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GAME 13 - Sunday, April 15th - Radio Broadcast

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

Collins watches Hunter as he
inches away from the base
It's a pitchout!
Bullock steps out...
Collins takes off!
Bullock pegs it down
He slipped on the throw
But he got it off...
It's way over the head
of shortstop, Nights...
Treacy takes it, however,
backing up the play...
Collins has himself an easy stolen base

Chance smacks a fly to right
Pflaggstettler is waiting on it
Pounds his mitt
Persimmon takes it in
One away in the top of the
1st for Dead Ball Era

Jackson lines a wicked line drive
to the left of first
Gonzalez stabs his glove out
He's got it in the webbing!
David looks surprised to get that one
Collins hurries back to second
And there's two away

Cobb hits one high to center
Tucker is racing after it...
He has a long way to go...
Still running...
Now he reaches out...
GOT IT!
Man, A. J. is a zebra for sure
out there in center
The runner races back to second
Owen Hunter holds Dead Ball Era
scoreless in the first inning

Tucker starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, McGinnity walks him

Tucker takes his lead from first...
He's challenging McGinnity's pickoff move
McGinnity looks the runner back
He's off to the races!
The peg down...
It's too high
Tucker is in under it easily
Chance needs to work on his
throwing technique
He almost fell throwing that

Nights chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Nights!

Swung on and popped up
Wallace is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One out
The All Stars have a 2 run lead


Ball four is the call
McGinnity can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at McGinnity
Gonzalez takes first base

It is a high hard one...
Fouts goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Fouts couldn't hold back
Two gone for FOFC

It's popped up into foul territory
Frank Chance is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
That's all for the All Stars
After 1 inning in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 2 to 0

Baker rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Fouts
Baker takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Gunner to get
that ball in quickly

Here's a big breaking curve, inside...
Roush takes a cut at it...
Hits a grounder to the mound
Hunter comes up with the smooth pickup...
He tosses it to second...
That's one out
The relay to first...
Not in time
Roush beats the throw by a step
And there's one away

Wallace rips a curveball down
the third base line
Fouts dives to his right
Phenomenal play!
Wallace looks up to the
heavens in disbelief
Roush hustles back to first
One more chance for Dead Ball
Era in the top of the 2nd

Tinker swings a bit late on the heater...
He still pops it pretty good towards right
Unfortunately for Joe, Pflaggstettler
is standing right there
Easy out
That's it for Dead Ball Era
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
1 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, one hit and no errors
While Dead Ball Era has no runs,
one hit and no errors
Dead Ball Era has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

It's hit down the line
Cobb ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
One down in the 2nd
Today was picture day for the All Stars
Fans had the opportunity to get pictures
of some of their favorite ballplayers
Benton Breeze tried to help out
But his tongue in cheek comment of...
line up in alphabetical order by height
didn't help things any...
But, picture day is a great idea
and the FOFC fans loved it

Treacy cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Chance
Treacy was badly fooled by McGinnity's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Sean was a little overanxious
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 2 to 0

Hunter is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's all for the All Stars
After 2 full innings,
they lead by 2

Joe pops it up
And Treacy makes the play
One gone for Dead Ball Era

There's a checked swing...
But Collins gets a piece of it anyway
It's a pop fly into center
Tucker comes in on it...
Easy out
Collins couldn't get his
bat out of the way
Two up, two down

Chance pulls it hard over third...
And it's snared by Fouts!
Dan half fell and half dove
To grab that ball before it hit the ground
Dead Ball Era comes up empty
here in the top of the 3rd
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC still out in front, 2-0

Grounded to the right side
Tinker comes up with it
Waves off McGinnity...
Runs to the bag
Out!
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Outside fastball... lashed at by Nights...
Pop fly...Shallow center...
Dropping quickly...
Roush pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Nights...
As Roush fields it on one bounce

