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GAME 59 - June 2nd - RADIO BROADCAST

Red: Well the FOFCers won the first of game of this series and that has to take some of the pressure off.

Hal: It always feels good to get the first one, and Benton must be feeling pretty good, because he as rewarded Terp's clutch performance from last night by putting Kristen in at Short tonight...

We'll we are ready to roll...

Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Morgan swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bullock loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Joe as he was heading for the dugout

A jug-handled curve
Rose goes out and gets it
It's a liner to right
Pflaggstettler will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Pete Rose

The Post-Nationals try the hit and run!
A low curveball to Aaron
He swings a bit late
but hits it right up the middle
Rose is going to try for third
Tucker is over, picks it
up and fires to Palmer
One bounce...
The slide by Rose...
SAFE!
Quick throw to second to
hold Aaron at first
Now Treacy fires it to first...
Aaron just dives back safely!
Great call by manager Tommy Lasorda!
And Aaron was able to carry it out

Musial rips a hanging curve
to deep right-center
He really walloped this one...
Tucker doesn't even have
time to wave goodbye
It is long gone!
The NL Post WWII first baseman
really smoked it

Mays starts... but lays off
the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Hunter walks him

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

He hits a tough grounder to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
That's all for NL Post WWII
in the top of the 1st
They pick up 3 runs
After one half inning,
it's 3-0 NL Post WWII

Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Tucker gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Musial grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Tucker for the out
FOFC with one away
Marichal steps off the mound as
he waits for Sean Treacy to
come to the plate

A hanging curve...
Treacy laces it hard just
to the right of Mathews
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Sean...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Hard slider...
Pflaggstettler swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Rose is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
A two run blast by Persimmon

Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Bench asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Potpie went around
Strike three, swinging
That's two away

Gunner drives one into left
Pete Rose sprints over to make the play
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 1 inning, NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2

Struck him out on a fastball
Bench goes down swinging
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League and Negro League
II are all knotted at 1
Late 20th slipping by AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Negro League I and Dead Ball
Era have yet to score
Foster and Walsh currently dueling
Left Outs is comfortably ahead
of Caribbean 7 to 1
AL Pre WWII and Old Timers are scoreless
NL Pre WWII is beating Turn
of Century 4 to 0

Slow ground ball
Treacy is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's two away
Terp comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Hunter
Joe Morgan will be next up...

Just off the plate
Ball four

Morgan moves away from first
High and tight slider...
And there goes Morgan on the steal!
Bullock comes up throwing...
Terp applies the tag...
Not in time, Morgan is safe!
Terp couldn't handle the throw cleanly

Rose hits a one hopper over the mound
Terp is over
He reaches down
It bounces over his glove!
Terrible hop!
Morgan is around third
Tucker is up with it
No chance to get Morgan

Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Aaron didn't like it

Fastball
OUCH! It hit Musial!

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Mays swung, that's strike three
Mays isn't happy at all with that call
So the bases are left full
of Post-Nationals
Mays fails to bring them home
As we go to the bottom of the inning,
NL Post WWII leads 4 to 2

Palmer swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Marichal strikes out Deacon Palmer
And there's one away

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 68 on the season for Marichal
Two down
Bench asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bench and Marichal

Terp 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
NL Post WWII has committed
1 error this afternoon

It is a high hard one...
Hunter goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Hunter couldn't hold back
After 2 innings
NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 2

Mathews pulls one into right field
Pflaggstettler giving chase...
He's up against the fence
Waits...
He's got it for the out
With one down, up next is Ernie Banks
To be followed by Johnny Bench

Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Banks!
Two down
Owen Hunter retires
the first two batters in a row

Bench rips the curve to left-center...
Tucker racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Bench will lope into second with a double

Fastball, belt high, away...
Marichal goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
No runs for NL Post WWII
in the top of the 3rd
NL Post WWII leads 4 to 2
We'll be right back

There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Musial snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Musial
One down for FOFC
Sean Treacy is still in the on-deck circle
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking
for a bat in the dugout

It's a high fly to deep center
Mays is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Willie jumps
It's off the wall
Treacy is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

Big motion...
Pflaggstettler is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Marichal pulled the string on him
One more chance for FOFC this inning

