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GAME 62 - June 5 - Radio Broadcast

Welcome to Shadowball Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Negro League II and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Negro League II
A. J. Tucker to lead it off for FOFC
Now Verdell delivers
Tucker swings hard
It's off the handle
The ball and half the bat
are heading for short
Brown makes the right choice
Scoops up the ball
Tosses to first
A. J. is too quick!

Tucker inches away from first base
Mathis' move keeps Tucker guessing
He doesn't have a very good lead

Nights fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Beautifully placed bunt toward Marcelle
He races in...
Scoops it up, bare-handed...
Only play is at first
OUT!
Tucker advances easily
Nice job bunting, as usual, by Nights
Credit him with a sacrifice
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

So that brings up Gerald Gazelle
the FOFC left fielder
Before getting ready
Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment
Mathis peers in for the sign
Verdell has allowed only 2 home runs
versus righties this year
And this is in over 90 innings
But Gerald is no ordinary hitter
The pitch is on the way
Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Gazelle turned that one around
in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Poles didn't even move

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
Jeeberoni is 9th in the
league in home runs
with a 16 so far in 1900
Potpie waits patiently
The pitch to Potpie...
Potpie sends one way high in the air
It is drifting toward the
first base dugout
Beckwith is over...
Ouch!...
That ball got a fan right
in the breadbasket
He even lost the souvenir
After stopping it with his abdomen
It bounced to a kid a couple seats away
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Jeeberoni Potpie offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Potpie couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Oliver
Marcelle for the out
Potpie never even left the batter's box
Two down
Beckwith asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Beckwith and Mathis

Now here's Hays
Mathis is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Mathis kicks and fires
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Hill in right...
Picking it up in a hurry is Hill...
Hays takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Mathis looks down at Treacy as he steps in
Sean is ready to go
Hays will be running if it's hit
Mathis tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
It's coming down the pike
That's ball four
Treacy will trot down to first
Hays is now down on second

So FOFC has something going here
in the top of the 1st
2 on with 2 runs in
Righthanded Dan Fouts stepping
to the plate
Mathis is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mathis looks in...
Now he's ready
Now Verdell delivers
Here's a slow curve...
Fouts slashes a shallow fly towards Poles
He's charging hard... dives...
Makes the catch!
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 2, Twos coming to bat

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
Gazelle in left...
Tucker in center...
And Treacy in right

The infield, third to first
Fouts will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Taking the mound is Mighty and
his battery mate is Hays
Negro League II left fielder, Spotswood
Poles, will lead off
Poles has 15 doubles this year
Mighty has the sign he wants
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Poles manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Nights cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Poles is called out on a close play
Negro League II with one away
Mighty steps off the mound as
he waits for Wild Bill Wright to
come to the plate

The center fielder, Wild Bill Wright
will be up next for Negro League II
We'll see how they pitch to Wright
Wright waits for the pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
Wright rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Wright is around first, heading for two...
Tucker is up with it and
fires it in quickly
Wild Bill pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the Negro
League II center fielder
Wild Bill also ups his hitting
streak to 23 games!
That is Wright's 1st hit today

And it brings up Willard Brown
On deck is John Beckwith
Jud Wilson in the hole
Brown looks down toward the third
base coach, Willie Randolph
Brown waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Mighty rocks and fires
Groundball to in front of home
Wright is trying to advance
to third base...
A quick glance at the lead runner...
The play is to first...
And Brown is out

Beckwith walks to the plate
Mighty likes the sign
Here's the 0-1 offering
Beckwith swings and lifts one toward left
Gazelle drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Al Mighty holds the Twos
scoreless in the first

Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Blade is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
All set, Blade is ready for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
Blade dribbles one out in
front of home plate
Beckwith pounces on it
Up with it
Quickly to first...
He's out!

Mighty steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Mathis is happy with the sign
The fans want the "K"
Verdell winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Another hook for strike three!
Mighty just stood there looking
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 2

Tucker now at the plate
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Tucker goes through his routine
of settling in
Mathis has the sign from Beckwith
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Curve...Swung on by Tucker...
Lined right back over the mound...
Through into center field for a single

Tucker moves away from first base...
He has 14 stolen bases on the season
Mathis steps off the rubber
Looks Tucker back to the bag

So with 1 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their shortstop,
Jeff Nights, up to face Mathis
Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Nights is at .298 on the season
Mathis ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The southpaw Mathis' delivery
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK,
GONE!!!
That is Jeff Nights' 5th
home run of the year.

