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Radio Broadcast 7/16 - Game 100
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Rob Nielsen with his 13 and 4 record
Will be facing Billy Hamilton
Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs
Now we are ready to start
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Hamilton rarely ever strikes out
But Nielsen got him that time!
So one up and one gone
John Ward will make his way to home plate
He's the shortstop for Old Timers
Hitching up his pants...
Ward gazes out to the mound
Ward is set
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Ward!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Nielsen
Walking up to the plate now is Delahanty
Sam Thompson waits on deck
Delahanty has 31 doubles this year
Ed seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The fans want the "K"
Rob winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
And Delahanty will sit down...
strike three called
Rob Nielsen holds Old Timers scoreless
in the first inning
Blade is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings
Bending from side to side
Finally, he's ready
Blade steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Keefe
"Sir Timothy" fires the 2-1 pitch
Slow ground ball
Kelly is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
With one down, up next is Jeff Nights
To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler
FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now the righty brushes off another one...
Keefe has a fastball, change and curve
Keefe brings it to the plate
Shallow fly ball
Delahanty charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
Two down
Tim Keefe retires
the first two batters in order
Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Tim Keefe steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the pitch
Routine grounder to short
Ward scoops it up
Over to first for the out
Tim Keefe holds the All Stars
scoreless in the first
The Old Timers clean-up hitter,
Sam Thompson, to lead it off
We're in the top of the 2nd
We'll see how they pitch to Thompson
Rob is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
He is facing a power hitter in Thompson
Nielsen has allowed 5 home
runs to lefties so far
10 to right-handers
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Swung on and popped up
Potpie is waiting...
And that's an easy out
So one up and one gone
Kelly is up now for Old Timers
Kelly goes through his routine
of settling in
Kelly waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Kelly hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Nights dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Jeff Nights!
Two down
Nielsen retires the first
two Old Timers batters
Davis heads to the plate for Old Timers
The infield is at regular depth
Davis has a .229 average
against lefthanders
He is .252 overall
Davis is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Nielsen
He's waiting for the pitch
Now Rob delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
Time to check out the rest of the scores
Late 20th slipping by Negro
League II 2 to 0
Left Outs is beating AL Pre WWII 4 to 0
Caribbean is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
NL Post WWII is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
NL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Alexander battling Day
Turn of Century is edging
AL Post WWII 1 to 0
And in our matchup No score
Potpie saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Tim has a myriad of pitches
but his best is the change-up!
McPhee comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Keefe
The delivery
Potpie rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Potpie is around first, heading for two...
Hamilton is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Jeeberoni pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
FOFC first baseman
Jeeberoni also ups his hitting
streak to 6 games!
That is Potpie's 1st hit today
Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Palmer is one of the best hitters around
Tim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Tim rocks and fires
It almost hits Deacon Palmer
It goes all the way back to the screen
Potpie takes third on the wild pitch
Deacon Palmer steps into the box
Potpie is 90 feet away
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Tim has a myriad of pitches
but his best is the change-up!
Now ready, here it is...
Lined hard to third
Davis snares it for the out!
Score It: 5
That brings up K. A. Ton, the left fielder
The right-hander Keefe is
set to deliver to Ton
Keefe's 2-2 pitch...
Grounder topped to short
Potpie heads for home
Ward grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two away
Hays leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Hays is hitting .292 against righties
Harry is set for the pitch
The windup, and the 3-2 pitch
Hays swings and hits one down the line
It's in for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Hays is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A sharply hit double for Harry Hays
While Rob Nielsen heads for
the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate
A base hit should score Hays
Keefe asks for a new ball...
Rubs it down to get the shine off it...
Now he steps on the rubber again
And the delivery by Keefe
Tucker smacks a fly to left
Delahanty is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
Ed takes it in
That does it in the bottom of the 2nd
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After 2 innings, FOFC leads 1 to 0
The Old Timers catcher, Ewing,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Bid McPhee
And then Tim Keefe
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fly ball to left
Ton is under it
He makes the grab
That's one away
Nielsen looks down at McPhee
as he steps in
Bid is ready to go
McPhee is at .190 on the season
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-2 offering
Curve in the dirt... and McPhee holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the first base ump's opinion
He says McPhee went around
Strike three, swinging
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Nielsen
Rob nods "UH HUH"
Tim Keefe will step in
to face Nielsen next
If he gets on, Billy Hamilton will follow
Keefe taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Keefe is set for the 2 strike pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Right down the middle... strike three
Keefe must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
That ends the inning
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1
Rob Nielsen, Barrett Blade, and
Jeff Nights are due up
Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign
Now he's ready
Keefe throws the 2 strike pitch
Nielsen swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Keefe strikes out Rob Nielsen
One up, one down for FOFC
Barrett Blade, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Keefe eyes Blade intently
And now the pitch...
