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8/27 Radio Broadcast

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Al Mighty with his 8 and 9 record
Will be facing Spotswood Poles

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
The southpaw winds and delivers
Poles rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Poles is around first, heading for two...
Gazelle is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Spotswood pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the Negro
League II left fielder
Spotswood also ups his hitting
streak to 15 games!
That is Poles' 1st hit today

Wright is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Wild Bill will be facing the lefty Mighty
from the right side of the plate
Of his 17 home runs, 5 are
against southpaws
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Swung on...
Broken bat ground ball to second
Picked up by Blade
Over to first...
Just in time to get Wright
Poles advances easily
One away in the top of the
1st for Negro League II

"Big Bill" is now batting
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Brown looks to third for a sign
Brown awaits the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Fastball in on the hands...
Brown hits a medium deep fly ball
Gazelle lines up for his
throw to the plate
Here's the catch, and here's the throw...
The slide...
A collision at the plate...
SAFE!!...
The ball trickles away from the catcher
Nobody looks hurt on the play

Now batting will be the third
baseman, John Beckwith
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Mighty goes into his windup
Here it comes
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Beckwith is out
And we go to the home-half
of the first inning
It's Negro League II 1,
All Stars coming up

Let me set the Negro League II defense
as Barrett Blade steps in
Verdell Mathis and Santop
will be battery mates
Mathis is a lefthanded hurler
Over at first will be Wilson
Bankhead will be at second
His double play partner is Lundy at short
Beckwith is at the hot corner
From left to right in the outfield
It will be Poles, Wright and Brown
Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter
batting righthanded, their second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Blade is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
The umpire says let's go
And the delivery by Mathis
Blade tries to hold up
Santop points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
Gerald Gazelle is the batter
Gazelle is at .246 on the season
Mathis adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Mathis brings it to the plate
Slider, down and in...
Gazelle manages to hit a shallow fly
Poles charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Poles!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
And there's two away

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Mathis next
If he gets on, Dan Fouts will follow
Potpie grips the bat handle
Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign

Now he's ready...
The southpaw Mathis' delivery
on the 1-1 pitch
Potpie hits a three hopper
towards Dick Lundy
Lundy scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
At the end of one inning,...
Negro League II ahead 1 to 0

Negro League II will send Santop,
Jud Wilson, and Sam Bankhead to face
Al Mighty this inning
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Santop takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Santop is out on strikes
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Wilson steps into the batter's box
Mighty rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Nights converge on it
It's picked by Nights who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
Two men gone, nobody on
Negro League II leads by 1

Walking up to the plate now is Bankhead
Negro League II leading in the game
Bankhead is batting .256
with 5 homers this year
Mighty eyes Bankhead intently
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Bankhead hits a grounder into the hole
Potpie makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

Lundy digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
And Al studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Mighty rocks and fires
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Gerald Gazelle moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Gazelle grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
That's it here in the top of the 2nd
It's 1-0 in favor of
the visitors from Negro League II
We'll be back in just a moment

Leading off for the All Stars
is the third baseman Fouts
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Fouts, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the southpaw
Verdell Mathis
Dan steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mathis' pitch
Mathis fires
Long fly to left
Poles has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Fouts is retired on a fairly deep fly
Mathis gets the first out in the inning

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Ton
Mathis peers in for the sign
Ton is a formidable opponent
Verdell has allowed 15 home runs
versus righties this year
And K. A. is no ordinary hitter
Here's the 1-0 pitch
Fastball...
Ton jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Wright after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Wild Bill Wright!
Two gone for FOFC

Two outs, nobody on base
Negro League II on top
1 to 0 in the second
Here comes Harry Hays to face Mathis
Left-hander Verdell Mathis
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hays
The lefthander winds and delivers
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Pflaggstettler moves into the batter's box
The All Stars have the tying run at first
The outfield shades towards
left for Pflaggstettler
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Mathis' 2-1 pitch...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Poles one hands it...
OUT!
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
Negro League II has one run,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Negro League II has stranded 1

Verdell Mathis is coming to the plate
He loves to hit
and is quite good at it too
Mighty will have to be careful
Mighty steps on the rubber
Here's the 2 strike offering
Right down the middle... strike three
Mathis must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
With one down, up next is Spotswood Poles
To be followed by Wild Bill Wright

