dirt... and Hamilton holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the umpire says no
Hamilton will take first on the walk
That loads them up for King Kelly

Now batting will be King Kelly
The third baseman is walking to the plate
Old Timers runners blanket the
bases... only one out
FOFC leads Old Timers by 1 run
King is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Babson finds himself in quite a jam
He has to be careful with Kelly
But he needs to throw strikes
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Kelly swings and lifts one toward left
Gunner drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
FOFC ahead 1 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Left Outs is on top of Caribbean 2 to 0
Carlton and Cuellar currently dueling
AL Post WWII besting Negro League I 6 to 1
Newhouser enjoying the big
AL Post WWII lead
Late 20th is in front of
Negro League II 5 to 2
NL Post WWII toppling Japanese
League 9 to 2
Dead Ball Era and NL Pre
WWII are scoreless
Turn of Century toppling
AL Pre WWII 7 to 0

Sam Thompson is due up
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching
coach, is running out...
He wants to speak to Brian Babson
Probably just wants to calm him down a bit
Thompson has hit 14 home runs this year
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Popped up into shallow left
Tough chance for Gunner
HE DIVES
HE'S GOT IT!
TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH!
Babson owes Gunner a dinner!
Score It: 7
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
Old Timers has left 3 men on base today

Old Hoss Radbourn, out there on
the mound for Old Timers
prepares to face Jeeberoni Potpie
to get the 4th inning underway
here in Cow Pasture Field
Right hand hitting Potpie is 0 for 1 today
He has smashed 38 home runs this year
A very tough out for Radbourn
The bat is cocked
Here's the righthander's delivery
Potpie slaps a hard grounder to second
Kelly camps in front of it
It's off his glove!
George let that ball play him
That's error number 1 of the
game for Old Timers

Nobody out, Potpie at first
Now up is Hays
Hays steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 1 for 1 today
Hays, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Radbourn
Radbourn goes into his stretch...
Looks at Potpie...
He fires one to Brouthers...
Potpie dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Brouthers lobs it back
Now Radbourn comes home
Hays sends a scorcher to short
Davis takes it on one hop
Fires to Kelly for one
Back to Brouthers for the double play!
That's the second out of the inning

Palmer digs in at the plate
Ready now for Radbourn to come set
The outfield shades towards
left for Palmer
Palmer is waiting on the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Fastball in on the fists...
Swung on...
It's pulled down the line by Palmer...
McCarthy trying to run it down...
Good play off the fence...
Palmer has to stop at second...
He has a double

Next up is Jeff Nights,
the FOFC shortstop...
FOFC out in front by 1
It's the top of the 4th
Nights looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Jeff
Radbourn has the sign from Ewing
Here's his delivery
It's a shallow fly by Nights
McCarthy runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Nights is out
And that will do it for FOFC

George Kelly will step into the
box to start the inning
Old Timers would like to get
some runners on board
Kelly is batting .295 with
15 HR's this year
Babson likes the sign
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Screaming liner towards short
Nights jumps
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 6
Old Timers with one away
Babson steps off the mound as
he waits for Buck Ewing to
come to the plate

Ewing, Old Timers' catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Dan Brouthers waits on deck
Buck is hitting at .307 on the year
He has 124 hits in 404 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 24 stolen bases
Babson toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
Babson kicks and fires
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Palmer
It's by him...
Gunner comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Ewing to a single

Dan Brouthers is coming to the plate
FOFC is set up for two
Babson is slow to get ready

He has a 3.75 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Babson rocks and fires
Slow ground ball to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
One more chance for Old Timers this inning

Davis leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Davis is 1 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
All set, Davis is ready for the pitch
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
Soft liner to second
Blade makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
That's all for the Ancients...
After 4 innings here at Cow Pasture
Field in Old Timers,
FOFC leads 1 to 0

Gazelle saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle is at .242 on the season
Radbourn is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Radbourn gets the sign from Ewing
Now ready, here it is...
There's a shallow flyball
struck by Gazelle
Sam Thompson runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Gazelle is out
That's one away

One out, nobody on base
Brian Babson is the batter
Right-hander Radbourn prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Babson
Here comes the cripple pitch
Grounded towards third
Kelly scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S OUT!
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 5th

Barrett Blade will face Radbourn
Righty against righty
Blade scuffs up the lines around the box
Radbourn steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
A high fastball...
Blade swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Davis
George is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Blade was looking for the breaking ball
We head to the bottom of the 5th
here in Old Timers
Still 1-0, FOFC

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The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet
Here is McCarthy to lead off
He will try to liven things up for them
McCarthy looks down toward
the third base coach
McCarthy waits patiently
Babson goes into his windup
And here's the 3-1 offering
McCarthy hits a fly ball to left
Stan Gunner camps under it
He's got it
And there's one away

Now batting will be Old Hoss Radbourn
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads Old Timers by 1 run
Radbourn goes through his
routine of settling in
Old Hoss is eagerly awaiting
Babson's pitch
The righthander Babson's delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Radbourn gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
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

"Sliding Billy" is making
his way to the plate
Before getting ready
Hamilton checks out the
defensive alignment
Hamilton waits
Babson brings it to the plate
It's a routine fly into center
Gazelle ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
That's it for Old Timers
Here at Cow Pasture Field,
After 5 innings,
FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has no runs,
3 hits and one error
Old Timers has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 3

Gunner 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
Gunner is taking his practice swings
Stan is 1 for 2 this evening
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the 1-1 offering
Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second
Thompson is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Gunner will hold with a clean single

Pflaggstettler walks to the plate
Persimmon is 1 for 2 today
He precedes Jeeberoni Potpie in the order
as the first of the FOFC "run producers"
He has 23 doubles with 23 home runs
so far in 1900
Pflaggstettler gets set for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
Persimmon Pflaggstettler hits
a drive to left-center
Billy Hamilton is at the warning track
Reaches up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Potpie
Harry Hays waits on deck
Potpie adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 this evening
Jeeberoni takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
The stretch... the 3-2 delivery
Curve down low...
Potpie whips his bat around and
lifts it out toward left
McCarthy is running toward the fence
This is going to be close...
Tommy is at the fence...
And this ball is just another...
No... Tommy leaps up and catches it!
I thought that one had the distance!
The wind must have held
that ball in the playing field
Two gone for FOFC

Gunner takes his lead
Radbourn continues to hold
the runner close

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Hays is 1 for 2 today
Radbourn eyes Hays intently
Radbourn brings it to the plate
Hit on the ground to short
Davis comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for FOFC
After 5 and a half innings in
Old Timers this evening,
FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Kelly will come up to lead off
the bottom of the 6th
Babson is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Babson looks in...
Now he's ready
Righthander Babson's delivery
Shallow fly ball
Gazelle charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
One out
Due up next is Sam Thompson

Sam Thompson is entering the batter's box
Frank Selee has his big
bopper, George Kelly,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Thompson is at .290 on the season
Brian is ready
Babson leans back and fires
Curve ball...
Thompson 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 is on top of Left Outs 4 to 2
AL Post WWII slipping by
Negro League I 7 to 5
Late 20th is giving it to
Negro League II 9 to 4
Ripken has hit his 14th
homerun for Late 20th
NL Post WWII is embarrassing
Japanese League 13 to 5
NL Pre WWII is on top of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
Terry has hit his 7th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century is pounding
AL Pre WWII 7 to 0

George Kelly, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Kelly is batting .294 with
15 HR's this year
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Brian delivers
Kelly pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Gunner
Stan is there
He's got it for the out
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
So After 6 innings
FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has no runs,
3 hits and one error
Old Timers has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

FOFC will send Palmer,
Jeff Nights, and Gerald Gazelle to face
Old Hoss Radbourn this inning
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
And Old Hoss studies the
sign from Ewing...
Now he's got it
The pitch is on the way
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Ewing fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Palmer
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Radbourn glares in at Nights
Jeff Nights just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Jeff is hitting at .283 on the year
He has 149 hits in 527 at bats
This includes 30 doubles, 4 triples
19 home runs and 73 RBI's
Radbourn adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ewing
The pitch to Nights...
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
Two up, two down for FOFC

Gazelle coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Gazelle saunters to the plate
The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Radbourn
Gazelle is hitting .168 versus
righties this year
Of his 26 homeruns,
6 came while facing righties
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Around comes the arm
In comes the pitch
Gazelle is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
1-2-3, nothing across...

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Buck Ewing stepping in
He will be the first batter for Old Timers
We are in the bottom of the 7th
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Ewing has a .327 average against
righthanders this season
He's ready
Babson will try to get Ewing to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Ewing swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Buck as he was heading for the dugout
One up, one down for Old Timers

One away, nobody on base
Brouthers stands ready at the plate
Dan Brouthers is hitting .377 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Brouthers waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now to the belt, here it is...
Brouthers sends a routine
ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Babson
Easy out
Two gone for Old Timers
Time is running out for them

George Davis steps in now for the Ancients
The All Stars lead in this one, 1-zip
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Ancients ballboy
Brian gets the sign from Hays
And the delivery by Babson
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Babson
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That is the third out for Old Timers here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46456

FOFC will send Babson,
Barrett Blade, and Stan Gunner to face
Old Hoss Radbourn this inning
Babson wiggles the bat above his head
Babson in the hole, 0-2
The pitch is on the way
Smash to short
George Davis boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 2 miscues for Old
Timers this evening

While Stan Gunner heads for
the on deck circle
Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate
Babson takes his lead
Radbourn is saying a few words to Kelly...
So far in 1900,
Old Hoss has a 11 and 12 record
with 11 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Radbourn rocks and fires
Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Ewing loses on his appeal to first
Blade will take first on the walk

Gunner squares around
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by K.Kelly
the throw to first...
Out
Gunner gets the job done.
Old Timers gets the first out
here late in this contest

Walking up to the plate
now is Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
So far this season
Pflaggstettler is hitting .313
when facing righthanded pitching
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
He brings it home
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie
Radbourn steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Radbourn fires
Fastball in on the hands
Potpie tries to hold up, but can't
He hits a blooper to left
McCarthy is coming in fast
Now he has it in his sights...
Easy out
Tommy rifles it back in to Kelly
He walks it on over to Radbourn
That's out number two
Ancients' pitching coach, Jim Devlin,
is out to talk with Radbourn

Now here's Hays
Radbourn likes the sign
Now Old Hoss delivers
Slow roller to short
Davis can't get to it
BASE HIT!
Babson scores from third!
Blade takes third
Pflaggstettler takes second

Fouts heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
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 Radbourn earn his salary
Fouts waits patiently
Here's his delivery
It is a high hard one...
Fouts goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Fouts couldn't hold back
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 8th
They leave 3 runners stranded
FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has no runs,
3 hits and 2 errors

Old Timers' left fielder, McCarthy,
will lead off the inning
Brian Babson has been tough
He's got a shutout going
FOFC leads 2 to nothing
McCarthy is 0 for 2 today
Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging McCarthy
The pitch is on the way
McCarthy dribbles one out
in front of home plate
Hays pounces on it
Up with it
Quickly to first...
He's out!

Roger Connor is going to bat
for Old Hoss Radbourn
Old Timers needs baserunners desperately
Connor knows how to get on base
He has a .412 OBP
He hits right handers at a .304 clip
He steps out of the dugout
and makes his way to the plate

Connor is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The righthander winds and delivers
He hits a tough grounder to first
Potpie to Babson covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean leads Left Outs 4 to 3
AL Post WWII is on top of
Negro League I 8 to 6
Late 20th is giving it to
Negro League II 9 to 4
NL Post WWII is destroying
Japanese League 14 to 5
Mathews has hit his 47th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 6 to 4
Turn of Century is comfortably
ahead of AL Pre WWII 7 to 1
And in our matchup FOFC on top 2 to 0

Hamilton coming up for Old Timers
Nobody on, two away
Billy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hamilton is 0 for 2 today
He flied out last time up
Babson ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
It's coming down the pike
Billy Hamilton swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
It's CAUGHT!
Pflaggstettler robs the Ancients
with a great catch at the fence
So the Ancients are retired
here in the eighth
They are still 2 runs behind
Babson is having his way
with them this evening
For you stats nuts out there,
Old Timers is 18 and 19 versus
portside starters in 1900
If they don't get busy in the ninth,
they'll have to add another
"L" to that total
Overall, they are 76 and 69
Candy Cummings will be coming
on to pitch for Old Timers
Candy has appeared in 50 games this season
with a record of 4-7
In 76 innings, he has an 5.95 ERA
Old Hoss Radbourn has finished his work
here this evening

Jeff Nights, Gerald Gazelle,
and Brian Babson are due
up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 2-0
Jeff is batting .282 in
528 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Jeff is ready for the delivery
The 0-2 pitch...
Cummings lets it fly...
Grounded towards third
Kelly scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S OUT!

Gazelle gets set at the plate
Gazelle is batting .240 with
26 round trippers in 1900
Right-hander Cummings eyes
the righty Gazelle
Cummings will try to get
Gazelle to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Kelly
It's by him...
McCarthy comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Gazelle to a single

At the plate is Gonzalez
Late in the game
FOFC up by 2
Old Timers is set up for two
Cummings is ready quickly
Cummings checks Gazelle on first
Now the 0-2 pitch
Ground ball to second
Kelly comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
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

Barrett Blade will make his
way toward the plate
He glances down at Gonzalez
Gonzalez runs like he has
cement in his shoes
Cummings won't have to worry
about him going
Gonzalez will be running if it's hit
Cummings adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ewing
Cummings kicks and fires
Base hit to left for Blade
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Gonzalez will stay at second

So with 2 on and 2 outs
the All Stars send their left fielder,
Stan Gunner, up to face Cummings
Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Gunner can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Gunner is poised and ready for the pitch
The runners take their leads
Cummings brings it to the plate
It's popped in the air
It'll be the first baseman, Brouthers,
making the play
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Cummings
In the top of the 9th for FOFC
No runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base

Kelly saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Knowles brings it home
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Kelly swung, that's strike three
Kelly isn't happy at all with that call
One down for Old Timers
Sam Thompson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Old Timers

Thompson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Thompson at the plate
Thompson waits
Knowles' righthanded delivery...
Outside fastball... lashed
at by Thompson...
Pop fly...Shallow center...
Dropping quickly...
Gazelle pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Thompson...
As Gazelle fields it on one bounce

George Kelly is now up
One away, Thompson at first
Kelly is batting .294 with
15 homers this year
Sammy is ready
The pitch to Kelly...
Base hit to left for Kelly
Thompson is being held at
second by Charley Gould
Thompson will stay at second

Buck Ewing is up next
Old Timers' catcher finds 2 on with 1 out
Buck comes to the plate batting .308
with 8 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Ewing gets ready for Knowles' pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the 3-1 offering
Ewing drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Thompson scores
Charley Gould is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Ewing

Ewing represents what could
be the winning run
And Dan Brouthers is coming up
The Ancients need only to
get 1 run in, to end this game right now
One out, man on second
Knowles steps on the rubber
The righthander Knowles delivers
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That bounced in front of the plate!
and Brouthers couldn't hold up his swing!
Almost broke his back trying though...
That's the second out of the inning

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around George Davis
George Davis steps into the box
Davis has got to be feeling the pressure
The time to produce is now
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's the righthander's delivery
It gets past Hays!
It's scored a passed ball.
The pitch didn't look that bad
Knowles must have crossed him up!

George Davis steps into the box
George is batting .286 with
12 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
Davis is set
Winning run is in scoring position
Knowles needs to get Davis out
He would like to strike him out
Sammy rocks and fires
Knowles misses just outside
No more than the width of a razor blade
But it's... Ball Four
1 walk given up by Knowles today

Tommy McCarthy, the Old
Timers left fielder,
steps into the batter's box
The score is knotted at 2
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
McCarthy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Tommy is 0 for 3 today
McCarthy is set for the 3-1 pitch
The crowd is on their feet!
They are anxious for the pitch
The righthander delivers
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
. . . McCarthy back in the box
And here comes the next pitch and it is
hit softly up the middle
Nights and Blade both dive for it but
the bleeder makes it through and
Ewing trots home for the game winner!
Old Timers wins 3 to 2
Cummings gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for Old Timers
was Buck Ewing
He was 2 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from Old Timers.

Breeze

07-11-2013, 09:36 PM

8/30 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 8/30/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ancients AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 1 0 .283 B.Hamilton CF 3 0 0 0 .288
S.Gunner LF 4 1 2 0 .260 K.Kelly 3B 4 0 0 0 .302
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 1 1 .310 S.Thompson RF 4 1 1 0 .291
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .278 G.Kelly 2B 4 1 1 0 .295
H.Hays C 4 0 2 1 .325 B.Ewing C 4 1 2 2 .310
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .328 D.Brouthers 1B 4 0 0 0 .379
A-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .284 G.Davis SS 3 0 1 0 .286
J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .282 T.McCarthy LF 4 0 1 1 .315
G.Gazelle CF 4 0 1 0 .243 O.Radbourn P 2 0 1 0 .229
B.Babson P 3 1 0 0 .083 B-R.Connor PH 1 0 0 0 .339
C-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .296 C.Cummings P 0 0 0 0 .000
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 2 8 2 Totals 33 3 7 3

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Radbourn In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Babson In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 8 0
Ancients........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 7 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 107 3.66
S.Knowles L(1-3) BS(4th) 0 2/3 4 3 2 1 2 0 31 1.98
Totals 8 2/3 7 3 2 2 8 0

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
O.Radbourn 8 6 2 1 2 4 0 123 4.15
C.Cummings WIN(5-7) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 5.87
Totals 9 8 2 1 2 4 0

ATTENDANCE- 46,456 DATE- Thursday, August 30th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 9 Ancients: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Ancients: 1
ERRORS- G.Kelly, G.Davis
DOUBLES- S.Gunner(23rd), H.Hays(10th), D.Palmer(23rd), B.Ewing(23rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Gunner
WALKS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler, B.Hamilton, G.Davis
STRIKE OUTS- J.Potpie, D.Palmer, D.Fouts, G.Gazelle, B.Hamilton, K.Kelly-2,
S.Thompson-2, B.Ewing-2, D.Brouthers
GIDP- H.Hays
PASSED BALLS- H.Hays
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: King Kelly robbed Deacon Palmer of a base hit.
Top 6th: Billy Hamilton robbed Persimmon Pflaggstettler of
an extra base hit.

Breeze

07-12-2013, 08:27 AM

Manager Update

As I stare catatonically at the spot where the foul ball was misplayed, I have this sick feeling that I may have just watched the pennant slip through our fingers...

