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June 28th - Game 82 - Radio Broadcast

Howdy Folks, and welcome to our
Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast
at Paradise Park
FOFC will take on the hometown Estrellas
The visitors hope to add to their current
8 game winning streak
Mike Cuellar, will see if he can stop them
He'll be looking for win number 5
here in 1900
FOFC will send Owen Hunter
out to the mound
in the bottom of the first
He has a record of 5-4
with a 4.94 ERA
It won't be long now...
The windup, the pitch
Tucker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Cuellar strikes out A. J. Tucker
One up, one down here in
the top of the 1st

One away, nobody on base
Nights stands ready at the plate
Nights has hit 7 home runs this year
Cuellar toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gonzalez
Cuellar is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
Ripped to third, but right
at Linares...easy out
Two down

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Cuellar next
If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow
Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter,
will face the lefty Cuellar
Of his 21 home runs, 6 are
against southpaws
Potpie waiting on the delivery
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Well hit by Potpie
Minoso moves back...
Still going back...
He makes the catch up against the fence
Mike Cuellar holds FOFC scoreless
in the first inning

As we go to the bottom of the first
let's set the defensive alignment for FOFC
Hunter and Hays are the battery mates
Potpie will man first base
Fouts is at the hot corner
Nights and Blade form the
keystone combination
From left to right it is
Ton, Tucker and Gazelle
Now Minnie Minoso steps in
Minoso scuffs up the lines around the box
Hunter steps on the rubber
Here comes the cripple pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Minoso is out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Coming up for Caribbean is Antonio Pacheco
Nobody on base, one out
Hunter squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The pitch is on the way
A slider by Hunter
Pacheco gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hunter retires the first
two Caribbean batters

The center fielder, Pancho
Coimbre, is up next
Coimbre is hitting .297 against righties
The umpire says let's go
Coimbre is ready
Hunter is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Coimbre tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
That's three up, three down
Caribbean has no runs, no
hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors

The FOFC right fielder, Gazelle,
will lead off
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Against lefthanders
Gazelle is hitting .300 this season
Gazelle gets set for the pitch
The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch
Fastball, right down the pipe
Gerald Gazelle swings...
Wow, this one is pounded!
It's going, going, GONE!
A tremendous solo home run
to put FOFC out in front
FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Next up for FOFC is K. A. Ton
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Cuellar brings it to the plate
It's a routine fly into left
Minoso ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One away in the top of the 2nd for FOFC

Hays gets set at the plate
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
Hays, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Cuellar
Cuellar goes into his windup
And here's the 0-2 offering
Grounded towards third
Linares scoops it
LONG THROW...
HE'S SAFE!

Fouts digs in at the plate
Ready now for Cuellar to come set
We'll see how they pitch to Fouts
Fouts tells the umpire he's ready
Cuellar goes into his stretch...
Looks at Hays...
He fires one to Cepeda...
Hays dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Cepeda lobs it back
Now Cuellar comes home
Fouts gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to short
Concepcion is waving everybody off
Fouts is retired
That's the second out of the inning

FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, is up next
Blade is at .260 on the season
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw Cuellar delivers
the 3-0 pitch
Low, ball four...
Blade takes first

Stepping in for FOFC, is Hunter
Blade at first, Hays at second, two away
Cuellar has the sign from Gonzalez
Mike checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Hunter was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1
in their last ten games

Cepeda saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cepeda is batting .249 with
13 HR's this year
And Owen studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The righthander winds and delivers
Cepeda starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Hunter walks him

And it brings up Tony Oliva
On deck is Omar Linares
Miguel Gonzalez in the hole
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Oliva looks to third for a sign
Hunter is slow to get ready

He has a 4.88 ERA this year
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Cepeda dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Swung on and missed by Oliva,
he's down on strikes
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Japanese League with the lead
over Negro League I 3 to 0
Old Timers and Negro League
II are scoreless
NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Left Outs with the lead over
NL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Robinson has hit his 8th
homerun for Left Outs
Turn of Century is on top
of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Young and McGinnity currently dueling
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
have yet to score
And here in Caribbean FOFC ahead 1 to 0

And the batter is Omar Linares
Miguel Gonzalez is on-deck
Omar Linares is hitting .287 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Hunter likes the sign
Hunter fires
Linares hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
Jeff Nights dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
That's two away

Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez is at .275 on the season
He is hitting .307 against righties
Hays flashes the sign...
Hunter waves it off...
Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
It bounces in front of the
plate and gets by Hays
Cepeda moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch

Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box
Gonzalez is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gonzalez waits for the delivery
Owen rocks and fires
There's a routine pop by Gonzalez
Nights moves under it and
makes the routine catch
That retires the side...
Miguel Gonzalez fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Tucker is batting .291 with
2 HR's this year
Cuellar wastes no time
He has the sign from Gonzalez
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
One up, one down here in
the top of the 3rd

Nights saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cuellar is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Cuellar brings it to the plate
Nights hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion
Concepcion picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Cepeda off the bag
Cepeda swipes with the glove

Nights is out!
Nice play by Cepeda
Two down
Mike Cuellar retires
the first two batters in order

Up now for FOFC is Potpie
Two away, nobody on
Potpie is at .287 on the season
2 down, Cuellar ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
The southpaw Cuellar's delivery
Slider, over the inside corner...
Lashed hard out into right
It's in for a base hit...
Oliva quickly racing over...
Fields it smoothly, fires it
in behind the runner...
Potpie dives back into the bag...
SAFE!!
Credit Potpie with a single

Potpie inches away from the base
Potpie takes his lead...

Cuellar is not paying enough attention
Potpie extends his lead... the pitch
It's a slow curve...
He breaks for second!
Up and firing is Gonzalez...
OUT!!...
As Pacheco slaps the tag
on the sliding Potpie

Dave Concepcion, Mike Cuellar, and
Minnie Minoso are due up
Dave is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Dave...
Now we're set to go
Concepcion is set for the pitch
Hunter's into the windup... the delivery
Concepcion lifts a flyball
towards Gerald Gazelle
Gazelle seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Gazelle stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
He's got it!
Nice recovery by Gazelle
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Nobody on, one away for Caribbean
Up now is Cuellar
Cuellar swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Hunter
Mike takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Sinking fastball...
Cuellar swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Fouts...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step

Minoso departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Minnie is hitting at .269 on the year
He has 29 hits in 108 at bats
Caribbean's leadoff hitter has
scored 16 runs this year
Waiting for the pitch is Minoso
Hunter winds and delivers
Sharp breaking curveball...
Minoso reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Nights...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Minoso is out easily
That ends the inning
After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 1

Gazelle up now to lead off
Mike Cuellar steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
And the delivery by Cuellar
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Gazelle rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Cuellar looks dejected on the mound

FOFC left fielder, K. A.
Ton, will be up next
He will be followed by Harry Hays
Bases empty... no one out
FOFC up by 2
Ton is batting .257 with
7 round trippers in 1900
He's ready for the delivery
The Estrellas' southpaw winds and delivers
There's a hard bouncer to Linares' left
He's over...
Makes the pick-up...
Over to Cepeda...
Ton is out!
A sparkling glove hand pick-up
by Omar Linares!
One gone for FOFC

Hays moseys up to the plate
Dan Fouts is heading for
the on-deck circle
Hays swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Cuellar
Hays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's his delivery
Hays is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 2

Fouts, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 2 to 0
Left-hander Mike Cuellar
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Fouts
The lefty Cuellar delivers
Hit hard to the right of Concepcion...
And it's caught in the air
by a diving Linares!
That ends the top of the 4th
One run, one hit and no errors
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 2

Antonio Pacheco is up to
lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Caribbean
to get things going
Hunter adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Big breaking ball...
Pacheco swings and lifts one deep to right
This one has a chance...
Gazelle is at the warning track...
He waits...
Gerald you can tell that one Goodbye!
Number 8 on the year for Antonio Pacheco

Walking up to the plate now is Coimbre
Perucho Cepeda waits on deck
Against righthanders
Coimbre is hitting .295
Hunter wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
He brings it home
A hanging curve...
Coimbre 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 Pancho...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

Coimbre at first, nobody out
Cepeda comes to the plate
Coimbre takes his lead
Hunter adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Cepeda drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Matty Alou will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by Caribbean...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
All runners are safe!
Double for Cepeda

Oliva, Caribbean's right fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Omar Linares waits on deck
Oliva steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Tony is 0 for 1 today
Oliva awaits the delivery
Hunter's 3-2 pitch...
It is a slow change...
Oliva's not at all fooled
He hits it squarely...
It's heading out to right-center
almost on a line...
Very well hit ball by Tony
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
Oliva slides into second base
but it was not necessary
Two-bagger for the Caribbean right fielder
Cepeda scores from third!

