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Potpie comes to the plate leading off
Gomez shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
With a 1-0 count, the pitch
Grounded towards first
Gehrig grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Next up is Sirr Fozborg, the FOFC pitcher
On-deck is Gerald Gazelle...
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
Lefty Gomez on the mound for
the Pre-Americans...
Gomez has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hits and 2 runs
Way ahead in the count
Gomez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
One gone for FOFC

So with 1 on and 1 out
the All Stars send their left fielder,
Gerald Gazelle, up to face Gomez
Good-hitting Harry Hays is waiting
in the on-deck circle
AL Pre WWII is set up for two
Gomez squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE!
And Gazelle is punched out
Two down in the 6th
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Hays gets set at the plate
Hays is 0 for 1 today
Gomez is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Gomez gets the sign from Ferrell
Gomez goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Potpie
He lobs one to Gehrig...
Potpie is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Gomez comes home
Changeup...
Ties Hays up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
After 5 and a half innings tonight,
the Pre-Americans lead by 2

Bottom of the lineup coming
up for AL Pre WWII
Joe Sewell will step in to face Fozborg
to start the bottom of the 6th
Rick Ferrell is heading for
the on-deck circle
Joe is batting .257 in
253 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Rick Ferrell
Sewell is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Fozborg
He's waiting for the pitch
And the righthander starts
to work on Sewell
Here comes the pitch
It's dinked out front
Hays is on it...throws to first...
Nice play
AL Pre WWII with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Rick Ferrell to
come to the plate

Nobody on base, one away
Ferrell steps into the batter's box
Ferrell digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Fozborg
Ferrell cocks his bat
Here's the righthander's delivery
Ferrell lines one just to
the right of Potpie
It's past him into right field!
Pflaggstettler hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Ferrell is on with a
line single to right

Beautifully placed bunt toward Fouts
He races in...
Scoops it up, bare-handed...
Only play is at first
OUT!
Ferrell advances easily
Nice job bunting, as usual, by Gomez
Credit him with a sacrifice
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Fozborg

Gehringer digs in at the plate
Ready now for Fozborg to come set
Sirr Fozborg looks in at Hays for the sign
They have been in synch most of the night
Fozborg has pitched 3 innings
since coming on in the 4th
Now we're set to go
Now Sirr delivers
Grounded towards the sack
Potpie flips to Fozborg covering
Score It: 3-1
That's all for the Pre-Americans
After 6 innings in AL Pre
WWII this evening,
AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2

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

Turn of Century leads Japanese
League 5 to 4
Burkett has hit his 6th homerun
for Turn of Century
Caribbean is on top of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
Tiant Sr. battling Johnson
Negro League I slipping by
Negro League II 5 to 3
Left Outs jumping all over
Late 20th 9 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by
AL Post WWII 5 to 3
NL Post WWII is pounding Old Timers 7 to 0
Morgan has hit his 16th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Tucker is one of the best hitters around
Gomez steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Gomez winds his left arm
Lets it go
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Gomez punches him out!
One up, one down

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Dan Fouts, their third baseman
Time is called...
Fouts has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
He's ready
The southpaw delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Fouts holds up
Ferrell points down at the
first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
And there's two away

Nobody on, two away
Blade steps in for FOFC
Blade swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Gomez
After getting set, Blade
waits on the pitch
Lefty rocks and fires
Blade is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Barrett to first

Jeff Nights is coming to the plate
AL Pre WWII leads by 2
We're in the top of the 7th
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
Nights awaits the delivery
The lefthander Gomez comes home with it
Smashed to third
Sewell grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
AL Pre WWII has 4 runs,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 6 stranded
AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Here's Luke Appling
Leading off the inning for AL Pre WWII
It's a beautiful, clear night sky
One couldn't ask for a better
night for baseball
Appling is 1 for 2 today
Fozborg has the sign he wants
And the delivery by Fozborg
Appling sends a routine
ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Fozborg
Easy out
One down for AL Pre WWII
Babe Ruth is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Pre WWII

Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Babe Ruth
Nobody on base, one out
Ruth is batting .343 with
34 homers this year
Hays flashes the sign to Fozborg
The righthander delivers
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Ruth hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

The Pre-Americans' left fielder is up next
AL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 1 out
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Simmons
He's 1 for 2 today
Simmons is poised and ready for the pitch
Fozborg kicks and fires
Simmons just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Two down

Next up for the Pre-Americans
is Lou Gehrig
Lou comes to the plate batting .325
with 23 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Gehrig waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now the delivery, here is is...
Curve, at the belt...
Gehrig times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats
toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Dimaggio is up now for AL Pre WWII
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Dimaggio cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Dimaggio was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Joe was a little overanxious
That is the third out for AL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45704

