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7/10 Radio Broadcast continued

The Pre-Nationals will send
Medwick, Gabby Hartnett,
and Johnny Mize up
to the plate this inning
Medwick has a .376 average
against lefthanders
He is .327 overall
Waiting for the pitch is Medwick
Here's the 2-1 pitch
It's popped behind home plate
Bullock throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Joe Medwick is out
NL Pre WWII with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Gabby Hartnett to
come to the plate

And it brings up Gabby Hartnett
On deck is Johnny Mize
Burleigh Grimes in the hole
Hartnett grips the bat handle
He's ready
Williams goes into his windup
And here's the 2-0 offering
Punched just up the first base line...
Bullock is out quickly and
makes the play to first
Two up, two down here in
the bottom of the 6th

Johnny Mize steps in against Williams
Left-hander against left-hander
Mize is one of the best hitters around
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.19 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Swung on and popped up
Potpie is waiting...
And that's an easy out

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Treacy swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Grimes
Treacy waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Windup by Grimes
And the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Treacy gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Hornsby grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean leads Negro League I 5 to 4
Turn of Century is in front
of Negro League II 7 to 4
AL Pre WWII is beating AL Post WWII 7 to 3
Dead Ball Era is in front of
Japanese League 3 to 0
Left Outs leads NL Post WWII 7 to 6
Late 20th is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3
And in our matchup The score is tied at 1

Here's Barrett Blade
Blade is 0 for 3 today
Grimes likes the sign
Grimes goes into his windup
Here it comes
Fly ball to right
Ott is under it
He grabs it for the out
That's two away

A. J. Tucker will make his
way to home plate
He's the center fielder for FOFC
Tucker is 2 for 3 today
For the season, A. J. has 4 homers
14 doubles, and 6 triples
He has scored 63 runs
while driving in 41
Set now is Tucker
Burleigh winds
Kicks... and delivers
Fly ball to right
Ott is under it
He makes the grab
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
NL Pre WWII has one run,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 7 stranded
NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 7th
Grimes is talking to Bullock
Fozborg is ready quickly
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Grimes rips the curve to left-center...
Turning at the sound of the bat
Tucker is racing back to the fence...
He reaches up for the drive...
It's over his head!
He plays the bounce off the fence
But he needn't hurry
Grimes will lope into second with a double

Frisch finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Frisch needs to get on...
He has a .335 on base percentage
Frisch cocks his bat
Fozborg looks back towards second...

The pitch
Frisch swings at a breaking ball...
It's going to be in there for a hit...
Stan Gunner is after it...
Frisch is around first and
on his way to second
The throw is going to be late
He will be in there for a stand-up double
He is 1 for 4 now and has extended
his hitting streak to 10 games
Grimes scores from second!

The Pre-Nationals' third
baseman is up next
NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with no outs
Pie is hitting at .283 on the year
He has 104 hits in 367 at bats
Today, he is 2 for 3
Traynor homered his last time up
Fozborg squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now Sirr delivers
Traynor tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Fozborg took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Traynor way out in front
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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That brings up Rogers Hornsby,
the second baseman
One out, man on second
Fozborg is happy with the sign
Here's his delivery
Curve over the plate...
Hornsby connects!
Gunner is off to the races...
That ball is hit hard...
Stan is at the warning track...
And makes the catch!
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Fozborg

Looks like they're going to put him on...
Fozborg delivers ball four
And Ott takes first
Fozborg gives up the free pass
That will set up the force
Anywhere but the plate

Kiki Cuyler will face Fozborg
Righty against righty
Kiki is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 48 hits in 162 at bats
This includes 7 doubles, 3 triples
3 home runs and 23 RBI's
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Pflaggstettler grabs it with
his bare hand for the out
That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45244

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 15
home runs this year
Grimes adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Grimes brings it to the plate
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Mize at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Pflaggstettler gets a base hit