Omar Linares, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Linares can't seem to get
settled at the plate
He's ready
The home town crowd is
yelling out to Oliva
telling him to watch out
as Blade sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Hunter delivers the 3-1 offering
Hanging curveball...
Linares times it, swings...
There's a high drive...
Crunched deep towards right center...
Gazelle doesn't have a chance
Home Run for Linares
That was way over the fence

Making his way up is Gonzalez
Miguel is hitting at .274 on the year
He has 80 hits in 292 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Gonzalez popped out his last time up
All set, Gonzalez is ready for the pitch
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Shallow fly ball
Ton charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Gonzalez stops at first
That's a single

Caribbean shortstop, Dave Concepcion,
will be up next
He will be followed by Mike Cuellar
One on... no one out
Caribbean up by 3
Concepcion is taking his practice swings
Dave is 0 for 1 this evening
Hunter studies his sign
The stretch... the 3-1 delivery
Concepcion drives the ball
to left for extra bases
Matty Alou plays it safe and
stops him at third...
Double for Concepcion

Stepping in is Mike Cuellar
Estrellas with runners on second and third
Mike takes a couple of practice cuts
Mike steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Hunter's pitch
A check on the runners... the pitch
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One down for Caribbean
Minnie Minoso is still in
the on-deck circle
and Antonio Pacheco is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Minoso is up now for Caribbean
Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Minoso
The righthander delivers
Rodney loses him
Minoso heads down to first
No more room on the bases now
Rodney has to bear down now

Settling in at the plate is Pacheco
Pacheco goes through his
routine of settling in
Pacheco, batting lefthanded
Gets in his crouch...
Ready to face the righthanded Rodney
Rodney checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Grounder topped to the mound
Taken by Rodney
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 1-6
Gonzalez scores from third!
Concepcion takes third
The runner on first, Minoso, is out
Two down, now...
Pancho Coimbre is due up next
Big inning for Caribbean...
They've put 6 runs on the board

Pancho Coimbre is up next
The Estrellas' center fielder
finds 2 on with 2 outs
Coimbre gets set
He's 1 for 2 so far
Coimbre is set
Now to the belt, here it is...
Stroked to third
Clean single for Coimbre
Caribbean adds to their lead
Caribbean leads 7 to 2

Cepeda comes to the plate
Estrellas with runners on first and third
Cepeda has a .238 average against
righthanders this season
James looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Rodney checks the runners
at first and third
Pacheco bluffs a move toward home
Rodney doesn't flinch
Here's the 2 strike offering
Grounded down the line
Rodney takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
Caribbean is finally retired in
the bottom of the 4th...
After a 7 run outburst,
they lead FOFC by 5

FOFC will send Blade,
Deacon Palmer, and A. J. Tucker to face
Mike Cuellar this inning
The righthander, Blade has
an average of .260
His success against lefties, like Cuellar
is better, however, at .325
Blade waits patiently
The southpaw delivers
Blade hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion
Concepcion takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Cepeda scoops it on one hop

Blade is out!
Nice play by Cepeda
Cuellar gets the first out in the inning

Palmer departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Deacon looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Palmer taps the bat on home plate
Palmer waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Cuellar rocks and fires
Palmer takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Palmer is out on strikes
That's two away
Concepcion comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Cuellar
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

A. J. Tucker is coming to the plate
Tucker has 9 doubles this year
A. J. seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Cuellar leans back and fires
Sinking line drive
Caught by Dave Concepcion
1-2-3, nothing across...

Tony Oliva, Omar Linares,
and Miguel Gonzalez are the first three
Estrellas batters due up
Caribbean leads, 7-2
Oliva is hitting .279
against righthanders
The bat is cocked
The windup, the pitch
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Nights
It's by him...
Ton comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Oliva to a single

Pounding the plate with his bat
Linares awaits the pitch
Linares checks with the coach, Matty Alou
Omar is ready for the delivery
Now James delivers
It is a high hard one...
Linares goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Linares couldn't hold back
With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez
To be followed by Dave Concepcion

While Dave Concepcion heads
for the on deck circle
Miguel Gonzalez makes his way to the plate
James Rodney on in relief of Owen Hunter
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Rodney
The delivery
Bounced past the mound
Smooth pickup by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
So it is nothing across for the Estrellas
in the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings
Caribbean has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 2 runs,
4 hits and no errors

