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GAME 73 - June 18 - Radio Broadcast

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All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Al Mighty with his 5 and 4 record
Will be facing Eddie Collins

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Bullock out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
The lefthander Mighty comes home with it
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Collins hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into right for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Chance squares as Mighty
delivers the pitch
Deacon Palmer charges and
picks up the bunt
He fires to first in time
Credit a sacrifice to Chance
And there's one away

So with 1 on and 1 out
Dead Ball Era sends their center fielder,
Tris Speaker, up to face Mighty
Hard-hitting Ty Cobb is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Speaker is hitting .308 with 10 homeruns
Tris also has 19 doubles and 5 triples
And has driven in a total of 52 runs
Speaker looks very intent...
He stares down at Mighty...
Cocks his bat
Mighty brings it to the plate
Speaker goes after the fastball...
It's a base hit by Nights...
Collins only moves down to third
and that's where he'll hold
as the ball was hit very sharply
making it impossible for him to score

While Joe Jackson heads for
the on deck circle
Ty Cobb makes his way to the plate
Cobb is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Ty certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Mighty earn his salary
Cobb waiting on the delivery
Mighty brings it to the plate
Base hit to center for Cobb
Collins scores
Third base coach Jim Thorpe
thinks he can make it...
Here comes Speaker...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Cobb at first

Joe Jackson is up next for Dead Ball Era
One out, top of the 1st
Dead Ball Era ahead 1 to 0
Joe Tinker is on deck
A single would bring another run across
Dead Ball Era has 1 already this inning
Mighty has the sign from Bullock
Here's his delivery
Jackson smacks a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined straight to third
Palmer just got his glove up in time
It saved his skin and a run!
That's out number two
All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie,
is out to talk with Mighty

Joe Tinker, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Against lefthanders
Tinker is hitting .300 this season
Joe steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch
Mighty checks the runners
at first and third
Speaker bluffs a move toward home
Mighty doesn't flinch
Here's the 3-1 offering
Bounding ball to second
Taken by Treacy
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
After one-half inning
It's Dead Ball Era 1, All Stars coming up

Dead Ball Era has taken the field
in the bottom of the first inning...

Here's how they look, defensively
In the outfield
Jackson will play left
Speaker in center
Cobb in right...
Around the diamond
Tinker will play the hot corner
Wallace and Collins
Make up the doubleplay combination...
Over at first Chance
And a battery of Walter Johnson
and Schalk behind the plate
First batter for the All Stars
A. J. Tucker steps in
Walter is ready
It's coming down the pike
Walter comes in there with a dipsy-do
And it freezes Tucker
He can't get the bat off his shoulder
as he watches it just catch
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
That's one away

That'll bring up shortstop
Jeff Nights...
Dead Ball Era drew first blood
in their half of the first
Time is called...
Nights has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Nights, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Johnson
Johnson brings it to the plate
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Nights swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Schalk loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeff as he was heading for the dugout
Two up, two down for the All Stars

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler
Against righthanders
Pflaggstettler is hitting .309
Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Johnson
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Outside fastball... lashed
at by Pflaggstettler...
Pop fly...Shallow left...
Dropping quickly...
Jackson pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Pflaggstettler...
As Jackson fields it on one bounce

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
He's ready
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...
SAFE!
Chance tosses it back to Johnson
Now here's the pitch
It's in for a strike, and it
gets away from Schalk
There goes Pflaggstettler from first
He's safe at second
Score it a passed ball on Schalk

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie can't seem to get
settled at the plate
After getting set, Potpie
waits on the pitch
Johnson kicks and fires
Struck him out on a terrible pitch
That bounced in front of the plate!
and Potpie couldn't hold up his swing!
Almost broke his back trying though...
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning,
Dead Ball Era has one run,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Dead Ball Era has stranded 2

Bobby Wallace stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Wallace is batting .249 with
2 round trippers in 1900
Bobby waits...
He steps out as Mighty takes too long
Now he's back in the box
And the cripple pitch...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Wallace held up, and draws a walk
Mighty isn't happy at all with that call

Here's "Cracker" Schalk coming up to bat
The 5'9" Schalk has speed, a little power
and is a durable backstop
Schalk is at .239 on the season
Mighty steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Wallace dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Mighty
Now here's the pitch
Hit and run...
Mighty's fastball is ripped toward short
Nights can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Wallace 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 Schalk
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the corners
for Walter Johnson
Schalk makes John McGraw
look like a genius!

