[Breeze]

GAME 60 - June 3 - Radio Broadcast

Red - The FOFCers and the Post Nationals go at it again tonight, and the FOFCers are going up against Warren Spahn.

Hal - The lefty is really tough against righties...so Benton has decided to go with Gonzalez at first to see if his power hitting left handed first baseman can get his bat going...

Fastball, lined to right...
Base hit for Morgan...
Pflaggstettler over...Grabs
it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Morgan at first

Swung on and hit back at Babson
He picks it up, turns and fires to Nights
Over to first...
Double play!
A bounding ball that was turned into
an easy 1-6-3 double play by Babson
And there's two away

Aaron swings and hits a high fly to right
It is right along the line...
Pflaggstettler is over at
the fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Pflaggstettler
Foul ball into the seats
He would have had a chance
in most other parks
Only a smidgen of foul ground
out there at FOFC Stadium
. . . Aaron back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for NL Post WWII
No runs, one hit and no errors
FOFC is coming to bat

###User cat:91 line:16833 (327/273/42/3):
NL Post WWII has taken the field
in the bottom of the first inning...

Here's how they look, defensively
In the outfield
Aaron will play left
Mays in center
Clemente in right...
Around the diamond
Mathews will play the hot corner
Banks and Morgan
Make up the doubleplay combination...
Over at first Musial
And a battery of Warren Spahn
and Bench behind the plate
First batter for the All Stars
A. J. Tucker steps in
Tucker is one of the best hitters around

Spahn is happy with the sign

Into the windup... here's the pitch

Tucker tries to hold up
Bench points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!

So one up and one gone

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Gerald Gazelle waits on deck
The outfield shades towards
left for Nights
He's waiting on the pitch
Still waiting...

Now he steps out of the box...
We have a game of cat and mouse going on
OK, now we're ready to go
as Nights steps back in
Spahn will try to get Nights to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Ground ball to the left side...
Banks scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
Two up, two down here in
the bottom of the 1st

Gazelle finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gazelle goes through his
routine of settling in
Gazelle awaits the pitch
Warren rocks and fires
Fly ball to center
Mays is under it
He makes the grab
And that retires the side

Musial heads for the plate
leading off this inning for NL Post WWII
Musial has a .309 average against
righthanders this season
Babson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Babson kicks and fires
Ground ball through the middle
Nights ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
One up, one down for NL Post WWII

Mays digs in at the plate
Ready now for Babson to come set
Mays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Babson
He's ready for the delivery
The pitch is on the way
Slider, down and in
Mays swings hard...
He hits one into center
Tucker starts back...now reverses himself
He is coming in at full speed...
And has to take it on one hop
He was fooled on that ball
as Willie hit it on the handle
Mays running hard all the way
heads for second
Here's the throw
It's high and wide
Mays is safe at second
Kind of an "excuse me" double

That'll bring up Post-Nationals'
third baseman Eddie Mathews...
NL Post WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
One out, man on second
Babson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Babson gets the sign from Hays
Here's his delivery
Curveball, in and low
Mathews hits it to Gonzalez at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Mays is now perched over at third
Two down

Banks walks up to the plate
2 men away, Mays on third
Babson has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it to the plate
Banks is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 1 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
We're scoreless

David Gonzalez stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Spahn is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Spahn looks in...
Now he's ready
And the delivery by Spahn
Gonzalez cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bench
Gonzalez was badly fooled by
Spahn's big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
David was a little overanxious
One gone for FOFC

Now here's Hays
Hays taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Warren Spahn steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Spahn goes into his windup
Here it comes
A slider by Spahn
Hays gets good wood on it...
Clemente back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two up, two down for the All Stars
We're in the bottom of the 2nd

Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Spahn likes the sign
Warren Spahn, with 22 appearances
before today's game
looks down for the sign from Bench
Spahn has great control
He's looking for win number 3
He's into the windup
Pflaggstettler drives one into left
Hank Aaron sprints over to make the play
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6
in their last ten games

Bench is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Scoreless game
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Brian delivers
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Bench!
That's one away

Coming up for NL Post WWII is Warren Spahn
Nobody on base, one out
Spahn can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Spahn is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Windup by Babson
And the pitch
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Babson punches him out!
One more chance for NL Post
WWII this inning