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

Negro League I besting Japanese
League 9 to 4
Old Timers is edging Negro
League II 2 to 1
Delahanty has hit his 9th
homerun for Old Timers
AL Pre WWII clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0
Gomez comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3
Hubbell enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
Turn of Century is in front
of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0
AL Post WWII and Late 20th
are deadlocked at 3
And here in Caribbean Caribbean
ahead 7 to 2
Nights is 0 for 2 today
Cuellar ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The pitch to Nights...
Slider, down at the knees...
Nights swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Minoso is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 8 on the year for Jeff Nights

Cuellar glares in at Potpie as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Cuellar steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The lefthander Cuellar delivers
Potpie hits a pop into short right field
Pacheco sprints out
Oliva and Coimbre sprint
towards the infield
Tony Oliva sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Gazelle heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie takes his lead
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Mike has got to be a little concerned
with Gazelle up there as the
FOFC right fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Cuellar quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Gazelle is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
With one gone
FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

K. A. Ton is up next
FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 1 out
Ton is 0 for 2 today
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The lefthander Cuellar comes home with it
It is a high hard one...
Ton goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Ton couldn't hold back
Two gone for FOFC

Facing Cuellar now is Hays
James Rodney heads to the on deck circle
Barrett Blade waits in the hole
Potpie will be running if it's hit
Cuellar gets the sign, it's one he likes
Now the delivery, here is is...
Base hit to center for Hays
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

Billy Bullock is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Before getting ready
Bullock checks out the defensive alignment
Bullock cocks his bat
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Big slow curve... and it's in there
Strike three
That's it in the top of the 6th
After 5 and a half innings in Caribbean,
Caribbean on top 7 to 3

Concepcion is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Concepcion adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Dave is 1 for 2 this evening
Fozborg has the sign he wants
The pitch is on the way
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Concepcion hits it into the
hole on the right side
Blade ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Concepcion is out by a step at first
One up, one down

Cuellar finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Cuellar taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
The umpire says let's go
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
Two down

That brings up Minnie Minoso,
the left fielder
Minoso is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Minoso waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here comes the cripple pitch
Minoso slaps a hard grounder past short
Ton is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Minoso will hold with a clean single

Here's Antonio Pacheco
Antonio is hitting at .291 on the year
He has 93 hits in 320 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 11 stolen bases
After getting set, Pacheco
waits on the pitch
It's coming down the pike
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
That wraps up the inning for Caribbean
So After 6 innings
Caribbean has 7 runs, 10
hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
7 hits and no errors
Caribbean has left 4 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Barrett Blade stepping in
He will be the first batter for FOFC
We are in the top of the 7th
Caribbean leads 7 to 3
Barrett is 0 for 1 this summer evening
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign

Now he's ready...
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Extra base hit to center for Blade
Pancho Coimbre is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

Palmer saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Palmer has a .375 average against lefties
Cuellar is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
LINE DRIVE
It's over Linares' head for a single!
Blade scores from second!

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Tucker
A. J. is hitting at .289 on the year
He has 99 hits in 342 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 3
Tucker lined out his last time up
Tucker gets set for the pitch
Cuellar goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Palmer
He lobs one to Cepeda...
Palmer is back easily
We're ready again
Now Cuellar comes home
Base hit to left for Tucker
Palmer is being held at
second by Dick Howser
Palmer will stay at second

Nights squares
He bunts the ball . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by M.Cuellar
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Force Play To Pitcher
Score It: 1-5
The runner on second, Palmer, is out
Tucker takes second
That's one away

Potpie walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gerald Gazelle moves into
the on deck circle
FOFC needs some runs
We'll see how they pitch to Potpie
Potpie is waiting on the pitch
Here's the 0-1 offering
Base hit to center for Potpie
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle
Gerald Gazelle will step
in to face Cuellar
He is 2 for 3 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 2 RBI's
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Mike has got to be a little concerned
with Gazelle up there as the
FOFC right fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Cuellar stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Fastball up in the strike zone
Strike three looking!
That ball was right in
Gazelle's wheelhouse
But he was obviously fooled on it
That's out number two
The All Stars have chipped away
at the Estrellas' lead
They've scored 2 runs in the inning
Caribbean ahead 7 to 5

