[Breeze]

GAME 46 - Monday, May 20th - Radio Broadcast


The FOFCers are coming into this game with a 4 game losing streak. To try and get some good carma, Benton Breeze has decided to go with Williams today on the hill. I asked him about it and he said that 'Williams had been pestering him for a start and that this might be a good time to roll the dice on making a change'.

He'll need some good forturne because the opponent on the hill is Sandy Koufax.

The line ups look like this...All Stars...
A.Tucker CF
J.Nights SS
H.Hays C
J.Potpie 1B
D.Palmer 3B
K.Ton LF
G.Gazelle RF
S.Treacy 2B
J.Williams P

Post-Nationals...

J.Morgan 2B
P.Rose LF
R.Clemente RF
H.Aaron CF
S.Musial 1B
E.Banks SS
E.Mathews 3B
R.Campanella C
S.Koufax P


Here we go.

Tucker rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Tucker is around first, heading for two...
Aaron is up with it and
fires it in quickly
A. J. pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the
FOFC center fielder
A. J. also ups his hitting
streak to 9 games!
That is Tucker's 1st hit today

The hit and run is on!
It's low
and it gets away from Campanella!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Campanella has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Tucker takes third

Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
With one down, up next is Harry Hays
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie

Change up...
Hays hits a high fly ball
Aaron drifting under it...
He makes the catch, but trips...
And he is unable to make the throw
Tucker scores on the sac fly
Two down

Potpie skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Campanella calls for it
Puts it away!
That's three outs, side retired

Morgan swings...
Hits the fastball on the ground...
Down the line at first...
Potpie trying to backhand it...
Can't get a glove on it
It's into right field for a hit

Rose showing bunt...
He lays it down
Deacon Palmer looks at second
But goes to first...
Out... Morgan advances to 2nd
A sacrifice for Pete Rose
One out
Due up next is Roberto Clemente

Fastball, belt high, away...
Clemente goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Ton
Ton is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That's the second out of the inning

Stroked to third
Clean single for Aaron
The game is tied!

Musial connects on the curve...
This one is really smoked...
Gazelle starts back...
Now he just stops to look
Musial got all of this one....
See ya, It's a home run!
Aaron scores in front of him

Ernie Banks swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards left-center
Tucker looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Back-to-back home runs for NL Post WWII!
NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 1...
That one had some distance

Comebacker, right to Williams
Over to Potpie for the easy out
'Come back, Little Sheba'
And that retires the side

Sinking fastball...
Palmer goes down after it...
And slaps a hard grounder
right at Banks...
He scoops it up, over to first...
And Palmer is out by a step
One down for FOFC
K. A. Ton is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

The pitch is just inside and Ton holds up
Campanella points down at
the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
K. A. trots down to first... ball four

Koufax loses him
Gazelle heads down to first

Treacy hits a roller to Joe Morgan
Morgan comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Musial can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Morgan
That's error number 1 of the
game for NL Post WWII

The squeeze play is on!
Williams lays it down
Musial charges in after it
He dives...
Scoops it up...
Flips to Campanella
Ton slides...
OUT!
Two down
Due up next is A. J. Tucker
Let's see what happens now

It is a high hard one...
Tucker goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Tucker couldn't hold back
Whew!...
The Post-Nationals dodge a bullet!
FOFC leaves them full here
in the top of the 2nd
as 0 runs come across
So, NL Post WWII leads 4 to 1

Campanella takes a cut at the slider...
There's a line drive...
Going over the head of Gerald Gazelle
My word! Look at that ball go!!

That's a home run!!

And that left the yard in a hurry
Williams can't believe it
Homer number 2 for Roy
Campanella this year
To go with his 3 RBI's

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Koufax gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Treacy grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
And there's one away

A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Morgan is down on strikes
Number 1 here today for Williams
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Williams
Pete Rose will be next up...