Up next is Joe Morgan
Joe is an ex-Boston College basketball
and ice hockey star
Morgan is 1 for 1 today
Joe singled last time up
Morgan waits patiently
Babson brings it to the plate
Fastball, just inside...
Looked very close...
Babson's obviously peeved at that call
But Joe tends to get those calls
He has a great eye and doesn't mind
taking the free ride to first

Morgan takes a walking lead
Morgan has stolen 20 bases
in 26 attempts in 1900
Another throw...
Babson's five throws over
have been effective
Morgan has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Roberto Clemente, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Clemente wiggles the bat above his head
Babson has the sign he wants
Babson goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Morgan
He lobs one to Gonzalez...
Morgan is back easily
We're ready again
Now Babson comes home
Clemente sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Gazelle
Gazelle gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium left
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II slipping by
Japanese League 2 to 0
AL Post WWII is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0
Dead Ball Era is edging
Negro League I 2 to 1
Johnson battling Paige
Caribbean is edging Left Outs 5 to 4
Old Timers slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Delahanty has hit his 8th
homerun for Old Timers
NL Pre WWII slipping by Turn
of Century 2 to 0

Dan Fouts, batting seventh
will lead off for FOFC
He will be followed by Sean
Treacy and Brian Babson
Spahn is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The lefthander delivers
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Fouts hits it into the hole
on the right side
Morgan ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Fouts is out by a step at first
FOFC with one away
Spahn steps off the mound as
he waits for Sean Treacy to
come to the plate

Treacy is up now for FOFC
Spahn wastes no time
He has the sign from Bench
Spahn fires
Treacy fouls it back...
It bounces off the screen
behind home plate
. . . Treacy back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Treacy swings and lines it
on the nose to left
Aaron picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Treacy rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Brian Babson squares to bunt
Spahn fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL!
Spahn picks it up and fires to first
Babson is out by an eyelash
Credit Babson with a sacrifice
Two down
Bench asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bench and Spahn

A. J. Tucker is up next
The All Stars' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Spahn is slow to get ready

He has a 3.98 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Spahn brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Banks
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 6-3
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Spahn
In the bottom of the 3rd for FOFC
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Hank Aaron to lead it off for NL Post WWII
We'll see how they pitch to Aaron
Babson studies his sign
It's coming down the pike
Curve ball...
Aaron swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
One down for NL Post WWII
Stan Musial is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Post WWII

That will bring up first
baseman, Stan Musial
Musial is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Stan certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Babson earn his salary
Musial gets set for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Musial hits a deep ball
Gazelle retreats toward the wall
He leaps...
He's got it!
Two up, two down for NL Post WWII

Slowly coming up is Mays for NL Post WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
No score
Mays has hit 13 home runs this year
Babson has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors
While NL Post WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Jeff Nights leads it off
Nights is 0 for 1 today
Spahn eyes Nights intently
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Banks plays it on one hop
Over to Musial...
Out of there!
And there's one away

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Gazelle
Gazelle scuffs up the lines around the box
Bench flashes the sign...
Spahn shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Spahn winds and delivers
The 2-0 pitch
There's a fly ball to Willie Mays
Mays circles under it...
He makes the play
Two down
Spahn retires the first two FOFC batters

Two away, nobody on
Gonzalez comes to the plate for FOFC
Gonzalez is 0 for 1 today
Bench flashes the sign...
Spahn waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefthander Spahn delivers
Sharp breaking curveball...
Gonzalez reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Gonzalez is out easily
The All Stars go down in order
It's the bottom of the 4th

NL Post WWII will send Mathews,
Ernie Banks, and Johnny Bench to face
Brian Babson this inning
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Righthander Babson's delivery
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Mathews turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 17 for Eddie on the year
He also has 32 RBI's now

NL Post WWII shortstop, Ernie
Banks, will be up next
He will be followed by Johnny Bench
Bases empty... no one out
NL Post WWII up by 1
Banks is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a respectable
.273 for NL Post WWII

