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GAME 81 - June 27th - Radio Broadcast (I know I'm off on my dates again)

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and NL Pre WWII
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Frankie Frisch to lead it
off for NL Pre WWII
The lefty Williams delivers
Sinking fastball...
Frisch swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One out
Due up next is Pie Traynor

The intelligent and classy third baseman,
Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat
Traynor can't seem to get
settled at the plate
John Williams steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fly ball to right
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away

NL Pre WWII second baseman, Rogers
Hornsby, is up next
Williams adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
He brings it home
Rogers pops it up
And Fouts makes the play
Williams sets them down in order
Here in the top of the 1st

A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Tucker has hit 6 triples this year
The bat is cocked
The southpaw delivers
Sinking line drive
Caught by Frankie Frisch
One down for FOFC
Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
Nights is poised and ready for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Sharp breaking curve...
Nights chases it...
There's a ground ball up the middle
Past the leaping Marquard on the mound
Frisch cuts the ball off behind second...
He throws off balance to first...
SAFE! The ball is up the line
Terry can't get to it
It rolls to the seats
Nights will coasts into second
Score that a hit, and an error on Frisch
That's error number 1 of the
game for NL Pre WWII

Jeeberoni Potpie is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big
bopper, Gerald Gazelle,
waiting in the on-deck circle
The right-handed Potpie will
be facing the southpaw
5 of his 20 home runs come via this route
Marquard adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
Now the delivery, here is is...
Base hit to left for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

And the batter is Gerald Gazelle
K. A. Ton is on-deck
Gazelle is batting .275 with
10 round trippers in 1900
Gazelle tells the umpire he's ready
The lefthander delivers
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Cuyler reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch

K. A. Ton is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs
Marquard squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The stretch... the delivery
Fastball, paints the outside corner
Swung on by Ton
Grounded hard at Traynor...
Scooped up, fired to first...
OVER THE HEAD OF Terry...
Bounces into the dugout
Ton scampers into second
That'll be a two base error
Score It: E5
Potpie takes third
Ton to second

The All Stars will send
Harry Hays up to the plate
Hays has a .400 average
against lefthanders
He is .331 overall
Hays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefty Marquard delivers
Hays swings and lifts one toward right
Ott drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1
in their last ten games

As we get ready to start
the top of the 2nd
Ott is talking to Hays
We'll see how they pitch to Ott
Mel waits...
He steps out as Williams takes too long
Now he's back in the box
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Ott lifts a flyball towards A. J. Tucker
Tucker seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Tucker stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Tucker
NL Pre WWII with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Kiki Cuyler to
come to the plate

And it brings up Kiki Cuyler
On deck is Joe Medwick
Ernie Lombardi in the hole
Cuyler goes through his routine
of settling in
Williams has the sign from Hays
Here's the pitch
It's a pop-up in back of third
Fouts is under it
Still waiting...
Now he clutches it for the out
Two gone for NL Pre WWII

Pounding the plate with his bat
Medwick awaits the pitch
Medwick digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Williams
Medwick waits on Williams
Now ready, here it is...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Medwick gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That ends the inning
After 1 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Here's the third baseman Fouts
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then John Williams
Dan is taking his sweet time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Dan...
Now we're set to go
And Rube studies the sign from Lombardi...
Now he's got it
It's coming down the pike
It's a routine fly into center
Cuyler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One up, one down for FOFC

Marquard glares in at Blade
Barrett Blade just calmly
stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Marquard toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Lombardi
Rube rocks and fires
Blade swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Marquard strikes out Barrett Blade
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Williams departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Hitching up his pants...

