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GAME 61 - June 4 - Radio Broadcast

I see by the clock that we're
ready to go here in FOFC
Morgan steps in to start things
off for NL Post WWII
Let's set the FOFC defense for you
Battery mates are Nielsen and Bullock
Covering the corners at first and third
Will be Potpie and Palmer
The keystone combo has Treacy at second
And Nights playing short
In the outfield
From left to right
Its Gunner, Tucker and Pflaggstettler
Now Morgan steps into the batter's box
This game's about to begin
Morgan finishes his stretching
Let's play some ball...
The lefthander delivers
Morgan swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Joe Morgan
So one up and one gone

Coming up for NL Post WWII is Pete Rose
Nobody on base, one out
Rob Nielsen steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Nielsen is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Rose takes a walking lead
Rose has stolen 2 of 3 bases this year
Nielsen flicks one underhand to first...
Rose scrambles back in time

Mays is up next
One gone, top of the 1st
Hank Aaron moves out on deck
Willie will be facing the
left-handed Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
He has a .290 average overall
But southpaws are his nemesis...
He has only a .243 average
against lefty hurlers
Waiting for the pitch is Mays
Nielsen goes into his stretch...
Looks at Rose...
He fires one to Potpie...
Rose dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Nielsen comes home
Swung on and missed by Mays,
he's down on strikes
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Nielsen

So with 1 on and 2 outs
the Post-Nationals send
their left fielder,
Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen
Good-hitting Stan Musial is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Aaron grips the bat handle
Aaron awaits the delivery
Here's the 1-2 offering
Aaron swings on a ball in on his fists
It results in a pop up to short
Nights is under it...
A few steps to his right...
One hands it for the out
Aaron looked bad on that pitch
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, no errors
and one man left on base
FOFC is coming to bat

NL Post WWII has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
The ball hawks from left to right
Aaron in left...
Mays in center...
And Clemente in right

The infield, third to first
Rose will play the hot corner
Banks is at short
Over at second, Morgan
and at first base Musial
Gibson gets the nod as starter
Behind the dish is Bench
FOFC center fielder, A. J.
Tucker, will lead off
Gibson is making his 13th start this year
for the All Stars
Gibson brings it home
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Tucker hits it into the hole
on the right side
Morgan ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Tucker is out by a step at first
And there's one away

Here's Jeff Nights
Nights wiggles the bat above his head
He's ready for the delivery
Gibson brings it to the plate
Nights rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Mays is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Willie Mays

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is coming to the plate
Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Gibson
Gibson wastes no time
He has the sign from Bench
Gibson kicks and fires
It's a smash over short
Banks leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Pflaggstettler makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gibson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bench
Bob rocks and fires
That's ball four
Potpie will trot down to first
Pflaggstettler is now down on second

Stan Gunner will make his
way to home plate
He's the left fielder for FOFC
Before getting ready
Gunner checks out the defensive alignment
Bob is ready
Now Bob delivers
Gunner drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Double for Gunner

Bullock is up now for FOFC
Bullock has a .274 average against
righthanders this season
Bullock is poised and ready for the pitch
Morgan comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Gibson
The delivery
Swung on and missed...
Bullock is down on strikes
At the end of one inning,...
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Musial will come up to lead
off the top of the 2nd
Musial has 9 doubles this year
Now set, Musial waits for the pitch
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
There's a line drive in the gap by Musial
That looks like an easy two-bagger
A. J. Tucker races to the
ball and fires it in
Musial has himself a double

Now here's Clemente
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
It's hit high and deep
Stan Gunner giving chase
This one is deep!
IT MIGHT BE . . .
IT IS! A HOMERUN!
That is Roberto Clemente's 11th
home run of the year.

