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8/24 Radio Broadcast


Welcome to Shibe Park!
Unfortunately, it's a nasty
evening for a game
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Dead Ball Era and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Dead Ball Era
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Now Ed delivers
HIT HIM!!
Blade jogs down to first
Barrett took one for the team to get on

With Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck
Batting now for FOFC is Gunner
Gunner is at .252 on the season
Schalk flashes the sign to Walsh
Ed rocks and fires
Hit and run...
Gunner misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Gunner takes it outside
Schalk snaps a beauty to first...
Blade dives back...
He's safe!

Gunner is the batter
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Expect a bunt here with Gunner up
He is one of the better bunters
Walsh has given up 20 homers in 1900
and with the hot weather this evening
the balls were jumping off the bats
during batting practice
The pitch on the way, here it is...
WATCH OUT!
Walsh has hit Gunner!
Now Gunner gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Gunner to take his base

Gunner at first, Blade at
second, nobody out
Pflaggstettler is the batter
Walsh looks down at Schalk for the sign
Now he's ready
Ed checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Pflaggstettler looks at strike three
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is still
in the on-deck circle
and Harry Hays is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Potpie, FOFC's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Harry Hays waits on deck
Potpie is at .283 on the season
Walsh adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The righthander Walsh delivers
There's a shallow flyball struck by Potpie
Tris Speaker runs in
Calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Potpie is out
Two gone for FOFC

Harry Hays moves in to face Walsh
2 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 1st
Hays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Walsh
Hays tells the umpire he's ready
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Grounded towards the sack
Taken by Baker
He gets the out at third
Score It: 5
The runner on second, Blade, is out
After one-half inning
It's FOFC nothing, the Ghosts coming up

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Gunner in left...
Gazelle in center...
And Pflaggstettler in right

The infield, third to first
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Williams gets the nod as starter
Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays
Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie
Collins, will lead off
Collins is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Collins is set for the 3-2 pitch
Williams brings it to the plate
It's a high fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
And there's one away

And it brings up George Sisler
On deck is Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb in the hole
We'll see how they pitch to Sisler
Sisler gets set for the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Comebacker, right to Williams
Over to Potpie for the easy out
Two up, two down for the Ghosts

The center fielder, Tris
Speaker, is up next
Tris is hitting at .325 on the year
He has 160 hits in 492 at bats
This includes 35 doubles, 10 triples
21 home runs and 100 RBI's
After getting set, Speaker
waits on the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
1-2-3, nothing across...

FOFC will send Palmer,
Gerald Gazelle, and Jeff Nights to face
Ed Walsh this inning
Walsh ready quickly, looks in for the sign
"Big Ed" lets loose with the 2-1 pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Baker...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One up, one down for FOFC

So that brings up Gerald Gazelle
the FOFC center fielder
Gazelle is batting .252 with
25 homers this year
Walsh toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Schalk
Walsh brings it home
Gazelle hits a pop into short right field
Out goes Sisler and Collins
In comes Cobb
Sisler waves his hands in the air
And makes the catch over his shoulder
Pretty play by Sisler
Dead Ball Era gets the second
out of the inning

Two away, nobody on
Nights comes to the plate for FOFC
Nights is hitting .279 with 17 homeruns
Jeff also has 30 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 69 runs
Nights readies himself for the pitch
Now Ed delivers
Routine grounder to third
Baker scoops it up
Over to first for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 2nd

Ty Cobb leads it off
Cobb taps the bat on home
Cobb cocks the bat
Here's the 3-2 pitch
WATCH OUT!
Williams has hit Cobb!
Carey will be the pinch runner

Carey inches away from the base . . .
Now Williams steps off the rubber
Carey takes a shorter lead

Jackson steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Jackson checks for the sign
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Here's the 3-2 pitch
That's ball four
Jackson trots down to first
Carey is already down on second

Baker gets set at the plate
Baker can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-1 pitch
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Hays calls for it
And makes the play
The ump signals a foul ball
One down for Dead Ball Era
Bobby Wallace is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Dead Ball Era

That will bring up shortstop,
Bobby Wallace
Wallace looks down toward the third
base coach, Jim Thorpe
Williams looks down at
Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He brings it home
Wallace takes inside, for a ball...
Wallace will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Carey and Jackson move up
Ray Schalk is up next for Dead Ball Era

The Ghosts will send
Ray Schalk up to the plate
We're in the bottom of the 2nd
Williams eyes Schalk intently
Williams checks all the baserunners
Now he comes home with it
Base hit to left for Schalk
Carey scores
Jim Thorpe will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

And there's a bunt toward the mound
Williams pounces on it quickly...
Quickly checks third...
But the only play is to first
Walsh is out but he advances the runners
Two down
Due up next is Eddie Collins
Let's see what happens now

The ex-Columbia U star,
Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate
Collins has 22 doubles this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Williams checks the runners
Here's the 2-0 offering
Collins swings and lifts one toward center
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
By the way, Dead Ball Era is 5 and
5 in their last ten games
Dead Ball Era's defensive changes are...
Jackson will bat 5th and play RF
Carey will bat 4th and play LF

Williams is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Dead Ball Era ahead 2 to 0
Ed Walsh steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Walsh kicks and delivers
Letterhigh fastball...
The cut by Williams...
There's a fly ball to right
Jackson is sprinting towards the line
HE SLIPS ON THE GRASS...
He almost lost that one!
Nice recovery by Jackson for the out
One gone for FOFC

