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8/16 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's the second baseman Pacheco
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Pancho Coimbre
And then Perucho Cepeda
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pacheco looks to third for a sign
The bat is cocked
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Pacheco hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
He's got it
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
AL Post WWII clipping Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Late 20th slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
NL Post WWII bombing Negro
League II 8 to 0
Old Timers is on top of
Negro League I 4 to 2
Left Outs and Turn of Century
are deadlocked at 2
Stargell has hit his 10th
homerun for Left Outs
Pancho Coimbre is coming to the plate
Coimbre is taking his practice swings
Pancho is 0 for 2 this evening
Pancho waits...
He steps out as Williams takes too long
Now he's back in the box
John rocks and fires
Coimbre hits a deep fly
ball into the alley
A. J. Tucker chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Tucker hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Coimbre is into third with a triple
Now they check on Tucker
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate
Coimbre represents the go-ahead run
And up comes Perucho Cepeda
Caribbean needs only that 1 run
to break the tie
Cepeda grips the bat handle
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Coimbre is dancing off third
Williams is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
One more chance for Caribbean this inning
Miguel Gonzalez is up next
Caribbean's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs
Gonzalez is 0 for 1 today
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Williams brings it home
Gonzalez works the walk...
Passes the baton to Hector Espino
who will see if he can get
Coimbre in from third
Batting for Caribbean will be Espino
Espino is 0 for 2 today
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
John is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Coimbre, now at Gonzalez
Now the pitch
Hot shot grounded into right field
Hector Espino has a base hit
Coimbre scores from third!
Gonzalez takes third
Omar Linares, the Caribbean third baseman,
steps into the batter's box
Caribbean ahead 3 to 2
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
7th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Base hit to left for Linares
Gonzalez scores
Matty Alou puts up the stop sign...
Espino will stay at second
At the plate now for Caribbean
is Concepcion
The right-handed Concepcion will
be facing the southpaw
3 of his 4 home runs come via this route
Dave steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
John checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...
Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's all for Caribbean
in the top of the 6th
They pick up 2 runs
After 5 and a half innings,
it's 4-2 Caribbean
The second baseman Blade will
start things off for the All Stars
Barrett is batting .261 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...
Now he has the pitch he wants
It's coming down the pike
Blade is hit!
That ball hit him on the arm
Barrett is squeezing his elbow
The trainer, Tay Pemup
is out to check him
He'll stay in
He gets a nice round of applause
He heads to first
Jeff Nights steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Blade is at first
Nights looks down at Dick
Howser to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Benton Breeze
Now he relays the signal to Nights
Nights is waiting on the pitch
Mendez goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Espino...
Blade is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mendez comes home
Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Jeff Nights steps into the box
Jeff looks down at the third base coach
He gets the sign from Dick Howser
Blade takes his lead
Mendez has the sign from Gonzalez
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...
SAFE!
Espino tosses it back to Mendez
Now here's the pitch
Fastball off the catcher's mitt
Rolls all the way to the backstop
Gonzalez is after it... as
Blade moves on to second
No throw...
Looked like Gonzalez was crossed-up
on the pitch
Score it a passed ball on Gonzalez
Jeff Nights steps into the box
Nights is at .277 on the season
Jose is ready
Mendez kicks and fires
Base hit to center for Nights
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Blade is out at home!
Trailing runner advances.
Up next for the All Stars
The hometown center fielder, A. J. Tucker
Tucker will be batting lefty versus Mendez
The switch hitter is 1 for 2 today
.295 average on the year
Last time up A. J. struck out
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Jose comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Base hit to left for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Now Jeeberoni Potpie will be up
He wants to hit it to the right side
to advance Tucker
in this very tight, low scoring affair
1 out here in this 1 run ballgame
Potpie is 0 for 2 today
Mendez tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mendez's righthanded delivery...
A hot shot on the ground to Concepcion
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Potpie is out
Tucker stays put
Two down
Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Tucker is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
Persimmon is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He's batting .309 on the season
Pflaggstettler waits patiently
for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Mendez brings it to the plate
There's a jam shot off the
hands of Pflaggstettler
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Omar Linares
That's all for the All Stars
in the 6th inning
They get 1 run across
We've played through six...
The score, 4-3 Estrellas
Felipe Alou has called for Keith Hernandez
Keith will come up now to bat for
Jose Mendez against Williams
Hernandez is batting .190
as a pinch hitter
He has 2 pinch home runs
Keith Hernandez stepping in
He will be the first batter for Caribbean
We are in the top of the 7th
Caribbean leads 4 to 3
John is ready
John rocks and fires
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
That will bring up Minnie Minoso
Minoso is batting .266 with
8 HR's this year
Williams grips the ball
Here's the pitch
Bouncer to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
Pacheco saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Pacheco is 0 for 2 today
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
Here's the pitch
Pacheco starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him
Pacheco sneaks away from the base
Williams looks the runner back
Coimbre finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
John gets the sign from Bullock
Here's the 1-2 offering
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Coimbre goes down on strikes
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 6 and a half innings
Caribbean has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2
It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Adolfo Luque will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Adolfo has appeared in
67 games this season
with a record of 5-7
In 92 innings, he has an 5.48 ERA
Jose Mendez has finished his work
here this evening
Here's Stan Gunner leading off
Deacon Palmer is on deck
And Billy Bullock is in the hole
Luque tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander Luque's delivery
Ground ball through the middle
Concepcion ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
One up, one down for FOFC
Palmer is up now for FOFC
Deacon is hitting at .323 on the year
He has 110 hits in 341 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Palmer flied out his last time up
Palmer tells the umpire he's ready
The kick and the pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Palmer...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Concepcion made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach
Bullock walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
John Williams moves into
the on deck circle
FOFC needs some runs
Bullock is at .265 on the season
Luque steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Luque goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Palmer
He lobs one to Espino...
