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8/29 Radio Broadcast Continued

Louis Santop to lead things
off for Negro League II
FOFC with a 2 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Santop is hitting .275 with 19 homeruns
Louis also has 15 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 58 runs
Louis stands with bat ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Swung on and missed by Santop,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Santop
With one down, up next is Jud Wilson
To be followed by Sam Bankhead

Nobody on, one away for Negro League II
Up now is Wilson
Wilson scuffs up the lines around the box
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Wilson
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to left
Gunner is under it
He makes the grab
FOFC on top 3 to 1 with
two away this inning

Bankhead saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bankhead is at .260 on the season
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Bankhead
Nielsen fires
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Bankhead swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Sam as he was heading for the dugout
Nielsen disposes of Negro League II
quickly in the top of the 4th...
they go down 1-2-3
After 3 and a half innings,
it's 3-1 FOFC

Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Jeff waits...
He steps out as Holland takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Now the delivery, here is is...
Slow ground ball
Lundy is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One out
The All Stars have a 2 run lead


Now batting will be Rob Nielsen
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Nielsen at the plate
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Holland brings it to the plate
Hard ground ball to first
Wilson flips to Holland covering
Score It: 3-1
Two down
Holland retires the first two FOFC batters

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Watching Holland, Blade wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Holland adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Holland's 2 strike pitch...
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 full innings of play,
they lead by 2

Negro League II will send Lundy,
Bill Holland, and Spotswood Poles to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
FOFC on top 3 to 1
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 18 wins,
Rob has racked up 231 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Lundy hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One up, one down for Negro League II

Bill Holland, the pitcher,
strides to the plate
Nielsen toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Screaming liner towards second
Blade makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in a row

Nielsen glares in at Poles as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Poles has a .349 average
against lefthanders
He is .323 overall
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Poles gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Poles

Poles edges away from the bag
Nielsen holds the runner close to the bag

Wild Bill Wright is coming to the plate
FOFC leads by 2
We're in the top of the 5th
Wright is 2 for 2 today
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander
Curveball, breaking away
Wright swings...
Hits a slow grounder to short
Nights is charging...
Picks up the ball barehanded
Then throws wildly over Potpie's head
It's into rightfield
There will be no play on Wright
He's into second easily on the error
Score It: E6
Poles takes third
Wright to second

Looks like they want nothing
to do with Brown
He's too good in the clutch...
They'll put him on to set up the force

The Twos trail by 2
They have 3 on base, with 2 outs
They hope their clean-up hitter,
John Beckwith, can clear the bases
That's his job after all...
Beckwith swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The lefthander delivers
Grounded to short
Nights grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League II
By the way, Negro League II is 6
and 4 in their last ten games

Stan Gunner, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Jeeberoni Potpie are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 3-1
Stan is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Stan...
Now we're set to go
He's ready for the delivery
Holland goes into his windup
And here's the 3-2 offering
Gunner swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Beckwith
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Gunner rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead

Gunner at first, nobody out
Pflaggstettler comes to the plate
Gunner takes his lead
Bill Holland still on the
mound for the Twos...
Holland has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 4 innings
Holland goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Gunner
He lobs one to Wilson...
Gunner is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Holland comes home
Fastball down low...
Pflaggstettler swings and
hits one out to center
Wild Bill Wright is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Holland
Gunner trots back to first
Negro League II gets the first
out of the inning

Jeeberoni Potpie will face Holland
Righty against righty
Holland is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Holland needs to come in with this one
Potpie connects on the Holland fastball...
This one is really smoked...
Poles starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Potpie got all of this one....
Goodbye baseball!
Gunner scores in front of him

FOFC sends the catcher,
Harry Hays, up to the plate
Bill gets the sign from Santop
The righthander delivers
It's a routine fly into left
Poles ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Fouts
Dan is batting at .287 with 18 home runs
He is 0 for 1 so far today
Dan seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Bill comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Comebacker, right to Holland
Over to Wilson for the easy out
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 5 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1

Here's Santop to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Japanese League leads AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Bessho and Lyons currently dueling
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
I have yet to score
Caribbean is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII is in front
of Left Outs 6 to 3
AL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 4 to 3
Ford and Smoltz currently dueling
Santop is batting .275 with
19 HR's this year
Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Rob has a 18 and 8 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
And the delivery by Nielsen
Santop cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Santop was badly fooled by Nielsen's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Louis was a little overanxious
Nielsen retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 6th

Walking up to the plate now is Wilson
Sam Bankhead waits on deck
Wilson grips the bat handle
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw's 1-0 delivery
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Wilson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two up, two down

