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Old 05-29-2013, 08:57 PM   #702
Breeze
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7/29 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's the right fielder Robinson
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Goose Goslin
And then Arky Vaughan
Robinson swinging from the right side
facing the righty Babson
Babson has the sign he wants
Here's the righthander's delivery
Robinson gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Robinson

Goose Goslin will make his
way to home plate
He's the left fielder for Left Outs
Goose checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Babson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Brian rocks and fires
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Robinson stays put
One out
Arky Vaughan is due up next

Robinson extends his lead towards second
The speedy Robinson gets a big lead
Here's a change-up inside...
And he's OFF!
Here's the peg down...
Hook slide...
Out!
Nice throw

Arky Vaughan will get a
crack at Babson next
Billy Herman would be up next...
But only if Vaughan can reach safely
Vaughan has hit 8 triples this year
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The righthander delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 5 and a half innings
Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
Left Outs has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium
The righthander, Ton has
an average of .273
His success against lefties, like Carlton
is better, however, at .311
And Steve studies the sign
from Cochrane...
Now he's got it
The pitch is on the way
Fastball... down and away...
Carlton just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Carlton today

Hays digs in at the plate
Ready now for Carlton to come set
Carlton steps on the rubber
Carlton looks at the runner
The pitch
Curveball, breaking away
Hays swings...
Hits a slow grounder to short
Vaughan is charging...
Picks up the ball barehanded
Then throws wildly over McCovey's head
It's into rightfield
There will be no play on Hays
He's into second easily on the error
Score It: E6
Ton takes third
Hays to second

Fouts gets set at the plate
2 men in scoring position
Carlton peers in for the sign
Fouts is a formidable opponent
Steve has allowed 17 home runs
versus righties this year
And Dan is no ordinary hitter
The 2-2 delivery by the lefthander
Fouts is waiting
Dan need wait no more... he's outta here
Just another victim of Carlton's
breaking ball
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year
He has 141 hits in 475 at bats
This includes 17 doubles, 7 triples
6 home runs and 48 RBI's
A. J. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Carlton's pitch
Now Steve delivers
Groundball down the line
That's into the outfield for extra bases!
Tucker coasts into second
He's got a double
Ton scores from third!
Hays scores from second!

Up now is Palmer
The All Stars have Tucker on second
Palmer is batting .334 with
6 HR's this year
Here's some stats on Carlton
up to this point in the game...
So far in 5 1/3 innings, Steve has
allowed 3 runs on 7 hits
He has given up 2 walks
while striking out 6
The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Blade up
The All Stars have Palmer on first
Blade steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Blade is waiting on the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Blade sends a scorcher to third
Robinson takes it on one hop
Fires to Herman for one
Back to McCovey for the double play!
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC on top 4 to 2

It's the Leftovers' turn at bat
here in the top of the 7th
Billy Herman, Steve Carlton,
and Jackie Robinson
are due up to face righthander
James Rodney
Billy is batting .252 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Set now is Herman
Now James delivers
Herman is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One up, one down

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Willie Stargell will bat for Steve Carlton
It will be the lefthand hitting, Stargell
against the righty Rodney
Stargell is hitting righties
for a .346 average

Nobody on, one away for Left Outs
Up now is Stargell
Stargell has hit 7 home runs this year
Rodney studies his sign
The 0-2 pitch...
Rodney lets it fly...
Struck him out on a fastball
Stargell goes down swinging
FOFC on top 4 to 2 with
two away this inning

Now batting will be Robinson
The third baseman for Left Outs
Robinson is batting .275
with 5 HR's this year
Rodney adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's his delivery
Robinson hits a three hopper
towards Dan Fouts
Fouts scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's it for Left Outs
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error
Left Outs has left 5 on base
FOFC has stranded 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Early Wynn will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Early has appeared in 64 games this season
He has a record of 3-7
in 128 innings
His ERA stands at 4.86

The shortstop Nights
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
The pitch to Nights...
Nights swings and lines it
on the nose to left
Goslin picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Nights rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Nights watches Wynn carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Wynn looks Nights back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

The All Stars' right fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with no outs
Gazelle has had trouble making contact
He has 2 strike outs this afternoon
He's in his crouch
Gazelle can really swing that wood
Wynn quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Cochrane
Nights dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Nights made it back
With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
To be followed by K. A. Ton