Williams gazes out to the mound
Marquard is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Marquard gets the sign from Lombardi
The southpaw winds and delivers
Williams hits a screamer at Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Terry off the bag
Terry swipes with the glove

Williams is out!
Nice play by Terry
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

Ernie Lombardi will get things
started for NL Pre WWII
He'll be followed by Bill
Terry and Rube Marquard
If any of them get on,
lead-off hitter, Frankie
Frisch, will step in
Now Lombardi approaches home plate
Lombardi calls time, and steps
out of the batter's box
The Pre-Nationals are going
through a "June swoon"
They've dropped their last
6 games in a row
Now Lombardi's back in...
One ball, one strike on Lombardi
Williams brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Lombardi swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One gone for NL Pre WWII

Nobody on base, one away
Terry steps into the batter's box
Bill takes a couple of practice cuts
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Way ahead in the count
Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Hot shot grounded to first
It's off Potpie's glove!
Score It: E3
Terry to first

Marquard fouls off the bunt attempt
The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have
to see if they keep the bunt play on
Marquard squares
Marquard bunts it foul for
the third strike...
That's a strikeout!

Frisch finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Frisch has hit 3 home runs this year
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Frisch sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker
Tucker gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium center
NL Pre WWII comes up empty here
in the top of the 3rd
No runs, no hits, one error
and one man left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC still out in front, 1-0

A. J. Tucker, Jeff Nights, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 0 for 1 this evening
Tucker is waiting on the pitch
The lefthander Marquard delivers
Fastball...
Tucker jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Cuyler after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Kiki Cuyler!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Nights, the shortstop, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC ahead 1 to 0
Watching Marquard, Nights wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Jeff steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Marquard's pitch
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
1 Base Error By E.Lombardi
Score It: E2
Nights to first

Nights sneaks away from the base
Another throw...
Marquard's five throws over
have been effective
Nights has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Jeeberoni Potpie is coming to the plate
Potpie is 1 for 1 today
He is currently batting .289
Medwick, Cuyler and Ott
are playing him deep
Potpie is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Nights is dancing off first
Marquard's 3-0 pitch...
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Potpie rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Marquard looks dejected on the mound

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Gazelle
Marquard is ready quickly
The lefthander Marquard comes home with it
Here's a curveball, up in the zone...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Cuyler after it
Racing hard...
Reaching...
Can't get it...
It was just out of his reach!
He chases it to the fence
Gazelle around first, coasts into second
As the throw comes in late
Score that a two bagger

Here's K. A. Ton
Marquard toes the rubber
Here's the 2-0 offering
IT HITS Ton!
Now Ton gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Ton to take his base

Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
Two on... one out
FOFC up by 3
Time is called...
Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Marquard adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Lombardi
Marquard brings it to the plate
Hays reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to right
Base hit for Hays
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC on top 4 to 0

Here's Dan Fouts
NL Pre WWII looking for two
Fouts is 0 for 1 today
Rube looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Marquard rocks and fires
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Fouts is outta there
That's out number two
Pre-Nationals' pitching
coach, Johnny Allen,
is out to talk with Marquard
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Blade now at the plate
John Williams waits on deck
Blade is batting .257 with 1 HR this year
Marquard steps on the rubber
Marquard looks the runners back
Now here's the delivery
Base hit to right for Blade
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving Hays to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Blade at first

Williams walks to the plate
Williams looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Williams gets ready for Marquard's pitch
His bat is cocked
Hays is yelling some encouragement
Blade, at first, inches off the bag
He's into the stretch
Checks Blade at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Terry tosses it back to Marquard
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Williams
Hays scores
Blade is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Williams at first

Here comes Leo Durochure to the mound
He's waving for Burleigh Grimes
to make his way from the
NL Pre WWII bullpen
Grimes has 27 appearances so far this year
Rube Marquard will head
for the locker room
Earlier than he had hoped
He gets polite applause
from the FOFC crowd

That will bring Tucker up again
as FOFC has "batted around"
They have scored 5 runs
already this inning
Two men still on
A. J. flied out to start this inning
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Grimes looks down at Lombardi
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
Bounding ball to first
Terry trots to the bag
Score It: 3
That retires the side... but not before
5 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 3 innings, FOFC on top 6 to 0