Johnson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Johnson digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Mighty has the sign from Bullock
Now Al delivers
In there, called strike three
Johnson didn't like it
One down...
Mighty has to continue to bear down

Here's Eddie Collins
FOFC looking for two
Mighty is happy with the sign
The southpaw Mighty delivers
the 2 strike pitch
Collins swings very late
He pops it foul
Bullock gives chase
Here comes Palmer
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Collins back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Eddie Collins hits a medium deep fly ball
A. J. Tucker lines up his
throw to the plate
He makes the catch, and here's the throw
SAFE!
As the ball trickles away from the catcher
With two gone, Dead Ball Era leads
2 to 0 in the top of the 2nd

Chance now at the plate
Tris Speaker waits on deck
Before getting ready
Chance checks out the defensive alignment
Chance waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Mighty checks Schalk on first
Now the 3-2 pitch
Fastball jams him inside...
Chance turns on it...
Pulled down the line...
Ton gives chase...
He plays it nicely off the fence...
Chance is rounding second...
He'll try for three
Chance's slide...
In there with a triple!
Schalk scores from first

Speaker is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Speaker grips the bat handle
Speaker waits for the pitch
Now ready, here it is...
There's a ground ball
between first and second
Treacy snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher covering
Not in time

Speaker watches Mighty as he
inches away from the base
Mighty's move keeps Speaker guessing
He's not getting a very good lead

Next up is Ty Cobb, the Dead
Ball Era right fielder
Cobb is 1 for 1 today
Ty singled last time up
Cobb readies himself for the pitch
Speaker takes a walking lead
Mighty brings it home
Grounded down the line
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
By the way, Dead Ball Era is 4 and
6 in their last ten games

The All Stars will send
Palmer, K. A. Ton, and Billy Bullock up
to the plate this inning
Palmer has 7 doubles this year
Palmer readies himself for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Another hook for strike three!
Palmer just stood there looking
One down for FOFC
K. A. Ton is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

K. A. Ton steps in now for the All Stars
The Ghosts lead in this one, 4-zip
Ton steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Johnson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Here's the pitch
Swung on and popped up back of first
Collins is running after it...
Chance is backpedaling...
Watch out!...
They almost collided!
And the ball drops free just
beyond the dugout
A lack of communication cost
Dead Ball Era there
. . . Ton back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slow ground ball
Collins is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two down
Schalk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Schalk and Johnson

All Stars' catcher Bullock
is up next
Billy Bullock is hitting .272 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Right-hander Johnson prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Bullock
Johnson brings it to the plate
Bullock cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Schalk
Bullock was badly fooled by Johnson's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Billy was a little overanxious
That's all for the All Stars
After 2 innings in FOFC this evening,
Dead Ball Era ahead 4 to 0

Joe Jackson up first for Dead Ball Era
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Jackson looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 1 on the day for Joe
Bullock flashes the sign...
Mighty shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Mighty kicks and delivers
Hard line drive up the middle
Oh! It caroms off the mound!
Treacy grabs it
He throws
Just in time!
Give an assist to the mound on that one!
Score It: 4-3
One up, one down for Dead Ball Era

One away, nobody on base
Tinker stands ready at the plate
Mighty toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bullock
The southpaw Mighty's 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!
Two gone for Dead Ball Era

"Rhody" is up next
We'll see how they pitch to Wallace
All set, Wallace is ready for the pitch
Treacy comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Sinking fastball...
Wallace swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Mighty here
in the top of the 3rd

Sean Treacy, Al Mighty, and
A. J. Tucker are due up
Treacy swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Johnson
Walter peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Johnson fires
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Tinker stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Joe Tinker
So one up and one gone

Mighty, FOFC's pitcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Johnson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Johnson's 2-1 pitch...
There's a line shot over Chance
Deep down the line
Cobb is racing over...
Reaches up
Can't get it
Mighty around first...
The ball is bouncing around in the corner
Now Cobb has it
Mighty is trotting into second
as the throw comes in
He has himself a double
And he gives himself a standing ovation!