Apparently not afraid of McGinnity
Nights stretches out to his lead
McGinnity's move keeps Nights guessing
He doesn't have a very good lead

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

Half swing
Chopper to the mound
McGinnity grabs it
Over to Tinker
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Turn of Century leads Negro
League I 1 to 0
Joss battling Smith
AL Post WWII is beating Caribbean 6 to 2
Jackson has hit his 2nd homerun
for AL Post WWII
Left Outs clipping AL Pre WWII 7 to 3
NL Post WWII is giving it
to Old Timers 5 to 0
Mathews has hit his 2nd homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th is beating Negro
League II 4 to 0
Molitor has hit his 1st
homerun for Late 20th

Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Wallace
Over to Tinker
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Dan Fouts fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Hit right back to Hunter
On to first and Jackson is gone
Dead Ball Era with one away
Hunter steps off the mound as
he waits for Ty Cobb to
come to the plate

Cobb drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 4th

Slow ground ball
Gonzalez is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That ends the inning
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 2

There's a deep fly ball to Ty Cobb
Cobb circles under it...
He hauls it in on the warning track
With one down, up next is Billy Bullock
To be followed by Sean Treacy

Curve...Swung on by Bullock...
Lined right back over the mound...
Through into center field for a single

Heres a fastball grounded
sharply to Collins...
This could be a doubleplay...
The toss to Wallace covering for one...
The relay is in the dirt...
Not in time...
Wallace was flipped on his back
by Bullock's hard slide
Nobody looks hurt
Score it a force play
That's two away

Swing and a miss
Strike three
Hunter goes down on strikes
And that retires the side

Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Roush hits it into the hole
on the right side
Treacy ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Roush is out by a step at first
One out
Due up next is Bobby Wallace

There's a cue shot off the end
of the bat by Wallace
Treacy makes the routine catch
of the soft liner
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Tinker held up, and draws a walk
Hunter isn't happy at all with that call

Hunter's pitch is a rising fastball
McGinnity tries to hold up
Ball four
Bullock points down to first
He did not go around

Base hit to left for Collins
Jim Thorpe is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Tinker is out!

Grounded towards first
Tinker grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
One away here in the bottom of the 5th
FOFC leads 2 to 0
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard

Negro League I leads Turn
of Century 2 to 1
AL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 6 to 2
Left Outs with the lead over
AL Pre WWII 9 to 6
Sutton comfortably ahead for Left Outs
NL Post WWII is embarrassing
Old Timers 10 to 2
Late 20th besting Negro League II 5 to 0
Molitor has hit his 1st
homerun for Late 20th

Grounded back to the mound
McGinnity comes up with it
Tosses it to first and gets him

A slider by McGinnity
Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it...
Roush back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
The side is retired
No runs, no hits and no errors
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Chance hits a screamer at Owen Hunter
Hunter picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag
Gonzalez swipes with the glove

Chance is out!
Nice play by Gonzalez
Hunter gets the first out in the inning

Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Jackson is retired on a fairly deep fly
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...

Cobb swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Cobb will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 11 games!
1 for 3 on the evening

Cobb stretches his lead
Cobb dances off first base...
Hunter fires over to first...
He caught Cobb leaning!
He's out

Gonzalez really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Cobb has a shot at it
He leaps for it at the fence...
OUT!!!
One down for FOFC
Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Fouts swings, and lines
it back up the middle
It glances off McGinnity's
glove and rolls away
Dan Fouts has himself an infield hit

Base hit to left for Gunner
Fouts is rounding second...
But he pulls up quickly as he sees
the sign from Dick Howser
Fouts will stay at second

Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Wallace
Throws to second
He's out
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
That ends the bottom of the 6th
After 6 innings, the All Stars lead by 2

It's a blast into deep right-center
Tucker is racing over
Pflaggstettler is at the wall
They both go up
They collide
The ball is free
Baker races into third
Home Run gets Dead Ball Era started
Triple number 1 of the year
for Home Run Baker