Rose swings, and lines it
back up the middle
It glances off Williams'
glove and rolls away
Pete Rose has himself an infield hit

Base hit to right for Clemente
Third base coach Bill Russle is
motioning Rose to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Clemente at first

Bounding ball to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at Big League Field, After 2 innings,
NL Post WWII has 5 runs,
7 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
one hit and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 3

Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Mathews
It's by him...
Rose comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Nights to a single

Line drive
Caught by Mathews
Over to first
DOUBLE PLAY!
With two gone, NL Post WWII leads
5 to 1 in the top of the 3rd

It's a routine fly into center
Aaron ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
We head to the bottom of the 3rd
here in NL Post WWII...
Still 5-1, NL Post WWII

Musial swings
He slices it down the left field line
Ton is on the warning track
The ball is going,...going
Just foul!
Missed by a whisker
. . . Musial back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Treacy plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
One up, one down for NL Post WWII

Sinking fastball...
Banks swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
John Williams retires
the first two batters in order

In the dirt
That's ball four

Curve down low...
Campanella whips his bat around and
lifts it out toward left
Ton is running toward the ivy
This is going to be close...
K. A. is at the ivy...
And this ball is just another...
No... K. A. leaps up and catches it!
I thought that one had the distance!
The wind must have held
that ball in the playing field
That's all for the Post-Nationals
No runs, no hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We've played three, here...
NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1

Palmer taps one on the ground
Eddie Mathews charges in
He boots it!
He can't make the throw
It'll be an error on Mathews
Mathews has committed 1
error this afternoon

Base hit to left for Ton
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Palmer will stay at second

Looped to left...and it
will drop for a hit
Everybody will move up a spot

Half swing
Chopper to the mound
Fielded nicely by Koufax
Over to second for one
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 1-6
Palmer scores from third!
Ton takes third
The runner on first, Gazelle, is out
One away for FOFC here in
the top of the 4th
John Williams will be up next...
he will be facing the lefty Koufax...
Runners on the corners

A wicked curve, breaking very low
Fouts golfs it to left
Rose won't get it...
He scoops it up and fires it in
Nice piece of hitting by Dan Fouts
A one base advancement for the runners

It's in the dirt and bounces away
Both runners will move up without a throw
Wild pitch

There's a drive into center
Aaron is over and takes
it on the second hop
Here's the throw to the plate
It's cut off by Banks
Over to first but not in time
as Tucker dives back
Two run single by A. J. Tucker
Gives him 21 RBI's on the season
The score is knotted at 5

Tucker inches away from first base
Koufax holds the runner

Koufax just misses outside
Ball four to Nights

Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Hays turned that one around
in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Rose didn't even move

There is going to be a change in pitchers
Sandy Koufax will hit the showers
Gaylord Perry will be coming on in relief
We are in the top of the 4th
here at Big League Field
FOFC leads 8 to 5

Potpie starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Perry walks him

The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Palmer, that's 1 walk today

Routine grounder to short
Taken by Banks
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II is edging Caribbean 2 to 1
Negro League I leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Paige battling Hoyt
Turn of Century is giving
it to Left Outs 5 to 0
AL Post WWII and NL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Late 20th leads Japanese League 1 to 0

Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Perry was frozen on that
fastball by Fozborg
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
That's one away

Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Rose drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Bill Russle is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
A. J. Tucker throws the ball
away for an error!
Double for Rose

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Clemente swung, that's strike three
Clemente isn't happy at all with that call

It's popped into foul territory
The ball is drifting toward the stands
Potpie is after it...
He leans in... reaches
He can't get to it!
Someone has himself a souvenir
. . . Aaron back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Aaron looks at ball four
That pitch wasn't even close...
Must have got away from Fozborg
Now there are runners at the corners

He rips a grounder to third
Fouts grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 8 runs, 7 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has 6 runs,
9 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Gazelle slaps a hard grounder past short
Rose is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Gazelle will hold with a clean single

Treacy maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Treacy hits a ground ball
It's past the bag for a hit!
Roberto Clemente is chasing it
into the corner in right field
It's in there for extra bases!
Gazelle is steaming around second
Coach Dick Howser is giving
him the "green light"
Treacy's headed for the plate...
He scores...
FOFC ahead 9 to 6

The hit and run works to perfection!