Tucker is up now for FOFC
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
left-handed against righty Walter Johnson
Johnson tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
And the delivery by Johnson
Stroked to third
Clean single for Tucker
FOFC shaves the lead by a run
Dead Ball Era leads 4 to 1

Tucker at first, one out
Jeff Nights is ready at the plate
Nights is at .281 on the season
Johnson looks down at Schalk
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
And Nights will sit down...
strike three called
Dead Ball Era gets the second
out of the inning

Two out, Tucker at first
Coming up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler looks down toward the
third base coach, Dick Howser
Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Johnson
He's waiting for the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler
Tucker is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Pflaggstettler at first

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
Johnson looks down at Schalk for the sign
Now he's ready
A check on the runners... the pitch
Strike Three!
Johnson has now struck out 7
and we are only in third inning!
That's it for FOFC
Dead Ball Era has 4 runs,
6 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded

Dead Ball Era will send Schalk,
Walter Johnson, and Eddie Collins to face
Al Mighty this inning
Schalk is at .243 on the season
Schalk in the hole, 0-2
The pitch to Schalk...
Strike three swinging!
With an 0 and 2 count, Mighty threw
it on the outside corner
Schalk had to go after it
Al did a good job
of pin-pointing that ball
It was too close to let go by...
but not good enough to hit
One out
Due up next is Walter Johnson

Johnson gets set at the plate
Johnson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
Johnson awaits the pitch
Mighty goes into his windup
Here it comes
Johnson hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Palmer dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Johnson reaches on a sizzling
single to left
A nice try by the third baseman,
Deacon Palmer

Dead Ball Era sends the second baseman,
Eddie Collins, up to the plate
Collins is batting .341
with 6 HR's this year
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Collins sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium right
That's two away

Frank Chance is up next
Dead Ball Era's first baseman
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Chance is 1 for 1 today
Mighty steps on the rubber
The southpaw's 3-1 delivery
He rips a grounder to third
Taken by Palmer
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
That does it in the top of the 4th
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After 3 and a half innings, Dead
Ball Era on top 4 to 1

Back in FOFC at FOFC Stadium
Palmer, K. A. Ton and Billy
Bullock will be coming up
to face Walter Johnson
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Johnson
Set now is Palmer
He brings it home
Palmer swings hard...
A squibber off his fists
It's dribbling towards second
Collins charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Flips it to first...
Just in time to get Palmer
Nice play by Eddie Collins
Another step and Palmer would be safe
While we wait for K. A.
Ton to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Turn of Century leads Caribbean 2 to 1
Joss battling Tiant Sr.
NL Post WWII bombing AL Post WWII 8 to 0
Bench has hit his 10th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Japanese League is in front
of AL Pre WWII 5 to 2
Old Timers and Left Outs
are all knotted at 3
Welch battling Roberts
NL Pre WWII with the lead over
Negro League I 4 to 1
Late 20th is on top of Negro
League II 2 to 0
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Now batting will be K. A. Ton
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
Dead Ball Era leads FOFC by 3 runs
Ton is one of the most feared sluggers
Walter Johnson is reaching
for the resin bag...
He pops it up and gives it a squeeze...

Johnson is having a fine
year for Dead Ball Era
His 9 wins is 7th in the league
The righthander Johnson delivers
Ton goes after the low slider...
Lofts a shallow fly towards Jackson
He's racing in for it...
Catches it at his knees
HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!!
He's chasing it down
Ton walks into second on the error
Jackson should've had that one
Score It: E7
Ton to second

Now batting will be Billy Bullock
The catcher is walking to the plate
Ton kicking up the dirt
at second... one out
Dead Ball Era leads FOFC by 3 runs
Right-hander Johnson eyes
the righty Bullock
Here's the 3-1 offering
Hard slider...
Bullock swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Cobb is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by Billy

Nobody on base, one away
Treacy steps into the batter's box
Johnson is ready quickly
Johnson goes into his windup
And here's the 1-1 offering
Low fastball...
Treacy swings...
Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd
Chance snags it moving to his right
Leads Johnson perfectly
racing to the bag...
And he easily beats Treacy for the out
Two down

Two away, nobody on
Mighty comes to the plate for FOFC
Johnson likes the sign
Walter comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Strike Three!
Johnson has now struck out 8
and we are only in fourth!
That retires the side...
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 4 innings, Dead Ball
Era on top 4 to 3

Tris Speaker leads off the inning
Al gets the sign from Bullock
Al winds... kicks... and delivers
Swung on and hit on the nose to right
Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Speaker is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Dead Ball Era right fielder,
Ty Cobb, will be up next
He will be followed by Joe Jackson
One on... no one out
Dead Ball Era up by 1
Ty is hitting at .386 on the year
He has 108 hits in 280 at bats
This includes 19 doubles, 8 triples
4 home runs and 55 RBI's
Cobb waits on Mighty
The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Cobb didn't like it

"Shoeless Joe" is now coming to bat
Joe comes to the plate batting .354
with 2 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Jackson awaits the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
There's a shallow flyball
struck by Jackson
A. J. Tucker runs in
Calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Jackson is out