Lunging after the change-up
Roush hits a grounder through to right...
Scoring from third is Baker
Credit Roush with a single and an RBI

Wallace squares around
He bunts it . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by O.Hunter
a poor bunt by Wallace
That's one away

Bounced past the mound
Smooth pickup by Nights
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
And that retires the side
But not before Dead Ball Era gets 1 run
to put an end to Owen Hunter's
hopes of a shutout
After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC is still on top, 2-1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Swing and a miss!
Bad looking cut by Treacy
And here's why - Catchers interference!
No argument by Chance
Treacy heads to first
The ump caught Chance red handed!
Score It: E2
Treacy to first

Taking his lead is Treacy
Big lead at first...
Fastball inside...
Terp swings and misses
Treacy is off for second on the pitch
Chance is up and firing down...
The slide at second...
Treacy is out!
Nice peg by Chance

It's a smash over short
Wallace leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Terp makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Terp inches away from first base
McGinnity looks Terp back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

Hard curve ball...
Tucker sends a hot smash to first
Tinker takes it on one hop
Fires to Collins for one...
Back to Tinker...
A. J. beats the relay
He can really fly down the line!
Two down
Chance asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Chance and McGinnity

Tucker edges away from first base
Tucker has been successful
in 5 of 5 attempts
so far this season
Tucker unable to take a big lead
McGinnity glances over his shoulder
He's keeping him close
He's off to the races!
The peg down by Chance...
Tucker out at second base
It wasn't even close
The throw beat Tucker by a mile

Tris Speaker is going to
bat for Joe McGinnity
Dead Ball Era needs baserunners
desperately
Speaker knows how to get on base
He has a .464 OBP
He hits left handers at a .500 clip
He steps out of the dugout
and makes his way to the plate

Swung on and a drive to right-center
Pflaggstettler is after it, but
he won't catch this one
It one hops off the wall
Pflaggstettler bobbles it a second
That's enough for Speaker
He's heading for third
The throw is right on line...
But Tris Speaker slides in safely!
BOOM!
A nice start here in the top of
the 8th for Dead Ball Era
It's scored a triple
Triple number 2 of the year
for Tris Speaker

Hit in the air to center...
Tucker waits for it to come down...
He has it... Speaker is tagging up!
Here he comes...
Here comes the throw home...
He's...
SAFE! The game is tied!
It's all even now at 2
Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Collins
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

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

Swung on and missed...
Jackson is down on strikes
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League I is pounding
Turn of Century 9 to 2
AL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 6 to 2
Left Outs with the lead over
AL Pre WWII 9 to 6
NL Post WWII is crushing
Old Timers 13 to 2
Banks has hit his 5th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th winning over Negro
League II 6 to 0
And in our matchup We're all tied up at 2

Chance takes a short lead against
the lefty Knowles
Slow curve...
Bullock has it...
It's a delayed steal... There he goes
Bullock comes up from his stance firing...
High throw...
Goes into centerfield...
Over everyone's heads...
Around second... Chance heads for third...
And he will make it easily!

There will be an error charged to Bullock

It's popped up into foul territory
Billy Bullock is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 2
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
So After 7 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors
While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs,
6 hits and one error
Dead Ball Era has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 5
John McGraw will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Three Finger Brown has been
called from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Ground ball to the left side...
Wallace scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Persimmon Pflaggstettler offers
at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Pflaggstettler couldn't get
the bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to Bobby
Wallace for the out
Pflaggstettler never even
left the batter's box
Two away in today's tightly contested game
Score still tied here with two down
in the bottom of the 8th

There's a towering fly
ball hit by Gonzalez
Roush sprints over, and makes the catch
That does it for FOFC here
in their half of the eighth
As we head into the ninth
this game is all tied up at 2 runs apiece
Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed!