Here's Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie gets set
He's 0 for 3 so far
Potpie awaits the delivery
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Nights dives back in!...
SAFE!
McCovey tosses it back to Wynn
Now here's the pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Potpie looks at strike three
That's the second out of the inning

K. A. Ton will get a crack at Wynn next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Ton can reach safely
Ton is taking his practice swings
K. A. is 0 for 2 this afternoon
He drew a walk last time at bat
Ton concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Wynn will have to come in with this one
A 3-0 count...
Wynn delivers...
Fastball juuust outside
Ball four!
Ton tosses his bat away
and trots down to first
Wynn serves up four stright wide ones

The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat
FOFC on top 4 to 2 in the
bottom of the 7th
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 1 for 3 today with 1 home run
Hays waits patiently
Early checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Vaughan grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46993

Here's the catcher Cochrane
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Willie McCovey
And then Duke Snider
Cochrane steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Mickey is 0 for 3 today
Knowles is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Shallow fly ball
Tucker charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
So one up and one gone

Knowles glares in at McCovey
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
McCovey is 1 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
McCovey is set for the pitch
Knowles kicks and fires
McCovey swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep right
Pflaggstettler is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by McCovey
Traveling about 420 feet
That's home run number 25 for him
He also has 69 RBI's now

The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in
Snider can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The left-hander Knowles is now ready
The lefthander delivers
Curve ball...
Snider swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two gone for Left Outs

FOFC on top 4 to 3, two outs
Robinson is up to see what he can do
Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Robinson
Bo winds... kicks... and delivers
Robinson swings and smacks
a line drive into left
Gazelle comes over and
plays it on one hop
A single for the Left Outs right fielder
Two out base knock
It is surprising how often they
lead to trouble...
We'll see...

Goose Goslin steps up to the plate
Robinson, with excellent
speed, is at first
Goose is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He's batting .291 on the season
Goslin is ready
Bo rocks and fires
It's popped up into foul territory
Harry Hays is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 2
That's all for Left Outs
in the top of the 8th
They pick up 1 run
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC still leads, 4-3

Dan Fouts, A. J. Tucker, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up
Left Outs has the outfield
shaded towards right
Fouts is 1 for 3 today
Fouts waits for the delivery
Righthander Wynn's delivery
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Fouts!
With one down

McCovey yells something out to Wynn
Early nods his head

At the plate now for FOFC is Tucker
Tucker is 2 for 2 today
A. J. doubled last time around
A. J. is set for the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Slow ground ball
Robinson is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Pflaggstettler pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Wynn
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
hitting .308 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery
And the righthander starts to
work on Pflaggstettler
Here comes the pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Pflaggstettler went around
Strike three, swinging
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 1

Here's Arky Vaughan leading off
Billy Herman is on deck
And Early Wynn is in the hole
Vaughan is 1 for 3 today
Arky grounded out last time up
Vaughan waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles brings it to the plate
Vaughan rips the curve to left-center...
Gazelle racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Vaughan will lope into
second with a double

Herman finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Vaughan is on second, nobody out
Knowles tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the 0-2 offering
Herman swings and misses, strike three!
Billy chased a curve ball in the dirt
One down for Left Outs
Early Wynn is still in the on-deck circle
and Jackie Robinson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Harry Heilmann steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Knowles
Heilmann is batting .331 on the year
He has 18 round trippers and 65 RBI's

Harry Heilmann will be coming up
Sparky Anderson loves the pop in his bat
Heilmann has a .309 average against
righthanders this season
Knowles is ready quickly
Knowles' behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Grounded towards the sack
Fouts grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
AL Post WWII edged out Japanese
League 6 to 5
Caribbean cuffed Old Timers 9 to 6
Valenzuela the winner, he's now 6-7
Keefe takes the loss, his
record drops to 8-13
Negro League I nipped Turn
of Century 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
NL Post WWII nipped Negro League II 7 to 6
Banks has hit his 38th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th topped NL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Hubbell takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-13
Johnson the winner, he's now 10-12
And in our matchup FOFC ahead 4 to 3

Sparky Anderson has called for Hack Wilson
Hack will come up now to bat for Jackie
Robinson against Knowles
Wilson is batting .353 as a pinch hitter
He has 2 pinch home runs

Here's the 5'6", 190 pound
Ellwood City, Pa.-born Hack Wilson
sauntering to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Wilson
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here comes the cripple pitch
Wilson hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 4 to 3
Babson gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Carlton takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Harry Hays
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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