Banks waits for the pitch
The windup, the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Banks swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Babson looks down at Bench as he steps in
Johnny is ready to go
Babson is ready quickly
Babson brings it to the plate
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Bench watches it go by
for the third strike
Bench stood there like a bump on a log
2 strike outs for Bench today
NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Negro League II with the lead
over Japanese League 3 to 0
Late 20th and AL Post WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Martinez and Hunter currently dueling
Negro League I and Dead Ball
Era are all knotted at 2
Caribbean and Left Outs
are deadlocked at 7
Valenzuela and Wynn currently dueling
Old Timers is in front of
AL Pre WWII 4 to 1
NL Pre WWII is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1

NL Post WWII pitcher, Warren
Spahn, is up next
Babson shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Babson's into his windup... the pitch
Low slider...
Swung on... Lifted high and deep...
This one will be gone... IF it stays fair!

It hits the foul pole...
Home Run!...
That just missed being foul

Next up is Joe Morgan, the NL
Post WWII second baseman...
If he gets on, Roberto Clemente
would bat next
Morgan is at .266 on the season
Brian is ready
The righthander delivers
It is a slow change...
Morgan's not at all fooled
He hits it squarely...
It is heading out to right-center
almost on a line...
Very well hit ball by Joe
Pflaggstettler is running after it...
He hopes to play it off the fence
Not this ball... it is...
GONE!


Clemente heads to the plate
for NL Post WWII
The infield is at regular depth
Clemente adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Roberto is 0 for 2 this evening
Clemente in the hole, 0-2
Babson leans back and fires
Struck him out on a fastball
Clemente goes down swinging
That retires the side
NL Post WWII with a 3 run lead
It's NL Post WWII 3
and FOFC still looking
to score their first run

Here's the catcher Hays
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Dan Fouts
Harry is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He flied out in his last plate appearance
Hays waits for the delivery
Here's the pitch
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Morgan
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
Spahn retires the first batter to
face him in the bottom of the 5th

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
The left-hander Spahn is now ready
The southpaw Spahn's delivery
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Mathews stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Eddie Mathews
That's two away

Dan Fouts steps in now for the All Stars
The Post-Nationals lead in this one, 3-zip
Dan will be facing the left-handed Spahn
from the right side of the plate
The switch hitting third
baseman is 0 for 1
Fouts grounded out his last time at bat
All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch
He brings it home
Fouts hits a fly ball to center
Willie Mays camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
That's all for the All Stars...
After 5 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 0

Aaron comes to the plate leading off
Aaron saunters to the plate
The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Babson
Aaron is hitting .303 versus
righties this year
Of his 15 homeruns,
11 came while facing righties
Now set, Aaron waits for the pitch
The fans want the "K"
Brian winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Aaron...
Gazelle over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Aaron at first

Stan Musial steps into the box
Babson steps on the rubber
Now ready, here it is...
Fastball off the catcher's mitt
Rolls all the way to the backstop
Hays is after it... as Aaron
moves on to second
No throw...
Looked like Hays was crossed-up
on the pitch
Score it a passed ball on Hays

Stan Musial steps into the box
Aaron is on second, nobody out
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Musial
Now Brian delivers
Drilled deep to right-center
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is running hard
He's at the fence
HE JUMPS . . .
HE CAN'T GET IT
HOMERUN!
That is Stan Musial's 15th
home run of the year.

Now batting will be Willie Mays
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Mays
He's 1 for 2 today
Mays cocks his bat
The lefty Knowles delivers
Mays bounces one high toward the mound
Knowles leaps up but can't reach it
Nights is over quickly...
Reaches down and scoops it
up on the short hop
Underhands it to Gonzalez...
OUT
Pretty play by Jeff Nights to
retire Mays by a whisker
The crowd appreciated that play
One away in the top of the
6th for NL Post WWII

The third baseman, Eddie
Mathews, is up next
Knowles squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Right down the middle... strike three
Mathews must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
Two down in the 6th
Time for a station break
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
your 4 Sports Network...
OK, we're back and ready to go...

