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7/14 Radio Broadcast - Game 98

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Catfish Hunter with his 5 and 11 record
Will be facing Barrett Blade

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Fisk out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Hunter brings it to the plate
Hit to third... and right at Brett
He juggled that ball a bit, but held on
Barrett takes his seat
One gone for FOFC

Coming up for FOFC is A. J. Tucker
Nobody on base, one out
A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year
He has 122 hits in 412 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 6 triples
4 home runs and 41 RBI's
Fisk flashes the sign...
Hunter shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Hunter goes into his windup
And here's the 2-0 offering
Tucker hits a deep fly to right-center
Jackson races to the warning track
He steadies himself
He won't get this one...it's off the fence
Tucker racing around first...
Jackson has the ball...
Fires a throw in...
Carew has the relay...
Holds the throw...
Tucker in easily at second
It's a two-bagger for A. J. Tucker
FOFC has him in scoring position

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler has hit 15
home runs this year
Hunter has the sign from Fisk
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Fastball, belt high, away...
Pflaggstettler goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Mantle
Mantle is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
FOFC with one more chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games

Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
So far this season
Gonzalez is hitting .299
when facing righthanded pitching
Full count on the batter, 3-2
He brings it home
Gonzalez watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Hunter
In the top of the 1st for FOFC
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Robin Yount stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Yount is hitting .287 with 5 homeruns
Robin also has 17 doubles and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 38 runs
Williams steps on the rubber
Now John delivers
Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT

The Panamanian second baseman, Rod Carew,
is approaching the plate
The third baseman plays in on Rod
the outfield straight away
Carew digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Williams
Carew readies himself for the pitch
Williams kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Carew watches it go by
for the third strike
Two up, two down for AL Post WWII

The "Mick" steps in to face John Williams
Mantle grips the bat handle
Mantle cocks his bat
Now ready, here it is...
It's grounded past the mound
Blade races to his right
Nights to his left
Nights scoops it up
Throws on one bounce to Gonzalez...
Mickey beats it out!

Reggie Jackson steps in against Williams
Left-hander against left-hander
Mantle will be running if it's hit
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Jackson
Now to the belt, here it is...
Base hit to left for Jackson
Don Zimmer puts up the stop sign...
Mantle will stay at second

AL Post WWII sends the third baseman,
George Brett, up to the plate
Brett is batting .230 with
14 HR's this year
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
Williams stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Blade races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Blade
Score It: 4
That's it for AL Post WWII
Here at AL Post, After 1 inning,
AL Post WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
AL Post WWII has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

FOFC will send Palmer,
Stan Gunner, and Harry Hays to face
Catfish Hunter this inning
Deacon is batting .325 in
249 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Gunner
Hunter eyes Palmer intently
Hunter brings it to the plate
Palmer hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Yount dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Palmer reaches on a sizzling
single to left
A nice try by the short stop, Robin Yount

Here's Stan Gunner
Gunner goes through his routine
of settling in
Catfish is ready
The pitch to Gunner...
The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Gunner, that's 1 walk today

Harry Hays moves in to face Hunter
2 on, no outs here in the top of the 2nd
Hays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Hunter
Hays is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Hunter
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Hard ground ball into right field
It's a single for Hays
Palmer scores from second!
Gunner takes third

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
FOFC leading in the game
Nights has 24 doubles this year
Set now is Nights
Hunter brings it to the plate
Base hit to right for Nights
Gunner scores
Hays is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Nights at first

Williams squares
He bunts the ball . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by G.Brett
a poor bunt by Williams
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
Blade taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Blade, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Hunter
Carew comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Hunter
The delivery
Pounded on the ground to short
Yount comes up with it
Throw to second for one
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 2 to 0

Carlton Fisk is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for AL Post
WWII to get things going
Fisk looks down toward the third
base coach, Don Zimmer
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Topped in front of home
Hays gets to it
He throws
He is SAFE!
Fisk has himself an infield hit

Next up is Larry Doby, the AL
Post WWII left fielder
On-deck is Carl Yastrzemski...
He'll be followed by Catfish Hunter
Doby swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Williams
Larry stands with bat ready
The lefty Williams delivers
Changeup...
Ties Doby up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
That's one away