If we lose the division by 1 game, this may haunt me for the rest of my life...

I shake my head to clear the thoughts and I go looking for Sammy...gotta cheer him up and keep him positive...

Breeze

07-12-2013, 09:49 PM

8/31 Radio Broadcast

The crowd begins a rhythmic clap
as they get anxious to see this one start

Clarkson straddles the rubber
while waiting for Blade
And here we go
Clarkson winds and delivers
The 3-0 pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Blade held up, and draws a walk
Clarkson isn't happy at all with that call

Gunner now at the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Ewing flashes the sign to Clarkson
Clarkson checks Blade on first
Now the 3-0 pitch
The All Stars try the hit and run!
Pounded on the ground to second
Taken by Kelly
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 4-6
The runner on first, Blade, is out
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 steps in
Pflaggstettler takes a couple
of practice cuts
Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch
He rocks and fires
Pflaggstettler 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...
Gunner scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Pflaggstettler

Potpie leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Stepping out, Potpie looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Jeeberoni steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Cummings' pitch
We've got a full count...
Cummings winds and fires...
Hot shot grounded to first
Anson will take it himself
Score It: 3
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

Harry Hays steps into the box
Hays is batting .325 with
12 HR's this year
Candy Cummings on in relief
of John Clarkson
And the delivery by Cummings
Cummings pitches in tight
It gets by Ewing
Rolling to the screen
The runner will advance without a throw
They give Candy a wild pitch
It could just as easily have
been a passed ball

Harry Hays steps into the box
Cummings looks down at Ewing for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The pitch is on the way
Curve ball...
Hays swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
FOFC gets 2 in the top of the 1st
2 runs, one hit and no errors
After one half inning, FOFC leads by 2

Hamilton, Old Timers' center fielder,
leads off for the Ancients
FOFC drew first blood
They scored 2 runs
in the top half of the first
Hamilton is one of the best hitters around
Mighty is happy with the sign
Now ready, here it is...
Hamilton swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to second
Blade is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Hamilton looked bad on that pitch
One up, one down for Old Timers

Facing Mighty now is Kelly
George Kelly heads to the on deck circle
Cap Anson waits in the hole
Mighty shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Kelly swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
King as he was heading for the dugout
Two up, two down

Ancients' second baseman Kelly
is up next
Kelly has hit 15 home runs this year
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The lefthander delivers
Kelly tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That's all for the Ancients...
After 1 inning here at Cow Pasture
Field in Old Timers,
FOFC ahead 2 to 0

Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer is batting .328 with
8 HR's this year
Cummings looks down at Ewing
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Cummings brings it to the plate
What a pitch... strike three
Cummings put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Left Outs and Caribbean are scoreless
Negro League I slipping by
AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Smith battling Ryan
Late 20th and Negro League
II are tied at 1
Smoltz and Mathis currently dueling
NL Post WWII slipping by
Japanese League 2 to 0
Seaver battling Kaneda
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Pre WWII 4 to 2
AL Pre WWII and Turn of
Century are tied at 1

Nights is up now for FOFC
Cummings wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
Here's the righthander's delivery
Changeup down low...
Nights makes contact and
hits one out to left
Tommy McCarthy is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Cummings
Two down
Cummings retires the first
two FOFC batters

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Gazelle
We're in the top of the 2nd
Right-hander Cummings eyes
the righty Gazelle
Here's his delivery
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Gazelle watches it go
by for the third strike
1-2-3, nothing across...

The first baseman Anson
will lead off for the Ancients
He'll be followed by Sam Thompson
And then George Davis
Anson has a .265 average
against lefthanders
He is .295 overall
Anson waits patiently
Here's the 2-2 offering
It's a pop-up in back of short
Nights is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
One down for Old Timers
Sam Thompson is still in
the on-deck circle
and George Davis is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Nobody on base, one away
Thompson steps into the batter's box
Thompson has hit 14 home runs this year
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mighty looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away

That brings up George Davis, the shortstop
Davis is one of the best hitters around
Mighty likes the sign
Way ahead in the count
Mighty turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 150 on the season for Mighty
That ends the inning
After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 2

FOFC will send Mighty,
Barrett Blade, and Stan Gunner to face
Candy Cummings this inning
Cummings gets the sign, it's one he likes
Cummings goes into his windup
And here's the 2-2 offering
Base hit to center for Mighty
Billy Hamilton is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
On-deck is Stan Gunner...
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Mighty takes his lead
Candy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Cummings brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Blade
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Mighty will stay at second

Gunner lays it down the first base line
Anson charges in
Scoops it up
Turns and fires to first
Just got him!
Nice bunt
Credit Stan Gunner with a sacrifice
One away, two to go in the top of the 3rd

Pflaggstettler leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate
on this muggy evening
2nd and 3rd, 1 man down
Ewing flashes the sign...
Cummings waves it off...
Now he's happy
He brings it home
Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler
Mighty scores
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Potpie saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cummings eyes Potpie intently
Candy looks over his shoulder
at Pflaggstettler
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Base hit to center for Potpie
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

And it brings up Harry Hays
On deck is Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights in the hole
Hays is 0 for 1 today
Harry struck out last time around
Hays waiting on the delivery
Righthander Cummings' delivery
Swung on and hit back at Cummings
He picks it up, turns and fires to Davis
Over to first...
Twin killing!
A Bang Bang play turned into
an easy 1-6-3 double play by Cummings
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5
in their last ten games

Bottom of the Ancients'
order coming to bat
Buck Ewing will lead it off
Ewing is at .310 on the season
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The lefty Mighty delivers
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!

McCarthy gets set at the plate
McCarthy can't seem to get
settled at the plate
McCarthy waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefthander Mighty delivers
McCarthy swings hard...
But he was fooled on the pitch
It hits him on the fists
It's dribbling toward third
Palmer charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Sidearms it to first...
McCarthy beats it out by a whisker
It was a bleeder...
McCarthy's speed got him a hit on that one
He'll take it

Cummings squares to bunt
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Cummings gets the job done.
FOFC on top 5 to 0 with
two away this inning

That'll bring up center fielder
Billy Hamilton...
FOFC out in front by 5
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
Looking for his first hit today
Hamilton is 0 for 1
All set, Hamilton is ready for the pitch
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Base hit to right for Hamilton
Charley Gould is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Kelly up
The Ancients have Hamilton on first
Kelly digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mighty fires
Hit on the ground to the mound
Taken by Mighty
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That's all for the Ancients
in the 3rd inning
They get 1 run across
We go to the 4th...
It's the All Stars 5, Old Timers 1

Here's the third baseman Palmer
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
And then Gerald Gazelle
Palmer taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
The right-hander Cummings is
set to deliver to Palmer
Here's the 1-1 offering
Sinking fastball...
Palmer goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Kelly...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Palmer is out by a step
So one up and one gone

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Right-hander Cummings prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
Cummings rocks and fires
Grounded towards third
Kelly scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S OUT!
Two down
Candy Cummings retires
the first two batters in a row

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

FOFC on top 5 to 1
Gazelle has hit 26 home runs this year
Cummings studies his sign
It's coming down the pike
Gazelle starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Cummings walks him

Mighty is up next
Two out with Gazelle at first
Mighty grips the bat handle
Mighty waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Gazelle dives back in!...

SAFE!
Anson tosses it back to Cummings
Now here's the pitch
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Mighty goes down on strikes
That's it for FOFC
Here at Cow Pasture Field, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has one run,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Old Timers has stranded 1

It's the bottom of the 4th
George Kelly, Old Timers' second
baseman, will lead it off
Cap Anson is on deck
Old Timers will try to
cut into FOFC's lead
The All Stars lead by 4
George is hitting at .295 on the year
He has 114 hits in 387 at bats
This includes 22 doubles, 5 triples
15 home runs and 82 RBI's
Now set, Kelly waits for the pitch
Mighty's 2 strike pitch...
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Old Timers with one away
Mighty steps off the mound as
he waits for Cap Anson to
come to the plate

Old Timers first baseman,
Cap Anson, is up next
Anson is 0 for 1 today
Mighty is ready quickly
The pitch to Anson...
Base hit to right for Anson
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

One away, Anson at first
Thompson is coming to the plate
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 Mighty earn his salary
Thompson waits for the pitch
The 0-2 pitch...
Mighty lets it fly...
Thompson 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 Old Timers
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean is in front of Left Outs 3 to 0
Concepcion has hit his 5th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Post WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Negro League II is edging Late 20th 2 to 1
Mathis battling Smoltz
NL Post WWII with the lead over
Japanese League 3 to 0
Aaron has hit his 49th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Dead Ball Era leads NL Pre WWII 4 to 3
AL Pre WWII and Turn of
Century are tied at 1
And here in Old Timers FOFC leads 5 to 1

There is going to be a pitching change
Candy Cummings will head to the dugout
as Tommy Bond will come on here
in the top of the 5th
Bond has appeared in 42 games
His record is 5-4 with a 5.74 ERA
over 96 innings

FOFC will send Blade,
Stan Gunner, and Persimmon
Pflaggstettler to face
Tommy Bond this inning
Barrett is batting .284
in 429 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Gunner
Blade awaits the pitch
Bond brings it to the plate
It's popped up into foul territory
King Kelly is under it
He puts it away
Score It: 5
With one down, up next is Stan Gunner
To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler

Making his way up is Gunner
So far this season
Gunner is hitting .265
when facing righthanded pitching
Gunner gets set for the pitch
Bond kicks, delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gunner gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Kelly grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
And there's two away

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will
step in to face Bond next
If he gets on, Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
He's in his crouch
Pflaggstettler can really swing that wood
Bond's righthanded delivery...
Pflaggstettler raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Kelly just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
We're halfway through here
at Cow Pasture Field
After 4 and a half innings
FOFC ahead 5 to 1
We'll be right back...

Breeze

07-12-2013, 09:49 PM

8/31 Radio Broadcast Continued

Davis is coming to the plate
He stops to towel off his face
It's very humid today
Looking to get something going
Davis, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw Al Mighty
One ball, one strike the count
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Belt high...Swung on by Davis...
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 Nights, but not good enough

Davis at first, nobody out
Ewing comes to the plate
Here's the look to third
I expect Ewing to swing away...
He is 0 for 1 today
With a .309 average for the year
Ewing is poised and ready for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Ewing loops one into short left
Gunner is coming in on it...
He dives for it...
GOT IT!
Risky play, but he pulled it off!
One away
Tommy McCarthy, a fine hitter,
is due up next
Tommy Bond will follow

Coming to the plate is McCarthy
One down and runner at first
McCarthy looks for a sign from third
Charley Gould delivers it to Tommy
Tommy is 1 for 1 today
singled his last at bat
McCarthy readies himself for the pitch
Davis takes a walking lead
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Davis
Fires to Potpie...
Davis is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
McCarthy sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Gazelle
Gazelle gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center

Bond digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
Mighty steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Mighty brings it to the plate
Changeup...
Ties Bond up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's all for the Ancients
After 5 innings in Old
Timers this evening,
FOFC ahead 5 to 1

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 6th
Jeeberoni Potpie, Harry Hays,
and Deacon Palmer
are due up to face righthander Tommy Bond
Potpie is taking his practice swings
Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 this evening
He's ready
The kick and the pitch
Ground ball to the left side...
Kelly scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
And there's one away

Harry Hays is coming to the plate
And Tommy studies the sign from Ewing...
Now he's got it
Bond brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Kelly...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Bond retires two in a row

Deacon Palmer will face Bond
Righty against righty
Palmer is at .326 on the season
Tommy peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Now Tommy delivers
Palmer slaps a hard grounder past short
McCarthy is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Palmer will hold with a clean single

So with 1 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their shortstop,
Jeff Nights, up to face Bond
Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Jeff is hitting at .281 on the year
He has 149 hits in 531 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Nights grounded out his last time up
Bond adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ewing
Now the delivery, here is is...
Hot shot grounded to second
Kelly grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for FOFC
After 5 and a half innings in
Old Timers this evening,
FOFC ahead 5 to 1

The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet
Here is Hamilton to lead off
He certainly will try to liven things up!

If he can get on
Hamilton swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Mighty
Al Mighty steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch
Hamilton lays down a bunt!
Palmer has it and throws to first
Just in time!

Kelly steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Kelly adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
King is 0 for 2 this evening
Mighty steps on the rubber
Now Al delivers
Slow ground ball
Palmer is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for the Ancients

Next up is George Kelly, the Old
Timers second baseman...
If he gets on, Cap Anson would bat next
Kelly is 0 for 2 today
Mighty toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
Windup by Mighty
And the pitch
Kelly hits a long drive
It's hooking down the left field line
If it's fair, it's out of here...
It goes FOUL!
. . . Kelly back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It's a high fly ball into shallow center
Gazelle runs in...
He calls for it...
Blade yells "take it"
And Gazelle puts it away
Kelly is retired on a lazy fly to center
That's three up, three down
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has one run,
4 hits and no errors

Gerald Gazelle, Al Mighty,
and Barrett Blade are due
up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 5-1
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald drew a walk last time up
Bond steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
The righthander Bond's delivery
Gazelle takes a vicious cut
Unfortunately, for FOFC,
all he hit was air
Gerald goes down swinging...again...
2 whiffs on the evening
for the free swinging FOFC center fielder
One out
Due up next is Al Mighty

Al Mighty plants his left foot
The lefthanded pitcher
for FOFC appears set
Bond steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Comebacker, right to Bond
Over to Anson for the easy out
'Come back, Little Sheba'
Two down
Tommy Bond retires
the first two batters in order

Blade finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Barrett is hitting at .284 on the year
He has 122 hits in 430 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
Ewing flashes the sign...
Bond shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
The righthander delivers
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!!
That's it in the top of the 7th for FOFC
Three up, three down
Let's see who's doing what tonight

Caribbean is giving it to Left Outs 9 to 4
Negro League I is edging
AL Post WWII 4 to 3
Smith battling Ford
Late 20th and Negro League
II are tied at 3
NL Post WWII is edging Japanese
League 3 to 2
Aaron has hit his 49th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Quite a year for the slugger
NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 7 to 6
AL Pre WWII is crushing Turn
of Century 11 to 1
I'd hate to be Wood right now!
And in our matchup FOFC leads 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Power hitting Cap Anson will lead off
Old Timers' clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's Al Mighty
Anson is taking his practice swings
Cap is 1 for 2 this evening
He singled last time at bat
Anson waits
Into the windup... here's the pitch
There's a fly ball to Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle circles under it...
He makes the play

Thompson pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Mighty
Sam is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .290 on the season
Sam seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Mighty is into his windup
Here's the pitch
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!
One more chance for Old Timers this inning

Davis walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Buck Ewing moves into the on deck circle
Old Timers needs some runs
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the Ancients ballboy
The umpire says let's go
Davis is ready
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Mighty misses low on that one
Davis draws the walk
Number 1 today by Mighty

Here's the 5'10", 188 pound Buck Ewing
strolling to the plate
Buck will be facing the left-handed Mighty
from the right side of the plate
He has a .308 average overall
But southpaws are his nemesis...
He has only a .233 average
against lefty hurlers
Ewing awaits the delivery
The stretch... the 2-2 delivery
Smashed to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
The Ancients are gone
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We've played through seven here
at Cow Pasture Field...
The score... FOFC ahead 5 to 1

Gunner 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
Tommy gets the sign from Ewing
Now to the belt, here it is...
Gunner swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Bond strikes out Stan Gunner
One gone for FOFC

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
their right fielder
Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Bond
Bond steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
He brings it home
Struck him out on a fastball
Pflaggstettler goes down swinging
Two up, two down

The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
is up for the All Stars
We are in the top of the 8th
Potpie is at .278 on the season
Bond has the sign from Ewing
Bond brings it to the plate
It rides in on Potpie and
hits him on the hands
Potpie is in a lot of pain...
We'll see if he can continue...
He heads to first

With a runner at first and two outs
Hays walks to the plate
Hays is batting .322 with
12 HR's this year
Bond adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Ewing
The righthander Bond's delivery
Bouncer to first
Anson flips to Bond covering
Score It: 3-1
That's it for FOFC
Here at Cow Pasture Field, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has one run,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Old Timers has stranded 3

Tommy McCarthy is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Old
Timers to get things going
McCarthy has a .341 average
against lefthanders
He is .316 overall
He's ready for the delivery
Mighty brings it home
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
One down for Old Timers
Tommy Bond is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Old Timers

Dan Brouthers will hit for Tommy Bond
Brouthers is batting .379
with 10 home runs
He also has 72 RBI's on the year
He's batting .419 against southpaws

Big Dan will be up next
Mighty has the sign from Hays
It's a full count...
Mighty winds and fires...
A fastball way inside...
It hits Brouthers!
He got it right in the side!
He glares down at Mighty
as he walks deliberately to first

Now here's Hamilton
Hamilton wiggles the bat above his head
Mighty has a 4-hitter going
through 7 1/3 innings
Mighty fires
There's a dunker in front
of Gerald Gazelle
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter 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

King Kelly steps into the box
Kelly is 0 for 3 today
Mighty studies his sign
Mighty kicks and fires
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Brouthers moves up 90 feet
on the wild pitch

King Kelly steps into the box
Kelly digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
After getting set, Kelly
waits on the pitch
Al looks over his shoulder at Brouthers
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Smashed to third
Fouts grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That's it in the bottom of the 8th
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 8 innings in Old Timers,
FOFC leads 5 to 1
Al Spalding will be coming on
to pitch for Old Timers
Al has appeared in 29 games this season
He has a record of 6-1
in 40 innings
His ERA stands at 2.48

Dan Fouts, Jeff Nights, and
Gerald Gazelle are due up
Fouts has 11 doubles this year
Fouts waits
Spalding winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Fly ball to right
Thompson is under it
He makes the grab
Old Timers gets the first
out of the inning

Nights is ready to face Spalding
Spalding is ready quickly
Spalding's 2 strike pitch...
Changeup down low...
Nights makes contact and
hits one out to left
Tommy McCarthy is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Spalding
That's two away

Gerald Gazelle will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
Gazelle is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the Old Timers infield
Anson is kicking the dirt at first
Kelly is even with the bag at third
Kelly and Davis are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle
Spalding brings it to the plate
Extra base hit to center for Gazelle
Billy Hamilton 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 safe!!!!
That's an inside the park
homerun for Gazelle!

