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9/5 Radio Broadcast
Ground ball through the middle
Lajoie ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Joss retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 1st
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bresnahan fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Tucker
High and tight
He takes it for a walk
Potpie goes after the low slider...
Lofts a shallow fly towards Burkett
He's racing in for it...
Catches it at his knees
HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!!
He's chasing it down
Potpie walks into second on the error
Burkett should've had that one
Score It: E9
Pflaggstettler takes third
Potpie to second
Base hit to left for Hays
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Bresnahan is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Potpie is out!
Hugh pops it up
And Palmer makes the play
So one up and one gone
A wave and a miss!
Strike Three!
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away
Big bender...
Swung on...
Kelley pops it straight up
Three players converging on it
And it will be Nights making the play
Williams disposes of Turn of Century
quickly in the bottom of the
1st... they go down 1-2-3
After 1 inning,
it's 1-0 FOFC
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Palmer swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Bresnahan loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Deacon as he was heading for the dugout
One up, one down
Gunner really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Duffy was positioned well
and has a shot at it
Still going back...
At the warning track...
It's high off the wall
Gunner flies around first
Could get three...
Duffy plays the carom perfectly
Spins and throws back to Kelley...
Gunner with the wide turn at second
has to scramble back
Here's the throw to second...
NO DICE!
He slides in under the tag
Gunner has himself two-bagger
Swung on and hit right at short
Honus Wagner up with it...
Looks Gunner back to second
Then fires it to Kelley for the out
Two down
Hard ground ball to short
Taken by Wagner
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC leads 1 to 0
He rips a grounder to the mound
Williams comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
Turn of Century with one away
Williams steps off the mound as
he waits for Honus Wagner to
come to the plate
Wagner slaps a hard grounder past short
Gunner is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Wagner will hold with a clean single
Wagner takes his lead
Fastball outside corner...
Crawford looks at the pitch...
And there goes Wagner!
Hays comes up firing...
Wagner slides...
SAFE!
Wagner slides around the
tag and gets in there
Base hit to right for Crawford
Dode Criss is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Wagner is out!
Collins drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
Three away in the bottom of the 2nd
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Let's see how Turn of Century
is doing of late...
Well, Turn of Century is 6 and
4 in their last ten games
A high fastball...
Blade swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Wagner
Honus is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Blade was looking for the breaking ball
One away for FOFC
I had the pleasure of meeting
the fine author
Robert Creamer last night
He told me a funny story about Babe Ruth
Seems he was at an elegant dinner party
A rather splendid asparagus
salad was served
Babe played with it for a moment
then pushed it aside
The hostess asked politely
"Don't you care for the salad, Mr. Ruth?"
"Oh it's not that",
was his courteous reply
"It's just that asparagus
makes my urine smell"
There's a fly ball to Jesse Burkett
Burkett circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
Negro League I and Japanese
League are scoreless
NL Post WWII is giving it
to Caribbean 6 to 1
Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead
Negro League II is edging
AL Pre WWII 5 to 4
Wright has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League II
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over Left Outs 3 to 0
Old Timers with the lead over
AL Post WWII 5 to 2
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3
Hubbell battling Sutter
Pflaggstettler drives one into center
Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play
That's it for FOFC
Here at Yellowstone Park, After
2 and a half innings,
FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has no
runs, 2 hits and one error
FOFC has left 2 on base
Turn of Century has stranded 1
Sinking line drive
Caught by Jeff Nights
One away for the Centurions
They are in 4th place in the standings
19.5 games out of first place
as we head into the final weeks
of the 1900 season
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks
Joss inches away slowly...
He's studying Williams carefully
There's a quick move to
first by Williams...
Nice move by John
The tag...
SAFE!
It's ball four, Duffy walks
Williams has issued 2 walks this evening
And fans, it's about time for you...
to walk to the kitchen and
grab a refreshment
That's what I'm gonna do
while we have a moment
Flyball to right
it's caught
Joss might have a chance to move up...
Pflaggstettler makes the catch...
Joss is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily
Kelley swings and lifts one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's it in the bottom of the 3rd
No runs, no hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
After 3 innings in Turn of Century,
FOFC on top 1 to 0
There's a routine pop by Potpie
Wagner moves under it and makes the catch
And there's one away
Changeup down low...
Hays makes contact and
hits one out to left
Sam Crawford is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Joss
Two down
Bresnahan asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bresnahan and Joss
Sinking fastball...
Palmer swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wagner...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Joss sets the All Stars down in order
Lajoie skies one very high
The ball drifts a bit
Hays calls for it
Puts it away!
The pitch is just inside
and Wagner holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Honus trots down to first... ball four
Wagner moves away from first
Wagner held closely by Williams
Base hit to center for Crawford
Third base coach Dode Criss
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Wagner...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Crawford at first
It's the squeeze play!
Williams picks it up...
No chance at home
He goes to first
And gets Collins
Wagner scores on the successful squeeze
Collins comes through for Turn of Century
He's one of the league's best bunters
Now, The score is tied at 1
Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th
We want to welcome the Turn of
Century "Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark
Fastball, belt high, away...
Bresnahan goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Tucker
Tucker is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 4 innings
Turn of Century has one run,
3 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
2 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 2 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 2
Hit right back to Joss
On to first and Gunner is gone
One out
Due up next is Jeff Nights
Nights tries to hold up, but can't
He pops one into short left
Crawford is coming in hard...
Wagner is racing with his
back to the infield
And neither is going to get it!
Nights is on with the "excuse me" single!
Williams is bunting
Short hopper down toward first
Kelley scoops it up...
Tags Williams
Runner advances
Credit John Williams with a sacrifice
Two gone for FOFC
There's a bouncer down to Collins
He fronts it...
And muffs it!
Error on Jimmy Collins
He was just eaten up by that ball!
Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Collins
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
That retires the side...
Tucker fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one
error and 2 men left on base
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