Traynor steps up to the
plate for NL Pre WWII
It's the top of the 4th at FOFC Stadium
Pie steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Casey Stingle relays the sign
from Leo Durochure
Traynor flied out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Traynor waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Now John delivers
Traynor rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Traynor is around first,
heading for two...
Pflaggstettler is up with it
and fires it in quickly
Pie pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the NL
Pre WWII third baseman
Pie also ups his hitting
streak to 6 games!
That is Traynor's 1st hit today

Rogers Hornsby makes his way to home plate
Rogers is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
He's ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
It's in on the wrists
Rogers tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Williams walks him

That'll bring up right fielder
Mel Ott...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC on top 6 to 0

Runners first and second
John is set to go... a quick
look toward Hays again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
He is facing a power hitter in Ott
Williams has allowed 2 home
runs to lefties so far
5 to right-handers
Williams checks the runners
Curve, up high...
Ott rips it to center...
Williams hung that breaking ball
However, Mel got under it just a bit
Tucker started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
That's one away

So with 2 on and 1 out
the Pre-Nationals send their
center fielder,
Kiki Cuyler, up to face Williams
Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting
in the on-deck circle
The outfield shades towards
left for Cuyler
Cuyler awaits the delivery
Williams brings it to the plate
Flyball to left
it's caught
Traynor has a chance to move up...
Traynor is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's SAFE!

Ducky is now coming to bat
Medwick is at .347 on the season
Medwick awaits the pitch
Now John delivers
Slow curve...
And he chased it! STRIKE THREE!
Medwick just couldn't hold up
That pitch was a real tantalizer
But Medwick fails in the clutch this time
We head to the bottom of the 4th
here in FOFC...
Still 6-0, FOFC

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

Japanese League is edging
Negro League II 2 to 1
Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 2 to 0
Tiant Sr. battling Ryan
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Old Timers is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2
Turn of Century is beating
Left Outs 8 to 4
Dead Ball Era and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 2
McGwire has hit his 7th
homerun for Late 20th
Nights gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Grimes steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander Grimes' delivery
Nights fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of short
Frisch is over quickly
Easy out
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Making his way up is Potpie
FOFC ahead 6 to 0
Lombardi flashes the sign to Grimes
Windup by Grimes
And the pitch
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
Two down
Burleigh Grimes retires
the first two batters in a row

Gazelle gets set at the plate
Grimes peers in for the sign
Gazelle is a formidable opponent
Burleigh has allowed 5 home runs
versus righties this year
And Gerald is no ordinary hitter
The pitch is on the way
Gazelle lofts a fly to deep right
Ott trots slowly under it...
He makes the catch
FOFC is out of here in the
bottom of the 4th
This game is coming to you from
FOFC Stadium in FOFC
After 4 innings
FOFC has 6 runs, 7 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
one hit and 3 errors

Ernie Lombardi stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Williams is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Williams kicks and fires
Drilled on the ground to the mound
Taken by Williams
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
One away...
Potpie is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Fouts also...
Now they return to their positions

One out, nobody on base
Bill Terry is the batter
Terry is batting .274 with
2 HR's this year
Williams likes the sign
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-0 pitch
Baltimore chop
Into center for a single!

Pre-Nationals pitcher Burleigh
Grimes is up, now
They'll be looking
for him to lay one down
FOFC is set up for two
Williams is happy with the sign
The pitch to Grimes...
Grimes just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Williams

While Pie Traynor heads for
the on deck circle
Frankie Frisch makes his way to the plate
Frankie steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Frisch is 0 for 2 today
He flied out last time up
Frankie stands with bat ready
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Blade
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side...
Frisch fails to come through in the clutch
For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Harry Hays, and
Dan Fouts are due up
Grimes has the sign from Lombardi
The righthander Grimes delivers
Pflaggstettler swings and
hits a high fly to left
It is right along the line...
Medwick is over at the fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Medwick
And in the seats for a home run!