Mighty is up now for FOFC
Spalding likes the sign
The righthander winds and delivers
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Mighty gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Anson grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Mighty for the out
That's all for FOFC
After 8 and a half innings in
Old Timers this evening,
FOFC on top 6 to 1

Kelly will come up to lead off
the bottom of the 9th
Old Timers' fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Kelly adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
George is 0 for 3 this evening
Kelly readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander Mighty delivers
It's a high fly into center
Gazelle ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
While we wait for Cap Anson
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Caribbean spanked Left Outs 10 to 5
Gonzalez has hit his 26th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Post WWII topped Negro League I 7 to 4
Late 20th nipped Negro League II 4 to 3
NL Post WWII squeezed by
Japanese League 4 to 2
Banks has hit his 49th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII downed Dead Ball Era 8 to 6
AL Pre WWII humbled Turn
of Century 11 to 3
OK, let's see if Old Timers can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 5

Anson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Anson looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 3 on the day for Cap
Cap is ready for the delivery
Here's the pitch
Anson laces a hit into the outfield
Stan Gunner picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Anson holds with a single

Sam Thompson is up next
Old Timers' right fielder
finds 1 on with 1 out
Thompson is hitting .214
against southpaws
0 for 3 so far this game
He lined out in his last at bat
Al is ready
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Thompson reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Nights making the play
Two down, last of the 9th...
The Ancients are down to their final out

George Davis is up next
The Ancients' shortstop
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Davis has hit 12 home runs this year
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball at the knees...
Cut at by Davis...
Skies a long drive...
It's down the line, hooking...
Is it fair?...
It's gone!
FOFC leads 6 to 3

Two away, nobody on
Ewing comes to the plate for Old Timers
Buck is hitless on the evening, 0 for 3
He's due...
Ewing awaits the pitch
Al rocks and fires
Ewing pops one straight up
And it will be Hays making the play
And that will do it for Old Timers
FOFC wins 6 to 3
Mighty gets credit for the win
Clarkson takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 4
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Old Timers.

Breeze

07-12-2013, 09:52 PM

8/31 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 8/31/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ancients AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 0 .283 B.Hamilton CF 4 0 1 1 .287
S.Gunner LF 3 1 0 0 .257 K.Kelly 3B 4 0 0 0 .299
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 2 2 3 .312 G.Kelly 2B 4 0 0 0 .292
J.Potpie 1B 3 0 1 1 .278 C.Anson 1B 4 1 2 0 .298
H.Hays C 4 0 0 0 .321 S.Thompson RF 4 0 0 0 .289
D.Palmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .328 G.Davis SS 3 1 2 2 .289
A-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .283 B.Ewing C 4 0 0 0 .307
J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .280 T.McCarthy LF 3 1 1 0 .315
G.Gazelle CF 3 1 1 1 .244 J.Clarkson P 0 0 0 0 .149
A.Mighty P 4 1 1 0 .094 C.Cummings P 0 0 0 0 .000
T.Bond P 1 0 0 0 .200
B-D.Brouthers PH 0 0 0 0 .379
A.Spalding P 0 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 6 7 5 Totals 31 3 6 3

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bond In 8th Inning

INJURY: John Clarkson INJURED (for 15 more games) in 1st inning

All Stars....... 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 7 0
Ancients........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 6 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty WIN(10-9) 9 6 3 3 1 7 1 124 3.95
Totals 9 6 3 3 1 7 1

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Clarkson LOSS(10-13) 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 5.64
C.Cummings 3 2/3 5 4 4 1 4 0 70 6.05
T.Bond 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 48 5.51
A.Spalding 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 2.63
Totals 9 7 6 6 2 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 49,092 DATE- Friday, August 31st 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 3 Ancients: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Ancients: 1
DOUBLES- P.Pflaggstettler(24th)
HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(27th), G.Davis(13th)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Gunner, C.Cummings
WALKS- B.Blade, G.Gazelle, G.Davis
HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie, D.Brouthers
STRIKE OUTS- S.Gunner, P.Pflaggstettler, H.Hays, D.Palmer, G.Gazelle-2,
A.Mighty, K.Kelly, G.Kelly-2, G.Davis, B.Ewing, T.McCarthy, T.Bond
GIDP- H.Hays, S.Thompson
WILD PITCHES- A.Mighty, C.Cummings

Breeze

07-12-2013, 09:53 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 85 62 .578 ---- 3
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 80 67 .544 5.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 77 70 .524 8.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 76 71 .517 9.0
2001 Late 20th L20 70 77 .476 15.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 61 86 .415 24.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 40 107 .272 45.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 94 53 .639 ---- 8
1000 FOFC FAS 93 53 .637 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 84 63 .571 10.0
2001 Turn of Century TCH 75 71 .514 18.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 68 79 .463 26.0
2001 Left Outs LOH 65 82 .442 29.0
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 87 .408 34.0

Breeze

07-13-2013, 02:45 PM

9/1 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to Cow Pasture Field!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Old Timers and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Old Timers
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Keefe will try to get Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
There's a towering fly ball hit by Blade
Thompson sprints over, and makes the catch
Keefe retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 1st

FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner grips the bat handle
Waiting for the pitch is Gunner
The fans want the "K"
Tim winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Strike three swinging!
With an 0 and 2 count, Keefe threw
it on the outside corner
Gunner had to go after it
Tim did a good job
of pin-pointing that ball
It was too close to let go by...
but not good enough to hit
Two down
Ewing asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ewing and Keefe

FOFC sends the right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 23
home runs this year
Keefe 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 3-0 offering
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk
Keefe isn't happy at all with that call

Now batting will be the first
baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
Hitching up his pants...

Potpie gazes out to the mound
Keefe is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Keefe looks in...
Now he's ready
Keefe's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Anson tosses it back to Keefe
Now here's the pitch
Keefe's fastball is ripped toward first
Anson can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Pflaggstettler 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 Potpie
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Harry Hays

The catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Keefe is slow to get ready

He has a 5.05 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Swung on and rocked toward George Davis
He leaps in the air...
Just out of his reach!
The runners are on the move
The throw comes in quickly to Kelly
Potpie will have to hold at second
Keefe takes the ball from Kelly
as he walks back to the mound
Now FOFC on top 1 to 0

Now here's Palmer
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Keefe
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Tim has a myriad of pitches
but his best is the change-up!
It's coming down the pike
Bounding ball to first
Anson flips to Keefe covering
Score It: 3-1
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 1, Ancients coming up

Billy Hamilton up first for Old Timers
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Hamilton a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
John winds... kicks... and delivers
Hamilton swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Williams strikes out Billy Hamilton
So one up and one gone

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 1st
Here's Kelly now up for Old Timers
On deck will be George Kelly
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 1-0 pitch
Fastball...
Kelly 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 the second out of the inning
Old Timers trails by 1
They need a win
They are 3rd in the standings
9.0 games out

Two away, nobody on
Kelly comes to the plate for Old Timers
John gets the sign from Hays
The southpaw Williams' delivery
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's all for the Ancients...
After 1 inning here at Cow Pasture
Field in Old Timers,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Nights heads for the plate
leading off this inning for FOFC
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
And the delivery by Keefe
Long fly to center
Hamilton has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Nights is retired on a fairly deep fly
One out
Due up next is Gerald Gazelle

Facing Keefe now is Gazelle
John Williams heads to the on deck circle
Barrett Blade waits in the hole
Watching Keefe, Gazelle wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Gazelle awaits the delivery
And the righthander starts
to work on Gazelle
Here comes the pitch
Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Kelly 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

Williams looks to lay one down
Williams lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Williams might beat it out...
Fielded by K.Kelly
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Williams gets the job done.
Two gone for FOFC

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Blade
Keefe steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Blade works the walk...
Passes the baton to Stan Gunner
who will see if he can get
Gazelle in from third

Gunner is up now for FOFC
Gunner has hit 15 home runs this year
Keefe wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
Keefe checks the runners
Gunner swings and lifts a loud
foul, straight back
Ewing gives chase...
He's at the screen...
No chance for this one
as it lands high up on the netting
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He quick pitches Gunner...
and it's in there
Strike three
That's all for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings in
Old Timers this afternoon,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Anson is batting .298 with
6 round trippers in 1900
Anson is set for the pitch
The southpaw's 2 strike delivery
Pop-up
Hays drifts behind the plate
He makes the catch
One down for Old Timers
Sam Thompson is still in
the on-deck circle
and George Davis is looking
for a bat in the dugout

And the batter is Sam Thompson
George Davis is on-deck
Thompson can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Williams brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Thompson swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Williams
George Davis will be next up...

Settling in at the plate is Davis
We'll see how they pitch to Davis
Williams steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Ball four is the call
Williams can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Williams
Davis takes first base

Davis inches slowly away from the bag
Williams is staring at first base
He's holding Davis very close

John Ward moves in to face Williams
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 2nd
Williams eyes Ward intently
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Base hit to center for Ward
Charley Gould puts up the stop sign...
Davis will stay at second

Buck Ewing is due up
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching
coach, is running out...
He wants to speak to John Williams
Probably just wants to calm him down a bit
Stepping out, Ewing looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Ewing waits on Williams
Williams brings it home
A slider by Williams
Ewing gets good wood on it...
Gunner back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Just out of his reach...!
Stan runs it down...
throws it back in to the cut-off man
All runners advace two on that one
Ewing is standing on second

Ancients' pitcher Keefe
is up next
Keefe looks down toward the third
base coach, Charley Gould
Keefe awaits the delivery
A check on the runners... the pitch
Swung on and missed by Keefe,
he's down on strikes
That retires the side... but not before
the Ancients score 1 run to tie it up
After 2 innings, Old Timers has
one run, 2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign
Keefe is happy with the sign
It's a full count...
Keefe winds and fires...
Keefe loses him
Pflaggstettler heads down to first
2 walks today for Pflaggstettler

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is batting .280 with
38 HR's this year
Keefe steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a drive to George Kelly
George charges in
He makes the running catch
That's one away

And it brings up Harry Hays
On deck is Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights in the hole
Hays is batting .323 with
12 homers this year
Hays readies himself for the pitch
Keefe goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler
He lobs one to Anson...
Pflaggstettler is back easily
We're ready again
Now Keefe comes home
It is a high hard one...
Hays goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Hays couldn't hold back
That's two away

Pflaggstettler extends his
lead towards second
Keefe's throws over have been effective
Pflaggstettler has a shorter lead now
He must be getting tired
diving back into the bag

Palmer steps in
Pflaggstettler's trying
to rattle Tim Keefe
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit
Keefe likes the sign
Keefe looks at the runner
The pitch
Base hit to right for Palmer
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Sam Thompson throws the ball
away for an error!

Keefe looks down at Nights as he steps in
Jeff is ready to go
Nights is 0 for 1 today
Jeff flied out last time up
Keefe is ready quickly
Now the delivery, here is is...
He hits a tough grounder to third
Kelly grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That does it in the top of the 3rd
Now a brief message from our hosts
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We are pleased you joined
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Now back to baseball where
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 2 to 1

Hamilton 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
Hamilton is hitting .266
against southpaws
0 for 1 so far this game
He struck out in his last at bat
Williams studies his sign
Williams leans back and fires
There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He makes the play
One gone for Old Timers

The third baseman, King Kelly
will be up next for Old Timers
Williams has the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Kelly 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 Kelly

George Kelly, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Kelly is at .292 on the season
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Kelly...
Kelly hits a three hopper
towards John Williams
Williams scoops it and fires
it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
We head to the 4th...
The score is still FOFC 2, Ancients 1

Here is Gerald Gazelle to
start it off for FOFC
Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Keefe is into his windup
Here's the pitch
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Gazelle is down on strikes
Number 4 here today for Keefe
And there's one away

John Williams will face Keefe
Righty against righty
Time is called...
Williams has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Williams, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Keefe
Keefe's windup... the delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Williams holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Ewing asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Williams went around
Strike three, swinging
FOFC on top 2 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Left Outs and Caribbean are tied at 2
McCovey has hit his 31st
homerun for Left Outs
Negro League I is comfortably ahead
of AL Post WWII 7 to 1
Negro League II leads Late 20th 1 to 0
Redding battling Clemens
NL Post WWII is giving it to
Japanese League 5 to 0
Dead Ball Era and NL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 3
Hornsby has hit his 24th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
AL Pre WWII is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1

Blade finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Keefe has the sign from Ewing
The righthander Keefe delivers
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
That ends the top of the 4th
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Leading off for the Ancients
is the first baseman Anson
He'll be followed by Sam Thompson
And then George Davis
Anson is 0 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The lefthander delivers
In the dirt
And Anson holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Thompson up
The Ancients have Anson on first
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Here's the 2-1 offering
Here's a big breaking curve, inside...
Thompson takes a cut at it...
Hits a grounder to first
Potpie comes up with the smooth pickup...
He tosses it to second...
That's one out
The relay to first...
Not in time
Thompson beats the throw by a step
With one down, up next is George Davis
To be followed by John Ward

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Davis
Davis is hitting .289 with 13 homeruns
George also has 21 doubles and 10 triples
And has driven in a total of 66 runs
George is set for the pitch
The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander
A slider by Williams
Davis gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

Ward gets set at the plate
Ward steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
John is 1 for 1 today
Ward waits patiently
Williams 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 Williams comes home
Swung on and missed by Ward,
he's down on strikes
That's all for the Ancients
After 4 innings in Old Timers
this afternoon,
FOFC ahead 2 to 1

Breeze

07-13-2013, 02:46 PM

9/1 Radio Broadcast Continued

Gunner saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Tim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now Tim delivers
Gunner swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Keefe strikes out Stan Gunner
One away...
Anson is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Kelly also...
Now they return to their positions

Now batting will be Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
The right fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 1
Right-hander Keefe eyes the
righty Pflaggstettler
Keefe brings it to the plate
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Pflaggstettler is down on strikes
Number 7 here today for Keefe
Two down
Tim Keefe retires
the first two batters in a row

While Harry Hays heads for
the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie makes
his way to the plate
Jeeberoni is hitting at .279 on the year
He has 142 hits in 509 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 2
Potpie flied out his last time up
Potpie gets ready for Keefe's pitch
His bat is cocked
Righthander Keefe's delivery
Ground ball to the left side...
Davis scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
And just like that the All Stars are
set down in order here in
the top of the 5th
As we go to our break,
FOFC still on top by 1

Here's the catcher Ewing
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Tim Keefe
And then Billy Hamilton
Buck is hitting at .308 on the year
He has 127 hits in 412 at bats
This includes 24 doubles, 18 triples
8 home runs and 69 RBI's
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The windup, and the 3-1 pitch
Ewing hits a three hopper
towards Deacon Palmer
Palmer scoops it and fires
it to first for the out

Now at the plate will be Keefe
pitcher for Old Timers today
FOFC leads 2 to 1
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Fastball... low and away, ball four
Williams puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

Keefe sneaks away from the base
Keefe is unable to take the lead he wants

"Sliding Billy" is making
his way to the plate
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Hamilton is 0 for 2 today
Hamilton is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Keefe is dancing off first
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 1-0 pitch
Softly hit on the ground to Blade
He scoops, throws to Nights
Back to first, not in time!
Hamilton beat it out
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for King Kelly
to get a new bat
Let's point out that Old Timers is
5 and 5 in their last ten games

King Kelly steps up to the plate
Hamilton, with excellent
speed, is at first
Hamilton will be running if it's hit
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Hamilton dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
That's ball four
Kelly trots down to first
Hamilton is already down on second

At the plate now for Old Timers is Kelly
Kelly has a .289 average
against lefthanders
He is .291 overall
George steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
Williams rocks and fires
Lazy fly ball to center
Gazelle pedals over
He's got it
Score It: 8
That does it for Old Timers in the 5th
They leave 2 on base
4 stranded so far today

Leading off now for FOFC is Hays
Keefe gets the sign, it's one he likes
Keefe kicks and delivers
It's a high fly to deep center
Hamilton is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Billy jumps...
Leaping catch... No, it
pops out of his glove
Hays will get a two-base hit

Walking up to the plate now is Palmer
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Palmer is at .329 on the season
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 Tim delivers
Palmer hits a long drive
It's hooking down the left field line
If it's fair, it's out of here...
It goes FOUL!
. . . Palmer back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
IT HITS Palmer!

Nights squares to bunt
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by T.Keefe
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Nights gets the job done.
One out here now...
Gerald Gazelle is due up
He has excellent power
Let's see if they decide to pitch to him
If not, John Williams will be next

Gerald Gazelle steps into the box
Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head
Gazelle waits for the pitch
The righthander delivers
The pitch goes wide, and
off the mitt of Ewing
It rolls a few feet away
Hays decides to try for home
He's safe
Score it a a passed ball
Now, FOFC on top 3 to 1

Gerald Gazelle steps into the box
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Tim Keefe on the mound for the Ancients...
Keefe has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hits and 3 runs
Now to the belt, here it is...
Just a mite inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
Keefe has issued 4 bases on
balls this afternoon

Here's John Williams
The outfield shades towards
left for Williams
Keefe is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the righthander's delivery
He chases the hook...
Williams hits a deep fly ball...
Thompson moving under the ball...
He makes the catch...
And uncorks the throw...
SAFE!...
As the ball trickles away from Ewing
He was unable to handle the throw
And there's two away

Gazelle takes a walking lead
Keefe with his good move...
Gazelle scrambles back in time

With a runner at first and two outs
Blade walks to the plate
Blade is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Barrett flied out in his last at bat
Blade is set
Keefe fires
Grounded towards the sack
Taken by Kelly
Over to Anson
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That's all for FOFC in the top of the 6th
They pick up 2 runs
After 5 and a half innings,
it's 4-1 FOFC

The first baseman Anson
will lead off for the Ancients
He'll be followed by Sam Thompson
And then George Davis
Cap is 0 for 1 this fall afternoon
He drew a walk in his last
plate appearance
Anson waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Williams brings it to the plate
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's one away

Thompson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
FOFC on top 4 to 1
John is ready
The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch
Sharp breaking curveball...
Thompson reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Palmer...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Thompson is out easily
That's the second out of the inning

Davis walks to 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
The pitch is on the way
Davis gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Davis

The Ancients' second baseman is up next
Old Timers has 1 on board with 2 outs
John is hitting at .259 on the year
He has 68 hits in 263 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 22 stolen bases
Ward is set for the pitch
Williams kicks and fires
A slider by Williams
Ward gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has one run,
4 hits and one error
Old Timers has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

FOFC will send Gunner,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and
Jeeberoni Potpie to face
Tim Keefe this inning
Stan is batting .254 with 15
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
Gunner waits on Keefe
And the righthander starts
to work on Gunner
Here comes the pitch
Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Gunner
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
And there's one away

Now at the plate will be Pflaggstettler
right fielder for FOFC today
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
1 today, with 2 walks
Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign
Now he's ready
Ward comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Keefe
The delivery
Hard slider...
Pflaggstettler swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Kelly is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Persimmon

Potpie is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Potpie is at .278 on the season
Keefe asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Keefe brings it to the plate
It's a high fly to deep center
Hamilton is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Billy jumps...
Leaping catch... No, it
pops out of his glove
Potpie will get a two-base hit

Hays is up next
One gone, top of the 7th
Deacon Palmer moves out on deck
Hays steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Ewing flashes the sign to Keefe
It's coming down the pike
A hard drive down the line
Kelly takes off after it
It's over his head
Hays running hard out of the box
Kelly has the ball
Hays motors into second
Two-bagger!
Potpie scores from second!