Bankhead walks to the plate
Before getting ready
Bankhead checks out the
defensive alignment
Now set, Bankhead waits for the pitch
The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers
A high fastball...
Bankhead swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Hays
Harry is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Bankhead was looking for the breaking ball
And that will do it for Negro League II

Gazelle up now to lead off
Gazelle digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Holland
Set now is Gazelle
The pitch to Gazelle...
Changeup down low...
Gazelle makes contact and
hits one out to center
Wild Bill Wright is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Holland

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is 0 for 2 today
Holland looks down at Santop for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Holland is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Fastball...
Swung on...
Lined to left... Single for Nights
HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!!
The throw to first...
He manages to scramble back safely...
Nights' not getting up
Joe Adcock, the first base coach
is calling for help
Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup...
They are looking at his ankle...

Now he's on his feet, walking a bit
Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now
Give him a single on the play

Nielsen squares
He bunts at it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by J.Beckwith
the throw to first...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
That's the second out of the inning

Blade, the second baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 5 to 1
The outfield shades towards left for Blade
Holland adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Santop
Bill rocks and fires
Blade swings and lifts one toward left
Poles drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Negro League II has one
run, 5 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
Negro League II has failed to bring home 6

Leading off now for Negro
League II is Lundy
Dick is hitting at .255 on the year
He has 27 hits in 106 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Lundy grounded out his last time up
After getting set, Lundy
waits on the pitch
The lefty winds and delivers
Lundy drives one into center
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
One away in the top of the
7th for Negro League II

Cito Gaston has called for Buck O'Neil
Buck will come up now to bat for
Bill Holland against Nielsen
O'Neil is batting .167 as a pinch hitter
He has 1 pinch home run

O'Neil gets set at the plate
Nielsen studies his sign
Now Rob delivers
It's a smash over third
Fouts leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
O'Neil makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Now up in the Negro League II seventh
will be Spotswood Poles
Spotswood is 2 for 2 this summer afternoon
He's batting .324 on the season
Spotswood takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Hard curve ball...
Poles sends a hot smash to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Fires to Blade for one...
Back to Potpie...
Spotswood beats the relay
He can really fly down the line!
Two down

Wright is up now for Negro League II
Wild Bill will be facing
the southpaw Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
5 of his 17 home runs come via this route
Wright waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That's all for Negro League II
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC leads 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Max Manning will be coming on to
pitch for Negro League II
Max has appeared in 77 games this season
with a record of 13-11
with 4 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 5.44

Gunner is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Stan is batting .254 in
268 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Manning asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Manning brings it to the plate
Gunner is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Stan to first

All Stars' right fielder Pflaggstettler
is up next
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.312 against righties
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The stretch... the delivery
Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into left...
Poles coming on fast...
He can't get it...
has to take it on one hop...
Throws it in to second
Score that a single for Pflaggstettler
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Against righthanders
Potpie is hitting .274
The umpire says let's go
The righthander Manning's delivery
Potpie rocks one deep
This is really hit
It's going... going...
FOUL!
Man, the wind really robbed Potpie
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Potpie pulls it hard over third...
And it's snared by Beckwith!
John half fell and half dove
to grab that ball before it hit the ground
One down...
Manning has to continue to bear down

Now batting for FOFC will be
their catcher, Harry Hays
The All Stars are out in front by 4
We are in the bottom of the 7th
Santop flashes the sign to Manning
Manning looks over at Pflaggstettler
Now back at Gunner
He's coming home with it
Flyball to right
it's caught
Gunner might have a chance to move up...
Brown makes the catch...
Gunner is tagging up at second...
Here's the play at third...
SAFE!

Dan Fouts, the All Stars' third
baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs
Fouts has 11 doubles this year
Fouts cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Manning checks the runners
Here's the 3-2 offering
Curve in the dirt... and Fouts holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Santop asks the third base ump's opinion
He motions it's a walk...
Fouts will take first
Bases are loaded

Cito Gaston is visiting the mound...
He decides to stick with Max Manning
Gazelle walks up to the plate
Manning tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
It's coming down the pike
Gazelle drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Pflaggstettler and Gunner will score
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Fouts scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Gazelle

Jeff Nights will step in
to face Manning next
If he gets on, Rob Nielsen will follow
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 1 for 3 this afternoon
Manning shakes off the sign from Santop
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Manning doesn't
want to pitch to Nights
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Manning brings it home
Nights rips a fastball...
He hits it high in the air...
Poles may have a chance at this one...
He is at the fence
This ball is.....going..... going.....
and it's not coming back!
Kiss it goodbye!