FOFC has the heart of their
lineup coming up
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their
right fielder is up first
Jeeberoni Potpie and Sirr
Fozborg to follow
top of the 8th, AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 2
Now is the time for FOFC
to make their move...
Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here's his delivery
Pflaggstettler rips a fastball
down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Pflaggstettler back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Lefty
Gomez here this evening
That's one away

Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Jeeberoni is hitting at .284 on the year
He has 83 hits in 292 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Potpie singled his last time up
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Gomez quick pitches him
Ground ball to short
Appling ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Walking up to the plate now is Ton
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
Gomez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
The southpaw Gomez delivers the 0-2 pitch
Hanging curveball...
Ton times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Dimaggio doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Ton
That was way over the fence

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle is 2 for 3 today
Gomez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
The lefty Gomez delivers
Slider, down and in
Gazelle swings hard...
He hits one into right
Ruth starts back...now reverses himself
He is coming in at full speed...
And has to take it on one hop
He was fooled on that ball
as Gerald hit it on the handle
Gazelle running hard all the way
heads for second
Here's the throw
It's high and wide
Gazelle is safe at second
Kind of an "excuse me" double

Hays gets set at the plate
Hays digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Gomez
The umpire says let's go
Hays is ready
The lefthander Gomez delivers
A slider by Gomez
Hays gets good wood on it...
Dimaggio back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Ferrell asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ferrell and Gomez

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
A base hit should score Gazelle
Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-1 pitch
Tucker hits a three hopper
towards Luke Appling
Appling scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 7 and a half innings,
AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 4

Joe Sewell, Rick Ferrell, and
Lefty Gomez are due up
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Sewell is 0 for 2 today
With 2 strikes he'll shorten his swing
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sewell swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside strikes out Joe Sewell
One gone for AL Pre WWII

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 8th
The first base coach exhorting
Ferrell to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Ferrell is batting .221 with
no HR's this year
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Kronside looks in...
Now he's ready
Kronside fires
Curve ball...
Ferrell swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two gone for AL Pre WWII

AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 4, two outs
Gomez is up to see what he can do
Gomez can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Kronside steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Gomez is outta there
That's it for AL Pre WWII
Here at Glory Stadium, After 8 innings,
AL Pre WWII has 6 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 4 runs,
8 hits and no errors
AL Pre WWII has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 7

FOFC will send Fouts,
Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights to face
Lefty Gomez this inning
Fouts has hit 11 home runs this year
The slender lefty shakes off the sign
Now Lefty brushes off another one...
Lefty has a high leg kick
and a whip-like arm delivery
Gomez brings it to the plate
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Dimaggio
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just out of his reach!
Fouts coasts into second


That'll bring up All Stars' second
baseman Barrett Blade...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .267 on the season
Blade waiting on the delivery
Gomez brings it to the plate
Blade rips one on the ground
It's a 'bug bruiser' to Appling
Luke fields it cleanly
Looks Fouts back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
And there's one away

The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
One out, man on second
Lefty looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now ready, here it is...
A hot shot on the ground to Sewell
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Nights is out
Fouts stays put
That's out number two
Miller Huggins moving around
Hollers something down at Gomez
Lefty nods "UH HUH"

Pflaggstettler leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
Pflaggstettler adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Persimmon is 0 for 4 this evening
Pflaggstettler is set
Gomez rocks and fires
Change up, on the inside corner...
Pflaggstettler was looking for it...
He hits a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Pflaggstettler is in at
second with a double

Miller Huggins will bring in Stan Coveleski
here in the top of the 9th
Stan will try to close this game out
He has appeared in 19 games
He has notched a 7.07 ERA in 28 innings
His record is 6 and 4
He has 4 saves on the season
Lefty Gomez hands Coveleski the ball
We'll be set to go in a minute

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
Now Stan delivers
That one is a grass cutter towards third
Sewell fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
Joe manages to come up with it
on the heel of his glove
Rolls the ball into his free hand
On to first
It is off target...
Gehrig one hops it into his glove
Out!
Gehrig can't get out of the way
and Jeeberoni runs right into him
Nice play as that ball was thrown
on the rightfield side of the bag
Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone
And that will do it for FOFC
AL Pre WWII wins 6 to 5
Gomez gets credit for the win
Coveleski notches the save
Mighty takes the loss
The hitting star for AL Pre WWII
was Lou Gehrig
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from AL Pre WWII.