Changeup down low...
Fouts takes a rip and hits
one out to center
Hank Aaron comes in a step...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Perry
Treacy trots back to second
Perry gets the first out in the inning

Tucker gets jammed
He still gets a good piece of it
It's sliced down the left field line
Drifting...
Foul
. . . Tucker back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Swung on...
Broken bat ground ball to second
Picked up by Morgan
Over to first...
Just in time to get Tucker
Treacy advances easily
Two gone for FOFC

Grounded down the line
Mathews comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
FOFC gets 1 in the top of the 5th
One run, 2 hits, no errors
and one man left on base
After 4 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3

Banks drives one into right
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
So one up and one gone

Excellent sinker pitch, outside...
Mathews gets good wood on it anyway
There's no doubt, that one is outta here!!
Mathews circles the bases
As Fozborg asks for a new
ball from the umpire
Now FOFC on top 9 to 7

Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Fouts stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Dan Fouts
That's the second out of the inning
NL Post WWII needs a win
They are 4th in the standings
8.0 games out of the National lead

Fozborg misses low on that one
Perry draws the walk
Number 2 today by Fozborg

It's in on the hands
Inside... ball four
Morgan trots to first as
Perry takes second

Base hit to right for Rose
Bill Russle plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Runners hold.

Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Fouts
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
And that wraps up the bottom of the 5th
FOFC has 9 runs, 9 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has 7 runs,
11 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII now has left 6 men on

Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into right
It's in for a base hit...
Clemente quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Hays dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Hays with a single

Hot line drive to short
Tough chance for Banks
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 6
One down for FOFC
Sirr Fozborg is still in
the on-deck circle
and K. A. Ton is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Fozborg squares around
He lays a beauty down the third base line
Perry and Mathews collide
going for the ball
He recovers, picks it up
And fires to first
OUT!!
Credit Sirr Fozborg with a sacrifice
Two down in the 6th
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Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Banks makes the easy catch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5
in their last ten games

Aaron rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Fouts
Dan fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
One gone for NL Post WWII

Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Fozborg has issued 4 bases on balls
this afternoon

Hit towards the middle
Nice play by Treacy
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League II and Caribbean
are deadlocked at 4
Bankhead has hit his 1st homerun
for Negro League II
Negro League I besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Paige enjoying the big Negro League I lead
Turn of Century toppling Left Outs 11 to 4
AL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 1 to 0
Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Galvin and Walsh currently dueling
Late 20th is edging Japanese League 1 to 0
And right here in NL Post
WWII FOFC leads 9 to 7

Fastball over the plate...
Mathews swings...
He hits this one very deep...
K. A. Ton is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...

GONE!
Mathews now has 2 homers on the day!
Nice day indeed!
He now has 13 roundtrippers on the year
That is Eddie Mathews' 13th
home run of the year.

That's hit deep to right
Gazelle trying to track it down
He's at the ivy
IT MIGHT BE . . .
IT IS! A HOMERUN!
That is Roy Campanella's 3rd
home run of the year.

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Billy Williams will bat for Gaylord Perry
It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams
against the righty Fozborg
Williams is hitting righties
for a .181 average

Fastball...
Williams jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Gazelle after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Gerald Gazelle!
That ends the bottom of the 6th
After 6 innings, the Post-Nationals
lead by 1
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 19 games this season
with a record of 1-2
In 31 innings, he has an 5.17 ERA
Gaylord Perry has finished his work
here this afternoon

Gazelle rips a fastball down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Gazelle back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Gazelle is outta there
One up, one down

And Treacy will sit down...
strike three called
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Dan Fouts
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Musial...
Morgan chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Fouts will stay at second

And Nights will sit down...
strike three called
And that's the final out of the inning
NL Post WWII has 10 runs,
13 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has 9 runs, 12
hits and one error
FOFC has left 8 men on base today

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Checked swing by Morgan
Called ball four
Hays motions down to the third base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
with no hesitation
Joe walks to lead it off

Morgan moves away from first base...
He has 19 stolen bases on the season
Rose swings and misses at the slider
Morgan is off for second on the pitch
Hays takes the pitch... fires...
The slide at second...
Morgan is out!
Nice peg by Hays

Swung on...
High fly ball into center
Not hit well
Tucker is under it...
He's got it
Easy chance for A. J.

