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7/15 Radio Broadcast continued

The second baseman Blade will
start things off for the All Stars
Blade is at .264 on the season
Galvin tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Galvin's 3-2 pitch...
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks
Blade is on to lead it off.

Nights up
The All Stars have Blade on first
Pud gets the sign from Ewing
Galvin goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Brouthers...
Blade is back easily
We're ready again
Now Galvin comes home
Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Nights slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Kelly races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Blade advances on the play
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Up now is Pflaggstettler
The All Stars have Blade on second
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Pflaggstettler
He's 1 for 2 today
Galvin looks down at Ewing for the sign

Now he's ready...
Galvin fires
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Delahanty
And he has it
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 5th

Potpie walks to the plate
Galvin is slow to get ready

He has a 3.56 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Galvin looks back towards second...

The pitch
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Davis makes the easy catch!
Potpie chokes in the clutch!
That retires the side...
Potpie fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

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

Late 20th is edging Negro League II 3 to 2
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 4
Roberts and Ruffing currently dueling
Caribbean is on top of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 3
Cepeda has hit his 14th
homerun for Caribbean
Japanese League is in front
of NL Post WWII 4 to 1
Inao comfortably ahead for Japanese League
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Negro League I 4 to 2
Turn of Century is on top
of AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Rusie and Newhouser currently dueling
And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 2
Hamilton is 0 for 2 today
Fozborg toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Hamilton hits a grounder to short
This should be an out
Jeff Nights bobbles it
He can't make the throw
It'll be an error on Nights
Nights has committed 1 error
in this afternoon's game

The third baseman, King
Kelly, is coming up
King is a daring baserunner
and likes to hit behind the runner
Kelly is at .295 on the season
Fozborg has the sign from Bullock
Fozborg's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Kelly takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Kelly can't believe it
He says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Fozborg
One gone for Old Timers

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Ancients send their right fielder,
Sam Thompson, up to face Fozborg
Good-hitting Ed Delahanty is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Thompson looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 2 on the day for Sam
Sam is eagerly awaiting Fozborg's pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Gazelle one hands it...
OUT!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Ed Delahanty steps up to the plate
Fleet-footed Hamilton is at first
Ed is hitting at .360 on the year
He has 127 hits in 353 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 14 stolen bases
Delahanty waits for the delivery
The stretch... the delivery
Belted right back at Nights
He snares it just before
it hits the ground
That wraps up the inning for Old Timers
So After 5 and a half innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Old Timers has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
Old Timers has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

Deacon Palmer stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the bottom of the 6th
FOFC on top 5 to 2
Palmer has been poison
for Old Timers today
He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon
Galvin likes the sign
The pitch is on the way
Hard ground ball to the mound
Taken by Galvin
Over to Brouthers
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
That's one away

Here comes Gerald Gazelle to the plate
What a year this man is having
It is a baseball axiom that there are
only five things you can do in baseball
Run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power
So far this season, Gazelle
is doing it all!
The All Stars' left fielder
is quite a crowd favorite
Gazelle is taking his practice swings
Gerald is 1 for 2 this afternoon
Gazelle cocks his bat
Galvin leans back and fires
Struck him out on a fastball
Gazelle goes down swinging
Two down
Galvin retires two in a row

Billy Bullock, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Bullock saunters to the plate
The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Galvin
Bullock is hitting .248 versus
righties this year
Of his 15 homeruns,
10 came while facing righties
Bullock waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Galvin brings it to the plate
Over the outside corner
Bullock hits the curve right to third...
Kelly takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Bullock is out by a couple of steps
As we head into the 7th
the Ancients will try to
get something going
They trail by 3, 5-2

Old Timers will send Brouthers,
George Davis, and George Kelly to face
Sirr Fozborg this inning
Brouthers has a .407 average against
righthanders this season
Brouthers is poised and
ready for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Brouthers rips one right on the nose
This one is going to be trouble,
no doubt about it
Tucker is chasing it down...
Brouthers is around second...
A. J. finds the handle...
He fires it to Palmer...
Brouthers slides as the ball arrives...
SAFE!
Man alive... 2 triples on
the afternoon for Dan Brouthers!

One aboard, nobody out
Up next is Davis
George is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He's batting .247 on the season
George seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
He brings it home
Bouncer up the middle
and past Jeff Nights...
Base hit into center field!
FOFC's lead is trimmed by a run
FOFC ahead 5 to 3

One on, no outs
Coming up for Old Timers is Kelly
Kelly digs into the box
Kelly awaits the delivery
Fozborg checks Davis on first...
The 3-1 delivery
Base hit to left for Kelly
Charley Gould puts up the stop sign...
Davis will stay at second

Fozborg glares in at Ewing as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Ewing is hitting .342
against righthanders
Bullock flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Fozborg brings it to the plate
The high heater...
Cut on...
Ewing sends a hot smash
to the left of third
Palmer right in front of it...
Takes it on the short hop
Running to third...
Just beats the sliding Davis...
He holds onto the ball
There is no chance to get Ewing
But they get the force at third!