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
So far this season
Potpie is hitting .275
when facing righthanded pitching
Potpie is set
The righthander Grimes delivers
Fastball down low...
Potpie swings and hits one out to center
Kiki Cuyler is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Grimes
Pflaggstettler trots back to first
One gone in the top of the 8th
Up next is Deacon Palmer
He's having a fine year so far

Deacon Palmer stands in for FOFC
NL Pre WWII is set up for two
Grimes toes the rubber
Here it comes
Grounded to third
Taken by Traynor
Throws to second
He's out
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
That's three outs, side retired

The left fielder Medwick
will lead off for the Pre-Nationals
He'll be followed by Gabby Hartnett
And then Johnny Mize
Joe Medwick is hitting .179 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Waiting for the pitch is Medwick
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Medwick goes after the low slider...
Lofts a shallow fly towards Tucker
He's racing in for it...
Catches it at his knees
HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!!
He's chasing it down
Medwick walks into second on the error
Tucker should've had that one
Score It: E8
Medwick to second

The catcher, Gabby Hartnett, is up next
Hartnett adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Gabby is 1 for 3 this evening
Hartnett gets set for the pitch
Here's the 0-1 offering
Hartnett hits a high pop
into short left field
Palmer and Nights sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Gunner
Nights puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Gunner!!
With one down, up next is Johnny Mize
To be followed by Burleigh Grimes

Up now is Mize
The Pre-Nationals have Medwick on second
Kronside looks down at
Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Mize swings mightily
But only manages a towering pop-up
Bullock is after it
So is Potpie
Potpie takes charge
He squeezes it for the out
in foul territory
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Burleigh Grimes will get a
crack at Kronside next
Frankie Frisch would be up next...
But only if Grimes can reach safely
A base hit should score Medwick
Kronside looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Bullock
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Kronside
Now he is ready...
And the delivery by Kronside
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Nights makes the easy catch!
After 8 innings
NL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1

Here's Gunner to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I nipped Caribbean 6 to 5
Smith the winner, he's now 11-4
Garcia takes the loss, his
record drops to 2-4
Turn of Century jumped all over
Negro League II 16 to 8
Burkett has hit his 7th homerun
for Turn of Century
AL Pre WWII jumped all over
AL Post WWII 11 to 3
Hunter takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-11
Grove the winner, he's now 13-6
Dead Ball Era topped Japanese
League 3 to 0
NL Post WWII nipped Left Outs 9 to 8
Late 20th spanked Old Timers 8 to 3
Puckett has hit his 13th
homerun for Late 20th
Grimes adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hartnett
The fans want the "K"
Burleigh winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Stan pops it up
And Mize makes the play
One gone for FOFC

Bullock departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Billy steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Bullock is 1 for 3 today
He singled last time up
Burleigh is ready
The pitch to Bullock...
Hard slider...
Bullock swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Medwick is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Billy

Batting for FOFC will be Nights
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Burleigh Grimes on the mound
for the Pre-Nationals...
Grimes has gone the distance so far
He's given up 8 hits and 2 runs
Grimes leans back and fires
Nights hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch
Frisch takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Mize scoops it on one hop

Nights is out!
Nice play by Mize
Two away in today's tightly contested game
Score still tied here with two
down in the top of the 9th

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Dan Fouts
Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts has hit 11 home runs this year
Grimes steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Grimes fires
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Grimes has issued 4 bases on balls
this evening

Barrett Blade is up next
FOFC's second baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Barrett is hitting at .258 on the year
He has 58 hits in 225 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
31 runs this year
Burleigh looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Grimes rocks and fires
Grimes loses him
Blade heads down to first

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer evening
NL Pre WWII has the outfield
shaded towards right
Tucker is 2 for 4 today
Tucker, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Grimes
Burleigh checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
There's a routine pop by Tucker
Johnny Mize moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
That's all for the All Stars
in the 9th inning
They get 1 run across
We go to the bottom of the 9th...
The score is tied at 2