Fisk at first, one out
Carl Yastrzemski is ready at the plate
Yastrzemski wiggles the bat above his head
Now set, Yastrzemski waits for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Yastrzemski looks at strike three
Two gone for AL Post WWII

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 2nd
Here's Hunter now up for AL Post WWII
On deck will be Robin Yount
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Routine grounder to first
Gonzalez to Williams covering first
Score It: 3-1
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still FOFC
2, Post-Americans 0

FOFC will send Tucker,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and
David Gonzalez to face
Catfish Hunter this inning
Catfish is getting his sign from Fisk
Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball
He has quite a tendency
to deliver those up
In 130 innings
Catfish has allowed lefties
to blast 18 taters!
Hunter brings it home
Routine grounder to second
Carew scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One gone for FOFC

And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
David Gonzalez is on-deck
Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year
Persimmon is ready for the delivery
Hunter is into his windup
Here's the pitch
The pitch is just inside and
Pflaggstettler holds up
Fisk points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Persimmon trots down to first... ball four

Facing Hunter now is Gonzalez
Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle
Stan Gunner waits in the hole
Gonzalez is batting .293
with 3 homers this year
David steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch
Hunter goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler
He lobs one to Yastrzemski...
Pflaggstettler is back easily
We're ready again
Now Hunter comes home
Fastball down low...
Gonzalez swings and hits one out to center
Mickey Mantle is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Hunter
Pflaggstettler trots back to first
Two down
Fisk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Fisk and Hunter

Coming to the plate is Palmer
Pflaggstettler's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Hunter
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
After getting set, Palmer
waits on the pitch
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...

SAFE!
Yastrzemski tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Pounded on the ground to third
Brett grabs it
He throws
and gets the force at second
Score It: 5-4
The runner on first, Pflaggstettler,
is out
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 2 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 3

The shortstop Yount
will lead off for the Post-Americans
He'll be followed by Rod Carew
And then Mickey Mantle
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Yount starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him

Rod Carew steps in now for
the Post-Americans
The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip
Carew has hit 3 home runs this year
Williams studies his sign
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Yount
He lobs one to Gonzalez...
Yount is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Swung on and missed by Carew,
he's down on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th and Caribbean have yet to score
Negro League II leads Japanese
League 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2
Sutton and Plank currently dueling
NL Pre WWII is edging Old Timers 2 to 1
Negro League I and Turn of Century
are all knotted at 1
And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 0

Yount at first, one away
Mantle is ready for the pitch
Mantle has managed a .383 average
against lefthanders this year
Mickey is set for the pitch
The lefthander Williams comes home with it
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 29 for Mickey on the year
He also has 78 RBI's now

That brings up Reggie Jackson,
the right fielder
We'll see how they pitch to Jackson
The count even at 2-2
John rocks and fires
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Jackson is down on strikes
Number 5 here today for Williams
That's two away

George Brett plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman for
AL Post WWII appears set
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
It's coming down the pike
Swung on and hit on the nose to right
Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Brett is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Carlton Fisk will get a crack
at Williams next
Larry Doby would be up next...
But only if Fisk can reach safely
Fisk is 1 for 1 today
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Williams' into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Gonzalez tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Bounding ball to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
So AL Post WWII is retired here
in the bottom of the 3rd
They score 2 to even the score at 2

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Against righthanders
Gunner is hitting .263
Hunter is ready quickly
Hunter rocks and fires
Gunner hits a fly ball to center
Mickey Mantle camps under it
He's got it
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Hays leaves the on-deck circle
He saunters to the plate on
this muggy summer day
Hays looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 1 on the day for Harry
Hays awaits the delivery
Hunter quick pitches him
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Hays...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Yount made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Jeff Nights will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Jeff is 1 for 1 this summer afternoon
He singled in his last plate appearance
Nights waits
The pitch is on the way
There's a shallow flyball struck by Nights
Mickey Mantle runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Nights is out
That's out number two
Joe Torre moving around
Hollers something down at Hunter
Catfish nods "UH HUH"