So that brings up Joe Tinker
the Dead Ball Era third baseman
Tinker is batting .263 with 1 HR this year
Mighty rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Base hit to center for Tinker
Jim Thorpe will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Cobb sneaks away from the base
Cobb held closely by Mighty

Now here's Wallace
Wallace is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk
Bobby grounded out in his last at bat
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The lefthander delivers
Wallace pokes out a soft fly into center
Tucker will have to come a long way
He's really moving...
A. J. dives...
He slides.... and has...Wait!!
The umpire waits to see if he holds on...
He's out!
What a great play by A. J. Tucker!
My, oh my
Mighty would have to agree

And now here's Ray Schalk
Walter Johnson on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 5th
Schalk is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Schalk is ready
The pitch is on the way
Schalk pokes it to right
It drops in front of Pflaggstettler
Dead Ball Era adds to their lead
Dead Ball Era ahead 6 to 3
Schalk comes through in the clutch!

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

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Johnson
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
The pitch is on the way
Grounded towards the bag
Palmer comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
And that will do it for Dead Ball Era

The center fielder Tucker
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Dead Ball Era has the outfield
shaded towards right
Tucker is 1 for 2 today
Tucker is set for the pitch
Johnson's righthanded delivery...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Tucker gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Collins grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Dead Ball Era gets the first
out of the inning

Nights moseys up to the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading
for the on-deck circle
Jeff has 2 strike outs so far today
He'll be looking to get
a piece of this one
Now set, Nights waits for the pitch
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
Swung on and popped up
Collins is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two up, two down for FOFC

Pflaggstettler pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Johnson
Pflaggstettler is 2 for 2 today
Persimmon singled last time around
Johnson way behind in the count, 3-0
Pflaggstettler stands ready...
The righthander winds and delivers
And Pflaggstettler walks on four pitches

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
The All Stars' first baseman
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 with 2 strike outs
Not unusual for him, though
He's developed a nasty habit
of using his bat to fan the air
but, when he connects, watch out!
He is 7th in the league
in homers with 19!
Potpie waits patiently
The "Big Train" comes in
with the 1-0 pitch...
Grounded towards the bag
Tinker grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
We head to the 6th...
The score is still Dead Ball
Era 6, All Stars 3

Eddie Collins to lead it
off for Dead Ball Era
Mighty toes the rubber
Here's the pitch
IT HITS Collins!

Walking up to the plate now is Chance
Tris Speaker waits on deck
Chance looks for the sign
He's 1 for 2 so far this evening
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
The southpaw delivers
There's a foul behind behind the plate
Billy is after it
Digging hard...
Not in time!
Too shallow of a pop-up for Bullock
to reach it in time
Another chance for Chance
. . . Chance back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Chance rips one right on the nose
This one is going to be trouble,
no doubt about it
Ton is chasing it down...
Chance is around second...
K. A. finds the handle...
He fires it to Palmer...
Chance slides as the ball arrives...
SAFE!
Man alive... 2 triples on
the evening for Frank Chance!

Settling in at the plate is Speaker
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Speaker looks to third for a sign
Speaker awaits the delivery
The pitch to Speaker...
Tris Speaker hits a medium deep fly ball
A. J. Tucker lines up his
throw to the plate
He makes the catch
Appears to lose his balance
and his throw goes wide
Speaker gets an RBI on the sac fly
And there's one away

One away, nobody on...
top of the 6th
The first base coach exhorting
Cobb to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Ty comes to the plate batting .386
with 4 home runs

He is 1 for 2 so far today
Rodney steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Rodney brings it to the plate
It a soft liner to short
Nights reaches up
He misses it
The ball goes into the outfield
Cobb is around first...
Nights has the ball
The throw..
Safe... bad concentration by Nights

Now batting will be Joe Jackson
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Cobb kicking up the dirt
at second... one out
Dead Ball Era up by 5
Jackson has hit 2 home runs this year
Rodney wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
We've got a full count...
Rodney winds and fires...
Did he check his swing?
YES!
It's a walk

With one out, and two men on
Tinker strides purposefully to the plate
Tinker digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Rodney
The umpire says let's go
Here's the righthander's delivery
Bouncer up the middle
and past Sean Treacy...
Base hit into center field!
Dead Ball Era adds to their lead
Dead Ball Era on top 9 to 3