Blade leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
So far this season
Blade is hitting .248
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-1 offering
Blade hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Baker dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Blade reaches on a sizzling single to left
A nice try by the third baseman,
Home Run Baker

One away, Blade at first
Gunner is coming to the plate
Walsh is happy with the sign
Walsh kicks and fires
Gunner swings a bit late on the heater...
He still pops it pretty good towards left
Unfortunately for Stan, Carey
is standing right there
Easy out
That's two away

Now here's Pflaggstettler
And Ed studies the sign from Schalk...
Now he's got it
Walsh goes into his stretch...
Looks at Blade...
He fires one to Sisler...
Blade dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Sisler lobs it back
Now Walsh comes home
Pflaggstettler connects on
the Walsh fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Speaker starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Pflaggstettler got all of this one....
Goodbye baseball!
Blade scores in front of him

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Potpie
Jeeberoni is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 135 hits in 478 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Potpie flied out his last time up
Walsh has the sign from Schalk
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sinking fastball...
Potpie swings over the top of it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at Baker...
He scoops it up, throws to first...
Out by a step
That retires the side... but not before
the All Stars score 2 runs to tie it up
After 2 and a half innings, Dead Ball Era
has 2 runs, one hit and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
2 hits and no errors

George Sisler stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Sisler is 0 for 1 today
Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes
Williams kicks, delivers
Checked swing
Slow bouncer toward third
Palmer scrambles in
Picks it up
Flicks it quickly to Potpie
SAFE!
Who shot George out of a cannon?!

The center fielder, Tris Speaker
will be up next for Dead Ball Era
One wouldn't expect Speaker to bunt
But you never can be sure
Speaker is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch
Speaker loops one into short left
Gunner is coming in on it...
He dives for it...
GOT IT!
Risky play, but he pulled it off!
With one down, up next is Max Carey
To be followed by Joe Jackson

Max Carey, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Max has been used sparingly
for Dead Ball Era
He has only 24 at bats so far
although we are deep into summer
His batting average of .208
may be the reason
Carey gets ready for Williams' pitch
His bat is cocked
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Sisler
He lobs one to Potpie...
Sisler is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Carey sends a scorcher to short
Nights takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
That's all for the Ghosts...
After 3 innings here at Shibe
Park in Dead Ball Era,
The score is tied at 2

Hays 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
Hays has hit 12 home runs this year
Walsh looks down at Schalk for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Ed delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Walsh put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
FOFC with one away
Walsh steps off the mound as
he waits for Deacon Palmer to
come to the plate

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Palmer is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the Dead
Ball Era infield
Sisler is kicking the dirt at first
Baker is even with the bag at third
Collins and Wallace are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Palmer looks very intent...
He stares down at Walsh...
Cocks his bat
Walsh leans back and fires
Palmer hits a screamer at Bobby Wallace
Wallace picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Sisler off the bag
Sisler swipes with the glove

Palmer is out!
Nice play by Sisler
And there's two away

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
It's a rainy summer evening
as Gerald steps in
He is 0 for 1 tonight
Ed gets the sign from Schalk
Walsh goes into his windup
Here it comes
Extra base hit to center for Gazelle
Tris Speaker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

That'll bring up All Stars'
shortstop Jeff Nights...
FOFC with a man in scoring
position at second
Nights a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Walsh
Walsh studies his sign
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Williams saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Williams is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Williams is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Nights dives back in!...

SAFE!
Sisler tosses it back to Walsh
Now here's the pitch
He rips a grounder to short
Taken by Wallace
Over to Sisler
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC ahead 3 to 2

The Ghosts will send
Jackson, Home Run Baker,
and Bobby Wallace up
to the plate this inning
Jackson wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready
The pitch to Jackson...
Fastball, lined to right...
Base hit for Jackson...
Pflaggstettler over...Grabs
it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Jackson at first

Home Run Baker is up next to face Williams
A tough situation to bunt as
FOFC has the corners playing way in
Williams looks a little jittery right now
Rightly so, with Jackson
skipping around down at first
The Dead Ball Era basestealing
specialist has
36 stolen bases in mid-summer
In one quick moment
the tying run could be at second
for Dead Ball Era
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Jackson stays put
One away in the bottom of the
4th for Dead Ball Era

Next up is Bobby Wallace, the
Dead Ball Era shortstop
Wallace has a .233 average
against lefties
Waiting for the pitch is Wallace
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
Fastball down low...
Wallace swings and hits one out to left
Stan Gunner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Williams
Jackson trots back to first
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Williams

Ray Schalk will get a crack
at Williams next
Ed Walsh would be up next...
But only if Schalk can reach safely
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Jackson dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Schalk is outta there
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
Dead Ball Era has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Facing Walsh now is Gunner
Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads
to the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole
Walsh has the sign from Schalk
Righthander Walsh's delivery
Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second
Jackson is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Gunner will hold with a clean single

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next
FOFC's right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The stretch... the 3-2 delivery
Pflaggstettler takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

At the plate now for FOFC is Potpie
Potpie goes through his routine
of settling in
Potpie awaits the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Baker
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
We head to the bottom of the 5th
here in Dead Ball Era
Still 3-2, FOFC