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 swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
The count two balls,
two strikes on Banks
The pitch is on the way
Banks tries to hold up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
With one down, up next is Johnny Bench
To be followed by Bob Gibson

That brings up Johnny Bench, the catcher
The outfield shades towards left for Bench
Nielsen studies his sign
Nielsen fires
He misses outside
Ball four

Walking up to the plate now is Gibson
Joe Morgan waits on deck
Gibson goes through his routine
of settling in
Gibson waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen checks Bench on first...
The 2 strike delivery
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE!
And Gibson is punched out
Two down

Making his way up is Morgan
Morgan digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
The pitch to Morgan...
Drilled on the ground to second
Treacy comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for NL Post WWII
After 1 and a half innings, NL
Post WWII on top 2 to 1

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Palmer a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Gibson
Palmer gets set for the pitch
Now Bob delivers
There's a fly ball to Willie Mays
Mays circles under it...
He makes the play
One up, one down for FOFC

At the plate now for FOFC is Treacy
Gibson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Gibson gets the sign from Bench
Now ready, here it is...
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Bench...and he's got it
Two down
Gibson retires two in a row

Nielsen moseys up to the plate
A. J. Tucker is heading for
the on-deck circle
Nielsen looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Rob seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
The kick and the pitch
Nielsen swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Gibson strikes out Rob Nielsen
That does it for FOFC in
the bottom of the 2nd

Rose saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Rose has a .250 average against lefties
Rose waiting on the delivery
And the cripple pitch...
Rose lets it go by
He takes ball four

Facing Nielsen now is Mays
Hank Aaron heads to the on deck circle
Stan Musial waits in the hole
Mays has a .237 average
against lefthanders
He is .288 overall
Mays is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Rose is dancing off first
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Mays rolls one toward Sean Treacy
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
The first base coach throws his hands up
in disbelief
That's one away

So with 1 on and 1 out
NL Post WWII sends their left fielder,
Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen
Hard-hitting Stan Musial is walking
towards the on-deck circle
We'll see how they pitch to Aaron
The umpire says let's go
Aaron is ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Aaron watches strike three glide by
For that matter, he watched them all
That won't get it done
That's the second out of the inning

Musial walks to the plate
He taps his cleats with the bat
Musial is 1 for 1 today
Stan doubled last time around
Musial awaits the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
That retires the side...
Musial fails to come through in the clutch
For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits, no
errors and one man left on base

A. J. Tucker is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Gibson steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Righthander Gibson's delivery
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 3rd
The first base coach exhorting
Nights to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Gibson is ready quickly
The pitch on the way, here it is...
It's a routine fly into center
Mays ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two out, nobody on
NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 1

Pflaggstettler digs in at the plate
Ready now for Gibson to come set
Pflaggstettler scuffs up the
lines around the box
Pflaggstettler waits for the delivery
He brings it home
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Pflaggstettler swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bench loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Persimmon as he was heading for the dugout
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 3 innings
NL Post WWII on top, 2-1

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

AL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Negro League I leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2
Left Outs leads Caribbean 10 to 9
Pennock and Molina currently dueling
AL Pre WWII and Old Timers are scoreless
NL Pre WWII is destroying
Turn of Century 9 to 0
Hubbell and NL Pre WWII
are on cruise control
Nielsen takes the first sign
The lefthander delivers
It's popped up into foul territory
Billy Bullock is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Ernie
Banks coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

The Dallas-born power hitting,
Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rob winds... kicks... and delivers
It's right down the pipeline...
STRIKE THREE swinging!
Nielsen's got yet another strike out
As a matter of fact...
That is number 100 on the year!
Two men gone, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads by 1

The catcher, Johnny Bench, is up next
Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes
Here's the 3-1 offering
It's a high fly to deep center
Tucker is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
A. J. jumps
It's off the wall
Bench is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

That'll bring up Post-Nationals'
pitcher Bob Gibson...
NL Post WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
Gibson digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
The bat is cocked
The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander
Gibson takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Gibson's outta there
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 3 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
NL Post WWII leads 2 to 1

Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off
Potpie asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Potpie cocks the bat
The pitch
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Potpie!
Now Potpie gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not a big fan of "chin music"
and he's letting Gibson know about it!
The ump tells Potpie to take his base

Gunner, FOFC's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Billy Bullock waits on deck
Gunner is 1 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the
NL Post WWII infield
Musial is kicking the dirt at first
Rose is even with the bag at third
Morgan and Banks are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Set now is Gunner
Here's his delivery
Swung on and missed...
Gunner is down on strikes
One away in the bottom of the 4th for FOFC

The All Stars will send
Billy Bullock up to the plate
Gibson has the sign from Bench
Gibson's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Musial tosses it back to Gibson
Now here's the pitch
Bullock hits a high pop
into short left field
Rose and Banks sprint towards the outfield
Here comes Aaron
Banks puts his glove out...
Makes a lucky catch in front of Aaron!!

