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7/6 Radio Broadcast - continued

Robinson is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Robinson has hit 4 home runs this year
Williams asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
The pitch is on the way
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Hays calls for it
and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
One down for Left Outs
Mickey Cochrane is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Heilmann is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now here's Cochrane
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The lefthander Williams delivers
It hits Cochrane
He just stands there
Now he says a few words to Williams
John answers something back
The umpire steps in between
And motions Cochrane to first

Heilmann walks to the plate
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Heilmann is 1 for 2 today
He doubled last time up
Heilmann is set for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Bouncer to short...made to
order doubleplay ball
Nights has it on two hops...wrists
it to Blade
He evades the slide of Cochrane
The throw to Potpie...
It just nips Heilmann!
After 5 innings today,
the Leftovers lead by 2

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

Japanese League is giving
it to Late 20th 5 to 0
Caribbean leads Negro League I 7 to 6
Tiant Jr. battling Smith
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 1
Plank and Brewer currently dueling
AL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 4 to 3
Old Timers and NL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 2
And right here in Left Outs
Left Outs on top 3 to 1
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 2 on the day for Jeff
Jeff is ready for the delivery
Jenkins fires
There's a ground ball
between first and second
WOW, Robinson snags it
in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher covering
SAFE says the umpire
But what a play by Robinson

Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler
Nights' the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Jenkins
Nights takes his lead
Jenkins is happy with the sign
Jenkins looks at the runner
The pitch
It is a high hard one...
Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back
With one gone
FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni
Potpie will be up next
The All Stars, like all teams,
like to see a lot of offensive production
out of their firstbasemen
Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed
Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts
Potpie waits for the delivery
Jenkins' righthanded delivery...
Fastball down low...
Potpie swings and hits one out to left
Goose Goslin is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Jenkins
Nights trots back to first
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 6th

Hays, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Hays
He's 1 for 2 today
Jenkins steps on the rubber
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Ground ball to short
Vaughan comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3
in their last ten games

Here's Hack Wilson leading off
Frank Robinson is on deck
And Goose Goslin is in the hole
Left Outs leads 3 to 1
John Williams still on the mound
for the All Stars...
Williams has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 5 innings
Williams will try to get
Wilson to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Wilson checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Hack
One down for Left Outs
Frank Robinson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Left Outs

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Robinson
Robinson says a few words
to Hays and smiles
The righthanded batter is
1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
lefty, John Williams
Frank is hitting .234 versus
lefty pitching
With 5 of his 10 homers
coming against southpaw offerings
Robinson is set for the 2 strike pitch
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Robinson drives one into left
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
And there's two away

Goslin digs in at the plate
Ready now for Williams to come set
Goslin has a .350 average against lefties
After getting set, Goslin
waits on the pitch
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Tucker grabs it for the out
That's all for the Leftovers
After 6 full innings,
they lead by 2

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .298
Jenkins looks down at Cochrane
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Jenkins has issued 3 bases on balls
this afternoon

Gunner saunters to the plate
Left Outs leads by 2
We're in the top of the 7th
Gunner swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Jenkins
Gunner waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Jenkins goes into his stretch...
Looks at Palmer...
He fires one to Robinson...
Palmer dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Robinson lobs it back
Now Jenkins comes home
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Goslin one hands it...
OUT!
That's one away

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
will be up next for FOFC
Tucker is at .296 on the season
Jenkins steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Tucker connects on the Jenkins fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Heilmann starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Tucker got all of this one....
Goodbye baseball!
Palmer scores in front of him

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Fouts
Jenkins has the sign he wants
Jenkins kicks and fires
Long fly ball to right field
This one is deep!
FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!!
That is Dan Fouts' 11th
home run of the year.

And the batter is Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights is on-deck
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Blade looks to third for a sign
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
Jenkins fires
Over the outside corner
Blade hits the curve right to second...
Robinson takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Blade is out by a couple of steps
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Nights leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Jenkins is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into right
Heilmann is under it, waits...
He's got it
That retires the side... but not before
3 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 4 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Vaughan steps up to the
plate for Left Outs
It's the bottom of the
7th at Overshadow Pk
Vaughan is one of the best hitters around
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Bo has to bear down now...
The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Facing Knowles now is Herman
Ferguson Jenkins heads to
the on deck circle
Jackie Robinson waits in the hole
Herman looks down toward the third
base coach, Tony LaRussa
Herman is ready
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Herman is down on strikes
Number 1 here today for Knowles
That's the second out of the inning

Pounding the plate with his bat
Jenkins awaits the pitch
Jenkins goes through his
routine of settling in
Ferguson waits...
He steps out as Knowles takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Now Bo delivers
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Jenkins swung, that's strike three
Jenkins isn't happy at all with that call
We head to the 8th...
The score is still FOFC 4, Leftovers 3

The big guys are due up for FOFC
Pflaggstettler will lead it off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie and Harry Hays
Pflaggstettler a righty
in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Jenkins
Pflaggstettler waits on Jenkins
The pitch is on the way
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
IT'S GOING, GOING,
GONE!!!
That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's
15th home run of the year.

Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie,
the FOFC first baseman
Time is called...
Potpie has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
The right-hander Jenkins is
set to deliver to Potpie
The righthander Jenkins delivers
Potpie pounds a grounder toward
Robinson at second
Jackie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Robinson stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Left Outs second baseman
With one down, up next is Harry Hays
To be followed by Deacon Palmer

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Hays has a .291 average against
righthanders this season
Jenkins is saying a few
words to Robinson...
So far in 1900,
Ferguson has a 8 and 7 record
with 2 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Jenkins goes into his windup
Here it comes
Hays hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Goose Goslin chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Goslin hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Hays is into third with a triple
Now they check on Goslin
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

Settling in at the plate is Palmer
Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year
Cochrane flashes the sign...
Jenkins shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
He brings it home
Just a mite inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
Jenkins has issued 4 bases
on balls this afternoon

Walking up to the plate now is Gunner
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gunner is 0 for 3 today
He flied out last time up
The count is nothing and 2
Gunner has to protect the plate
Ferguson is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Hays, now at Palmer

Now the pitch
Gunner swings hard, but hits
it on the handle to second
Robinson comes in on it
On to first and Gunner is gone
Hays scores from third
Two gone for FOFC

Looks like Tucker will be
given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Bo Knowles is the batter due up next

At the plate is Gonzalez
Late in the game
FOFC up by 3
David Gonzalez is hitting .298 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Gonzalez waits patiently
Ferguson checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Routine grounder to first
Robinson flips to Jenkins covering
Score It: 3-1
So ends the top of the 8th
For FOFC
2 runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 6 to 3

Jackie Robinson, Mickey Cochrane, and
Harry Heilmann are due up
Robinson is 0 for 3 today
Jackie fouled out last time around
The bat is cocked
Kronside goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Robinson swings and lines it
on the nose to center
Tucker picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Robinson rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Robinson moves away from first base...
He has 7 stolen bases on the season
Kronside looks Robinson back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

Mickey Cochrane plants his left foot
The lefthanded catcher for
Left Outs appears set
Kronside wipes his brow
and reaches for the resin bag
A hot summer day
The pitch is on the way
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Hays
Robinson dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Robinson made it back
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

Heilmann heads to the plate for Left Outs
The infield is at regular depth
Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Kronside quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Changeup...
Ties Heilmann up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's the second out of the inning
Left Outs trails by 3
They need a win
They are 6th in the standings
19.0 games out

Hack Wilson is up next
Left Outs' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Wilson looking for his first base knock
here this afternoon...
He is 0 for 3
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Kronside goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Robinson
He lobs one to Potpie...
Robinson is back easily
We're ready again
Now Kronside comes home
Bounced past the mound
Fielded nicely by Blade
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
The side is retired
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Japanese League toppled Late 20th 6 to 2
Caribbean edged out Negro League I 7 to 6
Dead Ball Era squeezed by
Negro League II 4 to 2
AL Pre WWII edged out AL Post WWII 5 to 4
Fingers takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-4
Mays the winner, he's now 9-7
Old Timers edged out NL Pre WWII 3 to 2
And here in Left Outs FOFC leads 6 to 3
Blade is 0 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the Left Outs infield
Robinson is kicking the dirt at first
Herman is even with the bag at third
Robinson and Vaughan are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
Jenkins rocks and fires
A slider by Jenkins
Blade gets good wood on it...
Wilson back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!

Now at the plate will be Nights
shortstop for FOFC today
Jenkins wastes no time
He has the sign from Cochrane
Here's the pitch
Low fastball...
Nights swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Robinson snags it moving to his right
Leads Jenkins perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Nights for the out
That's the second out of the inning

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year
Ferguson Jenkins on the mound
for the Leftovers...
Jenkins has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits and 6 runs
Jenkins brings it to the plate
A hanging curve...
Pflaggstettler laces it hard just
to the right of Robinson
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Persimmon...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Coming to the plate is Potpie
Pflaggstettler's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Jenkins
Jeeberoni is hitting at .285 on the year
FOFC's cleanup hitter has
knocked in 62 runs
He has a fine .556 slugging average
Potpie gets set for the pitch
Now Ferguson delivers
The Whiff!
Jenkins punches Potpie out!
That's it here in the top of the 9th
It's 6-3 in favor of
the visitors from FOFC
We'll be back in just a moment

Leading off for the Leftovers
is the first baseman Robinson
He'll be followed by Goose Goslin
And then Arky Vaughan
Robinson is taking his practice swings
Frank is 1 for 3 this afternoon
He flied out last time at bat
Robinson looks very intent...
He stares down at Kronside...
Cocks his bat
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 48 on the season for Kronside

Slowly coming up is Goslin for Left Outs
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 6 to 3
Goslin is batting .299 with
17 HR's this year
Jace is ready
Jace rocks and fires
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
Two up, two down

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Vaughan
Kronside ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Here's the 1-2 offering
Struck him out on a fastball
Vaughan goes down swinging
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 6 to 3
Williams gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Jenkins takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from Left Outs.