That'll bring up All Stars' third
baseman Deacon Palmer...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Palmer is taking his practice swings
Deacon is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He was hit by a pitch last time at bat
Right-hander Keefe prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Palmer
Keefe fires
Base hit to right for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Here's Jeff Nights
Old Timers looking for two
Men on 1st and 3rd
Keefe adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
And the delivery by Keefe
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Davis
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in
Old Timers this afternoon,
FOFC on top 6 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet
Here is Ewing to lead off
He certainly will try to liven things up!

If he can get on
Ewing goes through his routine
of settling in
Ewing readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Buck Ewing hits a high pop
fly on the infield
Deacon Palmer calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Palmer is there to make the play
Old Timers with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Tim Keefe to
come to the plate

Ancients pitcher Tim Keefe
will bat for himself
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch is on the way
Keefe swings...
There's a line drive
Heading into the gap...
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Gerald Gazelle cuts it off before
it reaches the fence
And fires it in to second
The slide...
Safe...as the throw is high
Keefe has himself a double!
But it wasn't as easy as it first looked
Keefe is helping his own cause

Hamilton gets set at the plate
Hamilton is 0 for 3 today
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The southpaw Williams' delivery
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 4 on the afternoon for Williams
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Left Outs slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2
Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 7 to 6
Late 20th clipping Negro League II 5 to 1
NL Post WWII is edging Japanese
League 7 to 6
Niekro and Fujimoto currently dueling
NL Pre WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 5 to 4
AL Pre WWII and Turn of
Century are tied at 3

Kelly walks up to the plate
A base hit should score Keefe
Williams is ready quickly
John comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Kelly watches it go by
for the third strike
That's it for Old Timers
Here at Cow Pasture Field,
After 7 innings,
FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has one run,
5 hits and one error
Old Timers has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 7

Gazelle comes to the plate leading off
Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head
Keefe gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Tim will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Keefe loses him
Gazelle heads down to first
2 walks today for Gazelle

David Gonzalez is in to pinch hit
a nice day for Williams as he stands
to get the victory as long as the
bullpen holds the lead

Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Left Outs slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2
Pennock and Garcia currently dueling
Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 7 to 6
Late 20th with the lead over
Negro League II 5 to 2
Japanese League is on top
of NL Post WWII 9 to 7
Yoneda battling Perry
Dead Ball Era and NL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 5
Bender battling Rixey
Turn of Century is on top
of AL Pre WWII 5 to 3
Joss and Gomez currently dueling
And here in Old Timers FOFC on top 6 to 1

Gazelle takes a walking lead
Gazelle has stolen 3 of 4 bases this year
Blade swings and misses at the slider
Gazelle is off for second on the pitch
The throw...
It's high...
The slide...
Gazelle is OUT!

Great catch and tag applied by McCarthy

Over the outside corner
Blade hits the curve right to third...
Kelly takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Blade is out by a couple of steps
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games

Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Gunner
And he pulls it in
With one down, up next is Cap Anson
To be followed by Sam Thompson

Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Base hit to center for Thompson
Charley Gould puts up the stop sign...
Anson will stay at second

Davis rolls one toward Barrett Blade
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
George Davis is turning red with rage
As he glares at the umpire
Better be careful
Two gone for Old Timers

Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's it for Old Timers
FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Old Timers has one run,
7 hits and 2 errors
Old Timers has now left 8 runners stranded

Changeup down low...
Gunner makes contact and
hits one out to right
Sam Thompson is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Keefe
One gone for FOFC

Pflaggstettler pounds a grounder
toward McCarthy at second
Tommy moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But McCarthy stayed with it
Over to first and Pflaggstettler
is retired
Nice play by the Old Timers second baseman
One more chance for FOFC this inning

STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Tim Keefe
here this afternoon
Keefe sets the All Stars down in order

McCarthy starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Kronside walks him

Tim Keefe 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 Kronside
Brouthers has a knack for getting on base
His .444 OBP proves that
He is hitting righties at a .375 pace

Hard ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to second for one
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, McCarthy, is out

He rips a grounder to the mound
Kronside grabs it
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 1-4
The runner on first, Brouthers, is out
That's the second out of the inning

Swung on and missed...
Kelly is down on strikes
And that will do it for Old Timers
FOFC wins 6 to 1
Williams gets credit for the win
Keefe takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Harry Hays
He was 3 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from Old Timers.

Breeze

07-13-2013, 02:48 PM

9/1 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 9/1/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ancients AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .280 B.Hamilton CF 5 0 0 0 .285
S.Gunner LF 5 0 0 0 .253 K.Kelly 3B 4 0 1 0 .299
P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 3 1 1 .312 G.Kelly LF 4 0 0 0 .289
J.Potpie 1B 5 1 2 0 .279 C.Anson 1B 3 0 1 0 .298
H.Hays C 4 1 3 2 .326 S.Thompson RF 4 0 1 0 .288
D.Palmer 3B 3 1 2 0 .331 G.Davis SS 3 1 1 0 .289
B-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .283 B.Ewing C 4 0 1 0 .306
J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .278 T.McCarthy 2B 3 0 1 1 .315
G.Gazelle CF 2 0 1 0 .246 T.Keefe P 2 0 1 0 .104
J.Williams P 1 0 0 1 .109 C-D.Brouthers PH 1 0 0 0 .378
A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .293
J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 6 9 4 Totals 33 1 7 1

A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Keefe In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - 6 9 0
Ancients........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams WIN(17-4) 7 5 1 1 4 5 0 124 3.47
J.Kronside 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 29 2.96
Totals 9 7 1 1 5 7 0

Ancients IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Keefe LOSS(10-18) 9 9 6 4 5 10 1 157 5.02
Totals 9 9 6 4 5 10 1

ATTENDANCE- 37,519 DATE- Saturday, September 1st 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:23
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 7 Ancients:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Ancients: 1
ERRORS- B.Hamilton, S.Thompson
DOUBLES- J.Potpie(20th), H.Hays-2(12th), G.Gazelle(12th), T.McCarthy(10th),
T.Keefe
HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(24th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Gazelle
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Nights, J.Williams
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Williams
WALKS- B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler-2, G.Gazelle-2, K.Kelly, C.Anson, G.Davis,
T.McCarthy, T.Keefe
HIT BY PITCH- D.Palmer
STRIKE OUTS- S.Gunner-4, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, H.Hays, G.Gazelle,
J.Williams, D.Gonzalez, B.Hamilton-2, K.Kelly-2, B.Ewing-2,
T.Keefe
GIDP- J.Nights, G.Kelly

Breeze

07-13-2013, 02:49 PM

Manager Update

Still down by half a game, with a 3 game set starting tomorrow against the Post Nationals. Man I hope our starting pitching continues to be strong...

Breeze

07-14-2013, 01:10 PM

9/2 Radio Broadcast

So here we go...the show down
match up between the
FOFC and Post Nationals.
It's been talked about for weeks
and only a half a game
separates the two teams
This is going to be huge in
the determination of who will win
the National League

We are ready to go and...

He walked him, ball four
The lead-off batter gets on here
in the top of the 1st

The All Stars try the hit and run!
Tucker gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to second
Morgan is waving everybody off
Tucker is retired
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still
in the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Pflaggstettler watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Persimmon,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Gibson just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
And there's two away

Bouncer up the middle
Past Joe Morgan... base hit
into center field!
Blade makes the turn at second
Third base coach Dick Howser
tells him to keep a-comin'
Runners at first and third

There's a foul behind behind the plate
Roy is after it
Digging hard...
Not in time!
Too shallow of a pop-up for Campanella
to reach it in time
Another chance for Hays
. . . Hays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hays gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward left
Aaron is heading back...
At the ivy
And he makes the catch for the out!
Gibson breathes a sigh of relief
Bob Gibson holds FOFC scoreless
in the first inning

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...
Morgan dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Morgan with a single

It is a high hard one...
Clemente goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Clemente couldn't hold back
One gone for NL Post WWII

Mays will try the hit and run!
Here's the change up...
Waiting on it...
Mays drives one over Tucker's head...
Tucker backing up quickly...
He's got his legs twisted...
But he rights himself in time
Tucker recovers and makes the grab

Aaron sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Gunner
Gunner gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium left
NL Post WWII is out of here
in the bottom of the 1st
This game is coming to you from Big
League Field in NL Post WWII
After 1 inning
NL Post WWII has no runs,
one hit and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors

Gunner tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short right
Clemente is coming in hard...
Morgan is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Gunner is on with the "excuse me" single!

Palmer hits it deep towards the gap
Clemente is back to the warning track...
To the ivy...
He leaps against the wall...
He can't get it!
Palmer is at third, with a triple
Gunner scores from first

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Nights held up, and draws a walk
Gibson isn't happy at all with that call

Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Nielsen swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at second
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Musial grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Nielsen is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E4
Palmer scores from third!
Nights takes second
Nielsen to first

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

Blade dribbles one toward Joe Morgan
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the umpire
The first base coach is having a tizzy fit
And there's one away

Swung on and missed...
Tucker is down on strikes
With that putout
Gibson only needs one more out
to get out of this inning
But 2 runs already across for FOFC

Swung on...
And Pflaggstettler got
a little piece of it
But Campanella held on to
the tip, strike three
Three away in the top of the 2nd
FOFC on top 2 to 0
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Negro League II leads AL Post WWII 3 to 2
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Dead Ball Era is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0
Grimes battling Welch
Caribbean is on top of Turn
of Century 2 to 0
Late 20th is comfortably ahead
of Negro League I 6 to 0

A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Musial is down on strikes
Number 2 here today for Nielsen
One out
Due up next is Mike Schmidt

Smashed to the mound
Nielsen grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Two down

Banks hits a long drive
It's hooking down the left field line
If it's fair, it's out of here...
It goes FOUL!
. . . Banks back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Ernie Banks 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 ends the inning
After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 2

Potpie gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Banks into the outfield...
Base hit for Potpie

Hit to third... and right at Schmidt
He juggled that ball a bit, but held on
Hays is out

Low and inside
It hit him on the foot!
Gunner tried to dance out of the way
But it got him

Curve, up high...
Palmer rips it to left...
Gibson hung that breaking ball
However, Deacon got under it just a bit
Aaron started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
That's out number two
Post-Nationals' pitching
coach, Johnny Podres,
is out to talk with Gibson

And Nights will be trotting to first
They've put him on intentionally
That sets up a force at any base
and brings up Rob Nielsen next

Nielsen swings and lifts one toward right
Clemente drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's out number three
Nielsen leaves the bases loaded
So for FOFC, No runs, one hit, no
errors and 3 men left on base

Sinking fastball...
Tailing away...
Swung on...
Campanella hits a deep fly to left-center
Back to the ivy
Gunner is at the warning track
He's a little out of control...
Rights himself
Can't get it...
It bounces off the ivy...
Campanella around first...
Here's the throw...
It's a rope...
The slide...
SAFE!!
Two-base hit for Campanella

Gibson squares
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by J.Potpie
the throw to first...
Out
Gibson gets the job done.
With one down, up next is Joe Morgan
To be followed by Roberto Clemente

There's a hard roller down at Palmer
He's in front of it...
It rolls right between the wickets!
Error on Deacon Palmer as he
didn't get his glove down
Maybe a bit too easy for him
That scores Campanella

The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
Clemente misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Hays fires it down...
Good throw...
The hard slide...
And Morgan is outta there!

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Clemente swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Roberto as he was heading for the dugout
That's all here in the bottom of the 3rd
But the Post-Nationals get on the board...
They bring in 1 run
It's now All Stars 2, Post-Nationals 1

A low bouncer to Schmidt
It bounces off his chest...
But he keeps it in front of him
Over to first...
Blade is out!
Shows the importance of good positioning
That's one away

Tucker laces a hit into the outfield
Roberto Clemente picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Tucker holds with a single

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 two away

Potpie connects on the curve...
This one is really smoked...
Aaron starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Potpie got all of this one....
See ya, It's a home run!
Tucker scores in front of him

Pop-up
Campanella drifts behind the plate
He makes the catch
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 4 to 1

Breeze

07-14-2013, 01:11 PM

9/2 Radio Broadcast Continued

Mays hits one on the ground
to the left side
Willie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
So one up and one gone

It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Aaron checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Hank
Two up, two down here in
the bottom of the 4th

Over the outside corner
Musial hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Musial is out by a couple of steps
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 8 and
2 in their last ten games

It's a high fly into right
Clemente ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One away...
Musial is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Schmidt also...
Now they return to their positions

A jug-handled curve
Palmer goes out and gets it
It's a liner to center
Mays will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Deacon Palmer

There's a shallow flyball struck by Nights
Willie Mays runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Nights is out
Two away

Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Nielsen didn't like it

He rips a grounder to the mound
Taken by Gibson
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II is on top
of AL Post WWII 4 to 2
Beckwith has hit his 28th homerun
for Negro League II
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Foxx has hit his 37th homerun
for Left Outs
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Japanese League 3 to 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Caribbean is comfortably ahead
of Turn of Century 6 to 0
Cepeda has hit his 25th
homerun for Caribbean
Late 20th winning over Negro
League I 8 to 2
And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 1

Swung on and hit on the nose to center
Tucker picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Schmidt is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Banks, that's 1 walk today

Campanella laces a clean base hit
He pounced on the fastball
Campanella rounds first,
but will hold there
Both runners move up 90 feet

There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Hays races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Hays
Score It: 2
One away in the bottom of the
5th for NL Post WWII

Flyball to left
it's caught
Schmidt tags up and scores easily
Banks has a chance to move up...
Banks will hold at second base

He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at Big League Field, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 9

Tucker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Gibson strikes out A. J. Tucker
FOFC with one away
Gibson steps off the mound as
he waits for Persimmon Pflaggstettler to
come to the plate

Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the afternoon
for Pflaggstettler
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
NL Post WWII gets the second
out of the inning

Fastball over the plate...
Potpie swings...
He hits this one very deep...
Willie Mays is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...

GONE!
Potpie now has 2 homers on the day!
Nice day indeed!
He now has 40 roundtrippers on the year
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 40th
home run of the year.

Swung on and foul tipped
Campanella hangs on to it
Strike out for Gibson
Number 7 on the day
That's all for FOFC
After 5 and a half innings in NL
Post WWII this afternoon,
FOFC on top 5 to 2

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 227 on the season for Nielsen

Curve ball...
Aaron swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two down
Nielsen retires the first two
NL Post WWII batters

Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Musial was frozen on that
fastball by Nielsen
High and on the inside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
So Musial is set down
And that's 7 for Nielsen today
Nielsen shuts down NL Post WWII
here in the bottom of the 6th
So FOFC still with the lead
as we go to a commercial break

Gunner hits a three hopper
towards Ernie Banks
Banks 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

AL Post WWII and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 4
AL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 3 to 2
Lyons battling Wynn
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Japanese League 3 to 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Caribbean is running roughshod
over Turn of Century 10 to 0
Late 20th is comfortably ahead
of Negro League I 8 to 2
And in our contest FOFC leads 5 to 2

Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two gone for FOFC

Swung on and popped up
Morgan is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That retires the side...
After 6 and a half innings
at Big League Field
here in NL Post WWII,
FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
FOFC has left 9 men on base
NL Post WWII has stranded only 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

In the dirt
And Schmidt holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Changeup...
Ties Banks up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
One down for NL Post WWII
Roy Campanella is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Post WWII

Curve in the dirt... and
Campanella holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Hays loses on his appeal to first
Campanella will take first on the walk

Grounded towards the sack
Potpie grabs it
Over to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 3-6-3
Three away here in the bottom of the 7th
After 7 innings FOFC ahead 5 to 2
The official attendance has
just been announced
48208 fans here at Big League
Field this afternoon

Fastball...
Nielsen jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Aaron after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Hank Aaron!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Blade hits a high pop into
short left field
Schmidt sprints out
Aaron and Mays sprint towards the infield
Willie Mays sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
It's ruled a double

Fastball, belt high, away...
Tucker goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Clemente
Clemente is gliding under it...
HE CAN'T HANG ON!!!...
Tucker cruises easily into third
Blade scores on the play
Error number 1 of the game for Clemente

Pflaggstettler flies out to center
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
Here's the play at the plate...
Tucker is out!

Grounded towards first
Potpie grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Nielsen just misses outside
Ball four to Clemente

Grounded to third
Fouts grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
Two down
Due up next is Hank Aaron
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power
to the Post-Nationals

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Aaron swung, that's strike three
Aaron isn't happy at all with that call
That's all for the Post-Nationals
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
At the end of eight full innings...
FOFC ahead 6 to 2

Potpie drives one into center
Willie Mays sprints over to make the play
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Hays hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Banks 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 short stop, Ernie Banks

That's ball four
Gunner trots down to first
Hays is already down on second

Flyball to right
it's caught
Hays has a chance to move up...
Hays will hold at second base

Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Banks
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
FOFC threatens but fails to score
Here in the top of the 9th

Slow ground ball to first
Tremendous diving grab by Potpie!
But no throw!
That's an infield hit for Musial!

Fastball down low...
Schmidt swings and hits one out to left
Stan Gunner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Nielsen
Musial trots back to first
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Ernie
Banks coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen
here this afternoon
Two down, last of the 9th...
The Post-Nationals are down
to their final out

Campanella goes after Nielsen'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 ivy...
It's out of here!
Roy just hit home run number 6
of this 1900 season

Now batting for the Post-Nationals...
Tony Perez...
He'll pinch hit for Bob Gibson
Joe Morgan is on-deck

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Perez is down on strikes
Number 11 here today for Nielsen
And that will do it for NL Post WWII
FOFC wins 6 to 4
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Gibson takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.