A slider by Marichal
Potpie gets good wood on it...
Rose back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings,
NL Post WWII has 4 runs,
6 hits and one error
While FOFC has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 5

Slow ground ball
Terp is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's one away

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
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Aaron really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
He dives for it...
It gets past him!
A. J. gets up in a hurry
Fires it in to Palmer on a line
but Aaron has himself a stand-up double

Curve, at the belt...
Musial times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats
toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

Mays rips the curve to left-center...
Gunner racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
Can't quite reach it!!...
Mays makes it easily into second
That's a double for Mays

Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Mathews goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
A. J. Tucker leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Eddie Mathews

Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Fozborg
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 3 and a half innings
NL Post WWII has 8 runs,
10 hits and one error
While FOFC has 2 runs,
3 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2

In the dirt
And Gunner holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Ground ball to the left side...
Banks picks it up...
Over to Morgan for one
On to first for the double play
Two out, nobody on
NL Post WWII on top 8 to 2

Bullock tops one to the pitcher's mound
Marichal starts after it...
Gloves it and turns to throw
The ball slips out of his hand!
Now he finds the handle
Rifles it to Musial
Bullock beats it out!

Terp sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Mays
Mays gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Marichal
In the bottom of the 4th for FOFC
No runs, no hits, one error
and one man left on base

It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Bench checks his swing
Bullock appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Johnny
One down for NL Post WWII
Juan Marichal is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Post WWII

Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Marichal swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at short
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Gonzalez grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Marichal is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E6
Marichal to first

Morgan drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League II is on top of
Japanese League 5 to 3
Brown has hit his 7th homerun
for Negro League II
Late 20th clipping AL Post WWII 4 to 0
Winfield has hit his 5th
homerun for Late 20th
Negro League I leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Left Outs is destroying Caribbean 15 to 4
AL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 5 to 0
Marquard enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII on top 8 to 2

Rose drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Bill Russle is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
Not cut-off...
Marichal scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Rose

Hot shot grounded to second
Treacy grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that retires the side

HIT HIM!!
Gonzalez jogs down to first
David took one for the team to get on

Tucker takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
One gone for FOFC

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

Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Pflaggstettler is outta there
Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th
NL Post WWII leads 9 to 2

Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Aaron
And he pulls it in
That does it for FOFC in the 5th
They leave 2 on base
4 stranded so far today

Swung on, liner towards second...
Treacy leaps...
He can't come up with it!
No chance for either Treacy
or Pflaggstettler
That one had base hit written all over it

There's a drive down the line
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
WILL IT STAY FAIR???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Mays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Mays swings and misses
Strike three
Mays didn't have a good cut at that pitch
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Eddie
Mathews coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Base hit to right for Mathews
Bill Russle puts up the stop sign...
Musial will stay at second

Base hit to right for Banks
Bill Russle is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
Not cut-off...
Musial scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Swung on and missed by Bench,
he's down on strikes
That's out number two
All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie,
is out to talk with Fozborg

Routine grounder to short
Terp grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
And that wraps up the top of the 6th
NL Post WWII has 10 runs,
14 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
NL Post WWII now has left 8 men on

Gunner swings very late
He pops it foul
Bench gives chase
Here comes Mathews
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Sinking fastball...
Gunner swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So one up and one gone

Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Palmer hits it into the hole
on the right side
Morgan ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Palmer is out by a step at first
Two up, two down for FOFC

Bullock swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Bullock is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A whistling two-bagger for Billy Bullock

Kris Terp offers at the slider,
but checks his swing
Oh, Terp couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Morgan for the out
Terp never even left the batter's box
That's three outs, side retired

There's a roller down at Palmer
He's in front of it...
It rolls right between the wickets!
Error on Deacon Palmer as he
didn't get his glove down
Maybe a bit too easy for him

Slow ground ball to the mound
Fozborg grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One gone in the top of the 7th
Up next is Hank Aaron
He's having a fine year so far

Change up, on the inside corner...
Aaron was looking for it...
He hits a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Aaron is in at second with a double

