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8/12 Radio Broadcast Continued

The third baseman Palmer
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Palmer looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Rusie wastes no time
He has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th is in front of
Negro League I 3 to 0
Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th
Left Outs and Negro League
II are all knotted at 2
Beckwith has hit his 25th homerun
for Negro League II
Japanese League is edging
AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
Ott has hit his 33rd homerun
for NL Pre WWII
They must be feeding him lots of beef
AL Post WWII is in front
of Old Timers 4 to 1

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Hays looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Harry
Harry is 0 for 1 today
grounded out his last at bat
Hays is set
Rusie brings it to the plate
Hays chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Rusie
Lajoie snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
Two gone for FOFC

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Nights
Nights is 1 for 1 tonight
His 1 run is the only one scored
by FOFC so far...
They trail 3-1
Right-hander Rusie prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
The righthander delivers
It's a routine fly into center
Duffy ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Duffy grabs it for the out
We head to the 6th...
The score is still Turn of
Century 3, All Stars 1

The Centurions get their turn to
bat here in the top of the 6th
Sam Crawford, Jimmy Collins,
and Roger Bresnahan
the first three Turn of Century batters
They'll be facing the southpaw
John Williams
Crawford adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Sam is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Crawford gets set for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Crawford watches it go
by for the third strike
So one up and one gone

Walking up to the plate now is Collins
Turn of Century leading in the game
Collins is at .253 on the season
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Collins goes after Williams' fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Ton is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
He goes up after it...
And brings it down in the webbing!
Jimmy just missed a homer on that one
Only a long out for the Turn
of Century third baseman
Turn of Century leads 3 to 1
with two away this inning

Now here's Bresnahan
Bresnahan is taking his practice swings
Roger is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He struck out last time at bat
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams' windup... the delivery
Curve ball...
Bresnahan swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Gunner 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
Wonder if Gunner will try
to bunt for a hit
Rusie gets the sign, it's one he likes
Rusie kicks and delivers
There's a fly ball to Hugh Duffy
Duffy circles under it...
He makes the play
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is still in
the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade
Rusie is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
And the delivery by Rusie
That's hit deep to left field
Crawford trying to track it down
He's on the warning track
HE JUMPS . . .
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Score It: 7
Two down in the 6th
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A. J. Tucker plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder
for FOFC appears set
Tucker is batting .297 with
7 HR's this year
Rusie likes the sign
Rusie's righthanded delivery...
Over the outside corner
Tucker hits the curve right to second...
Lajoie takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Tucker is out by a couple of steps
And that will do it for FOFC

Turn of Century will send Rusie,
Hugh Duffy, and Jesse Burkett to face
Jace Kronside this inning
Rusie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Kronside
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Now the delivery, here is is...
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Rusie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Amos as he was heading for the dugout
With one down, up next is Hugh Duffy
To be followed by Jesse Burkett

So that brings up the top of the order
Hugh Duffy will step in
Duffy is 0 for 2 today
Hugh fouled out last time around
Duffy waits patiently
And the righthander starts
to work on Duffy
Here comes the pitch
Slider, down and away...
Duffy reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Palmer is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Ton is hustling after it...
Duffy with the big turn...
The throw from Ton goes into second
And Duffy holds at first

Duffy yells something to Kronside
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Duffy is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Jace
No doubt he does!
Duffy takes his lead...
Kronside fires it to first...
It's close...
SAFE

One away, Duffy at first
Burkett is coming to the plate
Burkett has hit 7 home runs this year
Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Kronside
He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Pflaggstettler slides under
it... one hands it...
Not the prettiest play, but Burkett is out
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

He's off to the races!
Hays pegs it down
He slipped on the throw
But he got it off...
Nights applies the tag...
Duffy is safe!...
Nights can't handle the throw cleanly

Joe Kelley steps into the box
Kelley has 25 doubles this year
The right-hander Kronside is
set to deliver to Kelley
Jace looks over his shoulder at Duffy
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Waist high fastball...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker after it...
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just misses it!
It bangs off the wall
Kelley heading for second
He pulls up with a two bagger
The throw was cut off
Also give Joe an RBI on the play

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
Against righthanders
Lajoie is hitting .381
Nap seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The righthander delivers
Swung on and missed...
The ball gets away from Hays
and rolls back to the screen
Kelley is around third...
He thinks about it...
but he retreats to third
as Hays retrieves the ball
Passed ball charged to Hays

Nap Lajoie steps into the box
The outfield shades towards
left for Lajoie
He's ready
Now Jace delivers
Hard slider...
And Lajoie takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
That ends the top of the 7th
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 6 and a half innings, Turn
of Century leads by 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The right fielder Pflaggstettler will
start things off for the All Stars
Rusie will improve his record
to 11-5 with a victory here in FOFC
Lajoie comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Rusie
The delivery
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Potpie, FOFC's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
The bat is cocked
He brings it home
Towering popup
back of home
Bresnahan grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
That's two quick outs for Amos Rusie
FOFC will need to do better than that
They are running out of time

Ton finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
K. A. steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Ton is 0 for 2 today
He struck out last time up
Rusie adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie's into his windup... the pitch
Sharp breaking curveball...
Ton reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Wagner...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Kelley at first!
Ton is out easily
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47184

