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GAME 2 - Tuesday, April 3rd - Radio Broadcast

Top 1

Gehringer - Swung on and popped up
Blade is waiting...
And that's an easy out

One out
Due up next is Joe Cronin

Cronin - At the knees, looks like a sinker...
Swung on and topped toward third...
Palmer charging...
Has to backhand it...
He zips a throw to Potpie...
NOT IN TIME!!
Score it an infield single for Cronin


Ruth - Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Ruth is outta there
That's the second out of the inning


Simmons - Base hit to left for Simmons
Cronin is being held at second
by Harlond Clift
Cronin will stay at second


Gehrig - Change up...
Gehrig was way out in front...
Strike Three
And that retires the side


Bottom 1

Blade hits a deep fly to right-center
Ruth is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
And makes the catch
One out
Kris Terp is due up next

Curveball...
Terp swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Dimaggio bolting after it...
It is carrying all the way to the fence
Dimaggio jumps for it...
IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!!
Terp heading for second...
Here's the strong throw
It's on the money...
Gehringer blocks it in front of him...
Terp is safe!
That will be scored a double

Slider...
Tucker Swings and pounded to right-center...
It'll be over Dimaggio's head!...
He's chasing after it...
Tucker rounds second...
Here's the peg in to Lazzeri at third...
Tucker slides hard...
A bad bounce, but Lazzeri
knocks it down...
The ball rolls just a few feet...
Tucker jumps to his feet, but
isn't going anywhere
He'll get a triple from the
scorer on that hit!
Terp scored easily from second

Jeeberoni Potpie hits a
medium deep fly ball
Babe Ruth lines up his throw to the plate
He makes the catch
Appears to lose his balance
and his throw goes wide
Potpie gets an RBI on the sac fly
That's two away

Palmer's up - Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Mays punches him out!
The All Stars go down in
the bottom of the 1st
After 1 inning at FOFC Stadium
here in FOFC,
FOFC leads 2 to 0


Top 2

DiMaggio - Grounded towards first
Potpie grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
OUT!
One down for AL Pre WWII
Bill Dickey is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Pre WWII

Dickey hits a fly ball to left
Persimmon Pflaggstettler camps under it
He's got it
Two down
Rob Nielsen retires
the first two batters in order

Lazzeri hits a screamer at Rob Nielsen, who knocks it down.
Nielsen picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Lazzeri is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Nielsen sets the Pre-Americans
down in order

Bottom 2

Fastball, busted in on the hands
Bullock manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Cronin cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Gehrig...
And Bullock is called out on a close play
One up, one down for FOFC

Gunner - Swung on...
Smashed on the ground...
It's over the bag!
Ruth is chasing it into the
corner in right field
It'll be extra bases!
Stan Gunner motoring into second base
But Babe Ruth plays it perfectly
Spins and throws
It's wide of the bag
Gunner slides in with a double
That was a nasty curve he chased

There's a ground ball between
first and second
Gehrig snags it on the outfield grass
He throws it to the pitcher covering first
The throw is wild!
They'll give Pflaggstettler a hit,
and Lou Gehrig an error
That's error number 1 of the
game for AL Pre WWII

Nielsen - It's a fly ball to center
Dimaggio is on his horse
Running with the crack of the bat
And he tracks it down nicely!
Pflaggstettler holds second
Two gone for FOFC

Change up, on the inside corner...
Blade was looking for it...
He hammers the pitch...
It's a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Blade is in at second standing
with a double
All Dimaggio could do was keep him
from getting a triple

Terp hits a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Gehringer for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That'll do it in the bottom of the 2nd
2 runs, 3 hits, one error and
one man left on base
FOFC leads 4 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
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Top 3

Pitcher leads off the inning for the Pre-Americans

Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bullock fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Mays
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Late 20th and Japanese
League are scoreless
Left Outs is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
Carlton and Tiant Sr. currently dueling
Old Timers clipping Negro League I 4 to 0
Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers
Dead Ball Era is beating
AL Post WWII 4 to 0
Walsh comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era
NL Post WWII with the lead over
Turn of Century 3 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by Negro
League II 2 to 0
Hubbell and Redding currently dueling

Gehringer takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Gehringer can't believe it and
says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Nielsen
Two down

Cronin hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Terp dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the short
stop, Kris Terp!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Bottom 3

It's a Texas Leaguer to right
Here comes Ruth...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Tucker is on with a bloop single to right

Stretching to his lead is Tucker
He has this down to a science
He is an outstanding base stealer
He gives opposing teams fits
High and tight slider...
And there goes Tucker on the steal!
Dickey pegs it down
It's High...
The headfirst slide...and
Tucker is in at second with a stolen base
Let's see...
That's steal number 2 for him

Flyball to left
it's caught
Tucker has a chance to move up...
Tucker will hold at second base

Base hit to right for Palmer
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Tucker is out!

Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Gehringer
Over to Gehrig
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, 2 hits, no errors and
one man left on base...
We've played three, here...
FOFC ahead 4 to 0

Top 4

Ruth - Swung on and hit sharply to second
Blade plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!

Good slider, inside part of the plate
Simmons gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's two away
Terp comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Nielsen
Lou Gehrig will be next up...

Curve ball...
Gehrig swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
That ends the top of the
4th for AL Pre WWII
Three batters up, three batters down

Bottom 4

Gunner rips a grounder to second
Taken by Gehringer
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Pflaggstettler hits a routine fly into left
Simmons ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
Two up, two down

Sinking fastball...
Nielsen swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Cronin...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Easy inning for Mays
So after four complete...
FOFC leads 4 to 0

Top 5


Dimaggio tries to hold up
Bullock points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!

Bill Dickey is sawed off with a hard fastball in on the thumbs. The ball if foul but the bat is broken.

While we wait for Bill Dickey
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Japanese League is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Left Outs and Caribbean
are all knotted at 2
Vaughan has hit his 1st
homerun for Left Outs
Old Timers is on top of
Negro League I 4 to 2
Radbourn and Rogan currently dueling
Dead Ball Era is beating
AL Post WWII 4 to 0
NL Post WWII with the lead over
Turn of Century 3 to 0
Perry comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII besting Negro League II 6 to 1
Hubbell enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
OK, let's see if AL Pre WWII can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 4

Dickey swings, and lines
it back up the middle
It glances off Nielsen's
glove and rolls away
Bill Dickey has himself an infield hit

Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Lazzeri looks at strike three

The Whiff!
Nielsen punches Mays out!
AL Pre WWII comes up empty here
in the top of the 5th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 4 and a half innings,
FOFC still out in front, 4-0

Bottom 5

Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Blade gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Gehrig grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Blade for the out
So one up and one gone

There's a shot off the bat of Kris Terp
But it's right at Gehringer
who makes the catch of the line drive
Terp throws his bat into
the dirt in disgust
AL Pre WWII gets the second
out of the inning

Slow ground ball
Gehringer is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
That's three outs, side retired

Top 6

In the dirt
And Gehringer holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Cronin strikes out swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Bullock
Gehringer dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says Gehringer
made it back
And there's one away

Ruth golfs one off the end of his bat
It slices down the third base line
Palmer was playing him off the line
top of the 6tht bounces
past Pflaggstettler
Ruth is digging for three
The throw...
SAFE!
Triple number 1 of the year for Ruth

Swung on by and chopped to the left of third
Palmer comes up with it
Looks Ruth back
Sidearms it to Potpie
And retires Simmons by three steps

Gehrig swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
And that retires the side
But not before AL Pre WWII gets 1 run
to put an end to Rob Nielsen's
hopes of a shutout
After 5 and a half innings,
FOFC is still on top, 4-1

Bottom 6

Potpie - Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Palmer swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Dickey loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Deacon as he was heading for the dugout
AL Pre WWII gets the second
out of the inning

There's a ground ball into the hole
Lazzeri and Cronin converge on it
It's picked by Lazzeri who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 full innings,
they lead by 3

Top 7

A hot shot on the ground to Palmer
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Dimaggio is out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's take a ten second station break
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Dickey smashes a hot shot to the mound
Nielsen comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
Two out, nobody on
FOFC leads 4 to 1

It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Blade is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
Nielsen sets them down in order
in the top of the 7th
After 6 and a half innings,
it's 4-1 FOFC

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Bottom 7

Stan raps a high bouncer toward third
Lazzeri snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
One gone for FOFC