Ton saunters up to the batter's box
Estrellas have runners at first and second
Potpie on first represents the tying run
Two men on, two men out
Gonzalez flashes the sign to Cuellar
Cuellar rocks and fires
A slider by Cuellar
Ton gets good wood on it...
Coimbre back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Paradise Park, After
6 and a half innings,
Caribbean has 7 runs, 10
hits and no errors
While FOFC has 5 runs, 11
hits and no errors
FOFC has left 6 on base
Caribbean has stranded 4

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Estrellas will get their licks
here in the bottom of the 7th
Pancho Coimbre, Perucho Cepeda,
and Tony Oliva
are scheduled to face FOFC
righthander Sirr Fozborg
Here's Coimbre stepping in...
Coimbre a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Fozborg
Fozborg 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 delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Palmer and Nights are chasing
it down the line
Nights makes the catch
over his shoulder going away
One down for Caribbean
Perucho Cepeda is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Caribbean

One out, nobody on base
Perucho Cepeda is the batter
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Cepeda...
Cepeda cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Cepeda was badly fooled by Fozborg's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Perucho was a little overanxious
That's the second out of the inning

Slowly coming up is Oliva for Caribbean
He is finally in the batter's box
Caribbean leads 7 to 5
Sirr gets the sign from Hays
Fozborg brings it home
It's a routine fly into left
Ton ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Ton grabs it for the out
That is the third out for Caribbean here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 34453

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Cuellar is happy with the sign
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
Hays chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Hays!

Now here's Treacy
Cuellar looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Gonzalez
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Cuellar
Now he is ready...
Mike winds
Kicks... and delivers
Treacy pounds a grounder toward
Linares at third
Omar moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Linares stayed with it
Over to first and Treacy is retired
Nice play by the Caribbean third baseman
With one down

Cepeda yells something out to Cuellar
Mike nods his head

Coming up for FOFC is Barrett Blade
Nobody on base, one out
Blade is at .263 on the season
Mike Cuellar on the mound
for the Estrellas...
Cuellar has gone the distance so far
He's given up 12 hits and 6 runs
The lefthander delivers
High hard fastball, swung on...
It's a grounder hammered at second...
Pacheco is there...
IT'S INTO RIGHT!!...
It took a HIGH hop right over him!
That's a single for Blade

Coming to the plate is Palmer
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Cuellar
Watching Cuellar, Palmer wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign
Now he's ready
Cuellar goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to Cepeda...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Cuellar comes home
Palmer laces a hit into the outfield
Minnie Minoso picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Palmer holds with a single

That'll be all for Mike Cuellar
Felipe Alou has given the sign
Adolfo Luque will be coming on
in relief for the Estrellas
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We're back here at Paradise
Park in Caribbean...
Adolfo Luque has just about
finished his warm-up tosses
Luque has appeared in 41 games this season
A record of 5-6 with 2 saves
He's blown 7 save chances so far this year
His ERA stands at 5.82

One away, Palmer at first, Blade at second
Tucker steps into the batter's box
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Adolfo Luque
Luque has the sign from Gonzalez
Adolfo checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
There's a weak fly ball in
front of Minnie Minoso
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
Caribbean leads 7 to 6 with
two away this inning

Jeff Nights is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
We're in the top of the 8th
Luque eyes Nights intently
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Nights rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Luque looks dejected on the mound

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Luque next
If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow
Potpie is 3 for 4 today
Jeeberoni singled last time around
He's ready
Luque fires
Sinking fastball...
Potpie swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Linares...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
The Estrellas finally retire the side
but not until FOFC scores 4 runs
The All Stars now take over the lead by 2
It's FOFC 9, Caribbean 7

Omar Linares up first for Caribbean
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Linares is hitting .288
against righthanders
Omar is set for the pitch
Kronside brings it to the plate
Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Nights
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I besting Japanese
League 9 to 4
Old Timers and Negro League
II are all knotted at 2
NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 5
NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3
Turn of Century besting
Dead Ball Era 5 to 0
Young enjoying the big
Turn of Century lead
Late 20th is on top of AL Post WWII 5 to 3
Franco and Hunter currently dueling
And in our matchup FOFC on top 9 to 7