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Keefe's obviously peeved at that call
But Barrett tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first
The All Stars will send
Jeff Nights up to the plate
Old Timers is set up for two
Keefe is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Keefe gets the sign from Ewing
The righthander Keefe delivers
Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Nights
And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck
One out, man on second
Tim peers in for the sign...
Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Ward trying to slip in behind Nights
Now he slips away
Here's the 2-0 offering
Persimmon Pflaggstettler swings
He smashes it on a line...
BINGO!!!...
Stabbed by Davis to rob Pflaggstettler
of a sure base hit
Two down
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars
Jeeberoni Potpie will get
a crack at Keefe next
Deacon Palmer would be up next...
But only if Potpie can reach safely
Potpie is 1 for 1 today
The righthander pitching to Potpie...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .250 average against Tim
Keefe looks back towards second...
The pitch
Potpie jack-knifes out of the way
But it's in there!
Potpie was really fooled
on that strike three
That does it for FOFC here
in the bottom of the 3rd
But they pick up 1 run
So After 3 innings, FOFC on top 2 to 0
Rob Nielsen, out there on
the mound for FOFC
prepares to face Billy Hamilton
to get the 4th inning underway
here in FOFC Stadium
Hamilton digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen
He's ready for the delivery
Nielsen's windup... the delivery
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Ton
And he pulls it in
One gone for Old Timers
And it brings up John Ward
On deck is Ed Delahanty
Sam Thompson in the hole
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
Ward laces a hit into the outfield
A. J. Tucker picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Ward holds with a single
Planting his right foot
Delahanty is set in the box...
The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Delahanty
Ed takes a couple of practice cuts
Delahanty cocks his bat
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ward
He lobs one to Potpie...
Ward is back easily...
We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Screaming liner towards third
Palmer makes a great catch!
He fires it to Potpie
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
By the way, Old Timers is 4 and
6 in their last ten games
Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer is batting .329 with 4 homeruns
He has 14 doubles, 2 triples and 33 RBI's
His OBP of .392 is why
Old Timers doesn't like to see him
leading off an inning
or at bat at any time for that matter!!
The umpire says let's go
Here's the 0-1 offering
Ground ball to third
Davis comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out
Ton digs in at the plate
Ready now for Keefe to come set
So far this season
Ton is hitting .250
when facing righthanded pitching
K. A. is ready for the delivery
Keefe quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Ton goes down on strikes
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout
Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
One on... one out
FOFC up by 2
Hays can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Hays is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Palmer is dancing off first
Now Tim delivers
Hit towards the middle
Smooth pickup by McPhee
Over to second for one
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
That'll do it in the bottom of the 4th
No runs, one hit and no errors
FOFC ahead 2 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
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Leading off now for Old Timers is Thompson
Sam looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Charley Gould flashes a series of them...
Now Thompson taps the bat on home plate
Thompson gets ready for Nielsen's pitch
His bat is cocked
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Smash to third
Deacon Palmer boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 1 miscue for Palmer
"Highpockets" is making
his way to the plate
Kelly is 0 for 1 today
George grounded out last time up
George steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks at Thompson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Thompson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Nielsen comes home
Bouncer to third baseman Deacon Palmer...
To Blade for one...
Over to Potpie... in time
The All Stars turn the doubleplay!
Two gone for Old Timers
Now here's Davis
Davis is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
This one would end the inning...
He makes the play
And that will do it for Old Timers
Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen
And then Barrett Blade
Tucker is batting .295 with
4 homers this year
Keefe steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Tucker...
Delahanty over...Grabs
it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Tucker at first
Nielsen squares to bunt
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by G.Davis
the throw to first...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
One out
Due up next is Barrett Blade
Barrett Blade will face Keefe
Righty against righty
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Keefe steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
It's a full count...
Keefe winds and fires...
Drilled deep to center field
Hamilton takes off after it
He can't get to it
Blade rounds first
Hamilton has the ball
Blade coasts into second
He's got a double
Tucker scores from second!
Nights, the shortstop, moves
into the batter's box
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Jeff Nights is hitting .279 this year
against righthanded pitchers
After getting set, Nights
waits on the pitch
Keefe's righthanded delivery...
Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Ward
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And there's two away
Looks like Pflaggstettler will
be given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Jeeberoni Potpie is the batter due up next
Facing Keefe now is Potpie
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
K. A. Ton waits in the hole
Right-hander Keefe eyes the righty Potpie
Keefe stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Hit towards the middle
Smooth pickup by Ward
Over to Kelly
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for FOFC here in
the bottom of the 5th
They leave 2 runners stranded
FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Old Timers has no runs,
one hit and no errors
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