Palmer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Luque comes home
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Bullock turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 19 for Billy on the year
He also has 46 RBI's now
Felipe Alou is walking to the mound
Adolfo Luque will head for the showers
They've signaled for the righthander
Mike Garcia will be coming on
in relief for Caribbean
Garcia will be the 3rd pitcher used
by Caribbean this evening
Adolfo Luque hands the ball
over to Felipe Alou
Now he walks off the field...
Garcia is almost finished warming up...
Mike has a 2-5 record so far this year
And an ERA of 4.05 in 45 appearances
Treacy saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
FOFC ahead 5 to 4
Mike Garcia steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Righthander Garcia's delivery
Sinking line drive
Caught by Antonio Pacheco
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Barrett
Blade to get a new bat
Let's point out that FOFC is 3 and
7 in their last ten games
So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Blade is hitting .235 against righties
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Garcia
The righthander delivers
Its a high fly ball into shallow center
Minoso runs in...
He calls for it...
Concepcion yells "take it Minnie"
And he does
Blade is retired on a lazy
fly to short center
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 48711
Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off
Caribbean's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's James Rodney
Cepeda adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Perucho is 1 for 3 this evening
Cepeda waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The righthander Rodney delivers
Cepeda swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Rodney strikes out Perucho Cepeda
One away in the top of the
8th for Caribbean
Nobody on base, one away
Gonzalez steps into the batter's box
Gonzalez grips the bat handle
Miguel is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Palmer plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
Two down
Settling in at the plate is Espino
Espino has 8 doubles this year
Hector steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
Rodney kicks and delivers
Fastball... just outside
Espino will take first on the walk
Hector knows how to get on base
His OBP of .402 is among
the league leaders
Felipe Alou is going to make a change now
Pablo Mesa will run for Hector Espino
The speedster will take his
spot at first base
Mesa watches Rodney carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Rodney steps off the rubber
Looks Mesa back to the bag
That'll bring up third baseman
Omar Linares...
FOFC out in front by 1
We're in the top of the 8th
Linares is batting .241 with
19 round trippers in 1900
He's ready for the delivery
Now James delivers
Rodney comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Linares
As Omar swings right through
it for strike three
Rodney punches him out
That's it for Caribbean
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Caribbean has 4 runs,
7 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 2
Caribbean's defensive changes are...
Cepeda will bat 4th and play 1B
Mesa will bat 6th and play LF
Here's Nights to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
AL Post WWII is beating
Dead Ball Era 5 to 1
Hunter comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII
Late 20th is in front of
AL Pre WWII 4 to 1
NL Post WWII is destroying
Negro League II 9 to 0
Mays has hit his 34th homerun
for NL Post WWII
He's putting up big numbers this year
Negro League I is edging Old Timers 6 to 5
Foster and Keefe currently dueling
Left Outs is on top of Turn
of Century 4 to 2
And right here in FOFC FOFC leads 5 to 4
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights is 1 for 3 today
For the season, Jeff has 14 homers
30 doubles, and 3 triples
He has scored 65 runs
while driving in 60
Two balls, two strikes the count
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 28 on the season for Garcia
Coming up for FOFC is Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
The All Stars leading by 1
Mike is ready
Here is the 3-0 pitch
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Pacheco is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Two down
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars
A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie
Stepping out, Potpie looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Jeeberoni stands with bat ready
The pitch to Potpie...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Gonzalez fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 1
As we get ready to start
the top of the 9th
Concepcion is talking to Bullock
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
It's coming down the pike
Concepcion chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Knowles
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
One down for Caribbean
Mike Garcia is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean
Caribbean announces a pinch
hitter for Mike Garcia
Alejandro Ohms will come in to face
the right handed Knowles
He carries a .226 average
as a pinch hitter
Against righties he is hitting
.266 this year
The Estrellas are down
to their last 2 outs
Alejandro Ohms is due up next
Ohms has hit 1 home run this year
Knowles is rubbing the ball up
Pitchers develop very calloused hands
over the course of a season
They want to get the ball
as rough as they can
Here's the pitch
Another hook for strike three!
Ohms just stood there looking
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Knowles
Minnie Minoso, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Minoso is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Minnie is ready for the delivery
Knowles winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Sinking fastball...
Minoso swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 5 to 4
Williams gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Luque takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Billy Bullock
He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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