Next up is Harry Hays,
the FOFC catcher...
FOFC out in front by 7
It's the bottom of the 5th
Harry is batting at .333 with 6 home runs
He is 1 for 2 so far today
Hays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Grimes goes into his windup
And here's the 2 strike offering
Harry Hays hits a high pop
fly on the infield
Frankie Frisch calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Frisch is there to make the play
And there's one away

Walking up now to the plate is Fouts
Fouts is hitting .205 against righties
Grimes is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Grimes looks in...
Now he's ready
Here's the righthander's delivery
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Fouts hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

One on, one out
Blade walks to the batter's box
Barrett is batting .262
in 168 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by John Williams
Blade is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Grimes
He's waiting for the pitch
Grimes' righthanded delivery...
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Lombardi
Fouts dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Fouts made it back
FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with
two away this inning

All Stars' pitcher Williams
is up next
Williams wiggles the bat above his head
Williams readies himself for the pitch
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Fouts dives back in!...
SAFE!
Terry tosses it back to Grimes
Now here's the pitch
Williams raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Ott is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Frisch
No chance to get Fouts at third

Two on, two outs...
Tucker steps to the plate
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Burleigh Grimes
Tucker cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Grimes checks the runners
Popped up into shallow center
Cuyler has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 8
That ends the inning for FOFC
FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has no runs,
2 hits and 3 errors
They have now stranded 6 baserunners

Pie Traynor leading off for NL Pre WWII
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Traynor is 1 for 2 today
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Williams winds his left arm
Lets it go
Ground ball to the left side...
Nights scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
So one up and one gone

Coming up for NL Pre WWII
is Rogers Hornsby
Nobody on base, one out
Hornsby is at .282 on the season
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's his delivery
Oh Oh, hanging curve...
Swung on...
There's a hard line drive in the gap
That looks like an easy two-bagger
A. J. Tucker dives...
knocks it down...
Picks it up...
Hornsby digging hard for second...
The ball is fired in to Blade
Not in time...
Rogers slides in under the tag...
Hornsby has himself a double
Williams has to get that curve down
NL Pre WWII will eat that pitch up
if he doesn't
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach
has been working with him on that pitch

That'll bring up Pre-Nationals'
right fielder Mel Ott...
NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
One out, man on second
Williams eyes Ott intently
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 3 on the evening for Williams
FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Negro League II leads Japanese
League 4 to 3
Holland battling Bessho
Caribbean is giving it to
AL Post WWII 5 to 0
AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 5 to 4
Simmons has hit his 15th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 4 to 3
Turn of Century toppling Left Outs 11 to 4
Rusie enjoying the big
Turn of Century lead
Late 20th is edging Dead Ball Era 3 to 2

Cuyler settles in at the plate
Cuyler swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
The left-hander Williams is now ready
And the delivery by Williams
Inside for ball four
And Cuyler walks
That's 2 walks given up by Williams today

Next up for NL Pre WWII is Joe Medwick
Medwick is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
He's ready
Williams looks over at Cuyler
Now back at Hornsby
He's coming home with it
It's right down the pike!
Strike three looking!
Williams crossed Medwick up that time
We're in the middle of the 6th
FOFC still leads 7-0

Kris Terp is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Grimes is saying a few words to Hornsby...
So far in 1900,
Burleigh has a 7 and 4 record
with 5 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
The kick and the pitch
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
That's one away

Potpie digs in at the plate
Ready now for Grimes to come set
Potpie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Jeeberoni is set for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 52 on the season for Grimes
Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th
FOFC on top 7 to 0

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle is 1 for 3 today
He is currently batting .277
Medwick, Cuyler and Ott
are playing him deep
Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle
Grimes brings it home
Change up...
Gazelle hits a fly ball to right
Ott is under it...
He's got it
And that will do it for FOFC

Ernie Lombardi, Bill Terry, and
Burleigh Grimes are due up
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The lefty Williams delivers
Ground ball to short
Terp ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Bill Terry, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Terry looks to Casey Stingle for the sign
Bill seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Williams goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Lombardi
He lobs one to Potpie...
Lombardi is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into right...
Gazelle coming on fast...
He can't get it...
has to take it on one hop...
Throws it in to second
Score that a single for Terry
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