Gerald Gazelle will step
in to face Mathis next
If he gets on, Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
The outfield shades towards
left for Gazelle
Left-hander Verdell Mathis
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Gazelle
Here's the windup and the 3-0 delivery
Swung on and hit into deep left
Poles is going back
Back... Back... Back...
FOFC goes deep twice... back-to-back!
FOFC leads 5 to 0

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Looking for his first hit today
Potpie is 0 for 1
Potpie awaits the delivery
Verdell winds
Kicks... and delivers
Potpie pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Poles
Spotswood is there
He's got it for the out
That's it for FOFC
Here at Shadowball Stadium, After
1 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Negro League II has stranded 1

Jud Wilson will step into the
box to start the inning
Negro League II would like to
get some runners on board
Wilson digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Mighty
Hays flashes the sign to Mighty
Here's Mighty's windup
And the lefthander comes home with it
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!
So one up and one gone

Mighty glares in at Hill
Pete Hill just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
Mighty winds and delivers
The 1-2 pitch
Long fly ball to right field
This one is deep!
YOU CAN KISS THAT BALL GOOD-BYE!
That is Pete Hill's 4th
home run of the year.

Sam Bankhead is up next
for Negro League II
One out, bottom of the 2nd
FOFC on top 5 to 1
Oliver Marcelle is on deck
Al peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Mighty brings it to the plate
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 78 on the season for Mighty
Two down

Marcelle digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Marcelle sends a routine
ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Mighty
Easy out
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League II
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Turn of Century is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0
Late 20th slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
AL Pre WWII and Left Outs
are all knotted at 1
Lyons battling Roberts
NL Post WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Koufax and Rixey currently dueling
Old Timers leads Japanese League 1 to 0

The FOFC catcher, Hays,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Sean Treacy
And then Dan Fouts
Hays is batting .347 with 4 HR's this year
Mathis shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Mathis leans back and fires
Hays slaps a hard grounder past short
Poles is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Hays will hold with a clean single

While Dan Fouts heads for
the on deck circle
Sean Treacy makes his way to the plate
Hays takes his lead
Mathis adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
He brings it home
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Change-up, letterhigh...
Treacy lofts a high fly to deep center
Wright is after it...
It is carrying deep...
Wright jumps...can't get it...
It's off the wall
Hays will score easily...
Treacy racing for second
Here's the throw...
It's too late for a play
Treacy ends up with a double
Treacy comes through nicely for FOFC!

Slowly coming up is Fouts for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC leads 6 to 1
Treacy is on second, nobody out
Mathis looks down at Beckwith for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Mathis brings it home
Base hit to left for Fouts
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Beckwith is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Poor,)...
Treacy scores!

There'll be a pitching change
Verdell Mathis is walking slowly
to the dugout
Ray Brown will come on here
in the top of the 3rd
Brown has pitched 24 innings in 14 games
He has a 0-2 record
to go along with a 4.81 ERA

Blade moseys up to the plate
Al Mighty is heading for
the on-deck circle
Blade is checking with
the third base coach
He's 0 for 1 today
Blade is poised and ready for the pitch
Ray rocks and fires
It is a high hard one...
Blade goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Blade couldn't hold back
That's one away

Mighty looks to lay one down
He bunts at it . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by O.Marcelle
he's throwing for the lead runner...
SAFE!
Sac & Fielders Choice
Fouts takes second
Mighty to first

Pounding the plate with his bat
Tucker awaits the pitch
Tucker steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Ray gets the sign from Beckwith
Brown checks the runners
Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Runners hold.