Ernie Banks will step in
to face Knowles next
If he gets on, Johnny Bench will follow
Ernie is hitting at .271 on the year
He has 60 hits in 221 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Banks grounded out his last time up
He's ready
Here's the southpaw's 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 retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for NL Post WWII
After 5 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 0

Sean Treacy will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Treacy is 1 for 1 today, with 0 home runs
Spahn rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Spahn rocks and fires
Outside fastball... lashed at by Treacy...
Pop fly...Shallow left...
Dropping quickly...
Aaron pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Treacy...
As Aaron fields it on one bounce

Settling in at the plate is Palmer
Deacon stares down at Dick
Howser for the sign
Treacy leads away from first
The umpire says let's go
Spahn's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Musial tosses it back to Spahn
Now here's the pitch
Curve painting the inside corner
Swung on...
Bounced right to first
Fielded, the throw to 2nd...
They get the force for the out

One on, one out
Tucker walks to the batter's box
Tucker is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs
Spahn wastes no time
He has the sign from Bench
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Palmer dives back in!...

SAFE!
Musial tosses it back to Spahn
Now here's the pitch
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Tucker reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Bench making the play
Two gone for FOFC

So with 1 on and 2 outs
FOFC sends their shortstop,
Jeff Nights, up to face Spahn
Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Nights swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Spahn
The count one ball,
one strike on Nights
Spahn goes into his stretch...
Looks at Palmer...
He fires one to Musial...
Palmer dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Musial lobs it back
Now Spahn comes home
Slider, down and away...
Swung on...
Nights rips a bouncer to Mathews
He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this evening,
NL Post WWII leads 5 to 0

As we get ready to start
the top of the 7th
Bench is talking to Hays
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
Bench waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
There's a hard bouncer to Palmer's left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Gonzalez...
Bench is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Deacon Palmer!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II winning over
Japanese League 6 to 0
Late 20th with the lead over
AL Post WWII 6 to 3
Franco comfortably ahead for Late 20th
Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 3 to 2
Caribbean and Left Outs are tied at 9
Old Timers is comfortably ahead
of AL Pre WWII 7 to 1
NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 8 to 3

One away, nobody on base
Spahn stands ready at the plate
Bo peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 2 strike pitch
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Spahn watches it go by
for the third strike
Two up, two down

Now up in the NL Post WWII seventh
will be Joe Morgan
Joe is hitting at .270 on the year
He has 58 hits in 215 at bats
NL Post WWII's leadoff hitter...
Joe has scored 51 runs on the season
Knowles adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
With a 3-1 count, the pitch
It's a high pop-up in back of short
Nights is under it
Waiting..Waiting...
My, this one's a "major league" pop-up
Nights snags it for the out
1-2-3, nothing across...

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The left fielder Gazelle
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by David Gonzalez
And then Harry Hays
Gazelle is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs
Spahn peers in for the sign
Gazelle is a formidable opponent
Warren has allowed 3 home runs
versus righties this year
And Gerald is no ordinary hitter
Spahn winds and delivers
It's a pop-up in back of short
Banks is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
One out
Due up next is David Gonzalez

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, David Gonzalez
Gonzalez is 0 for 2 today
David grounded out last time around
Spahn appears to be throwing
just as hard now as when the game began
And, even more importantly...
just as effectively!
The pitch to Gonzalez...
Long fly to left
Aaron has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Gonzalez is retired on a fairly deep fly

All Stars' catcher Hays
is up next
Hays has a .378 average
against lefthanders
He is .344 overall
Spahn appears to be throwing
just as hard now as when the game began
And, even more importantly...
just as effectively!
Spahn fires
Slow ground ball
Mathews is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
We head to the 8th...
The score is still NL Post
WWII 5, All Stars 0

The NL Post WWII right fielder, Clemente,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Hank Aaron
And then Stan Musial
NL Post WWII leads 5 to 0
Knowles steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Knowles brings it to the plate
Clemente hits a screamer at Bo Knowles
Knowles picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag
Gonzalez swipes with the glove

Clemente is out!
Nice play by Gonzalez
One down for NL Post WWII
Hank Aaron is still in the on-deck circle
and Stan Musial is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Now batting will be Hank Aaron
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Post WWII up by 5
Knowles wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fly ball to left
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
Two down
Knowles retires two in a row