Poles is ready to face Mighty
Against lefthanders
Poles is hitting .354 this season
He's ready for the delivery
He brings it home
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
K. A. Ton has a chance
He grabs it on the run!
That's two away

Wild Bill Wright makes his
way to home plate
Wright can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Wright readies himself for the pitch
Mighty kicks and fires
Wright drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
Three away in the top of the 3rd
Negro League II leads 1 to 0
Let's go to the ticker
And see how everyone else is faring

Japanese League is on top
of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Negro League I is giving it
to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1
Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead
NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 2 to 1
Musial has hit his 26th homerun
for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0
Alexander and Lemon currently dueling
Old Timers and Turn of Century
have yet to score
Clarkson and Wood currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 1
Ryan battling Clemens

Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 146 hits in 517 at bats
This includes 30 doubles, 4 triples
17 home runs and 70 RBI's
Mathis has the sign from Santop
The southpaw's 1-0 delivery
Ground ball to the left side...
Lundy scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
FOFC with one away
Mathis steps off the mound as
he waits for Al Mighty to
come to the plate

Mighty pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Mathis
Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's the 0-1 offering
There's a routine pop by Mighty
Bankhead moves under it
and makes the catch

Barrett Blade is coming to the plate
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Barrett struck out last time up
Mathis steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Mathis comes home with it
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Bankhead plays it on one bounce
Over to Wilson...
Out of there!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5
in their last ten games

Brown saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Brown is at .274 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Mighty
Mighty goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
A low bouncer to Blade
It bounces off his chest...
But he keeps it in front of him
Over to first...
Brown is out!
Shows the importance of good positioning
And there's one away

Beckwith departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Beckwith is taking his practice swings
John is 0 for 1 this evening
Beckwith gets set for the pitch
The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing just a bit is Ton
And he pulls it in
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Santop
Santop has managed a .282 average
against lefthanders this year
All set, Santop is ready for the pitch
The lefthander Mighty delivers
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Fouts for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That'll do it in the top of the 4th
No runs, no hits and no errors
Negro League II leads 1 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...

Gerald Gazelle leads it off
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald flied out last time around
He's in his crouch
Gazelle can really swing that wood
The lefthander delivers
Gazelle really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
At the fence...
Wright can't get this one
It's gone, just over the fence!
Gazelle has just tied the
game at 1 a piece

Facing Mathis now is Potpie
Dan Fouts heads to the on deck circle
K. A. Ton waits in the hole
Mathis shakes off the sign...
Now "Lefty" shakes off another one...
Verdellhas an overpowering fastball
And look out for that pick-off move!
The southpaw winds and delivers
A high foul ball...
Drifting towards the third-base dugout
Santop is after it
Beckwith chasing it as well
Who will get it?
It lands between them!!!
There's a good reason to institute
the "team error"
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball, at the letters...
Potpie crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Poles running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 37 for Potpie this year!

Walking up to the plate now is Fouts
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Fouts has a .380 average against lefties
Fouts waits on Mathis
Now Verdell delivers
Fouts hits a screamer at John Beckwith
Beckwith picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Wilson off the bag
Wilson swipes with the glove

Fouts is out!
Nice play by Wilson
One away
K. A. Ton, a fine hitter, is due up next
Harry Hays will follow

Mathis glares in at Ton
K. A. Ton just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Ton is batting .300 with
13 round trippers in 1900
K. A. is ready for the delivery
Mathis is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Ton held up, and draws a walk
Mathis isn't happy at all with that call

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Negro League II is set up for two
Mathis adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
The pitch to Hays...
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Wright reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch

Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC
Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today
Mathis is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Mathis goes into his stretch...
Looks at Ton...
He fires one to Wilson...
Ton dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Wilson lobs it back
Now Mathis comes home
Pflaggstettler drives the ball
to center for extra bases
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Pflaggstettler

Looks like Nights will be
given a free pass here
And he is... that's four wide ones
Al Mighty is the batter due up next

Two on, two outs...
Mighty steps to the plate
Mighty wiggles the bat above his head
A count of two balls,
two strikes on Mighty
Mathis checks the runners
Swung on and missed...
Mighty is down on strikes
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
FOFC ahead 3 to 1