Frisch saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Frisch is 1 for 4 today
Frankie doubled last time around
Frisch is set for the pitch
Kronside brings it to the plate
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

Pie Traynor up
The score is tied
We'll see how they pitch to Traynor
Traynor gets ready for Kronside's pitch
His bat is cocked
Kronside is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Traynor rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
Two up, two down for NL Pre WWII

Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII
Kronside studies his sign
And the righthander starts
to work on Hornsby
Here comes the pitch
Hornsby hits a fly ball to left
Stan Gunner camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
And we go to extra innings!
Dazzy Vance will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Dazzy has appeared in 34 games this season
He has a record of 6-3
in 56 innings
His ERA stands at 2.91

FOFC has the heart of their
lineup coming up
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their
right fielder will lead off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie, then Jace Kronside
top of the 10th, The score is knotted at 2
Persimmon steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Pflaggstettler singled last time up
and now is 2 for 3
Vance toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hartnett
Vance brings it home
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 48 on the season for Vance
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Jeeberoni Potpie
Nobody on base, one out
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Potpie
He's 0 for 3 today
Potpie, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Vance
Vance's 0-1 pitch...
Potpie sends one straight back...
It will be out of play...
Hey! That one almost hit us in the booth!
What did you say about Potpie
that got his ire, partner?
. . . Potpie back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Gonzalez is stepping in to face Vance
Mize is way in on the grass at first
Traynor is in at third
They are guarding against the bunt
Gonzalez is at .300 on the season
He is hitting .302 against righties
Hartnett flashes the sign...
Vance waves it off...
Now he's happy
Vance goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Potpie
Fires to Mize...
Potpie is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Vance comes home
Gonzalez rolls one toward Rogers Hornsby
He scoops it and fires to
second... close play
OUT
The relay to first
OUT there too, it's a twin-killing
That'll do it for FOFC
So we're still tied
After 9 and a half innings
NL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
9 hits and one error

Ott is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ott is one of the best hitters around
Bullock flashes the sign to Knowles
Here's the 2 strike pitch
A hanging curve...
Ott 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 Mel...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Ott watches Knowles carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Knowles looks the runner back

First base coach Gil Hodges
wants a word with Ott...
Now we're all set to go...
Kiki Cuyler steps in
Cuyler is taking his practice swings
Kiki is 1 for 3 this evening
He flied out last time at bat
Cuyler is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Ott is dancing off first
Knowles brings it to the plate
Changeup...
Ties Cuyler up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
Now NL Pre WWII has one away
Leo Durochure is signalling something
to Casey Stingle
Now he is up on the dugout steps
calling out to Joe Medwick
The Pre-Nationals' manager
is really into this game
Tie score, late in the contest
He wants to leave no stone unturned

Joe Medwick moves in to face Knowles
1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 10th
Watching Knowles, Medwick wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Medwick waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The righthander Knowles' delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That's the second out of the inning

With a runner at first and two outs
Hartnett walks to the plate
Hartnett is batting .282
with 11 HR's this year
Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900
He's 0-0 in 30 appearances so far
Here's the righthander's delivery
Knowles' pitch is a rising fastball
Hartnett tries to hold up
Ball four
Bullock points down to first
He did not go around

Mize gets set at the plate
Mize is 0 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
The umpire says let's go
The crowd leans forward in anticipation!
The game is riding on the pitch
Knowles will try to get Mize to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Bounding ball to second
Blade grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Mize fails to come through in the clutch
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit,
no errors and 2 men left on base

Stan Gunner, Billy Bullock, and
Jeff Nights are due up
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Gunner awaits the delivery
It's coming down the pike
It's popped up into foul territory
Gabby Hartnett is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
One down for FOFC
Billy Bullock is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeff Nights is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Billy Bullock, their catcher
Bullock is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .264 on the year
Vance looks down at Hartnett
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Bullock swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hartnett loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Billy as he was heading for the dugout
Two up, two down