Great change up...
Musial out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Tucker
Tucker charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the center fielder
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Willie
Mays to get a new bat
Let's point out that NL Post WWII is
5 and 5 in their last ten games

Nielsen comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Mays is frozen stiff...
He can only watch as the ball
just nips the "black" of the plate...
STRIKE THREE!
We have a knee slapper going here
NL Post WWII with 11 runs on the board,
FOFC out of this one with only 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bench fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Gonzalez
One up, one down

Sinking line drive
Caught by Joe Morgan
That's the second out of the inning

Hot shot grounded to the mound
Marichal comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45666

Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One away in the top of the 8th

Swung on and missed by Banks,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Banks
Two away now for NL Post WWII
They're ahead by 9 runs
NL Post WWII has 15 hits on the afternoon

It's a high fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
After 8 complete here at FOFC Stadium
NL Post WWII has 11 big ones
on the Strat-O-Matic scoreboard
FOFC with only one more chance
to make up their huge 9 run deficit...
Looks pretty grim...

Fastball... down and away...
Marichal just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Marichal today

Nights drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Nights

Curveball, Gunner lets it go by
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
Gunner looks imploringly at him
No words, but a very long look
Now he walks slowly back to the dugout
One away now...
FOFC is still threatening...
But they sure have their
work cut out for them

Base hit to left for Palmer
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Nights scores!

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

Gazelle tops one right to Morgan
Over to Musial for the easy out
That's two away...
FOFC trying to play "catch up" here
in the bottom of the 8th
They've scored 2 runs
But NL Post WWII is way out in front by 7

Slow ground ball to the mound
Marichal can't get to it
BASE HIT!
Palmer scores from third!
Bullock takes third

Driven to center
Willie Mays trying to get to it
He's got it
Score It: 8
That's all for the All Stars...
After 8 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
NL Post WWII leads 11 to 5

Swung on and topped toward short
Nights comes in
Backhands it
Over to first
Not in time!
Infield single by Juan

Base hit to right for Morgan
Bill Russle puts up the stop sign...
Marichal will stay at second

Rose lays one down
Knowles charges in
Bullock bounds out after it
Billy rakes it off the ground...
Only play is at first
The runners advance
Credit Pete Rose with a sacrifice
One out
Due up next is Hank Aaron

Swung on and hit right at third
Deacon Palmer up with it...
Looks Marichal back to third
Marichal retreats to the bag
Palmer then fires it to
Gonzalez for the out
NL Post WWII leads 11 to 5 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
These scores are final...
Negro League II easily defeated
Japanese League 8 to 3
Late 20th is the winner over
AL Post WWII 4 to 0
Feller takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-7
Clemens the winner, he's now 8-3
Dead Ball Era edged out
Negro League I 3 to 2
Brown the winner, he's now 2-3
Barnhill takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-4
Left Outs beat up on Caribbean 18 to 6
AL Pre WWII humiliated Old Timers 12 to 2
Ruth has hit his 16th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII gets an easy win over
Turn of Century 8 to 2

Base hit to center for Musial
Marichal scores
Bill Russle is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Musial is out going to 2nd!

Slider, outside...
Treacy reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Mathews...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Musial in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Musial is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Treacy

STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Juan Marichal
here this afternoon
One away in the bottom of the 9th for FOFC

Base hit to left for Nights
Treacy is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Treacy will stay at second

Gunner dribbles one toward Joe Morgan
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the umpire
The first base coach is having a tizzy fit
Two down
There are some long faces over in the
All Stars' dugout at the moment

Curve, at the belt...
Palmer times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Pete Rose retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

There is going to be a change in pitchers
Juan Marichal will hit the showers
Phil Niekro will be coming on in relief
We are in the bottom of the
9th here at FOFC Stadium
NL Post WWII ahead 13 to 8

Fastball...
Bullock jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Mays after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Willie Mays!
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 13 to 8
Marichal gets credit for the win
Hunter takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Stan Musial
He was 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 7 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.



Note: I let the computer completely handle the play by play, so it may be a bit more confusing. For some reason it doesn't always announce visits to the mound, player replacements and double switches...but it's much easier and faster for me. If you don't like it let me know. Heck, if you don't like the radio broadcast posts at all and just want box scores, I can do that too