Breeze

07-14-2013, 01:13 PM

9/2 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals 9/2/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .280 J.Morgan 2B 3 0 2 2 .266
A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 0 .294 R.Clemente RF 3 0 0 0 .328
P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 0 0 0 .309 W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .305
J.Potpie 1B 5 2 4 3 .284 H.Aaron LF 4 0 0 0 .310
H.Hays C 5 0 1 0 .324 S.Musial 1B 4 1 1 0 .334
S.Gunner LF 3 1 1 0 .254 M.Schmidt 3B 3 1 1 0 .262
D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 1 .332 E.Banks SS 3 0 0 0 .288
A-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .282 R.Campanella C 3 2 3 2 .270
J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .276 B.Gibson P 2 0 0 0 .212
R.Nielsen P 3 0 0 1 .090 B-T.Perez PH 1 0 0 0 .238
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 6 10 5 Totals 30 4 7 4

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Palmer In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 10 1
Post-Nationals.. 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 4 7 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(20-8) 9 7 4 3 4 11 1 117 3.31
Totals 9 7 4 3 4 11 1

Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Gibson LOSS(11-8) 9 10 6 5 5 7 2 144 4.69
Totals 9 10 6 5 5 7 2

ATTENDANCE- 48,208 DATE- Sunday, September 2nd 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:11 Post-Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Post-Nationals: 1
ERRORS- D.Palmer, J.Morgan, R.Clemente
DOUBLES- B.Blade(26th), R.Campanella(3rd)
TRIPLES- D.Palmer(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Potpie-2(40th), R.Campanella(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Morgan
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Gibson
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Morgan
WALKS- B.Blade, S.Gunner, J.Nights-2, R.Nielsen, R.Clemente, M.Schmidt, E.Banks,
R.Campanella
HIT BY PITCH- S.Gunner
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker-2, P.Pflaggstettler-4, H.Hays, R.Clemente-2, W.Mays,
H.Aaron-3, S.Musial-2, E.Banks-2, T.Perez
GIDP- W.Mays, B.Gibson

Breeze

07-15-2013, 08:21 PM

9/3 Radio Broadcast

He walked him, ball four
The lead-off batter gets on here
in the top of the 1st

Hit and run...
Slow curve, up high...
Tucker sends a hard grounder to first
Musial takes it on one hop
Fires to Banks for one
Back to first...
The throw is wide, A. J. is safe
With one down, up next is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie

Here's a high fastball, at the letters...
Pflaggstettler raps a hard
grounder toward third
Mathews 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
Two gone for FOFC

It's a rainbow shot toward center
Mays reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3
in their last ten games

Morgan cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Morgan was badly fooled by Babson's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Joe was a little overanxious
One out
Due up next is Roberto Clemente

Long fly to left
Gunner has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Clemente is retired on a fairly deep fly
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in a row

It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Pflaggstettler grabs it for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Palmer connects on the curve...
This one is really smoked...
Clemente starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Palmer got all of this one....
See ya, It's a home run!
Hays scores in front of him

Lifted in the air, back this way
The catcher, Bench, will
take it for the out
So Perry retires Gunner
Jeff Nights will be up next for FOFC
2 runs across here in the top of the 2nd

Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Aaron
And he pulls it in
FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with
two away this inning

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Babson swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bench loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Brian as he was heading for the dugout
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII is edging Negro
League II 1 to 0
Williams has hit his 26th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are scoreless
Japanese League and Dead Ball
Era are all knotted at 1
Oh has hit his 50th homerun
for Japanese League
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Caribbean is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0
Negro League I is beating Late 20th 4 to 0
Charleston has hit his 30th homerun
for Negro League I

Mays rips a whistling liner down the line
Bingo! Palmer spears it!
A shot hit right on the screws
but right at the FOFC third baseman
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have
Hank Aaron coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

It's a smash over short
Nights leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Aaron makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Base hit to center for Mathews
Bill Russle is waving Aaron to third...
The throw is going to third...
Aaron is safe at third!
And Mathews advances to
second on the throw

Grounded into the hole
Aaron is coming home
Potpie comes up with it
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
That's an infield hit for Banks!
Aaron scores from third!
Mathews takes third

He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

It is a high hard one...
Perry goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Perry couldn't hold back
Babson needs one more out
to get out of this jam

Drilled on the ground to second
Taken by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
So that wraps it up here in
the bottom of the 2nd
Morgan leaves teammates on every base
He is obviously upset with himself
We'll be back in just a minute...

Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
And there's one away

A. J. Tucker offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Tucker couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Joe Morgan for the out
Tucker never even left the batter's box
Two up, two down

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 63 on the season for Perry
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 2-1, FOFC

He rips a grounder to first
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

It's a high fly to deep center
Tucker is on his horse
It is carrying to the ivy
A. J. jumps
It's off the wall
Musial is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

Curveball, in and low
Mays 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
Musial is now perched over at third
Two gone here in the bottom of the 3rd
We want to welcome the NL Post
WWII "Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Aaron gets a good cut at it...
He lifts it high and deep toward left
Gunner is heading back...
At the ivy
And he makes the catch for the out!
Babson breathes a sigh of relief
That retires the side...
Hank Aaron fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Potpie hits it into the hole
on the right side
Morgan ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Potpie is out by a step at first
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
And there's two away

Fly ball to right
Clemente is under it
He makes the grab
That's all for FOFC
After 3 and a half innings in
NL Post WWII this evening,
FOFC ahead 2 to 1

Curve ball...
Mathews swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
NL Post WWII with one away
Babson steps off the mound as
he waits for Ernie Banks to
come to the plate

Banks hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two up, two down for the Post-Nationals
We're in the bottom of the 4th

Fastball... low and away, ball four
Babson puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

Perry watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Gaylord,
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
That ends the inning
After 4 innings, FOFC leads by 1

Gunner hits a deep fly
Clemente retreats toward the ivy
He leaps...
He's got it!
So one up and one gone

Nights hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Mathews dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Eddie Mathews!
Two down

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 4 and a half innings,

FOFC on top 2 to 1

Breeze

07-15-2013, 08:22 PM

9/3 Radio Broadcast Continued

Morgan rocks one deep
This is really hit
It's going... going...
FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Morgan
. . . Morgan back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the 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

Clemente tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two away

Musial really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He dives for it...
NO DICE!!!
It caroms off his glove a few feet away
He scurries to get the ball back in
as Musial pulls up easily
with a two-bagger

Pounded on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
The Post-Nationals go down
in the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings at Big League Field
here in NL Post WWII,
FOFC on top 2 to 1

A hanging curve...
Blade laces it hard just to
the right of Mathews
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Barrett...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

It's the hit and run play by FOFC...
Tucker misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Bench displays his rocket arm...
Blade sliding to the outside...
Avoids the tag...
He's safe
Good throw by Bench

A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 5 on the evening for Perry
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II leads AL Post WWII 4 to 3
AL Pre WWII is on top of Left Outs 2 to 0
Dead Ball Era is edging Japanese
League 2 to 1
Oh has hit his 50th homerun
for Japanese League
NL Pre WWII is edging Old Timers 3 to 2
Caribbean is beating Turn
of Century 5 to 1
Luque comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Negro League I with the lead
over Late 20th 4 to 1
Day comfortably ahead for Negro League I

There's a ball in the dirt...
The catcher Bench tries to block it...
It's off his shin guards
There goes Blade...
Bench picks up the ball and
slings it to Mathews
Not in time!
Wild pitch on Perry
The ball dropped like a rock
Bench got in front of it,
but the spin was too much

Big slow curve...
And it's in there... Pflaggstettler
looks at strike three
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Potpie swings and lifts one toward center
Mays drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
NL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6

Aaron hits a drive to left
He hit it right on the button...
But Gunner got a great jump...
He is closing quickly...
OUT!
Nice play by Stan Gunner
One up, one down for NL Post WWII

Grounded towards the bag
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
Two up, two down for NL Post WWII

A hot shot on the ground to Palmer
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Banks is out
Easy inning for Babson
So after six complete...
FOFC leads 2 to 1

Hays hits a shallow fly towards Hank Aaron
Aaron charges, dives...
He's got it!
Good play by Aaron
One gone in the top of the 7th
Up next is Deacon Palmer
He's having a fine year so far

A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Two down
Perry retires two in a row

Fastball... down and away...
Perry just misses the corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Perry today

Ground ball to short
Taken by Banks
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at Big League Field, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Grounded towards the bag
Potpie boots the ball!
Score It: E3
Bench to first

Gaylord Perry is being called
back to the dugout
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yep, out steps Billy Williams
Tommy Lasorda will send Williams up
He has cracked them over the fence
in this situation before
Williams has 7 home runs this year
Billy has already popped 1 pinch homer
Another would make him and
this crowd very happy

Fastball down low...
Williams swings and hits one out to right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
Bench trots back to first
That's one away

Morgan 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

Bouncer to short
Taken by Nights
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for
NL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 49705
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 63 games this season
with a record of 10-4
In 97 innings, he has an 4.16 ERA
Gaylord Perry has finished his work
here this evening
NL Post WWII's defensive changes are...
Williams will bat 9th and play RF

It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Babson checks his swing
Bench appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Brian
NL Post WWII gets the first out
here late in this contest

Sinking fastball...
Blade swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder
right at Mathews...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away

Swung on and hit sharply to second
Morgan plays it on one bounce
Over to Musial...
Out of there!
Three down for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for NL Post WWII
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 32 and 18 in one run games
NL Post WWII has a 27 and 23 record
in these tight contests

Musial hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
He's got it
One out
Willie Mays is due up next

Mays swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Willie Mays
That's the second out of the inning

Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
So the Post-Nationals are retired
here in the eighth
They are still 1 run behind
Babson is having his way
with them this evening
For you stats nuts out there,
NL Post WWII is 31 and 18 versus
portside starters in 1900
If they don't get busy in the ninth,
they'll have to add another
"L" to that total
Overall, they are 95 and 54

It's a high fly into right
Williams ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
With one down

Musial yells something out to Niekro
Phil nods his head

Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into center
It's in for a base hit...
Mays quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Potpie dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Potpie with a single
(Guarding Lines Effect)

Hays sends a hot smash to first
Musial takes it on one hop
Fires to Banks for one
Back to Stan Musial...
Harry beats the relay
With two gone, FOFC leads 2 to
1 in the top of the 9th

Base hit to center for Palmer
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Change up...
Gunner was way out in front...
Strike Three
That's it for FOFC
FOFC has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 5 runners stranded

Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Mathews!
One down for NL Post WWII
Ernie Banks is still in the on-deck circle
and Johnny Bench is looking
for a bat in the dugout

The pitch is just inside
and Banks holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Ernie trots down to first... ball four

Tommy Lasorda is sending out
Lou Brock to first base
He will run for Ernie Banks
Second base is open
NL Post WWII now has a threat to steal

Brock is taking his lead from first
Knowles looks Brock back
He is unable to get his normal lead

It is a high hard one...
Bench goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Bench couldn't hold back
Two gone here in the bottom of the 9th
We want to welcome the "Strat Fan
Hall of Fame Club"
to the game tonight
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

He's off to the races!
Hays comes up firing...
Nights applies the tag...
Brock is safe!...
Nights can't handle the throw cleanly

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Billy Williams
Williams fights one off at the wrists
He muscles it to center
Tucker moves in quickly
He slides on the moist grass!
He clutches it while flat on his back!
And that will do it for NL Post WWII
FOFC wins 2 to 1
Babson gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Perry takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Deacon Palmer
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.

Breeze

07-15-2013, 08:24 PM

9/3 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals 9/3/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .281 J.Morgan 2B 4 0 0 0 .264
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .292 R.Clemente RF 4 0 0 0 .326
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .306 P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .284 S.Musial 1B 4 0 2 0 .336
H.Hays C 4 1 1 0 .323 W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .303
D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 2 .334 H.Aaron LF 4 1 1 0 .309
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 0 .296
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Banks SS 3 0 1 1 .288
S.Gunner LF 3 0 0 0 .251 C-L.Brock PR 0 0 0 0 .200
J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .275 J.Bench C 2 0 0 0 .237
B.Babson P 3 0 0 0 .079 G.Perry P 2 0 0 0 .091
B-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .282 A-B.Williams PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .223
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 33 1 5 1

A-Pinch Hit For Perry In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Babson In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Banks In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
Post-Nationals.. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Babson WIN(12-14) 8 5 1 1 2 6 0 110 3.57
B.Knowles HOLD(8th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.86
S.Knowles SAVE(29th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 1.95
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 8 0

Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
G.Perry LOSS(13-6) 7 3 2 2 2 7 1 98 4.42
P.Niekro 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 29 4.08
Totals 9 5 2 2 2 9 1

ATTENDANCE- 49,705 DATE- Monday, September 3rd 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Post-Nationals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Post-Nationals: 0
ERRORS- J.Potpie
DOUBLES- S.Musial-2(23rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Palmer(9th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Blade(11th), L.Brock(2nd)
WALKS- B.Blade, S.Gunner, E.Banks, J.Bench-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler-2, D.Palmer, S.Gunner,
B.Babson-3, J.Morgan, R.Clemente, W.Mays, E.Mathews-2, J.Bench,
G.Perry-2
WILD PITCHES- G.Perry
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Eddie Mathews robbed Jeff Nights of a base hit.

Travis

07-15-2013, 08:47 PM

Nicely done boys, clutch game on the mound!

Breeze

07-15-2013, 09:25 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 87 63 .580 ---- *WON*
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 81 69 .540 6.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 79 71 .527 8.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 77 73 .513 10.0
2001 Late 20th L20 72 78 .480 15.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 63 87 .420 24.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 40 110 .267 47.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 96 53 .644 ---- 4
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 95 55 .633 1.5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 86 64 .573 10.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 76 73 .510 20.0
2001 Caribbean CAP 70 80 .467 26.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 67 83 .447 29.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 90 .400 36.5

Breeze

07-16-2013, 09:07 PM

9/4 Radio Broadcast

Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Marichal'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 hit and run is on!
Tucker sends a hot smash to first
Musial takes it on one hop
Fires to Banks for one
Back to Stan Musial...
A. J. beats the relay
One gone for FOFC

Pflaggstettler swings and misses
Strike three
Pflaggstettler didn't have
a good cut at that pitch
Two down
Campanella asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Campanella and Marichal

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Potpie is outta there
Juan Marichal holds FOFC scoreless
in the first inning

Another hook for strike three!
Morgan just stood there looking
One down for NL Post WWII
Roberto Clemente is still
in the on-deck circle
and Willie Mays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

There's a hard bouncer to Palmer's left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Potpie...
Clemente is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Deacon Palmer!
Two down

Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into center
Tucker is under it, waits...
He's got it
Al Mighty holds the Post-Nationals
scoreless in the first

There's a high foul pop behind the plate
Campanella goes back to the screen
Nice play
Just before it goes into the seats
One up, one down

Stan takes a vicious cut
But only creates a breeze
He was guessing on that one
Wrong guess!
Gunner has been striking out a lot in 1900
And he is batting only
.250 in 288 at bats
That's two away
Banks comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Marichal
Deacon Palmer will be next up...

Swung on and hit on the nose to left
Aaron picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Palmer is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Nights hits a pop into short right field
Out goes Musial and Morgan
In comes Clemente
Morgan waves his hands in the air
He makes the catch over his shoulder
Pretty play by Joe
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Marichal
In the top of the 2nd for FOFC
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One out
Due up next is Stan Musial

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Musial is down on strikes
Number 2 here today for Mighty
Two down
Mighty retires the first two
NL Post WWII batters

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Schmidt
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 7 and
3 in their last ten games

Fly ball to right
Clemente is under it
He makes the grab
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

It's a high fly to deep center
Mays is on his horse
It is carrying to the ivy
Willie jumps...
Leaping catch... No, it
pops out of his glove
Blade will get a two-base hit

Off speed pitch on the way...
And Tucker watches it go by
for the third strike
We're scoreless with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

AL Post WWII leads Negro League II 1 to 0
Ryan and Mathis currently dueling
Left Outs is on top of AL Pre WWII 5 to 3
Japanese League and Dead Ball
Era are all knotted at 1
NL Pre WWII and Old Timers
are all knotted at 4
Caribbean is on top of Turn
of Century 2 to 0
Garcia and Mathewson currently dueling
Negro League I is giving
it to Late 20th 6 to 1
Lloyd has hit his 7th homerun
for Negro League I

Fastball, belt high, away...
Pflaggstettler goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Mays
Mays is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That ends the inning
FOFC threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 3rd

Lined to third
Tough chance for Palmer
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 5

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 158 on the season for Mighty
And there's two away

Sinking fastball...
Marichal swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's all for the Post-Nationals
After 3 innings in NL Post
WWII this afternoon,
No score

Potpie swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Schmidt and skips out to Aaron
Potpie rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Potpie returns to first
as Hank gets a nice throw in to Morgan

It is a high hard one...
Hays goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Hays couldn't hold back
That's one away

A slider by Marichal
Gunner gets good wood on it...
Mays back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

Grounded towards the sack
Schmidt grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
So ends the top of the 4th
For FOFC
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 3 and a half innings,
We're scoreless

High heater...
Morgan 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
Morgan has himself a double

There's a bouncer down to Palmer
He fronts it...
And muffs it!
Error on Deacon Palmer
He was just eaten up by that ball!

Clemente stretches his lead
Clemente takes his lead...
Mighty fires it to first...
Clemente dives back...
SAFE!
WOW! That was a real belly whopper!

In there, called strike three
Mays didn't like it
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

He chases the hook...
Aaron 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
Two down
Due up next is Stan Musial
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power
to the Post-Nationals

Base hit to right for Musial
Third base coach Bill Russle
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Clemente...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Musial at first

Bounced past the mound
Fielded nicely by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 4 innings
NL Post WWII has one run,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
3 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Breeze

07-16-2013, 09:08 PM

9/4 Radio Broadcast Continued

Ground ball to the left side...
Banks scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
One away here in the top of the 5th
NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

AL Post WWII is edging Negro
League II 1 to 0
Left Outs is in front of
AL Pre WWII 8 to 5
Japanese League and Dead
Ball Era are tied at 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 7 to 4
Hornsby has hit his 25th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Caribbean and Turn of Century
are tied at 2
Keeler has hit his 4th homerun
for Turn of Century
Negro League I is crushing
Late 20th 11 to 1
Paige and Negro League I
are on cruise control

Hot shot grounded to the mound
Marichal comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Marichal retires two in a row

Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Blade hits it into the hole
on the right side
Morgan ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Blade is out by a step at first
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 4 and a half innings
NL Post WWII on top, 1-0

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...
Banks dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Banks with a single

Campanella 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...

Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Marichal swung right
over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Mighty!
Two away now for NL Post WWII
They're ahead by 1
The Post-Nationals have 3
hits on the afternoon

Morgan jack-knifes out of the way
But it's in there!
Morgan was really fooled
on that strike three
That retires the side...
Morgan fails to come through in the clutch
For NL Post WWII, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

Changeup down low...
Tucker makes contact and
hits one out to center
Willie Mays is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Marichal

Hot shot grounded to short
Banks comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two down
Juan Marichal retires
the first two batters in order

Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Marichal punches him out!
Marichal retires the side in order
Here in the top of the 6th

Clemente hits one on the ground
to the left side
Roberto, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
One up, one down for NL Post WWII

Strike three called
A slider that broke over
Number 8 for Al Mighty today!
162 on the year
Two down
Al Mighty retires
the first two batters in a row

Curve ball...
Aaron swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That's all for the Post-Nationals
After 6 full innings,
they lead by 1

Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Hays was frozen on that
fastball by Marichal
High and on the inside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
So Hays is set down
And that's 7 for Marichal today
And there's one away

There's a fly ball to Willie Mays
Mays circles under it...
He makes the play
That's two down for Marichal
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Palmer turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 10 for Deacon on the year
He also has 53 RBI's now

Nights lines one just to
the right of Musial
It's past him into right field!
Clemente hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Nights is on with a
line single to right

Nights inches slowly away from the bag
Marichal looks the runner back

He rips a grounder to second
Morgan grabs it
Over to Musial
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That does it in the top of the 7th
Now a brief message from our hosts
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We are pleased you joined
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Now back to baseball where
After 6 and a half innings,
We're all tied up at 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Right down the middle... strike three
Musial must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
NL Post WWII with one away
Rodney steps off the mound as
he waits for Mike Schmidt to
come to the plate

Schmidt pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Gunner
Stan is there
He's got it for the out
That's two away

A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Banks is out
That is the third out for
NL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45344

Slider, down at the knees...
Blade swings and lifts one deep to right
This one has a chance...
Clemente is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 4 on the year for Barrett Blade

Swung on and foul tipped
Campanella hangs on to it
Strike out for Marichal
Number 8 on the day
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Ground ball through the middle
Banks ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That's two gone for FOFC here
in the top of the 8th
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Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Potpie is outta there
That's it for FOFC
Here at Big League Field, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 5 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 3

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Campanella swung, that's strike three
Campanella isn't happy at
all with that call
FOFC gets the first out
here late in this contest

Up for the Post-Nationals will
be Eddie Mathews...
He'll pinch hit for Juan Marichal
Joe Morgan is due to follow

Mathews 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 2 of the game for FOFC

Time is called by NL Post WWII
Here comes Lou Brock out of the dugout
He is heading toward first base
And Eddie Mathews starts off the diamond
Tommy Lasorda wants more
speed on the bases

Brock takes his lead
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Morgan 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
Three away in the bottom of the 8th
FOFC leads 2 to 1
Let's see how NL Post WWII
is doing of late...
Well, NL Post WWII is 7 and
3 in their last ten games
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 64 games this season
He has a record of 10-4
in 99 innings
His ERA stands at 4.08

Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Banks
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

The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Smashed to second
Taken by Morgan
Throw to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

There's a towering fly ball hit by Palmer
Mays sprints over, and makes the catch
Three down for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for NL Post WWII
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 33 and 18 in one run games
NL Post WWII has a 27 and 24 record
in these tight contests

Sammy Knowles in to pitch...
Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Clemente turned that one
around in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Tucker didn't even move
That ties it up...

Willie Mays steps to the plate
Letterhigh fastball...
The ball game is over
That had to carry at least 420 feet
NL Post WWII wins 3 to 2
And just like that the FOFCers
potential 2.5 game lead with 4
games to play is gone, and they sit
on just a half game cushion.
This was a crushing blow for the
All-Stars and Sammy Knowles.

Niekro gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Roberto Clemente
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.

Breeze

07-16-2013, 09:09 PM

9/4 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals 9/4/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 3 1 2 1 .283 J.Morgan 2B 4 1 1 0 .264
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .290 R.Clemente RF 4 1 1 1 .325
P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 0 0 .304 W.Mays CF 4 1 1 1 .303
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 0 .284 H.Aaron LF 2 0 0 1 .308
H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .322 S.Musial 1B 3 0 1 0 .336
S.Gunner LF 4 0 0 0 .247 M.Schmidt 3B 3 0 0 0 .257
D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 1 .336 E.Banks SS 3 0 1 0 .288
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Campanella C 3 0 0 0 .260
J.Nights SS 3 0 1 0 .275 J.Marichal P 2 0 0 0 .130
A.Mighty P 2 0 0 0 .091 B-E.Mathews PH 1 0 0 0 .296
A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .291 C-L.Brock PR 0 0 0 0 .200
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-D.Fouts 3B 0 0 0 0 .282
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 29 3 5 3

A-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Marichal In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Mathews In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Knowles In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 7 2
Post-Nationals.. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 0

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Mighty 6 3 1 0 0 9 0 80 3.83
J.Rodney 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 3.44
B.Knowles HOLD(9th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.81
S.Knowles L(1-4) BS(5th) 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 9 2.28
Totals 8 5 3 2 0 11 2

Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Marichal 8 6 2 2 1 9 2 123 4.78
P.Niekro WIN(11-4) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.04
Totals 9 7 2 2 1 9 2

ATTENDANCE- 45,344 DATE- Tuesday, September 4th 1900 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Post-Nationals: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Post-Nationals: 1
ERRORS- D.Palmer, J.Nights
DOUBLES- B.Blade(27th), J.Morgan(27th)
HOME RUNS- B.Blade(4th), D.Palmer(10th), R.Clemente(20th), W.Mays(38th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Aaron
WALKS- B.Blade
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker-2, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie-3, H.Hays-2, S.Gunner,
J.Morgan-2, W.Mays-2, H.Aaron, S.Musial-2, M.Schmidt,
R.Campanella-2, J.Marichal
GIDP- S.Gunner, J.Morgan

Breeze

07-16-2013, 09:11 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 88 63 .583 ---- *WON*
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 81 70 .536 7.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 80 71 .530 8.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 77 74 .510 11.0
2001 Late 20th L20 72 79 .477 16.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 64 87 .424 24.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 40 111 .265 48.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
1000 FOFC FAS 96 54 .640 ---- 4
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 96 55 .636 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 87 64 .576 9.5
2001 Turn of Century TCH 77 73 .513 19.0
2001 Caribbean CAP 70 81 .464 26.5
2001 Left Outs LOH 68 83 .450 28.5
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 91 .397 36.5

Breeze

07-17-2013, 07:21 AM

Dynasty Update

All,

I realize it is a bad time to break, but I'll be heading out of town today for the Georgia State Long Course Swimming Championships. I wanted you to know so you didn't wonder why the thread wasn't getting updated. I'll get back to this when I return...

Breeze

07-22-2013, 06:37 PM

9/5 Radio Broadcast

Ground ball through the middle
Lajoie ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Joss retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 1st

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bresnahan fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Tucker

High and tight
He takes it for a walk

Potpie goes after the low slider...
Lofts a shallow fly towards Burkett
He's racing in for it...
Catches it at his knees
HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!!
He's chasing it down
Potpie walks into second on the error
Burkett should've had that one
Score It: E9
Pflaggstettler takes third
Potpie to second

Base hit to left for Hays
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Bresnahan is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Potpie is out!

Hugh pops it up
And Palmer makes the play
So one up and one gone

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Big bender...
Swung on...
Kelley pops it straight up
Three players converging on it
And it will be Nights making the play
Williams disposes of Turn of Century
quickly in the bottom of the
1st... they go down 1-2-3
After 1 inning,
it's 1-0 FOFC

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Palmer swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bresnahan loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Deacon as he was heading for the dugout
One up, one down

Gunner really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Duffy was positioned well
and has a shot at it
Still going back...
At the warning track...
It's high off the wall
Gunner flies around first
Could get three...
Duffy plays the carom perfectly
Spins and throws back to Kelley...
Gunner with the wide turn at second
has to scramble back
Here's the throw to second...
NO DICE!
He slides in under the tag
Gunner has himself two-bagger

Swung on and hit right at short
Honus Wagner up with it...
Looks Gunner back to second
Then fires it to Kelley for the out
Two down

Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Wagner
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC leads 1 to 0

He rips a grounder to the mound
Williams comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Turn of Century with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Honus Wagner to
come to the plate

Wagner slaps a hard grounder past short
Gunner is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Wagner will hold with a clean single

Wagner takes his lead
Fastball outside corner...
Crawford looks at the pitch...
And there goes Wagner!
Hays comes up firing...
Wagner slides...
SAFE!
Wagner slides around the
tag and gets in there

Base hit to right for Crawford
Dode Criss is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Wagner is out!

Collins drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
Three away in the bottom of the 2nd
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Let's see how Turn of Century
is doing of late...
Well, Turn of Century is 6 and
4 in their last ten games

A high fastball...
Blade swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Wagner
Honus is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Blade was looking for the breaking ball
One away for FOFC
I had the pleasure of meeting
the fine author
Robert Creamer last night
He told me a funny story about Babe Ruth

Seems he was at an elegant dinner party
A rather splendid asparagus
salad was served
Babe played with it for a moment
then pushed it aside
The hostess asked politely
"Don't you care for the salad, Mr. Ruth?"
"Oh it's not that",
was his courteous reply
"It's just that asparagus
makes my urine smell"

There's a fly ball to Jesse Burkett
Burkett circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League I and Japanese
League are scoreless
NL Post WWII is giving it
to Caribbean 6 to 1
Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead
Negro League II is edging
AL Pre WWII 5 to 4
Wright has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League II
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over Left Outs 3 to 0
Old Timers with the lead over
AL Post WWII 5 to 2
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3
Hubbell battling Sutter

Pflaggstettler drives one into center
Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play
That's it for FOFC
Here at Yellowstone Park, After
2 and a half innings,
FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has no
runs, 2 hits and one error
FOFC has left 2 on base
Turn of Century has stranded 1

Sinking line drive
Caught by Jeff Nights
One away for the Centurions
They are in 4th place in the standings
19.5 games out of first place
as we head into the final weeks
of the 1900 season

Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks

Joss inches away slowly...
He's studying Williams carefully
There's a quick move to
first by Williams...
Nice move by John
The tag...
SAFE!

It's ball four, Duffy walks
Williams has issued 2 walks this evening
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

Flyball to right
it's caught
Joss might have a chance to move up...
Pflaggstettler makes the catch...
Joss is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily

Kelley swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's it in the bottom of the 3rd
No runs, no hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
After 3 innings in Turn of Century,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

There's a routine pop by Potpie
Wagner moves under it and makes the catch
And there's one away

Changeup down low...
Hays makes contact and
hits one out to left
Sam Crawford is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Joss
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Joss

Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Joss sets the All Stars down in order

Lajoie skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Hays calls for it
Puts it away!

The pitch is just inside
and Wagner holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Honus trots down to first... ball four

Wagner moves away from first
Wagner held closely by Williams

Base hit to center for Crawford
Third base coach Dode Criss
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Wagner...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Crawford at first

It's the squeeze play!
Williams picks it up...
No chance at home
He goes to first
And gets Collins
Wagner scores on the successful squeeze
Collins comes through for Turn of Century
He's one of the league's best bunters
Now, The score is tied at 1
Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th
We want to welcome the Turn of
Century "Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Fastball, belt high, away...
Bresnahan goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Tucker
Tucker is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 4 innings
Turn of Century has one run,
3 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Hit right back to Joss
On to first and Gunner is gone
One out
Due up next is Jeff Nights

Nights tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short left
Crawford is coming in hard...
Wagner is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Nights is on with the "excuse me" single!

Williams is bunting
Short hopper down toward first
Kelley scoops it up...
Tags Williams
Runner advances
Credit John Williams with a sacrifice
Two gone for FOFC

There's a bouncer down to Collins
He fronts it...
And muffs it!
Error on Jimmy Collins
He was just eaten up by that ball!

Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Collins
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
That retires the side...
Tucker fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one
error and 2 men left on base

Breeze

07-22-2013, 06:37 PM

9/5 Radio Broadcast Continued

Joss is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Extra base hit to center for Duffy
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, Duffy will get
credit for a triple.

Long fly to left
Gunner has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Burkett is retired on a fairly deep fly
Turn of Century is out of here
in the bottom of the 5th
This game is coming to you from Yellowstone
Park in Turn of Century
After 5 innings
Turn of Century has one run,
4 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors

Fastball...
Pflaggstettler jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Crawford after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Sam Crawford!
With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
To be followed by Harry Hays

Smashed to first
Kelley to Joss covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's two away

Pounded on the ground to short
Wagner comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League I leads Japanese
League 1 to 0
NL Post WWII besting Caribbean 6 to 1
Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead
Negro League II is in front
of AL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over Left Outs 4 to 1
Old Timers winning over
AL Post WWII 8 to 2
Delahanty has hit his 10th
homerun for Old Timers
NL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 5 to 3
Hubbell battling Sutter
And in our contest We're all tied up at 1

It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One gone for Turn of Century

It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two down
Williams retires two in a row

Slow ground ball
Potpie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
So that's it for Turn of Century
They fail to score against Williams
In the bottom of the 6th
for Turn of Century
No runs, no hits and no errors

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Palmer swung, that's strike three
Palmer isn't happy at all with that call
One up, one down for FOFC

Gunner sends a routine
ground ball to first
Kelley takes it on one hop
Flips it to Joss
Easy out
Two down
Addie Joss retires
the first two batters in order

Lined to short
Wagner makes a nice play on it
Score It: 6
That's three up, three down
Addie Joss has been pitching
a very strong game this evening

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Ground ball to the left side...
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Slider, down and away...
Collins reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Palmer is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Gunner is hustling after it...
Collins with the big turn...
The throw from Gunner goes into second
And Collins holds at first
(Ballpark Triple Effect)

It's in the dirt and bounces away
Collins heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

It almost hits Roger Bresnahan
It goes all the way back to the screen
Collins takes third on the wild pitch

Bresnahan squares
He bunts the ball . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by J.Potpie
he's throwing for the lead runner...
SAFE!
Sac & Fielders Choice
Collins scores from third!
Bresnahan to first

Joss squares to bunt
He bunts it . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by D.Palmer
he's throwing for the lead runner...
SAFE!
Sac & Fielders Choice
Bresnahan takes second
Joss to first

Duffy pokes it to right
It drops in front of Pflaggstettler
Turn of Century adds to their lead
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1

Duffy studies Williams intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Slow curve...
Hays has it...
It's a delayed steal... There he goes
Hays up quickly and throwing...
Hook slide...
Out!
Nice throw

Screaming liner towards second
Blade grabs it for the out
Score It: 4
And that will do it for Turn of Century

Fastball, down the middle...
Gonzalez swings and skies one to right
Burkett is at the wall...
Looks up...
Doesn't have a prayer...
It's a homer for Gonzalez!
Number 5 for him this season
He also has 22 RBI's

Blade pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Crawford
Sam is there
He's got it 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 edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Rogan battling Suzuki
NL Post WWII is comfortably
ahead of Caribbean 9 to 3
Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead
Negro League II is in front
of AL Pre WWII 11 to 8
Wright has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League II
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over Left Outs 4 to 1
McCovey has hit his 33rd
homerun for Left Outs
Old Timers is comfortably ahead
of AL Post WWII 8 to 2
Keefe enjoying the big Old Timers lead
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3
And right here in Turn of Century
Turn of Century ahead 3 to 2

Tucker pounds a grounder toward
Collins at third
Jimmy moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Collins stayed with it
Over to first and Tucker is retired
Nice play by the Turn of
Century third baseman
Joss gets another one
We're in the top of the 8th and
Joss has allowed only 4 hits

Joss loses him
Pflaggstettler heads down to first
2 walks today for Pflaggstettler

Swung on and missed by Potpie,
he's down on strikes
After 7 and a half innings tonight,
the Centurions lead by 1

High
Kelley works out a walk

Kelley takes a walking lead
Kelley has stolen 32 of 46 bases this year
Lajoie takes the low fastball
Kelley breaks for second!
The throw...
They don't get him!...
He's in there safely with
a headfirst slide
Number 33 in 1900

It's a curve up high...
Lajoie rips this one toward left-center
Tucker appears to have the
best shot at it...
But it is by him and to the fence...
Lajoie rounds first...
A nice bounce right back to Tucker
Lajoie cruises into second
where he is in with a stand-up double!
Of course, Kelley scores easily
and Turn of Century goes up by 2

Wagner tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Rodney took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Wagner way out in front

Bounced past the mound
Nights can't get to it
BASE HIT!
Lajoie takes third

Collins squares
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by D.Gonzalez
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman
Score It: 3-2
The runner on third, Lajoie, is out
Crawford takes second
That's two gone for Turn of Century
here in the bottom of the 8th
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station identification
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Hanging curve...
Bresnahan swings at it...
He pounds it deep...
Pflaggstettler turns to chase
it, goes back...
Back...
He flags it down at the wall!
That retires the side
The Centurions score 1 run in the inning
After 8 innings, Turn of
Century on top 4 to 2
Turn of Century is making
a defensive change
Keeler will bat 2nd and play right

Fastball, lined to center...
Base hit for Hays...
Duffy over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Hays at first

Palmer sends a scorcher to short
Wagner takes it on one hop
Fires to Lajoie for one
Back to Kelley for the double play!
That's the second out of the inning

It is a slow change...
Gunner'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 Stan
Keeler is running after it...
He hopes to play it off the fence
Not this ball... it is...
GONE!

Nights hits a screamer at Honus Wagner
Wagner takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Kelley scoops it on one hop

Nights is out!
Nice play by Kelley
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 4 to 3
Joss gets credit for the win
Williams takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Hugh Duffy
He was 2 for 3
And that wraps things up
So long from Turn of Century.