Up next...shortstop Bobby Wallace
Bobby is a reliable hitter
and has a smooth glove
Wallace swinging from the right side
facing the righty Rodney
Rodney is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Rodney brings it to the plate
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Wallace is outta there
Two down in the 6th
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Schalk finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
James Rodney on in relief of Al Mighty
Rodney brings it to the plate
Change up, a gem...
Schalk is way out in front
Heeee struck him out!
Ray looked like Casey on that pitch
That's it for Dead Ball Era
Dead Ball Era has 9 runs,
12 hits and one error
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and one error
Dead Ball Era has now left
8 runners stranded

Leading off for the All Stars
is the third baseman Palmer
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Billy Bullock
Johnson is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Johnson looks in...
Now he's ready
The righthander Johnson delivers
Palmer tries to hold up
Schalk points down at the
first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
FOFC with one away
Johnson steps off the mound as
he waits for K. A. Ton to
come to the plate

FOFC left fielder, K. A. Ton, is up next
Ton is 0 for 2 today
K. A. reached second on an
error last time around
Johnson steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
It's coming down the pike
Ton pulls one into left field
Hooking away from Jackson
Joe is there
He's got it for the out
Two down
Walter Johnson retires
the first two batters in a row

Walking up to the plate now is Bullock
Sean Treacy waits on deck
Bullock is 1 for 2 today
Right-hander Johnson eyes
the righty Bullock
Here's the windup... and the pitch
STRIKE THREE!
That is number 10 for Walter
Johnson here this evening
That ends the bottom of the 6th for FOFC
Three batters up, three batters down

Here's Walter Johnson leading off
Eddie Collins is on deck
And Frank Chance is in the hole
Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Johnson
Rodney leans back and fires
Johnson hits a screamer at James Rodney
Rodney picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag
Gonzalez swipes with the glove

Johnson is out!
Nice play by Gonzalez
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Eddie Collins, the second baseman,
strides to the plate
Eddie is hitting at .340 on the year
He has 90 hits in 265 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 19 stolen bases
Collins is waiting on the pitch
Rodney goes into his windup
And here's the 2-1 offering
Sinker, at the knees...
Swung on...
Collins hits it into the
hole on the right side
Treacy ranging to his left...
Scoops it up...
Throws on the run...
And Collins is out by a step at first
Two down

Frank Chance will come up next
This game is a laugher for Dead Ball Era
They're up by 6 runs
Dead Ball Era on top 9 to 3
Chance is at .257 on the season
Chance in the hole, 0-2
Here's his delivery
Curve ball...
Chance swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Rodney sets the Ghosts down in order

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Sean Treacy stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Treacy has a .284 average against
righthanders this season
Treacy waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Into the windup... here's the pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Treacy held up, and draws a walk
Johnson isn't happy at all with that call

Nobody out, Treacy at first
Now up is Gonzalez
Gonzalez is at .307 on the season
He is hitting .310 against righties
Waiting for the pitch is Gonzalez
Johnson brings it home
Gonzalez lofts a fly to deep right
Cobb circles under it...
He makes the catch
That's one away

Johnson glares in at Tucker as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Tucker swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Johnson
Johnson is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
And the delivery by Johnson
Ground ball to first
Chance comes up with it
He tosses it to second...
Gets the force
Two down
Schalk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Schalk and Johnson

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be Jeff Nights
Nights looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Jeff
Jeff is 0 for 3 today
popped out his last at bat
Jeff steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Johnson's pitch
Johnson rocks and fires
Nights swings and misses
Strike three
Nights didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47134

After Speaker gets a new bat
He will lead off the top of the 8th
Apparently he found his bat was broken
when he tapped the plate with it
Bullock flashes the sign to Rodney
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Speaker pounds a grounder
toward Nights at short
Jeff moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Nights stayed with it
Over to first and Speaker is retired
Nice play by the FOFC short stop
One up, one down

Cobb gets set at the plate
Dead Ball Era on top 9 to 3
Rodney studies his sign
The righthander Rodney's delivery
Shallow fly ball
Pflaggstettler charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Cobb stops at first
That's a single

Cobb moves away from first base...
He has 24 stolen bases on the season
Rodney tries to pickoff the runner...
Close play...
SAFE!

Jackson coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Cobb on first, with one away
Jackson is 0 for 3 today, with 1 walk
Joe seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Cobb dives back in!...

