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8/1 Radio Broadcast Continued

Tom Glavine will start the top
of the 6th for Late 20th
Late 20th needs some runs
Now, FOFC on top 2 to 0
Glavine looks down toward
the third base coach
Tom is ready for the delivery
And the delivery by Nielsen
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Glavine gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Glavine for the out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Rickey Henderson is coming to the plate
Henderson has a .264 average
against lefties
Nielsen likes the sign
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Slow ground ball
Fouts is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for Late 20th
Nielsen is moving along
with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Gwynn is up now for Late 20th
Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.06 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Gwynn swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Tony Gwynn
That's three outs, side retired

The All Stars will send
Hays, K. A. Ton, and Jeff Nights up
to the plate this inning
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hays is 1 for 2 today
He singled last time up
Hays awaits the delivery
Glavine's 1-0 pitch...
Swung on...
Smashed on the ground...
It's over the bag!
Puckett is chasing it into the
corner in right field
It'll be extra bases!
Harry Hays motoring into second base
But Kirby Puckett plays it perfectly
Spins and throws
It's wide of the bag
Hays slides in with a double
That was a nasty curve he chased

K. A. Ton, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Ton is batting .289 with 11 HR's this year
Tom Glavine still on the mound
for the Modern Stars...
Glavine has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits in 5 innings
Glavine will try to get Ton to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Ton swings late and slices one to right
It's curving toward the foul line...
Puckett won't get there in time
It's a fair ball as it
hits right on the line!
It takes two bounces...
Now a fan reaches over the railing
and gloves it!
Well, that stops that play right there!
Ton will get a ground rule double on it...
And the fan will be escorted out
of the ball park...
You can't do that folks
That ball was still in play
Hays scores on the play

One on, nobody out
Nights strides up to the plate
Jeff, a right-handed hitter, will
face the lefty Glavine
Of his 13 home runs, 4 are
against southpaws
Nights is set for the pitch
The home town crowd is yelling out to Ton
telling him to watch out
as Biggio sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Glavine delivers the 1-2 offering
Nights hits a three hopper
towards Cal Ripken
Ripken scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


Nielsen strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Nielsen goes through his
routine of settling in
Rob steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Glavine's pitch
And here's the pay-off pitch...
Swung on and chopped toward second
Biggio races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by McGwire
A backhand pickup by the
Late 20th firstsacker!
Ton over to third easily
Joe Adcock is arguing that he
took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand
FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with
two away this inning

Two gone, Ton at third
Batting now is Barrett Blade
Blade is 1 for 2 today
Glavine has the sign from Piazza
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-0 pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Boggs
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Puckett leading off
Late 20th would like to get
some runners on base
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Here's the 0-1 offering
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Puckett
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Tucker
Puckett has himself a single

Nobody out, Puckett at first
Now up is Piazza
Piazza is at .314 on the season
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The stretch... the delivery
It is a high hard one...
Piazza goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Piazza couldn't hold back
One away
While we wait for the next batter
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McGwire coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Puckett on first, with one away
McGwire adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Mark is 0 for 2 this evening
McGwire gets ready for Nielsen's pitch
His bat is cocked
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Puckett
He lobs one to Potpie...
Puckett is back easily
We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
McGwire 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 Puckett at third

Ripken heads to the plate for Late 20th
The infield is at regular depth
Men on 1st and 3rd
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks the runners
Here's the 3-1 offering
Ripken drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Puckett scores
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Double for Ripken

Wade Boggs is up next
Late 20th's third baseman
finds 2 on with 1 out
Boggs wiggles the bat above his head
Waiting for the pitch is Boggs
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Boggs flies out to left
Jimmy Williams won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runner holds.

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Craig Biggio
Craig Biggio next
The All Stars up by two runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Curveball, Biggio lets it go by
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
Biggio looks imploringly at him
No words, but a very long look
Now he walks slowly back to the dugout
That's it for Late 20th
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Late 20th has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

A. J. Tucker, Gerald Gazelle, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Tucker, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw Tom Glavine
The umpire says let's go
Tucker is ready
The lefthander Glavine delivers
Tucker hits a screamer at Cal Ripken
Ripken picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls McGwire off the bag
McGwire swipes with the glove

Tucker is out!
Nice play by McGwire
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

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 has a .305 average
against lefthanders
He is .263 overall
Glavine likes the sign
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Excellent sinker pitch, outside...
Gazelle gets good wood on it anyway
There's no doubt, that one is outta here!!
Gazelle circles the bases
As Glavine asks for a new
ball from the umpire
Now FOFC leads 4 to 1

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is 1 for 3 today
Glavine is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Glavine gets the sign from Piazza
It's coming down the pike
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Potpie gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Biggio grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 3

Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts is batting .270 with
16 homers this year
Tom Glavine on the mound for
the Modern Stars...
He has pitched deep into this game
Glavine has given up 9 hits and 4 runs
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Glavine comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Fouts just freezes as
he watches it curve over
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
8 this evening...
58 on the season for Tom Glavine
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League jumping all over
Negro League II 10 to 1
Ochiai has hit his 2nd homerun
for Japanese League
Negro League I is giving
it to Caribbean 6 to 1
AL Post WWII clipping Left Outs 10 to 6
Jackson has hit his 22nd homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Old Timers with the lead over
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers

Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter
Paul Molitor steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Nielsen

Molitor steps up to the
plate for Late 20th
It's the top of the 8th at FOFC Stadium
Molitor digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen is ready quickly
Nielsen brings it home
Fastball, up at the letters...
Molitor swings...
Skies on to deep right
Pflaggstettler racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Molitor motors easily into second
As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Molitor to second

So that brings up the top of the order
Rickey Henderson will step in
Henderson is taking his practice swings
Rickey is 0 for 2 this evening
He grounded out last time at bat
After getting set, Henderson
waits on the pitch
And the delivery by Nielsen
WATCH OUT!
Nielsen has hit Henderson!
Now Henderson gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Henderson to take his base

Gwynn finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gwynn is 1 for 3 today
Tony struck out last time up
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 16 victories make him
1st in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Rob checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
STRIKE THREE... Change of pace
Gwynn is way out in front swinging
Number 8 so far today for Nielsen
One down for Late 20th...
Fouts calls time as he comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

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

Here comes Puckett to the plate
Look in the Late 20th dugout
The players have their caps turned around!
They want Puckett to get on
They're looking to close
the 3 run gap on FOFC
1st and 2nd, one man down
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rob checks the runners
Here's the 2 strike offering
Dribbler to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Two down
Due up next is Mike Piazza
Let's see what happens now

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Mike Piazza
Piazza departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Looking for his first hit today
Piazza is 0 for 3
Piazza is ready
Nielsen needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Low and inside... ball four
Piazza gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Mark McGwire

"Big Mac" is coming to the plate
McGwire is one of the most feared sluggers
Rob gets the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Swung on
Foul tip...
Strike three as Hays holds on to it
Mark didn't come through this time
Three down in the 8th for Late 20th
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
Bruce Sutter will be coming
on to pitch for Late 20th
Bruce has appeared in 46 games this season
with a record of 1-3
In 80 innings, he has an 3.38 ERA
Tom Glavine has finished his work
here this evening
Late 20th's defensive changes are...
Molitor will bat 9th and play 1B

Harry Hays, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Jeff Nights are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 4-1
Hays steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 2 for 3 today
Hays gets set for the pitch
Bruce winds
Kicks... and delivers
A slider by Sutter
Hays gets good wood on it...
Puckett back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


The right fielder, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler, is up next
Sutter looks down at Piazza for the sign
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to center
Henderson is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away
Ripken comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Sutter
Jeff Nights will be next up...

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Sutter studies his sign
Sutter goes into his windup
And here's the 1-1 offering
Nights hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Rickey Henderson chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Henderson hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Nights is into third with a triple
Now they check on Henderson
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

David Gonzalez will get a
crack at Sutter next
Barrett Blade would be up next...
But only if Gonzalez can reach safely
Gonzalez is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gonzalez is poised and ready for the pitch
The righthander Sutter delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Boggs and Ripken are chasing
it down the line
Cal dives, but can't make the play
Foul ball
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Biggio
Over to Molitor
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side
FOFC comes up empty-handed
Here in the bottom of the 8th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Late 20th will send Ripken,
Wade Boggs, and Craig Biggio to face
James Rodney this inning
Rodney takes the first sign
Rodney winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Ripken hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Japanese League smacked Negro
League II 10 to 3
Bessho the winner, he's now 6-17
Brewer takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-12
Negro League I cuffed Caribbean 6 to 3
Gibson has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League I
AL Post WWII clubbed Left Outs 13 to 6
NL Pre WWII nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Mays takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-8
Marquard the winner, he's now 5-10
Dead Ball Era easily defeated
NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Old Timers squeezed by Turn
of Century 7 to 5
And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 1

Wade Boggs plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman
for Late 20th appears set
Bo is ready
Now Bo delivers
Struck him out on a fastball
Boggs goes down swinging
Two down

Biggio coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
Hays flashes the sign to Knowles
The windup, the pitch
Strike three swinging!
Biggio goes down on strikes for
the 4th time this evening!

And that will do it for Late 20th
FOFC wins 4 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Glavine takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was K. A. Ton
He was 3 for 3
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.