Facing Knowles now is Musial
Willie Mays heads to the on deck circle
Eddie Mathews waits in the hole
Musial is 1 for 3 today
Stan hit a two-run homer last time up
Stan waits...
He steps out as Knowles takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The southpaw Knowles delivers
the 3-1 pitch
It is a slow change...
Musial's not at all fooled
He hits it squarely...
It's heading out to right-center
almost on a line...
Very well hit ball by Stan
Pflaggstettler is running after it...
He hopes to play it off the fence
He picks it up on the second bounce
He turns and gets it back into the infield
Musial slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the NL Post
WWII first baseman

Willie Mays will be coming up
Tommy Lasorda loves the pop in his bat
A base hit should score Musial
Knowles 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
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That was right over the
heart of the plate
with no movement on it...
and Mays swung right over the top of it!
Lucky Mr. Knowles!
That retires the side
NL Post WWII threatens but fails to score
Here in the top of the 8th

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
So far this year Pflaggstettler
is batting .299
He has 10 doubles, 3 triples
9 homeruns with 39 RBI's
and 5 stolen bases
Pflaggstettler readies himself
for the pitch
The southpaw Spahn's delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
Change up...
Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to right
Clemente is under it...
He's got it

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Bullock
Bullock is batting .283
with 8 HR's this year
Spahn is ready quickly
And the delivery by Spahn
Swung on and hit on the nose to left
Aaron picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Bullock is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Walking up to the plate now is Treacy
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
Treacy looks down toward
the third base coach
Treacy cocks his bat
And the cripple pitch...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Aaron one hands it...
OUT!
That's two away

Palmer scuffs up the lines in the box
Now he is ready
Palmer has hit 3 home runs this year
Warren looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Spahn goes into his stretch...
Looks at Bullock...
He fires one to Musial...
Bullock dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Musial lobs it back
Now Spahn comes home
Palmer hits a slider to the
third base side of short
Banks going hard to his right...
Backhands the groundball...
He stops, plants, and throws to second...
And gets the forceout on
the sliding Bullock
Putting an end to FOFC's inning
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 8 innings
NL Post WWII has 5 runs,
8 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
NL Post WWII has failed to bring home 3

Mathews is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Eddie comes to the plate batting .263
with 17 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
Mathews sends a routine
ground ball to first
Gonzalez takes it on one hop
Flips it to Knowles
Easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Negro League II is the winner
over Japanese League 6 to 2
Late 20th topped AL Post WWII 6 to 3
Hunter takes the loss, his
record drops to 4-6
Martinez the winner, he's now 2-2
Dead Ball Era cuffed Negro League I 5 to 2
Caribbean nipped Left Outs 10 to 9
Drysdale takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-3
Luque the winner, he's now 4-3
Old Timers easily defeated
AL Pre WWII 7 to 2
NL Pre WWII topped Turn of Century 8 to 5
And here in FOFC NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 0

The Dallas-born power hitting,
Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate
Time is called...
Banks has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
He's ready
The pitch to Banks...
Banks pounds a grounder toward
Palmer at third
Deacon moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Palmer stayed with it
Over to first and Banks is retired
Nice play by the FOFC third baseman
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Knowles
Johnny Bench will be next up...

Johnny Bench will face Knowles
Righty against righty
Johnny has 2 strike outs today
Not unusual for him, though
He has a nasty habit of doing that
Bench is set for the pitch
Here comes the cripple pitch
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
A. J. Tucker is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Tucker!

A. J. Tucker will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Tucker is 0 for 3 today
A. J. popped out last time around
Bench flashes the sign to Spahn
Spahn rocks and fires
Slider, down and in...
Tucker manages to hit a shallow fly
Mays charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Mays!
He slid several feet after
making that stab

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 9th
The first base coach exhorting
Nights to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Nights looking for his first base knock
here this evening...
He is 0 for 3
Nights awaits the pitch
The southpaw delivers the 0-1 pitch
Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for the All Stars

While David Gonzalez heads
for the on deck circle
Gerald Gazelle makes his way to the plate
Gerald steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Gazelle is 0 for 3 today
He popped out last time up
Set now is Gazelle
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
And Gazelle will sit down...
strike three called
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 5 to 0
Spahn gets credit for the win
He threw a shut-out at them
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Stan Musial
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.