Breeze

07-22-2013, 06:39 PM

9/5 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Turn of Century Centurions 9/5/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Centurions AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .281 H.Duffy CF 3 0 2 1 .274
A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .288 J.Burkett RF 4 0 0 0 .303
P.Pflaggstettler RF 2 1 0 0 .302 B-W.Keeler RF 0 0 0 0 .340
J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .282 J.Kelley 1B 3 1 0 0 .304
J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- N.Lajoie 2B 4 0 1 1 .385
H.Hays C 4 0 2 1 .324 H.Wagner SS 3 1 1 0 .311
C-K.Terp PR 0 0 0 0 .173 S.Crawford LF 4 0 3 0 .302
D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .332 J.Collins 3B 3 1 1 1 .254
S.Gunner LF 4 1 2 1 .251 R.Bresnahan C 3 1 0 1 .265
J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .275 A.Joss P 1 0 0 0 .169
J.Williams P 1 0 0 0 .108
A-D.Gonzalez PH,1B 1 1 1 1 .297
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 28 4 8 4

A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Burkett In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Hays In 9th Inning

All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 6 0
Centurions...... 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 - 4 8 2

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Williams LOSS(17-5) 7 6 3 3 3 2 0 130 3.48
J.Rodney 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 32 3.51
Totals 8 8 4 4 4 3 0

Centurions IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Joss WIN(9-11) 9 6 3 2 2 4 2 107 4.50
Totals 9 6 3 2 2 4 2

ATTENDANCE- 16,431 DATE- Wednesday, September 5th 1900 TIME- Night
WEATHER- Average
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 5 Centurions: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Centurions: 1
ERRORS- J.Burkett, J.Collins
DOUBLES- S.Gunner(24th), N.Lajoie(34th)
TRIPLES- H.Duffy(4th)
HOME RUNS- S.Gunner(16th), D.Gonzalez(5th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Kelley(33rd), H.Wagner(34th)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Duffy
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Williams, J.Collins, R.Bresnahan, A.Joss
WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler-2, H.Duffy, J.Kelley, H.Wagner, A.Joss
STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker, J.Potpie, D.Palmer-2, J.Burkett, H.Wagner, A.Joss
GIDP- D.Palmer
WILD PITCHES- J.Williams-2
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Roger Bresnahan blocked the plate, saving a run!

Breeze

07-22-2013, 06:41 PM

STANDINGS

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO 89 63 .586 ---- *WON*
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 82 70 .539 7.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 81 71 .533 8.0
2001 Old Timers OTH 78 74 .513 11.0
2001 Late 20th L20 72 80 .474 17.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H 64 88 .421 25.0
2002 Japanese League JLP 40 112 .263 49.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 NL Post WWII N2H 97 55 .638 ---- 3
1000 FOFC FAS 96 55 .636 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 88 64 .579 9.0
2001 Turn of Century TCH 78 73 .517 18.5
2001 Caribbean CAP 70 82 .461 27.0
2001 Left Outs LOH 68 84 .447 29.0
2001 Negro League II NLT 60 92 .395 37.0

Breeze

07-23-2013, 09:06 AM

Manager Update

That was a tough loss. We got away from what we do best when we tried to make the tough play at the plate rather than take the easy out at first. Typically, we realize the other teams are going to score and we'll let a run cross to eliminate the big inning. But in the heat of the moment at this point in the season, late in the game, clinging to a half game lead, when the opportunity presented itself Jeebs tried to get the out at home rather than geting the out a first...and not only did we not get the out at the plate then Palmer did the same thing with the very next batter and we ended up giving up an extra run. When that happens and you lose by 1 run, you just shake your head at your poor luck...

Breeze

07-23-2013, 06:33 PM

9/6 Radio Broadcast

Blade checks his swing
WAIT
The home plate ump is pointing
towards first base
He's ruling the pitch touched
the uniform of Blade
Blade is awarded first base

Hit and run...
Grounded down the line
Kelley will take it himself
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Fastball
OUCH! It hit Potpie!

It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Collins for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's the second out of the inning

Waddell's pitch is too low
That loads them up
No more room for mistakes

Base hit to center for Hays
Blade scores
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Potpie scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Pflaggstettler hits a routine
grounder to Wagner
He gloves it, and throws to first
SAFE, the throw pulled Kelley off the bag
Charge Wagner with the error
An unearned run for FOFC

Base hit to left for Nights
Hays scores
Third base coach Dick Howser
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Pflaggstettler...
The throw is going to third...
Pflaggstettler is out at third base!
Nights advances to 2nd on the throw

Duffy drops a bunt
Nielsen is off the mound
Blade comes in after it
Nielsen scoops it up bare-handed
Flicks it to Potpie
Got him!
Nice play!

Change up...
Burkett hits a fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it...
He's got it
With two gone, FOFC leads 4 to
0 in the bottom of the 1st

Kelley rips one to left
He hit it right on the nose...
Gazelle is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Gerald Gazelle
That's three outs, side retired

And Nielsen will sit down...
strike three called
So one up and one gone

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Blade swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bresnahan loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Barrett as he was heading for the dugout
Two down
Rube Waddell retires
the first two batters in a row

Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan
Tucker was badly fooled by Waddell's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC ahead 4 to 0

Comebacker, right to Nielsen
Over to Potpie for the easy out
'Come back, Little Sheba'
One gone for Turn of Century

Sinking fastball...
Wagner swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Nielsen gets the first two batters
here in the bottom of the 2nd

Grounded towards the hole
Tremendous diving grab by Blade!
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
Nielsen disposes of the Centurions
in short order...1-2-3 in the 2nd
After 2 full innings,
it's 4-0 All Stars

Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Potpie turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 41 for Jeeberoni on the year
He also has 102 RBI's now

Sinking fastball...
Fouts swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder
right at Collins...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
Waddell gets the first out in the inning

Waddell loses him
Gazelle heads down to first
2 walks today for Gazelle

Gazelle sneaks away from the base
Waddell's move keeps Gazelle guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

It's popped up into foul territory
Roger Bresnahan is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
And there's two away

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 2 and a half innings in Turn
of Century this evening,
FOFC on top 5 to 0

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Collins 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 Roger Bresnahan

Lined right back up the middle...
Nielsen 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
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League I is edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Williams and Inao currently dueling
Caribbean is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0
Negro League II is edging
AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3
AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless
Feller and Welch currently dueling
NL Pre WWII and Late 20th
have yet to score
Grimes battling Maddux

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Waddell swung, that's strike three
Waddell isn't happy at all with that call
1-2-3, nothing across...

Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to center for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Rob Nielsen shows bunt
And lays it down right to Rube Waddell
Waddell looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Nielsen
But Nights moves up
FOFC was in luck that time...
Credit Rob Nielsen with a sacrifice
One out
Barrett Blade is due up next

Blade lines a wicked line drive
to the left of short
Wagner stabs his glove out
He's got it in the webbing!
Honus looks surprised to get that one
Nights hurries back to second
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 4th

Base hit to center for Tucker
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights scores!
Trailing runner advances.

Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Nap Lajoie
Lajoie scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 6 to 0

Routine grounder to third
Fouts scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That's one away

Grounded towards third
Fouts scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S SAFE!

Fastball down low...
Kelley swings and hits one out to center
A. J. Tucker is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Nielsen
Burkett trots back to first
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

Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Lajoie goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
Gerald Gazelle leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Nap Lajoie

Wagner starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Nielsen walks him

Grounded towards the sack
Potpie flips to Nielsen covering
Score It: 3-1
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for Turn of Century
After 4 innings, FOFC leads 6 to 2

Dan Fouts swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
CAUGHT!
That one looked like it was gone
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Hays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Waddell strikes out Gerald Gazelle
Two up, two down for FOFC

Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into center by Hays
That's 2 hits for Hays this game

Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Hays is being held at second
by Dick Howser
Hays will stay at second

Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Hays scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Swung on and missed by Nielsen,
he's down on strikes
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League I slipping by
Japanese League 3 to 1
Williams battling Inao
NL Post WWII is on top of Caribbean 4 to 2
AL Pre WWII leads Negro League II 5 to 4
Lyons battling Brown
Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 5 to 4
Foxx has hit his 38th homerun
for Left Outs
AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
Feller and Welch currently dueling
NL Pre WWII is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
And in our contest FOFC ahead 7 to 2

Breeze

07-23-2013, 06:34 PM

9/6 Radio Broadcast Continued

Collins hits a deep ball
Gazelle retreats toward the wall
He leaps...
He's got it!
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Swung on and hit sharply to third
Fouts plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
Two up, two down

Now batting for the Centurions...
Hughie Jennings...
He'll pinch hit for Rube Waddell
Hugh Duffy is on-deck

Outside fastball... lashed
at by Jennings...
Pop fly...Shallow left...
Dropping quickly...
Gazelle pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Jennings...
As Gazelle fields it on one bounce

Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Hays...and he's got it
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at Yellowstone Park, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 7 runs, 8 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
3 hits and one error
Turn of Century has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 5
Here to try to turn things around
for Turn of Century in the top of
the 6th will be Kid Nichols
Starter Rube Waddell lasted 5 innings,
gave up 7 runs and 8 hits
He leaves with Turn of
Century trailing 7-2
Nichols has a 6-4 record
in 56 appearances
And an ERA of 4.62

Swung on and hit on the nose to center
Duffy picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Blade is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Tucker maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Tucker raps a hard grass-cutter
toward short
Wagner 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
With one gone
FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

The Whiff!
Nichols punches Potpie out!
Two gone for FOFC

Apparently not afraid of Nichols
Tucker stretches out to his lead
Tucker is unable to take the lead he wants

Drilled on the ground to second
Lajoie grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3
in their last ten games

Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Turn of Century with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Joe Kelley to
come to the plate

Curve in the dirt... and Kelley 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 Kelley went around
Strike three, swinging
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Lajoie 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!
. . . Lajoie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Lajoie 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

Lajoie is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That's all for the Centurions...
After 6 innings here at Yellowstone
Park in Turn of Century,
FOFC ahead 7 to 2

Gerald Gazelle offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Gazelle couldn't get
the bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Honus
Wagner for the out
Gazelle never even left the batter's box
And there's one away

Hays hits a drive to right
He hit it right on the button...
But Burkett got a great jump...
He is closing quickly...
OUT!
Nice play by Jesse Burkett
That's the second out of the inning

Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Wagner wings it quickly to Kelley...
OUT by a step
That's it in the top of the 7th for FOFC
Three up, three down
Let's see who's doing what tonight

Negro League I is edging
Japanese League 5 to 4
Charleston has hit his 32nd homerun
for Negro League I
NL Post WWII and Caribbean are tied at 5
Campanella has hit his 8th
homerun for NL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII leads Negro League II 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6
Foxx has hit his 38th homerun
for Left Outs
AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII is beating Late 20th 4 to 0

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Wagner looks at ball four
That pitch wasn't even close...
Must have got away from Nielsen
The players are having
fits in this weather

Low, ball four...
Crawford takes first

Swung on and missed...
Collins is down on strikes

Fastball at the knees
Bresnahan drills it deep to left
Gazelle is racing to the warning track...
It could be...
It might be...
IT IS!... A home run!
And three runs score for Turn of Century
FOFC ahead 7 to 5

Nichols rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Blade
Barrett fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
Two away

Curve in the dirt... and Duffy holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Hays appeals to first
Appeal fails
Duffy will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Duffy

Stretching to his lead is Duffy
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3

Nights tries to hold up
Bresnahan points down at
the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!

Gunner drives one into center
Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play
Two down

Ripped to third, but right
at Collins...easy out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 8th

Kelley fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of short
Nights is over quickly
Easy out
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Knowles
Sammy nods his head

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 61 on the season for Knowles
That's the second out of the inning
Turn of Century trails by 2
They need a win
They are 4th in the standings
19.5 games out

Hard slider...
And Wagner takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 8 innings
FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 5 runs,
4 hits and one error
Turn of Century has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

Extra base hit to center for Tucker
Hugh Duffy 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 safe!!!!
That's an inside the park
homerun for Tucker!

Base hit to center for Potpie
Hugh Duffy is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Fouts, that's 1 walk today

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

Gazelle swings at the fastball...
And hits this deep...
Duffy can forget it, it's way out of here
That was an incredible blast!
It traveled at least 490
feet from home plate!
That hit belongs on all the
replays of the week

Connie Mack is motioning to the
Turn of Century bullpen
He's waving his right arm
We're going to see the right
handed Smokey Joe Wood
He'll be the 3rd pitcher for
Turn of Century today
Wood has 37 appearances this year
and carries a 3 and 5 record
His ERA stands at 5.75

Hays pounds a grounder toward
Wagner at short
Honus moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Wagner stayed with it
Over to first and Hays is retired
Nice play by the Turn of
Century short stop
One away here in the top of the 9th
FOFC on top 11 to 5
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Japanese League edged out
Negro League I 6 to 5
NL Post WWII squeezed by Caribbean 7 to 5
Campanella has hit his 8th
homerun for NL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII downed Negro League II 8 to 6
Dead Ball Era cuffed Left Outs 12 to 9
AL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII is the winner
over Late 20th 4 to 0
Maddux takes the loss, his
record drops to 15-12
Grimes the winner, he's now 17-6

Swung on and missed by Pflaggstettler,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Pflaggstettler
Two away now here
in the top of the ninth
A real lopsided contest
There are only a handful of fans
left in the ballpark
The bad weather and the score
have sent them all home early...

Nights hits a shallow fly
towards Sam Crawford
Crawford charges, dives...
He's got it!
Good play by Crawford
That will do it for FOFC
Nip-and-tuck here at Yellowstone
Park this evening
Turn of Century coming in
for their last shot
They need 6 to tie, and only 7 to win!
No problem...

There's a check swing by Crawford
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Harry Hays makes the catch
against the stands
That's one away for the Centurions
Turn of Century is 6 and 4
in their last ten games
Things don't look too bright for
Turn of Century tonight

Off speed pitch on the way...
And Collins watches it go
by for the third strike
Collins stood there like a bump on a log
2 strike outs for Collins today
That's two quick outs for Sammy Knowles
Turn of Century will need
to do better than that
They are running out of time

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
And that will do it for Turn of Century
FOFC wins 11 to 5
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Waddell takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was A. J. Tucker
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Turn of Century.

Breeze

07-23-2013, 06:35 PM

9/6 Boxscore

BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Turn of Century Centurions 9/6/1900

All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Centurions AB R H RBI AVG
B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .280 H.Duffy CF 3 0 0 0 .273
A.Tucker CF 5 1 2 2 .289 J.Burkett RF 4 1 1 0 .302
J.Potpie 1B 4 3 2 1 .283 J.Kelley 1B 4 0 0 0 .302
D.Fouts 3B 4 1 0 0 .277 N.Lajoie 2B 4 1 1 2 .384
G.Gazelle LF 3 2 1 3 .247 H.Wagner SS 2 1 0 0 .310
H.Hays C 5 2 2 2 .325 S.Crawford LF 3 1 0 0 .298
P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 0 1 0 .301 J.Collins 3B 4 0 0 0 .250
J.Nights SS 5 1 3 2 .278 R.Bresnahan C 4 1 1 3 .264
R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .088 R.Waddell P 1 0 0 0 .162
B-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .250 A-H.Jennings PH 1 0 1 0 .317
S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- K.Nichols P 1 0 0 0 .188
S.Wood P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 11 12 10 Totals 31 5 4 5

A-Pinch Hit For Waddell In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 8th Inning

All Stars....... 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 - 11 12 0
Centurions...... 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 4 1

All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Nielsen WIN(21-8) 7 4 5 5 4 3 2 118 3.40
S.Knowles SAVE(30th) 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 2.20
Totals 9 4 5 5 4 7 2

Centurions IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Waddell LOSS(11-16) 5 8 7 5 2 6 1 103 5.00
K.Nichols 3 4 4 4 1 2 2 45 4.82
S.Wood 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5.68
Totals 9 12 11 9 3 9 3

ATTENDANCE- 12,237 DATE- Thursday, September 6th 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Centurions: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Centurions: 0
ERRORS- H.Wagner
HOME RUNS- A.Tucker(9th), J.Potpie(41st), G.Gazelle(28th), N.Lajoie(19th),
R.Bresnahan(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Nielsen
WALKS- D.Fouts, G.Gazelle-2, H.Duffy, H.Wagner-2, S.Crawford
HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, J.Potpie
STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle, P.Pflaggstettler-2,
J.Nights, R.Nielsen-2, J.Kelley, N.Lajoie, H.Wagner, J.Collins-2,
R.Bresnahan, R.Waddell
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Barrett Blade robbed Sam Crawford of a base hit.

Breeze

07-23-2013, 06:36 PM

STANDINGS

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball

American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 Negro League I NLO[4] 89 64 .582 ---- *WON*
2001 AL Pre WWII A1H[4] 83 70 .542 6.0
2001 Dead Ball Era DBH[4] 82 71 .536 7.0
2001 Old Timers OTH[4] 78 75 .510 11.0
2001 Late 20th L20[4] 72 81 .471 17.0
2001 AL Post WWII A2H[4] 65 88 .425 24.0
2002 Japanese League JLP[4] 41 112 .268 48.0

National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2001 NL Post WWII N2H[4] 98 55 .641 ---- 2
1000 FOFC FAS[4] 97 55 .638 .5
2001 NL Pre WWII N1H[4] 89 64 .582 9.0
2001 Turn of Century TCH[4] 78 74 .513 19.5
2001 Caribbean CAP[4] 70 83 .458 28.0
2001 Left Outs LOH[4] 68 85 .444 30.0
2001 Negro League II NLT[4] 60 93 .392 38.0

Breeze

07-24-2013, 09:28 AM

Manager Update

So here we sit. We are a half a game back, and the NL Post team has only 1 game left. If they win tonight then we can't win the division outright no matter what we do, the best we can hope for is a 1 game playoff.

Come on Carribean All-Stars...

Breeze

07-24-2013, 06:57 PM

9/7 Radio Broadcast

Slider, down and in...
Blade manages to hit a shallow fly
Duffy charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Duffy!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Routine grounder to short
Wagner scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Young
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will be next up...