Slowly coming up is Palmer for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
NL Post WWII on top 2 to 1
Potpie will be running if it's hit
Gibson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Gibson looks at the runner
The pitch
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Aaron one hands it...
Palmer is retired... and so is FOFC
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 innings
NL Post WWII has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 stranded
NL Post WWII has failed to bring home 4

Morgan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Morgan has hit 12 home runs this year
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Nielsen is into his rocking motion
Now his left arm comes around
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Gunner...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Morgan is on with a bloop single to left

Morgan is taking his lead from first
Fastball running in on the batter...
And Morgan is running!
Bullock comes up from his stance firing...
Morgan slides headfirst...
Down goes Treacy in a heap with Morgan...
And Morgan is SAFE!...

That was a good hard clean slide

Morgan moves away from second base
Morgan held closely by Nielsen

Pete Rose steps into the box
Rose is at .354 on the season
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign

Now he's ready...
It's coming down the pike
Grounded into the hole
Great pickup by Treacy
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3

Mays squares to bunt
He bunts the ball . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by R.Nielsen
he's throwing for the lead runner...
SAFE!
Sac & Fielders Choice
Morgan scores from third!
Mays to first

And it brings up Hank Aaron
On deck is Stan Musial
Roberto Clemente in the hole
Aaron is 0 for 2 today
Rob Nielsen has struck out 8 and walked 2
He's rubbing up the ball as he
looks over at Benton Breeze
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Mays
He lobs one to Potpie...
Mays is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
Aaron sends a scorcher to short
Nights takes it on one hop
Fires to Treacy for one
Back to Potpie for the double play!
That's it in the top of the 5th
After 4 and a half innings in FOFC,
NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1

To lead off this inning is Sean Treacy
FOFC needs a pair to tie this game
Time is called...
Treacy has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
He's ready
And the delivery by Gibson
Punched just up the first base line...
Bench is out quickly and makes
the play to first
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

FOFC pitcher, Rob Nielsen, is up next
Rob takes a couple of practice cuts
Rob is ready for the delivery
Gibson's 2 strike pitch...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Nielsen!
Two up, two down for FOFC

Up now for FOFC is Tucker
Two away, nobody on
Gibson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bench
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Tucker skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Bench calls for it
Puts it away!
We head to the 6th...
The score is still NL Post
WWII 3, All Stars 1

NL Post WWII will send Musial,
Roberto Clemente, and Ernie Banks to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Nielsen adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Nielsen's into the windup... the delivery
Musial cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock
Musial was badly fooled by Nielsen's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Stan was a little overanxious
One down for NL Post WWII
Roberto Clemente is still
in the on-deck circle
and Ernie Banks is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Roberto Clemente, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Clemente is batting .332
with 11 HR's this year
Nielsen steps on the rubber
Nielsen will try to get Clemente
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen
here this evening
Two up, two down

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Banks
Banks is 0 for 2 today
Ernie struck out last time up
Nielsen is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
And Nielsen grooves the 3-0 delivery
The pitch is just inside
and Banks holds up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Ernie trots down to first... ball four

Johnny Bench will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Bob Gibson would be up next...
But only if Bench can reach safely
NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 1
Nielsen is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
The stretch... the 1-2 delivery
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Bench goes down on strikes
So that's it for NL Post WWII
They fail to score against Nielsen
In the top of the 6th for NL Post WWII
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

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

AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 2 to 1
Negro League I and Dead Ball
Era are tied at 3
Rogan battling McGinnity
Caribbean and Left Outs
are all knotted at 10
Oliva has hit his 6th homerun
for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII and Old Timers are scoreless
NL Pre WWII is crushing Turn
of Century 14 to 1
Ott has hit his 19th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights is batting .301 with
4 round trippers in 1900
Nights gets ready for Gibson's pitch
His bat is cocked
Gibson winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Nights gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Morgan grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One out
Due up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler

Nobody on base, one away
Pflaggstettler steps into the batter's box
Persimmon is batting .299 with
9 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Gibson
He's waiting for the pitch
The windup, the pitch
Pflaggstettler swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Rose and skips out to Aaron
Pflaggstettler rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Pflaggstettler returns to first
as Hank gets a nice throw in to Morgan

Potpie up
The All Stars have Pflaggstettler on first
Potpie is batting .293 with
16 homers this year
Potpie looks very intent...
He stares down at Gibson...
Cocks his bat
Now to the belt, here it is...
Changeup...
Ties Potpie up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
Two down
Due up next is Stan Gunner
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Stan Gunner, will be up next
Billy Bullock hopes to
get a chance as well
One on... two away
NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs
Stan is batting .267 with 7
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 2 today
After getting set, Gunner
waits on the pitch
The righthander delivers
Grounded towards the sack
Musial takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
We head to the 7th...
The score is still NL Post
WWII 3, All Stars 1

NL Post WWII will send Gibson,
Joe Morgan, and Pete Rose to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Gibson looks down toward
the third base coach
Gibson waits
Nielsen rocks and fires
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Gibson gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Gibson for the out
One gone for NL Post WWII

The second baseman, Joe Morgan
is up for the Post-Nationals
We are in the top of the 7th
NL Post WWII on top 3 to 1
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Morgan skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Bullock calls for it
Puts it away!

"Charlie Hustle" is now
coming to the plate
Rose grips the bat handle
Nielsen has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
It's popped behind home plate
Bullock throws down his mask
He's running back
At the screen...
The wind blows it...
Right back to him
Pete Rose is out
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 6 and a half innings
NL Post WWII has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Bullock leading off
FOFC would like to get
some runners on base
Against righthanders
Bullock is hitting .268
Bob gets the sign from Bench
Gibson brings it home
Bullock takes a vicious cut
Unfortunately, for FOFC,
all he hit was air
Billy goes down swinging...again...
2 whiffs on the evening
for the free swinging FOFC catcher
One up, one down

Palmer pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Gibson
Deacon is batting .308 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Palmer is set
Here's the 2-0 offering
Palmer fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of short
Banks is over quickly
Easy out
That's two away

Treacy scuffs up the lines in the box
Now he is ready
Treacy is 0 for 2 today,
with no strike outs
Gibson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bench
The pitch is on the way
Curve ball, just misses the corner
That'll be ball four and a walk
Gibson has issued 2 bases on balls
this evening

While A. J. Tucker heads
for the on deck circle
David Gonzalez makes his way to the plate
Gibson looks down at Bench for the sign

Now he's ready...
Gibson goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Treacy
Fires to Musial...
Treacy is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Gibson comes home
Gonzalez drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Treacy scores!
Double for Gonzalez

The All Stars' center fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Tucker is hitting .275
against righthanders
Tucker waits on Gibson
Banks trying to slip in behind Gonzalez
Now he slips away
Here's the 3-2 offering
Tucker smacks a fly to right
Clemente is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
Roberto takes it in
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 50061

Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and
Stan Musial are due up
Willie is batting .286 with
13 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Mays is set for the 1-2 pitch
Now Sammy delivers
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Mays is outta there
One away here in the top of the 8th
NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Late 20th and AL Post WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Negro League I 6 to 3
Caribbean is edging Left Outs 11 to 10
Oliva has hit his 6th homerun
for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII and Old Timers
have yet to score
Grove battling Welch
NL Pre WWII is destroying
Turn of Century 16 to 3

Hank Aaron, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Aaron is batting .307 with
15 round trippers in 1900
Sammy Knowles steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Sammy comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Aaron checks his swing
Bullock appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Hank
Two gone for NL Post WWII

NL Post WWII firstsacker, Stan
Musial will be up next
The Post-Nationals, like all teams,
like to see a lot of offensive production
out of their firstbasemen
Certainly, Musial has not disappointed
Knowles looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Bullock
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Knowles
Now he is ready...
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sammy comes in there with a dipsy-do
And it freezes Musial
He can't get the bat off his shoulder
as he watches it just catch
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 6 and
4 in their last ten games
NL Post WWII is making a defensive change
Rose will bat 2nd and play left