SAFE!
Gonzalez tosses it back to Rodney
Now here's the pitch
This one is hit a mile high!
Treacy calls for it
He's got it
Score It: 4
Two down
The FOFC crowd is getting restless

The aggressive, contact hitting,
Joe Tinker, is approaching the plate
Joe seems to always make contact
He rarely strikes out
Today he is 2 for 4...
Naturally with no strike outs
Tinker chokes up on the bat a little
Rodney goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Cobb
He lobs one to Gonzalez...
Cobb is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
Grounded to short
Nights grabs it
Over to Gonzalez
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Turn of Century and Caribbean
are deadlocked at 4
Joss battling Luque
NL Post WWII is embarrassing
AL Post WWII 10 to 2
Japanese League toppling
AL Pre WWII 10 to 3
Old Timers and Left Outs are tied at 4
Welch battling Wynn
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Negro League I 6 to 4
Negro League II and Late 20th
are all knotted at 2
Redding and Clemens currently dueling

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

Now he steps into the batter's box
We'll see how they pitch to Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Johnson
Johnson's righthanded delivery...
And Pflaggstettler is down on strikes...
Johnson keeps mowing them down
That one gives him 12 this evening
So one up and one gone

That'll bring up Stan Gunner
Dead Ball Era way out ahead
Dead Ball Era ahead 9 to 3
Johnson has been tough to hit
Johnson is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 12 this evening
He has the sign...
Johnson brings it to the plate
Gunner pulls one deep to right
Cobb had started in a step...
Now he corrects himself...
He's racing back...
The ball is over his head...
Gunner is already heading into second
He won't stop there...
Cobb finally retrieves it
But Gunner is perched on third
as the ball comes in
It's ruled a triple
Triple number 1 of the
year for Stan Gunner

Palmer saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Deacon is batting .306 in
180 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by K. A. Ton
Palmer is poised and ready for the pitch
He brings it home
Palmer flies out to center
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
Here's the play at the plate...
Gunner scores!

And the batter is K. A. Ton
Billy Bullock is on-deck
Ton saunters to the plate
The righthander is 0 for 3 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Johnson
Ton is hitting .213 versus
righties this year
Of his 6 homeruns,
5 came while facing righties
Ton awaits the delivery
Now Walter delivers
Ton swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Tinker
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Ton rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Jackson gets a nice throw in to Collins

Billy Bullock moves in to face Johnson
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th
Bullock is 1 for 3 today, with 1 home run
Johnson shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Johnson looks at the runner
The pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Wallace grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 8 innings, Dead Ball Era leads by 5

Dead Ball Era will send Wallace,
Ray Schalk, and Walter Johnson to face
Bo Knowles this inning
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Wallace
He's 0 for 3 today
Wallace waits
Knowles' behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Slow ground ball
Palmer is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Knowles gets the first out in the inning

Facing Knowles now is Schalk
Walter Johnson heads to the on deck circle
Eddie Collins waits in the hole
Schalk grips the bat handle
Knowles has the sign from Bullock
The southpaw Knowles' delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
Did he hold up his swing?
YES!
He walks

Johnson squares around
He lays a beauty down the third base line
Knowles and Palmer collide
going for the ball
Palmer recovers, picks it up
And fires to first
OUT!!
Credit Walter Johnson with a sacrifice
Here's the ump coming out
To brush the plate clean
There's two away

Here's Eddie Collins
Collins is hitting .338 with 6 homeruns
Eddie also has 13 doubles and 4 triples
And has driven in a total of 33 runs
Collins is set for the pitch
Knowles looks back towards second...

The pitch
Collins hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's all for Dead Ball Era
After 8 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
Dead Ball Era on top 9 to 4

Sean Treacy will start things off
Treacy is taking his practice swings
Sean is 0 for 2 this evening
Johnson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Schalk
Johnson goes into his windup
Here it comes
High heater from Johnson...
Treacy cuts at it...
Hits a bouncer right side...
It goes by the diving Collins and Chance
It's into right for a single
Treacy takes his turn and holds at first

The first baseman, David Gonzalez
will be up next for FOFC
Treacy with his lead at first
The third base coach, Dick
Howser, gives the signs
Set now is Gonzalez
Way ahead in the count
Johnson turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Grounded towards the sack
Chance comes up with it
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 3-6-3
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Tucker is 1 for 4 today
A. J. hit into a force play last time up
The umpire says let's go
Tucker is ready
With a 2 strike count, the pitch
Tucker swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Johnson strikes out A. J. Tucker
And that will do it for FOFC
Dead Ball Era wins 9 to 4
Johnson gets credit for the win
Mighty takes the loss
The hitting star for Dead Ball Era
was Frank Chance
He was 2 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.