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9/7 Radio Broadcast Continued
Bouncer in the hole
Past Jake Beckley... base
hit to right field!
Tucker takes a wide turn at first
Look out! Keeler fires it back in
Tucker dives back to the bag
He's safe... Keeler almost caught him
Hold on... Tucker looks hurt
First base coach Joe Adcock
is trying to help him up
The FOFC trainer, Tay Pemup
trots out on the field
He gives Tucker a once-over
A. J. appears to be okay...
Just shaken up a bit, is all
There goes Tucker...
And it's ball four...
Tucker pulls up and walks into second
Potpie rips a solid shot to left
Burkett ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
One down, two to go...
Cy Young has to bear down now
It's fouled off very high
Just to the right of third base
Bresnahan circles under it...
Waits...
WATCH OUT!
He caught it
But Roger had to bend over
backwards to bring it in
Two down
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Palmer is outta there
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 4th
After 3 and a half innings, Turn
of Century on top 1 to 0
Time to check some other scores
Japanese League is on top of
Negro League I 2 to 0
NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0
AL Pre WWII is beating Negro
League II 4 to 0
Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3
AL Post WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII and Late 20th are scoreless
Rixey battling Martinez
FOFC is hanging tough
Currently in 2nd place
they are within 1.5 games
of the National leaders
Curve in the dirt... and Kelley holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Hays appeals to first
Appeal fails
Kelley will take first on the walk
That's 1 walk today for Kelley
Kelley yells something to Babson
It sounded like a challenge from here
I wouldn't be surprised...
Kelley is great on the bases
He wants to unnerve Brian
No doubt he does!
Babson tosses another quick
one to first...
Even the speedy Kelley looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead
Lajoie rips a line shot to the short stop
OUT!
Nights didn't have to move!
One blink and that would have
been past him!
Kelley stays put
And there's one away
Here's a hard slider...
Swung on and driven to right-center
Pflaggstettler giving chase...
It's over his head, Kelley will score!
Pflaggstettler will have to
run it down at the wall
Picks it up, throws it
back in to Palmer...
The headfirst slide by Wagner...
He beats the throw
Give him a triple on the play
He hits a tough grounder to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
Two away now for Turn of Century
They're ahead by 2
The Centurions have 2 hits on the evening
A high fastball...
Duffy swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Nights
Jeff is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Duffy was looking for the breaking ball
Duffy chokes in the clutch!
That's all for the Centurions...
After 4 innings here at Yellowstone
Park in Turn of Century,
Turn of Century ahead 2 to 0
Change up...
Fools Gunner...
He still manages to hit
a grounder to first
Beckley BOOTS THE BALL!!!
Gunner is safe at first on the error
Score It: E3
Gunner to first
The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
Nights just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Lajoie races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Young gets the first out in the inning
Grounded towards the bag
Kelley comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
Two gone in the top of the 5th
Turn of Century is still in quite a jam
Clutch situation for Barrett Blade
He'll come up against the
righthanded Young
Blade swings very late
He pops it foul
Bresnahan gives chase
Here comes Kelley
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Blade back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Curve, down low...
Swung on and missed
Strike three right by Blade
Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it!
That's all for FOFC
After 4 and a half innings in Turn
of Century this evening,
Turn of Century on top 2 to 0
Dribbler in front of home
Hays gets to it
He throws
He is SAFE!
Bresnahan gets an infield hit
Young fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Young squares
Young bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Fastball down low...
Burkett swings and hits one out to right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Babson
Bresnahan trots back to first
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson
Bresnahan takes a walking lead
Bresnahan has stolen 4 bases
in 7 attempts in 1900
The runner unable to take a big lead
Babson keeps looking him back
A slider by Babson
Keeler gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
After 5 innings tonight,
the Centurions lead by 2
Comebacker, right to Young
Over to Beckley for the easy out
One away in the top of the 6th for FOFC
There's a fly ball to Wee Willie Keeler
Keeler circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the second out of the inning
Drilled on the ground to short
Wagner grabs it
Over to Beckley
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
After 5 and a half innings tonight,
the Centurions lead by 2
Kelley hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
With one down, up next is Nap Lajoie
To be followed by Honus Wagner
Swung on and missed by Lajoie,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Lajoie
That's two away
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Palmer plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
1-2-3, nothing across...
A hanging curve...
Hays laces it hard just to
the right of Wagner
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Harry...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in
Palmer goes after the curve...
There's a drive into right...
For a single...
Hays moves over to third...
The throw from Keeler comes into second
Gunner rips a hanging curve
to deep right-center
He really walloped this one...