Off speed pitch on the way...
And Clemente watches it go
by for the third strike
Clemente stood there like a bump on a log
2 strike outs for Clemente today
That is the third out for
NL Post WWII here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 35648
NL Post WWII is making a defensive change
Schmidt will bat 7th and play third

Hays tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short center
Aaron is coming in hard...
Morgan is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Hays is on with the "excuse me" single!

Potpie drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser wisely holds
the runner at third...
Double for Potpie

Hit in the air to left...
Rose waits for it to come down...
He has it... Hays is tagging up!
Here he comes...
Here comes the throw home...
He's...
SAFE! The game is tied!
It's all even now at 10
Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Gonzalez
One away here in the top of the 8th
The score is tied at 10
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Negro League II and Caribbean
are tied at 4
Negro League I is comfortably
ahead of AL Pre WWII 7 to 1
Turn of Century jumping all
over Left Outs 15 to 4
I'd hate to be Pennock right now!
AL Post WWII clipping NL Pre WWII 4 to 0
Old Timers is in front of
Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
Late 20th leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Piazza has hit his 2nd homerun
for Late 20th

Swung on and missed, strike three!
That breaking ball really had
a nasty bend on it
It ended up in the left-handed
batter's box!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

They are issuing a free pass to Gazelle
Gazelle watches ball four
He takes his base

Base hit to right for Treacy
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Potpie scores!
Trailing runners advance.

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

Swung on
Foul tip...
Strike three as Campanella holds on to it
A. J. didn't come through this time
That's all for FOFC
After 7 and a half innings in NL
Post WWII this afternoon,
FOFC leads 11 to 10

Hard slider...
And Aaron takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Stan
Musial coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Extra base hit to center for Musial
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Base hit to right for Banks
Bill Russle puts up the stop sign...
Runner holds.

Tommy Lasorda is going
to make a change now
Lou Brock will run for Ernie Banks
He'll take his spot at first base now
NL Post WWII now has speed on the bases

Schmidt swings hard, but hits
it on the handle to second
Blade comes in on it
On to first and Schmidt is gone
Musial scores from third
That's two away

They're not going to pitch to Campanella
They'll give him an intentional pass
Oh! Knowles nearly threw ball
four to the backstop
Brock bluffed a move toward third

Post-Nationals' skipper sends
Tony Perez to the plate
He'll bat for Phil Niekro
Perez is batting .167 as a pinch hitter
He has 1 pinch home run

Base hit to left for Perez
Bill Russle is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Soft liner to second
Tough chance for Blade
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
Three away
NL Post WWII has 12 runs,
16 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has 11 runs,
15 hits and one error
There have been a lot of stranded
baserunners in this game
NL Post WWII has left 10
And FOFC has left 11
Jim Bunning will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 17 games this season
He has a record of 2-6
with 5 saves
His ERA stands at 5.58
NL Post WWII's defensive changes are...
Schoendienst will bat 6th and play SS

Nights hits a three hopper
towards Red Schoendienst
Schoendienst scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning...
Bunning needs two more outs to stop FOFC

Slow ground ball
Morgan is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One more chance for FOFC
in the top of the 9th

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Jeeberoni Potpie
Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Campanella asks the first
base ump's opinion
He says Potpie went around
Strike three, swinging
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 12 to 11
Niekro gets credit for the win
Bunning notches the save
Knowles takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Eddie Mathews
He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.