Honus Wagner stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Kronside studies his sign
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Fastball, down and in...
Wagner laces a hit into the outfield...
Tucker picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Wagner holds with a single
Good start to the inning
for Turn of Century

Wagner studies Kronside intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Nobody out, Wagner at first
Now up is Crawford
Stepping out, Crawford looks
into the dugout
Steps back in
Crawford waits patiently
The stretch... the 1-0 delivery
It's the hit and run play
by Turn of Century...
Slow ground ball to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
One down for Turn of Century
Jimmy Collins is still in
the on-deck circle
and Roger Bresnahan is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Roger Bresnahan gets the weighted
donut from Collins
Now Jimmy saunters to the plate
1 out and 1 on base
Collins bats in the seventh slot in
the order for Turn of Century
Turn of Century on top 4 to 1
One out, man on second
Hunter rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Hunter kicks and fires
Collins rips a line drive over short
It's through into deep left field
Gazelle finally catches up with it
The runner scores!
Jimmy has to hold at first with a single

At the plate now for Turn
of Century is Bresnahan
We're in the top of the 8th
Hunter eyes Bresnahan intently
Hunter goes into his stretch...
Looks at Collins...
He fires one to Potpie...
Collins dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Hunter comes home
Hunter just misses outside
Ball four to Bresnahan

Rusie is up now for Turn of Century
Rusie goes through his routine
of settling in
Rusie, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Hunter
Here's the righthander's delivery
Rusie will try the hit and run!
Rusie offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Amos couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Palmer for the out
Rusie never even left the batter's box
Two down

So that brings up the top of the order
Hugh Duffy will step in
Duffy has a .301 average against
righthanders this season
Duffy waits on Hunter
A check on the runners... the pitch
Hard line drive to first
It's over Potpie's head for a single!
Collins scores from second!
Bresnahan takes third

Duffy edges away from the bag
Hunter holds the runner close to the bag

Burkett saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Owen gets the sign from Hays
Hunter brings it home
Bouncer to second
Blade grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
And that's the final out of the inning
Turn of Century has 6 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left
8 men on base today

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
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
A liner over third
Collins jumps
Can't reach it
Crawford fronts it
It's through his legs!
He recovers
Throw to second
Man, Palmer is still at first!
Buy that man some "PF Flyers"

Hays is ready to bat
On first is Palmer
He's not known for his speed
Harry stares down at Dick
Howser for the sign
Palmer leads away from first
Hays cocks his bat
The righthander Rusie's delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Crawford reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th besting Negro League I 5 to 0
Negro League II with the lead
over Left Outs 6 to 3
Hill has hit his 12th homerun
for Negro League II
Japanese League and AL Pre
WWII are deadlocked at 2
Suzuki and Hoyt currently dueling
NL Pre WWII slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0
AL Post WWII is running roughshod
over Old Timers 12 to 2
Brett has hit his 19th homerun
for AL Post WWII
And here in FOFC Turn of
Century ahead 6 to 1

Now batting will be Jeff Nights
The shortstop is walking to the plate
One on... one out
Turn of Century leads FOFC by 5 runs
Nights is 1 for 2 today,
with no strike outs
Bresnahan flashes the sign to Rusie
Rusie brings it to the plate
Nights hits a high pop into
short left field
Collins and Wagner sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Crawford
Wagner puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Crawford!!
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Rusie

Making his way up is Gazelle
Rusie steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Rusie brings it to the plate
Gazelle watches a roundhouse
curve all the way in
Strike Three called!
That one started out right at Gerald,
In fact, he started to bend back
out of the way
Rusie just delivered a sweeping curve
that just caught
the inside corner of the plate
FOFC comes up empty here in
the bottom of the 8th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 8 innings,
Turn of Century still out in front, 6-1

Kelley saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Right-hander Hunter prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Kelley
Here's his delivery
Fly ball to center
Tucker is under it
He makes the grab
One up, one down for Turn of Century

Nap Lajoie will be coming up
Connie Mack loves the pop in his bat
Lajoie is at .380 on the season
He is hitting .379 against righties
Lajoie waiting on the delivery
The pitch to Lajoie...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two out, nobody on
Turn of Century on top 6 to 1

Up now for Turn of Century is Wagner
Two away, nobody on
Wagner is 1 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Wagner readies himself for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Wagner hits one on the ground
to the left side
Honus, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Palmer wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
8 and a half innings,
Turn of Century has 6 runs,
12 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 8 on base
FOFC has stranded 2

Barrett Blade up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Blade is 0 for 3 today,
with no strike outs
Rusie has the sign from Bresnahan
Rusie will try to get Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bresnahan fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Blade
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 159 hits in 537 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 18 stolen bases
A. J. stands with bat ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Tucker sends a routine
ground ball to first
Kelley takes it on one hop
Flips it to Rusie
Easy out
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is at the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 21
home runs this year
Rusie stares in
Here's the 1-0 pitch
Grounded into the hole
Kelley comes up with it
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler!

Potpie is up next
Two out with Pflaggstettler at first
Potpie is at .287 on the season
Rusie likes the sign
Rusie checks Pflaggstettler on first...
The 0-2 delivery
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
And that will do it for FOFC
Turn of Century wins 6 to 1
Rusie gets credit for the win
Williams takes the loss
The hitting star for Turn of Century
was Joe Kelley
He was 2 for 5
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.