Paul Waner is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Burleigh Grimes

That'll bring up Paul Waner
Things haven't gone well for NL Pre WWII
They trail FOFC by 7 runs
FOFC on top 7 to 0
Waner grips the bat handle
Paul steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Williams' pitch
John comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
The HIGH CHEESE.........
STRIKE THREE SWINGING!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Frisch is ready to face Williams
1st and 2nd, one man down
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Lined to second
Blade tries it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 4
Two gone for NL Pre WWII
Time is running out for them
They need a touchdown!
FOFC is certainly in the catbird seat

Pie Traynor coming up now
for the Pre-Nationals
The All Stars lead 7-nothing
We're in the top of the 7th
Traynor is at .289 on the season
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Williams brings it to the plate
Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Terp
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
Another scoreless inning for Williams
What a beautiful game he is pitching
here at FOFC Stadium
He is getting NL Pre WWII's
batters to hit his pitch

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Jesse Haines will be coming on
to pitch for NL Pre WWII
Jesse has appeared in 17 games this season
He has a record of 1-0
in 43 innings
His ERA stands at 6.02

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Pflaggstettler has a .322 average against
righthanders this season
Persimmon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Haines' pitch
The righthander Haines' delivery
Pflaggstettler swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep right
Ott is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by Pflaggstettler
Traveling about 405 feet
That's home run number 14 for him
He also has 50 RBI's now

Harry Hays will come up next
This game is a laugher for FOFC
They're up by 8 runs
FOFC ahead 8 to 0
Haines adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Here's the 3-2 offering
A hanging curve...
Hays laces it hard just
to the right of Terry
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

FOFC sends the third baseman,
Dan Fouts, up to the plate
Jesse gets the sign from Lombardi
Haines goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Hays
He lobs one to Terry...
Hays is back easily
We're ready again
Now Haines comes home
Fastball down low...
Fouts swings and hits one out to center
Kiki Cuyler is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Haines
Hays trots back to first
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is still in
the on-deck circle
and John Williams is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Settling in at the plate is Blade
Barrett has 2 strike outs so far today
He'll be looking to get
a piece of this one
Blade waits on Haines
Haines' 3-0 pitch...
Haines loses him
Blade heads down to first

Williams is up now for FOFC
Haines is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Now Jesse delivers
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
Two down
Lombardi asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Lombardi and Haines

A. J. Tucker will get a
crack at Haines next
Kris Terp would be up next...
But only if Tucker can reach safely
Right-hander Haines eyes the lefty Tucker
Here's his delivery
Routine grounder to second
Hornsby grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 40330

Although behind by 8
NL Pre WWII does have the
heart of their line-up
coming up to face John Williams
Williams' been tough on
NL Pre WWII all day
Hornsby adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Rogers is 1 for 2 this evening
Williams has the sign from Hays
He brings it home
Curve, paints the corner...
Hornsby swings...
Grounder down the left field line
It's past Fouts
rolling all the way to the corner
Hornsby rounds first...
Heads for second
Pflaggstettler plays it off the wall
Here's the throw...
Not in time!
Hornsby slides in with a double

Master Melvin is coming to the plate
Ott a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
He's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
Groundball to short
Hornsby will hold at second base
Ott is retired on the groundout

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Kiki steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Casey Stingle relays the sign
from Leo Durochure
Cuyler drew a walk last time up
and now is 0 for 2
Cuyler waiting on the delivery
Williams brings it to the plate
Wait a minute ... What's going on?
A balk has been called!
Williams must have done something wrong
The ump caught him in the act!