Keeler doesn't even have
time to wave goodbye
It is long gone!
The FOFC left fielder really smoked it
Nights hits a screamer at Honus Wagner
Wagner picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Beckley off the bag
Beckley swipes with the glove
Nights is out!
Nice play by Beckley
One down for FOFC
Brian Babson is still in
the on-deck circle
and Barrett Blade is looking
for a bat in the dugout
Slow ground ball
Lajoie is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
FOFC on top 3 to 2 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
Japanese League is edging
Negro League I 2 to 1
Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2
AL Pre WWII winning over
Negro League II 6 to 0
Left Outs and Dead Ball Era
are deadlocked at 5
AL Post WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Beckley snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Beckley
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 and a half innings
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
3 hits and one error
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Turn of Century has failed to bring home 3
It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Curve ball...
Beckley swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That's one away
Smashed to the mound
Babson comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in a row
Jimmy Collins will hit for Roger Bresnahan
Collins is batting .250 with 5 home runs
He also has 29 RBI's on the year
He's batting .252 against righties
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
That is the third out for
Turn of Century here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 22671
Turn of Century's defensive changes are...
O'Rourke will bat 8th and play C
Tucker rips a whistling
liner down the line
Bingo! Beckley spears it!
A shot right at the Turn of
Century first baseman
Piece of cake!
Turn of Century gets the first
out of the inning
Slider, in on the hands...
Pflaggstettler swings...
There's a ground ball into the hole
Kelley and Wagner both
stretching for it...
Kelley makes the pickup, fires to first...
SAFE!...
The ball is off the glove of Beckley
It rolls into the dugout...
Pflaggstettler is awarded secondbase
He'll be given a base hit, and
Kelley gets the error
That's error number 2 of the
game for Turn of Century
(Guarding Lines Effect)
Grounded towards the hole
Smooth pickup by Lajoie
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's two gone for FOFC here
in the top of the 8th
Let's take ten seconds for
station identification
This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
Your four sports network...
Smashed to short
Wagner grabs it
Over to Beckley
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
Three down for FOFC
Still a 1 run deficit for Turn of Century
Let me point out that
coming in to today's game
FOFC is 33 and 20 in one run games
Turn of Century has a 29 and 28 record
in these tight contests
Now batting for Turn of Century...
Hughie Jennings...
He'll pinch hit for Cy Young
Jennings with a .317 average
on the season
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Jennings!
With one down
Potpie yells something out to Babson
Brian nods his head
Fastball... low and away, ball four
Babson puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Pflaggstettler one hands it...
OUT!
One more chance for Turn
of Century this inning
Burkett takes a three step lead
Babson holds the ball...
Still holding the ball...
Spinning he fires it over to Potpie...
Burkett dives back...
Out!
That was a dumb play by Burkett
It wasn't even close...
He's got to keep his head in the game!
Kid Nichols will be coming on to
pitch for Turn of Century
Kid has appeared in 57 games this season
He has a record of 6-4
in 112 innings
His ERA stands at 4.82
Sharp breaking curveball...
Palmer reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Wagner...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Beckley at first!
Palmer is out easily
One away for FOFC
I had the pleasure of meeting
the fine author
Robert Creamer last night
He told me a funny story about Babe Ruth
Seems he was at an elegant dinner party
A rather splendid asparagus
salad was served
Babe played with it for a moment
then pushed it aside
The hostess asked politely
"Don't you care for the salad, Mr. Ruth?"
"Oh it's not that",
was his courteous reply
"It's just that asparagus
makes my urine smell"
Gunner swings and lifts one toward center
Duffy drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
FOFC on top 3 to 2 with
two away this inning
It's a routine fly into center
Duffy ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
So that's it for FOFC
They fail to score against Nichols
In the top of the 9th for FOFC
No runs, no hits and no errors
Kronside is in to try and
close this one out...
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Kelley is retired on a fairly deep fly
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 cuffed Japanese
League 6 to 3
NL Post WWII downed Caribbean 5 to 3
AL Pre WWII ripped Negro League II 7 to 1
Left Outs squeezed by Dead Ball Era 7 to 5
AL Post WWII smacked Old Timers 7 to 0
NL Pre WWII downed Late 20th 4 to 2
And in our contest FOFC ahead 3 to 2
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Fouts stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play
Extra base hit to center for Wagner
A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it
This one is rolling to the wall...
This might be stretched into an
inside the park homerun!
He's going to try for it!
Here's the play...
He's Out!!!!
They tried to tie it on an inside
the park homerun can came up just a step
short...
That play keeps the FOFCers hopes alive
as they remain half a game back with
1 to play...
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