Walking up now to the plate is Nights
Nights is batting .301 with
5 homers this year
He's ready
The bases are jammed
Brown checks the runners
Nights swings
It is popped down the line
Wilson is giving chase
The ball is drifting foul...
Jud dives...
Great try, but no cigar
. . . Nights back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
LINE DRIVE
Base hit!
Wilson couldn't get to it
Fouts scores from third!
Mighty scores from second!
Tucker takes third

Gerald Gazelle is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 1 out
Gerald Gazelle will step in to face Brown
He is 2 for 2 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 3 RBI's
Brown looks down at Beckwith
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Ray has got to be a little concerned
with Gazelle up there as the
FOFC left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Brown checks the runners
Here's the 1-1 offering
Long fly ball to right-center
Wright turns and runs
He's at the fence
HE JUMPS . . .
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Score It: 8

Making his way up is Potpie
Potpie is 9th in the league
in homeruns with 16
Poles is deep in left
Wright is deep in center
and Hill is similarly stationed in right
Jeeberoni steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Brown's pitch
Now ready, here it is...
The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Potpie, that's 1 walk today

That will bring Hays up again
as FOFC has "batted around"
They have scored 5 runs
already this inning
Two men still on
Harry singled to start this inning
Hays swinging from the right side
facing the righty Brown
The righthander pitching to Hays...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .269 average against Ray
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
That's all for FOFC
After 2 and a half innings in Negro
League II this evening,
FOFC on top 10 to 1

Now batting for the Twos...
Buck O'Neil...
He'll pinch hit for Ray Brown
Spotswood Poles is on-deck

Buck O'Neil leading off here
in the bottom of the 3rd
The Twos will try to chip away
At FOFC's 9 run lead
O'Neil can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Mighty steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the delivery by Mighty
Long fly to right
Treacy has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
O'Neil is retired on a fairly deep fly
One down for Negro League II
Spotswood Poles is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League II

Now batting will be the left
fielder, Spotswood Poles
Against lefthanders
Poles is hitting .357 this season
Poles is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Potpie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's the second out of the inning

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Wright
Wild Bill is hitting at .319 on the year
He has 76 hits in 238 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 1
Wright doubled his last time up
Wright looks very intent...
He stares down at Mighty...
Cocks his bat
Mighty's 3-2 pitch...
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
That ends the inning
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 9
Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming
on to pitch for Negro League II
Double-Duty has appeared in
28 games this season
with a record of 2-2
In 42 innings, he has an 4.10 ERA
Ray Brown has finished his work
here this evening

Here's Sean Treacy leading off
Dan Fouts is on deck
And Barrett Blade is in the hole
Treacy is hitting .322
against righthanders
Sean is set for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
And Treacy will sit down...
strike three called
One out
Due up next is Dan Fouts

Dan Fouts steps in
Fouts taps the bat on home
O.K. Fouts is ready
He delivers
IT HITS Fouts!

Blade is up now for FOFC
Negro League II is set up for two
Radcliffe eyes Blade intently
Radcliffe brings it to the plate
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Beckwith
Fouts dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Fouts made it back
FOFC ahead 10 to 1 with
two away this inning

FOFC pitcher, Al Mighty, is up next
Fouts will be running if it's hit
Beckwith flashes the sign...
Radcliffe shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Radcliffe looks at the runner
The pitch
It's in on the hands
Inside... ball four
Mighty trots to first as
Fouts takes second

A. J. Tucker will get a crack
at Radcliffe next
Jeff Nights would be up next...
But only if Tucker can reach safely
Two men on, two men out
Radcliffe adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Beckwith
Double-Duty checks the runners
Here's the 3-1 offering
Tucker laces a hit into the outfield
Pete Hill picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Tucker holds with a single

Facing Radcliffe now is Nights
Gerald Gazelle heads to the on deck circle
Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole
Nights is 2 for 2 today
Jeff singled last time up
Nights, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Radcliffe
Bankhead comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Radcliffe
The delivery
Fastball...
Just outside
No, it's called STRIKE THREE!
Nights is beside himself!
Here comes Benton Breeze
This ought to be a good one!
BUT, that's it for FOFC!
That retires the side
FOFC fails to score with the bases loaded

Brown 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
Brown is at .264 on the season
Willard is ready for the delivery
Here comes the cripple pitch
Swung on...
And there's a high fly ball into center
Tucker is under it, waits...
He's got it
One down for Negro League II
John Beckwith is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jud Wilson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

The defense is shading towards left
The pull hitting 230 pound,
John Beckwith, is coming up to bat
The "Black Bomber" uses a 38 inch bat!!
John is batting .261 with 11
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 1 today
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Al winds... kicks... and delivers
Dribbler in front of home
Taken by Hays
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 2-3
Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th
We want to welcome the Negro
League II "Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

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

Wilson has a .313 average
against lefthanders
He is .264 overall
Wilson is set
Mighty's into his windup... the pitch
Jud pops it up
And Nights makes the play
1-2-3, nothing across...