There's a ground ball into the hole by Pflaggstettler
Lazzeri and Cronin converge on it
It's fielded by Lazzeri who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Nielsen held up, and draws a walk
Mays isn't happy at all with that call
FOFC already up by 3 runs

Slow ground ball to third
Lazzeri grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Pflaggstettler takes third
The runner on first, Nielsen, is out
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 3
The All Stars have 8 hits on the evening

Kris Terp offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Terp couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Gehringer for the out
Terp never even left the batter's box
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 45148

Top 8

Miller Huggins will send up a
pinch hitter for Carl Mays
Yes, Luke Appling steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Nielsen

Appling really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is still running...
On the warning track...
He jumps...
It's off the wall
Getting past him!
Up in a hurry...
A. J. fires it in to Blade on a line
but Appling has himself a stand-up double
arriving ahead of the throw

Great change up...
Gehringer out in front...
Gets a piece of it...
It's a shallow fly towards Tucker
Tucker charges, dives for it...
He has it...
Fine catch by the center fielder
One out
Due up next is Joe Cronin

A hard drive down the line
Pflaggstettler is on his horse
It's in there for extra bases!
Cronin running hard out of the box
Pflaggstettler has the ball
Cronin digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
Appling scores from second!

Pitching Coach Sal Maglie visits the mound. Apparently they feel Nielsen is ok, because they leave him in to face the left handed Ruth.

Ruth rips one right on the nose
This one is going to be trouble,
no doubt about it
Gunner is chasing it down...
Ruth is around second...
Stan finds the handle...
He fires it to Palmer...
Ruth slides as the ball arrives...
SAFE!
Man alive... 2 triples on
the evening for Babe Ruth!

Benton comes out of the dug out and he's signalling for the right hander. And here comes Jace Kronside out of the pin. He'll start by facing Simmons.

Simmons lays off ball four
That last pitch just missed
Kronside is glaring at the
home plate umpire

Curve in the dirt... and Gehrig holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Bullock asks the third base ump's opinion
He motions it's a walk...
Gehrig will take first
Bases are tenanted

Dimaggio flies out to center
Harlond Clift is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by AL Pre WWII...
It's cut-off
The run scores
Here's the play on the trail runner...
Simmons is out trying for third!
Simmons is out trying for third!

But the Pre-Americans have tied the score.

Bottom 8

Miller Huggins will be bringing
in a relief pitcher
Waite Hoyt has been called
from the bullpen
A few warm up tosses and
we'll be set to go

Tucker Swung on and popped up
Cronin is waiting...
And that's an easy out
One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC

A low bouncer to Gehringer
It bounces off his chest...
But he keeps it in front of him
Over to first...
Potpie is out!
Shows the importance of good positioning
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

It's a routine fly into center
Dimaggio ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Dimaggio grabs it for the out
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
At the end of eight full innings...
We're all tied up at 4

Top 9

FOFCers bring in Bo Knowles to pitch

Another hook for strike three!
Dickey just stood there looking
One down for AL Pre WWII
Tony Lazzeri is still in
the on-deck circle
and Waite Hoyt is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Lazzeri is walked on 4 straight pitches

Time is called by AL Pre WWII
Here comes Sam Rice out of the dugout
He is heading toward first base
Tony Lazzeri starts toward the dugout
Miller Huggins wants more
speed on the bases, but he's going to let Hoyt hit. Watch for the sacrafice

Hoyt showing bunt...
He lays it down
Dan Fouts looks at second
But goes to first...
Out... Rice advances to 2nd
A sacrifice for Waite Hoyt
And there's two away

Gehringer - The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?...
Yes!
That's it in the top of the 9th
After 8 and a half innings in FOFC,
The score is tied at 4
AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are...
Sewell will bat 8th and play 3B

Bottom 9

Swung on and hit sharply to short
Cronin plays it on one bounce
Over to Gehrig...and Bullock is out easily
Out of there!
That's one away

Gunner digs in...
Long fly ball to left
This one is deep!
GET UPSTAIRS AUNT MINNIE
AND RAISE THE WINDOW!!!
The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!!
Stan Gunner has just won the game
And his teammates gather at home plate
They greet him as he crosses the plate!!!
That is Stan Gunner's 1st
home run of the year.
FOFC wins 5 to 4
Knowles gets credit for the win
Hoyt takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Stan Gunner
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.