Kiki Cuyler steps into the box
Cuyler is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Terp are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Cuyler cocks his bat
Now to the belt, here it is...
Lunging after the change-up
Cuyler hits a grounder through to left...
Scoring from third is Hornsby
Credit Cuyler with a single and an RBI

Joe Medwick steps into the box
Joe steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Medwick is 0 for 3 today
He struck out last time up
Medwick waits patiently
Williams' into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Cuyler moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

Joe Medwick steps into the box
Medwick wiggles the bat above his head
Medwick waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Fozborg rocks and fires
Medwick hits a three hopper
towards Dan Fouts
Fouts scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two gone for NL Pre WWII
Time is running out for them

Now here's Lombardi
Before getting ready
Lombardi checks out the
defensive alignment
All set, Lombardi is ready for the pitch
Sirr rocks and fires
Fastball... just outside
And Lombardi will take first on the walk

The first baseman, Terry, is ready to bat
FOFC leads 8 to 1 in the top of the 8th
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Sirr checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Smashed to second
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII
FOFC has 8 runs, 12 hits and one error
While NL Pre WWII has one run,
7 hits and 3 errors
They have now stranded 10 baserunners

Here's Kris Terp leading off
Jeeberoni Potpie is on deck
And Gerald Gazelle is in the hole
Terp swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Haines
Terp looks very intent...
He stares down at Haines...
Cocks his bat
Righthander Haines' delivery
Comebacker, right to Haines
Over to Terry for the easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II is in front
of Japanese League 6 to 3
Caribbean clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1
Negro League I is edging
AL Pre WWII 6 to 5
NL Post WWII winning over
Old Timers 9 to 3
Bench has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Turn of Century is pounding
Left Outs 11 to 4
Lajoie has hit his 9th homerun
for Turn of Century
Late 20th is on top of
Dead Ball Era 4 to 2
Clemens and Brown currently dueling

Potpie is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Potpie is looking for lightning
to strike again
He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today
Jeeberoni is 2 for 4...
Batting .289 on the season
Potpie waits
And the delivery by Haines
Another hook for strike three!
Potpie just stood there looking
Two down
Haines retires the first two FOFC batters

Gerald Gazelle will make
his way to home plate
He's the right fielder for FOFC
We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle
Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch
Haines kicks and fires
Gazelle pounds a grounder
toward Frisch at short
Frankie moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Frisch stayed with it
Over to first and Gazelle is retired
Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop
So that will be all for FOFC
here in the last of the 8th
The All Stars will be adding to their
7 game win streak
if Fozborg can close this game out
We now head into the 9th

Ross Youngs is going to
bat for Jesse Haines
NL Pre WWII needs baserunners desperately
Youngs knows how to get on base
He has a .371 OBP
He hits right handers at a .276 clip
He steps out of the dugout
and makes his way to the plate

Ross Youngs to lead it off for NL Pre WWII
Sirr Fozborg steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Fozborg is into his wind-up
And the pay-off pitch
There's a fly ball to Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle circles under it...
He makes the play
With one down, up next is Frankie Frisch
To be followed by Pie Traynor

Frankie Frisch plants his left foot
The lefthanded shortstop for
NL Pre WWII appears set
Frankie is batting .268 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 4 today
Right-hander Fozborg prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Frisch
Fozborg is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Ball four is the call
Fozborg can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Fozborg
Frisch takes first base

One on, one out
Traynor walks to the batter's box
Pie is 1 for 4 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
The bat is cocked
Fozborg fires
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One more chance for NL
Pre WWII this inning

So with 1 on and 2 outs
NL Pre WWII sends their second baseman,
Rogers Hornsby, up to face Fozborg
Hard-hitting Mel Ott is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Rogers is hitting at .287 on the year
He has 89 hits in 310 at bats
This includes 21 doubles, 5 triples
8 home runs and 47 RBI's
Hornsby is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Frisch is dancing off first
It's coming down the pike
He chases the fastball...
Base Hit!...A line drive over third...
Rolling along the foul line...
Frisch around second, heading for third...
Fouts throws into second...
Holding is Hornsby at first
but allowing Frisch to safely reach third

Ott finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Ott is hitting .300 against righties
Mel is ready for the delivery
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Terp
He throws
and gets the force at second
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Hornsby, is out
And that will do it for NL Pre WWII
FOFC wins 8 to 1
Williams gets credit for the win
Marquard takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 2 for 2 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.