Gazelle saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gerald Gazelle will be up next...
He is 2 for 2 on the evening
Gazelle has also smacked out 2 home runs!
This impressive display of power
has been good for 4 RBI's
Gazelle waits
Here's his delivery
Gazelle hits a screamer at Willard Brown
Brown picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Wilson off the bag
Wilson swipes with the glove

Gazelle is out!
Nice play by Wilson
With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
To be followed by Harry Hays

The first baseman, Jeeberoni
Potpie, is up next
Radcliffe looks down at Beckwith
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander winds and delivers
Struck him out on a fastball
Potpie goes down swinging
And there's two away

Up now for FOFC is Hays
Two away, nobody on
Hays is 2 for 3 today
Harry struck out last time around
Radcliffe wastes no time
He has the sign from Beckwith
Radcliffe's righthanded delivery...
Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Marcelle...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6
in their last ten games

The Twos will send
Hill, Sam Bankhead, and Oliver Marcelle up
to the plate this inning
Hill is batting .265 with 4 HR's this year
Al looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Mighty goes into his windup
Kicks his right leg high...
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Turn of Century is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
Negro League I is in front
of AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Late 20th slipping by Dead Ball Era 3 to 1
AL Pre WWII with the lead
over Left Outs 8 to 5
Cronin has hit his 4th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII is beating NL Pre WWII 5 to 1
Koufax comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII
Old Timers slipping by Japanese
League 3 to 1
Clarkson and Sugishita currently dueling
And in our contest FOFC ahead 10 to 1

That brings up Sam Bankhead,
the second baseman
Bankhead digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Bankhead waits for the delivery
Mighty fires
Bankhead tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
Two up, two down for Negro League II

Settling in at the plate is Marcelle
Watching Mighty, Marcelle wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Marcelle waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Marcelle
We head to the 6th...
The score is still FOFC 10, Twos 1

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 6th
Sean Treacy, Dan Fouts, and Barrett Blade
are due up to face righthander
Double-Duty Radcliffe
Sean steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Treacy is 1 for 2 today
He struck out last time up
Sean steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Radcliffe's pitch
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Treacy lifts a flyball towards
Spotswood Poles
Poles seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Poles stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Poles
And there's one away

Next up is Dan Fouts,
the FOFC third baseman...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC leads 10 to 1
Dan is batting at .224 with 6 home runs
He is 1 for 2 so far today
Fouts waiting on the delivery
Now Double-Duty delivers
Base hit to right for Fouts
Pete Hill is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Blade saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Negro League II is set up for two
Right-hander Radcliffe eyes
the righty Blade
Radcliffe kicks and fires
Bouncer in the hole
It's past Bankhead into right field
An opposite field hit!
Fouts is tearing around second
Coach Dick Howser is waving
him on to third
He'll make it easily

Mighty squares
He bunts the ball . . .
Fielded by D.Radcliffe
the throw to first...
Out
Mighty gets the job done.
Two down
The Negro League II crowd
is getting restless

A. J. Tucker plants his left foot
The lefthanded center fielder
for FOFC appears set
Tucker swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Radcliffe
Radcliffe wastes no time
He has the sign from Beckwith
Radcliffe looks back towards second...

The pitch
Great change up...
Tucker out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Poles
Poles charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the left fielder
That retires the side...
After 5 and a half innings
at Shadowball Stadium
here in Negro League II,
FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has one
run, 2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 8 men on base
Negro League II has stranded only 1

The announcer introduces Dick Lundy
He'll pinch hit for Double-Duty Radcliffe
Benton Breeze trots out to talk to Mighty
Righties hit Al at a .207 clip
On the other hand...
Lundy has a .222 average
against left handers

Dick Lundy leading off here
in the bottom of the 6th
The Twos will try to chip away
At FOFC's 10 run lead
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
Now Al delivers
There's a towering fly ball hit by Lundy
Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch

So that brings up Spotswood Poles
the Negro League II left fielder
Poles looks for a sign from third
Willie Randolph delivers it to Spotswood
Spotswood is 0 for 2 today
grounded out his last at bat
Spotswood steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
The southpaw's 0-2 delivery
Poles swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two down

Wild Bill Wright, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Mighty gets the sign from Hays
He is 11th in the league in strike outs
He has 81 on the season
The lefthander delivers
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into center by Wright
That's 2 hits for Wright this game

Brown is the batter
Wright's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Brown digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Brown
It's coming down the pike
Curve in the dirt... and Brown holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Hays loses on his appeal to first
Brown will take first on the walk

Beckwith is up now for Negro League II
Beckwith is 0 for 2 today, with no walks
Mighty steps on the rubber
The pitch is on the way
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Nights "hauls buggy" after it...
He dives...
Got it!
Most infielders could not
have made that play!
That's it for Negro League II
FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has one
run, 3 hits and no errors
Negro League II has now left
3 runners stranded
Mopping up for Negro League II
will be Bill Holland...
FOFC has just about
put this game out of reach...
They lead by 10

Jeff Nights leads off for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle and Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
Today's game is something of a yawner
FOFC came to play...
The Negro League II players
should've stayed in bed
Nights is 2 for 3 today, with 1 home run
Holland asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Holland's into the windup... the delivery
Routine grounder to third
Marcelle scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One up, one down for FOFC

Gazelle finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gazelle a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Holland
Gazelle cocks his bat
And the righthander starts
to work on Gazelle
Here comes the pitch
Comebacker, right to Holland
Over to Wilson for the easy out
Two down
Beckwith asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Beckwith and Holland

And now here's Jeeberoni Potpie
Harry Hays on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 7th
Beckwith flashes the sign...
Holland waves it off...
Now he's happy
Holland goes into his windup
And here's the 1-0 offering
Ground ball through the middle
Brown ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
That's all for FOFC
After 6 and a half innings in Negro
League II this evening,
FOFC on top 11 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Leading off now for Negro
League II is Wilson
Al Mighty is shooting
for victory number 4
Here's the 3-0 offering
Mighty misses low on that one
Wilson draws the walk
Number 2 today by Mighty

Hill gets set at the plate
Wilson takes his lead
Mighty is ready quickly
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Wilson
He lobs one to Potpie...
Wilson is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
The Whiff!
Mighty punches Hill out!
One down for Negro League II
Sam Bankhead is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League II

Bankhead walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Oliver Marcelle moves into
the on deck circle
Negro League II needs some runs
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Bankhead looks to third for a sign
Bankhead is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
The stretch... the 1-2 delivery
Bankhead hits a hot line drive at Nights
Jeff reaches up and makes a fine catch
Wilson dives back quickly to first
Nice hit, but right at Nights
One more chance for Negro
League II this inning

Oliver Marcelle steps up to the plate
Marcelle asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Mighty wants another ball
Now he's ready
Here's the pitch
Smashed on the ground
into left field
It's a single for Marcelle
Wilson takes second

Cito Gaston will send up a pinch
hitter for Bill Holland
Yes, Dave Malarcher steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Mighty

Two on, two outs...
Malarcher steps to the plate
Malarcher looks down toward the third
base coach, Willie Randolph
Dave stands with bat ready
The lefty Mighty delivers
Grounded to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for Negro League II
Here at Shadowball Stadium,
After 7 innings,
FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has one
run, 4 hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 8
Max Manning will be coming on to
pitch for Negro League II
Max has appeared in 28 games this season
with a record of 6-5
In 54 innings, he has an 6.17 ERA
Bill Holland has finished his work
here this evening

FOFC will send Hays,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Dan Fouts to face
Max Manning this inning
Hays is at .346 on the season
Manning gets set...
His foot meets the pitching slab
He's got his sign
Now to the belt, here it is...
Shallow fly ball
Poles charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Hays stops at first
That's a single

Walking up to the plate
now is Pflaggstettler
Dan Fouts waits on deck
Pflaggstettler has 10 doubles this year
After getting set, Pflaggstettler
waits on the pitch
Manning checks Hays on first...
The 1-2 delivery
Hard slider...
And Pflaggstettler takes it
right down the middle
Strike three called
And there's one away

Hays at first, one out
Dan Fouts is ready at the plate
Max Manning on in relief for the Twos
We're in the top of the 8th
The pitch to Fouts...
Base hit to left for Fouts
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman,
steps into the batter's box
FOFC ahead 11 to 1
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
1st and 2nd, one man down
Manning adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Beckwith
He brings it home
Grounded to short
Taken by Brown
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
After 8 complete here at
Shadowball Stadium
FOFC has 11 big ones
on the Strat-O-Matic scoreboard
Negro League II with only one more chance
to make up their huge 10 run deficit...
Looks pretty grim...