There's a towering fly ball
hit by Pflaggstettler
Burkett sprints over, and makes the catch
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Young here
in the top of the 1st

Drilled on the ground to first
Potpie to Babson covering first
Score It: 3-1
One up, one down for Turn of Century

Keeler hits one on the ground
to the left side
Wee Willie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
Two down
Babson retires two in a row

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!
Brian Babson holds the Centurions
scoreless in the first

Potpie swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Young strikes out Jeeberoni Potpie
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

There's a drive to left by Hays
Burkett picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Hays turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Burkett

Palmer hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
Honus Wagner dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Grounded towards the sack
Young takes the flip from Beckley
Score It: 3-1
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 2nd
FOFC and Turn of Century are all tied up
FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games
They want a win tonight

And Lajoie will sit down...
strike three called
One up, one down

Wagner starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Babson walks him

Wagner studies Babson intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Wagner is held closely by Babson

Smashed to short
Taken by Nights
Over to second for one
On to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Wagner, is out
That's the second out of the inning

It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League is on top of
Negro League I 2 to 0
NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII clipping Negro
League II 4 to 0
Left Outs leads Dead Ball Era 4 to 3
AL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0
Hunter battling Radbourn
NL Pre WWII and Late 20th are scoreless
And in our contest We're scoreless

Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
FOFC with one away
Young steps off the mound as
he waits for Brian Babson to
come to the plate

Babson cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan
Babson was badly fooled by Young's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Brian was a little overanxious

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Blade swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bresnahan loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Barrett as he was heading for the dugout
Young sets them down in order
Here in the top of the 3rd

Hard slider, up in the eyes...
Roger Bresnahan swings at it...
He hits a long drive
Going back, back, back...
GONE! A solo home run
Turn of Century goes out in front

Hot line drive to short
Nights tries it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 6
One gone for Turn of Century

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Two gone for Turn of Century

He hits a tough grounder to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That's all for the Centurions
After 3 innings in Turn of
Century this evening,
Turn of Century on top 1 to 0

Breeze

07-24-2013, 06:58 PM

9/7 Radio Broadcast Continued

Bouncer in the hole
Past Jake Beckley... base
hit to right field!
Tucker takes a wide turn at first
Look out! Keeler fires it back in
Tucker dives back to the bag
He's safe... Keeler almost caught him
Hold on... Tucker looks hurt
First base coach Joe Adcock
is trying to help him up
The FOFC trainer, Tay Pemup
trots out on the field
He gives Tucker a once-over
A. J. appears to be okay...
Just shaken up a bit, is all

There goes Tucker...
And it's ball four...
Tucker pulls up and walks into second

Potpie rips a solid shot to left
Burkett ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
One down, two to go...
Cy Young has to bear down now

It's fouled off very high
Just to the right of third base
Bresnahan circles under it...
Waits...
WATCH OUT!
He caught it
But Roger had to bend over
backwards to bring it in
Two down

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Palmer is outta there
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 4th
After 3 and a half innings, Turn
of Century on top 1 to 0
Time to check some other scores

Japanese League is on top of
Negro League I 2 to 0
NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is beating Negro
League II 4 to 0
Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3
AL Post WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII and Late 20th are scoreless
Rixey battling Martinez
FOFC is hanging tough
Currently in 2nd place
they are within 1.5 games
of the National leaders

Curve in the dirt... and Kelley holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Hays appeals to first
Appeal fails
Kelley will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Kelley

Kelley yells something to Babson
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Kelley is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Brian
No doubt he does!
Babson tosses another quick
one to first...
Even the speedy Kelley looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead

Lajoie rips a line shot to the short stop
OUT!
Nights didn't have to move!
One blink and that would have
been past him!
Kelley stays put
And there's one away

Here's a hard slider...
Swung on and driven to right-center
Pflaggstettler giving chase...
It's over his head, Kelley will score!
Pflaggstettler will have to
run it down at the wall
Picks it up, throws it
back in to Palmer...
The headfirst slide by Wagner...
He beats the throw
Give him a triple on the play

He hits a tough grounder to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
Two away now for Turn of Century
They're ahead by 2
The Centurions have 2 hits on the evening

A high fastball...
Duffy swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Nights
Jeff is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Duffy was looking for the breaking ball
Duffy chokes in the clutch!
That's all for the Centurions...
After 4 innings here at Yellowstone
Park in Turn of Century,
Turn of Century ahead 2 to 0

Change up...
Fools Gunner...
He still manages to hit
a grounder to first
Beckley BOOTS THE BALL!!!
Gunner is safe at first on the error
Score It: E3
Gunner to first

The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
Nights just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Lajoie races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Young gets the first out in the inning

Grounded towards the bag
Kelley comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
Two gone in the top of the 5th
Turn of Century is still in quite a jam
Clutch situation for Barrett Blade
He'll come up against the
righthanded Young

Blade swings very late
He pops it foul
Bresnahan gives chase
Here comes Kelley
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Blade back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Blade
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!
That's all for FOFC
After 4 and a half innings in Turn
of Century this evening,
Turn of Century on top 2 to 0

Dribbler in front of home
Hays gets to it
He throws
He is SAFE!
Bresnahan gets an infield hit

Young fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Young squares
Young bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!

The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Fastball down low...
Burkett swings and hits one out to right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
Bresnahan trots back to first
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

Bresnahan takes a walking lead
Bresnahan has stolen 4 bases
in 7 attempts in 1900
The runner unable to take a big lead
Babson keeps looking him back

A slider by Babson
Keeler gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
After 5 innings tonight,
the Centurions lead by 2

Comebacker, right to Young
Over to Beckley for the easy out
One away in the top of the 6th for FOFC

There's a fly ball to Wee Willie Keeler
Keeler circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the second out of the inning

Drilled on the ground to short
Wagner grabs it
Over to Beckley
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
After 5 and a half innings tonight,
the Centurions lead by 2

Kelley hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
With one down, up next is Nap Lajoie
To be followed by Honus Wagner

Swung on and missed by Lajoie,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Lajoie
That's two away

Swung on and hit sharply to third
Palmer plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
1-2-3, nothing across...

A hanging curve...
Hays laces it hard just to
the right of Wagner
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

Palmer goes after the curve...
There's a drive into right...
For a single...
Hays moves over to third...
The throw from Keeler comes into second

Gunner rips a hanging curve
to deep right-center
He really walloped this one...
Keeler doesn't even have
time to wave goodbye
It is long gone!
The FOFC left fielder really smoked it

Nights hits a screamer at Honus Wagner
Wagner picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Beckley off the bag
Beckley swipes with the glove

Nights is out!
Nice play by Beckley
One down for FOFC
Brian Babson is still in
the on-deck circle
and Barrett Blade is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Slow ground ball
Lajoie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
FOFC on top 3 to 2 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League is edging
Negro League I 2 to 1
Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2
AL Pre WWII winning over
Negro League II 6 to 0
Left Outs and Dead Ball Era
are deadlocked at 5
AL Post WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1

There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Beckley snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Beckley
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
3 hits and one error
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Turn of Century has failed to bring home 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Curve ball...
Beckley swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That's one away

Smashed to the mound
Babson comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in a row

Jimmy Collins will hit for Roger Bresnahan
Collins is batting .250 with 5 home runs
He also has 29 RBI's on the year
He's batting .252 against righties

A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
That is the third out for
Turn of Century here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 22671
Turn of Century's defensive changes are...
O'Rourke will bat 8th and play C

Tucker rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Beckley spears it!
A shot right at the Turn of
Century first baseman
Piece of cake!
Turn of Century gets the first
out of the inning

Slider, in on the hands...
Pflaggstettler swings...
There's a ground ball into the hole
Kelley and Wagner both
stretching for it...
Kelley makes the pickup, fires to first...
SAFE!...
The ball is off the glove of Beckley
It rolls into the dugout...
Pflaggstettler is awarded secondbase
He'll be given a base hit, and
Kelley gets the error
That's error number 2 of the
game for Turn of Century
(Guarding Lines Effect)

Grounded towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Lajoie
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's two gone for FOFC here
in the top of the 8th
Let's take ten seconds for
station identification
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Smashed to short
Wagner grabs it
Over to Beckley
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
Three down for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for Turn of Century
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 33 and 20 in one run games
Turn of Century has a 29 and 28 record
in these tight contests

Now batting for Turn of Century...
Hughie Jennings...
He'll pinch hit for Cy Young
Jennings with a .317 average
on the season

Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Jennings!
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Babson
Brian nods his head

Fastball... low and away, ball four
Babson puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Pflaggstettler one hands it...
OUT!
One more chance for Turn
of Century this inning

Burkett takes a three step lead
Babson holds the ball...
Still holding the ball...
Spinning he fires it over to Potpie...
Burkett dives back...
Out!
That was a dumb play by Burkett
It wasn't even close...
He's got to keep his head in the game!
Kid Nichols will be coming on to
pitch for Turn of Century
Kid has appeared in 57 games this season
He has a record of 6-4
in 112 innings
His ERA stands at 4.82

Sharp breaking curveball...
Palmer reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Wagner...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Beckley at first!
Palmer is out easily
One away for FOFC
I had the pleasure of meeting
the fine author
Robert Creamer last night
He told me a funny story about Babe Ruth

Seems he was at an elegant dinner party
A rather splendid asparagus
salad was served
Babe played with it for a moment
then pushed it aside
The hostess asked politely
"Don't you care for the salad, Mr. Ruth?"
"Oh it's not that",
was his courteous reply
"It's just that asparagus
makes my urine smell"

Gunner swings and lifts one toward center
Duffy drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
FOFC on top 3 to 2 with
two away this inning

It's a routine fly into center
Duffy ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Nichols
In the top of the 9th for FOFC
No runs, no hits and no errors

Kronside is in to try and
close this one out...

Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Kelley is retired on a fairly deep fly
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Negro League I cuffed Japanese
League 6 to 3
NL Post WWII downed Caribbean 5 to 3
AL Pre WWII ripped Negro League II 7 to 1
Left Outs squeezed by Dead Ball Era 7 to 5
AL Post WWII smacked Old Timers 7 to 0
NL Pre WWII downed Late 20th 4 to 2
And in our contest FOFC ahead 3 to 2

Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Fouts stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play

Extra base hit to center for Wagner
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!!!!

They tried to tie it on an inside
the park homerun can came up just a step
short...

That play keeps the FOFCers hopes alive
as they remain half a game back with
1 to play...

Breeze

07-24-2013, 10:12 PM

Dynasty Update

So I screwed up getting the box score for the game. I've rebuilt it best I can from the play-by-play and I'll post it tomorrow. But not everything in it will be accurate and it will be formatted differently...

Breeze

07-24-2013, 10:18 PM

Boxscore

Here is how we did...if anyone wants the other team, let me know and I'll document it..

FOFC AB R H RBI
Blade - 2b 4 0 0 0
Tucker - CF 4 0 1 0
Plaggsettler RF 3 0 1 0
Potpie - 1b 4 0 0 0
Hayes - C 4 1 2 0
Palmer - 3B 4 1 1 0
Gunner - LF 4 1 1 3
Nights - SS 4 0 0 0
Babson - P 3 0 0 0

Pitcher IP H R ER SO BB HR
Babson W 8 3 2 2 7 3 1
Kronside S 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Coffee Warlord

07-25-2013, 07:43 AM

We got this.

Breeze

07-25-2013, 08:55 PM

9/8 Radio Broadcast

Driven deep
That's in the gap!
Sam Crawford is running hard
He can't get to it
Blade rounds first
Crawford has the ball
Blade digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!

LINE DRIVE
Tough chance for Burkett
He can't catch up to it!
It's a single for Tucker
Blade scores from second!

Pflaggstettler drives the ball
to center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Tucker scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Pflaggstettler

Grounded through the infield
into right field
Jeeberoni Potpie has a base hit
Pflaggstettler scores from third!

In there
Hays is a strikeout victim!
Bresnahan framed it nicely for the ump.

STRIKE THREE!

Looped to first
Joe Kelley waiting for it
He records the out
Score It: 3

It's a little roller out front
Hays is on it...throws to first...
Nice play
One out
Due up next is Jesse Burkett

Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the Turn of
Century "Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He grabs it for the out
The Centurions go quietly in the 1st...
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 1 full inning of play,
it's 3-0 All Stars

Sinking fastball...
Nights goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Collins...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Nights is out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Mighty gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Lajoie grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two down
Smokey Joe Wood retires
the first two batters in a row

Barrett Blade offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Blade couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Jimmy
Collins for the out
Blade never even left the batter's box
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC ahead 3 to 0

Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
HE DROPS IT!
That's an error
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Wagner 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...
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Off speed pitch on the way...
And Crawford watches it go
by for the third strike
Two down

Collins pops it up
Jeff Nights is jogging under it...
And it will be Nights making the play
That does it in the bottom of the 2nd
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After 2 innings, FOFC ahead 3 to 0

He rips a grounder to first
Wood takes the flip from Kelley
Score It: 3-1
With one down, up next is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie

Pflaggstettler hits a screamer
at Jimmy Collins
Collins takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Kelley scoops it on one hop

Pflaggstettler is out!
Nice play by Kelley
Two down
Smokey Joe Wood retires
the first two batters in order

Hot shot grounded to second
Lajoie grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4
in their last ten games

Bresnahan gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Bresnahan

Wood squares to lay one down
The pitch is high and tight
Wood somehow gets the bunt down
Potpie picks it up
Fires to first in time for the out
What a bunt by Wood!
Credit him with a sacrifice
One away for the Centurions
They are in 4th place in the standings
19.5 games out of first place
as we head into the final weeks
of the 1900 season

Fastball... just outside
And Duffy will take first on the walk

Burkett reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to right
Base hit for Burkett
FOFC's lead narrows by a run
FOFC ahead 3 to 1

He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
The Centurions get 1 in
the bottom of the 3rd
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 2

He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Wood grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One gone for FOFC

Hot shot grounded to second
Lajoie comes up with it
Over to Kelley
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Wood

Gunner swings and misses
Strike three
Gunner didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
That's it for FOFC
Here at Yellowstone Park, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and one error
While Turn of Century has one
run, 2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Turn of Century has stranded 2

Lajoie drives one to left
This one has a chance
for extra bases...
Gunner got a great jump...
He is closing quickly...

OUT!
Very nice play by Stan Gunner
That's one away

Wagner takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Wagner can't believe it and
says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Mighty
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Mighty
Sam Crawford will be next up...

Fastball, busted in on the hands
Crawford 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 Crawford is called out on a close play
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Mighty here
in the bottom of the 4th

Fly ball to right
Burkett is under it
He makes the grab
One away...
Kelley is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Collins also...
Now they return to their positions

Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Wood
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That's two away

Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Wood'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 extends his lead towards second
Slow curve...
The speedy Blade heads for second
Bresnahan pegs it down
He slipped on the throw
But he got it off...
Throws a frozen rope to Wagner...
The slide...
Out by a mile!

Breeze

07-25-2013, 08:56 PM

9/8 Radio Broadcast Continued

Sinking fastball...
Collins swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

IT HITS Bresnahan!
Now Bresnahan gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Bresnahan to take his base

Wood squares
He bunts at it . . .
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Wood gets the job done.

He rips a grounder
It's into right field
It's a single for Duffy
Bresnahan scores from second!

Duffy takes a walking lead
Duffy has stolen 43 of 56 bases this year
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

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 the Centurions
in the bottom of the 5th
They get 1 run
After 5 innings, FOFC on top 3 to 2

Tucker hits a fly ball to center
Hugh Duffy camps under it
He's got it
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Swung on and foul tipped
Bresnahan hangs on to it
Strike out for Wood
Number 4 on the day
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Wood has issued 2 bases on balls
this afternoon

Swing and a miss
Strike three
Hays goes down on strikes
That's three outs, side retired

Kelley gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to third
Palmer is waving everybody off
He drops it!
Kelley only makes it to first
Joe was not legging that one out

Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Hays
Kelley dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Kelley made it back
One away in the bottom of the
6th for Turn of Century

Lined hard to third
Palmer makes a nice play on it
He fires it to Potpie
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 5-3
We head to the 7th...
The score is still FOFC 3, Centurions 2

Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Palmer hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Gunner drives one into center
Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Nights rolls one toward Honus Wagner
He scoops it and fires to
second... close play
OUT
The relay to first
OUT there too, it's a twin-killing
And that will do it for FOFC

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

There's a shallow flyball
struck by Crawford
A. J. Tucker runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Crawford is out
One away in the bottom of the 7th

Slider, down at the knees...
Collins swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Gunner is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 6 on the year for Jimmy Collins

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!!

Smokey Joe Wood squares to bunt
Fouts fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL!
Fouts picks it up and fires to first
Wood is out by an eyelash
Credit Wood with a sacrifice

Base hit to left for Duffy
Dode Criss will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by
Turn of Century...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Duffy is out going to 2nd!
Turn of Century is making
a defensive change
Keeler will bat 2nd and play right

Smashed to the mound
Wood grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
And there's one away

Wood loses him
Blade heads down to first
2 walks today for Blade

It's the hit and run play by FOFC...
Tucker gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to short
Wagner is waving everybody off
Tucker is retired

Fastball... just outside
And Pflaggstettler will take
first on the walk
Walk number 4 issued by
Wood this afternoon

Base hit to left for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Base hit to center for Hays
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Bresnahan is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Potpie is out at home!

Keeler slaps a hard grounder past second
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Keeler will hold with a clean single

Keeler takes a three step lead
Keeler does not get a good lead

There goes Keeler...
And it's ball four...
Keeler pulls up and walks into second

It's right down the pike!
Strike three looking!
Rodney crossed Lajoie up that time

Base hit to left for Wagner
Dode Criss will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Taking his lead is Kelley
Kelley is going on the pitch!
It's a fastball at the knees...
Bullock firing from his knees...
Low throw into the dirt...
Bouncing off the bag and
out into leftfield...
Gunner is charging in...
Crawford gets up and heads for home...
The long throw home...
NOT IN TIME!!...
Credit Kelley with a stolen base
and a run scored on the error

Crawford flies out to center
Dode Criss is windmilling
the runner home...
Here's the play at the plate...
Wagner scores!

Collins drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
The Centurions go down in
the bottom of the 8th
After 8 innings at Yellowstone Park
here in Turn of Century,
Turn of Century ahead 7 to 5

Here's a slider over the inside corner
Swung on...
It's a bouncing ball past
Collins at third...
Wagner moving to his right...
Makes a great backhanded stop...
He spins in the air
Firing to first from the outfield grass...
Fouts beats the throw easily
That was a great pickup by Wagner
But, he didn't have a chance
And should have hung onto the ball

There's a grounder right at Nap Lajoie
This should be two
The throw to second...in time
To first
Out of there, a double play!
Two down, All Stars at bat
in the 9th inning...
FOFC trails the Centurions by 2
The All Stars are down to their final out
Jeff Nights is due up
Bresnahan takes a trip out to the mound
He wants to discuss something with Wood
Now Bresnahan trots back

Nights smashes a wicked ground
ball towards third
Collins dives to his left...
Snares it in front of Wagner
He's up
Powerful throw to first
OUT!
Beautiful play!
And that will do it for FOFC
There dreams of the post
season end with a thud...
after jumping to an early
3 - 0 lead they can't hang on.

Turn of Century wins 7 to 5
Wood gets credit for the win
Rodney takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Jimmy Collins
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Turn of Century.