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Old 07-14-2013, 01:11 PM   #858
Breeze
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9/2 Radio Broadcast Continued

Mays hits one on the ground
to the left side
Willie, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
So one up and one gone

It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Aaron checks his swing
Hays appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Hank
Two up, two down here in
the bottom of the 4th

Over the outside corner
Musial hits the curve right to second...
Blade takes it on the second hop
Fires to 1st...
Musial is out by a couple of steps
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 8 and
2 in their last ten games

It's a high fly into right
Clemente ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out
One away...
Musial is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Schmidt also...
Now they return to their positions

A jug-handled curve
Palmer goes out and gets it
It's a liner to center
Mays will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Deacon Palmer

There's a shallow flyball struck by Nights
Willie Mays runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Nights is out
Two away

Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Nielsen didn't like it

He rips a grounder to the mound
Taken by Gibson
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II is on top
of AL Post WWII 4 to 2
Beckwith has hit his 28th homerun
for Negro League II
Left Outs and AL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Foxx has hit his 37th homerun
for Left Outs
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Japanese League 3 to 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Caribbean is comfortably ahead
of Turn of Century 6 to 0
Cepeda has hit his 25th
homerun for Caribbean
Late 20th winning over Negro
League I 8 to 2
And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 1

Swung on and hit on the nose to center
Tucker picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Schmidt is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

The ball is low and outside
Did he go around?
The umpire says no
Ball four
For Banks, that's 1 walk today

Campanella laces a clean base hit
He pounced on the fastball
Campanella rounds first,
but will hold there
Both runners move up 90 feet

There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Hays races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
HE'S GOT IT!!!
Nice play by Hays
Score It: 2
One away in the bottom of the
5th for NL Post WWII

Flyball to left
it's caught
Schmidt tags up and scores easily
Banks has a chance to move up...
Banks will hold at second base

He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at Big League Field, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 9

Tucker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Gibson strikes out A. J. Tucker
FOFC with one away
Gibson steps off the mound as
he waits for Persimmon Pflaggstettler to
come to the plate

Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the afternoon
for Pflaggstettler
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
NL Post WWII gets the second
out of the inning

Fastball over the plate...
Potpie swings...
He hits this one very deep...
Willie Mays is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...

GONE!
Potpie now has 2 homers on the day!
Nice day indeed!
He now has 40 roundtrippers on the year
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 40th
home run of the year.

Swung on and foul tipped
Campanella hangs on to it
Strike out for Gibson
Number 7 on the day
That's all for FOFC
After 5 and a half innings in NL
Post WWII this afternoon,
FOFC on top 5 to 2

Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 227 on the season for Nielsen

Curve ball...
Aaron swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two down
Nielsen retires the first two
NL Post WWII batters

Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Musial was frozen on that
fastball by Nielsen
High and on the inside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch
So Musial is set down
And that's 7 for Nielsen today
Nielsen shuts down NL Post WWII
here in the bottom of the 6th
So FOFC still with the lead
as we go to a commercial break

Gunner hits a three hopper
towards Ernie Banks
Banks scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

AL Post WWII and Negro League
II are deadlocked at 4
AL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 3 to 2
Lyons battling Wynn
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Japanese League 3 to 1
NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Old Timers 3 to 0
Caribbean is running roughshod
over Turn of Century 10 to 0
Late 20th is comfortably ahead
of Negro League I 8 to 2
And in our contest FOFC leads 5 to 2

Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two gone for FOFC

Swung on and popped up
Morgan is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That retires the side...
After 6 and a half innings
at Big League Field
here in NL Post WWII,
FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has 2 runs,
4 hits and one error
FOFC has left 9 men on base
NL Post WWII has stranded only 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

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

Changeup...
Ties Banks up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
One down for NL Post WWII
Roy Campanella is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Post WWII

Curve in the dirt... and
Campanella holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate ump says no
Hays loses on his appeal to first
Campanella will take first on the walk

Grounded towards the sack
Potpie grabs it
Over to second for one
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 3-6-3
Three away here in the bottom of the 7th
After 7 innings FOFC ahead 5 to 2
The official attendance has
just been announced
48208 fans here at Big League
Field this afternoon

Fastball...
Nielsen jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep left
There goes Aaron after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Hank Aaron!
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Blade hits a high pop into
short left field
Schmidt sprints out
Aaron and Mays sprint towards the infield
Willie Mays sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
It's ruled a double

Fastball, belt high, away...
Tucker goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Clemente
Clemente is gliding under it...
HE CAN'T HANG ON!!!...
Tucker cruises easily into third
Blade scores on the play
Error number 1 of the game for Clemente

Pflaggstettler flies out to center
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
Here's the play at the plate...
Tucker is out!

Grounded towards first
Potpie grabs it
IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG
SAFE!

Nielsen just misses outside
Ball four to Clemente

Grounded to third
Fouts grabs it
Throws to second
He's out
On to first
Double Play!
Score It: 5-4-3
Two down
Due up next is Hank Aaron
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power
to the Post-Nationals

The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Aaron swung, that's strike three
Aaron isn't happy at all with that call
That's all for the Post-Nationals
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
At the end of eight full innings...
FOFC ahead 6 to 2

Potpie drives one into center
Willie Mays sprints over to make the play
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Hays hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at short
Banks dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Hays reaches on a sizzling single to left
A nice try by the short stop, Ernie Banks

That's ball four
Gunner trots down to first
Hays is already down on second

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

Hot shot grounded to short
Taken by Banks
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
FOFC threatens but fails to score
Here in the top of the 9th

Slow ground ball to first
Tremendous diving grab by Potpie!
But no throw!
That's an infield hit for Musial!

Fastball down low...
Schmidt swings and hits one out to left
Stan Gunner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Nielsen
Musial trots back to first
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Ernie
Banks coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen
here this afternoon
Two down, last of the 9th...
The Post-Nationals are down
to their final out

Campanella goes after Nielsen's
fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Tucker is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the ivy...
It's out of here!
Roy just hit home run number 6
of this 1900 season

Now batting for the Post-Nationals...
Tony Perez...
He'll pinch hit for Bob Gibson
Joe Morgan is on-deck

A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Perez is down on strikes
Number 11 here today for Nielsen
And that will do it for NL Post WWII
FOFC wins 6 to 4
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Gibson takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from NL Post WWII.
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