It is a slow change...
Baker'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 Home Run
Tucker 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
Baker slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the Dead Ball
Era third baseman

Roush rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Fouts
Dan fields it cleanly
Looks Baker back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
With one down

Gonzalez yells something out to Knowles
Bo nods his head

Wallace tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Kronside took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Wallace way out in front
Two down

That one is a grass cutter towards short
Nights fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
Jeff manages to come up with it
on the heel of his glove
Rolls the ball into his free hand
On to first
It is off target...
Potpie one hops it into his glove
Out!
Potpie can't get out of the way
and Joe runs right into him
Nice play as that ball was thrown
on the rightfield side of the bag
Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone
That retires the side
Dead Ball Era threatens but fails to score
Here in the top of the 9th

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Chance fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Fouts

Big bender...
Swung on...
Gunner pops it straight up
Three players converging on it
And it will be Wallace making the play
That's two away
Wallace comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Brown
Billy Bullock will be next up...

It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Wallace for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
And we go to extra innings!

It's a little roller out front
Bullock is on it...throws to first...
Nice play
One up, one down for Dead Ball Era

STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
Two down
Jace Kronside retires
the first two batters in order

In the dirt
That's ball four

Base hit to left for Jackson
Chance is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Jackson at first

Routine grounder to short
Taken by Nights
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's it in the top of the 10th
After 9 and a half innings in FOFC,
The score is tied at 2

Swung on...
High fly ball into left
Not hit well
Jackson is under it...
He's got it
Easy chance for Joe
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Slider, down and away...
Potpie reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Baker is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Jackson is hustling after it...
Potpie with the big turn...
The throw from Jackson goes into second
And Potpie holds at first

Tucker rips a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at first
Tinker just got his glove up in time
That's two away for the All Stars
We have a real "nail-biter" here today

Nights hits a slider to the
third base side of short
Wallace going hard to his right...
Backhands the groundball...
He stops, plants, and throws to second...
And gets the forceout on
the sliding Potpie
Putting an end to FOFC's inning
Dead Ball Era gets another chance
We will go to the 11th in FOFC

Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Baker rarely ever strikes out
But Kronside got him that time!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Negro League I ripped Turn
of Century 9 to 3
AL Post WWII topped Caribbean 6 to 3
Left Outs edged out AL Pre WWII 9 to 8
Sutton the winner, he's now 1-1
Mays takes the loss, his
record drops to 0-1
NL Post WWII humbled Old Timers 13 to 2
Late 20th easily defeated
Negro League II 6 to 1
Molitor has hit his 1st
homerun for Late 20th
And in our contest The score is tied at 2

He hits a tough grounder to first
Potpie flips to Kronside covering
Score It: 3-1
Two down
Jace Kronside retires
the first two batters in a row

It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Kronside retires the side in order
Here in the top of the 11th

High hard fastball, swung on...
It's a grounder hammered at second...
Collins is there...
IT'S INTO RIGHT!!...
It took a HIGH hop right over him!
That's a single for Pflaggstettler
(Guarding Lines Effect)

Pflaggstettler edges away from the bag
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

The runner goes
Blade loves to hit and run...
A low curveball to Blade
He swings a bit late
but hits it right up the middle
Pflaggstettler is going to try for third
Roush is over, picks it
up and fires to Baker
One bounce...
The slide by Pflaggstettler...
SAFE!
Quick throw to second to
hold Blade at first
Now Collins fires it to first...
Blade just dives back safely!
The hit and run works to perfection!

Fastball... just outside
Fouts will take first on the walk
That will load 'em up for Stan Gunner

John McGraw will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Chief Bender has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

It's popped up into foul territory
Frank Chance is under it
He grabs it for the out
Score It: 2
Bender gets out number one...
The All Stars have something going

Grounded through the infield
into left field
Base hit for Bullock
Over the head of the outfielder!
Pflaggstettler scores from third!
Blade takes third
Fouts takes second
FOFC wins 3 to 2
Kronside gets credit for the win
Brown takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 2 for 5 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.