Schmidt will bat 4th and play third

Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Gibson studies his sign
Gibson's windup... the delivery
It's a sinker, up in the strike zone
Nights hits it deep into the alley
Clemente is back to the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps in the air...
HAS IT!...
Fine play by Roberto Clemente
One down for FOFC
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gibson glares in at Pflaggstettler
Persimmon Pflaggstettler just
calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Pflaggstettler swinging
from the right side
facing the righty Gibson
Pflaggstettler is ready
Gibson's righthanded delivery...
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bench fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Pflaggstettler

Potpie coming up
NL Post WWII out in front by 1 run
We're in the bottom of the 8th
Jeeberoni is hitting at .291 on the year
He has 51 hits in 175 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Potpie struck out his last time up
Potpie concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The righthander winds and delivers
Slow ground ball
Schmidt is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 innings in FOFC this evening,
NL Post WWII leads 3 to 2

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Clemente looks down toward
the third base coach
The righthander pitching to Clemente...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .259 average
against Sammy
Here's the 2-0 pitch
A hanging curve...
Clemente laces it hard just
to the right of Nights
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Roberto...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Clemente takes a walking lead
Clemente has stolen 2 of 3 bases this year
Clemente holding close to the bag
Knowles watching him closely

Banks walks up to the plate
Clemente takes his lead
Knowles is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Knowles checks Clemente on first
Now the 1-1 pitch
Banks takes a cut at the sinker...
Hits a hard grounder down to first...
Potpie can't get his glove on it...
It's into right for a single...
Clemente hustles around to third

Bench leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Knowles tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pitch to Bench...
Knowles bores one right down the pike
Strike three swinging!
Superb fastball that time

Now batting for NL Post WWII...
Billy Williams...
He'll pinch hit for Bob Gibson
Williams with a .208 average
on the season

There he goes!
Banks is off on the pitch!
Bullock is throwing to second
He's trying to get Banks...
Bill Russle will send the runner home...
Clemente scores!
Banks heading for second...
Here's the peg...
Late throw by Bullock...
No chance to get Banks sliding in safely

He's running with the pitch!
Inside slider... Williams ducks down...
And there goes Banks!
Bullock is throwing to second
He's trying to get Banks...
Bill Russle plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Bullock handles the pitch...
Comes up firing with a lot
of mustard on the throw
Great job by Bullock!...
The slide...
OUT AT SECOND!...
Banks couldn't outrun that "gun"
Bullock uses for an arm
He has one of the better
arms in the league

Billy Williams steps into the box
We're in the top of the 9th
The right-hander Kronside is
set to deliver to Williams
Kronside brings it to the plate
The ball breaks low and outside
Williams tries to hold up
The umpire signals strike three!
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 8 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2
Jim Bunning will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 23 games this season
He has a record of 3-7
with 7 saves
His ERA stands at 4.83

Here's the left fielder Gunner
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Billy Bullock
And then Deacon Palmer
Gunner adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Stan is 1 for 3 this evening
Gunner waits
And the delivery by Bunning
Swung on and hit on the nose to center
Mays picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Gunner is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Terp shows bunt
It's a beauty! Right down
the 3rd base line...
Schmidt charges... he fires to first
He gets the batter, but the runner
Gunner goes to 2nd...
A sacrifice for Terp
And there's one away

Settling in at the plate is Palmer
Bunning squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Bunning rocks and fires
It's a shallow fly by Palmer
Rose runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Palmer is out
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Treacy gets set at the plate
Treacy is at .308 on the season
Bunning steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Bunning brings it to the plate
Treacy hits a three hopper
towards Joe Morgan
Morgan scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 3 to 2
Gibson gets credit for the win
Bunning notches the save
Nielsen takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Roberto Clemente
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.


Note: if there is a confusing section in the above text, like a repeated portion...during the game the Post-nationals elected to do a double steal. I thought I had hit the wrong button and didn't want to penalize them by having them run a play the were not going to run on their own. So I undid the play, but when I rolled (clicked) for the batter to swing they ran the double steal again...hence the duplicate information