The pitcher, John Williams, is up next
Before getting ready
Williams checks out the
defensive alignment
Most pitchers love to pitch
on days like today
Hunter is no exception
He is ready to go
Hunter brings it to the plate
Williams drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Mickey Mantle throws the ball
away for an error!
Double for Williams

Blade saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Blade has hit 2 home runs this year
Hunter steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here comes the cripple pitch
Belt high...Swung on by Blade...
Hit's a soft liner towards the gap
Shortstop's going back...
Leaps...
Can't get it
It's just over his outstretched glove
Nice try by Yount, but not good enough

Blade inches away from the base
Hunter steps away from the mound...
Now Blade moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box
Hunter squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Bounding ball to short
Yount comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Doby steps up to the plate
for AL Post WWII
It's the bottom of the 4th here at AL Post
FOFC on top 4 to 2
Larry is still struggling to get over
the infamous "Mendoza Line"
His .197 average is very
embarrassing to him
He is 0 for 1 so far today
He struck out in his last chance
Doby is set
Williams' 0-1 pitch...
Doby taps one on the ground
Jeff Nights charges in
He boots it!
He can't make the throw
It'll be an error on Nights
Nights has committed 1
error this afternoon

Batting for AL Post WWII
will be Yastrzemski
Yastrzemski is 0 for 1 today
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.26 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
Carl Yastrzemski swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards right-center
Tucker looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Yastrzemski takes Williams
deep to tie it, 4-all!
That one had some distance

Williams glares in at Hunter
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
The outfield shades towards
left for Hunter
Hunter is waiting on the pitch
Williams fires
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
One out
Due up next is Robin Yount

Yount departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Yount gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
He's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
The change up from Williams...
Swung on...
There's a long shot to left-center
Gunner and Tucker both converge on it...
They are nearing the warning track...
This ball is going outta here!
HEY, HEY!

Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII
Up now is Carew
Williams is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Williams gets the sign from Hays
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Carew pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Pflaggstettler will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Carew retreats to first
after a wide turn

Mantle now at the plate
Reggie Jackson waits on deck
FOFC is set up for two
The left-hander Williams is now ready
Now the delivery, here is is...
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Hays
Carew dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Carew made it back

Jackson is the batter
Carew's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Reggie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jackson is 1 for 2 today
He struck out last time up
Jackson is set for the 3-0 pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Jackson didn't like it

Bright sun out...
May be a problem for Brett
Now he calls for the batboy...
He's going to put some "black"
under his eyes...
George is in the batter's box
and ready to face Williams
Time is called...
Brett has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Brett is set for the pitch
Here's the 2-0 offering
Brett hits it deep towards the gap
Pflaggstettler is back to
the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps against the wall...
He can't get it!
Brett is at third, with a triple
George clears the bases
He now has 2 RBI's on the day

Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4
We're in the bottom of the 4th
Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Fisk
Brett is dancing off third
Rodney is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Outstanding play by Gonzalez!
Rodney takes the flip from Gonzalez
Score It: 3-1
That's all for the Post-Americans...
But the lead changes hands
after a big, 5-run inning
by AL Post WWII...
5 runs, 4 hits, one error and
one man left on base...
The Post-Americans now lead FOFC by 3
After 4 innings
it's now 7-4, AL Post WWII

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leading off
David Gonzalez is on deck
And Deacon Palmer is in the hole
Pflaggstettler has a .316 average against
righthanders this season
He's ready
The righthander delivers
It's a high fly into center
Mantle ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
FOFC with one away
Hunter steps off the mound as
he waits for David Gonzalez to
come to the plate

The first baseman, David Gonzalez
will be up next for FOFC
Fisk flashes the sign to Hunter
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Sinking line drive
Caught by Carl Yastrzemski
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Caribbean is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0
Cuellar battling Maddux
Japanese League and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 1
Kawakami has hit his 5th homerun
for Japanese League
AL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0
Left Outs is in front of
Dead Ball Era 5 to 2
NL Pre WWII clipping Old Timers 5 to 1
Negro League I and Turn of
Century are tied at 1

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Hunter
Palmer waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the righthander's delivery
Palmer raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Brett just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 4 and a half innings
AL Post WWII on top, 7-4