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9/1 Radio Broadcast

Welcome to Cow Pasture Field!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
Old Timers and FOFC
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in Old Timers
Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Keefe will try to get Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
There's a towering fly ball hit by Blade
Thompson sprints over, and makes the catch
Keefe retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 1st

FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner grips the bat handle
Waiting for the pitch is Gunner
The fans want the "K"
Tim winds and comes in
with the 0-2 pitch
Strike three swinging!
With an 0 and 2 count, Keefe threw
it on the outside corner
Gunner had to go after it
Tim did a good job
of pin-pointing that ball
It was too close to let go by...
but not good enough to hit
Two down
Ewing asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Ewing and Keefe

FOFC sends the right fielder,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate
Pflaggstettler has hit 23
home runs this year
Keefe steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 3-0 offering
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk
Keefe isn't happy at all with that call

Now batting will be the first
baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie
Hitching up his pants...

Potpie gazes out to the mound
Keefe is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Keefe looks in...
Now he's ready
Keefe's into the stretch...

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

SAFE!...

Anson tosses it back to Keefe
Now here's the pitch
Keefe's fastball is ripped toward first
Anson can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Pflaggstettler was off and running
with the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Potpie
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Harry Hays

The catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Keefe is slow to get ready

He has a 5.05 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Now ready, here it is...
Swung on and rocked toward George Davis
He leaps in the air...
Just out of his reach!
The runners are on the move
The throw comes in quickly to Kelly
Potpie will have to hold at second
Keefe takes the ball from Kelly
as he walks back to the mound
Now FOFC on top 1 to 0

Now here's Palmer
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Keefe
Keefe shakes off the sign...
Now he shakes off another one...
Tim has a myriad of pitches
but his best is the change-up!
It's coming down the pike
Bounding ball to first
Anson flips to Keefe covering
Score It: 3-1
After one-half inning
It's FOFC 1, Ancients coming up

Billy Hamilton up first for Old Timers
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Hamilton a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Williams
A battle of lefties...
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
John winds... kicks... and delivers
Hamilton swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Williams strikes out Billy Hamilton
So one up and one gone

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 1st
Here's Kelly now up for Old Timers
On deck will be George Kelly
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 1-0 pitch
Fastball...
Kelly jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep right
There goes Pflaggstettler after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler!
That's the second out of the inning
Old Timers trails by 1
They need a win
They are 3rd in the standings
9.0 games out

Two away, nobody on
Kelly comes to the plate for Old Timers
John gets the sign from Hays
The southpaw Williams' delivery
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's all for the Ancients...
After 1 inning here at Cow Pasture
Field in Old Timers,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

Nights heads for the plate
leading off this inning for FOFC
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
And the delivery by Keefe
Long fly to center
Hamilton has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Nights is retired on a fairly deep fly
One out
Due up next is Gerald Gazelle

Facing Keefe now is Gazelle
John Williams heads to the on deck circle
Barrett Blade waits in the hole
Watching Keefe, Gazelle wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Gazelle awaits the delivery
And the righthander starts
to work on Gazelle
Here comes the pitch
Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Kelly is at the warning track...
HE STUMBLES!!!...
The ball rolls to the fence...
Gazelle coasts into second...
Gazelle will get a double
from the offical scorer

Williams looks to lay one down
Williams lays down a great bunt!
There is no chance to get the lead runner
Williams might beat it out...
Fielded by K.Kelly
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Williams gets the job done.
Two gone for FOFC

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Blade
Keefe steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
Blade works the walk...
Passes the baton to Stan Gunner
who will see if he can get
Gazelle in from third

Gunner is up now for FOFC
Gunner has hit 15 home runs this year
Keefe wastes no time
He has the sign from Ewing
Keefe checks the runners
Gunner swings and lifts a loud
foul, straight back
Ewing gives chase...
He's at the screen...
No chance for this one
as it lands high up on the netting
. . . Gunner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He quick pitches Gunner...
and it's in there
Strike three
That's all for FOFC
After 1 and a half innings in
Old Timers this afternoon,
FOFC on top 1 to 0

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
Anson is batting .298 with
6 round trippers in 1900
Anson is set for the pitch
The southpaw's 2 strike delivery
Pop-up
Hays drifts behind the plate
He makes the catch
One down for Old Timers
Sam Thompson is still in
the on-deck circle
and George Davis is looking
for a bat in the dugout

And the batter is Sam Thompson
George Davis is on-deck
Thompson can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
Williams brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Thompson swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Williams
George Davis will be next up...