Poles is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Poles is taking his practice swings
Spotswood is 0 for 3 this evening
Mighty rubbing the ball... has a chance
to improve his record to 4-4 with a win
Mighty's 2 strike pitch...
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Poles checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Spotswood
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Coming up for Negro League
II is Wild Bill Wright
Nobody on base, one out
Wright can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Wright awaits the pitch
Mighty brings it to the plate
A high foul ball...
Drifting towards the third-base dugout
Hays is after it
Fouts chasing it as well
Who will get it?
It lands between them!!!
There's a good reason to institute
the "team error"
. . . Wright back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Outside fastball... lashed at by Wright...
Pop fly...Shallow left...
Dropping quickly...
Gazelle pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Wright...
As Gazelle fields it on one bounce

Brown is the batter
The speedy Wright is on first
He probably won't be taking
any chances, though
The Twos trail by 10 runs
Brown is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk
Brown readies himself for the pitch
Wright takes a walking lead
The stretch... the delivery
Brown lines a shot through the hole
WAIT!
Blade makes an unbelievable stop!...
Flips it to Potpie and doubles up Wright
Phenomenal reflexes by Blade
Caught it with his back turned!
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League II
So After 8 innings
FOFC has 11 runs, 16 hits and no errors
While Negro League II has one
run, 5 hits and no errors
Negro League II has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 9

Al Mighty stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the top of the 9th
FOFC on top 11 to 1
The right-hander Manning is
set to deliver to Mighty
The righthander delivers
Mighty takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Mighty can't believe it and
says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Manning
That's one away

Walking up to the plate now is Tucker
FOFC leading in the game
A. J. is hitting at .305 on the year
He has 78 hits in 256 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
47 runs this year
Tucker is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
And the delivery by Manning
He misses outside
Ball four

One away, Tucker at first
Terp is coming to the plate
Kris takes a couple of practice cuts
Manning 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
Manning goes into his stretch...
Looks at Tucker...
He fires one to Wilson...
Tucker dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Wilson lobs it back
Now Manning comes home
A slider by Manning
Terp gets good wood on it...
Wright back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Gerald Gazelle will be coming up
Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat
A base hit should score Tucker
Manning looks down at Beckwith
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Max has got to be a little concerned
with Gazelle up there as the
FOFC left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Manning brings it to the plate
Hard slider...
And Gazelle takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
We have a knee slapper going here
FOFC with 11 runs on the board,
Negro League II out of
this one with only 1

Here is John Beckwith to start
it off for Negro League II
Beckwith has hit 11 home runs this year
Mighty has the sign from Hays
Mighty goes into his windup
Here it comes
Beckwith takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Beckwith is out on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Turn of Century squeezed
by Caribbean 6 to 4
Negro League I downed AL Post WWII 3 to 1
Late 20th squeezed by Dead Ball Era 3 to 1
AL Pre WWII clubbed Left Outs 15 to 8
Roberts takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-9
Lyons the winner, he's now 7-1
NL Post WWII ripped NL Pre WWII 7 to 1
Japanese League downed Old Timers 8 to 6
And in our matchup FOFC on top 11 to 1

Now batting will be Jud Wilson
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC leads Negro League II by 10 runs
We'll see how they pitch to Wilson
Jud steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
Here's the 3-2 offering
And Wilson will sit down...
strike three called
Two down
There are some long faces over in the
Twos' dugout at the moment

Up now for Negro League II is Hill
Two away, nobody on
Hill is 1 for 3 today, with no walks
Mighty with a big 10-run
lead to work with...
Here's his delivery
Slow ground ball
Blade is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
And that will do it for Negro League II
FOFC wins 11 to 1
Mighty gets credit for the win
Mathis takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Gerald Gazelle
He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League II.