Nielsen walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Nielsen swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Manning
Max Manning needs to get an out here
He's not been sharp today
Manning's been getting the ball
up in the strike zone
Without an overpowering fastball
you just can't do that

Cito Gaston can't go with him much longer
Righthander Manning's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Nielsen goes down swinging
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 42128

Negro League II will send Brown,
John Beckwith, and Louis Santop to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Rob gets the sign from Hays
And now the pitch...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Brown gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Negro League II
John Beckwith is still in
the on-deck circle
and Louis Santop is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Beckwith is ready to face Nielsen
We'll see how they pitch to Beckwith
Nielsen looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hays
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Nielsen
Now he is ready...
The pitch is on the way
Beckwith slaps a hard grounder past short
Gunner is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Beckwith will hold with a clean single

That'll bring up catcher
Louis Santop...
FOFC out in front by 9
We're in the top of the 8th
Santop is 0 for 3 today
For the season, Louis has 19 homers
15 doubles, and 3 triples
He has scored 69 runs
while driving in 58
Nielsen is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
He brings it home
Strike three swinging!
Santop goes down on strikes for
the 4th time this afternoon!
Somewhat embarrassing to say the least
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Nielsen

That'll bring up first baseman
Jud Wilson...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC on top 10 to 1

Wilson is taking his practice swings
Jud is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag
He is having a fine year for FOFC
Quite an important member of the staff
Already with 18 wins,
Rob has racked up 234 innings in 1900
Now he is ready to go
Way ahead in the count
Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Wilson swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Wilson couldn't lay off the high hard one
Number 8 on the day for Nielsen
That's it for Negro League II
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 10 runs, 11 hits and one error
While Negro League II has one
run, 7 hits and one error
Negro League II has left 8 on base
FOFC has stranded 5

Blade heads for the plate
leading off this inning for FOFC
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 3 this afternoon
He flied out last time at bat
Now set, Blade waits for the pitch
The pitch to Blade...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Lundy plays it on one hop
Over to Wilson...
Out of there!
FOFC with one away
Manning steps off the mound as
he waits for Stan Gunner to
come to the plate

One out, nobody on base
Stan Gunner is the batter
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Gunner looks to third for a sign
Gunner waits for the pitch
Here's the 1-1 offering
Curveball, hung up in the strike zone
Gunner swings...
HE GETS ALL OF THAT ONE!...
IT IS LONG GONE IN A HURRY!!
HOME RUN FOR Gunner
WHAT A SHOT...
That's one for the record books!
It will also make all the
replays of the week

And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck
Pflaggstettler is 3 for 4 today
Persimmon singled last time up
He's ready for the delivery
Manning fires
Pflaggstettler hits one on the
ground to the left side
Persimmon, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Lundy wings it quickly to Wilson...
OUT by a step
That's two away

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Manning is happy with the sign
Here's the righthander's delivery
Potpie rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Beckwith
John fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC leads 11 to 1

Sam Bankhead, batting seventh will
lead off for Negro League II
He will be followed by Dick
Lundy and Max Manning
Before getting ready
Bankhead checks out the
defensive alignment
Bankhead waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen's 3-1 pitch...
There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He makes the play
One down here in the top of the 9th
The time is running out
for Negro League II
They need a touchdown at least
And they are near the two-minute warning

The smooth fielding shortstop,
Dick Lundy, is now batting
Against lefthanders
Lundy is hitting .139 this season
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Nielsen rocks and fires
Lundy swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Dick Lundy
And there's two away

Now batting for Negro League II...
Double-Duty Radcliffe...
He'll pinch hit for Max Manning
Radcliffe with a .214 average
on the season

Nobody on, two away
Radcliffe steps in for Negro League II
Nielsen steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Nielsen kicks and fires
A hanging curve...
Radcliffe laces it hard just
to the right of Potpie
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Double-Duty...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

With a runner at first and two outs
Poles walks to the plate
Poles has hit 10 home runs this year
Rob Nielsen on the mound
for the All Stars...
Nielsen has gone the distance so far
He's given up 8 hit and 1 runs
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 3-1 pitch
Fastball... just outside
And Poles will take first on the walk
Walk number 4 issued by Nielsen
this afternoon

Two on, two outs...
Wright steps to the plate
Wild Bill steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Willie Randolph relays the
sign from Cito Gaston
Wright struck out last time up
and now is 2 for 4
Wild Bill is ready for the delivery
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Smashed to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Negro League II
FOFC wins 11 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Holland takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.