Settling in at the plate is Davis
We'll see how they pitch to Davis
Williams steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Ball four is the call
Williams can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Williams
Davis takes first base

Davis inches slowly away from the bag
Williams is staring at first base
He's holding Davis very close

John Ward moves in to face Williams
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 2nd
Williams eyes Ward intently
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Base hit to center for Ward
Charley Gould puts up the stop sign...
Davis will stay at second

Buck Ewing is due up
Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching
coach, is running out...
He wants to speak to John Williams
Probably just wants to calm him down a bit
Stepping out, Ewing looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Ewing waits on Williams
Williams brings it home
A slider by Williams
Ewing gets good wood on it...
Gunner back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Just out of his reach...!
Stan runs it down...
throws it back in to the cut-off man
All runners advace two on that one
Ewing is standing on second

Ancients' pitcher Keefe
is up next
Keefe looks down toward the third
base coach, Charley Gould
Keefe awaits the delivery
A check on the runners... the pitch
Swung on and missed by Keefe,
he's down on strikes
That retires the side... but not before
the Ancients score 1 run to tie it up
After 2 innings, Old Timers has
one run, 2 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors

Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops
at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign
Keefe is happy with the sign
It's a full count...
Keefe winds and fires...
Keefe loses him
Pflaggstettler heads down to first
2 walks today for Pflaggstettler

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is batting .280 with
38 HR's this year
Keefe steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a drive to George Kelly
George charges in
He makes the running catch
That's one away

And it brings up Harry Hays
On deck is Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights in the hole
Hays is batting .323 with
12 homers this year
Hays readies himself for the pitch
Keefe goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler
He lobs one to Anson...
Pflaggstettler is back easily
We're ready again
Now Keefe comes home
It is a high hard one...
Hays goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Hays couldn't hold back
That's two away

Pflaggstettler extends his
lead towards second
Keefe's throws over have been effective
Pflaggstettler has a shorter lead now
He must be getting tired
diving back into the bag

Palmer steps in
Pflaggstettler's trying
to rattle Tim Keefe
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit
Keefe likes the sign
Keefe looks at the runner
The pitch
Base hit to right for Palmer
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Sam Thompson throws the ball
away for an error!

Keefe looks down at Nights as he steps in
Jeff is ready to go
Nights is 0 for 1 today
Jeff flied out last time up
Keefe is ready quickly
Now the delivery, here is is...
He hits a tough grounder to third
Kelly grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That does it in the top of the 3rd
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After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads 2 to 1

Hamilton is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Hamilton is hitting .266
against southpaws
0 for 1 so far this game
He struck out in his last at bat
Williams studies his sign
Williams leans back and fires
There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner
Gunner circles under it...
He makes the play
One gone for Old Timers

The third baseman, King Kelly
will be up next for Old Timers
Williams has the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Kelly hits a grounder into the hole
Jeeberoni Potpie somehow
reaches the ball...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Base hit for Kelly

George Kelly, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Kelly is at .292 on the season
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Kelly...
Kelly hits a three hopper
towards John Williams
Williams scoops it and fires
it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
We head to the 4th...
The score is still FOFC 2, Ancients 1

Here is Gerald Gazelle to
start it off for FOFC
Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Keefe is into his windup
Here's the pitch
A wave and a whiff!
Strike Three!
Gazelle is down on strikes
Number 4 here today for Keefe
And there's one away

John Williams will face Keefe
Righty against righty
Time is called...
Williams has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Williams, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Keefe
Keefe's windup... the delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Williams holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Ewing asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Williams went around
Strike three, swinging
FOFC on top 2 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Left Outs and Caribbean are tied at 2
McCovey has hit his 31st
homerun for Left Outs
Negro League I is comfortably ahead
of AL Post WWII 7 to 1
Negro League II leads Late 20th 1 to 0
Redding battling Clemens
NL Post WWII is giving it to
Japanese League 5 to 0
Dead Ball Era and NL Pre WWII
are all knotted at 3
Hornsby has hit his 24th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
AL Pre WWII is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1

Blade finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Keefe has the sign from Ewing
The righthander Keefe delivers
Blade rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Thompson is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Sam Thompson
That ends the top of the 4th
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 3 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Leading off for the Ancients
is the first baseman Anson
He'll be followed by Sam Thompson
And then George Davis
Anson is 0 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The lefthander delivers
In the dirt
And Anson holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Thompson up
The Ancients have Anson on first
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Here's the 2-1 offering
Here's a big breaking curve, inside...
Thompson takes a cut at it...
Hits a grounder to first
Potpie comes up with the smooth pickup...
He tosses it to second...
That's one out
The relay to first...
Not in time
Thompson beats the throw by a step
With one down, up next is George Davis
To be followed by John Ward

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Davis
Davis is hitting .289 with 13 homeruns
George also has 21 doubles and 10 triples
And has driven in a total of 66 runs
George is set for the pitch
The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander
A slider by Williams
Davis gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

Ward gets set at the plate
Ward steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
John is 1 for 1 today
Ward waits patiently
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Thompson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Thompson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
Swung on and missed by Ward,
he's down on strikes
That's all for the Ancients
After 4 innings in Old Timers
this afternoon,
FOFC ahead 2 to 1