Roger Connor is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Pud Galvin

Slowly coming up is Connor for Old Timers
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 5 to 3
Against lefthanders
Connor is hitting .500 this season
Set now is Connor
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Palmer comes up with it
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Kelly takes third
The runner on first, Ewing, is out
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

Hamilton waltzes up to the batter's box
Old Timers trails by 2 runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Billy steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Charley Gould relays the
sign from Frank Selee
Hamilton reached base on
an error last time up
and now is 0 for 3
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Change up, a gem...
Hamilton is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Billy looked like Casey on that pitch
That's it for Old Timers
FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error
While Old Timers has 3 runs,
6 hits and no errors
Old Timers has now left 4 runners stranded

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Tommy Bond will be coming on
to pitch for Old Timers
Tommy has appeared in 29 games this season
He has a record of 5-3
with 2 saves
His ERA stands at 5.93

Leading off for the All Stars
is the center fielder Tucker
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Barrett Blade
Tucker swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Bond
Tucker waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Bond rocks and fires
Hard ground ball to first
Brouthers flips to Bond covering
Score It: 3-1
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Hays finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Bond ready quickly, looks in for the sign
Righthander Bond's delivery
There's a ground ball into the hole
Kelly and Davis converge on it
It's picked by Davis who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!

Up now for FOFC is Blade
Two away, nobody on
Watching Bond, Blade wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Barrett brings the bat back...
It's coming down the pike
Changeup down low...
Blade makes contact and hits
one out to center
Billy Hamilton is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Bond
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47994

Old Timers will send Kelly,
Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty to face
Al Mighty this inning
King is hitting at .293 on the year
He has 81 hits in 276 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 20 stolen bases
Mighty likes the sign
Here's the 3-1 offering
Nibbler, right to Mighty
Over to Potpie for the easy out
And there's one away

Sam Thompson is up for Old Timers
The tying run is on deck
In the person of Ed Delahanty
Benton Breeze is walking down
to the water cooler
Sam is batting .302 with 13
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 3 today
The count even at 1-1
Mighty fires
Fastball...
Thompson jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Pflaggstettler after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler!
That's two down for Mighty
Old Timers will need to
do better than that
They are running out of time

Ed Delahanty will step in
to face Mighty next
If he gets on, Dan Brouthers will follow
We'll see how they pitch to Delahanty
Delahanty waits on Mighty
Mighty brings it to the plate
Delahanty drives one into left
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
Old Timers comes up empty here
in the top of the 8th
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC still out in front, 5-3

Nights leading off
Jeff is hitting at .281 on the year
He has 103 hits in 366 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 3
Nights grounded out his last time up
Jeff steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Bond's pitch
Here is the 0-2 pitch
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Davis...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Old Timers gets the first out
here late in this contest

One away, nobody on base
Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate
Pflaggstettler wiggles the
bat above his head
Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and popped up
Ewing grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
Old Timers gets the second
out of the inning

Jeeberoni Potpie will face Bond
Righty against righty
Potpie has 15 doubles this year
Potpie gets set for the pitch
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Hard slider...
Potpie swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Delahanty is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Jeeberoni

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Palmer
Palmer goes through his routine
of settling in
Palmer in the hole, 0-2
The windup, the pitch
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Palmer hits a Baltimore chop...
The ball finally comes down into
Kelly's waiting glove...

King rifles it to first
OUT!!!
Good thing for Old Timers
that Palmer is a slow runner
That retires the side
The All Stars score 1 run in the inning
After 8 innings, FOFC ahead 6 to 3

Dan Brouthers leading off for Old Timers
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Brouthers scuffs up the
lines around the box
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Knowles' righthanded delivery...
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into
right by Brouthers
That's 3 hits for Brouthers this game

Next up is George Davis,
the Old Timers shortstop
FOFC leads by a 3-run margin
We're in the top of the 9th
Davis has hit 6 home runs this year
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Knowles needs to come in with this one
Davis slaps a hard grounder towards second
It is right at Blade...
He has his glove down...
Whoa! The ball "kangaroos"
right over his head!
It is on into the outfield
Davis is on with a bad-hop single
Brouthers takes second on that odd play

And it brings up George Kelly
On deck is Buck Ewing
Tommy Bond in the hole
Kelly digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Knowles
Kelly tells the umpire he's ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Bouncer to second...made to
order doubleplay ball
Blade has it on two hops...wrists
it to Nights
He evades the slide of Davis
And completes the doubleplay to first
Two down, Ancients at bat
in the 9th inning...
Old Timers trails the All Stars by 3
The Ancients are down to their final out
Buck Ewing is due up
Hays takes a trip out to the mound
He wants to discuss something with Knowles
Now Hays trots back

Old Timers coach Charley Gould is saying
something to the runner
Brouthers at third...
Now he slaps him on the back
We're ready to go again
Buck Ewing steps into the batter's box
Sammy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Brouthers is dancing off third
Knowles is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Swung on and missed by Ewing,
he's down on strikes
And that will do it for Old Timers
FOFC wins 6 to 3
Fozborg gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Galvin 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.