Now batting for Caribbean will be
their catcher, Miguel Gonzalez
The Estrellas are behind by 2
We are in the bottom of the 8th
Only 5 more outs to make
up the deficit
Kronside tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander Kronside delivers
Gonzalez gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to third
Palmer is waving everybody off
He drops it!
Gonzalez only makes it to first
Miguel was not legging that one out

Gonzalez at first, one away
Concepcion is ready for the pitch
Concepcion gets set
He's 1 for 3 so far
Kronside adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
It's a rainbow shot toward left
Pflaggstettler reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That's the second out of the inning

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Rodolfo Puente will bat for Adolfo Luque
It will be the righthand hitting, Puente
against the righty Kronside
Puente is hitting righties
for a .213 average

Puente makes his way to home plate
Caribbean down by 2 runs
We're in the bottom of the 8th
Right-hander Kronside prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Puente
Here's his delivery
Drilled on the ground to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Caribbean
Lazaro Salazar will be coming
on to pitch for Caribbean
Lazaro has appeared in
15 games this season
He has a record of 3-2
in 14 innings
His ERA stands at 7.71

Power hitting Gerald Gazelle will lead off
FOFC's clean-up hitter will
see what he can do
against Caribbean's Lazaro Salazar
Gerald Gazelle will be up next...
He is 2 for 4 on the evening
Gazelle has also smacked out 2 home runs!
This impressive display of power
has been good for 2 RBI's
Gazelle concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Salazar kicks and fires
Drilled on the ground to third
Linares comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
And there's one away

Now batting will be Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
Pflaggstettler goes through his
routine of settling in
Pflaggstettler waits on Salazar
Salazar brings it to the plate
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Pflaggstettler hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Now batting will be Harry Hays
The catcher is walking to the plate
One on... one out
FOFC up by 2
The right-handed Hays will
be facing the southpaw
5 of his 7 home runs come via this route
Salazar looks down at Gonzalez
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The stretch... the delivery
Base hit to right for Hays
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Hays at first

Terp is ready to face Salazar
Kris Terp hasn't had a very
good year so far
He is struggling to get
over the Mendoza line
Currently his average is
an uninspiring .138
He has had some trouble with
illness this year
He's been fighting the flu
in recent weeks
Lazaro Salazar is now discussing
something with Felipe Alou..
Felipe Alou was quick to point out to me
in our pre-game show
just how important Salazar
has been to their team
His 7 saves is good for 8th in the league
He's got a tough spot here however
He brings it home
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Gonzalez
Hays dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Hays made it back
Two down
Due up next is Barrett Blade
Let's see what happens now

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
Blade is 2 for 3 today
Barrett singled last time up
Salazar is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Salazar looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Barrett Blade offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Blade couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Linares for the out
Blade never even left the batter's box
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 9th

The left fielder Minoso
will lead off for the Estrellas
He'll be followed by Antonio Pacheco
And then Pancho Coimbre
Minoso is at .273 on the season
He is hitting .244 against righties
Minoso chokes up on the bat a little
The kick and the pitch
Fastball, low and inside...
Minoso goes down after it...
He lines one deep to right...
Gazelle is back at the fence...
Waits...

CAN'T GET IT!... It's a homer for Minoso!
Minnie comes through for Caribbean
That's number 3 for him

Antonio Pacheco, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Pacheco digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Knowles
Pacheco awaits the delivery
Sammy rocks and fires
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Pacheco gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Caribbean
Pancho Coimbre is still
in the on-deck circle
and Perucho Cepeda is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Pancho Coimbre will face Knowles
Righty against righty
Pancho Coimbre is hitting .300 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Sammy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the righthander's delivery
Coimbre swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Palmer
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Coimbre rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Pflaggstettler gets a
nice throw in to Blade

One on, one out
Cepeda walks to the batter's box
Knowles is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
The pitch is on the way
Swing and a miss
Strike three
Cepeda goes down on strikes
Two down, last of the 9th...
The Estrellas are down to their final out

Coimbre slowly moves away from the base
Knowles rifles one to first...
Coimbre scrambles back quickly...
He just avoids the tag!
He should have dove back
Almost got caught

Oliva now at the plate
Omar Linares waits on deck
Coimbre will be running if it's hit
Hays flashes the sign...
Knowles shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Knowles goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Coimbre
Fires to Potpie...
Coimbre is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Knowles comes home
Oliva 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
And that will do it for Caribbean
FOFC wins 9 to 8
Fozborg gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Cuellar takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Caribbean.