Jeff Nights makes his way to home plate
Nights is at .282 on the season
Right-hander Vance prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
Here's the 1-0 offering
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Traynor is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 10 and a half innings,

The score is knotted at 2

Vance will come up to lead off the bottom
of the 11th for NL Pre WWII
Vance steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Dazzy steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
The pitch is on the way
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Knowles punches him out!
That's one away

Frisch walks slowly to home plate
Knowles' had mixed success
against him in the past
Frisch wiggles the bat above his head
Frisch readies himself for the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
Frisch skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Bullock calls for it
Puts it away!
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Traynor coming up for NL Pre WWII
Nobody on, two away
Sammy Knowles steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Knowles winds and delivers
A slider by Knowles
Traynor gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
FOFC will get another crack at Vance
as NL Pre WWII fails to win it

As we go into our third extra inning
Dan Fouts will lead off for FOFC
Dazzy Vance just finishing his warm-ups
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Fouts looks to third for a sign
Fouts waiting on the delivery
Dazzy winds... kicks... and delivers
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Vance grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

It will be Blade to face Vance
Blade is at .258 on the season
Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander delivers
There's a drive to left by Blade
Medwick picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Blade turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Medwick

Coming to the plate is Tucker
One down and runner at first
A. J. is 2 for 5 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
A. J. is ready for the delivery
Vance's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Mize tosses it back to Vance
Now here's the pitch
And Tucker will sit down...
strike three called
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League I nipped Caribbean 6 to 5
Turn of Century humbled Negro
League II 16 to 8
AL Pre WWII humbled AL Post WWII 11 to 3
Dead Ball Era cuffed Japanese
League 3 to 0
NL Post WWII edged out Left Outs 9 to 8
Bench has hit his 14th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th spanked Old Timers 8 to 3
And right here in NL Pre WWII
The score is knotted at 2

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Vance has the sign from Hartnett
Dazzy rocks and fires
Pflaggstettler laces a hard, low
bouncer to the right side
Hornsby steps in front of it
Whoa! The ball squirted
right under his legs!
Must have hit a pebble
Give Pflaggstettler a single on the play

Potpie is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Potpie is 1 for 4 today
Dazzy Vance on in relief
for the Pre-Nationals
We're in the top of the 12th
Vance kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
And that's the final out of the inning
NL Pre WWII has 2 runs,
9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs, 11
hits and one error
FOFC has left 11 men on base today

Rogers Hornsby is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for NL Pre
WWII to get things going
Hornsby is batting .301 with
10 HR's this year
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Knowles brings it to the plate
Ball four is the call
Knowles can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Knowles
Hornsby takes first base

Hornsby inches away from the base
Hornsby has to hold tight to the bag

Now here's Ott
Right-hander Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Ott
Knowles goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hornsby
He lobs one to Potpie...
Hornsby is back easily
We're ready again
Now Knowles comes home
Base hit to left for Ott
Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign...
Hornsby will stay at second

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Cuyler
Cuyler is batting .293 with
3 HR's this year
Sammy peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
It's a full count...
Knowles winds and fires...
Curve in the dirt... and Cuyler holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the umpire says no
Cuyler will take first on the walk
That loads them up for Joe Medwick

Medwick digs in at the plate
Ready now for Knowles to come set
The score is knotted at 2
The bases are filled with Pre-Nationals
Potpie walks over to the mound
He is uttering some words of encouragement
to FOFC's Sammy Knowles
He finds himself in quite a pickle
Knowles is taking his sweet time out there
Now he is finished fiddling around
Sammy is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Bullock
The righthander Knowles delivers
The crowd is up and showing
their appreciation
Medwick gets the game winner!
Over the head of the outfielder!
NL Pre WWII wins 3 to 2
Vance gets credit for the win
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Pre WWII
was Pie Traynor
He was 2 for 6 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Pre WWII.